I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 364: All the people build the Han Dynasty together!

Keynesianism uses financial means through the government to conduct macro-control of the economy.

Its core keywords include national macro-control, additional currency issuance, economic expansion, stimulating domestic demand, increasing employment, stimulating consumption, etc.

Its opposite is Hayekism.

The so-called Hayekism is the new liberalism.

Why is it called neoliberalism?
Colonization in the Age of Discovery was considered freedom for Europeans. This was the most primitive freedom, the freedom of fighting wild beasts.

However, with the advancement of human civilization and the reconstruction of world order, the concept of freedom from barbaric killing has been unable to adapt to the economic benefits brought by productivity in the new era.

Thus, neoliberalism in the legal sense was born, and its representative figure was Hayek.

The two divided into two major factions in later generations.

The two factions argued endlessly with each other and fought each other to pieces.

Fei Yi understood it completely now. He couldn't help but stand up and bowed to Li Heng: "The general is brilliant, and the subordinates are convinced."

But some people say that Keynesianism can concentrate efforts to accomplish great things.

"The government can do this, do we still need private businessmen to participate?" Fei Yi said, "Businessmen, as a group, value profits over justice, so be careful!"

For example, the number of jobs will surely gradually decrease, but the labor force will not necessarily decrease.

"Fishma, please speak."

Some people say that Keynesianism is effective in a short period of time, but the rapid rise of prosperity is just false prosperity and can easily mess up the national economy very quickly.

Li Heng smiled and said: "Fei Sima's worry is reasonable and normal, but has Fei Sima ever thought that if all goods come from the government, the government does not know how much cloth the people need. And if the people can only buy from the government, If we buy cloth here, then some of our officials will use this power to distribute it according to their relationship, which will cause complete chaos."

It cannot even be regarded as Keynesianism in the true sense, but can only be regarded as a prototype of national macro-control.

Fei Yi suddenly realized: "So that's it, so it's left to the private sector, and private merchants are responsible for their own profits and losses. The imperial court will be the largest businessman and be responsible for the balance?"

"General, I have one more question, the last one," Fei Yi said.

Of course, "The Wealth of Nations" written by Li Heng and "The Wealth of Nations" written by Adam Smith are not the same species.

"But if money continues to be issued in excess, prices will rise sooner or later."

Li Heng clearly implanted Keynesianism into Ji Han here, which is the original version of the state's macroeconomic regulation.

"So the money bank is very important, and the imperial trading company is very important. When the private currency is excessive, the price of food will inevitably rise, so the imperial court will invest a lot of food, cloth, and silk to recover currency from different classes."

Li Heng's main idea during this period was Keynesian macro-control, and Adam Smith happened to be a representative of classical liberalism.

Li Heng's fusion of classical liberalism and Keynesianism resulted in this "The Wealth of Nations" that is in line with the national conditions of the Han Dynasty.

Zhuge Liang's hand holding "The Wealth of Nations" was slightly forceful, and he could feel the power and value of these words.

Some people accuse Hayekism of being a pampering sect and the ideological spokesperson of the evil capital consortium in the world. With its mouth full of blood, it will make the gap between the rich and the poor in the world infinite.

But some people say that Hayek is a long-termist. Human beings are too small, and the information they possess is really limited. Manpower cannot compete with the laws, so we can only follow the laws and look for possibilities in the laws.

"Yes."

Zhuge Liang stroked his beard and said with a smile: "So, we have to open a money bank in Guanzhong."

"Yes." Li Heng said, "As long as we increase the opportunities for the people to make money, the people will be rich. I believe that when the people in Sizhou and Bingzhou learn about it, they will come over the mountains and ridges. Even we accept that the wealthy local people in Cao Wei will come here." Come to us and we will give you preferential treatment.”

Zhuge Liang said excitedly: "Yes, let local celebrities come to join us and let all the states in Cao and Wei know our strategy of governing the country. As the number of people continues to increase, in the temples and in the rivers and lakes, there are people who are working together to build the Han Dynasty. Why worry about the Han Dynasty?" out of fashion!"

"If the Prime Minister thinks it is feasible, we will try it in Chang'an?" "Good!"

"Then it will be Laofei Sima who will lead this restructuring."

Fei Yi was still a little nervous. After all, there was too much knowledge today and he needed to digest it.

“Where do we start?”

"Three things to start with. The first is the money bank, which is responsible for the reform of currency. I have a proposal to use words to measure money. Because we cannot measure the weight of banknotes, the baht is obviously not suitable."

"Well, that makes sense." Zhuge Liang said.

"In order to facilitate business and increase the cost of counterfeiting, we can issue money in several different denominations. The smallest one is one penny, which corresponds to the current one hundred baht, which is one piece of money. The second is ten penny, and fifty penny. Wen, one hundred wen. This is enough for our needs.”

"The general is simply a god!" Fei Yi couldn't help shouting.

"In this process, the Qian Bank must be separated from the government. The government cannot decide how much money the Qian Bank prints. Whether to print money or not has to be decided by the Prime Minister's Office. Because the matter is so important, I am worried that officials in the government will have this power. , Acting wantonly and without restraint.”

Zhuge Liang nodded thoughtfully: "Ji An's thoughts are so thoughtful! What you said is exactly the same as what I thought. But I have to tell you, the Prime Minister's Mansion cannot decide this matter at will. If the Prime Minister can decide at will Determined, after a hundred years, who can guarantee that the next one will not mess up? "

"What about Your Majesty?" Fei Yi asked.

"Not even your Majesty." Zhuge Liang said, "This matter is of great concern. As Ji'an said, legislation must seek the consent of the people. Times have changed, and virtuous people may not necessarily be correct!"

Li Heng was shocked. He didn't expect the prime minister to see this step.

This is a check and balance on superior power!

Why is it difficult for a real commercial society to be born under the rule of monarchy?
Because the commercial society is constantly changing, this is naturally in conflict with the monarch's pursuit of stability.

The first bank was born in Venice, Italy in the 16th century.

The world's first stock market was born in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th century.

Both countries share one characteristic: republics.

There was no strong monarchy to prescribe rigid dogma.

It seems that the Prime Minister will really use all means to revive the Han Dynasty!

He did not hesitate to restrict the power of the Liu family.

"I will discuss this matter with the general later." Zhuge Liang said, "Let me think about it myself."

"promise."

"The second point is to establish Chang'an Textile Trading Co., Ltd., Chang'an Logistics Trading Co., Chang'an Grain Trading Co., Ltd., set up Chang'an Municipal Bureau, and Changping Division, which is affiliated with the government administration, and is responsible for storing local grain, so that the Municipal Bureau can make reasonable decisions based on the market supply and demand of food. "Investment."

Fei Yi said: "I understand, use these trading companies to recruit workers!"

"Yes!"

"What about three?"

"The third is to build a Chang'an University, allowing workers to enter the university to quickly learn the craftsmanship in the factory. This can save a lot of time and speed up construction! If Fesima is short of people, people can be transferred from the Capital University and Chongqing University, where students It’s enough and the craftsmanship is good.”

Fei Yi jumped up on the spot and exclaimed: "So this is why the general established the Capital University and Chongqing University before?"

"It's also good for war fortifications."

"The general has a foresighted plan! It would be better to be lowered than to serve!" Fei Yi's chubby face was already trembling, "Guanzhong is good! Good news!"

(End of this chapter)