Chapter 414: Discussing politics in the political hall
But Cai Xiang looked at the account book for a long time, then suddenly covered it and said: "This is even more unacceptable!"
Fan Shidao wanted to speak, but after hearing Cai Xiang's words, he seemed to have thought of something and did not speak.
Cai Xiang said: "This money is used to enrich the people! How can we bear it? Judge Zhang, I know what you are going to say. If the court does not take this money, powerful people will also take it. But I dare not set a precedent for this.
The country is a sinner!”
Zhang Yue thought to himself, if I don't do it, someone will do it in future generations.
Fan Shidao looked at Zhang Yue's expression and said: "Go back to Du! This matter cannot be changed... But it is better not to let Zhongshu know about this account book. The dividend proposal is feasible. This year, the ministers in the three yamen are short of money.
Ju Shen... just in time (divided him)..."
Zhang Yue glanced at Fan Shidao and thought to himself, are you really the nephew of Mr. Fan Zhongyan and Fan Wenzheng? Are you worried about the innate worries and happy after the acquired? You can't be a fake, right?
Cai Xiang gave Fan Shidao a serious look, and finally Fan Shidao sighed and returned the account book to Zhang Yue.
"Provincial Lord!"
Zhang Yue took off his official hat and said: "It is a small matter for me to resign, but it is a big matter to save it with quotations. The governor of the province, if you submit the quotations and deposits, they will be deposited with salt banknotes!"
"Why do you keep salt banknotes when you cite them? Can you tell me what's the reason for this?" Cai Xiang asked loudly.
Zhang Yue knew that victory or defeat depended on this, so he expressed his opinion to Cai Xiang.
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For half an hour, Zhang Yue looked at Cai Xiang and Fan Shidao still looked half-understood and half-puzzled, knowing that it was still a little difficult for them to understand his theory.
Maybe his nephew Cai Jing can understand it immediately.
Cai Xiang asked Fan Shidao: "What do you think of Du Zhi's words?"
Fan Shidao pondered for a moment and said, "After listening to Zhang Xueshi's long speech, it seems to have some truth, and I also think it is feasible."
Zhang Yue was upset after hearing this. What is the difference between Fan Shidao's words and "You write a lot of words, I believe you."
Doubt×2!
Cai Xiang said: "You said you can't take into account the three, but now I think you, the Institute of Citation, and the salt banknote can't take into account the three. How do you choose?"
Zhang Yue's chest felt hot, and he was about to speak, but finally said: "Xiaguan...Xiaguan...I don't know!"
Cai Xiang smiled when he heard this and said, "If you say this, you should use it to convince Zhongshu!"
Zhang Yue was surprised and happy when he heard this.
Cai Xiang said to Zhang Yue and Fan Shi: "Follow me to the Political Hall!"
The western suburbs of Bianjing in June.
A group of people drove slowly into Bianjing.
During this period, the team stopped at a pavilion, and saw a person standing inside the pavilion, none other than Feng Sanyuan and Feng Jing.
Feng Jing saw an old man stepping down from the carriage and quickly bowed to him.
"Congratulations to Lao Taishan for his return to Beijing!"
This old man is certainly Fu Bi, and now he has returned to Beijing.
Tea, soup and snacks were served in the road pavilion. Fu Bi sat down in the pavilion and said, "That's it, that's all. I've dispensed with all these false gifts. Is the official's illness getting better?"
Feng Jing heard that the first thing Fu Bi did when he came to Beijing was to care about the official's illness. He couldn't help but admire him. This is the body of a minister and the concern of an old minister.
Feng Jingdao: "The officials were doing well in the past few days, and they could listen to the government together with the Queen Mother in Rouyi Palace, but then they fell ill and could not take medicine. Mr. Han Xianggong personally served the officials with medicine, but the medicine bowl was knocked over by the officials.
The clothes of Xianggong Han were soiled, and my son-in-law witnessed this with his own eyes. After Xianggong Han left, the Queen Mother said to him that it is not easy for Xianggong Xian. "
After hearing Feng Jing talk about Han Qi's embarrassment, Fu Bi did not ridicule his political opponents, but continued to ask: "Has the official taken the medicine?"
