I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 110 The Minister of Industry of the Han Dynasty
Of course, printing money here is not printing banknotes.

The banknotes will go up directly, and the situation will definitely collapse quickly.

The lethality of finance is much greater than that of land reform, bureaucratic reform, and war.

Why do you say that?

Land reform is usually done by deceiving the superiors and concealing it from the subordinates. Problems will not break out quickly. When implementation encounters resistance at the lower levels, the higher authorities will be wary and then compromise.

For example, Zhang Juzheng measured the fields.

The same is true for bureaucratic reforms, such as Wang Anshi's reforms.

What about war?
Although wars are tragic, they usually cause local and rapid destruction.

If the war expands, the damage will increase.

But no matter how great the damage is, it is limited compared to the entire world.

But there is something very deadly that can quickly destroy a country.

This thing is currency.

Currency has high liquidity, and the more developed commerce is, the faster it circulates and the greater its influence.

What's more important is that it doesn't mean that you can stop just by saying stop. It doesn't change with the change of personal will.

The emperor could stop bureaucratic reforms, he could stop wars, he could stop land reforms, but he could not stop the circulation of currency.

It can be said that the biggest reason why Wang Mang brought the world to ruin in a short period of time was Wang Mang's currency reform.

Land reform offends the higher-ups, who can refuse to implement it.

However, if the currency reform is not careful, it will affect the upper, middle and lower levels.

Especially in ancient times when currency could not be turned into fixed assets, the interests of the upper class could not avoid being damaged due to poor currency reforms.

Of course, in an era like the Three Kingdoms, business practices have been greatly affected, especially by Cao Wei, who occupied nine states in the world, and directly exchanged things for things.

However, this does not mean that there is no commercial demand among the private sector.

Lack of money and lack of commercial needs are two completely different concepts.

In fact, the rulers of the three countries are aware of the crisis of currency reform.

After all, Wang Mang has only passed away for 200 years.

So no one dared to try it rashly, except Ji Han.

Jihan has relatively few resources. If he wants to replenish the national treasury, he must develop business.

Ji Han was the one who valued commerce the most among the Three Kingdoms, and Zhuge Liang often used Shu Brocade as a diplomatic strategy and to cut off Cao Wei's leeks.

This gave Li Heng the basis for currency reform in Jihan.

Fei Yi asked Li Heng with some confusion: "What else is there?"

"First make the cloth textile factory bigger. This will be enough to change many things." Li Heng said.

He didn't reveal much.

Li Heng was not a person who liked to talk nonsense. He tried sugar, salt, blue and white porcelain, etc.

After delivering the finished product, it is a hundred times more powerful to talk nonsense than to talk about it in advance.

Fei Yi agreed, but he still had no idea about Li Heng's strategy.

Can this really happen?

Zhuge Liang said: "What official position do you need to do this?"

"That's all you need, the alms chief."

Fei Yi was a little surprised: "Why do you want such an official position? Do you want to manage business?"

"Yes."

"It is really a waste to do this with your talents." Fei Yi said, "Prime Minister, I suggest that Ji'an be appointed as the Chief Nongcheng."

The Prime Minister Fei Yi mentioned was the deputy of Da Sinong.

Da Sinong is one of the Nine Qings.

The deputy naturally holds a high position of authority.

Li Heng said: "Fei Sima, your subordinate knows very little about Da Sinong Temple. It would be inappropriate to recognize Da Sinong Cheng because of his military exploits." Fei Yi said, "You not only have military exploits, The paper mill, the water-powered textile machine, and the curved-turn plow were all made by you. These not only changed the battlefield in Guanzhong, but were also enough to greatly enrich the national treasury."

Li Heng said: "That's even more inappropriate. These are the works of generals and should belong to the young master."

When he said this, Zhuge Liang and Fei Yi didn't know what to say for a while.

Only then did they realize that there was currently no official position in the court suitable for Li Heng's talents.

The word "O" in the word "O" means "small wheel" as a noun, and "rotation" as a verb as a verb.

Therefore, the office-bearers are mainly responsible for the uniform transportation (unified collection, sale, and transportation of goods), and earn profits by buying, selling, and transshipping salt and iron. In addition, they also collect wine taxes.

As the name suggests, it manages business.

Because Li Heng proposed to use business to support the pro-Han faction in Wei and Wu.

Therefore, this official position is the most suitable.

However, a problem arises.

In the economic war proposed by Li Heng, the goods included are not traditional goods, but new types of goods. The production of these goods has not yet been refined and scaled.

In other words, he still needs to further improve it.

So which department is responsible for production?

Shaofu Temple.

Fei Yi meant that he hoped that he could directly go to a high position to coordinate. After all, he had already made great achievements and had the support of the prime minister.

"If you want to be this official, I support you." Zhuge Liang said, "But the official office can't help you achieve those things yet. You can choose one of the official positions in the Shaofu."

"The Young Master currently has no suitable candidates," Li Heng said.

Zhuge Liang said: "If you don't have one, add one and add a new official position for you!"

Li Heng was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect the prime minister to support him so much.

"Then the Minister of Industry?" Li Heng said.

"Minister of Industry?" Fei Yi laughed and said, "This official position sounds pretty good."

The Minister of Industry was an official position that existed only in the Sui Dynasty. In this era, almost all the functions of the Ministry of Industry were in the Shaofu.

"Okay, I'll be Minister of the Ministry of Industry! Rank a Thousand Stones," Zhuge Liang said. "The papermaking, water-power textile institute, and the production of curved shaft plows will all be under your unified management."

After saying this, Zhuge Liang said: "I will report it to Your Majesty."

Zhi Qianshi is equivalent to Jiu Qing's deputy.

When that position was mentioned at once, Li Heng's heart immediately became more stressed.

"Thank you, Prime Minister!" Li Heng stood up and said, "I will not let down the Prime Minister's trust, but I have one more request."

"Please tell me what request you have."

"Xiaguan wants a few people to follow Xiaguan back to Chengdu."

"You name them."

"Dong Hong and Xue Liang from Chencang New City, Lu Zhi and Zhao Xiang from Tianshui County, and Ma Yong from Longxi County."

"Okay!" Zhuge Liang waved his hand, and he immediately knew why Li Heng wanted to take these people back to Chengdu.

Needless to say, Dong Hong and Xue Liang, Lu Zhi and Zhao Xiang both surrendered, they need to rely on, Lu Zhi has strong administrative ability, Zhao Xiang belongs to the Zhao family, and the economic export to Longyou needs the Zhao family's assistance.

As for Ma Yong, although Zhuge Liang didn't know why Li Heng asked him by name, he still agreed.

"Thank you, Prime Minister."

"By the way, don't mention the second point you mentioned, to fully release the population in the hands of the powerful Zhou family." Fei Yi reminded, "Get the current things done first."

"Yes." Li Heng said.

He knew that Fei Yi was worried that if he did this, he would anger the local interest groups in Yizhou.

This is no joke.

Zhuge Liang used this method to balance the situation. If the internal contradictions were exposed at this time, even if the battle in Guanzhong was stabilized but Chengdu was on fire, the overall situation would collapse.

However, Li Heng had his own ideas.

(End of this chapter)