Jiayu Village of Red Mansions

Chapter 47

avoid.I want you to promise, if one day, you will leave Jia Hua first and make Jia Hua die! "The Holy Majesty doesn't have much hope for Shui Zhan, but he has to think about his grandson. No one knows better than the Holy Majesty the feeling of being on the throne but having no real power.

"Royal father!" Shui Zhan shouted with his eyes wide open.

"Aren't you two deeply in love! I have already sent Zhang Tingyu to Jia Hua for the same purpose, do you think he will agree?" The Holy One is such a shrewd person, how could he only make one-handed plan? Jia Hua will definitely agree, and if he agrees, he will do it. Even if Shui Zhan doesn't agree, he will close his eyes at that time, and will Jia Hua go with him?

"My son obeys the order."

On the first day of the first lunar month of the following year, Emperor XX Zen of the XX Dynasty was located in Shuizhan, the fourth son of the emperor. emperor.In the same year, Emperor Taishang recalled Monk Chunming from Chongfu Temple who ordered him to become a monk on his behalf. The Buddha has quite the root of wisdom, and I am very relieved, because he has both talents and virtues, he is the pillar of the country.

After abdicating, the Supreme Emperor really concentrated on worshiping the Buddha, no longer caring about the court affairs, the new emperor ascended the throne, it is said that the new dynasty has a new atmosphere, there should be big moves in the court, but although the Supreme Emperor does not care, after all, he is pressing on the top, the new emperor The situation in the court would not be changed easily, and the ministers below did not dare to act rashly, openly confronting the new emperor. As a result, the court was still relatively calm.

If you really want to talk about the big changes in the court, you have to say that Prince An, Jia Hua, who suddenly descended from the air.When it comes to Jia Hua, the ministers of the court and the central government are no strangers. The cabinet bachelor who visited Hua in XX39 and walked in the Zhinan study room played an important role in destroying Ge Erdan, but he was inexplicably adopted by the Supreme Emperor more than three years ago. He became a monk in Chongfu Temple, and now he was recalled inexplicably, and turned into Prince An, taking over the post of Minister of the Household Department that was vacant due to the enthronement of the Holy One.

When the new emperor came to the throne, apart from changing the year name, it was natural to recast copper coins. As the newly appointed Minister of the Household Department, Jia Hua took on this task as a matter of course.

When the new emperor ascended the throne, many trifles were irritating. Shui Zhan was engrossed in the memorial. At this time, Su Peisheng came over and preached, "Prince An has an audience."

When Shui Zhan heard that Yucun was coming, he quickly ordered Su Peisheng to spread the word.

Yucun was wearing a prince's robe, and his hair had just grown a few inches, which was somewhat similar to Duan Fei's hair in his previous life.

"Long live my lord to see my emperor!" Yucun entered the door and saluted Shui Zhan.

Shui Zhan saw that Yucun was giving him the courtesy of a monarch and a minister, so he quickly got up to stop him, saying, "Why do you have to do such a big courtesy between us!"

Hearing this, Yucun insisted on finishing the salute, smiled, but did not answer Shui Zhan's words, took out a small package from his sleeve, and said, "Your Majesty, I have brought you new money."

Shui Zhan took the small package, and ordered Yucun to sit on the warm table beside him. He took out the new money in the small package, looked at it carefully, and watched the newly minted new money shine brightly, just like the brand-new Yongzheng Dynasty , I was happy in my heart, and I read it in great detail. After looking at it, I suddenly asked: "Huh? Why is the word 'Yongzheng Tongbao' cast on this coin different? The latter seems to be less clear than the former."

Hearing this, Yucun pointed to the copper coin and explained: "Your Majesty, there are three kinds of copper coins here. The string of money in your left hand is called 'ancestral money', which is to be sealed in the treasury. The string on the table is called Mother money is used to make molds, and the money in your right hand is the one that will be circulated among the people in the end, because the molds have been turned twice, so the word is not as clear as the previous two."

Shui Zhan nodded when he heard the words, and said: "I really didn't know that there are many specialties in making money."

As if suddenly remembering something, Yucun chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, speaking of the coin casting, there are two officials in the household department who are in charge of the coin casting, and they fought over it."

"Oh? Is it because of the handwriting on the copper coin?" Shui Zhan asked curiously.

"No, it's because of the copper-lead ratio of the money." Yucun said mysteriously.

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"Oh~ how do you say that?" Shui Zhan asked doubtfully.

Twirling a brand-new copper coin, Yucun asked Shui Zhan, "Does your majesty know how many coppers XX Dynasty wants to exchange for one or two grains of silver?"

"I know that one tael of silver can be exchanged for two thousand yuan. Why, is there any problem?" Shui Zhan said. After all, he has been in charge of the household department for many years, and he knows the money system quite well.

"Your Majesty is talking about the official price, but actually one tael of silver can only be exchanged for 750 coins in the market." Yucun said.

"It's not surprising that money is expensive and silver is cheap since ancient times. Could there be some reason for this?" Shui Zhan asked suspiciously.

