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Liu He obviously has researched on this aspect, he said: "Your Majesty, the gold production in the world is relatively low, limited by gold production and folk consumption, so the total amount of gold in the world has not been much, it is because it failed to Become one of the reasons for the circulation of coins!"

"Also, there was a large gap between the gold stock in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty. In the Western Han Dynasty, gold was indeed used as a means of payment for large transactions, and its value was very clear. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, gold was gradually withdrawn from the stage of history as a means of transaction payment. The reason is that It was from the end of the Western Han Dynasty that the stock of gold dropped sharply!"

"During the Western Han Dynasty, the emperor rewarded his courtiers with gold more than 100 times, and sometimes tens of thousands of gold, while in the Eastern Han Dynasty there were only nine times, the number was small, and more money was given. There are records of giving copper coins more than 60 times. , Liu Bei rewarded Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu and others with only five hundred gold each, which is too different from the number of courtiers rewarded by the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty!"

"The decrease in gold stock is due to the low output on the one hand; on the other hand, the government and the common people have a preference for collecting gold, and they like to hide it when they have gold. Even people die, but future generations do not know where the gold is hidden. There is also the custom of burying the dead with gold; another reason is that Buddhism was spread to the east during the Han Dynasty, and Taoism also rose after the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Gold was mostly used to cast Buddha statues and ritual utensils. For various reasons, gold has not been able to become coins in the market. !"

After hearing Liu He's words, Zhao Junsheng pondered for a long time, and said, "Then don't issue gold coins for now. If one day, the imperial court can obtain a large amount of gold, then issue gold coins! In this way, the Mint Department will make [-] gold coins first. This kind of gold coin is stored and used to reward meritorious ministers, not to be circulated as coins!"

Liu He agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng returned to the inner palace after dealing with military and political affairs, and saw Hua Mulan walking in from the outside, he couldn't help asking curiously: "What are you doing these days? Why do you leave early and return late like me? When she grows up every day, she is about to give birth, so why don't you just run away?"

Hua Mulan said: "The Women's Talent Competition will be held in Qianjing soon. I've been busy with it for the past few days! It's only three to five days. When I'm done, I'll stay in the palace and give birth in peace. Do not worry!"

Zhao Junsheng knew that since Hua Mulan hosted the Women's Poetry Conference last time, the first Women's Poetry Competition was very successful. Talented women who came from Bashu across thousands of mountains and rivers rushed to participate.

After the Women's Poetry Conference was held, Hua Mulan not only did not ask Zhao Junsheng for a penny, but also earned a large amount of advertising fees from the merchants. Apart from the expenses and bonuses for holding the Poetry Conference, she also made a large sum of money. Qian, as well as a large number of princes and students who came to Qianjing from all over the country have made great contributions to the economic development of Qianjing.

Zhao Junsheng asked curiously: "How much advertising fee did you collect from those merchants this time?"

Hua Mulan stretched out five fingers: "Five hundred gold! This time I also plan to collect tickets from the audience. The seats in the front row will be charged three to five thousand yuan, those in the middle will be charged more than one thousand yuan, and those in the back row will be charged more than one thousand yuan. Even if you charge a few hundred pennies, don’t even mention it, in just two or three days, the tickets will be sold out by guns and dogs!”

Zhao Junsheng was dumbfounded.

Chapter 664 Inspiration

{The number of chapters in the previous chapter is wrong, explain here! }

The women's talent competition lasted for more than ten days in a row. It had to go through preliminaries, knockouts, semi-finals and finals. The total number of women who came to Qianjing to participate was more than [-]. All the inns in Qianjing were fully booked, and many participating women were Live with relatives.

These women who came to the competition, their families, servants, and a large number of idiots who came from all over the world to see beautiful women and talented women, and want to kiss Fangze brought strong vitality to Qianjing's economy. In the words of a restaurant owner , This half month is really very profitable, every day is full.

Of course, the good business is not limited to restaurants and inns, there are also jewelry stores, clothing stores, food stalls and other shops. All the places that can be visited inside and outside the capital are crowded with people.

The social atmosphere at this time is relatively open, and the feudal ethics are far less strict than those in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Darley will be fine.As for playing the piano and singing?That's what the women in the brothel and Goulan courtyard have to learn to make a living.

