finally rushed back to Jinyang before the Winter Festival.

Looking at the familiar city wall, Li Shushi suddenly felt a sense of relief.

At least compared to Cao Cao, who had to fight with the emperor and courtiers in Xuchang, and with the princes outside, and even with Cao Cao, who was intrigued with the powerful in those places, Li Shushi in Jinyang was obviously relatively much easier, at least he didn't need to go out to return When he saw the two big characters representing the name of the place at the head of the city, he frowned, his temples burst out, and then he felt that his head was cracking, and he almost fainted.

So, this feeling is probably the feeling of coming home.

A bucket of hot water washes away the dust all over your body. A hug to melt away the tiredness.

In fact, if you only talk about the battle itself, this battle in the north of Pingcheng is not the most intense, and the pressure on Li Shushi is not the greatest, at least the pressure on the battlefield when he was in the Western Regions was much more than this time.

It's just that this time the war ended, Li Shushi still felt very tired, after all, this time the pressure from outside the battlefield was the biggest in all previous wars, and the opponents who were quite ruin really caught Li Shushi off guard.

How to deal with those changes, how to protect his hard-won achievements, completely without history as a reference, Li Shushi once again realized his shortcomings as an ordinary person, unable to keep up with this changing world.

Fortunately, some things change dramatically, but some things are not destined to change much.

The winter festival is always joyful, yes, how can it not be joyful, after all, this year, the land under Li Shushi's rule is acceptable, maybe some places still suffer, but in most areas have maintained a harvest above average. The use of cash-for-work relief not only allows the people to live a decent year, but also takes the opportunity to renovate the local water conservancy and roads, which have always been considered by Li Shushi to be the foundation of the country.

Of course, some trees were planted on the barren slopes, but this way of sowing seeds was not accidental. It takes one or two generations to see the scene of forests, so it is no wonder that there is a saying that "the predecessors planted the trees and the later people enjoy the shade", without the support of industrialization, it is too difficult for the north to cultivate fast-growing forests that grow into forests in three or five years.

A lot has changed in the land of Guanzhong this year.

For example, the small money that originally flooded Guanzhong was abolished and recycled, and the five-baht coin became the mainstream of the market, and the newly minted Zhidang Baida coin began to appear on the market and became a new circulating currency.

This kind of straight 100 big coin weighs four times as much as the 5-baht coin, and its diameter and thickness are slightly more than the previous Han 5-baht coin. There is a seal inscription of "straight one hundred and five baht", which expresses the meaning of this straight five baht coin, one is equivalent to one hundred ordinary standard five baht coins, which means that only the weight has increased by three five baht coins, but the value of the currency is equivalent to 100 five baht coins.

Well, just doing this is equivalent to a forced increase in the value of ninety-six five-baht coins, which greatly depreciates the currency.

It stands to reason that such an approach would have a huge impact on the market. The strict zhòng affected the lives of the people, but the policies that followed made the people in Guanzhong not feel that their lives were affected much. There was even a slight increase - at the same time as the casting of a large amount of money, according to Li Shushi's instructions, the governor of the prefecture issued a series of decrees, of which the greatest impact on the people was probably the following: unify the selling prices of major commodities under the rule of the state army, implement a limited public sale system for key commodities, and establish a minimum purchase price for grain. To crack down on private coinage, taxes must be paid with five baht or new money.

The first and second articles are mainly to ensure that prices do not fluctuate sharply, to avoid any intention to wage a large-scale currency war against the state army - do not think that the ancestors of the Chinese did not understand economic warfare, and Guan Zhong, the famous minister who assisted the head of the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons, Qi Huangong, had repeatedly used economic leverage to successfully collapse the economy of the surrounding small countries to achieve the result of surrendering troops without fighting, and the profit-seeking nature of merchants also determined that if the government did not intervene. The free market will definitely only lead to monopoly and chaos.

In this era, the monopoly is not very easy to solve directly because of the problems involved in the locality, and it can only be gradually dismantled in some encouraging ways, but this way of behavior is a little too slow, anyway, it is now in troubled times, and Li Shushi has no big problem even if he uses power, but he can just clean up a group of local powerful and disobedient businessmen and reward those who are obedient.

