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"It's outrageous! I really didn't expect that the issuance of new coins would bring such great trouble and harm to the people in the city. It was my negligence..."

After returning from outside the palace, Wei Ran witnessed the desolate and desolate scene in the Shendu City, and was immediately deeply upset about his behavior of issuing new coins.

Yao Zhonggong waited on one side without saying a word. After Wei Ran finished venting, he said leisurely: "Your Majesty, the most important thing should be to stabilize the people's hearts immediately, prevent the people from going out, and stop the issuance of new coins!"

Wei Ran nodded when she heard this. She was about to agree with Yao Zhong's words, but suddenly hesitated. He thought about it carefully and said to Yao Zhong: "Civil Secretary Yao, I ask you, if you stop issuing new coins, wouldn't the originally exchanged copper coins to be returned to the people?"

Yao Zhong bowed his hands and said, "Of course..."

Wei Ran's expression turned dark, she sighed, and waved to Yao Zhong: "Let me think about it carefully, Yao Jingshi, you should step down first..."

Yao Zhong bowed and retreated respectfully, leaving Wei Ran alone in the imperial study to hold his forehead and ponder...

The reason why Wei Ran knew that the issuance of new coins was extremely disturbing to the public, but he could not make up his mind to ban them is still the same word: poverty.

Although Yao Zhong "borrowed" the first batch of 20 million silver dollars from Liu Ce's place, including 6 million silver dollars, it was the silver that was suppressed and only dared to use it when he was impatient, which was also Wei Ran's confidence to maintain the operation of the court.

After thinking hard for a while, Wei Ran still couldn't make up his mind, so he simply asked the guards outside the door to call Zhen Sidao and Zhang Fuguo to discuss.

Soon, Zhen Sidao and Zhang Fuguo came to the imperial study room and saw Wei Ran, immediately knelt down and bowed: "I bow to the emperor..."

"snort……"

Wei Ran glanced at the kneeling two people, snorted coldly, pointed at Zhen Sidao and said:

"Look at the good things you did, the whole gods were in a turmoil. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes today, I wouldn't have believed that the God Capital would have become like this. What should you two explain to me!"

Zhen Sidao and Zhang Fuguo looked at each other and hurriedly said to Wei Ran with a grievance: "Emperor, I am loyal to the emperor. I just want to mint new coins to solve the emperor's urgent needs. As for why it turned out like this, I was unexpected..."

Zhang Fuguo also said: "Your Majesty, what Lord Zhen said is very polite. Why did the situation turn out like this? No one could predict in advance, but Lord Zhen and the Wei minister were all loyal to the emperor..."

After saying that, the two leaned over and bowed down.

Seeing the two of you say this, Wei Ran sighed a lot before his displeasure, and said:

"Okay, you two should get up first. I'm not sincerely trying to punish you two. I just want to find you here just to discuss a solution together, how to calm the public grievances..."

When Zhen Sidao and Zhang Fuguo heard this, they felt relieved. After thanking him, they stood up and stood in the imperial study room.

Wei Ran stood up and said, "From the current situation, the new currency can't be issued any more. To be honest, when the new currency was first issued, I had a premonition that there would be a lot of trouble.

But in order to raise the military pay of the Triumph Division, I still agreed, but I never expected that the matter would be so big that the people even fled the capital to refuse to use the new currency..."

Zhen Sidao's mouth kept twitching. The idea of ​​minting coins to make money was made by himself. Wei Ran's words were very clear, and he had to come up with a way to calm the boiling public grievances.

"So, I want to ask you, how should this situation be calmed down? If you stop issuing new coins, it is equivalent to allowing the use of old coins to be restored. Should you return the old coins to the people?"

After hearing Wei Ran's words, Zhen Sidao bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this is also the negligence of the minister. Since the new currency is so resentful, it is necessary to stop the issuance of the new currency.

But if the old money is returned to the people, what should the emperor reward the 80,000 triumphant army?"

Wei Ran frowned: "So I want you to come up with a solution quickly! In three days, my triumphal army will be back to Beijing. How will they feel when they see this in the city?"

Zhen Sidao thought for a while and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have an idea. It can calm the resentment of the people without having to return the money to them..."

Wei Ran's eyes lit up and he hurriedly said, "Your dear, what are you doing..."

Zhen Sidao said, "Your Majesty, do you think this is better? All people who exchange more than a certain amount of new coins, whether they are peddlers or children of aristocratic families, are awarded titles to show respect.

For example, anyone who exchanges more than twenty new coins will be awarded the position of baron, more than two hundred coins will be awarded the position of viscount, two thousand coins will be awarded the position of Count, and more than ten thousand coins will be awarded the position of marquis.

By analogy, I believe that the public grievances in the city will soon subside. Of course, these titles are all scattered titles, which are no different from ordinary people except for having a title, and will not cause any burden to the court.

If the emperor thinks it is feasible, I will go and handle it now, and strive to restore the Shendu City as before the army returns to the capital..."

After hearing this, Wei Ran stood up and walked back and forth in the study. After a while, he asked with concern: "But what is the difference between this and selling official positions and titles?"

Zhen Sidao said: "Of course there is a difference. The emperor did this for the overall situation of the court, and the local government sold official positions to enrich his personal pockets. How can we generalize it?"

