Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2952 Sneak into the night with the wind, the moon turns into a moon shell

Compared to Liu Xie who was at a loss and changed the script a little bit, but only knew how to read one, two, three, four, the old drama player Xun Yu understood what it was like after thinking about it for a while. It's over.

  Although this is slightly different from his original plan, it is generally considered to have completed the goal.

   After Xun Yu went to the court meeting, it was customary to go to the prime minister's mansion to give a brief explanation to Cao Pi.

  The reason why it is slightly, because Xun Yu knows that it is beneficial to get closer to Cao Pi, but not too close...

   It's not that Xun Yu discovered something wrong with Cao Pi's character right away, but that Xun Yu, as Cao Cao's counselor, was not Cao Pi's courtier. If you show goodwill, then there is no problem, but if you are too close, Lao Cao will definitely not be happy.

  『Ling Jun,』 Cao Pi’s attitude is very sincere today, 『Please enlighten me, Ling Jun, this...why there were so many slanderous opinions in the court a few days ago, but now it has become what it is now? 』

Cao Pi couldn't figure it out. He was still shouting and killing before this. It seemed that all the officials of the emperor and even the common people of the gentry were talking about Cao Cao. Incomplete, or secretly talking about how Cao's Xiahou family occupied power and bullied the weak. Anyway, basically from top to bottom, there are few people who say good things about Cao Cao. Why, after Cao Cao expressed his resignation, Even if the limelight turns immediately, it means that Prime Minister Cao has worked hard, Prime Minister Cao is not easy, and Prime Minister Cao has made great contributions?

   Just because Ren Jun was "assassinated", are you all scared?

  So easy to use?

It's that simple?

  So, is it possible to "assassinate" all officials who make trouble in the future?

  Cao Pi felt that it was necessary to ask and find out.

   Xun Yu pondered for a while, "Officials, officials, are also for the king. Judah also. 』

  『Hiss...』Cao Pi felt a toothache. He talked for a while before, and now he is doing this again? !

  『Lingjun, please accept a gift from the boy! 』Cao Pi left his seat, and bowed to Xun Yu without saying a word.

   Xun Yu was taken aback, this kid didn't play cards according to common sense! So he got up quickly, avoided it, and knelt down to return the salute.

   Chen Ken with Cao Pi's expression on his face, "Ling Jun! I'm dull by nature, and I don't read much... I hope you can tell me more about it! The boy is being polite here! 』

  『Hoo…』Xun Yu had no choice but to return the salute again, and said that it was his fault, and he would definitely explain it in detail in the future, so as not to embarrass the prince anymore.

   Xun Yu really didn't do it on purpose.

  In his cognition, it is very straightforward to say this.

  Before talking about Lu’s Spring and Autumn sentences, it may be a bit "out of the way", but just now Xun Yu said the sentences of Shuowen Jiezi! Isn't this a superficial text that all the nobles must be familiar with since they were young, and they can recite it backwards and forwards?

  Cao Pi was impatient, he subconsciously felt that it sounded troublesome, and thought that Xun Yu was going around in circles again, so he acted one step faster than his brain, and he didn't want to think about it at all. Otherwise, Cao Pi really needs to calm down and think about it, and it's not impossible to remember where Xun Yu's words came from...

   After all, in Dahan, this is a reading material for elementary school students.

  Of course, it is also possible that Cao Pi felt that it would be easier to pay homage than to think about it.

  『Your Excellency, do you remember what I said before that Shandong is now "buying is worse than building"? 』

  Cao Pi nodded, "This matter is also related? 』

  Xun Yu nodded, "It's like the hussar crossbow that assassinated Zhonglang...Originally, the high price was obtained from merchants, and we were still proud of ourselves, thinking that the hussars were not strict... Now that I think about it, it's completely tricked..."

  At first, some elite equipment could be smuggled from the hussar workshop, and many Shandong people secretly laughed at the hussar as a fool.

You must know that war, um, even if it is not a war, there is a probability of damage to these weapons in daily use, and because Shandong thinks that everything is good in Chang'an, it is better to buy it by yourself. Stare, and then those Shandong gentry who had been laughing at Chang'an and ridiculing the hussars just shrank their heads and closed their mouths, pretending that they had never said it before.

