Chapter 522: The Art of Collecting Money, Harem Concubines! (6300 chapters!) ）

There are many ways to make money, and even more so for the emperor.

After all, you have power in your hands, and you are afraid that you will not have money?

Rights and rights are complementary to each other.

With power, the profit will chase you.

But if you have the power to make money, and to get as much money as possible, it still depends on your own ability.

Fortunately, Liu Chan's ancestor had already demonstrated it to him.

This old ancestor is none other than Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

When it comes to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, many people think of his domineering Confucianism in attacking the Xiongnu in the north, or the ruthlessness of being mean and ungrateful and difficult to die well.

But in fact, compared with other emperors, the most prominent advantage of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not politics and military, but money.

You're welcome, it's true to say that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is true in terms of making money, and he is ahead of all the emperors in China, and he can be called the God of Wealth among the emperors.

Now that Liu Chan is short of money, he naturally wants to learn from his ancestors.

"This is the dossier of Emperor Wu?"

Shaofu Dong Yun immediately said: "Only these are the ones left." ”

Chang'an has been burned several times due to many military disasters, and in the end, there is only a little bit left of what is left.

It just so happens that there are really money-related files during the Emperor Wu period.

Liu Chan immediately took it up and studied it carefully.

No matter what era it is, engaging in finance is always the best choice for "cutting leeks".

As a descendant, Liu Chan naturally knows the huge profits.

Those who become billionaires through finance are much more likely to become billionaires than those who are serious about business, and it is much simpler.

Especially in Big A, there is already a stable leek cutting mode.

It is that the United States has turned its own economy from real to virtual because of the fast financial money.

In this regard, Liu Chan has a deep understanding, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who has been buried in Maoling, should also have a deep understanding.

After all, he cut leeks in finance, and he cut them the hardest.

At the beginning of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the types of currency circulating in the Han market were actually quite complex, with three baht coins, five baht coins, and eight baht coins.

There is no way, due to the fact that the people's livelihood withered in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty and the government did not have much energy to mint money, so both Empress Lu and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty encouraged the people to mint money by themselves to alleviate the shortage of money in the market.

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, the central government had money, plus those powerful princes and kings, they were basically cleaned up and obedient, and the copper mines in the hands of the central government also increased, so Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty decided to unify the currency system of the world and recast five baht coins!

And then a wave of ordinary people was harvested!

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty stipulated that two three-baht coins could be exchanged for one five-baht coin, but an eight-baht coin could only be exchanged for one five-baht coin.

This is obviously a money grab, you must know that the baht here is a unit of weight.

And the value of metal money is certainly not based on face value, but on weight.

The common people are naturally unwilling, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also has a way.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty demanded that in the future, the imperial court would collect oral taxes and calculate taxes from the common people, and only five baht coins would be recognized, and the rest of the coins would be invalidated and confiscated!

But that's not all, in addition to unifying copper coins, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also introduced white coins and platinum coins with ingenuity.

The so-called white skin coin, is the Han Wu Emperor with Guanzhong specialty white deer skin made of currency, after the official certification of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, a foot long white deer skin is worth 400,000 five baht!

It is equivalent to the silver ticket of later generations, or the kind of silver ticket that can only be redeemed unilaterally.

In order to ensure that this obviously deceptive currency can be issued, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty clearly stipulated that all local princes and Zhongqing must use white coins as tribute when they come to Chang'an to meet the Son of Heaven.

That is to say, after these princes spent a lot of money to buy white coins from the central government, they had to send the white coins to the central government.

Although this practice is relatively lacking in morality, it is understandable that those who are good and bad are all big households.

But platinum coins are really disgusting to ordinary people, and platinum coins are silver dollars to put it bluntly.

The pricing of the platinum coin is relatively better, one platinum coin can be exchanged for 3,000 five-baht coins, and there are also a series of supporting measures to ensure that those big players know that this thing is a pit, and they have to jump into it.

I have to say that if Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was born in modern times, it is estimated that he can also be a financial predator.

"This white coin has merit, but this white gold coin is not very good."

Finance harvests wealth, and Liu Bei's previous minting of hundreds of coins in Chengdu is one of them.

In this regard, for Liu Chan, there is not much to learn from.

When Shaofu Dong Yun heard Liu Chan's words, he didn't dare to say a word more.

If this white coin is used, I am afraid that those princes will have to scold their mothers.

