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    When Jiang Tuan came to the study, Shang Cheng was writing a letter to someone.

    When Shang Cheng saw that it was him who came in, he did not stop writing and said to him casually: "Why did you remember coming here today? I just want to say a few more words and won't bother to greet you. You sit down for a while. Table.  There is tea on the table. If you are thirsty, take your own cup." As he spoke, he dipped his pen into the ink in the inkstone, then moved the tip of his pen beside the inkstone, pondered for a moment, and then continued to write the letter in a hesitant manner.

    The letter was written in no time.  He took a few pages and looked through them from beginning to end, then picked up the pen and corrected a few inappropriate words. Then he folded the letter with satisfaction and put it into the envelope he had already written, without sealing it.  First put it in a pile of letters on the big case.

    He took the eye mask and medicine box, walked over and sat down in the seat next to Jiang Tuan. He first took a piece of medicine and raised his head to cover the socket of his right eye. Without looking at Jiang Tuan, he turned his sore wrist and said:  "I've been busy writing letters since early in the morning, and I'm almost done writing until this hour. Why did you want to come here today?"

    Jiang Tuan poured him a cup of bitter tea, pushed it to his hand, and said without saying a word, "Who is this letter to?"

    "This letter is for Wen Mu. There are two others for Zhang Jixian and Ximen Kezhi, and one for Guo Fengyi and Zhongshan. I originally wanted to write a letter to Lu Bofu and the others to ask about the current situation, but this is not  Are you here?" Shang Cheng raised his head and said with his eyes closed, "I'll write to them later when I have time."

    Jiang Tuan smiled, took a sip of tea, looked at the small pieces of red tea leaves floating up and down in the tea cup and asked, "Isn't this the bitter tea you asked me to prepare earlier?"

    "This is just made." Shang Cheng said, "Someone gave Gu Poyang a few loads of autumn tea, and he gave me another two loads. I didn't let them use it to make tea cakes, thinking about myself  Let's make some green tea." At this point, he grinned and added, "It seems that some process was not done right, and the result is like this. Originally, the color of the tea leaves and the brewed tea should be green, but the result  It¡¯s red.¡±

    Jiang Tuan only knew that tea leaves are green on the tea tree, and dark brown after being made into tea bricks and tea cakes. The tea cakes made by Ouchi Imperial Court also have wheat yellow colors, but that kind of tea cakes cannot be seen on the market at all.  He took another sip, held it in his mouth to carefully taste the taste, and after a while said, "It's very good. This tastes much better than the bitter tea you made in the past."

    ¡°Ha, let¡¯s put it this way, do you also think the bitter tea in the Admiral¡¯s Mansion tastes bad?¡± Shang Cheng joked.

    ¡°This is the consensus of everyone, and I¡¯m not the only one who says this.¡±

    "But I remember that you loved drinking bitter tea at that time."

    "This is 'what's good at the top will be worse at the bottom'. You like to drink bitter tea. I was working in the Admiral's Mansion at that time. Do you think I dare to say that bitter tea is not delicious? Now I am receiving a salary from the Ministry of Industry  Of course, there is no need to say anything against your will." Jiang Tuan pretended to be serious and explained to Shang Cheng.  As he said this, he couldn't help but smile.

    Shang Cheng was wearing a blindfold, and when he heard what he said, he couldn't help laughing.

    "Zhongshan, is he okay in Jiazhou?" Jiang Tuan asked with concern.  Although he also cares about other people, because he and Sun Zhongshan have both been working under Shang Cheng since Xima Zhi, the relationship between the two people is naturally closer than other people, so he was the first to  Asked about Sun Zhongshan.

    The smile on Shang Cheng¡¯s face disappeared instantly.  He slowly put on the blindfold and was silent for a long time before deciding to tell the truth to Jiang Tuan.  He drooped his eyebrows and said quietly: "Zhongshan, his situation in Jiazhou is difficult to describe in one word. To put it more harshly, it is 'very bad'."

    "What?" Jiang Tuan opened his mouth in surprise; he was so shocked that he even spoke with a Yanshan accent.  This answer completely surprised him!  Isn't Sun Zhongshan the deputy general manager of Jiazhou Camp? How can he say "very bad"?  He immediately asked, "Did he make any mistakes or make any mistakes?" In a hurry, these were the only two reasons he could think of.  Although Sun Zhongshan was a prudent man, he was not a sage, so how could he have no faults?

