Five years of county magistrate, 100 million catties of grain shocked Li Shimin

Chapter 361 Treating the Symptoms, Not the Root Cause, Let’s Fight

The next day, the sky was misty.

The entrance of Huaxia Bank was already full of people.

In fact, some people didn't leave last night.

When Fang Yuan arrived in person, the entrance of Huaxia Bank was already crowded with tens of thousands of people.

It can be said that the streets in front of Huaxia Qianzhuang are already crowded and overcrowded.

"With so many people, how can this little money be enough?"

Today Xue Jiaoyan also followed, and was startled when she saw the dark crowd.

She knew the seriousness of the matter, but she didn't know that it was so serious.

With so many people queuing up to exchange, if it is not handled properly, there will definitely be chaos within a few days.

It can be seen that the people in line looked at Huaxia Bank with different eyes, pitiful and angry at the same time.

"Go get someone to bring some signs over."

Fang Yuan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

The money is really not enough, so we can only make do with it first.

Not long after, Xue Jiaoyan asked the staff of Huaxia Bank to move seven or eight brands.

As soon as the door opened, people queuing up gathered around, as if they were going to break through the Huaxia Bank to grab money.

But fortunately, the guards of Huaxia Bank were replaced by Jinwu Guards, which made people a little rational.

Not long after, Fang Yuan asked people to write the same words on the eight moving signs.

First, Huaxia Bank will guarantee exchange every day!

Second, in order to ensure that most people can exchange money, it is not allowed to exchange large amounts, and each person can only exchange two hundred per day.

Third, in order to prevent the five surnames and Qiwang from intentionally making trouble, after the Qixing banknotes are exchanged for Datang Banknotes, they cannot be exchanged for copper coins within one month. Datang Banknotes can be purchased at Bafang Group and other stores for daily necessities. Immediately report to Fang Yuan's Mansion, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

The eight signs are arranged separately so that more people can see them.

When the sign was released, the scene immediately erupted, with one voice after another opposing it.

However, there was no chaos at the scene, but the restless scene became calmer.

Fang Yuan watched, heaved a sigh of relief.

He understood that it was ordinary people who really needed money urgently.

And those aristocratic families, not to mention all, but most of them have spare money to use.

They may have a lot of seven-star banknotes, but they must have Tangbao banknotes and copper coins.

The reason why I came to exchange it was because I didn't want the seven-star banknotes in my hand to become waste paper.

These people are a small number, but they exchange a lot of money.

Now Fang Yuan put an end to their actions, but gave hope to ordinary people.

After Fang Yuan began to implement his method, the exchange speed was significantly faster.

It is much faster to check the authenticity of only two seven-star banknotes than to check a pile of seven-star banknotes.

Those representatives of the aristocratic families left while cursing, while the ordinary people who really needed to exchange money were crying with joy.

After Fang Yuan's change, things finally took a turn for the better.

But in the face of such a huge amount, the original money in the treasury was exchanged in the afternoon.

Although the number of queues has decreased a lot, there are still many who come to queue and want to exchange copper coins.

Nowadays, the crisis of banknotes has appeared in people's minds. They feel that banknotes are unreliable, and they all want copper coins.

They feel that only copper coins can have a sense of security, and only holding copper coins will prevent the day when banknotes become waste paper.

After learning about this situation, Fang Yuan's heart is heavy, the concept of banknotes that is rarely introduced may not be able to be promoted again.

"Fang Yuan, the situation in various places is very bad."

"As you can imagine, the farther you are from Chang'an City, the more serious the refusal to use banknotes will be."

"The places where there are Huaxia Banks are okay, but where there are no Huaxia banknotes, some people have already started rioting. The local county government cases are piled up like a mountain, and it is difficult to restrain them."

According to Fang Yuan's request, Mo Cailing went to investigate places outside Chang'an City in the past few days.

Even though Li Shimin's bad guys reported the news every day, Fang Yuan still wanted to ask Mo Cailing to take a look.

After confirming that the news brought back by the two parties is almost the same, Fang Yuan's heart is a little heavy again, feeling that it is already very difficult to maintain the credit of the banknotes.

"Call a plenary meeting of the household department before get off work is over!"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

He ordered someone to go to the Ministry of Households to notify him first, and then rushed back by himself.

Now it's almost time to get off work, but it's not yet time to get off work, so Fang Yuan has a meeting on a whim.

When Fang Yuan came to the Hubu meeting room, the Hubu meeting room was already full of people, but two people were absent.

"Why are there two seats unoccupied?"

Fang Yuan asked directly after sitting down.

