Chapter 183: Controversy between the North and the South

Spring and autumn are more suitable for traveling in the desert. In summer, the temperature of the earth surface can reach up to about 70 degrees during the day, but at night it is minus 10 degrees. In order to ensure the logistics of Yuzhou, many dead people in the wing army are on this road. In winter, the desert nights are also unbearable. Camel fleets and guides are indispensable. Although there are guides, Ouyang does not walk straight, but turns left and right.

Many people wondered, but the general of the Ouyang imperial guard Zhu Da saw it a little clear that Ouyang was observing the crowd and drawing maps. Compared with the routes given by the Persians, the maps drawn by Ouyang were farther away, but they were very rare. Often, after walking for a few days, they could not see a village. Ouyang later explained to Zhu Da that he was idle and was idle, drawing them as a backup, and also left a souvenir for traveling to the desert.

After wandering for half a year, Ouyang Cai entered Shazhou. Han Shizhong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Ouyang Cai. He felt that Ouyang had climbed from Yuzhou and thought something had happened to Ouyang. He sent many cavalrymen into Persia to search without any results. According to Han Shizhong, the first batch of Persian envoys had already gone to Tokyo to worship the emperor. The emperor asked three questions in January and asked if Ouyang had returned. It was no wonder that Han Shizhong was anxious.

After ten days of recuperation at Northwest Road, the team continued to set off and slowly returned to Tokyo was already midsummer. At this time, Ouyang learned about bad news. The Yangping Business Association and the Southeast Business Association started to fight. The reason was that when Ouyang was not there, Su Qian finally made a unique paper and began to officially launch paper money first. Of course, it was not traditional paper money, but one, ten, and one hundred and three kinds of silver bills were used to circulate instead of tokens, and they could be exchanged in all Yangping Money Houses.

Soon, silver notes became a very convenient currency in circulation, with good paper quality and easy to preserve. However, in this way, the Southeast Money Bank did not launch silver notes, and the loan market share shrank a lot. Zhou Ping led the bank to launch a batch of silver notes, but in less than half a month, fake silver notes rose everywhere. Some of them were fake and real, which made the shopkeepers of the Southeast Money Bank unable to identify them, and suffered heavy losses. The Southeast Business Association urgently stopped silver notes, and then hoped that Su Qian could provide paper for silver notes. Su Qian naturally would not give up huge investment in vain and spent more than three years of research. However, for the sake of harmony between the two parties, he agreed to provide paper, but proposed a commission of income, but did not expect it to be rejected by the Southeast Business Association. Su Qian certainly would not allow the Southeast Business Association to make a fortune and naturally did not agree.

The consequences of this matter are very serious. Except for Northwest Road, the other places have many industries in each other's territory, and the Southeast Money House began to set up money houses in the northern area controlled by Yangping Money House. Due to the different business philosophy of the two parties, the Southeast Money House gave interest on deposits, which led to residents in the north withdrawing Yangping Money House and transferring them to the Southeast Money House.

This was quite cruel, resulting in the broken chain of funds in some areas of Yangping Money House. Both sides were in a dilemma, but neither side was willing to give in. Although Zhou An and Mr. Su had been negotiating, the young people on both sides were tit-for-tat.

Zhou Ping's reason is that Yangping Money Bank unilaterally banknotes, which has affected the Southeast Money Bank. Now the owners of the Southeast are already paid by silver bills, and silver bills have begun to be popularized and circulated in the Southeast. This is something that Southeast Money Bank cannot bear. According to the agreement between the two parties, Yangping Money Bank has violated the peace agreement signed by the two companies. Because Yangping Money Bank uses low reserves to banknotes, it has actually shrunk its normal currency and is robbing wealth.

Su Qian's reason is that although the silver notes are circulated in the southeast, there is no exchange point in the southeast. As for the reserve, he strictly follows business growth. It is a 10% higher than the deposit at the end of the year, and when the deposit decreases, he uses hard currency to recycle the cash notes.

The result of the fierce battle between the two sides was a situation of double defeat. The money houses often fluctuated funds through deposit and loan support, causing different production costs in various regions, and prices were sometimes high and sometimes low. The biggest impact was the four states in the north and south of the Huaihe River. Due to vicious competition among the Southeast Money House, Yangping Money House barely maintained. The shareholders of the Southeast Money House rejected Zhou Ping's proposal to mobilize Southeast funds, and due to the interest-bearing loans, the four states faced a situation where they had no money to borrow. Half of the construction of many projects were forced to stop work. Some old debts in some industries had not been recovered, and they had no money to pay wages, and were in a semi-stop state.