Liu Chan picked up another dossier and read it carefully.

In addition to the silver dollar reform, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also had other "small tricks" to collect money.

Although the way of harvesting wealth through monetary reform is fast, currency is related to the lifeblood of the country, and even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not dare to play too often, so when there was no money, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had to think of other ways.

First of all, it is still a big eater.

In 112 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty cut off the titles of 106 liehous at one time on the grounds that the princes in those places were paying tribute and giving himself the purity of gold was not enough!

Many lieges could not afford to pay the fines of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so they not only lost their ancestral titles, but even their family property was confiscated.

Relying on this trick, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty not only cut off the burden of more than 100 marquis for the Western Han Dynasty, but also took a bite of fat.

Of course, the money of these powerful people has to be earned, and the money of the poor ghosts, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has not been left behind.

In 114 B.C., Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued an edict requiring merchants with a fortune of 100,000 yuan to voluntarily register their property with the imperial court and pay about 6% of the property tax.

Of course, at any given time, you can't expect the merchant to pay honestly.

To this end, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also fully carried forward the Legalist spirit of human nature and evil in order to benefit each other, and issued a supporting edict.

That is, if any merchant deliberately conceals his property from the imperial court and evades taxes, then as long as you report this businessman, you can get half of the other party's property!

In addition, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty laid down a large territory, in order to be able to enrich the frontier, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered that all those who were reported to have hidden property should settle in the frontier with their whole family, which can not only harvest their wealth, but also enrich the population to the frontier, which is really a double win!

As a result, the court ate a full plate.

According to historical records, through these relevant laws, the number of slaves and maids alone is as high as tens of millions, as for the confiscated land, it has also reached hundreds of millions of hectares, and other things, such as food and money, are innumerable!

Of course, there are also negative effects, that is, the middle-class home is almost cool, and private business has also been hit hard.

It is also through the way of attacking the private businessmen, so that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty successfully held the operation of salt and iron wine into the hands of the imperial court, after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty left, the annual financial income of the Han Dynasty was about 18 billion five baht, and 2/3 of it came from salt and iron!

However, it should be noted that the reason why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty dared to play like this was that he appointed Sang Hongyang and built a set of planned economic systems that can be called a classical version.

Through this system, the Western Han Dynasty at that time had far more control over the social economy than other dynasties, and the government-led commerce quickly filled the market gap and maintained the stability of the national economy after the decline of private commerce.

The current Han Kingdom is playing like this, I'm afraid it's not good.

The most important thing is that now is not the era of great unification, if Liu Chan oppresses the powerful and powerful, the people, I am afraid that they will rise up, even if they do not expose the rod and secretly collude with Wei and Wu, it is inevitable.

"Wen Wei thinks that this Martial Emperor's method can be applied now?"

Fei Yi is now a servant, in charge of the emperor's horses and horses.

and Dong Yun are both noble Jiuqing.

Hearing Liu Chan's question, he showed hesitation, but still said: "Selling official beards, reckoning and suing, currency reform, equalizing losses, and monopolizing salt and iron are the means of wealth accumulation in the Wu Emperor Dynasty, and in the end, Emperor Wu did not also issue an edict to prove that these methods are not right." ”

"Is every one wrong?"

Liu Chan looked at Fei Yi with straight eyes, and the latter finally relented.

"The salt and iron franchise, Your Majesty thinks, maybe it can be implemented."

Salt and iron are the necessities of life, and they are also profitable.

The government should have a monopoly.

"It is absolutely not okay to sell the official beard, although you can get a lot of wealth in a short time, but the wealth comes from the body, it will be taken from the people, and in the long run, I am afraid that the people's resentment will boil."

When it comes to selling official beards, Emperor Wu is still not as thorough as Emperor Ling.

Emperor Wu ordered the people to buy a knighthood and redeem their imprisonment to avoid their crimes. and the reward officer, known as the martial arts lord, with a level of 170,000 and more than 300,000 gold. Those who buy martial arts lords to thousands of masters must first be removed as officials. The officials are complicated and varied, and the official position is wasted.

After all, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made a martial arts lord, and the officials who sold them were only officials, that is, people who worked, and he didn't sell them like the county order

And Emperor Ling is the third duke, and they can all be sold.

