Straight man of steel

Chapter 423 Everyone's Purpose

The people who disappeared into the night all finally entered Jianzhang Palace from different locations.

Liu Che thought that Zhang Yuan would not come to Chang'an often, so he didn't send embroidered clothes envoys to sneak into the Marquis Xin'an Mansion in Chang'an City.

Right now, this negligence has become the biggest trouble.

It is not easy to immediately install the Embroidered Clothes Envoy into the Marquis Xin'an Mansion in Chang'an City.

In desperation, this group of embroidered clothes envoys can only achieve the purpose of detecting news by following the people of Xin'anhou Mansion and Zhang Yuan.

Every day at night, after collecting the news, hand it over to Liu Che's desk.

Liu Che's vigilance was greatly raised by Sang Hongyang.

Right now, there are no important political affairs to deal with. For Liu Che, the most important thing now is to find out Zhang Yuan's plan and the child in Wei Zifu's womb.

Things that could have been clarified by asking Zhang Yuan to ask, but it took so much manpower to investigate.

Liu Che flipped through the information on the desk page by page.

The brows are getting more and more wrinkled.

It wasn't because he was worried about anything, but because he found that he couldn't know what Zhang Yuan wanted to do now from Zhang Yuan's behavior.

To put it bluntly, he just didn't understand.

Although Liu Che has been in power for decades, he once again unified the currency and promulgated a series of economic policies.

However, he is not sensitive to the economy, which is why a certain grandfather said that Liu Che slightly lost his literary talents.

But the biggest advantage of the surname Liu is that he can employ people.

Learning from barbarians to control barbarians seems to have been proposed by Wei Yuan in the late Qing Dynasty, but this concept has appeared as early as 2000 years ago, and it may have appeared earlier in places that have not been recorded in history.

What Liu Che is playing is called managing business with business.

It was already late at night, but there were still three people standing below Liu Che.

Sang Hongyang, Dongguo Xianyang, and Kong Zhi.

Sang Hongyang was the son of a merchant, Dongguo Xianyang was a salt merchant, and Kong Zhi was an iron smelter.

These three people are the core circle of Liu Che's economic reform.

"Guys, take a look for yourself.

What is the purpose of this far and away thing to do so many puzzling things. "

Among the three, Sang Hongyang was the closest to Liu Che, so he stepped forward to take the information from Liu Che.

After being distributed to the other two people, Sang Hongyang also started to look through it himself.

Like Liu Che, the more he watched, the tighter his frown became.

Before finishing watching, he cupped his hands and said to Liu Che.

"Your Majesty, all the actions of Marquis Xin'an should be to make the people accept five baht."

"Only for this purpose?"

Liu Che thought that Zhang Yuan would do something to confuse people, but after a long time, he didn't expect that it was just to make everyone accept the use of five baht coins.

"Your Majesty, don't underestimate Marquis Xin'an, I think he should have a deeper purpose."

"Tell me, what exactly does Zhang Yuan want to do?"

Sang Hongyang couldn't guess Zhang Yuan's real intention after thinking about it.

In fact, Zhang Yuan's true intentions are easy to guess. He told Princess Pingyang at the beginning, and Liu Che also knew about it through Princess Pingyang.

But no one wants to believe it.

Liu Che and Princess Pingyang didn't believe it because Liu Che's previous two currency reforms had failed.

But Sang Hongyang didn't believe it because from his point of view, a lieutenant should not be so impartial.

As long as the five baht coins are not faked, it is absolutely impossible for Zhang Yuan to profit from it.

Before, he thought that Zhang Yuan opened the sub-bank to make money, and the [-]% interest that Wu Yanlang said could make money as long as there were few bad debts.

But after the opening of Dangziqian Zhuangzi, the interest rate of five thousandths was indeed only enough to maintain the operation of the Zhuangzi.

The development and growth model of Ziqianzhuang is very simple. It is to put the principal in, and then start to release the Ziqian, and then it will grow bigger and bigger like a snowball.

But Zhang Yuan's current model at this time is tantamount to doing charity, and it is charity without reputation.

No matter how low the interest rate is, the sub-qian Zhuangzi will not have a good reputation.

Others do charity for fame, or maybe for profit, but Zhang Yuan does not do it for fame or profit, which makes Sang Hongyang unacceptable.

"I need to take another look."

As soon as Sang Hongyang said the words, Liu Che's eyes were full of disappointment.

"Your Majesty, I may not be able to find out what Xin'anhou's purpose is, but I have found out what he will do next."

Kong Zhi said to Liu Che very excitedly, as if he had discovered something extraordinary.

"Say it!"

"Someone from the Marquis of Xin'an left Chang'an City and headed southwest.