No one is sure how long the storm will last. Not only the merchants, but even the people of the four states began to have distrust of money banks. In the end, the merchants of the four states united and asked the two banks to make loans, otherwise the loans that still existed would not be recognized as default.

But the shareholders of both banks were worried about the situation and thought it was a bottomless pit, and they did not agree to mobilize funds from other states to enter the four states. As a result, the merchants of the four states were angry. Why did they want to be scapegoats when the two countries were fighting? So they sued the two banks to the Ministry of Revenue.

The Ministry of Revenue ruled that Yangping Money House did not pass the court's permission, did not report the total amount of bank notes and reserves, which violated Ouyang's Commercial Law and issued a huge fine to Yangping Money House in accordance with the provisions of the Commercial Law. However, the Southeast Money House violated the contract with Yangping Money House and expanded northward without the consent of Yangping Money House, violated the contract law in the Commercial Law, compensated Yangping Money House for all losses and fined.

After Ouyang Ming made this matter, he did not see anyone on both sides and wrote to Mr. Su and Zhou An: "Business law is a rule, and making money is a game. If the rules are violated, the game is actually not fun. I have invited the business representatives of the four states, asking them to have a meeting in Yangping on the 20th of this month. I will not participate, and the specific negotiation will be completed between you." I added a sentence to Yangping Money Bank. As a shareholder of Yangping Money Bank, I expressed disappointment for Su Qian's attempt to take the lead and violate the business law. I added a sentence to the Southeast Business Association: I expressed disappointment for the Southeast Business Association's appointment of Zhou Ping as the shopkeeper of the money shop."

Everyone regards the Commercial Law as a bullshit. Su Qian didn't know how to do it himself, and he was very concerned about the court's silver bills before, but he never thought that if there were no provisions of the Commercial Law, the court's satisfactory reserve would inevitably lead to robbery of wealth, and the court would interfere sooner or later. Zhou Ping believed that Yangping Money House had a mistake first, and he could violate the Commercial Law, which was even worse.

A punched B and B also hit A. It seemed fair to primary school students. But the teacher would say that it was wrong to do it, regardless of the order. Zhou Ping could completely sue Su Qian to the Ministry of Revenue, but she bypassed the government and the law and retaliated privately. There are many realistic examples. If someone is beaten, he will not alarm the police, but will gather his brothers to beat him back. If you don’t let me have a good life, I won’t let you have a good life...

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After Ouyang rested for a day, he handed over the imperial edict outside the palace. The ninth father-in-law brought a message and specially agreed to Ouyang Chao's meeting tomorrow.

The dynasty meeting has been strictly regulated since the Tang Dynasty, and the prototype was formed in the Spring and Autumn Period. The meeting time was around 5:00 to 7:00 in the morning. The emperors of the fallen country in the Ming Dynasty were relatively good. Ministers had to prepare for midnight, and they had to reach it. After the court was in court, they arrived at their own department to work. If the weather was not good, they could be exempted from court. According to the dynasty, they were also their respective court time and holiday time. Zhao Yu had no important matters on the side of the country, which was once every three days, and officials had holidays every tenth, twenty, and thirty.

Officials of the first and second rank can ride sedan chairs and horses, while other officials can only walk. Generally speaking, officials in Beijing above the fourth rank must attend, and sometimes they will be notified of the fifth rank depending on the situation. However, the palace of the Song Dynasty was the smallest in history and could not accommodate many people. It is generally the fourth rank.

Ouyang still had to wait for Xuan outside the hall. There was no way, the official was too young. It took about an hour before the eunuch Xuan Ouyang entered the hall.

Ouyang didn't know that at this time, there was a fierce debate in the hall. The focus of the debate was whether it was worth paying the price he had paid for a lonely Yuzhou.

Ouyang came in and listened at the end, and there was still arguing inside.

An official said: "If the army does not fight, it will be lazy. If the army is trained in Yuzhou, it is the main thing to do. In addition, Yuzhou has been settled. Our Song Dynasty and Persia have had a good relationship. Yuzhou will definitely become the gateway to the Silk Road. This achievement can be revealed."

