I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 307 The new era of hegemony
The other ministers glanced at Cao Shuang in confusion before turning their attention to Cui Lin.

Cui Lin was sweating on his forehead, but he managed to maintain his composure and said: "The lower official is stupid, and the lower official cannot understand the meaning of the general's words."

"Can't you?" Cao Shuang's tone was still gentle, "But someone has reported that you have hidden a large amount of Shu money, intending to buy Shu money and sell it at a high price."

"This is definitely slander! This is slander!" Cui Lin reacted and shouted, "General, there is a villain who wants to frame me! Your Majesty! Someone wants to frame me!"

The others exchanged glances with each other, but no one spoke for Cui Lin. Some people whispered.

"Da Sinong, without evidence, I will not mention this matter in court." Cao Shuang said.

Then he glanced at Xin Chang, who took out some documents from his sleeves and prepared to present them to Cao Fang.

Cao Shuang said, "Let the Taiwei watch it first."

Xin Chang immediately presented it to Sima Yi.

This also shows Cao Shuang's respect for Sima Yi.

Today's situation in the court is actually under Cao Shuang's control.

After Sima Yi opened it and read it, he asked calmly: "General, if this document is true, Great Sinong is guilty."

Sima Yi couldn't help but look at Cao Shuang differently.

"Then you just said that you were against the flow of Shu money into the Wei Dynasty. It was for the sake of the Wei Dynasty. Now you admit that you have a lot of Shu money. Is there any problem before and after this?"

"It does make sense." Tai Changlin also expressed his agreement.

"What Da Sinong said makes sense." Gao Tanglong also said.

Sima Yi said: "Since everyone agrees to relax the ban, I have no other intention."

When the ministers saw that even Chang Lin agreed, they quickly came out to express their agreement.

"General." At this time, Xin Chang said, "Da Si Nong may really just be greedy for a moment, but the court does have regulations to strictly control Shu money. As a senior Si Nong, if he knowingly commits a crime, he must be punished."

Everyone else knows whether to agree or disagree.

At this time, Xia Houxuan came out again and said: "Your Majesty, there are many people with Shu money among the people, and the court cannot completely ban them. Since even the great farmers have Shu money, I still think that the ban should not be stopped."

"Your Majesty! I...I am guilty!" Cui Lin came out quickly and knelt in the middle with his forehead on the floor.

When Cui Lin saw what had happened, he immediately said, "General, I'm just greedy for a moment. I want to eat some Shu salt. I'm greedy for a moment!"

Cui Lin immediately said: "Yes, yes, Your Majesty, this Shu money does have its uses. I didn't think of it before. If Shu money can circulate in the Wei Dynasty, the imperial court can open more money supervisors. Make more money, Mr. Zhou also said just now, now the money is made faster and the cost is lower..."

At first, most people opposed the lifting of the ban. Cao Shuang deliberately seduced Cui Lin and then killed him with one blow, shocking everyone.

Then Xin Chang came out to moderate, and finally Xia Houxuan came out to set the tone.

The atmosphere in the entire hall became solemn, and many ministers showed panic on their faces.

Cui Lin was sweating like a waterfall on his forehead. He didn't expect that Cao Shuang would investigate him and have so much evidence.

"The documents are true. Some of them are records made by officials, and some are oral confessions from Da Sinong's people." Cao Shuang said, "Da Sinong Cui Lin privately hoarded a large amount of Shu money. After buying Shu salt, he resold other products at high prices. people."

Cao Shuang asked Sima Yi seriously: "Lieutenant, you are the pillar of the Wei Dynasty. What do you think of this matter? Please express your true insights."

"Xiaguan...Xiaguan..." Cui Lin really didn't know how to retort, so he could only say, "Xiaguan is really just greedy for a moment."

Because most people in the court eat Shu salt, they basically have Shu money on their hands.

When they saw Cao Shuang checking Cui Lin, they were worried that Cao Shuang had also checked themselves. Before Cao Shuang continued to name Cui Lin, they immediately began to support the lifting of the ban.

As long as you let go of the ban, you will be innocent. From this point of view, Cao Shuang really has a few tricks up his sleeve.

When Cao Shuang saw that Sima Yi didn't say anything, he said, "Your Majesty, all the ministers agree to let go of the ban. The Taiwei has great insight and agrees to let go of the ban. Please ask your Majesty for your sanction."

How could Cao Fang know this? He said: "The general is the leader of the country, you can decide."

"I would never dare."

"That's it, General."

Cao Shuang reluctantly agreed and said to the officials: "From today on, Shu money will no longer be banned. However, Da Sinong secretly hid Shu money first, which indeed violated the laws of the court, so I will remove him." The great farmer."

After finishing speaking, his eyes fell on Cui Lin: "Do you have any objections?"

"Thank you, General. I have no objections to my resignation. Thank you for your majesty's grace!"

In the last month of the first year of Yanxi, Luoyang announced that the use of Shu money was no longer prohibited.

Some people say that Luoyang's "order to lift the ban on Shu money" is the beginning of the economic unification of the three countries, while others say that it is the beginning of the three countries' all-round struggle for hegemony.

The reasons for the explanation are also very sufficient.

In the past era, with the collapse of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo's comprehensive impact on the monetary system, and the comprehensive collapse of the economic system due to war, led to the split of political power and the split of economic commodities, causing the whole world to regress while being divided. Back to the Spring and Autumn Period.

What era is the Spring and Autumn Period?
It was an era when commodity circulation was extremely scarce.

The commodity trade in the Eastern Han Dynasty was actually very developed. You must know that Liu Xiu was a small landowner and businessman.

The entire Eastern Han Dynasty was far more tolerant of business than the Western Han Dynasty, as well as the Sui and Tang Dynasties in later generations.

Businessmen not only have free space for activities, but their identities are not restricted.

What is even more noteworthy is that the coinage power of the Eastern Han Dynasty was not limited to Luoyang, but was delegated to various states and counties.

Many of the wealthy families were engaged in business and had obtained the right to mint coins, so it was inevitable to mint large amounts of currency.

But all this was terminated by the split.

Even Cao Wei simply abandoned currency.

Until this moment, Cao Wei relaxed his control over Han money, which would inevitably bring new impetus to the long-repressed business.

Then the problem is coming.

In the past, it was just a simple military competition, a competition between one big landowner after another.

Now that a large number of businessmen are involved, competition between business interest groups will be born.

In order to obtain more benefits, business groups will invest more people and funds in exploring new business models and technologies.

This is a trend that no one can stop.

For example, Sun Quan was already eyeing Xinyan and the heavy artillery that would break through Jiangling City.

The same is true for Cao Wei. Even in order to obtain more profits, the people of Cao Wei have begun to use water conservancy spinning machines.

Some businessmen publicly stated that if someone could further improve the water-powered spinning machine, he could receive generous rewards.

The situation among the three countries has begun to involve a commercial competition and a technological competition.

(End of this chapter)