Taking advantage of the fact that Zhao Hu and Wu Yun were overjoyed and had some uncontrollable emptiness, Liu Che coldly took out a five-baht coin from his arms, handed it to the eunuch beside him, asked him to present it, and then said: "How about the two Aiqing take a look at the five-baht coin I cast?" ”

Nowadays, the five-baht coin is in Guanzhong, which can be described as an invincible opponent all over the world.

Because of its high copper content and beautiful appearance, it is very popular.

If only it were that.

The five-baht coin may not be able to unify the coins in Guanzhong, and wipe out all other official and private coins.

After all, Chinese businessmen and officials have always been the best at exploiting loopholes in laws and policies.

No way, these guys are too smart.

They have 10,000 ways to wipe out the five-baht coin -- for example, if they exchange it for five baht, go home and melt it, mix it with some lead and iron, dump it on the peasants, and easily destroy all the market prospects of the five-baht coin.

However, Liu Che, who knew that there would be such a result, patched it early.

After Liu Che minted the five-baht coin, he stipulated: Only the five-baht coin is recognized for the sale and sale of grain under the policy of protective price protection.

And it is regarded as an iron law, which cannot be changed or adapted.

Until now, the official policy of salt and iron, the sale of salt and iron, is only recognized as five baht.

The meaning of the existence of money lies in circulation.

The currency that can be circulated is money, and the currency that cannot be circulated is worse than bricks and tiles!

When the common people found out that only five baht could be used to shop in the government, they immediately disregarded any other form of coinage.

Coupled with the appearance and shape of the five-baht coin, it instantly kills all the coins of the time.

It is lighter and easier to carry than previous currencies.

So. The aristocratic bureaucrats only recognized five baht coins.

Thereupon. In the three years since the circulation of the five-baht coin, it has occupied an absolute hegemonic position in Guanzhong.

And with the opening of the salt and iron yamen to the county of the world. The circulation of the five-baht coin has also begun to grow.

In another year or two, after the people of the world have recognized and accepted the use of five-baht coins in daily transactions, Liu Che will be able to openly announce the withdrawal of private and local coinage rights, and make the five-baht coins the only legal tender copper coin.

Zhao Hu and Wu Yun naturally both knew about it, and knew the five-baht coin, which had been in the limelight in Han recently.

It's funny to say.

At this time, the world has almost no concept of finance and money.

Not to mention the Mitsukoshi in a corner, it is the Han family itself, the elite class and the ruling class. There is no concept of this either.

Therefore, it will appear that the imperial court allows private people to mint money.

Even in many places, cloth is still used as currency, or even simply bartered.

Therefore, Zhao Hu and Wu Yun looked at the five baht coins that were sent to them, and they all looked like they didn't know why.

They didn't understand what Liu Che meant by showing them the coins.

But since the Son of Heaven has asked, of course it is necessary to take a good look at the sycophants.

"Back to Your Majesty. The coins of the upper kingdom really amazed the ministers of the lower kingdom......" Wu Yun complimented.

Zhao Hu also said: "The money minted by His Majesty is beautifully made and easy to carry. It is the first of all money! ”

Liu Che listened, smiled, and said, "The two Aiqing don't know anything. I've been having some troubles lately......"

Zhao Hu was slightly stunned, not understanding why Liu Che jumped from a coin to a completely irrelevant mood all of a sudden.

But. He is the Son of Heaven and the suzerain.

I could only smile and say, "I don't know what worries Your Majesty." Can it be useful for the ministers? Saying that, he patted his chest and swore solemnly: "If it is useful to the minister's place, the minister will go to the soup and fire, and he will not hesitate!" ”

Wu Yun also followed: "The same is true for the ministers! ”

Such empty promises and vows do not cost them anything at all.

If Liu Che really wants them to do something.

If you can do it, then help do it.

If you can't do it, you will promise it first, and then you will talk about it after returning to China.

In short, I coaxed the Son of Heaven first, and then I watched the rest slowly!

"My troubles are on this coin!" Liu Che said sadly: "I am the lord of the world, obey the heavens, shepherd Kyushu, all within the Liuhe, among the four seas, the sun and the moon shine, and the stars pass through, all of them are my people, the four seas of the world, and they should be mixed, but if the currency system is chaotic today, all kinds of coins are rampant, and I am really worried!" ”

If Zhao Hu and Wu Yun still didn't understand what Liu Che meant, then they would have been messing around for so many years.

It's nothing more than wanting to implement the five-baht money in Minyue and South Vietnam!

Zhao Hu and Wu Yun looked at each other, and they both felt that this matter was not a big deal.

