Chapter 618 Big Misunderstanding

In the capital thousands of miles away, goose feathers and heavy snow fell, but it couldn't stop the enthusiasm in people's hearts.

The Chinese New Year is almost here, and the streets and alleys of the capital are decorated with lanterns and festoons. Everyone's face is beaming with joy.

This year is another bumper year.

In recent years, the life of Xiaomin in the capital has been getting better and better.

Whether life is good or not, Xiaomin has his own experience in his heart.

Where did the first changes come from?

It seems to start from the Shaofu Bank.

Since Shaofu Bank opened in the capital, usury has gradually withdrawn from the capital market.

Xiaomin borrows money for urgent needs, and no longer has to worry about bearing high interest.

Not to worry about being forced by usury to ruin the family and sell children and daughters.

After that, there was Xinmin County.

Everyone thought they were robbed of job opportunities by refugees, and everyone was full of resentment. I only regret not driving the refugees out of the capital.

Unexpectedly, the job opportunities did not decrease, but increased, and the wages were also higher than before.

Especially those craftsmen, first-class craftsmen, who can earn more than one tael for a month of hard work. Second-level craftsmen are even worse, and they can also get three or four.

As for the third-level craftsmen and the fourth-level craftsmen, they dare not even think about it.

In addition to craftsmen, shop assistants also have more opportunities.

Just for a few months at the end of the year, if you go to the countryside to sell goods, you can get a lot of money just by raising achievements.

Now, not only the people in the capital are better off. The rural farmers in the Gyeonggi area are also thriving.

I heard that the farmers in the village have made a lot of money by planting sweet potatoes and raising pigs and chickens this year.

Also, there is still interest on deposits in the Shaofu Bank.

Those who have spare money try to deposit the money in Shaofu Bank. After half a year, I got the interest as expected.

Today's small people in the capital are no longer happy to hide money at home.

Now everyone is willing to go to Shaofu Bank to save money.

Regardless of how much money you have, you can save ten pennies or one tael of silver.

The buddy of Shaofu Bank,

Great attitude. People who never dislike saving money have less money.

As a result, in the past few days, every Shaofu bank in the capital is crowded with people.

It's the end of the year, and after working hard for a year to save money, everyone unanimously chooses to deposit the money in the bank at this time.

Wait until the full year of next year to save money and get interest by the way.

Thinking about that day, it was really beautiful.

The commoners were happy, and Shaofu Bank, from top to bottom, was also very happy from ear to ear.

Earlier, I was still worrying about not having enough money in the treasury. Next time I have a large amount of loan, I am afraid that I will not be able to get the money out.

Now, the problem of lack of money is easily solved.

With a large amount of private funds deposited in the bank, the bank no longer has to worry about not having enough money.

Moreover, folk copper coins can also be recycled by the way, and they can be remade in the furnace.

Shaofu Tongcheng can finally catch his breath. Finally there are brass coins.

As long as the imperial court can mint a sufficient number of exquisite copper coins every year, the privately minted coins will be defeated in front of the imperial court copper coins.

Without an order from the imperial court, after a few years, privately minted coins will obediently withdraw from the market.

The eyes of ordinary people are sharp. Whether the money in your hand is good or not, you can see it with your eyes, touch it with your hand, and feel it.

No matter how good private coins are, they are not as good as genuine Wende coins minted by Shaofu Tongcheng.

However, the premise of all this is that the imperial court must have sufficient brass reserves.

Recycling folk copper coins is the first step.

The Shaofu's family order asked people to carry two baskets of ledgers, and brought the Shaofu Tongcheng into the palace to meet the saint.

Shaofu's family order can't mention Shaofu Tongcheng.

"When you meet His Majesty, you must be stable enough. It is about coin casting, the most important weapon of the country. If you are not stable enough, you will not be able to sit in this position for long."

The Tong Cheng of the Shaofu, who has just taken office for three months, is surnamed Gu Ming Zhixin. Gu Zhixin, the third master of the Pingnan Hou Mansion, Gu Jiu's third uncle.

He successively served in Beijing Camp, South Camp, Northeast Day Camp, Wucheng Bingma Division, Taipu Temple, and the Ministry of War.

Three months ago, he was quickly promoted by Emperor Wende and appointed as the Tong Cheng of the Shaofu.

Not to mention the courtiers were surprised, even he himself was shocked.

The courtiers all speculated that it must be Mrs. Zhao and His Royal Highness the First Prince working together in private to help Gu Zhixin to the position of Tong Cheng in the Shaofu.

Gu Jiu: "..."

Wrong!

She herself was taken aback when she learned of the appointment.

Worse still, no one believed her.

Even the Hou's Mansion firmly believed that Gu Zhixin's promotion to the Young Mansion's Tongcheng must be the result of Gu Jiu's secret operations.

No matter how Gu Jiu explained it, the Hou Fu recognized this point.

Gu Jiu denied it, and they only thought that Gu Jiu didn't want to say anything, since his identity was sensitive after all.

For this reason, the Hou Mansion secretly sent a valuable gift to Gu Jiu through the young lady Zhou.

Looking at the gift, Gu Jiu couldn't laugh or cry.

