ps: The money of the Western Han Dynasty is scarce, and the currency circulating in the market is more than ten times less than that of the Northern Song Dynasty! The Northern Song Dynasty also used iron money and Jiaozi because of lack of money, imagine how short of money the Western Han Dynasty was! ，。 Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass!

The arrival of the New Year in October coincided with the mourning period of the first emperor's great trip, and the originally planned New Year's New Year dance was canceled, and all the celebrations and ceremonies were abandoned.

During the mourning period, non-state political events should be simplified, and the ceremony of the new emperor being proclaimed emperor was also streamlined, and people were still immersed in a long mourning period.

Liu Che came to power to announce the change of the yuan, in order to commemorate the arrival of the new era, the new emperor decided to implement the era name system, the new era name of the change is called Jianyuan, this year is the first year of Jianyuan, the time is exactly 141 BC.

The newly opened office area in the greenhouse hall is equipped with heavy desks with drawers and cabinets semi-enclosed in a concave shape on the left and right, and the cabinet drawer on the left hand side is a storage place for office pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and high-grade matte office paper, and on the right hand side is a paper jiàn clip made of bamboo chips, which stores the population of each county in the Han Empire, the number of tax payments, and a few beautiful tables to draw the tax curve of each county.

According to Liu Che's original intention, Jianyuan's original intention was to establish a new era, a new era, a new era, and a new era, so that those rotten and useless ones would go away with the wind.

The young emperor, anxious to prove that he was also great, decided to reform the paralysis and open up a new era, and was particularly keen to formulate a new system, because it represented a new atmosphere of the Han Empire, and all new and different things were accepted, and a new number was born. A new method of statistics was born, a new method of induction was born, and many new things were created like a blowout.

Cao Shi is indispensable to the initiator. Everyone knows that the relationship between the new emperor and the Shaofu is very close, and rumors that Cao Shi is the new minister of power are quietly spreading inside and outside Chang'an City, and the reaction of the three princes and nine kings is very strange, and several princes turn around to persuade him to be cautious.

"How cautious am I? Now I'm a driver driving a speeding car, and I can't brake even if I want to! Cao Shi smiled bitterly and looked helpless, he didn't know how many people he had offended, except for Emperor Liu Che. It seems that there are few people who have made meritorious deeds, and few people really look at him well.

The lord is high, young and golden, and the princess is his wife. Ranked Jiuqing, the new emperor Fubi, the first emperor's important minister, and the old master Huang. The originator of new learning. Prime Minister Preparation.

Any three random combinations can also be taken out from among them, and all of them are superimposed on his head to become a huge halo that attracts attention, and the large wattage light bulb constantly attracts eyes from all directions in the dark night, envy and hatred are inevitable.

Originally, the situation was not so bad, and a few days ago, I don't know which brainless person shouted out the name of Huang Lao Xinxue, which immediately caused an uproar in the academic circles inside and outside Chang'an. As soon as this name came out, it was like a spark tightening in the oil depot, and the sky and the earth were shattered with a bang.

Ignited nature is the flame in the hearts of countless people in Chang'an City. Sixteen or seventeen-year-old little fart children have not grown together, I don't know how to get a bunch of fresh theories to send in front of the emperor, and suddenly the government and the opposition are touted as the master of the Huang Lao school, the so-called master is really good, the Beijing master boasts that he is a talented man with eight buckets and five cars, and he can almost memorize the "Theory of the Death of Qin" and "The Theory of Money" a few or seventy or eighty times, and he really looks down on these two "works" written in the vernacular, and thinks that he can write works ten times better than him with his own talent.

Old Master Huang is simply a joke, Xinxue is a ridiculous trick, people don't recognize Cao Shi's academic achievements at all, how can he be the originator of Xinxue, if it weren't for the gate of Pingyang Hou It is really difficult to enter, Shaofu is close to the palace and is heavily guarded, they will definitely block the door and scold Cao Shi bloody.

Since ancient times, there is no first, there is no second, even if the head of Confucianism, which has the strongest combat effectiveness, breaks the blood and recuperates from the nest, the siege of many schools of thought is still difficult to parry.

What's even worse is that the atmosphere in the DPRK and China is not very friendly, Prime Minister Wei Juan, Yu Shi Dafu is not suspicious of going farther and farther away from him, the governing concepts and academic concepts of the two sides are far apart, Cao Shi's style of focusing on "Guanzi" and "Han Feizi" makes the three dukes who attach importance to "Lao Tzu" very disliked, and the relationship between the two sides cannot be said to be strangers, at least they don't like each other.

