I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 390 Is Wu State worse?

Theory and practice are completely different.

For example, reserve currency, in theory, requires a reserve of 30%, but once the court has the power to print money, printing money is like a wild horse that runs wild, and no one can control it anymore.

This is human nature!

Everyone knows that the dynasty has a three-hundred-year rule, and everyone knows that after annexing land, there will be a crisis.

Why does history always repeat itself?

Is history a story?

History is human nature repeating itself again and again.

So now Cao Wei wants to abolish paper money, how can it be so simple?
The price of food in Luoyang has skyrocketed. What does it have to do with our family?

It’s not because you don’t work hard!

Look at us, we have worked hard for generations, let’s learn!
Paper money is so convenient, why don’t I feel any ill will?
You are the only one with a lot to do!
On the tenth day of the seventh lunar month, Taichang Wang Su submitted a memorial to Wei Emperor Cao Mao, requesting Wei Emperor to order the abolition of banknotes.

This is not the first time that Cao Wei has abolished currency.

However, Wang Su's proposal was openly opposed by many people.

Within a month, officials from all over the country, including senior officials such as governors and prefects, sent memorials to Cao Fang.

They spoke passionately about the convenience of paper money, the value it brought to the court, and how happy the people were when they got paper money.

But in August, the Luoyang court's situation changed.

A group of important ministers headed by Gao Rou began to speak out, believing that a large number of banknotes were being counterfeited among the people, and the court needed to stop it immediately.

As for who said to use banknotes in the first place?

Of course...it's...yes, it's Wang Ling!
He sent a memorial letter from Yangzhou to the capital. After the report was submitted, he expounded the benefits of paper money vividly and misled the princes of Luoyang and his majesty.

Now it seems that he did it on purpose.

Because he was already preparing to rebel!

That's right! He is Li Jian's spy in our great Wei Dynasty!
For a time, the opposition to banknotes grew rapidly.

As for those who still wanted to persevere, the weather might not be very good in August. After all, it was autumn. They were infected with wind and cold, and they all lay in bed and died within a few days.

This story tells us that we should exercise more, otherwise people will die in the autumn.

In mid-August, Wang Hun, the wine minister of the Imperial College, made a public statement: Paper money is a conspiracy of Shu dogs to destroy our great Wei Dynasty, and Shu dogs must not be allowed to succeed! Otherwise, all the people will live in dire straits!

According to the procedure, the next step is to arrest a group of people who support paper money, and then start to interrogate how they colluded with Li Jian.

There is a characteristic of the political game: in order to bring down a political strongman, another political strongman must appear. Otherwise, other political forces will be in disarray and cannot join forces to fight and will have to acquiesce.

The most difficult thing in the political game is to align the forces of all parties. Even if you only align with one-third of the people who listen, you will still have the initiative.

The other two-thirds must be working independently.

Because individuals have ideas, groups do not. If a group wants to reach a consensus, it needs negotiation, trade-offs, compromises, and running-in and experiencing some setbacks before it can gain mutual trust.

Even if they form a temporary alliance without a foundation, it will be easily broken by each of them.

This is the basic logic of Sima Yi's governance.

What's more, Sima Yi now has more than half of the political cards in his hand.

After Luoyang's appeal to public opinion was stirred up in August, paper money began to become a negative example.

But paper money can never be withdrawn from Cao Wei so easily.

After all, it is a piece of money, a piece of money that everyone once recognized.

At present, it is only the official Cao Wei who has spoken and set the tone. A series of subsequent disputes will involve several states and counties, which will cause social problems. September has arrived in the blink of an eye, and the autumn leaves in Gangneung have turned completely yellow. From a distance, the golden leaves seem to be burning in the autumn wind.

Li Heng sat with a report on Cao Wei's current situation in his hand.

After reading it, he put it aside with an indifferent expression.

Du Yu sighed with emotion: "Sima Yi is really ruthless. This kind of thing can be controlled so quickly."

It was normal for Sima Yi to stumble when he first encountered finance.

Because Sima Yi is also a human being.

He also needs to keep learning.

But Sima Yi's application of political rules, I am afraid that few people can be his opponent.

What was politics in ancient times?
The ancient political powers told the people that the day was black, and then the people would think that the day was black.

In an era when public opinion has not awakened, all interpretation rights rest with the Gongqing family.

But if you want to play such a rule well, you also need superb political skills.

"Sima Yi is good at playing with power, but currency and commerce are outside the scope of power." Li Heng said lightly, "Power cannot make money disappear with a single order, and power cannot revive commerce with a single order. Tao is invisible. It does not change according to human will.”

"So the general thinks that Sima Yi hasn't solved this problem yet?"

"No."

"Well, I think so too. This time it also hurt Cao Wei's vitality. Some of the local noble families must still have some banknotes. They are not willing to hold them in their hands. After all, they used materials in exchange for them. They must take advantage of the people. The news is blocked, so let’s get rid of the last banknotes in our hands.”

"In the end, the people who got the banknotes found that the money they could use to buy goods had turned into a pile of waste paper. They felt resentful and some people would resist."

"Furthermore, a lot of civilian food has been plundered by this paper money policy. There is no need to wait until the next year to harvest food. When winter comes this year, many people will not be able to stand it anymore and will organize and start grabbing food. When things get serious, Sima Yi can only compromise."

"It will take at least two years to completely eliminate the impact of this incident. This is exactly the perfect time for us to destroy Wu."

Li Heng suddenly asked: "How is Jianye's current situation?"

"Two more officials from Prince Wu's faction have been arrested, and Lu Yin has arrived in Wuchang."

"Lu Yin has arrived in Wuchang?" Li Heng was slightly startled.

What was Lu Yin doing in Wuchang?
What else can I do?
Now the conflict between Prince Jianye and King Lu is getting more and more serious. Lu Xun, the local top official, has always remained neutral, and the Prince faction is now being suppressed to death.

In just six months, three important people were killed.

Lu Yin is coming to Wuchang to ask Lu Xun to come forward.

It seems that the conflict between Sun Quan and Lu Xun will break out in the near future.

Is Lu Xun going to die?
"How about Jianye's paper money?"

"No better than Cao Wei."

"Oh?"

"The price of grain has reached 800 yuan per catty."

Good guy!
It seems that the Jiangdong nobles are uglier than the Central Plains nobles!

"Sun Quan has made no move?"

"Sun Quan increased the minting of copper coins."

"No wonder, Sun Quan wanted to use copper coins to offset the depreciation of paper money and prepare more reserves to give the people confidence. But this was in vain. Reserves are just one type of currency credit."

If Lu Xun died, Wu's economy would be in ruins.

The time has come to destroy Wu!
(End of this chapter)