Su Ren was sitting in the study, with Han Qing and Ah Xun right in front of him. All three of them looked gloomy, and the atmosphere was particularly depressing.
Han Qing glanced at Ah Xun: "There are four people involved, Ding Yi, Hou of Lecheng, is the liaison, Luan Da is taking the lead, Zhao Zhou is just advocating and shouting, and..."
"Who else?" Su Ren was very angry. The emperor was just plotting against himself. He had been very careful in his conduct and work over the years. Luan Da was his enemy, and it was understandable that he would harm himself. As for Ding Yi, Zhao Zhou and the like, I thought
I don't even know what the relationship between me and these two people is.
"The other thing is to appease Li Shizong!" Han Qing glanced at Su Ren and saw that Su Ren's hands trembled when he heard Li Shizong's name, but he did not hide it: "In fact, it was Li Shizong who first proposed this plan.
After a year of operation, I don’t know what method was used to force Erkuan to retire, and he also designed to have His Majesty appoint you as the chief agricultural officer."
"One year?" Su Ren frowned again.
Ah Xun immediately lowered his head: "My subordinate has been doing something bad and has not been able to detect it. I am willing to accept the punishment!"
Han Qing said quickly: "You can't blame him. Ding Yi is doing everything on the surface, Luan Da is hiding in the palace, and Li Shizong was still studying in the academy a year ago, so there is no way to monitor these things.
Tiangang Disha has been working hard every day, and it is a great contribution to finally figuring out the whole story."
Su Ren suppressed his anger and said to Ah Xun: "You are not to blame for this! What else was found?"
Ah Xun breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly: "They have united thirty-seven dignitaries, including eight princes, five princesses, and twenty-two princes. Since last year, they have successively borrowed five thousand yuan from Sinong Temple.
Millions of gold, and have been purchasing gold secretly. Approximately two million gold has been identified. The actual amount is still being traced, and I don’t know what they are doing with so much gold.”
Su Ren sneered: "What else can you do, drive up prices and make a fortune!" He said to Han Qing: "Immediately send someone to invite General Li, Gongsun He, Gongsun Ao, Wei Qing, and Cao Xiang; in addition, Mr. Cui Chengru
Invite me too, come in person! By the way, Sang Hongyang also called back, and placed Liu Zhi, Huo Guang, Jin Rixi, Shangguan Jie, and Tian Qianqiu in a secret room. My conversations with those people will not be hidden from them!
"
"Okay, I'll do it right away!"
Then he said to Ah Xun: "From now on, you don't need to worry about Tiangang Disha's affairs anymore. We only need to track down one thing, which is where those people's gold is. There must be no room for any mistakes!"
"promise!"
Liu Ju was very confused about being called by Su Ren. Everyone knew that he often stayed at Su's house, but Su Ren never called him alone. No matter what the situation, he was always with Su Kang. Even when he was punished, he was almost at the same time.
When he was beaten, he did not take care of himself because of his status. Sometimes he felt that he was not a good teacher. He said something to his father and was kicked. After saying this to his mother, she always laughed and said nothing.
He asked him not to speak ill of Taifu behind his back.
There were five people in a secret room. Liu Zhi was the youngest. Except for Huo Guang, who was familiar with him, the others had only been met occasionally in the academy. He didn't even know their names.
"What's going on?" Liu Zhi approached Huo Guang, whom he was most familiar with: "Where's Su Kang? Today, I didn't block the chimney of Liu's house with Su Kang. I told Su Kang not to do it, and he didn't listen to me.
no way."
Huo Guang looked serious and pointed at a round copper pipe on the opposite wall. He suddenly remembered that he seemed to have been to this place before. That time he and Su Kang bumped into each other at home. They entered this room and passed through the copper pipe.
I heard the sound of Taifu talking to others. I was young at that time and thought I had seen a ghost. I quickly escaped with Su Kang and never dared to come in again.
"The teacher asked us to listen here. He wants to talk to a few people. Don't ask me and I don't know what to say. He just wants to listen." He looked at the three people next to him: "Jin Rixi, Class 2, A Division,
This time, I ranked fifteen in the A section of the college entrance examination; Shangguan Jie, Class 4 in the A section, ranked third in the college entrance examination; Tian Qianqiu, Class 1 in the B section, ranked first in the B section in the college entrance examination."
Liu Zhi clicked his tongue and looked at Huo Guang again. If you include Huo Guang, the third place in the B subject, it can be said that this year's elite meeting of Louguan Academy. Suddenly Liu Zhi seemed to understand something. These people are all elites, at the latest
The next year they would enter the court as officials and spend a few years practicing in the officialdom. When these people become important ministers of the court, they might...! Liu Zhi didn't dare to think about it and nodded silently in his heart. This was the Taifu's gift.
Choose your own team!
The ones who have the keenest sense of the market are undoubtedly businessmen, so the first one to come is Cui Chengru. When Cui Chengru arrived, Huo Laosi, Hu Ji, Zhou Zhong and others who had not returned to Shu County were already there.
Well, in fact, Cui Chengru had discovered the problem a long time ago, so when he heard that Su Ren was looking for him, he probably understood what was going on. After seeing these people, the old man already knew what Su Ren's intention was.
