In his previous life, he happened to have an opportunity, and he was fortunate to listen to a class by a famous economist, and this professor happened to talk about the ancient economy in this class, and talked about Shu Han Zhi Baiqian.

It is also recorded in the General Guide to Information and Governance, "The military is insufficient, and it is very worrying." Liu Ba said: "This is easy to hear. But when a hundred coins are cast, the prices are leveled, and the officials are made to be the official market. 'Be prepared to follow. Within a few months, the treasury was full. ”

It means that after Liu Bei took Shudi, he was very worried about financial difficulties and tight military spending. At this time, Liu Ba offered advice, minted a hundred coins, and used force to stabilize prices, and in this way, it only took a few months for the treasury to be full.

Liu Rong thought for a while and said, "The current coinage of Zhenguan is less than five baht, and the actual value is one penny, it is a hundred coins, and it is a bad coin. Although this move can fill the treasury in a short period of time, although the imperial court has stabilized prices, but in the long run, there is a lot of money, which is very easy to cause currency depreciation, and the economy of Shu will collapse! Although I am stupid, I also know that this move is to buy goods worth hundreds of dollars for one dollar, which is naked plunder! ”

When he said these words, his eyes never left Zhuge Liang and the others for a moment, and their expressions gradually changed from doubts at the beginning to shock.

These words have never been said to the emperor.

"Could it be that Your Majesty has a master hidden around him?" Zhuge Liang was puzzled.

Liu Rong smiled in his heart and continued, "If this continues, within ten years, the people of Shu will be extremely poor. At that time, the imperial court's price reduction would be useless, and the value of the 100 coins would be extremely depreciated, and I called this phenomenon inflation! ”

"Inflation?" Li Yan muttered in his mouth and asked, "Your Majesty, what is inflation?" ”

"Inflation, the decline in the purchasing power of coins, is a phenomenon of economic collapse. I will take my father-in-law's family as an example, assuming that my father-in-law has 1,500 stone a year, which is worth 10,000 yuan. With today's prices, it is enough to support my father-in-law's whole family, but ten years later, the capital of 10,000 yuan is only worth 500 stones, at this time, the capital of 10,000 yuan is no longer enough to support my father-in-law's family, this is inflation, the two elders think about it, the whole country is like this, what should it be? ”

"The economy collapsed, the more the court minted coins, the more this phenomenon flourished, the credibility of the court was lost, Shu became more and more tired, and the people were more miserable?" Zhuge Liang is colorful.

Liu Rong nodded, in his previous life, historians had speculated why after the imperial city of Chengdu was broken by Wei, Liu Chan Dynasty surrendered without resistance, but in fact, Shu at that time was already powerless to resist.

The fundamental reason for this is that the economy of Shu has collapsed at this time, and the perennial Northern Expedition has to let the government increase the plundering of civilian wealth to replenish military funds, and the people are extremely poor, and it has become a miracle to resist the invasion of other countries for the imperial court.

Therefore, Liu Chan surrendered.

"Yes, if we want to change this situation, we must improve people's livelihood, and first of all, we must slow down the speed of coinage, in order to gradually stabilize prices. The second is to improve the productivity of the people! However, my father's Northern Expedition required a lot of materials and money, so I thought, can I raise funds in another way? Vigorously minting coins is not a good strategy, two elders! Liu Rong grabbed Zhuge Liang's hand and said with tears in his eyes, "I don't want to go after the Northern Expedition, but Shu has collapsed, at that time, I will be the king of the fallen country, and the two elders will become the ministers of the fallen country!" The father's inheritance has been destroyed in the ears of my generation, woo hoo lament! ”

Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Rong in a daze, the emperor's words really stimulated him deeply, the Northern Expedition could not be stopped, but he also did not want to be a minister of the dead country, so he immediately asked, "What is your majesty's good plan?" ”

Liu Rong pointed to his head and said, "In my head, there are some unprecedented things, these things can be sold to the outside world, or they can change people's livelihood, and they can also improve production efficiency." If these products are manufactured, the income will not be less than the coinage, and it can balance prices and improve people's livelihood! ”

Zhuge Liang was surprised, "Is Your Majesty's words serious?" What is the time period? ”

Liu Rong replied, "It will take a year or two in a short time, and it will take effect in three or four years in the long term?" After speaking, Liu Rong said again, "If it doesn't work, I will be a great Zen and let the virtuous live there!" ”

When Zhuge Liang and Li Yan heard this, they were all frightened, and leaned over and said, "Your Majesty is serious!" ”

After the words were closed, Zhuge Liang asked again, "What does Your Majesty want?" ”

Liu Rong said, "Do research, vigorously produce!" I personally participated in external sales, not only in our Shu country, but also in Wei and Wu countries, in order to seize the wealth of other countries. Since then, I have raised military salaries for my father, and my father has expanded my territory for me, and my father has joined forces with me and the monarchs and ministers to create this eternal foundation! ”

"At that time, the cultural relics of the Manchu Dynasty such as the father-in-law and father-in-law will be recorded in history and will be famous through the ages!"