The talent competition is naturally a competition of talents. Apart from piano, chess, painting, singing and dancing, if the contestants have other special skills, they can show them off.

All the women who come to participate in the talent competition have obtained preliminaries from all over the country, and the qualifications from the preliminaries to the semi-finals are in the hands of twelve referees. If more than half of the referees approve, they can advance to the semi-finals and go through the knockout rounds. Most of the people were eliminated, and only fifteen remained in the rematch. Three of these fifteen people will advance to the final, and the other 12 people will all be eliminated, but they will be awarded the title of Twelve Gold Hairpins.

The remaining three were qualified to advance to the finals and compete for the top three. Regardless of their ranking, these three people have a unified title——Three Fairies.

Zhao Junsheng didn't pay much attention to this matter, and he didn't care what Hua Mulan did, so she wouldn't be too busy if she had something to do.

In the evening, after checking his son's homework, he was flexing his fists in the Imperial Garden. Hua Mulan came out with a few maids.

"You all go down!"

Hua Mulan chased away the maids, ran over excitedly and shouted, "Brother Junsheng!"

Zhao Junsheng stopped and wiped his sweat and asked, "Seeing you like this, what is there to be happy about?"

"The women's talent contest is over, who do you think No.1 is?"

Zhao Junsheng shook his head and said, "How do I know?"

Hua Mulan got a little annoyed, stomped her feet and said, "Oh, Brother Junsheng, you are the king of Qian Kingdom, how can you not care about such a big matter?"

"Hey, you put it lightly, if I, the king of Qianguo, pay attention to this beauty pageant, tomorrow a minister will risk his life to admonish me, reprimanding me for not being obsessed with beauty and focusing on state affairs, do you believe it? "

Hua Mulan opened her mouth and sighed: "Well, you're right, those upright ministers can be quite annoying sometimes! I'll tell you the truth, the No.1 in the Women's Talent Competition is... Miss Wan!"

"Eh...Miss Wan? With her talent, she really deserves it!" Zhao Junsheng was not surprised, and thought again, "No, with Miss Wan's temperament, how could she do such a publicity thing? thing?"

Hua Mulan said with a smile: "Miss Wan didn't have such an idea at first. I sent someone to meet her, so she gave me the face to participate. Besides, with her talent, she won the competition.

It is certain that she won a good ranking in the competition, which will help to enhance her reputation, and this time her skills such as cutting, needlework and embroidery shined brilliantly in the competition, and all the judges and audiences were full of praise. The older I get, the more people will ask her to do needlework, and her current wealth is no less than mine!Did you know that since she appeared on stage, more and more people have come to her door to propose marriage. I heard that the threshold of her house was broken by matchmakers in the past two days! "

Zhao Junsheng couldn't help but said, "You did a good deed this time!"

Hua Mulan leaned over and asked, "Brother Junsheng, Miss Wan is too pitiful, why don't we take her into the palace?"

Zhao Junsheng looked at her

The son, a little annoyed, flung his sleeves and left, leaving a sentence: "Why are you bringing this up again? You can play by yourself, I'm leaving!"

Hua Mulan couldn't help laughing at Zhao Junsheng's distressed appearance as he left quickly.

Hua Mulan successively held the Women's Poetry Conference and the Talent Competition, both of which had a great influence and brought some vitality to the stagnant social activities.

Inspired by this, Zhao Junsheng came up with the idea of ​​recruiting talents from all over the world. The so-called "literature is the first, martial arts is the second" can't be compared with writing, and it can't be compared with poetry, which can only be reflected in doing facts. , so this condition is not met; however, preparations for the imperial examination are already underway, and Zhao Junsheng has issued an edict to hold the first imperial examination in March next year to select talented people from all over the world to serve as officials for the benefit of the people all over the world.

This statement is very high-end and high-grade. Many people of insight also feel that they should have the responsibility to contribute to the well-being of the people of the world. To do this, they must be officials. The imperial examinations in Qianguo are public. Although the selection by examination is not necessarily absolutely fair and just, it is at least much fairer and just than the Jiupin Zhongzheng System of the Southern Dynasties.

