Three Kingdoms

Yiji was a little troubled.

This trouble is not his own, but given by others. The problem is that this other person makes him unable to refuse...

Is Han Emperor Liu Xie so easy to meet? Is it a good thing to see him?

But Yi Ji had to see him.

Knowing that you can't do something, or that you shouldn't do it, but you still have to do it, this may be a world without fairy tales. It doesn't mean you don't want to do it, it means you don't have to do it.

Yi Ji raised his head and looked at the high platform.

The high platform of the Han Dynasty is like what is often seen in later movies and TV dramas. It is boxy, like a lighthouse. The lower half is a tall, trapezoidal earth platform with green bricks on the outside, and then there are red pillars and railings on the top. , the top is a dark brown tile...

For some reason, Yi Ji seemed to suddenly think of something, his eyebrows twitched, and then he quickly lowered his head.

Xiao Huangmen slipped off the high platform and expressed his Majesty's invitation.

Yiji could only follow Xiaohuangmen, walk up the stairs, and then reach the top floor to pay tribute to Liu Xie.

Although the wind was not very strong today, it was still somewhat strong. On the high platform, it was blowing around, making the sound seem to sway a little with the wind.

After a few pleasantries, the process was completed.

"Ai Qing will accompany you to Xuzhou?" Liu Xie asked.

Yi Ji nodded in agreement.

Originally, Yi Ji thought that if Liu Qi couldn't get anything, then he could help as much as he could. But now that Liu Qi had obtained the position of Xuzhou governor, and the official edict was issued, as Liu Qi When the position of the governor of Xuzhou was placed in front of Yi Ji, Yi Ji was naturally very fragrant.

Where can I go that isn't just a casual meal?

Liu Qi still has an old relationship, and they know each other relatively well. If they were in another place, it might not be much better...

Therefore, Yi Ji finally decided to follow Liu Qi to Xuzhou, but unexpectedly, before he left, he was invited to the high platform by Liu Xie.

"In the past, when I heard about Jizha Guanyue and Gongwei's songs "Zhou Nan" and "Zhao Nan", I said that it was Shi Ji, but I worked hard without complaining. I also heard about "Bei", "阘", and "Wei" and said A person who is worried but not sleepy is like this in "Xiaoya" and "Daya", which describe the virtues of the King of Wen in a straight and straight way..." Liu Xie said slowly, "Today, I love you, I am traveling all over the world, traveling through nine states, and observing. The joys of various places are like those of the seasons. I have many insights... I live in the palace all the year round. I don't know the local customs and the joys of each place. Therefore, I specially invite you to come here and explain a few things in detail to clear up my confusion..."

Music is something that keeps pace with the times.

Therefore, if you sang something like "Sister Sitting on the Bedside" or "Going to Money" during the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, you might not have escaped being beaten to a pulp on the spot, but you would also have been sprayed into a sieve...

After the Han Dynasty, there was no market for ancient music. It was only played during royal sacrifices and grand ceremonies. In addition, due to the wars in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, many pieces of music were lost. By the time of the Han Dynasty, it was Rearrangement may not fully restore the ancient music.

Yi Ji raised his hands and said, "How dare I compare myself with Yanling Jizi..."

At this moment, Yi Ji really wanted to go back in time and give his previous self some big mouths.

Yiji has a sub-profession and is a celebrity.

Naturally, it is impossible for a celebrity to not understand the etiquette and music. In addition, when he was running around Xu County for Liu Qi's affairs, he had to go around making connections and eating and drinking, so of course there must be some packaging. This "Ji Zha" Guanle, of course, it was one of the packaging of Yiji at that time.

After all, not all Han people can be like Yi Ji, running here and there, from Lu to Jingzhou, then from Jingzhou to Sichuan and Shu, then from Sichuan and Shu to Guanzhong, and then from Guanzhong to Yuzhou Yingchuan...

Traveling thousands of miles, of course, there are scenery along the way, which naturally became Yiji's capital to brag and promote himself, but Yiji never expected that his boast would fall into the ears of Liu Xie, and then he would be invited by Liu Xie Let’s talk about the “rituals and music” of various places...

Is this really Liu Xie’s desire to understand the etiquette and music of various places?

Obviously not.

Because on the surface Ji Zha was watching music, but in fact he was not purely talking about rituals and music, and Yiji couldn't say anything clearly. After all, what Emperor Liu Xie asked was superficially still about rituals and music...

