Gold is not the main trading currency of the Han Dynasty. Since the establishment of the Han Dynasty Bank, the currency system reform has achieved initial results. Private coinage has disappeared. Some people have even suggested that new coins should be minted and high-value coins should be minted to alleviate the problem of copper.
The lack of impact on the currency market. However, this proposal was rejected by people headed by Sang Hongyang. For this reason, Liu Che once asked Su Ren to have a long discussion on the matter. No one knew the final conclusion, but no one in the court could see it.
There is no mention of minting face value on coins.
Naturally, what ordinary people in Shengdou come into contact with most are copper coins, and even silver is very rare. Silver only occasionally appears in those merchants. As for gold, because of the existence of Dahan Bank, it has become that piece of light paper, and it is only used for bulk commodities.
In the transaction, for example, two meters shipped from Lingnan in a boat are worth three hundred gold, ten carts of silk shipped from Shu County are worth five hundred gold, jade brought by thirty camels from the Western Regions are worth five thousand gold, and one thousand pieces of silk are worth five thousand gold.
A good horse is worth 10,000 gold, so gold is used to settle transactions that are not done by humans. No one is willing to use an astronomical number of copper coins to do such a transaction.
Although the number of copper coins in the market has not decreased, someone suddenly discovered that one copper coin could buy two sesame cakes, but at some point it became two copper coins to buy three. Originally, a bundle of vegetables cost half a copper coin, but now a bundle of green vegetables costs one copper coin.
Originally, a bowl of spicy soup cost two yuan, but recently it became three yuan. However, the copper coins in my hand were limited, but the prices of goods were rising little by little. At the beginning, some people thought that the goods were approaching the New Year's Eve.
There was a price increase, but it didn’t take long to discover that it was not for this reason, because more and more items were increasing in price, and the price increase was getting bigger and bigger. Even some businessmen noticed the difference.
Ordinary.
As the leader of the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce, Cui Chengru was more magnanimous than his son Cui Jiuming. He banged his cane on the ground and said, "Shut up! His Royal Highness is still here! If you have any questions, speak up.
, don’t buzz around like those annoying flies.”
"Dad, I..."
"Shut up, you have no place to speak here! From today on, you will stay at home and think about your mistakes. You will talk about it when you have figured it out!" Cui Chengru glared at me: "Get back here now, and you are not allowed to step on it without my orders.
Take a step out of the house!"
On weekdays, Cui Chengru usually doesn't take care of things much, and leaves all matters to his son Cui Jiuming, but it's different today. Su Ren personally handed over the task, and the situation has become so serious that he can't help but become vigilant. As the saying goes, people grow old.
Jing, although Su Ren did not explain all the problems to him, Cui Chengru could hear a lot in Su Ren's words. This crisis seemed to be caused by dozens of royal nobles trying to make Su Ren look bad. How could he actually guess the inside story?
He can also guess a little, because the prince Liu Zhi is sitting next to him at the moment. The old man has never heard that the emperor has any thoughts about the prince. On the contrary, he often says a few good words about the prince in the ears of the ministers.
After driving Cui Jiuming out, the old man turned around and saluted Liu Zhi: "His Royal Highness, here are all the shareholders of Yiyi Fang in Chang'an City. Of course, Su Hou was not present, but the Marquis said, let the old man do everything according to His Highness the Crown Prince's words
, I understand the meaning."
Liu Ju helped Cui Chengru sit down, then turned around and said to everyone: "You may have heard some rumors from outside, so I won't say more here. I asked Mr. Cui to summon you today. In fact, it's not
Just one thing, the end of the year is approaching, it is a good time for you to show your talents, and it seems that the prices of everything are increasing these days. My father and mother are also very worried about the people's lives, so I specially asked Gu Lai to meet you. I hope you will
We can take the overall situation into consideration, try our best to make concessions, and at least let the goods in Bianyifang return to their original prices."
Hearing this, the scene immediately became chaotic. There were some whispering and some showing embarrassment, but no one dared to look at Liu Ju angrily. Liu Ju just stood there with a smile, waiting for everyone present to buzz.
Hum. Cui Chengru was about to stand up again to stop him, but when he saw Liu Ju nodded slightly at him, he sat down on his seat again.
Under Liu Ju's gaze, the discussion gradually became much quieter. A man sitting at the back suddenly stood up, saluted Liu Ju first, and then said: "Of course we understand what your highness said, and it is our duty to share your majesty's worries."
It is the responsibility of the common people, but it is not that we are unwilling to lower the price. However, your highness also knows that the goods sold in our cheap shop are complicated, and the goods sent from various places in a few days are not only small and expensive, but your highness said so, we will take the opportunity.
What about my wealth and life? What if I can’t wait until the price drops?”
Liu Ju waved his hand and asked the man to sit down: "You are right, even the royal family cannot force you to lose your family and property, not to mention the great reputation of my father, and he will never do such a thing to harm my people, but please rest assured, Gu
We have urgently collected goods from Lingnan, Suzhou, the Western Regions, Shuzhong, beyond the Great Wall and other places, and are about to go to Beijing in the near future. In addition, I promised that I will give you an explanation when this matter is resolved, and I will request an order from my father to replace this incident.
Those who have contributed to the incident will be rewarded."
"Boom!" The room exploded instantly. The merchants took money very seriously, but they also took it very lightly. Besides, the prince said that as long as he persisted for a while, goods would definitely come to Beijing, and when this matter was over,
They will also ask the emperor for decrees and rewards. The most powerful one is the last one. Merchants are the lowest profession in the world, and their right to speak has always been their weakness. If it were not for the monster Su Ren among the merchants, the market could still speak for them.
