Zhang Yue was really surprised by what Cai Xiang said.
"Provincial Lord! This is..." Zhang Yue couldn't help but said. He didn't expect Cai Xiang to actually stand up for him.
If Cai Xiang could resist this matter for him, then he would not have to resign.
Cai Xiang took Zhang Yue's poems, but instead threw a letter to Zhang Yue and said: "Read it yourself."
Zhang Yue read the rough content of the copied letter, and he recited in his heart: "The imperial censor Lu Xianke (Lv Jie) impeached Han Gong to make money for the envoy, and protected Xue Xiang, the envoy in Shaanxi, who was sending salt banknotes indiscriminately. Xue Xiang was lucky
Enter the villain..."
Zhang Yue saw that Lu Jie blamed Han Qi for allowing Xue Xiang to issue salt banknotes indiscriminately for the sharp drop in salt banknotes in the capital at this time, but actually did not blame him at all.
Cai Xiang said: "Lü Xianke was originally going to impeach you, but I came to visit you personally after learning about it... Fortunately, he remembered that he had been taken care of by me in the past, and finally betrayed me to save some face!"
After hearing this, Zhang Yue immediately stood up and bowed to Cai Xiang to the end.
Cai Xiang said: "You don't need to thank me. Lu Hui is mainly attacking the Prime Minister of Han. You are just a favor of him."
It turns out I was included as a bonus!
Zhang Yue was relieved.
Fan Shidao said: "But the provincial governor, in my opinion, someone needs to be responsible for the plummeting salt banknotes in the end. We can say that the exchange system is an expedient policy. Since it is an expedient policy, it can be divided into two parts.
Just withdraw."
Zhang Yue's expression changed when he heard the words, and he was about to speak.
Cai Xiang said: "Yes, the exchange system has gone too far to make money. Some people have gone bankrupt by speculating on these salt notes. There are also people who have become rich overnight by speculating on these salt notes. If such unjust wealth is realized,
What the imperial court openly promotes will definitely arouse greed in people's hearts, eventually corrupting the customs of the world and eventually making people's hearts no longer ancient."
Master Fan said: "Exactly, as long as it is an expedient measure, it makes sense. In this way, no one will investigate it afterwards."
Hearing this, Zhang Yue couldn't help but said: "I'd like to report to the provincial governor and deputy envoy, and I can't stop citing them!"
As soon as Zhang Yue said this, Fan Shidao showed an expression of disbelief and said: "Zhang Duzhi, tell me what you said again!"
Zhang Yue's face turned red. He looked up at Cai Xiang and Fan Shidao, and finally fell silent!
Fan Shidao said to Cai Xiang: "Judge Zhang is a little confused, so the governor doesn't need to pay attention to it."
Zhang Yue cursed in his heart, you are so fucking insane.
Cai Xiang waved his hand and said, "I'm not deaf, and Judge Zhang is not a person without sense of propriety. Please tell me!"
Zhang Yue glanced at the words on the desk, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Xiaguan Shaanxi minted money one year, and the amount was two cents."
Ordinary coins are worth one penny to one cent. The so-called discount of two cents means one coin is worth two cents.
There are even coins that are discounted by three, five, and ten.
To put it bluntly, this means that the court sets a price, and my coin is converted into two, one for two. To put it bluntly, it is an inflated increase in currency.
"At that time, Shaanxi minted two coins and two million guans, but the original cost was one million guans. For every one thousand guans the officials and soldiers along the border paid for their monthly rations, the court only got 600."
"What's more, iron is cheap and copper is expensive, and iron coins go hand in hand with copper coins, which are heavy and difficult to move. Therefore, I heard that traders in Shaanxi who go to the border market to transport goods and sell them back, in order not to return empty, they carry copper coins to go out.
, so Shaanxi’s copper coins are getting less and iron coins are getting more and more.”
"Later, salt banknotes came into being in Shaanxi, and merchants used them as money. The vendors around the street all got the salt banknotes and returned home because the salt banknotes were used to make money for copper and iron. And a table of salt banknotes was very important to the imperial court.
