At this time, Zhuge Liang pointed to Ma Liangdao:

"The king of Hanzhong has opened up the season, and he is often the great Sima Peng. Ji Chang and Liu Zichu have an old relationship, and the two of us are discussing the matter of asking him to go out of the mountain. ”

Jiang Wei said:

"When I heard that the lord was in Shuzhong, there was a lack of military resources, and Liu Jun offered a plan to cast a hundred coins, level all things, and make the officials the official market, so that the treasury was full in a few months. The lord is called the queen of Hanzhong, and he appoints this person as a scholar, how can he still invite him to go out of the mountain? ”

Ma Liang on the side took over the topic and said:

"Boyo didn't know anything. He had some unpleasantness with the three generals, so he said that he was not sick. Kong knew that I had a friendship with him, so he asked me to persuade one or two, and was about to set off. ”

Although Ma Liang did not explicitly say the unhappiness between Liu Ba and Zhang Fei, Jiang Wei vaguely knew something.

But Zhang Fei admired Liu Ba's talent and learning, and one day he went straight to Liu Ba's mansion for a long talk, and after talking until late at night, he desperately wanted to sleep with him.

Liu Ba prides himself on being a celebrity, and he already looks down on martial artists, and when he can't bear it, he finally begins to ridicule in every way.

His taunting and invective were very vicious, and Zhang Fei was immediately provoked to jump like thunder, slamming the door and leaving.

Liu Bei realized that Liu Ba looked down on their brother at all, so new and old hatreds were intertwined, and he once wanted to kill this person to vent his anger.

Finally, under Zhuge Liang's repeated persuasion, the matter was put on hold.

Liu Ba was also afraid of suspicion because of this, so he kept quiet, retreated without personal friends, and did not say anything about non-official affairs.

Thinking of such a dramatic life of this person, Jiang Wei's curiosity rose in his heart, so he hugged his fists and said:

"Wei has nothing to do, it is better to accompany Mr. to visit this contemporary celebrity."

Ma Liang smiled bitterly: "If you insist on going, I won't stop you." It's just that this person has a high personality and a strange temper, and if there is a collision for a while, you have to take care of one or two. ”

Jiang Wei said: "It's self-saving." ”

At that moment, the two said goodbye to Zhuge Liang, and said all the way, heading up to Liu Ba's mansion.

To Jiang Wei's surprise, Liu Ba's family was very poor, and only a fence was used to block the house from the outer street.

It was an old woman who came to open the door, and Jiang Wei judged from Ma Liang's "sister-in-law" that this unattractive and simple woman should be Liu Ba's bad wife.

After pushing the door in, I saw seasonal vegetables planted in the yard, and an old man in his fifties was squatting under the fence hoeing soil and pulling weeds.

Ma Liang took two steps forward and arched his hand: "Brother Zichu, Ma Liang is here." ”

When Jiang Wei heard this, he was shocked, such an inconspicuous old farmer was actually the famous Liu Ba?

History records Liu Ba is honest and simple, and has never managed the family assets business, but now it seems that it is appropriate.

He retracted his gaze, then bowed down and hugged his fists and said, "Under Jiang Wei, please see Mr." ”

Liu Ba threw the shovel in his hand, stood up, and returned the salute to Ma Liang, squeezing out a smile on his face:

"Which gust of wind blew Brother Ji Chang here? Come, inside please. ”

After speaking, he stretched out his hand to welcome Ma Liang into the hall and sit down; But he didn't look at Jiang Wei half a glance.

Seeing this, Jiang Wei was a little stunned for a while, and in desperation, he had to follow up cheekily.

In the end, although Liu Ba ignored him, he didn't come to chase him, as if he was just a burst of air.

After taking a seat to serve tea and greeting a few words, Ma Liang asked:

"Coarse tea and light rice, the joy of the countryside, is the first brother happy?"

Liu Ba said: "There are green mountains and green waters in the chest, and there is no case in the shape of hard work, and it is natural and happy." ”

Ma Liang sighed at this time and said:

"Now that all industries are withering and prices are soaring, the people of Yizhou are not happy."

