"I'm reading the newspaper... I'm reading the newspaper... The latest Jingzhou Times..."

Selling newspapers along the street can be regarded as a scene in Jingzhou, but most of the hawkers are elderly people with gray hair and beards, and they have never seen newspaper boys.w w. v  m) In Jingzhou, all children go to school. If anyone dares to let children drop out of school, they will face imprisonment.

"I read the newspaper, Zhang Sikui of Xingzhishutang wrote an article claiming that Jingzhou should borrow money from merchants..."

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An article caused a stir in Jingzhou, making the people who have been immersed in the fantasy of the prosperous times dumbfounded.

"Who is Zhang Sikui? How did he know that Jingzhou's financial plan is difficult?"

"Who can it be? A professor at the Finance and Investigation College of Xingzhishutang... It's simply nonsense. How could Jingzhou be short of money... It is said that Xinggong Tower is paved with gold..."

The people, how could they know the senior executives of Jingzhou? They used their intuition to treat Zhang Sikui's words as nonsense.

Some people with a little knowledge followed Zhang Sikui's article's ideas and were surprised to find a fact: Jingzhou had long been unable to make ends meet! Thanks to newspapers, the income and expenditure of government officials at all levels in Jingzhou was not a secret at all, only the expenditure of the Governor's Office was kept confidential, which the world did not know. But when the Jingzhou army drew its bows left and right within a year, and in succession of battles, it was possible that military expenditure was the culprit for the difficulty of financial planning.

"Is it true to borrow money? I really didn't expect that Jingzhou looks glamorous in appearance over the years, but it's all full of fragility inside..."

"What are you doing to raise so many soldiers? It's better to untied your armor and return to the fields, forged a sword to plow, and produce more food for Jingzhou..."

"Scared! Without the protection of the Jingzhou army, Jingzhou has been harmed by the bandits long ago. Is it your turn to talk nonsense here?"

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The news spread quickly outside Jingzhou. For a while, there were many different opinions and everything else.

Peng Mansion, Jingzhou City.

Peng Xin, the head of the Law Department of the Supervision Office, held a newspaper in his hand, his eyes fixed on a few big words, and he hadn't turned it for a long time. His hands were pinching the newspaper tightly, and even his fingers turned white.

Zhang Sikui's article undoubtedly pushed him to the forefront again. He keenly realized that in the past few days, no matter where he went, he had bad eyes all around him, as if he attributed the instability of the people in Jingzhou to him.

All things originated from a note published by Peng Xin six months ago, called "Letter to Strengthen Tax and Expenditure Supervision". Peng Xin is not a person who is content with loneliness. After being familiar with the various business of the Supervision Office, he began to think about expanding his power. After the power was in the end, it was nothing more than human rights and financial power. Human rights were too sensitive. Peng Xin never dared to touch this red line. After thinking about it, he aimed at the financial power.

Peng Xin believes that the fiscal revenue and expenses of the Zhongshu Mansion should be included in the audit of the Supervision Bureau. Once the letter was issued, it was strongly opposed by governments at all levels. There are various reasons for opposition, saying that according to the convention, some say that Peng Xin has ulterior motives, and some say that the efficiency is inefficient, which will inevitably cause financial chaos...

Peng Xin was scolded so much that even the Supervisory Office Order Li Chongde thought Peng Xin was troublesome.

In this regard, Peng Xin was still alive every day, staring at Lin Chunhong, hoping that Lin Chunhong would stand up and make the final decision. Peng Xin has always been smooth in his work and dared not put himself in the opposite direction of everyone. This time he was abnormal, and the only reason was that he learned through his concubine that Lin Chunhong had mentioned that all financial matters should be supervised by the Supervision Office.

If you can follow Lin Chunhong's ideas closely, your future will naturally be bright. This is the consensus among Jingzhou. How can Peng Xin be a master in this way not know?

Although Lin Chunhong did not instruct Peng Xin to make this suggestion, he was happy to see this letter. However, what Lin Chunhong could not imagine was that the strength of the opposition was far beyond his expectations. Including the Finance Department, governments at all levels made full use of their power and set various obstacles to Peng Xin's various measures. Even Peng Xin wanted to recruit several small officials familiar with Finance and Planning from the Finance and Planning Academy, but these guys were ruined by this group of guys.

Lin Chunhong realized that if this policy is forcibly promoted, it will inevitably cause a sharp rebound. In the end, either the provisions of the Supervision Office have become empty texts or the Central Secretariat's Office has come up with various tricks to disobey. After all, no one will take the initiative to give in to power.

After thinking about it, Lin Chunhong finally convened the senior management of the Central Secretariat and the Supervisory Office together and held the first coordination meeting of the three governments in Jingzhou's history. After arduous consultations, the Central Secretariat finally took a step back and handed over the issuance rights of the banknotes in his hand to the Supervisory Office for audit. As a result, the "Regulations on the Management of Banknotes" was finally issued.

The Supervision Office first started with money and put his hands into the Finance Department. There was undoubtedly Lin Chunhong's interference. Even so, Peng Xin's reputation in the Supervision Office has risen sharply, catching up with Li Chongde, and is regarded as the natural candidate for the next Supervision Office Order.

Unexpectedly, the "Money and Banknote Management Regulations" just took effect one month after it came into effect, and encountered the Finance Department's attempt to issue additional cash invoices and notes. After the Finance Department formulated the plan, the Supervision Office rejected it according to the regulations, which once again intensified the conflict between the Secretary of the Central Secretariat and the Supervision Office, almost rolled their eyes as soon as they met.

Now, Zhang Sikui made the difficult financial plan in Jingzhou public, and proposed a debt plan that anyone felt embarrassed, which made Jingzhou unable to be peaceful for a moment. Some officials in the Supervisory Office believe that it is very convenient to issue additional money. If it weren't for the "Regulations on the Administration of Money", how could Jingzhou be in such a difficult situation?

Peng Xin is the culprit! Most people who know the whole story of the matter hold this view. Peng Xin is in this huge vortex, and the pressure is imaginable.

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Before the wave was settled, the wave was rising again. Just when people criticized Zhang Sikui and thought he had lost his face in Jingzhou, the Jingzhou Times published another article "A New Theory of the Appreciation and Depreciation of Money Banknotes". The article is easy to understand and quotes it widely, and clearly stated: The circulation of money should be consistent with the transaction volume of goods. If there are too many, the money will depreciate. If there are too few, the money will appreciate.

If we just argue this point, not many people pay attention to it, but what makes the Zhongshu Mansion angry is that the article quotes a large amount of data, indicating that since the eight years of Chongzhen, prices in Jingzhou have been rising, especially basic living materials such as grain, oil, cotton, and wood, which have almost increased by 30%. The reason is that there is too much gold, silver, and bills circulating in transactions, resulting in the depreciation of the money.

Finally, the article is still alarmist: If gold bills and bills are allowed to be issued, the sharp depreciation of Baochao in the Hongwu and Yongle periods will be repeated, and even gold and silver will be depreciated sharply, and the situation of precious and cheap silver in the Wanli period will occur.
Chapter completed!