Today's political decision-making circle of the Han Dynasty is actually a very deformed and strange existence.
Those who really have the right to speak and make decisions are basically guarding in other places, while those who stay in Chang'an are mostly responsible for governance and execution.
But the problem is that the emperor is in Chang'an, and Li Yan, the minister, is also in Chang'an. In order to prevent mistakes and misunderstandings in the decision-making process during the transmission process, a group of decision-making circles who are guarding the decision-making circle in other places have to make decisions that are really related to national affairs. Dude, I have to go back to Chang'an for a meeting at any time.
Today's era is not an era with developed transportation like that of later generations. It is not easy to go back to Chang'an. In addition, everyone has a lot of things to do, and it is impossible to just leave. This creates a problem in decision-making matters. Certain delay.
To be honest, Li Yan, as Shangshu Ling, deeply hates this kind of decision-making model. A bunch of old guys in Ya can just guard the place well. Why do they have to get involved in the central government affairs when they have nothing to do? !
But, Li Yan didn't dare to say much about this, for fear that if he said too much and summoned Zhuge Liang or Pang Tong to Chang'an, his current rights and status would also be threatened.
As for the emperor, Li Yan has now found out. Given the level of Liu Chan's trust in Zhuge Liang, at least before Zhuge Liang's death, he, Li Yan, had no chance to replace Zhuge Liang.
However, the sad thing is that Li Yan is not a few years younger than Zhuge Liang, so I really don't know who will survive who.
The Li Yan of this time and space is somewhat different from the Li Yan of history.
Although he is still too selfish, but in history, Li Yan was the minister of Tuogu after Liu Bei's death. He has always occupied the southeastern area of Yizhou, and he has the intention of standing on his own. Later, in order to transfer Li Yan to Hanzhong, Zhuge Liang had to appoint Li Yan's son Li Feng as the governor of Jiangzhou. Only then did Zhuge Liang transfer Li Yan and Jiangzhou soldiers to Hanzhong to participate in the Northern Expedition.
Li Yan in history was much more comfortable than Li Yan in this time and space. Therefore, Li Yan in history also had the capital to be more arrogant and domineering than Li Yan in this time and space.
In this time and space, Li Yan was unlucky enough to be feared by Zhang Xi. Even because of the Mengda incident, Liu Bei had a bad feeling for Li Yan. If it hadn't been for Fa Zheng to protect the interests of the Dongzhou faction, he Li Yan, I wonder where he will be a prefect until he dies of old age.
Therefore, Li Yan in this time and space is less domineering and more cautious than in history. However, because of this, Li Yan was a blessing in disguise and became the minister of the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, although Li Yan in this time and space still has a lot of selfishness, he also knows that he really does not have much weight in front of the emperor and Zhuge Liang.
Therefore, although he has a lot of resentment, Li Yan can only cooperate, cooperate, and cooperate again when faced with such a strange current situation in the decision-making circle.
It’s just that. You have to have a certain degree of control in everything, right? !
After all, I, Li Yan, am a dignified minister, the chief executive second only to the prime minister. You guys who have nothing to do in the decision-making circle, can you not think that you will cause trouble for me as soon as it comes out? !
Economic war? !
Any economic war is playing with fire and burning yourself! ! !
As the minister of the Han Dynasty and also a talented person with outstanding abilities, Li Yanneng didn't know what the hell this thing was? !
Therefore, when Zhang Xi, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Li Yan came together in the early winter of the thirteenth year of Yanxi to discuss this new economic war, Li Yan was the first to stand up and express his opposition.
Today's big men want to maintain a stable situation, recuperate and stabilize themselves as much as possible, and then consider external wars. Whether it is internally or externally, there should not be the existence of false currency such as Zhibaiqian. .
This opposition is really not out of Li Yan's selfish motives. He is really standing as a minister of a country and resolutely opposes the issuance of false currency.
Li Yan may not be an economic genius, but he still has the necessary concepts, and he also sees clearly the dangers of direct money. This kind of thing will not be distributed if it can be afforded.
Yes, Li Yan admitted that with the continuous expansion of the territory of the Han Dynasty, the five baht coins of the Han Dynasty are indeed not enough today. However, from the perspective of government affairs, you only need to plan in advance, and there is no need to worry about it. The phenomenon of money shortage.
If that doesn't work, you can also ask the mint to mint new five-baht coins and put them into circulation. After all, there is no shortage of copper in the Han treasury and there is no shortage of copper among the people.
Therefore, Li Yanzhen does not think it is necessary to restart Zhibaiqian.
Yes, according to Zhang Xi, the restart of Zhibaiqian this time is only for foreign trade, and it still uses Shu brocade as the anchor. However, even if Zhibaiqian is exchanged for five baht, the big man will still lose money.
As for the Wu Baht's casting process and the copper content, if it were exchanged one-to-one for Dahan's five-baht coins, Dahan would lose at least 10%. The greater the quantity, the greater the loss.
