Chapter 137: Sun Jian dominates Jiaozhou
The output of gold, silver and copper ore can be said to be the biggest shortcoming of the Han Republic and the Han Empire. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoThey may be able to trade and get the foreign part of the precious metals income, but it is basically a drop in the bucket.
The insufficient number of new currency issuance, coupled with the lack of government credit caused by the previous economic crisis, makes the re-issuance of new currency, the recognition of the people is not high, if it is not for the precious metal content is sufficient, and for the government procurement to be forced to use new currency for the stage, the private holdings are indeed not high.
On the contrary, with the supplement of the Jinguashi gold mine, the number of new coins in the Republic of China has increased rapidly in a short period of time, which directly makes its new coins quickly occupy the market and become the mainstream monetary unit of the land of China.
In the midst of this counterfeit money crisis, the Huaxia Republic also made a lot of money, and although this metal currency was not as profitable as paper money, as the transaction progressed, the profit gradually increased to 400% profit, which was enough to drive anyone crazy.
The two countries are like cows, with the help of this counterfeit money incident, a large number of raw materials continue to be supplied to various manufacturers. This minimizes production costs, increases profits, and drives tax revenue.
Enterprises with money further research on more advanced technology, or expand the scale of operation, so the output is further increased, and the market is quickly seized. Many enterprises in the other two countries have closed down because of this economic crisis, so that the goods of the Republic of China have quickly seized the market, and the goods with the symbol of the iron and blood plate dragon flag have been recognized and accepted by the Chinese people.
This situation makes the Han Republic, which was already in a downturn, naturally worse. Recently, in order to reduce costs, some businesses have used relatively poor raw materials, which has led to a decline in quality, and the quality between the two countries is not at the same level at all.
The people's eyes are bright, and the goods with good quality and suitable price are of course the first choice for selection.
The backlog of a large number of commodities has made many enterprises face the trend of closing down or downsizing. This means that a large number of people will lose their jobs. Fortunately, there is no shortage of land in these years, there is no way to work, and it is good to survive by cultivating a few acres of land.
There are still a large number of people who know how to think, and even some small families, have realized the incompetence of the Han Republic. They chose to leave, lest they encounter another economic crisis like this. The state simply does not have the capacity to deal with the economic crisis, the propaganda work is not in place, and even the means of pulling hatred are not sophisticated, so they have no confidence in the government.
Others may believe the propaganda of those family gates, but many of them themselves are direct victims of this crisis, and they have seen through their essence.
They began to move south, or into the territory of the Han Empire in Jingzhou, because the follow-up work here was done well, and the lives of the people quickly stabilized. Even the government's emergency construction of several roads and dams, which led to a rapid increase in employment and demand for raw materials, and certain tax breaks for domestic enterprises, finally stabilized the economy.
A small number of people chose to enter the side of the military government, they themselves are bankrupt people, it is said that the military government is people-oriented, to protect the interests of the people, so they stay, after all, this is not far from the Central Plains.
There are also a large number of people who have come directly to the territory of the Huaxia Republic. Originally, I thought this was a wild place, at least the family has always advertised that this is a wild land. But really come here, even after entering Lujiang County, you will find that this place is actually not barbaric, and the more south the more prosperous, a few people even came to Taoyuan City here to work hard, after seeing the city after the fourth expansion, marvel at its prosperity is no less than Luoyang and Chang'an!
The aftermath of the economic crisis naturally also affected Jingnan and Jiaozhou, which did not have their own currencies. The Han Empire had already liberalized trade with the four southern counties and Jiaozhou, so a large amount of new currency also flowed into these two places.
In this crisis, Yang Lang also invested counterfeit money in Jiaozhou and the four southern counties, which is not a small amount. Each time, a large number of materials were purchased, including sulfur, saltpeter and limestone, each of which was purchased in large quantities and settled in gold coins. In the end, it must be the gold coins of the Han Empire, and the quality is getting worse and worse, and the gold content is getting less and less.
Finally, with the outbreak of the economic crisis, the economies of the two forces were naturally directly destroyed, and a large number of businessmen went bankrupt. Behind these businessmen, there is often a huge family, such as the largest chamber of commerce in Jiaozhou, which is actually the chamber of commerce of the scholars, followed by the chamber of commerce under Liu Zhang.
Both forces maintain a certain degree of the traditional Han ruling model, in other words, the grain-based model. At most, it encourages business and gives some tax exemption or something. The grain standard no longer exists, even Sun Jian and Liu Zhang have to admit this, so for the prosperity of the family, and even the taxes under their rule, they have to develop business.
It's a pity that they don't have much technology themselves, so they can only go to be the original material supplier. They thought that a large supply of raw materials would also earn them a lot of income.
In fact, even if someone else collects a truckload of hundreds of catties of cotton, they only need to dump a fine cotton cloth in turn, and they can't make up this amount back? The question is, can a few hundred catties of cotton only spin a fine cotton cloth? So, in the end, it was these two forces that suffered, but they didn't understand this conversion formula yet!
In fact, none of this has anything to do with it, in the face of real big things...... At this moment, in Sun Jian's mansion, there was a guest.
