Strictly speaking, the monetary policy of the gold and silver standard is not prone to inflation. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoIf only gold and silver are used for coins, the amount of gold and silver that exists in circulation depends entirely on the amount of money demanded in the whole world.

When social demand increases, the quantity of gold and silver increases as a result of the increase in demand, either through mining or by appropriation from state stocks; When the demand for gold and silver decreases, the same amount of gold and silver is used to buy fewer goods, and the depreciated gold and silver are not worth the loss, so people will store gold and silver, and the amount in circulation will decrease.

Anyway, there is no problem with gold and silver for a few years. As a result, the purchasing power of gold and silver has remained stable for the long term in most cases.

But it is a pity that China has never been a big country in the production of gold and silver, and gold and silver are the main objects of wealth stored by the ancients, so they have to use inferior metals as currency, that is, copper coins.

Especially in the Han Dynasty, only the wealth of merchants was dominated by copper coins, and the wealth of the vast majority of people was mainly reflected in the form of land, rice or silk and other physical objects, and the number of copper coins held was enough as long as it could ensure daily expenses. Therefore, when the types and quantities of goods change very little, the higher the velocity of money, the higher the price of goods, and the more severe the inflation.

Now Chang'an is facing such a situation, when the people found that the copper coins in their hands began to depreciate, they were crazy to replace the copper coins in their hands with physical objects, and the people who got the copper coins had to quickly get rid of the copper coins again......

As a result, almost all the copper coins on the market are gathered together, and whether the goods are useful or not, all of them are grabbed home first!

When it was time to distribute materials, most of the grain, grass and items were ordered by Dong Zhuo to be transported to Yiwu, and Dong Xiangguo, who was very happy when he abandoned the jade seal last time, refused to allocate a second time after allocating a little grain and grass, and said that he would not say anything.

Li Ru has no way to do this. Dong Zhuo became more and more obedient, sometimes even Li Ru would be scolded with his head and face, and after scolding, he quickly turned around and appeased, which made Li Ru cry and laugh.

Another thing that Li Ru can't do is that the goods in the Chang'an market may be in short supply in general, but it will definitely not be like now! However, the nature of all people is concentrated at this moment, and when they see the rise in prices, they put all the copper coins in their hands into the market without any consideration, and at the same time reduce the supply of goods in the market......

If Li Ru was in Chang'an at the beginning, it would be fine, maybe he could still find it in time to control it, but after Li Ru arrived in Chang'an, under the vicious circle, Chang'an's market has begun to collapse, and soon began to spread to the periphery, and this heavy domino can no longer be supported.

The original planned grain and grass were transferred away by Dong Zhuo, and now the merchants and people in the city did not listen to the notices posted by Li Ru and the persuasion of the people sent out, and frantically threw themselves into the action of collecting all kinds of materials......

10,000 yuan for one stone! The rice shop had to be opened under the forced order of the government, but every day even the door panel was not removed, a small crack was opened, and the grain was sold only for two or three stones, and the door would be closed......

A firing clay bowl costs 5,000 yuan!

Inferior burlap is 30,000 dollars a horse!

The big sheep only costs 250,000 yuan!

Ordinary horses have risen to a million dollars a lot!

……

The opponents that Li Ru is facing now are not those coalition forces in Shandong, but his own people.

It's not that there is no way to do it, but Calculating the opponent, Li Ru has no burden at all, but when it comes to attacking his own people, Li Ru can't do it.

Jia Xu pinched a piece of beef and said, "So, how much is this piece of meat worth now?" ”

Li Ru glanced at it angrily and said, "According to the current market price, the plate in front of you will cost about 8,000 yuan......

"Eight thousand? Then with these drinks, wouldn't it be said to be a feast of ten thousand gold? Jia Xu sighed.

Li Ru ignored Jia Xu's complaints, stared at the table, and still had some hesitation in his mind.

Above the table are several copper coins.

New.

Jia Xu pinched a piece of beef, threw it in his mouth, and said vaguely while chewing: "What do you think about this...... Do it......"

Li Ru raised his head, turned to Jia Xu, sighed and said, "However, it is tantamount to drinking doves and ......."

