Zhao Zhen turned his head, looked at Wang Zeng, and asked, "What is Xianggong's opinion?" ”

Wang Zeng held the wat and said slowly: "Your Majesty, the minister once heard a story, and he told it to make everyone laugh. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info There was a fool who bought a plain silk horse for 800 yuan, and took it to the dyeing workshop to dye it red. The dyeing workshop asked for 1,200 yuan, and he only had 400 yuan in cash. At this time, the cloth was halfway dyed, and the fool had no choice but to give the four hundred wen on his body, plus the silk used to dye it, adding up to just one thousand two hundred wen, and gave the dyeing workshop wages. ”

After speaking, Wang Zeng looked at the people in the hall and continued to say slowly: "You are ministers, and you are very intelligent, so naturally you will not be as stupid as a fool. But I want to say that what the fool did will inevitably happen in the official affairs that Song Dashen just said. There is no division of cloth money, and there is no problem for the government to collect taxes or sell them abroad. But on Jingxi Road, cotton is grown from the camp field, and cloth is planted in the weaving field and dyed in the field, all of which are government-run field affairs. Xu Ping's refusal to allow cotton cloth to be used as copper coins is by no means unreasonable. If, as Lu Xianggong and Song Dashen said, cotton cloth was used as copper money as before, perhaps there would be less trouble for the imperial court, but the various field affairs and prefectures and counties on Jingxi Road would be troublesome. The minister can assert that if Jingxi Road is really like collecting taxes, it will not be as prosperous as this year's cotton business! Xu Ping was able to sell so much cloth because there were real items there, and it was by no means a false account! Now that the world is short of money, then we want to think of a solution to the lack of money, and we can't blame the officials who do things! ”

In recent months, it has become commonplace for Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian to confront each other on this occasion, and they don't care about it at this time. And both of them are smart people, what they say and what they say makes sense, and they won't force their arguments, just to see if you have the ability to understand the Tao ideals they use. How can everything in the world be black and white? As long as the logic is smooth and the thinking is clear, it is convincing, and the people who listen to it are often surrounded by it.

Zhao Zhen is often rounded in, he is still young, and he doesn't know a lot of things in the deep palace, just listening to these people, how to listen to how it makes sense. So far, although I feel that the two prime ministers are a little bit out of hand, it is not sure whether they are fighting for power or whether they are really dedicated to the public, but they have different views on things.

The two prime ministers had opposing positions, and Du Yan and Yan Shu both obediently closed their mouths and quietly watched bystanders. Neither of them has a heavy desire for power, is independent of the two groups, and does not want to get into trouble.

The hall was silent for a while, and Song Shou said to Wang Zeng: "According to the public's opinion, what Xu Ping did is reasonable?" ”

Wang Zeng said with a kind face: "Naturally, the transfer envoy is in charge of money and grain all the way, and Jingxi Road has suffered a catastrophe that has not been seen for many years this year, but it has survived safely. Moreover, the army of Benlu Prefecture has sufficient money and food, which is not much more than in previous years, and can be described as a good ruler. ”

Song Shou said again: "But now the three divisions can't afford to pay the flying tickets of Henan Mansion, and they can't pay them, even if they only pay them one-twelfth of them, there will be no money available in other parts of the world." So what? ”

Wang Zeng smiled slightly: "Didn't Xu Ping himself propose a method?" For the time being, it is said that the silk silk will be lifted, the price of silk will be stabilized, and the difficulties will be overcome, and don't think of a way. Although it is not a good way to eat food, it is always a way. ”

"Even if the price of silk is stabilized, the third division still has no money to pay, and those flying tickets are still hanging there."

