In fact, it is completely unnecessary, although because Emperor Hongwu looked down on merchants, it was very humble in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, but in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the status of merchants has been greatly improved, whether it is social status or political status - and his background is also very good, in Shanxi for Puzhou Haojia, uncle Wang Chonggu is also the official residence of the military department, the governor of Shaanxi, good at talking about military affairs, is a member of the dynasty.

Zhang Siwei and Zhang Gelao's boring move brought him great trouble.

He is so, Jiangnan Shizi is unwilling. The old man Yan Shannong, the representative of the Taizhou School, was the first to jump out, and almost poked Zhang Siwei's nose and scolded: "You are too shameless, how can you have the face to say this kind of thing?" If it had been placed in the time of Emperor Taizu, he would have killed your entire family a long time ago, and would he still be able to make you the first assistant and dominate the world? Sure enough, there will be demons in the world! ”

This matter has been worn between the government and the opposition, and has caused great controversy.

The final result was that Yan Shannong was imprisoned again, but this time he was imprisoned by the edict of Fusi in Beizhen, and the reason for going to prison was not because he scolded Zhang Siwei, but because of the last sentence - there will be demons in the world. You're cursing the court, aren't you?

However, the children of the old people of Yanshannong are all over the world, and they are still doing well in the Fusi Prison in Beizhen. And Zhang Siwei was unlucky, because of this incident, his prestige plummeted, the government and the opposition had a very bad reputation, and the emperor was quite disappointed in him.

In the eleventh year of Wanli, his father died of illness, and Zhang Siwei should resign from his official position and return to the township to guard filial piety. And it is also logical that the court should 'win the favor', that is, let him not have to keep filial piety, or keep filial piety for a shorter time, so that he can continue to govern as an official. For example, Zhang Juzheng, after his father's death, it stands to reason that he should return to his hometown for 27 months to keep filial piety, but he used various means to make the court win the favor and continue to serve as the first assistant.

Generally speaking, if the emperor takes the initiative to win affection, it means that he values this official, and the officials are willing in their hearts - after all, except for a very small number of filial sons, between filial piety and power, the vast majority of people will choose the latter.

But the Wanli Emperor did not, and no one in the court asked for love.

So Zhang Siwei almost went home in a gray attitude. As soon as he arrived home, his stepmother, Mrs. Hu, died, and then his two brothers died. In October of the thirteenth year of Wanli, the period of filial piety expired, and he also died of illness at home.

The atmosphere of the people of the time is like this, this shopkeeper knows the background of Hou Gongzi's net worth, born noble Xuanhe, a generation of ministers, is a famous family in Henan Guide, and his heel is in Beijing, and his household registration is Jinling. It is not strange that this prince is talking about the prince of the dynasty.

After laughing for a while, the Hou Gongzi said again: "In addition to this Lantern Street, what other interesting places can you go in Yanghe City?" ”

"Speaking of interesting places, there are really them." The shopkeeper smiled and said: "There is a Yuelai Inn in the east of the city, there is a couplet at the door, word of mouth, the name is wonderful, why don't you go and take a look?" ”

This Hou Gongzi is a scholar after all, when he heard this, he suddenly became interested, and snorted coldly: "Let's go, take a look, but I want to see what kind of absolute can be passed on by word of mouth." ”

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"What, five thousand taels of silver?"

Su Dacheng held the strip in his hand, as if he was holding five thousand taels of silver, and his hand was trembling uncontrollably.

Wang Tong nodded solemnly, and talked to the old man he knew, and he had a lot less scruples: "Don't ink, hurry up, count the silver out of the warehouse, I'm still in a hurry to go back!" I went back late and closed the city gate, I was afraid that I would miss the adult's business. ”

Liu Daku looked at the side and couldn't speak, and secretly said in his heart, what is Master Dong doing with this lot of silver, I'm afraid there will be a big event.

He interjected at the right time: "According to the rules set by the adult, as long as more than fifty taels of silver money enter and exit the warehouse, in addition to the adult's hand, there must also be Bai Zhongqi as evidence on the spot, and the register must be made." ”

"Then call someone to invite it, I'll just wait here."

Wang Tong waved his hand and called a kudin: "Go, get me a basin of hot water." ”

The Kuding answered, and soon came back, bringing a basin of hot water and putting it in front of Wang Tong. Wang Tong leaned down, took a handful of water with both hands, and washed his face vigorously. After a while, the marmot oil was washed off his face.

