"Where can I find a stable source of income?" Liu De paced, thinking.
There is no doubt that this is a very difficult thing.
Probably because since Liu Bang, the national policy of the Han Dynasty has been to govern by doing nothing and rest with the people. As long as the law does not prohibit it, the government will not care about whatever the people do.
As a result, industry and commerce developed rapidly.
Big businessmen continue to emerge.
These people relied on their wealth, flexible minds and government connivance to seize almost all profitable industries.
They cut mountains and stones, smelted iron ore, boiled the sea to make salt, and conducted trade all over the world.
The merchant group was so powerful that even Sima Qian later had to write a separate biography for them when he wrote the Historical Records.
Undoubtedly, the prosperous industry and commerce brought trouble to Liu De in developing financial resources.
Basically, all the hugely profitable industries have been divided up by businessmen colluding with officials.
It is difficult for Liu De to seize food from the tiger's mouth.
Moreover, even if he was determined to compete with merchants for business, Liu De didn't think he could compete with any merchants.
Because capital is dirty and ugly.
For example, the most profitable business now is salt and ironware.
Those merchants did not treat the workers and slaves they hired as human beings at all. In many mines and salt ponds, the overseers hired by these merchants used whips and butcher knives to force the workers to work. However, those workers worked for a day and received nothing. The businessmen who are extremely meager and even a little evil will not even pay them, but will only take care of two meals.
In this way, their costs will naturally be greatly reduced.
But it’s impossible for Liu De to do this?
Not only must we not mistreat our craftsmen, we must even treat them favorably and favorably.
In this way, Liu De's cost for the same thing was countless times higher than that of businessmen, and he was lost at the starting line.
But then again, these businessmen are living a carefree and happy life, but they don't know that they have already dug their own graves with their own hands.
In his previous life, after Liu Che came to power, he slashed all the businessmen on their bodies.
Inadvertently, Liu De saw a coin pinned to the wall.
It was a piece of Ba Zhu coin, which was minted during the period of Empress Lu and is no longer in circulation.
Liu De walked over, took the coin in his hand, weighed it, and suddenly smiled: "The monk can touch it, but the Taoist priest can't?"
He knew that he had found a stable source of income.
The financial policies of the Han Dynasty are still very confusing.
When Liu Bang ascended the throne and became the emperor, the first thing the Han Dynasty did after the founding of the country was to enfeoff the heroes, and the second thing was to reform the currency.
However, Liu Bang was just a pavilion chief in the Qin State, and his education was not high. After he launched an army to rebel against Qin, he always fought with others on horseback.
Therefore, he doesn't understand anything about economics and finance.
It's just that as a pavilion chief at that time, Liu Bang knew about the abominable situation of Qin's coins. The coins issued by Qin were called half taels, one inch and two cents long and two cents wide, and weighed twelve baht.
This kind of half-liang money is heavy and big, and it is a bit heavy to carry a few in your pocket. If there is a large transaction, the money is usually pulled by bullock cart, which is extremely inconvenient for the people to use.
So, the emperor Liu Bang immediately made a decision with a wave of his hand and a slap on his head, changing the Qin Dynasty's half taels of twelve bahts to three bahts. In this way, the size and weight of the coins will be reduced, and the people should be happy and very happy. Please be happy to use it.
Unfortunately, this decision made by Liu Bang ignored the most basic common sense - he changed the weight and size of the coins, but did not change the value of the coins. The weight of the three-baht coin was only a quarter of the Qin coin, but its value was still the same. Nothing has changed, I still use it as half a tael of money.
Ordinary people are not fools.
How is it possible to use such a coin?
What added fuel to the fire was that in order to win over people's hearts, Liu Bang actually opened up the coinage rights and allowed private coinage.
What is a capitalist?
For profit, capitalists can sell the rope that hangs them!
As a result, large and small folk minting workshops came into being. In order to make money, unscrupulous businessmen mixed lead and iron into the already tragic new money. The resulting coins were not only pitifully light, but also thin.
It's fatal.
Therefore, the economic crisis suddenly came.
The Han family's finances suffered a heavy blow, so much so that in the early days of the founding of the country, even Liu Bang couldn't get six horses of the same color to pull his cart. Xiao He and Cao Shen actually went to court in an ox cart...
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After Liu Bang's death, Empress Lu came to rule the dynasty.
Empress Lu carried out a certain degree of reform on Liu Bang's financial policies.
The first is to mint eight baht coins to replace the three baht coins minted by Liu Bang.
At the same time, in order to prevent bad coins from driving out good coins, the Money Law and the Gold Rules were promulgated to regulate the financial market, and private coinage was prohibited. Anyone who minted coins privately would be punished with death, and even those who harbored and failed to report their knowledge would be punished.
This stabilized the financial economy.
By the time Empress Lu died, the Han family's treasury had become full, the country's financial situation had greatly improved, and there was even enough money to train a new army and form cavalry.
However, after the princes and ministers destroyed Zhu Lu and helped Liu De's grandfather Liu Heng ascend the throne of emperor, the situation changed again.
Because the position of emperor was given by the princes and ministers, Liu Heng was just a puppet for a time, and the country's political affairs were controlled by Zhou Bo and Chen Ping.
We need to change this situation and gain real authority.
It is necessary to win people's hearts and give sweetness to the ministers and princes.
Therefore, the eight-baht coin was abolished and changed to four-baht coin. The money-stealing order was abolished and private coins were allowed to be minted.
This Han Dynasty's finance has returned to the Liu Bang period.
It's just that this time the capitalists and nobles learned the painful lessons from the past and did not mix lead and iron too much into the coins. Basically, the coins they minted looked like they were made of copper.
Since princes and kings can mint money, nobles can mint money, and even merchants can mint money.
Then Liu De can naturally make money!
How high the profit of minting money is, you don’t have to know it yourself.
For example, the Wu State of Wu King Liu Bi had a standing army of more than 100,000. He dominated the south with strong soldiers and sharp armor. He lifted the East Vietnam with his feet and beat the South Vietnam with his fists. He seemed to be the overlord of the southern princes.
Liu Bi's Kingdom of Wu was not a blessed land, otherwise it would not have been his turn to be the King of Wu.
Then how will he support his huge army?
The answer is coinage and salt.
Relying on these two hugely profitable industries, King Wu Liu Bi not only maintained an army of 100,000, but also supported countless robbers and bandits.
It's just that there is something special about making money.
Most of the coins currently circulating in the market are half a tael of coins from the Qin Dynasty and four baht coins stipulated by the late emperor.
Half a tael is too heavy. Although it has high credit, it has little circulation.
And four baht is too light and the quality is not good, so the credit is relatively low.
"Let's learn from Liu Che!" Liu De thought. The five-baht coin minted by Liu Che in his previous life can be said to be a classic case of Han Dynasty finance.
The original four baht coins and half a tael coin were all driven out of the circulation market.
Even in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, five baht coins were still in circulation!
The advantage of this five-baht coin is that it is heavier than a four-baht coin and lighter than half a tael. It meets the needs of transaction circulation without making people worry about devaluation.
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Here comes the first update, I’m afraid I’ll have to update late these two days~
The main reason is that the mother-in-law is coming and her birthday is two days away. You know this, and only if you coax the mother-in-law well will your wife be happy.
