Those businessmen are all as clever as monkeys. How could they not know that this is not the right time to come to congratulate them? After all, being released from prison is not something worthy of publicity, but Li Qi is the most reliable person in the court for businessmen. It was because of Li Qi that the businessman's status had been greatly improved, so they were eager to know whether Li Qi was imprisoned for another reason or because he had lost power.｜[2][3][w][x]}
Even though Bai Qiannuo repeatedly advised them not to worry, they still couldn't let go without seeing Li Qi.
Although Li Qi was a little tired, he knew in his heart that they had all come to the door. If he refused, they would definitely think too much, so he quickly washed up and walked out hand in hand with Feng Yinu.
Ji Hongnu was waiting in front of the door, with a blush on her face, and whispered: "Husband, Sister Feng, I'm disturbing you."
Feng Yinu quickly broke away from Li Qi's big hand, held Hong Nu's hand with the other, and stamped his feet: "Hong Nu, what are you talking about? My husband and I didn't do anything."
Ji Hongnu was surprised and said: "Sister Feng, aren't you helping your husband take a bath?"
Feng Yinu was even more embarrassed and said in a feint of anger: "Okay, Hong Nu, you are getting worse and worse. I see I can't spare you."
The two girls immediately got into a quarrel and ran to the backyard chasing each other. Of course they would not accompany Li Qi to entertain the businessmen.
Li Qi looked at the two girls leaving, laughed, and walked towards the front hall.
When I came to the front hall, I saw that it was full of people, at least twenty or thirty people. Almost all the wealthy businessmen from the capital were here, including Zhou Qing, Qi Feng, the owner of Qingfeng Tower, He Jiushu, Fan Shaobai of Fan Tower, Huang Ze, etc., including Hong. No one came to the house. After all, the Hong family has a good relationship with Brother Qiu, so they must have known the truth of the matter for a long time.
As soon as the businessmen saw Li Qi, they immediately came over to greet him. They were all in tears, as if a close relative had died.
"Privy Councilor, I finally see you. You really want to make me wait."
"The Privy Councilor has suffered such a great injustice, and we all feel aggrieved for the Privy Councilor."
"The Privy Councilor is loyal and serves the country and the people. Lu Changqing must have wronged the Privy Councilor. This justice must be sought back."
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Li Qi saw that each of them was getting more excited, as if he had been wronged. If he was indeed wronged, he might feel more comfortable hearing these words, but the problem is. This was all directed and acted by him, so it sounded strange to him. I felt it was so hypocritical. I had goosebumps all over the floor. I raised my hands and said, "Everyone, everyone, please don't get excited. I'm fine. Let's go in and talk."
Arriving at the hall, Li Qi sat on the seat, took a sip of tea, and then said to everyone: "You are so thoughtful, you came to this humble house in the cold weather. Li Qi really deserves this friendship. .Thank you, thank you very much.”
Uncle He Jiu immediately said: "What the Privy Councilor said is really out of touch. If there were no Privy Councilor, how could we people be here today? This drop of kindness should be repaid by a spring. Now the Privy Councilor has suffered this unjust injustice. If we don't listen and don't ask, wouldn't we be ungrateful people?"
The others nodded.
Li Qi thanked him again and said: "But don't say this again. I am convinced of this verdict. I believe you all know what happened from the Song Dynasty Times Magazine, so I won't There’s more to say, it’s just like that, exactly the same.”
After a pause, he continued: "I also know that what you are worried about is not whether I have committed a crime or not, but because I am the Privy Councilor. Who is the Privy Councilor? I am the first rank in the dynasty and I hold the tiger talisman in my hand. How can I be imprisoned? I don't know.
Did I guess wrong?"
Everyone was silent for a while, apparently acquiescing.
In fact, they are not wrong to think so. It is just a slap in the face. The person who was slapped should feel honored. They would never believe that Li Qi would go to jail for this. This is the main reason why they are sitting here.
