Chapter 1275 The new follow-up evolution of Three People Becoming a Tiger
If Pang Tong is not smart, I am afraid that there are not many smart people in the world. This realization can be regarded as a surprising conclusion after Wei Duan and Du Ji fought with Pang Tong overtly and covertly. Somewhat depressing conclusion.
Today's young people...
Wei Duan and Du Ji looked at each other, and then presented the final result with their hands. "Report to Pang Shijun. After investigation, it was found that thirty-seven households overreported their real estate. According to the law, 16,300 yuan of land was confiscated. Eighty acres, fine 151,400 taels..."
"Well..." Pang Tong took the list, looked at it slowly, and then motioned for Wei Duan and Du Ji to sit down.
Wei Duan and Du Ji could guess with their toes that the so-called fire in the pavilion was a trap. After the two exchanged glances, they were somewhat glad that they had not done anything rash, otherwise they would have been on the list now. One member.
As for the losses of fellow Taoists...
It's already time to show mercy, okay?
It turned out that at the beginning, Wei Duan and Du Ji were so scared that they even thought that there would be another big purge. However, they did not expect that Pang Tong was raised high, but the force of the fall was not that strong. At least they did not confiscate their homes and exterminate their clans. Although it was a serious injury and the wealth of these thirty-seven families had shrunk by at least two-thirds, at least they were still alive, which was somewhat of a blessing.
"Well, that's it..." Pang Tong put the list on the side of the table, then reached out for tea and said casually, "Come, you two try this tartary buckwheat tea... This was developed by General Zhengxi himself. A new type of tea, regular drinking can clear the heart and cleanse the stomach, make people lighten their bodies and keep them healthy..."
"Thank you, Commander Pang." Wei Duan and Du Ji quickly picked up their tea bowls, took a few sips, and praised each other.
Pang Tong laughed a few times, and then said with a smile: "The measurement and report of the land of Sanfu has been completed. At a certain time, we will appoint people to inspect the city and declare it in the fields to make people aware of the land and make the land belong to the people..."
The corners of Wei Duan's eyes couldn't help but twitch, and he almost spilled the tea soup he was holding.
Du Ji coughed slightly and said: "Pang Shijun, why don't you send some civil servants to patrol the city... Most of them are not literate. If you miss the job, it will inevitably be bad..."
The city patrols were all made up of retired veterans of General Fei Qian, who had been disabled and retired from the army. They also received General Zhengxi’s salary and land. They were really the troops directly related to General Zhengxi. Water could not be poured in, and oil and salt could not be poured in. Eat, if these people were allowed to go to the fields, there would definitely be many little tricks in the details that could not be hidden, and they would be exposed.
For example, originally there were acres of fertile land, but then what was reported was acres of barren land...
For example, it was supposed to be a place where noble families had great power, and then it was scattered under the names of some unknown people...
For example, it was written on the document that it was a forest and wasteland, but it turned out that it had actually been developed and turned into fields, and it had been cultivated for a long time...
These matters are naturally not particularly serious crimes compared to those thirty-seven families who were blinded by lard, but they all add up to a large sum. As children of the noble family, how can Wei Duan and Du Ji Don't you understand?
Literary officials are more or less easy to talk to, eat and drink, arrange a few beautiful maids, and add some benefits as writing expenses, and everyone can get by. It is always better than those who always dig through small cloth bags and take out wooden fine cards. Patrolling the city?
Pang Tong chuckled and said: "The civil servants need to count the autumn poems and have no time to do it. Besides, the city inspection does not make any fuss. They are just proficient in counting. There is no harm in doing these small and hard work, so let's leave it at that..."
Wei Duan was silent for a moment and said slowly: "May I ask Mr. Pang, do you know if Jingxiang has patrols in the city?"
Pang Tong naturally understood the meaning of Wei Duan's words and laughed a few times. However, he did not directly answer Wei Duan's question. Instead, he said: "Sorrow to my ancestors, the country is from Shewei, the silk clothes are red, and the four dragon flags are red. I marched with bows to conquer the country, and brought Ning to the desert, united all the nations, supported the great merchants, and covered them with great armours, and my achievements were glorious... Hmm, I wonder if Wei Congcao has heard this poem?"