    Shang Cheng sighed again and shook his head.  He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he paused for a long time but said nothing. He just shook his head again and sighed again.  Although Jiang Tuan was a person he was very close to, he was not in the army after all, so he really couldn't tell Jiang Tuan some unpleasant things involving military generals.  At the beginning of this year, not long after Sun Zhongshan followed Xiao Jian to Jiazhou, he was sent by Xiao Jian to inspect various prefectures and counties on the grounds that "when you first arrive in Jiazhou, you must first familiarize yourself with the local area." It took him more than two months to transfer.  After a while, all the things that he should be responsible for were delegated to others, let alone specific military affairs. Even the logistics and transportation were not his turn to intervene. The deputy general manager of Jiazhou Camp was completely turned into a decoration.  , I can only sit in a daze in the military camp every day.  Sun Zhongshan??I didn't dare to tell Shang Cheng about his experience. The previous letters all said that he was doing well in Jiazhou, that Marshal Xiao treated him very well, and that all the ministries under the jurisdiction of the camp also respected him as a famous Yanshan general; in short, everything about him  Everything is fine, Shangcheng doesn't have to worry at all.  At the beginning, Shang Cheng believed it was true.  But three or four consecutive letters in the past six months showed only happiness but no worries. He became suspicious and asked Gao Qiang to go to the Yamen of the Ministry of War to stop two officers from Jiazhou who were on business in Beijing. When he asked, the truth was immediately revealed

    Jiang Tuan was familiar with Shang Cheng's habits. When he saw that he hesitated to speak, he understood that things in Jiazhou were not convenient for him to know.  He was silent for a moment and then asked: "Then, can Zhongshan's matter be changed?" He didn't know what exactly happened to Sun Zhongshan, so he could only use such ambiguous words to make insinuations.

    "It's too late!" Shang Cheng said breathlessly and with a heavy heart.  If Zhongshan could tell him the matter in time, he could still negotiate with Xiao Jian. If that didn't work, he could ask the Ministry of War to coordinate. At worst, he could transfer Zhongshan out of Jiazhou to save Zhongshan from suffering there.  But it was too late when he knew the truth. Jiazhou was already fighting with the Nanzhao people, and he couldn't think about it anymore.  No matter what, it was impossible for him to interfere in the military operations commanded by Xiao Jian.  Zhongshan can't even escape before the battle!

    Hearing the news, Jiang Tuan lowered his head sadly.  After a while, he asked again: "Guo Biao, where is he in Xilong?"

    "His situation in Xilong is better than Zhongshan's situation in Jiazhou." Shang Chengyan said concisely and comprehensively, "No matter what, he is the admiral of Xilong and holds great power. No matter what other people have in mind, they dare not come forward in front of him.  "After a pause, he added, "Last month, he already transferred Zheng Qi from Jiazhou to Xilong, and now he wants to transfer Wen Mu there as well. This time he wrote to me because he wanted to transfer Zheng Qi to Xilong.  Let me say hello to Wen Mu first."

    "Could it be that Wen Zhaoyuan is unwilling to go to Xilong?" Jiang Tuan said.  He was a little confused. Since Guo Biao asked Wen Mu to go to Xilongwei by name, he obviously wanted to reuse him as soon as he passed. How could Wen Mu not agree to such an opportunity?  What's more, Wen Mu's hometown is in Suping, Xilong. Returning to his hometown in fine clothes is a great thing that will bring glory to his family. Can Wen Zhaoyuan not agree?

    Shang Cheng knew very well why Guo Biao asked him to greet Wen Mu first.  It seems that Guo Biao also received the news and knew that Zhang Shao would soon be the admiral of Yanshan.  It's hard to say whether Wen Mu himself is willing to go to Xilong, but it is an indisputable fact that Wen Mu is Zhang Shao's right-hand man.  If Zhang Shao didn't agree, of course Wen Mu wouldn't be able to leave.

    He gently pressed his eyespatch with his fingers and said nothing.  There are some things he is not comfortable saying to Jiang Tuan now.

    Jiang Tuan knowingly stopped continuing this topic.

    He took a sip of tea and said something else with a smile: "I heard that the village is full of people during this period."

    "You've been making this trip for so long just to see my jokes?" Shang Cheng muttered a vulgar word, and then said, "My place was very lively a few days ago, and two bachelors even came here.  .By the way, who did you hear about this?"

    "Who else could it be? Of course it's Master Wenshi. I happened to run into him at the office this morning, and when I heard him talk about you, I slipped away and ran over."