An official: "I'm afraid I don't know how much the price this lord has paid? In order to ensure logistics, the Xiang army was recruited and transferred nearly 400,000 yuan, and the treasury spent all the income that year. It was exhausted, sunburned, thirsty, and lost and lost. This is not counting. According to Lord Ouyang's table, in the first two years, at least three military supplies were required to be provided to Yuzhou every year. The supply will be replenished every two years. In the long run, it will be difficult for the people to live in poverty."

"Nonsense, under the rule of Your Majesty, my Song Dynasty has brought peace to the world. Where can the people live in poverty?"

"Stop" Zhao Yu stopped both sides and said, "Ouyang is here, let the person involved talk."

'Brush' countless eyes fell on Ouyang, who was bowing his head.

Before Ouyang left, he walked forward a few more steps and said, "When you say that, the right and wrong of this matter must start with the matter. I believe that this battle is an inevitable conflict, not accidental."

Zhao Yu said: "Speak."

"The Crusaders are the alliance of the countries in the west. When they come to the east, they are plundering and occupying land and wealth. The goods of the first merchants were obviously in their eyes. The misunderstanding has already reported that this was a conflict caused by a small country called Venice who was greedy for the goods brought by our Song Dynasty caravan. Just imagine, Your Majesty wisely opened the Silk Road, first for the sake of friendship between the East and the East, second for commercial exchanges, third for the coming of all nations. But if innocent merchants were plundered, our Song army naturally had to save them. If others wanted to rob and my imperial guards wanted to rescue them, they would inevitably become a disaster. If we were to avoid them at the beginning, we would definitely lose the caravan and three thousand imperial guards loyal to the Song Dynasty at most. But the Silk Road was blocked and the country's system was greatly damaged. How could we establish a foothold in the vassal state without power?"

"Master Ou, I think you have misunderstood." An official said: "We did not accuse the Northwest military road of inappropriateness. But after the crusaders expelled the crusaders, they established a county magistrate in Yuzhou. Is it worth it? In this way, it is lonely overseas. Even if someone attacks in the future, I am afraid that the Song Dynasty will be out of reach. As the crusaders said, the Silk Road is blocked, mainly because of the crusaders. Why did the crusaders mobilize troops to establish prefectures and counties after the crusaders were expelled? Does Master Ou think that the taxes in Yuzhou can be paid to the national treasury?"

Ouyang replied: "Yuzhou was established, and if people's livelihood was stable, it would benefit the Song Dynasty. Yuzhou not only had local specialties, but also collected specialties from Dashi and other places. The most important thing was the production process. Weichen has shown that the quality of Dashi swords and swords is already at the level of Xixia swords, but the labor-hour materials are greatly reduced. If we can learn this technology, our Song Dynasty iron-forging technique will definitely go further in the future. In addition, Yuzhou can also become a place for Chinese culture and actively assimilate the locals. The saints are widely circulated and the broad mind of the Song Dynasty is promoted."

Ouyang's dialect turned around and said, "I feel ashamed of many people who have died. I have already taken Wang Wenqing as my teacher and will live in Guangde Palace for a month to practice. I will also set up a soul-summoning monument in Guangde Palace, engraved the names of the soldiers who died, hoping that they can return to their hometown. I will donate another million yuan to the orphans of the soldiers who died."

After Ouyang said these words, the ministers no longer had any objections. The deceased is the greatest, and Ouyang is willing to prepare these things, which is also a kind of compensation. Strictly speaking, Ouyang did not do anything wrong, but he did things right. Who knows the benefits of establishing Yuzhou, but there are always some people who are unwilling to give up, or think that they can do better than Ouyang. Taking a step back, as long as Ouyang no longer makes contributions to this matter, they are satisfied. Of course, it does not include the idea that some old scholars are tolerant of everything first and for the most important.

The word "君" has been said for many years. Marriage is a policy of the Central Plains to the outside world. Zhaojun's out-of-bounds is called a beautiful talk, but they did not know that this woman took away many craftsmanship and technology. Although she was alive and had no war, she strengthened the enemy of the Central Plains, resulting in the subsequent history of repeated looting.

Leave good things for yourself, and let them take the garbage. Strengthening your neighbors is the weak yourself.

This matter was determined like this, but it was not over. Some ministers said, "I have the foundation to report."

"Say" Zhao Yu looked at it and was Wang Fu, the chief censor.

"I heard that a merchant from the southeast used the Hangzhou fleet to board Japan and used various means to win over the Japanese princes. Then he drove the Japanese people to dig silver deposits, and then the silver returned to the Song Dynasty."

