After passing through the vertical arch hall and along the side corridor, the route taken this time was more tortuous and the distance was farther, and Xu Ping didn't know where he had arrived. It wasn't until he saw someone standing with a lantern in front of him that the small yellow door stopped, and Xu Ping knew that he had arrived at the place.

Shi Quanbin flashed out of the dark shadow, and whispered to Xu Ping: "The official family and Master Sheng are sitting over there, come with me." ”

After walking a few steps, there was a small pavilion in front of it, and there was a pool not far away, and Xu Ping knew that he had arrived at the back garden of the palace.

The backyard is the back garden of the palace, which is a vast area, with a pond pavilion and a four-season flower. Of course, rice was also planted here, and there were also queens who planted mulberry and silkworms here to show that they attached importance to farming. However, the most important thing is to enjoy the flowers, sometimes also summon ministers here, banquets, and secondly, consultation, rarely deal with political affairs here.

Shi Quanbin stepped forward to praise his name, Xu Ping followed to see the salute, and Zhao Zhen ordered the little yellow door to give a seat.

Xu Ping sat down cautiously, peeking at Zhao Zhen's peaceful face, and the fat Sheng Du next to him also looked leisurely, and his heart was settled. I think it's just gossip, and it doesn't really matter.

Tea was served at the small yellow door, and Zhao Zhen asked casually: "Xu Ping, a few days ago, I heard that the three divisions discussed the minting of new money, and you and all the people have different opinions. The matter has been settled in the past two days, why don't you see you in the chapter? ”

Xu Ping said: "The three divisions are discussing, what Weichen has seen has been clearly explained, and some colleagues think it is inappropriate, it may be because I am young and have little knowledge, and I will learn more in the future." The center does not adopt what Weichen sees, and it is unreasonable to think of it. ”

"The reason why Zai Zhi doesn't adopt your opinion is because of different statuses and different things considered, and it may not be that what you said is wrong. It's not easy for you to come up with other opinions, so you should go to the chapter and say it for yourself. I asked Li Xianggong, and I learned that you have been silent since the meeting of the three divisions, and you shouldn't be. ”

Xu Ping was a little confused, thinking carefully about the meaning of Zhao Zhen's words. According to the habit of his previous life, he had already publicly expressed his opinion at the meeting, and if his opinion was denied, he would be rejected, how could he still be entangled after the meeting? Not to mention that there is a special report, won't that make the boss even more annoying? The old stationmaster was this temper, and the ending was not very good.

Sheng Du on the side said with a smile: "Yunxing boy, who has just entered the Beijing Division, is inevitably cautious. In the future, but remember, the assembly is for your colleagues, and the concert is for the official to know, if you don't play the chapter, how will the official know your thoughts? ”

Xu Ping said: "Master Xie taught, I remembered. ”

Sheng Du is extremely obese, it has reached the point of affecting his movements, it is usually difficult to make a salute, but he has a face with clear eyebrows like Wang Zeng, which makes people feel strange and kind. In fact, it is not, Sheng Du's knowledge and official are good, but he is a little insidious, and his colleagues usually dare not talk to him unless they have to.

There was such a person sitting on the side, Xu Ping was careful, for fear of saying something wrong.

Hanlin Bachelor is a consultant, often with the emperor, Zhao Zhen has not been in power for a long time, especially relied on, except for the time to play, he has been following around. Now the three Hanlin bachelors, Zhang Dexiang and Lu Yijian are close, Feng Yuan is a scholar, focusing on "Easy Learning", and there is only one Shengdu who can meet Xu Ping.

