I have a backstage in Datang

Wealthy households are never willing to suffer.

There are benefits in exchanging money.

The old man understood the words, and his face gradually became thoughtful, but he was obviously still confused, and couldn't help muttering to himself: "Could it be because the new money is cast well?"

The yamen servant laughed, and said: "It must be excellent. Didn't I tell you at the beginning? The new coin minted this time is a joint agreement between the Tang royal family and Lord Youyun. The materials are sufficient, solid and heavy. , any newly minted copper coin will weigh heavily on your hand."

He paused for a while while talking, and deliberately put on a mysterious posture. He poked his head in front of the old man, as if to tell a little secret, and said: "The copper used for the newly minted money this time is said to be as good as the old money. More than double."

The old man suddenly realized, and blurted out: "So even if it's just a calculation of copper materials, the rich households will not lose money if we exchange two for one..."

The yamen servant nodded slowly, and said in a low voice: "But you just need to know about it, don't say that I gave you a reminder, otherwise the wealthy households will definitely be angry with me, and blame me for ruining their plan to make a fortune."

"A plan to get rich?"

The Hanjia Villagers present were obviously startled again.

The eyes of the three old men seemed cloudy and confused, but they had the shrewdness of ordinary people in their bones, and they hurriedly asked: "Even if the copper of the new money can be equal to two, but after the rich households exchange money with us, it can only be regarded as a tie. Why would you say, little brother, that this is their plan to make a fortune."

"Hahahaha!"

The yamen servant suddenly laughed again.

I have to say that this yamen servant has a really good disposition. He was born in a poor family, so after he became a yamen servant, he did not go after the stinky feet of the rich. Instead, he still explained impatiently, trying to make every commoner suffer.

I saw him put his head close to the old man again, and said in a low voice: "Old man, let me tell you the secret... You must not understand the profound truth, but you just need to remember one thing, that is, This copper coin is the first minted coin."

uh-huh?

First minted money?

What does it mean?

The three old men looked puzzled, and the people of the Han family village around them also looked confused. They are just a group of poor people, and they can't find any knowledge about the first minted money after searching all their knowledge.

Fortunately, the yamen servant was kind-hearted, and obviously wanted to tell everything, and said softly: "The so-called initial minted money has a different meaning from ordinary minted money. Because it is not only made of solid materials, but also symbolizes a new type of money. When this kind of new money has been circulated for many years, it will be accepted by the whole world, and at that time, many people want to collect the original first coin..."

The yamen servant paused while talking, and then said: "Maybe ordinary people don't care about this, but the richer and richer they are, the more they pay attention to it. It is said that this kind of hobby is called appreciation of antiques, and if they collect some antiques at home, it can reflect their family's identity." Nobility."

The old man was stunned for a moment, then asked in a daze: "That is to say, the first coin will become an ancient relic?"

The yamen servant chuckled and said, "I'm talking about the future, at least 50 years later. As for the present, the first minted money is definitely not an ancient relic."

The old man hurriedly asked, and said with a puzzled face: "Since it is not considered an ancient relic now, why do those wealthy households still want it?"

The yamen servant looked helpless, and could only explain again: "Think about it, and treat this initial coin as a commodity that will definitely increase in price. It only needs to be stored for 50 years, and its value can be increased by dozens of dollars." Flip. For those rich and powerful families, there must be no pressure at all for their family inheritance for 50 years. In this case, why not keep some initial minted money? Put it in the warehouse as a family heirloom, and pass it on to the younger generation. It will be dozens of times the income ah……"

The old man finally understood.

The surrounding Hanjia Villagers finally understood.

But at this moment, the yamen servant still seemed to have more thoughts, and suddenly seemed to hesitate, gritted his teeth suddenly and made up his mind, and said in a low voice: "There is another secret, which I shouldn't tell you, but after all, I was born in poverty, and I really don't want to I have the heart to watch us ordinary people suffer, so let me go all out and tell this secret..."

Everyone in the Han Family Village hastily held their breath.

There were obviously no outsiders at the entrance of the village, but the yamen servant still couldn't help but look around, his behavior was very cautious, and he carefully revealed the secret: "According to the rules of the court, people should not be fooled when the war is called, so the emperor's imperial decree will be conveyed to the world. , to explain everything clearly to the people. However, the officials in the county government have selfishness after all, and once people have selfishness, they will find ways to take advantage of loopholes..."

He paused while talking, and then said in a lower voice: "The things written in His Majesty's imperial decree, they certainly dare not hide them from telling the people, but they can hold back for a while. A while is enough for them to take advantage."