Not to mention, according to Zhang Xi's plan, he would later induce Soochow to mint large-value tokens exceeding one hundred yuan. In the early stages of the economic war, the Han Dynasty had to accept these large-value tokens in full and lose money to his grandma's family.
Who is fighting an economic war with whom? Li Yan thinks of Zhang Xi's plan, as if he wants to send money to Soochow to help the poor and provide warmth.
If you have this skill, you might as well use Ma Su's suggestion and use the method of selling high and buying low to divide the relationship between the Jiangdong family and Sun Quan. This is practical and at least you won't lose money.
Anyway, as Shangshu Ling, Li Yan firmly disagreed with Zhang Xi's economic war plan.
But Li Yan alone disagrees, so it’s useless.
Zhang Xi, the proposer, Zhuge Liang, the current top decision-maker of the Han Dynasty, and Pang Tong, the secondary decision-maker, are all very interested in Zhang Xi's plan.
The three people discussed it together for a long time, and actually came up with a plan for them. Li Yan was forced to do nothing, even if he was just pretending, he had to participate in the discussion between the three people.
Otherwise, it would be so embarrassing for the three of them to have a heated discussion while Li Yan is sulking alone.
Li Yan is not the kind of aloof character.
Besides, Li Yan also hopes to elaborate on his objections through discussion and prove that Zhang Xi's measures are harmful to the Han Dynasty. This may convince Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang to change their minds, thus proving his worth.
Then Li Yan gradually discovered that Zhang Xi's trick was not without any benefit.
Yes, Dahan will suffer losses on the initial investment. Even once Soochow really comes up with a high-value currency worth more than 100 yuan, Dahan will suffer huge losses.
However, this loss is not impossible to pass on. For example, Cao Wei's side, although located in a corner, still has a huge demand for paper and Shu Brocade.
Even if the Han Dynasty were bolder and let go of the official smuggling of grain and ordnance, these Soochow's worthless currencies could be circulated into Cao Wei's territory.
Smuggling grain or ordnance will certainly increase Cao Wei's strength, but if Cao Wei's internal economy collapses, with Cao Wei's current economic size, even if Cao Pi abolishes currency and uses barter methods, the people's livelihood economy will be hit hard. .
After all, today's Cao Wei only has one state, and except for Goguryeo, there is no decent farming regime in the surrounding areas. It is difficult for them to pass on the crisis and ensure their own stability.
This is simply a plan to kill two birds with one stone.
However, the early breakthrough is still huge. Li Yan must prepare enough Han Wu baht to ensure the value of Zhibai Qian and Soochow virtual currency in the early circulation process. Otherwise, the plan will be ruined. lose.
And this is Li Yan's biggest headache. He doesn't have enough money.
Having been in charge of the central government for almost ten years, Li Yan also knows that money is really not the more the better. It is most necessary to maintain an appropriate amount of five baht in circulation among the people.
If Zhang Xi's plan is implemented, not only Soochow but also Cao Wei will need to maintain a certain amount of five-baht money for circulation to prevent the virtual currency from collapsing when it shouldn't. The technical content here has already been It is beyond Li Yan's ability.
Therefore, the plan can be formulated, but how to operate it specifically and how to allocate the amount of five baht to ensure the smooth progress of the plan, the four people, including Li Yan, are a little at a loss.
Well, if Zhuge Liang did it himself, he would have the ability.
But the problem is, Zhuge Liang is going to be in Jizhou, and his main purpose is to conquer the small court of Cao Wei. There are so many government and military affairs to deal with all day long, how can he have the time to focus on this matter? !
Zhuge Liang was able to transfer the crisis to Cao Wei, but the main battlefield of the economic war was in Soochow, and Zhuge Liang was beyond his reach.
As for Zhang Xi, he was quite close, but to the extent that Zhang Xi knew little about economic warfare, he could make suggestions and let him control and implement them. Not to mention Zhuge Liang, even Li Yan was worried.
If something goes wrong, not only Soochow will be unlucky, but the entire Jingzhou, Yanzhou, and Heluo areas will be affected.
The four people got together, thought for a long time, and finally decided that Zhang Xi would be in charge of this economic war.
After all, this idea was proposed by Zhang Xi, and he participated in the entire discussion. He knows best what purpose is to be achieved.
However, in order to prevent Zhang Xi's lack of control ability, he still has to add a few assistants to help him keep an eye on things.
One of them, needless to say, was Ma Su, the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who had been sent to Jingzhou by Fei Yi.
The other one was recommended by Li Yan.
Xie Hong, Secretary of the Department of Planning of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Zhang Xi was shocked when this candidate was mentioned.
Is it the same person with the same surname, or is it the Xie Hong who suggested that Sun Quan engage in Daquan as a Qian? !
If it is the latter, how did this person go to Chang'an and become an official in the Ministry of Household Affairs, even though he did not serve as an official in Soochow? !
(End of chapter)
