The Nanzhang coup ended dramatically: when Huang Zhiting's three-pronged army surrounded Vientiane City, Huang Yinglei and Biajue in Vientiane City never received any support from any other force except for recruiting more than 10,000 veterans.
More than 10,000 veterans were gathered, but they were short of weapons and armor, and there was no military rations in the city. They relied on the little rations brought by Huang Yinglei's wolf soldiers to survive.
Seeing that he was about to catch a turtle in a urn, Huang Yinglei was so anxious that he was speechless. Although he didn't know how Sister A was going to advance this time, he thought that the troops necessary to encircle and suppress him would not be too weak, and his backhand...
Do you know if it is useful?
Of course, Huang Yinglei also had a back-up plan, otherwise no matter how audacious he was, he would not have dared to cause trouble among hundreds of thousands of security troops. However, his back-up plan was not to send out some surprise troops to engage in violent resistance, but to move it with affection.
reason.
He immediately went north with Princess Biajue after learning the news that Nuo Jiao Gumeng became a monk. But in addition, he also sent a close associate to deliver a letter to his father Huang Chengzu. After receiving the letter, Huang Chengzu was anxious and angry.
, but still sent a fast horse to contact Huang Zhiting, and set off for Vientiane City in person.
When the three armies surrounded Wanxiang City, Huang Chengzu's messenger arrived just in time and delivered the letter to Huang Zhiting.
No one knew the content of the letter except Huang Zhiting herself. All the generals saw was that the lady's face was as dark as water, and she was sitting on the commander's seat in silence for a long time. It took a long time before she spoke, asking all the ministries to surround her and not fight.
Three days later, Huang Chengzu, the garrison envoy of Annan Shannan, rushed outside Wanxiang City and asked to see the deputy capital commander.
After all, he was his biological father and had no combat mission, so Huang Zhiting met him alone without anyone else present. As she expected, Huang Chengzu came here to intercede for his eldest son.
There is no other reason. He only said that although Huang Yinglei did not ask for permission in advance, since Nuo Jiao Gumeng abdicated as a monk, only Princess Bijue has the power to regent in Nanzhang Kingdom. Now that the couple is in a hurry to come to Vientiane, they can't.
Maybe he was just worried about chaos in Nanzhang - after all, a country cannot live without a king for a day.
So according to Huang Chengzu's idea, although Huang Yinglei was reckless, he could just give a small punishment. Why did he cause tens of thousands of troops to attack? Do you, the elder sister, still want to convict your younger brother of treason?
In Huang Zhiting's letter to Gao Pangshi, she did not mention how she answered her father at that time. She only said, "I have been studying with my husband since then. Although I didn't get much, I also know that the master said: 'She is upright and does not act according to orders;
His body is not upright and he does not obey orders, so he dare not protect each other personally.
I just thought that my old father would come from afar, so I couldn't bear to see his son face to face, so I allowed him to send a message to the city, urging Huang Yinglei to tie himself up and dedicate it to the city."
When Huang Yinglei saw his father's message, he thought he was safe and happily planned to open the city to surrender. Biajue asked: "Since I knew I was going to surrender, why did I come here in a hurry? It would be better to write to my sister earlier to explain.
As long as I get her permission, wouldn't this regent be justifiable? It would be better to avoid losing face like this."
Huang Yinglei shook his head and said: "The princess only knows one thing but not the other. I have been at odds with Huang Zhiting for many years. If I contact you rashly for this, I'm afraid she will make trouble and refuse to agree. Humph, she took charge of Siming at the age of thirteen.
She has always been stubborn, and even if her father persuades her, she may not be willing to listen. So am I asking for trouble?
But I beheaded first and then came to seize Wanxiang City, and things were different. She was bound to come to conquer, but my father would not bear to see me die, and he would not allow Huang Zhiting to kill my sister and brother.
Will be forced to die.
Huang Zhiting has always been hypocritical. Seeing her father acting like this, she will not be willing to bear the reputation of disobedience, so she can only forgive me. By then, since my father is here in person, you and I will take the position of regent... She will probably have to hold her nose and admit it.
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After some explanations, Huang Yinglei and his wife went to the city, but they did not do any tricks to apologize. They just opened the city normally, pretending to welcome their father and sister.
Huang Chengzu breathed a sigh of relief, but Huang Zhiting always had a cold face. When Huang Yinglei and his wife came forward, Huang Chengzu was about to say something to lighten the atmosphere, but unexpectedly Huang Zhiting waved his hand coldly and said: "Left and right, come with me to take down Huang Yinglei.
Please also ask Her Royal Highness the Princess to move to Dingnan to rest."
Huang Yinglei's expression changed drastically, he stood up straight suddenly, and shouted: "Huang Zhiting, you..." Unfortunately, before he could finish his words, Huang Hu and several trusted wolf soldiers came forward and covered his mouth. The wolf soldiers behind Huang Yinglei were stunned for a moment.
Knowing whether to save the person or not, they subconsciously looked towards Huang Zhiting.
Huang Zhiting sat on the horse, raised her head slightly, and shouted condescendingly: "Kneel down!"