    Shang Chengba smacked his lips, feeling a little uncomfortable.  Jiang Tuan was talking about what happened at Huangdengguan that day in Zhongqiu.  At that time, several scholars humiliated Li Mu and Tian Xiu in person. He was so angry that he found a reason and sent those scholars to the Xiyue Temple Military Prison.  Unexpectedly, none of those scholars were economical; in the next ten days, the people who came to intercede with him came one after another, and each one was more famous than the last.  Gu Shi lived nearby and was the first to arrive; and then there was Yang Heng, the second-place finisher in the seventh year of Eastern Yuan Dynasty, who after being away from people's attention for more than ten years, was finally valued by others again and entrusted with such a difficult task;  Next came the old prince of Qinghe, and the king of Ruyang; then came the two great bachelors; even the two sisters Nanyang and Chen Pu were entrusted by others and came to ask him to raise his hands and let those people go; and finally there were  Chang Xiu and Li Mu came with Zhu Xuan's autographed letter Needless to say, Shang Cheng had opinions on some of Zhu Xuan's practices, but they were all disagreements on government affairs; putting aside their different political opinions, for Zhu Xuan  He actually respected Xuan, an old man who was both naive and persistent but had good intentions and did bad things; he had to give the old master this favor.  What's more, there are so many people helping to plead for mercy.  Although he was determined to deal with those few scholars severely, he couldn't go against all of them, right?

    "You let all those scholars go?" Jiang Tuan asked.

    "Let it go. Let it go." Shang Cheng said helplessly.  What if I don¡¯t let go?  He had read the confessions sent from the Ministry of War Prison. These damn scholars didn't even use a single curse word when they cursed. They were obviously comparing Tian Xiu to the prostitutes they brought, but each of them spoke more elegantly than the last one.  The pleadings can't cure those people's crimes at all!  ??Now I understand why Zhang Pu took advantage of the success of glass-making some time ago to clean up his political opponents. He only went to find trouble with those officials, but there was nothing he could do with these scholars - these guys are too capable.  , even slandering and slandering others can make others stare but unable to speak What can he do?  There is nothing he can do, there is nothing he can do!  Could he be more capable than Zhang Pu?  So he had no choice but to let him go.  However, even though he let these guys off easily, it was enough to make people feel useless; what made him even more upset was that the people who begged him for mercy on behalf of those bastards were actually the ones who should not have stood up to help Guan Yu one by one.  Zhu Xuan, Chang Xiu, Li Mu, Chen Pu, Nanyang Every time he thought of this, he would grit his teeth with anger!  You fools, you fools, you are so stupid that you are being used as a weapon and you don¡¯t even know it!  It was Tian Xiu they humiliated. She is your friend and your colleague. You actually helped those who humiliated your relatives to intercede. Have you ever thought about her feelings?  Have you ever thought that because of your plea, he had to let these people go?  However, nothing happens to these people who have done bad things now, but he, who came out to fight against injustice, was humiliated by those guys!  He had already heard that these guys had just left Xiyue Temple and were spreading rumors that no matter how arrogant Shang Yanshan was, he could only give them gifts obediently. This so-called blind Yanshan Shang was a deceitful person who stole fame from others.  Those bastards who defrauded their nobility with false military exploits

    ¡°Forget it, he doesn¡¯t want to think about this sad thing anymore.  He didn't bother to think about his idiot friends anymore.  Alas, even if these people have a little bit of political acumen, they should know what they should do.  When others engage in politics, they strive to unite all those who can be united.  But what about this group of people?  They actually did the opposite, first making Tian Xiu, the core backbone, sad, and then chilling him, the person who drew his sword to help when the road was rough.  This is a group of people who dare to do such a big thing as checking out the Hidden Houses and suppressing land annexation. Hehe really has nothing to say.

    He didn¡¯t want to dwell on this matter anymore, so he found another topic.  He asked Jiang Tuan, "You haven't said what I asked you just now. Why did you come here today?"

    "It's like this. I recently discovered in the market that the price of food is only 60% of what it was in the spring" Jiang Tuan said seriously about his true purpose.  He told Shangcheng some of the phenomena and data he had observed, including the increase or decrease in ships on the Luohe wharf, the continued decline in labor costs at the wharf, the continued decline in grain prices, and the sluggish trading of various goods Finally, he concluded,  "I think that money is expensive and goods are cheap nowadays. These phenomena are early manifestations of deflation. The scope of deflation is still small now and is limited to some places in Gyeonggi and Kinki. However, the price of grain in Changzhou is falling and the grain trade is not prosperous. It should be  It is also affected by Beijing. This means that the impact of deflation is rapidly spreading to other regions. I predict that maybe after a while, it is likely to affect the entire Central Plains region and even further places."