"I was born in Yan, and later came to Jingzhou," Yi Ji said. "The joy of Jingzhou is close to Chu. Chu's music and joy are mixed, and the utensils are many and noisy, which is beautiful. Just like the old days when Song Yu answered the king of Chu and sang to Ying. The middle ones were originally named "Xia Li" and "Ba people", and there were thousands of people in the country who were harmonious. They are "Yang'a" and "Xielu", and there are hundreds of people in the country who are harmonious. They are "Yangchun" and "White Snow", which are rare..."

Liu Xie frowned slightly, then pondered for a long time, then nodded, "What about Sichuan and Shu?" 』

Yi Ji lowered his head and replied, "Sichuan and Sichuan have no rituals and music. They are all passed down from the Central Plains. Therefore, if Qin strengthens them, Qin music will flourish, and if Han Dynasty strengthens them, Han music will flourish..."

Liu Xie raised his eyebrows slightly, "What about Guanzhong?" 』

Yiji's answer became more and more brief, "The joy of Guanzhong, the joy of vigorous music, the joy of sonorous music, is the music of many Qiang and Hu..."

Then, it was gone.

"The song of Qiang and Hu?" Liu Xie pondered for a moment and then asked, "How about Aiqing observing Yuzhou's rituals and music?" 』

Yi Ji simply said: "I have been here not long ago and haven't gained anything yet. How can I make false claims?" 』

Liu Xie took a breath and nodded slightly, "Only when the people are enough can they know the rituals and music. Now that the world is in chaos, the rituals and music are naturally lacking... My beloved is coming to Xuzhou now, so you might as well pay more attention to the joys of Xuzhou. If you have gained something, you might as well go there." To describe..."

Yi Ji rolled his eyes, then nodded in agreement, "I obey..."

Liu Xie smiled, and then asked him some other questions, such as the landscape and food in Jingzhou, the Taoist villages in Sichuan, etc., as if he was just asking out of pure curiosity, and then Yi Ji also picked it up. Some strange things were told to Liu Xie, and the sound of the monarchs and ministers talking and laughing floated up and down in the wind to the audience...

…(￢＿￢)? …

"That's all?" 』

Cao Cao asked, holding the record in his hand.

The people sitting down lowered their heads and said, "That's all." 』

"I know..." Cao Cao waved his hand, "Just step back..."

Not long after Yi Ji left the palace, the conversation records between Liu Xie and Yi Ji were handed over to Cao Cao's desk.

Cao Cao held this record and pondered for a long time, and suddenly smiled, "Huh... the joy of Yuzhou, the joy of Xuzhou, ritual music, ritual music, rudeness naturally cannot be happiness, only when the people are enough can they know the rituals and music, haha, if the people It’s not enough...』

Cao Hong sat aside and said, "It's better to go halfway..."

Cao Cao thought for a moment, shook his head, and then smiled, "No need, it will arouse suspicion... What's more, the place where Mount Tai... will eventually be decided..."

"Zi Lian, what do you think of the method in Guanzhong?" ” Cao Cao put the notes in his hand aside and asked the previous question, “ He rode on the cool laws, hunted and killed unruly households, confiscated family property, and used it as Lantian... A certain person originally thought that the people of Jingzhou were capable. It dragged down Guanzhong's economy, but I never thought of using this strategy to make up for the damage. On the contrary, it only strengthened its wings... I made a mistake..."

Cao Cao said he made a mistake, but in fact Fei Qian's actions seemed to open a window for Cao Cao. Originally, Cao Cao also wanted to open the window, but everyone was dragging him away. Some people even hit and died in front of Cao Cao on the spot. As a result, Cao Cao did not dare to open the window at that time...

Now looking from the side, Fei Qian actually opened such a large window. Isn't this what Cao Cao wanted to do before but failed to do it? Now seeing Fei Qian doing it happily, Cao Cao suddenly felt that the things he thought were so scary before didn't seem so scary after all? Since others can do it and Fei Qian is doing it, can I copy it myself?

In the entire Cao family, the only one who knows a little bit about economics is Cao Hong.

The tall one picked out of the short ones.

Cao Hong frowned, unable to make a decision for the moment.

A penny stumps a hero, let alone a penny problem now.

