Chapter 0020: I'm going to be an emperor!
Returning to the Phoenix Hall in a daze, Liu Ying only quietly clung to the dormitory, lay on the soft couch, and looked at the top beam in a daze.
Liu Ying originally thought that after returning to the dormitory, she would inevitably be unable to contain the anger in her heart, and would vent her anger in the Taigong Palace until her anger subsided.
But from the Marquis Mansion in Shangguan all the way back to the palace, and then back to the Phoenix Palace, Liu Ying walked extremely difficult and extremely long.
Three baht, what exactly is it?
But anyone who knows anything about this will inevitably regard it as the only stain in the life of Liu Bang, the Taizu of the Han Dynasty, without the slightest controversy!
Liu Bang issued a three-baht coin, and stipulated that the purchasing power of the three-baht coin and the half-tael coin was the same, and the people were allowed to mint coins privately?
In the eyes of Liu Ying, a later generation, this move is no less than the government taking the lead in printing counterfeit money with a face value of five yuan, stipulating that its face value is equal to 20 yuan, and allowing anyone to print counterfeit money.
If it's just printing, that's it, and now those three-baht coins have a copper content, and in the future generations, that is, they draw a 'five yuan' on toilet paper with a watercolor pen, and then when they go out to buy something, they hand it to someone else, saying, "Oh, twenty yuan......
And today, the main purpose of Liu Ying's uncharacteristically coming to the door in person and attacking Xiao He on the occasion of the decline in grain output in Guanzhong year after year is to prepare for the abolition of the three baht coins by the Han family in the future.
The reason is very simple: every day that the three-baht coin, a counterfeit coin with a gratifying content and a more pleasing weight, exists for a day, it is a piece of meat from Liu Han's national fortune!
Liu Ying originally thought that by taking advantage of the grain production matter, he would raise the problem to the height of the people's livelihood and the hearts of the people in the world, and show his determination to depose the three-baht coin, so as to lay the foundation for the future abolition of the three-baht coin and the unification of the Han currency.
Ask me why I'm not afraid, then you can guess it~
But when Liu Ying heard the sentence 'The disadvantages of the three-baht coin, the entire court, and even the Son of Heaven Liu Bang knew it', Liu Ying's heart sank completely.
Just ask a feudal dynasty that has just been established and is at the peak of the people's hearts and prestige, under what circumstances will it alleviate the financial predicament of the central government by minting counterfeit and inferior coins?
Liu Bang is famous for his life, from the Surabaya Pavilion to the present, step by step, and climbed to the supreme position, really don't even understand this bit of economic common sense?
- Liu Ying in the past really thinks so!
At that time, Liu Ying saw that except for the limitations of the times, there was no explanation for the appearance of the freak of 'three baht money'.
And now, through a short conversation with Xiao He, Liu Ying realized that even if he is not a 'rookie', even if he is crossing for the second time, there is still a long way to go from being a qualified political figure.
"Whew~"
"It's hard......"
Exhaled irritably and breathed out turbidity, Liu Ying got up and sat on the edge of the soft couch.
Today's situation is very obvious.
ββAt this time, the Han family had put all its strength on pacifying the Kwantung princes in order to achieve internal unification!
In order to achieve this goal, the Han Dynasty Central Committee, headed by Emperor Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty and composed of famous ministers such as Marquis Xiao and other famous ministers through the ages, has reached the point of issuing official counterfeit coins to alleviate the economic difficulties.
In this case, Liu Ying no longer wants to, and must no longer try to take advantage of the central predicament, to alleviate the pressure of his unstable storage position.
One must build on a firm foundation?
If the rule of the Han family collapses, what is the significance of Liu Ying's position as the crown prince?
In the troubled times when the world is full of wars, what role can the title of 'Liu Bang's son-in-law' do?
The answer is obvious.
Liu Ying's fate may not be tied to her father Liu Bang, but it must be tied to the Han family!
In principle, even to the point where the storage position is about to be lost, Liu Ying should not do anything that is not conducive to the rule and stability of the Han family!
And this includes temporarily turning a blind eye to the soaring food prices, turning a blind eye to the water conservancy in the Guanzhong area, and naturally, it also includes allowing the three baht coins to circulate in the world, ruthlessly looting the people's already small wealth......
"Therefore, the unification of the world by the Han family only dragged the people who had suffered from the wars of the Warring States for a hundred years into another round of war?"
"Save the people from the poison of the 'tyrannical Qin', but now they are poisoned by the 'tyrants'?"
Suddenly, Liu Ying fell into deep self-doubt.
Qin, is it really that bad?
At the very least, Liu Yingneng found out from the documents in black and white in the palace: Even after the second Hu Hai succeeded to the throne, the price of grain in Xianyang, the capital of Qin, still did not rise above 300 yuan per stone.
Han, did you really save the people of the world and let the people of the world have a peaceful and peaceful life?
Also in the archives of the palace, Liu Ying can easily see: from the title of his father Liu Bang, from 'King of Han' to 'Son of Heaven' to the present, the price of grain in the vicinity of Chang'an has never been lower than 500 yuan per stone.
Nowadays, it has reached the point where it costs thousands of dollars per stone, and there is no market!
Judging from the living standards of the people alone, the lives of the people of the Han family today should be more miserable than those of the old Qin people in the period of Qin Shi Huang.
As for the scolding of Qin by later researchers, the three sentences of 'harsh taxes and complicated military service' are actually not so incomprehensible.
In the whole process of unifying the world, except for the first battle of Qin and Zhao Changping, Qin Ke has never been forced to conscript for military service!
As for those Xuanjia warriors who were called the 'Tiger and Wolf Division' by the Kwantung countries, not only could they get sufficient food supplies and salaries, but they could even use the war to complete their class ascension!
On the other hand, in the Han family today, except for the promotion of the rank through martial arts and a small number of symbolic rewards, the common people have almost no benefit from joining the army.
Then, Liu Han and Qin, are they really dragon slaying warriors who have become a more powerful evil dragon?
If this is the case, then why would those peasants who could not eat enough and did not have a single decent dress be willing to put on Liu Han's red military robes and crusade against the princes and kings who did not submit to Chang'an?
After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Ying finally slowly got up from the soft couch, and in her eyes, a brighter brilliance reappeared than before.
"Today, the reason why the people live a hard life is precisely for peace, and that there will be no more suffering after peace!"
"With me, Han, I will definitely not be a thug!"
"And I will be the one who will lead the Han people to an endless prosperous world!"
Qi Yu Xuan made a bold oath, Liu Ying finally pursed her lips and quietly swallowed the last sentence back to the bottom of her heart.
"I'm going to be the emperor!"
"Not for myself, but for the world, for the people, for the common people, for the common people......"
"For the Han people!!"
"For the !!!!! of China"