Chapter 1005 Killing Chickens (asking for a monthly ticket)
The reason why the mission was sent was simply because the Han-Hungarian war was about to begin.
Therefore, it doesn't matter whether the Greek-born Bactria comes back with its Yuezhi and Cypriot masters to counterattack Dawan, or it can be a crusade before the Christian era.
In order to protect themselves, the Yueshi and their younger brothers organized a multinational coalition to resist the Xiongnu.
In fact, they didn't even send out a single soldier and had to watch the show from behind.
For Liu Che, for the Han Dynasty.
Even if it just allows the Huns to disperse their strength, it will be useful in the war between Han and Huns for hegemony.
the reason is simple.
Not long ago, the Shaofu reported to Liu Che that based on the current national strength, savings and fiscal revenue of the Han Dynasty.
Without imposing additional war taxes, the Han family could support external operations for up to three years.
If the scale of the war expands, it may not be able to sustain it.
The ministers also had lingering fears about the long war.
The Han-Hungarian war nearly twenty years ago left a deep impression on the Han Dynasty.
In that war, the Han and Hungarians fought near the Great Wall for more than two years.
The people of the entire Beidi County and Shang County are exhausted.
The country's treasury savings disappeared like water into the bottomless pit of war.
That was still fighting on the inside. Relying on the Great Wall, the Han army's losses were minimized.
Therefore, even though the current fiscal revenue of the Han Dynasty far exceeds that of the Taizong period, the officials are still worried about a war that may last for more than three years.
Fortunately, now, the Han Dynasty has new dried fish.
There are also many cattle and sheep in the pasture.
Otherwise, just a source of meat may drive the big farmer and the young master Yousi to commit suicide.
Even so, the financial expenditures for this war may be frightening.
At least the last five baht in Liu Che's coffers will be wiped out!
This made Liu Che feel very insecure!
How miserable would an emperor be without money?
Don't look at others, Wanli and Chongzhen are excellent examples.
It is no exaggeration to say that if the emperor had no money, he might not be able to command even a pawn.
In order to make money, avoid falling into the bad situation of Chongzhen or Wanli.
On the one hand, Liu Che assigned tasks to all levels of organizations in the Lord Commander's Yamen.
They are required to complete a certain amount of business tax tasks.
Anyway, according to current laws, only businessmen with a fortune of more than 500,000 yuan can be taxed.
So in other words, as long as they have the means, they will receive the tax.
Then, Liu Che doesn't care what methods they use!
On the other hand, Liu Che used his trump card porcelain at Yantie Yamen!
In fact, the porcelain firing technology was broken through two or three years ago.
It’s not difficult!
Especially today, when coal is widely used as fuel, with high-temperature, high-quality coal, it is only a matter of time before porcelain technology breaks through.
Of course, it is impossible for today's porcelain to produce the beautiful blue and white porcelain that was produced during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties.
Liu Che doesn't need the high-precision black technology of blue and white porcelain for the time being.
What he created was celadon glazed porcelain based on the original celadon technology.
The technical content is very low, and there is no need to specially train craftsmen, so it can be produced on a large scale.
The reason why it has not been produced and publicized in the past two years is because the firing temperature and time have not been mastered, and the product is easily broken or the quality is of concern.
But now, the treasury is almost running out of money.
Liu Che couldn't wait for it to be perfected.
Take it out first, collect some money and then talk about it.
Starting next month, porcelain will begin to appear on a small scale on the shelves of various salt and iron yamen.
Make money from the big dog first.
A porcelain bowl costs one hundred yuan!
The large porcelain bottle was directly marked with a sky-high price of one gold!
In this way, you can probably earn tens of millions more every year.
After continuing to make money for three to five years, when the celadon technology was copied, Liu Che launched more advanced white porcelain and colored porcelain.
This can make another round of money.
In the future, it can also become a key product for China to export and earn foreign exchange, and go to Rome, Egypt, Persia, etc. to make money.
But obviously, this alone is not enough.
Mr. Qiu Ba of the army, if you cut off their reward money and military pay, it will cause morale to drop at the least, and mutiny at the worst!
So, there is no way.
Liu Che threw away the knot grass again.
Let the young master prepare to build another school district house in Maolingyi.
Then, he urged the Shaofu to speed up the construction of the racecourse and the surrounding markets in Chang'an.
Conservative estimates suggest that this can barely meet military expenditures.
But, the problem comes again.
