Yang Huahua was helpless and was helped away by her maids. Li Qingan was still sitting on the table and drinking slowly. He placed two silver coins and one gold coins in front of him. This was what Yang Huahua had just taken out to show off, and she also got the right to mint coins. It should be said that the Yang family got the right to mint coins.

Only then did Li Qing'an realize that the day before yesterday, Li Longji gave five people the power to mint coins. In addition to the Yang family, there were also the Jiannan Jiedushi, the Shuofang Jiedushi An Sishun, his sons Eighteen Lang Li Mao and Sixteen Lang Li Lin. It is said that he also planned to give the coins to his brothers and other princesses with more than 2,000 households.

Li Qing'an stared at the silver coins in front of him, and there was an Anxi silver coins next to him. Compared with the two, Anxi silver coins were thick and white in color, and had a lot of silver content. The Yang family's silver coins were thin and heavy in flesh, dark in color, and the workmanship was not as round and fine as Anxi silver coins. It was obvious that they were made. Of course, the dark color was not the reason for oxidation. The silver coins were just launched for a few days and it was impossible to be oxidized, which only means that the silver content was insufficient.

Li Qingan simply put down his wine glass, pulled out his dagger and cut the Yang family's silver coins. There was a bright yellow copper color in the interlayer. Judging from the naked eye, the ratio of silver to copper should be June 4th. Li Qingan threw the silver coins on the table and sighed softly.

It should be said that his promotion of silver coins was a mistake. In just a few days, the bad coins minted by the Yang family had been listed. What is the difference between this and issuing big money to plunder the wealth of the people? Originally, he also expected Li Longji to use severe punishment to punish those who made silver coins, but Li Longji himself had already relaxed the right to mint coins. Of course, he had no intention of accuse Li Longji of being an emperor and rewarding ministers was his power, but if he did not restrict it, the flood of bad coins would definitely bring serious disasters to the people of the Tang Dynasty. The person who suggested issuing silver coins was Li Qing'an. In the end, people would only point at his backbone and curse, and Li Qing'an's reputation was completely ruined. Thinking of this, Li Qing'an no longer had the heart to drink anymore. He wanted to enter the palace immediately to meet Li Longji.

In Xingqing Palace, Li Longji had already dealt with the matter between King Qing and King Di. After only more than an hour, he felt a little tired and had a pain in his head. Li Longji was about to return to his bedroom when suddenly a eunuch came to report: "Your Majesty, Li Qing'an was asking for a meeting outside the palace and said that there was an emergency to report to Your Majesty."

Li Longji was slightly stunned. What an emergency situation, did something happen to Anxi? He immediately cheered up and ordered: "Let him come and see him."

After a moment, Li Qing'an hurriedly walked into the side hall of Xingqing Palace under the guidance of a eunuch. Li Longji was slowly drinking a bowl of ginseng tea.

"My minister Li Qing'an meets His Majesty!"

"Li Aiqing, is there anything wrong?"

"Your Majesty, I discovered an abnormal situation today. I feel that the situation is urgent, so I will report it."

Li Longji put down the ginseng bowl and asked, "What's the matter, tell me!"

Li Qing'an took out a few silver coins and put them in the eunuch's plate, saying, "I found that there were inferior silver coins on the market today. I was very worried. Please pay attention to it!"

The eunuch brought the plate to Li Longji. He picked up a few silver coins, and the silver coins were cut open, but there was still a little skin. Five silver coins were placed in front of him. Among them, the silver coins cast by Anxi and Shaofujian were all bright in color and full in workmanship, while the other three silver coins imitating Shaofujian were obviously mixed with other metals, copper or lead.

"What big thing do I think is! The coins circulating in the market are of varying quality, and they have been around since ancient times. What a big fuss? I'm sorry, I'm doing some big talk!"

Li Longji did not take this matter seriously. He had been an emperor for 40 years, and this situation was seen a lot. At that time, due to insufficient copper materials, a large number of inferior copper coins appeared on the market. He was also extremely nervous. He had strictly ordered local governments not to make private copper coins and strictly prohibited private mining. However, as time passed, he also found that these inferior money did not cause much harm, so he gradually restored the old system of private mining and tax collection by the government.

More importantly, the government found out that the money came from the manor of the powerful royal family. Li Longji knew that this must be caused by the powerful and powerful minted money in Chang'an. The cost of minting money was only 750 cents. The huge profits were there. How could the powerful and powerful people in the world not flock to it? He could not control it, and he could only turn a blind eye.

Now that this situation occurs in silver and money again, he certainly knows that whoever has the gold and silver in his hands, isn’t most of them still in the hands of the powerful and powerful royal family? To create bad money, it can only be their own way. What should he do? Will the next decree be prohibited? He has issued many decrees that are not allowed to merge land, is it useful?

