Chapter 1,379 Two Fu

"He also said that Taizu's pile sealing money and my Yuanfeng treasury were not originally prepared for Xixia, so now they can only be regarded as loans and are planned to be replenished in a few years."

"He is quite stubborn." Empress Dowager Gao was both angry and funny: "The three-way spring and autumn taxes, and the Ding tax have all been waived. Where will the money come from?"

Zhao Xu said: "Although these have been waived, the commercial taxes are still there. Su Mingrun also said that there are a lot of gold and silver mines in the Three Roads. Next year, the Silk Road will flourish. He asked the court to allow the Three Roads to mint imported money. The Tibetan merchants have just started

, they definitely don’t recognize the treasure money.”

Empress Dowager Gao thought for a while: "It's still troublesome... Copper coins are okay, and there are people in the country who are collecting imported gold and silver coins. Several banknote banks in Beijing and even the Huangsong Bank are doing exchanges."

Zhao Xu said: "Yes, but there is a profit in minting coins, especially gold and silver coins. One tael of silver coins in the country is worth one tael, but it actually weighs seven cents; one tael of gold coins is worth ten taels, but it actually weighs seven cents."

"By converting gold and silver into coins, the country actually gained three-thirds of the profits for free. Moreover, these three-thirds of profits were given away by Chinese and foreign merchants who were willing to hoard gold and silver coins."

"But there are too many ways here, such as currency holdings and circulation. The empress is more proficient in this than the son, so the son will not show off his shame."

Empress Dowager Gao put her hands on her forehead and said with a sad look on her face: "Brother, go ahead. Speaking of this, the new year is approaching, so I won't have another headache..."

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In fact, Su You was not as difficult as Zhao Xu thought. Zhao Xu was difficult because he liked to seize power, but Su You was not difficult because he liked to delegate power.

Zeng Xiaokuan was a minister, but it was a pity that he had to leave. There were actually many senior officials in Su Youjiao who were capable of transporting him along the way, such as Su Yuanzhen, Tang Zhan, and Liu Si, all of whom were momentary talents.

The last person Zhao Xu appointed was Zeng Bu.

There is no problem with Zeng Bu's resume. After Wang Anshi stepped down, he was assigned to Su You. He made copper smelting prosperous by wet method. He made great achievements and regained his bachelor's degree in Longtuge. Later he met Qin, Chen and Caizhou.

However, due to his criminal record, it was delayed for several years. Now that the imperial court has opened a new third branch, and is in need of employment, he also wears a hat that understands mining and metallurgy. There is no need to worry about some flaws in his resume.

The core of Henan Road is Jiuyuan. Zeng Xiaokuan achieved great results in horse administration in Jiuyuan. He implemented the horse protection law among households in Jiuyuan without any coercion. Each household has at least five horses, and powerful men can even raise hundreds of horses.

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There is no other way, we have to transport salt and coal.

Zeng Bu was not in a hurry to take office and traveled an extra six hundred miles to Xingzhou to meet with Su You first.

I met Su You in Shunzhou City, west of Xingzhou City. Su You and Li Shunju were instructing the Xikun jade workers to process jade and Helan stones.

With the latest processing machinery, the craftsmanship of Xikun's jade craftsmen has reached a new level, and it is no less than the jade carvings of Tracestan in real history.

However, the craftsmanship is exquisite, but there is still a long way to go for jade craftsmen to learn Eastern aesthetics.

In the end, Su You made the decision, let's not mess around with the jade you made in the Western Regions. All the inkstones were made plain, and then the purple base was shaved off a layer, so that the green ribs were a little higher, so as to win with the natural texture.

Then use Xikun's skills to make a perfectly fitting cover for each inkstone, and it's all done!

Needless to say, the things made in this way really have a different kind of beauty.

When Zeng Bu came in, he heard Su You holding an inkstone and saying to Li Shunju: "Li Gong, please don't force it. You let people who have never seen Zhuzi mess with the three friends of Suihan. Do you think it's reasonable? That's it.

, hurry up and send it out, and we can arrive in Bianjing in time before the year."

After speaking, he held up a jade bowl that was so thin that it was transparent: "You see, people's craftsmanship is really impeccable. Can you find anything wrong with this set of jade bowls with guava branches and lotus patterns?"

Li Shunju also nodded: "Okay, then put it in lambskin and send it away today."

Zeng Bu smiled and interjected: "This is the gift prepared by Sanlu for the palace? Can the lamb skin be used?"

The two turned their heads, and Su You was a little surprised: "Zeng Zixuan! Why are you here?"

Zeng Bu smiled and said: "The Three-Road Transport Department is under the direct control of the lower official. How could you not come to pay a visit to Shangfeng? It's been a long time since I last saw you, the palace envoy and the Duke of the country."

Su You said to Li Shunju: "Look, Mr. Li, it's not a good thing to be too hasty in your official career. Sooner or later you have to go back and make two rounds."