These two people sat in the round table meeting and were important figures in the fourth division.

Otherwise, Fang Yuan would not have noticed their absence.

The overall situation of the conference room is a round table, and there are dozens of stools outside the round table. Leaders sit on the round table for meetings, and others sit on the stools outside the round table.

"My lord, the two of them have asked for leave."

Fang Qingping said in a low voice.

The faces of the members of the on-site meeting changed, but they did not speak.

"Why doesn't this officer know?"

"May I leave a leave note?"

Fang Yuan frowned slightly.

He glanced at the officials at the round table meeting, probably wondering who was missing.

It was an official who had taken refuge in Fang Yuan earlier, and was afraid of Cui Zhentang later, so he went to Cui Zhentang again, and when Fang Yuan gained power, he went back to Fang Yuan.

"I left in a hurry and forgot to stay."

Fang Qingping excused the two of them.

"What's the reason?"

Fang Yuan frowned deeper.

"I don't know."

Fang Qingping said casually.

"In this situation, there is still a phenomenon of early retirement."

"You supervise, wait for these two people to come back and ask them to give the reason for their leave."

"If you think their reasons for asking for leave are unreasonable, tell them both to leave their jobs and get out!"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

He does not engage in dictatorship, and will not fire a subordinate just because he asks for leave.

But at this time, if it is not urgent to ask for leave, then get out, there is no room for them here.

"Yes!"

Everyone's heart trembled, and they quickly responded.

Many people gloated, and many people felt frightened.

"I hold a meeting at this point, and I have a few points to tell you."

"First, at this difficult time, everyone must stick to their posts and not be late or leave early!"

"Second, any expenditures in the future, including monthly salary, will be supported in the form of Datang Banknotes, and officials from all over the country are advised to insist on promoting the use of Datang Banknotes."

"Third, in times of difficulty, as officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs, we must stick to our hearts, not be afraid of difficulties, and work hard to finish this tough battle!"

Fang Yuan put forward three points in a row.

The most important of these is the second point.

Since there is a problem with the credit of paper money among the people, it starts with the officials of the imperial court.

Every official uses Datang banknotes, which can promote the use of banknotes invisibly and play an advertising role.

As for whether paper money can be used to buy things in some remote areas, Fang Yuan has already made another plan to ensure that they can use Datang paper money normally.

That is to try to open a Huaxia bank in every state and give them the opportunity to exchange copper coins to ensure that they can maintain a normal life.

But when it is time to use paper money, it is necessary to force the use of paper money to ensure that paper money can restore credit again one day.

"Yes!"

Everyone should be.

After a few more instructions, the meeting ended.

The night passed like this, and the sun rose as usual the next day.

Watching the rising sun, Fang Yuan felt a little better, no longer so heavy.

If there is anything in the world that cannot be changed, it is the sun, which sets and rises every day and never changes.

On this day, Fang Yuan came to Huaxia Bank to investigate again.

Instead of reducing the number of people queuing up to exchange, they have increased a lot.

The situation is similar to yesterday, but people's hostility is not as strong as yesterday.

Because of the real-name system registration problem yesterday, the speed of checking the name today is much slower.

After the speed slowed down, the people queuing couldn't bear it anymore. They cursed while queuing up, and there was even the possibility of fighting.

"Tell the Jinwu Guard: It's okay for them to quarrel, but they can't fight. If anyone finds a fight, he will be taken away and imprisoned immediately."

"And tell everyone in line that there will be exchanges every day, and the data will be made public. It is clearly guaranteed that the banknotes and copper coins exchanged every day are not fake!"

Fang Yuan looked at the situation at the scene, and didn't order anyone to stop their quarrel.

The people who lined up at the scene were very upset, but they had to line up again.

Therefore, Fang Yuan will not stop them when there are small problems, as long as they don't make things big.

The matter seems to have been resolved to a certain extent, and the situation in Chang'an City has indeed improved a lot.

However, before the night of happiness was over, there was a piece of bad news that night.

There is a rebellion in Yazhou, Jiannan Road!
The reason is that the seven-star banknotes have become waste paper, and the people who only have the seven-star banknotes are miserable.

Then Huaxia Bank was opened in Yazhou, and according to the situation in Chang'an City, the local people exchanged Tang treasure banknotes.

Because Qixing banknotes cannot be exchanged for copper coins within one month when they are converted into Datang banknotes, these people have to use Datang banknotes to purchase items.

However, some shops refused to accept them, and the people complained to the county government, but the county government not only failed to uphold justice for the people, but also made things difficult for the people for the shops.

