"You know you're afraid?" Li Qing teased.
Shi Heng was silent and his forehead was covered with cold sweat. It didn't matter if he didn't expect some things, but if he thought about it more deeply, he would understand the trouble.
He's not smart, but at least he's a sane person.
Yes, even though he has meritorious service, he is not yet granted the title of hereditary marquis or admiral as commander in chief... Shi Heng wiped the cold sweat from his face and said nonchalantly:
"Do you... have any good ideas?"
Shi Heng swallowed his saliva and said: "I know you are dedicated to serving the country, and you definitely don't want a capable general like me to be framed by those idiots, otherwise you wouldn't care about me, right?"
"Hey, why have you become smarter now?" Li Qing was surprised.
"..." Shi Heng said coquettishly, "I haven't realized this level before. In fact... I think my brain is not bad."
Li Qing rolled his eyes, "Are you willing to listen to me now?"
"Of course I am willing!" Shi Heng nodded hurriedly and asked: "Um...the emperor doesn't know about this, right?"
"I don't know about that." Li Qing spread his hands, "However, factory guards are not just for a living, so don't take chances."
Shi Heng's face turned pale: "Mr. Li, do you think I still have a chance?"
"Of course." Li Qing smiled and said: "As the saying goes: a prodigal son will never be replaced by gold; you haven't broken the emperor's bottom line yet, and you still have time to make amends."
"Hey, what should I... do?" Shi Heng was confused, "How about I apologize?"
"That's not necessary." Li Qing shook his head and said, "If we really want to put it on the table, there will be many people involved. The emperor has not been on the throne for a long time. If you want a stable government, you only need to do two things. .”
"you say."
Li Qing stretched out a finger: "First, if you receive any benefits from others, return them immediately, otherwise they will give you gifts in the future."
Then, he stretched out a finger and said, "Second, Wu Nao stood before the emperor in the court hall and faced the civil servants to prove to the emperor that his investment was not in vain."
Li Qingdao: "If you do these two things well, I think the emperor will not pursue the past sins again."
Shi Heng nodded slowly: "I understand. I will return the things tomorrow and cut off all contact with them from now on."
"...Well, it's good to be clear about secretly, but at least we have to balance it on the surface." Li Qing said, "As officials in the same dynasty, we should not look up when we meet when we look down, and don't be too stiff;
As long as you insist on not colluding with civil servants, that's all. "
"Laughing in front of someone, but stabbing someone in the back?" Shi Heng said hesitantly.
"Yes, yes, that's what it means." Li Qing said happily, "If you had understood this earlier, you wouldn't have been beaten like this, let alone by your eldest nephew."
Shi Hengqiang smiled. He did not dare to settle accounts with Li Qing. The evil fire he was holding in his heart could only be vented on his eldest nephew.
Little bitch, I can't spare you... Shi Heng sneered secretly.
But he forgot that he couldn't beat his eldest nephew.
Needless to say, Shi Heng did seem a bit... not very smart.
"Today's matter... let's forget it." Shi Heng received a severe beating and almost died. He felt grateful in his heart, but could not say anything flattering.
"I'm going back."
"Well, go ahead." Li Qing waved his hand and enjoyed the night view alone.
It wasn't until late at night that I went home to rest.
…
The next day.
Li Qing got up early, washed up, put on his official uniform, and sat in the courtyard waiting.
At the beginning of the morning, people from all walks of life arrived one after another, and the small courtyard could not be crowded.
Li Qing had no choice but to group them into groups on the way to Baoyuan Bureau.
He Yong kept thinking about Li Qing's kindness and wanted to do something to help him, so he asked: "Is there anything that needs to be prepared in advance? I will take someone to do it."
"Hmm... You take Team 2 and Team 3 to Caishikou to promote it, saying that the treasure banknotes can be exchanged for copper coins, and the regular banknotes are worth one hundred Wen."
"Sure." He Yong nodded in agreement and was about to do it when he suddenly remembered something and asked, "You dispersed everyone, do you have to give me a token or something?"
Li Qing said with a smile: "No need, I am the general person in charge, you just say it is my order, no one dares to disobey."
"That's done." He Yong turned the horse's head and went to the back to call someone.
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Baoyuan Bureau.
Li Qing said hello in advance, and the Baoyuan Bureau supervisor was waiting early.
Basically no time was wasted. As soon as they arrived, they went directly to the warehouse.
When they arrived at the door, the supervisor of the Baoyuan Bureau rubbed his hands and said: "Master Li, it is really against the rules for so many people to go in. Besides, we can't use so many people. According to the official below, it will be enough for a hundred people to go in."
