"This is impossible!" Xu Ping said decisively after hearing Shi Quanbin's words.∷

Copper and iron are difficult to dissolve in liquid form and can only be mixed physically. In this era, physical mixing of metals is done. What is the joke? Copper and ferroalloys were also difficult to achieve in Xu Ping's previous life. This era was purely delusion.

Seeing that Xu Ping was so decisive, Shi Quanbin asked hurriedly: "You are so confident that Yun Xing, can you take this matter firmly?"

"Of course you can take it firmly! Master, please feel at ease. This method will definitely not work. From the pre-Qinquanbu to the Han Wuzhu coins, in one or two thousand years, have you heard that iron can be cast with copper? It's just a whimsical idea!"

Xu Ping was a human being at least two lives, and he had more or less learned about copper alloys in his previous life. He undoubtedly knew that iron has very low solubility in copper and was far away from forming an alloy of unconventional significance. If it cannot form a homogeneous alloy, the coin will lose its stability and lose its practical value. The reason why alloys form alloys is that one metal is dissolved in another metal, which is not simply mixed together. Iron cannot dissolve in copper, and the two cannot form new crystals.

Seeing that Xu Ping was so sure, Shi Quanbin breathed a sigh of relief. Now the palace is at the moment when the old and new are in the process. Yan Wenying was promoted to the deputy governor of the country, which is very popular. If he succeeds in offering advice this time and casting copper and iron coins, Shi Quanbin doesn't know when he will make a breakthrough.

The emperor has a soft ear and values ​​feelings, but he has lived in the shadow of Empress Dowager Liu for many years and is not confident enough. On the one hand, he is in charge of the government and wants to do a big deal, and removes the original priest. As a result, he quickly becomes suspicious of his ability to govern. In a few days, he still pulls Lu Yijian back.

Although Shi Quanbin has been with the emperor for many years, the emperor's disconfidence in himself has also spread to his disbelief of the people around him. He always feels that these people are not capable enough. He thinks to use his own people, but he is afraid of doing things badly. For the sake of safety, the people in fact are still in power when the empress dowager was there, but he just chose it.

Xu Ping was also dragged down by Zhao Zhen's strange psychology. His official was promoted quickly, but his ministry arrangements were very cautious. Zhao Zhen did not affect national affairs with his own likes and dislikes. However, he did not have enough insight and did not have the courage to do things vigorously.

After talking about the serious matter, the two of them chatted for a while, and Shi Quanbin said goodbye. When he arrived at the door, he grabbed Xu Ping's hand and said, "Yunxing, this matter is very bad to me. You are also a judge of salt and iron at this time. You can speak the matter of minting money and help your brother with everything. No matter what, you must not let Yan Wen deserve the power!"

Xu Ping agreed. If it was something else, he had to consider it, but he decided that it would be impossible to succeed in the copper coin miscellaneous casting. It was just to say a little more, which made Yan Wenying and Xu Shen embarrassed.

After seeing off Shi Quanbin, Xu Ping carefully considered the current debate in the court about minting money. Is the Song Dynasty currently lacking money? Seriously speaking, there is no shortage at all. In all dynasties, there has never been such a large amount of money as the Song Dynasty. It has become a recognized fact that the goods are heavy and the coins are light. But on the other hand, the court always felt that money was not enough due to the promotion of interests.

Everything has to be attributed to a strange financial system. The income from pitting and the benefits of mountains and lakes belong to the emperor's private storage. Although the coins in the world are distributed in various states, the coins must be sent to the capital and included in the inner warehouse. The money under the name of the Sansi is not enough, so they borrow from the inner warehouse, and some of the money comes out. Another big part is the reward of national gifts such as suburban sacrifices, and some of the money comes out. Another is the disaster relief year. The emperor comes out to private storage, or buys items from various places, and some of the money comes out. However, the annual profits in the workshop are still included in the inner warehouse, and a large part of the money comes out.

So no matter how much money is cast, the big head sleeps in the warehouse and does not participate in circulation. The three departments of the world's finance do not have the power to supervise the warehouse. When the country uses money, it will feel that the money is small.

This time, the lack of copper was proposed to cast coins. One reason was that the Empress Dowager spent too much money in the later period of his rule. Another was the Queen Mother's funeral, the Emperor took charge of the rule, and he also had to spread money in the world. There was also an upcoming prisoner offering to reward officers and soldiers. The Three Divisions had no money.

In short, it is not that the world is really short of money, but that the court lacks payment methods. As a later generation, Xu Ping naturally understood it, but now the ruling ministers, in this era when the art of title has not even developed, were blinded by various chaos. If they lack money, they find ways to find money. The fastest and easiest way to get money is to cast virtual coins. Whether it is ten coins or copper coins mixed casting, they are essentially a kind of virtual coins, but copper and iron mixed casting are more confusing.

Real money minting has actually lost money. The most obvious thing is that money is sold for money and has been banned by the people. If there is no profit, who would do this illegal and ban? It is nothing more than having a copper ban, which will cover up the fact of this loss.

