My father is Emperor Wu of Han, how can I be different from him?

Chapter 167 I’m Annoyed
"Your Highness, the King of Jiaoxi is a natural eunuch and cannot be ruled."

"No help at all?"

"No." Tang An answered firmly, shaking his head like a rattle.

At the side corridor, Liu Ju looked at the King of Jiaoxi not far away and gritted his teeth, "Since there is no hope of saving him, what have you been doing to him these days?"

When the emperor's brothers were feasting in the Weiyang Palace, Prince Liu Duan of Jiaoxi did not join in, but was looking for famous doctors in Bowang Garden.

Now that Liu Ju asked, the famous doctor Tang An said as a matter of course: "Tianyan, what a rare patient. We must study him."

"After our careful research, we found that..."

"What did you find?" Liu Ju asked curiously.

Old Man Tang stroked his beard and said seriously, "We found that Tian Yan is indeed beyond salvation!"

Hey.

Liu Ju bared his teeth, took a deep breath, and pointed at the King of Jiaoxi who was drinking a bowl of medicine in the palace. "There is no medicine to cure him, so what is he doing now?"

"We told him there was no cure, but he didn't believe us. What else could I do? I had to prescribe some tonic for him. It's better than nothing."

"For a notorious prince like the King of Jiaoxi, if it weren't for my medical ethics, I wouldn't even want to prescribe tonic medicine for him!"

Liu Ju opened his mouth, but was speechless for a moment.

Old Man Tang was still talking to himself, "This time, His Highness asked me to play the clown. You must remember that next time, if anyone turns hostile and ruthless again, I will definitely bring up the old scores."

"...Alright, alright, it's just that I spoke a little harshly when I was treating the Champion Marquis. Let's go into the hall."

"Humph……"

The whispers in the side corridor gradually stopped, and the sound of scolding suddenly rang out in the hall. The protagonists of the conversation were still those two people. Only one voice was heard:
"How can you be so stingy! This is my eighth uncle, the King of Jiaoxi of the Han Dynasty. I will pay for all his medicines!"

"Ugh."

As soon as the prince finished speaking, the famous doctor Tang came over and lamented, "Your Highness, this is not the way to do good deeds. Besides, the medicinal materials used by the King of Jiaoxi are expensive..."

"No need to say it!"

When Liu Ju interrupted coldly, the two of them happened to walk through the palace gate and tacitly stopped talking. Seeing the King of Jiaoxi looking over, Liu Ju's anger turned into joy and asked with a smile:
"Is uncle feeling better these days?"

The King of Jiaoxi, who had just put down the medicine bowl, responded, then looked at Tang An with doubt on his face. Liu Ju pretended to be suddenly aware and said hurriedly:

"Haha, my subordinates are ignorant. Uncle, don't worry. You can live in Bowang Garden. I will take care of all the expenses!"

Old man Tang cooperated very well and gave an 'ignorant' expression, sighing and shaking his head.

Saw this scene.

The King of Jiaoxi looked somewhat displeased. If he had not been concerned that the other party still wanted to treat him, he would have probably scolded him.

Liu Ju waved his hand at the right time and drove Tang An out after he had cooperated.

After the other party left, the King of Jiaoxi frowned and said, "Prince, you need to practice more on how to govern your subordinates. How dare a subject disobey the monarch?"

"Yes, uncle is right." Liu Ju agreed with it.

After scolding the ignorant guy, the King of Jiaoxi's expression eased a little and he bowed to Liu Ju to express his gratitude.

There was quite a lot of noise in the corridor outside the palace just now. Seeing that the King of Jiaoxi finally brought up this matter, Liu Ju quickly waved his hand:
"It's just a little money, not worth mentioning. I know that it's not easy for uncles and uncles. Recently, the court is going to ban the counties from minting coins. It will be even more difficult for you in the future."

"Nephew will help if he can, it's not a big deal!"

The King of Jiaoxi was about to say something polite in return, but suddenly froze and noticed the key point, "Prohibit the counties from minting coins?"

"Yes."

Liu Ju lowered his voice and said solemnly: "My nephew came here today to talk to uncle so that he can prepare in advance."

After the words fell, the King of Jiaoxi sneered, revealing a hint of coldness, "Oh, if the brothers knew about this, they would probably be so anxious that they would jump up and down!"