What's more troublesome is that Mr. Gu became very angry because of this matter.

I complained a lot in private.

"My own father didn't take care of me, so I went to take care of my uncle in the next room. I think she was eating her own food and forgetting who raised her."

"Even if they are all surnamed Gu, they should be divided into relatives and estrangements."

"The official came back and asked her to help, but she refused. She tried her best to help the uncle in the next room."

"Shaofu Tongcheng, the first-class job, she doesn't miss her own father, and even gave it to the uncle in the next room. I asked her if she really has my own father in her heart."

"I raised her for nothing, it's better to raise a waste."

"It's annoying. Now that I've stepped out, I've become the laughing stock of everyone. A girl who has worked so hard to raise her up, doesn't care about herself, and only cares about outsiders. I've lost all of my face."

"You don't need to persuade me, and you don't need to say that she has difficulties. Can she be as difficult as I am? Is my request too much? I just want to be transferred from Taichang Temple, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Officials. This official can accept it. Even with this little request, she refused to do anything to help. As a result, I have to continue to hide in Taichang Temple after my recovery."

"What kind of character is this official? I'm afraid it's in her heart. Even the kittens and puppies in the Hou's mansion can't compare."

"You don't need to persuade me anymore. I don't want to be a guest at the palace. She won't come back in the future. Just tell her that, I don't care about her."

Master Gu was full of complaints, Gu Jiu couldn't explain it, so he didn't bother to explain it.

Anyway, no matter how she explained, no one believed her.

Even Liu Zhao privately tried to see if she operated secretly to support Gu Zhixin's promotion to Shaofu Tongcheng.

Gu Jiu was so angry that she picked up the pillow and threw it at Liu Zhao's face.

"Is my brain flooded? When I was appointed, I was busy giving birth and confinement, and I still had time to worry about other people's affairs. Do you think I am superhuman and capable?"

Gu Jiu cast all his anger on Liu Zhao, and for ten days, he was not allowed to enter the bedroom door.

Liu Zhao learned his lesson, and from then on, he never talked nonsense again. Even if he guessed, he came secretly, without letting Gu Jiu know.

As for why Gu Zhixin was promoted to be the Shaofu Tongcheng?

hey-hey!

Others don't know about this matter, but the Shaofu Jialing knows a little bit.

In the final analysis, Gu Zhixin was promoted to be the Tongcheng of the Shaofu, firstly because his surname was Gu, secondly because he had a good niece Gu Jiu, and lastly, his ability was not bad.

Because of Gu Jiu, although Emperor Wende never showed any concern for the Gu family, in fact he has been secretly following the movements of the Gu family.

Gu Yu was successfully re-elected as the county magistrate of Xinmin County, because he deserved his name, so he was able to be there.

Secondly, he is Huyang's son-in-law.

Huyang wants to fight for the benefits of his son-in-law, so the Minister of the Ministry of Officials can only hold his nose and admit it.

Give you! Give you!

The position of magistrate of Xinmin County is given to your son-in-law.

I just hope that Princess Huyang will never go to the official department to harass everyone again.

They are all good men of the big week. Although they are quite old, their natures have not changed, and they only like soft girls.

I really don't like a tough shrew like Hu Yang.

Under the stalking of Huyang, the Ministry of Officials confessed its cowardice, and the position of magistrate of Xinmin County was still given to Gu Yu.

In fact, Emperor Wende acquiesced in this matter.

If Emperor Wende did not approve, no matter how much Huyang made a fuss, Gu Yu would not be able to be re-elected.

Gu Yu's ability has been recognized by the court.

What about the rest of the Gu family?

When Emperor Wende was free, he observed the other members of the Gu family.

The eldest son of the Hou Mansion, Gu Zhiwen, is also the eldest son. He has no abilities, but he can't move.

As soon as he moved, Xungui should think about it. Then everyone has to move.

Gu Zhiwu, the second son of the Hou family, practiced martial arts all the year round, and is currently leading troops in the south, so it is also not appropriate to move.

Only the third son, Gu Zhixin, is capable and intelligent. And not so conspicuous.

In the past few years since he entered the official career, he has made some achievements.

It just so happens that the last name is Gu, and he is also Gu Jiu's cousin, so that's him.

Ever since, Emperor Wende promoted Gu Zhixin, the third son of the Marquis Mansion, who was known as Gu San Master, to be the Tong Cheng of the Shaofu, in charge of casting money.

Emperor Wende was very proud of this decision.

Uncle Tang is in charge of the Shaofu Tongcheng, can Gu Jiu bear not to help?

Shaofu Tongcheng, the biggest difficulty is the lack of brass reserves.

Gu Jiu, should you take action and help solve this problem!

Relying solely on recycling private copper coins is effective but slow.

Now that I have promoted your cousin, Gu Jiu, hurry up and come up with an idea to fundamentally solve the problem of insufficient brass reserves.

Gu Jiu: "..." MMP, it's not that she is the emperor, why should she worry about state affairs.

She's going to confinement, so she's not free.

Emperor Wende: "..." The confinement has been sitting for several months, is it still not free?

This is clearly passive sabotage!

snort!

I have plenty of ways to cure you.

I am not afraid that you will not give in!