Chapter 2953 Sneaking into the night with the wind, the moon turns into a moon shell
Compared with Liu Xie, who was a little confused and changed the script a little, and only knew how to pronounce 1, 2, 3, 4, the veteran actor Xun probably understood what it was like after thinking for a while.
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Although this was slightly different from what he originally planned, it was generally considered to have accomplished the goal.
After Xun's court meeting, it was customary to go to the prime minister's house and give a brief explanation to Cao Pi.
The reason why it is slightly is because Xun may know that it is beneficial to have a closer relationship with Cao Pi, but he cannot get too close...
It's not that Xun You discovered any problem with Cao Pi's character at that moment, but that Xun You was Cao Cao's advisor at the moment, not Cao Pi's minister. If he expressed goodwill, then there would be no problem, but if he was too close, Lao Cao would
My classmates will definitely not be happy.
"Your Majesty," Cao Pi's attitude seemed particularly sincere today, "Please enlighten me, your Majesty, why... in the court, there were so many slanders in the past, but now it has become what it is now?"
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Cao Pi couldn't understand. Before this, they were still shouting and killing. It seemed that the emperor, all officials, and even the common people were all gibbering against Cao Cao, saying that Cao Cao was old and confused, and that he was not doing things properly.
That person was not thorough, or was secretly talking about how the Xiahou family of the Cao family seized power and bullied the weak. Anyway, basically from top to bottom, there were not many people who said good things about Cao Cao. Why did they do it after Cao Cao expressed his resignation?
, the limelight immediately turned, indicating that Prime Minister Cao worked hard, it was not easy for Prime Minister Cao, and Prime Minister Cao made great contributions?
Is it just because Ren Jun was "assassinated" that everyone is afraid?
So easy to use?
It's that simple?
So, in the future, whenever officials cause trouble, they can be "assassinated" once?
Cao Pi felt it was necessary to ask and find out.
Xunyou pondered for a while, "Officials, officials, serve the king. They also serve the public."
"Hiss..." Cao Pi felt a toothache. He had been talking for a while before, but now he's doing this again?!
"Your Majesty, please accept my courtesy!" Cao Pi left his seat and bowed to Xun or without saying a word.
Xun You was startled, this kid was not playing his cards according to common sense! So he stood up quickly, avoided the attack, and knelt down to return the favor.
Cao Pi had a serious look on his face, "Your Majesty! I am dull by nature and have read very little... Please your Majesty, please give me more details! I'm so polite here!"
"Huh..." Xun You had no choice but to return the favor again and said that it was his fault. He would definitely explain it in detail in the future so as not to embarrass the prince again.
Xun or Zhen didn't mean it.
In his opinion, it is very straightforward to say this.
I mentioned Lu's Spring and Autumn Period sentences before, which may be a bit "unconventional", but just now Xun or he was talking about Shu Wen Jie Zi's sentences! Isn't this a simple sentence that all nobles must read well since childhood and be able to recite it fluently?
The article?
Cao Pi was impatient. He subconsciously thought that it sounded troublesome, so he thought that Xun He was going around in circles again, so he acted faster than his mind and didn't even think about it. Otherwise, Cao Pi really had to calm down and think carefully.
, it’s not like I can’t remember where Xun Huo’s words came from...
After all, in Han Dynasty, this is a reading material for primary school students.
Of course, it is also possible that Cao Pi felt that it would be easier to pay homage than to think about it.
"Your Majesty, have you ever remembered what I said before that in Shandong, it is better to buy than to build?"
Cao Pi nodded, "Is this also related?"
Xun or nodded, "It's just like the Hussar crossbow that assassinated Zhonglang... We originally got it from merchants at a high price, but we were so proud of ourselves that we thought it was because of the lax control under the Hussar rule... Now that I think about it, we were completely fooled...
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At first, some elite equipment could be smuggled from the Husband's workshop, and many Shandong people secretly laughed at the Hussar as a fool, and his workshop was just a sieve. But after getting used to the Hussar's tools...
You must know that war, well, even if it is not a war, there is a probability of damage to these weapons when used daily. However, Shandong thinks that everything is good from Changan, so it is better to purchase it than to make it yourself. When something goes wrong, they will look at each other with both eyes.