    Shang Cheng opened his mouth and listened blankly to what he had to say.

    He never expected that besides sitting in the office at Dianmao in the Ministry of Industry, managing the joint warehouse business, worrying about Rendan's business, and instructing others on gold, silver, and copper coins, Jiang Tuan would have time to think about such profound matters as deflation.  economic issues.  This guy has so many things to do every day, is he too busy to come through?

    He was silent for a long time, and then said: "This"

    Jiang Tuan immediately sat upright in his seat.  He is now like a child who has just started to learn, devoutly waiting for the teacher to answer his questions.

    ¡°¡­This shouldn¡¯t be deflation, right?¡± Shang Cheng said.  He could not dampen Jiang Tuan's enthusiasm for learning, so he could only talk to him in as tactful a tone as possible.  "I think this should be a temporary economic downturn in a certain area caused by some unexpected event, right? The Eastern Japan Strategy is this unexpected event, because the amount of loans provided by the clan to the first three households was too large, which affected  To the normal circulation of the total amount of money in the Shangjing area, the problem of "expensive money" arises; because the clan needs to raise a large amount of cash in a short period of time, and they do not have so much cash on hand, they can only sell land and other items such as grain.  For things like cloth and silk, this creates the phenomenon of "cheap goods". It may or may not be deflation. But in any case, it will not cause too big a problem. Because this phenomenon should be  Temporarily, at least in the short term, when the clan ends paying the loan, or after the imperial court announces the Eastern Japan strategy, prices will naturally return to stability, and the market should return to prosperity." At this point, Shang Cheng had to criticize the Prime Minister for being honest.  What a mistake I made on this matter.  During the planning stage of the East Japan Strategy, confidentiality was necessary for military reasons; but after the strategy entered the implementation stage, especially after the navy in the Mingzhou direction went to sea, it was completely unnecessary to continue to keep it secret from the public  It was precisely because the prime minister and his wife did not agree to make the Eastern Japan strategy public that the people were unaware of the situation. In addition, some people with ulterior motives secretly fueled the situation, which finally led to the current situation.  As for who these interested people are, it is not difficult to judge. They are none other than those who are angry with the imperial government's policy of suppressing land annexation, or those who want to purchase large amounts of land, or those who are eyeing the position of left prime minister, or those who want to  It is certainly more attractive for big merchants who monopolize a certain industry in the market to eat alone than to share a piece of cake with everyone

    Jiang Tuan originally thought that the phenomenon of expensive money and low prices in the Gyeonggi area was deflation, which would bring great harm; but Shang Cheng actually said that this phenomenon would not last long and could not have much impact.  Impact, which inevitably made him a little disappointed.  He immediately cited another example to prove that his judgment was not wrong: "I have recently heard many people saying that because they will lose money selling food, they will not grow food next year. They would rather let the land lie idle.  , and will not grow food that will definitely lose money. Can it be said that people are unwilling to reinvest in the land? Is this also a phenomenon in deflation? "

    Shang Cheng laughed.  He felt that it was probably because he was an incompetent "teacher" that Jiang Tuan had a narrow understanding of the meaning of deflation.  If they don¡¯t grow food, what will these people eat?  What's more, it doesn't matter whether they grow food or not.  Although feudal society was generally a self-sufficient natural economy, when it came to life-and-death issues such as what to plant on the land and what not to plant, it was a primitive planned economy that was enforced - the local government stipulated which land must be planted in the land.  If anyone dares not to plant food, or if he plants less food, he will definitely face a lawsuit.  Besides, since no one grows food, how can we pay the annual land tax?  You can't go to the market to buy food and pay taxes, right?  If everyone stops growing food, food prices will naturally go up, and it will be hard to say whether they will be able to afford food by then.  He smiled and said: "You said, if the ground does not grow food, what else can be grown? Are there any cash crops for them to choose from?" He picked up a pear from the fruit plate on the small case, and pointed to the fruit on the other plate.  Shan Tao laughed and said: "If we don't grow food, let's grow pears together, or should we grow Shan Tao?"  "

    Jiang Tuan did not laugh. He asked again: "If this phenomenon is really deflation, then what should be done to curb its development momentum?"

    ¡°There are many ways.¡± Shang Cheng said.  He refilled Jiang Tuan's tea and refilled it for himself.  "Please let me think about it, what are the appropriate methods"

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