[At the beginning of the Battle of Yizhou, Liu Bei was not confident, so he made a promise:

If he gains the wealth of the state and the treasury, he Liu Bei will not take a penny.

Although the process of taking Yizhou was not as hard as expected, the promise was finally fulfilled.

And after finally taking Yizhou, Liu Bei's treatment of Liu Zhang was "all his property and the seal of the late General Pei Zhenwei".

The wealth of the treasury was scattered, and Liu Jiyu's wealth was not taken, and the result was that the treasury was so poor that the rats had to follow two hundred. 】

Pang Tong's first reaction was to gasp.

Not only did he not make money but also lost money after winning the battle, not only that, but he also had to supply the food and clothing of the lord's army of 30,000 people.

And only a year later, there is a protracted battle in Hanzhong, and in this case there is no money?

The lord smiled awkwardly, Kong Ming's face was calm, but he was a little sad just looking at the light curtain.

[In this case, Liu Ba appeared.

In the early years, Liu Biao had conquered Liu Ba, a Lingling man in Jingzhou, many times, but Liu Ba was quite high-spirited, and he couldn't read the information back, so he didn't see it.

After Liu Biao's death, Jingzhou quickly split internally, some people followed Liu Cong to welcome Wang Shi, and another part chose to follow Liu Bei south to fight against Cao.

Liu Ba didn't choose either, and went straight to Cao Cao to recommend himself. 】

"Liu Zichu is known for his talents." Liu Bei looked at the light curtain with a look of love on his face:

"When he was in Jingzhou, he heard his name, his grandfather was Cangwu Taishou, and his father was Jiangxia Taishou."

"Brother Jingsheng sighed to me many times, knowing his talent and not being able to use it, regretting it."

"Then the lord can relax." Pang Tong said:

"With this in the light curtain, Liu Zichu finally entered the lord's office."

[But maybe it's for the test, maybe it's because Liu Ba is too full of words.

Cao Cao gave Liu Ba a task to prove himself: to recruit the three counties of Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang.

This task naturally could not be completed, so Liu Ba went into exile in Jiaozhou, but later had a conflict with Shixie, and entered Yizhou through Qiqi to make a living under Liu Zhang.

Because he repeatedly advised Liu Zhang not to welcome Liu Bei, Liu Ba was disliked by Liu Zhang, so he simply closed the door and closed himself.

When Liu Bei besieged Chengdu, there was an order: "Those who harm Ba will be punished by the three tribes", and finally Liu Zhang surrendered, and Liu Bei got Liu Ba. 】

"Liu Zichu is not doing well in Yizhou."

Jian Yong said with a smile: "I used to drink with him in Yizhou, and my words were so bitter. ”

"I said that I wanted to obey the people, but as a result, the thief could not return, and the lord had no face to see."

"Shi Xie is rude, Liu Zhang is weak, so he has to waste the years."

After looking at the curtain again, Jian Yong shook his head and smiled:

"In the end, it was voted for the lord, and the years were wasted."

Everyone couldn't help sighing, and went around a big circle to return to the starting point, if they had voted for the lord earlier, they would have already made a merit.

[As soon as Liu Ba took office, he was faced with an empty treasury, and in the face of such a situation, Liu Ba issued a direct hundred money order.

"But when a hundred coins are cast, all things are leveled, and the officials are made to be officials."

In ancient times, limited by cognition, there was not much discussion about Liu Baqi.

But after the modern era, rounds of war of words have been waged around whether Zhibaiqian is a good government that surpasses the times or a bad government that exploits the people. 】

Liu Bei Deng thought that when this junior worshiped his ancestral temple, he said that the words of the battle of Yiling might be offensive.

Could this be bad government?

Subconsciously Liu Bei's gaze turned to Mi Zhu, if it comes to wealth, Zizhong should be second to none among the people present.

Mi Zhu could only stubbornly say: "Lord, although Dong Zhuo cast a small amount of money, it was a move to compete with the people. ”

"There is an official market for this straight hundred dollars, so it should be feasible to think about it..."

Liu Bei could hear the apprehension in Mi Zhu's words, so he could only smile comfortingly and turn to the light curtain again.