"But I don't care."

"Oh? Why?" Liu Ju raised his eyebrows. He was really a little confused.

Upon hearing this, the King of Jiaoxi suddenly became gloomy, and glanced at the two concubines serving him, "I don't even care about the taxes in the country, so why would I care about minting coins?"

I don't even have a son, what's the point of saving millions of wealth! ?

Feeling the king's vicious and violent gaze, the two concubines brought from Jiaoxi shuddered and turned pale.

When Liu Ju walked out of the palace, the smile on his face was still the same, but people who knew him well could tell at a glance that it was extremely fake.

The three people waiting in the corridor happened to be familiar with Liu Ju. Old Man Tang stroked his long beard and asked, "Your Highness, you are not happy with the King of Jiaoxi after less than half a minute of interaction?"

"We have been with this prince for quite a few days. What I said before about his medical ethics was not an empty talk."

If he had no medical ethics, he would have poisoned the King of Jiaoxi long ago, so how could he have given him tonic medicine? Song Yi also nodded beside him, obviously not liking the King of Jiaoxi very much.

Liu Ju said nothing, turned his head and looked at Su Wu beside him, "Have they arrived yet?"

"We are here. We are waiting in the front hall."

Liu Ju nodded slightly when he heard this, and as he walked away, he said, "Pack two doses of medicine for my uncle and tell him to get out of here!"

Hey.

Old Man Tang and Old Man Song looked at each other, and they knew this would be the result.

Let’s put aside for now how the two people in the back were laughing in unison and whispering to each other, and talk about the affairs in the front hall.

Liu Ju knew clearly from the King of Jiaoxi that the princes would not give up, and he also knew which ones were most likely to get angry.

at the same time.

There are other things he needs to know...

"In the fifth year of Yuanshou, His Majesty issued an edict to abolish the three-zhu coin and replace it with the five-zhu coin, and cast a "Guo" around the copper coin to prevent the people from grinding copper scraps and counterfeiting."

"It worked at first, but after a while, chaos arose again."

In the front hall of Bowang Garden, the officer in charge of minting coins under the command of the Water Observation Commander had a bitter face and said helplessly with a five-zhu coin in his hand:

"Your Highness, please take a look. This is a coin that came out of a county. It has a flat back without a rim, a large hole, and a thin overall texture."

"County officials took advantage of this to enrich themselves and blatantly cut corners, so the coins became lighter and more crude."

"The copper material used by the imperial court to cast one coin can be used by the prefectures to cast two or even three coins. This..."

"Ugh!"

Officer Zhong spread his hands and sighed heavily.

So far, the current emperor has reformed the currency system no less than several times.

In the first year of Jianyuan, three-zhu coins were minted; in the fifth year of Jianyuan, three-zhu coins were abolished and half-liang coins were circulated; in the third year of Yuanshou, the biggest movement took place.

That year, the imperial court recast the three-zhu coin, creating "white paper money" and "white gold coins", and under the promotion of the then Imperial Censor Zhang Tang, a law was formulated:
It is strictly forbidden for private individuals to mint coins. Anyone who mints coins illegally will be sentenced to death!

The fifth year of Yuanshou.

After the Battle of Mobei, "some officials said that the three-zhu coins were light and easy to be treacherous, so they asked all counties and states to cast five-zhu coins, surround them with a wall, and order them not to be ground or melted."

The emperor then changed the currency system again, abolishing the three-zhu coin and minting the five-zhu coin instead.

But even so!
Today, the imperial court has to reform the currency system once again, and the reason is still the same - "there are many corrupt officials in the counties and states who mint coins, and the coins are too light."

To sum up, it is not difficult to see that the court’s reforms have failed time and time again, and it is not difficult to see that the root cause of the failures all stems from one point -

The right to mint coins.

The imperial court did not have unified coinage rights.

Without the right to mint coins, it would be futile to reform the currency system...

After listening to Zhong Guanling's narration, Liu Ju understood. He understood why the emperor wanted to take back the right to mint coins, and he also understood how determined the emperor was to take back the right to mint coins.

Just from the repeated tugs of war above, Liu Ju could feel how annoyed the emperor was and how his patience was worn out time and time again.

today.

Finally reached the bottom!

In this case, Liu Ju already knew what kind of standards and methods he should use when persuading his clan elders...

(End of this chapter)