"What does the Thistle King think?" Seeing that Liu Bei was silent in thought, His Majesty asked with a smile.

"The minister thought that this money was very exquisite. However, the weight is slightly insufficient. Liu Bei decided to tell the truth.

His Majesty smiled and said, "If you cast five baht, how can you make a profit?" ”

"When the minister was in the Western Regions, he also saw a kind of Khotanese coinage, which can be exchanged with five baht coins......"

Liu Bei will tell the story of the experience of unifying the currency in the Western Regions.

Your Majesty's thoughts are good. However, the premise of cutting corners is that the value of the currency is equal.

If the value of a 4-baht coin is equivalent to a 5-baht coin. With the same raw material, you can mint one-fifth more coins.

However, since the Han Dynasty, the people have suffered from the harm caused by the indiscriminate issuance of currency.

In addition, a lot of private casting and private money flooded the market. The people have spontaneously formed a very mature exchange mechanism.

Take the full weight of the five-baht coin as a reference.

If it is a private money made of five baht coins, it will be exchanged for currency value according to its weight and equivalent.

If it is adulterated from the beginning of the raw material, it is not cast with sufficient copper. Such inferior coins can be seen as poor quality at a glance, and many merchants will even refuse to accept them.

In a word, the people are not stupid.

Let your money wash the floor and shear our wool, right?

Wait for Liu Bei to explain the reason. His Majesty nodded slightly. Then he waved his hand to let Bi Lan retreat.

"Leave this coin at that. But there is one more important thing. ”

"Dare to ask Your Majesty what is the matter?" Is there anything more important than making money?

"King Thistle, sit in peace." His Majesty sold it.

Soon, a vaguely familiar big internal official stepped inside. Bow down and kneel on the ground: "The old slave is sealed, knock to see Your Majesty." Meet the Thistle King. ”

"It's you!" Liu Bei remembered this. When he was a teenager, he was a reincarnation. It was this person who went to Lousang to announce the edict.

"I haven't seen you for years, is the boss okay?"

Seeing that Liu Bei's words were sincere, Feng Yu was also quite moved: "Thank you for your concern." The old slave's body is quite strong. He was able to serve His Majesty and the King for a few years. ”

"Your Majesty, please." Liu Bei saluted.

His Majesty was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile again: "Sit down." ”

"Absolutely never!" Feng Yu was flattered and waved his hand again and again: "The two masters are in front of each other, how can they be old slaves." ”

"The Thistle King is a man of great affection. I am grateful for the grace of your edict when you were young, and I can't bear to hang down in old age, and I still kneel on the ground with dry bones, and I will allow you to sit down and answer. "Your Majesty is really smart.

"Old slave, Shane." Huangmen ordered Zuo Feng to personally take the cushion, and sat down with his tears wiped away.

"Come, and tell the Thistle King what you have done. There's no need to hide it, but it's okay to say it. His Majesty said with a smile.

"The old slave obeys." Feng Yu coughed lightly, and this was eloquent.

After listening patiently, Rao is Liu Bei had already prepared, and he couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

The seal is the inner response of Taiping Dao, and it is enough to be shocking.

Feng Zhen pretended to be the internal response of Taiping Dao, but it was actually instructed by His Majesty!

Peeking at Liu Bei's expression, Feng Yu smiled proudly: "At that time, there were wealthy businessmen from Youzhou, coming and going to the capital. Spend a lot of money and marry a good internal official. All they want is ordinary wealth. What's so hard about that? The old slave and the officials did not take it to heart.

However, as the contact deepened, the old slave found that what this wealthy merchant wanted was great. is not ordinary wealth, but wants His Majesty's country. ”

"This person is Ma Yuanyi." Liu Bei asked.

"Straight down." Feng Zhen replied: "With such ambitions, how can the old slave be satisfied?" However, they have been together for a long time, and it is difficult to get out of the eagerness. The old slave couldn't sleep at night, and his heart trembled all day long. I wanted to die, but I was discovered by His Majesty. Ordered the old slave to be rescued. He asked the reason again.

