Prime Minister

Chapter 415
What Cai Xiang said, Zhang Yue was really unexpected.

"Lord of the province! This is..." Zhang Yue couldn't help saying, he didn't expect Cai Xiang to stand up and stand up for him.

If Cai Xiang can fight this matter for him, then he doesn't have to resign.

Cai Xiang took Zhang Yue's resignation, but instead threw a letter to Zhang Yue and said, "Look for yourself."

Zhang Yue saw the general content of a copy of Zhazi, and he said silently in his heart: "The censor Lv Xianke (Lu Huo) impeached Han Gong to make money for his envoy, and protected Xue Xiang, a transfer envoy in Shaanxi, for sending out salt money indiscriminately. Enter the villain..."

Zhang Yue saw that Lu Hui blamed Han Qi for allowing Xue Xiang to issue salt money indiscriminately for the plummeting salt money in the capital at this time, but he didn't blame himself at all.

Cai Xiangdao: "Lu Xianke originally wanted to impeach you at the same time, but the old man personally came to the door after learning about it... Fortunately, he remembered that he was taken care of by the old man in the past, and finally sold the old man's face!"

After Zhang Yue heard the words, he immediately got up and bowed to Cai Xiang to the end.

Cai Xiang said: "You don't have to thank the old man, Lu Heo mainly attacked Han Xiang, and you were just picked up by him."

Turns out I was an included giveaway!
Zhang Yue felt relieved.

Fan Shidao said: "However, Governor, from my point of view, someone needs to take care of the sharp drop in salt money. We can say that the system of the exchange exchange is an expedient policy. Since it is an expedient policy, we can say Just leave it.”

Zhang Yue's face changed when he heard the words, and he was about to speak.

Cai Xiang said: "That's right, the system of the Exchange is too rich. Some people lose their fortunes because of frying the salt notes, and some people get rich overnight because of frying the salt notes. What the imperial court blatantly advocates must be to arouse the greed in the hearts of the people, and in the end it will corrupt the world's customs and make people's hearts old."

Fan Shidao said: "Exactly, as long as it is an expedient policy, it makes sense, so no one will pursue it afterwards."

Hearing this, Zhang Yue couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Report to the Provincial Governor and Deputy Envoy, you can't stop at the Intermediary Office!"

As soon as Zhang Yue said this, Fan Shidao showed an expression of disbelief, and he said: "Zhang Duzhi, tell me what you said again!"

Zhang Yue's face was flushed, he looked up at Cai Xiang, Fan Shidao took a look, and finally fell silent!

Fan Shidao said to Cai Xiang: "Judge Zhang's mind is a little confused, the provincial governor just don't care about it."

Zhang Yue cursed from the bottom of his heart, you are the only one who is out of your mind.

Cai Xiang waved her hand and said, "I'm not deaf, Judge Zhang is not a person without measure, please explain!"

Zhang Yue glanced at the words on the table, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Your official remembers that there was a year in Shaanxi where coins were minted, and the coins were minted at two cents."

Ordinary coins are worth one piece of money, and the so-called two-fold coin means that one piece of money is worth two pieces of money.

There are even three-fold, five-fold, and ten-fold coins.

To put it bluntly, it means that the court sets a price, and my coin is discounted by two, and one exchange two, which is an inflated currency.
"At that time, Shaanxi minted two coins and 200 million guan, but the cost was 100 million guan. The monthly payment of the officials along the border, the imperial court paid [-] yuan, but it was only [-] yuan."

"What's more, iron is cheap and copper is expensive, and iron coins and copper coins are heavy and hard to move. Therefore, I heard that traders in Shaanxi who transported goods to the border market and returned, in order not to return empty, they paid copper coins to pay. , so copper coins in Shaanxi are decreasing day by day, and iron coins are increasing day by day.”

