Chang'an City, in terms of population and city size, can only be regarded as a small city in the western capital of the Han Dynasty.

Its city wall is still rebuilt when Zhong Xuan operated Guanzhong since the Sanfu Rebellion.

When Ma Chao and the other ten departments in Guanzhong rebelled against Cao Cao, they easily captured Chang'an City, so don't have expectations for the city defense of this small city.

But Chang'an is of great significance, not only the western capital of the Han Dynasty, but more importantly, there are twelve golden people cast by the Qin State here.

These are twelve hollow bronze statues that are either standing or sitting on bronze chairs, five of which are three zhang high, and seven of which are five zhang high, and Tian Xin estimates that each bronze statue is about thirty or forty tons.

Dong Zhuo was short of money to destroy and smelt some gold people, and cast very inferior money, without character patterns, like rings...... Dong Zhuo has made a move on Jinren, and all the forces in Guanzhong will naturally not let go of these bright money.

Fortunately, Dong Zhuo took the lead, whether it was Li Dao Guo Yan, or Zhong Miao Ma Chao, or later Zhao Yan, Cao Zhen, and Cao Cao himself...... When there is a great shortage of money, will these people melt the gold people to mint coins?

Anyway, Dong Zhuo opened his head, and he could stuff anything on Dong Zhuo's head.

As a result, the two largest gold figures were left in Tianxin, and other large bronze objects, such as gold figures, bronze horses, and bronze bells, were collected and melted into coins over the past 30 years.

Tian Xin also came to Chang'an City for the first time, and the purpose was to see these two bronze statues.

The old man gave him the task of paying six million and five baht a year...... This is not just the imperial court continuing to tolerate the expenses of the Northern Mansion, but also a kind of expectation of the old man, with a little bit of request.

Six million five baht coins, bronze texture, each factory weight is four grams, one kilogram, four Han catties of bronze can also cast two hundred and fifty five baht coins; Six million and five baht coins, weighing twenty-four tons, equivalent to one million catties of bronze.

If these two remaining gold figures are melted, at least seventy tons of bronze can be obtained, nearly three million catties of bronze.

Last year, the imperial court's finances were tight, especially the quality of a batch of straight hundred coins minted in the summer has reached the lowest in recent years, and the weight of a single is less than two grams; By the end of the year, it had improved slightly, returning to 2.5 grams.

Each batch of coins, the slightest difference in the weight of each coin, will be very large in front of the million mintage.

The difference between a fraction of a millimeter is nothing more than that.

Between quantity and quality, Tian Xin hesitated for a long time, ready to choose the quality and hand over the best coins to the imperial court, weighing four grams each.

The full weight of coins, the new golden bronze coins, can make the contemporary people who have never seen the world immediately feel the atmosphere of prosperity. Sufficient coinage is the greatest sincerity of one's own governance.

There are many bronze objects in the people, so there is no shortage of raw materials for coinage, and the problem is what can be used to exchange the non-circulating bronze objects from the hands of the people and cast them into coins that can be used for circulation.

You have to find a way to exchange the folk bronze, the imperial court's policy of exchanging 100 coins for bronze is not advisable, unless you really can't survive, no one is willing to exchange the bronze ware in the family collection for 100 coins.

Making a decision in his heart, Tian Xin asked the central officials who accompanied him: "I have no will, this year in Guanzhong, Nanyang, Xiangzhou, Lingnan a total of 10 million five-baht coins, the intention is to mint fine coins, full, analogous to the former Han Dynasty." Now that there is a shortage of copper mines and utensils, can you help me with a good strategy? ”

This is an important government matter, and when Tian Xin returned to Guanzhong, he made a briefing, worked together, and made all kinds of preparations.

Immediately, Yan Zhong, who is good at coinage, stood up: "The public, the minister thinks that Guanlong has been in turmoil repeatedly, and the people trade with cloth. When the wheat is ripe this year, it can be ground into flour and trade copperware with the people at a reasonable price. ”

Bronze ware, in terms of formula, is rarely pure copper, and it is generally bronze alloy.

