Chapter 370: Old love and new love

Zheng Qingming sat down for less than half an hour and said goodbye. Zhang Huan leaned halfway on the cushion and drank tea carefully. He needed to calm down and think about what happened today, especially the important towns of Han Huan and the official paper printing money that Zheng Qingming mentioned. He believed that this was the gain of Han Huan's decades of experience as an official. Moreover, Han Huan was well organized and used countless facts to explain the problem. He needed to think carefully. The official paper printing money that Zheng Qingming mentioned was as if it was stabbed by a needle. At that time, he felt that his eyes were lit and opened up a new idea. But afterwards, when the tingling sensation disappeared, he felt that there was great randomness in it.

Regardless of whether Zhang Huan is an expert in this field, he knows some common sense. Although flying tickets can be cashed in Chang'an City without any notes, there are time limits. However, when leaving Chang'an City, there must be secret seals, such as a code word or a hat or a ring, which is to prevent people from being counterfeited. As Zheng Qingming said, if you take a piece of paper with a hundred stale and buy land and industry, only fools will believe that as for small amounts of paper money of three or five stale, you can't tell the truth or fake, and most people still want copper coins. This is just a common sense consideration and there are many problems. As for whether the financial system is feasible, it is even more worth discussing.

Thinking of this, Zhang Huan immediately ordered his personal soldiers to say, "Go and invite Master Li Mi!"

Li Mi is now Zhang Huan's chief aide and temporarily lives in Zhang Huan's mansion. After a while, Li Mi hurried into Zhang Huan's study. After more than a month, he obviously gained a lot of weight and his complexion became rosy. He stepped forward and bowed to Zhang Huan, "I will meet the governor!"

"Please sit down by Taoist Master Li!" Zhang Huan asked Li Mi to sit down, and briefly told Li Mi about the content of his conversation with Han Huan and Zheng Qingming today, and finally said: "I want to hear the Taoist Master's opinions on these two things."

Li Mi did not speak for a long time. He paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. After a long time, he sighed and said, "I actually have a responsibility for the destruction of the merchants of Emperor Suzong. I had to do it at that time. Ping An thief asked for money and dealing with the Huihe people. However, the number of self-cultivated farmers was already very small, so it was impossible to increase taxes, so I could only make a decision on the merchants. At that time, Emperor Suzong asked me that it was feasible, and I also agreed. In fact, everyone knew that this was a matter of fishing for the extinction of the waters. However, the situation was critical at that time, and this extreme method had to be used."

Seeing Li Mi indulging in the past, Zhang Huan said a little unhappy: "The past is not necessary to be investigated anymore. I am asking Mr. Han Huan if Han Huan's suggestions are feasible?"

Li Mi was shocked and smiled apologetically and said, "I absolutely agree with Shangshu Han's suggestion. Promoting the country with industry and commerce is an excellent idea to solve the land problem. Land problem is a survival problem. If a large amount of labor is transferred to the town and the people do not rely on land to survive, what is the use of annexing the amount of land? Especially in this way, it can effectively solve the dependence of farmers on aristocratic families, invisibly weaken the power of the aristocratic families, and then promote civilian education in cities to give civilians more opportunities to study, and then promote them to a high level through imperial examinations, which will increase one by the other, and the aristocratic families will disappear from then on a century later."

Zhang Huan nodded repeatedly. The origin of the aristocratic family can be traced back to the Han Dynasty and lasted for hundreds of years. During this period, the Han Dynasty fell and the Sui Dynasty fell, the figures of aristocratic families were everywhere. Although the power of the aristocratic family began to be greatly weakened from the current dynasty Gaozong and Wu Zetian, the root of the aristocratic family could not be removed. Once the conditions were suitable, the aristocratic family would make a comeback. The root of the aristocratic family was in the land. If the problem of land annexation could be solved, it would be to dig out the root of the aristocratic family.

Zhang Huan lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and asked again: "I still have a question. If the population is large and tilted towards the town, then who will grow grain, mulberry and hemp? I am worried that there will be problems with the grain."

Li Mi was confident about this. He walked to the Tang Dynasty map, picked up a wooden pole and pointed to the vast land south of the Yangtze River and said: "The amount of grain depends on the grain population and the yield per mu. If the grain population is insufficient, you can make your decision on the yield per mu. The yield per mu north of the Huai River is mostly 200 kilograms, and it is ripe for three years. However, the yield per mu in the south of the Jianghuai River can reach 400 kilograms, and it is ripe for two or five hundred kilograms a year. Even the Lingnan area can achieve ripe for three a year. In this way, only half of the people need to farm to meet the national grain needs. Moreover, the south not only produces a lot of grain, but also has no serious land. The court can transfer farmers south by granting land."

