Li Hong stared at Di Renjie, wondering why Di Renjie wanted to check the Imperial College and Hongwen Hall and go back to him to go through one more procedure? Doesn’t he himself know the scope of authority of Dali Temple? In addition to the Daming Palace behind him, even if something happens to the East Palace, Dali Temple has the right to intervene.
So it seems that there is only one reason. I originally wanted to use Di Renjie's help to break the monopoly of Kong and Yan families on the Imperial College and Hongwen Hall, and change the structure of the two schools, but Di Renjie saw through it. The reason why he involved me was, He just wanted to have the Crown Prince as his backer when he fell out with Kong and Yan.
But it is no wonder that Di Renjie dared not to give face to the Kong and Yan families, ignored the two families' big issues and made them trivial, and insisted on finding out the matter, because he knew about it, and what's more? He was born in the Ming Jing Dynasty, and he didn't have much scruples about the five surnames, the seven families, or the Kong and Yan families.
Now the ball is kicked back to me again, and I am testing my determination to see if I dare to take on the responsibility and confront the Five Surnames and Seven Families or the Kong and Yan Families head-on.
"Isn't it possible that Zhang Jianzhi from the Ministry of Rites and Li Qiao from the Yushitai outside are here to intercede with you and the other is here to impeach you?" Li Hong's eyes revealed an intriguing smile.
Di Renjie also smiled. It's good to talk to smart people. Some words don't need to be mentioned by name. Both of them can accurately guess each other's thoughts.
But no matter what, Di Renjie, who is now forty years old, is at the peak of his life. Although he is very confident, he has to admire His Royal Highness Li Hong's reaction and quick thinking.
"Zhang Jianzhi is the Minister of Rites appointed by you personally a few years ago. Although he has a personal relationship with me, I did not communicate with him when he came here this time. As for whether he came to support me, I can only guess. Li Qiao, the Shitai doctor, is an upright and kind-hearted man. He must have wanted to impeach the minister." Di Renjie did not beat around the bush. Facing His Highness, hiding Xiao Jiujiu in his heart would only make His Highness feel that he was hypocritical.
"The Ministry of Rites wants to have jurisdiction over the connection with the Imperial College and the Hongwen Hall. Although it is not in full control, it is enough. I agree with you to conduct a thorough investigation, but you have to remember that I want the most authentic results!" Li Hong smiled He smiled and motioned to Di Renjie to drink tea.
"Yes, I understand." Di Renjie stood up and left.
The next two people were as Di Renjie and Li Hong had guessed. Although Zhang Jianzhi did not mention the case being investigated by Dali Temple, he also informed Li Hong of the current ills between the Imperial College and Hongwen Hall.
Similarly, the family members of the students who hanged themselves to death did not go to the Ministry of Rites to explain themselves. If the Imperial College and Hongwen Hall did not give an explanation, then they had no choice but to go to the Ministry of Rites to reason. Therefore, Zhang Jianzhi also hoped to ask Li Hong to make it clear that now How to deal with the matter.
The post of Shangshu Ling of the Shangshu Province is now vacant. Zhang Wenguan, the right servant, is concerned about this matter. After the death of Zhao Renben, the former left servant of the Shangshu Province, Cui Yuanzong, the newly promoted Zuopshe, is not supportive of the matter. This also shows that Cui Yuanzong, who belongs to the Five Surnames and Seven Families, opposed the Ministry of Rites to open the door of convenience to Dali Temple and allowed the matter to continue to be thoroughly investigated.
Li Hong nodded thoughtfully, agreed to Zhang Jianzhi's request, and also asked him to cooperate with Di Renjie.
Dr. Yushitai, that is, Li Qiao, the big boss of Yushitai, came this time to impeach Di Renjie for abusing his power. As a minister of Dali Temple, he neglected the suicide case of a student from the Imperial College and Hongwen Hall, but he still wandered around Chang'an City every day. He even deliberately vilified the Imperial College and Hongwen Hall.
Feng Yanzou was the responsibility of Yushitai, and Li Hong also understood Li Qiao's impeachment. Looking at it more deeply, he was afraid that Li Qiao was being used as a weapon and still didn't know it.
However, what Yushitai always needs is upright people. In Li Hong's heart, Yushitai is definitely a good institution. Although he often makes trouble for himself, it does not mean that he hates others or excludes and suppresses Yushitai.
After impeaching Di Renjie, Li Qiao pointed the finger at himself for forcing his way into the Danfeng Gate today. Li Hong also showed an open-minded attitude and finally allowed Li Qiao to return with satisfaction. However, he still said that he would not give up his role in the government. The right to impeach Di Renjie in court.
Li Hong personally sent Li Qiao to the door of the study, which shocked Jinghui, who was waiting for him last.
After Li Hong became the Minister of Household Affairs, Jinghui has been the only official that Li Hong trusted and could use. When Li Hong came here this time, in Li Hong's view, the problem he wanted to solve was more difficult than Di Renjie's problem. .
The Tang Dynasty's policy of abolishing old money and replacing it with new money has been advancing at a snail's pace. Although most of them are now using new money, especially the transaction of goods between businessmen and travelers, it has always been the primary target of the new money promoted by the Royal Bank. .