She has been in charge of the main branch of the Huang family for more than ten years. These wolf soldiers were her subordinates more than a year ago. Now they are ordered by her. Who dares to resist the order? All of them subconsciously feel weak in their legs. They don’t even have time to think about it. They all
He fell to his knees and bowed his head to the ground, no one dared to raise his head.
Huang Chengzu was also extremely surprised. He stretched out his hand to pull Huang Zhiting's horse rein and persuaded: "Zhiting..."
Huang Zhiting said coldly: "In front of the army formation, please guard Shannan and summon the official of this capital. Don't lose sight of the rules."
Huang Chengzu's face turned green and white, and finally he laughed angrily: "Okay, okay, what a good Huang Dutong, what a good Mrs. Gao!"
He gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "Mrs. Gao is going to commit a crime of rebellion against the Huang family and his son today? Very good. Huang Chengzu's head is here. If you want it, just take it!"
Huang Zhiting felt a pain in her heart and swayed on her horse. But she quickly stabilized her body, closed her eyes hard, and ordered word by word: "Huang Zhenshou is still drunk, help him down to rest, don't be lazy.
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Huang Chengzu said sternly: "What a joke, I'm sober! If you want to kill my son, kill him in front of me!"
"What are you doing standing there in a daze? Take him down!" Huang Zhiting opened her eyes suddenly and gave another stern order. Although the soldiers on the left and right were all so frightened that their hands and feet were numb, they did not dare to delay at all. They hurriedly swarmed up and pulled Huang Chengzu off his horse to stabilize him, "
Help him go.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Huang Chengzu is the nominal head of their family. Although he has not asked about the general affairs for many years, these wolf soldiers did not dare to be cruel, so he can still curse out loud. Fortunately, Huang Hu
Seeing that the situation was not going well, he took out a piece of satin and sealed Huang Yinglei's mouth, and then handed it to his subordinates to watch. He hurried over and covered Huang Chengzu's mouth, begging for mercy: "My lord, please forgive me."
Huang Chengzu was struggling and glaring at him angrily. Huang Hu turned his head and pretended not to see him. He used his hands skillfully and quickly pulled him away.
At this time, Princess Biajue was also "invited". She was not silenced. She just glanced at Huang Yinglei absently, then looked at Huang Zhiting, and suddenly said: "Sister, really want to kill him?"
Huang Zhiting glanced at her, her eyes softened slightly, and she sighed softly: "This is beyond my control."
After the statement was completed, Huang Zhiting told Gao Pangshi in the letter that she dismissed Huang Yinglei in the name of "mobilizing troops without being called up" and escorted him to Dingna City to await the verdict. It was also discovered that Princess Biajue was pregnant, so she also brought her back with her.
Dingnan, but the two of them were not allowed to see each other, and Princess Biajue was placed under house arrest alone.
Although the King of Nanzhang became a monk, under Huang Zhiting's suggestion, the Beijing Advisory Group issued a decree on behalf of Nuo Jiao Gumeng, ordering the advisory group to take charge of the state affairs in the name of the king. The king will always care about state affairs, but will only do so when he deems it necessary.
Intervene proactively when the situation arises.
In other words, the political power of Nanzhang has been completely controlled by Jinghua, so much so that the king's becoming a monk does not affect the administrative operation of the country at all.
However, at this time, Gao Pragmatic did not immediately reply to Huang Zhiting, nor did he immediately express his position on these dispositions. During this time, he was discussing the Ming Dynasty currency issue with Liu Xin.
Although China's currency was produced very early, it can be traced back to the Three Dynasties of ancient times. However, the monetary system consisting of two or more stable currencies was established during the Qin and Han Empires.
The currency of the Qin Dynasty found in historical records was divided into two grades. Gold was the upper currency and was marked with yi; copper coins were the lower currency, which were "half taels" of money as heavy as their inscriptions. In fact, as early as the period of King Jing of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (B.C.
In 524), Shan Qi proposed the theory of the mother-child right of currency and opposed King Jing's casting of large coins.
What he meant by currency weight actually refers to the different price ratios of currencies to commodities, rather than the weight itself. Therefore, Danqi's theory can be said to be China's first ideological theory that attempted to construct a light and heavy currency system. It laid the foundation for the currency of China's traditional society.
The premise for the formation of the system is that a stable monetary system is composed of two types of currencies: light and heavy.
The currency of the pre-Qin period was unable to form a unified and complete monetary system due to its obvious independence and separatist nature. However, the monetary system formed during the Qin and Han Dynasties was relatively stable and maintained for hundreds of years.
However, two major changes also occurred during this period. The first was Wang Mang's Tuogu restructuring, which led to chaos in the monetary system; the second was the changes in the main and auxiliary coins at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Gold withdrew from the monetary system, and the monetary structure began to lose an important part.
Ring, the main currency began to be borne by physical currency.
The reason for this change is generally believed to be due to the low ebb of the development of the commodity economy. The deeper reasons behind it are also being discussed. This change in the currency structure also heralds the collapse of the gold and copper currency system in the Qin and Han Dynasties. China's commodity economy
The "first peak" also began to go down.
