January of the second year of Chuping (AD 191)! Luoyang City!
After the Gao Min Order was launched, Dong Zhuo finally had enough money and grain to support Huangfu Song, but the price was extremely high. He found that he could not sell anything except money and grain, even because of the Gao Min Order.
, the economic ties of the entire Han Dynasty were severed, the prices of goods in the Han Dynasty were skyrocketing, and the resentment and resentment of the entire Han Dynasty was accumulated, all of which were pointed at Dong Zhuo!
Because Dong Zhuo presided over the complaint order, the officials and soldiers who went to various places to preside over the complaint were still his confidants. You should also know that the Xiliang army would kill randomly under Dong Zhuo's nose. After leaving Luoyang City, it was not lawless.
, they relied on Dong Zhuo as their backing, ignored the laws of the Han Dynasty, and brought their habits from Xiliang to the Central Plains. They hunted and killed merchants unscrupulously and confiscated money, houses, and fields.
The noble families in the Central Plains also continued to encourage Dong Zhuo's men to kill, hoping to fish in troubled waters so that they could buy the shops and properties of these murdered merchants at very low prices. After all, the Central Plains had been harmed by the Yellow Turban Army for a year, and the noble families in the Central Plains had lost countless people.
In fact, many wealthy noble families seem to want to annex some big businessmen and powerful families to restore their vitality. Even these wealthy families whose families have been ruined are just pieces of fat meat, and the grievance order gives them an opportunity to eat the small fish.
How could Qiu Ba, under Dong Zhuo, know which family was rich in the local area? Which businessmen were the big ones? Rather than rely on the local aristocrats, these aristocrats falsely accused their opponents, the wealthy and powerful businessmen, of being profiteers.
The soldiers of the Xiliang Army did not investigate, and were even happy to have the help of local nobles, which allowed them to copy accurately and get a lot of money. Dong Zhuo did not care how many unjust, false, and wrong cases there were, as long as the soldiers could turn them over
Reward them with enough money and food. In Dong Zhuo's view, what if he wronged some merchants? How could he spare some merchants for the sake of the Han Dynasty?
Dong Zhuo's actions made the soldiers in his hands even more unscrupulous. As long as they paid enough quotas, the rest could be their own. There were no businessmen, tycoons, and small aristocratic families behind them. They were also targeted by these Xiliang soldiers.
Well, it can be said that a small part of the money obtained by Gao Minling was obtained by Dong Zhuo and his men, and most of it was annexed by the noble families in the Central Plains, and the blame was still placed on Dong Zhuo's head!
In the end, the matter intensified and finally involved noble families from all over the country. The noble families in the Central Plains even killed each other with the help of the Xiliang Army. Yang Biao and Zhang Wen finally realized that something was wrong. How could they kill the merchants if not mention them?
With their own lives in jeopardy, many noble families in the Central Plains began to write letters to Yang Biao and Zhang Wen, accusing Dong Zhuo of the behavior of his men and asking them to stop Dong Zhuo from continuing to implement the indictment order.
The ministers in the DPRK couldn't bear it anymore, so they jointly wrote to the emperor, saying that the accusations should be stopped, which brought disaster to the country and the people, and that corrupt officials should be held accountable. In fact, they were asking Dong Zhuo to kill his messy subordinates and stabilize people's hearts!
Dong Zhuo also realized something was wrong at this time. Now he could stabilize the Han Dynasty, firstly, by relying on his alliance with the Kansai clan, and secondly, the threat of the Tengjia Army and the Yellow Turban Army, so that the Kanto clan nobility did not dare to resist him.
But these denunciations not only made the Guandong clan extremely dissatisfied with him again, but even his ally Yang Biao began to be dissatisfied with him. If Yang Biao broke off relations with him, Dong Zhuo would not be able to maintain the power of Luoyang.
, because he cannot rely on a group of warriors to govern the country.
Dong Zhuo was extremely disappointed with his group of men. If they were controlled, they would die, and if they were released, they would cause chaos.
Dong Zhuo immediately ordered his men to return to Luoyang City, but Dong Zhuo did not listen at all to the suggestion to kill his men. He would not do anything that would damage his own foundation, but he still had to teach him a lesson.
Dong Zhuo let all the Xiliang officers who had returned to Luoyang City enter the Prime Minister's Mansion. Then he whipped these officers wildly with two riding whips! The beatings made these Xiliang officers squeal and run around, and they stopped until they were breathing hard!
"How many troubles do you idiots have to get into before you realize that Luoyang City here is the hinterland of the Central Plains! It's not Xiliang, don't bring Xiliang's tricks to the Central Plains!" Dong Zhuo shouted angrily: "Follow the fools one by one.
I still don’t know if I’m being used by others!”
