Chapter 70: The College and the Currency (II)

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"Recoined currency?" Liu Xie was stunned for a moment, and unconsciously set his eyes on Dong Zhuo.

He really didn't know much about this matter, after all, no one had officially mentioned it in the court before, Dong Zhuo's thoughts and Li Ru's dissuasion were all in private, and he had never put things on the table like now.

Dong Zhuo didn't notice Liu Xie's gaze, even if he saw it, he wouldn't care, he sat firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, his fat hands were exposed outside the wide sleeves, he supported his knees and leaned forward slightly, just looked down at Lu Bu from the top, and said lightly: "Go on......"

Lu Bu was expressionless and replied formulaically: "In the past, when Qin unified the six countries, it abolished the old coins of the six countries, and the unified use of Qin coins was a great benefit to the world. Since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the passage of five baht coins has been carried out, but now the wars are frequent, the economy of the towns is corrupted, the trade between the states and counties is blocked, and the business travel is not good, so that the passage of currency is becoming more and more difficult, and in the long run, the people are getting poorer, the taxes are affected, and the pressure on the treasury is heavy, which is not a good thing for the imperial court. Second, it can be used to speed up urban construction and economic recovery with new stimulus with currency trading; The third can tell the world that there can only be one orthodoxy in the Han Dynasty, that is, His Majesty, and the rest of the princes are either obedient or self-defeating; Of course, these four can also be used to fill the treasury......"

What is the current situation of the treasury, in fact, Lu Bu is not clear, but he knows that since Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty has been plagued by natural disasters and man-made disasters, and in the sixth year of Zhongping, it can be described as an eventful autumn, and he has experienced the Yellow Turban and the Ten Standing Servants in the rebellion, and the current finances of the Han Dynasty are not easy at all, and if there is no support from the emperor and Xiangguo, there are really many important and urgent things in the court today than running the academy, and there are many places to use money, but even now with their consent, Lu Bu also didn't want to be stuck on the issue of the construction of the academy, if he wanted to use money without scruples, he needed to open up another way to get money now.

So how do you do that?

In fact, the best way is, of course, to expropriate externally, and the goal is best not to face the Pingtou people, at this time, many Pingtou people may mean "poor people", even their lives are difficult to protect how to have money, Lu Bu is even more unlikely to do this kind of thing, so simply be flexible, after all, changing the currency requires a large amount of copper, and the copper of pure raw materials may not be enough, but it doesn't matter, whether it is a copper person or a copper artifact and other copper products can be melted and cast back to the furnace to be rebuilt, and who has the most copper products in this era? In fact, it is still those rich and powerful people, ordinary people are about to lose food, and there is nothing valuable at home, but those big families are still enjoying luxury, Lu Bu's goal is needless to say, it is also directly directed at them, and as a person who proposes to build a house, he can also secretly send people to do something in it, and he can get a lot of benefits by changing a few hands, which is exactly what Lu Bu said to Jia Xu that he wanted to collect money.

Of course, this is also due to Lu Bu's other purpose, he wants to force Dong Zhuo to do an unpopular "big thing", and to roast him on the stove, he must let him attract public anger first, of course, to do something that infringes on the interests of others.

To put it bluntly, Dong Zhuo's situation now depends on his military deterrence, but those families are not good at all, but although Dong Zhuo has been arrogant and has had a lot of conflicts with them during this period of time, he has not touched their bottom line, but as soon as this matter comes out, is it possible to still want to be alone? …,

"But it's not a trivial matter to remint currency, so can you get all five baht back? Otherwise, where can we find the materials needed to mint new coins? Obviously, he also thought of this, Dong Zhuo immediately raised a question, saying that he also looked at Li Ru intentionally or unintentionally, the expression on the latter's face was not good-looking, and his eyes were still aimed at Lu Bu from time to time, which was mixed with strong dissatisfaction, but he was a little caught off guard now, even if he wanted to say something, it was not a good time for him to interject for the time being.

But Lu Bu can still hear it, in fact, the four benefits he said have already moved Dong Zhuo, because these are real places, but it depends on whether a degree can be controlled, otherwise the disasters that may be caused are not less than the benefits.

Facing Dong Zhuo's questioning, Lu Bu smiled lightly and said, "Aren't these simple? As far as the minister knows, there are many people outside who have copper products hidden in their homes, and there are more copper people and bronze utensils among the people. ”

"So what, if it is really as Feng Xian said, the large-scale expropriation of copper, will it cause dissatisfaction outside?" No, Dong Zhuo is so happy, and he is also greedy and more committed to pleasure, and now he is even more dizzy by power, but it does not mean that he has lost his normal thinking ability, he is not a fool, so as soon as Lu Bu spoke, he immediately retorted.

Just behind Dong Zhuo, Liu Xie opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't make a sound, frowning and looking at Dong Zhuo's broad back, and of course, the swaggering general Lu Bu in front of him, who was talking, confident and indifferent.

Lu Budao: "Actually, we can make an agreement with them, if they are minted into new coins, we can give them priority to get a trial of new coins...... Oh, or maybe we can make a special batch of commemorative coins - what is a commemorative edition? The general asked well, the commemorative edition as the name suggests, is for the minting of new coins as a commemorative role, very collectible, perhaps until decades or even hundreds of years later, the new coins have been widely circulated, then this set of commemorative coins to take out is very extraordinary, because it represents His Majesty and Xiangguo for the Han Dynasty, for the livelihood of the people of the world, came up with such a good policy...... "Cheng can be said to be everywhere is sycophant, this is also a way to persuade people, good medicine bitter words and advice against the ear is good, But if it's clear that pleasing advice is more acceptable, then why not.

Of course, Lu Bu's construction is actually very tricky when you think about it carefully, because if you really want to do this, it is clear that there is no benefit to those people at all, at least for many people in this era, there is no such concept as a so-called commemorative coin, even if there is, but if they really want to rely on their powerful position, there must be many ways, not to mention that this commemorative version is more just symbolic, to put it bluntly, it is just a lottery without much substantive meaning, and no one knows the situation after a few years, so why do you have to suffer such a big loss? The cost and benefit are clearly disproportionate, and these guys who are above the interests will not fail to see it, but if the imperial court really implements this policy, they will have no choice if they want it.

Of course, Lu Bu doesn't care about the life or death and attitude of these people, in essence, he doesn't care about where the new currency is used after the currency reform, Lu Bu doesn't care at all, all he cares about is the benefits he can get in the process.

Of course, Lu Bu did not think about it, although the decline of urban commerce affected by the war is the fundamental reason why the currency is not good, but if it is a large-scale collection of copper and then reminting new coins, it will definitely greatly promote the formation of this erosive situation, and then the lives of ordinary people will also be affected, after all, the economy is closely related to people's lives, but compared with now, it will not become worse, not to mention that it is not broken or standing, and it is necessary to see its possible benefits while seeing the disadvantages of one thing, In the long run, it is not entirely undesirable to switch to coinage, but it may take a long time.

And now after listening to Lu Bu's words, coupled with Li Ru, who has been trying his best to dissuade him, has not spoken, Dong Zhuo, who already has this idea in his heart, has already tilted, and all he needs now is another impetus, and this will come soon, which is what Lu Bu has been looking forward to for a long time......