   These gentry children like to laugh at Chang'an Feiqian, and naturally they also laugh at Cao Cao in Xu County.

   It's just that it is as difficult as climbing the sky to make these Shandong gentry children be responsible for their words.

It's like those who ridiculed Hussars before that this policy is not good, that system is outdated, either imitating the Spring and Autumn Period, or imitating the ancients, nothing more than this and that, all kinds of despised gentry children, now know that these systems and laws are powerful, it is He immediately changed his tone, saying that Feiqian had acted recklessly and corrupted the legal system of his ancestors.

  Xun Yu means this. Such officials seem to be crowded, but they are actually useless...

  The original meaning of the official character, in the ancient oracle bone inscriptions, was originally just a house that represented authority.

   It's just a creature.

   How good an official is, whether it is good or bad, is not judged by the dead things on the outside, not by the crown on the head, the robes on the body, but by the person, by observing his words and deeds.

  Now, these gentry children suddenly changed their tone, from opposing Cao Cao to supporting Cao Cao, what is so strange?

   Seeing that Ren Jun was "really" assassinated, he might be about to die, so it's fine to die as a fellow Taoist. Pindao supports Prime Minister Cao!

  Show the gods before others, but ghosts behind others.

  Cao Pi understood somewhat, but also nodded confusedly.

  Understanding people's hearts is a big project, and Cao Pi's current skill is naturally somewhat insufficient.

   Seeing this, Xun Yu didn't force it, but changed the topic and began to explain to Cao Pi why he designed it like this and why he got the current situation...

  The land of Shandong has a large population.

  Multiple means mob.

  Especially in the land of Shandong, there are too many people who think they are smart people who know everything, and they especially like to chatter. This kind of ethos reached its peak during the Yuedan Review. Although it has been suppressed a little now, there are still many remnants and endless poisonousness.

  Under such circumstances, if you want to unify your thinking and let these Shandong people maintain at least superficial consistency with Cao Cao, it is really not a matter of holding two court meetings and issuing an announcement. And there are some people, the more official the request is, the more these people want to show their wisdom, deliberately go the other way, say the opposite, do the opposite, at least they have to stand aside and sneer...

  Now, Cao Cao is looking for a battle. If he really wants to start a fight, he must concentrate on it and have no distractions. Therefore, these people must first automatically adjust to a unified direction.

  Reluctance, even superficial unity, is better than not even being able to maintain the surface...

   There is another very important factor.

No money.

Thanks to Fei Qian's pioneering measures in the Han Dynasty, not only did Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi and others in Chang'an have a deeper understanding of economic development, social progress, and technological improvement. , also affected Shandong, forcing Xun Yu and others to learn and change.

   It’s just that Xun Yu still has a lot of ignorance, which is not very clear, but he can still do it if he explains it to Cao Pi...

  Of course, if you have a middle school education and studied politics and economics in later generations, you can generally understand a thing or two. For example, what Xun Yu and Cao Pi are explaining now is actually talking about the issue of minting rights.

   This is a blunt knife, which cuts Shandong extremely painfully, but there is nothing to do.

Ever since the five baht coin was degraded by Dong Zhuo and was cast aside nationwide...well, it’s not only the credit of Dong Zhuo alone, but also those who want to take advantage of the bad money to dig out their own underground or smash it into pieces. The Shandong gentry who enshrined bronze tripods and bronze statues in the ancestral temple and minted private money also made trouble in the original currency system of the Han Dynasty, took advantage of the fire, and eventually led to the complete collapse of the coins of the Han Dynasty.

   Obviously, as long as human society develops forward, it is impossible to get rid of commodity transactions.

Especially in China, a country with multiple terrains, multiple ethnic groups, water and soil distribution, high and low gaps, and large differences in products, the circulation and trading of commodities is an instinctive demand for the overall development of society, not just a few laws or laws. It can be completely contained by suppressing the merchants to the bottom.

Wealth is often described as flowing water, that is, it will find low-lying land on its own, and then fill it up and level it out, just like the responsibility and obligation that should have been borne by the imperial court. As a result, the imperial court failed to do so, and naturally there will be gray among the people, or even Black power does the same for filling.