Although they are all antiques, they can ...... The coins that are currently available for circulation are more important, and for the people's livelihood, economy, and the country's confidence in governance, the full amount of coinage can best demonstrate these effects.

"I don't think it's appropriate."

Dong Hui, who participated in politics from Sipin, suddenly spoke: "Now the enemy country is eyeing the side, and there have been great changes in Xianbei in the west, and Dou Bin has led Henan to be a subordinate country. If Wei sends troops to Henan, the state has the responsibility to send troops to rescue. If grain is exchanged for copper today, when the war starts, the army is short of food, why fight? ”

Lu Yan, who was following Tian Xin, held the folder in his left hand and spread it out, and grabbed a hard brush with bamboo ink absorption in his right hand to record. As the master bookkeeper, Lu Yan's duty is not to express opinions, but to do all kinds of records and transfer work.

After Dong Hui, Lu Ding also spoke: "Today's military grain reserves are only enough for March, and this year's summer and autumn grain should be stored in storage for emergencies." ”

How can it be used for three months, and now the military food reserves are only for defense, which is enough to fight a rapid counterattack within the scope of Guanzhong.

Tian Xin's eyes fell on Lu Yi's face, and Lu Yi showed hesitation, obviously this is a very serious problem.

If the new wheat is processed into flour and replaced with copper utensils, it will directly affect the plan to replenish the military rations in reserve.

After a little hesitation, Lu Yi spoke: "The minister thinks that the army should have half a year's worth of grain, and it can be transported to Guanzhong with Nanyang cloth and silk, and it can be made of copper." ”

When answering, Lu Yi observed the change in Tian Xin's expression, and probably guessed what he was thinking, so he immediately lowered his head, not ready to continue to admonish.

The Wei army may not know how much military ration reserves Guanlong has, but the imperial court can definitely estimate it.

Hebei was hit by a disaster last year, and had no choice but to open a warehouse to help the victims...... This kind of official grain relief is really rare, so it can also be inferred that the overall grain reserves of Wei are not optimistic.

But you can't compare with Wei, Wei can kill the people to make dried meat, can you learn: Wei can forcibly expropriate counties and counties on a large scale, and the people can store grain, can you learn?

The military rations are insufficient, and there is a way to solve it in the Wei State, and if the jar is broken, you can always find a bite to eat.

What about yourself?

Crocodiles that may exist beneath the surface of the water should never be overlooked, such as the present ...... If the imperial court and Wei cooperated with each other, and the Wei state sent troops to invade, the imperial court took action against Nanyang and Xiangzhou, searched for the families of the officials in the northern mansion, and sealed Tian Xin's property.

If so, what should we do?

Therefore, it is necessary to leave enough food so that Wei does not dare to set off artillery.

If Wei dares to set off artillery, it will sweep Hebei in one go and have a showdown with the imperial court.

There are enough military food reserves, even if the family members are detained, across a Wuguan Road, it is impossible for most of the officials in Beifu to immediately disband and flee back to Nanyang, so it is very likely to follow Tian Xin to gamble and march to Hebei.

It is necessary to ensure that there is a deterrent force to counterattack Wei, otherwise, with Wei now being driven to a desperate point, it is very likely to link up with the Han court to lobby and incite the ministers and important ministers of Jiangdu to describe a new situation for them.

If there is a great deal of certainty to defeat the North Mansion...... With the current situation of the Wei State, the ministers and ministers there did not mind killing the emperor and replacing it with an emperor who would claim to be a vassal of the Han family.

And what about the Han family?

The old man is old after all, and he may retire at any time due to various natural and unnatural reasons, or even be unable to retreat with his whole body.

Tian Xin sees his weaknesses very clearly, and he just wants to gamble at this moment.

Give some people a chance to do evil.

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