In addition, as a new generation that breathes the air of the Celestial Empire and grows on the soil of the Celestial Empire, Li Shushi has a very deep understanding of National Socialism - perhaps such behavior will cause bloated and uncompetitive behemoths, but if some key industries cannot be controlled by the state, then it is possible to be counterattacked by those deep-rooted and entrenched families and powerful again, anyway, under the strict inspection system, there will not be too many problems in a short time.

And the third article is also derived from the experience of Dacheng in the collection of lessons learned from the previous dynasties of the Celestial Empire.

I have also said before that Mr. Ye Shengtao's "Extra Three or Five Buckets" is really three points into the wood, and it is extremely profound. As for the agricultural subsidy policy of a certain alliance, Li Shushi said that the historical facts of the big pot of rice have proved that with the wisdom and wisdom of the Chinese people, the strong ability to exploit loopholes can defeat any subsidy policy, but it will be a group of lazy people a long time ago.

The war needs the support of grain and grass, but Li Shushi hopes to produce as much food as possible under the condition of ensuring water and soil under his rule, how could he choose the kind of policy that has a great possibility of creating a group of lazy people or even a group of monsters and heroes.

Of course, such a policy will definitely not satisfy those businessmen who like to hoard and hoard, but it is still the same sentence, if those businessmen dare to act against Li Shushi, Li Shushi does not mind letting those businessmen taste the power of state socialism, and if those businessmen dare to use force, Li Shushi does not mind adding new income growth points to his treasury private property.

At least those wealthy families from Bingzhou have fully appreciated Li Shushi's toughness, so they will only obey Li Shushi's policy, and then negotiate with Li Shushi for new profit growth points according to their own losses - whether it is coal mining, cotton planting or the popularization of wool weaving, the family Haoqiang in Bingzhou has become accustomed to Li Shushi's style in rounds of games.

As for those who are not familiar with it and intend to resist. The powerful family of the Bingzhou family, which has been tethered to Li Shu's actual combat car, will also help Li Shushi raise the butcher's knife against those people, and this is why any force must establish a solid core ruling layer.

As for the last two, they are coordinated with each other in order to be able to push the new money faster.

Li Shushi thinks that basically these policies can ensure that the government can recover the pod money and small money that have lost credit in the market, and make a certain profit in this recycling, and then make a lot of profits through the sale of guò big money. In this way, the treasury was enriched, but because the price was stabilized, the people did not need to worry about the money becoming less valuable the next day after getting used to the new money.

And this is also why Li Shushi dared to issue a large amount of money to depreciate the currency, because the Guanzhong area has been disturbed by all kinds of inferior coins issued by Dong Zhuo, and the prices are changing three times a day, and the people of Guanzhong have not enough confidence in the old monetary system.

The only thing that sustains the circulation of money is a habit, and man's instinctive resistance to new things.

In fact, at first the powerful merchants of the localities took advantage of this mentality to block the newly issued currency, and they did so for various reasons. Hyped up the plundering of people's wealth by new currency, and even prepared to come to the last "bad money drives out good money" movement.

In fact, Li Shushi knew very well that most of these guys, except for some stupid people who had fallen into the wind, were very clear, because the ratio of pod money to huàn five baht was very low, and these businessmen and Haoqiang would obviously lose a large part of their interests, and they may not completely intend to boycott the new currency, but just want to use this way to force the state governor to reduce the proportion of huàn to get more benefits. Someone even borrowed money. Someone privately bought a lot of pod money and small money, sharpening knives, Huo Huo planned to make a big profit.

I have to say that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, the family had considerable authority in the local area. Although Li Shushi has been groomed, there are still many counties and counties that have adopted a boycott attitude towards the new money, if it is not for the partial recognition of the new money in Chang'an, or for the sake of the face of the state pastor and has to give a certain recognition, perhaps the situation will be even worse.

However, with the implementation of other supporting measures, when the people learned that the government only charged five baht money, they refused to accept pod money and small money. The main commodities in the market were also priced at the standard of five baht, and any merchants who did not enforce the price range were punished, and the enthusiasm of the people for the new money was quickly aroused, and the resistance of the powerful merchants became rootless.

Finally, according to the information that has already been investigated. The frustration in charge of this matter was very unceremonious, which could be regarded as an end to this small turmoil, and the people of Guanzhong also became more and more supportive of the new monetary policy after discovering that prices had been stabilized.

As the new coins continue to penetrate into the lives of the people, this kind of exquisite coins, beautiful seals, and small serrated coins with extremely high imitation costs on the outer edge have even been sought after by merchants who went to the state and ruled by the governors, and began to gradually spread to other regions.

