My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

Inside the Xuanzheng Hall, Emperor Minghuang of Tang, Li Longji, sat alone on a high place, while hundreds of officials lined up below came out one after another and told about the things they needed to report.

After Li Longji patiently listened to the words of the officials, he found that there was nothing unusual or bad news, so he nodded and looked at Song Jing who was standing in the front row. He found that he had been silent since the beginning of the court, so he asked:

"Prime Minister Song, do you have anything to say?"

Song Jing took a step forward, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I do have something important to report."

"Oh? What's the important matter?" Li Longji perked up and asked.

"The issue of bad money is the root of evil in our dynasty. It has affected the development of our dynasty for many years. I would like to ask the emperor to issue an edict to rectify the issue of bad money." Song Jing said.

Li Longji nodded slightly, but after thinking for a while, he said, "I also want to deal with this evil money, but I have tried countless methods before and none of them worked."

"Prime Minister Song suddenly mentioned this matter today. I wonder if there is any new solution?"

"Your Majesty, I do have a new method that can solve most of the bad money problems," Song Jing replied.

"Prime Minister Song, please speak." Li Longji sat up straight and urged.

"My actions may be a bit long to describe, so please listen to me patiently, Your Majesty." Song Jing bowed to Li Longji again, and then continued:

"My method is to first modify the process of minting coins. I will add the year to the Tongbao coins of my dynasty to indicate that the coins were minted by the government. At the same time, I will also add specific marks to verify the authenticity."

"What's the purpose of doing this?" Li Longji was a little confused. How could the crackdown on bad money be related to marked cars?

"It is for the subsequent implementation of this law. Your Majesty, please listen to me." Song Jing replied, "The second step is to adjust the exchange rate between official money and bad money."

"Before, the people were unwilling to exchange their bad money for official money because the ratio of five to one was too high. The people were unwilling to exchange, so I want to adjust it to one bad money for one official money. With such a ratio that makes a small profit and no loss, no people would be unwilling to exchange."

"Lower the exchange rate? Wouldn't that damage our national treasury?"

At this time, some officials began to refute Song Jing.

"Losing the national treasury is better than having a false profit," Song Jing and Censor Zhang glanced at the official. "Your Majesty, although the one-for-one repayment ratio will cause a loss to the national treasury, this loss is only temporary."

Song Jing continued, "Your Majesty, please note that I am talking about exchanging money, not issuing money. The so-called bad money is old money from the previous dynasty or privately minted money. The old money from the previous dynasty is also made of copper, and it can be exchanged and recast into Tongbao of our dynasty. Privately minted money is mixed with iron, which can be used to cast tools."

"But there will also be losses. Adjusting the exchange rate is easy to say, but the quantity of bad money is huge and the losses are immeasurable!" said another minister.

"In fact, the losses can be made up," Su Ke said at this time, "Our country has a vast territory, and there are many copper mines. If we develop them normally, we can make up for the loss in a few years."

"What's more, this money is exchanged for the people, not for them to put in their homes as decoration. Our dynasty can collect a lot of copper coins from taxes, trade, etc., so how can there be any loss if it is circulated like this?"

Li Longji, who was sitting at the top, nodded and said in agreement: "Prime Minister Su's words make sense. Prime Minister Song, please continue."

"After adjusting the currency exchange rate, we will start investigating the bottom level." Song Jing said, "Private minting is against the laws of our dynasty, but why are there still people who mint bad coins privately, and no one can even find out?"

After hearing this, Li Longji was thoughtful, "Could it be that Prime Minister Song meant that some local officials were protecting and condoning the private casting?"

"That's right. If there were no officials to protect them, no one would dare to do such a thing. The third step of my method is to send out imperial censors to strictly investigate the officials at the grassroots level. Then, we can follow the clues to find out the people who minted coins privately and punish them severely according to the law. At the same time, we will investigate every two years. If no one is found, it's fine. If found, they will still be severely punished."

"Moreover, this approach can not only crack down on the issue of bad money, but also investigate whether the performance of officials is genuine."

After Song Jing finished speaking, Li Longji also began to think that this method must be useful, and not just ordinary useful, but it would be a big deal. But once it is done, it will be a great merit for generations to come.

While Li Longji was thinking, the audience was already in an uproar. The ministers were divided into two factions and were arguing. The party that did not support the idea naturally thought that the matter was a bit too drastic and should not be carried out in such a big way. However, among the party that did not support the idea, there was also a small part because they were also making profits from privately minting coins and were unwilling to lose a piece of meat.

Li Longji sat on the dragon throne, and as if he had thought it over, he stretched out his hand to signal the audience to keep quiet. The ministers also fell silent and stopped arguing.

Li Longji looked at the ministers below and said, "I think this is feasible. After the court session... No, I will order the Secretariat to draft an imperial edict. The task of rectifying the bad money will be fully entrusted to Prime Minister Song and Prime Minister Su."

As soon as these words came out, the ministers who held opposing views began to persuade him, but Li Longji seemed to have made up his mind and said, "I have made up my mind. I will leave the court!"

After saying this, Li Longji stood up and left, leaving the officials alone to argue.

......

In the Chang Mansion, after Chang An's "meticulous" care throughout the day yesterday, Gu Li not only managed to stay awake for 99% of the day, but his health also improved a little.

Since she was still running a fever, she slept a little longer. But after getting up, she no longer felt dizzy and could fall asleep immediately, and she could move to the edge of the bed and sit on her own.

She took the cotton-padded jacket beside her and put it on her shoulders, then looked into the room, but she didn't see Chang An. Gu Li wanted to get out of bed and go to the window to see where Chang An went, but she thought Chang An might be angry, so she had to give up and continued to look at the door.