Feng Jingdao: "Then Prince Zhongzhen was by his side and personally advised the officials to take the medicine, and the officials just took it."
Fu Bi then felt relieved and said, "That's good."
"What about Prime Minister Zhang?"
Fu Bi asked who was the privy envoy Zhang Sheng.
That day, the official fell ill one day, and in front of the Queen Mother, Han Qi, Zhang Sheng and other officials from the second government, he said that Zhang Sheng was going to harm me!
This incident made all the officials of the second government on the side shocked and confused.
After Zhang Sheng resigned, he immediately complained of illness and resigned. After all, Zhang Sheng was the second-ranking civil servant left by the late emperor. It would not be good to dismiss him immediately, so the officials hypocritically persuaded him to stay: "If the Lieutenant is not busy, he can stay in five days."
It would be nice to have a visit to the Privy Council."
At this time, Sima Guang came forward to speak up. He said that Zhang Sheng retired because some good people said that the old minister was not letting go of his power, which made them uneasy about their position. In fact, young people who are not enterprising will be in vain even if they are in the position, but they want to do things.
It doesn't matter if a veteran minister who is capable of doing things is still in office. An innocent minister like Zhang Sheng will never make mistakes.
Sima Guang's words are tantamount to pointing fingers at the officials. Who are the ministers who want to do things and can do them? Who are the young people who are not enterprising?
However, Sima Guang had the merit of persuading people to enter, and he was not afraid of scolding the emperor.
When Fu Bi heard what Feng Jing said, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Junshi is still so upright and outspoken! With such a court official, why worry about the unhealthy atmosphere."
After a pause, Fu Bi said: "The official family is really not very good."
Feng Jing was stunned and said that his father-in-law would remain a gentleman as always, and even if he was dissatisfied with the official family, he would only give a few words of blame.
I didn't expect Fu Bi to say such strong words, which was unlike his previous style.
"However, the officials here are trying to persuade Prime Minister Zhang to keep him and not allow him to resign. The Prime Minister is not going to the Privy Council Office now, but just complains that he is ill at home. Over there, the Queen Mother's father-in-law is the Privy Council envoy. Now the officials are dissatisfied with the Privy Council and it is known to the whole world."
That's right, after Fu Bi came to Beijing, the imperial court had two privy envoys.
But it would be awkward if it were someone else, but Fu Bi and Zhang Sheng don't have to. Zhang Sheng was promoted by Fan Zhongyan, and he and Fu Bi have been good friends for many years, but it requires a certain process.
After Fu Bi asked the officials and Zhang Sheng, he said to Feng Jing: "I heard that there is a reference office under the Yanyuan of the Capital City?"
Feng Jingdao: "Yes, this is the storyteller in the Chongzheng Hall, and this is what Zhang Du, the Salt and Iron Division, has done!"
Fu Bi said: "I heard in Xijingdu that the future generations are to be feared!"
Feng Jing was slightly startled and said: "I see that this exchange has forced many people to lose their homes in recent days. I heard that some of the famous wealthy businessmen in Beijing have thrown themselves into the river because of this!"
Fu Bi said: "The inside story is not what outsiders see. What do you think of Zhang Duzhi?"
Feng Jing recalled the on-the-spot reaction between him and Zhang Yue when he died in the official family and said: "I thought he was just a talented person, but later I thought..."
Fu Bi said with a smile: "Pang Shiyuan is not a talented person. He is in the middle of handling the affairs. He should not be given the task before he can show his talents. I understand!"
After saying that, Fu Bi stood up and Du Guan handed Fu Bi a bamboo stick. Fu Bi reached out and took Feng Jing's hand and said, "Let's go to Beijing!"
Feng Jing's spirit was shaken, and he immediately followed Fu Bi's carriage and horses into Bianjing City.
Just before Fu Bi returned to Beijing, Zhang Yue, Cai Xiang and Fan Shidao came to Zhengshi Hall together.