He paused again, finally revealed the secret, and said: "According to His Majesty's imperial decree, it is said that there is a chance for the new coin to be minted this time. It is Mr. Gu from Youzhou who wants to bless the people of the world, so here Five thousand pieces of special coins were made out of the first batch of minted coins...these five thousand pieces of special coins were added with a part of gold. Moreover, the inscriptions and land seals of the coins are also different, but a special coin is specially carved. The master plate. It is said that there is an imperceptible hidden mark on the coin."

Everyone in the Han family village listened to it like a scripture from heaven.

But soon they understand the value of this special money.

I only heard the yamen servant explain in a low voice: "The first minted money is of great significance, but in this batch of first minted money, there are hidden five thousand special coins containing gold. The most important thing is that the Gu Mister seems to have a bad taste, he didn't distribute these [-] pieces of special money separately, but distributed them together among a large amount of copper coins..."

A commoner present reacted very quickly, and blurted out immediately after hearing the words: "That is to say, is it possible for any government soldier to receive this special money?"

The yamen servant took a deep breath, and suddenly looked at the eight men who were about to be recruited, and said enviously: "So, you have a chance. Maybe after participating in the recruitment, you will be able to receive military pay. Once you get the special money, you will be rich. The rich and wealthy families in the county have already made an offer. As long as someone receives the special money, they are willing to exchange it a thousand times... What does a thousand times mean? A piece can be exchanged for a thousand pieces."

Everyone present gasped in unison.

Exchange one coin for thousands?

Isn't that consistent?

It was a man who spoke in a trembling voice, and said in an obviously excited tone: "If we are lucky enough to receive hundreds of special coins at once, if that is the case, if that is the case..."

The yamen servant laughed loudly and said, "If that's the case, you will make a fortune."

Although he laughed loudly, he didn't intend to make fun of it. On the contrary, he said sincerely: "Although this idea is a bit outrageous, it is actually possible for it to happen. The reason is very simple. No one knows that Mr. Gu will put the special How to put the money out. Maybe one by one is sandwiched among a large number of copper coins, maybe five thousand coins are sandwiched in a batch of copper coins at the same time. So, it is really possible for you to get hundreds of coins at once Special money..."

All the people in the Han Family Village suddenly turned their heads together, looking at the eight men who were about to apply for the recruitment with fiery eyes.

At the same time, the yamen servant said with emotion: "I heard those officials talking in the yamen, and they specifically said that this is the fun of Mr. Gu. His move is not only blessing and giving generously to the people, but also satisfying He wants people to try hard to find the fun of the opportunity... Or, there is a deeper meaning, but that Mr. Gu is too profound, and his intentions are really hard to see, even the officials in the yamen, they don't know. You can only analyze these two points."

After saying all this, the yamen servant seemed to feel that he had no conscience at all. Suddenly he waved his arm and said loudly to everyone in the Han Family Village: "Okay, I'll just say so much. According to the regulations in the yamen, I will The errand has already informed you of the settlement expenses of the government soldiers. But about the secrets of the first minted money, and even the existence of special money, I have never said these things at all, and you have never heard of them, right?"

People in Hanjia Village are not stupid, everyone nodded gratefully.

Chapter 362 [Youzhou has a court hall, coins and new words]

The new minting of coins really set off a trend.

And with the start of this wave of money casting, the war recruitment in the entire Tang Dynasty has also become smooth.

……

In the north of the Tang Dynasty, the Youyun Zhuzhou.

At this time, in the city, behind the Youzhou government affairs hall, behind the backyard, there is a large hall.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Suddenly he heard a hearty laugh, with Li Shimin's unique excited tone.

The majestic Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, at this moment, did not have a calm posture at all, but danced a little, excited like a cheap child.

On the opposite side of the emperor, Gu Tianya was sitting cross-legged. His face was deliberately contemptuous, as if he was very contemptuous of the emperor's superficiality. Emperor, look at his excited posture, there is no majesty of an emperor at all..."

Although his tone was 'bitter and mean', everyone knew it was a family joke, the more he spoke in such a tone, the more innocent he seemed.

Sure enough, Li Shimin was not angry, but the emperor immediately launched a counterattack, glaring his eyes and said: "You want to take care of it? There are so many things. I'm excited, what can you do? If you don't accept it, let's go out and practice?"

This set again?

Just go out and practice...

This is clearly bullying people by force.

Gu Tianya let out a resentment, muttered in a low voice with an angry expression, "shameless."

Li Shimin didn't care.

At this time, I only heard someone beside me giggling, but seeing that Li Jiancheng was also sitting cross-legged, he said kindly: "You two guys, it seems that you can't enjoy yourself without arguing every day. One is the Emperor of Tang Dynasty, and the other is You Lord Yun, if outsiders see this kid's debating appearance, you two will not be the only ones who will be ashamed."

The elder brother taught him a lesson, Li Shimin and Gu Tianya quickly restrained themselves.

