Chapter 930 Opened
The confusion of currency values and the consequences of over-issuance are obvious, which not only leads to soaring inflation prices, but also makes the black market prosperous, the trade of goods difficult, and ultimately leads to the loss of government credit and the collapse of the economy. At the same time, due to the inconsistent currency circulating on the market, it will also lead to statistical difficulties. In fact, the difference between money in different places is huge and very unrigorous.
Therefore, Zhao Bing began to doubt that the remarks and data on the prosperity and economic development of the Song Dynasty in history books were blown up because their data were obtained based on coins, and only ghosts knew whether they were using copper coins, iron coins, or paper money. The iron coins or copper coins, coins or paper money were very different from each other, more than ten times. Two, three, five, and ten times, the face value and actual value were much different, and they were different from each other.
At the same time, the quality of copper coins has been declining, and the depreciation of paper money has accelerated. The difference between the previous and later periods is huge, and it can reach hundreds or thousands of times. The consequence is that it is difficult to determine the price of the Song Dynasty. In the early Song Dynasty, every two taels of silver may nominally be equivalent to small flat coins with three stakes of copper coins, but few fools will exchange silver for copper coins. In the later stage, the battlefield was defeated again and again, and the banknotes depreciated year by year, which was even more vicious inflation, like waste paper, and using paper money for silver is almost equivalent to robbery.
"I ordered the Minister of Revenue Chen and Zhuang Shilin, the head of the General Office, to meet!" Zhao Bing walked around the imperial garden. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the matter could not be delayed. At least he had to have a plan and come up with a countermeasure before further discussion.
"The official family is now the hour of You, and the palace gate is closed. Let them enter the palace to meet again tomorrow!" Wang De said in embarrassment.
"It's so troublesome to live in the palace. I'd better move to martial arts tomorrow!" Zhao Bing replied with a frown.
As they moved to the new palace, the defense of the palace ban became increasingly tighter. The guards of Lin'an City were all served by the imperial guards, and each brigade took turns to guard each gate on weekdays. The inner city was served by the personal guard brigade, and the palace city defense was dispatched by three regiments to defend a battalion and served as the guards of the court meeting. However, they were limited to the scope of the palace walls inside and outside the palace walls. There were guard posts on the horse roads and corner towers above the palace walls, and military troops were patrolling.
The guards in the harem were held by the guard camp, but they could not get involved without orders. In addition to guarding the palace gate, there were also guards in the harem so that there would be something to call in the inner palace, or that the emperor would accompany him to guard when he went to court and travel. There were no normal men in the harem except Zhao Bing. Therefore, the protection of the harem could only be held by the eunuchs. They not only had to be on duty in each hall, but also patrolled in the palace. However, according to the rules, the eunuchs were not allowed to use weapons such as swords and guns. Each of them was only equipped with a short and brow-like stick with a copper hoop.
After the doors are closed, after the doors of the outer city are locked, the keys are handed over to the Imperial Guardian General Palace, which is controlled by the rotating chief and deputy chief commanders. When the city gate is opened at night, there must be a trumpet issued by the palace, otherwise no one will open it. The keys of the inner city, the palace city and the harem are handed over to the provincial governor after the door is closed. Generally, when Zhao Bing is in the palace, Wang De, he is under the control of the Empress Dowager Cining Palace. When he is not there, there must be a trumpet. When the palace gate is opened at night, it must be a trumpet issued by the other half left by the officer on duty before the door is opened.
Every night, the palace gate is closed, and the protection power in the harem is only those eunuchs and palace maids. The protection power can be imagined. Therefore, if something urgent happens after being closed at night, you cannot open the palace gate. This naturally makes Zhao Bing feel very inconvenient. If you want to find a minister to talk to at night, you have to go through several levels. If the relevant person is on the rotation in the palace, if you can't keep up with the duty, you have to open several doors. This is not as convenient as when you are in Qiongzhou, so you think it's better to move to martial arts for discussion and find someone.
"Officials, martial arts are not a place for long-term residence, nor are they in accordance with the rules!" Wang De said with a smile when he heard the little emperor's mutter.
"Oh, I always feel a chill in my neck when I hand over this harem to you. Not to mention breaking into an assassin with excellent martial arts skills, even a strong man is afraid you can't stop him!" Zhao Bing patted Wang De's growing belly and sighed.
