In the blink of an eye, the twilight spring of Chang'an City came very late, and even if it was late spring, you can still see flowers everywhere and full of greenery.

This makes everyone feel very good, so usually nothing to do, except for helping in the inn, they walk around, sometimes go to the private school, sit and listen to those children read, listen to the immature voice read out those Confucius and Mencius, Hualang They feel a sense of achievement, these people may become the pillars of the Great Song Dynasty in the future, even if there are some people who are mediocre, but they are educated, at least for etiquette, righteousness and shame still understand, understand etiquette, righteousness and shame, some evil things will not be done, which is very important to promote the stability of the Great Song Dynasty.

On this day, they went to the private school again, and after sitting in it for a while, they came out to wander on the street, very leisurely, but at this time, they heard a few people nearby discussing things there.

"This ...... This court invented Jiaozi, do you think we can use it? ”

"Who knows, a few pieces of paper want to exchange the money in our hands, which makes us feel a little unstable!"

"That's right, I don't think it's as good as this, let's unite some people, no matter what, we can't change this handover."

Those people seemed to be businessmen, and they were businessmen with heads and faces, Wen Meng and Yin Wuwu also heard these words, but after they heard these words, they were a little puzzled, looked at Hualang and asked, "What is Jiaozi?" ”

In fact, Hua Lang knows what Jiaozi is, this Jiaozi is the prototype of the later silver ticket, which appeared in the Song Dynasty for a period of time, but it was like a flash in the pan, and soon disappeared again, and there are many reasons why Jiaozi disappeared, one is that the imperial court did not fully let Jiaozi have a degree of trust, and then there is that although the economy of the Song Dynasty was prosperous, it was not as prosperous as imagined, and it had not yet reached the level of budding capitalism, so things like Jiaozi were really difficult to circulate.

Now, these businessmen are discussing Jiaozi, which makes Hua Lang feel that there is probably a big event in Chang'an City.

Throughout the ages, there are two kinds of people who are the most well-informed, one is an official, and the other is a businessman, and now businessmen are talking about Jiaozi, so Li Jing'an, the prefect of Chang'an City, already knows about this matter.

Sure enough, just as Hua Lang was about to explain to Wen Meng what Jiaozi was, a servant came to them and said that Li Jingan had an invitation.

Hua Lang knew that Li Jing'an must have asked him to discuss the matter of Jiaozi, and after nodding slightly, Hua Lang and the others followed the official to the government office.

After entering the mansion, Hua Lang asked, "What is the matter with Lord Li?" ”

Li Jingan hurriedly invited the playboy to take a seat and said: "Playboy, the imperial court has just issued an edict for this official to implement in Chang'an City, but this edict is really a little strange, so the lower official has come to ask the playboy what to do!" ”

Although he already knew that the Dao was about Jiaozi, Hua Lang didn't say it immediately, but asked, "Oh, I don't know what kind of edict it is?" ”

"That's the case, now the imperial court because of years of war, and from time to time to give the Western Xia Daliao some benefits to prevent the outbreak of war, now the treasury is very empty, for this matter, the court has put forward many suggestions, some people propose to increase taxes, but some people in it stand up against it, saying that the taxes collected now are not low, if the taxes are increased, let the people live? The playboy also knew the truth, and he would never do anything that the saint loved to govern the country and make the people suffer, so he did not agree to increase the tax, so another official proposed a way, that is, to find a way to borrow their silver from the hands of rich merchants from all over the country. ”

Hua Lang can also understand these situations, and after bowing slightly, let Li Jingan continue.

"The imperial court borrowed silver from merchants, which somewhat damaged the country's prestige, if a country wants to borrow silver from merchants, wouldn't it make the enemy think that our Great Song Dynasty is poor and weak, so that those who have wolf ambitions will not take the opportunity to besiege our Great Song Dynasty? Therefore, the emperor felt that it was a good idea to borrow money from merchants, but he had to come up with a way to get the best of both worlds. ”

At this time, a household servant in the court came up with a way to replace copper coins and silver with paper money, he named those paper money Jiaozi, and said that merchants from all over the country should exchange a part of Jiaozi with their own silver, these Jiaozi in their hands, can be circulated, or can be exchanged at the government after the specified time limit, the court felt that this method was feasible, because in this way, they did not borrow the merchant's silver, they only exchanged the merchant's silver with paper money, and those merchants could still use paper money for circulation. It's just that it's no longer copper coins in circulation. ”

After Li Jingan said this, he took a long breath, and then said: "Dude, this sounds like a good way to exchange paper money for copper coins, and if it can really be done, it will be much more convenient for those businessmen to go out to do business, and they don't need to carry so much money, but this kind of thing sounds like a fantasy, who would be stupid to exchange a bag of copper coins for a few pieces of paper, and whether these papers can be used or not is not necessarily." ”

After listening to Li Jing'an's words, Hua Lang nodded: "Lord Li's analysis is correct, but this matter is not without a way, if it is handled properly, it may really be able to let the imperial court get through the difficulties." ”

Li Jingan heard Hua Lang's words, oh, and hurriedly asked, "Is there any way for the playboy?" ”

Hua Lang shrugged: "Not for the time being, judging from the current situation of my Great Song Dynasty, it is really difficult for Jiaozi to circulate, after all, the scope of business for merchants is limited, and they don't need a large number of Jiaozi, but it is still possible to use Jiaozi to fill the imperial treasury for a period of time." ”

"This ...... How can this work, if Jiaozi is really issued, it will be all money, and when the time comes, the people can take Jiaozi to receive money, this method of demolishing the east wall and making up the west wall is probably not advisable. ”

Hua Lang didn't expect that Li Jing'an saw things so thoroughly, and after a shallow smile, he said: "This method is indeed to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall, so if you can not use it, try not to use it, and if you really use it, then you must find a way to do a good job of the aftermath, that is to say, after the issuance of Jiaozi, the imperial court must find a way to fill this loophole as soon as possible, and prepare the silver before those merchants come to exchange money, and these things are probably not something we need to consider now, because these merchants are not stupid, the money is theirs." If they don't change, what can you do with them? ”

Hua Lang sees it more thoroughly and more long-term than Li Jing'an, and of course, he has also seen the recent problems.