A Xiliang officer was unconvinced and said: "Prime Minister, we have listened to your order, and we have also obtained 100,000 shi of grain and 1 million yuan of property. How can we be regarded as heroes? You treat heroes like this, I don't want to
Be convinced!"
Dong Zhuo could no longer suppress his anger and said: "You are still not convinced! I will beat you to death!"
Dong Zhuo beat him again and again, and the officer screamed in agony! Niu Fu on the side immediately grabbed Dong Zhuo and said: "My lord, that's enough. If I beat him again, I will kill him!"
Dong Zhuo said angrily: "It would be better if you died! I won't have to suffer!"
However, Dong Zhuo still stopped, and then asked Jia Xu to take out a stack of memorials and said: "I will convince you! This is a good thing you did. You stole 100,000 shi of grain and 1 million yuan in Chenliu County. You are greedy."
You got more than 200 kilograms of gold, but your good brother Zhang Chen got 20,000 acres of land, 3 manors and 12 shops. These things are worth more than 400 million yuan! You fool, I don’t even want to give you a small fortune.
You, let me throw some scum into you, but you are so proud of calling others brothers, my reputation has been ruined by you idiots!"
The indictment caused chaos in the Central Plains, and Dong Zhuo also dared to take action, but now it seems that he got the most money and food. When he investigated, he found that he only got the residue, and most of the top noble families in the capital got it, not to mention anything else.
, the millions of acres of land in the hands of these big businessmen alone are worth more than 100 billion. You must know that this is the most fertile land in the Central Plains, and one acre can be sold for 20,000 yuan.
Dong Zhuo was at least silent and took the blame. Now the whole Han Dynasty is beginning to be dissatisfied with him. Even Yang Biao and Zhang Wen have said some harsh words to him. This has even affected the foundation of his rule.
, this makes Dong Zhuo not angry!
Moreover, due to the large number of killings of merchants, merchants from all over the country fled, cutting off trade routes throughout the Central Plains, and causing the prices of goods throughout the Central Plains to skyrocket.
What makes Dong Zhuo helpless is that all these businessmen have gone to the territory of the Tengjia Army. Doesn't this mean that compared to the thieves like Lei Gong, he is like a robber? Although Dong Zhuo is thick-skinned, he still feels a blush.
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When Dong Zhuo said this, the officers who left Luoyang City were dumbfounded. They did not expect that the heads of wealthy families who were close to the two brothers would actually treat them as fools.
Niu Fu was even more excited and said: "Prime Minister, our people can't let them deceive us like this. I will take 5,000 cavalry to the Central Plains and kill all these villains!"
Dong Zhuo said angrily: "You know how to kill people if you have any brains. Do you want your true self to be driven out of Luoyang City?"
"Let them go first this time, but the truth will remember them. When we defeat Thunder Lord, the truth will come to cause trouble for them!"
Then Dong Zhuo looked at the Xiliang officer kneeling on the ground and said angrily: "You all go to the Pioneer Camp for the truth. If you can't be punished and meritorious service, let's see how the truth deals with you!"
Knowing that they had survived, these officers said, "Thank you so much to the Prime Minister for sparing your life!" Then they left the Prime Minister's Office one by one!
Dong Zhuo helplessly sat on the rocking chair and shook his head: "Everyone of them makes you worry-free!"
He didn't even know what was going on with the big man. Military matters were normal, but as long as it involved government affairs, it was okay to stay still. As long as there was any policy, even if he formulated it very well, it would cause turmoil and even chaos across the country.
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Just like this time, Dong Zhuo obviously only wanted to target some powerless merchants, but now let alone merchants, local powerful people, noble families, and even ordinary people were affected. Originally, he only wanted to offend the merchants.
The merchant class is a class, but Dong Zhuo's actions made Dong Zhuo completely offend the entire Han Dynasty, including scholars, farmers, industry and merchants!
His reputation, which had finally improved with great effort, was now bad again. Local officials began to call Dong Zhuo a thief!
This simply made Dong Zhuo feel a little helpless, and even a little scared. Although he could not stop the order now, after all, he could not change the order overnight, which would reduce his prestige faster.
But Dong Zhuo had already taken back his subordinates, and at the same time handed over all the matters of suing Min Ling to Yang Biao and Zhang Wen.
Anyway, all he wanted at first was money and food, and now the court also has enough money and food. Now Dong Zhuo used the excuse of forming a 100,000-strong Northern Expedition army and entrusted the government affairs to Yang Biao and Zhang Wen. He barely found a step for himself.
Got it!
Then Dong Zhuo looked at Jia Xu and said: "If the logistics supplies are ready, can the army set off in March! Brother Yizhen is urging us very urgently. If we cannot attack Taiyuan County in March, the entire Youzhou may not be saved!"
