Chapter 500 The original amount of the gentrys money will be returned!
Xu Youran said calmly: "You don't need too many gold, silver and copper coins. This is only for the people and businessmen outside to see! Only if we can exchange gold and silver freely will they believe the banknotes we found. But the people and businessmen of the entire Yuzhou
, it is also impossible to exchange the banknotes we issue at the same time, so with 10 million gold and silver in our hands, we can issue 100 million banknotes, and with 100 million yuan, we can issue 1 billion banknotes. How can this be said to be a coincidence?
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Yuan Tan thought about it and found that he couldn't bring out grain, cloth, silk, or salt. It seemed that he could only mortgage taxes. Although he had to take out a small amount of gold and silver, it could be magnified 10 times. He made all the money anyway!
After Yuan Tan thought for a long time, he found that Xu You would not suffer any loss from this paper currency reform. As for the so-called future troubles, his family was about to perish. Let Lei Gong solve the troubles, so he asked Xu You to start implementing it throughout Yuzhou.
Currency reform!
Yingchuan, Yingyin City!
The Xun family of Yingchuan is one of the representatives of many gentry clans in Yuzhou. Many of the family members are high-ranking officials in the imperial court. It is a newly prosperous family of scholar-bureaucrats. By the time Xun Shuang became the third prince, the family line was already established, marking the evolution of the Xun family of Yingchuan.
The local wealthy families have transformed into the central gentry. The Xun clan of Yingchuan has a faint tendency to catch up with the Yuan clan and the Yang clan, the top gentry in the world!
If Xu You wanted to complete the currency reform, the support of Yuzhou's noble families was extremely important. After obtaining the support of Yuan Tan, Xu You took Xun Kan to Yingchuan non-stop, hoping to win the support of the Xun family representing the Yuzhou family.
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Only Xun Kan looked helpless and said: "Ziyuan, my lord has left the issue of banknotes to you, why do you need to drag me in!"
Xun Kan really didn't want to follow Xu You. Paper money was a scam at first glance, especially since Yuzhou was empty and had four autumns. The national treasury had already caught up with the time of the late emperor. If they wanted to issue paper money, they couldn't even provide any collateral.
, this is a white wolf with empty gloves! It is inevitable that the reputation will be ruined by being attached to the banknotes! It took the Xun family three generations to transform from a local tycoon to a top-notch noble family. He does not want to let the reputation of his Xun family run for hundreds of years.
Stink!
But Xu You sneered: "Brother, I got a rumor that your Xun family purchased 100 million family bonds in Hebei! Your Xun family supports Lei Gong so much, but you are unwilling to support the lord's issuance of banknotes?"
Xun Kan suddenly broke into a cold sweat after hearing this, and then immediately retorted: "This must be a villain who is hurting our Xun family! Our Xun family has always supported the lord, and the property donated over the years is worth 200 million yuan!"
Both of them knew that this was not a rumor, but a choice made by Yuzhou and the Sili clan. Naturally, they and Lei Gong were sworn enemies. If they could kill Lei Gong, they both wanted to crush Lei Gong to ashes.
But now it is not impossible to say that they may be beaten to ashes by Thunder God, which makes the world's nobles very helpless. After the Central Plains War ended, seeing Xu Wei taking the advantage, the world's nobles naturally
They have to find a way to make some arrangements on Thunder Lord's territory. Even if Thunder Lord takes over the world, their family can still continue. It's not shameful to do such a thing for the continuation of the family!
And Xun Kan reacted quickly. He knew that Xu You would not dare to report it, because his Xu family, Guo Tu's family, Feng Ji's family, and Chen Lin's family were all doing such things. If Xu You dared to report it, it would definitely cause trouble.
Attack in groups.
But Xu You's face remained unchanged and he continued: "I also heard that your younger brother Xun Yue brought many of your clan members to settle in Jingzhou!"