Thus, the fuse started, and finally formed a rebellious force, which finally reached the ears of Fang Yuan and others.

Fang Yuan learned that among the rebellion there was Qiwang of the five surnames, the shop that refused to use the Tang treasure banknotes was owned by Qiwang of the five surnames, and the local county magistrate was a student of the Wang family in Taiyuan.

For this, Fang Yuan was very helpless.The heavy heart became even heavier, and he went to the palace to find Li Shimin immediately.

"This is what I fear most about them!"

"Too many low-level officials come from them, or are related to them!"

Li Shimin said solemnly.

He has always known that once there is trouble with the five surnames and Qiwang, officials in many places will be alienated from the court.

Yazhou is just one of them, and there will be more problems in many places.

Every time the court finds a countermeasure, they will find a way to deal with it.

The longer the time, the more unstable it is for the court.

Because the people are not doing well, they will only think that the court is immoral, not that it is the problem of those big clans.

An iron family, a flowing dynasty, this is it!
"Is something like this going to happen in a lot of places?"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

He entered the palace overnight just thinking of this.

"Yes."

Li Shimin's tone was low and heavy.

Fang Yuan didn't speak immediately, the atmosphere in the imperial study became heavy.

"Fang Yuan, do you have any countermeasures?"

Li Shimin said solemnly.

This time he didn't immediately call Fang Xuanling and the others to discuss after he got the news, because he had some hesitation in his heart.

This hesitation can only be determined by making a decision on your own.

"I think that no matter what method is used now, it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause."

"Let's fight, Your Majesty, let's fight against Qingshan in Qingzhou, fight against the five surnames and Qiwang, and fight against Linguo!"

Fang Yuan said after pondering for a moment.

When internal conflicts cannot be resolved, people's attention can be diverted by opening up peripheral battlefields.

If the imperial court solves the Qingshan problem quickly, it will start a war with the five surnames and Qiwang, and at the same time use the outer battlefield to cover up.

Then this crisis may be resolved.

"Do you feel like going to war too?"

Li Shimin's eyes lit up immediately.

His hesitation is whether to go to war with the outside world.

But any war, whether it is to quell internal strife or start a war abroad, will have a great impact and will be opposed by countless people.

So Li Shimin hesitated, hesitating whether to make the decision to go to war abroad.

But he didn't want to, Fang Yuan actually thought of this.

This surprised him, excited him, and gave him a feeling of sympathy.

"Yes!"

"Use war to divert conflicts!"

Fang Yuan looked at Li Shimin in surprise, said in a deep voice.

It can be said that Li Shimin never thought of going to war after the Five Surnames and Qiwang Rebellion lasted for so long.

"Then what do you think is the best way to start a war?"

Li Shimin asked.

He desperately wanted to know how to fight.

Because after listening to Fang Yuan's words, he thought it was such a coincidence that he made the decision to go to war
"The soldiers are divided into three groups and attack at the same time."

"But before that, we first created public opinion and showed that foreign countries were trying to bully us in the Central Plains. We suffered a huge humiliation."

Fang Yuan thought for a while and said.

"It's a bit risky to divide the troops into three groups, and the imperial court doesn't have that many troops to mobilize."

Li Shimin shook his head and said.

It is necessary to create public opinion, and it is also a teacher of justice.

"The king of Shu has put down the chaos in Hebei, and he can let the king of Shu go to destroy Qingshan."

"It's not difficult to choose a foreign country, just find any reason."

"The only difficult thing is five surnames and seven families. Their family has a great career and spread all over the world, and they have to break with the world's aristocratic families when they are crusaded. That's the difficulty!"

Fang Yuan also understood some tactics of war.

But I have to say that among the three divisions of troops, it is the most difficult to deal with the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs.

After all, the reasons are not very strong, and the five surnames and seven wang are spread all over the world, and they have great prestige in the aristocratic family.

"You're right!"

"Do you have the idea of ​​leading troops to fight?"

"I want you and Yuan Tiangang to crusade against the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs together."

Li Shimin said solemnly.

It is the best choice for bad people to crusade against the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes.

As for Fang Yuan, it was because Fang Yuan mentioned it, so he wanted Fang Yuan to be responsible.

Fang Yuan is his Yingmeng virtuous minister, he will definitely be able to help him tide over the difficulties.

"I?"

"Forget it, I'm not fit for war."

"If necessary, Xue Bowu and Xue Rengui from my residence can come."

Fang Yuan was greatly surprised, shook his head and refused.

Let him fight, it's not bad if he doesn't lose.

Facing five surnames and seven Wangs, Fang Yuan refused without thinking.

(End of this chapter)