[One opinion is often simply to refer to Han money as a precious metal currency.]

Most of the starting points of this argument are horseshoe gold as evidence, arguing that the currency of the Han Dynasty was the gold standard.

I think that as long as you are not pure copper, and the price is falsely marked 100 times, then it is competing with the people for profits and disrupting the economic market!

It is accompanied by a classic elaboration of Gresham's Law: "Bad money drives out good money".

But seriously, the gold standard was established because two hundred years ago the empire of the sun never set had a monopoly on the world's gold output.

The gold standard was maintained by the armada of the Empire on which the sun never sets, and the factories that were at the forefront of the world at the time.

These are naturally unattainable in ancient China, and now in order to facilitate understanding, academics generally call the silver and copper sub-position before the Ming Dynasty, and only began to turn to the silver standard at the end of the Ming Dynasty. 】

Mi Zhu looked at it very seriously, and even simulated some situations in his mind, and he was even more impressed in his heart:

The words of the light curtain are very refined, and they only need to be compared with what he has seen in business to understand.

Therefore, when he saw Liu Bei's gaze, Mi Zhu preemptively said:

"Bad coins are like a five-baht coin that circulated in the market at the time of the founding of the dynasty, and a good coin or a new five-baht coin from last year, with different degrees of damage and different weights, but the things that can be purchased by two coins are the same."

Liu Bei understood: "In this way, the people naturally hide new money and make old money, and the market will use bad money for trading." ”

"As for the standard...... Mi Zhu couldn't understand: "I still need to study it." ”

"It's the empire on which the sun never sets, hey, what a big breath!" Zhang Fei was not convinced every day.

Kong Ming was calm:

"Eighteen hundred years from now, we can no longer imagine its might, and the empire of 1,600 years from now will naturally not be able to imagine."

"It relied on the invincible armada, and later generations also said that aircraft carriers, so it seems that ships sailing in the sea are very important."

Then several people looked at each other: what if you know? These things have to be defeated and then considered.

[Before the Ming Dynasty, there were only three kinds of currency standards: grain, cloth, and copper, and Shu Han should also have a Shu brocade, that is, silk.

And Liu Ba's move is not a precedent in previous dynasties, Liu Bang sometimes has half a tael of elm pods, and Liu Che sometimes has five baht and platinum three products.

Wang Mang had 50 Daquan, 500 Deed Knife, Jin Wrong Knife, etc., all of which belonged to virtual currency from the perspective of precious metal currency.

And judging Shu Zheng with Gresham's law is even more like using a modern sword to kill ancient officials, because it ignores its two premises:

One is that there must be enough money in circulation, and the other is that both bad and good money are legal tender.

After the death of the four prime ministers of Shu Han, a new and more inferior Zhibai coin, which squeezed Liu Beishi's Zhibai out of the market is the best interpretation of Gresham's law.

The most important thing about Liu Ba's policy is the second half of the sentence: Shu Han's direct 100 coins have a supporting official market.

Liu Ba made the Zhibai money directly linked to the salt and iron of the government to ensure the value.

Therefore, to be honest, the Zhibaiqian at that time was neither good nor evil.

An economic policy has not caused the people to be unhappy and complaining, but on the contrary, the fields are clear, the warehouses are solid, the equipment is profitable, and the accumulation is abundant.

Therefore, this is the most suitable economic policy tailored by Liu Ba, an economic genius at that time, for Shu Han, who lacked copper. 】

Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't understand a lot, but he could understand the evaluation of the last light curtain:

As long as it's not a bad government!

Then praised: "The talent of the beginning of the child, through the present and the ancient!" Later generations still praise it, it is really a great talent! ”

Kong Ming's feather fan shook gently, Liu Ba's talent was recommended by him to Liu Bei, although it was useless for the time being, but he was still very happy to be praised by the light curtain.

Mi Zhu stared blankly, and then stood directly behind Ma Liang and stared at the transcribed words.

I watched it over and over again, browsed it over and over again, and finally even read it out loud, sometimes laughing, sometimes shaking my head, and finally sighing:

"So it's money!"

[There is a direct hundred coins guaranteed by the official city of Shu and Han, so it circulated in the three countries, and there was a small currency war. 】