At this time, there was another person in the hall, and it was Zhao Ning who was holding the baby tiger. As the only woman in the house, she had to smooth things over in such an occasion, so she quickly said, "Second brother is mainly because he is too happy, so he is so happy. He seemed a little excited. Although it is not in line with the majesty of the emperor, after all, the only ones who can see this scene are the family members..."

Zhao Ning paused for a moment, then started talking about Gu Tianya again, saying: "As for my family Tianya, he naturally has good intentions. The court will start soon, and he has the responsibility to remind the second brother to be calm. Otherwise, the second brother just now His excited posture is seen by the ministers, and it will indeed give people a feeling of imperial prestige."

Li Jiancheng took the opportunity to laugh again, nodded warmly and said: "The third sister is right, you two listen carefully."

Gu Tianya let out a hey, and stopped talking when he saw it was good.

Li Shimin, on the other hand, was a little resentful, and couldn't help explaining: "I was so excited just now, but it can better reflect the joy of the emperor. As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I have the responsibility to benefit the people, so I heard it again and again. After the two good news, I couldn't restrain the joy in my heart and danced."

Everyone in the hall knew that he was a dead duck with a stubborn mouth.

But after all, he wanted to give the emperor some face, so they all said: "Yes, yes, Erlang is right."

Li Shimin's face twitched, and his family's tone was clearly perfunctory.

It's just that the emperor wasn't angry, instead he showed the excited and unbearable posture just now, suddenly he walked up to Gu Tianya, his face was almost close to Gu Tianya's, his eyes were straight and he said: "Stinky boy, you Don’t you feel excited at all? In the past few days, birds have been sent from all over the country to report the progress of the army’s enlistment and assembly. There are [-] Zhechong mansions in the entire Tang Dynasty, and almost every Zhechong mansion has been recruited..."

The emperor paused while speaking, and then said: "It's only half a month, but the entire Central Plains has already completed the recruitment, and the next step is to move the troops from all over the country to go north. It became an army of 30. And it was accompanied by civilian husbands, which is also a huge team of 30."

He paused again while talking, and then continued: "A total of 60 people, what a huge scale? However, it took only half a month from recruitment to gathering. This kind of recruitment speed is the fastest in history. Brat, don't you Not excited, don't you feel proud at all?"

"Why am I so proud?"

Gu Tianya rolled his eyelids, hummed and said, "You are the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and I am just Lord Youyun. Even if the speed of recruiting government soldiers is the fastest in ancient and modern times, this honor will not be withheld at all. On my head. If there are records in the history books of later generations, all the praises will be you, the emperor. At that time, the historians will write a sentence of Great Tang Mingjun, and your reputation will be spread for thousands of years. And me? Why should I be excited ?”

Li Shimin looked sullen.

He also knew that what Gu Tianya said was reasonable.

But the emperor did not admit defeat at all, and immediately raised another matter, saying: "Then what about the promotion of the newly minted currency? You should feel proud of this matter. Looking at the past dynasties, the implementation of the new currency has been extremely difficult. Not only are there aristocratic and wealthy families secretly holding back, but there is also resistance from the common people. However, our new coins are completely different, and now there has been a frenzy everywhere..."

The emperor paused at this point, and his tone obviously became unbelievable, and then said: "Who will believe it, who will believe it. It is clear that the new coin has not yet started to be minted and released, you just released news about it However, regardless of whether the wealthy family or the people of the world, they are already gearing up and preparing to rob."

This time, Gu Tianya did not sneer at Li Shimin.

Instead, he sighed softly and said with emotion: "Yes, they are already preparing to rob."

Li Shimin immediately added another sentence, saying: "This is the people's heart."

As he spoke, he looked at Gu Tianya, and said again: "In just half a month, people's hearts are surging. Isn't this exciting enough for you? Isn't this enough to make you proud? You haven't even started minting coins yet, but the world The people have been looking forward to it, if this is compared with the royal families of all dynasties, I am afraid that all the royal families in the past and present will say a word of admiration to you..."

The emperor paused while speaking, then suddenly pointed to himself, and said again: "Even I, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, actually wanted to say a word of admiration in my heart. Our royal family of the Li family also forged new ones after the founding of the country. However, it has been implemented for ten years and still failed to achieve what it wanted. Compared with yours, this move is simply a world of difference.”

Li Shimin's words were obviously from the heart, and there was sincerity in his tone.

It's a pity that Gu Tianya sighed again.

Just when the emperor was slightly puzzled, Gu Tianya slowly stood up from the cushion, he looked outside the main hall door with his hands behind his back, looked at the dawn that was about to dawn, and said softly: "Second brother, do you know, in fact, what the common people want Not many. The reason why I promoted coinage so smoothly this time is only because of two words. And it is precisely because of these simple two words that all the people in the world readily accept it."