"Your Majesty, this is not an ordinary thing that money is expensive and silver is cheap. The casting ratio of copper coins in the XX Dynasty is half copper and half lead, and copper is expensive and money is cheap. There are unscrupulous traders who use silver to collect copper coins from the people, and then melt the copper coins and recast them." Make copper wares, and then sell them in the market, so that it is not counted as craftsmanship, but only the price of copper, and the net profit is three times." Yucun gave Shui Zhan an analysis.

Shui Zhan changed his mind when he heard the words, and said solemnly: "Do the officials below do the same when they pay taxes!"

Yucun nodded lightly, this is indeed a disadvantage of the money system, because officials at all levels require people to pay taxes in silver coins, but most of the people do not have silver coins in their hands, and most of the money they pay is copper coins. When collecting money, it is based on the official price, one tael of silver for two thousand copper coins. Those officials then sell the copper coins from the common people to the black market at the price of one tael of silver for 750 copper coins. Exchange, such a handover, these tax collectors made three times the money from it!

The ratio of copper to lead in this money system is indeed a major drawback, and it must be eradicated. At this time, it is time to change the system of the dynasty. If this matter becomes a success, it is a great political achievement, and it will have a great effect on stabilizing the court. Listen to Shui Zhan I was very happy after seeing Yucun's analysis, and said, "Yucun, you are really my lucky star!"

Yucun smiled lightly when he heard the words: "Your Majesty is absurd, this is not the first discovery of this."

What a thoughtful person Shui Zhan is. Hearing what Yucun said, he said, "Oh~ is there any competent official in Yucun who you want to recommend to me?"

Yucun nodded, and said, "This man's name is Sun Jiagan, and he was a No. 50 Jinshi in the 60th year of the XX Dynasty (in fact, he was in the 4th year)."

"Since he is a No. 4 Jinshi in Yijia, why don't I have any impression?" Shui Zhan thought for a long time, but he couldn't find this person in the Imperial Academy or the Ministry of Household Affairs.

As if thinking of something interesting, Yucun smiled lightly and said, "Your Majesty doesn't know something, this Sun Jiagan is really upright, he went all the way to the dark, and scuffled with the Secretary of the Ministry of Households for the matter of making money. Together, when I saw it, the black gauze cap that had already been worn was tilted to the sky, and the belts of the court clothes fell off, and the minister took a lot of effort to separate the people."

"Nonsense! Since you are an official in the court, you are a model for all people, how dare you act wildly in the household!" When Shui Zhan heard that this man dared to fight in front of Yucun, he couldn't help being a little annoyed at Sun Jiagan.

"Sun Jiagan is indeed a little reckless, but he is still available. Your Majesty, I recommend Sun Jiagan to be in charge of making new money. As for the official position, I will not promote him first, but give him a title of authority and no position. , There are ministers in the household department to stand up, forgive the people below and dare not neglect." Yucun said.

Shui Zhan thought for a moment, and said: "Since you are so optimistic about him, I will do as you say. If he is really capable, it will not be too late to promote him!"

Looking at the clock on one side, he said to Yucun, "It's getting late, why don't you stay for lunch!"

When Yucun heard this, he nodded happily. It is true that the two of them haven't had a good meal together for a long time.

Four dishes, one soup, two bowls of round-grained rice, the new emperor's dining table is not as large as the common people imagined, with hundreds of dishes, and a big table that can be full with one bite of a dish. The tables of ordinary rich people in Shanghai are rich, because the household department has been short-lived for years and the emperor conquered Galdan, the treasury has been empty. After Shui Zhan ascended the throne, he personally took out the silver in the treasury to fill the treasury.

"I heard that you are still a vegetarian, so I didn't order the imperial dining room to prepare meat dishes. Come and taste the gluten with mushrooms. It's very good." Saying this, Shui Zhan picked up a chopstick and sent it to Yucun's bowl.

Yucun picked it up, put it in his mouth, and said with a smile: "It's fragrant but not greasy, it's really good."

Seeing that Yucun liked it, Shui Zhan was also happy, and said, "The food in this palace is much more refined than outside, but in my heart, it will never compare to the plate of vinegared potato shreds in the courtyard."

Hearing this, Yucun also remembered the scene when he was cooking for Shui Zhan when the two were still in love, and couldn't help feeling soft in his heart, saying: "Since His Majesty likes it, it's not difficult for me to do it for His Majesty again."

Seeing Yucun's promise, Shui Zhan was also happy, and said with a smile, "That's it, it's settled!"

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after March.

Rongguofu.

At that time, Jia Lian was having dinner with Sister Feng, when Jia Lian suddenly said to Sister Feng, "My dear friend, please give me a few liang of silver on credit first."

Sister Feng picked up a chopstick of rice and said, "Okay, let Ping'er fetch you ten taels of silver after eating."

When Jia Lian heard that he only gave ten taels, his face drooped immediately, and he said: "If I am short of these ten taels of silver, everyone in this house will have to drink the northwest wind!"

Seeing Jia Lian's uneasy face, Sister Feng poked her head back, put down her chopsticks, and said with a smile on her face: "