In Chongwen Academy, the people who served in the pavilion gathered in the hall to drink tea. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info their main task now is to proofread the books, compare various versions, and determine the most suitable proofreading version. Although there are also quantitative requirements, the task is not heavy, and the ministers who promote and revise books mainly require quality. If the proofread book has obvious errors, the responsible officer is punished.

According to Xu Ping's previous life, these people worked in the National Library, proofreading books and supplementing various knowledge. Because Chongwen Academy collects all kinds of books in the world, including many forbidden books that cannot be seen from the outside, and many ministers, their knowledge was perfected when they served in the pavilion.

There were also a large number of astronomical books in the pavilion, and these studies, which were forbidden outside, were open to them. It is precisely because of this that whenever there is a change in the sky, the literati and the ministers can interject, and they have been exposed to these contents in the pavilion.

The news of the glass making telescopes at the imperial court has been spread on a small scale, and everyone has speculated about what it would be like to look at the sky with such a thing.

When it was almost noon, Wang Gongchen came in and said goodbye to everyone one by one.

In the past, he served in the Third Division Editing Institute, but he was only sent temporarily, and his official position was still in the pavilion. Now that he has been transferred to the outside to take up the field affairs of the camp, the museum position has completely become a post position. What's more, the Yingtian Yamen is located in Dongming County, east of Kaifeng City, which is still more than 100 miles away from the capital, and there are many fewer opportunities to meet in the future.

Pavilion Proofreader Hu Su smiled at Wang Gongchen and said: "You only opened a store at home two days ago, and everyone was talking about when to buy a pig and sheep to celebrate, but they went out of the city before they had time, how is this good?" ”

Wang Gongchen said: "You have a heart, when I will return to Beijing to do business, please join you." The business in the store is all craftsmen and officials in the field affairs of the three divisions, and it is so noisy that it can't get into your eyes. However, in the evening, there is a fruit wine barbecue, and all kinds of stir-fried dishes, which have a unique flavor and can barely be eaten. ”

Everyone laughed together: "Then wait for you to come back!" ”

Song Qi of the Zhishi Pavilion looked at Ouyang Xiu, and then at Wang Gongchen and said, "Next time I come back, I'm afraid I will be a new official." Xue Shilang is in a big discipline, maybe the two daughters will marry together, and you and Uncle Yong will be married on the same day. ”

Wang Gongchen arched his hand again and again: "Laugh, laugh!" ”

Hu Su, Song Qi and others were ordered to proofread the "History of the North and South" together, and they nested in the Chongwen Academy every day, holding back a little depressed. Originally, I heard that Wang Gongchen had opened a store, and I wanted to go to have a lively time, but I didn't expect that he would go out of Beijing all of a sudden.

After a few words of gossip, everyone pulled Wang Gongchen to sit down, and the miscellaneous officials in the courtyard served tea.

After drinking tea for a while and gossiping for a while, Ouyang Xiu picked up a new "Money Law Book" from the third division on the table and said, "Why did the third division start to talk about what money is these days?" Isn't this something that women and women know? Since ancient times, the ancestors used Bubei as the currency, thinking that it was a spring goods, and they exchanged what they had. To this day, the money is minted with copper and iron, and it comes from it, it is seen in the history books, it is circulated in the population, the evidence is chiseled, what is there to discuss! ”

Wang Gongchen knew that Ouyang Xiu had not been highly evaluated because he had written articles for the "Money Law Book" of the third division several times, and he had a lot of opinions in his heart, and he didn't know how to tell this future brother-in-law, so he just said: "I have been preparing to serve in the camp these days, and I don't know much about this. However, as far as I can see, when Deputy Envoy Xu said this, I am afraid that it is not what the money looks like, but what it is used for. A few days ago, I heard Liu Xin say that because the business of the three divisions has been too good recently, and the copper coins received are tens of thousands, Deputy Envoy Xu was worried, so he drafted this topic. ”

"What? Sanji is afraid of a lot of money! Ahh ”

Ye Qingchen, who had not spoken, heard Wang Gongchen's words, glanced at Song Qi and laughed together.

Yin Zhu, who was sitting on the side, shook his head: "Since the three divisions have a lot of money, why don't we waste the money we have, and everyone will send yellow and clear copper coins together!" Don't make a fuss every time, let us petty officials run around, and be angry with the officials in vain! ”

"Shhhhhhh "I heard Deputy Envoy Xu say in private that he is sorting out the accounts, calculating carefully, and really wants to scrap the depreciation and make real money!"

"Really? You're not talking nonsense? ”

Hearing Wang Gongchen's words, all the people stood up and hula-la-surrounded Wang Gongchen.

There are two main parts to the official income.

One part is money, including capital, additional expenses, material money, meal money, clothing and other miscellaneous items. No matter what it is, it is not according to the nominal distribution, but every month according to the situation of the materials in the three treasury, it is converted into the materials in the treasury, and only a small part of it is actually paid, which is called depreciation. Sometimes, those who have paid money cannot grasp the situation of each treasury in real time, and even cannot receive it once and then fold it into something else, so much that it is broken seven or eight times. In this process, not only did the officials who received the money suffer from the eyes of the officials, but they also lost one time at a time, and in fact only six or seven percent of the money they received were actually paid.