Now, the total circulation of five-baht coins minted by the state is only 300,000,000.
However, the military expenditure alone for this war is conservatively estimated to be in the millions.
Even if the young master tried his best to mint money, he would only be able to mint a hundred million in a year.
This is only possible if there are sufficient raw materials.
The crux of the problem lies in China's copper shortage.
This has been true since ancient times.
Otherwise, copper coins will not become a currency accepted and recognized by the people.
Copper mines in China are difficult to mine and most of them are buried deep underground.
Want to mine copper?
Yes, but you have to pay for it with human life!
In Tongshan, Kuaiji County, hundreds of corpses were buried under the mines every year, starting from King Wu Liu Bi and even from the Spring and Autumn Period.
Countless people died from exhaustion, were stoned to death, or suffered landslides and other natural disasters.
The copper mine in Kuaiji County is still open-air.
From this you can imagine how difficult it is to mine copper mines buried underground.
This forced Liu Che and the Han Dynasty to turn to gold as their currency.
So, in the Battle of Mayi, after testing with gold coins.
In the past few years, the Shaofu has been minting gold coins on a small scale, and then slowly putting them into circulation on the market.
It's just a pity that the effect is not very good.
These gold coins have always been the same as the previous gold, only flowing in the circles of princes and wealthy merchants.
Ordinary people dare not accept it or use it.
After all, if you have a few coins in your pocket, the knights and other heroes may not have bad intentions.
But what if you have a cute little yellow-orange color in your pocket?
Haha, then, even in the busy city.
It won't be safe either!
The trial of the gold standard encountered the first obstacle in the face of social environment and reality. Very few ordinary people were willing to use gold coins.
Even if they get gold coins, they will hide them immediately or exchange them for copper coins.
The idea behind hiding it was that after his death, his son would melt these gold coins, cast them into underworld weapons, and accompany him underground.
Those who exchanged money were in short supply and needed money urgently.
Both of these situations prevented the circulation of gold coins.
This made Liu Che really beat his chest, but he was helpless.
Could it be that he can also introduce a law that will kill anyone who dares to rob gold coins?
And if gold coins cannot circulate on a large scale, the gold standard will lose its power.
After all, the gold standard was designed to increase national currency reserves and circulation and reduce dependence on copper coins.
But the common people don't use gold coins.
What else could the emperor do besides stare?
On the other hand, commodity trading is now gradually beginning to use gold coins as currency, which makes Liu Che feel a little bit relieved.
Unfortunately, this relief did not last long.
Because, Xiuyiwei reported: Those damn businessmen finished the transaction with the gold coins, and then, just like before, hid them in the cellar of their home.
They can only get in and out!
They would rather exchange copper coins for gold coins than trade and circulate gold coins!
Only a few people will use their savings to pay when they really can't make money.
At that time, Liu Che felt terrible.
If they continue to play like this, even if Liu Che digs out all the neon gold, he probably won't be able to satisfy their appetite.
The most terrifying thing in this world are these misers!
Liu Che deliberately wanted to use a whip to teach these scum to behave.
But they were afraid, and they failed to teach them how to be good people, and instead forced the peasants to rebel.
So, this matter was left hanging.
We can only slowly think of ways to make these guys smarter and more advanced in their thinking.
Let them know that hiding gold in their cellars only makes it easier for the emperor to raid their homes...
And soon, we will have such a touching educational opportunity.
After sending Master Sanzang and Sha Wujing away, Liu Che immediately summoned Zhou Zuoche, the commander of the Xiuyi Guards.
Zhou Zuoche did not enter the palace alone.
He brought with him almost all the embroidered uniform guards in Beijing.
In the structure of Xiuyiwei, a school captain is a senior official in charge of a county or even a kingdom.
Currently, there are twenty-one captains in the Xiuyi Guards, nineteen of whom are scattered among the prefectures and counties all over the world.
There are only three people left in Chang'an now.
However, Zhou Zuoche brought six people with him to the palace this time.
In other words, three spy chiefs responsible for a county or even a country have returned to Beijing.
Of course they didn't come back empty-handed.
"Your Majesty, this is the list of merchants in Julu and Handan counties who are connected to the Xiongnu and smuggled contraband!" Wang Wenshu knelt down and said, and presented a long list to Liu Che.
Liu Che raised his eyes and looked at this famous cruel official in history books.
Wang Wenshu messed up the Ren case a few years ago.
In other words, he is too young.