Stared, and then the Shandong nobles who had been mocking Chang'an and ridiculing the Hussars all just shrank their heads and closed their mouths, pretending that they had never said it before.
These gentry children liked to laugh at Fei Qian of Chang'an, and naturally they also enjoyed ridiculing Cao Cao of Xu County.
However, making these Shandong nobles take responsibility for their words is as difficult as climbing to the sky.
Just like those people who ridiculed the policy of Husband and the old system, they were either imitating the Spring and Autumn Period or imitating the ancient times. They were nothing more than this and that. All kinds of gentry children who looked down upon them now know that these systems and laws are powerful, so they
Then he immediately changed his tone, saying that Fei Qian was acting recklessly and corrupting the legal system of his ancestors.
This is what Xun Yu meant. Such officials may seem to have many people, but they are actually useless...
The original meaning of the word "guan" in ancient oracle bone inscriptions was originally just a house where authority was placed.
It's nothing more than a dead thing.
The quality of an official, whether he is good or bad, is not measured by physical appearance, not by the crown on his head or the robe on his body, but by the person and his words and deeds.
Now these noblemen have suddenly changed their tone, from opposing Cao Cao to supporting Cao Cao. Is it any wonder?
Seeing that Ren Jun was really assassinated, someone might die, so just kill fellow Taoist. Pindao supports Prime Minister Cao!
He appears to be a saint in front of others, but he is just a ghost behind others.
Cao Pi somewhat understood, but also nodded confusedly.
Reading people's hearts is a big project, and considering Cao Pi's current skills, it is naturally somewhat inadequate.
When Xun Yu saw this, he did not force it, but changed the topic and began to explain to Cao Pi why he designed it like this and why he wanted to get the current situation...
Shandong is a land with a large population.
Numerous means a mob.
Especially in Shandong, there are too many people who think that they are smart people, know everything, and especially like to chatter. This trend reached its peak during the Yuedan Review, and although it has been suppressed a little now,
However, there are still many remnants and endless poison.
Under such circumstances, if you want to unify your thoughts and make these Shandong people at least superficially consistent with Cao Cao, you really can't just hold two court meetings and issue an announcement. And there are some people, if they go beyond
It is an official request, the more these people want to show their wisdom, deliberately go against the grain, say sarcastic things, do counterproductive things, or at least stand aside and sneer...
Now, Cao Cao is looking for a war. If he really wants to start a fight, he must be focused and undistracted. Therefore, he must first let these people automatically adjust to a unified direction.
Reluctant, even superficial unity is better than not being able to maintain even the surface...
There is another very important factor.
No money.
Thanks to some measures initiated by Fei Qian in the Han Dynasty, not only did Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi and others in Chang'an have a deeper understanding of economic development, social progress, and technological improvement, etc.
, also affected Shandong, forcing Xun He and others to learn and change.
It's just that Xun or there are still many things that he doesn't understand and it's not very clear, but he can still do it with a little explanation to Cao Pi...
Of course, if in later generations you have received a middle school education and studied politics and economics, you will be able to understand generally. For example, what Xun He and Cao Pi are explaining now are actually talking about the issue of coinage rights.
This was a blunt knife, and the cut caused Shandong to feel extremely painful, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Ever since the five-baht coin was corrupted by Dong Zhuo and was scorned nationwide... Well, in fact, it is not only Dong Zhuo's credit, but also those who want to take advantage of the rampant bad money to dig out the underground of their homes or smash it.
The Shandong nobles who smashed the bronze tripod statues enshrined in their ancestral temples and minted private money also took advantage of the original currency system of the Han Dynasty and took advantage of it, which eventually led to the complete collapse of the Han Dynasty coins.
It is obvious that as long as human society develops forward, it is impossible to get rid of commodity transactions.
Especially in China, a country with multiple terrains, multiple ethnic groups, water and soil distribution, high and low altitudes, and large differences in products, the circulation and trading of commodities are the instinctive needs of the overall development of society, and are not just a few laws or laws.
By suppressing businessmen to the lowest level, they can be completely contained.