Minyue and Nanyue, it's not that they haven't used Han money!

Now, the coins in the two countries are more chaotic than those of the Han Dynasty.

From Qin's half-tael coin, to Lvhou's eight-baht coin, Taizong's three-baht coin, and even antique bronze knife coins, there is everything, and they are all about to open a classical Chinese coin fair.

One more five-baht penny, it's not a big deal!

What's more, the five-baht coin is beautifully cast and the materials are conscientious.

Not to mention the common people, even Zhao Hu and Wu Yun also think that there are many articles that can be done on this five-baht coin.

For example, if you take five baht from the Han Dynasty, go home and melt it, mix it with lead and iron or something, turn one dollar into two dollars, and change hands to double the profit!

If you are a little black-hearted, simply cast five baht coins into three baht coins, and then mix some lead and iron or something, then the profit will be ten times or even ten times.

In the face of the Han Dynasty's method of sending money, Zhao Hu and Wu Yun were happy in their hearts.

As for why the Son of Heaven is like this?

Haven't all China's rulers always had a tradition of having a good face?

For the sake of face, the lining can be lost, not to mention the profit?

So, Zhao Hu and Wu Yun almost worshiped at the same time: "Your Majesty's five-baht coin, exquisite and generous, is actually the most coin in the world, the minister Hu (Yun) of the lower country asks His Majesty to be gracious, plus Nanyue (Minyue) Li Shu, line five baht coins in the lower country, so that the grass, trees, birds and beasts, are all stained with grace!" ”

Zhao Hu and Wu Yun were so upright that Liu Chele couldn't close his mouth.

They can't be blamed, though.

It's really a limitation of the times!

Liu Che nodded with satisfaction. Said: "Two Aiqing, they are really loyal ministers!" ”

"That being the case. I will issue an edict from now on. Minyue and South Vietnam, with the Han market, with five baht as the only transaction legal tender! ”

"Ah......" Wu Yun and Zhao Hu were stunned when they heard this.

Their minds are a little overwhelmed.

I just felt like my brain was in a mess, as if something wasn't quite right, but I didn't know what was wrong.

"What? Do the two Aiqing have an opinion? Liu Che asked with a slight smile.

"Don't dare, don't dare!" Zhao Hu and Wu Yun hurriedly shook their heads.

What are you kidding, where do they dare to have any opinions?

The Son of Heaven became a constitution, and his words followed the law. Where is the turn to get their opinions?

"That's it, then this matter is decided!" Liu Che clapped his hands, and immediately two attendants walked out with a thick book in their hands, and handed it to Zhao Hu and Wu Yun: "After the two Aiqing go back, take a good look at the terms of mutual trade that I have drawn up, and in the future, the rules and regulations of the transaction between Han and Minyue and Nanyue will be based on this!" ”

Zhao Hu and Wu Yun. took the thick book in a daze, and then, by the Han officials, sent back to their residence in Ganquan Palace.

Liu Che watched as they disappeared outside the Hall of Tranquility. I finally couldn't help but laugh.

The markets of Minyue and Nanyue have opened their doors to the Han family.

The goods of the Han room have a new slope.

What's more. Through economics and finance, the Han dynasty was able to gradually assimilate and devour South Vietnam and Minyue.

Liu Che is now convinced. Ten years later, as long as it works properly. The Han dynasty was able to peacefully annex Minyue and Nanyue without spending a single soldier, and complete the final unification of Chinese territory after the collapse of the Qin Dynasty.

Well, by that time, the Hetao area should have been recaptured.

The reason is very simple.

Anyone who knows a little about the economy knows very well how the later generations of Midi controlled the world.

Petrodollar policy, plundering the whole world with blank paper and feeding the huge army of the Mi Emperor.

Liu Che is now playing with the five-baht money policy, although the horse can't catch up with the rice emperor who prints money.

It's a bit like the gold standard played by the British.

The current value of the five-baht coin is not calculated by its exquisite workmanship and copper content.

Rather, it relies on the grain protection price policy and the salt and iron government policy.

The price of grain in Guanzhong has been maintained at about 50 yuan a stone for a long time, and the price of salt and iron is also calculated in 5 baht.

This means that if Nanyue and Minyue want to buy the goods of the Han family, they must first obtain five baht.

However, their coinage level and technology are undoubtedly limited, and it is impossible for them to mint a large number of five-baht coins on their own, and they can't afford it!

The ratio of the copper content to the impurities reached eight to two for the five-baht coin minted by Liu Che.

