Five years as county magistrate, hundreds of millions of kilograms of grain shocked Li Shimin Chapter 358: Treat the symptoms but not the root cause, let’s fight
Chapter 358: Treat the symptoms but not the root cause, let’s fight
The next day, it was bright and clear.
The entrance of Huaxia Bank is already lined with people.
In fact, some people did not leave last night.
When Fang Yuan arrived in person, the entrance of Huaxia Bank was already crowded with tens of thousands of people.
It can be said that the streets at the entrance of Huaxia Bank are already crowded and overcrowded.
"With so many people, how can this little money be enough?"
Xue Jiaoyan also came here today and was shocked when she saw the dark crowd.
She knew the seriousness of the matter, but she didn't know it was so serious.
With so many people queuing up to redeem, if things are not handled properly, there will definitely be chaos in a few days.
It can be seen that the people in line look at Huaxia Bank in different ways, pitiful and angry at the same time.
"Go and get some signs brought over."
Fang Yuan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.
We really don’t have enough money, so we can only make do with it.
Not long after, Xue Jiaoyan asked the staff of Huaxia Bank to move in seven or eight brands.
As soon as the door opened, people lining up gathered around me, as if they were trying to break through Huaxia Bank to grab money.
But fortunately, the guards of Huaxia Bank were replaced by Jinwu guards, which made people still have some sense.
Not long after, Fang Yuan asked someone to write the same words on the eight moved signs.
First, Huaxia Bank will guarantee exchanges every day!
Second, in order to ensure that most people can exchange money, large amounts are not allowed to be exchanged. Each person can only exchange two hundred per day.
Third, in order to prevent the five surnames Qiwang from deliberately causing trouble, the seven-star banknotes cannot be exchanged for copper coins within one month after being exchanged for Tang Bao banknotes. Datang Bao banknotes can be purchased at stores such as Bafang Group to purchase daily necessities. Anyone who refuses to accept Datang Bao banknotes
Report immediately to Fangyuan Mansion, Minister of Household Affairs.
The eight signs are arranged separately to allow more people to see them.
As soon as the sign was put out, the scene immediately became agitated, with objections coming one after another.
However, there was no chaos at the scene. Instead, the restless scene became calmer.
Fang Yuan looked at it and breathed a sigh of relief.
He understands that those who are really in urgent need of money are ordinary people.
As for those aristocratic families, not to mention all of them, most of them have spare money for use.
They may have a large number of seven-star banknotes, but they definitely have Tang treasure banknotes and copper coins.
The reason why I come to exchange is because I don’t want the seven-star banknotes in my hand to become useless paper.
These people are in the minority, but they exchange a lot of money.
Now Fang Yuan has put an end to their behavior, but he has given hope to ordinary people.
After Fang Yuan started to implement his method, the exchange speed was obviously much faster.
It is much faster to check the authenticity of only two seven-star banknotes than to check a pile of seven-star banknotes.
The representatives of the aristocratic families left cursing, while the ordinary people who really needed to exchange money cried with joy.
After Fang Yuan's change, things finally turned around.
But in the face of such a huge amount, the original money from the treasury was exchanged in the afternoon.
Although the number of people queuing up is much smaller, there are still many people queuing up to exchange for copper coins.
Nowadays, the crisis of paper money has appeared in everyone's mind. They feel that paper money is unreliable and they all want copper coins.
They feel that only copper coins provide a sense of security, and only by holding copper coins can the day come when banknotes will become useless paper.
After learning about this situation, Fang Yuan felt heavy. The concept of banknotes, which was rarely launched, may no longer be promoted.
"Fang Yuan, the situation everywhere is very bad."
"As you can imagine, the further away from Chang'an City, the more serious the situation of refusing to use banknotes."
"It's okay where there are Huaxia banks, but in places where there are no Huaxia banknotes, some people have started to cause chaos. The local county government cases are piling up, making it difficult to restrain them."
Mo Cailing followed Fang Yuan's request and went to investigate places outside Chang'an City in the past few days.
Although Li Shimin's bad guys reported the news every day, Fang Yuan still wanted to let Mo Cailing take a look.
After confirming that the news brought back by the two parties was almost the same, Fang Yuan felt a little heavier, feeling that it was already difficult to maintain the credit of the banknotes.
"Convene a plenary meeting of the Household Department before get off work ends!"
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
I ordered someone to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to notify them first, and I rushed back behind.
It's almost time to get off work, but it's not yet time to get off work, so Fang Yuan has a meeting on a whim.
When Fang Yuan arrived at the Household Department meeting room, the Household Department meeting room was already full of people. However, two people were absent.
"Why are there two seats that are not occupied?"