Li Qi added: "Actually, I thought the same thing as you. I just felt that Lu Changqing was unhappy, so I gave him a slap in the face. I also felt that it was not a big deal, but when I woke up, I realized
It's too late."
These words made everyone's hearts tremble suddenly.
Li Qidu saw it and sighed: "The world has changed. It is no longer the same as before. No matter who it is, once they break the law, the Judicial Yuan will not be polite. As long as they have solid evidence, they will file a complaint with Dali Temple."
At first, I wanted to get some money to get through the lawsuit, but no one dared to ask for the money.
This accusation got out of hand. In the end, even the emperor knew about it. Long Yan was furious. As you all know, the emperor has always advocated the rule of law. Everyone is equal before the law. I was unlucky to bump into him.
At this point of the gun, the emperor did not kill the chicken to scare the monkey.
Therefore, I advise you not to make the same mistake again, pay back the taxes you owe as soon as possible, and never do anything illegal, otherwise, even if your old cousin is Qin Shaozai, no one will dare to protect you."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was sweating profusely.
Li Qi was shocked. There were so many people evading taxes and they needed to be beaten hard.
Uncle He Jiushan swallowed and said fearfully: "Privy Councilor, does the Judicial Yuan really have such great power?"
Another person said: "If this is really the case, the power of the Judicial Yuan is much greater than that of the Kaifeng Mansion. In the past, the Kaifeng Mansion would not dare to ask, and the emperor would definitely have to step forward."
Li Qi snorted and said, "I'm telling you, it's a good thing that I only slapped him twice. If anything happened to Lu Changqing, I might not be able to get out."
When he said this, he was startled in his heart, and he broke into a cold sweat first. If Lu Changqing took advantage of his plan and sacrificed his life for charity, I'm afraid it would really make him unable to get off the tiger.
He is also a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. If it were Qin Hui, he would definitely break off his fifth limb and then rely on me.
These businessmen were so frightened that the Judicial Yuan even dared to arrest the Privy Council. What's more, they were secretly thinking about whether they had done anything illegal and they had to make amends quickly. Otherwise, it would be terrible if something happened.
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Fan Shaobai asked: "What's the situation now?"
Li Qidao: "Don't you all know?"
Qi Feng said: "We have heard a little bit about it, but is that really all it is?"
Li Qi said angrily: "Of course, Dali Temple must be responsible for everything he said. If he said he would be detained for half a month, then it must be half a month, not more than a quarter of an hour. Of course, if the sentence is
If the execution is decided, it will not be delayed until the next moment, but Dali Temple will definitely judge it according to the law. If not, I will sue Dali Temple. As an official of the imperial court, I should be punished by one degree, so I will be punished twice.
Isn't punishment enough?"
"That's enough, that's enough."
Everyone nodded, Li Qi was fine. Of course they were happy!
Li Qi just stopped talking. The reason why he did this was to use their mouths to tell the people that the Judicial Yuan enforces the law strictly. Although the Song Dynasty Times has reported many times, the people are just like them.
, it is inevitable that he will not think about the legal aspect, but more about the political aspect. So he still needs some witnesses to publicize the Second House. Now that the goal has been achieved, he turned to: "By the way, everyone.
How's your business going lately?"
"It's not bad."
Uncle He Jiu chuckled.
Li Qi snorted: "I don't know about you He Jiu yet. This wealth must not be exposed to the public. It is most vividly reflected in you."
The others laughed when they heard this.
Uncle He Jiu laughed a few times and did not answer this question.
This guy has a lot of money. But he is dressed like a servant. If you don't know him, you would think that he is a servant of that wealthy family.
Fan Shaobai suddenly hesitated to speak: "But---."
Li Qi subconsciously said: "But what?"
Fan Shaobai said: "I remember at the beginning of the year, the imperial court repeatedly stated that the new currency would be launched on the first day of October. However, this year has passed, and the new currency has not yet been released."
