Chapter 1,230 Joe 2 Is Unlucky, Where Does the Gold and Silver Come From?

For the emperor's family, the imperial city was a fortress that could provide peace of mind to his family.

But as time goes by, I see too many things in the fortress, and when I get tired of it, I feel like I have become a frog in a well. I look at the sky above my head in a daze every day, and I will really go crazy.

Zhao Xu had to practice calligraphy when he got up in the morning. This was an extra homework.

While he was practicing calligraphy, he listened to Wang Chongnian talk about yesterday's latest news, and he was able to write well even though he was doing two things.

"...Chen Zhongheng was only beaten ten times, and everyone in the palace was surprised."

Zhao Xu looked up and saw Qiao Er coming in from outside.

Qiao Er came closer and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the official said that you are wearing casual clothes today..."

"Are you leaving the palace?" Zhao Xu was overjoyed, but as soon as he loosened his grip, he broke the word "chen".

This is a long article. If you make a mistake in a word, you will have to start over.

Zhao Xu looked at the few hundred words written in front of him and thought to himself, I would go crazy if I did it again. He continued writing without hesitation and finished the remaining three words.

Qiao Er also saw the badly written word "chen" and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, why don't you revise it? I am good at this."

Zhao Xu looked at him and praised: "You are indeed loyal, so I leave it to you."

Qiao Er said overjoyed: "Yes, in a quarter of an hour at most, when your Majesty has changed your clothes, I will be ready."

Zhao Xu nodded, and after he went out, he said casually: "Where is Sun Shidu? Just say that I have finished writing..."

One good thing about Wang Chongnian is that he does whatever he is told to do.

So he hurried to find Sun Yong and said, "Sun Shidu, the king has finished his homework."

Sun Yong was enjoying reading a book. Hearing this, he closed the book with regret and said, "Let's go and take a look."

He went all the way, and when he reached the side room, Wang Chongnian suddenly said: "Sun Shidu, what's over there?"

Sun Yong looked in the direction of his finger and saw Qiao Er holding a roll of paper and cautiously heading to the study, and shouted: "Stop!"

The roll of paper looked like there were ink marks all over it, which was probably homework. But why is the king's homework in Qiao Er's hands?

Could it be ghostwriting?

hehe!

Sun Yong's eyes lit up and he felt that he had finally caught the king and could take the opportunity to deal with him once.

As an attendant, he and his colleagues were responsible for Zhao Xu's homework, but what about the dignity of being a teacher? But it disappeared because of Zhao Xu's inconsistent views on them.

Therefore, he eagerly hoped to find an opportunity to deal with Zhao Xu and let him know what the dignity of a teacher is.

Qiao Er turned around and saluted calmly, "I've met Sun Shidu."

Sun Yong stretched out his hand, "Bring it here!"

Qiao Er was startled, and then handed over the rolled up paper.

Sun Yong took it, opened it, and looked at the article carefully.

He read word by word and found that they were all written by Zhao Xu. He sighed in his heart and felt that although the king had very extreme ideas, he was still very serious about his homework.

He was in a good mood, but when he saw the fourth-to-last word "chen", he couldn't help but snorted, "This word... is fake!"

The word "Chen" looks like it has been modified. Others might not be able to spot it, but who is Sun Yong?

"I used to think about fake calligraphy and paintings back then. How dare you use your skills to fool me?"

Sun Yong was furious and shouted: "Why do you want to tamper with the homework that the king has done well?"

"No!"

Qiao Er felt cold in his heart and looked at Wang Chongnian innocently, thinking, please explain to me quickly!

Wang Chongnian still had an honest smile that made people want to bully him.

The king just wants to mess with you!

Sun Yong had already made up his own mind at this moment, and shouted: "You must have soiled the king's homework, and you were worried about being punished, so you repaired it yourself. If you can repair the king's homework today, will you be able to tamper with the will tomorrow? You are so brave, come here!"

