Shi Qianquan's carriage drove slowly into the palace from the Zuoyintai Gate, walked along the side street, and then entered the harem through the Penglai Gate. The heavy palace complex in front was the Penglai Palace where Queen Dugu lived.
The carriage slowly stopped in front of the steps. Dugu Xinyue had been waiting on the steps for a long time. Next to her stood Yang Yuhuan and Liu Qingyu.
Li Chenghua helped Shi Qianquan get out of the carriage. Li Chenghua stepped forward and saluted Dugu Xinyue, "I am here to see you, the Queen!"
Dugu Xinyue took her arm and smiled: "Why did Sister Chenghua become so dark?"
"Forget it, the river is windy and sandy, the sun is poisonous, and there is no shade. Even if I wear a hat every day, it is still pitch black. Just look at my arms."
"But Sister Chenghua still wants to stay in the river, what should I do?"
Li Chenghua smiled and said: "Just get used to it. Anyway, I will never marry again in this life. The black spots don't matter."
She turned slightly to one side and let Shi Qianquan out. Shi Qianquan stepped forward and saluted, "Qianquan, the young girl from the Kingdom of Shi, pays homage to the Queen!"
Dugu Xinyue hurriedly helped her up and said, "It's difficult to salute while wearing a skirt. Princess, please get up!"
Qing Yu whispered from the side: "Second sister, I just realized now that she is still a princess and the heir to the king, but she is not our sister."
Yang Yuhuan smiled slightly and said: "Everyone knows it well, so there is no need to be too formal!"
Dugu Xinyue looked Shi Qianquan up and down, and saw that she was about the same height as him, with a plump yet slender figure, long blond hair, big eyes, long eyelashes, blue eyes, and skin as white as gelatin, extremely delicate.
Dugu Xinyue secretly praised in her heart that she was indeed a peerless beauty who combined Chinese and Western skills. Chenghua really had a vision.
She took Shi Qianquan's hand and introduced Yang Yuhuan and Liu Qingyu to her. Shi Qianquan heard Li Chenghua say that these two were the emperor's first two concubines. They are now both imperial concubines, one is Huifei and the other is Xianfei.
, especially Concubine Yang Hui, was extremely favored by the emperor.
She didn't dare to be negligent and saluted respectfully.
Dugu Xinyue smiled slightly and said: "Princess is temporarily staying in our palace. Concubine Liu will take care of you. You will go to bathe and change clothes first, and then meet your family again when we have dinner together in the afternoon."
Shi Qianquan nodded and bowed to Li Chenghua again, thanking her for taking care of her all the way. Li Chenghua's nose felt a little sore. She had been with Shi Qianquan day and night for several months and had regarded her as her own daughter. When they finally separated, she felt a little reluctant to part with her.
"Princess, go ahead! I will visit you again when I have time."
Liu Qingyu took Shi Qianquan's hand and left. Yang Yuhuan asked strangely: "Doesn't the princess have a maid?"
Li Chenghua said quickly: "There are four maids. I have temporarily arranged them in the post house. I need the Queen's consent before I can send them to the palace."
Dugu Xinyue nodded, "You can let them enter the palace and continue to take care of Princess Qianquan!"
During dinner in the evening, everyone saw Princess Shi. Some of them liked her and some didn't.
However, they still got along relatively harmoniously. The key was that Queen Mother Pei Sanniang accepted Shi Qianquan, and everyone had nothing to say.
The wedding date was also set, twenty days later on the first day of November.
Shi Qianquan also knew that she was about to become a member of this family, so she settled down with peace of mind and worked hard to learn everything. Especially after she learned how to play mahjong, she quickly integrated into the family.
In October, many things happened in the imperial court. The most important thing was that the first batch of 200,000 silver coins was distributed to all the officials of the imperial court as salaries.
Silver coins are issued according to the current official market price, and one tael of silver is exchanged for three guans.
One tael is equal to ten coins, so one silver coin is equivalent to three hundred copper coins.
From ancient times to the present, the imperial court has had two sources of finance, one is taxation and the other is the issuance of currency.
But the Tang Dynasty did not issue paper money, but real precious metal currency. All things in nature are nothing more than the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. The so-called trade and commodity exchange are nothing more than the exchange between these five elements, or with a little artificial addition.
added value.
