"It can be equated with gold and silver in circulation, but it doesn't mean it can be equated with gold and silver when handing over to the imperial court," said the adviser, shaking his head. "Moreover, there are many rich businessmen who migrated from the south to Jiangbei, the people's civilization there is relatively premature, but the Central Plains to the northwest are not the same. If they don't accept it, they won't accept it. If the government uses force, they will have a chance of running into the commoners who cry and threaten to hang themselves. If something goes wrong, the imperial court has to ask who is responsible? Who is prone to blame and who are the ones that walk on ice? Master, think about it. If you really dare to make this bet, there may be room for salvage. Even if the Third Master is punished and dismissed of his position, as long as the power of the Fang family is still there, who can say he won't be able to rise again in the future?"

Fang Qin listened and was silent.

The adviser said in a low voice, "My Lord, it's hard to know what will happen in the future. We're looking forward to the end of the war to turn over the old debt. Of course, Yan Wang's side would also predict this. Don't say 'not fighting is fighting'. If you don't take the initiative to move, you can only be forced to die by them — this follower has said too much today, Master, please pardon me, I will take my leave."

On the 16th of the 12th lunar month, when the governor of Shaanxi, one of the masterminds involved in the case, was tried, he was really crying out in court that his jurisdiction was poor and weak, thus it was difficult to promote the Feng Huo tickets, so the local government could only buy by it themselves. The court also sent down three decrees of quota in succession, unable to fulfill them, they could only borrow from everywhere, yet since there was no real income, they had to make such a lowly decision.

As soon as these words came out, it was a stone that stirred up a thousand waves. All the guilty ministers spoke of the same thing and pulled down Yan Wang's party that was originally watching from the sideline. Some even spilled nonsense: Cheating in the imperial examination was equal to selling and buying positions, then linking the official reform with the Feng Huo tickets, was that any different from selling positions?

This new year passed by in a scuffle, no one had the peace of mind to eat dumplings.

At the end of the day, the Grand Council had to write an apology letter, officially announcing the abolition of the laws that involved the Feng Huo tickets in the new official reform, and suspending the sale of the Feng Huo tickets for the time being.