In the past few days, there have been several major events that shocked the government and the public.
First of all, both the Emperor and the Queen Mother fell ill.
Emperor Jingshun has been undressed these days.
Except for going to court, he and Yuanchun spend most of their time waiting at the bedside.
Show all the benevolence and filial piety that you should have.
Secondly, there is the veteran minister Zhao Shunjun, Minister of Household Affairs.
A generation of old party mainstays quietly entered the cabinet.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that he has completely fallen towards Emperor Jingshun.
This also means that the old party of Wei Dynasty has completely collapsed.
There are no more heroes.
Some people say that it was because Lord Zhao Shun fell to Emperor Jingshun that the Emperor became so angry that he fell ill.
Feng Yibo has no way of knowing what the real situation is.
What he focuses on is also different from these people.
Because these two things are earthquake-level events for other officials.
Every day, ministers were discussing two things, feeling that things might completely change.
But Feng Yibo believes that the most important news is the last one.
That is, after Zhao Shunjun entered the cabinet, the cabinet minister Fei Hong retired and returned to his hometown.
Among these three things, Feng Yibo felt that this was the only one that had a truly far-reaching impact.
The first thing is that the Supreme Emperor is getting older and has already lived in seclusion.
Not to mention falling ill, even if he suddenly disappeared, Feng Yibo didn't think there was anything strange.
The second thing is that the old party is already on its last legs, and it is only a matter of time before it disappears from the government.
At this time, Emperor Shun and Zhang Songyue left a few behind, which could be regarded as leaving some dignity for the Supreme Emperor.
The third thing seems to be an understatement.
Feng Yibo felt that this was really a major event that affected Wei's policy.
Fei Hong was born in the Fei family of Qianshan and survived through three dynasties.
It's because he is the best at economics.
Don't talk about anything else, just the money order through Dawei.
It was from the hand of this elder.
During the reign of Emperor Tiantai, he became the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue based on his ability.
In charge of the financial power of Wei Dynasty.
At that time, the Wei Dynasty was not only under great financial pressure, but also the people were worried about money.
Fei Hong made a prompt decision and advocated the issuance of bills of exchange.
Not only does it relieve financial pressure, but also the problem of money panic.
At the same time, it also promoted trade between the north and the south, making bulk business more convenient.
It even almost solved the problem of excessive fire consumption of silver coins.
The reason for the difference is not that there is anything wrong with the money order.
It was because various departments in the Wei Dynasty used various excuses to resist.
As a result, cash is still the main currency.
On the contrary, it is the businessmen who do large transactions who are full of praise for this.
Slowly penetrated everywhere in the north and south.
The reason why he was recognized by the merchants was also because Fei Hong was very restrained in issuing bills of exchange.
The total annual bill of exchange is about the equivalent of taxes.
This is equivalent to using the entire Wei Dynasty's tax revenue as a deposit.
To ensure that the value of the bill of exchange will not shrink.
The special paper and ink for money orders are also specially made by Qianshan Fei.
Based on the level of this era, after adding some unique secret recipes.
It is very difficult to imitate exactly the same thing.
This also gives the money order a certain anti-counterfeiting function.
The most important thing is if you want to cash the money order into cash.
This can be easily accomplished in the capital or at a bank affiliated to the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs.
Because only these two places can exchange money, the cash reserves are also very sufficient.
Most of the time, there is no need to make an appointment in advance.
Of course, you still need to pay some handling fees.
For large transactions, it is also acceptable to pay some handling fees in exchange for greater convenience.
It is always much less expensive than transporting it back and forth.
Of course, the resistance of various departments in the Wei Dynasty was also related to Huo Hao.
However, it was Fei Hong’s careful management over the years.
The bill of exchange was centered in Duzhong and Jinling and gradually spread to the entire Wei Dynasty.
It can even be seen overseas.
By the time of Emperor Jingshun, the use of money orders became more frequent.
It is not limited to large transactions, but penetrates into all walks of life.
Before, Feng Yibo particularly liked using money orders.
The prerequisite for liking is trust.
This crude financial system can remain stable.
It relies on Fei Hong's consistent stability.
Now, the man who created this system is about to retire and return home.
Feng Yibo was naturally worried about the future value of the bill of exchange.
What he fears most is that the person who takes over the business will issue excessively because of lack of money.
In particular, the current Wei treasury is not rich.
If someone without financial knowledge takes over.
Or knowing the consequences, they can only choose to drink poison to quench their thirst.
That will inevitably cause this crude financial system to explode.
I'm afraid there will be a run next.
If you fail to cope with it, the bill of exchange is likely to lose its credibility.
One of the most terrible consequences is that the money order turns into worthless waste paper.
In fact, as early as a few days ago, news came out in the court that Lord Zhao Shun had turned to Emperor Jingshun.
Feng Yibo's first reaction when he heard the news was what price Emperor Jingshun paid to recruit him.
Zhao Shunjun already sat in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, so he could be recruited to his position.
The only option left is to join the cabinet.
When Zhao Shunjun joins the cabinet, the most likely possibility is to replace Fei Hong.
