Chapter 632: I only care about the time I am alive
"What are you doing next?" Tian Dan asked. The Han army was cleaning the battlefield. After Zhang Ruo died in the battle, the Qin army surrendered.
"The king has no orders." Bao Yuan shook his head. His previous mission was to defeat the Qin army and recapture Xingyang. Later, Zhang Ruo defeated him all the way to Huayang, and his mission became to guard Huayang and resist the Qin army from going south.
"In that case, come north with me." Tian Dan said. According to the Three Kingdoms Covenant, he has the right to control all soldiers and horses in Korea. Unless the King of Korea orders it, Bao Yuan must also obey his arrangements.
However, Baoyuan has a very high prestige among the Korean army. If Tian Dan does not obey orders, there is nothing he can do. Therefore, he still needs to seek the other party's opinion.
"Are we going to cut off the Qin army's retreat?" Bao Yuan was eager to try, very excited.
As a general, how can you not want to win the battle? In the past, there was no such condition. Now, although I am not the leader, it is great to be able to follow him.
Being teammates with Tian Dan is very reassuring.
The actions of Zhao Jun and Tian Dan fully demonstrated that Zhao State was definitely not just trying to repel the Qin Army this time, but to severely damage the Qin Army. This was definitely a big temptation for South Korea, which faced the threat of Qin every day.
If Qin can be severely damaged, South Korea will not have to face the threat of Qin for the next ten to twenty years.
"I hope you have defeated Wang Lu south of the river. Let's go north to cooperate with you and block the Qin army's reinforcements," Tian Dan said.
The Qin army was defeated in two battles and the food route was cut off. If the King of Qin did not want all 200,000 troops to die in Wei, it was inevitable to send troops to support him.
"Okay, I will send the battle report to the king first, and then go north with the general." Bao Yuan nodded solemnly.
"Will Zhao Feiqi come with us or go back first?" Tian Dan looked at Yan Ju.
"We will go back tomorrow." Yan Ju said. Zhao Feiqi was very fast and returned to Hucheng from Huayang after a short walk. It was precisely because of this that Tian Dan borrowed Zhao Feiqi from Le Yi and exchanged it with another legion.
, when we get here, the battle will be over.
"Thank you for your hard work." Tian Dan nodded.
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After the army set off for the expedition, Handan became busy. Soldiers, food and grass, horses, transportation on the road, how to reward if you win, and how to compensate if you lose, these are all things that the court has to consider.
Although Zhao Guo has money, it is not a bottomless pit, and every item must be calculated carefully.
Moreover, this is the first war after the reform of Zhao State. If it goes wrong, Zhao State's new policy will be severely hit. To this end, Zhao State sent three trump cards, Le Yi, Tian Dan, and Wei Wuji, as well as Zhao Fei.
ride.
This battle must not be lost.
"As long as the front line can win, there will definitely be no problem with food and fodder in the rear." Lin Xiangru said confidently after calculation. In so many years, he has never fought such a rich battle.
"Domestic development has not been affected, right?" Zhao Kuo asked while checking the reports from various places.
"Apart from the redeployment of tens of thousands of slaves, which slowed down the pace of iron ore mining and road paving, there is no other impact. However, there are a lot of people signing up for conscription this year. Do you want to recruit more?" Lin Xiangru said.
There is a war on the front line, and Zhao will also start recruiting troops in the rear.
Over the past few years, the military merit system has gradually spread to the lower levels. Everyone knows the benefits of being a soldier. However, the Zhao army has not expanded its recruitment. Even if the people want to sign up, they have no chance. Now that the Zhao country has opened registration, every county and county is almost competing for it.
Sign up.
There are soldiers in every place in Zhao State, and everyone knows clearly how they are treated. As long as there is a soldier in the family, the family will not starve to death. If they can work harder, everyone can live well.
Not to mention those who have made meritorious service in the army, even the county magistrate will greet him cheerfully when he sees him.
After all, the title of a county magistrate is not necessarily higher than that of a soldier.
In particular, many places in Zhao State, such as Dai County, did not like farming and mulberry trees, but liked to dance with guns and sticks, and travel all over the country. When they heard that Zhao State had opened recruitment, they all ran to sign up excitedly.
"I can't afford to recruit too many people." Zhao Kuo put down his pen and sighed.
Doesn't he want to recruit more, but Zhao Guo's productivity has its limits?
Zhao Guo's recruitment quota this time is only 20,000. To put it bluntly, it is a reserve prepared for the soldiers who will die in the next battle, not an expansion of recruitment.
There are only so many places for Zhao Jun, and there will be no expansion in the short term.
The Zhao army is well treated and trained every day, but it also costs a lot of money. In the past, the cost of an army of 20,000 could be raised to 100,000, but it is really unaffordable to support more than that.