In a word, dignitaries and dignitaries never have a good look on them.
Cui Chengru's old face was trembling. He believed that the prince would not tell lies and thought that the prince was sent by Su Ren. Even if the prince broke his promise, Su Ren would find ways to make compensation. This was the reason why he and Su Ren had grown up together over the past decades.
The essence of communication. As long as Su Ren recognizes you as a friend, he has nothing to say to you. If Su Ren treats you as an enemy, the consequences will be very terrible. At Su Ren's house that day, several people from Shu were there.
, Su Ren said that the goods will not be fake, and today he has Liu Ji's guarantee, which is the best thing in the world that he will never break his promise.
Led by Cui Chengru, everyone knelt down at Liu Ju's feet: "Your Highness, please rest assured that from tomorrow the prices of all goods in Biianfang will be the same as before. I promise to send people to contact various shops immediately, and there will be no shortage of goods.
To show respect to Your Majesty and train the hearts of all the people,"
Liu Ju pulled Cui Chengru and others up, and everyone laughed. Immediately, some people rushed to meet people from various workshops, and some people expressed their intention to write letters immediately to ask friends and family members to help. Liu Ju performed very well in this scene. For many years, the royal family
Under the dual interweaving of education and academy education, Liu Zhi had both the majesty and domineering power of the royal family and the spring breeze of the academy. From the beginning to the end, Huo Guang stood beside Liu Zhi without saying a word. It was only at this time that he gradually stopped treating Liu Zhi as a child.
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The matter was urgent, so Liu Ju didn't stay long at Cui Cheng's house. After bidding farewell to everyone, he took Huo Guang to Wei Qing's house in Changping. Because last time at Su Ren's house, Wei Qing was the only one who didn't directly express his willingness to borrow money to jointly defend against the enemy, so a few days ago
After people discussed it, Liu Zhi needed to talk to the eldest princess again. The eldest princess had played a great role in helping Liu Che ascend the throne. From Liu Zhi's point of view, his aunt would not sit idly by and ignore this crisis.
Wei Kang was much younger than Liu Zhi. He was the son of the eldest princess Pingyang and Wei Qing, and he was Liu Ju's cousin. He welcomed Liu Ju into the house very enthusiastically and sent him directly to the residence of the eldest princess Pingyang without saying anything. Look.
Princess Pingyang was very satisfied with her nephew. Originally, she was worried that something would happen when Liu Zheng was growing up and the emperor would hate him. Fortunately, everything developed according to his original plan.
Both Wei Qing and Wei Zifu were from Princess Pingyang's house, so Princess Pingyang and Liu Zhi had a natural alliance. Holding Liu Zhi's hand, Princess Pingyang smiled and said, "Why are you free to come to my aunt today?"
coming?"
"Auntie, please forgive me. My nephew is studying in the academy and I can't come to say hello at any time. I will come over every day when my nephew finishes his studies."
Princess Pingyang nodded: "Well, my aunt understands that you should put your studies first. Wei Kang is not young anymore and will be sent to the academy next year. Cao Xiang is also your close relative. Take care of these younger brothers in the academy."
"Don't worry, aunt, my nephew will do it."
A few short conversations, not much exchange of benefits and family ties were included. Liu Zhi and Wei Kang accompanied Princess Pingyang in the garden, told some jokes, had lunch together, and then left. On this day
Liu Ju was undoubtedly the busiest. After leaving Pingyang Houfu, he went to Li Guang, Gongsun Ao, Gongsun He's house, and even visited Cao Xiang's house. Only at Cao Xiang's house he was the most relaxed, with his eldest brother
As Cao Xiang, he taught Cao Xiang a lesson and supervised Cao Xiang's studies before returning to his prince's palace. Before entering the palace, someone reported that since the afternoon, Princess Pingyang's palace, Changping Hou's palace, Li Guang and Gongsun He
, Gongsun Ao and Cao Xiang's family both sent people to bring large sums of gold. The prince's governor, Shi's jaw dropped, and it took him a long time to tell him that there were five million gold in total.
"Your Highness, how can you have so much money? A gentleman should treat money like dung, let alone you are a prince!" Prince Xima Shifen was very worried and kept admonishing: "Your Highness has become a prince, so you should be careful to cultivate your morality and not be like this with money.
I care, I say what I say from the bottom of my heart, but please think again, Your Highness!"
Liu Ju knew that Shi Fen was a good man. When Liu Che was the crown prince, he was a horse washer. The late emperor believed that Shi Fen was respectful in life and had a strict family education. The four members of the family, father and son, were all officials of two thousand stones, so he respected him as "The King of Wan Shi".
". After Liu Ju was born and was established as the prince at the age of seven, Liu Che asked Shi Fen to continue to be the prince and wash horses, singing that his son, like himself, would become a wise king through the ages.
Pulling Shi Fen up, Liu Judao said: "I'm worried about washing my horse too much. It's not that Gu wants the money, but there are some problems with the bank. Gu felt that as the prince, he had to share the worries for his father, so he went to his aunt's house and met a few people.
I borrowed some from someone I know well and will send it to the bank tomorrow."
Shi Fen prostrated again: "Your Highness has the virtues of a prince, the respect of a wise minister, and the filial piety of a son of man. I congratulate you on your behalf!"
Looking at Shi Fen who was in high spirits, Liu Ju shook his head and smiled bitterly. Looking at Huo Guang and others behind him, he still felt that it would be better not to tell Shi Fen his secret. (To be continued)