In Xu Ping's view, whether it was Ren Bu's casting as ten coins or Xu Shen's intentional copper and iron mixed casting, they were all means by the court to use inflation to make money from the people, just one was naked, naked, and the other was more concealed.

In other words, the iron case is under Xu Shen's command, and Xu Ping cannot participate, so there will be no such bad things under his control.

It is impossible for one person to decide whether to cast new coins is a major matter in the court. Generally speaking, the Salt and Iron Department will first discuss, and then the Three Departments will discuss, and then there will be a discussion between two governments, the Three Departments, the Bachelor and the Emperor's designated personnel. Finally, the Emperor will take it.

Even Shi Quanbin came to the door, which shows that things were imperative, and Xu Ping also wanted to prepare for the internal discussions of the Salt and Iron Department. Although his later theories, although only the level of political textbooks in middle school in his previous life, were still difficult to accept in this era, and a set of speeches must be prepared.

The next day, the Secretariat wrote a letter to ask the Sansi to discuss the matter of casting new coins. The Sansi envoy Cheng Lin posted a post to the Salt and Iron Department, which was scheduled to discuss it first in the Salt and Iron Department in two days.

Xu Ping has been lazy these days. Although he followed him to court, he just listened with his ears. It was not his turn to report the matter. The main hall reported only five shifts a day, and it was stopped at the time of the Chen Dynasty. The daily subordinates of the Secretariat, the Privy Council, the Three Divisions, the Kaifeng Prefecture and the Censorate, all the five shifts were divided, and other court officials actually had no chance to talk to the emperor. As for the emperor's rear hall, it was the time for the prime minister to be the prime minister. Small officials like Xu Ping were not qualified except for special events.

As for the memorial, Xu Ping saw that the court was full of problems, but he had to clarify the problems clearly and explain them clearly, but he was also very sleepy, so he was simply spared. He only handled daily affairs every day, went to and from get off work, and became free.

When it was time for the joint discussion, Xu Ping went to his office to draw a seal, signed some daily documents, and saw that the time was almost over, so he went out to the official hall of Ren Bu, the deputy envoy of salt and iron.

The guards guarding the gate had already received the order. Seeing Xu Ping arrive, they led him into the gate.

Before Cheng Lin arrived, Deputy Envoy Ren Bu sat down at the lower head, and below were the judge of the salt and iron, Xu Shen and the judge of the salt and iron, Guo Guan. These were all people Xu Ping dealing with daily life. When he came up to see the courtesy, he sat down at the Guo Guan.

The four people in the room were the leaders of the Yantioxin Department, and the other minor officials who were doing the specific work were not involved. Among the four, Guo Guan was the official who served the censor, and was still under Xu Ping, and was the last seat. In addition, the Gou Yuan was in charge of audit supervision, and his work was different from the other three, and he was the person attending.

After sitting down, the four of them chatted and Xu Shen asked Xu Ping: "A few days ago, Deputy Envoy asked to cast as the top ten coins, and the court was talking a lot. What do you think about Xu Shiguan?"

Xu Ping looked at Ren Bu and then looked at Xu Shen and said: "Casting large coins and inflated their value is nothing more than taking the people's wealth to help the country. It has not been lasting forever and must not be able to practice this method."

Xu Shen rolled his chin and beard, nodded and said, "Yes, the ministers in the court also talked about this. The fifth Qi of the Tang Dynasty made a lot of money and caused the people to live in poverty. It should be a warning for future generations!"

Xu Ping forced a smile and did not answer any more.

Ren Bu, who was in the upper head, had a serious face and looked straight, as if he had not heard the two of them talking.

Although the deputy envoy is above the judge, he has always been aware that the relationship between superiors and subordinates is not strict. More importantly, the deputy envoy does not control the judge's personnel appointment and removal and political performance assessment, so his authority is much lighter, and Xu Shen does not have many scruples.

Xu Ping looked at Guo Guan, sitting upright, his eyes open and closed, as if he was meditating. He was a newcomer, but he was more reliable to learn from these old-fashioned officials, but he also learned from Guo Guan and would not say anything else.

Only Xu Shen couldn't calm down and kept looking around, but no one was talking to him and felt uncomfortable.

Xu Ping did not know why Ren Bu proposed to cast ten coins, making himself a target for the government and the country. Since the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, Di Wuqi has been in charge of finance and has made great contributions to the resurrection of the Tang Dynasty. It was because he was not cautiously promoting large coins too quickly, which led to chaos among the people and was finally dismissed from preaching.

The Song people, especially officials, were very familiar with Tang Shi. When they mentioned minting big coins, the first thing they thought of was Di Wuqi. Anyone could use this history to criticize it. Ren Bu was born as a Jinshi and could not know this history, which was really incomprehensible.

The only explanation is that Ren Bu is not favored by Prime Minister Lu Yijian, and wants to use this reason to go out to become an official?

As time passed by little by little, Xu Ping felt that he was about to wander outside the sky and entered a state of meditation. Finally, he heard the guards at the door report: "The provincial master is here, all the officials come out to greet him!"

Xu Ping stood up and let out a secret breath. The three envoys Cheng Lin finally came and went out with the others.
Chapter completed!