Chapter 11 second quarter

Shifu. The newly built Xuehouxuan is located on an artificial earth hill in the northeast corner of Shifu’s tens of hectares of garden, surrounded by bushes. It is an elegant and exquisite wooden building made by the best craftsmen in Bianjing. In Xuehouxuan, you can overlook the Wuchengwang Temple in the north of Shifu and the Huimin River flowing through the outer city of Bianjing; to the east, you can enjoy the prosperity and beauty of the imperial street south of Zhuquemen. fundus. This place has become one of Shi Yue's favorite places since the winter of Xining's seventeenth year.

At this time, Shi Yue, who was sitting alone in the hall, couldn't help but recall the situation when the Emperor of Funing Palace summoned him a few days ago. In Funing Hall that day, although the heating system of the imperial palace kept the hall warm, no matter whether it was the four important ministers Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, Shi Yue, and Han Wei, or the attendants such as Wang Gui, Fan Chunren, Su Zhe, and Guo Kui. Zhizhengshi and privy envoys all felt the chill of Bianjing winter.Especially Li Qingchen, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, was pale and dejected, without the slightest joy of being promoted.Shi Yue knew that Li Qingchen did not defend himself, but took the initiative to plead guilty, but Shi Yue could not sympathize with him, because the bitter wine he brewed required the entire Song Dynasty to swallow.

However, even Shi Yue himself could not get away from this matter. It's really the best of Kyushu, so you can't make a typo for it! Shi Yue felt the Emperor Yin Pan's gaze, sweeping over himself, Sima Guang, Wang Anshi, Han Wei... But whether it was Shi Yue or Sima Guang, they could only avoid the emperor's gaze in shame.Everyone lowered their heads, and in Funing Hall, it was so quiet that the sound of a needle falling could be heard.Shi Yue felt that the emperor's gaze was slowly turning into disappointment. He observed the emperor secretly, and saw him pursing his lips, sitting with a sullen face, his eyes looking out of the palace gate blankly.

But Shi Yue couldn't give Zhao Xu a promise, or even a hope, as before. What Shi Yue faced today was brand new to him.He hastily introduced the "Deposit Reserve Method", thinking that it was the right solution, but unexpectedly, in this world, any method is relative.He had already forgotten that all these years he was in a high position, far away in Bianjing, pampered and pampered, all the roads in the southeast to him were nothing more than small letters on official documents, stories told by his staff and Qing Ke, and in the end he made a careless move and ended up full All games are lost.

How can all the roads in the southeast be blamed on Li Qingchen when they are at this point today? Shi Yue already had a set of plans to deal with the banknote crisis, but now, he couldn't help but feel shy.Although he tried his best to conceal it in front of outsiders, Shi Yue knew in his heart that even he himself had doubts about his insistence on not abolishing the payment of banknotes.However, he never dared to show his wavering.Otherwise, his vacillation will immediately cause a big collapse that no one can prevent.However, he did not dare to make empty promises to the emperor - Shi Yue understood Zhao Xu's character, and what he promised to Zhao Xu must not be discounted!

Shi Yue could see the emperor's lips trembling slightly, but he could only keep his head down. At that time, absolutely no one thought that the emperor's wind disease would suddenly worsen again.Just after they were summoned by the Palace of Funing, Shi Yue, Sima Guang and others had just returned to the Political Affairs Hall, ready to discuss countermeasures, when they saw Li Shunju come in a hurry, calling Wang, Ma, Shi, and Han into the palace, and the four of them went to the Hall of Funing again. After knowing that everyone had resigned, Zhao Xu was furious when he heard Shi Deyi's report of confidential matters, and suddenly his condition deteriorated again, not only the right side of his body was paralyzed, but he couldn't even speak.At that time, besides Shi Deyi, there were also Li Xiang'an and Li Shunju among the servants present. The three of them immediately sent people to report to Empress Dowager Gao and Empress Xiang respectively, and Li Shunju went to the two mansions in person to summon four people into the palace.