Although it is said that Cao Cao's current economy is better than in history because he followed Fei to farm, which is equivalent to advancing the time of farming in history. However, farming only ensures food, but what about other commodities...

Cao Cao's economy has never been rich, otherwise Cao Cao wouldn't be so big on those "impure gold", and naturally he wouldn't be known as the "gold-touching captain".

As for Cao Cao's advisers, those who have some economic acumen just want to make money for themselves. Just like Xu You, who had been killed before, there are still those who can think about Cao Cao, but they basically don't understand what economics is...

Xun Yu and Guo Jia may be able to give Cao Cao some strategic advice, but neither of them has any good ideas about economics, and they are even worse than Sima Yi in historical records. Of course, this may also be a mindless boast about Sima Yi after Sima came to power.

In fact, carrying out gold-fishing activities was not Cao Cao's patent. Before Cao Cao, Dong Zhuo had done this on a large scale.

When Dong Zhuo squandered money, bribed and rewarded his subordinates, and successfully brought Dong Taishi to power, coupled with Dong Zhuo's army's increasingly frequent military operations, the financial situation within the Dong Zhuo Group became increasingly worrying, especially after severing relations with the Shandong gentry. Without the source of Shandong's tax revenue, Dong Zhuo could not support the huge military expenditure, so he had to think about the idea of ​​​​dead people.

In order to alleviate the financial crisis, Dong Zhuo did three small things, one of which was to dig tombs. He also asked Lü Bu to send out the tombs of emperors and ministers to collect their treasures. ” Then the tombs of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and others were dug up again. Of course, it was not the first time that those tombs were dug up, so there was no obvious relief.

So Dong Zhuo did the second thing, which was to destroy five baht coins and make smaller coins. He also collected all the subordinates of Feilian, a bronze man from Chang'an and Luoyang, to fill the drums. "It turned out that Dong Zhuo didn't understand economics after all, so he and Li Ru simply wanted to solve the problem of money shortage, but unexpectedly they helped Fei Qian to accumulate and pave the way for economic wealth in the early stage...

Then Dong Zhuo did the third thing, "Dong Zhuo took over wealthy people, punished them for their crimes, confiscated their property, and the dead were invincible..."

When digging the tombs of the Han royal family and ministers, the wealthy nobles would pretend they didn't see it, and would even buy some of the unearthed goodies with a smile. Otherwise, where would those things go? Ordinary people don't need those golden clothes, jade and so on...

When the five-baht coin was changed, the wealthy nobles also criticized it harshly, and then secretly minted small coins on a larger scale than Dong Zhuo's, taking advantage of the opportunity to make profits...

Only when Dong Zhuo started to move these "rich houses" did these people scream and collude with each other, forming a surging anti-Dong alliance...

So Cao Cao learned Dong Zhuo's lesson.

Digging a grave.

no problem.

Everyone knows it, but no one tells it.

Cao Cao had never thought about minting small coins, but this road was blocked by Fei Qian. Nowadays, the five-baht coin has become obsolete and almost no one uses it. However, it can be cast into Zhengxi coin or Qiusi coin, but the cost is too high. It will cost one hundred and twenty to mint one hundred coins. Of course, no one is willing to do it if it costs money, or even a hundred and fifty dollars.

As for the five-baht money, barbarians in Jiangdong and even in the desert have begun to refuse to accept it. Everyone is only willing to accept the money from the West and Qiusi money. No one wants the five-baht money, and even Cao Cao dared not force it. Said to use five baht coins...

Historically, Cao Cao ordered the five-baht coin to be used nationwide again. Seventeen years after Dong Zhuo corrupted the five-baht coin, Cao Cao became prime minister at the time, "so he stopped using the five-baht coin." 』

What is the result...

Haha, this further led to the collapse of the national economy, and had to be ordered again not to use five baht coins, but to use grain and cloth as general equivalents.

Can bartering solve the problem? Nor could it be said, "In the reign of Emperor Ming, money has been used for waste and grain has been used for a long time, and there are more and more tricks and counterfeiting in the world. They wet the grain for profit and made thin silk for market. Although they were severely punished, they could not be banned." "Gangs and organizations that pour water into food and specialize in weaving ultra-thin fabrics have actually appeared on the market, and no matter how much they are banned, it will not help...