Xun Kan immediately said: "Mr. Shui Jing is a noble man, has extensive knowledge, has the ability to know people, judge the world, and identify talents. He is respected by the world. I am learning from Mr. Shui Jing as my disciple. This seems to be normal!"
"Jingzhou's literary style has flourished in recent years, and many great Confucian scholars have given lectures in Jingzhou. It's not like you don't know about Ziyuan! It's not like you have many members of the Xu clan studying in Jingzhou!"
The land south of the Yangtze River is regarded as another spare tire for the powerful noble families in the Central Plains. Liu Bei is considered the second prince in the world under Xu Wei, and may even be the only prince who can resist the Thunder Lord. After all, the water network in the south of the Yangtze River is dense, and the Thunder Lord's most powerful cavalry
Even if it is abolished in Jiangnan, Liu Bei still has a strong navy in his hands. This is the advantage of Jiangnan over Hebei.
Over the years, Liu Bei has been cultivating fields in the south of the Yangtze River, recruiting refugees and barbarians, building cities, and reviving the prestige of the imperial court. The entire south of the Yangtze River is on an upward trend, which is particularly rare. Now the entire Han Dynasty sees Liu Bei as someone who is resisting Xu Wei.
The savior.
The noble families in the Central Plains knew that it would be difficult to resist the Thunder God in the Central Plains, so they moved to the south of the Yangtze River one after another. Many families even moved their whole family to Jiangnan! It can be said that crossing south in clothes was something that the noble families in the Central Plains often did in the past ten years.
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Of course, few families would do this kind of relocation unless absolutely necessary. The power of the powerful gentry comes from their disciples, former officials and local control, but they left their own family and themselves.
His disciples and old officials were cut off from each other, and when he went to other counties, he was ostracized by the local powerful. After all, there is a saying that a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake!
It can be said that relocating a family is enough to severely damage the vitality of a noble family and even make them unable to recover. This is why the Central Plains is so dangerous, but the noble families in the Central Plains still have to fight with Xu Wei!
Xu You sneered when he heard Xun Kan's explanation: "I just want to remind Youruo that Yuzhou is the foundation of your Xun family, and Yingchuan Academy is the foundation of your Xun family for hundreds of years. If Lei Gong takes Yingchuan, all of this will be lost."
It will disappear into thin air! The hundreds of years of accumulation of your Xun family will also be in vain!"
Xun Kan said helplessly: "Ziyuan, you still like to be so extreme in doing things. Don't you know that if there is turmoil in Yuzhou now, we will have a family and it will be difficult to return!"
Xun Kan saw the paper money very clearly. No matter what he said, paper money was just a means used by Xu You to conquer Yuzhou and Sili. This was no different from Dong Zhuo's warning order at the time, but Dong Zhuo had not yet become more powerful.
, are not afraid of turmoil in the world, but now Lei Gong has pointed his sword at them. If Yuzhou and the forces are in turmoil again, Lei Gong will definitely lead to Lei Gong attacking their territory!
Xu You sneered and said: "Are we like you, trying to find ways to escape, but unable to change the situation in Yuzhou, waiting for Lei Gong to be ready to attack us! Just with the hundreds of thousands of our remnants defeated, we don't want to
With some radical methods, can Yuzhou be defended?"
Xu You was wild and proud and adventurous. When he was young, he dared to be friends with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. You must know that at that time, Yuan Shao was a descendant of the fourth generation of the Three Dukes, and Cao Cao was the grandson of Cao Teng in Changqiu. It can be said that both of them were the top officials of the Han Dynasty.
second generation,
In the first year of Zhongping (AD 184), Xu You even joined forces with Wang Fen, the governor of Jizhou, Zhou Jing of Pei State and other heroes to plot to depose Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and make the Marquis of Hefei the emperor. He also tried to persuade Cao Cao to participate, but Cao Cao refused.