Liu Rong doesn't mind making pies again, the people in the world are all for profit, all for profit, although painting cakes by himself sounds slim, but it does make people feel uplifted.

Li Yan saw Zhuge Liang squinting and pondering, and immediately said, "Prime Minister, I think Your Majesty's ideas can be tried, Your Majesty's actions will not hurt the country's capital, and will not hinder the Prime Minister's plans, if it is effective, it will be of great benefit to our country!" ”

Zhuge Liang shook his goose feather fan and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the current laws and regulations of our country cannot be stopped, including this coinage matter, according to Your Majesty's own actions, as long as it does not hurt the country's capital and does not hinder the hegemony of the first emperor, the minister will definitely support it!" ”

Zhuge Liang agreed, which was expected by Liu Rong.

He was overjoyed and said, "I still have a plan, ask the two elders to check for me, and see if it can be carried out?" ”

"Your Majesty, please speak!" Two humane.

Liu Rong asked, "Why can Shudi Zhibaiqian go smoothly?" He asked himself, "It is because the right to mint coins is owned by the state, so I think that from now on, the right to the things created by my policy will belong to me, and no one shall use them to make profits, and only I have the right to make profits." ”

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid there's something wrong with this!" Li Yan shook his head and said, "The minister thinks that His Majesty's policy should be based on benefiting the people, and he must not pretend to be self-assured." ”

Liu Rong shook his head and said, "Not only me, but everyone in my country can enjoy this policy, as long as there is an idea, and it can be produced, it can benefit people, if this idea is unprecedented, it will be protected by me, and it can also benefit from it, so as to comfort the people of insight in the world!" If it is successful, I will definitely tell the world that the wooden ox and horse are created by the father, and the rest of the people want to reproduce, they must obtain the consent of the father, and the father may grant the copyright to each other, and they can also share the profits, this is what I call intellectual property rights, and intellectual property rights should be protected! ”

"Father and think about it, every time a horse is built in the future, they will think that this is created by the father! Isn't it happy? Liu Rong's words are another heart-attacking sentence, perhaps for Zhuge Liang, money is not the most important thing, but what about reputation? It's not something that a person with big ambitions can refuse.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang was moved.

However, the question came up again, Zhuge Liang asked, "How to protect property rights?" ”

Liu Rong said, "This requires the support of my father!" ”

Zhuge Liang said, "Your Majesty wants to follow the example of the first emperor to protect it by force?" ”

"Exactly! Method, as long as I make another seal, those who have a seal can be produced, and those who do not have a seal will be punished for stealing intellectual property rights! Then. The father can make a move! ”

"This is a method, under high pressure, no one dares to take risks, but the minister thinks that it is also like the time of the first emperor, and His Majesty will do it himself!" Zhuge Liang said.

Zhuge Liang cherishes his feathers very much, even when Liu Bei is there, in addition to marching and fighting, these killings are all done by Liu Bei himself.

Liu Rong thought for a while, and then said, "Okay, let the forbidden army do these things!" I think it should be enough! After a pause, he continued, "I will come back to the court the day after tomorrow, and I will promulgate the intellectual property protection law and establish the East Factory with a scale of more than 100 people, and I hope that the two elders will support me!" Oh, yes, someone! ”

"Your Majesty!" Wang Li promised.

Liu Rong said, "Bring in the box I brought into the palace a few days ago!" ”

"No!"

After a while, the box containing the gold cake was carried in, and after Liu Rong opened it, Zhuge Liang and the others saw that there was about half a box of yellow gold cakes in it.

"Presumably the two elders already knew that I left the palace a few days ago to kill the Shen family, but the Shen family wanted to exchange the golden cake for their lives, I thought, the sin of one person is indeed not the whole clan to sit together, and I thought about the Northern Expedition of the Xiangfather, and I needed these golden cakes, so I agreed to them, and today I will dedicate this golden cake to the Xiangfu to fund the Northern Expedition!"

"This!" Zhuge Liang's eyes lit up, this half box of gold cakes is enough to recruit a 10,000-strong army horse, and the emperor's gift today is indeed a bit heavy.

Immediately, he said, "The minister must do his best to serve Your Majesty!" ”

"Wang Changshi, someone will carry this box to the Prime Minister's Mansion..............."