If we demolish the east wall to repair the west wall, then who will repair the east wall? The finances cannot make ends meet, and the hole is getting bigger and bigger. Sooner or later, the day will come when the finances will explode.
The more Chen Kuangfan thought about it, the more frightened he became. He was so frightened to death.
At Chen Kuangfan's memorial service, Wang Yanxi was even sadder than Chen Kuangfan's descendants. He took a very generous share of his family money and mourned the money bag.
The paper could not contain the fire, and the falsification of accounts was finally unstoppable. All departments took IOUs to the Ministry of Finance to demand their arrears, and presented evidence of Chen Kuangfan's misappropriation of public funds to Wang Yanxi.
Wang Yanxi was furious and made a fuss for a long time. He took the money from his left pocket to his right pocket. Isn't this financial fraud? Isn't this cheating the emperor? Chen Kuangfan was ordered to open the coffin and kill the corpse, cut it into thousands of pieces, and then threw it into the river to vent his anger.
Huang Shaopo was appointed as the national economic envoy by Wang Yanxi after Chen Kuangfan. Wang Yanxi also asked him if he had any clever tips for making a fortune.
Huang Shaopo also had no constructive suggestions in terms of making money. He just used the same old methods. He suggested selling officials and getting titles. His only creative suggestion was to make a comprehensive assessment based on the level of official positions and the actual population of the state and county, and flexibly formulate official guidance. price.
After Huang Shaopo's calculations, the price of an official position ranged from one hundred guan to one thousand guan. Wang Yanxi happily adopted it.
Prime Minister Yu Yanying was sent out to serve as the governor of Quanzhou. After arriving in Quanzhou, Yu Yanying falsely conveyed an imperial edict, saying that he wanted to select women to serve as harems and defraud money and sex. After the incident was exposed, Yu Yanying was impeached by the imperial censor. Yu Yanying hurried back to Fuzhou and surrendered, seeking leniency.
Wang Yanxi was very angry, summoned Yu Yanying to his side, cursed him, and then prepared to hand it over to Yousi for severe punishment. Yu Yanying promptly offered 10,000 yuan of "banquet money".
Wang Yanxi immediately changed his attitude and called him back, "Are you just going to show me your feelings? Where is the queen?"
Yu Yanying donated a large sum of money to the queen.
Money can make the world go round. No one can make mistakes without being a sage. If one can correct his mistakes, there is no greater good. With a stroke of Wang Yanxi's pen, Comrade Yu Yanying falsely conveyed the imperial edict and selected the palace maidens by audition. He will no longer investigate and continue to be his governor of Quanzhou.
The Yu Yanying incident set an example for officials of all sizes across the country, and they all expressed their gratitude to the Queen one after another.
Wang Yanxi was very happy, this was so interesting! So he ordered Yu Yanying to be reinstated and return to the central government to serve as prime minister again.
Increasing taxes, selling official positions, and extortion (buying money for banquets) are all routine operations that impose excessive taxes and have no technical content.
Wang Yanxi's only technical financial method was to mint big money, that is, issue large-denomination currency. This method of collecting money is relatively hidden, but very efficient. It also has more dangerous hidden dangers and is a chronic suicide.
Wang Yanxi ordered the casting of "Yonglong Tongbao", one coin equivalent to one hundred old coins. The principles and dangers of "casting big money" have been discussed above. The principle of minting big money is the same as printing large-denomination banknotes today, squeezing wealth invisible. The most well-known examples are the "legal currency" during the Republic of China, and the "trillion" issued by Zimbabwe today, which is comparable to Hades. currency, the consequences are obvious.
Friends who like to collect ancient coins will definitely know that words such as "off two", "off five", and "off ten" are actually the large-denomination currencies at that time. One coin is equivalent to two, five, or ten coins, and clear money The "Xianfeng heavy treasure" was even exaggerated to the point of saying "when it is a hundred" or "when it is a thousand", which was considered a check at that time.
Later, during the Huizong period of the Song Dynasty, large amounts of money were also minted, such as the famous "Chongning Tongbao" and "Chongning Chongbao" in the circle. But to be honest, the materials and casting of Chongning Tongbao are still very particular, so they are collected. With the popularity of today's players, the price is rising.
The "Yonglong Tongbao" cast by Wang Yanxi not only adopted a crazy 1:100 exchange ratio, but also cut corners in the selection of materials, deliberately "not using refined copper". There is a real racket in extracting wealth.
[The cow is as drunk as mud]
Wang Jipeng liked to hold banquets and used wine as a touchstone to let officials and clans speak the truth after drinking. Wang Yanxi also liked to drink. He not only used drunkenness to inspect cadres, but also took into account his personal enjoyment.
According to records, Wang Yanxi "liked to drink for cattle and was extravagant." I have worked hard on drinking.
Wang Yanxi used thin silver leaves to make wine glasses. Because of their soft texture and the ability to break when blown, they were called "winter melon slices." After this kind of wine glass was filled with wine, it could not maintain balance and had to be drank in one gulp. He was also called "drunk as mud" by his officials. At every banquet, Wang Yanxi would order his officials to use this special wine cup to drink heavily. Countless people died due to drinking.
Once, Wang Jirou, a nephew of Wang Yanxi, secretly poured out part of his own wine because he was too drunk. Wang Yanxi was furious and executed Wang Jirou and the concierge responsible for pouring wine.
Another day, Wang Yanxi and Prime Minister Li Guangzhun were both very drunk. During this period, Li Guangzhun contradicted Wang Yanxi. Wang Yanxi was furious and ordered Li Guangzhun to be dragged to the street and beheaded in public.
When Li Guangzhun was taken to the execution ground, he was lying drunk and had not yet regained consciousness. He shouted the name of his concubine Chunying. The executioners discussed it and did not dare to execute him, so they sent Li Guangzhun to prison temporarily. , restrain him until he sobers up, and wait until both the emperor and he are sober before dealing with it.
As a result, the next day, after Wang Yanxi sobered up, he was still wondering why Li Guangzhun didn't come to work. His people told him that you had dismissed his prime minister last night and wanted to kill him. Wang Yanxi denied it, saying that he had lost his body, and asked Li Guangzhun to reinstate him and come back to work as soon as possible.
The executioners wiped the cold sweat from their heads and secretly rejoiced for their disobedience last night.
That night, Wang Yanxi held a banquet for the ministers again, and got very drunk during the banquet. Zhou Weiyue, a Hanlin scholar, offended Wang Yanxi again for unknown reasons and was ordered to be sent to prison.
The jailers were very humorous. While helping Master Zhou clean the single room, they pointed to the bed and comforted him: "Don't worry, Master Zhou. Prime Minister Li slept on this bed last night. When the emperor wakes up tomorrow, everything will be fine. We are all used to it." .”
Zhou Weiyue stayed in this "private room for courtiers" all night. Early the next morning, Wang Yanxi withdrew the punishment order again.
Zhou Weiyue will gradually get used to it. Because the ministers accompany the king and the sheep accompany the tiger.
Zhou Weiyue drank a lot, so he was often asked by Wang Yanxi to accompany him. At a certain banquet, all the ministers got drunk one after another, but Zhou Weiyue was the only one who still maintained his fighting power. Wang Yanxi stared at Zhou Weiyue and said to the people around him: "This guy is short and thin. He doesn't look like a drinker, but why does he have such a large drink capacity?"