The ministers of the imperial court have a high reputation but little oil and water, 10 million yuan each; The names of large states and counties are low, but they are rich in oil and water, twenty or thirty million; The average county is five or six million one.

It can be said that the price is clearly marked.

Of course

The Spirit Emperor still has such a little restriction.

Emperor Ling sold officials, not because he could become an official if he had money, at this time it was different from the Ming and Qing dynasties who openly sold officials.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was an official in the court, and as long as he received the letter of appointment, he had to pay money according to his grade and the amount of oil and water in his position.

Those who can buy official positions are those who are originally qualified to be officials.

In this way, it can not only ensure that the team of state officials is not too bad, but also allow the officials in the world to transform into the working staff of Emperor Han Ling, so that Emperor Han Ling's pocket is more bulging.

Of course, after those corrupt officials take office, they will recoup their capital tenfold and hundredfold.

Losing money is something that no one does.

The disadvantage of selling the official mantle is here, and Liu Chan naturally won't use it.

At the very least, he won't use it until he's in a desperate situation.

After digesting the 'old-timers' means of collecting money, Liu Chan generally knew what to do.

"Decree: From now on, those who mine salt wells and cast iron tools without permission in the salt and iron official camp will be punished with death!"

On Liu Chan's side, a eunuch immediately recorded it.

"Issued an edict: From now on, the world's household registration will be checked, and if there is a person who hides private goods, half of the family assets will be severely fined."

"Decree: From now on, measure the fields of the world, and if there is a disobedient, there will be no forgiveness!"

Liu Chan said a series of edicts, and the pen in the hands of the eunuch behind him was about to spark.

"Don't rush to issue these edicts first, let the Prime Minister's Mansion and Shangshutai go to the details and give advice!"

To the Prime Minister's Mansion and Shang Shutai, there is still basic respect.

After all, they are the ones who do the work.

As a big leader, Liu Chan's words, the following is going to break his leg.

Ventilation beforehand is probably not wrong.

After all, enriching the country and strengthening the people is what Liu Chan wants to do now.

How to make money flow is the most urgent thing now.

Speaking of letting money flow, the atmosphere of thick burials in this era made Liu Chan very annoyed.

Damn, you worked so hard to make so much money, and most of it ended up buried in the ground?

How can the country develop in this way?

"Write another "Final Order" that calls for the burial of people in the world."

Seeing the embarrassed look of the official in Bingbi, Liu Chan snatched the pen from his hand and wrote the edict himself:

"I inherit the order of heaven, I serve Hongye, I am conscientious, and I am slacking off all night. Filial piety in Myanmar is actually the first of a hundred lines, and the wind of thick burial is very obedient. Cover the living have a reason to live, the dead have a return to death, life and death are constant, how can you mourn? Most people in the world regard thick burials as virtues and thin burials as contempt, but the rich are extravagant, and the poor are bankrupt and obedient, which is not appropriate.

Emperor Wen of the former Han Dynasty was known for his frugality and benevolence, and his edict was also based on thin burials, and he did not want to hurt the people's will to serve for a long time. The virtue of this sincerity and wisdom can be the law of future generations. Today, I want to emulate the sages and promote the pure wind, so I hereby issue this edict and call on the people of the world to bury them.

All my subjects, let know that life and death are fateful, and wealth is in heaven. Thick burials do not benefit the dead, but harm the living. Therefore, from now on, funerals should be simple and not luxurious. On the day of the decree, it shall be obeyed, and shall not be violated.

Announce to the world, the salty envoy hears about it, and I mean so, and they all obey it.

Chin this. ”

It's a pity that Liu Bei didn't say this, if Liu Bei can be buried and lead by example, it would be the best.

However, thinking of the opinions of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and those courtiers, Liu Chan gave up this heart.

This thin burial seems to have to start with him, and now he can persuade one by one.

When the time comes, to see if there are any first-class birds who dare to bury in the wind, I will let the whole family be buried underground together.

Set an example.

There are even supporting measures.

For example, if the burial is thin, the promotion of the children of the family will be smoother, and if the burial is thick, the promotion of the children of the family will be slow, and even the official career will be blocked.

"Whew~"

Exhaling a breath to dry the edict, Liu Chan looked left and right and asked, "How is this edict?" ”

Smelling it left and right, they all blew rainbow farts.

