Chapter 464 Brothers are really thoughtful
Now that the New Song Dynasty is becoming more and more stable, the mastermind behind the scenes, Zhao Qier, has learned his trick and printed a large number of newspapers to add fuel to the flames.
Shi's son slumped on the fake dragon chair with his mind in a daze.
As soon as Xie Lingyun returned home, he notified reliable clansmen that he was leaving New Song, and also set a very short time for them to pack up their gold and silver and run away.
Shi's son was still discussing matters with his confidants when his secret agent in the Xie family hurried in to report, "Oh no! Xie Lingyun is trying to escape and is no longer on the same page with us."
Shi's son was petrified immediately. He didn't expect Xie Lingyun to act so quickly and plan his escape and betrayal as soon as he returned home.
He had to stop this man.
Otherwise, once the officials in Liangzhe knew that Xie Lingyun and his family had fled, it is hard to imagine how many people would immediately follow suit. In that case, Liangzhe would collapse in an instant.
Shi's son no longer cared about his dignity and confidentiality. He was willing to expose the fact that he had planted an undercover agent in the home of an important minister. He ordered his retainers to go out and stop Xie Lingyun.
This is Xie Lingyun being nosy.
He wanted to flee Lin'an, but he was still concerned about the Xie family and wanted to take them all to Chengdu to enjoy wealth and glory. Xie Lingyun had an older brother and a younger brother. It just so happened that the younger brother's family was infiltrated by Shi's son.
After hearing the news that his second brother Xie Lingyun was about to run away, Xie Lao San couldn't bear to part with the jars and cans he had accumulated, so he immediately asked the servants to sell them off, causing chaos in the house. Naturally, everyone knew about it. How could the secret agent dare to neglect it? He immediately ran to inform the family.
Xie Lingyun went back and packed up the silver and money neatly, then went out with his wife and children. He used the excuse of burning incense and worshipping in the temple to fulfill a wish and successfully left the South City Gate to wait for his brother and brothers. After a short while, his eldest brother arrived, but the third brother was still nowhere to be seen.
While he was struggling with this, the servant who was watching from behind came running over and said that something had happened in the city. The guards suddenly began to expel the people passing by and closed the city gates.
Xie Lingyun said that something must have happened to his third brother, and the envoy must have known that we were going to run away.
Boss Xie said nervously, "It's bad. It must be that the third brother couldn't bear to leave the treasure at home, so he leaked the news in a hurry." He immediately said solemnly, "Let's go. We must leave quickly. The envoy is a smiling tiger. If he knows that we betrayed him, he will not let us live."
The two families immediately hit the road and ran. After five miles, the carriage entered a small road. After two miles, they entered an exquisite courtyard. Two strong men at the door immediately closed the gate and shouted to stop making loud noises.
Boss Xie looked at Xie Lingyun in surprise, thinking that his brother was really thoughtful and had already set up this secret courtyard outside the city.
Xie Lingyun said with a smile that these are troubled times and we have to be on guard. Let’s stay out of the spotlight here for the time being.
After a while, a strong man who looked like a martial artist came in to report that the pursuers in the city had passed and everyone should be patient.
Boss Xie lamented his second brother's calculations.
He said that there were three of us fleeing, and since the third brother didn't come out, he would definitely not be able to withstand the pressure from the envoy and would tell the truth, and the envoy would definitely send troops to pursue us.
The two families did not light a fire or cook in the small courtyard, but only ate some dry food and cooked food, waiting anxiously. An hour later, the martial artist came back to report that the pursuers on the official road had returned, and Xie Lingyun ordered them to set off immediately and head straight for Hangzhou Bay.
This is because if the pursuers don't find anyone ahead, they will go back and report and conduct a massive search inside and outside the city. Perhaps the city has been searched thoroughly by now.
Xie Lingyun hurried to the bay, but was not in a hurry to rush to the pier. Instead, he ran south along the shore for ten miles. After finding three small black-sailed fishing boats that were fishing at night in a small fishing village, the two families boarded the fishing boats and went out to sea one by one to fish at night.
This guy is very shrewd and extremely vigilant.
Boss Xie let out a long sigh and said that they were finally out. In such a hurry, the servants who stayed at home had lost their backbone.
Xie Lingyun told him not to worry, and that as long as the minister couldn't catch them, he wouldn't embarrass the servants. Besides, we still have a favorable wind.
Boss Xie was immediately stunned and asked him in confusion: Second brother, have you been in contact with Shunfeng Company in Chengdu for a long time?
Xie Lingyun said very proudly: Lin'an has the Imperial City Division, and Chengdu has the Shunfeng Division. The power of the Shunfeng Division is a hundred times stronger than that of the Imperial City just relax, brother.
At dawn, the boatman shouted in surprise: Look, the patrol ship of the Shenwei Army Navy is coming.
Xie Lingyun immediately went out to look around, and indeed it was the Shenwei Navy flying the golden dragon flag. He immediately ordered them to get closer, get closer...
In Lin'an, he ordered his men to wait for news at the government office and to dig deep underground to find Xie Lingyun. However, his men searched the city thoroughly and searched all the villages and towns ten miles outside the city, but still could not find him. He suspected that Xie Lingyun had escaped to Hangzhou Bay, and sent out patrols and detectives to search along the bay mouth, but it was too late.
After dawn, Yang Daquan asked him: How to deal with Xie Laosan?