The minister guessed that he was looking for the grandson of Zhuo Wang of Shu County. He had heard for a long time that Marquis Xin'an had an affair with the eldest daughter of the Linqiong Zhuo family of Shu County.

A few days ago, Xin'anhou had run into a wall with Wuyanlang, and he would definitely find another rich man to cooperate with.

Even though Marquis Xin'an has a rich family, facing Chang'an, the inner history and the whole Han Dynasty, he is no different from a mayfly shaking a tree.

Letting all his family property out is like raindrops falling into a lake, or a river flowing into the sea, without making any waves. "

"Your Majesty, Kong Shizhong is right.

Everything that Marquis Xin'an did in front of him must be a temptation.

After the Linqiong Zhuo clan helped him, with the Zhuo clan's financial resources, Xin'anhou's Ziqian business could overwhelm the Wuyan clan in the inner history and geography. "

Sima Qian is a person who has seen the big world, he can call Linqiong Zhuo's family rich and elevated to the level of the country, Zhuo Wangsun's wealth is not as simple as it seems to outsiders.

"Should it be stopped or not?"

Liu Che heard what the three of them were talking about, but he couldn't get to the point. After talking for a long time, he didn't know that Zhang Yuan's making the plate bigger would actually harm him.

Liu Che had already forgotten about the shameless face earlier.

"Your Majesty, you must not do anything to Marquis Xin'an.

But you can restrain the Linqiong Zhuo clan.

A merchant with such great wealth already has the strength to rebel. "

Now that Liu Che is not short of money, the way these three businessmen fooled Liu Che changed from money to rebellion.

It is estimated that Zhang Yuan did not expect such a change.

Think about the three industries that Liu Che first reformed.

Coin casting, salt industry, and iron smelting all require a lot of labor, and the construction sites are located in remote mountains or coastal areas.

They are all beyond the reach of the government, and one of the three is good at calculating and is most familiar with making money, and the other two are their own old businesses.

It seems that Liu Che gathered these three people for political considerations rather than economic ones.

"Your Majesty, Kong Shizhong is right.

Chen felt that some industries could no longer be left to their own devices.

Take the coin industry, iron smelting industry, and salt industry as examples.

Salt can be exchanged for money, iron can be forged into weapons, workers can be transformed into warriors, and trucks can be transformed into chariots. If copper coins can be minted privately, and those private miners unite to rebel, isn’t it a bit scary to be convenient? "

Sang Hongyang's words directly hit Liu Che's deepest worries.

The emperors of the Western Han Dynasty were never worried about foreign aggression. When they first got up, they were strong, and when they got up, they were also like dogs.

Anyway, the ancestors came from hooligan backgrounds, so they never cared about a little infamy.

On the contrary, what they are most worried about is the issue of internal rebellion. The reason is very simple, too many rebellious things have happened.

The Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms almost overthrew the rule of Emperor Han Jing.

The demise of the Western Han Dynasty and the demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty all proved that Liu Che's worries were not groundless or unfounded.

When the Western Han Dynasty fell, the Southern Huns wanted to rebel, but after thinking about it, they decided to forget it.

When the Eastern Han Dynasty fell, Xianbei also wanted to rebel, but finally saw Boss Cao and let it go.

Throughout the ages, only when the Qin and Han Dynasties perished, the mighty soldiers deterred foreigners from invading the Central Plains.

"In your opinion, now is the time to end this?"

"Your Majesty still intends to fight against the Xiongnu next year. This year, Your Majesty will take advantage of last year's great victory of the Han army, which is the time for reform."

Sang Hongyang has been in the position of servant for a long time. Although Liu Che loves him very much, he cannot be reused.

"However, Father Yan, the master of Daxing, intends to implement the decree of grace. Will it damage the foundation of Dahan if I punish those merchants who make trouble again?"

Liu Che almost didn't say that the issuance of so many decrees together would make those merchants turn around and fall into the arms of the princes and kings.

"Your Majesty, the Order of Tweeting Grace is to promote your grace to the world, so that everyone of the princes' heirs can be rewarded.

As for targeting merchants, it is easier. Maoling is still under construction and moving the rich people from all over the world to enter the pass cannot be delayed.

Those merchants concealed their property earlier, or the government at all levels concealed it and did not report it. Your Majesty, you can order to check and make up for the omission.

First of all, for those merchants who operate the salt industry and iron smelting industry, let them all move to Maoling Township.

At that time, who else can move around under your nose?As for the civilians who privately minted copper coins and executed them directly, these people were the root of the great Han's troubles. "

Sang Hongyang wanted to pour out all his thoughts about merchants in his heart.

Liu Che's mind was immediately opened.