Later, Empress Dowager Gao, together with the four princes of the two mansions, personally asked Shi Deyi, Li Xiang'an, and Li Shunju to know the whole story.It turns out that Shi De's secret report to the emperor is actually related to the East Palace.The Secretary of the Imperial City heard rumors that some people saw the sixth brother and the seventh brother haunting the market, and even went to Bianjing Primary School in micro-clothes to "fight" with the students in the primary school; sick.It should be noted that the emperor's health is not very good at this time. According to the traditional moral concept, even if the prince cannot imitate the behavior of the ancient filial sons, he should still live in the palace, ask for health and illness every day, serve soup and medicine, and stay around.What's more, there are many troubles in the country at this time. The ruler and father are worried about state affairs and can't sleep at night. As a son and minister, he hangs around the market, fights with elementary school students, and acts of immorality.Therefore, although some people shake their heads in disbelief, those who believe it are naturally unavoidably feel dissatisfied and worried.

In fact, Shi Yue and Sima Guang had heard of these rumors, but everyone thought they were just rumors, so they just reprimanded the rumorer not to talk nonsense, but they didn't take these things to heart. In other words, there are quite a few people in Bianjing who believed it to be true.After careful investigation, they realized that the stories about the sixth and seventh brothers pretending to be sick, skipping classes, not reading, and being repeatedly reprimanded and punished by the queen mother were often circulated among the people.Therefore, the prince's reputation was originally not very good in the minds of the people in Bianjing and even scholars, so these unfavorable rumors are especially easy to spread—if it weren't for the imperial court's restrictions on Taiwan's rumors and rumors , I'm afraid it has already been criticized by Taiwan's admonitions.

Later, Shi Yue secretly sent people to investigate, but the result shocked him secretly!Shi Yue discovered that the folks knew every time the Sixth Brother was punished in the palace! However, what made Zhao Xu furious was not the harsh and immoral criticism of the prince by the middle and lower classes in Bianjing, nor the rumors about the sixth and seventh brothers leaving the palace privately, but the rumors about the princes in Bianjing that Shi Deyi presented. Articles and dramas widely circulated in the middle and lower classes. According to the investigation report of the Imperial City Department, it was named Tang Taizong, but it was actually a zaju praising Song Taizu's righteousness of passing on his younger brother, which was sought after everywhere in Bianjing; and among scholars, there were also praises for Song Taizu's passing on his younger brother, which established the century-old Song Dynasty. Taiping Jiangshan's anonymous articles are being circulated. These articles are not only high-sounding, but also have a good literary talent, and have also won a lot of echoes and admiration!

After the emperor read one of the articles, his condition suddenly deteriorated rapidly. Lying on the imperial bed in Funing Palace, Zhao Xu saw Shiyue and others coming in, and tried to sit up to maintain his dignity, but half of his body could no longer be controlled. Li Xiang'an and two servants carefully helped him to sit up .Zhao Xu looked at Shi Yue, and wanted to talk to Shi Yue, but the sounds he made were all indistinct syllables. The more he wanted to speak, the more anxious he became, and the more he couldn't speak. Shi Yue felt that Zhao Xu's eyes were full of resentment, Anxious, he signaled to Li Xiang'an that he wanted to write, but when he grabbed the brush with his left hand, his whole hand kept shaking and he couldn't write at all.The emperor threw the brush on the ground angrily, moved his eyes past the crowd, and kept looking at Shi Yue. Shi Yue could feel the poignant expectation in Zhao Xu's eyes...