Only the ministers of the two provinces and above will be paid real money every month according to the Luge, and the officials below will only have this treatment by special order, which is equivalent to a disguised gift of increasing the amount of money.

The other part is Lu rice, which is also folded, rice is folded into millet, millet folds wheat noodles, and in the end it is not sure what it will be folded into. In any case, the more times it is folded, the lower the actual value in the hands of officials.

As for the rest, what kind of charcoal in winter, firewood burned on weekdays, etc., although it is troublesome, it is the most affordable.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were shining, Wang Gongchen said cautiously: "I leaked the news to you in private, and it was terrible that Deputy Envoy Xu knew about it." And now it's just a plan, whether it can be done in the end, and when it will be done, but it's hard to say. However, according to Deputy Envoy Xu's temperament, as long as it is proposed, it will be eight or nine and ten. ”

Everyone took a breath, their faces full of ecstasy.

This is equivalent to giving middle and lower-level officials a general increase, and a rise is a few percent. Such a big stroke has not been done since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty. In this way, the officials received more salaries, and they also had less to worry about receiving discounted materials every month and selling them in stores at lower prices. For officials at the lower level, the more benefits are felt.

Wang Gongchen will go to Beijing to take up his post immediately, and he has the minister's money for the camp and the vast land in the field, so he doesn't have to worry about the monthly money in the future, and he can no longer feel the joy of making real money. Seeing everyone's appearance, I couldn't help but recall the tragic memories of his pitiful turning around in the various freight yards of the three divisions every month, and I couldn't help but sigh.

In fact, the poorest of these people is Ouyang Xiu, but he has always cared about these things, and when he has no money, he eats and drinks friends. It wasn't until these days that I made a marriage with the Xue family, and my mother received it again, that I felt that it was not easy to live in the capital, and after listening to Wang Gongchen's words, I was infected by everyone, and patted Wang Gongchen's shoulder: "Scrap the broken branch, this is a great virtue policy!" I didn't expect Vice Envoy Xu to not seem to talk much, and he didn't drink and play with everyone, but he could still have this kind of idea in his heart! ”

Wang Gongchen saw everyone excitedly surrounding him, suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly said: "This matter has not yet been decided, you must not say it, otherwise Deputy Envoy Xu will not come to the stage, and I will die a hundred deaths!" ”

Ouyang Xiu said: "Don't worry, there are only a few of us here today, all of whom are people who read sage books and do great things, how can they go out and spread this kind of gossip like the long-tongued woman." ”

Wang Gongchen looked at everyone, but he didn't feel at ease in his heart. Whoever reads the books of the sages does not chew his tongue? I haven't heard of this yet. Whenever there is something in the imperial court, it is full of storms and rains in the city before it is brought up, isn't it all spread by these people who read the books of sages? Besides, I'm still the champion, so I'm not going to Chongwen Academy to spread it around today.

With this little episode, the atmosphere of the scene immediately livened up. Some even sat on the chair and closed their eyes and smiled, thinking about how to spend the real money they received next month, which increased a lot of income in vain. The wife took a fancy to the glass mirror in the third division's shop, and this time she had to buy it anyway. There are also concubines who are thinking about the new concubine, and they no longer have to coax her to wear a jingchai cloth skirt at home, and the new clothes can also be used for two. As for Ouyang Xiu, he was thinking about saving money to marry a daughter-in-law, he already had two wives who died at a young age, and the family life would be better in the future, this kind of tragedy could not happen again.

Wang Gongchen got up from his seat, shook his sleeves, and said to everyone: "It's not early, I'll go first." I want to go home today and pack up, and I will set off early tomorrow morning, Dongming County is more than 100 miles away from the capital, but it is not close. ”

At this time, Dongming County was actually located in the border of Lankao County in later generations, under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture. It is located between the Wuzhang River and the ancient Bianqu, which was lost in maintenance in the five dynasties, and there are swamps all over the place, and there are many wastelands, so the camp and field affairs are mainly in that area.

Ouyang Xiu came back to his senses, and Wang Gongchen said: "Wait, I just asked you about the three divisions on the money law, and the words of the real money were diverted, and you haven't explained it yet!" ”

"Alas, let me tell you this, Deputy Envoy Xu thinks that the money is not cast in iron or copper, the key is what it is for. Putting aside such illegal things as the cellar in the house, when it comes to buying and selling things, the person who receives the money does not matter whether it is copper, iron, gold or silver, as long as he receives the money, he can buy whatever he wants. A person who spends money to go out, as long as he spends the money to buy this thing, is not cheated in vain, and the price of the money is no different from the price he collects, and the price of the money itself. As long as it comes out of this, no matter what kind of money it is made of, even if it is paper or cloth, it is enough. ”

In this sense, it can no longer be called money, because money has a fixed value and a fixed weight, and it should be called money, which is beyond the meaning of physical copper coins. The speed of business development of the three divisions exceeded Xu Ping's expectations, and copper coins have become a burden, and the public opinion of paper money has to be advanced. (To be continued.) )