Gu Qingci

After another three days, suddenly!The emperor has summoned me, and I have been waiting for this day for a long time... I am excitedly preparing to report to the emperor with a bunch of government affairs I have sorted out, and I have memorized the plans and policies for more than a month.

result……

"Okay, put your things down." She interrupted my report.He tilted his head for some unknown reason.

The emperor seemed not interested in this kind of report at all. She took out a roll of memorial from the table and held it in front of me: "Yang Aiqing, take a look."

Take it, about copper smelting.

Copper is one of the currencies in circulation in Daxing. In the later period of Liu Yueying's father Liu Pei's reign, copper was mined in large quantities by treacherous ministers, resulting in a severe depreciation. During that time, the late emperor had no time to take care of it because of the invasion of the Northern Qiang. Intensified.

A rough solution to the depreciation of copper coins was mentioned in my imperial examination policy.

"Talk about your thoughts." She propped her head, her eyes darting over me.

Things didn't go the way I expected.But now is not the time to struggle, I smoothed my thoughts and said: "The most fundamental way to solve the depreciation of copper coins is to recast a new set of copper coins."

"The current copper coins are on the verge of collapse, and there is no room for rescue. Recasting is the fastest and most feasible way. Let the people turn in all the copper coins, re-mint them, and establish a new copper coin system. This crisis can be solved." Talking about Regarding the matter of governing the country, my mind is much clearer and logical than usual. I was thinking seriously, and I didn't even notice that the emperor looked at me differently.

"This is the most direct step, but there will definitely be many obstacles in its implementation." I began to analyze who's interests would be harmed by the recasting of copper coins, and what adverse effects would occur. Everything has pros and cons.

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"Your Majesty, that's probably the case. The minister is finished."

She didn't respond and made me feel a little scared.

"Your Majesty...?" I didn't dare to look at her, her eyes were so sharp, and she looked scared, so I had to lower my eyes to look at her nose.

"It seems that Mr. Yang has improved in learning the rules now." She said something without beginning or end.

"We're talking about copper coins!" I didn't dare to look up and couldn't help but remind her.After talking so much, she ignored it again, why is it like this.

You teach me a lesson?Just a word of praise turned the sky upside down.

"Raise your head." In an imperative tone.

It was the first time Liu Yueying observed Yang Li so seriously.

The big watery eyes were full of doubts, but they were full of seriousness just now.The mouth and nose are small, and the appearance is regular, even a little pitiful-a very deceptive look.

After reading the policy theory she wrote, I thought she was a gentle, well-educated and well-educated talent, and as much as I hoped, I would be as disappointed.After meeting her for the first time, I had a very bad impression of this woman. She was unruly, frivolous, disrespectful, unrestrained, not to mention not interested in sizing her up, and even lost the intention of hiring her.

It doesn't matter if you have the talent to manage the world, she doesn't want people who can't discipline.

She planned to drag her away for a few months, but this time the couplet test questions came out, and the person in front of her was the one who was right and most in line with her wishes.

When I saw her this time, it seemed different from the first time I saw her.I have learned a lot about the rules, but I am still as courageous as ever.Could this man be pretending?Liu Yueying half-closed her eyes, and a dangerous aura surged up.

Those people in the cabinet are all human beings. They have seen the emperor's attitude this month, and without saying anything, they have already kicked Yang Li out of the group behind their backs.She didn't give her permission, and Yang Li didn't even know about the couplets, let alone submit the answers.Who told her?

"Do you know why I summoned you this time?"

"Isn't it about smelting copper and coining coins?" She asked back without thinking, with a very bewildered expression.

It seems that I really don't know about the couplet.

The emperor lifted the pen holder, took out a small note from below, and handed it to the man.

"Hey, isn't this the second line that I was right about? Why is it here, His Majesty?" She was even more surprised, completely out of the situation.

interesting.

"Tell me about why you wrote this second couplet."

"Because Lord Yan said..." I just opened my mouth and felt something was wrong, I didn't know whether I should continue.The emperor glared at me, and I was so scared that I hurriedly told the specific situation.

"Yang Li," she stood up suddenly, startling me, "Don't lie to me."

"I, no, everything I said is the truth!" I was in a hurry, she didn't believe me.

"That's not what I said." Could this person be really a fool?The emperor suddenly stepped forward and got closer to me.

My lord, please don't come here again, I like you so much, getting too close to me will drive me crazy, it's dangerous, you know! ! !My heart is roaring.

She pinched my chin with her hand, the cold and delicate touch, wow, I felt my face was completely flushed.

"In the future, don't lie to me about anything, and don't—act in front of me, do you hear me?"

"I heard it, I heard it." Nodding like pounding garlic.

The grip on my jaw loosened.

"Since this is the case, Yang Aiqing will come to the Xuanzheng Hall and Menxia Provincial Minister to discuss matters related to the recasting of copper coins tomorrow."

"Can you come tomorrow?" My eyes lit up, and the words blurted out before my mind.

The emperor confirmed at this moment that this person is really a fool.Probably all the talents are used in government affairs, other places, don't care.

