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Zhao Hanzhang picked up a copper coin and looked at it carefully. She and Fu Tinghan designed it together. It was roughly similar to the current five-baht coin, but there were many differences in details.

There is a small "Zhao" character on the lower left corner of the back. The edges are neat and the weight of all the money is the same, about 2.3 baht, which is the average of Xiliang's new money.

Zhao Hanzhang shook the weight and sighed, "In the future... I will make the five-baht coin truly weigh five baht."

Since the war, although five baht coins are still called five baht coins, their weight has dropped from five baht to three baht, and then dropped a lot.

Fu Tinghan didn't understand, "Why do you have to repeat the five baht? When you really have the ability to issue new currency nationwide, just change the name and make a new coin."

He said: "The weight of the new coins we make now is two baht and three wires, which means ten and a half copper coins weigh one tael. Do you know how much a thousand copper coins weigh?"

Zhao Hanzhang didn't say anything. Fu Tinghan said: "I originally disliked the fact that today's copper coins are too heavy. Every time we go out to buy something valuable, Fu An has to go out carrying a bag. Just putting a few slings of coins in it can cost more than a dozen. It’s too heavy.”

He said: "There are still few commercial activities now. If the situation stabilizes in the future and there are more commercial activities, paper money will actually be more convenient."

Zhao Hanzhang: "The country must have enough prestige. Otherwise, if the Jin Dynasty prints a copper coin that is lighter than ours, let alone issuing banknotes, would you dare to use it?"

That's really something you don't dare to do.

The four of Shen Ruhui arrived in Luoyang safely, holding Zhao Zhongyu's letter. Zhao Hanzhang valued them very much. He not only met them in person, but also arranged a house for the four of them.

It can be seen from the arranged houses that Zhao Hanzhang is very concerned about them. The houses of the four of them are their former residences in Luoyang.

It's just that their family wealth was average, so the house was rented at that time.

However, the landlord ran away a long time ago, and he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead now, so the house now belongs to Zhao Hanzhang, and she directly decides to give it to them.

Zhao Hanzhang has always been generous to talents with real abilities (he doesn't have to spend his own money anyway).

In addition to the house, Zhao Hanzhang's Ministry of Industry was also quietly established. Under the Ministry of Industry, there were departments such as the Tiancao and Water Ministry. Shen Ruhui not only served in Sinong Temple, but also served as the Tiancao Shishi. Cao Ping was still in the Water Ministry. Assist Fu Tinghan together.

But now Fu Tinghan still feels that there are not enough manpower, especially because the Ministry of Industry needs to calculate too many things, so he said: "Next time when recruiting talents, I want to open a separate arithmetic exam to focus on screening talents in this area."

Zhao Hanzhang: "Then I will let people announce it now and let people who are good at this area prepare early."

This is considered an accurate selection, but the recruitment of these talents requires Fu Tinghan's step-by-step guidance. Zhao Hanzhang gave him a sympathetic look and said, "You are really in a hurry to find someone, so you can go to Taixue."

Taixue has recruited more than 90 students this year. They are all quite old, with good backgrounds, and have studied arithmetic since elementary school. There may be suitable people.

Fu Tinghan nodded, "I will go."

Zhao Hanzhang herself felt that she was short of manpower. She turned to look at the moon in the sky outside the window and murmured, "I don't know what happened to Yan Heng."

I don’t know, I thought Yan Heng was very familiar with her, but in fact the two of them had only met a few times, and even fought against each other several times across Gou Xi. If they were really related, they must have enmity, right?

But Zhao Hanzhang is now very worried about Yan Heng. This worry is sincere, "There has been no news..."

Fu Tinghan said: "No news is good news. If Gou Xi kills his closest staff, the news cannot be hidden."

"Yes." Zhao Hanzhang felt relieved.

However, Yan Heng's situation was not good at this time.

The letter of remonstrance he asked General Pei to hand over a few days ago was handed over today.

General Pei had a good relationship with Yan Heng, and he knew that his relationship with the general had been tense recently. Although he did not open the letter and read it, he knew that Yan Heng's temper would not be pleasant.

So he had been looking for an opportunity to hand in a moment when the general was in a good mood and relaxed. That day he went to accompany the general to enjoy singing and dancing, but in the middle of the way, a servant from the general's mansion broke a bowl, and the general was not very Happy, General Pei stuffed back the letter he had taken out at that time;

When we went back two days later, the general was also in a bad mood. He heard that two counties on the border with Yuzhou were causing trouble. Even the emperor heard about it and sent the general into the palace to inquire;

General Pei could only rest and think, but the general was not in a good mood for the next three days.

Today is the day he is in the best mood in a while. He has two new concubines who are very beautiful, so he invited everyone to drink together.

At the banquet, General Pei saw that he was in a good mood, so he handed over the remonstrance he had been holding.

Then Gou Xi's situation suddenly turned cloudy. He didn't say anything to General Pei, but turned around and had Yan Heng taken away and then killed him.

General Pei and other generals quickly asked for mercy, but Gou Xi was driven out of the general's mansion angrily. At that time, he wanted to kill someone, but everyone did not dare to commit the crime, so they had to leave the general's mansion temporarily.

When Ming Yu, who was ill, heard that he was still ill, he immediately got up and rushed to the general's mansion to stop him.

When Zhao Zhongyu, who was already lying down, received the news, he immediately got up from the bed and asked quickly: "Has anyone been killed?"

"I'm in the General's Mansion, so I can't find any news, but I've been arrested and brought into the Mansion for an hour. I'm afraid it's more serious than bad."

When Zhao Zhongyu heard this, he quickly put on his clothes and went into the palace, regardless of the darkness.

Because he was Zhao Hanzhang's great-uncle, although he and Gou Xi were officials in the same dynasty, their relationship was neither far nor close. They were just peaceful on the surface, but they had no real friendship.

If he pleads for mercy, it will only strengthen his murderous intention. This can only be done by asking the emperor.

Of course, Zhao Zhongyu couldn't tell the emperor that I wanted to recruit talents for my grandniece, so I asked him to save me.

Zhao Zhongyu met with the emperor that night and quietly told him that Gou Xi wanted to execute Yan Heng. He said: "Your Majesty, Gou Xi was upright and honest in the past, but now he is extravagant. Many of the generals who followed him in the past were dissatisfied. Yan Heng He has followed him since his decline, and is very close to the generals around him. Once he is killed, I am afraid that the generals will turn against him."

Zhao Zhongyu said: "Now your Majesty has to rely on Gou Xi. His stability means the stability of Yuncheng, and your Majesty's stability. So I ask your Majesty to come forward to stop this disaster."

The emperor got along well with Gou Xi during this period. Although he was a little greedy, which was different from the emperor's perception of him, he was still attentive. He would interfere with the emperor's wishes in many government affairs. He has slowly come to power, and now even The Jiangdong and Jiangnan areas began to slowly return to their hearts. He believed that as long as he was given time, he would be able to gather forces and regain the lost territory.

So he didn't want to mess up.

He thought about Zhao Zhongyu's intention for a moment and then agreed. He immediately called Huang Men, the most trusted person around him, and asked him to go to the general's mansion to save people with the imperial edict.

Zhao Zhongyu breathed a sigh of relief quietly, just hoping that it would be in time.

Alas, after receiving Zhao Hanzhang's letter, he quietly went to Yan Heng to persuade him to go to Luoyang, but he still had hope in Gou Xi and refused to leave until he saw the letter of remonstrance. .