, how much is the coin? It only costs a page of paper and some ink stamps. Compared with two million guan, which is two coins, and the coin is 100 guan, which one is more convenient for the court, it is self-evident in the meantime. "
Cai Xiang and Fan Shidao nodded slowly after hearing Zhang Yue's words.
Shaanxi issued two million guan at a discount of 2 cents. The imperial court was infamous and the cost was still one million guan. The imperial court issued iron coins because copper was expensive and iron was cheap, but the face value of copper coins and iron coins was one penny, so
Merchants are not stupid, they only care about copper coins.
On the contrary, by giving salt banknotes, the people found it convenient and the court did not lose money.
Zhang Yue said: "When I look at the importance of coins, there must be money first and then there must be money. Those who fill the commissions are short of money. The tendency of the court to use money is actually the trend in the future. The three bureaus are in charge of the world's wealth.
For coins, you can only go with the trend and never go against it."
Fan Shidao said: "But from my point of view, the balance between money and money is that the amount of gold, silver, copper and iron produced underground can still be counted, but it is rare. However, the number of money is easy to get, but it can be increased day by day without stopping.
"Ear, once this disease begins, the more coins the imperial court will print in the future, it will be difficult to fill the gullies."
Cai Xiang said: "Yes, the world is based on things, money is the second, and Chu is the last! I heard that in Shaanxi, because of the salt banknotes, the iron money was devalued again and again!"
Historically, due to the opening of the Xihe River, salt banknotes were issued excessively in Shaanxi. Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty once spent two million yuan to buy back salt banknotes from the private sector. In the end, he lamented that "Shaanxi's salt law is corrupted" and closed the Capital Salt Institute.
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Zhang Yue said: "As long as the imperial court suppresses the number of salt banknotes printed and redeems the remaining salt banknotes, this disease can be abolished!"
"The number of salt banknotes to be suppressed is determined by the Shaanxi Transport Department and the Third Department every year. It is difficult to redeem the remaining banknotes!"
Zhang Yue said: "As long as you pay the quotation for one day, it will not be difficult to redeem the remaining banknotes!"
Cai Xiang and Fan Shidao both looked troubled.
Cai Xiang said: "In the past, the salt banknotes were as low as five guan each. That is, the salt bank gave five guan and fifty guan to buy it. If it was very expensive, it would be reduced by 50 guan. The low-cost power is always in the official position.
That’s it.”
"Nowadays, there is so much fictitious money. You and I both know that if the court refuses to pay, it will be a matter of time before it drops to three or four, let alone five or six, or even lower."
Zhang Yue said: "I will give it to the provincial governor. The deputy envoy will know something just by looking at it..."
Cai Xiang and Fan Shidao didn't know what Zhang Yue had given him, but they saw Zhang Yue take out an account book and offer it to him.
Cai Xiang and Fan Shidao took a look and suddenly took a breath of cold air.
…
Fan Shidao said in a trembling voice: "The exchange will last only ten days...that is..."
Zhang Yue nodded slowly.
The moment Zhang Yue looked at the account book, he suddenly thought of the old man who lost his entire family in front of the Exchange, and the old man who jumped into the Bianshui River...
Thinking of this scene, his heart suddenly ached.
Cai Xiang also sat on the chair with a face of shock. It was not that he had never seen money before. He was the richest among the officials. He was also in charge of the Sansi Yamen, and the money approved from him every day was huge.
There are hundreds of millions of them.
But after seeing the profit from the exchange submitted by Zhang Yue, he was still shocked.
Fan Shidao was the first to say immediately: "Zhongshu must not let Zhongshu know about this matter!"
Cai Xiang glanced at Fan Shidao and said nothing with a sullen face.
Zhang Yue said: "To the provincial governor and deputy envoy, I have thought that most of the salt banknotes and money should be kept in the exchange office, so that all the low-level power can be vested in the officials. Then the money will be used to distribute dividends.