The 618th section of the group of demons dancing (1)
"Gu'anhou has passed away!" Within an hour, this news was known to almost all the princes and officials above Qianshi in Beijing.
For most people, whether Shen Tujia is alive or dead has little to do with them.
At most, someone would sigh twice.
But another piece of news made these people unable to sit still at all.
"Your Majesty wants to waste half a tael, eight baht, four baht, three baht, and only use five baht as banknotes?" Countless people were shocked by the news coming from the Weiyang Palace.
Unexpectedly, the first person to react to the news was a doctorate officer from various schools of thought.
Especially Confucian doctors.
"Now that the Han family is unified and the world is at peace, it should be that the cars and writings are in the same track, the books are in the same track, the government orders are the same, and the money system should be the same!" Dong Zhongshu said to his disciples in the bus station, and then raised his hands in the direction of Weiyang Palace in praise.
Said: "The head of state is so bright and his humerus is good! This is the rule of the holy king. I should celebrate it for the whole world!"
Great unification is Dong Zhongshu’s banner, Dong Zhongshu’s benchmark, and Dong Zhongshu’s philosophy.
"Your Majesty, you are doing the right thing by getting rid of his money!" Hu Wusheng, who lives next door, also appealed to his disciples: "Since the rise of the Han Dynasty, people from the city have cast money and boiled salt, causing harm to the world for sixty years. Today,
If we remove it, there will be less harm in the world!"
As the largest faction within Confucianism, Gongyang School has always advocated "small words and big ideas."
And compared with other factions, Gongyang School is more practical and takes managing the world as its top priority.
Therefore, Gongyang Studies developed rapidly in the Han Dynasty.
Within 20 to 30 years, all other internal competitors were defeated, and its sworn enemy Guliang faction was even driven out and exterminated in many counties in Guandong, and the Taoist tradition was threatened with severance.
On the other side of the public bus station, Zhang Hui, a Legalist tycoon who was giving lectures to his disciples, also got the news. Then, he put down his book and said: "Since Shang Jun Shen Han, we Legalists have always taught
The teachings of the power of the earth 'implement the method of strengthening a country, remove the beetles internally, and expand the territory externally. Fortunately, the sage is now on the throne, remove the miscellaneous money, and establish the original version. It is really a blessing for the world!"
As the saying goes, the butt determines the head.
The positions of Confucianism and Legalism, at this moment, when facing the common enemy businessmen, they immediately reached an agreement.
However, several giants from Huang Laoxue were quite surprised when they heard the news.
The Huang Lao School has never advocated easy changes in policies, laws and systems.
They are used to working according to the old rules and regulations. If policies change frequently, they will feel very uncomfortable.
Therefore, in people's impression, Mr. Huang is mainly conservative and conservative.
The famous historical debate between Yuan Gusheng and Huang Sheng on whether the Shangtang Revolution was just, vividly illustrates the attitude of the Huang-Lao faction on ideology and economic policy: no matter how old the so-called hat is, it still has to be worn on the head.
No matter how new your shoes are, they still have to be worn under your feet.
This concept extends to ideology. That is: the superior and the inferior are unshakable. The king is the king, and the ministers are ministers. The common people will always be common people, and the nobles will always be nobles.
When it comes to economics and policy, it becomes: laws cannot be changed lightly, and orders cannot be issued lightly. In other words, it is best never to change any current policies.
When the emperor bows down and governs, the world will naturally be peaceful and peaceful.
Therefore, the Huang-Lao sect was later overthrown by Confucianism and never became the mainstream again, and it was not without reason.
However, at this time, none of these Huang Laoxue giants dared to speak, let alone criticize the emperor's policies.
The reason is simple.
Huang Laoxue took the high-level route, and they were closely attached to the Liu regime. They either relied on the East Palace to make a living, or relied on the Weiyang Palace to make a fortune.
It is equivalent to the imperial literati within the system.
When have you ever seen an imperial literati being at odds with a ruler?
What's more, it took the Liu family sixty years and four generations of emperors to get everyone used to the Liu family's troubles.
Since the rise of the Han Dynasty, the country's laws and policies have been renovated almost every generation.
Therefore, in line with the attitude of being wise and protecting yourself and the concept of "eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor".