Zhao Yu nodded: "I have heard of this, but my family talked about why it is." She didn't think there was anything wrong with it, and one is willing to beat the other is willing to be beaten.

Wang Fu said: "As far as I know, the Hangzhou fleet helped the Japanese princes attack the hostile princes without permission from the court. If this matter does not count, I also know that the silver returned from Japan to the market will be paid less than 20 taxes. Some merchants did not pay taxes at all, and instead exchanged them for copper coins or silver notes in the money house. The money house also used silver as reserve to put silver notes."

"It is naturally wrong for merchants not to pay taxes." Zhao Yu was a little confused: "But what does it have to do with the money house?"

The Minister of Revenue made his debut: "If you go back to your Majesty, this silver will become a silver note, and it will become a circulating market in disguise, resulting in an increase in the currency circulating in the world. Originally, the national treasury had 100 guan, but now it can only buy 80 guan. Even though the court drew some taxes, the silver circulation was definitely over 20 guan. In the first half of the year, the national treasury suffered a disguise loss of 10 million guan due to the inflow of silver. This made the minister even more worried. Now copper coins are used less, and the people mostly use silver and silver notes as the main transactions. However, our treasury still collected the national treasury. The salary given to officials is also copper coins."

Zhao Yu was a little dizzy, not so complicated. So he looked at Ouyang: "Ouyang, what do you think?"

"I have already had a solution for this matter. First, the silver flowing out to the Song Dynasty must be paid 20% of the silver into the warehouse. If the merchant is willing to exchange all the silver into copper coins, he can only pay 15% of the taxes and profits. Silver can be circulated, but it must be the exchange standard set by the court. For example, now one tael of silver is exchanged for 200 cents of money. Your Majesty must feel that there is too much silver, so it can be stipulated that one tael of silver is exchanged for 100 cents of money. Your Majesty can completely use silver and gold to control the prices in the Song Dynasty. My Majesty feels that those merchants transported to the White Bank will be profitable to the Song Dynasty."

"It is feasible, and the Ministry of Revenue will do it carefully. But do not float too much." Zhao Yu said: "The Ministry of War informed the Hangzhou fleet and intercepted the ships that had not paid the tax. All silver was filled with the warehouse and the ships were sunk. The victim asked for the crime."

Minister of War: "If you want to go back to your Majesty, although the Hangzhou fleet has 130 warships, the sea is vast. If you want to effectively intercept it, it will inevitably increase to 170. But at present, half of the fleet has no suitable chief officer."

"Simple." Zhao Yu said: "Let the Hangzhou fleet send people to Royal University for training. Other generals and officers above the seventh rank of the military route can enroll."

Royal University was completed in Tokyo. The main aspects are: the first is the training of imperial examination officials, the second is the training of military generals, and there are special factions in miscellaneous subjects such as Mingsuan. It can be said that Royal University is a relatively high-end university, mainly providing service elites to the country. Yangping University's calligraphy, painting, economy, trade, industry, commerce, and medical sciences are all about cultivating mid-range practical technical talents.

This court meeting was attended by Ouyang, so there were naturally more commercial problems. The Huainan West Road patrol envoy started again: "Shuzhou and other four states have not been resolved so far, and the triangle debt has arisen, and many owners have closed down and many local materials are supplied by external routes, resulting in inflated prices." After the monopoly was enclosed, the shortage of items was caused.

Zhao Yu looked at Ouyang and Ouyang smiled bitterly, and looked for himself. He said helplessly: "If you go back to Your Majesty, because the journey is relatively long, the triangle debt is cleared every two months according to the usual practice. When the capital turnover is not effective, you usually first borrow money from the money house and then make up for the account by the owed party. However, because Yangping and the Southeast Money House argued with each other, all the money houses in the four states were closed under heavy punishment. The owners' capital turnover was not effective. We have coordinated with several parties and negotiated to resolve the matter in Yangping on the 20th of this month. If this matter is not effective, we will naturally be responsible for the aftermath of the matter."

Zhao Yu asked: "You just said you would like to practice cultivation for one month, how can you go to Yangping to negotiate?"

"Back to your Majesty, this is for them to negotiate on their own. After all, it was their own mistake, so they naturally bear it themselves."

"It makes sense." Zhao Yu asked: "Is there any book to report?"

Minister of Rites: "I have my foundation. The Jin Kingdom sent envoys to cede the land of the four states to the Song Dynasty as a fleet port. The condition was that the Song side gave it a firearm worth three million yuan."
Chapter completed!