Zhao State also knew that this war would not end in a short time, so he conscripted troops, because if it ended in a short time, Zhao State would launch a new war.
"Can't the king print money? Why can't he afford it?" Lin Xiangru said strangely.
In his view, money is omnipotent. If you have money, you can raise as many soldiers as you want. If others could print money, they would have raised an army of millions long ago, and they would not be as picky as their own monarchs.
He just couldn't understand why Zhao Guo refused to expand its army despite having so much money.
"..." Zhao Kuo was speechless. He could indeed print money, but not like Lin Xiangru thought.
He issued banknotes initially for convenience. Zhao State did not have so many cash transactions, but if it wanted to develop, it could only use banknotes as vouchers.
And paper itself has value, just like silk, copper and iron, so it was recognized by some people. Later, everyone discovered that paper money could also buy things and was more convenient, so it gradually circulated and transformed into currency.
Later, the price of paper continued to decrease, but paper money could still buy items at the original price. People got used to it because paper money was more convenient, especially for businessmen. No one wanted to haul dozens of carts of copper plates to trade.
As a result, banknotes were gradually separated from the value of the paper itself and became real currency.
The guarantor also became Zhao Guo,
Zhao Guozai used his own credibility to ensure the credibility of banknotes.
Zhao Kuo played a role in fueling this incident.
In the past, when paper money circulated within Zhao State, Zhao Kuo had to calculate every dollar before issuing it, for fear of affecting Zhao's economy. Later, when all countries recognized paper money, he gradually became bolder and happily harvested the wealth of various countries every day.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Especially the Qin State's opening up to commerce really made Zhao State earn a lot of money.
However, Zhao Kuo did not abolish copper coins, but continued to mint copper coins and store gold and silver at the same time. If there was a thunderstorm of banknotes in the future, Zhao Kuo would still have substitutes, just like the thunderstorm of Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes, which would not affect the entire country's economic system.
Collapse directly.
Of course, as long as Zhao Kuo is alive, it is impossible for banknotes to explode.
Similarly, after Zhao Kuo's death, the thunder of banknotes is inevitable, but it will only happen sooner or later.
Because human greed is infinite, when the monarch or the court discovers that the salt and iron monopoly or the Silk Road are all rubbish, there is no way to print money and grab them as fast as possible. You only need to keep printing money to harvest other people's wealth, and finally
One can imagine how things will develop.
At first, you only overprint a little. If you find that nothing happens, then you overprint a little more. If something happens, but the problem is not big, then you overprint again... In the end, the banknote becomes a piece of waste paper.
In order to make money, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty frantically minted low-quality copper coins in exchange for good copper coins from other counties. As a result, the moral integrity of other counties was lower than that of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the copper coins they minted were worse than those cast by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In the end, no one used the garbage money, and Han Dynasty
Emperor Wu could only re-cast five baht coins.
This is true for copper coins with a higher cost, not to mention banknotes with almost no cost.
Even gold and silver, which are inherently valuable, will depreciate if there is too much silver. Later, the Empire on which the sun never sets crazily plundered the wealth from all over the world to the mainland. In the end, the prices of local goods skyrocketed, gold and silver continued to depreciate, and the country could only declare
Bankruptcy, but even that will not solve the problem of currency devaluation.
If paper money depreciates, it will be worse than gold and silver. It will be like Jiaozi and Ming Dynasty banknotes, which are too hard to rub against.
Zhao Kuo also wanted to establish a precious metal standard system, but the Central Plains lacked gold, silver, copper, and even iron. There was really no such condition. Even though the fleet dug a lot of mines from Yingzhou, that little gold and silver
Showing the entire Central Plains is simply not enough.
Instead of doing this, it is better to use paper money, which is the most appropriate at least for now, which can solve the problem of money shortage and promote economic development.
Zhao Kuo can guarantee that there will be no thunderstorms while he is alive, and at the same time, he can cultivate a successor for decades to come. As for the future, he will not be able to control that much.
Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, and we cannot rely on our ancestors for everything.
In terms of time, this thing is inevitable and no one can stop it.
Not to mention ancient times, even the courts of later generations continued to print money to harvest the wealth of the people and transfer debts and conflicts to the people.
Don’t they know that doing so will destroy the country’s credit system?
Know. They know it better than anyone else.
But there is no way. Once this hole is opened, no one can close it.
Everyone is betting that a thunderstorm will not happen in their own hands.
As long as you don't cheat yourself, why do you care so much?
"There is also a price to pay for printing money. A small quantity is fine, but if the quantity is large, the price may not be affordable." Zhao Kuo changed his words and did not explain currency and economy in detail to Lin Xiangru. Lin Xiangru seemed to have a talent for convenience here.
