At the end of March, Xia Shu went to Daming Prefecture, and the new Hedong Strategic Envoy was also sentenced to Zheng Jian of Bingzhou as the post.

Farewell to Xia Su and ended the dinner welcoming Zheng Jian. Du Zhongxiao left the state yamen and walked on the streets of Zicheng. A bright moon hangs high in the sky, and the cool breeze blows towards him. His dizzy mind suddenly becomes much clearer. Du Zhongxiao looked at the empty streets and was a little confused for a moment.

Since he became an official in Jinshi, the first boss, Han Yi, was quite indulged in himself because of Han Jiang. In the future, he was under Xia Shun. Xia Shun was a very complicated person, and it was not easy to become an official under him. Du Zhongxiao was good at doing things with his thousand years of experience and was good at doing things, and finally got his appreciation. Unexpectedly, when he was in Bingzhou, when he was about to reuse himself, he changed his personal information.

The signing of the verdict is not an ordinary official, but the right-hand man of the magistrate. Once this position has a cold relationship with the magistrate, it will be particularly difficult. Before the New Year, Han Qi was transferred to Yangzhou as the magistrate, and he had an unhappy relationship with the signing of the magistrate Wang Anshi, which made Wang Anshi almost useless in official business.

Zheng Jian is serious, and Du Zhongxiao was already feeling this at the welcome dinner just now. On such an occasion, Zheng Jian was still serious and drank a few drinks, but he didn't even call a singer. This boss gave Du Zhongxiao the feeling that it was more difficult to get along with than Xia Shu.

Early the next morning, Du Zhongxiao arrived at the Chief Office early and saluted Zheng Jian to greet him.

Zheng Jian looked at Du Zhongxiao and said with a stern face: "I signed the verdict in Bingzhou for more than half a year, and I have been running around and solved many problems. But I have less time in the state government office, so I am afraid that Yu Zhengwu is not familiar with it yet."

Du Zhongxiao bowed: "I returned to my husband, although the officials have been in the lower county for more time, the affairs of the Ministry of the Ministry have not been neglected."

Zheng Jian nodded, and was silent for a while before saying, "I first came to Bingzhou and heard people talk about affairs in the state on the road. Now I think there are two things that matter. One is that Bingzhou has cast new coins, which is very popular among the people. It has used more than a dozen state troops north of Bingzhou. However, there are many iron ore and charcoal on Hedong Road, and there are many tools for smuggling old coins. New iron coins are used, but old iron coins are not banned, and most people have cast old iron coins to exchange for new iron coins.

I heard that there is still more effort to add new iron coins in the Datong Supervisory Supervision. You can send additional personnel to sign and make more new iron coins, so you can ban old iron coins and avoid theft of people from stolen money. Another thing is that you built a fur yard in the state last year. Although the government and the people have benefited a lot, the officials in the yamen have managed these places, which is wasteful of salary. You should use some thoughts to reduce the staff in these places and at least half of the officials are eliminated."

Du Zhongxiao was a little embarrassed for a moment. After thinking about it, he said, "Mr., the lower official should have submitted his order to the superior. However, these two things are very involved and cannot be urgent when handling them. I hope my uncle will think twice."

Zheng Jian looked at Du Zhongxiao, his eyes sharpened, and he said lightly: "How can you be anxious? You have something to say but just say it."

Du Zhongxiao bowed: "The first new and old iron coins should be replaced by new iron coins. If they are in a hurry, they are afraid that chaos will occur. Old iron coins have been used in this road for several years, and the stock of the people is very large. Once banned, many people's money will be gone. Moreover, when the news comes out, everyone will inevitably throw away old money, and the people will be in chaos. Besides, spring taxes are expected to be collected. If the people are not allowed to use old iron coins, how can they find so many new iron coins? In order to pay taxes, they will inevitably exchange new iron coins at a high price, which is unbearable for the common people."