The corners of Wei Duan's eyes twitched again. How could he not know this poem? But this time it was not the thirty-seven households, but a large area. Even he, Webster, was involved in it. Naturally, he could not take it lightly. So he said rather forcefully: "Why do Pang Shijun do this? You must know that going too far is still not enough!"
The saying that the law does not punish the public is not an empty statement.
Who makes laws?
Is it to safeguard the interests of that level?
If there is no law to protect the distribution of social rights, who should be most worried about the property owners or the proletariat?
Therefore, when the "public" with the largest base begins to really make a fuss, the ruling class will often not suppress it blindly, but first divide and win over, and only kill those die-hards with a stick.
"Does Wei Congcao think this is inappropriate?" Pang Tong said lazily, as if the tea soup were too strong or too weak, "If you accept a land or a house, if you sell it to someone else, you will not receive more." Those who are willing to buy a house that is not as good as his own are not allowed to buy it. If you are an official or an eunuch, you can buy a house. The land and house should be transferred to the county magistrate, and those who cheat on behalf of his household will be ordered to redeem the city and the land and house will be confiscated. Those who are not allowed to buy a house are not allowed to buy a house. , if there is a land and house, and the person is named Tianzhai, and the person is named Tianzhai, he will be ordered to guard the border for two years, and he will be imprisoned by the Tianzhai magistrate. If the person is named Tianzhai, he can be sued first, and his crime will be removed, and he will be named Tianzhai. , it is like a law or order. The above are all "household laws"."
Wei Duan thought about his words and said: "Knowing the good and evil of the people, how to serve in succession, knowing how rich and poor the people are, how much they are given, and equalizing their poor quality, this is the job of a village elder. Pang Shijun is a talented and intelligent man, and he is the leader of the world. Jie, who is also in the position of assistant to the capital, will soon ascend to the Hall of Three Sophora trees and shine for thousands of years." After saying that, he also glanced at Du Ji.
Du Ji also handed over his hand and said: "Now that Guanzhong has been decided, and it is time for the autumn harvest, taxation should be the most important thing...Tian Xuan's matter is in a hurry, and it is inevitable that there will be mistakes. You might as well...wait for time and prepare more manpower, and then proceed again Make a decision?"
Pang Tong had a dark face and stared at Wei Duan and Du Ji without saying a word. At first, the two of them looked at Pang Tong, but after a while, they lowered their eyes and avoided it, remaining silent. It's not because it's so ugly that I can't stand it.
"In a family of five, no less than two people are in the service, no more than a hundred acres can be cultivated, and no more than a hundred stones can be harvested from a hundred acres. Plowing in the spring, plowing in the summer, harvesting in the autumn, storing in the winter, cutting firewood, managing the government, and doing corvee labor; There is no protection from wind and dust in spring, heat and heat in summer, rain and rain in autumn, and cold and freezing in winter. During the four seasons, there is no day to rest." Pang Tong said slowly, "If the people suffer, the government will be in chaos, and if the people perish, the country will be in danger. 2. Do you think so?"
Wei Duan was silent for a long time before he raised his hand and said: "In compliance with the people's wishes, there are three things to make up for. One is that the Lord uses enough, the other is that the people give less, and the third is to encourage farmers to do good work. Pang Shijun wants to be kind to the people, so it is a great good deed. However, his gifts are not that small, and he has not done any agricultural work. He only serves as a jailer and hunts down crimes. Is it possible that he is putting the cart before the horse? A small offense and a heavy punishment also loses the way of benevolence and righteousness, and damages the virtue of conquering the West. He is weak and lazy. Even if a person has ten thousand acres of fertile land, it will be empty and they will have nothing to leave behind for their descendants. The hard-working people will be frugal in running their homes, and over time, they will eventually have a shadow for their descendants. Is this too much?"
Du Ji said: "The emperor's love for the people can be learned from heaven and earth, and we are deeply impressed by it. However, now the people's hearts are not stable, and they are in panic. It is necessary to stabilize the four directions, stabilize the market, encourage farming and mulberry, and promote commerce." Why should you be in a hurry?"