Instead of following their instincts and objecting to this, these Huang Laoxue giants said some nice things.
In this way, the mainstream factions among the three major factions that dominated public opinion in the Han Dynasty quickly established their own tone and sang praises for the emperor's reform of the unified monetary system.
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However, the reactions of the princes were different.
"Your Majesty wants to unify the money?" Many princes returned home and reacted immediately after seeing the copy of the emperor's edict sent from Lantaixia.
Although the emperor's edict is on the surface to solicit opinions, everyone knows that it is actually telling the ministers on the open fire: eight baht coins, four baht coins, three baht coins, I am not happy with these coins competing with my five baht coins.
The market has been around for a long time, so let’s take a look at it.
Many people looked up in the direction of Weiyang Palace and took a deep breath.
Abolish the circulation of money in other banks. In fact, many people have expected such a day to come a long time ago.
Today, when he is not even the crown prince, he is minting five baht coins.
His plan to unify the currency with five baht coins is well known to everyone.
Therefore, smart people, as early as a year or even two years ago, secretly exchanged other coins in their hands for five baht coins, gold and other things that can maintain their value by various means.
Moreover, the princes of the Han Dynasty had a habit.
That is to go all out and use all methods and means to hoard gold.
For the princes, money is superfluous to them.
With a feudal state, food, towns, retainers, servants, state salary, and official residence, they have very little money when they need it!
No prince would hoard too many coins at home. It is useless to have too many coins. It is better to replace them with cute yellow and orange ones and store them in the cellar, which is both elegant and decent.
But this is only for most princes.
In this world, there are always some people who are not willing to rest on their laurels.
Especially those who are in high positions, hold power, and are closely related to the royal family.
Using power to enrich one's own pockets and benefit oneself is somewhat conscientious.
I don’t know how many people sit at home every year, receiving ‘filial piety’ from old friends, customers, and subordinates, and at the same time protecting these guys.
Xue Ze, Marquis of Guangping, is such a guy.
Xue Ze's grandfather was the Han general Xue Ou who had a deadly feud with General Xiang Yu Zhong Limei.
After the rise of the Han Dynasty, the old Xue family's position in the Han Dynasty has been very stable.
Xue Ze's father served as a candidate for Xue Shan and served as prime minister of Huainan, governor of Henan, and supervisor of the Shaofu.
When it came to Xue Ze's generation, Xue Ze served as the captain of the capital for a long time.
What is the official position of Captain Kyousuke?
You can understand it as the later director of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau concurrently served as the commander of the North China Armed Police.
It is responsible for the public security and fire protection of Chang'an and Guanzhong counties. Sometimes it also acts as the industrial and commercial administration bureau, helping cities to exercise power and deal with those disobedient thorns.
Therefore, there is a lot of potential in this position.
So much so that after Xue Ze served as the capital of the capital for five years, someone once suggested at a court meeting: The Marquis of Guangping is still very capable. Such a young and promising minister should be placed in a more important position, such as a county guard or something.
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Xue Ze immediately stood up and declined, saying that he had little talent, little knowledge, little morals, and was young, so he might not be able to govern the place.
But actually...
Xue Ze couldn't bear to part with the position of Captain Jingfu that could bring him at least one thousand gold in extra money every year!
As the saying goes, if you take someone short of hand, you will eat someone soft-spoken. It also goes like this: Take people's money and eliminate disasters with them.
Although Xue Ze does not mint money at home, his friends all do!
What's more, the meaning behind the emperor's words this time was not just to discuss the issue of unified currency.
It is also related to the current plan of the nobles and nobles to dump their accumulated bad coins to the common people.
If before the autumn harvest, the court had made a plan to abolish other lines of money.
So, will people still recognize bad coins such as four baht and three baht?
I'm afraid that by then, they won't even recognize eight baht!
Thinking like this, Xue Ze decided that no matter what, he must find a way to stall the emperor's plan.
It will be delayed until at least October.
By that time, everyone's money has basically been given away to the people.
Even if the emperor wanted to abolish other coins, it would not matter.
More importantly, Xue Ze felt that by doing so, he would gain the respect of many big shots and the heartfelt thanks of businessmen.
This year’s filial piety must be several hundred percent more! (To be continued...)
