Five years as county magistrate, hundreds of millions of kilograms of grain shocked Li Shimin Chapter 419: Struggle for power, the whole country stops printing banknotes
Chapter 419: Struggle for power, the whole country stops printing banknotes
"You are really confused. How could the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue come to our place?"
"If the other party is not the Minister of Household Affairs, I will fire you!"
Sima Sui, the director of the red brick factory, followed the security guard, cursing as he walked.
He is not from Fang Yuan's security team, but he can be regarded as following Fang Yuan from Liaozhou.
Due to manpower shortage and other issues, Fang Yuan finally placed him in the red brick factory, and he did have some abilities.
While cursing, Sima Sui quickly arrived at the factory gate.
As soon as he saw Fang Yuan, his steps froze, his eyes widened, and after a moment he trotted towards Fang Yuan.
"Cao, Cao people pay homage to Fang Shangshu."
"I've met two ladies!"
Sima Suicheng saluted Fang Yuan in fear.
After noticing the three employees behind Fang Yuan who had just been fired, he became even less calm.
I thought that the three fired employees might have something to do with Fang Yuan, right?
"No gift."
"Why did you fire these three people?"
Fang Yuan said calmly.
With that said, he took Du Miaoyan and the two of them into the red brick factory.
"This...this..."
"They led people to cause trouble and demanded a salary increase, so the common people fired them as a warning to others."
Sima Sui said bravely.
He didn't dare to say this at first, but wanted to say it in a positive way.
But when they saw the three expelled people looking horrified, they gritted their teeth and told the truth.
"Did you lead anyone to cause trouble?"
Fang Yuanyuan didn’t reply.
"No, we don't."
"We just went to the factory director's office with 20 or 30 workers and asked questions in a nice manner."
The three people quickly responded to Fang Yuan.
"Bringing twenty or thirty people to block the door of the grassroots is not leading people to cause trouble?"
"Sir, if I don't take hard measures, how will I be able to manage the red brick factory in the future?"
Sima Sui said in a deep voice.
"We are just making comments and not making trouble."
The three people retorted loudly.
"Does anyone else know about this?"
Fang Yuan said calmly.
Soon we walked into the building.
The structure of the red brick factory is an office building in the front and a brick-burning factory in the back.
There are not many management personnel in the office, and the majority are grassroots employees.
"The deputy director knows."
Sima Sui said in a deep voice.
"The workers who are with us also know."
The three people said.
"Let them come to me."
Fang Yuan said calmly.
Under the leadership of Sima Sui, enter his office.
Not long after, most of the people in the red brick factory knew that the Minister of Revenue had personally arrived at their factory.
When the news came out, the factory director's office was filled with people, all wanting to see what Fang Yuan was like.
The eyes of everyone who did not see Fang Yuan but only saw Du Miaoyan and Su Ziqing were shocked, and they were all shocked that there were such beauties.
But none of these Fang Yuan paid attention.
With the cooperation of Sima Sui and three employees, Fang Yuan summoned many people for questioning.
The final result was that the three employees did not cause trouble, but their behavior was wrong, and Sima Sui's dismissal was not wrong.
"In the future, all employees in the red brick factory can make suggestions to the management, but the number shall not exceed three. If there are more than three, a meeting must be held to make suggestions. Otherwise, it will be considered as causing trouble and may be fired."
"Since this is your first offense, the three of you will withdraw your decision to be expelled and fine you one month's salary. If you are willing to accept it, you can stay. If you are not willing to accept it, you can leave."
Fang Yuan finally made the decision.
It’s okay to give suggestions at the bottom level and optimize the factory.
But if many people block the door and offer opinions, it is coercion and making trouble.
"I, we have no objection."
The three of them nodded.
Compared to being fired, a one-month monthly salary penalty is too easy.
"The management will stay, and the rest will be dispersed."
Fang Yuan waved his hands.
There are too many people at the door, and it’s very boring.
Today's incident has taught employees and management a lesson.
You can't be dictatorial, nor can you give too many opinions. Everyone must maintain a balance.
Soon, the employees dispersed, leaving only the management, more than 60 people.
In a factory with more than 3,000 people, only 60 people are in management, which shows that its operation is simple.
"Sima Sui, are employees' reports of rising prices true?"
Fang Yuan looked at the factory director and asked.
"Sir, it is indeed true."
"Since three months ago, prices have been rising rapidly, and now many items have doubled."
"Actually, we have also thought about increasing our monthly salary, but this matter is of great importance and our management has not yet discussed the outcome."
Sima Sui said respectfully.
At the end, let me add one more sentence.
