Liu Ba's face was blue, and his chest couldn't help but rise and fall.

Xu is feelings are reasonable, his attitude is a little soft, but his tone is self-tough:

"The matter has come to this point, if you want to calm the money chaos, it will not be saved unless it takes decades of work. At this moment, what can the old man do? ”

Jiang Wei sneered: "If you don't have an idea, you just said it to the lord, why do you use lack of energy as an excuse?" ”

After saying this, he skimmed towards Ma Liang.

The two looked at each other, and Ma Liang immediately showed a knowing look.

He had already seen that Jiang Wei was making a radical move. It is necessary for one person to sing blackface and one person to sing redface, and the good and evil people take turns to fight, so that they can achieve their full success.

Ma smiled slightly in conscience, but sighed on his lips, shook his head and said:

"Alas, Brother Zichu is a famous man in the world, and even he has no choice, I am afraid that this matter is really extremely difficult to do, and there is nothing to be done."

When Liu Ba heard this, he couldn't help but nod his head in agreement.

Jiang Wei cleared his throat slightly, put on an unfathomable smile, and said slowly: "It's not that it's completely impossible...... At the bottom, there are three strategies: upper, middle and lower. ”

As soon as he said this, Liu Ba's eyes lit up, but he immediately showed an expression of disbelief.

Ma Liang hurriedly said: "Boyo must not hide his secrets, please also explain the details." ”

Jiang Wei smiled and said, "The Qin State once unified the coinage circulation, but the effect was not very good; Until the former Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty minted money, unified the currency, the weight of the money and the money was consistent, since then the weight of the money is five baht for customization, the weight of the world money and things have to be balanced. During this period, Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty and issued treasure goods; Dong Zhuo was tyrannical, even minted small money, and changed the money system twice, which led to light goods and expensive goods, the people were not able to make a living, and the credit of the court was lost. Therefore, from the bottom view, if you want to maintain long-term stability, you need to restore the five-baht money system of Emperor Wu. This is the best policy! ”

In fact, anyone who has studied numismatics knows that the value of copper coins, as precious metal coins, is divided into two parts: first, the value of the metal itself; Second, the value of purchasing power given by the imperial court.

Take the five-baht coin of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty as an example, the imperial court gave a copper coin the purchasing power of one penny; At the same time, the coin was made of five-baht copper, and the value of the metal itself was roughly equal to the circulation value given by the imperial court.

In other words, the five-baht coin is both the currency and the commodity itself.

It is precisely because of this special balance and nature that the imperial court is not afraid of minting an extra five baht coins at all, but is afraid that it will not be minted enough-

After all, there are many large families who are willing to collect coins.

But Wang Mang's new coins, Dong Zhuo's small coins, and Liu Ba's direct hundred coins are not, the material weight of these coins - and the metal value of the money itself is not as good as the five-baht coin, but the imperial court is subdued by his ten, ten, or even a hundred times the purchasing power of the five-baht coin.

In fact, Yin Jian was not far away, after Dong Zhuo minted a small amount of money, the imperial court currency lost trust, and the people consciously gave up the more convenient and easy-to-test metal currency, and began to use grain, cloth and other necessities for trading.

Until now, the Wei State still used barter as the main means of transaction.

Therefore, historians have a very high evaluation of the five-baht coin system issued by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, calling it an extremely great innovation in the history of Chinese currency. Although it was interrupted by wars and warlords in the middle, it was intermittently used until the Sui Dynasty and circulated for nearly 700 years, and was finally replaced by the "Kaiyuan Tongbao" with a similar nature.

Therefore, in Jiang Wei's view, the best way to solve inflation and the dishonesty of the imperial court is to restore the ancestral system and implement the five-baht money system; But at the same time, he was well aware that the five-baht system would require the support of a large number of copper mines, which was a prerequisite.

Shiyizhou is not fully developed, and the production of copper mines is extremely limited, and suddenly it is impossible to supply so much copper ore.

After seeing Liu Ba's words, he sneered: "If there is enough copper ore in Yizhou, the lord will just mint an extra five baht coins, why does the old man want to offer a straight hundred coins?" I thought there were some profound remarks, but it turned out to be nothing more than that! ”

Jiang Wei was not annoyed, and said indifferently: "Only by tracing back to the source can we set things right." The five-baht money system is the foundation, which is not easy for eternity. Just because you can't do it today doesn't mean you can't do it in the future. ”

At the same time, he said: "The Qing Dynasty has a famous Yunnan copper, which should be in the direction of Yunnan. ”

At this time, Liu Ba wanted to sneer at each other, and Ma Liang hurriedly said: "Isn't there still a middle policy, and please tell me about this middle policy?" ”

Jiang Wei glanced at Liu Ba, who was unconvinced, and said loudly:

"The best way to do this is to continue to mint straight 100 coins before the five-baht coin system is restored. However, the amount of 100 coins minted throughout the year must be strictly controlled, and it must be roughly equivalent to the annual output of the people in the country, so as to ensure its value and stability. ”

Liu Ba and Ma Liang are both proficient in financial management and farming, and after a little thought, they can understand the meaning of Jiang Wei's sentence "Controlling the minting of 100 coins is equivalent to the annual income of a country".