Fei Yi immediately got up, bowed to Liu Chan, and said, "Your Majesty's edict is really a wise move. The style of thin burial is not only in line with the foundation of filial piety, but also can thrift the people's strength, which is really a good policy for the benefit of the country and the people. ”

Dong Yun also stepped forward and complimented: "The edict of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty mentioned by Your Majesty is a clear example of the former sages. Now, if Your Majesty imitates the sages, he will be able to lift up the pure wind and bring the people of the world to their hearts. ”

The eunuch Huang Men Cheng Huang Hao stepped forward, looked at Liu Chan with a sneer, and said flatteringly: "The edict of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty mentioned by Your Majesty is a clear example of the former sages. Now, if Your Majesty imitates the sages, he will be able to lift up the pure wind and bring the people of the world to their hearts. ”

This Huang Hao is the one who was evaluated by Chen Shou as 'After his death, Hao was ordered from the Yellow Gate to be the regular servant of the middle and the commander of the car, manipulating his authority, and finally overthrowing the country. 'The eunuchs.

But to give the crime of destroying the country to a eunuch is purely a black cauldron.

His Majesty the Holy Ruler, even if the eunuchs have cholera, they will not destroy the country.

How can the destruction of Shu Han be blamed on a eunuch?

Liu Chan knows the story in history, and he still uses Huang Hao, which is very simple.

One is that this guy will come to trouble.

The flattering ministers, in all aspects, will be obedient to Liu Chan.

Second, we should also be alert to ourselves that the revolution has not yet succeeded and that comrades still need to work hard.

Although he is now an emperor, he should not get carried away because of this.

That old crooked neck tree is still standing behind the palace, staring at you every day! (Fog)

"There are few compliments, but more practical things to do."

Flattery sounds good, but it's good to listen to, and it's not necessary to take it seriously.

"Get out of the palace with me!"

On the first day of the new year, Liu Chande showed his face in Chang'an and brushed his sense of existence.

During the New Year's holidays, rewards were given to officials and soldiers and soldiers, which won the hearts of the people.

And when Liu Chan was about to set off, the eunuch guarding the door came in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, Queen Fengluan has arrived outside Chang'an City!"

The Queen Mother has arrived?

The queen has arrived!

In other words, his wife and concubines in Chengdu finally arrived in Chang'an.

Outside the city of Chang'an.

The convoy stretched for miles.

Outside Chang'an City, the sky was low and the clouds were dark, and there was a solemn atmosphere.

The Fengluan convoy of the Empress Dowager Wu, the Empress and the emperor's concubines slowly drove out, and the entire convoy was immersed in deep mourning because of the emperor's big trip.

The convoy moved forward, and the white silk flew like a sad cloud, swaying in the air. The guards were all dressed in white, wearing white crowns, and their faces were expressionless, which was even more solemn.

The queen mother and the queen and other members of the royal family are even dressed in linen and filial piety, dressed in rough linen clothes, and tied with straw ropes around their waists to show their deep condolences to the former emperor.

"Don't be sad about the queen mother, the emperor is doing a great job, and he is asking the queen mother to set an example for the world!"

The Empress Dowager Wu was dressed in rough linen clothes, the original delicate skin was covered by mourning at the moment, the straw rope around her waist was tightly tied, and she wore a filial piety hat made of white linen on her head, and a few strands of silver thread hung down from the brim of the hat, fluttering gently with the wind, adding a bit of vicissitudes.

After learning about Liu Bei's big trip, she was so painful that she almost fainted.

Now that I have arrived in Chang'an, the calm mood on the road is boiling again.

"The queen has a heart."

The harem system of the Han Dynasty was hierarchical.

At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, because of the title of Qin: the emperor's wife is called the queen, and the concubines are called the lady. And set up eight products (the eight products also follow the system of the Qin period): queen, lady, beauty, beloved, eight sons, seven sons, long envoys, and young envoys.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty added Jieyu, Ju'e, Ronghua, and Chongyi, each with a title.

Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty created Zhaoyi, second only to the queen; At that time, the harem had reached 3,000 people, and in addition to the queen, the following were customized to the fourteenth class:

Zhaoyi, depending on the prime minister, is more than the princes and kings.

Jieyu, as Shangqing, Jubilee Marquis (20th class).

Ju'e, two thousand stones, Jue than the Marquis of Guan Nei (the nineteenth lord).

Rong Hua: Seeing the truth of 2,000 stones, Jue is bigger than the 16th class (16th class).