If there is no Feiqian, then Cao Cao, who occupies Yanzhou, Jizhou, Yuzhou, and the land of Qingxu, will have a lot of land, and these lands will once again bring the Three Kingdoms back to the track of farming to determine the outcome, and also Let all the emperors of subsequent dynasties leave a wrong perception, that is, farming and fighting determine everything.

   But it is obvious that the word farming and war is not the whole society.

  As Fei sneaked into Chang'an, he didn't rush to attack Shandong, but pulled the big man to another road, the importance of money, or currency, slowly began to emerge.

  Shandong began to fall into Feiqian's trade network, and once it fell into it, the obstacle to getting up was not just as simple as "making it worse than buying it".

Shandong area was not very cooperative at the beginning, nor was it willing to join Feiqian's trade network, but as the most powerful consumer group of Dahan, the huge population base is like a snowball rolling down from the top of the mountain, pulling After moving, it is very difficult to brake.

  Especially with the opening of the Western Regions, a thick trade route runs from west to east.

   The snowball is getting bigger and faster.

  『If we can destroy the goods from the Western Regions…』Xun Yu said in a deep voice, 『This battle can take some time to prepare, but now it can only be...have to fight. Items from the Western Regions are of great value, although they are very exquisite, prosperous and beautiful, but...a farmer works a hundred acres of land in a year, but only a hundred stones, and the hard work of several years is not as good as a golden pot in the Western Regions...』

  The price of the Western Regions has doubled and increased, but there are still people flocking to it, and some people even sell the goods they bought in the Western Regions as second-hand.

   What a mind!

  Xun Yu sometimes wants to open the heads of these guys to see what's inside...

  Cao Pi asked: "Then why can't the goods from the Western Regions be cut off?" 』

  Xun Yu didn't speak, but turned his eyes slightly.

  Cao Pi followed Xun Yu's gaze and saw a complete set of gold and silver utensils on the side of the hall. The pattern is gorgeous and complicated, and it is also inlaid with shining gems, which seems to be a specialty of the Western Regions.

  『This...』 Cao Pi remembered that this set of drinking utensils was his father's favorite, and he had given a large banquet before.

  Cao Pi was also with him and had a few drinks.

  The rose peach wine filled with ice fish, the taste is simply...

   Well, Cao Pi admitted that he asked a stupid question.

"The more goods you trade, the more coins you need. The more you trade goods from the Western Regions, the more money you need to spend on hussars..." Xun Yu sighed slightly, "Everyone knows that hussars' money is good, and everyone wants to use it , so now the five baht coin is extinct in the city...』

  『Then there is no way to ban Huqiqian? ’ Cao Pi asked.

   Xun Yu smiled wryly, "It is forbidden to use it, it is simple and simple, but it is just an edict. It's just... the son thinks that if this prohibition edict is issued, it will be beneficial to the lord? What is the loss? 』

   That’s right, coins, aren’t they legal tender?

   Then change a law to stipulate that you can’t use hussars money, but use five baht money, or the money cast by Cao himself, isn’t it the end of the game? That's what Cao Pi thought, but soon, he understood what Xun Yu meant, his face became ugly, and he blushed with anger, but he didn't know what to say, and he didn't know how to vent, he just sat there Panting.

  It is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal.

  Cao Cao, or the Xiahou family with the Cao family, even if they are willing to bear the consequences of cutting off the use of hussar money for a while, and return to the state of bartering, but are other Shandong gentry willing? Will these people follow in Cao Cao's footsteps, or will they think that this is a great opportunity to make money, and they will not come again when the opportunity is too late?

  Ant nests and mouse warehouses are blooming everywhere, and the financial dam that Cao Cao tried his best to build will collapse in a short time.

  Advantages, all the local gentry with big surnames are wanted, and the bad consequences are borne by the people of Shandong, and the blame, of course, is the old man Cao alone.

   When the time comes, the public will see the grievances boiling, who will calm them down?

  If Cao Cao does not want to retreat, he must hand over his important advisers, then...

  Who will it be?

  Cao Pi was silent.

   Xun Yu was also silent.