At that moment, Shi Yue finally couldn't bear it any longer, and knelt beside Zhao Xu's bed, crying bitterly.Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, and Han Wei couldn't control their emotions, and they burst into tears. Zhao Xu is really pitiful.Shi Yue knew that he shouldn't have such feelings, but sometimes, people's feelings are uncontrollable.When he met Zhao Xu for the first time, he thought that this young and promising monarch, this emperor full of ideals and fighting spirit, would have a different ending.He was able to bring him a different ending.However, after more than ten years, the monarch and his ministers have changed from mutual trust, to mutual suspicion, to mutual dependence and use... The two seem to be getting closer, but their hearts have become farther and farther apart.But Shi Yue finally failed to fulfill his promise to Zhao Xu.He regained Lingxia and changed this great empire.However, the fate of the Great Song Dynasty was still full of disasters.And Zhao Xu himself finally came to this step. Although knowing the news of the worsening of the emperor's wind disease, it is tantamount to making the current situation worse, and it is more likely to make many ambitious people take risks, and even send a dangerous signal to the Liao Kingdom.However, from Empress Dowager Gao down, the ministers of the two governments all had a very bad premonition this time.In order to avoid more suspicion from the outside world, the two governments still decided to announce the emperor's condition to the world and recruit famous doctors from all over the world. At the same time, Shi Yue and Sima Guang were forced to accept Zhang Shangying's suggestion, and the Money Delivery Bureau issued decrees to all states and counties in the world, forcibly stipulating the amount of withdrawals per person per day to control the run.In order to prevent the recurrence of small money owners absconding with money, the Zhengshitang even secretly ordered the officials of the prefectures and counties to pay attention to the movements of the money owners. But these methods, after all, are just lingering. Li Dunmin wrote a letter of ten thousand words, suggesting to Shi Yue and Sima Guang that the imperial court should come forward to buy some bank shares, and in the name of the imperial court, guarantee that small and medium deposits can be withdrawn in full, so as to cope with the run on the southeast .At the same time, this method can be used to protect farmers who have borrowed from banks through the "Regulations on the Improvement of the Young Crops Law" and avoid being forced to go bankrupt.After the turmoil has passed, the imperial court can sell these shares again.Shi Yue was almost sure that this method would have an effect, but he could only look at it and sigh—it was impossible for Li Dunmin to know the reality of the national treasury. . On the contrary, it was Zhang Shangying's method that Shi Yue and Sima Guang could not refuse.Zhang Shangying suggested that the Banknote Delivery Bureau should promulgate measures to encourage big banks to merge with small banks, and banks with good financial status to merge with precarious banks.And it is suggested to promulgate a decree to authorize the Banknote Delivery Bureau to inspect the assets of various banks in the southeast, and force the ones with more problems to go bankrupt and accept mergers.If Zhang Shangying's proposal is approved, then big banks like the Tang family, and some rich and powerful families, will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity-they can annex and take over many businesses that have been in business for ten years at a very small cost. Qianzhuang for several years.The premise is that they believe that Da Song can finally get through this storm safely. The "Bank Merger Law" proposed by Zhang Shangying was published in the Dibao, which received many echoes.In the imperial court, there were many responders; in the field, not only the "Maritime Business Daily" and the Shihuoshe highly praised it, but even the "Bianjing News" and "Xijing Review" also believed that this was a good way to save the disadvantages. Shi Yue believed that this method would also work.It is an open secret that the powerful families and wealthy merchants of the Song Dynasty have a lot of wealth; although they have to take great risks, the benefits after success are also obvious.How many people would dream of controlling the relatively developed and mature banking industry in the most affluent area of ​​the Song Dynasty? But Shi Yue didn't know what the consequences would be.What he could think of was that the era of free competition among small and medium-sized banks all over the states and counties might soon come to an end... This reminded Shi Yue involuntarily of the big explosion at the Weapons Research Institute... He resisted this kind of situation from the bottom of his heart, but He seemed helpless. He has turned the wheel of history, but the world will not develop as he imagined - Shi Yue has realized this more than once, but every time, he will feel the same loss, even fear. However, he can only face it. He has no right to escape. In addition to Li Dunmin and Zhang Shangying, Zeng Bu, the Minister of Quantaifu Temple, is working hard to lobby Shi Yue to compromise with the head office of the bank. Zeng Bu never mentioned the evil consequences of the "Deposit Reserve Law", but he pointed out a key problem-don't talk about the money