Will the whole family be beheaded as a warning to the public?
Shi's son was so angry that he threw the bowl of hot tea he was drinking over and shouted hysterically: "What are you killing? Do you want to add more guilt to me?"
He would never give this order.
Yang Daquan was a mean person who would never let go of anyone. He saw that Xie Lingyun was always well fed and well-drinked every time he went on business, and that the New Song court even gave him travel expenses. He was so jealous that it was like a volcano that had been buried for a thousand years, waiting for the opportunity to erupt.
He had finally caught this golden opportunity, and he was sure to make use of it.
However, Shi's son poured a basin of ice water on him without hesitation and said sternly: You must not make a wrong move at this critical juncture. First, put Xie Laosan and his family under house arrest.
Note: It’s just a complete house arrest, okay?
No one is allowed to be killed.
Yang Daquan's heart was filled with resentment, but he still agreed timidly and left with everyone else.
In Chengdu, Zhao Yulin was accompanying Ma Linger on a business trip.
Last night he served the queen very well and the woman agreed to go to Daojiang County to inspect the finances and visit his concubine Hu Lan.
Ma Ling'er was still snuggling in his arms, telling him that there was no increase in the issuance of currency last year, and that she would issue 50 million strings of new currency next year, and her brother must agree.
This frightened Zhao Yulin. He was still touching the woman's arms, so he hugged Ma Ling'er tightly and asked: What are you doing?
Does this mean that the new currency will become worthless paper like those notes?
Ma Linger told him disdainfully, "Don't worry, the new currency is strong . First, our taxes are already 300 million. 300 million, according to my brother, we can issue 30 million more coins a year."
Zhao Yulin looked at her without comment, thinking that he had indeed said this. In the future, he had seen the printing trucks of the mint carrying banknotes passing by his door every day, and the banknotes never became waste paper. He thought that it should be no problem to increase the issuance of 10% every year.
Ma Linger said confidently: Second, we have minted a large number of silver coins, but no one wants them now.
Merchants are using paper money in large quantities because it is easy to use and store during travel. Banks have enough silver coins but cannot use them. The amount of money in circulation is decreasing, and the value of paper money is rising. How can we exchange silver coins without issuing more paper money?
Zhao Yulin still disagreed. He said: If we increase the issuance of new currency, we will not take back the money we give out, and the silver coins will still lie in the accounts of ordinary people, and they can take them away at any time.
The issuance of new currency should not be too much, otherwise it would inevitably cause price increases. He asked them to hold back and increase the issuance of new currency by 50 million guan, and then discuss with Feiyan and Yujie where to invest.
Ma Linger was unhappy to hear him preaching with such a firm attitude.
Seeing that Ma Linger still looked unhappy, he reminded her that a large increase in currency issuance would have the greatest impact on a country's economy. That was called flooding. The previous dynasty's economy collapsed because of excessive issuance of money. The court was going to play with it.
Right now the economy of the New Song Kingdom is running relatively smoothly, so why should we increase the issuance of currency?
After sending it out, you don’t know what the people below will do with it?
Ma Linger said that the Ministry of Revenue would propose to significantly increase the pension for soldiers who died in battle. Du Gong thought that the current pension was too low, and it was still the 300 strings of cash set by the previous dynasty. Is the life of a soldier of the New Song Dynasty worth two years' salary of the county magistrate?
We must increase the pensions and subsidies for soldiers who died in battle or who are disabled.
He was silent for a moment.
Thinking of the recent battle at Shuidonggou and the huge casualties suffered by the First Column, I felt a piercing pain.
Zhao Yulin entered the meeting room and sat down. The officials gradually arrived. The Ministry of Personnel read out the appointments of 30 people. The people in the hall became lively. Everyone recommended talents, lamented the recovery of the territory year after year, and discussed the promotion of officials every day.
Zhao Feiyan asked for their opinions and turned her little face towards him, as if to ask him what he thought and who he wanted to promote.
He smiled but said nothing and just drank his tea.
Zhao Feiyan immediately smiled and said: So, it’s settled.
Fan Zhong said happily, "That's great. After our Feiyan ruler announced it to the world, the officials in Liangzhe could no longer sit still. So Xie Lingyun returned to Lin'an, reported his mission, and then turned around and defected to our New Song. He is now in Fuzhou."
The gentlemen burst into laughter again.
Zhao Yulin coughed twice and said: He would like to ask you all to be flexible and ask for a favor for Mr. Xie from Liangzhe. Since he has already defected to our New Song, we should set him up as an example and find him a job. How about asking Mr. Xie to take the position of Deputy Envoy of the Ministry of Rites and focus on exchanges with friendly countries?
Everyone knew that Xie Lingyun was a relative of Empress Dowager Xie from the previous dynasty, so they had no objections and all agreed.
Zhao Feiyan was happy, as she was just worrying about how to accommodate Xie Gong when he came.
Because Xie Gong was from the maternal family of Empress Dowager Xie and belonged to the royal family, it was difficult for her as the king to speak . Unexpectedly, Zhao Yulin immediately arranged it before she could ask.
I happily invited everyone to discuss the next topic: The Ministry of Revenue proposed to adjust the pension for soldiers who died for the country. In the past, it has been using the previous dynasty's per capita amount of 300 strings of coins. Now that the treasury is full, it is planned to increase it by 200 strings of coins, adjusting it to a pension standard of 500 strings of coins.
