After chatting casually about plum blossoms, Yan Shu whispered to Xu Ping: "A gentleman is easy to deal with, but a villain is difficult to prevent." Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info this Qian Mingyi, it is said that he has been smart since he was a child, but he doesn't like to read, his writing is poor, and he can't explain it after repeated moves. It's just that he is good at drilling, and he likes to provoke right and wrong, and he is the most popular in the Qian family's generation. I heard that this time he took the road of Zhao Anren's house and took Lu Xianggong's car. You snubbed him in public, be careful that he holds a grudge against you in the future. ”

Xu Ping said softly: "What the bachelor reminds me is that I will be careful in the future." However, the more you guard against the villain, the more the villain will be entangled. Let him be charming, I will go straight from the avenue! ”

Yan Shu nodded: "It's good that you can pay attention, and you don't have to worry too much." A child of a family who has not been admitted to the Jinshi can't make any big waves. By the way, how have you been editing your books lately? ”

"The reason has been sorted out, and I have started to write in the past two days. However, those of us who write are shallow in the end, and if the bachelor has leisure, it is good to give advice. ”

"It seems that I can't go back to Beijing a year ago, there is nothing to do, it's good to go over and have a look."

Yan Wenying died, and Lu Yijian was in trouble recently. Led by Fan Zhongyan, Du Yan, who has always been steady, secretly cooperated, and the anti-Lu forces in the court united to press on Lu Yijian step by step. In recent days, the impeachment of Lu Yijian and the party has been going on almost every day, and Lu Yijian is a little anxious, and Jingxi Road is completely out of business.

Yan Shu was afraid of Lu Yijian's power to act according to his wishes, and as soon as Lu Yijian had a crisis, his attitude towards Xu Ping immediately changed. If Xu Ping is really allowed to succeed, it is a great achievement, and Yan Shu naturally wants to participate.

As for Qian Mingyi, this time he took the opportunity to give Qian Weiyan a funeral, and he didn't leave in Xijing City, just to find an opportunity to get a background for himself. With his level, the normal imperial examination sergeant basically doesn't have to think about it, and now there are only two ways left. One is recommended by the minister, and if the results are qualified, you can be given a jinshi background. There are also many people who take this road, such as Li Shu, Jia Changchao and others, and of course, there is also Ma Jiliang, who makes rolls on behalf of Yan Shu. Yang sue made important people everywhere, just so that his son could take this road. Another way is to participate in the system, because if it is not a normal exam, it may be manipulated by the minister.

The origin of the system of science and technology is particularly important than the normal imperial examination, the first and second classes are never awarded, and the third class is equivalent to the champion, there is only one Wu Yu since the Song Dynasty, and there are only four people in the entire two Song Dynasty in history. The system of science is also known as the big department, which is one level higher than the normal imperial examination jinshi, and those who have won the jinshi can also participate again, such as Wu Yu and Zhang Fangping. The current Xia Zhu, Fu Bi, Wu Yu and Zhang Fangping are all from the science and technology industry. This road is what Qian Mingyi is aiming for.

If you want to forcibly pass the examination, you must not only have the support of the ruler, but also have the Hanlin Bachelor of the Academy to do the internal response, and the ministers of the court must at least not strongly oppose it, all of which are indispensable. There is only Lu Yijian who has this energy. Now that Lu Yijian is a little unreliable, Qian Mingyi will try his best to trust other people's relationships.

Zhao Anren's family Luoyang, who was the imperial historian in the Tianxi period, has passed away. His wife is Lu Mengzheng's second daughter and Lu Yijian's cousin, and Qian Mingyi took advantage of this relationship to catch Lu Yijian's line.

Xu Ping made a note in his heart, and he would pay attention to it in the future, but he didn't need to pay special attention. If an official at this level goes against him, he will make a fuss, and the official will not have to do it.

Wang Yaochen greeted everyone and sat down. Because Li Ruogu was not there, no one from the veteran and important ministers of the branch officials came, and together with Wang Gongchen and Zhao Yan, several of them sat on the table.

After chatting a few words of plum blossom poems and serving wine, Wang Gongchen persuaded a few rounds of wine, and everyone scattered to enjoy the flowers.

Xu Ping said to Wang Yaochen and Wang Gongchen: "Look at the end of the year, the accounts between us cannot be settled, otherwise it will be difficult to arrange for the coming year." I discussed with the three divisions, first used the flight tickets of Henan Mansion as a book, printed the bills to offset the account, and then talked about how to overcome this difficulty. I've brought a printed sample ticket so you can see if it's agreeable. ”

After speaking, he took out a few long paper tickets from his sleeve and handed them to a few people present, asking them to give their opinions.

This is a pulp made of colored cotton, pressed layer by layer, and mixed with colorless hemp fibers, the specific recipe is known only to Xu Ping and the craftsmen who make the paper, and it is extremely secret. Unlike Jiaozi, these bills are printed with ink, which is colorful, and unlike the red and black colors of Xichuan Jiaozi, these bills are multi-color overprints.