Pang Tong looked at the two of them, suddenly laughed, and said: "Since you two are willing to guarantee Xianghuai, it is not necessary to postpone the discussion... However, when something comes up, it needs to be implemented immediately... Come here! Get it." Tongbaolai!"
In fact, in Pang Tong's plan from the beginning, he did not intend to catch all the noble nobles of the third auxiliary. He would suppress them, loosen them a little, and clean up some of the unlucky ones who jumped up. Such measures were also taken by these noble nobles of the third auxiliary. It was within the right's acceptance range, so Pang Tong left this matter to Wei Duan and Du Ji, and these two people didn't think there was anything inappropriate.
Anyway, aren’t the governors of various places appointed by the imperial court always like this?
For local snakes, if they can't withstand a strong dragon, they just lower their heads and endure it. It's not that they have endured it before. However, if the attack surface is spread and they want to kill them all, dogs will jump over the wall if they are anxious, let alone humans.
Pang Tong arrested thirty-seven households, and Wei Duan and Du Ji didn't have much to say. After all, some of them even warned them, but in the end they refused to listen and jumped into the pit desperately. It was their own fault and they couldn't blame others. And naturally there should be as few such fools as possible among the ranks of the third auxiliary nobles of our family, otherwise we wouldn’t even know they were implicated that day.
But Pang Tong's next move was to challenge almost all the three auxiliary nobles. Wei Duan and Du Ji were also among them. Of course, they could not continue to support Pang Tong's actions.
Pang Tong himself was from a noble family, so he didn't understand. Therefore, he was just showing his attitude by showing off his attitude to let the noble nobles in the third auxiliary know that they should either cooperate obediently or not be rude.
The Tongbao that Pang Tong asked to bring over was the most important economic reform that Fei Qian was planning to implement recently.
In fact, this matter is also related to the rumor that Pang Tong, Jia Xu and Xu Shu made up the general's conquest of the west. Although it is not said that they killed one thousand enemies and suffered eight hundred losses, it still affected the previous economic and monetary system to some extent.
The value system of Jiaozi previously promoted in Bingbei was still linked to copper coins. That is to say, although most people accepted Jiaozi as a general equivalent, they still converted it to the value of the old five-baht coin.
The value of modern banknotes is generally endorsed by the credit of the country. The banknotes themselves do not conform to the law of value. This is basically the understanding of everyone in later generations. However, in the Han Dynasty, the price of paper was very high, so in Feiqian
When Jiaozi was promoted, everyone did not have many opinions. Within a small scale, under the control of Fei Qian, and with the personal reputation of General Zhengxi as a guarantee, some of Jiaozi's problems were not serious.
Anyway, the copper coin system collapsed, the five-baht coin depreciated significantly, and there was no suitable substitute. Paper, which was expensive and complicated to produce, temporarily served as the general equivalent in Bingbei area.
Just like many times after the collapse of the copper coin system, people used barter, but Feiqian provided a more convenient substitute. However, Feiqian used the Jiaozi system to get through the initial most difficult and largest amount of money.
After the stage of plundering wealth, Fei Qian found that he was suddenly faced with an embarrassing problem. There were certain difficulties in continuing to promote Jiaozi. After all, Jiaozi had problems both in terms of acceptance and storage and use, and such problems
As the jurisdictional distance increases, it will bring more inconvenience and even affect the order of the entire economy.
The ancient Chinese currency system was based on the copper standard as the basis of exchange value. It was a currency system with strict regulations and standards. Otherwise, the copper standard would not have become the core of the Eastern currency system, and its influence would radiate to surrounding countries and last for thousands of years.
The Jiaozi currently manufactured by Feiqian is basically not worth it because of its strong technology and the high cost of imitation, so imitations have not yet appeared, but this means that there will definitely not be any in the future.
Is it necessarily safe and convenient?
A very obvious problem is that during the use of Jiaozi for so many years, there must be daily wear and tear, just like the banknotes of later generations. Fei Qian is responsible for recycling these nearly abandoned Jiaozi, and was responsible for the exchange of Qingyin in the Han Dynasty.