"How does my brother-in-law feel? Tell me what it's like to be besieged by students from all over the world? ”

"It's not very good, some people want to see my jokes, watch me pick up and fall down, I never think about doing anything new." Cao Shi smiled bitterly and shook his head.

In the past six months, he has offended a lot of people, not the relatives and enemies of the Dou family and the Chen family, the Confucian clique and their potential supporters, the seemingly weak and incompetent powerful businessmen, and the bureaucrats with different political views and different academic tendencies in the DPRK and China.

It is very difficult to find out which force is stirring up the wind and rain, let alone finding out and teaching a hard lesson, perhaps this strategy is jointly promoted by several forces in the DPRK and China, and it is impossible to find out what the initiators are doing, and refuting the rumors will only hit their own supporters and create an opportunity for the opponents to attack.

"I think Huang Laoxinxue's name is very good, don't you often say that the times are advancing, new knowledge will gradually replace old views, and people who can't keep up with the pace of the times will be eliminated sooner or later? I just love the name Xinxue. The little emperor sat on the fur-wrapped circle chair and chatted with great interest, no need to kneel and sit in the new way of working, except for Weiyang Palace, he didn't dare to use this unruly way of sitting, but now Weiyang Palace is already his one-third of an acre, and how to do it is not a matter of his words.

Cao Shi coughed helplessly: "Your Majesty continues to look at Zhou Zhang in your hand, and the minister is still waiting for you to make a decision!" ”

Liu Che searched the money in annoyance, these days the greenhouse hall has almost been turned upside down, since Taizu Liu Bang called the emperor since the founding of the country, all the tax slips have been turned out, and the Great Agricultural Order and Shaofu sent more than 300 elite soldiers to take inventory. All the population, economy, taxation, conscription, military service, etc., are recounted and recorded in the new book.

The new emperor Liu Che was still in the period of filial piety, and he could not participate in the court meeting or handle government affairs in the greenhouse hall, so Cao Shi pulled him over to watch the economic figures. In the name of cultivating the emperor's grasp of the national economy and people's livelihood, he knows the exhibition situation of the counties and counties in the world well, and it can be seen at a glance whether the officials and ministers of the counties and counties are cheating and whether they harbor information.

Liu Che is the most unbearable to be agitated.

I heard that the pile of boring numbers hides the fineness of the Han family, so I resolutely threw myself into the pile of statistical books that made people collapse, and it was an active investment for more than ten days, and I have to say that the simple and crude method worked quite well. The little emperor, who didn't understand the fart, also began to ask.

"The first emperor's funeral cost 300 million yuan, and Yangling entered the finishing stage ahead of schedule, and he had to invest one billion yuan of gold beads as funeral items. Before his death, the first emperor ordered a change of standards from Jian, and the funeral goods should also be imitated from the standards of Emperor Taizongwen, is this standard a little too low? I should prepare more funeral offerings for the first emperor to fulfill my filial piety. ”

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the custom of burial was inherited, and the deceased would take a part of their property to another world to enjoy. As a result, many huge tombs of the king's tombs were created that stored a large amount of treasure. The size of the mausoleum is determined by the rank of the deceased, and the treatment of the Son of Heaven is of course the highest, followed by the princes, the great doctors and scholars, and the lowest among the common people.

Taking the family of Taichang Hou Li Pengzu who retired from illness as an example, Li Pengzu's grandfather, the first generation of Hou Licang, ranked 12o among the 143 princes, and there were only 7oo miniature princes in the household. Decades later, Lipengzu's grandmother, Xin Chai died. The burial goods are several times that of his grandfather Li Cang, and the tomb of the Li family reappeared in the world more than 2,000 years later, becoming the famous Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha.

A small trumpet marquis in the early Han Dynasty was so luxurious, you can imagine how extravagant and terrifying the funeral goods that happened to the emperor's death, and the funeral of the Son of Heaven had to spend a lot of money in the treasury, so that Zhou Tianzi had no money to bury the late emperor in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and the root was that the funeral goods were not available.