Nowadays, even ordinary people have begun to use new money. At least in the areas around Guanzhong and Gyeonggi, new money has been widely circulated, but old money is still flooding the market.
This makes Jinghui, who has been responsible for promoting the new money policy, extremely troubled. Why can't all the old money be exchanged? Even now, it still feels like there is still a lot of old money out there.
More importantly, until now, he has not been able to find out where the old money came from, but there is always old money circulating in the market.
Li Hong listened to Jing Hui's report and tapped his fingers on the table involuntarily. He had thought of this when he was casting new money, but he did not expect that the resistance would be so great.
More people are actually waiting and watching, holding on to the old money in their hands, hoping to exchange 800 or even 700 old money for new money, so as to make huge profits from it.
The reason why these people couldn't be found out was not that Jinghui was too stupid, but that Jinghui trusted people too much. It was no wonder that those who had a lot of old money in their hands were from the upper echelons of the empire.
They were waiting and watching, and after the people began to use the new money, they took advantage of the court's eagerness to recycle other old money to gain more profits and rewards, and even resorted to negotiation strategies with the court.
Royal family members, five surnames and seven families, wealthy families, and imperial nobles. These nobles relied on their contributions to the founding of the Tang Dynasty and their noble status, and they did not bother to exchange on an equal footing with the common people.
Thinking that they are superior to others, they not only want to make huge profits, but also try their best to prevent any of Li Hong's strategies from being implemented smoothly.
Therefore, the road paved in front of Li Hong is becoming more and more difficult to walk. All the policies that were originally continued back then have been extremely difficult every step forward after reaching the critical moment.
"Let Bai Chun come in." Li Hong said suddenly.
The obedient Xiaoxue hurriedly walked out at the door, and after a while she led Bai Chun in.
Jinghui once again briefly told Bai Chun what he had just told Li Hong, and then frowned involuntarily. In the Western Regions, Bai Chun had actually told Bai Chun about the old money he saw from Taiyi City. Told Li Hong.
"How much does the Taiyi City General Chamber of Commerce really control the number of chambers of commerce in various places now? Can it reach 70%?" Li Hong asked, looking at Bai Chun standing next to him.
"Each province in Gyeonggi Province is worse, and other places are even better." Bai Chun said simply.
Li Hong looked at the map on the wall and nodded. As expected, there were so many wealthy families and royal family members near Gyeonggi. It was obvious that the problem lay with these people.
"Jinghui, you use the bank to recycle a large amount of old money, one penny for one penny, and even when necessary, when there is too much old money, you can exchange two for new money." Li Hong suddenly had a trace of ruthlessness in his body.
Jinghui was shocked. No one is willing to exchange one penny for one penny. So when it is too much to pay back the old money, how about one for two
Li Hong showed a bloodthirsty smile, looked at Bai Chun and said: "Notify Taiyi City and Ming Chongyan of Menyuan Town that from now on, we will stop flying money transactions and switch to cash transactions, but we will never use the old methods again." Money, as the currency of transactions, must all be used in new money.”
Now it was Bai Chun's turn to be shocked. If this happened, Taiyi City's loss in one day would be huge!
"Your Highness..."
"Kill the enemy by one thousand and lose eight hundred. If you want to completely replace the old money with new money, if you don't use this method, you can only wait for people who are caught by speculation. In less than two months, all will be recovered, and all the consequences will be I'll look forward to it," Li Hong said confidently.
The reason for being so confident is that the arrival of the cold winter means that the New Year's Day is not far away. At this moment, compressing and controlling Taiyi City's trade requires taking certain risks, but if the decline in transaction volume can be replaced After returning to a complete market, we can continue to promote the next strategy in the coming year.
After the discussion was over, Li Hong felt his head was a little big. This was the first day of supervising the country. If it continued like this, I'm afraid he would think that he would just stay as a prince. The emperor still has his father. Just keep sitting.
Sun Simiao also came to the East Palace from Daming Palace. Li Hong's father and mother did not care about Sun Simiao's lunch, so Sun Simiao had to go to the East Palace to fill his stomach.
After telling Li Hong a few words about Li Zhi's condition during the dinner, he declined Li Hong's request to send someone to send him back. Instead, he took the herb collector's carriage and returned to Lantian alone.
In the next few days, Li Hong had been thinking about how to simplify the affairs of the government. If he, the prince of the country, made decisions on all matters, what would he do with these officials
While planning how to lighten their burden, Jingzhe and Cheetah also pulled a cart full of brown things soaked in water into the East Palace.
Li Hong looked at the sticky kelp in the water tanker and vaguely remembered that the original MSG seemed to be extracted from kelp. In order to show his filial piety, Li Zhi was given more delicious meals, so now he had no choice but to try it. Is it possible to extract MSG from kelp
The return of Jingzhe and Cheetah also brought several skilled craftsmen from Taiyi City who were hard-working and carefully selected. Even several people from the medicinal kitchen were transferred by Bai Chun, just to help His Highness the Crown Prince study that " MSG”.
(End of chapter)