In fact, they have discussed raising monthly salary and have come to a conclusion.
However, only the monthly salary of management has increased, not that of lower-level employees.
"It is appropriate to increase the amount appropriately. Please apply according to the normal process."
Fang Yuan nodded.
The normal process is that the factory directors apply to Green Summer.
After Luxia felt there was no problem, she handed it over to Du Miaoyan for approval.
If Du Miaoyan agrees, their monthly salary will increase.
If they do not agree, their application will be rejected and the application will be invalid.
"Thank you, sir, thank you, madam!"
Sima Sui immediately expressed his gratitude loudly.
The management present also expressed their gratitude to Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan.
Su Ziqing, who was also present, felt very uncomfortable as she watched.
"With regard to rising prices, apart from Xinfeng County, nowhere else is the same?"
Fang Yuan asked.
"As far as I know, the counties near Chang'an City are like this."
"My family is from Guannai Road, and prices on Guannei Road have also increased, it's not that exaggerated."
"My family is from Hedong Road. Prices in Hedong Road have also increased, but they are not that exaggerated."
The deputy factory director and other management said one after another.
Most of them live near Chang'an City.
But there are also some from other places, from all over the world.
After all, Chang'an City is the imperial capital, and many people will come in this direction to make a living.
There are even some candidates who failed the imperial examination and stayed in the Bafang Group to take the exam again next year or not.
"What do you think the consequences of rising prices will be?"
Fang Yuan pondered for a moment and suddenly asked.
These issues should be discussed by officials.
But Fang Yuan feels that they are more qualified to answer these questions.
"It's just like our factory. If prices rise and employees' wages don't rise, troubles and other situations will occur. This is the situation in our factory."
"For people outside our factories, they have less income and heavier burdens. Rising prices may make people's livelihood difficult, and in serious cases may cause unrest."
Sima Sui thought for a while and said.
His words were recognized by many people.
Everyone expressed some opinions one after another, all of which were relatively negative.
This is the disastrous consequence of rising prices.
"I understand the situation. You can go back to work."
Fang Yuan sighed and said.
Rising prices are terrible, especially in this farming era.
People's purchasing power is very low, their harvests are very low, and rising prices are no different to them than a natural disaster.
"Yes."
Sima Sui and others breathed a sigh of relief.
I thought Fang Yuan was leaving, but who would have thought that Fang Yuan visited the red brick factory again.
Fortunately, the problems discovered were relatively minor, so I just left after a few criticisms.
"Husband, why is there a problem of rising prices?"
On the way out, Du Miaoyan asked.
Similarly, Su Ziqing was also puzzled and looked at Fang Yuan curiously.
"Rising prices can be understood as inflation, which means too much money is being printed."
"If you print too much money, the value of money will be low, which will cause prices to rise."
Fang Yuan explained.
From what we learned from the red brick factory, prices have risen in many places.
"So that's it."
"Does that mean we have to stop printing banknotes?"
Du Miaoyan and the two suddenly realized.
It has become a fact that more banknotes are printed.
But prices can change, so they will rise according to the depreciation of banknotes.
This actually doesn't matter if it's one-to-one, but the world is too big, only a few people make money, and most people have to bear the impact of rising prices.
As a result, it is very likely to cause social unrest.
"That's right, I'm waiting for Lu Xia's report."
Fang Yuan nodded.
He has asked Green Summer to investigate the printing quantity.
If nothing else happens, the results will be available tonight, or tomorrow at the latest.
Rising prices do not happen in a day or two, and falling prices do not happen in a day or two.
We still need to discuss this matter with Li Shimin on how to deal with it.
Soon, Fang Yuan and others returned to Chang'an City.
Du Miaoyan and Su Ziqing returned to Fang Mansion, and Fang Yuan entered the palace.
"Your Majesty, I visited the people and went to Xinfeng County to investigate, and found that prices have risen in many places in the Tang Dynasty."
Fang Yuan said truthfully.
"Is this the inflation you were talking about before?"
Li Shimin frowned slightly.
"Yes."
"If there is an opportunity, please, Your Majesty, introduce me to that warrior Yu."
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
"There will be a chance."
Li Shimin nodded.
The warrior Xun served as the governor of Jingzhou and rarely visited Chang'an City all year round.
But her two daughters seem to be in Chang'an City, and the younger one is going to be selected into the palace as a talented girl.
"The inflation problem in many places across the country needs to be solved as soon as possible."
"My current idea is to stop printing banknotes and do other processing."
"At this time, the head office of Huaxia Bank still needs to control and inform the people of the world about the situation."