Cao Shi said: "In fact, the standard is lower, Emperor Gaozong Jing has worked hard for the people of the world all his life and finally entered the Taimiao, and was able to enjoy the three sacrifices with Taizu and Taizong, presumably at this moment Gaozong has gone to the divine realm to reunite with the two god emperors, Taizu Taizong has long been no longer concerned about some funeral goods in the mortal world, so why should he ruin the reputation of the first emperor in the secular world for the sake of yellow and white things!" ”

Liu Che's mind was slightly settled, he was reluctant to spend so much money, since he heard that the investment in fighting the Xiongnu would require at least hundreds of billions of money, and the follow-up investment in governing the Xiongnu would not know how much money, the little emperor was thinking about making more money and saving more money to defeat the Xiongnu within ten years.

Defeat the Huns in ten years!

When he first heard this, Cao Shi really almost laughed and cried.

The idea of the little emperor is very idealistic, working hard to make money to train the army and then extinguishing it in one go, as for the twists and turns of the war, I never thought about it, Liu Che's father Liu Qi did not understand military affairs, and Emperor Liu Heng of the Han Dynasty did not understand military affairs, inheriting the genes of the ancestors' lack of military literacy, it was very difficult for him to understand so deeply.

Cao Shi said: "After half a year and seven months after the funeral ceremony is completed, Wu Xian will invite Gaozong's statue Taiyi Temple Pantheon, and the next step is to slowly erect the protector pillar of my Han Empire in a few years." ”

"The first emperor also wants to become the protector of the country!" Liu Che's eyes seemed to have gold shining.

The emperor who has great merit and virtue becomes a god after his death, which seems to be an incredible logic, but it is a soap bubble that every emperor dreams of, and he must try hard to try it whether it is true or not.

Liu Che's eyes couldn't hide from him, and Cao Shi showed a meaningful smile.

The little emperor is very ambitious, and his will is also very firm, and the highest goal is always the first emperor of the ages, at least for now, he thinks so, Cao Shi just doesn't stimulate his vanity, so that Liu Che is more persistent in pursuing that great honor.

Like a fish in front of a cat's eyes and a carrot hanging in front of a donkey's eyes, if you catch his appetite, you are not afraid that the little emperor will go astray.

Cao Shi painted a vivid description of the construction specifications of the Protector Pillar, the pure marble structure was erected outside the Pantheon, 30 zhang high and three zhang in diameter weighing millions of catties, the top was the full-body portrait of the Emperor of the Protector God, and the following was carved the exploits of the Protector God, and the stele forest was set up under the stone pillar to compose the epic chapter of the Han family, so that the name of the three god emperors would illuminate the night and protect the Han Empire forever.

There are only three ways to record a person's merits, singing the praises of virtue. Praise the merit and erect a monument, build a temple and establish a society.

Before that, Taimiao was a place where the royal family and nobles worshiped their ancestors. It is the highest honor to be able to enter the Taimiao after the emperor's death, which proves that the emperor's merits are the best among the ancestors of the imperial family.

Nowadays, there is a higher-level temple, in a sense, it is a strengthened version of the power of the Taimiao, the original royal family and nobles sacrificed to the emperor's Taimiao, into the whole world people worship the gods together in the temple, which is equivalent to changing the direction of letting the people pray for the Liu royal family.

Liu Che waved his fist excitedly: "This idea is really great, and your racecourse must also be built magnificently." I'm going to blind all those who underestimate me, and shut up all those who curse you! ”

"But here's the problem, the project is too expensive. It's just like the racecourse is a gold cave, conservatively estimated to need at least about 6o billion dollars, the plan on the side of the racecourse is also about 8o billion yuan, and it will cost at least 1o billion yuan to add many supporting facilities. Together, these two things cost almost 2oo billion dollars. His Majesty will become the most money-burning emperor in history, and I am also fortunate to be the most money-burning Shaofu. ”

Cao Shi smiled bitterly and turned out the account book and handed it over, seeing a string of zeros behind the new number marked 6, the corners of Liu Che's mouth couldn't help twitching again and again, spending copper coins was like blood flowing out, the treasury deposit was less than 100 billion yuan, and the internal inventory was less than 200 billion yuan, and the two added up to less than 300 billion yuan. Nearly 2oo billion dollars were dropped in one go, not to mention how to fight the Huns in the future. It's very uncomfortable to deal with the Empress Dowager Dou and the bureaucrats who do nothing.

