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Chapter 47 Anyone who smuggles copper coins into Shu will be punished with death.

[Corruption and rebellion among Song Dynasty officials in Sichuan, Shu and other places were extremely prevalent at that time. Even in many histories, their corruption intensity was one of the best. 】

[Zhao Guangyi also sent people to Shu to check officials many times, and hundreds of officials were captured. 】

[At the same time, he will also select some officials as upright and honest officials. The representative figure among them is Qi Zhenyuan, the magistrate of Pengshan County, and it is Zhang Shu who recommends him as an upright and honest person. 】

[But in fact, Qi Chanyuan was not as recommended by Zhang Shu. He kept on hoarding money, and even kept most of the money gained from corruption in private homes. 】

[The imperial court's widespread promotion of him naturally aggravated the dissatisfaction of the people of Shu. In addition, in addition to these taxes and purchases, Shu officials had a way to get rich. 】
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In the Song Dynasty, the fourth year of Chunhua.

Zhao Guangyi cheered up now. Qi Fanyuan, he remembered these two people. The officials he had just sent to supervise the Shu area recommended him some time ago to set an example!And the recommender is indeed Zhang Shu!
He was far away in the court and had no idea about the situation of the people in Shu.But seeing that the people were boiling with resentment, he still didn't know anything about it. This was simply treating him like a monkey!
Did Zhang Shu know full well and deliberately deceive, or did he have poor discernment and worry about it in the future? But now, Qi Zhenyuan was corrupt in private, but he was set as an example. Wouldn't he feel very proud?Play with an emperor in the palm of your hand!

But he was so embarrassed!
He hurriedly issued an order: Pengshan County Magistrate Qi Zhenyuan abused his power for personal gain, committed corruption and perverted the law, dismissed him from office, and beheaded on the spot to show the anger of the people!The ministers also knew that Zhao Kuangyin was extremely angry at this moment. If they were suspicious, forget it. He could say a few words, but the miracles began to be told, and no one dared to intercede for him.
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Song Dynasty, the first year of Kaibao.

Zhao Kuangyin thought about it carefully. Although the peasant uprising of the people in Shu was during the Zhao Guangyi period, according to the miracle, most of them happened since ancient times, so he should be vigilant.

[After Taizu Zhao Kuangyin defeated Shu, he probably started the policy of "forbidding copper coins from entering the two rivers" in order to prevent the accumulation of wealth in Shu and increase the possibility of rebellion. 】

[Moreover, he also consumes the stock of private copper coins, so how to consume it?Naturally through taxes. 】

[As a result, the iron coins that people usually accumulated became less and less valuable. As the price of copper coins rose, people naturally wanted to save some copper coins and accumulate some wealth by exchanging worthless iron coins for copper coins. 】

[And new places to make money have also been found by officials. After all, the increase in the price of copper coins in Shu only belongs to Shu. This is a special case. The central court is not clear about the appreciation of copper coins in Shu and thinks it is still there. Close to the original exchange ratio. 】

[But the local officials were well aware of the rise in copper prices, so they began to use their private copper coins to seek benefits for themselves. First, they guided businessmen to bring copper coins here. Although there is a "death penalty for smuggling copper coins into Shu" regulations, but collusion between government and business can naturally avoid this problem,]

[After all, officials must use copper coins to collect taxes in their territories. This is a strict rule, and it is natural to collect money. 】
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Song.The first year of Kaibao.

Zhao Kuangyin's face was a bit ugly. He was right about the miracle. When he originally decided that copper coins were not allowed to be used in Shu, he really wanted to use this to suppress the local economic strength, thereby completely eliminating the ability of Shu to rebel again.

In his opinion, how to recruit troops and accumulate food and grass without money, and it is naturally difficult to recruit people outside Shu with iron money.

As for the local people, he naturally knows that life may be difficult, but basic food and clothing can still be guaranteed, and they will have enough food and clothing, so they will not have the desire to rebel.

But the scenes of facts could only make him sigh: "It's just that I really didn't expect that these policies would be used by people with intentions, causing the people of Sichuan and Sichuan to encounter such difficulties and make their lives unsustainable!"

Zhao Dezhao and others comforted each other: "Father, this is mostly due to the serious problems in Shu itself and the strong local forces. Moreover, the situation has not worsened yet. We only need to revise the edict as soon as possible, and the situation can be reversed in time. People You can also live a prosperous life as soon as possible." Zhao Kuangyin's mood eased with the enlightenment of his good sons. He also understood that the sooner the policy of the Sichuan-Sichuan region was redesigned, the better, and he should not neglect it.

Most of the officials in Shu must have been embezzled a lot, so they just dealt with it and replaced them with a group of trustworthy people.
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Ming Dynasty, Hongwu 13th year.

Everyone in the main hall was also lamenting the suffering of the people of Shu. It would be fine if they didn't have copper coins. At worst, they wouldn't need copper coins, since everyone was in the same place anyway.

But the government still uses copper coins to collect taxes in this place. There are really some problems with this law.

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said: "After all, it is a question of Song Taizu's ability. It is enough to ban copper coins, but continue to use copper coins for taxation. This is obviously intentional, and it was not corrected later! This clearly does not allow people in the Sichuan and Shu areas to Let the people live!"

"State laws and regulations cannot be changed just by changing them. You should think twice before you act. You must remember this one by one. Do you understand?" Zhu Yuanzhang said and then transferred back to educate his good sons.

"Those officials also have big problems. They know it clearly, but they don't want to report it to the court. They are always lining their own pockets. The whole atmosphere is corrupt!"

Many ministers bent their bodies even further. It was obvious that the Lord Long Live was ordering them. Of course, they had to be careful at this time. If the Lord Long Live noticed them and started a thorough investigation, they would not be able to bear it.

[This is not over yet. The disaster for the people of Shu has not yet reached its end, and the road to wealth for local officials has not yet come to an end. 】

[After Zhao Kuangyin died and Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne, he adopted new tax measures for the Shu region. He required the residents of the Shu region to pay taxes in copper coins from now on, and the taxes would be increased every year in proportion to the local harvest. So where did the copper coins come from? 】

[The imperial court did not let you conjure things out of thin air. He lifted the ban and at the same time increased the issuance of copper coins by one-tenth. 】

[It seems like a perfect policy, allowing copper coins to flow in Shu, but is this really the case? 】

[The issuance of government orders is one thing, but the specific implementation is another.Officials all want to take advantage of this opportunity to make a lot of wealth.As a result, the issuance of copper coins became a matter of paper but was not implemented. 】

[In the fifth year of the Taiping and Xingguo period, the ratio of copper to iron coins in the Sichuan-Sichuan region had risen to one to four hundred. Local people were struggling to make a living. In order to obtain copper coins, many people even robbed tombs or melted Buddha statues. 】

[But in the end, only four or five taels of copper coins were obtained, and most people were convicted for this. 】

[The officials were very happy, their family property increased rapidly, and the emperor was also very happy, because the people of Shu were still poor, that is, they had no ability to rebel. 】

(End of this chapter)