The period from the Wei and Jin Dynasties to the middle of the Tang Dynasty was a relatively chaotic period in China's monetary history. Wang Shengduo called it an era of "decline and regression." From the perspective of the monetary system, this period can be said to be abnormal.
Although this turbulent period of more than 300 years played a relatively important role in Chinese history, the monetary system has gone on an extremely unstable path.
First of all, there are types of currency, with real objects such as grain and cloth filling them; secondly, the currency system is also in chaos, such as the prevalence of big money and bad currency, and currency inscriptions have also come up with many names. Historical records say "it does not sink when it enters water, but it breaks easily"; finally, currency
The system continued to change. In 221 AD, the Wei State during the Three Kingdoms period issued a decree to officially stop the five-baht currency and "enable the people to use grain and silk as currency."
The replacement of metal currency by physical currency is undoubtedly a historical setback. Although the status of copper coins has been restored during the later turbulent historical period, it has always played a role in sporadic and private transactions. The currency composed of grain, silk and copper coins
The system was also unstable. According to historical records, iron money also began to be minted during this period during the reign of Emperor Wu of Liang. Even the use of gold and silver was recorded, which fully shows the instability of the monetary system.
The currency of the Sui and Tang Dynasties tended to be stable with the development of the economy. The Sui Dynasty resumed the use of five-baht coins. In the early Tang Dynasty, copper coins with the year name as the symbol entered the stage of history, and Brother Kong Fang also moved towards its heyday.
period.
Mr. Li Gu once demonstrated that even in a period of high economic development in the Tang Dynasty, it was an era of "both money and silk". According to historical records, in the 22nd year of Kaiyuan of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (734 AD): "From now on, horse trading at Zhuangzhaikou,
And first use silk cloth, damask, Luo, silk weft, etc., and the market price of the rest is more than one thousand, and also make money and goods used for both purposes, and those who violate it will be punished."
This clearly stipulates that silk fabrics such as silk are mainly used for large-scale transactions, and it can be seen that the main currency is physical currency such as silk. However, from the perspective of the monetary system, physical currency replaces metal currency and cannot make up for the long history of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
The lack of monetary system structure. This lack, in turn, has had a significant impact on politics, economy and society.
The "money shortage" that occurred in the Tang Dynasty is an obvious example, and it became even more serious in the Song Dynasty. There are many discussions on the "money shortage". Gao Pragmatic knew that the "money shortage" was mainly caused by the shortage of copper coins in circulation, but
The reasons are complex.
Later scholars pointed out: “The change in government tax policy cannot but be said to be the direct cause of the ‘money shortage’, but its deeper reason lies in the particularity of the development of the commodity currency economy in feudal society.
That is to say, in the process of circulation and concentration of commodity currency redistribution, a large amount of currency was stored by landlords, officials and merchants. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the economy developed rapidly, and the so-called ‘Tang and Song social changes’ occurred.”
Gao Pragmatic basically agrees with this point of view, that is, since the middle of the Tang Dynasty, highly valuable land began to enter the commodity market, coupled with the circulation of bulk items such as silk, tea, salt, and iron. Obviously, the use of physical currency is difficult to meet this demand.
Demand, and the casting of copper coins is not only in short supply, but the value of this currency is not large. Therefore, the "money shortage" is not difficult to understand.
From the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the early Song Dynasty, the monetary system composed of copper coins as the main currency and base metals such as iron, lead, tin, etc. was difficult to adapt to the growing commodity economy, so the emergence of paper money was no accident.
Although the direct reason for the emergence of Jiaozi was the inconvenience of iron money transactions, from the perspective of stabilizing the monetary system, even without the addition of banknotes, a currency form with higher value will emerge.
From this perspective, paper money and base metal currency together constitute a new monetary system. Although the Yuan Dynasty used a pure paper money structure, until the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the structure of the monetary system was composed of paper money and base metal money.
Of course, since the birth of paper money, all dynasties have been troubled by currency problems or currency crises. Someone once pointed out that it was the uncontrolled issuance of paper money that ruined the Zhao and Song dynasties.
The currency crisis in the Jin Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty led to the collapse of the economy, and paper currency was not exempt from the blame. It is estimated that during the 160-year rule of the Southern Song Dynasty, the inflation rate reached 3.4 billion times. During the Jin Dynasty, the price ratio of silver to banknotes
It also increased by 60 million times. In the Yuan Dynasty, the price of rice at the end of the Yuan Dynasty increased by 60,000 to 70,000 times compared to the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty.
The reason, although relatively complex, is that the imperfect banknote issuance system and management due to military pressure and the unique power mechanism of traditional society, coupled with the lack of sufficient reserves for the banknotes themselves, led to serious currency depreciation, which may be extremely important reasons.
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What Gao Wuzhi is thinking now is that the opening up of the Ming Dynasty in the past two decades, coupled with the rise of Jinghua and the addition of Xungui Capital, have actually caused silver, the precious metal, to begin to flow more towards the upper echelons of the ruling class. In other words
...It seems that new banknotes under the silver standard can be considered.
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