The shops are not like the ATMs that can be found everywhere in big cities in later generations, but rather like remote and remote villages, which may not be available even thirty or forty miles away. The serious shortage of Qingyin shops will also limit the promotion of the entire Jiaozi.
The second aspect is that even in Binh Duong, sometimes some fake jiaozi are accidentally mixed in. They are not imitations, but for example, they are passed off as five pieces. As a result, it is difficult to identify them because of the stains.
, even when fifty...
If these moldy, damaged, and dirty items are not returned or replaced, Jiaozi's reputation will decline accordingly, so we can only replace them, but if we continue to do so, it will inevitably cause more problems.
It's not that there are no solutions, such as introducing a labeling system, etc., but this will increase the overall complexity a lot. Not only in terms of technology, but also in terms of personnel, the requirements will be higher, and it will inevitably feel like the gain is not worth the loss.
The final blow to the Jiaozi currency system was the rumors of Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Jia Xu and others.
Just think about it and you will know, when it is said that General Zhengxi died, what action will those who still have Jiaozi make?
Therefore, after Feiqian returned to Pingyang, after many considerations, he prepared to gradually upgrade Jiaozi and evolve it into a large-amount bill of exchange, and implement the evolution of China's original copper standard into a gold standard. Of course, at the beginning, it was still mainly copper, but
The important thing is to seize the right to cast, that is, to formulate a legal standard for Tongbao.
Strictly speaking, China is not currently on a complete copper standard, but on a gold-copper re-standard. However, whether it is a gold-copper re-standard or a gold-silver re-standard, they are actually very unstable. It would be better to directly implement it to the gold standard in one fell swoop.
Gold is upgraded to legal tender, and all other metals are auxiliary currencies. In this way, in addition to helping to standardize the original copper coin system that was completely ruined and restore its original value, it can also facilitate better transactions with the outside world and promote the development of commodities.
circulation.
In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the Qin banliang coins weighing twelve baht were still used. However, due to insufficient copper materials, there was a serious shortage of copper coins. Therefore, the minted banliang coins actually weighed only eight baht. Later, the weight was gradually reduced, and four bahts were minted.
Half liang and three baht coins; there is also the phenomenon of melting down money weighing twelve baht and making half liang coins weighing three baht as heavy coins weighing twelve baht. Such a chaotic and large amount but insufficient weight currency system is corrupted, which directly
This led to the rampant practice of privately minting coins among the people.
The reason why Dong Zhuo's five-baht coins were ruined in Guanzhong was also the same as this. In order to make up for the shortfall, he even cast the five-baht coins into one baht, which was called "corn money" by the people. The weight was reduced and the quality was reduced.
But it still has to serve as its original value. Who will accept this? A large number of five baht coins were withdrawn and privately minted into even less valuable counterfeit money. It could even be broken by breaking it hard, so the copper coin system completely collapsed, and
This gave Fei Qianjiao the space to exist.
But everything has its own development rules, and Jiaozi is no exception. On the one hand, Fei Qian wants to educate on a large scale, so he naturally needs to expand the production of paper, and at the same time, he must prevent Jiaozi made from paper from being copied, which will lead to economic structure
It collapsed, so it became a helpless choice to go back to the heavy metal currency system that adapted to the production conditions. Although Fei Qian also knew that paper money was the most profitable, but the conditions are indeed insufficient now, so he decided to do it before Jiaozi completely collapsed.
Previously, the currency value system was re-standardized, using weight and quality as standards, and the gold standard currency system was standardized, which meant specifying the quality standards of gold, silver and copper. In addition to the final point, Fei Qian's men were about four or five years old north of Yinshan Mountain.
A considerable gold mine was discovered hundreds of miles away...
"This is gold, platinum, and red gold treasure." Pang Tong slammed the newly minted coins on the table, and then said to Wei Duan and Du Ji, "I have the order to conquer the west, and I will use this autumn to harvest
The opportunity is to make everyone in the three auxiliary areas know this Tongbao in exchange for five baht."