He paused and got straight to the point:

"The Jingzhou War is over, Shangshu Lingfa is dying of illness, and there are all kinds of major events waiting to be dealt with in the court. Kong Ming is difficult to support alone, and the first brother has been in Shangshutai for a long time, and the position of Shangshuling is exactly what to do, please look at the thin face of Kong Ming and the younger brother, and accept the appointment of the lord. ”

Liu Ba's face was expressionless, and he only said lightly:

"The king of Hanzhong is full of talents, and others don't say it, aren't you Ma Jichang a talented person? Why do you want me, an old man, to do it? ”

Ma Liang said: "Now that prices in Yizhou are soaring, the people are quite dissatisfied. Looking around the inside and outside of the city, only Zichu's brother is in financial management, if he doesn't take action to rectify it, he is only afraid that the people's livelihood will be difficult, which is not good for the country. ”

Liu Ba replied without thinking:

"It's not for Kong Ming and Ji Chang to embarrass you, it's really because the old man is old and faint, his eyes are cloudy and ugly, and he can't support the hard work of the case."

At this time, Ma Liang persuaded again and again, but Liu Ba only shirked with lack of energy, and seemed to have made up his mind not to accept Liu Bei's appointment.

Jiang Wei watched coldly, and said in his heart, a person who has the strength to serve the fields actually said that he has no energy to deal with official documents, which is obviously a prevarication.

When he saw Liu Ba pretending to be serious, he couldn't help laughing for a while, and he actually chuckled.

And this laughter happened to be clearly transmitted into Liu Ba's ears.

But seeing Liu Ba frowning, he reprimanded in a deep voice: "Gentleman talking, why are you laughing at a martial artist?" ”

When Jiang Wei heard this, he couldn't help but say in his heart, this person really looks down on martial artists, no wonder he would make Zhang Fei angry like this.

It is also Zhang Fei's respect for the gentleman, so that he can avoid punishment; If Guan Yu was here, he would definitely cut off his head in a fit of anger.

Ma Liang is an honest and honest character, and when he saw that his master was angry, he hurriedly explained:

"Boyo is a friend of the younger brother, both civil and military, not an ordinary martial artist."

"Both civil and military?" Liu Ba's eyebrows were raised high, and he sneered:

"How can there be so many people in this world who are both civil and military? Maybe for the sake of Ji Chang, the old man will give you a chance, but you can tell me, why are you laughing? If you can't tell the reason, you can do it yourself! ”

Jiang Wei said in his heart, this is going to be an eviction order, this person turns his face faster than turning a book, and I don't know if it's because of his nature, or because he hates Liu Bei and Wu.

Ma Liang was about to ease his cheeks again, but Jiang Wei burst out laughing.

He saw that Liu Ba had already made up his mind that he couldn't get sick, and no matter how talented Ma Liang was, he couldn't wake up a person who was pretending to be asleep.

Anyway, he has already offended, so it is better to take a dangerous move and provoke him.

Seeing that he was so rude, Liu Ba became angry, gradually pulled down his face, and saw the edge of the attack.

But seeing that Jiang Wei suppressed his laughter, he said:

"Your Excellency has the reputation of a celebrity, but he has harmed the people of the world, and he is complacent all day long, especially if he doesn't know it!"

Liu Ba took the case and said angrily:

"The old man is harmless to people in his life, how did he get into your mouth, but he became a scourge to the world? You yellow-mouthed boy, just look at the face of Ji Chang, let you enter the house of a gentleman, if you don't make it clear today, the old man will sweep you out! ”

Jiang Wei sneered and asked rhetorically:

"Dare to ask for advice, in the past, the lord was determined by Shu, did you offer advice to cast a hundred coins, level all things, and make officials officials?"