Originally, he hadn't found a good excuse to target those merchants, but Sang Hongyang immediately gave him an idea.

When the wealthy households from all over the world moved into Maoling Town, they had a clearly marked property of 300 million yuan.

Who would believe that Zhuo Wangsun's family property does not have 300 million?

Whenever this happened in the past, these merchants would spend their money to find someone to replace them.

Generations of emperors turned a blind eye to it.

The law of the Han Dynasty also allowed substitution, otherwise the merchants would have no chance to make a fortune, and they would have to be enslaved one by one.

Of course, all of this is based on the fact that the emperor did not intend to target these people.

Liu Che's eyes are on this group of people now, can he let him go?
"Okay, then do it.

Tomorrow morning, I will order the prime minister's office to write the death of those who privately mint copper coins into the law.

Then send people to various places to investigate, and those with rich family fortunes will be forcibly moved in if they do not enter Chang'an. "

In the early days of the founding of every country, the laws must be full of loopholes.

In particular, China has always had the habit of producing a group of rich people like an assembly line.

The background of a businessman is not clean, and taking advantage of legal loopholes is the businessman's favorite thing to do.

Why do you need to open a company in the Oman Islands and deposit money in Switzerland, just because the local laws can protect them.

Liu Che would not have thought that even if he promulgated the law, those merchants would find loopholes.

"Your Majesty is wise, should we stop the Xin'anhou incident?"

Private minted copper coins are aimed at ordinary people.

Both the county level and the princes can mint money, and they can mint money in an open and aboveboard manner.

The reason why no one makes money is because the copper mines are all in the hands of the state, so only the government makes money, and no princes make money.

Recasting copper coins means that some impurities in the copper coins have been wiped out.

Nowadays, private casting of copper coins is prevalent, and copper coins can no longer be thinner. For the princes, taking copper coins to melt new copper coins like Zhang Yuan is just throwing money away.

"Let's take a look."

"Here."

Sang Hongyang was a little dissatisfied, but still bowed his head and agreed.

The young man is either jealous or envious of Zhang Yuan, and Sang Hongyang is even more jealous. He holds himself to be no weaker than anyone else.

And having served Liu Che for more than ten years, the trust between the two should far exceed that of others, but they cannot be reused.

And Zhang Yuan can be said to have no background at all, but now he can reach this point, how can he not make people jealous.

"Then go away."

The three retreated in response.

After the morning court ended the next day, Chang'an City fell into a new round of earthquakes.

"Do you all know that the emperor wants to cleanse those who privately minted copper coins.

Grab one and kill one, absolutely no mercy. "

"I just heard that Xin'an Hou Xin cast a kind of copper coin called five baht coins.

Your Majesty is targeting Xin Anhou? "

"You are stupid, what His Majesty wants to kill is the smuggler, and the Xin'an Hou's coin casting is an aboveboard coin casting.

You usually read a lot, and you don’t even know what the government’s new laws and regulations mean. "

"Then you mean that His Majesty intends to help Marquis Xin'an promote the five baht coin?"

"It must be, Marquis Xin'an is the hero of the great man and the confidant of His Majesty.

What do you mean by His Majesty promulgating such a decree at this time?
It is definitely necessary to vigorously promote the five baht coin! "

"Then let's go to Qingpingfang and exchange all the copper coins at home for five baht coins!"

"Yes, hurry up, or you may not be able to exchange five baht for a day today."

How could Liu Che have never imagined that the folks would understand him so well.

However, it is reasonable for the common people to think this way. Whether it is official casting or private casting, they are all casting money.

Cracking down on private casters, people understand that there is nothing wrong with supporting official casters.

Now the government has not issued new copper coins, only Zhang Yuan has introduced five baht coins, and Zhang Yuan is the order of Xin'an Hou Taixue of the great Han.

Isn't Zhang Yuan an official in the hearts of the people?

People in other places may not be so sensitive to Liu Che's orders, but this is Chang'an.

Chang'an City can be said to be the place with the fewest copper coins privately minted. The half taels ordered by Liu Che a few years ago are still in use today, and there are no other copper coins at all.

When the common people misunderstood Liu Che's meaning, a phenomenon appeared.

Thousands of people blocked the entrance of Qingpingfang that afternoon, and almost no one bought paper, all of them came to exchange money.

Old Zhao was almost stunned, he didn't know what happened at the court meeting, even if he knew, he couldn't think of any connection between the two.

There was another person who was dumbfounded, but it wasn't Zhang Yuan or Liu Che.

These two people still don't know about the hot phenomenon outside the gate of Qingpingfang.

The people who settled in Qingpingfang in Pingyang Hou's Mansion immediately told Princess Pingyang about the situation.

She was dumbfounded when she found out.

(End of this chapter)