"The officials are joking. Although the young man has gained a little weight, his hands and feet are still flexible. He will never let the assassin hurt the official family." Wang De patted his chest and said, "In addition, the officials have been in the palace in recent days. The young man has also selected dozens of good-founded foundations from the newly entered palace's small yellow gate according to the rules. He asked Fa Qiao, Fa Zheng and others to teach martial arts and the methods of guarding. Now he has achieved some success. He dare not say one as ten, and he can still deal with one, and there is no problem with two strong men."
"Haha, you're intent!" Zhao Bing smiled, thinking that there would be several eunuchs with high martial arts skills in the martial arts dramas in their previous lives as villains. It seems that it is not groundless. Not to mention high martial arts skills, but they are not all wasteful people.
"These are all things that the young should do. How can the huge harem be protected without anyone? The officials are assured that the young will never let those gangsters disturb the Qingmeng of the official family!" Wang De said with a smile.
"Why are there fighting sounds over there?" Zhao Bing suddenly heard the "crackling" sound of guns and rods hitting each other in front of him, and stopped and asked.
"Don't be surprised by the official family. The former is the residence of Concubine Shu. I think he is practicing guns and sticks!" Wang De listened and observed and replied.
"Is that so? Go and take a look!" Zhao Bing looked around, and before he could realize that he had walked to the east of the imperial garden and arrived at the Baoqiong Hall, which was Li Sanniang's residence.
"Your Majesty is here!" Not long after walking, I saw several people holding sticks in the moonlight, but they did not notice them coming. Wang De proclaimed loudly and reminded everyone.
"I pay homage to the official family. I don't know that the official family has come here, so please atone for your sins!" Hearing the imperial edict, the people there immediately stopped, put on the gun and rod, and Li Sanniang took the lead and politely said.
"Forget it, Concubine Shu still practices hard after entering the palace!" Zhao Bing raised her hand and praised her with a smile on her face.
"The official family is still practicing every day, how dare I take a break? How could Your Majesty be born here today?" Li Sanniang asked again.
"Today's court meeting, I met with foreign ministers again. My mind was a little confused. So I walked around the garden and heard the sound of guns and sticks, and came over!" Zhao Bing said casually.
"Oh, so that's it!" Li Sanniang said disappointedly when she heard that she had come for herself.
"Are these all the maids of Concubine Shu? I have also developed their skills in guns and sticks. It seems that they have put in the effort." Zhao Bing looked at the maids, looked at their standing posture, and there were still traces of the army, and pointed.
"That's right, although they all came from Qiongzhou, they only had some superficial skills to make the officials laugh!" Li Sanniang took the scarf handed over by the maid and wiped the sweat from her face.
"No, these girls have been guided by experts. I'm afraid they have also followed Concubine Shu to the formation!" Zhao Bing shook his head and said.
"The official family has great eyesight. I am all Lin'an who followed the Queen to fight all the way, and I once followed the official family to the west!" The maid said.
"Yes, they are all heroines, but they have no place to use their skills in this palace." Zhao Bing said with a smile.
"How can you not use it? The official family can bring you slaves and never let the bearded men in the army go to war!" The maid said unconvincedly.
"Don't talk nonsense in front of the official family. You won't take away the guns and sticks and serve tea to the official family!" Li Sanniang glared at them and said.
"The Empress thinks that I am annoying. Let's go!" The maid was not afraid, and she laughed at the other people and then left.
"I have no choice but to defend myself, so please don't blame the officials!" Seeing their behavior, Li Sanniang said helplessly.
"This is better, it's better than those who are depressed and trembling, and you can hear some laughter, so that you can save people from suffocating!" Zhao Bing didn't care about the people's style and said with no regard for details.
"Official family, let's take a rest here!" Li Sanniang smiled and pointed to the stone bench placed in the pavilion next to her and said.
"It's still cool in spring nights, don't get infected with the cold!" Zhao Bing took off his cloak and put it on Li Sanniang before sitting down.
"Does the official family have troubles that they can't sleep at night?" Li Sanniang blushed, but did not refuse the little emperor's kindness and sat down next to him.
"The affairs are complicated, everything is hurt, but it is urgent, so I have to think about it!" Zhao Bing turned his face and looked at Li Sanniang with a wry smile.
"It's all because of the incompetent officials and cannot share the worries of the officials!" Li Sanniang sighed and lowered her head.
"What does this have to do with you? I am the one who is incompetent." Li Sanniang, who was beside her, had a smell of sweat, but it was not that smell of sweat. There seemed to be a faint fragrance in it, which was not annoying. Instead, she wanted to get closer, so Zhao Bing moved to the other side and said.