Zhang Huancai Si was also ignited by Li Mi's creativity. He took the wooden pole and pointed to the map and said: "The idea of ​​granting fields in the early Tang Dynasty was good. It was to buy property for ordinary people, but allowing Yongye land to be traded, but it opened up a hole for future land annexation. In just a hundred years, the equal-field system was undoubtedly destroyed. Emperor Xuanzong repeatedly issued an order to prohibit land annexation was useless. Therefore, this time I re-granted the fields, I plan to only grant the fields and not grant Yongye land. The land rights belong to the central court. The court established the Annexation Bureau to manage it. It does not collect rent or sell them. The local government has no right to recover the fields. If you want to go to the city to engage in industry and commerce, you only need to return the land to the Annexation Bureau and handle household registration migration in the local government. If you can't survive in the city, you can return to your hometown to ask for land farming. In this way, the people will be in charge of the general public.

If you have a way to survive, you will not be forced to rebel without a way. Although this is a bit difficult for the court to control the households, it is nothing compared to solving the two major problems of land and slavery. It is nothing to let the people be free. I think ordinary people always want to live and work in peace. Since ancient times, officials have forced the people to rebel. There has never been any saying that ordinary people can leave if they cannot survive in a certain place. On the contrary, it can also be seen from this that the governance situation in a certain place is also beneficial to local officials. Of course, there are many details in the middle, such as the difficulties made by local governments during the transfer of household registration, etc., but these are problems that can be solved and do not hinder the overall situation. The key is the system. We must first establish the system and then improve the details."

After hearing this, Li Mi couldn't help but stare at Zhang Huan blankly. He did not expect that Zhang Huan had such a vision. For thousands of years, rulers of all generations have tried every means to control the people on the land. The so-called revival is just to make some concessions in the extremely sharp contradictions and ease the people's resentment. A ruler like Zhang Huan who considers the interests of the lower class people was the first emperor he knew. The Tang Dynasty had such a talented and stubborn monarch, so why worry about the prosperity of the times no longer appearing?

Li Mi thought of Li Longji who tried his best to weaken the power of the prime minister, but in the end he raised a tiger, which triggered the Anshi Rebellion, and the Tang Dynasty declined from prosperity; he thought of Li Heng being mean, trusting eunuchs, and treating the people as early as possible; he thought of Li Yu being ambitious but indecisive, and even died young, one after another, decades of smoke and dust floated past him, Li Mi felt excited, and he 'stopping!' knelt on the ground and said with great emotion: "I am willing to devote my whole life to Your Majesty and die until I die!"

"Prime Minister, please get up!"

Zhang Huan quickly helped him up and smiled and said, "I am still the right prime minister now. I can't afford to call me Your Majesty."

As he said that, he asked Li Mi to sit down, took another sip of tea, calming his mood and said slowly: "Talk about paper money, I think there are many loopholes in it, and it may become a great harm to the people, but I can't explain the reason clearly for the time being. I hope Mr. wakes me up."

Li Mi also took a sip of tea to moisten his throat and calmed himself down. He thought about it carefully and said, "The governor regarded paper money as a big money and understood the mystery. One article was used as fifty words. This is actually a disguised deprivation of the people's wealth. During Emperor Suzong, he once cast a large amount of Qianyuan Chongbao, and used one as fifty, and made a stake of twenty-two pounds. This was also a last resort during the financial crisis at that time. The people did not buy it at all. Cui Yuan also tried to promote official tickets when he was in power, but it was not accepted by the merchants.

It is still the credit problem of the court. Now the national treasury is empty and the people are in short supply. Promoting paper money can only seize the people's wealth. So I suggest not considering paper money for the time being. Instead, we should try to expand the output of copper and gold and silver, allow gold and silver to be circulated among the people, encourage the development of the scale of the cabinet shop, and let the people find ways to solve the problem of inconvenience in using copper coins. As the court, we only need to grasp the balance of income and expenditure and improve the laws. Over time, the goods will flourish and the treasury will be filled. Issuing paper money will be a natural thing."

Li Mi assisted the Tang Dynasty for decades and was known as a common prime minister. He has grasped the emperor's heart very thoroughly. He often acts as he pleases, relying on a passion. Sometimes he doesn't admit it even though he knows his mistakes. Therefore, the key to treating their enthusiasm is to be distracted rather than blocked. That is, to encourage their proposals first, and then slowly guide them to the right direction. Just like Zhang Huan's enthusiasm for paper money, although he can seize the throne, he has never been a prime minister after all, and does not know the harm of big money. However, he is willing to accept new things and has a pioneering and enterprising spirit, which is a good thing. So Li Mi did not jump up and beat them up immediately, but guided him slowly to let him know the consequences of issuing paper money when the court was in a state of distress.