Without any extra courtesy, Su Ren made a clear statement: "I won't be polite to you. With just one sentence, I will immediately raise supplies and transport them to Chang'an, with grain, salt, ironware, cloth, in short, the things that the people need most.
The more the better! Chang'an has a population of one million. We must ensure that there will be no problems with these basic expenses within half a year. At the same time, I will also send letters to Jiangsu, Yumen, Beyond the Great Wall, and Lingnan. I don't have enough money to find Fourth Brother.
I don’t care, I just want supplies.”
Su Ren didn't need to explain clearly to other people, but Su Ren needed to explain clearly to Cui Chengru. So he didn't hide anything and told the matter in detail. The old man nodded solemnly: "My incompetent son is already here.
I am hoarding these things and saying that there is a big buyer. Don't worry, Mr. Su. I will take over the family business when I get back, release all the things, and create a hometown with sufficient supplies first. It shouldn't be a problem to delay it for a while."
Su Ren bowed deeply: "Thank you for your trouble, old man. I'm very grateful."
Cui Chengru shook his head: "You and I are both big Han people. We have made such a good life together. We will never allow some young people to mess around!"
Sang Hongyang was the second one to come. As the general manager of Dahan Bank, he was also the most sensitive to money trends. When Dahan Bank was established, firstly, it was to eliminate the disadvantages of privately minted coins from the source, and secondly, it was to balance the finances.
Now it seems that the effect is very good, and Sang Hongyang is also doing an impressive job. Su Ren does not need to be polite to Sang Hongyang. Sang Hongyang himself was recommended by Su Ren. Although the two of them cannot be regarded as subordinates, Sang Hongyang
Yang understood that if Su Ren wanted to attack him, he could kill all nine of his clans with just a flick of his finger.
"What measure of currency do you use? Gold standard or grain standard?"
Just this sentence made Sang Hongyang break out in a cold sweat. The gold standard uses gold as the main currency. How much gold is issued as much currency is just like our current monetary system. The best state is that there will be no currency depreciation, because there will never be any currency depreciation.
You can use money to buy the corresponding precious metal gold. The same principle applies to the grain standard. No matter what kind of currency is issued, it must have a degree. This degree is either the storage of gold, the storage of food, or the storage of grain.
Everything else has a reference. Issuing currency with a slap on the forehead will inevitably lead to the consequence that the money is worthless. Su Ren made this clear to Sang Hongyang when he founded Dahan Bank. He even used Liu Che's ancestral teachings to explain this clearly.
The methods are engraved in the bank's rules and no one is allowed to change them.
"Gold!" Sang Hongyang wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Who else knows?"
Sang Hongyang thought for a while: "This matter is top secret. Only His Majesty and a few close shopkeepers of the bank know about it, but I can guarantee that they will never tell it."
Hearing the word "Your Majesty", Su Ren was speechless and sighed: "We will mobilize gold immediately. At least five million gold is needed, but no trace of it should be revealed to the outside world."
Sang Hongyang swallowed: "Sir, something went wrong?"
Su Ren closed his eyes: "There will be a rush to buy gold. If we can't avoid it, we will..."
Su Ren didn't say anything else, but Sang Hongyang already felt the danger: "What if it's not enough? Since last year, someone has been buying gold. I roughly estimated that it should be more than one million dollars. I also started buying gold."
Some gold has been mobilized from various places, but I heard that there are signs of panic buying in various places, so it is not convenient to mobilize all the gold to Beijing."
Yes! The people Ding Yi collected belong to the Han Dynasty's powerful people and are the top beings of the Han Dynasty. Although they have been stranded in Jingcheng, their fiefdoms are nominally all over the world, and many party members and family members are in other places. As long as these people speak out,
Those people will naturally respond positively. Since they can cause trouble in Chang'an, other places will naturally not let it go. This is not a storm against Su Ren, but a conspiracy against the entire Han Dynasty.
"Do you want to explain it to Your Majesty?" Sang Hongyang asked tentatively.
Su Ren thought for a long time. Why did the great minister Nonger Kuan suddenly die? Why did the emperor suddenly think of himself, a general who had not done business for many years? Why did the emperor want to re-determine business taxes? Why did the emperor prepare to reduce agricultural taxes? Why
The emperor was suddenly so interested in "Political Economy"? Why?
A bunch of questions were going back and forth in Su Ren's mind. This shows a lot. Liu Che was a talented emperor. There is no doubt about it. Would such an emperor allow others to harm his country under his nose? Of course he is old.
Liu Che is a different matter, but even if he is old, he will soon understand. Liu Che is not yet fifty. Although he is approaching old age, he must not have reached the stage of coma. Maybe there is more conspiracy than conspiracy!
Su Ren waved his hand: "No, we will deal with this storm ourselves! Again, all the gold that can be mobilized will be mobilized to Chang'an, and gold sales will be suspended in other places, but the action will be more relaxed."
Sang Hongyang was shocked. Looking at Su Ren's back, he bowed his hands in submission and bowed, then silently stepped back. (To be continued)