"Why is it incompetent for the officials to recover Jiangnan and rebuild the Song Dynasty with their own strength?" Li Sanniang heard the frustration in the words of the little emperor and comforted him, but she did not realize his strangeness.
"Shu Concubine, I am a little confused. Why are some slings unwilling to surrender and rebelling frequently?" Zhao Bing felt bored and pinched his forehead.
"Official family, have the Qiongzhou li tribe rebelled again?" Li Sanniang was shocked and asked anxiously.
"No, no!" Zhao Bing waved his hand repeatedly when he saw his misunderstanding, "Yesterday, he discussed state affairs with his husband. When talking about the Mongol Yuan occupying Dali, he threatened our court at any time. He suggested regaining the entire Guangnan West Road and conquering Dali to eliminate future troubles. But I thought that even if I recovered, it would be difficult to stabilize the situation. I would still have to spend money and food and use heavy troops to suppress it. But if I don't move, it would eventually be a confidant. Seeing that Concubine Shu was so reasonable, I was just moved!"
"That's because they haven't met a good emperor like the official family!" Li Sanniang said with a long sigh of relief.
"Is that so? Then I will marry them again and marry their daughters home!" Zhao Bing blinked and said in a moment.
"No!" Li Sanniang blurted out subconsciously as soon as the little emperor finished speaking, but soon realized that it was inappropriate and murmured, "Officials, I don't mean this, but it's still difficult to maintain for a long time by marriage."
"Haha, I am very happy when you say this, which means that Concubine Shu still cares about me very much!" Seeing his panicked look, Zhao Bing felt even more interesting, and reached out to his waist and pulled it to him.
"The official family... I am definitely not a jealous woman..." Li Sanniang said in a trembling voice with shame.
"I know!" At this moment, Zhao Bing felt that Li Sanniang was stiff and obviously very nervous, so she simply pulled him into his arms. At this time, Wang De held everyone back with great sensibility and avoided them from afar.
"The official family, the official family is a good emperor, but it is not only good to me. Now all the Lidongs in Qiongzhou are concerned about the kindness of the official family, so how can they rebel?" Li Sanniang was completely held in her arms by the little emperor at this moment. The two of them could hear their breath, and felt their respective body temperatures, but they did not dare to move. She tried hard to restrain her beating heart and replied softly.
"What have I done again? Do you want Qiongzhou Lidong to be so grateful?" Zhao Bing gently stroked Li Sanniang's long hair, trying to calm him down, and said softly.
"Can the officials know what Li people are most afraid of?" Under the caress of the little emperor, Li Sanniang gradually calmed down and leaned her head against her shoulder and asked softly.
"I don't know!"
"What Lidong is most afraid of is that the Han people enter their territory, seize land, and pay taxes to the government!" Li Sanniang said, "The Han people often rely on their strength and have the support of the army to seize the land that they depend on for generations, forcing them to move to more desolate mountains, otherwise they will be killed. The government collects taxes from each cave, but in order to make up for the losses paid by the tax, the owners of the cave often impose their subordinates on the government in various names of hoe tax and fireworks, but they rely on the government. This can only make the people of the cave hate the Han people even more. Once the leaders are dissatisfied with the government and incite them to their rebellion with a little bit of inciting them!"
"But after the officials arrived in Qiongzhou, they not only did not seize the land of each Lidong, but instead divided the boundaries and ordered the Han people and the army to cross the boundaries without authorization. Violators were severely punished. The people of Li Nan felt very comfortable leaning on the little emperor, and they no longer had the tension they had just now. They chose a more comfortable position to lean on him and said, "Besides, the officials were very friendly to each Dongshou. They would send people to discuss anything, rather than to use troops at any time. And they issued an edict to the taxes collected, so that the people of Lidong knew about it, but they also reduced the salary and paid according to the rank of officials. They also rewarded them frequently during the New Year holidays, so that they did not suffer any losses, so they would naturally not exploit the people of their subordinates again. Who would rebel again?"
"Have I only done these good things?" Zhao Bing smiled.
"Of course there are still many, but it's too late, otherwise..." Li Sanniang whispered, but in the end she couldn't say anything.
"What else?" Zhao Bing hugged Li Sanniang's arm tightly and pretended to be stupid.
"Or why just stay with me!" Li Sanniang said that, she buried her face in the little emperor's chest and did not dare to look up.
"Okay..." Zhao Bing reached out and picked up Li Sanniang's legs, stood up and hugged her and walked into the hall and shouted loudly.
Chapter completed!