Therefore, gold and silver are the superior gold elements. Of course, they can buy everything. They are put into the market as a rare resource and are not credit currencies created out of thin air. Its scarcity is destined to not cause any inflation.
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However, in order to stabilize the market, the imperial court issued 200,000 silver coins and at the same time melted the first batch of 60,000 copper coins issued during the Suzong era of the Tang Dynasty. This kind of copper coins contained low copper content and was of poor quality. It has always been called
Bad money, along with big money known as bad money, is extremely unpopular and no one is willing to accept it.
Li Ye has always been worried about the situation where bad money drives out good money, that is, good money is collected, and all that is circulated in the market is bad money.
But it seems that this did not happen with the silver coins this time. On the second day of the trial release, the silver coins appeared in the West Market and were quite popular.
In the imperial study, Wei Gao, who was ordered to investigate the market, came back and said: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen and his men went to a total of twenty-three shops to inquire. Sixteen of them received money, mostly rice shops. From the shop's
Judging from the reaction, silver coins are still quite popular, and all the 500 silver coins we carried were used, and it went very smoothly."
Li Ye nodded and asked, "Didn't they suspect that this was fake money?"
"There is no doubt that the imperial court has made publicity before. All shops know that the imperial court is going to issue gold and silver coins, and everyone is looking forward to it."
"Why no suspicion?"
Li Ye continued to ask: "After all, he sold something and took it out. What if the money is fake? I want to know how they are sure that the money is genuine? Why do they trust it? This question is very important.
key."
Wei Gao was speechless and unable to answer.
"Your Majesty, let the businessman answer this question!" Wei Jiansu's voice came from the door.
Li Ye smiled and said: "Please come in, Wei Xiangguo!"
Wei Jiansu walked in and said with a smile: "Wei Chen is going to Dongshi to investigate. Is Your Majesty interested in going with us?"
Li Ye said happily: "I'll put on a little makeup and let's go together!"
Dongshi Jiqing Jewelry Shop is one of the five major jewelry shops in Chang'an, specializing in high-end business. In the afternoon, two men who looked like wealthy businessmen walked into the store, one was about sixty years old, the other was about thirty years old, and they were followed by two guards.
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Seeing the two men's extraordinary demeanor, the waiter quickly informed the shopkeeper, who welcomed them out with a smile.
"Two distinguished guests, if you need anything, just ask!"
They were none other than the Emperor Li Ye and the Prime Minister Wei Jiansu. Li Ye was wearing a mask and could not be recognized at all.
When Li Ye saw that it was a glass counter, he immediately became interested. He knocked on the counter and asked with a smile: "Is this glass or crystal?"
"Of course it's glass. It's hard for crystals to be so large and so clean. Maybe there is, but ordinary people can't see it."
Li Ye nodded and said with a smile: "Very good! The glass is actually installed on the counter."
"We were mainly inspired by windows. Windows can be equipped with glass, so why can't the counter be equipped with glass?"
"It makes sense. I believe it will be promoted soon."
The shopkeeper shook his head, "Not necessarily, it's very expensive. It costs fifty guan for me to install this piece. Most shops can't bear to do it. It's also because I'm a jewelry shop and I need it."
Li Ye nodded, "I want to buy a high-quality jade pendant, is it available?"
"Yes! Yes!"
The shopkeeper hurriedly went to get the box.
Li Ye really wanted to buy a jade pendant for his eldest son, Li Fang, and asked him to be a humble gentleman, as gentle as jade.
Of course, he also has a lot of treasures in his own treasure house. Of course, buying them for his son himself has a different meaning.
The shopkeeper came over with a box and said with a smile: "Since the imperial court relaxed the ban on ordinary jade pendants, the sales volume of jade pendants has increased a lot. This box is the highest quality Khotan jade in my shop. There are only three pieces in total."
The shopkeeper opened the box and found three pieces of jade inside. They were white, flawless, warm and delicate. They were indeed fine jade.
Li Ye nodded, "How much does it cost?"
"We don't dare to deceive you, the minimum price is three hundred guan!"
The price was not expensive, Li Ye thought it would cost at least a thousand dollars.
"Do you accept money?" Li Ye finally asked the question.
