Similar to bargaining, buying officials and lords, all entered the West Garden.

Liu Bei is also familiar with the road, the car drove out of the road, and the royal road, drove into the upper east gate, and went around the north palace to enter the West Garden.

More than half of the naked tour hall and the rooster hall have been built. Compared with when Liu Bei first came, the royal forest garden was full of wild interest. Today, it has become a magnificent palace.

If Your Majesty does not go to court, he spends most of his time playing in the garden.

A few days ago, the teacher visited. In addition to He Liu Bei's noble son, he also talked about many things in the court. said that when His Majesty held a meeting, he ordered the eunuch to lead a dog to the palace. The earth dog wears court clothes and wears a crown on his head. His Majesty pointed at the dog and scolded with a smile: What a dog officer.

Referring to Sang and scolding Huai, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

Liu Bei asked: Did the courtiers and His Majesty quarrel again?

The teacher nodded and said: The states and counties have written one after another, asking Your Majesty to pardon the party members. said that the reason why the world is in turmoil is because His Majesty imprisoned the party members, which caused the anger of the heavens and the resentment of the people.

Liu Bei sighed. The party has a long history. There are also people who continue to talk about this matter. The Yellow Turban Rebellion is imminent, and His Majesty is to unite all the forces that can be united. It is imperative to abolish the party system. It's just that from His Majesty's heart, he actually doesn't want to do this.

Behind the party members, in fact, is the power of the family. It is precisely because the family is strong and strong that it continues to sit big, and it has a tendency to be big. In order not to let the family be arrogant, they formed a party for personal gain and controlled the government. Only the imperial court can carry out the party.

The more than 100 years at the end of the Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Jin Dynasty were the critical period when the family rapidly transformed into a gate valve.

In the case of feudal dynasties. The fundamental reason for the large place of the family is the decline of the princes.

There are no tigers in the mountains, and the monkeys are kings.

This is the fundamental reason for the Maison's rapid accumulation.

From the perspective of the political ecological chain. The excessive weakness of the apex predator dies, and the secondary predator rises to the occasion.

In the former Han Dynasty, the princes and kings were thousands of miles away, governed millions of people, and raised 100,000 soldiers, which was a great trouble for the empire. The princes and kings of the Han Dynasty are only one county. It has long been a threat. If it is suppressed again, it will only benefit the family.

From the perspective of the country and the world.

Your own family will always be more intimate than your own family.

His Majesty has been very kind to the country of thistle and has given many conveniences. Is it just because of money?

West Residence, Wanjin Hall.

"Knock to your majesty." Liu Bei knelt down and saluted.

"The Thistle King is exempt." His Majesty looked good: "Sit down." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Liu Bei thanked him and stood up.

"Someone."

"The slave is here." The yellow door ordered Zuo Feng to enter.

"Where's the court order?"

"It's in the garden." Zuo Feng replied.

"Hurry up and call it."

"Whoa."

Why is the court order in the West Garden?

Soon, Bi Lan entered the court to meet him.

"How's it going?" His Majesty asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the old slave is fortunate not to be dishonored, and he has minted his mother's money." As he spoke, he presented a few copper coins to His Majesty.

His Majesty took a copper coin in his hand, looked at it carefully, and handed it to Liu Bei.

"King Thistle, how about this coin?"

Liu Bei took it with both hands.

This coin is different from the usual 5 baht coin. It is also slightly lighter than the 5-baht coin in circulation. Or only four baht.

The so-called half a catty and eight taels. Now a pound and sixteen taels. One tael twenty-four baht.

I saw Liu Bei carefully observing the copper coin in his hand. His Majesty winked.

Bi Lan understood, so he bowed forward and explained: "Your Majesty, this is the old slave's newly minted 'four out of five baht'. ”

"What is 'four out of five baht'?" Liu Bei sighed in his heart.

"Four out of five baht" is also known as "four out of money", "four out of money", "four out of money".