After all, the two people have the same functions, and they are both from the household department.
What's more, Fei Hong had long wanted to retire and had repeatedly requested to retire.
As long as Emperor Jingshun takes advantage of the situation, it is logical for Zhao Shun to ascend to the throne.
Things were indeed as expected, and were developing in the direction Feng Yibo was worried about.
Next, it depends on whether Zhao Shunjun is prudent in his policy on money orders.
In addition to this reason, Feng Yibo must prepare for the worst. .
There was another important reason why he asked Donghai County to abandon money orders.
On Yinlian Island, copper mines and gold mines were discovered one after another.
Feng Yibo had an idea.
Now, Da Wei's financial system may change again.
Then with this idea, you can start preparing appropriately.
The idea is...
Gold mines and copper mines are money, but there is still one step left before they can be turned into money that can be spent.
That is, coinage.
The Wei Dynasty had express regulations that anyone who minted copper coins privately would be punished by hanging.
But in fact, there are countless people who mint copper coins privately, and they are banned repeatedly.
Especially in the Jiangnan area, there are still people who specialize in casting copper coins to make a living.
The Japanese country did not have its own currency, and had used the currency of the Central Plains since ancient times.
This led to the Japanese country's money panic being more serious than that of the Central Plains dynasty.
This gave rise to many private coin-minting activities.
After these copper coins are shipped to the Japanese country, the profit can be five times!
Among them, Tiantai Tongbao has the largest number.
Da Wei's money panic, to a certain extent, has a lot to do with this matter.
In addition to preparing to cast Tiantai Tongbao, Feng Yibo also prepared to have gold and silver coins minted.
There are many silver mines associated with gold mines.
In addition, Donghai County has accumulated massive wealth through maritime trade and taxation.
If they were all converted into cash, the two combined should be enough to support the coinage.
Regardless of whether the value of the final bill of exchange changed or not, minting coins was a profitable business.
Moreover, it is illegal to mint copper coins, but it is not within the scope of the law to mint gold and silver coins.
Belongs to a gray area.
Soon after, the matter was settled.
As expected, it ended with Fei Hong retiring and Zhao Shunjun entering the cabinet.
Of course, Fei Hong had long wanted to retire, but Emperor Jingshun had been trying hard to persuade him to stay.
Now I am taking advantage of the opportunity to go home and retire, which can be regarded as a successful retirement.
Here, as soon as Zhao Shunjun entered the cabinet, Feng Yibo received an invitation from Feng Ziying.
Feng Ziying personally went to Feng's house to invite him and invited him to a banquet at his house.
He just said that we had something important to discuss.
"The national mourning is not over, so I don't dare to have a banquet."
Feng Yibo also wanted to analyze with Li Shouzhong the situation between North Korea and China after Zhao Shunjun entered the cabinet.
He didn't want to go to Feng Ziying's house at this juncture.
It doesn't matter that he went to Jia's house because he had relatives.
If he still hangs out with Feng Ziying, it will inevitably make people think that he is too close to the founding father.
In particular, Feng Ziying's position is unclear, and she is probably an Infernal Affairs practitioner.
Feng Yibo didn't want to get too close to him.
He first gave the reason for national mourning, and then declined:
"I appreciate Brother Ziying's kindness. I will call Brother Lian later and we can get together again."
This was just to hold Jia Lian and avoid meeting Feng Ziying alone.
"As I said, although the national mourning is not over, there is no harm in having a family dinner."
Feng Ziying heard this but persisted.
He had a "If you don't go, I won't leave" attitude and said:
"We are all the Feng family, isn't that just a family dinner?"
There are many people named Feng, who do you think is the oldest?
Feng Yibo complained in his heart, but still declined on his face, saying:
"You go ahead, I still have some things to deal with."
When Feng Ziying heard this, she quickly said:
"No one else but you and me, brother."
Seeing Feng Yibo's repeated refusals, he stopped talking and said directly:
"I know you are still dissatisfied with me for what happened last time, but you should give me a chance to explain, right?"
After he finished speaking, he saw that Feng Yibo only looked at him but did not answer.
Now Feng Ziying was anxious and took action directly.
He grabbed Feng Yibo's arm and pulled it out.
While pulling, he also said:
"Let's go, let's have a few drinks and that's it. I promise you won't regret it if you go!"
Feng Yibo had no choice but to order someone to prepare a car.
When the two of them arrived at Feng Ziying's house, they saw someone else in the house as soon as they entered the house.
Several actors were dressed up, and a woman in the lead came over in a gorgeous way.
"This is Miss Yun'er from Jinxiangyuan. She is the best at playing the pipa. I specially invited her to entertain Yibo."
Yun'er's elegant and graceful figure is not as shy as an ordinary woman.
The two sent Feng Yibo to the table, and Feng Ziying said to Na Yun'er:
"Yun'er, this is my distinguished guest, Captain Feng from the Ministry of Etiquette. You have to help me entertain him well. If Captain Feng is not satisfied, I will not support you in the future!"
When Yun'er heard this, her eyes immediately lit up.
Immediately, the whole person came up and said:
"But Feng Jiaxuan?"