Zheng Jian had no expression and just said, "In your opinion, what should I do?"

"This matter should be done slowly. In one or two years, the government will pay salaries and buy property, and use new iron coins. When there are too many new iron coins in the people, it will take several months to completely ban them. Otherwise, even if the Datong Supervisor has more new iron coins, it will not be able to reach the hands of the people."

After saying that, Du Zhongxiao saw that Zheng Jian was unmoved and obviously did not agree with his opinion, so he couldn't help but sigh secretly. In fact, when Xia Su was there, he had the same idea as Zheng Jian, and was persuaded by Du Zhongxiao. It was not that Xia Sui agreed with Du Zhongxiao, but he attached importance to his opinion. These officials did not govern the people in government affairs like Du Zhongxiao. As long as they determined that a certain policy was favorable, they would immediately implement it. As for the people who suffered losses, were unwilling, or even caused trouble, was that important?

Du Zhongxiao knew that new iron coins were good, but if there were too many old iron coins among the people, they would cause chaos in the public. The most likely thing to happen is that the government collects taxes and suddenly no old iron coins. The people do not have new iron coins in their hands, so they can only exchange them for money and materials. Prices plummeted in a short period of time. Although it is not a commercial society, the surge in prices will make the people, especially the people at the bottom, unable to make a living.

After calming down, Du Zhongxiao bowed again: "As for the officials who manage the fur market, there are indeed more than other state troops. However, the officials believe that this is not a bad thing. The goods yard is there, and there are so many transactions and so many workshops, so they must be managed. If the yamen does not care, then the guild can only be managed. Last year, because the business is good, the guild has increased the price of tanning leather, which really caused a storm. It was not until two new workshops were built a few days ago, and the wages for tanning leather were reduced, and everything went smoothly. The officials thought that the fur business was crucial in the city, and would rather let the yamen have the officials to manage it. It was like using the arm to use fingers, and it was as strong as a businessman to manage it."

Zheng Jian said: "There are so many officials, and the yamen needs to pay their salaries. As officials and work for the court, we should be diligent and thrifty and not squander excessively. If the officials are laid off, the money can be spent where they are needed. This is the right way."

Du Zhongxiao put down his hand and stopped talking. Such things are undecided and make sense, and on the contrary, what Zheng Jian said is more reasonable than himself. But the industry is there, and a large number of commercial activities really exist, and the government does not manage them, so it can only allow private merchants to be autonomous. What problems will happen with merchants’ autonomy? It has happened once a few months ago. If the officials are laid off and the remaining small number of people cannot control them, they will inevitably develop their own power among the people and form various small gangs, which is even more troublesome.

Seeing that Du Zhongxiao didn't speak, Zheng Jian said, "I have decided on this matter, you don't have to think too much. If it is inconvenient for you, then let Zhilu do it."

Du Zhongxiao bowed and kept silent. He could feel that Zheng Jian did not trust him. I think so, everyone knew that he was Xia Su's person, and Zheng Jian had a bad relationship with Xia Su, so it was impossible to treat himself fairly.

Seeing Du Zhongxiao obeying the order, Zheng Jian's expression calmed down and said, "You will explain it in the past two days, and then go to Datong for one or two months. The most important thing now is to make more new iron coins. When you get there, whether it is a bribery or a bribe or add lessons to the smelter, be sure to make the new iron coins one or two times more than now. The Hedong Road Money Law is chaotic, and this is the most urgent task."

Du Zhongxiao bowed and said that this Zheng Gong was new to him. It seems that he has to do something. Since it is different from his own ideas, it is better to leave Bingzhou. He can't afford to mess with him, and he can always afford to hide.

After leaving the Chief Officer's Hall, Du Zhongxiao raised his head and let out a sigh, shook his head. The fur yard and the new iron coins were all his credit. Why did the new chief come? He first used these two things to attack him. The new official took office for three fires, but he didn't expect that the fire would burn on his head first.
Chapter completed!