Wang Fen wanted to take advantage of the Han Ling Emperor's northern tour to send troops to prevent Black Mountain bandits in order to start an uprising. However, in the end, the Han Ling Emperor stopped his troops and summoned him to the court. Wang Fen was afraid and committed suicide, and Xu You fled. From then on.
This incident shows that Xu You is a person with a very strong adventurous spirit!
"Your Yingchuan is next to Chenliu County. Now Lei Gong can hit your hometown with just one charge. Aren't you in a hurry?"
Xun Kan said helplessly: "Then what are you going to do? Do you want us to donate our family property to the lord to strengthen his weapons?"
Xu You mocked: "If you are willing to do this, we won't have to get any banknotes. How can the people have more money than you have!"
Xu You is very self-aware. This currency reform will only extract money from the common people and some small businessmen at most. It is basically impossible for the wealthy and aristocratic families. He does not have that much energy!
Xun Kan did not refute. In his opinion, it was his Yuan family's business to strive for world supremacy. Why should they, the Xun family, pay for the Yuan family's struggle for world supremacy? Could it be that Yuan Tan would give him a piece of the world if he could win it! His ability to make suggestions is already the limit.
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If it hadn't been for an outlier like Lei Gong, they wouldn't have given Yuan Shao's armed army money and money. But now that Lei Gong is even more powerful, the wealthy nobles in Yuzhou know the principle of stopping losses. They can send people or even private soldiers, but they want to let others
It is basically impossible for them to provide money to support Yuan Tan!
Nowadays, the noble families in Yuzhou and Sili know very well that their hometowns have become the front line against Lei Gong. The flames of war will burn to their hometowns at any time. Now the noble families in both places are quietly transferring their property to the south of the Yangtze River!
In this way, Xu You dragged Xun Kan to the Xun family and met the current head of the Xun family, Xun Shuang!
Xun Shuang is also a legendary figure. When Dong Zhuo took power, he forced Xun Shuang to be an official. Within ninety-three days, he was promoted to Sikong and ranked in the Taisi position. It can be said that he single-handedly brought a place like the Xun family to the top.
The aristocratic family has been brought to the level of San Gong.
Although Dong Zhuo recruited him and made him the Third Duke, Xun Shuang saw Dong Zhuo's cruelty in Luoyang City, so he secretly plotted with Wang Yun and others to remove Dong Zhuo. However, after removing Dong Zhuo, he found that the world did not get better, but because of their actions
The entire Han Dynasty was completely divided. Lei Gong lost the power to suppress him and became stronger and became the enemy of the noble clan!
All this made Xun Shuang feel guilty. When the imperial court moved the capital to Xiangyang City, Xun Shuang resigned from his official position and returned to Yingchuan to teach and cultivate himself! But after all, Xun Shuang was a man of good deeds and had a high prestige in the local area. At that time, Yuan Shao was
I always come to visit Xun Shuang when I’m in Yuzhou!
After Xu You briefed Xun Shuang, he immediately saluted and said, "Young junior student, Xu You has met Xun Sikong!"
Xun Shuang saw Xun Kan and asked indifferently: "Ziyuan, you can't afford to assist the cavalry general (after Yuan Shao was captured, the Xiangyang court immediately appointed Yuan Tan as the new cavalry general), why do you come to see me, an old man?"
Xu You said: "Lao Sikong already knew that the war in the Central Plains was about to begin. Our army lost more than 100,000 soldiers. It can be said that our vitality was seriously damaged!"
Xun Shuang said helplessly: "Thunder God is so brave and brave, he is really a disaster to the people of the world!"
Even though Xun Shuang has lived in seclusion these past few years, he still often hears the name of Thunder God. Of course, there is basically no good news!
Xu You continued: "General Chariot and Cavalry must restore Yuzhou's vitality so that he can withstand Thunder Lord's million-strong army! But it costs more than a billion to recruit soldiers, hundreds of millions to cast artillery, and it also costs money to build weapons and armor.