"Later, there were salt banknotes in Shaanxi, and the merchants used the salt banknotes as convenience money. The merchants around the peddler all got the salt banknotes and returned because the salt banknotes were convenient for the money of copper and iron. And a table of salt banknotes was considered by the court. How much is the cast version? It only costs a page of mulberry paper and a little ink printing, compared to 200 million pennies worth two coins, and the cast version is one hundred pennies, which one is more convenient for the court, and the period is self-evident."

Cai Xiang and Fan Shidao nodded slowly after hearing what Zhang Yue said.

Shaanxi issued 200 million guan to convert two coins, and the court was not only infamy, but the cost was 100 million guan.The imperial court issued iron coins, because copper is expensive and iron is cheap, but the face value of copper coins and iron coins is a penny, so merchants are not stupid, they only recognize copper coins.

On the contrary, it is convenient for the common people to give salt money, and the court does not lose money.

Zhang Yue said: "I think the importance of coins must be that there must be money first, and then there must be Chu. The people who fill the commission are due to the lack of money. The trend of the court using Chu is actually the trend in the future. The three yamen control the wealth of the world. Currency, you can only follow the trend and make irreversible trends."

Master Fan said: "However, from my point of view, there is a balance between money and chu. The amount of gold, silver, copper and iron produced underground is still countable, and it is rare to come by. But the number of chu is easy to get, but it will become more and more unstoppable." Er, once this disease is developed, the court will print more and more coins in the future, and it will be difficult to fill the gully."

Cai Xiang said: "Yes, things are the foundation of the world, money is the second, and Chu is the last! I heard that in Shaanxi, because of the salt banknotes, the iron money was demoted again and again!"

In history, due to the opening of the Xihe River, Shaanxi salt banknotes were issued indiscriminately. Song Shenzong once spent 200 million yuan to buy back salt banknotes from the people. In the end, he sighed that "Shaanxi Salt Law is corrupt", and then closed the capital salt office.

Zhang Yue said: "As long as the imperial court suppresses the number of salt banknotes printed and pays the remaining banknotes at the same time, this disease can be abolished!"

"The number of salt bills to be suppressed is negotiated by the Shaanxi Transshipment Department and the third department every year. As for the remaining bills, it is difficult!"

Zhang Yue said: "As long as the exchange is on one day, it will not be difficult to cash the remaining banknotes!"

Cai Xiang and Fan Shidao all showed embarrassment.

Cai Xiangdao: "In the past, salt banknotes were as cheap as five pennies per banknote. That is to say, the Duyan Court gave you five pennies and fifty coins to buy them. If they were very expensive, they would be reduced by fifty pennies. The power of low cost is often in the officialdom. carry on."

"Nowadays there are so many counterfeit banknotes, you and I both know that if the imperial court refuses to pay them, let alone five or six for one seat, it will be a matter of time before they even fall to three or four, or even lower."

Zhang Yue said: "Send the official to the governor, and the deputy envoy will know it after seeing one thing..."

Cai Xiang, Fan Shidao didn't know what Zhang Yue gave, but Zhang Yue took out an account book and presented it.

Cai Xiang and Fan Shidao looked at it for a while, and suddenly took a breath of cold air at the same time.

……

Fan Shidao tremblingly said: "The exchange office is only ten days... that is..."

Zhang Yue nodded slowly.

The moment Zhang Yue looked at the ledger, he suddenly thought of the old man who lost his fortune in front of the exchange, and the old man who dived in the Bianshui River...

Thinking of this scene, his heart suddenly felt painful.

Cai Xiang also sat on the chair with a face full of shock. It's not that he has never seen money. He himself is the richest one among the officials, and he is also in charge of the three yamen. There are hundreds of millions of guan.

But he was still stunned after seeing the benefits of the exchange that Zhang Yue handed over.

Fan Shidao was the first to say: "You must not let Zhongshu know about this matter!"

Cai Xiang glanced at Fan Shidao, but said nothing with a sullen face.

Zhang Yue said: "I want to report to the governor and deputy envoy, I have thought about it, and most of the money should be kept in the exchange office, so that the power of low cost is all in the officials. Then take out the money to distribute dividends." !"

PS: more tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)