Zeng Bu suddenly felt embarrassed: "My lord, can we stop chatting like this?"

Li Shunju chuckled: "That's what Mingrun is like. Zi Xuanxiu has to care about it. Just now you said that lamb skin is not used, but what's the allusion?"

Zeng Bu said: "The Empress Dowager violated the peace and chose steamed lamb with goat's milk. The Empress Dowager checked it out after looking at the list, saying that the family relationship was not settled, so it became a dish in a bowl. It was really a great harm to the harmony of the world. Eating it was not right."

The condition won’t help.”

Li Shunju was immediately moved: "The Queen Mother's compassionate heart is really a blessing to the world. If Zeng Yun had not warned her, something would have almost gone wrong."

But these were all trivial matters. In Zeng Bu's mind, it was okay for Li Shunju to be interested in sending jades to the palace, but Su You shouldn't be so concerned about it.

Fortunately, the two of them were here to inspect the finished product today, and the matter was completed quickly.

The Helan inkstone is actually quite exquisite, with a carved brass cover with purple background and green ribs.

Purple is the highest-level color in official circles and is quite popular.

There were a lot of materials piled up in the warehouse. After packing the best inkstones and looking at the remaining ones, Su You said to Zeng Bu: "You know how to choose a day to come, so choose one."

Zeng Bu wanted to stretch out his hand for a long time. After hearing this, he was not polite. He picked a medium-sized one and then asked: "What kind of inkstone is this?"

Su You said: "This is a kind of stone found in Helan Mountain. There is no price now, only wages, so I can still afford it as a gift. How about you take two more?"

Zeng Bu waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, thank you, Lord."

The three of them walked out of the workshop, and Su You asked Zeng Bu: "I heard that there was a love-murder case under your rule. Did you arrange a suite?"

Zeng Bu nodded: "It's a strange case that happened under my rule. There once was a general called Feng Yan. He was a hero from Hebei Province. He came to Dongjun to avoid revenge. Because of his proficient general and strong martial arts, he was retained by Duke Jing of Yuan Dynasty.

He served in the army and was quite favored."

"Feng Yan once liked a woman. The two had a deep love and were privately engaged for life. Later, after Feng Yan went out to avoid trouble, the woman became a prostitute and was acquired by Feng Yan's enemies."

"But it's not that enemies don't get together. This enemy brought a female merchant to Dongjun and met Feng Yan."

"The two rekindled their old relationship, but it was not personal. One night, the enemy was drunk, and the woman called Feng Yan to his bedside, gave him a knife, and asked him to kill the enemy and fly away together."

"Feng Yan believed that if a woman could betray her enemies, she would inevitably be ruthless to him. She felt that the woman had changed and failed to live up to her good impression, so she waved her hand to kill her."

"The government couldn't find the murderer, so they regarded Feng Yan's enemies as the murderers and beat him to death."

"Just as he was about to be executed, Feng Yan finally had a troubled conscience and rushed to the execution ground to admit his guilt and not let hatred carry his injustice."

"When Duke Jing of Yuan Dynasty admired heroes, he sighed when he heard about it, sealed his seal, and requested that Feng Yan's crime be commuted."

"After such a delay, Feng Yan was finally spared the sentence when the imperial court granted him amnesty."

"After I arrived at the county, I heard my staff talking about this matter, so I composed a set of short songs to promote the Three Rivers customs."

Su You shook his head: "You guys have crooked butts. I'm more concerned about the arbitrary convictions in this case. Will those officials be punished in the end?"

Zeng Bu looked stunned: "My lord, what we just talked about was literature. It would be boring to talk about government affairs."

This time it scratched Su You's itch, because when it comes to literature, the Su family can officially show off.

In the fifth year of Yuanfeng, Da Su visited Red Cliff twice in autumn and winter, and wrote two "Ode to Red Cliff", which shocked the literary world.

In addition, he also completed two academic works - "Yi Zhuan" and "Analects of Confucius".

Scholars rushed to tell each other, and Bianjing became expensive for a while.

When the two poems were published on the third page of the Times, they were published independently. There was only one article by Da Su on the entire page.

In the words of editor-in-chief Liu Zhi, I can publish it for you, but do you have the nerve to juxtapose it with Da Su’s two articles? Do you dare to juxtapose it with these two articles?

Everyone is shaking their heads and snoring, forget it, let’s schedule the next issue...

When Su You heard about it, he couldn't laugh or cry. He recalled the time when his uncle and nephew went to the medical college together and were so scared that others didn't even dare to sign up for the exam.

Now that there are newspapers, words spread much faster than before. Countless fans packed their bags and went to Huangzhou to visit their idols.

Because Jin Shang of Goryeo was an envoy of Goryeo, he was not allowed to wander around the Song Dynasty and change the route. When the boat passed Yangzhou, he looked at the Yangtze River and patted the plank of the boat and burst into tears: "Isn't this the water of the river given by Master?

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Chapter completed!