After seeing the name on the famous thorn, Sun Jian actually came forward to greet him in person, and when he saw the visitor, he saluted happily and said: "Mr. Weiyan, it is an honor for Sun to have you come to Changsha!" ā
The one who came is now Jiaozhou, second only to Liu Zhang's existence, and is a Shixie who has a great influence in Jiaozhou. He himself is a native of Guangxin County, Cangwu County, Jiaozhou, and the Shi family has been operating in Jiaozhou for a long time, and Jiaozhou is located in a remote area, so the situation of the family is more serious than that of Yizhou.
"After reading the letter of General Sun (Sun Jian was named General Zhennan by Liu Wei last year), the old man couldn't continue to be silent." Shi Xie is sixty-five years old this year, and it is not surprising that he calls himself an old man in this era.
Earlier, Sun Jian had sent a letter to tell him that Liu Zhang was still too young to control the economy. The key is to continue to reuse the scholars from other places, suppress the local scholars, and continue to pay attention to the local scholars in Jiaozhou for a long time.
Well, that's what the letter actually meant, but it didn't really mean that between the lines. really want to take it to Liu Zhang to denounce, not to mention that he can deny it at any time; Even if Liu Zhang really intends to pursue it, Sun Jian is now semi-independent. Standing state, I'm really not afraid of him making trouble.
It's really not possible, it is not impossible to directly block all the ways out of Jiaozhou to the north, organize caravans from the south to the north, and let them be trapped in Jiaozhou. Not to mention anything else, as long as the blockade is three years, the family in Jiaozhou will definitely rise up and overthrow him.
Unless, Jiaozhou continues to return to the era of the grain standard, relying on the sale of grain, it can live a very nourishing era. But the question arises again, even if there is food, what should I do if I can't sell it? In fact, everyone understands that there is no going back!
"Wei Yangong's words are wrong, as if Sun is sowing discord?" Sun Jian replied with a smile, Shi Xie's reaction had already been expected by him, and Zhang Zhao had already arranged all the ways for him to deal with it.
Even that letter was actually described by Zhang Zhao and copied by Sun Jian. Without Zhang Zhao, a literati, it would not have been easy to write such a pure, yet suggestive letter. Looking at it, almost the entire article is singing praises and praising Liu Zhang, and if the latter sees it, he can't say that he will have to get close to Sun Jian.
"There is no one else here, it doesn't hurt if General Sun has something to say!" Shixie is speechless, when will this martial artist also play connotation? I also knew in my heart that there must be someone superior to help me, and I couldn't say that others were there to watch, so I didn't bother to talk nonsense.
"Jiaozhou is the Jiaozhou of Jiaozhou people, does Wei Yan think so?" Sun Jian asked with a smile.
"Yes!" Shixie must admit that the people of Jiaozhou, especially the Jiaozhou family, have worked hard in the local area for several generations, and it took an unknown amount of effort to expel the local barbarians and lay this family foundation.
After Liu Yan and Liu Zhang, father and son, took the throne, they recruited a lot of mountain people, and checked and balanced their local scholars by promoting scholars from other places. There are indeed not many scholars in Jiaozhou, but they can't be treated differently like this!
Not to mention that in recent years, they have made efforts to initiate and open private colleges to cultivate a reserve of scholars who can be used by them. It's just that Liu Yan has opened several academies to train scholars who are loyal to him, relying on his own assassination history and having the taxes to pay to the state as a convenience, if it weren't for an army that is completely loyal to him, I'm afraid that Shixie and they would have overthrown him a long time ago.
"I dominate Jiaozhou, and Jiaozhou will be Jiaozhou for Jiaozhou people! And Wei Yangong's talent, serving as the history of Jiaozhou Assassin, is actually more than enough! Sun Jian gave the conditions for the transaction.
"Where, Wei Yan is just a sour and rotten literati, and he has to rely on General Sun a lot!" Shi Xie obviously took the bait.
A dark deal appeared like this, Shi Xie held the power of public opinion in Jiaozhou, while Sun Jian had the power of the army. The two are embarrassed, and it is naturally not a problem for Jiaozhou to change the dynasty.
In May 193, Sun Jian launched a war against Jiaozhou, and Shixie led the Jiaozhou mutiny, echoing Sun Jian's southward movement. Liu Zhang's old minister Zou Jing was powerless, so he could only take Liu Zhang and his heirs in disguise and leave Jiaozhou. Finally, he fled to Chang'an two months later, and accepted Liu Wei's placement as a member of the Han family.
Shi Xie originally thought that after Sun Jian took the throne, he would make him the assassin of Jiaozhou, but he didn't want Sun Jian to use him as Liu Zhang's subordinate, but he openly instigated the army to become an excuse and directly killed him. Fortunately, he did not embarrass his sons, and did not take away Shixie's family property and field property.
This doesn't need him to do anything at all, in fact, the Jiaozhou family that Sun Jian received was not only the Shi family from the beginning.
The Shi family has been in Jiaozhou for some years, but they don't want other families to have some resentment against it, so in a short period of time, his land and family property were jointly embezzled by other families, and many people took the throne, almost all the men of the Shi family died, and the women were almost reduced to singers and dancers.
The resources of the two chambers of commerce were divided, and Sun Jian was naturally the biggest profiteer, but other families also got a lot of gross profits. Everyone has become an ugly spoiler, but because of this, all barriers have been eliminated and they have become real 'own people'.
As a result, Sun Jian completely sat firmly in this area of Jiaozhou and became a force in the real sense. actually followed Lu Bu's example and established the Jiaozhou Military Government, but it took the road of capitalism. (To be continued.) )