Fang Yuan asked directly after sitting down.
These two people are sitting in the round table meeting and are important figures in the four departments.
Otherwise, Fang Yuan would not have noticed their absence.
The overall appearance of the conference room is a round table, and outside the round table are dozens of stools. Leaders sit at the round table for meetings, and others sit on stools outside the round table.
"Sir, the two of them have asked for leave."
Fang Qingping said softly.
The faces of the members of the on-site meeting changed and they did not speak.
"Why don't I know this?"
"Can I leave a leave request note?"
Fang Yuan frowned slightly.
He glanced at the officials at the round table, probably thinking who was missing.
He was an official who had taken refuge in Fang Yuan earlier. Later, he was afraid of Cui Zhentang and turned to Cui Zhentang. When Fang Yuan gained power, he turned to Fang Yuan again.
"I left in a hurry and forgot to stay."
Fang Qingping excused the two of them.
"What's the reason?"
Fang Yuan frowned deeper.
"I don't know."
Fang Qingping said sarcastically.
"In this situation, there is still a phenomenon of leaving early."
"You supervise and wait until these two people come back and let them give their reasons for taking leave."
"If you think their reasons for taking leave are unreasonable, tell them to resign and get out!"
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
He does not exercise monopoly and will not fire subordinates just because they ask for leave.
But at this time, if it is not urgent to ask for leave, then get out, there is no room for them here.
"Yes!"
Everyone was shocked and quickly responded.
Many people are gloating about the misfortune, and many people are frightened.
"I am convening a meeting at this point and have a few things to remind you."
"First, in this difficult moment, everyone must stick to their posts and not be late or leave early!"
"Second, any future expenditures, including monthly salary, will all be supported in the form of Datang treasure banknotes. Officials from all regions are warned to insist on promoting the use of Datang treasure banknotes."
"Third, in difficult times, as officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs, we must stick to our true intentions, not be afraid of difficulties, and work hard to finish this tough battle!"
Fang Yuan made three points in succession.
The most important of these is the second point.
Since there are problems with the credibility of banknotes among the people, it starts with the officials of the imperial court.
Every official used Tang Dynasty banknotes, which invisibly promoted the use of banknotes and played an advertising role.
As for whether banknotes can buy things in some remote areas, Fang Yuan has already made other plans to ensure that they can use Datang banknotes normally.
That is to try to open a Huaxia bank in every state to give them the opportunity to exchange copper coins to ensure that they can maintain a normal life.
But when it is time to use banknotes, we must use banknotes compulsorily to ensure that banknotes can one day regain their credibility.
"Yes!"
Everyone agreed.
After a few more instructions, the meeting ended.
The night passed like this, and the sun rose as usual the next day.
Fang Yuan looked at the rising sun and felt a little better, no longer so heavy.
If there is anything in the world that cannot be changed, it is the sun, which sets and rises every day and never changes.
On this day, Fang Yuan came to Huaxia Bank for observation again.
Instead of decreasing, the number of people queuing up to redeem has increased a lot.
The situation is similar to yesterday, but people are not as violent as yesterday.
Because of the real-name registration problem yesterday, the name check today was much slower.
After the speed slowed down, people queuing couldn't help it anymore, yelling and yelling while queuing, and there was even the possibility of a fight.
"Tell Jin Wuwei: They can quarrel, but they cannot fight. Once anyone is found fighting, he will be taken away and imprisoned immediately."
"Let me tell everyone in line that there will be exchanges every day, and the data will be made public. We clearly guarantee that the banknotes and copper coins exchanged every day will not be fake!"
Fang Yuan looked at the situation at the scene and did not order anyone to stop them from quarreling.
People queuing up at the scene were unhappy, but they had to queue up.
Therefore, Fang Yuan will not stop them when there is a small problem, as long as it does not make the matter bigger.
The matter seems to have been resolved to a certain extent here, and the situation in Chang'an City has indeed improved a lot.
However, the happy night was not over yet, when a piece of bad news came that night.
There is a rebellion in Yazhou, Jiannan Road!
The reason is that the seven-star banknotes have become waste paper, and the people who only have seven-star banknotes are miserable.
Then the Huaxia Bank opened in Yazhou, exchanging Tang treasure banknotes for the local people according to the situation in Chang'an City.
Since the seven-star banknotes cannot be exchanged for copper coins within one month, they can only use the Tang Dynasty banknotes to purchase items.
However, some shops refused to accept them, and the people went to the county government, but the county government not only failed to provide justice for the people, but also made things difficult for the people on behalf of the shops.
Thus, the fuse began, and eventually a rebel force formed, which eventually reached the ears of Fang Yuan and others.
