Xue Xiang is a person who is very good at calculation. After two years of trying, he found that this tax coin is simply a treasure. If used well, it can help the country save a lot of money, so why not use it.

Moreover, now this currency is the greatest authority of the Third Division. He will definitely increase his efforts, but he is not blindly going to issue more tax coins, but making tax coins the only currency.

This is power.

Just issuing more tax coins is destroying power in exchange for wealth, which is obviously not cost-effective.

Whether it is through paying soldiers, promoting tax coins, or asking Jiekupu to start a copper storage plan, it is not an issuance plan, but a replacement plan.

At the same time, this can also avoid the rules set by the Legislative Council. In fact, Xue Xiang is very reluctant to undermine the public security system because he thinks it is beneficial to him.

There is a reason why Sima Guang and others are called conservative. They have always had great doubts about banknotes. However, with such great achievements in front of them, conservatives cannot pretend that they have not happened and can only strengthen their control over tax currency.

supervision.

We must fully implement the public prosecutor's law as a check and balance.

Regarding this matter, Sima Guang has always been in charge, and he is still in charge now, because the Ministry of Punishment is in charge of the promotion and scheduling of judicial officials.

The reason why it was slow in the past was because Sima Guang wanted to select officials with high moral standards. Not only that, they also had to be familiar with the public security and judicial laws. This was really the best choice among a hundred!

Fortunately, now that the interim law has been promulgated, officials only need to understand the system of public security, procuratorate, and law, and do not need to study for several years. Sima Guang also compromised on this and can speed up the process appropriately.

So he immediately wrote to Su Che, Su Shi, Fan Chunren and others, asking them to recommend some judicial officials who could take charge of their duties independently.

Because the Public Procuratorate Law has been implemented in Shaanxi for the longest time, followed by Jingdong East Road, and Sima Guang had already made arrangements for this, asking Su Che and others to bring more judicial officials.

Of course, this is also because Sima Guang believes in Su Zhe and Fan Chunren's character. They must be like him, and the officials they recommend must also be candidates with good morals. There are many experienced judicial officials there now, and then they will

Paired with young judicial officials, it will be enough to accelerate the promotion of public security, prosecution and law.

...

These policies have not caused as much controversy as before. This can only show that the tax currency has indeed achieved great success, including the powerful people in the DPRK and China. They have also begun to gradually accept this entire system, because if they do not accept it, they will not be able to accept it.

There is no way.

Every time this trouble occurs, in the end, it is you who gets hurt, because there are countless officials who have been demoted from the Public Security Bureau, and aren’t they also the cause of the trouble in the Public Works Agency?

tired!

Not only are they tired, but the businessmen and landowners are also tired. Paying taxes according to the law is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Receiving the tax bill is nothing more than a few curses, and there is no wave in the heart.

I remember that there was a time when the tax collection efficiency of Hezhong Prefecture shocked the officials in the capital, but this year they experienced it firsthand.

What is efficiency?

Within this month, most people have paid all their taxes, almost all with tax coins, and no one has paid taxes in kind yet.

But this has caused the same problem as last year, that is, there will be a period of currency vacuum. Although the issuance of tax coins has caused everyone to use copper coins, the problem is that using copper coins for large-scale transactions is also very troublesome.

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Originally, trading had been accelerating, but suddenly it slowed down again, which many people couldn't stand.

Therefore, many people took the initiative to go to Jiekupu to exchange tax coins.

...

Political Hall.

Today Wen Yanbo is here to preside over daily work. The power of Tongping Zhangshi has not been weakened as it was in history, but has only received new checks and balances. Therefore, both Wen Yanbo and Wang Anshi can decide many things. They only need to follow

The emperor discussed a general policy, and the prime minister could decide on specific matters.

It is the Zhengshitang, not the emperor, who really presides over the daily affairs of the country.

"Have you heard that the three major Jieku shops in this city hope to borrow one million guan of tax coins from the imperial court?"

Lu Gongzhu, who just came in, said impatiently.

Wen Yanbo was shocked and asked curiously: "Borrow one million yuan? Why did they borrow so much money?"

Lu Gongzhu replied: "The main reason is that everyone uses tax coins to pay taxes. There is a lack of tax coins in the market, but they also have tax currency exchange business. Now they don't have many tax coins in their hands to exchange, which will make them lose their trust in businessmen."

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Wen Yanbo burst into laughter. When they first made this replacement, they were worried that Jiekupu would not have enough copper coins to exchange for tax coins. They never thought that the reality was exactly the opposite of what they expected, and asked again: "Then what can they borrow?

"

Lu Gong wrote: "It is to use copper coins and land as collateral."

Zeng Gong asked curiously: "Since we have copper coins, why do we need to borrow tax coins?"

Lu Gong wrote: "This is because tax coins are more convenient than copper coins. For Jiekupu, using tax coins for turnover is the most economical. Secondly, Jiekupu is expected to pay taxes, and there will be a shortage of currency in the short term.

