Chapter 33 I have a secret
The four of them bowed and met Cheng Lin, and followed him back to the official hall. △↗
After sitting down in different seats, Cheng Lin looked at Xu Ping and said, "Xu Shiguan, you have been working in the Sansi Yamen for some time. I feel okay? Are there any unsatisfactory things? Just tell me."
Xu Ping stood up and said, "The Provincial Department of Labor took the initiative to ask, with the help of all my colleagues, everything went smoothly."
Cheng Lin nodded: "Although you first entered the Sansi Yamen, you used to be a subordinate of the Sansi Yamen in Yongzhou, so there was no need to be separated. You have worked hard these days to rectify Jinshuihe. If you have any problems in the future, just look for me."
Xu Ping thanked him and sat down again.
After the greetings, we got to the point. Cheng Lin looked at everyone here and preached to Ren, the deputy envoy of the salt and iron, "They are all here, and it's still early. According to the command of the Secretary of the Central Committee, we will talk about the matter of minting new coins."
Ren Bu said yes, so he went to the door and called the clerk in.
A collective discussion is a formal official business of the court, not a private chat. Afterwards, written text must be formed and reported to the Secretariat as a reference for specific political and political decisions. The clerk records the content of the collective discussion and forms a reportable statement, and the officials participating must also sign.
Ren Bu sat down, and the clerk spread out papers on the table next to him. Guo Guan stood up, went to the clerk to see the format of his writing, went to the official hall to salute Cheng Lin, and then bowed to the officials on both sides, and said loudly: "In order to cast new coins, according to the command of the Secretariat, the officials of the Salt and Iron Department will discuss the matter together. Please discuss in detail!"
Cheng Lin nodded, Guo Guan arrived at the record clerk and decided to settle the matter, and the meeting officially began. Formal official business, there was a supervisory officer. Guo Guan’s job was to audit supervision, and the affairs were not closely related to him. Today, he was appointed as the supervisory officer according to Cheng Lin’s order.
Seeing Guo Guan take his seat, Cheng Lin looked at Ren Preaching: "Recently, there are many places where money is used in the court, and the three departments are not available. Ren's deputy envoy made a move to the court to cast ten coins. Can you tell me in detail?"
Ren Bu bowed and said in a deep voice: "The Qin and Han dynasties rose, and copper coins spread throughout the world. After the dynasties, they followed the rules. There was no major change. Only when the Han Wu and Wang Mang were consumed, the government was empty and the treasury was empty. Although there were disadvantages, they were abandoned soon after they were used, they all solved the difficulties. After the Anshi Rebellion of the Tang Dynasty, the fifth Qi ruled the country and was used as the top ten coins. In less than a year, the country was used as sufficient and the military capital was not short. Emperor Suzong of Tang relied on the wealth obtained by ten coins, reorganized his army and won a great victory!"
Speaking of this, Ren Bu glanced at everyone: "Today, the imperial court lacked money to use it. I followed Di Wuqi and cast it as the top ten coins to solve the urgent problem. It is not impossible."
When Xu Shen heard this, he laughed: "Responsible envoy. Since you mentioned Di Wu Qi, you would not know that because he disrupted the money law, the prices were rising soon, and hunger was everywhere, and the people robbed bees. Di Wu Qi was demoted from the court and became the governor of Zhongzhou. It was entirely up to Liu Yan to handle it properly later, which did not cause a major disaster. The story of the previous dynasty is vivid in my mind. Now you are re-introducing the method of being the top ten coins, what is your intention?"
Ren Bu's face did not change his expression and said in a deep voice: "Xu Punishment only knows one thing, not the second. The fifth Qi first casts ten coins, and the court made a lot of profits. However, the fifth Qi was greedy for merit and made a rash progress, and then casts Qianyuan heavy-wheeled coins to spread, which caused great damage to the money method. In all worldly affairs, too much is still not enough. As long as it is moderate, minting large coins is also a good method."
"The deputy envoy said that if ten coins are a good law, they were just dragged down by heavy coins?" Xu Shen had a look of sarcasm on his face.