Moreover, it was just a bad currency rather than a counterfeit currency, but it was just a little lower in silver. There was no way. The silver output of the Tang Dynasty was not high, so how could it be more silver if it did not reduce the silver content? In fact, before Li Qing'an proposed to issue silver, Li Longji was already considering issuing large money. He had no choice but to implement a recruitment system after the government system was corrupted, and the government had to bear the food and salary. In the early years of Kaiyuan, there was only two million guan of military expenditure per year. By the end of Kaiyuan, military expenditure had increased to 10 million guan, and last year's military expenditure surged to 15 million guan, while the annual tax of the Tang Dynasty was only more than 20 million guan. There was also his consumption of Li Longji, and his finances were extremely tight and he was unable to make ends meet.

Just when Li Longji was about to issue big money, Li Qing'an proposed to issue gold and silver money, which was exactly in line with Li Longji's intentions and could solve some of the problems of financial deficiencies for him.

Now that Li Qing'an demands strict supervision and restrain the issuance of silver and money, how could Li Longji not get tired of it? The wealth of the world belongs to his Li family. Issuing silver can increase the wealth of the court and solve the current difficulties. What's wrong? As long as you don't do too much, as long as the common people in the world can survive, there will be no big trouble.

"Li Aiqing, this is just a trivial matter. I am a little tired. Let's talk to you another day!"

After saying that, Li Longji got up and was about to leave. Li Qing'an hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, listen to me."

"What else do you have to say?" Li Longji's tone was already very impatient.

"Your Majesty, silver coins are not as harmful as copper coins. A copper coins are not very harmful and will not suffer much to ordinary people. However, the counterfeit coins in silver coins are no less harmful than large coins. If Your Majesty does not strictly regulate them, everyone will fight to cast silver coins. The amount of silver produced in the Tang Dynasty was originally small, so how could so much silver make money? It will only cause the silver content to become lower and lower, and the silver coins will overflow. At that time, the official will determine that a silver coins is worth hundreds of cents, and the people will not be worth ten cents. This will cause serious chaos in the money system and cause prices to soar. The people will no longer believe in silver coins. This will not only cause the imperial court, but also a major loss to Your Majesty. Please think twice."

If Li Longji had listened to Li Qing'an's advice ten years ago, and then summoned the prime ministers to discuss countermeasures, but now he is old and weak and lacks energy. He is extremely tired of such a thing that requires racking his brains. Before Li Qing'an finished speaking, he waved his hand and said: "You are worrying about nothing. The problem has not yet come out. Why do you want to do so much? I know that there is no storm. Besides, I have agreed to the royal relatives to mint money, so that they can jointly maintain the money system. Can such a thing be blocked by a single ban?"

Seeing that Li Longji did not listen to his words and refused to strictly restrict the minting of money, Li Qing'an had to settle for the second best, and said, "Your Majesty, Anxi and Dashi trade are busy, and small silver coins cannot meet the needs. Sogdian and Dashi merchants proposed more than once that they hoped that Anxi could cast silver cakes. The soldiers also hoped that small silver cakes would be easy to carry. I dare not cast them without authorization. I especially begged Your Majesty to allow Anxi to cast seven coins of small silver cakes on the basis of silver coins for use with Dashi trade and military expenses."

Li Longji had lost his patience. He did not realize the significance of the seven-qian silver cakes that Li Qing'an pointed out. All the states of the Tang Dynasty made silver cakes and paid tribute, usually twenty-five taels for one cake, or fifty taels of silver tablets. Last year, Yang Guozhong specially ordered Lingnan to pay tribute of 100,000 taels of silver tablets. In his opinion, the seven-qian silver cakes are just a little smaller, so what's wrong? He nodded and agreed.

"I am sure about the seven cents of silver cakes, but I want fifty taels of silver to pay you tribute to me. Do you understand?" Li Longji was not ambiguous about his own personal interests.

"I received the order!" Finally, Li Longji's permission was granted. Now, Li Qingan made up his mind that he would cast silver dollars different from the Tang Dynasty silver coins.

Perhaps it was because of the fact that Li Qing'an had to pay him 100,000 kilograms of silver every year, and 100,000 kilograms of silver was 1.6 million taels, which was equivalent to 1.6 million jin of silver. This could greatly improve his predicament. In view of so much money, Li Longji's face was slightly better and he smiled and said, "Li Aiqing, tomorrow will be the official court meeting. I will announce a series of major events. Many of them are about you. Just go back and rest early and come to attend the court meeting tomorrow with full energy."