Jia Xu smiled, put his finger in his mouth and licked it, and said, "Or you ask Xiangguo to transfer the grain and grass from Yiwu?" ”

Li Ru shook his head and said: "Now unless all the grain and grass in the dock are transferred out, it will be a drop in the bucket, and it will not help, and in the current situation, Xiangguo also needs to ensure that the supply of military food is safe." ”

"Isn't that over...... Jia Xu said indifferently, "You can't lose all now, you can't make calculations, and you can't make a balance now, so what are you hesitating about?" ”

The policy of equalizing losses, calculating and equalizing is the Han Dynasty big businessman, the famous financial expert Sang Hongyang creatively put forward three plans to stabilize prices and restore economic order, through the implementation of these three policies, finally the Han Wu Emperor's corrupt financial mess was controlled, and maintained until Wang Mang's reckless man came to power......

The policy of equalization of losses means that the tribute handed over by the local government to the central government will be converted into locally produced goods at the local market price, and after being paid to the state, the government will uniformly transfer them to other areas that lack these products for sale, and the central government can take advantage of the product price difference between regions to obtain high profits.

The calculation policy is the property tax of later generations. In conjunction with the later issuance of the Whistle-blowing Order, the people were encouraged to denounce those who concealed their assets, and if the investigation was found to be true, the defendant was imprisoned for one year, and half of all assets were confiscated and half were rewarded to the informant. After the ban was introduced, families above the middle class went bankrupt, and the government looted countless private wealth. At the same time, a large number of free military soldiers are also provided, killing two birds with one stone.

After the implementation of the equalization and calculation policy, the imperial court had a large amount of materials in its hands, and Sang Hongyang began to implement the equalization policy to control inflation. Pingzhun is a special imperial court institution located in Chang'an, which uses the materials in the hands of the state to sell at a high price in the market to stabilize prices.

And now, Li Ru can't do these three, there is no way, the conditions are insufficient. After all, there is only one Yongzhou and Liangzhou that Li Ru can control now, and even if the government order is issued, it will be up to these two regions, and most of the generation in Liangzhou are Qiang people, and the poor are smoother than their butts.

Jia Xu said: "Show me the new money......"

Li Ru sighed, stood up, picked up a few new coins on the table, walked to Jia Xu, put it on his desk, and then walked to the front of the hall with his hands in his hand, looking up at the sky.

Jia Xu picked up the copper coin, weighed it, and said, "Three baht? Then he didn't wait for Li Ru to answer, and said to himself: "Just make it into two baht, anyway...... Hey, hey, hey...... If you want to do it, you might as well do more......"

Li Ru turned around and stared at Jia Xu: "...... What do you mean...... Dragged down the water together? ”

"Or else?" Jia Xu threw the small copper coin on the table, and his voice was a little dull, "Tut...... This material ...... Such a big mess, do you want to carry it alone? ”

Li Ru frowned and thought about it, looked at Jia Xu, suddenly smiled, and said, "Good! ”

Jia Xu also laughed twice, and then said, "...... Who are you going to let do this? ”

The corners of Li Ru's mouth turned up slightly, and said, "What do you think about letting Mrs. Yuan do it?" ”

"That's right!" Jia Xu laughed, nodded again and again, and then shook his head again and said, "...... But I'm afraid that Mrs. Yuan may not agree easily. ”

"It's about to be done, or it's going to happen, or it's going to die, so what's the choice?"

Jia Xu nodded and said, "Well, I don't care about this...... I'll be back in two days, do you have anything else to command? ”

Li Ru thought for a while, picked up the wooden card from the table, handed it to Jia Xu, and said, "You take a detour to meet someone...... Ask him what he can do in this situation, and by the way, help me take a look......"

"Senior brother, what do you mean......"

"I don't mean anything, I just see."

“…… Ah, yes! Then, I'll quit first......" Jia Xu put the wooden sign in his sleeve and got up to leave.

Li Ru glanced at the plate with a lot of beef left on the table, and said a little strangely: "...... Hey, you don't have a good appetite today? Do you want to take it away? ”

Jia Xu staggered and walked slowly, waved his hand, and said, "Leave it for you...... You body...... Eat and drink, this world ...... I haven't seen a chess player tired to death in chess......"

Li Ru was stunned, smiled, picked up the chopsticks on the table, and picked up a piece of beef......