Ren Gongshu: "Of course this is the case. Otherwise, why did Diwu Qi become the prime minister shortly after being cast as ten coins? If it is harmful to ten coins but not profitable, there will be no one in the Tang Dynasty who understands it. Then Diwu Qi will be promoted and promoted to the title?"
"There is nothing else. The money must be minted and distributed. From minting big coins to Diwuqi's minister, in just a few months, the court used big coins to redeem private supplies. It was the time to taste the sweetness. When the disadvantages were revealed, the heavy coins had already come out again, and the civilians' harm would naturally be doubled. If this were not the case, when Liu Yan presided over the finances, he would have all stopped all the big coins and used them as Kaiyuan Tongbao as the first-class distribution, without leaving them as the top ten coins?"
The topics discussed were posted a few days in advance. Everyone here has fully studied Di Wuqi's gains and losses in the past few days. How could Xu Shen be confused by Ren Bu's words?
Ren Bu kept his face tense and said, "These are just Xu Pin's guess. Historical books clearly state that when the ten major coins were first launched, the court made a lot of profits. Did Di Wuqi become the prime minister because of this, was he wrong?"
Cheng Lin listened at the seat, with no expression on her face, like a clay Buddha.
Cheng Lin is still very clear about his subordinates. Ren Bu is still meticulous in his work, but his disadvantage is that he is powerless in the face of the overall situation and can only deal with trivial matters, have more than an official, and lacks an official position. This time, he proposed to be the top ten coins, which may be confusing to be the early profits of the fifth Qi minted the big coins and wanted to make achievements in the position of deputy envoy of the salt and iron.
But everyone is familiar with Tang Shi, and the people in Sansi also know what daily affairs are like, so naturally they are very clear in their hearts. Di Wuqi only benefits from the lag effect of the policy, not because he is really effective when he is the top ten money.
Originally, Ren Bu made this suggestion, but everyone knew it was not feasible, so he would pass it after saying it. He just thought Ren Bu was dazed for a moment. He didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong, so he took this suggestion seriously and sent it back to the three departments for discussion. He also wanted to promote it. This was really beyond Cheng Lin's expectations.
Seeing that Ren Bu and Xu Shen were arguing, Cheng Lin said to Xu Ping, who had been silent, “Person Xu, what do you think about this matter? You might as well say it out for everyone to consider it.”
After the name was reached, Xu Ping had to say it, and pondered for a moment, "To cast the top ten coins, it is nothing more than the court's profits when minting this coins. Where does the profit come from? It is nothing more than to cover the wealth of the people. There are ways to conquer the wealth of the people, but there are some ways to cast large coins, but it is a kind of harm. Why do you have to do it? I think this method is not feasible."
Cheng Lin nodded after hearing this: "Xu Punishment pointed to the key points. Even if the method of minting large coins does not ruin the money, it is just a way to cover the people's wealth. The emperor just took power, how can he do this to corrupt the people's hearts? This matter is decided, big money cannot be done!"
Guo Quan, who was on the custody, nodded when he saw the three of them present, only one of Ren Bu remained silent, and stepped forward and whispered loudly: "Agreed, the method of big money is not feasible! Everyone here, do you have any objections?"
Cheng Lin looked at Ren Bu, and Ren Bu closed his eyes and was silent for a while, and said in a deep voice: "I have no objection."
Ren Bu let go, and several others breathed a sigh of relief, finally ending the boring topic, and they all expressed no objection.
Guo persuaded to turn around, and went to the clerk to watch him write the conclusion, and was about to take the letter and let everyone write it.
At this moment, Xu Shen suddenly said, "Wait, I have something to say!"
Cheng Lin looked at Xu Shen and waved his hand to Guo Guan.
Guo Guan had no choice but to come forward again and bowed to Xu Shen, "Do you have any other discussions on Xu Shen?"
"Yes!" Xu Shen took out a black piece of stuff from his arms and raised it for everyone to see it. "I have a secret method, and you can use iron to mint coins in copper! Iron is cheap and copper is expensive. Using this secret method will not reduce the weight, and minting money will save money and can make money!"
Chapter completed!