The words stopped, Zhao Zhen didn't say any more, and asked Xu Ping: "I heard that you don't approve of minting new money, so it's okay, why don't you think it's appropriate to borrow money from the inner treasury?" ”

Xu Ping said: "The minister doesn't think it's inappropriate to borrow money from the inner treasury, but thinks that when the price of goods in the capital is already high, it is inappropriate to send out millions of yuan in cash at once." There is a fixed number of people in the capital, and there is also a fixed amount of money that needs to be used, and the money is too much, and the items sold on the market remain unchanged, and the price will naturally rise. Prices rise and fall sharply, and the small people are at a loss and will suffer. ”

Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "That's right, people who get a reward feel that the price is expensive, so they naturally don't buy it, just put the money away." When prices come down, it's never too late to buy. ”

"Your Majesty, the livelihood of the little people, I'm afraid that they are not so calm. The reward has been spread months ago, and the people who deserve the reward must have already thought about it, some people want to change houses, some people want to marry wives, some people want to have a good meal, where can the money be saved? ”

Xu Ping said in his mouth, his brain spinning rapidly, thinking about how to explain the truth that prices will rise if there is more money. The irrational actions of a large number of people will inevitably not be the case of instant savings, but it is difficult to say in this era.

Sheng Du interjected on the side: "What Xu Ping said is that the livelihood of the little people and the family have no money to spare, where can they save?" There are more copper coins on the market, and prices are always going to rise. However, there are more than one million people in the capital, and two or three million copper coins are nothing. ”

Xu Ping said: "No. In Yongzhou, Weichen also had price turmoil because of the reward money for the sugar service and the reward money for the battle with Jiaozhi. At that time, he asked his subordinates to make statistics, and in terms of Yongzhou before, a person can only get more than one copper coin, and no matter how much copper money there is on the market, the price will definitely rise. If one person is three copper coins, the price of goods will double. Of course, Jingshi is different from Yongzhou, there are many wealthy people, there are many kinds of business, and there are many copper coins needed. ”

Zhao Zhen was a little surprised when he heard this: "This kind of thing can also be calculated carefully?" ”

"Nature is capable, as long as you have the heart to do it, you can do it."

Zhao Zhen saw that Xu Ping was serious, glanced at Sheng Du beside him, and said solemnly: "There are more than one million people in Jingshi, how much manpower is needed to do such a thing?" Do you have a special idea? ”

"Of course, you can't ask one person at a time, just mark a small piece in each box, and so on."

"Isn't that true? National events, it's too child's play to do this! ”

Seeing that Zhao Zhen's face was a little disappointed, he obviously felt that Xu Ping's method was too ordinary, and he thought that he was so clever in secret techniques, but it turned out that he was just pushing it big with a small one.

Xu Ping couldn't explain the principle of statistics in detail, but said: "Small can see big, as long as the method is appropriate, willing to work hard, and do it slowly, you can always grasp the facts." ”

Zhao Zhen didn't believe it in his heart, and when he looked at Sheng Du, he regretted it a little in his heart. Feng Yuan should be called today, he studied and learned easily, these things of the Divine Dao, maybe he can talk to Xu Ping better.

Sheng Du is an old man, seeing the expressions of Zhao Zhen and Xu Ping, he said: "Xu Ping has done this in Yongzhou, maybe he really has his skills, and I don't know." Now that he is in charge of the commercial tax case, it is better to let him calculate, after this prisoner sacrifice ceremony, whether the prices in the capital have risen, how much has they risen, and how much is it different from his calculation, wouldn't it be good? ”

Zhao Zhen looked at Xu Ping: "How?" Is it possible to measure clearly? Although you have a lot of political achievements in Yongzhou, you have to start from scratch after returning to Beijing, and this is the first errand I gave you. ”

"The Lord's Decree—"

Xu Ping originally wanted to say that I would go back and write a recital first, and explain the plan clearly, but after thinking about it, forget it. These days, they seem to like to leave a little mystery, and it doesn't work to explain everything. The result of Zhongshu's final plan was to let Xu Shen use the secret method to mint copper coins, and also asked him to keep the secret method carefully, but the court didn't ask. There is Lu Yijian's promotion in this, of course, the most important thing is that if it is messed up, there is also a hidden vault, but it is very surprising that it can be settled.

(Note: Some scholars have pointed out that the circulation of copper coins in the Northern Song Dynasty was roughly equivalent to the population, and this view is adopted in the book.) (To be continued.) )