September, the last month of the year. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

As in previous years, the atmosphere in Chang'an City has also become tense.

Every day, there are officials who come to Chang'an from the county and enter the Weiyang Palace with a cart full of account books and files.

The Shaofu, the Great Nong, the Prime Minister's Mansion, the Imperial Historian Yamen, and the Shangshulang of Lantai are constantly collecting statistics and analyzing them every day.

The sound of the abacus is endless.

However, as the emperor, Liu Che does not need to participate in it for the time being, he only needs to know the final actual data.

"The Anton Metropolitan Protectorate began to issue a batch of whale skin bonds called 'Dangqian Qianqian'......" Sitting on the throne, Liu Che instructed Chao Cuo: "The Imperial Doctor Yamen must do his best to keep an eye on this batch of bonds, and if there is any trouble, report it to me immediately!" ”

Last month, the Anton Protectorate formally wrote to Liu Che to approve the issuance of a large number of whale skin coins in lieu of five baht.

was rejected by Liu Che.

Liu Che instead ordered the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate to issue this kind of bond called 'dangqian money'.

As the name suggests, a small whale skin is equal to a debt of a thousand dollars.

Bonds are nothing new on Earth.

In fact, during the Peloponnesian War in classical Greece, Athens and Sparta had already begun to issue the first original bonds in order to win the war.

However, in the end, all the bondholders defaulted......

This made all those who bought the bonds, mainly the major temples, to be pitted with tears.

Since then, the bonds of the continental world have disappeared for a long time.

However, Europeans were just playful and naturally good at finance, and soon after, during the Macedonian Empire, a type of dongdong called the tax package system appeared.

The specific method of operation is that the state sells the tax amount of a region, for example, a certain city-state in Greece to a private person, and then all the taxes of this city-state are collected by this person, and it is his ability to collect as much as he can......

These things were exotic stories that Liu Che heard from the mouth of that Roman envoy, Zhao Qin.

Although whether this is the case or not, Liu Che does not know.

But at least, this Zhao Qin should not be lying.

And now, the so-called 'bond' that Liu Che asked Andong to play with is based on the situation of bonds discovered in ancient Greece, which is issued by the authorities to the society.

But the procedures and definitions are very different.

Because there is a huge difference between the civilizations of the East and the West.

The European continent, even Rome, which is now in full swing, is not actually a unified centralized state.

Even the so-called Roman Empire.

Continental society has always been a society of scattered sand, constant strife, and infighting.

The power of lords and nobles has always been enormous.

Even if it was Caesar, wasn't he hacked to death by his own senate nobles?

Therefore, since ancient times, European civilization has advocated the sanctity of private property, the right to privacy, and the right to human rights.

But in China, you even have the soul of the emperor!

Do you still dare to say that private property is sacrosanct?

Do you want to be a rebel and a thief?

The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister, which is the truth.

The great unified Central Empire has been in charge of everything since ancient times, and it has to meddle in everything.

As for whether it can be managed well? Will there be problems?

That's another story.

The people, landlords, nobles, scholars, and doctors have long been accustomed to a government that has to control everything and interfere in everything.

If the state is in charge of less, and if something goes wrong, the people will only complain to the rulers: Why don't you care?

To this day, even solar eclipses and lunar eclipses are also responsible for the emperor's labor.

As soon as the lunar eclipse and solar eclipse come out, the emperor will obediently bathe and fast, go to the wall in front of the ancestors to think about it, confess his mistakes, and apologize to God and the world - this is all my pot, and the virtue of me is thin!

So, in classical China, it was good that the state did not issue bonds, but once it issued bonds, it would default on it......

It's a lot of fun.

People, especially those who have bought bonds, don't bother to care about any objective reasons or force majeure factors.

It must be your emperor who hacked my money!

Want to pay off?

OK!

The emperor is the biggest!

But......

Again-no-have-next time!

It only takes one time for someone to fall for it, and the entire credibility of the entire country will be lost.

No one will believe it anymore.

Everything will come to naught.

Since ancient times, the credibility of the great unified Central Empire has been very good at the beginning.

No matter how exaggerated they do, there are always people who are willing to pay.

For example, Emperor Wu once discovered a kind of dongdong called the white deer coin.

This white deer coin, as the name suggests, is a one-foot-long deerskin.

But its value is so high that it scares people to death!

The cheapest is also worth a gold!

The most expensive is worth 3,000 gold!

But in the beginning, the value of this White Deer Coin was very strong!

So much so that many people have begun to counterfeit White Deer coins.