This was the time when the prime ministers were having a public meal, and before noon there was a meeting in the political hall.
The prime ministers were quarreling over political affairs and were red-faced. At lunch, everyone sat down to chat and enhance their feelings. After a few glasses of wine, everyone reconciled again.
Of course, the time-honored story about Ding "sliding his beard" for Kou Zhun also happened on this occasion.
When Cai Xiang and others arrived, three prime ministers, Han Qi, Zeng Gongliang, and Ouyang Xiu, were having a public meal. Zhang Yue saw that the food of the prime ministers was indeed different!
On the corridor next to the main hall, three people were sitting on a group table, with more than a dozen delicacies placed on the group table.
Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu both had wine cups in front of them. Han Qi's wine cup was larger and Ouyang Xiu's was smaller. As for Zeng Gongliang, he didn't drink at all. He had already eaten half of the bowl of rice he was holding.
When Han Qi saw Cai Xiang, he immediately greeted him: "Jun Mo is here, let's have some food together."
The attendants immediately brought the bowls and chopsticks and brought chairs to sit on. Cai Xiang sat down unceremoniously, while Fan Shidao and Zhang Yue stood aside to watch the prime minister and his own superiors eating.
Cai Xiang picked up the bowl, picked up the vegetables with chopsticks, and then talked to Han Qi while eating.
Zhang Yue and Fan Shidao stood far away and could not hear what was said.
But I saw Han Qi listening to Cai Xiang's words, wiping his mouth with a kerchief and giving some instructions to his attendants.
So the attendants set up the dining table mats for Zhang Yue and Fan Shidao, took two plates of dishes from the table and brought them to the dining table without using any chopsticks.
But one plate was roasted mutton, and the other was boiled water shield and bamboo shoots, with a spoonful of meat sauce on top.
Zhang Yue was also hungry, so he ate the rice furiously, then used a few chopsticks to roast the mutton, put the water shield and bamboo shoots into the bowl, and continued to rip the rice. Finally, he raised the empty bowl with not a grain of rice left and said domineeringly to the waiter on the side.
: "Excuse me, please add another bowl!"
Fan Shidao on the side raised the corner of his mouth when he saw this.
Ouyang Xiu listened to the conversation between Han Qi and Cai Xiang, turned to look at Zhang Yue and couldn't help but smile, and asked someone to bring two bowls of food to Zhang Yue from the table, said Master Fan.
Zhang Yue was only half-full. Here, Cai Xiang, Han Qi and other prime ministers also had a preliminary exchange of opinions. The waiter over there removed the table unceremoniously.
The six of them took in the cool breeze under the public corridor.
Zhang Yue and Fan Shidao stepped forward as ordered. Han Qi said to Zhang Yue: "It was agreed at the beginning that the exchange of reference offices was just a temporary measure. How could the exchange of references be abolished and the salt banknotes no longer exist? Please tell me a reason!
"
Zhang Yue knew that the existence and death of Jiao Yin was related to this. If he could not convince the prime ministers present, all his efforts would be in vain.
Zhang Yue chewed the leftover food in his mouth and said immediately: "Xia Guan looks at the past and present..."
Fan Shidao coughed slightly, feeling that Zhang Yue's behavior was a bit unethical.
Han Qi smiled and indicated that it was okay to continue.
Zhang Yue swallowed his words and then said, "...Whenever the imperial court's money comes, there are three things that cannot be taken into consideration at the same time. They are divided into importance, circulation, and exchange!"
Everyone: "???"
They can still know the weight. The weight comes from the tube. There is a saying in the tube that "coins are heavy but everything is light, coins are light but everything is heavy".
As for circulation, what does exchange mean?
In fact, what Zhang Yue said is the theory of the impossible triangle of later economics, that is, independent monetary policy, liquidity, and exchange rate cannot coexist.
Han Qi and the others looked at a loss, looking at Zhang Yue who was talking about oil and gas, and said: "In the past, the salt banknotes were designed for merchants to enter Shaanxi, and the people who bought and sold them were between merchants such as grain merchants and salt merchants.