Later, according to Li Shushi's idea, the Governor of Bingzhou once again issued gold and silver coins with larger values, and this kind of precious currency with the value and year name on the front and the head of the Han Emperor Liu Xie behind it is no longer the traditional five-baht outer circle and inner square, which is convenient to be tied together with a rope, but a complete round metal currency without any holes.

This currency is so valuable that it is almost impossible to use it in everyday life, so its main role is to facilitate the clearing of large transactions.

It's just that compared with copper, gold and silver in the Han Dynasty were more scarce, and the thick burial customs of the Han Dynasty increased this shortage, so both gold and silver coins were only used as auxiliary large currency deposits for the time being, and it was difficult to dominate the circulation field.

Therefore, I only hope that in the future, businessmen will be able to bring more gold and silver back to China through the Silk Road, anyway, Li Shushi is not afraid of what adverse consequences will be if there is a huge trade surplus in the state, and if there is a real war, maybe he can expand the territory.

In addition, Li Shushi also took the opportunity of this currency reform to use the exchange of new currency to establish a lot of money banks that can be used for currency deposits and withdrawals. In other words, businessmen no longer have to worry about the transportation of large sums of money.

Anyway, this was originally a "sharp weapon" that the Jin merchants in the history of another plane were able to make the world famous, and now Li Shushi has used it in advance, although there are some piracy and infringement, but finally it has not left the land of the Three Jin Dynasty.

It's just that this business is still in the initial stage, and even though Li Shushi can put forward some experience, the commodity circulation under his rule is far from reaching the extreme demand for this business. Therefore, this advanced "invention" is not destined to have much to gain in the early stage.

Of course, this "currency war" did not leave some aftermath, because Li Shushi's trip to the border and the fact that many families lent money to businessmen for various purposes in this "currency war" to resist the implementation of the policy, after Li Shushi returned to Jinyang, he immediately discussed with Cheng Yu, Fu Zhu and others whether the two industries of usury and casinos should be banned.

Even taking the opportunity of this winter festival, Li Shushi gathered Zhong Xuan, Du Ji and other state assassins together to join the discussion this time.

"It's okay to abolish casinos. It's just that there are some border places, and the government whip is out of reach, but I am afraid that it will not be easy to eradicate. Moreover, the benefits of gambling halls are huge, even if they are explicitly prohibited, it is difficult to ban them secretly, and if so, the government decree may be disgraced. ”

"Although this loan hurt the people, it went down to the rich and the rich and powerful. Lending leisure money to others to earn profits was a common practice in the former Han Dynasty. If it is suddenly banned, whether it is the powerful or the people have no way to make money, they are afraid that it will be easy to cause trouble. Unless the lord has a new idea and wants to make the forces give up the benefits of borrowing. ”

"Where there is a mutual market, the casino can be retained as a special ancillary facility in the mutual market, and I think it doesn't hurt to ban the rest. As for those who are hiding in the shadows, if they can honestly avoid causing all kinds of trouble, it is their ability, but if there is a situation of forcing good people to sell their children and daughters, I don't mind using more ruthless means to deal with those who dare to reach out under my repeated orders. Just like the businessmen and heroes who are not smart enough this time! ”

The gambling house may provide a lot of taxes, and it is unknown whether there is a large amount of filial piety in private, but these benefits are not yet enough to make these core bureaucrats of the state army oppose Li Shushi's decision, for this kind of thing, when Li Shushi just put forward a motion, they may put forward various reasons, trying to shake Li Shushi's idea, this is the room for both sides to acquiesce, but if they can't shake Li Shushi's idea, then in this case they can only choose to support.

Of course, this is limited to resolutions that do not shake their fundamentals, but if it is changed to the next topic, it will be completely different.