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The next day, I had a quarrel with the servant of Menxia Province.Also present was Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, that old man was very shrewd, and kept neutral and practiced Tai Chi.

The waiter said that it was unrealistic and almost impossible to confiscate all the copper coins of the common people.The common people don't have any silver or gold, and almost all their belongings are copper coins. If they are all confiscated, the life of the common people will not be able to survive a day, and the social order will definitely be in chaos.Now Daxing and Beiqiang have been in the stage of hand-to-hand combat where you come and go, and they cannot withstand the impact of internal worries.When the waiter talked about the excitement, he also called me a bookworm who talked about wars on paper, and he would be punished if he disturbed Daxing, so he turned around and told the emperor that I might be a spy sent somewhere.

I was going crazy, and I retorted him that the current depreciation of copper coins is getting worse and worse. If this continues, ordinary people will not be able to buy a piece of paper with a catty of copper coins. Wouldn’t society be more chaotic at that time? Now the reform is to prevent It should be taken into account, otherwise it will be too late to recast the coins after the copper coins collapse, and they can only use silver to circulate, and even silver will depreciate accordingly.

Speaking of this, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, who had been pretending for a long time, finally said quietly: "Master Yang, the old minister knows that your new official has taken office, and he intends to make some big moves to prove himself. This is understandable. However, you said that you want to let the door go down to collect folk copper coins , How to implement this? Are all the officers and soldiers going to search from house to house? Just now the waiter also said that now we have been engaged in small wars with the Northern Qiang, and the number of soldiers is not enough. What if Qiang launches a large-scale battle? The important towns in the north are all gone?"

The old fox from the Ministry of Industry slowly finished blaming me, then turned to the emperor and said earnestly: "Your Majesty, according to the old minister, Mr. Yang has good intentions, but he lacks experience. Recasting copper coins is too motivating. Now the copper coin system can still support For a period of time, it is better to discuss another day."

"Let's discuss it another day? Shangshu, this matter is urgent!" I was angrily.

"Your Majesty Yang knows very little about the court affairs!" The waiter wanted to reprimand me again.

The emperor raised his hand to stop the attendant from attacking me, and said slowly: "Scholar Yang's proposal is indeed ill-considered, let's discuss this matter again."

I narrowed my eyes in disbelief, and wanted to say something, but seeing her stern side face, I swallowed it again.The two obstinate ones were overjoyed when they heard this, and hurriedly knelt down and said, Your Majesty is holy.

"The two love ministers don't need to speak up about what is discussed today." The emperor told them to shut up and warn them.

"Follow the imperial decree." Hehe, two hypocritical things.

The emperor asked them to kneel down, and I stayed because I was a cabinet minister.

"Your Majesty," I thought calmly for a while, put those messy things in order, and asked her in a low voice: "Did you already expect that the obstacles in the court will be great..."

She looked at me expressionlessly: "It's okay, not too stupid."

The ministers from these official families are all for the rich. The family has saved savings for several generations.Even if the copper coins depreciate now, they have a lot of silver in their hands, so it is more logical to exploit the people.

"The recasting of copper coins will harm the interests of them the most." I said angrily, "It's fine if you don't want to spit out some money from your mouth, and just use some high-sounding reasons to prevaricate, as if they are more righteous."

Looking at the history books before, the achievements of the emperors recorded in the history books are all lightly summed up, and it seems that it is very easy to make these achievements.But when you go deep into it, you will know how difficult it is and how helpless you are.

Today's matter, I have offended both Shang Shu and Shi Zhong, if my proposal is formally implemented, there will be more people offended.Not long after I took office, it was not my intention to create enemies before my foundation was firmly established.But as long as it is beneficial to the emperor, it doesn't matter.Thinking of this, I see the emperor's eyes are more clear and magnanimous.

"Yang Li, who sent you?" She asked suddenly, making me confused.The emperor is always like this, and he seems to be a little used to it.

Seeing that I didn't answer, she said again: "The waiter said just now that you are a spy."

ha? ? ?This is someone else's nonsensical remarks in order to criticize me. It's just a casual remark. The emperor actually doubted me because of such an unreasonable thing?

"I was not sent by anyone." He calmed his wounded heart and gave her an answer.

"You are a commoner, you have lived in Dongshan for so long, why do you know the conditions of my Daxing country so well?"

Stop asking me.How to answer this.I am a person who traveled back from the future, so I know the history? ——The crime of deceiving the public with deceitful words and deceiving the emperor, she will definitely arrest me and behead me immediately.

"If you live in a high temple, you worry about your people; if you live far away, you worry about your lord. Even in the mountains, you can still read poems and books and have the world in your heart. History books will not lie, I just read a few more books That's all." Taking a deep breath, "And most importantly, Your Majesty, time will tell." I slowly knelt down, "Please give me a chance, time will prove my loyalty to you."

Believe it or not?Liu Yueying stared at Yang Li, as if she could see a hole in her body.The wandering line of sight finally fell on those eyes, like a clear spring without any impurities.

Forget it, trust her for now.