, you can make a profit by owning tax coins.”

After saying this, he paused for a moment, "In the end, they believed that they would not lose money by doing this, because the tax currency could only depreciate, and the possibility of increasing its value was very small."

Wen Yanbo said: "Isn't this borrowing money not considered interest?"

Lu Gongzhu smiled and said: "The three of them are the most powerful profiteers in the Song Dynasty. They only plan to bear the cost of printing tax coins and do not plan to pay interest."

"Don't plan to pay interest? Do they think Sansi is running a charity?"

"Because they learned that the imperial court wanted Jiekupu to start selling copper, but they couldn't replace it without enough tax coins. They knew that the imperial court had a need for this, so they thought they shouldn't pay interest to the imperial court."

"These profiteers."

Wen Yanbo cursed and then said: "But the Third Division cannot print and issue tax coins at will."

Lu Gong wrote: "Just now, Junshi learned the news and immediately rushed to the Legislative Council."

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Legislative Council.

"Zhang San, is this your idea?"

When Sima Guang saw Zhang Fei, he asked.

"I swear."

Zhang Fei raised his hand and said: "It has nothing to do with me. I don't dare to go out now. I get scolded every day. This... this is all thanks to Bachelor Sima."

Sima Guang glared at him and said, "Do you think I'm still in the dark?"

Thinking of this, he became angry. He was teased a lot by this kid and couldn't even scold him. It was really annoying.

Fu Bi asked curiously: "What are you talking about?"

Sima Guang hurriedly said: "It's nothing."

Fu Bi just glanced at the two of them curiously, but did not gossip, and asked Zhang Fei: "Zhang San, do you think the Third Division can issue additional tax coins and lend them to Jiekupu?"

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "I think this is okay. After all, Jiekupu is mortgaged with physical objects. If we regard the tax coins as loan deeds, the court certainly has the right to decide whether to borrow or not.

The only thing we can do is to intervene in this transaction and monitor whether there are any tricks in it and whether the country's wealth has been damaged. It is rumored that the three major Jiekupu want to lend money without interest. This is what we need to pay attention to."

Fu Bi nodded slightly.

Zhao Pin suddenly said: "What is printed is money. After the Jiekupu is returned in the future, doesn't it mean that the Third Division will print an extra million tax coins?"

Sima Guang nodded and said: "Yes. Maybe the Third Division hopes to use this method to issue more tax coins."

Zhang Fei said: "But the regulations of the Legislative Council mean that the total amount of tax coins in the market cannot exceed the amount of copper and silk stored by the court, not the number of tax coins owned. If they collect it, as long as they don't send it out, then they will not It’s a violation of regulations.”

Fu Bi nodded, "But this aspect must be supervised well. Millions of copies are printed at every turn. If you are a little negligent, you may be shattered to pieces!"

The more he played, the harder it got, and he couldn't bear it anymore.

Zhang Fei said: "We will definitely strengthen supervision. I will go back later and send people to investigate the matter. In fact, the three major Jieku shops are more nervous than us. If tax coins are issued indiscriminately, their losses will be heavier than anyone else's. , because they have the most tax coins in their hands.”

Zhao Pindao: "But do they dare to oppose the Third Division?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "I'm sure that if there is any problem, they will come to the Chief Justice as soon as possible."

Zhao Pin was stunned for a moment, then smiled awkwardly.

Without the Public Security Bureau, it would be impossible for these three companies to establish Jiekupu. This is not seeking skin from a tiger, but sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth.

At this time, a civil servant came to the door and announced: "Let me tell you, sir, someone from the procuratorate is here, saying they have an urgent matter to see Prosecutor Zhang."

Fu Bi frowned and said, "Zhang San, what are you going to see first?"

"yes."

Zhang Fei came outside the house, and He Zhizhong immediately came forward, "Prosecuting Zhang, a dozen businessmen came just now, saying that the water transport had embezzled their goods, and they demanded compensation."

Zhang Fei was shocked, "What's going on?"

He Zhizhong said: "It is said that the ship sank again."

Zhang Fei frowned when he heard this and said, "Is it true?"

The original cause of Gao Wenyin's case was a shipwreck. When he heard about the shipwreck, he subconsciously thought that someone might have embezzled the goods and then deliberately caused the shipwreck. Even now, this kind of thing is not uncommon.

He Zhizhong nodded and said: "It should be true, because they went to Yangzhou to prosecute first, and it was the Yangzhou Imperial Court that transferred the case to the capital."

Zhang Fei said: "Yes! There is an imperial court in Yangzhou now, why should it be transferred to the capital?"

He Zhizhong said: "Based on the complaint submitted by Yangzhou, if the judgment is based on the law, the water transport may be awarded compensation, but it is not yet known how the water transport will compensate the money. However, this water transport is involved in many matters, and once the judgment is made, it may trigger many lawsuits
To be continued...