Zhao Kuo wanted to find a young and talented person who could pass on his knowledge in this area and take charge of Zhao's economy in the future, but he has not found one yet.
Neither Zhao Zheng nor Zhao Ponu was very interested in this aspect.
"If you have to pay a price, forget it." Lin Xiangru shook his head quickly, and then asked curiously, "What price do you have to pay? Will your life span be shortened?"
"That's not true. I don't need to pay a price, but others... I, the people of Zhao State, and the people of other countries will pay the price." Zhao Kuo said calmly.
Lin Xiangru was shocked, his eyes were full of horror, and he didn't even notice the ink dripping onto the paper. The money is yours, but the consequences are left to others. Bai Qi wasn't so cruel, right?
"Anyway, although I can print money, the quantity is limited. I can't print as much money as I want." Zhao Kuo said with a smile. He had to make it clear, otherwise Lin Xiangru, Yu Xin and others would be beside him every day saying that there was not enough money.
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"I understand, I will never talk about printing money again." Lin Xiangru silently collected the memorial to popularize schools that he had prepared to present.
There is still a war on the front lines of Zhao State, and there is recruitment of troops in the country. There is not so much money, and the matter of popularizing schools has to be postponed.
"Mr. Xinling is not here, let the Prime Minister, Wei Wei and Zhao Ping do the summer tax this year." Zhao Kuo began to assign tasks. If he didn't assign the tasks, it would eventually fall on him.
"Okay." Lin Xiangru nodded.
Wei Wei is the son of Wei Wuji, and Zhao Ping is the son of Zhao Sheng. Although the abilities of the two are not as good as their father's, they still have some abilities. They will work with him and in a few years they will be transferred to the local areas and be able to govern a county.
"There is also the issue of postal stations. How come there are still many places that have not established postal stations?" Zhao Kuo said with a frown.
"Your Majesty, you must also be considerate and considerate of us. Although the postal station was built a few years ago, we must do it one by one." Yu Xin said with a grimace.
The postal post of the State of Zhao was hung under the Taiwei, because it was mainly used to convey military information and deliver letters to the soldiers. When Le Yi went on an expedition, he was taken over by Yu Xin.
The king moved his mouth and his legs were broken.
The selection of personnel, the recruitment of horses, the selection of addresses, the allocation of money and food, how to distribute salaries, whether they are distributed locally or directly by the court, reward and punishment measures, negotiations with advertisers, etc. must all be considered.
Moreover, Zhao State is so large that it would definitely be a loss to arrange postal stations in some places.
There are also some remote places where few letters can be sent a year. They are not important military areas. It is impossible for enemies to attack from here. Should the postal station be continued or withdrawn?
In addition, in the past few years, things have been going on in Zhao State. Zhao Kuo kept sending things to the court, and the court kept sending things to the subordinates. No matter was easy to handle, and various departments had a backlog of things.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I hope you are not here, let Lin Yi be responsible for this matter. The postal station must be built as soon as possible, without considering the profit and loss." Zhao Kuo said, some things are not
Money can measure it.
"Lin Yi...I'm afraid not..." Lin Xiangru hesitated a little. Lin Yi was his grandson, and he naturally wanted to train him well. If he could handle things well and show his face in front of the king, there would be no need to mention the benefits.
But Lin Yi is just a charmer, and this matter is somewhat beyond his ability.
"Whether it can be done, we will know after trying it. Does the Prime Minister just want his descendants to be protected by you forever?" Zhao Kuo said.
"Then let him try." Lin Xiangru agreed. He couldn't always protect his descendants. While he was still alive, if something went wrong, he could lend a hand and save something.
"And that boy Lin Feihong, let him and Uncle Wang handle the horse affairs." Zhao Kuo continued to read the names in the book. Lin Feihong is also Lin Xiangru's grandson, and he has just entered the throne.
Then, Zhao Kuo named a dozen more names, basically all of them were second-generation or even third-generation officials of Zhao State.
The abilities of these people may not be as good as those of their parents and grandparents, but the education they received since childhood is definitely much better than ordinary people. Basically, it is not a problem to govern a county or even a county. As for whether they can become ministers, it depends on their future efforts.
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But equally, if these people live in the land of flesh and blood, the damage caused will be far greater than that of others.
Zhao Kuo's purpose is to find things for them to do, drag them to the right path, so that they have no time to do bad things, and at the same time cultivate some talents for Zhao.
As for whether they can handle these things well, Zhao Kuo thinks there is no problem. Even if they are not capable enough, their father and uncles are still alive. Don't they know how to ask?
Besides, even if they screw up in the end, their parents are still capable of wiping their butts.