.The imperial court set a salt limit of 116 kilograms per table as the six kuan, and the Third Bureau and Shaanxi agreed to pay a fixed amount of salt banknotes every year. They have always been in peace, but why did the salt policy change later?"
"Later, the merchants on the border found that it was inconvenient to carry copper and iron money back to Beijing from the border in Shaanxi, so they asked Chinese merchants to buy salt banknotes and then returned to Beijing to sell them to salt merchants. Later, the money laws of the imperial court were corrupted.
So salt banknotes gradually became popular as Chu coins."
Han Qi said: "To explain it, tell it slowly from beginning to end..."
Zhang Yue said: "In fact, the money laws of this dynasty have always had many disadvantages. Copper coins and iron coins are enough for ordinary people in daily life, but for trade, large amounts of money come in and out. Businessmen going to Shaanxi trade carry thousands of kilograms of money.
Coins are extremely inconvenient. Not only do they cost transportation capacity, but they are also vulnerable to prying eyes."
"Later, merchants saw salt banknotes and thought they were easy to carry and exchange, so their purchases increased. Some wealthy businessmen saw that it was more convenient to store salt banknotes than gold and silver, so they also exchanged gold and silver for salt banknotes and used them in large transactions.
Above trade."
"Thus, the salt banknotes changed from the original reference to coins!"
"What is the difference between Jiaoyin and coins?" Zeng Gongliang asked.
This theory was indeed difficult for the ancients to understand. At this time, the superiority of Zhang Yue's first-class students emerged spontaneously. He looked at Han Qi, Zeng Gongliang and other senior leaders sitting like students.
He said: "Of course it is different. The quotations cannot be circulated, but the coins can be circulated. Originally, salt banknotes were only circulated between salt merchants and traders, which amounted to tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of coins a year."
"Due to the rarity of salt banknotes (sacrifice of circulation), the imperial court can issue a fixed amount of salt banknotes every year (independent monetary policy), and then redeem them in six dollars per seat (fixed exchange rate), forming a triangle-like balance."
"But after the salt banknotes became currency, they became available to ordinary people instead of being purchased by salt merchants, so they became liquid!"
"In other words, after the salt banknotes become circulated, in order to form a new triangular balance, the imperial court must either issue a fixed amount of salt banknotes every year (independent monetary policy) or pay six coins per seat (fixed exchange rate)."
"To put it bluntly, there is one supply and one demand, but with more people buying, the balance is broken, and salt banknotes are purchased in large quantities by the private sector. In the end, the three government agencies have no choice but to continue to delegate the power of printing banknotes to the Shaanxi Transfer Department."
"In this way, the imperial court has lost its important power."
Han Qi and others looked at each other and realized that things were indeed developing as Zhang Yue said.
The imperial court gave up its independent monetary policy to achieve a fixed exchange rate with six fixed exchange rates and the liquidity of salt banknotes, forming a new triangular balance.
The demand side is amplifying. In order to maintain price balance, we can only find ways on the supply side.
Zhang Yue said: "But the Shaanxi Transportation Department, which holds the most important power, never thought about the imperial court and kept printing money, so that false money became prevalent. By the time the imperial court knew about it, it was too late to take back the important power.
.The people are filled with a lot of fake money!”
"Therefore, in the fifth year of Jiayou, Fan Xiang, the salt envoy who established the salt law, reformed his salt law and established the Capital Salt Institute. He gave up the payment of six guans and one seat, and changed the rigid redemption of salt banknotes with five guans and five hundred coins. When the salt banknotes rose,
Sell the salt banknotes at the highest price minus five hundred cents."
"This is the balanced method mentioned in Guanzi, and it can be called a good method."
However, Fan Xiang's reform caused a conflict between the Third Division and the Shaanxi Transportation Division...
Zhang Yue said: "The power of importance (independent monetary policy) lies with the imperial court, which must not be lost. The circulation of salt banknotes benefits the country and the people (circulation) and must not be lost. Therefore, the only way to change the order is to change it at the Liuguan seat."
