Da Song Private Investigator

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

This put everyone in a good mood, so they are fine at ordinary times. Apart from helping out at the inn, they walk around, sometimes when they go to private schools, they sit and listen to the children reading, listening to the immature voice recite the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, Hwarang They feel very fulfilled. These people may become the pillars of the Song Dynasty in the future. Even if some people are mediocre, but they have been educated, at least they know about etiquette, justice, integrity and shame, and some evil things will not happen. It is very important to promote the stability of the Song Dynasty.

This day, Hualang and the others went to the private school again, and after sitting there for a while, they went out to wander around the street, very leisurely, but at this moment, they heard a few people nearby discussing things there.

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

"Who knows, just a few pieces of paper want to exchange the money in our hands, which makes us somewhat uneasy!"

"That's right, I don't think it's better than this. Let's unite with some people. No matter what, we can't change this friend."

Those few people seem to be businessmen, and they are businessmen with reputation. Wen Meng and Yin Wuzuo also heard these words, but after hearing these words, they were a little puzzled, looked at Hualang and asked: "What? Is it Jiaozi?"

In fact, Hwarang knows what Jiaozi is. This Jiaozi is the embryonic form of the later bank notes. It appeared for a while in the Song Dynasty, but it seemed to be a flash in the pan, and soon disappeared. There are actually many reasons for the disappearance of Jiaozi. The reasons are, firstly, that the imperial court did not give Jiaozi enough trust, and secondly, 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 the budding of capitalism. difficult to circulate.

Now, these merchants are discussing Jiaozi, which makes Hwarang think that something big may happen in Chang'an City.

Throughout the ages, there are two kinds of people who are the most well-informed, one is officials, and the other is businessmen. Now that businessmen are talking about Jiaozi, then Li Jingan, the magistrate of the Chang'an City Government, must have known about it.

Sure enough, when Hwarang was about to explain to Wen Meng what Jiaozi was, a yamen servant approached them and said that Li Jingan was invited.

Hwarang knew that Li Jingan must have asked him to discuss Jiaozi's matter, after a slight nod, Hwarang and the others followed the yamen servant to the government office.

After entering the government office, Hua Lang asked, "Why did Master Li find you here?"

Li Jingan hurriedly invited Hualang to take a seat, and said: "Young Master Hua, the imperial court has just issued an edict for me to execute in Chang'an City, but this edict is really strange, so I came here to ask Young Master Hua for advice on what to do." OK!"

Although he already knew that it was about Jiaozi, Hua Lang didn't say it right away, but asked, "Oh, what kind of edict is it?"

"It's like this. Now that the imperial court has been giving Xixia and Daliao some benefits from time to time to prevent wars from breaking out due to successive years of wars, the treasury is very empty now. For this matter, the lords of the court have put forward many suggestions. Some people suggested increasing taxes. But some people stood up and objected, saying that the taxes levied are not low now. If the taxes are increased, will the people be allowed to live? The playboy also knows that when the Holy One ruled the country with love and love, he would never let the people suffer. He did not agree to increase taxes for this reason, so another official proposed a method, which is to find a way to borrow money from rich merchants from all over the place."

Hwarang could also understand these situations, and after a slight nod, he asked Li Jingan to continue talking.

"The imperial court borrowed money from merchants, which somewhat damaged the country's reputation. If a country wants to borrow money from merchants, wouldn't it make the enemy think that our Great Song Dynasty is poor and weak? In this way, those who have wolf ambitions will not Taking the opportunity to besiege my Great Song Dynasty? Therefore, the emperor thinks that borrowing money from merchants is a good way, but he must come up with a way to get the best of both worlds."

"At this time, a servant of the household department in the court came up with a way to replace copper coins and silver with banknotes. He named those banknotes Jiaozi, and said that merchants from all over the country should exchange their own silver for some Jiaozi. In their hands, it can be circulated, and can also be exchanged at the government after the specified time limit. The court thinks this method is feasible, because in this way, they are not considered to have borrowed the merchant’s silver, they just exchanged the merchant’s money with banknotes. Silver, the paper money used by merchants can still be used in circulation, but the circulation is no longer copper money."

After Li Jingan finished speaking, he took a long breath, and then said, "Young man, exchanging banknotes for copper coins sounds like a good idea, and if it works, it will be much more convenient for those merchants to go out to do business. Heavy money, but this kind of thing sounds like a fantasy, who would foolishly exchange bags of copper coins for a few sheets of paper, and it is not certain whether these papers can be used."

After listening to Li Jingan's words, Hwarang nodded: "Master Li's analysis is correct, but there is no way out of this matter, if handled properly, maybe the court can really tide over the difficulties."

Hearing Hua Lang's words, Li Jing'an let out an oh, and quickly asked, "Is there any way, Mr. Hua?"

Hwarang shrugged his shoulders: "Not for the time being. Judging from the current situation in the Song Dynasty, it is really difficult to circulate Jiaozi. After all, the business scope of merchants is limited. They don't need a lot of Jiaozi, but they use Jiaozi to let the court The treasury will be full for a while, but it’s still okay.”

"This... How can this work? If Jiaozi is really issued, it will be money. When the time is up, the common people can take the Jiaozi to get the money. This method of tearing down the east wall to pay the west wall is probably not enough. Not advisable."

Hualang didn't expect that Li Jingan saw the matter so thoroughly, and after a slight smile, he said: "This method is indeed to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, so if you can use it, try not to use it, and if you really use it , then find a way to deal with 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 now I'm afraid it's not something we need to consider, because these businessmen are not stupid, the money belongs to them, if they don't change it, what can you do to them?"

Hwarang's perspective is more thorough and far-sighted than Li Jingan's. Of course, he has also seen the recent problems.