Li Qi really doesn’t know this, but it’s not hard to guess. With such a big thing happening, how could Zhao Kai dare to issue new coins? If a war breaks out, then the new coins will depreciate as soon as they are issued, because once a war breaks out
, but no matter how the court regulates it, the price of goods will definitely increase, and then the currency will definitely depreciate. This is a very simple truth.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Qicai said: "Everyone, please be patient. This is actually because the imperial court plans to cooperate with Feiqian Bureau."
"Flying money bureau?"
Everyone was stunned.
Li Qi nodded and said: "Yes, you may not know that many small businessmen are dissatisfied with Feiqian Bureau."
Uncle He Jiu said: "Is there anything else?"
"Of course you don't know about your huge wealth." Li Qi joked and continued: "Everyone should have seen that since the establishment of Feiqian Bureau, it has brought a lot of convenience to you. I dare say that, if it were not for Feiqian Bureau,
As for the money bureau, you must be hesitant to do business in the Lingnan area, let alone the distance. Just thinking about transporting so much currency thousands of miles away will probably make you break out in a cold sweat."
Everyone nodded in agreement and were full of praise for Fei Qian Bureau. It is precisely because of the existence of Fei Qian Bureau that the currency circulation has been greatly improved. Otherwise, Jiangnan region and Yanshan Prefecture would not have become wealthy so quickly.
Li Qi changed the subject and said, "But have you ever thought about those small traders?"
Everyone looked at Li Qi curiously.
Li Qidao: "As we all know, this Feiqian Bureau charges a handling fee. You are all big spenders, so naturally you don't care about the small handling fee, but this amount of money is very important to some small traders. Their money is not
A lot, maybe just a few dozen guan, or a hundred guan at most. Although the handling fee is not worth mentioning, they don't think so, so they would rather carry these dozens of guan on their backs than exchange it through the Feiqian Bureau.
, but it’s not light to carry dozens of dollars on my back. It’s too heavy even when I go out with a pound of money in my pocket.
And now that the imperial court wants to encourage everyone to engage in business, it must take more care of these small businessmen. It will also be a good thing for you if the team of businessmen becomes stronger."
"That is, that is."
"In order to better help these small businessmen, Feiqian Bureau plans to launch a small denomination money ticket."
"Money tickets?"
Fan Shaobai looked shocked and said, "Could it be Jiaozi again?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone turned pale.
Many businessmen were deceived by Jiaozi and lost their entire fortune. Under the wise leadership of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, Jiaozi continued to depreciate in value, and finally became worthless. The merchants who held a large number of Jiaozi had their wealth disappear overnight and lost money.
Even my mother doesn't know him.
This conversation is a bit cliched, but it’s not fake at all!
Li Qi saw it, but he couldn't be happy. He understood very well that when the economy reached a bottleneck or the territory of the Song Dynasty expanded to a certain extent, it was imperative to use paper money. However, the people lacked confidence in paper money. This was a problem.
It was a difficult hurdle to overcome. Fortunately, Li Qi did not intend to introduce banknotes immediately. He just tested the waters and said: "Of course not. This kind of money ticket is also a redemption ticket. It is essentially the same as the redemption ticket you get at the Feiqian Bureau.
It’s not bad, the only difference is that the money tickets have been prepared in advance, and the redemption tickets are made based on your identity after you go there. Also, there is no handling fee for exchanging the money tickets. "
Uncle He Jiu said: "There is no handling fee? Then if we exchange all these money tickets, wouldn't it mean that the handling fee is waived?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "That's right, you can do this too, but the problem is that the money tickets have been prepared long ago and are not identifiable, which means that anyone who gets the money tickets
You can go to the Feiqian Bureau to exchange currency, and your kind of exchange must have a designated person, or a designated handwriting, in order to exchange currency. If you are willing to take such a big risk for this fee, then
I have nothing to say."
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