Fang Yuan learned that Qiwang Wu was among the rebels. The shop that refused to use Tang treasure banknotes was the property of Qiwang Wu. The local magistrate was once a student of the Wang family in Taiyuan.
Fang Yuan was helpless about this. His heavy heart became even heavier, and he immediately entered the palace to find Li Shimin.
"This is what I fear most about them!"
"Too many officials at the bottom are from them, or are related to them!"
Li Shimin said in a deep voice.
He had always known that once there was a big fight with the Five Surnames and Qi Wang, officials in many places would alienate the imperial court.
Yazhou is just one of them, and there will be even bigger problems in many places.
Every time the imperial court finds a countermeasure, they will find a way to deal with it.
The longer it takes, the more unstable it will be for the court.
Because the people are not living well, they will only think that the court is immoral, and will not think that the problem is the problem of those wealthy families.
An iron-clad family, a flowing dynasty, this is it!
"Is this going to happen in many places?"
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
It was with this in mind that he entered the palace overnight.
"Yes."
Li Shimin's tone was low and heavy.
Fang Yuan did not speak immediately, and the atmosphere in the imperial study became heavy.
"Fang Yuan, do you have any other countermeasures?"
Li Shimin said in a deep voice.
This time he did not immediately call Fang Xuanling and others to come for discussion after receiving the news, because he had hesitation in his heart.
This hesitation can only be determined by making one's own decision on how to proceed.
"I think that no matter what method is used now, it will only treat the symptoms and not the root cause."
"Let's fight, Your Majesty, war against the Qingshan Mountains of Qingzhou, war against the Five Surnames and Qiwang, and war against Linguo!"
Fang Yuan thought for a moment and then said.
When internal conflicts cannot be resolved, people's attention can be diverted by opening up peripheral battlefields.
If the imperial court quickly solves the problem of Qingshan, then start a war with Qiwang of the Five Surnames, and at the same time use the outer battlefield to cover it up.
Then this crisis may be resolved.
"Do you also think there is going to be a war?"
Li Shimin's eyes suddenly lit up.
His hesitation is whether to go to war.
But any war, whether it is to quell civil strife or start a war abroad, will have a great impact and will be opposed by countless people.
So Li Shimin hesitated, hesitating whether to make the decision to go to war with other countries.
But unexpectedly, Fang Yuan actually thought of this.
This surprised him, made him excited, and made him feel more sympathetic.
"Yes!"
"Use war to divert conflicts!"
Fang Yuan looked at Li Shimin a little surprised and said in a deep voice.
It can be said that since the Five Surnames and Qiwang Rebellion lasted so long, Li Shimin never thought of starting a war.
"Then what do you think is the best way to start a war?"
Li Shimin asked.
He desperately wants to know how to start a war.
Because after listening to Fang Yuan's words, he felt it was such a coincidence and made the decision to start the war
"The troops are divided into three groups and attack simultaneously."
"But before that, we first created public opinion and showed that foreign countries wanted to bully us in the Central Plains. We suffered huge humiliation."
Fang Yuan thought for a while and said.
"It's a bit risky to divide the troops into three groups, and the imperial court doesn't have that many troops to mobilize."
Li Shimin shook his head and said.
It is absolutely necessary to create public opinion, and you must also be a teacher of justice.
"The King of Shu has put an end to the chaos in Hebei, so we can let the King of Shu go and destroy Qingshan."
"It's not difficult to choose a foreign country, just find any reason."
"The only difficult thing is that the five surnames are Qiwang. Their family has a huge business and spreads all over the world. It is also difficult to attack them and break up with the famous families all over the world!"
Fang Yuan can be regarded as understanding some tactics of war.
But it has to be said that among the three groups of troops, it is the most difficult to deal with the five surnames and Qi Wang.
After all, the reason is not very convincing, the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes are spread all over the world, and they have a huge reputation in the family.
"You are right!"
"Do you have any idea of leading troops to fight?"
"I want you to join Yuan Tiangang in attacking the Five Surnames and Qi Wang."
Li Shimin said in a deep voice.
It is the best choice for bad people to attack Wu Xing Qi Wang.
As for Fang Yuan, it was because Fang Yuan mentioned it, so I wanted Fang Yuan to take responsibility.
Fang Yuan is his dream minister and will definitely help him overcome the difficulties.
"Me?"
"I'll forget it, I'm not suitable for fighting."
"If necessary, you can ask Xue Bowu and Xue Rengui from my house to come."
Fang Yuan was greatly surprised and shook his head in refusal.
Let him fight and it will be considered good if he does not lose.
He was still facing Qiwang from the fifth surname, and Fang Yuan refused without even thinking about it.