delivery bureau, even if the entire Taifu Temple is counted, even the people who clean the toilets and watch the gate , They don't have so many people to implement the "Deposit Reserve Law".Therefore, compromise and cooperation with the Qianzhuang Head Office may be the only way out.The Banknote Delivery Bureau was used to deal with the big banks, and the small banks entrusted the head office of the bank to implement it.In this way, the Banknote Delivery Bureau does not have to worry about manpower, and the Qianzhuang Headquarters will get the quasi-official status they crave. Zeng Bu's tendency is also very obvious.Because he had served in Guangzhou and Lingyamen, and had served as a so-called "barbarian official", he knew and sympathized with the situation of maritime merchants very well.Therefore, at the beginning of his tenure, Zeng Bu adopted the suggestions of Cao Youwen and Zhou Yingfang, and joined hands with Duan Zijie, the governor of the Coastal Construction Department, and Li Dunmin, the Prime Minister of Overseas Affairs, to persuade the two governments to prepare for the establishment of settlement banks in major cities. What's more, in addition to facilitating maritime merchants and increasing treasury revenue, the implementation of this measure at this sensitive time will undoubtedly send a clear signal to the people in the southeast.Zeng Bu, Li Dunmin, and Duan Zijie were also awarded by the two governments.As a reward for those who made suggestions, it is also because the big banks such as the Cao family and the Zhou family have invested in each other, and their strength is considerable. In the first batch of seven cities, several big banks headed by Cao and Zhou have successfully divided up Ling The settlement bank business in the five cities of Yamen, Guiyi City, Guangzhou, Quanzhou, and Mingzhou, like the Tang family waking up from a dream, only kept the two cities of Hangzhou and Fuzhou. For Li Dunmin and Duan Zijie, they don't care whether they will offend the Tang family. Of course, the relationship between the Tang family and Shi Yue will be considered, but the effect may be "a gentleman loves others with virtue", they will He believes that if the Tang family is thinking about Shi Yue, proper restraint is the correct way to deal with the world.And Zeng Bu's attitude is also similar, he said to Shi Yue that if the Tang family gets too many benefits, Sima Guang and Wang Anshi will definitely have a bad impression in their eyes, and this will be harmful to Shi Yue. profit.The Tang family is already very rich, even if they don't deliberately suppress it, they should deal with it in a "straight way" so as to convince the public. Zeng Bu's remonstrance is of course very reasonable, but in Shi Yue's view, Zeng Bu is different from Li Dunmin and Duan Zijie in that he is not such a fair and selfless person.Having stayed with Ling Yamen in Guangzhou for so many years, Zeng Bu inevitably has inextricable connections with the maritime merchants in the South China Sea. It is self-evident which side he leans towards. This degree of tendency is tolerable. Everyone has tendencies. Shi Yue thinks that the Qianzhuang head office is a dangerous thing, which is also a tendency. However, Shi Yue may also have to accept it. ... "Nine out of ten unsatisfactory things in the world!" Shi Yue couldn't help but sighed softly. "Master, please see the Marquis of Yunyang." Shi Jian walked into the hall softly and said. "Huh?" Shi Yue was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Please." Shi Yue personally walked to the door of Xuehouxuan, ready to welcome Sima Mengqiu.But his gaze was attracted by the person behind Sima Mengqiu. "Wen... General Wen?" Suddenly, seeing Wen Huan in Bianjing, Shi Yue couldn't help being surprised, he almost thought he had misjudged the person. "Shi Xiang!" Wen Huan, who was dressed in a gray robe, saw Shi Yue from a distance, prostrating himself on the ground, his voice choked up. Shi Yue hurried forward a few steps, supported Wen Huan, looked him up and down, saw that his demeanor became more and more stable, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Good Wenlang, good general!" As he spoke, he invited Sima Mengqiu and Wen Huan into the hall middle. After taking his seat, Sima Mengqiu said, "This time General Wen from the Secret Academy came back, maybe he wanted General Wen to be in charge of Fangguan's Hebei House..." "Uncle Zhong Yi has assumed his new post?" Shi Yue asked in surprise. Sima Mengqiu nodded, and looked at Shi Yue in surprise: "Don't you know, Mr. Xiang?" Shi Yue shook his head, and said: "He has never been to the Political Affairs Hall, the governor of the staff office is a member of the Secret Academy, so there is no need to inform the Political Affairs Hall." Sima Mengqiu and Wen Huan exchanged a look. Both of them knew that the appointment of Zhong Jianzhong, the new governor of Fangguan, came from the command of the emperor's internal surrender before his condition deteriorated again.In the Western Army, although the Zhong family and the Yao family are considered to be Shi Yue's old family, after all, Shi Yue personally ordered the killing of the two families, and the Zhong and Yao families were different from the emperor's favor, so these two families, It belongs to the Western Army and has relatively less close relationship with Shi Yue.The emperor handed over the Zhifangguan to the young Zhong Jianzhong, with the obvious intention of diluting