More than a billion dollars! These expenses have made the entire Yuzhou unable to make ends meet, so the younger generation can only turn to Lao Sikong for help!"
Xun Shuang immediately said: "We, the Xun family, have the unshirkable responsibility to deal with the evil thief Lei Gong. The Xun family will send another thousand soldiers to hand over to General Chariot and Cavalry!"
People can give out, but the money will not come out!
Xu You understood the meaning and immediately said: "I don't need Lao Sikong to do so much, but I want to use your prestige, Sikong, and the family's shop to help!"
Xu You then explained in detail to Xun Shuang that he wanted to issue banknotes in Yuzhou and Sili. He did not need the Xun family to hand over real money and silver, he just asked them not to prevent people from using banknotes in shops, and their
Xu You can redeem the banknotes at any time, ensuring that they will not suffer losses! At the same time, he also asked Xun Shuang to use his prestige to prevent the entire Yuzhou family from blocking the issuance of banknotes!
But Xun Shuang realized that Xu You's plan would not hurt the nobles and nobles like them, so he agreed!
Soon the entire Yuzhou and Sili noble families knew that they were going to issue banknotes here, and also understood Xu You's plan. Without harming their interests, and at the same time to deal with Lei Gong, they naturally could not hinder Xu You's actions.
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They even promised Xu You one by one that they would definitely support him!
After Xu You took care of all the noble families in Yuzhou and took all the preparatory measures, he asked Yuan Tan to order a ban on the trading of copper coins within the Sili area of Yuzhou. From now on, transactions must use banknotes issued by Yuzhou, and all private copper coins must go to the tax
Divided into banknotes.
At the same time, Yuan Tan was frightened and issued an order, requiring the Yuzhou division and local government offices to collect taxes. They must use banknotes issued by Yuzhou. Anyone who dares to use copper coins, gold and silver will be reprimanded!
Yuan Tan and the others were even ahead of Cao Cao and Liu Bei when it came to issuing currency, because Yuan Tan needed to regain his strength even more! After Xu You printed enough banknotes, he immediately promoted them throughout Yuzhou and other forces!
Naturally, the entire Yuzhou was filled with complaints about banknotes. No one wanted to exchange the copper coins in their hands for banknotes, but Xu You forcefully promoted it throughout Yuzhou and Sili. Ordinary people soon discovered that they wanted to pay taxes regardless of the copper coins.
To use it, you have to exchange it for paper money. Even when entering and exiting the city gate, the city gate tax, and the city tax all use copper coins!
At the same time, in order to expand the scope of application of banknotes, Xu You began to prepare to scare the monkeys. Of course, he did not dare to touch the people of the wealthy gentry. He even had to say hello to the wealthy gentry in advance. And the powerless businessmen were the ones Xu You targeted.
object!
He forced merchants throughout Yuzhou and Sili to use the currency they discovered, and violators will be severely punished!
The wealthy nobles who knew the news in advance gave Yuan Tan and Xu You some face and exchanged some. At the same time, they ordered their men and people to go to the shops and asked them to use banknotes before selling them goods!
The common people had no choice but to go to the tax department to exchange their copper coins for banknotes!
But few businessmen care about this. After all, the banknotes issued by Yuan Tan have no guarantee at all. Many businessmen even united to go on strike, hoping to blackmail Xu You!
But their behavior made Xu You overjoyed. He struck hard. 5,000 tax battalion soldiers were divided into several groups and rushed into the merchants' shops in the market. They arrested these merchants for hoarding and sold them at high prices, and then beheaded them.
Beheading and going to jail, Xu You quickly stabilized Yuzhou's business community with his iron fist, and even unexpectedly won the support of the general public.
The merchants who escaped were trembling with fear from Xu You's behavior and no longer dared not accept banknotes. When the people saw that banknotes could really buy goods, they slowly accepted the banknotes issued by Yuan Tan! Promote banknotes
In less than half a year, Xu You helped Yuan Tan raise 3 billion yuan.