"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness, and I will leave!"

"Go!"

Li Qingan withdrew from Xingqing Palace. Although he could not convince Li Longji to restrain the silver and money, Li Longji agreed to him to cast a "small silver cake" to pay military expenses and trade with Dashi. This is also a gain! It is a way to decouple from the Tang Dynasty's silver and money earlier, so it will be avoided being dragged down by it.

It was already afternoon. As soon as Li Qingan walked out of Xingqing Palace, a carriage came towards him. A middle-aged man got out of the carriage. Li Qingan recognized it and it turned out to be Dugu Mingyue's father Dugu Haoran.

"So it's Uncle Dugu!" Li Qingan hurried forward and smiled, "When did Uncle Dugu come back?"

"Haha! It turns out it's Qiro, it's been a long time since I saw you."

Dugu Haoran was obviously very satisfied with his son-in-law. He smiled and patted Li Qing'an on the shoulder and said, "I just came back last night. The official from the mansion just now came and said that the emperor wanted to summon him."

He looked up and down at Li Qing'an and smiled, "That's right, we're going to be a family soon. Since we have this fate, I hope we will take care of each other in the future."

"Last time I heard from my aunt that my uncle was changed to the position of the Minister of the Siong Temple. I really congratulations to my uncle."

"Hey! This is the great emperor's grace. OK, I'm afraid that the emperor will be anxious, so I'll go in first."

"Okay, I won't delay my uncle."

The two broke up. Dugu Haoran had just walked a few steps when he suddenly remembered something and quickly called Li Qing'an.

"Qiro, I almost forgot that you don't have any other social engagements tonight!"

"No, is there anything uncle has to do?"

Dugu Haoran smiled and said, "There is a family dinner tonight. They are all from the Dugu family. One is to wash me and the other is to meet you and Mingyue. You must come."

"Uncle has invited me, how could I not go?"

Li Qingan said happily: "I will definitely arrive in the evening!"

Today's holiday is not only a day for court officials to relax and take a vacation at home, but also a day for court officials to visit each other and find opportunities and relationships. Especially tomorrow, the grand dynasty will be held. This is the first court meeting since the New Year's Day this year. It is said that major events have been announced, and court officials have gone from home to inquire about major events that may happen tomorrow.

For the Dugu family, a major event will also happen at the meeting tomorrow, that is, Dugu Haoran will be officially appointed as the Minister of the Siong Temple, which will be a major turning point in Dugu Haoran's career.

Of course, the Dugu family was also nervously preparing for the marriage between Li Qing'an and Mingyue, but Li Qing'an's family had no elders. Although Gao Lishi expressed his willingness to help, he was not Li Qing'an's elder after all, and some things were not good enough to bother him. It could only be some etiquette help. Therefore, most of the things still have to be done by Dugu family. Mrs. Pei was almost dazed. Fortunately, Naga's three steps in the six rituals of marriage were decided, so Mingyue officially became Li Qing'an's fiancée.

The second is the vassal, that is, the man sent someone to send a betrothal gift to the woman's house. Last year, when the imperial concubine celebrated her birthday, Mingyue was appointed as the wife of the county. Gao Lishi and his wife gave pig, sheep, wine and other betrothal gifts to the Dugu family on behalf of the man, and then asked for a date, that is, to determine the date of the marriage. This was decided by the woman's family. Mrs. Pei had already decided and obtained her husband's consent last night. Therefore, today Gu Du invited Li Qing'an to the banquet, which was actually to inform him of the specific date of marriage.

To a certain extent, this is already a family dinner. It is common for people to invite a son-in-law to have a meal. But in fact, the Dugu family attaches great importance to the banquet tonight. On the one hand, Li Qing's position and power are of course the governor of Anxi, as the governor of Anxi, he should not treat him as a nephew in his younger life. On the other hand, Dugu Haoran also wanted to show off his future son-in-law in the family, so today's dinner was particularly grand.

It was almost dusk and the dinner was almost done. The tribesmen of the Dugu family's houses would come one after another. Mrs. Pei was so tired that she was exhausted. She straightened her waist and took a long breath. Her prospective son-in-law was coming tonight, so she couldn't prepare too casually.

According to Zhou Li, Mingyue could not meet Li Qing'an again before getting married, but the Tang Dynasty was open and there was no big defense between men and women. It was normal for them to gather together for dinner and go out for fun together. More importantly, Mrs. Pei also knew that winning over Li Qing'an would be of great help to her husband, so she agreed to let her daughter meet Li Qing'an.

At this time, a maid stepped forward and said, "Madam, please go to the room."

"Okay! I'll go now."
Chapter completed!