Zhang Huan knew it well, and he smiled and put the matter of paper money aside for the time being.

After working hard for a day, Zhang Huan felt his head swollen and his temples were swollen and painful. Seeing that the night was getting dark, he put down his pen and rubbed his temples gently, straightened his body and stretched his tired back. Then he stood up and said to his personal soldiers: "That's all for today, you can clean up!"

Several personal soldiers responded, and quickly sent some important documents into the inner room for Zhang Huan to lock them, then wiped out the incense burner, pinched off the oil lamp, and escorted him to the inner courtyard.

Zhang Huan's mansion covers an area of ​​100 hectares and is very large. It is divided into four parts: the front house, the backyard, the guest room, and the military camp. The guest room is mainly for his staff, such as Li Mi and others. The military camp is the garrison of 500 personal soldiers who work every day. In addition to the 500 soldiers guarding the house, there is also a larger military camp outside his mansion, with 3,000 troops garrisons, which strictly protects the safety of Zhang Huan and his family. Especially since his current identity as a king or a minister, he is actually the supreme ruler of the Tang Dynasty and is guarded even more strictly.

His study room was not far from the inner courtyard. He walked dozens of steps to the gate of the inner courtyard. There were more than a hundred guards guarded here, each wearing armor, with horizontal swords on his waist and arrows on his back. They looked at the surrounding situation coldly, without letting go of any doubt. When everyone saw the governor coming, they immediately straightened their bodies to show their respect.

When you walk into the inner courtyard, you feel like you are entering a green world. The trees are lush and the branches are lush. Clusters of precious flowers and trees are blooming in groups. There are overlapping pavilions and towers hidden in the dark green forest. There are both majestic and atmospheric eaves and beams, as well as exquisite and elegant carved beams and painted buildings. There is also lake-like water in the back garden, and the long corridor in the water makes people feel like they are in a fairyland.

After entering the inner courtyard, several personal soldiers stopped following. Several maids waiting in the door were carrying lanterns to guide Zhang Huan on a gravel path. Zhang Huan thought the maids were walking too slowly, so he surpassed them and walked towards the inner courtyard. As soon as he passed a moon gate, a black shadow suddenly walked out of the moon gate and collided with Zhang Huan. The other party's body was soft and obviously a woman. Zhang Huan instinctively wanted to support the other party. Unexpectedly, the tentacles were two full and round live rabbits, which scared him to shrink his hands, and the other party screamed in a 'Ah!', then took a few steps back, pulled out the bright long sword, and shouted sternly: "Who are you!"

"It's me." Zhang Huan smiled bitterly. He couldn't even feel it. Is he still a childhood sweetheart who grew up together?

‘Oh!’ He let out a sound, and Pingping slowly took back the sword. Just now, Zhang Huan touched the place he shouldn’t have touched, which made her face turn red. Fortunately, the night was thick and Zhang Huan could not see her embarrassed expression.

"Where are you going? Why are you in such a hurry?" Zhang Huan frowned and couldn't help but scold her, "You are not young anymore, and you should change your rashness and debauchery, do you know?"

"Oh!" Pingping still said slowly, indicating that he had heard Zhang Huan's words.

"Also! Don't hold a long sword all day long, there is no need for this in the mansion."

"Then I'll change the pan next time." Pingping lowered his head and muttered in a low voice.

Zhang Huan didn't hear what she said clearly. Seeing that she lowered her head and admitted her mistake, she realized that her attitude might be a bit rough, so she relaxed and said to her softly: "It is precisely because you are different from them that I am a little strict with you. Do you understand?"

"Then I would rather be like them." Pingping muttered again.

Although her voice was small, Zhang Huan could hear it clearly this time. He was angry and funny, so he raised his hand and said, "Okay! OK! Just pretend I didn't say anything. Please continue wherever you want to go!"

Pingping didn't leave. She stood there and seemed to be waiting for Zhang Huan to say something. Zhang Huan was stunned. When he turned around, he saw several maids standing far away, and asked in a low voice: "I'll just say a few words to you. Do you still want me to apologize?"

Pingping bit her lips and said, "Where did you touch me just now, shouldn't you apologize?"

Zhang Huan suddenly realized that he glanced at his flat and tall chest. Thinking about the softness and fullness he had just bought, he couldn't help but feel a swaying in his heart, and then laughed in a low voice: "You used to send me breakfast, did you take advantage of me?"

"Nonsense, I don't want to take advantage of you!" Pingping remembered the past and saw him staring at his chest with bright eyes in the darkness. She was ashamed and anxious as she was blushing with shame. She stomped her feet and said, "I ignore you!" She turned around and ran away like a rabbit.