Wang Zeng looked at Song Chuan and said in a deep voice: "Money is money, it's just something that can be used to buy and use." In the past, when Xu Ping was the deputy envoy of the Third Division of Salt and Iron, he once compiled the "Money Law Book", and he has been very thorough about what money is in recent years. The third division has valuable goods in hand, how can there be a shortage of money? If you don't have copper coins, you can print shopping coupons from the Sansi store to fill your account, will Xu Ping still not accept it? Shopping vouchers can be purchased from the Sanji shop, and the shop can be exchanged for silk silk from other places, so everything is smooth. Xu Ping said that the silk silk is also the same meaning, and it should fall on the three shops. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Zhen, who was sitting on it, sighed: "Wang Xianggong's words are very reasonable, Jingxi Road wants money, but it is nothing more than to buy goods, and the shopping coupons of the three shops can be used, not necessarily copper coins!" ”

Song Shou praised the wat: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if the three shops want to print shopping coupons to fill the account, then just print it, so why do you have to stabilize the price of silk?" The shopping coupons in the shop are the number of money, not a few silk silks written. ”

Wang Zeng's voice was a little higher than just now: "Song Dashen's words are inappropriate!" The shopping coupons of the three stores are not virtual, and they cannot be printed falsely, and they must be based on the goods. How much is the silk silk in the hands of the three divisions worth, and how many shopping coupons can be printed, if they are printed out of thin air, the shopping coupons will soon be worthless. This kind of discussion is full of articles in the "Money Law Book", and Song Dashen can take a look at it when he has nothing to do. Speaking of Xu Ping's compilation of this book, he really explained the money law very clearly. ”

When Xu Ping was in the capital, "Money Law Books" was popular for a while, and the discussion was also very intense. Later, there were fewer and fewer new ideas, and the heat slowly decreased. But the book has been compiled, there are fewer ministers involved in the discussion, there are still many middle- and lower-level officials, and occasionally there are people who have a flash of inspiration and are not lacking in insight. Wang Zeng is more concerned about national politics than Lu Yijian, and he has always read this set of books, and his memory is good, although he can't remember it as much as when he was young, but the big problems are very clear.

Song Shou is an enterprising person in the officialdom, and his enthusiasm for official positions is much higher than specific political affairs, and his thinking can't keep up with it when it comes to this. He hadn't read "Money Law Book" for a long time, and he really didn't know what it said.

Seeing that Song Shou no longer spoke, Wang Zeng praised Zhao Zhen and said: "Your Majesty, the so-called lack of money at this time is actually just a means for the lack of Jingxi Road to do this year, and the imperial court to reward them for their merits. This can be a copper coin, or a pearl and jade incense medicine, and of course, it can be a shopping coupon issued by the three shops, as long as it can be exchanged for something real. This is like a rope sleeve, one button and one buckle together, stabilize the price of silk, and you can temporarily solve this set. As for the future, it is natural to think about it in the long run. ”

Hearing this, Lu Yijian said expressionlessly: "Since it is a reward, why can't you increase the ranks?" ”

"Officials can't get money, for Jingxi Road, they can't get money, and officials who can exchange money are not officials!" Wang Zeng's face also sank. "The matter of money and food should start with money and food, how can you exchange it for an official position?"

Lu Yijian's face did not move, but he just asked: "Now that the price of silk has been stabilized, the third division will inevitably collect a lot of silk into the warehouse, and what if the price of silk falls in the future?" Could it be that this money will be lost by the imperial court in vain? At that point, who will make up the money? Did he really let Xu Ping use the money earned from cotton cloth to make up for the holes? What about then? ”

Wang Zeng didn't look at Lu Yijian, and said to Zhao Zhen: "Your Majesty, a few days ago, the imperial court agreed to set up a new city in Mizhou, which was promoted by Wang Bin of Mizhou. The Wang family was originally a Goryeo surname, and they would definitely be able to open the Goryeo trade route. I heard that a horse of silk in Goryeo was worth as much as ten taels of silver, and it was very profitable to sell it there. Businessmen are profit-seeking, but are you afraid that there will be no businessmen to do this business? Not only that, but there are also Pang Ji and Wang Yan on Guangnan West Road, the Nanyang trade route has been opened, and the merchants who trade there like to trade silk horses the most, and it is another way out. If these trade routes are opened, the silk silk that the three divisions are now receiving may not lose the price at that time! ”