There are even lieges who forge white deer coins to make profits.

It's a pity......

Because there was no equivalent to support it, the White Deer Coin eventually avalanche.

Since the tragedy of the White Deer coin, the credibility of the Han government has been reduced to zero, and since then, the people have not accepted any other currency except five baht coins and gold.

And the lesson of the treasure money of the Ming Dynasty made Liu Che more vigilant.

In fact, in the first few decades of issuance, the treasure banknotes of the Ming Dynasty still had a certain credibility and the value of the currency was very strong.

During the Hongwu period, the difference between consistent treasure banknotes and consistent copper coins was not obvious.

The people are also accustomed to using treasure money.

But alas......

For the same reason - the treasure banknote has no equivalent support, and there is no reserve, coupled with the prevalence of counterfeiting, the Daming treasure banknote continues to depreciate, and finally becomes a pile of waste paper!

Since the abolition of the treasure banknote, the Ming Dynasty has fallen into a deepening financial crisis, and finally died of poverty!

Before Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, it is said that even the dragon robe on his body was patched......

Of course, in addition to countless failure cases, there are also successful cases in Chinese history.

For example, the Tang Dynasty's flying money was a success.

The so-called flying money is actually a kind of acceptance check.

Since you deposit money in a local government, the government will issue a voucher for you, and then you can use this voucher to withdraw money from other places.

The so-called '100,000 yuan around the waist and riding a crane down to Yangzhou' is talking about the era of flying money.

And Feiqian is the predecessor of Jiaozi and Huizi in the Song Dynasty.

Whether it is Feiqian in the Tang Dynasty, or Jiaozi and Huizi in the Song Dynasty, in fact, there is no equivalent as support at all, let alone reserves as a means to deal with the run.

It is purely supported by the credibility of the country.

But because of the reliability of acceptance, it was a great success.

Through these things, Liu Che naturally understood what he should do.

First of all, it is necessary to ensure that every bond issued by the Andong Metropolitan Government can be accepted.

Secondly, we must do a good job of anti-counterfeiting.

Finally, the central government should not interfere!

Ensuring that each bond can be accepted is to protect the country's reputation, and this anti-counterfeiting work is to prevent a large number of counterfeit bonds and avoid default.

In the end, if the central government does not intervene, it is obviously leaving a way back.

In the unlikely event that the worst-case scenario really happens, there is a default crisis or a risk of depreciation of the bonds of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate.

Then push Xu Jiu and Anton out as scapegoats.

Use their heads to vent their anger on all the angry creditors.

If it succeeds, of course......

Then, naturally, I want to pick peaches.

"No!" Although Chao Cuo didn't understand the twists and turns and Liu Che's thoughts, he also understood that this kind of thing was not a joke! Once you get out of the basket, it's going to be an earthquake!

Although China has not talked about human rights and the sanctity of private property since ancient times.

In theory, the emperor's labor and capital own everything, decide everything, and dominate everything.

But at the same time, it also means that the emperor's labor and management bear everything, bear everything, and bear everything. In this era when even God doesn't rain, the emperor is responsible

There is such a big problem in society, emperor, you dare to say that you are fine?

Are you kidding?

The people will not admit it.

And in this world, the people deny the account, but in fact decide everything.

"Be sure to keep an eye on me!" Liu Che, who knows the way of thinking of the Chinese people, is extremely solemn: "If there is a basket, you are the only one who asks!" ”

"No!" Chao Cuo solemnly prayed.

"Alright...... Anton's matter will be put aside for ......" Looking at Chao Cuo, Liu Che said quietly: "The prime minister has already talked to me, and in the summer and April of next year, the prime minister will ...... to me."

Chao Cuo listened, his heart couldn't help but stir violently, he knew that this next conversation would probably determine the outcome of his life.

Was it a downfall and then torn to pieces by political enemies?

Or go to the highest stage of the country, assist the Son of Heaven, and rule the world?

Therefore, he immediately adjusted his mentality, and bowed his head in an extremely humble posture: "The minister must do his best to assist His Majesty, assist the prime minister, and go all out for the meeting of the Great Dynasty and Shiqu Pavilion in the next year!" I will bow down and die! ”

"Doctor Yushi, it's good to know......" Liu Che looked at Chao Cuo and nodded.

A smooth transition of power is an extremely difficult thing at any time and in any era.

What's more, Zhou Yafu's resignation as prime minister this time is the first time since the founding of the Han Empire that a prime minister has reached the term limit and took the initiative to hand over to his successor.