As an attendant, Sun Yong could not deal with Zhao Xu once he got angry, but he could report him.

"Go and report to the officials. There is a troublesome slave around the king. Please punish him."

Sun Yong was majestic at this moment.

Qiao Er panicked and said, "Someone didn't..."

Wang Chongnian glanced at him, and then laughed again.

Do you think it was the king who sent Sun Yonghui’s letter?

Later, news came from inside, "The official has ordered that this person be responsible for thirty years."

The two chamberlains dragged Qiao Er away. He didn't know why he was so unlucky, so he shouted: "I... I am suffering!"

He didn't dare to say that he was wronged, so he could only swallow the bitter water in his stomach.

"The officials are coming out soon."

The chamberlains came one after another. Zhao Xu changed into plain clothes and walked out of the palace.

"Qiao Er."

He just mentioned a name.

Wang Chongnian smiled and said: "Qiao Er wanted to smear your homework, but Sun Shidu found out. Sun Shidu was furious. After asking the officials for instructions, he punished him heavily."

"Hey!" Zhao Xu frowned and said, "That person... why is he so careless!"

"Yes!" Wang Chongnian said: "He forgot to report when he entered the study before, which caused you harm..."

This matter was Qiao Er's fault. Zhao Xu made the mistake and tricked him.

The family met in the imperial city. Zhao Shu looked at his children and commented: "The eldest son seems to be more stable, the second son is jumping around, and the fourth son is naughty..."

He looked at his daughters and naturally changed his expression, "They are all good, let's go."

Zhao Qianyu smiled at Zhao Hao and said, "Second brother, you escaped."

Zhao Hao sighed: "I want to live in the palace, but my father won't allow me."

This half-grown child longed for a free life outside the palace, but in the original history, he lived in the palace until Zhao Xu died. It can be said that he wanted to cry without tears!

The group of people left the imperial city, and some plainclothes men immediately appeared around them.

"who are they?"

Zhao Qianyu asked curiously.

Gao Taotao was walking with his three daughters. Hearing this, he said, "They are all from the Imperial City Division, so don't worry about them."

When a large official family member leaves the palace, the Imperial City Secretary is under great security pressure. Not even Zhang came out in eight years.

The Royal Street was bustling with activity, and Zhao Shu and his family went into the shops from time to time to make selections.

In a jewelry store, Gao Taotao fell in love with a golden hairpin. She naturally has no shortage of hairpins, but the shape of this gold hairpin is very interesting.

When Zhao Shu saw it, he said boldly: "I bought it."

The shopkeeper said flatteringly: "You look like a rich man at first glance. There are many girls here, which means there is a lot of blessing. With so much blessing, it overflows. Isn't this some for the villain?"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Zhao Shu heard what he said was interesting, so he simply went shopping and bought everything his family liked.

The shopkeeper sent them out diligently, and Gao Taotao suddenly asked: "Sir, did you buy all the gold and silver in this jewelry store?"

Zhao Shu nodded, and Gao Taotao said with some regret: "It would be nice if there were more gold and silver in the Song Dynasty."

There was really not much gold and silver in the Song Dynasty, so when the Jin army came to the city later, they asked for women and gold and silver. As a result, the officials at that time ordered a search for a long time, but they could not reach the amount required by the Jin people.

"Gold and silver... Nowadays, we are getting banknotes, but gold and silver are not that important." Zhao Shu said very proudly: "It is said that even people from outside the vassal have begun to use the banknotes of the Song Dynasty, which shows that the foundation of the Song Dynasty is strong ."

Zhao Xu was eating barbecue when he heard this and said: "Dad, gold and silver are not unimportant. The banknotes of the Song Dynasty... are stable now, but they will not always be stable."

"What's the meaning?"

Zhao Shu didn't know much about currency and didn't study it deeply, so he was a little dissatisfied, "You mean banknotes will be worthless?"