His official position is higher than that of Li Qing, but Li Qing is the imperial envoy at the moment, and the imperial envoy official is one level higher.
"Okay." Li Qing nodded and selected No. 100 people from the first team.
When the supervisor of the Baoyuan Bureau saw that the candidates had been selected, he immediately said to these people: "Take off all your clothes, take off all your clothes."
Person No. 100 looked reluctant and hesitated to take it off.
Li Qing immediately said: "It's a fixed price. Those who are willing to move the money will receive an additional ten taels of silver per person, but they must move all the money."
Ten taels of silver was really a lot, and soon some people were taking off their clothes, even those who were not selected, but they were stopped in time by Li Qing.
After a while, the crotch-covering master No. 100 was ready.
Seeing this, the supervisor of Baoyuan Bureau took out the key and stepped forward to unlock the door.
No. 100 rushed into the warehouse naked and moved out boxes of coins.
In fact, there is no need to be so strict. After all, copper coins are not valuable and there is no need to take risks, but the rules are like this, and Li Qing can't make it difficult for others. óΠъ.oяＧ
Half an hour later, dozens of carriages were filled.
The supervisor of Baoyuan Bureau came forward and said: "Master Li, according to the rules, these people have to stay here and cannot leave until the warehouse is empty."
"Well... OK, they do physical work, so don't be stingy with food." Li Qing said, "I can reimburse you for the expenses later."
"Yes, I will obey your orders."
Li Qing turned around and waved his hand, "Let's go to Caishikou."
…
When we arrived at Caishikou, it was almost noon.
After He Yong's publicity and the people rushing to tell each other, the place was crowded with people.
Li Qing said to the Minister of Justice, "Take five teams to organize order, clear an open space, and let the people line up..."
After calculating the width of the street and excluding the space required for the carriage to pass, Li Qing said: "Line up in five lines."
The Minister of Justice nodded and led the people there.
Everything is ready and people are hungry.
However, looking at the impatient people, Li Qing could only bite the bullet and start exchanging money. At the same time, he ordered people to destroy the food.
The purchasing power of treasure banknotes is gradually decreasing, and people no longer want to hold treasure banknotes. Although regular banknotes can only be exchanged for 100 yuan, they are still willing to exchange them.
Without him, the purchasing power of one hundred copper coins is greater than that of a regular banknote.
The six government officials were responsible for the exchange, the Hanlin Academy kept accounts, the Imperial Palace censor supervised, and the factory guards supervised the Imperial Palace. And Li Qing... was sitting on the chair like an uncle, guarding the exchanged treasure notes.
Half an hour later, the meal was delivered. After a quarter of an hour's rest, the exchange continued.
At Shen Shi, the copper coins for dozens of carriages were exchanged.
Li Qing took the ledger and the exchanged treasure banknotes to the palace to repeat the order.
Zhu Qiyu also made preparations early. Under the auspices of the Minister of Revenue, the eunuchs who were proficient in calculations began to reconcile the accounts, and the abacus crackled...
At the end of Shen Shi, after confirming that everything was correct, Li Qing left the palace.
The next day, it was the same as usual.
…
As time went by, the news of the imperial court exchanging treasure banknotes became more and more widespread, and more and more people came to exchange it.
The business has become more and more proficient, from changing once a day at first, to three times in two days, to twice a day, the efficiency is getting higher and higher.
It only took more than twenty days, and less than 20 million copper coins were used. All the exchanges were completed in the capital, and only a few people came to exchange them.
But Li Qing suspected that they were scalpers and stopped them immediately. For this, many people scolded him behind his back.
In fact, in the long run, it doesn't matter whether it is exchanged or not, because the treasure banknotes will still circulate, the exchange rate has been fixed, and those who have not exchanged them will not suffer any loss.
But the common people couldn't see this, and Li Qing was scolded frequently.
After Zhu Qiyu heard about it, he specially explained it to Li Qing. It had some effect, but not much.
Seeing this situation, Zhu Qiyu simply refused to let Li Qing do this job.
We already have experience, and the team is well led by Li Qing. With various departments checking each other, there is nothing to worry about.
As a result, Xiao Hengzi, the eunuch in charge of the Li Supervisor, took over the baton and went to Tianjin Wei to replace him.
The admiral of Dongchang is responsible for escorting the copper coins, the commander of Jinyiwei is responsible for road safety, and the censor of Youdu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is responsible for supervision. In addition, there are six departments for Shizhong.
Li Qing was happy to have some leisure time, so he could just show off.
He couldn't catch everything even if he was tired and vomited blood.