Liu Ba said proudly: "Yes, the king of Hanzhong has this policy, and in a few months, the treasury is full and the military resources are sufficient!" ”

After a pause, a disdainful expression appeared on his face, and he sneered:

"What do you do about it? What does it have to do with the old man harming the world? Could it be that you, a vulgar martial artist, also know the way of financial management and breeding? ”

Jiang Wei saw that Ma Liang was going to relieve him, so he arched his hand at him, signaled for a while, and then smiled at Liu Ba, and said slowly but firmly:

"Let's talk about understanding and not understanding for the time being, but everything has a benefit and a disadvantage. You only talked about the benefits of this policy, but why didn't you mention that today's prices are soaring, and the people are suffering a lot, all because of your advice? ”

Liu Ba frowned and said:

"The old man's advice is true, but the root cause of the people's price take-off is the reason why the court casts more and indiscriminately casts hundreds of dollars, and the old man just gives advice, is it not such a notoriety, and the old man has to carry it?"

Jiang Wei sneered:

"This strategy is a strategy to quench thirst, as a person who gives advice, you must judge the situation, not only to think of the momentary benefits, but also to consider the harm of the world. You already knew that this strategy was hiding harm, why didn't you explain it in advance at the beginning of the proposal? Now that its drawbacks have appeared, why don't they help the imperial court restrain them, but pretend to be high and stand by? It's a shame that you call yourself a celebrity in vain! ”

When Liu Ba heard this, he was so angry that he blew his beard and glared at him, and his old face turned red.

But he couldn't refute it.

Speaking of which, Jiang Wei is really right, and it is indeed a strategy to quench thirst.

In ancient times, the common people, especially the large families, usually had the habit of hiding money, and a large part of the copper coins minted over the years were buried in the ground one by one.

Under such circumstances, the imperial court minted more large coins in a short period of time, which not only did not affect prices, but also promoted trade because there were many more copper coins in circulation in the market.

Therefore, there is a phenomenon of "the king of Hanzhong carried out this policy, and in a few months, the treasury was full and the military funds were sufficient".

However, most people's desires are bottomless, and the imperial court has tasted the benefits of indiscriminate casting of large amounts of money, and when it encounters financial problems in the future, the first thing that comes to mind is naturally to continue to mint money with full horsepower.

But when the indiscriminate distribution of large amounts of money reaches a certain critical point, it will inevitably cause inflation-

As there is more money in the market, prices will rise, and people need more money to buy their daily necessities, and people's livelihood will be in dire straits.

Liu Bei, who was born at the grassroots, doesn't understand this kind of commodity breeding principle, but Liu Ba is good at financial management, so he naturally understands it!

It's just that he doesn't look down on Liu Bei, his attitude is very passive, he doesn't give him ordinary things, and he will never rush to do them.

At that time, Liu Bei only asked him to solve the problem of military funds, so he ignored this strategy.

He was originally forced to help Liu Bei do things, and he didn't pursue performance, so naturally he wouldn't mention the harm of this strategy-

It's probably the attitude of "what you told me to do, I can be regarded as helping you do it, and I'll leave first if it's okay".

And when the imperial court tasted such sweetness, it was unstoppable, and several times it increased the casting of straight 100 coins, and Liu Bei was even so happy that he even used the copper hook on the account to mint money.

It's just that everything pays attention to cause and effect, and now, after a combination of various reasons, the harm of casting a lot of money has gradually emerged, and finally caused problems in people's livelihood.

If there is no one in the court who understands the management of goods, Liu Ba, the initiator, can naturally get out of the matter and mix like a nobody.

But what he didn't expect was that such a secret joint was just taught to this hairy boy to see it!

If this kid doesn't know what to do and leaks this secret, then he will change from a famous man who has made meritorious contributions to a dog-headed military advisor who has a bad idea!

This result was absolutely unacceptable to him.

But Jiang Weique did not give up, and continued to mock:

"In the middle age of the early peace, Dong Zhuonai even minted a small amount of money, from the money is light and expensive, Gu Yihu to millions of dollars. Looking at it from below, Liu Junzhi's 100 money strategy is similar to Dong Zhuo's small money strategy back then! I'm afraid that in the future history, there will be a strong stroke of Liu Jun and Dong Zhuo! ”

Dong Zhuo is cruel and unkind, and people and gods are angry, but Jiang Wei compares Dong Zhuo to Liu Ba!

This is really a heart-wrenching statement!

The scene was a little solemn for a while, Liu Ba's face was red and white, white and red, but he couldn't refute half of the sentence, he was stunned in place, and he was speechless for a while.