There are many things in Hexi that cannot be hidden from the people, especially things that concern everyone's interests, and they will spread as quickly as possible.
The news that the field affairs were empty immediately ignited the heated public opinion. Even Qin Mumu was very surprised by the bad attitude of Qian Jiang and Zhang Wenjin.
To a certain extent, they represent the imperial court and the financial law enforcement agencies of the Song Dynasty. It is the most correct choice to safeguard the status of the Song Dynasty's banknotes as soon as possible.
We should choose to exchange the banknotes in the hands of the people as much as possible, and try to delay as much time as possible, slow down the speed of exchange, and give the people of Hexi confidence that this crisis may be overcome.
For this reason, Ye An even prepared a "registration" to ensure safety. If such a scene occurs, the masses must be mobilized to vigorously exchange the banknotes, and the Hexi Yamen will test the market affairs. At the same time, the Hexi Yamen's banknotes will be used to
Completely overwhelmed the field affairs.
But at the moment, these preparations are of no use at all. The affairs of the venue are in ruins. While refusing to accept the payment, they also close the door tightly and refuse to give any explanation to the people of Hexi. Pei Chengwen's requirements for them are very simple. From the time he left,
All officials in the field affairs department are not allowed to leave the field affairs office in Liangzhou.
The Liangzhou Prefecture Yamen will send people to provide all the daily necessities such as food, drink, diarrhea, etc., and for the safety of Zhang Wenjin, Qian Jiang and other "court officials", Pei Chengwen even sent troops to surround the Quechang Wu Yamen.
"News! News! The court office refuses to exchange the banknotes, and the banknotes handed over to the court may become waste paper!"
"News! News! Prefect Pei sent troops to surround the government office. Conflict in Hexi is about to break out!"
"News! News! How much is the value of the banknotes? The auditor of the Department of Commerce and Trade said: Everything will be pending for news from the Liangzhou government office, and the old system will continue to be maintained before any government orders appear!"
Building public opinion is the first step. The "mouthpiece" must be controlled at all times. Qin Mumu knows this very well, so in addition to medical education and health, she also focuses on publicity.
The printing technology in Hexi is very high, so there are many newspaper offices. In order to coordinate and publicize good policies, Ye An and Qin Mumu worked hard at the newspaper offices.
Now not only the people in Liangzhou Prefecture are panicking, but also the people in Ganzhou, Shazhou, Suzhou and other places are beginning to become panicked. After all, there are too many merchants in Hexi, so the news will naturally spread faster.
Just when public opinion was boiling, Liangzhou government suddenly announced the issuance of its own banknotes and allowed people to exchange old banknotes for new banknotes, but they had to pay a depreciation fee.
The fee is not high. When exchanging old banknotes for new banknotes, you need to pay a depreciation fee of fifty cents.
This was nothing to the common people who could exchange regular money. After all, the exchange of banknotes less than regular money had not yet appeared in the Song Dynasty.
Although the loss was fifty cents, it was much better than turning the banknotes into waste paper. The number of people besieging the government office suddenly decreased, and everyone went to the Hexi Guanying Bank to exchange money.
The difference between the new banknotes and the old banknotes is that there is a special metal line on the new banknotes. People who are familiar with the old banknotes can tell at a glance that these new banknotes are modified from the old banknotes.
The people were uneasy at first, fearing that the new banknotes would follow in the footsteps of the old banknotes, but Hexi Guanying Bank claimed that no matter how much the new banknotes were, they could be directly exchanged for gold, silver, and copper.
This is hard currency, and gold, silver, and copper can be traded directly at any time, which gives the people a huge psychological security.
At the beginning, many people tried to exchange the new banknotes for silver coins and gold ingots, especially merchants, but gradually they found that the transactions after converting them into gold, silver and copper were far less convenient than using banknotes.
What banks are most afraid of is runs. A large-scale run will definitely deal a fatal blow to Hexi's economy. However, Hexi's banks are not afraid. Not only are they not afraid, the mint office that has just appeared has actually begun to mint gold, silver and copper coins!
The emergence of copper coins, silver coins, and gold coins completely dispelled the concerns of the people. They did not need to exchange the banknotes for gold, silver, and copper, because they could be directly exchanged for coins.
The value of these coins is engraved on the surface. A copper coin is equivalent to the original five cents, a silver coin is equivalent to fifty cents, and a gold coin is equivalent to one hundred cents.
Although everyone knows that these coins are impure, the exquisite patterns, the weight of the hand, and the officials of the Mint also deliberately demonstrated on the street the gold, silver, copper and iron content obtained after melting the coins.
In this way, the people will naturally feel at ease and use it smoothly. Coins and banknotes have established a new currency system in Hexi. Anyone with a bit of brains will know that this is a great good thing for Hexi.
Zhang Wenjin, who was in the market, hanged himself in his mansion after learning about the incident. Although Qian Jiang was not dead, he was missing. Pei Chengwen was not surprised when he learned about the incident, but sent someone to collect Zhang Wenjin's body and bury it properly.
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It's pitiful, but even more hateful. The imperial court and the government officials conspired to carry out an economic robbery in Hexi, which was just like robbery. But unfortunately, their plan was part of Ye Hou's original plan. It was only now that he saw it clearly, so he could be considered innocent.
But Pei Chengwen didn't understand why Ye Hou could expect this early. The people in Hexi knew nothing about the Song Dynasty's payment of banknotes to replace the annual coins, and this shamelessness was beyond the imagination of the people in Hexi.
Among the people in Hexi today, who wouldn’t say that the government’s bad government is appalling and that traitors are in power?
Although the common people did not say anything wrong about the officials, private discussions about the officials were very loud. This is the power of public opinion. Newspapers are intentionally or unintentionally guiding this matter to create social public opinion.
Why did Zhang Wenjin hang himself? Because after this battle, Hexi's new banknotes will completely replace the old Song Dynasty banknotes. No matter how many Song Dynasty banknotes are printed, Hexi will not recognize them. In other words, the Song Dynasty banknotes will not be recognized.
Hexi became a piece of waste paper.
What's even more frightening is that the Song Dynasty banknotes cannot be exchanged for Hexi banknotes, because only merchants and common people with household registration in Hexi can do this. Of course, there are also some Song Dynasty merchants who often do business in Hexi and have paid taxes for five years.
No one else can redeem it.
Every day you can see people and merchants in Hexi going to government-run banks to exchange new banknotes with household registration documents and tax payment certificates, uu read www. There are also some merchants from other states in the Song Dynasty who want to exchange, but they are all rejected
outside the door.
The security guard at the bank's entrance clearly told everyone that they must have Hexi household registration documents and tax payment certificates before they can queue up. Otherwise, they will delay others and disrupt order. Not only will they not be able to exchange, but they will also be subject to heavy penalties!
If someone dares to make a fuss, there will be great fun. The soldiers of the Security Department will arrest the person unceremoniously, and will not put them in jail, but will imprison them in a wooden prison next to them for people to visit...
He also put up a big sign saying "Inciting people's hearts and instigating chaos". Everyone who passed by would spit and "kindly" greet his eight generations of ancestors...
Of course, in addition to these, there are also some people standing beside the queue at the bank entrance waiting anxiously. These people are all people from the Song Dynasty caravan who do not meet the exchange conditions, and most of them come from the four capitals of the Song Dynasty.
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They are all businessmen with natural economic acumen. By connecting all the recent events, they can easily sense that the future trend of the Song Dynasty's banknotes will definitely go all the way down, or even turn into a piece of waste paper.
Unless the imperial court will help them exchange the banknotes into copper coins, they will be bankrupt in an instant!