Anti Qing

Chapter 107 Yongchang Money

Xiangyang City, Xinchengwan.

Li Zijing sat in the tent of the Chinese army with a heavy expression on his face.

Ever since the news of the appearance of a large number of Ming troops in Junzhou reached the city, the whole of Xiangyang seemed to be full of soldiers.

The Dashun garrison in Xiangyang Prefecture was controlled by Liu Tichun. After the last military meeting, Liu Tichun sent documents to the counties and counties still occupied by Dashun.

The troops of the Dashun Army from all over the place are shrinking towards the city, making a posture of fortifying the walls and clearing the fields, and strictly guarding the city.

The performance of the Dashun army is reasonable, but in the eyes of the people everywhere, this means another war is about to start.

The common people are the most helpless during the war, and even Xiangyang City is full of people's hearts.

It has been more than a month since he came to Xiangyang. Li Zijing's front battalion has been expanded, the number of troops has doubled, and the camp has become lively.

There are also many more arrangements in the Chinese military tent.

In addition to the table case on the north side and the shelf on which Li Zijing's conquest armor was hung, a screen was added in the tent, and a detailed planning map of Huguang was hung on the screen.

Since time travel, Li Zijing knows what it is, and he hates books when they are used. Therefore, he likes to read all kinds of books and learn all kinds of ancient knowledge.

Because of this, Li Zijing's Chinese military account is the most scholarly among the generals of the Dashun Army.

On the left hand side of the account, there is a bookcase made of mahogany. There are several ancient books neatly placed in the cabinet. In addition to the general book of martial arts, there are three books: "Sun Tzu", "Wu Zi", and "Wei Liao Zi". .

Although there are not many books now, Li Zijing really reads them whenever he has time, and the soldiers in the front battalion also know it.

Li Zijing's actions also imperceptibly affected the atmosphere of the entire front battalion. Many generals and officers began to collect various books and put them in their tents.

Whether they see it or not, that's not clear.

For Dashun, such a change might be a good thing. After all, a regime that wants to last for a long time cannot always be maintained by relying on muddy legs.

On this day, a commoner came to Qianyingli and was very indignant, saying that it was Li Zijing who restrained the east road and wanted to be the master of the people in Xiangyang.

"Let him in."

Li Zijing put down the martial arts scripture in his hand, slowly raised his head, and looked at the commoner who walked into the tent.

This is a middle-aged man with a vicissitudes of life, wearing a dark blue jacket, he was taken aback when he saw Li Zijing.

The next moment, he suddenly reacted and knelt down.

"The grassroots have seen General Li"

Li Zijing waved his hand slightly, showing a face as kind as possible.

"You don't need to be too polite, sit down and talk."

"I, Dashun, belong to the people's team. I also come from Mizhi. I used to be a farmer, just like everyone else."

"From now on, you don't need to kneel down to look for this general."

The commoner was startled for a moment, then scratched his head, carefully sat on the stool set aside, rubbing his rough palms on his trouser legs uneasily.

"Caomin has something to do, let the general decide."

Li Zijing looked slightly serious, and said seriously.

"I was ordered by the emperor of Yongchang to control the east road, and I should be the master of the people to ask for orders. Is there any official and gentry doing evil and harming the people?"

When the middle-aged man heard this, his expression darkened.

"I'm just afraid that the general can't take charge of this matter."

After all, he got up and left.

Wu Zhaosheng had been standing at the gate of the camp, and stopped him when he saw this.

"If you have something to say, just say it. With the support of the sky, my general can also make decisions for you. If you come, you will leave halfway. Isn't it a joke?"

The middle-aged man retreated, but seeing Wu Zhaosheng's tough attitude and fear in his heart, he walked back step by step.

"It is you, the Dashun Army, that Caomin wants to sue."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the Chinese military tent suddenly froze.

Sue Dashun in Dashun?

Li Zijing stared at him with a serious expression.

"what?"

"Who do you want to sue?"

The middle-aged man looked embarrassed, but under the watchful eyes of Li Zijing and Wu Zhaosheng, he still nervously told the truth.

"Last year, the emperor of Yongchang settled the government in Xiangyang, opened 24 bureaus, and made Yongchang money, but this money was only circulated in Xiangyang."

"Now the shops in Xiangyang don't recognize Yongchang money, and we can't spend it in our hands. In order to make Yongchang money, the money bureau even collects copper wares."

"In the past few days, officials have been collecting bronze wares in the city. If they don't give them, they will beat them. The people are miserable. Did the general see it?"

Li Zijing stood up and stared slightly.

"Is there such a thing?"

"Forcing the people, how is it different from those dog officers and soldiers?"

The commoner immediately knelt down and kowtowed hastily.

"General!"

"Caomin doesn't want you to punish anyone, Caomin just wants to exchange the Yongchang money in his hand for silver taels that can be spent."

"Caomin's family really can't open the pot. If you have money, you can't spend it. You have to hand over all the copper utensils. What are you cooking with?"

Li Zijing rolled his eyes and realized the seriousness of the matter.

In history, after Li Zicheng established the government in Xiangyang, he indeed opened a 24-money bureau in Xiangyang to mine and make Yongchang coins.

The problem is that there are no copper mines around Xiangyang, so they can only be transported from other places. Before Dashun defeated Shanhaiguan, copper mines were transported smoothly, and Yongchang coins in the city completely replaced Daming copper coins.

But later Shanhaiguan was defeated, Dashun was defeated all the way, and the copper mines were lost. Xiangyang could not receive copper mines, but Li Zicheng did not have any new orders on the currency system.

The Dashun Army was losing streak all the way, and even the garrisons in various places could not be contacted, and there was no time to deal with the coins.

Many processes were interrupted by the entry of the Qing Dynasty.

Now with the defeat of the Dashun Army, Yongchang coins in Xiangyang have completely become obsolete coins, and no merchant will accept coins from a regime that is about to fall.

In troubled times, gold and silver are the most valuable assets.

All the shops in the city now only accept gold and silver as transaction currency, and a lot of Yongchang money is discarded in the money bureau, and it cannot be spent in the hands of the people.

"Don't worry, since this matter is known to the general, he will definitely give a satisfactory answer to the people of Xiangyang."

The middle-aged man hesitated to speak, but seeing that Li Zijing had already said so, he had no choice but to give up, sighed, turned his head and left.

Wu Zhaosheng didn't stop him this time, and he was also very shocked.

Li Zijing immediately looked at him and said in a deep voice.

"Send people to the Baoyuan Bureau and order them to immediately stop minting Yongchang coins and stop all collections of bronze wares."

"Tell the whole city that from now on, anyone who collects bronze wares from the people on the grounds of minting coins will be punished as a crime of treason!"

Wu Zhaosheng was also aware of the pros and cons of this matter, he clasped his fists when he heard this, turned around and left.

Watching him leave, Li Zijing slowly sat back.

Thinking in my heart, this is an opportunity to win people's hearts.

It's just that it's easy to stop minting coins, and how to take back many scrap coins that have been circulated outside, so as to ensure that the losses of the people are minimized, is the most difficult.

The front battalion now has limited funds, and the taxes obtained in Dengzhou last time have to be reserved for the troops to pay.

I don't know if the funds will be enough for this purpose. If it is used up, the troops will have no salary, and how will people's hearts be stable.

Li Zijing rubbed his aching head, and sighed in his heart, it is so difficult to manage a city and a place, and it is unimaginable to manage the world.

(End of this chapter)