At this moment, Gu Li saw the door being pushed open, and it was Chang An who walked in with a basin of water. She smiled happily and shouted:

"Chang Lang!"

After hearing the sound, Chang An looked towards the bed and saw Gu Li had already gotten up and was sitting on the bed, with a cotton jacket covering him obediently.

He came to the bed with the basin, put it aside, and directly hugged his good wife, letting her sit in his arms, and then looked at his mother Gu's complexion. Her complexion seemed to be better than yesterday. When she called him Chang Lang just now, her voice was not as hoarse as yesterday, and her eyes were brighter when she looked at him.

Chang An kissed Gu Li and said, "Wake up, little lazy bug."

"I'm not a lazy bum." As usual, Gu Li arched his back twice in Chang An's arms, found a more comfortable position, and lay down comfortably.

"Okay, Gu Niang is not a lazy bug." Chang An supported Gu Li with one hand, and with the other hand he reached out to pull the basin of water next to him closer. Then he dipped some water in it, wiped the face of the person in his arms, and held her closer to the basin to make it easier for her to brush her teeth.

After Gu Li brushed her teeth, Chang An wiped her face with the towel again, then put her back on the bed, covered her legs with a quilt, and went out with the basin to change the water.

After changing the water, Chang An wiped Gu Li's face and hands again. At this time, Huaiqin and Zhen'er walked into the room at the same time and greeted, "Young Master, Sanniang."

Zhen'er and Huaiqin each held a bowl of medicine in their hands, one for fever and the other for pneumonia. The two put the medicine on the table, and Huaiqin said:

"Sir, Prime Minister Song is here."

"Mr. is here?" Chang An was a little surprised and asked, "Where is Mr. now?"

"My lord, Prime Minister Song is waiting in the pavilion outside the courtyard. He said he is here to visit me." Huaiqin replied.

Chang An wanted to go out to greet him, but then he looked at Gu Li who was sitting on the bed, thought for a moment, and said, "Then welcome the gentleman in."

"Yes." Huaiqin and Zhener left together.

After the two of them left, Song Jing came in. Chang An took a bowl of medicine and put it in Gu Li's hand, then turned around and saluted Song Jing and said, "Yonghe greets you, sir. My wife is ill and cannot leave the room. Please forgive me, sir."

"No problem, no problem," Song Jing waved his hand, sat down in front of the low table, and said, "I came here today, usually to tell you something, but more often I came to visit my disciple's wife."

As he said this, he looked at Gu Li who was sitting on the bed and nodded slightly.

"Thank you, Prime Minister, for your concern..." When Gu Li saw Song Jing looking at him, he nodded slightly in return.

"Originally, I wanted to go to the Imperial College to wait for Yonghe to finish school, and then come to see you together, but the principal of the Imperial College told me that Yonghe had asked for leave, so I came directly. Don't be offended."

"Gu Li doesn't dare." Gu Li smiled slightly, and then finished the medicine in the bowl. Chang An took the empty bowl and handed her the other bowl of medicine.

"Yonghe." Song Jing called out, and Chang An hurriedly sat next to Song Jing.

"gentlemen."

"I want to tell you a piece of good news first." Song Jing smiled and twirled his beard, saying, "Some time ago, you told me about the method of dealing with evil money, and the current one agreed."

When the word "current" was mentioned, Song Jing raised his hand and bowed towards the air on the right, and Chang An did the same.

"You agreed so quickly?" Chang An originally thought that Emperor Minghuang of Tang would need to consider this very radical method, but he did not expect that he would agree to it in just a few days.

"That's right, the current emperor is wise. Although your method is radical, the results you achieve will definitely be far better than those of the predecessors. In addition, the issue of evil money has troubled the current emperor for a long time. With such a quick and easy method, I naturally agree."

"That's good." Chang An nodded.

At this time, Song Jing stood up and walked to the bedside. Seeing that Gu Li was still holding the empty medicine bowl, he personally reached out and took the medicine bowl, which made Gu Li a little flattered. She looked at Chang An standing aside and saw that he was standing behind Song Jing, and she was also a little stunned.

"Don't be nervous," Song Jing put the bowl back on the table and said with a smile, "Not only your doctor Chang likes you as his wife, but even I like you as his disciple's wife very much."

After hearing what Song Jing said, Gu Li felt a little embarrassed.

"I know a lot of famous doctors. If you get sick in the future, send someone to Anxingfang to find me. I will send someone to find a doctor for you." Song Jing glanced at Chang An standing behind him and said, "Remember, only come to me when you are not feeling well. As for Yonghe..."

"Let him go find a doctor himself. We won't take care of him."

Gu Li was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He glanced at Chang An who was standing aside feeling somewhat embarrassed, and burst out laughing. Song Jing was also standing aside, twirling his beard and laughing.

"Forget it, since Madam Gu is ill, I won't bother you any more." Song Jing said at this time, "I have already asked someone to buy some nourishing food, which will be delivered later. I will give my disciple's wife a good nourishment tonight."

"Thank you, Prime Minister Song."

Song Jing smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Yonghe, take good care of Madam Gu, and you don't have to send me off."

"Sir, take care." Chang An said, watching Song Jing leave. When Song Jing left the room, he thoughtfully closed the door.

After Song Jing left, Chang An sat back on the bed, a little jealous, sighed, and said, "Mr. Lian loves Gu Niang so much, I am just a superfluous one..."

"How could that be?" Seeing his childish look, Gu Li pulled his hand and said, "Chang Lang is not redundant. Chang Lang is unique."

As he spoke, Gu Li leaned his head on Chang An's back.

"Chang Lang has always been the only one, how can he be redundant..."