He paused while speaking, then spoke again softly, and said slowly: "These two words are sincerity."

uh-huh?

sincerity!

Li Shimin was obviously taken aback, and then his face was thoughtful.

But listening to the emperor's thoughtful words, he also said softly: "Yes, sincerity. When our Li family minted coins before, we used the method of shorting the catty and short for the sake of profit. This method of minting money and stealing copper seems to be a In order to be cheap, in fact, it is to lose the hearts of the people for petty profits. As you said not long ago, the people all over the world have a steelyard in their hearts. Our coins are short of catty and short of taels, so the people resist using them. Your coins are used It is full of copper, so the people are ready to snap up it."

The emperor looked out of the door as he spoke, his tone revealing a hint of deep thought, and he said: "Even the rich and powerful families are showing enthusiasm. Could it be because of sincerity that even the aristocratic family whose interests are paramount can be moved... "

Gu Tianya chuckled, shook his head and said: "Second brother, you are wrong, how can the aristocratic family impress you with sincerity? For them, profit is the first priority. If there is no profit to make, who cares about your thoughts?" Sincere or not? The reason why they are enthusiastic is nothing more than seeing that the new currency is profitable."

Li Shimin was slightly taken aback, then nodded solemnly, and said: "You are right, they are indeed not moved by sincerity. They still value profit, and it is your money that can make them breed greed."

The emperor stretched out his hand as he spoke, patted Gu Tianya's shoulder lightly, and said with admiration: "Stinky boy, I have to say that you really belonged to me. It's obviously just a coin, but you made an unprecedented For example, you must have secretly sent people to spread the rumor that the initial minted money can increase in value, otherwise it would be impossible to form a trend so quickly and make everyone's heart flutter in just half a month."

"There is also the five thousand pieces of special money. This hand can be said to be a stroke of genius. Everyone knows that even if gold is added to this special money, it will not add too much, but after you have done a lot... um... …Using your words, it should be called hype. After your hype, almost everyone is bewitched. This so-called special money only contains a little gold, but the value of the minted money has been hyped up by you. The key is that everyone is looking forward to it, and the richer the family, the more they want it."

"Brat, second brother, I'll take your hand."

Li Shimin's face was full of admiration.

But Gu Tianya shook his head slowly, and refuted him again: "Second brother, you are wrong again. The meaning of this special money is not just containing gold. If you can focus on the commemorative meaning, maybe you can understand why everyone Will be dying to have it."

He paused for a while, and then said: "I deliberately announced to the outside world, and even exaggerated it with great fanfare. The format of this special coin is different, and there are hidden features that are difficult to detect in its coins. People's hearts are very strange, always They like chasing weird things. The weirder they are, the more valuable they feel, and my special money just satisfies their desire, so it doesn’t seem strange that the value can be speculated.”

Li Shimin nodded thoughtfully, and said: "Whether it's hype or not, you have succeeded in this move. Now the whole world is looking forward to your new money. And those aristocratic families who don't see benefits and don't make moves are even more so." It seems eager to get started."

The emperor paused while speaking, and then subconsciously said: "I can even say that their desire for new money has already become a little bewildered."

Gu Tianya suddenly smiled, and said with deep meaning: "Second brother, believe it or not, they are not dazed enough now. After I release the rest of my preparations, then these people will really be dazed..."

He paused as he spoke, looked outside the door and said: "For example, there is a kind of coin called mother money. Another example, in addition to casting copper coins, you can also cast silver coins. If the silver coins are not enough to make them crazy, I can also make my sister Minting gold coins. The exquisiteness of gold and silver coins is a killer weapon for this era... No one can resist, no one will not be greedy."

Li Shimin's heart was pounding when he heard this, and he couldn't help but blurted out: "You are still prepared. This is determined to let the casting money bind the whole world. Tell me quickly, what is the way to do it."

It's a pity that Gu Tianya laughed, and suddenly pointed to the door of the main hall, saying: "Second brother, we are going to go to court."

……

The sky is gradually getting brighter, as usual, it should be morning.

Some of the ministers who came to court could already see their figures.

This is a hall that was built only last year. It is currently considered the most magnificent building in the entire Youzhou City. In fact, it is the most magnificent, mainly because of the reference object. Because the development time of Youzhou City is too short, there is still nothing Handy building...,

So after the main hall was built, there was a sense of grandeur that stood out from the crowd immediately.To put it in a more popular way, this is the selection of generals among the cripples.

But in fact, this hall is really not grand.At most, it only occupies a large space, which can accommodate hundreds of people at the same time.

That's right, get together.

This is a meeting hall.