Wealth is often described as flowing water, which means that it will find low-lying areas on its own, and then fill them up, just like the responsibilities and obligations that should have been borne by the court. As a result, the court failed to do so, and naturally there was a gray color among the people, and even
Black power performs the same filling.
Without Fei Qian, Cao Cao, who occupied Yanzhou, Jizhou, Yuzhou, and Qingxu Land, would have owned a large amount of land, and these lands would once again bring the Three Kingdoms back to the track of farming to determine victory or defeat.
This left the emperors of all subsequent dynasties with the wrong understanding that everything was determined by farming and fighting.
But it is obvious that the word "farming and war" is not the whole society.
As Fei lurked in Chang'an and did not rush to attack Shandong, but instead pulled the big man to run on another road, the importance of money, or currency, slowly began to appear.
Shandong began to fall into Fei Qian's trade network, and once it fell into it, the obstacle to getting up was not just as simple as "making is worse than buying".
The Shandong area was not so cooperative at first, nor was it willing to join Fei Qian's trade network. However, as the most powerful consumer group in the Han Dynasty, its huge population base was like a snowball rolling down the mountain top.
Once it starts moving, it's very difficult to brake.
Especially with the opening of the Western Region, a large trade route ran from west to east.
The snowball is getting bigger and faster.
"If we can defeat the goods from the Western Regions..." Xun You said in a deep voice, "We can prepare for this battle for some time, but now we can only...have to fight. The things from the Western Regions are valuable, although they are very exquisite.
It is prosperous and beautiful, but... a farmer's hard work on a hundred acres in a year is only a hundred stones, and several years of hard work is not as good as a golden pot in the Western Regions..."
Prices in the Western Regions have doubled, but some people still flock to it. Some people even sell the goods from the Western Regions they purchased before and sell them second-hand. They make a lot of money over time and happily share their business acumen.
What a good mind!
Xun Or sometimes wants to open these guys' heads to see what's inside...
Cao Pi asked: "Then why can't we cut off the goods from the Western Regions?"
Xun You didn't say anything, but turned his eyes slightly.
Cao Pi followed Xun Yu's gaze and saw a complete set of gold and silver utensils placed on the side of the hall. The patterns were gorgeous and complicated, and they were also inlaid with shining gems. They seemed to be a specialty of the Western Regions.
"This..." Cao Pi remembered that this set of drinking utensils was his father's favorite, and he had hosted a banquet for guests before.
Cao Pi was also accompanying him and had a few drinks.
The taste of peach wine with ice fish is simply...
Okay, Cao Pi admitted that he asked a stupid question.
"The more goods are traded, the more coins are needed. The more goods are exchanged with the Western Regions, the more Hussar money is needed..." Xun You sighed slightly, "Everyone in the world knows that Hussar money is good, and everyone wants to use it."
Therefore, five baht coins have disappeared from the market now..."
"Then there is no way to ban Qiaoqi money?" Cao Pi asked.
Xun You smiled bitterly, "It is simple to say that banning its use is just an edict. But... the prince thinks that if this edict is issued to ban it, will it benefit or harm the lord?"
That's right, coins, aren't they legal tender?
So if you change a law and stipulate that you cannot use Qiaoqi money, but five baht coins, or money cast by Cao yourself, wouldn't that be the end of it? That's what Cao Pi thought, but soon he understood
Xun Yu's face began to look ugly, and his face turned red with anger, but he didn't know what to say or how to vent it, so he just sat there and breathed heavily.
It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.
Even if Cao Cao, or with the Xiahou clan of the Cao family, is willing to bear the consequences of temporarily discontinuing the use of hussar money and returning to the state of bartering, will other Shandong nobles be willing? These people will follow Cao Cao.
Do you still feel that this is a great opportunity to make money, and you will never miss it again?
Ant nests and mouse barns are blooming everywhere, and the financial dam that Cao Cao worked so hard to build will collapse in a short time.
The good thing is that all the local gentry and big families will be taken away. The bad consequences will be borne by the people of Shandong, and the blame will be taken by Old Man Cao alone.
When public dissatisfaction boils over, who will calm it down?
