Xuande

Chapter 672 Minting coins
When Mao Jie went to Bingzhou to take office, Liu Bei personally sent him off. When he was seeing him off, Liu Bei held Mao Jie's hand and explained some things to him.

"This exceptional promotion of you as governor of Bingzhou is not a whim of mine, but the result of deliberation. I believe that your ability is sufficient for this position, although you did not have very deep qualifications before that.

But in the general's mansion, the affairs you handle are no simpler than the affairs you need to handle as the governor of the state, and the state of Bingzhou at this moment is no longer the same as the state of Bingzhou that Berning faced before, at least in terms of military affairs, you is absolutely safe.

The situation you need to face is far better than that faced by Berning, but the things you have to do are far more complicated than what Berning has to do, including the resettlement of the mountain people and the resettlement of the Southern Huns Work, those hard resettlement work, and the work of registered household Qimin.

These things are not difficult, but all of them require a lot of energy and patience to do well. If you are not careful, it will cause a civil uprising. If you can handle it well, then you will be transferred back to Luoyang to take up a higher position. It's very simple, so Xiaoxian, don't let me down. "

Mao Jie held Liu Bei's hand tightly with both hands, and bowed slightly to him.

"Junhou's expectation is what Hsu will accomplish with his life. Even if Hsu puts his life to the test, he will definitely not let Junhou down!"

"Who wants your life?"

Liu Bei smiled and said: "Don't just go all out, leave a useful body, you still have a lot to do, and I still have a lot of expectations for you. In the future, I need you to live until you are 80 or [-] years old and continue to work hard." Those who work for me, don't try to be lazy!"

A smile appeared on Mao Jie's expressionless face all year round.

"It is a great fortune in life for Yu to meet Junhou and do things for Junhou. He will do his best to meet Junhou's expectations!"

Afterwards, under Liu Bei's watchful eye, Mao Jie got on his horse and galloped towards the north under the escort of a group of elite cavalry.

Not long after, Man Chong returned to Luoyang under the protection of the same configuration, and went to see Liu Bei immediately.

"Your Majesty, Chong has lived up to your expectations!"

As soon as he saw Liu Bei, Man Chong bowed down to pay respects to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei stepped forward with a smile, took Man Chong's hands and helped him up.

"Of course you lived up to my expectations."

Lifting Man Chong up, Liu Bei looked at his dusty face and his clothes, so he ordered someone to bring a basin of hot water, wipe his face himself, and dust off his body.

Man Chong was shocked and felt that this was inappropriate. 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 big man's rectification and consolidation of the state, so what if I help you wash your face?"

So Liu Bei ignored Man Chong's thoughts, wiped his face and hands for him, and helped him tidy up his appearance himself.

Man Chong 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 with Liu Bei and reported to him a series of work he had done in Bingzhou, as well as the current basic situation of Bingzhou.

"As far as the current situation is concerned, Bingzhou is relatively stable, because there are enough land and houses, and it is possible to resettle the current population. I have to say that although those counties have been out of the control of the imperial court for so many years, the rich are still rich. .

The land in their family is so large that it can’t be seen at a glance. There are hundreds or thousands of houses, some of which are far beyond the regulations of the imperial court. The boxes were buried deep in the ground, and the copper and iron were piled up in the warehouse and could not be moved.

I thought that the big man 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 possessions of these people, buried deep in the ground, or hidden in inaccessible places. And know. "

After hearing this, Liu Bei nodded slowly.

"This is the reason for wealth in the world. Most of it is hidden in places we can't see, so that when we need money, there is no money available. But this is not unexpected. There is too much money. Not a good thing.

Sudden spending too much money, but not too many things to buy, will only make the money worthless. Of course, it doesn’t matter to the rich. They have a lot of money, but to ordinary people, it’s nothing at all. Money, money becomes worthless, and food cannot be bought, that is a disaster. "

After hearing this, Man Chong was quite surprised.

"I haven't heard it mentioned by others, but when I think about it carefully, it is true. If money becomes worthless, it will only make the price of goods skyrocket. The first to bear the brunt is the price of food. In this way, the king, the court hand Isn’t the more money in it the better?”

Liu Bei shook his head.

"You can't say that. It's not a question of more or less. In my opinion, the court should decide how much money is more or less. The court should decide how much money should be circulated in the world according to the production situation in the world, so as to ensure 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 currency value. Before and after ZTE, there have been many times of soaring prices and currency depreciation, so that the poor cannot buy food and cause turmoil. This is my opinion. It's a very serious matter.

When the value of money rises, everyone will hide the money and use it, which will only make the money more and more valuable. Li Shu suffered great harm, which would affect the stability of the world, which is not a good thing. "

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

"You mean, what you want to do next is to take back the right to mint coins in the world, no longer allow local counties to mint coins by themselves, and follow the example of Emperor Xiaowu, let the court lead the minting of coins?"

"Ok?"

Liu Bei blinked: "I... Is that what I said?"

"Isn't it?"

Man Chong looked at Liu Bei strangely.

So Liu Bei suddenly realized that he just talked about some superficial economic principles, but Man Chong used his super brain power and extensibility to conceive a future goal for himself.

However, this matter was actually carried out gradually before Man Chong followed him, and he had already made considerable changes.

Although he did not handle this matter in the name of the Eastern Han Dynasty, nor did he propose a similar policy, but the "general money" cast in his own name has been circulated in many places in the Han Dynasty, and many local county and county governments have actually lost money. the right to mint coins.

(End of this chapter)