But now, because Feiqian's Zhengxi money and Qiusi money have increased the cost of minting coins, most people who want to mint coins will lose money themselves, and five baht coins have almost no value in Feiqian territory, because the reason is very simple , there is no five-baht currency in Feiqian, so it loses its legal price and can only be based on the actual weight of the metal value. This makes the currency in Feiqian actually belong to export...

If among the Han people, no one outside Fei Qian's territory would buy Fei Qian's goods, then Fei Qian's currency would be melted down in large quantities and minted into other money, so that Fei Qian would not be able to guarantee the currency's value. Circulation, but here’s the problem, the products in Fei Qian’s territory are too fragrant.

Cao Cao can do without any luxury items, but he can't do without the war horses produced in Feiqian's territory, nor can he do without those fine steel armors and weapons, even if he doesn't hesitate to smuggle them...

So since Cao Cao couldn't refuse, how could the ordinary gentry children under Cao Cao refuse?

So delicious.

It's a verb, an adjective, and a noun.

Historically, Wei's products relied on war horses, while Zhu Ge relied on monopolizing the salt and iron in Sichuan and Sichuan, and then encouraged Sangzi to use Shu brocade to spread throughout the world. This is why he is known as "the industry of female workers, covering the world". This makes "During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei's market was in Shu, while Wu also owned the Western Road", giving Brother Zhu the capital to fight against Wei on one side...

As for Emperor Wu?

Our lovely Emperor Wu naturally did worse than anyone else.

When Sun Ce and Zhou Yu governed Jiangdong, they were "casting mountains into copper, boiling seas into salt, and the territory was rich." Then when this kind of opening came into my hands, it was "Big Spring 500", which was five times larger than Liu Bei's. ! There is no way, I can say that he just likes the big ones!

Therefore, in terms of the economic system, Fei Qian alone can really defeat all the current big men...

Even because the money from the expedition to the west was not enough, we could only exchange raw materials to Guanzhong for various commodities, such as glue, paint, hemp, horns, salt, sugar, etc., even copper...

Then it became more and more difficult...

Cao Cao just vaguely felt that this was not good, and began to think about why it was like this, but he obviously couldn't understand why it was like this. He didn't know what a scissor difference was, and he didn't know what a foreign exchange war was, but Cao Cao knew that if Cao Cao or something else Once a person expresses his intention to use five-baht coins instead of Feiqian coins, all the privately minted five-baht coins in the world, good or bad, will all flow to him...

Therefore, Cao Cao could only continue to use the money from the expedition to the west. Therefore, although Cao Cao obtained more food and grass in the fields, he was still poor and strapped. Cao Cao was so poor that his eyes turned green and he wanted to make money. He even asked Xun Yu and Guo Jia to find something that could compete with Fei Qian's products.

Then the ideal is naturally Mikami Yuu...

Ahem.

The reality is like a flower.

In the end, it seems that the only way left to make money quickly is to get a big player.

Seeing Fei Qian kill a group of big businessmen in Sanfu in Guanzhong, and then support hundreds of thousands of refugees in Lantian, Cao Cao couldn't help but feel jealous.

When Cao Cao was in Qinghe, Jizhou, the strong resistance shown by the Jizhou nobles made Cao Cao afraid that he would become Dong Zhuo's second best. Cao Cao finally gave in and endured...

Then I wrote it down in a notebook.

The uncle can tolerate it, but the aunt cannot.

Now, Cao Cao opened the notebook again, put his hands on his hips and laughed, "Today I change my surname to Wang!" 』

Of course Cao Hong knows Cao Cao's predicament and can understand the problems Cao Cao is currently facing, but if he really wants to take action against the big family...

Cao Hong pinched his beard and pondered for a long time before saying: "If you do something like a hussar, you should have great justice..." Cao Hong believed that the reason why Fei Qian succeeded was because Fei Qian stood up in name, so if Cao Cao wanted to If you want to build a big business, you have to find a name like Fei Qian did, instead of simply recruiting like before...

Cao Cao nodded slowly.

In the past, we went through the front door and worked from the front. Then the Jizhou gentry resisted fiercely. It didn't work and it didn't work. So now we should go through the back door and work from the back.

In a blink of an eye, Cao Cao saw the "Transcript" that he had originally put aside. Suddenly, he had an idea and picked it up again and pushed it forward. "Zilian, haha, this happened to happen... How about..." 』