Wu Song and Lu Zhishen both fled to the end of the world after killing people. In desperation, Lu Zhishen became a monk in Wutai Mountain; Wu Song relied on a set of equipment obtained by Sun Erniang to kill a tutu and became a tutu.

After that, the two of them walked around the world and their lives were safe.

Don’t you know that it was not that easy to become a monk during the Northern Song Dynasty?

Monks in the Northern Song Dynasty had a very high status, and they did not have to perform military service or pay taxes. They could also enjoy support from believers and the state. It was likely that no one checked their household registration.

Since becoming a monk is so good, why not everyone just become a monk! Things are not that simple. To become a monk, you need two things. One is the ordination certificate, which is issued by the monks’ official organization and the ordination master. Lu Zhishen is the elder Zhizhen and the Wutai Mountain Temple, and the other is the ordination certificate.

Du certificates can be bought and sold. As long as you buy them, fill in your name on them and you will become a monk. Lu Zhishen was the one who signed the certificate. With this status, he could not only visit famous mountain temples like Mount Wutai, but also go to the Daxiangguo Temple in the capital. Wu Song had an ultimatum, but no ultimatum, because Tutuo was a lay disciple who led the practice and did not live in the temple.

Since ultimatums are so popular, private sales are crazy. The initial price of dudou was more than 100 guan, and by the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, it was sold for more than 200 guan. The Song government saw that the speculation of dudou was making a fortune, so it wanted to stabilize prices, so it issued an additional 10 times of dudou, causing market supply to exceed demand and the price dropped to 80 guan. .

After such a commotion, the price was too low, and the government took action again and decided to rescue the market. The trick was to suspend the issuance of ultimatums for three years. I thought the price would rebound now, but unexpectedly it dropped to 20 yuan.

At this time, private funds entered the market, and speculators bought large quantities at low prices. As a result, the price of Dudu was bid up again. This can be called China’s earliest stock market!

The Northern Song Dynasty was the peak of China’s commodity economy in the feudal era. Not only was the economy unprecedentedly prosperous, but the government often used economic means to solve national and social problems. Even in diplomacy with Liao and Xixia, as long as money was spent, things could be done. , just spend money unambiguously.