"Yes." Zhao Xu said confidently: "The current stability of banknotes is because there are less issuances. If they are issued on a large scale, sooner or later they will encounter the risk of devaluation."

"Why?" Zhao Shu didn't believe this.

"Think about Jiaozi." Zhao Xu has done some research on this. "The land of Shu was short of copper, so we got iron coins. The iron coins were OK, but they were heavy."

The value of iron coins is incomparable to that of copper coins. For example, a typical copper coin is more than 700 coins, but when converted into iron coins, it costs several thousand coins... If you take a regular iron coin on the street, it will cost several thousand coins... How can you carry it if it is so heavy? ?

"It was inconvenient for those people to carry iron money, so they came up with Jiaozi. Jiaozi is now an official issue and the amount is limited. But one year, I remembered that there was a rumor in the court that more Jiaozi would be issued. After the news spread, Jiaozi immediately became Depreciation..."

Jiaozi is very popular because of its portability, and is often purchased at a premium. For example, Jiaozi, which always has a face value, is purchased for dozens of Wen more, so that you don’t have to carry heavy copper coins when you go out, which is not only easier, but also safer.

Zhao Shu frowned and listened. Gao Taotao was worried that he would get angry, so he whispered: "Dalang is talking nonsense, don't be angry."

Zhao Shu shook his head, knowing that his son was not talking nonsense.

"Furthermore, the government-run Jiaozi needs to recycle the old Jiaozi, once every three years, plus a reserve fund of 360,000 yuan. Dad, these two are the means to make people believe that Jiaozi will not depreciate in value."

"So after the news of the over-issuance spread, the value of Jiaozi immediately dropped. This was the people's spontaneous decision...Dad." Zhao Xu said seriously: "It can be seen that the foundation of banknotes lies in the amount of issuance. , but what’s more important is the deposit... It used to be iron money, but what if it’s gold and silver? Will the people trust the credibility of banknotes more?"

Zhao Shu nodded, "If there is gold and silver as a guarantee, of course the people will trust banknotes."

He said happily: "It seems you have thought it over carefully, okay."

His son knew that he was making progress, which made him feel very good, but when he thought about the cautious issuance of banknotes nowadays, he felt dissatisfied. "Nowadays, there are very few banknotes issued, so much is invested every year, and businessmen are thinking about asking for more..."

But every time he raised this issue, he would be hit. "Since Bao Zheng was here, Sansi has said that we should be cautious about banknotes and never over-issuance. Otherwise, once the credibility collapses, it will be difficult to build it up again."

Zhao Xu said: "Dad, that's why we need a deposit. With the deposit, the value of the banknotes is guaranteed, and the people will naturally trust..."

"But where does gold and silver come from?" Zhao Shu laughed and said, "It's difficult!"

"Dad, gold and silver... are rare in the Song Dynasty, but there are many outside!"

Zhao Xu's words shocked Zhao Shu, and he frowned and said, "Don't think about constant wars. Continuous wars will destroy the Song Dynasty."

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"Dad, trade!" Zhao Xu wanted to start a war, for example, looking for an opportunity to start a war with Dashi in the future.

According to Shen An, Da Shiren has accumulated wealth over the years, which can be described as a mountain of gold and silver. If it is taken away, how many banknotes can be issued based on it?

"Trade?" Zhao Shu said in confusion: "Most of them are barter, and a few of them are copper coins."

Merchants from other vassals came with goods, and after selling, they had to purchase goods from the Song Dynasty, so it was not much different from bartering.

Several younger brothers and sisters were looking at Zhao Xu, and he said confidently: "Dad, did you know? Dali Pills were sold like crazy in the Liao Kingdom. Because this was a smuggling trade, they used gold and silver to settle the bill for the convenience of payment. ...Now that batch of gold and silver is already in the Song Dynasty."

"Is this so?" Zhao Shu couldn't help but think about the gold and silver, and felt hot in his heart.

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The fourth update is here, good night!