Beauty, depending on two thousand stones, is less than the lord (fifteenth class).

Eight sons, depending on a thousand stones, Jue than the middle (thirteenth class).

Wujuan, Republic, Yuling, Baolin, Good Messenger, and Night are all regarded as a hundred stones.

In addition to the fourteenth class, there are also the sons of the upper family and the sons of the middle family, all of whom regard fighting food.

In addition, there are also names such as Zhu Ji, Changyu, Cairen, Imperial Court, Middle Palace History, and Academic History.

After the discussion of the three princes and nine kings, the choice of the queen was determined to be Zhang Fei's eldest daughter, and Guan Yinping was second only to the queen Zhaoyi.

In fact, Liu Chan wanted to establish Guan Yinping as the queen in his heart, but when he thought of Guan Yinping's temperament, the things that the queen wanted to do, in fact, there were a lot of things, and she may not have this temperament.

In addition, Liu Beiming said on his face before that the future owner of the Jiaofang Palace must be the Zhang family.

So let Zhang Peilan be the queen.

In fact, there are so many women in Liu Chan, and there are only two who can be queens.

One is Zhang Peilan, and the other is Guan Yinping.

As for people like Sun Luyu, Princess Zhurong, and Zhen Mi, it is completely impossible.

These courtiers of the Han Kingdom will not let the daughter of Wu become the queen, nor will they let the alien race become the queen.

"This is all the duty of the concubine to do."

Queen Zhang was dressed in a snow-white filial piety dress, although the linen cloth was rough, but it revealed a different kind of elegance on her, as if it was a touch of first snow in winter, pure and cold.

Zhang Peilan's beauty was originally the best in Liu Chan's harem, and although she was full of sadness at the moment, she was still thrillingly beautiful.

Those eyes were clear and deep, like the cold stars of an autumn night, shining with firmness and tenderness. The faint tear stains at the corners of her eyes not only did not damage her beauty, but added a bit of pity and weakness to her.

The queen and the emperor are called the double saints, and they also have a lot of work to do.

First of all, as a wife, she has to teach her husband and children and fulfill her responsibilities as an insider.

Secondly, she should lead by example, lead the harem, and handle the backyard for the emperor.

Finally, as the first lady, the mother of the world, also has to assist the emperor and grasp the delicate balance between state affairs and family affairs.

"Sister Guan, what are you thinking?"

Queen Zhang thought of her duties as a queen, so naturally she couldn't snub the sisters in the harem, so she turned her head to look at Guan Yinping.

Guan Yinping was wearing filial piety clothes, plain as white as snow, like a blooming white lotus. Filial piety clothes are close to the body, outlining her toned figure, although there is no gorgeous decoration, but it is difficult to hide her heroic spirit.

She was holding a fat baby in her arms, the little one with a ruddy face and closed eyes, and was immersed in sweet sleep.

Guan Yinping stared down at this little life, the corners of her mouth hooked up a gentle smile, her fingers gently stroked the baby's cheeks, the delicate touch made the sadness in her heart ease slightly, replaced by a warm current, born from the heart.

"Lang Jun. Your Majesty should be very happy to see the 'Little Overlord', right? ”

In Liu Chan's hard sowing the year before last, everyone in the harem basically won the bid.

Zhang Peilan and Guan Yinping both gave birth to a boy.

The eldest is born by the queen, and he is really the eldest son.

Liu Bei personally named Liu Si, nicknamed Chengqian, and had high hopes for this eldest grandson.

The second child is from Zhaoyi Guan Yinping, who weighed nine pounds at birth, if it weren't for Guan Yinping's good body, his life might have been folded on this guy.

The name of the second son was also taken by Liu Bei, named Liu Xuan, because when he caught Zhou in the full moon, he caught the overlord gun with one hand, and his nickname was Xiaobawang.

For not being the queen, Guan Yinping doesn't matter.

In her opinion, instead of being in the palace all her life, it is better to go out to lead troops to fight.

Of course

Now that she has Liu Xuan, her state of mind is different.

Soon, the gate of Chang'an approached.

From a distance, you can see the emperor's guard of honor.

And the man under the emperor's guard of honor.

Guan Yinping looked at it, and his heart was about to pop out.

I haven't seen my sweetheart for nearly a year, do you know how she has been doing this year?

(End of chapter)