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Jia Xu said helplessly: "The imperial court is not short of food and grass now. The imperial court has accumulated 5 million stones of food and grass in Linfen, which is enough for an army of 100,000 to use for a year. However, our swords, crossbows, long arrows, and other swords, guns, swords and halberds can be used to attack the city."
The chariots, trebuchets, bed crossbows, siege equipment, etc. are not even half satisfied, and there is also a large shortage of clothing, tents, and various herbs for treating knife wounds!"
Dong Zhuo said strangely: "Now the imperial court has tens of billions of money. If you need anything, just buy it. I still need to teach you this!"
Jia Xu smiled bitterly and said: "But the current situation is that it cannot be sold. The imperial court purchased billions of dollars of goods in Luoyang City in less than a month, and basically bought out all the goods in Luoyang City. Now Luoyang City is full of goods."
The price of a kitchen knife is close to that of an iron sword. No matter what goods are purchased by the imperial court, they will immediately increase tenfold. In the past, you could buy a piece of woolen cloth in Luoyang City for 1,000 yuan, but now it is difficult to buy it even if you have tens of thousands of yuan.
I have arranged purchasing envoys all over the Central Plains, but unfortunately, under the order, merchants can no longer be found in the Central Plains, and the people have already started bartering!"
Dong Zhuo's indictment only targeted the wealthy areas of the Han Dynasty. Now all the merchants in these places are fleeing to death, and industrial and commercial activities have come to a complete standstill. But Dong Zhuo actually wants to use money to buy goods. Isn't this funny?
Bar!
Jia Xu even complained that these Xiliang soldiers didn't know anything. If they had transported the merchants' goods to Luoyang City, he wouldn't have been in such a difficult situation. However, these soldiers all thought that the goods were too heavy and difficult to transport, so they all
Sold to local wealthy nobles at a low price.
What they transport to Luoyang City is grain, copper coins and gold, so that now the entire city of Luoyang has tens of billions of money, but there is not much goods. He still has to pay several times, or even 10 times the price to buy the low-priced goods from the wealthy nobles.
The goods obtained caused prices in the entire city of Luoyang to skyrocket.
Although Jia Xu does not understand economic knowledge such as inflation, he is a smart man, and he can vaguely feel that the rapid rise in prices in Luoyang City is related to the excessive money in Luoyang City!
Moreover, he also had a feeling that there was a man behind the scenes pushing up the prices of goods in Luoyang City. He found several noble families who wanted to buy their family's goods, but these family owners said that their goods had already been purchased by others.
Jia Xu could feel that what these family heads said were true. After thinking about it, he thought that the Tengjia Army might also be buying supplies in Luoyang City. After all, they were also maintaining an army of more than 400,000. He knew that as long as the wealthy nobles in Sili had money, they could
He didn't care about the bad guys, knowing that he couldn't stop them, and it would easily affect the relationship between the Xiliang Army and the Guanxi clan, so Jia Xu didn't tell Dong Zhuo!
Although Jia Xu was smart, he didn't understand the affairs of merchants after all. He only thought that the Tengjia Army was buying these goods to prepare for war, but he did not expect that this was actually part of the economic war. Prices in Luoyang City could be pushed up to what they are now.
Thanks to Wei Chang and others, they used woolen cloth as bonds to purchase the goods from the wealthy nobles.
In order to purchase goods from Zhongyuan and Sili, Zhang Baiqi prepared 10 million pieces of woolen cloth, and the price was set at 1,000 yuan a piece, which is equivalent to a purchasing power of 10 billion yuan. However, the powerful nobles in the Central Plains found that they had
The woolen cloth bonds can be multiplied tenfold by changing hands, so naturally he is willing to hand over the goods in his hands to the Tengjia Army and wait for the woolen cloths in half a year.
These wealthy nobles are not worried about Lei Gong defaulting on their debts. Lei Gong has appeared in the Han Dynasty for several years, and the people in the world trust him even more than Ling Emperor. In those days, Ling Emperor would still act rogue, but Lei Gong had extremely high demands on the Tengjia Army.
They are strict and do not take anything away from the people, and their transactions are very fair. At least until now, they have not done anything that damages their credibility. Their level of trust in Lei Gong is even higher than that of Dong Zhuo, and they are not worried about the bonds in their hands at all.
Can't get woolen cloth.
There are no merchants in the Central Plains to transport goods, and tens of billions of goods are missing. How can prices skyrocket? Even smart people like Jia Xu did not expect that the Tengjia Army would purchase so many goods.
He was still glad that his fellow villagers were not stupid and left some food and fodder for him. Otherwise, he would not even be able to collect enough food and fodder for the army to set out!