the influence of the Stone Party on the Zhifangguan.But this new appointment is also extremely controversial-in the past few years, the generals of the Zhong family, Zhong Gu and Zhong Er, have died of illness one after another, and even Zhong Yi has been seriously ill and cannot afford to be ill. From the Privy Council to the generals of the Western Army, they all sympathized with the Chong family, and they deliberately promoted and reused the younger generation of the Zhong family.But handing over such an important organization as the Staff Square Museum to a young military officer is a risk.It's just that, apart from the emperor, only the deputy privy envoys have the right to comment on the appointment of the governor of the Zhifangguan, and Han Wei and Guo Kui did not resolutely oppose it, so the appointment was passed smoothly.And after Zhong Jianzhong took up his new post, he really only followed the emperor wholeheartedly, and he didn't even visit the ministers in the political affairs hall.Shi Yue was so busy these days that he didn't even know that he had arrived in Beijing to take up his post. Although Shi Yue said it generously, he couldn't help but feel sour in his heart, and asked again: "So, Wen Lang went to Hebei Fang, is it Uncle Yi's idea?" "Most likely." Sima Mengqiu nodded. Shi Yue shifted his eyes to Wen Huan, laughed a few times, and said: "It seems that the emperor really knows people, and Uncle Zhongyi can know people and make good use of them, so the emperor didn't use the wrong person." "But the students..." Shi Yue waved his hand, interrupted Wen Huan's words, and said: "Wen Lang has to be wronged for a few more years, and now Hebei Fang must have a general in charge. After this incident, if you don't want to be in the office anymore, you can go to the imperial army to lead the army. Whether you are the governor of Junzhou, you should do as you wish." When Shi Yue said so much, Wen Huan had no choice but to swallow any thoughts.But I heard Sima Mengqiu also say: "I brought you to see Shixiang for this reason. You don't want to stay in the office for a long time. Everyone has their own ambitions, and it is inconvenient to force it. But Wen Lang has been in the south for a long time, but he doesn't know the situation in the north. Changes. Since Xiao Youdan created the Communications Bureau, the staff office has suffered repeated setbacks. Knowing the true situation of Khitan is a thousand times more difficult than in the past. Mr. Su has brought back letters many times, saying that there are endless disputes within Khitan, fearing that the Lord of Liao will go south to herd horses It means that there are many affairs in the country now, if there is no competent person to preside over the overall situation in the Hebei Fang, it may cause the state affairs to be missed." "Your Majesty Yunyang's words really make me feel ashamed." Wen Huan blushed, looked at Shi Yue, and said, "Students dare not call themselves national scholars, but it is hard to repay Shi Yue's kindness if he knows each other! The student's ambition was originally to look forward to being able to lead the army to defeat the bandits and make great achievements, but the fate is such that the students have long since dared not have such delusions. What they are worrying about today is not for other things, but the student's self-discipline in Guangzhou. Come, I realized that the Three Buddhas might have different aspirations, so I thought it was inconvenient to leave lightly." "Sanfoqi?" "Exactly." Wen Huan nodded, and said, "Three Buddhas are a big country in the South China Sea. They proclaimed their vassals to the Song Dynasty because they were greedy for trade benefits, and at the same time wanted to use the power of the Song Dynasty to get rid of the control of the Zhuren Kingdom. But now Time has changed and the situation has changed. The imperial court managed the South China Sea, and Sanfoqi had long been fearful. In order to get rid of Sanfoqi, Liumei, his subordinate country, increasingly leaned towards the imperial court, which made him even more dissatisfied. Students found out that Sanfoqi has been building ships in the past year. Practicing the navy, and buying ships and weapons everywhere, only the maritime merchants in Hangzhou and Quanzhou sold more than 30 sea-going ships with more than a thousand materials to the Three Buddhas this year. The students think that this matter must not be taken lightly..." Shi Yue never expected that even the countries in the South China Sea, which had always been considered as stable as a rock, would have problems, so he hurriedly asked, "Does Xue Yi know?" "These things have already been sent before Xue Shixian's case." "Hmm." Hearing that Xue Yi already knew about it, Shi Yue couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "Then just tell him to be careful. Even though San Buddha Qi is training the navy, he won't be the opponent of the imperial court's navy and ships for a while. Now that Duan Zijie has gone to the Coastal Division, it is easy for Xue Yi to want something. I think he should be able to handle this matter." Speaking of this, Shi Yue paused, shook his head, smiled self-consciously, and said: " Wen Lang knows that the court is not peaceful now, and for a while, he really can't care about Sanfoqi." "but……" Shi Yue waved his hand, stared at Wen Huan, and after a while, Fang said: "Wen Lang, you still know too little about the affairs of the capital!"