"Actually, I don't object to this kind of thing, after all, no one has a time when they don't get together. If it is only thirty or fifty copper coins for emergency relief, then relatives and friends can get it, and there is no need for those usurers to sit back and enjoy it. But if you want to get a large amount of money to make a profit, then it is understandable for the lender to ask for interest. It's just that if the interest rate of the loan is too high, then the rich people are afraid that they will all run to lend money, and then sit back and enjoy the results, so that the rich people will get richer and richer, and the poor will get poorer and poorer because of the high interest rate, and over time, whether it is land or wealth, will be concentrated in the hands of a few. And this is one of the reasons why both the former Han and the current Later Han are declining. ”

There is a truth to this statement. Since the pre-Qin period, the reason why merchants have been suppressed is that it is easier for them to obtain huge profits, and if everyone becomes merchants, then the land will no longer be cultivated, and the country will lose its foundation. It's like the two mentioned in "Guanzi" gave up land cultivation as the foundation of the country because of a certain specialty that was very valuable for a while, and then the country was easily destroyed by the powerful Qi State. Therefore, Ki felt that this matter really had to be restricted. ”

"Bohou is generally right. Even a businessman has to bear the risks of price differentials, various situations encountered in the transportation of goods, and other changes, and if you are not a smart person, you cannot become a qualified businessman. However, only this usury is completely disproportionate to the input and output, and the risk and return are also completely disproportionate, and the human tragedy is mostly due to this, so it must be resolutely cracked down, and the interest must be controlled within an acceptable range! ”

"It's just that as I mentioned earlier, all over the country are making profits from this, and if it is removed out of thin air, I am afraid that the rebound will be worse than the issuance of new money."

"Well, I've been thinking about this a lot during this time, and it just so happens that there is a piece of information here, so everyone can take a look."

Li Shushi handed a few pages of tissue paper to Cheng Yu on the right hand and Zhu Jun on the left, and then sat there with his eyes closed and recuperated.

As soon as Li Shushi closed his eyes like this, it was naturally impossible to see what kind of expressions those who read the content on the paper would make, but the sound of gasping from time to time could feel it, and these old bureaucrats, who had been through the storm for a long time, were also surprised by the news thrown by Li Shushi, and from the sound of those heavier and heavier breathing, it could be felt that these people were afraid that they would not be able to sit still, because everyone present knew very well what the information that Li Shushi threw out.

They were still thinking about whether to make some fuss about the amount of interest, but when Li Shushi threw out such a piece of information, everyone knew very well that although a little change in interest could also be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, in front of the piece of information thrown by Li Shushi, the hundreds of millions of dollars that were originally as high as a mountain became an inconspicuous thing.

Finally, everyone should have finished reading the information, Li Shushi could feel it, and everyone's hot eyes were on him.

"You don't need to doubt the source of this information." Opening his eyes again, Li Shushi's face was full of a confident smile.

"This information was originally a few words I heard from the Flying Bear Army when I was leading my troops to the Western Regions, and because I thought it was very interesting, I asked Wen He and his caravan to try some tentative work, and as for what you see, it is part of the results.

There are abundant resources, but the same forces are also a little complicated, the most important thing is that it is the territory of the Qiang people, if I intervene there as a state governor, it is easy to cause a backlash from the Qiang people, and then it will be a protracted war, Emperor Huan because of the war against the Eastern Qiang has depleted the treasury of the entire Han Dynasty, so that some special habits of the Ling Emperor have been created, the past does not forget the teacher of the future, I don't want to repeat the mistakes made by the first emperor, not to mention that we have more difficult enemies. ”

Everyone's eyes turned to Jia Xu, and the old fox nodded at the right time and admitted the content of Li Shushi's intelligence, so everyone's eyes lit up completely, no, it should be said that it became a light bulb with red light.

"Lord, just say it, how to settle this matter!"

No one will doubt what is written in the newspaper anymore, and no one will doubt how much benefit this matter can produce, the only question is how Li Shushi intends to distribute this huge benefit.

Yes, everyone knows very well that this great benefit cannot be swallowed by one family, and Li Shushi has already given a large part of it to various families, but how to divide it, Li Shushi still needs to give a guiding opinion.

This can be regarded as everyone's gratitude to Li Shushi who gave up this big piece of cake, and at the same time, everyone acquiesced in the dominance enjoyed by Li Shushi, who took out such a big piece of cake.

"As long as there is the ability to do this, any family can participate. As for the entry barrier...... Either a small part of the proceeds will be used as a 'road and bridge construction fund' to build roads from Chang'an to wherever I go, or I can find enough road builders. In terms of taxation, it is the same as the same resource that exists, and as for the price, it will not be limited for five to ten years.

Of course, these are only things in principle, the specifics, this long winter, we have time to slowly finalize. ”

At this time, a light breeze blew in from somewhere, and gently blew up the pieces of paper full of information. Although the paper was quickly pressed down by a hand, one could still see one of the words that people cared about—

"Salt"! (To be continued......)