Thirty taels of silver, but the actual amount is only seven and a half taels, which has shrunk by four times!
And it’s not just once or twice, but it has been like this for several months!
Qian Si has already come to collect debts, but last time he was able to use his official body to block it.
But officials must abide by the law!
Don't talk about him. Didn't the Wulinghou Mansion, who owed Qiansi money at the beginning, pay it back honestly?
Paying back debts is a matter of course, even if the king of heaven comes, it will be useless.
If he cannot afford to repay..., then his house will be taken away by the money shop and used as a mortgage.
So where would his family of three sleep?
Do you really want to sleep on the streets and beg?
"Are you going to cause trouble in the Ministry of Household Affairs? Are you seeking death?" Zhang Ying also shouted angrily!
He didn't know why the superiors hadn't adjusted official salaries yet, but the order he received was to pay them as usual.
Including his own salary, too.
"Today, your household department must give me an explanation, otherwise, I will really cause trouble!" Li Xin shouted loudly, and slapped the table hard with his palm, making a loud bang.
"What a bold dog! There is no argument, but the wooden shackles have a share! What if you don't want it?"
"If you dare to come to the Ministry of Finance to cause trouble, believe it or not, you will spend the rest of your life in prison?"
"Haha, Hu Bu, what a big arrogance! I'm still from the Li Bu!" Li Xin was completely angry, and felt a fire rising from his lower abdomen, burning up to his chest and skull.
Inside!
He was so angry that he could no longer care about much.
He slapped the person in front of him in the face with a fierce slap!
Snapped!
A crisp slap sounded, and Zhang Ying stayed on the spot, completely stunned.
He was beaten!
Still in the household department, he was beaten on his own territory!
"You are so brave!" Zhang Ying also roared hysterically, then rushed out of the document and struggled with Li Xin!
…
At this moment, in Nuan Pavilion, Emperor Jing Xing was discussing important matters with the three elders of the cabinet.
The main thing is that money seems to be worth less and less nowadays!
A one hundred tael silver note can only be exchanged for fifty taels of silver ingots at most.
Fifty taels of silver ingots can buy at most twenty-five taels of silver worth of grain.
With such recursion, the value of the banknote has shrunk four times!
This matter was originally discovered by Jia Pingsheng.
After discovering it, I immediately realized the seriousness of the matter. If it could not be solved in time, the entire monetary system of the Great Qian Dynasty would probably collapse completely!
Then he called Zhang Zifang and Lin Han, and went directly to Nuange to report to Emperor Jingxing.
But the four of them discussed and discussed, but they never came up with a countermeasure.
After all, if you want to come up with countermeasures, you must first understand the cause!
The reason why banknotes are worthless is mostly because too many banknotes are printed.
On this point, the ancestors of Daqian have already left bloody lessons.
Emperor Jing Xing would naturally not do it again, so over the years, the banknotes printed by Daqian every year have been at a constant value. Even if there are ups and downs, the ups and downs are not large, and they have always been within a fixed range.
But even so, something happened!
Who can I talk to to reason with this?
However, just when the four of them were in a panic, Zheng Ying took three steps in succession and walked in hurriedly.
After breathing for a moment, he said urgently: "Your Majesty, someone is making trouble in the household department, and a fight has begun!"
When Emperor Jing Xing heard this, he frowned slightly and asked, "What's the reason?"
"Today is the day when salaries are distributed in Japan, probably because of this." Jia Pingsheng guessed.
"Your Excellency, the Chief Assistant's guess is correct. The Censor feels that this month's salary is too low."
"Too low?" Emperor Jing Xing felt unhappy when he heard this and said: "The salary of hundreds of officials was decided by the Ministry of Household Affairs at the beginning of this year. It has been considered for a long time and is reasonable."
"Why does it feel too low?"
"This...servant doesn't know either." Zheng Ying was helpless and said truthfully.
He was a eunuch, and he would not go out or take any steps outside the palace on weekdays. That is, when delivering imperial edicts, he could take advantage of the break to go out of the palace to take a look.
But even so, there is a limit to how one can understand the market situation of grain and meat.
It was Jia Pingsheng who stood up again and said: "Your Majesty, it should be a question of banknotes."
"Nowadays, money bills are not very popular among the people. It would be better to change the salary of hundreds of officials to grain."
When Emperor Jing Xing heard this, his brows furrowed even more tightly: "That's official silver!"
The salaries issued by the imperial court to hundreds of officials, whether in the form of silver ingots or banknotes, were stamped with special seals, indicating that they were official products and had greater representativeness and circulation.
Among the people, if you exchange an official banknote for an unofficial banknote, you can often get 20% more profit!
This shows its scarcity!
Emperor Jing Xing originally thought that no matter how much trouble the bank note incident caused, it would not affect the official bank.
But now it seems that it is a bit whimsical.
The people don't even recognize official banknotes. You can imagine what the situation is like for the other banknotes. If you continue to let them go, I'm afraid it won't be long before they are no different from waste paper!
"Zheng Ying, take people with you to exchange all the officials' salaries for grains of equivalent value and distribute them."
"Also, after we finish, call King Jing and the Crown Prince to Nuange."
When Zheng Ying heard this, he immediately nodded and said in a respectful voice: "Promise!"
Then he turned around and left!
…
After a long time, Prince Liu Yu received the order and drove to the palace.
When he arrived, he was surprised to find Liu Jing waiting in front of the palace gate. When he saw him coming, he smiled and said hello: "Brother Emperor."
Although Liu Jing was older than him, he was the eldest son of the Qian Dynasty. What's more, he was the prince, so Liu Jing should be respectfully called the emperor brother.
However, Liu Yu ignored him after hearing this and ordered his subordinates to drive directly into the palace gate.
In his opinion, he and Liu Jing were close to falling out.
To be honest, he still couldn't do it with a smile on his face at this time.
Therefore, I can only react coldly.
When Liu Jing saw this, he was not upset at all and drove to follow him. Anyway, in his impression, the Crown Prince had always been so arrogant.
After a while, the two of them arrived at the Nuan Pavilion together.
They all knelt on the ground and said in unison: "My son, I have met my father."
"Well, get up."
"Master Jia, tell them the situation."
After Jia Pingsheng heard this, he immediately stood up and told the story of inflation and the depreciation of banknotes from beginning to end.
After listening, Liu Yuru was struck by lightning and immediately turned his head and stared at Liu Jing.
He knew, however, that his hundreds of thousands of taels of silver... were considered his own for the time being, but they were all used to fill the holes of the counterfeit coins found in Chen Qianyuan's secret room.
It is self-evident where this counterfeit currency came from.
If there are too many counterfeit coins, there will be too many banknotes. As time goes by, won’t they depreciate in value?
So this matter, in the final analysis, will fall on Liu Jing!