When Mao Jue went to Bingzhou to take office, Liu Bei personally sent him off, and when he said goodbye, Liu Bei held Mao Jue's hand and explained some things to him.

"This exceptional promotion of you to the position of Assassin of the State is not a whim of mine, but the result of careful consideration, I believe that with your ability, you are enough to take on this position, although you did not have very deep qualifications before this.

But in the General's Palace, the affairs handled by Ling will not be simpler than the affairs that need to be handled as the state assassin, and the merger state at this moment is no longer the same state as the merger state that Berning faced before, at least militarily, you are absolutely safe.

The situation you need to face is far better than the situation that Berning is facing, but you have to do far more than Berning has to do, and it is more complicated, and the resettlement of the mountain people in the prefecture, the resettlement of the Southern Xiongnu tribes, the resettlement work of those who work hard, and the work of arranging the households.

These things are not very difficult, but none of them need to invest a lot of energy and patience to do it well, a little carelessness, it will cause a civil uprising, if you can handle it well, then it will be very simple to transfer you back to Luoyang to take up a higher position, so filial piety, don't let me down. ”

Mao Jue clasped Liu Bei's hand with both hands and bowed to him slightly.

"The expectation of the prince is what Ju will accomplish with his life, even if Ju fights for this life, he will definitely not disappoint the marquis!"

"Who wants your life?"

Liu Bei smiled: "Don't work hard at every turn, leave a useful body, you still have a lot to do, I have a lot of expectations for you, in the future, I need you to live to be seventy or eighty years old and continue to work for me, don't you want to be lazy!" ”

Mao Jue's perennial expressionless face showed a hint of a smile.

"It is really a great fortune in life for Jue to meet the prince and do things for the prince, and he will do his best to meet the expectations of the prince!"

Then, under Liu Bei's watch, Mao Jue turned over his horse and galloped towards the north under the escort of a team of elite cavalry.

It didn't take long for Man Pet to return to Luoyang under the protection of the same configuration, and he went to see Liu Bei as soon as possible.

"Junhou, the pet has lived up to your expectations!"

As soon as he saw Liu Bei, the full favor of the servants bowed down and bowed down to express their respect to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei stepped forward with a smile and held his favored hands to help him up.

"Of course you lived up to my expectations."

Picking up Manzhong, Liu Bei looked at him with a dusty face, and the clothes on his body were also quite dusty, so he ordered someone to bring a basin of hot water, personally wiped his face for him, and dusted off his body for him.

Full of flattery, he felt that this was not appropriate, Liu Bei's status was too high, how could he condescend to serve him?

Liu Bei shook his head.

"You paid so much for the rectification and merger of the Han Dynasty, what's wrong with me helping you wash your face?"

So Liu Bei ignored the idea of being full of favors, wiped his face and hands for him, and personally helped him tidy up his appearance.

Man Pet was very moved, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only stand there like a stick and let Liu Bei manipulate him.

After that, Man Chong sat down with Liu Bei and reported to him a series of his work in Bingzhou, as well as the current basic situation in Bingzhou.

"At present, the state is relatively stable, because the land is sufficient, the houses are relatively sufficient, and it is possible to resettle the current population.

The scale of the land in their homes is huge, and they can't see the edge at a glance, with hundreds or thousands of houses, some of which even far exceed the regulations of the imperial court, and there are quite a few excesses, and the wealth of the family is piled up, the gold and silver are buried deep in the ground in boxes, and the copper and iron are piled up in the warehouse and cannot be moved.

I thought that the Han Dynasty did not have so much gold and silver, but now I know that there are so many gold and silver that have become the private collections of these people, buried deep in the ground, or hidden in inaccessible places, if it is not completely liquidated, it is not known at all. ”

After Liu Bei heard this, he nodded slowly.

"This is the truth of wealth in the world, most of it is hidden in places that we can't see, so that when we need money, we don't have money to use, but this is not an unexpected thing, too much money is not a good thing.

Suddenly take out too much money and use it, but there are not too many things to buy, it will only make the money worthless, of course it doesn't matter to rich people, they have a lot of money, but for ordinary Li Shu, there is no money, and the money has become worthless, and if you can't buy food, it will be a disaster. ”

After hearing this, Manzhong was quite surprised.

"I haven't heard anyone talk about this, but if you think about it, it's true, if the money becomes worthless, it will only make prices soar, and the first thing is the price of grain, so to speak, the prince, isn't the more money in the hands of the court, the better?"

Liu Bei shook his head.

In my opinion, it is up to the imperial court to decide how much money should be in circulation, according to the production conditions of the world, so as to ensure that the money does not appreciate or depreciate too much.

More money and less money is not the most important thing, the most important thing is to stabilize the value of the currency, before and after ZTE, there have been many times when prices have skyrocketed, and the value of the currency has depreciated, so that the poor cannot buy food to eat, causing turmoil, which is a very serious thing in my opinion.

When the value of money appreciates, everyone will hide the money and not use it, so it will only cause the money to become more and more valuable, and the more valuable it is, the less people will be willing to use it, and the depreciation of the money will make it worthless, which will make the poor and poor Li Shu suffer great harm and affect the stability of the world, which is not a good thing. ”

Man Pet was silent for a while, savoring the meaning of Liu Bei's words.

"What do you mean is that what you want to do next is to take back the right to mint coins in the world, and no longer allow local counties to mint coins on their own, but follow the example of Emperor Xiaowu, and use the imperial court to lead the coinage?"

"Huh?"

Liu Bei blinked: "I'...... Is that what you say? ”

"Isn't it?"

Man Pet looked at Liu Bei strangely.

So Liu Bei suddenly realized that he had just said some superficial economic principles, but Man Zhong gave full play to his super brain power and extension, and conceived a future goal for himself.

However, this matter has actually been carried out gradually long before Man Pet follows him, and has changed to a considerable extent.

Although he did not handle this matter in the name of the Eastern Han court, nor did he propose a similar policy, the "general money" minted in his own name had been circulated in many parts of the Han Dynasty, and many local county and county governments had actually lost the right to mint money.

(End of chapter)