The so-called "four outs" refers to the four corners of the square hole of the money curtain, leading outward to a straight line of Yangwen to the outer edge. This method can prevent "filing and grinding money and stealing copper".

Due to the turbulence of the times, disasters and even the deterioration of the economic situation based on food prices. In addition, the family continued to hoard five-baht coins, resulting in a continuous deterioration in currency circulation.

In a nutshell. Due to natural and man-made disasters, the situation is turbulent. The five-baht coin was used as a hedging fund by the family, and it was hoarded in large quantities and no longer participated in market circulation. and even the lack of money supply in the market. There is a "lack of money".

In addition, the right to mint money was returned to the imperial court, and it was impossible to mint new coins. In order to solve the dilemma of lack of money, the criminals started to make an article on the five-baht coin.

"Five baht for edging", "five baht for trimming", "five baht for ringing", and so on, came into being.

Those who only seek profit cut five baht coins and want to use one money as two coins for personal gain.

Edging five baht, also known as "edging money", that is, grinding off the outline, the edge of the five baht coin. It's very common these days. The method of edging is said to be to use a wooden or metal square stick to thread a coin hole, each time wearing hundreds or hundreds of coins, and then fix the ends of the square stick and polish the outline of the coin on a stone mill. Through processing, the edging money is slightly smaller than the general five-baht coin. The weight of the money is reduced by about one-third. This does not damage the face of the coin, and the edges of the coin are smooth.

The purpose of edging is to take copper and use it to mint new money. During the reign of the first emperor, there was a large-scale theft of five baht of edging. This resulted in a significant weight loss and depreciation of the five-baht coin.

Cutting and chiseling five baht, or "cutting and chiseling money", is a general term for cutting edge money or ring money. The method is to chisel a coin into two pieces, inside and outside. Cutting and chiseling money, the former Han Dynasty has appeared, to the present Han Emperor Huan, Emperor Ling, more often, to the point of flooding.

The trimming of the edge is five baht, which is the money that has been cut and chiseled on the periphery or the outer outline. There is only half of the word "five baht" left in Qianwen, so it is also called "five baht to Wen". Trimmed coins have more outlines than polished coins, and most of them subtract some of the face text of the coin, and even the numismatic text is incomplete. Judging from the edge of the money, the trimmed money is not as smooth and neat as the edging money, and the diameter of the money is also quite different. The weight of the money is reduced by two-fifths or more.

The main basis for distinguishing between edging money and trimming money is the trace of edge processing and the diameter of the money.

The five-baht coin is the money that has been cut or chiseled to the inner circle, and the money is only left at the edge, which is ring-shaped, and only half of the word "five baht" is left. Judging from the size alone, it is no different from an ordinary five-baht coin.

The biggest difference between the trimmed five baht and the ring five baht is. One is to cut the chisel from the outer ring inward, and the other is to cut the chisel from the inner ring outward.

Compared to these black-hearted "three baht coins". The newly minted "four out of five baht" in Liu Bei's hand has a better casting process and is heavier. It weighs about four baht.

It was only at this time that Liu Bei woke up.

It turned out that His Majesty thought that he was going to make a profit on coins.

King Thistle's move coincides with me.

Just Your Majesty. The minister wants to mint five baht coins! A real five-baht penny.

It's not a four-baht coin, and it's not a black-hearted three-baht coin!

"Emperor Benhou's family, poor, every sigh Emperor Huan can't be a home, so gather for private collection."

Your Majesty has enlightened.

How can you make money as fast as you make money!

"Five baht for edging", "five baht for trimming", "five baht for ringing", and so on, are all privately stolen cast, and the scale and quantity are limited.

Once the court opened the minting of four baht coins. Its scale and influence are far beyond that of these private money.

Predictable. Once the "four out of five baht" cast, the world will be in chaos. The already fragile monetary system has been further devastated.

This is a very dangerous sign.

Liu Bei was racking his brains, thinking about how to turn around. Dispel the idea of His Majesty minting four baht coins.