Wei Ran nodded: "Then according to Zhen Aiqing's wishes, you two can go and handle it quickly, and the faster the better..."

At this time, a guard's summon came from outside the imperial study: "Your Majesty, the Supreme Emperor asks you to go to Xuanji Palace..."

Wei Ran replied to the guards: "Please go back and tell your father that I will go there in a while..."

After saying hello to the guards, Wei Ran said to Zhen Sidao and Zhang Fuguo: "You can do what you have just discussed quickly and you cannot neglect at all..."

"Please rest assured, I will do it now..."

The two bowed together and slowly retreated from the imperial study room.

Wei Ran took a deep breath and shouted to the eunuch outside the door: "Come on, let's go to Xuanji Palace!"

...

Xuanji Hall was specially built by Wei Ran for the Supreme Emperor Wei Zhen to enjoy his life. But today, Xuanji Hall is full of ministers gathered in the dynasty, and even Ning Wang Wei Jiong and Jing Wang Wei Chi are also in the hall...

Wei Zhen, who is forty-five, is in his prime, but because of Gaomi's rebellion, he became the emperor from a king of a country. It would be impossible to say that there is no gap in his heart.

But what if I am dissatisfied with the status quo? The imperial power has been handed over to Wei Ran, and he can only wait for death in this magnificent palace.

However, today, the current ministers gathered in Xuanji Hall under the organization of Wei Chi and kept complaining.

"The Supreme Emperor, since the emperor ascended the throne, he has caused chaos in the court. The old minister really can't stand it, so he can only ask you to come forward..."

"The Supreme Emperor, the new king is young after all, and he is not very careful in thinking about many things. Although the starting point is good, the facts are too reckless. If this continues, the country of Great Zhou will be really over..."

"The Supreme Emperor, you have lived in the deep palace for a long time. Maybe you don't know that the entire Shendu City has been in chaos in recent times. The whole capital of the capital has caused complaints to the whole capital with bad money exchanged for good money..."

The ministers knelt in front of Wei Zhen in tears, loudly accusing Wei Ran of what he was wrong, making Wei Zhen, who was sitting in the main seat, look particularly gloomy, as if water could drip out.

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost over, Wei Chi winked at Wei Jiong. Wei Jiong immediately understood and bowed to Wei Zhen and said:

"Father, I know that I should not disturb your tranquility at this time, but seeing the deteriorating situation of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the emperor's brother is unwilling to listen to his words. In desperation, he brought all officials to ask you to stop the emperor's brother from continuing to do whatever he wants.

My father was afraid that he didn't know that in order to raise money and grain, the emperor's brother would give the eight northern provinces to Liu Ce to act as a military and political agent. Such actions would be equivalent to putting our Great Zhou Dynasty into a place of irreparable consequences.

Therefore, the son minister dared to ask the father and emperor to come forward and persuade the emperor to go back to the right path, and not to continue to be obsessed with it..."

After listening to the talk of everyone in the hall, Wei Zhen glanced around the officials, leaned back slightly, and said with a majestic momentum:

"Since I have abdicated, I am unwilling to care about this bad thing anymore, but after you say this, I will make an exception today and explain the current emperor..."

When Wei Chi heard the sound, he immediately said to Wei Zhen: "Father, the wise and wise..."

"The Emperor is here..."

A sharp sound of eunuchs sounded outside the door. Wei Ran, accompanied by the guards, strode into Xuanji Hall and glanced at the civil and military officials in the hall, and frowned.

"I pay homage to the Emperor..."

Seeing Wei Ran enter the hall, the officials hurriedly bowed their heads and knelt on the ground to perform the rituals of the king and the subjects.

“No gifts…”

Wei Ran raised his hand and asked all the officials to get up. Then he knelt down in front of Wei Zhen: "My son pays homage to his father..."

Wei Zhen raised his hand gently: "Get up..."

"Thank you, Father..." Wei Ran stood up and asked, "I wonder what is important about the father asking his son to come to me, and why are there many ministers here?"

Wei Zhen looked at Wei Ran quietly and said for a long time: "Emperor, I ask you, what has you done since you ascended the throne? Let's not talk about anything else, what explanation will you explain about the recent sensation in the capital for exchange of coins?"

Wei Ran said: "Father, I have come up with a solution to this matter and will handle it properly as soon as possible. Please rest assured..."

"What are you going to do? All the officials are here, so why not talk about it..." Wei Zhen took out a new coin and pointed at Wei Ran and asked bluntly: "You dare to take such coins to the market for circulation? Emperor, what do you think? Do you really think that the people are fools at our court's mercy?"

"I know my mistake. The treasury is empty and no localities can collect taxes. This is also a solution, but now I have come up with a way to make up for it, that is..."

Wei Ran told Wei Zhen the whole story that Zhen Sidao and what he said.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Wei Ran finished speaking, Wei Jiong sneered and said, "Ha, the emperor is such a good job. He actually used his title to make up for his mistakes. It's really a big deal!

Is it true that any peddler and pawn exchanged enough coins for the king's title, and that all the ministers would respectfully treat them when they saw them?

Is my title in the Great Zhou really so worthless? Is it only worth a few shoddy coins?"

Wei Jiong's words were recognized by all the officials in the hall, and they nodded and agreed, making Wei Ran's frown even deeper...
Chapter completed!