Feng Yibo hid slightly and then said:
"I dare not call him 'Jiaxuan'."
"So, you really are the hero of Jiangnan, Feng Jiaxuan!"
Seeing Feng Yibo's acquiescence, Yun'er was immediately pleasantly surprised.
She was born in Jiangnan and had indeed heard of Feng Yibo's name.
Seeing me at this time, it is inevitable that I am really happy.
"Yun'er has heard of your name in Jiangnan a long time ago. It's a great honor to meet you today!"
Feng Yibo heard this but didn't react much.
He just smiled and cupped his hands and said:
"Nice to meet you!"
Yun'er suddenly felt a little disappointed when she saw that Feng Yibo had been perfunctory since he came in.
Immediately, she bit her lower lip and said aggrievedly:
"Does Captain Feng look down on the slave family?"
Of course Feng Yibo had a disdain for a prostitute, but there was no need for him to say so.
After hearing Yun'er's aggrieved question, he joked:
"It is said that there must be a person with a temperament in the world of love. It's not that I don't like her, I'm just afraid that I won't be able to get rid of her."
Although what he said was interesting, he also tactfully admitted that he disliked it.
"Uh, gurgle!"
Yun'er was stunned for a moment, obviously understanding.
Then he smiled nonchalantly and joked:
"It seems Captain Feng succeeded?"
In Fengyue Field, it is common for noble people to do so.
Naturally, Yun'er would not be dissatisfied just because he looked down on her.
Feng Yibo naturally would not be in trouble with Yun'er, so he joked again:
"That's not true. I have a lovely wife and beautiful concubine at home who can barely take care of me. Naturally, the wealth will not go to other people's fields."
"Captain Feng is really interesting."
Yun'er covered her mouth and chuckled, becoming more and more interested in Feng Yibo.
A pair of eyes seemed to have hooks, and they kept ogling Feng Yibo.
Feng Ziying thought Feng Yibo was just a little cautious, so she coughed lightly and said:
"Ahem! It's rare for Captain Feng to be honored today. Yun'er, why don't you play a ditty of yours to entertain Captain Feng?"
Yun'er heard that she was still a little reluctant to give up.
She walked to the stage, picked up the pipa, tuned the strings, and then began to sing:
"It's hard to leave two enemies behind, so here you are, thinking about him again."
She sang a seductive song in her mouth, and her eyes were like hooks.
He kept pushing hard on Feng Yibo.
"It's hard to describe the beauty of two people. I wanted to make a private appointment in the dark night last night."
At this time, Yun'er's singing became more and more lingering, and her charming eyes were as silky as silk,
Anyone else would be too worried to bear it.
But Feng Yibo didn't seem to notice, and he chuckled and beat the beat.
As if he was seriously enjoying the music.
"One was an affair, the other was a stalker, and I caught three of them, but I didn't reply."
"..."
After singing the song, Yun'er bit her lip and came back.
I want to lean on Feng Yibo again.
Feng Yibo remained calm and moved slightly to the side.
When Yun'er saw this, she stopped leaning on him and just smiled and said:
"What do you think? Possibly drinking for Captain Feng?"
Feng Yibo didn't look at her, but looked at Feng Ziying opposite and said:
"The music is good, but the lyrics are too colorful and I can't drink it."
When Yun'er heard this, she pursed her lips and said angrily:
"What kind of words does Captain Feng like? Could it be those of Qing Guoren?"
Feng Yibo shook his head and replied with a smile:
"I don't know what a Qing Guan is like, but since Miss Yun'er is good at pipa, how about playing "Ambush from Flying Daggers"?"
Yun'er was stunned by these words. She looked at Feng Yibo with some surprise, and then suddenly said:
"I almost forgot, Captain Feng is known as the 'Jia Xuan', so he should like songs like "Chu and Han"!"
"Ambush from Flying Daggers" is also called "Huaiyin Pingchu", or simply "Chu-Han"
Feng Ziying sighed at this time and said helplessly:
"Yibo, why are you so murderous?"
He obviously knew that Feng Yibo didn't really want to hear "House of Flying Daggers".
It's about expressing dissatisfaction with yourself.
At that moment, Feng Ziying stopped beating around the bush and was ready to get down to business. She waved her hand towards Yun'er and said:
"Miss Yun'er, I don't need you here anymore, go down and have a rest first."
Upon hearing this, Yun'er knew that they were going to talk about business.
He said goodbye reluctantly and said:
"Captain Feng, if you want to listen to pipa in the future, you might as well ask someone to send a message to Jinxiangyuan, and I will give you a free performance."
With that said, without waiting for Feng Yibo's response, he led the actors in the room and walked out together.
When he came to the door, he turned around and winked at Feng Yibo. Nuonuo saluted and said:
"We are destined to meet again."
This merciless trick has been tried repeatedly by Yun'er.
Unfortunately, it seems to have failed this time.
Feng Yibo didn't do what she expected, and he didn't show any sign of confusion.
He just smiled and nodded to her, without saying anything more.
"Brother Ziying came to me, maybe he didn't come here just to show me the hook bar song, right?"