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
Economic regulation in later generations was all controlled by the central bank.
So in Datang, it is only reasonable that the head office of Huaxia Bank should carry out regulation.
This is a power struggle to a certain extent, giving Huaxia Bank Head Office more power.
“Must we let Hua Xia Bank’s head office control it?”
Li Shimin was puzzled and felt it was unnecessary.
"Not necessarily, but since it is the bank that stopped printing, it would be best to do it in the name of the bank."
Fang Yuan explained.
"That's true."
"Is there any specific solution?"
Li Shimin understood and nodded.
Fortunately, inflation was discovered quickly and there has been no unrest yet.
But the problem needs to be solved, otherwise problems will arise sooner or later.
"The current idea is to stop printing banknotes first, and then think about other methods slowly."
"So, it would be best if you could introduce the samurai Yu who discovered inflation to me."
Fang Yuan shook his head and said.
He currently has no specific methods, only a few ideas.
However, it is not certain that these ideas will work. We can only stop printing banknotes first and examine the market.
"Okay, you should think of a solution first, and I will help you if necessary."
Li Shimin nodded.
He had no choice himself, so he didn't urge Fang Yuan immediately.
After all, Fang Yuan just came back from outside, and he hasn’t had much rest yet.
"Then I'll go do some work first."
Fang Yuan stood up and prepared to leave.
"Wait."
"Although the warrior Xun is not in Chang'an City, his two daughters are."
"They are all young people. Do you know them? By the way, ask them if they know the solution."
Li Shimin suddenly stopped Fang Yuan.
He knew Samurai Yu quite well, and felt that Samurai Yu's understanding of inflation might be related to his two daughters.
His youngest daughter was said to be very smart and different from ordinary women, so Li Shimin agreed to let his daughter enter the palace as a talented woman.
"Where?"
Fang Yuan raised his eyebrows and asked immediately.
The two daughters of the warrior Xun were named Wu Shun and Wu Ruyi.
Wu Ruyi is the empress Wu Zetian.
If there is a chance to meet Wu Zetian, Fang Yuan would be very happy.
"In the Yang family."
Li Shimin said.
The Yang family is the Hongnong Yang family.
Fang Yuan expressed his understanding and left the imperial study room.
After taking a look at the sky, Fang Yuan did not return to the household department.
But as soon as I left the palace, I saw Lu Xia walking towards me.
What surprised Fang Yuan was that Qin Huaiyu was next to Lu Xia.
It seems quite intimate.
"How come you two get together?"
Fang Yuan asked curiously.
"Sir, I'm here to report to you."
Lu Xia's face was slightly red and she walked quickly towards Fang Yuan.
"I happened to be looking for Lu Xia for something, so we came together."
Qin Huaiyu shrugged, looking relaxed.
"How was it?"
Fang Yuan looked at Qin Huaiyu strangely, then looked at Lu Xia and asked.
"As of yesterday, 76 million Tang treasure banknotes have been printed in various places."
Lu Xia looked solemn and said in a deep voice.
"Seventy-six million?"
Fang Yuan exclaimed, and his heart couldn't help but beat heavily.
The population of the Tang Dynasty seemed to be only about 40 million, but 70 million people were printed?
"Thirty million of them are redeemable for seven-star banknotes."
Lu Xia sighed and said.
There is so much more printing money than people, it’s really scary.
The key is that the money was printed in about a year, a year.
"Immediately issue an order to all banks to stop all banknote printing."
"In addition, all senior leaders participated in discussions to discuss how to solve the inflation problem."
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
Sure enough, too much money was printed.
Qi Wang, the fifth surname, even made money from it that he would never be able to use in his lifetime.
It's better to drive them away, otherwise their descendants will all be blood-sucking insects of the Tang Dynasty.
"I'll make arrangements right away."
Luxia said solemnly.
"I want to get busy too."
Qin Huaiyu keeps up with Lu Xia.
He came very close, and Lu Xia reluctantly stepped aside.
The two of them gradually drifted away, and finally disappeared from Fang Yuan's eyes.
Fang Yuan looked at the backs of the two people and felt that their relationship was a bit unclear.
Could it be that Qin Huaiyu has fallen in love with Lu Xia?
This idea quickly emerged in Fang Yuan's mind.
Can Lu Xia, an ordinary woman, enter the Qin family's compound?
Naturally, if Qin Huaiyu promised Lu Xia to be his wife, Fang Yuan would have no objection.
But the resistance Qin Huaiyu faces will be huge. Is it possible to achieve it?
Forget it, forget it, I think too much, let’s go find Wu Zetian.