Da Song Private Investigator

How to make those merchants willing to use Jiaozi is a problem for Hwarang and the others, but it is not a problem, because for Hwarang, Jiaozi at this time cannot solve the problem. If the court does not force them, they will It is best not to force the merchants to use Jiaozi. After all, if the imperial court cannot get the silver when the merchants exchange it, the credibility of the imperial court will be reduced. In this way, the people here may not believe any edicts issued by the imperial court. up.

Li Jingan also thought the same way, he didn't want the merchants in Chang'an City to make a fuss over this matter.

But things were not as simple as they thought, because on the third day after Li Jingan discussed the matter with Hwarang, the court issued another order, ordering Chang'an City to exchange 50 taels of silver.

50 taels was definitely not a small amount in the Song Dynasty. Even if each merchant took out 1 taels of silver, it would probably take 1 merchants. However, although Chang'an City is rich, there may not be many families who can take out [-] taels at once. .

Li Jingan felt a lot of pressure for this matter, and finally had no choice but to invite Hwarang. After reading the official documents of the court, Hwarang felt that this matter was really difficult, but no matter what, they had to do it. It was just Hwarang and Li Jingan and the others knew very well that if they put pressure on them, they would be able to raise so much money, what would they do when they could exchange it later?

"Master Li, after the silver is collected, will it be sent to the imperial court immediately?"

Li Jing'an nodded: "Theoretically, yes, because the imperial court desperately needs money, and we must hand in the money as soon as possible after we receive it."

Hearing Li Jingan's words, Hwarang frowned slightly, and asked after a long time, "How long did the court give to raise the money?"

"It will take about two months. It will take two months to raise money, and it will take about half a month to send it to the capital. In other words, we only have two and a half months."

Hwarang frowned slightly, and nodded after a long time: "Maybe two and a half months is enough!"

"How did Playboy come up with a solution?"

Hwarang nodded: "Jiaozi can't last long, so we must find a way to fill the vacancy as soon as possible. If those merchants come to exchange silver, what shall we give them?"

"This..." Li Jing'an was in a bit of a dilemma. After all the money was handed over, he, the Chang'an government office, would definitely not be able to get this much money, but he could ask the imperial court. Does the imperial court have any silver to get it out?

After a long time, Li Jingan asked, "What does Young Master Hua want to do?"

"It's very simple, I want to do business with the imperial court!"

"Doing business with the imperial court?"

Hwarang nodded: "If the court wants to have money, it should do business like a merchant. Otherwise, it may be difficult to become rich and strong only by relying on the taxes of the people."

"But... But it's probably very difficult. How can the imperial court do business casually? If this is spread, wouldn't it be a joke?"

"My lord Li misunderstood. The imperial court's business is not for imperial officials to do business, but for the imperial court to control some profiteering industries. The profits generated by these profitable industries can be freely controlled by the state. In other industries, the imperial court You can buy shares and get profits from it, which is much better than issuing money to cheat merchants.”

After listening to Hua Lang's words, Li Jing'an was startled suddenly, and said, "From the meaning of Mr. Hua, it seems that you are not planning to promote the release of Jiao Zi?"

Hwarang smiled lightly: "Improve it, of course it must be implemented. If it is not implemented, how can the court have the capital to invest? What I just said was just how to spend the money after receiving it. If it is managed properly, before the merchants exchange money , maybe we can make money back."

Li Jingan nodded: "What Young Master Hua said is indeed a good idea, but I'm afraid it will not be easy to carry it out."

"I know this, so if you want to implement it, you must get the emperor's consent."

"But how could the emperor agree?"

Hwarang smiled: "Of course I'm going to recommend it to the Minister of State!"

"But how could they know what the playboy is thinking?"

"I'm going to write a book for my regular friends."

After saying this, Hwarang wrote a letter to Bao Zheng, who often served as governor of the government, clearly stating the court's need to control those profiteering industries and what industries he needed to invest in and cooperate with, and asked Bao Zheng to Combine some forces in the imperial court to persuade the emperor. As long as the emperor agrees, they can immediately persuade the merchants to exchange money.

The letter Hwarang wrote was very long, but it was very easy to understand. He believed that with Bao Zheng's ingenuity, he would be able to understand the meaning, and all they had to do was wait for the news in Chang'an City.

The news didn't come very quickly, and he didn't come back until about five days later. Bao Zheng's reply letter was very long, but the content was not much. It means that the court agreed with Hwarang's suggestion, and has sent relevant personnel to make arrangements. When they arrived, they immediately put money into it.

In the letter, in addition to these things, Bao Zheng also talked about the parting feelings between their friends, and later he talked about how they persuaded the emperor.

It turned out that after Bao Zheng received Hualang's letter, he thought it was a good idea, but he also knew that it was not easy to convince the emperor, but when Bao Zheng entered the palace to face the holy feelings, Kaifeng happened. a big deal.

Because the release of Jiaozi needs to be tested, and the most suitable place is at the foot of the emperor. Rich businessmen gather at the foot of the emperor, and it is easiest to gather property. Moreover, because it is at the foot of the emperor, the court can control what happens, so as not to make matters worse. Make a big fuss.

At the beginning, due to pressure from the imperial court, the frequent merchants exchanged a lot of jiaozi from their homes, and the imperial court therefore accumulated a large amount of money in a short period of time. Because of this, the imperial court felt that it was okay to issue jiaozi, so Only then did tasks be assigned to the states and counties of the Song Dynasty to fill the treasury.

But what people never expected was that not long after Jiaozi was released, those businessmen clamored to exchange Jiaozi for money, and they were blocked by some officials at the beginning. Their interests were threatened, so they rebelled one after another. Although their rebellion was not violent, it was very difficult to control. That is, they went on strike, so in just one day, the entire capital was in chaos. Even if the capital has a lot of silver, it can't buy anything, and the court has nothing to do with these merchants, because they are free to buy and sell, they sell what they want, and they don't sell if they don't want to.