"Money, money! It's so difficult to save, flowers are like flowing water, and I have to reward the clan ministers regularly every year, how can I fight the Huns? My brother-in-law has to do his best to carry out the reform of the money law! Liu Che was distressed and counted the expenses with his fingers, the treasury has more than 4 billion yuan a year, 1.5 billion yuan is used for expenditures, and the remaining 27.8 billion yuan is not all saved, the huge expenses for the operation of the imperial court, the annual sacrificial expenses, and many of them can be replaced by forced labor, but even so, it still consumes a lot of money, and the amount deposited in the treasury is about 2 billion yuan.

"I'm doing it, and I'll be able to see it soon...... Before that, His Majesty needs to continue to read all these books, so that he has a good understanding of the cultivated land and water conservancy situation in each county, and he must have a good idea of the changing trend every few years. Cao Shi pointed to the two stacks of thin books that were one person tall and said.

To the west of Chang'an City, in the currency mint opened by Shaofu, Fu Jielang Zhang Tang was ordered to keep an eye on a newly released batch of copper coins.

The coin casters gently smashed the coins, revealing their true faces in the delicate clay of bronze square-hole coins.

The craftsman of the house took out a delicate small scale, weighed it with the smallest white iron weight (galvanized stainless iron weight), and showed joy: "Five baht!" ”

Zhang Tang gritted his teeth: "Say it again!" ”

Bite!

A copper coin fell into the small scale, and the calibration finger of the scale was removed, and the copper coin and the copper power remained balanced: "Five baht!" ”

"Again! Change multiple batches and continue to weigh! ”

A few people quickly knocked on the money fans in the other rows, and took out dozens of copper coins and weighed them one by one, and each copper coin was five baht.

The coin makers breathed a sigh of relief, and after months of busy work finally made a new coin that was completely up to standard, many craftsmen reacted not by waving their hands happily, but by sitting on the ground like deflated balls, sleeping for up to two hours a day, and working in the mint for months day and night, when ordinary people would have collapsed long ago.

As early as April when the summer began, Shaofu ordered to mint five baht coins, and the standard was set as the weight of five baht, which could neither be lighter than one centimeter nor heavier, and the ratio of copper and lead was five or five cents, and there could be no more or less than a trace of it.

In order to meet this requirement, I don't know how many times the kiln has been cast in the past few months, from the early morning before dawn to the middle of the night three watches, the cycle goes on day after day, month after month, just the copper coins that have been beaten back are piled up with more than a billion dollars, and then insist on the standardization of copper coins may not be able to be made, this group of money casting craftsmen to be standardized tossed crazy.

"I announce that this batch of copper coins has passed the random inspection! Everyone has worked hard, this afternoon I will take a half-day holiday to go back and rest, and tomorrow morning I will use this standard money model system zuò new money, and the Shaofu will carry out the acceptance one by one, don't talk nonsense, dissolve on the spot! ”

The coinsmiths scattered.

Zhang Tang summoned the subordinate officials to use a wooden hammer to break all the money fan, and then replace it with a basket that weighed the net weight of the copper coin and weigh it, the weight of the whole 2o thousand five-baht coins is superimposed and the error is less than 2o baht, that is to say, the error is one in 50,000, this error has reached the limit of this era, each money fan only has a trace of clay that cannot be checked, and there is a big error after the enlargement and stacking of 50,000 money fans, even if the money craftsmen fight for 20 years, they may not be able to create a higher accuracy than this money fan.

The error is within the allowable range, not only will the master craftsman Zhang Pre-settle down, but even Zhang Tang also sighed: "The error is very small, and it can be handed over." ”

"Congratulations, our recast Qian Fan is still very useful, I think this copper mold must be made a few more for backup, so as not to affect the accuracy of the Qian Fan for a long time." Zhang Pre was amazed when he held an ancestral coin.

Zhang Tang returned the etiquette and said with emotion: "This road is not easy! Fortunately, most of our tasks have been completed, and the rest of the finishing touches are no longer difficult. ”

In order to mint money, Zhang Tang did not run to the mint, this mission was very important to him, he knew very well that his benefactor and immediate boss attached great importance to the execution ability of officials.

The work task is arranged, the standard of the new money and the copper coin ratio are set, and the specific way to mint money depends on him supervising the money minting craftsmen to watch and do, and the results can be lifted up in one step, and the hundreds of officials in the Shaofu have no face to play right and wrong behind their backs, and if they can't do the results, they can only say sorry, and continue to work in Fu Jielang's position. (To be continued!)

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