It was almost impossible for Liu Che to get off stage, so he was refrigerated for a long time.
However, Liu Che is not the kind of person who doesn't use it just because someone else makes a mistake.
It’s better to avoid past mistakes and avoid future ones, and to treat illnesses and save lives.
What's more, although Wang Wenshu did many things wrong at the beginning.
But there was one thing he did right, a decisive strike and a brutal blow to the powerful without mercy.
Therefore, Liu Che gave him a chance.
Let him go to Zhao and start over.
Start with a grassroots spy and craftsman.
It has to be said that Wang Wenshu is courageous but careful. Moreover, after suffering losses, he became much more cautious and corrected many of his mistakes.
This allowed him to gradually climb to the highest level of the local embroidered clothing captain in Zhao State.
Liu Che took Wang Wenshu's report and took a look at it.
Good guy!
This number of people is really quite large, densely packed, and there are even some nephews or relatives of the princes' families, and there are even some who died in person.
But you can understand it if you think about it.
Although Yan and Zhao have many generous and tragic people since ancient times.
The local folk custom is to draw swords against each other if they disagree.
A promise of a thousand gold, an oath of life.
This is commonplace in Yanzhao.
However, Liu Che knew better that Yan and Zhao, especially Zhao people, had realistic thinking deep in their bones.
After all, he had been the king of the river for more than ten years.
I understand Zhao Ren’s thoughts very well.
For Zhao people, there is nothing they dare not do as long as it is beneficial.
Tai Shigong said: The folk custom is to wait for the opportunity and eat. The husbands gather to play games and sing tragic songs generously. When they are up, they will dig up graves and do clever rape. There are many beautiful things in order to promote excellence. Women will play drums and harp.
Lu, travel around to charm the rich, enter the harem, and travel to the princes.
Although there are some map artillery, there are also some overgeneralizations.
However, it also describes some of the folk customs of Zhao and the spiritual outlook of Zhao people.
The land of Zhao has been thin and prone to disasters since ancient times, and it was also the site of four wars.
Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Zhao Di has become the center of war in the world.
Whether it was the melee between Zhu Xia in the past or the battle between Han and Hungary in modern times, Zhao was the front line and the focus.
Zhao people were forced to make a living and had no choice but to choose reality.
Because you can’t live without reality!
Therefore, at the beginning, King Liu Sui of Zhao, as the king of the Liu family, thought all day about borrowing Xiongnu soldiers to enter the pass...
Therefore, it is understandable that there are so many people who are hooking up with the Huns.
only……
This is too many people!
There was a dense crowd of nearly three to four hundred people!
Liu Che thought for a moment and decided to cross out most of the people on the list.
The attack surface cannot be too wide.
Besides, this is just killing the chicken to scare the monkey.
It's not really about going on a killing spree.
Generally speaking, those who trade privately with the Xiongnu and sell bronze or grain can be let go.
However, Liu Che was not prepared to let go of anyone who smuggled a large amount of iron, even weapons and equipment, and even...those who smuggled books to the Xiongnu!
Yes!
Xiuyiwei discovered half a year ago that the Huns were purchasing books from Han merchants at high prices.
How could a businessman who could even sell his parents for money let go of such an opportunity?
As a result, many Han books flowed into the Xiongnu.
There were even people who wanted to sell a set of the "New Nongshu" and Di Bao, which were originally only for officials to read, to the Huns.
Fortunately, Wang Wenshu kept a close watch and did not let this undisclosed secret of the Han family flow into the Xiongnu.
However, it is unknown how many other books, especially those that were not strictly controlled, were obtained by the Huns.
This is also something that can't be helped.
After all, Liu Che is not a god and cannot cast spells, so that all people entering and leaving the Chinese border cannot carry paper out of the country.
The only good news is: it was impossible and impossible for the Huns to access the books and notes in Moyuan, or even approach the water-powered hammer forging workshop in Moyuan.
Even if they get close, they probably still can't understand the principle and manufacturing process of this hydraulic forging hammer.
However, these scumbags dared to sell Chinese cultural classics and technology to the Huns.
Liu Che was not going to let anyone go.
After Wang Wenshu, the other two captains also provided a list each.
After reviewing it, Liu Che immediately issued an order: "Immediately arrest all merchants who have sold more than fifty pieces of iron, or weapons, or books. I will order the Tingwei to be responsible for receiving all prisoners. At the same time, the supervisors and censors of all counties will cooperate with the ministers."