Zhang Huan looked at her slim back and couldn't help but smile and shook her head. Although Pingping was willful and free, this was also her cute side. She would be in her harem and would not lose her interest. He became more and more happy, so he hummed a little tune and walked towards Pei Ying's yard quickly.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I heard Pei Ying instructing a little maid, "Go and invite the master, and I will discuss with him if I have something important."

"My wife has something to discuss with me?" Zhang Huan pushed open the gate and walked in with a smile.

In the yard, Pei Ying held a small butterfly fan in her hand, wearing a short green silk dress, and a snow-white lotus arms exposed outside, making her petite and plump body look particularly attractive. When she saw Zhang Huan come in, she half-jokingly said, "I thought you were looking for those Japanese women, so I wanted to remind you to pay attention to your health."

Zhang Huan waved his hand and ordered the maid to retreat. He lay on the yard and smiled ambiguously: "What are you doing with those foreign women? They are stupid and stupid, and they can't understand the language. What's the fun of you?"

"Then why did you give them to me? Who do I think you like again?" When her husband was not interested in those Japanese and Silla women, Pei Ying also let go of her heart, so she slowly walked to him and sat down, fanned him with a fan and said with a smile: "Do you want to give these women to your guard?"

Zhang Huan raised his thumb and praised: "It's worthy of being my wife. It's true that I'm extremely smart. As soon as I guess, my old guards are not young anymore. Ask who would marry these Japanese and Silla women. If you have any choice, you will fulfill them."

Speaking of this, Zhang Huan held his wife's delicate hand and smiled: "You can do this for your husband!"

"I understand, it's all for you." Pei Ying pulled her hand back and said angrily: "Anyway, I always make my life for others to marry."

Zhang Huan was stunned when she heard the sourness in her tone, "What does Madam mean?"

"You asked knowingly!" Pei Ying glanced at Zhang Huan and said with a smile: "They brought all the dowry this morning, and they even sang around the mansion. The whole city knew about it. Why don't you know the only master?"

"What dowry is delivered?" Zhang Huan was even more confused when he heard it. He sat up and said, "I have been holding an emergency meeting all day today. I really don't know what it is. Can you tell me clearly what dowry and who are you going to marry?"

"The dowry was sent by the Cui family. Haven't you thought about it yet?" Pei Ying stared at Zhang Huan with wonderful eyes.

"Cui Family?" Zhang Huan frowned. He had already married Cui Ning, what did he have to do with the Cui family? Suddenly, he suddenly realized that it was Cui Xuezhu, and he had forgotten about this.

He quickly held his wife's hand and apologized: "I didn't tell you this, it was really a political transaction. In order to let the Cui family put down their weapons, I didn't take this matter to heart. I forgot it for a moment? Is she still in the house now?"

"When the dowry is delivered, of course, I will go back and wait for the sedan chair to marry you." Pei Ying finished speaking, and sighed slightly and said, "Actually, when I saw her for the first time, I knew that she would marry you sooner or later. Such a beautiful woman, besides you, who is qualified to marry her? Anyway, you will ascend to the throne sooner or later. What are the five concubines, nine concubines, and eighty-one royal wifes? No more of her is nothing. I have nothing to say to anyone you marry. After all, the etiquette is here, even if I don't let you marry you, even if I don't let you marry you, I have nothing to say.

, Ministers will force you to marry, but I will be charged with seven crimes. Anyway, I have also seen it out. All of you men are the same in nature, such as political marriage, no descendants, and forced them to do so. Find all kinds of glamorous reasons to bring your new love home. If we are a little dissatisfied, we will cover the big hat of the jealous woman and jealousy. At the least, we scold you, and at the worst, we will give up our son. Otherwise, we will not be allowed to be the position of the jealous woman?"

Zhang Huan shook his head gently, and he held his wife's hand and said sincerely to her: "You don't have to test me. I can tell you clearly that no one can replace your position. I, Zhang Huan, are old people. You and I have been sharing the joys and sorrows. When I go to war, you are stabilizing the rear for me. I will not forget these feelings. Even if you don't give birth to Qi'er, I will still make you the queen, because this is also the request of 400,000 soldiers of the Xiliang army."

Pei Ying was both happy and sweet in her heart. She put her husband's hand on her face and rubbed it gently. After a long time, she whispered: "I know you have me in your heart, so I am satisfied. But I still want to remind you that with a new love, you must not forget the old man. Ping Ping has been deeply in love with you and has been waiting for you for more than ten years. No matter how charming Cui Xuezhu is, you cannot neglect Ping Ping. This is a matter of being a human being. Marriage is not just a political exchange, it is also a responsibility."
Chapter completed!