Of course, it doesn't mean that all the hussar money is a bad thing, because the increase in trade and the circulation of coins have also brought an increase in the transaction volume in Shandong, making Shandong economically prosperous, but this also means that the Cao Cao regime The country's finances and economy are increasingly dependent on the input of coins from Fiqian Chang'an.

  Especially in Shandong, there is a lack of silver and gold minerals, and gold and silver are undoubtedly much more valuable than copper coins, and Feiqian has gold and silver mines...

Fei potential uses the exchange rate difference between luxury goods and gold, silver and copper to replace a large number of raw materials in Shandong, as well as low value-added goods in Shandong, and through a bachelor's degree in agriculture and engineering, as well as a series of technological update iterations, selectively export to Shandong, half Forcing Shandong to carry out technological reforms and develop the economy has also allowed Huqi gold, silver and copper coins to successfully penetrate into all aspects of the current Han Dynasty, becoming a noose entangled in the entire Shandong economy.

  Although Xun Yu didn't understand what currency power was, he instinctively sensed something was wrong, but unfortunately he realized it was too late...

  If the hussars coins cannot flow in as before, the land of Shandong will soon fall into a situation where there is no money to use, and then the entire social economy of Shandong will suffer from deflation, and then a serious economic crisis will break out.

  To cite an immediate problem, in the land of Shandong today, the salaries of officials have gradually evolved from materialization to monetization.

  Xu County is undoubtedly the place where the most officials are concentrated in Shandong.

When Liu Xiegang arrived in Xu County, the economy was very poor at that time. Officials directly distributed food for their expenses, and the officials received as much food as they were. However, with the addition of Bachelor of Agriculture and Bachelor of Engineering sent by Feiqian, Shandong's grain production recovered rapidly. Soon, the price of food began to drop, so many officials did not want the volatile and variable food in kind, but wanted to send money directly.

   This is actually the same as in later generations of enterprises, employees are more willing to send money directly, rather than take home a bunch of blue moon shells that are produced in no one knows where...

Although the transition from barter to monetization is a kind of social progress and has also promoted the economic prosperity of Shandong, but the people in Shandong, whether it is Cao Cao or Xun Yu Guo Jia, do not understand what inflation is. I also didn't realize that the prices of daily necessities such as food and cloth have risen in the long run, but the official salaries of the big man have not been adjusted accordingly.

   In other words, it is the old saying that prices are rising but wages are not.

  So, a dilemma.

   Giving food, not happy, giving money, also not happy.

  After Fiji recovered the Western Regions, the amount of trade was accelerated, which greatly increased the circulation of currency, and then economic problems quickly turned into political problems.

  Seeing that there are more and more good things, but the salary is always so pitiful, what should I do?

   I honestly eat bran and swallow vegetables, and watch others eat meat and drink rose peach wine?

How can it be?

  The result can only be that officials are either rent-seeking for power, corrupt and corrupt, or increase exploitation and scrape the ground. As a result, the ethos and efficiency of Shandong's officialdom, which was originally not very good, has been declining in an all-round way visible to the naked eye.

  As a counselor, limited by the vision of the times, Xun Yu had to try his best to find a way in the face of an increasingly bad situation, but his methods were limited to the level of the "Physics Department".

"The hussars are getting more and more money, and we are reducing it," Xun Yu said in a low voice, "If one day...the hussars cut off the exchange of coins, or use them instead...then...then this battle is inevitable...the battle of Chang'an, if If you win the battle, you can avoid such disasters. The land of the Great Han Dynasty can extend itself, and the merits of the lord can also be immortal in the world. 』

   This is naturally the most ideal result.

  Cao Pi nodded, then pondered for a while, and asked softly, "Then if you can't get it... so what's the gain?" 』

  『Choose the foundry workshop. Xun Yu said in a deep voice, "Capturing its artisans and obtaining its coinage technology, Shandong can get rid of the noose and form a system of its own, or it can conversely restrict Chang'an..."

  『Then…』 Cao Pi hesitated, a little afraid to ask.

  Xun Yu also fell silent again.

  The autumn wind whizzed by outside the hall, bringing out some rusty taste.

  (end of this chapter)