Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 60
Xue Juzheng was obviously stunned when he slapped the hat of eternal sinner.

Am I, the Third Chief of Staff, so important?
Immediately, he couldn't help but smile. He felt that what the King of Qin said was really... too exaggerated.

This kind of big talk comes out of the mouth, which is quite in line with the appearance of a young and successful nobleman.

He smiled and saluted Zhao Guangmei again, leaving only one sentence, "I must ask His Highness for more advice when I have the opportunity," and then left to go home.

But when I went home and went to bed at night, I had some insomnia again. Zhao Guangmei's last few words kept lingering in my mind over and over again, which really disturbed my originally calm little mind.

"Let's talk about it then. God is nagging. If he is really so awesome, he feels a bit like a monster."

Zhao Guangmei didn't take Xue Juzheng too seriously. After all, although he was considered one of the famous prime ministers in the Song Dynasty, the prime ministers in the early Song Dynasty did not have much power. When he really showed his power, it would be after Zhao Pu resigned. It's a matter of time.

Although the direct reason for Zhao Pu's dismissal as prime minister in the original history was corruption, in fact, in his opinion, the real root cause was clearly because he was at odds with Zhao Guangyi. In the late Taizu Dynasty, the actual power of Zhao Guangyi, the deputy emperor, had seriously conflicted with Zhao Pu's. There was a conflict, so how could Zhao Guangmei let Zhao Pu go?If he can't even protect Zhao Pu, then he has nothing to lose.

The other prime ministers in the early Song Dynasty did not really have much power at least when Zhao Pu was there, and they could not help him much in his fight for the throne. He and Xue Juzheng were not familiar with each other. It's just a pole. At this time, Xue Juzheng is not worthy of his special attention.

But since the eldest brother refuses to listen to the advice and insists on expelling the currency of the Southern Tang Dynasty, we must ride on this free ride. If the best leek seedlings are not harvested, others will have to harvest them.

So under Zhao Guangmei's orders, the eager preparations to support the Japanese army in building a pergola to start business were completely stopped, and instead Yang Ye and Pan Mei were responsible for finding suitable teachers, opera actors, storytellers, etc. There were no ready-made To find the right talents, find some talented people for training, or polish the script.

During the day, I was too excited to watch the show about the decisive battle in Youzhou. I did a good job, but one of the extras was beaten to death. The software is not in place, so it’s okay to rush to spread the hardware on such a large scale. Too necessary.

Sun Liancheng and his shogunate withdrew completely, put the matter aside completely, and began to work hard to raise money.

They are all the most successful businessmen in Kaifeng City. Under Zhao Guangmei's instructions, they try to sell their family's survival and property, and try to sell what can be sold, and what cannot be sold, try to mortgage it and borrow money, because the move is too big and the funds needed There was so much money that the money was so confused that it even sent the Zhaoyi Army and Tianxiong Army to the underground banks in Kaifeng.

The frontier troops in the early Song Dynasty were all businessmen, and they were so bold that they dared to touch any business, including smuggling, human trafficking, and loan sharking. There was nothing they dared not touch, and they never paid taxes. They were much more arrogant than the Forbidden Army. , Zhao Kuangyin also turned a blind eye to them. After all, most of the money ended up being turned into "heavy rewards" given to warriors during the war. If rounded up, it can be regarded as military expenses. That was allowed by the court by default.

Zhao Guangmei thought for a while, and simply sent someone to take his personal letter, as well as the property, real estate, and inventory certificates of his staff, and went directly to Taiyuan to borrow money from Li Jun.

Is he familiar with Li Jun? Moreover, Li Jun has just swallowed up the Northern Han Dynasty. He has all the taxes in Taiyuan, so he must have plenty of money. Zhao Guangmei made a condition, borrowing 100 million yuan for half a year, and then paying him back 120 yuan. Ten thousand.

Li Jun was indeed loyal enough and sent his son Li Shoujie directly. He went to Zhao Guangmei and said, "The situation in Taiyuan is tense now. After the fall of the Northern Han Dynasty, Khitan dog thieves came to harass them almost every day. There is a spy report saying that Yelu Longxu is preparing to attack." This year we will raise 20 troops to attack. Although my father has 100 million, he really doesn’t dare to spend all of it at once. He ordered me to bring 50 for you to use first, and no interest will be charged. As for the mortgage, even more No need, considering your face, His Highness the King of Qin, why is it not worth a mere few hundred thousand dollars?"

There is a feeling of borrowing a hundred and giving you fifty.But Zhao Guangmei can understand it. After all, the situation in the northwest is really tense now. The Northern Han Dynasty was all confused. If he were a Khitan, he would not be able to swallow this breath. Although Yelvjing has been a bit old and confused in recent years, which caused the Liao Kingdom The political situation was unstable, but if Yelv Xiezhen alone could not use the power of the whole country of Liao, the pressure on Li Jun would definitely be considerable.

"Prince Jin is really loyal. Since he is very particular about his work, I can't let things go wrong. If you don't want the interest, I will consider it as your shareholding. If you lose it, it will be mine. I will take [-]% of the profit."

Then he immediately arranged for someone to go to Fu Yanqing with the property deed and borrowed another 50 yuan with an interest of [-] yuan.

It was impossible to hide such a big move from others, and Zhao Guangmei really didn't want to hide it. Zhao Kuangyin was so angry that his nose was crooked.

Although I turned a blind eye to the border army's loan sharking, they gave it to my brother, our old Zhao family, and they even gambled that I would fail to mint coins, and they wanted to make money from me.

This is really too much!

I have a good temper, why do you guys bully me like this?
Zhao Guangmei was already mentally prepared to be beaten.

But it turned out that Zhao Kuangyin really didn't cause trouble for the three of them this time. Instead, he pretended not to know about the matter. This time he got really angry and got into trouble with Zhao Guangmei.

Aren't you betting that I can't do this, and you still want to make a profit from it?

I really don’t believe it anymore. I will do it no matter what, and I’ll pay you to death!

Soon, Zhao Guangmei's funds were prepared one after another, and the first batch of Song and Yuan Tongbao from Xue Juzheng's side had also been cast. Zhao Kuangyin then officially issued an edict that from now on, Song Tongbao would be the only designated currency of the Song Dynasty. , are distributed one after another, and the other messy currencies of the previous dynasties, as well as the coins of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the coins of the Shu Dynasty and other currencies of small southern countries are no longer allowed to be used.

The deadline is one month. Within one month, at least the common people in Kaifeng City who have these miscellaneous money must go to the designated relevant departments of the government to exchange the money. After one month, anyone who uses this miscellaneous money again will violate the king's law. In serious cases, abandon the market!
Zhao Kuangyin directly handed over the personal responsibility to his second brother Zhao Guangyi for this matter, allowing him to use all the manpower and material power of Kaifeng Prefecture and all the officials in front of the palace. Zhao Guangyi was really ruthless and directly began to mobilize the people in front of the palace. He led the government officials of Kaifeng Mansion to patrol the streets, posted notices, and personally threatened merchants of all sizes: "Why don't you change the Southern Tang money in your hand? Do you want to violate the king's law?"

For a time, at least the whole of Kaifeng could not help but feel panic. Southern Tang coins and many miscellaneous coins all fell in response.

At the same time that Zhao Guangyi started to move, Zhao Guangmei finally took action and sent people directly to the Control He Army to get a large cart of gold, silver, cloth and other items to collect money from the Southern Tang Dynasty.

The people and officials in the world were confused and couldn't help but take a breath of air. These Zhao brothers are going to fight!

(End of this chapter)