If Cao Cao doesn't want to retreat, he must hand over his important advisers, then...
Who could it be?
Cao Pi was silent.
Xun may also be silent.
Of course, this does not mean that all the Qiusi money is a bad thing, because the increase in trade and the circulation of coins have also brought an increase in the transaction volume in Shandong, making Shandong also economically prosperous, but this also means that the Cao Cao regime
The finance and economy were increasingly dependent on the monetary input from Feiqian Chang'an.
Especially in Shandong, there is a lack of silver and gold minerals, and gold and silver are undoubtedly much more valuable than copper coins, and Fei Qian has gold and silver mines...
Feiqian took advantage of the exchange rate difference between luxury goods and gold, silver and copper to replace a large number of Shandong's raw materials and Shandong's low value-added goods, and selectively exported semi-
The force forced Shandong to carry out technological reforms and develop the economy, and also made the Hsiaoqi gold, silver and copper coins successfully penetrate into all aspects of the current Han Dynasty, becoming a noose wrapping around the entire Shandong economy.
Although Xun Or didn't understand what monetary rights were, he instinctively sensed something was wrong. Unfortunately, he noticed it too late...
If Qiaoqi coins cannot flow in as before, Shandong will soon fall into a situation where there is no money available, and then the entire Shandong social economy will experience deflation, and then a serious economic crisis will break out.
To take an immediate issue, in Shandong, the salaries of officials have gradually evolved from physical to monetary.
Xu County is undoubtedly the place with the largest concentration of officials in Shandong.
When Liu Xie first arrived in Xu County, the economy was very poor at that time. Officials were given grain directly for their expenses, and the official received a certain amount of grain. However, with the addition of bachelors of agriculture and bachelors of engineering sent by Fei Qian, Shandong's grain production recovered rapidly.
Soon, food prices began to fall, so many officials no longer wanted physical food that was easy to fluctuate and had varying quality, but wanted to pay directly.
This is actually the same as in later generations of corporate companies, where employees are more willing to pay directly instead of taking home a bunch of blue moon shells produced in unknown places...
Although the move from barter to monetization is a social progress and has promoted the economic prosperity of Shandong, people in Shandong, whether Cao Cao, Xun or Guo Jia, do not understand what inflation is.
Nor did they realize that the prices of daily necessities such as grain and cloth would rise in the long run, but the salaries of Han officials were not adjusted accordingly.
In other words, as the old saying goes, prices are rising but wages are not.
So, a dilemma.
If you give them food, you won't be happy. If you give them money, you won't be happy either.
After Fei Qian regained the Western Regions, he accelerated the volume of trade and greatly increased the circulation of currency. Then the economic problems quickly turned into political problems.
Seeing that there are more and more good things, but the salary is always so pitiful, what should I do?
Are you going to eat chaffy vegetables honestly and watch others eat meat and drink peach wine?
How can it be?
The result can only be that officials either seek power for rent and engage in corruption, or they increase exploitation and strip away the power. As a result, the atmosphere and efficiency of Shandong's officialdom, which were originally not very good, are all declining visibly to the naked eye.
As a counselor, limited by the perspective of the times, and faced with an increasingly bad situation, Xun You had to try his best to find a solution, but his solution was limited to the level of "physics".
"The Hussar's money is increasing day by day, and we are reducing it," Xun You said in a low voice, "If one day... the Hussar cuts off the exchange of coins, or changes the currency and uses it... then... Therefore, this war is inevitable...
If we win the battle in Chang'an and decide the world in one battle, we can avoid such disasters. The Han Dynasty will be able to continue, and the lord's achievements will be immortal in the world."
This is naturally the most ideal result.
Cao Pi nodded, then pondered for a long time, and asked softly, "Then if you can't get it from above... what's the point of getting it?"
"Take the foundry." Xunhe said in a deep voice, "Capture the craftsmen and obtain the coinage technology. Shandong can get rid of the noose and form its own system, or it can in turn restrict Chang'an..."
"So..." Cao Pi hesitated, not daring to ask.
Xun You also fell silent again.
The autumn wind whistled outside the hall, bringing out the smell of rust.