The ultra-high copper content has greatly increased the credibility of the five-baht coin, and at the same time, it has also made any imitator fall into the situation of losing money more and more.

Moreover, Liu Che recently revised the money law, stipulating the size, regulation and weight of the five-baht coin, as well as the copper content and appearance.

This makes the cost of counterfeiters climb again.

At the same time, the use of grain and salt and iron as a constant means of its value makes any attempt to turn the five baht into other coins or utensils unrewarded - well, for the time being, there may be some profit between the five baht and other coins and utensils.

After all, the country is so big, and many places are still in the stage of bartering.

And copper can be used as a burial vessel.

Someone took five baht money, melted it, and made a dead vessel, which was used as a funeral gift for himself or others.

There must be such a thing.

But Liu Che can afford such a loss.

However, with the future, the salt and iron yamen will spread all over the world, and the food protection policy will be fully promoted.

Liu Che believes that in the case of a five-baht coin, which is equal to X catties of grain or X taels of salt, there will be no more such a thing.

And specifically to Minyue and South Vietnam.

Since they couldn't mint the five-baht coin that met the regulations, even if they barely made it, they would lose money.

The only way they could get the five-baht currency was by exporting their own grain and other specialties.

Just like in the 80s of the Celestial Empire, for the sake of foreign exchange, both Nanyue and Minyue had to sell their property cheaply, and then, in exchange for five baht money, and then use five baht money to buy all kinds of advanced tools and instruments and even weapons of the Han family.

This is naked exploitation!

Over time, the upper rulers of Minyue and South Vietnam, under such circumstances, could only choose to be hostile or close to or even hope to become Han Chinese.

Needless to say, hostility is destined to fail to become a climate.

Those pro-Han factions and those who entered the Han faction should be vigorously supported and encouraged.

And after the upper class is assimilated, the people of the lower class, in front of the various advanced tools of the Han family, will also quickly make a choice.

What's more, now Dongou is attached.

The territory of the Han dynasty stretched hundreds of miles to the southeast, directly bordering Minyue.

This made it easier for the culture of the Han dynasty to influence and invade the nobility and elite classes in South Vietnam and Minyue.

Economic assimilation, cultural assimilation, both pronged.

Minyue and South Vietnam are no longer a problem.

is just waiting for the diehards of the older generation, such as Zhao Tuo and Luo Yan to hang up, and the return of Minyue and South Vietnam is about to enter the countdown.

Put aside the affairs of Minyue and South Vietnam for the first time.

Liu Che called Ji Di and Yan Yi over, and at the same time, Shang Shu and the servants also called together.

It was in this Hall of Tranquility that Liu Che discussed with them the two major events that the Han family would face next.

The first one is the examination.

So far, the number of applicants for this year's examination has approached 8,000.

Although, at least two-fifths of these people are back to the pot, and they are all failures in the last two exams.

But the number of new scholars is also quite large.

As the number of candidates continues to increase, the number of admissions is bound to increase.

But there are not many vacancies for officials in Guanzhong.

Obviously, there will be no way to stuff so many officials last year anyway.

Therefore, it is inevitable that the examination can only be transferred to the local county.

The Prime Minister's Mansion and the Imperial Historian have selected the counties with the strongest control of the Han dynasty in Chu, Jiangdu, Henan, Hedong, Hanoi, Nanyang, Qinghe, Shangjun, and Yunzhong as the resettlement sites for this year's examination of scholars.

In addition, the army also said that it would not be a problem to eat about 1,000 soldiers.

Therefore, Liu Che does not need to think about this problem for the time being.

At present, Liu Che's main concern and attention is the first batch of reclamation regiments to immigrate to Liaodong, Xinhua, and North Korea.

According to Liu Che's order, Liaodong County and Xinhua City, as well as the Korean side, have already selected the area where the immigrants will be reclaimed.

They are plains with abundant water and flat terrain suitable for farming.

After the migrants passed, they only needed to reclaim the land, build houses for the winter, and stock up on the food and firewood needed for the winter, and then survive this year's harsh winter, and wait until next year, and they will be almost self-sufficient.

Now, now, is the perfect time to emigrate.

Because the weather is right.

If you don't take advantage of the summer to settle the migrants in their respective settlements, and at the same time build up a good reserve of supplies for the winter, then there will be no chance this year.

But the problem is that the resettlement of more than 100,000 people, involving a 3,000-mile area, and the management of migrants are very trivial and troublesome.

Liu Che's purpose in convening his own confidant think tank was to negotiate a feasible and perfect management system for the reclamation group and the distribution system for immigrants. (To be continued......)