Everyone spread it, and Wang Yaochen said: "Everything else is fine, but is the color too gorgeous?" The officially printed bills are still more simple and clumsy. ”

Xu Ping shook his head: "It's too late, it's urgent." There was only one painter there, and his paintings were in this style. If you look for someone to paint outside, you are afraid that you will leak the mechanism and be pirated by civil lawbreakers. ”

Wang Gongchen shook the bill in his hand, clicked, and said: "This kind of paper, where in the world can it be made?" ”

Xu Ping said: "If you don't say that, it's that the folk piracy can't be used, and it always ruins the reputation of the bill." And it will be used for a year, and the pattern will be easy to identify. Anyway, this bill is only used in various yamen, and after the three divisions can cash in the ticket, it will be abolished. Use it again in the future, don't look for a master to repaint. ”

Yan Shu said: "This kind of painting is still Yan Bei's best at, you can find him in the future." ”

"I think so too, it's just that Yan is in the capital, and it's too late this year." Xu Ping nodded in agreement, and shook the bill in his hand, "That's the way the painting is, is there anything inappropriate in other places?" ”

Zhao Yan looked left and right at the bill he was holding, and whispered: "Everything else is fine, but the words in this pattern are all written horizontally, is it inappropriate?" It's not a plaque, will it make people who use it misunderstand? ”

Whether it is Jiaozi or Guan Yin, it is basically vertical, Xu Ping is because he can't get used to it, so he changed it to a horizontal version according to the habits of his previous life. Anyway, these are all set by him, and there are no certain rules, just get used to it.

Wang Gongchen felt that the horizontal version was pleasing to the eye: "This is used as money, according to the three habits, this number is used instead of words." You see, this one is followed by three zeros, which is a thousand texts, which is consistent. If it is a strong version, it is inconvenient. ”

Xu Ping once promoted the Arabic numerals of the previous life in the third division, but it has not been completely changed in various places, only Wang Gongchen is used to using them, and others have only heard about it, and they can only remember it when they mention it.

After listening to Wang Gongchen's words, several people read it again and again, and sure enough, it was more suitable for the horizontal version.

Finally, Yan Shu asked: "If this bill is only used in the yamen, why don't you write it off directly?" Why do you have to do this? ”

Wang Gongchen said with a smile: "Bachelor's question, I'll answer." For example, when I take these bills back, I may buy farm tools from the Sansi shop and cattle and horses from the yamen in various places. In turn, they may also buy my grain cotton oil here. This kind of transaction happens every day, and it is possible that I bought cattle from Dengzhou and sold grain to Henan Prefecture, and I have to pay taxes for shipping goods out of the country like the people. If you check the account, you can't do it. ”

Seeing that Yan Shu still had some understanding, Xu Ping said: "Bachelor, in fact, this is the same as the fact that private transactions require one hand to pay money and one hand to deliver the goods." If it weren't for the fact that the money and goods were cleared at that time, but five horses for six sheep, I don't know how long it would take for a transaction. If the yamen is allowed to settle accounts with each other, and it is also said that if the Tangzhou camp and field affairs want to buy a few ploughing cattle for a while, and there are no local goods to sell, and the camp fields in Caizhou want to sell cotton oil, the time to go back and forth to check the accounts will delay the opportunity. Not only that, but when it comes time to settle the accounts, it will inevitably be a mess, and it is not clear that the accounts will be sorted out. ”

Yan Shu thought about it carefully and figured out the truth. If there is no such means of payment between the various yamen, the timeliness of the transaction will not be guaranteed, and no one will be able to sort out the account books that have been saved. Since his debut, Yan Shu has mostly served as magistrates and ministers, even in the three divisions, and he has also thrown his hands together, relying on his subordinate officials to do things. He did not feel as deeply as others about these specific acts of governance.

These bills actually serve the same purpose as the usual currency, but only in a limited way. If you really talk about it, the trade in the world is also roughly balanced, there is always a buy, there is always a sale, why can't you barter? When the scale of commerce is large, it must have money, otherwise the efficiency of transactions will be unacceptable.

However, Yan Shu still didn't understand a little, and asked Xu Ping: "If these bills can be used, there is no obstacle to traffic between the yamen on Jingxi Road, in fact, the flying tickets in the hands of Henan Mansion are not indispensable, yes and no?" ”

"Bachelor, you can't talk like that." Xu Ping didn't dare to be sloppy at this point, and he had to make it clear to Yan Shu. "These bills are used for transactions between the yamen on Jingxi Road, and cannot be used for the people, even if they are three divisions, they have to offset with the flying tickets after they receive them, which requires them to have enough goods in their hands. The bills cannot be used by the people, which is very unfavorable to the states and counties, especially to the field affairs. Originally, they had made so much money this year that they could hire more people, direct more wasteland, dig more ditches, build more roads, and build more houses, but the bills could not be used for the people, so they had to stop. The bill was urgent, but the development of the camp for a year was wasted. ”

This kind of internal use of the bill can only be used for the official internal economic system of Jingxi Road to maintain normal operation, but the expansion of reproduction is limited. This is the most fatal point, the commodity economy cannot expand reproduction, the entire economic chain will rust, it will be okay in a short time, and there will be big problems after a long time.