If the annual output of the people in the country is used as a reference to ensure the standard, if there is more money minted, the situation of cheap money and expensive things will not be alleviated at all, and the situation of people's livelihood will become more and more difficult; However, if the money minted is less, it will slowly create a situation where money is expensive and cheap, and it is not conducive to the circulation of goods.

The principle is easy to understand, but it is extremely difficult to implement.

Liu Ba frowned and asked:

"How, then, do you judge what the people of a nation have received throughout the year? It is important to know that there are thousands of people in the world, tens of millions of hectares of farmland, and there are thousands of industries such as salt, iron, weaving, fishing, animal husbandry, forestry, and fruits. You, a yellow-mouthed boy, rely on yourself to study twice, so you talk nonsense everywhere and grandstand? ”

Ma Liang also asked: "Yes, the difficulty is to calculate the number, I don't know if Boyo has a good plan?" He knew from Zhuge Liang that Jiang Wei had political talents, and his words were quite insightful, and he couldn't help but carry three points of expectation between his words.

Jiang Wei smiled: "If you don't have confidence, how dare you show off in front of the two of you?" ”

After a pause, Zhengse said: "In addition to the grain produced by a county, the bulk of special products are limited. It may be stipulated that the officials of each county shall promptly sort out the changes in agricultural production, grain prices, and the market conditions of the main specialty commodities in the county on a ten-month and monthly basis, and report to the county through the post station, and the county government officials shall report to the state and the state to the imperial court after collecting and consolidating. In this way, the person in charge can fully understand the market situation of all counties in the country without going out of the official office, and can make decisions with confidence. ”

When Liu Ba and Ma Liang heard this, they looked at each other, and they all fell into deep thought.

Speaking of which, it's a wonderful idea.

First, there is no need to set up new government offices, and the existing officials at the county and county level can be implemented smoothly - it is nothing more than an additional duty for officials at this level.

You must know that after years of governance by Zhuge Liang, the most important thing in Shuzhong is the team of honest and efficient officials.

Moreover, once this law is successfully operated, it will be possible to establish a market network throughout the country, and where the market situation fluctuates slightly, the imperial court will know in an instant, and can make the most timely response and adjustment.

At this time, Jiang Wei continued: "On this basis, the imperial court can also set up a permanent position. ”

Liu Ba's face softened slightly, his tone relaxed a lot, and asked, "What is the Changping Method?" I would like to hear about it. ”

Jiang Wei explained: "The imperial court can order each county to establish a number of granaries for military grain turnover in wartime; But when it is peaceful, it can be used to help the people. ”

"When the harvest is low, each warehouse buys grain reserves; When there is a shortage of grain in a famine, the grain will be paid at a low price, so as to prevent and prepare for a famine, adjust supply and demand, and stabilize grain prices, so as to achieve the purpose of helping the people's livelihood, and the imperial court can also make a small and medium-sized profit, which can be described as a two-way method. Speaking of which, the Changping Law was practiced for a period of time in the early years of the former Han Dynasty, but it was not practiced for a long time, and many people did not know it. ”

Liu Ba has been in charge of Shu Han's finance for many years, and after a little thought, he knows that this policy is reasonable and feasible; And both the court and the people can benefit from it.

He raised his eyes to look at Jiang Wei's young face, and his heart was full of shock. He really couldn't imagine that such a good strategy would come from the mouth of a twenty-year-old martial artist!

Jiang Wei looked at him in his eyes, smiled secretly, and said in his heart:

"No matter how talented you Liu Ba is, can you compare to the famous ministers of the Tang Dynasty and the famous Liu Yan Liu Shi'an because of your financial management?"

Speaking of which, this is one of the laws practiced by Liu Yan, a famous minister of the Tang Dynasty and an outstanding financial planner in Chinese history.

Soon after the Anshi Rebellion, the manager of the Tang Dynasty, was extremely financially embarrassed.

Under this circumstance, Liu Yan was in charge of the Tang Dynasty's finances for 20 years, and carried out a series of reforms in salt administration, transportation, taxation, coinage, and price stabilization, which finally enabled the Tang Dynasty's finances and people's livelihood to be quickly restored and revitalized.

Jiang Wei stood on the shoulders of giants, and he couldn't tolerate Liu Ba being unconvinced.

(Author's note: In history, after the deaths of Liu Bei and Liu Ba, Zhuge Liang was in charge of the financial power of Shu Han. Although he failed to solve the problem of copper mine output, he could only continue to issue large sums such as "Zhibai money" and "Taiping money". But he was gifted and intelligent, and gradually grasped the balance between money and goods, so he controlled the amount of large coins minted. Therefore, during the reign of Zhuge Liang, the money economy of Shu Han was still stable, and the two kinds of money even circulated to Xiqiang and the Western Regions. ）