The old slave simply took it out. I thought that my life was not guaranteed, but His Majesty pardoned the old slave's greed. and let the old slave and Ma Yuanyi and the snake pretend to join the gang and act as the internal response of the Taiping Road.

In fact, it is a counter-tactic to act as the eyes and ears of His Majesty. Since then, His Majesty has been clear about every move of Taiping Dao in Luoyang. ”

"I see." Living history is indeed much more complex than history books.

Liu Bei thought about it for a while, and suddenly realized that something was wrong: "Your Majesty has long known about the rebellion of the Taiping Dao, why has he always ignored it and let it sit big?" ”

"Taiping Dao pretends to trust the mandate of heaven, and believes that the people who choose the day are one of them. Its leader, the Great Sage and Mentor, has been wandering all the time, and there is no way to arrest him. Third, Taiping Road may be usable for me. ”

Liu Bei was stunned again: "Taiping Dao pretends to be a god and confuses the people." I am afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and I will take the chestnut from the fire. Such cults should be eradicated in order to prevent future troubles. What's the use of keeping it? ”

His Majesty replied: "Does the King of Thistle know who owns the world today?" ”

Liu Bei was stunned. Everything has been figured out between lightning and fire.

I couldn't help but feel chills: "Could it be Your Majesty'......"

"Ten points in the world. Seven points for the family and three points for the royal family. The land of Kanto is rich in the world. But it is no longer owned by my family. Taiping Road covers eight of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, and most of them are in the Kanto region. If the Taiping rebellion army is together, King Ji thinks that what will happen to the land of Kanto? I only need to send one general to stick to the tiger prison, and the other to stick to Tongguan, and strive to protect the land of my pass, and the division is subordinate to Gyeonggi. When the Kanto region was strong, the manor and Wu Fort were all destroyed in the war. The domestic slaves and private soldiers were all exhausted. The fertile land becomes a wasteland, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles. No one has no food, no wealth, and no power. At that time, the Kanto region was a blank field, and it was what was taken and demanded. No one stops it, and no one hinders it.

Can the king of this be able to know how much the vacated official position can be used for? ”

“…… Minister, I really don't know! Liu Bei sweated like rain.

Your Majesty wants to use the Taiping Road to wash the floor!

His Majesty's eyes were like torches, and he said loudly: "Everyone says that I am rich all over the world." However, in my opinion, the rich all over the world are dominated by the powerful of the family. All I was left with was an empty palace and a court full of dog officials. King Ji can know how many of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are truly loyal to my heavenly family. And how many are the lackeys raised by the powerful family. If I don't kill the owners of these vicious dogs, how can I be rich all over the world! ”

"......" Liu Bei opened his mouth, but didn't say anything.

His Majesty borrowed a knife to kill people, and he really calculated well. However, the war was chaotic together, and the war disaster continued. Thousands of people are caught in it. Slaughtered, life is worse than death.

Shouldn't Your Majesty take care of the lives and deaths of the people?

Seeing His Majesty scolding Fang Xuan, he talked eloquently. Liu Bei was like falling into an ice cave, and his whole body was cold. As His Majesty said, just wipe out the Taiping Dao lurking in Luoyang. Again send good will stick to Xiongguan. The land of Guanzhong can be safe.

When the time comes. Send another good general to clean up the chaos in the Kanto region. Whether they were killed by the Taiping rebels or dismissed for their crimes.

The vacated official position alone can allow His Majesty to sell his official position for a lifetime, and he will enjoy it endlessly.

What's more, there are thousands of miles of red land, and countless fertile fields are waiting to be slaughtered and sold.

Liu Bei, who figured out all this, has been in a daze. There is no greater mourning than death. On the way back, I didn't realize that I had burst into tears. I didn't have time to wipe it, and suddenly whispered:

The peaks and mountains are like gathering,

The waves are like fury,

Mountains and rivers surface Tongguan Road.

Wangxidu,

Hesitation.

Sad Qin and Han meridians,

The palace and all the rooms were made of soil.

Xing, the people suffer; Death, the people suffer.