There is still more than a year before the imperial examination next year, and students from all over the world have already rushed to Qianjing after hearing the news.

Zhao Junsheng also thought of recruiting martial arts practitioners who had been buried among the people, and planned to hold a martial arts competition to select warriors to serve in the army. The reason why he did this was because the Xianbei and other barbarian generals and The proportion of officers is too high.

Why is the proportion of Xianbei and barbarian generals and officers in the dry army too high?This is also a problem left over from history. When Zhao Junsheng first came to Youzhou as the governor, all the troops in Youzhou added up to more than [-] people, all of whom were from Xianbei and barbarians. Zhao Junsheng only brought [-] troops led by Gao Xu. Cavalry, although the conditions for joining the army were opened up and Han people were allowed to join the army, the number of troops increased sharply, but most of the experienced generals and officers were drawn from Xianbei and barbarian military officers, and a small part were drawn from Han generals.

So far, Xianbei and barbarian generals and military officers still account for about [-]% of the army. What makes Zhao Junsheng more at ease is that most of the senior generals are Han Chinese, and he personally brought them out. A few are from the Pingcheng court and others. The composition of those who have come from various places is relatively complicated, but it seems that these people are still loyal.

No matter when and where, the importance of the army to a dynasty or even a country is self-evident. If a dynasty wants to be stable, it must first ensure the army. That's why Zhao Junsheng wants to increase the number of Han generals and military officers in the army. proportion.

Isn't it okay to directly promote Han people in the army?It's not impossible, there are rules for the promotion of generals in the army, how can they be promoted without credit?Now the number of Han soldiers in the army has reached [-]%, but there are not many who have actual experience in leading troops in battle, and there are not as many people with military exploits as Xianbei and barbarians.

In the past 100 years, the Han people in the north have not fought on the battlefield, and the inheritance of generals has almost been broken. It takes time and fighting to make up for it. People like Gao Xiu, Gao Xu, Li Bao, and Xue An are more A few, they all have family heirlooms, where do those ordinary soldiers have their heirlooms?Could it be that as long as an individual joins the army as a soldier, he can be a general?not that simple!

Although martial arts is not the most important factor for being a general, it is one of the most important factors for a soldier to gain a firm foothold in the army. If one person can overwhelm seven people with three punches and two kicks, if one person has the ability to penetrate Yang with a hundred steps Ability, this has a strong deterrent force, and it has the ability to make other people bow their heads and obey, and other soldiers will instinctively think that the chances of surviving on the battlefield with such a person are much higher. This is a person with high martial arts skills. advantage in the military.

In addition to martial arts, to be a general you also need to know how to deploy troops. Military common sense, common sense and experience in leading troops can be observed and learned in the army, but you can’t learn how to deploy troops. No one teaches you where to learn?If you can't read, you can't read even if you have soldiers.

Therefore, soldiers of ordinary origin directly promoted from the army can only be a small officer at most due to limitations in martial arts and education, but there are some exceptions.

There are a few soldiers from ordinary civilian families who have been trained in logistics after joining the army. Although there is no inheritance in martial arts, but because

My own hard training is much better than other ordinary soldiers. With some experience in leading troops and military exploits, I was promoted to a junior officer. Such a person is clever and willing to study hard. He asked some civil servants in the army to teach him how to read and write. You have to understand soldiers.

Such a person has the qualifications to be a general. Although martial arts have not been passed down, they are still inferior to those who have passed down the martial arts, but they are not inferior to them in terms of resourcefulness and formation of troops, and even surpass them.

But such people are a minority after all, and not all ordinary soldiers have such ambition and ability.

Based on various considerations, Zhao Junsheng decided to hold a martial arts competition to select talents to enter the army, and soon promulgated the edict.

Before receiving the feedback from the people, Zhao Junsheng learned that Lu Xuan, the envoy sent to the Southern Dynasty, had returned from Jiankang. For this reason, he held a court meeting to summon Lu Xuan to meet him.

"My minister Lu Xuan was ordered by the king to go to Jiankang to meet with the emperor of the Southern Dynasty to discuss the relationship between the two countries and trade. Now that he has completed his mission, he has returned to return to the king!" Lu Xuan bowed and kowtowed after finishing speaking.