The stakes are high, and if one is not handled well, it will have a very bad impact!

Think about it, why did the Li Tang Dynasty fall into the tragic cycle of father-son suspicion and fratricide?

It was because of a Xuanwumen change that there was a big problem in the handover of power!

From then on, the emperor and the crown prince were always suspicious of each other, and the prince's brothers were also wary and vigilant of each other.

After a series of royal strife and fighting, what was left behind was a mess.

Liu Che doesn't want any problems to arise in this handover!

"The prime minister has talked to me about ......" Liu Che sat on the throne and said to Chao Cuo: "The prime minister recommended Aiqing to me as an alternative for the next prime minister......"

"The minister was frightened, the prime minister was promoted, the minister was flattered, and he thought that His Majesty was just walking cattle and horses......" Although Chao Cuo already knew about this, he was still very excited, and even his body trembled with excitement.

In the past few decades, more than eighty percent of the successors recommended by the previous prime minister have been eventually succeeded.

For example, Xiao He recommended Cao Shen, Cao Shen recommended Wang Ling on his deathbed, Fan Xu recommended Chen Ping on his deathbed, Chen Ping recommended Zhou Bo, and all the recommendations were approved.

Only those prime ministers who were deposed halfway through the process could not recommend their chosen successors.

And now, Zhou Yafu's recommendation to the Son of Heaven is, in Chao Cuo's view, actually nine out of ten.

The relationship between Zhou Yafu and the Son of Heaven is extremely close.

And the Zhou faction is powerful and almost unmatched!

Not long ago, Zhou Yafu stepped down as the head of Wuyuan Mountain, and his recommended successor, Cheng Buzhi, was unanimously approved in the court meeting.

With Zhou Yafu's recommendation, basically, no one will embarrass him and criticize him in the court discussion.

Because doing that is equivalent to slapping Zhou Yafu in the face!

Zhou Yafu's disciples and grandchildren, especially his son-in-law, Che Cavalry General Dongcheng Hou Yizong, even if his temper is good, I am afraid that he will go crazy.

But Liu Che was not so optimistic, he looked at Chao Cuo and said, "Aiqing, don't be happy too early!" ”

He stood up and said with his hand: "The ancestral system of the Han family, unless you have merit, you can't wait, and you can't worship the prince if you are not a liege!" Qing wants to be the prime minister, first for the liehou! ”

Chao Cuo hurriedly bowed his head and said: "The minister has always been dull, he doesn't know how to behave in the world, and he has offended many people, so that he has to protect His Majesty, even if the minister dies, it is difficult to repay His Majesty's favor in case ......"

As soon as Liu Che heard this, he smiled, waved his hand and said: "Don't put gold on my face, I protect Qing because what Qing does is for the world and for the community......"

"Now, although I intend to worship Qing as a liehou, but ......" Liu Che paced two steps, stopped, and said: "I am not a knight without merit, and I can't be a liehou with white teeth!" ”

For the liehou, the top title of the Han family, after Liu Che came to power, he tightened the edict on the liehou.

The number of relatives waiting for no success is almost zero.

Only a few uncles of the Su family have to be sealed, and it is still a compromise that Liu Che has no choice but to make in order to save face.

Even so, Su's relatives are basically GG today.

As for other relatives?

The members of the Dou family's relatives, except for Wei Qihou, Zhang Wuhou, Nanpihou, and other princes in the first emperor period, did not have a grace.

Among Bo's relatives, only one Bo Shi was sealed.

And Bo Shi's merits, that is real.

As for the righteous longitudinal of the Yi family's relatives, it was even more difficult to tie his head to his waist to fight back a marquis of ten thousand households!

What other Cheng Zheng's, Zhuo's, Zhao's, and even Guan Neihou didn't catch one!

So, Chao Cuo wants to be a marquis?

That's up to him!

Of course, Liu Che also hopes that Chao Cuo can take over, after all, he is actually the most suitable now.

Others, after all, are a little bit off the mark.

Therefore, he was patient and pointed out a glorious avenue to Chao Cuo: "Aiqing, now, the Weihe River transportation project has encountered some problems, and Aiqing is willing to take command to solve them?" ”

As soon as Chao Cuo heard it, he immediately heard the song and knew the meaning of the strings, and hurriedly bowed his head and said: "The minister is willing to make a military order!" Within three months, it will be transported through the Wei River, if not, the minister will come to see you! ”

Liu Che smiled slightly and said, "Good! I can know what I mean, and I am very relieved! ”