He picked up a cloth towel and wiped it, and let out a long breath: "Shutan, this face is oily, greasy, and I can't breathe, and I can't say how sad I am." ”

As he spoke, he took off his cotton robe and leaned comfortably on the chair on the side, and the whole person relaxed. This is the signing room of the big house, and it is also the office of Su Dacheng and Liu Daku, which is located in a side room of the main house of this big mansion. The area is not large, there are three braziers burned inside, although it is a little choking, but the room is warm and warm, and it is not cold in small clothes.

Su Dacheng picked up the teapot, poured him a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "You are such a hard-working character, if you change to Shi Jin or Zhou Zhong, you can't say that you are happy in it, and you have to wear armor in winter, even if you behave here, you have to be dignified, and your hands have to be pressed on the knife, not to mention sitting down to drink tea and catch up on the old days, I am afraid that you will not say a word with a straight face." ”

Wang Tong smiled and took a sip of tea: "It's not that I can't endure hardship, I naturally have to eat when I should endure hardship, but if I can not endure hardship, I still don't suffer hardship." Why should you be yourself? Isn't it good to be comfortable? Of course, if the adults want me to take the troops out, I can also eat ice and snow without undressing or removing my armor. Speaking of which, it's really not as good as the two of them. ”

While he was talking, Bai Zhongqi came in outside, Wang Tong explained his intention, and several people put on their clothes and went to the warehouse together.

The last time I robbed the bandits of Liuling Mountain halfway, they gained a lot, and there were a lot of gold, silver and copper coins alone. There were eighty-three taels of red gold; 10,000 silver 30,000 two hundred land pick up two and one penny to pick up points; Copper coins are 1,680 hanging.

These seem to be a lot, but in fact, there are more copper coins. Others are gold and silver, these two precious metals are very dense, take the gold of eighty-three taels and six coins, it is just a big ingot. And more than 13,000 taels of silver, that is, less than a thousand catties, can be divided into several boxes.

There was a special treasury for storing gold and silver coins, which was originally a side room, but now it has been strengthened a lot, and the windows have been sealed with stones, and there are Kuding guards outside, and they are all frozen and grinning.

A few people went into the warehouse, Liu Daku and Su Dacheng counted the number, Bai Zhongqi supervised by the side, and put a batch outside after counting. It didn't take long for the inventory to be completed.

After completing the handover formalities, Wang Tong asked the family members to divide the silver into several parts and pack them in a bag, tie it strongly, and put it on the back of the horse. After a few more words, he took his leave.

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On the evening of the same day, when the gate of Yanghe City was about to be closed, Wang Tong came back with people.

As soon as they came back, Dong Ce took people directly to the 'Maode Money Village', the largest and most famous money village in the entire Yanghe City, with multiple branches in various places.

The so-called money bank is basically equivalent to the bank of later generations, but it is not quite the same as the bank. For example, in this era, when money is deposited in a bank, no interest is given, on the contrary, a certain fee is charged. After all, someone kept it for you, right, can't you give it a meaning? Only those big patrons who have deposited a large amount of money at a time will give some interest. Moreover, in this era, money banks are basically privately run by some economically powerful individuals.

Since China's currency system has always been relatively chaotic, such as before the Qin and Han dynasties, grain, cloth, gold, and all kinds of copper coins can be used as currency and as equivalent exchange. After the Qin and Han dynasties, half two coins, five baht coins and other large quantities were issued, especially five baht coins, since the five years of Xiaowu Yuanjia Sanguan first minted five baht coins, to the beginning of Emperor Ping, more than 28 billion yuan (note, is hundreds of millions not trillions, in ancient times, billions usually refer to billions, and ten thousand is a derivative word, that is to say, 28 billion). Since then, gold and copper coins have been popular, but once it is time for war, grain and cloth are still the hardest currency. The Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, have always been like this. Even decades after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, when the empress was in the sky, the so-called Great Zhou Dynasty, the main currency in circulation was cloth instead of Kaiyuan Tongbao. This phenomenon did not begin to change until the Song Dynasty minted a large number of copper coins, and the Song Dynasty copper coins minted the first in all dynasties, the most in one year, and five million yuan were minted in one year alone. Since then, copper coins have been the main currency. In the early Ming Dynasty, due to the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, cloth and grain were hardened again. Until the middle and late Ming Dynasty, a large inflow of silver, the commodity economy was highly developed, silver became the main circulation currency of bulk goods, and copper coins were used for small and daily use. It is precisely because of the long-standing diversified currency system and the mixed circulation of multiple currencies that currency exchange has existed in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The exchange business began to appear in the Western Han Dynasty, and developed in the Tang and Song dynasties. In the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the government wanted to exclusively issue paper money, and the people still used silver ingots and copper coins, silver, money, and banknotes in parallel, and a variety of public and private institutions and firms were concurrently engaged in exchange business. It was at this time that the silver number of Qianzhuang sprung up in large numbers.

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