After Liu De returned to the county guard's office, he went to call his master's father Yan, and asked his master's father Yan to call Bo Ye, the princess of Hedong County, too.
About half a quarter of an hour later, Master Fuyan led an official in his thirties to Liu De.
"Chen Yan pays homage to His Highness..."
"Chen Zhi pays homage to His Highness..."
The two of them bowed in worship.
"Two gentlemen, please get up..." Liu De said kindly: "Please sit down..."
Have someone prepare seats for the two of you and sit down.
Liu De looked at Bo, the princess of Hedong who came with his father Yan. According to the files, this person's surname was Cao, and he could be related to Cao Shou, the Marquis of Pingyang. His father was a slave of Cao Shou's grandfather, Cao Shen.
, because he was diligent and studious, he was valued by Cao Shen and adopted as his adopted son. Although he had no inheritance rights, he could bear the surname of Cao and claimed to be the queen of Pingyang Yihou.
"Cao Aiqing..." Liu De sat down and said with a smile: "Please introduce to me the Pingjia system..."
Although Yi Nu explained some basic knowledge about Ping Jia to Liu De, she was a woman after all, so her understanding was not too detailed. At the very least, how did Ping Jia set and decide prices? How did the government and the people agree with Ping Jia?
Jia's ruling? These are beyond what Yinu can know, so Liu De needs an official to answer his questions.
"No!" Cao Zhi has a strong Hedong accent. Liu De sounds like a Cantonese from later generations speaking Mandarin. He always feels that he is chewing words and it is a bit laborious. However, it has little effect and he can hear clearly.
"Your Highness..." Cao Zhi is in charge and is responsible for civil affairs, so he is very clear about Pingjia. After organizing his language, he introduced: "Pingjia evolved from the Zhengjia system of the previous dynasty.
also!"
"Well..." Liu De nodded slightly after hearing this. This is a new knowledge, but then again, basically all the policies, systems and laws of the early Han Dynasty can be found in the Qin law. Many of them are simply copied from the Qin law.
Say it in another way, and then continue to execute it.
"However, Qin's laws were harsh, so the late emperor issued an edict, 'God considers everything to be equal,' and ordered the implementation of the system of Ping Jia. The merchants and people in all markets in the world were allowed to use their power to level Jia alone and negotiate the prices of goods, especially the prices of goods purchased jointly by the government!
"Cao Zhi cleared his throat and continued: "Take me as an example. At the beginning of each year, I have to discuss the prices of goods with the citizens of Anyi and the merchants of various ghettos, and then announce them under the cloth!"
Liu De felt more and more interesting after hearing this. Could it be that this Pingjia system also assumed the responsibility of the Industrial and Commercial Price Bureau in later generations.
Although, it sounds like this Pingjia can only be used for transactions between merchants and government most of the time.
But in other words, with slight changes, it can also serve as a referee when merchants deal with the people.
Liu De thought of what he had seen and heard in the Anyi market just now. Didn't Pingjia named Zhang interfere in the transactions between merchants and people?
It can be seen that there is still room for manipulation in the Pinjia system.
But at this moment Liu De was more concerned about the prices negotiated between the merchants and the government. What did they include?
Obviously, this is an important window to understand the game between grassroots government and local powerful people at this time.
Cao Zhi continued: "In addition, the government levies taxes every year. If the people pay in kind, it will also be in accordance with Pingjia's system!"
This sentence fell in Liu De's ears, like a bomb, which made Liu De energetic all of a sudden.
Originally, Liu De was still a little confused and had no clue about many things, but Cao Zhi's words immediately opened the window for him.
Liu De immediately asked: "Is there any legal requirement?"
This is a key issue. As long as the relevant legal provisions are found, Liu De can use this as a basis to carry out his plan.
Liu De also understood why after he proposed a price protection for grains, there was almost no major response from businessmen and civilians in Guanzhong. The reason turned out to be that the Liu family had already carried out some similar policies, but they were not as similar as Liu De's.
, directly make it clear and set a minimum price and a maximum price.
But for most businessmen, setting a minimum price and a maximum price is just a step forward on the basis of the Pingjia system, so they can accept and understand it.
Because the Pinjia system has brought them more benefits than lost interests!
As long as you think about "The Charcoal Seller" by Bai Juyi in later generations and then look at the Pingjia system of the old Liu family, even a pig will know that it is obvious that the Pingjia system protects most businessmen.
Of course, it also protects the interests of some farmers.
"Your Highness..." Cao Zhi nodded and said, "Yes!"
"Han Lv. Jin Bu Lv has an order: If the goods are not money, the calculation will be based on the tenth month of Ping Jia!"
After hearing this, Liu De's smile became even thicker.
No wonder Liu Pengzu fell in love with Ping Jia, and now Liu De also falls in love with Ping Jia.
It just needs to be carefully investigated and arranged, discussed with the ministers, and approved.
Obviously, this law includes all commodities that are not money, including but not limited to firewood, rice, oil and salt.
Simply put, as long as it is improved, perfected and strengthened, it can become the cornerstone of an empire.
Not to mention anything else, as long as a universal exchange ratio of gold and copper coins can be established, it will immediately bring the Han Dynasty into the gold standard system.
Even if Liu De doesn't know much about finance, he still knows how important a standard currency system is to a country!
The Han Dynasty's gold reserves of millions of gold could be released in an instant, turning into a huge financial source and a valve to stabilize social prices.
"I will cast gold five baht in the future!" Liu De thought in his mind: "In parallel with the copper five baht, by adjusting the currency circulation, I can easily control the world!"
Liu De remembered that Liu Che also minted platinum coins in history. However, that little pig was obviously not a time traveler, so his platinum coins ended up being Chang Gong's gold yuan coupons, which were thrown on the ground and no one wanted them.
But Liu De doesn't need to issue that kind of mythical item where a piece of deer skin is worth thousands of gold. He only needs to issue and mint a gold coin with the same weight as a five-baht coin, which can be ten times more valuable than those flashy deer skins worth a hundred gold coins.
It works hundreds of times and a thousand times without any side effects.
Of course, it's no wonder Liu Che didn't know how to mint gold coins.
It is really due to the limitations of the times.
For now, if Liu De was not a time traveler, he would not have thought that he could play the gold standard.
Even though he is a time traveler, he knows very well that before the gold standard, he still has a lot of work to do.
First of all, the first one is that the five-baht coin must eliminate all other currencies on the market and allow the whole country to share one currency. If it cannot do this and there is not even a unified currency, there is no need to talk about the gold standard.
Once the gold standard was established, Liu De could control the financial economy of surrounding barbarians and even distant countries through currency.
