Sun Quan had no choice but to be anxious. There were fewer and fewer five-baht coins circulating among the people in Soochow.
Whether it is the Han five baht or the Wu five baht, they are getting less and less, and the probability of Zhibai coins circulating among the people is getting bigger and bigger.
After all, at least for now, Zhibaiqian is still very strong. People's trust in Zhibaiqian is getting higher and higher. If this continues, as Zhibaiqian takes up an increasing proportion of private transactions, The impact on people's livelihood in Soochow is getting greater and greater.
If one day the Shu Han directly abolished the Zhibaician, leaving no place to exchange the Zhibaician in Soochow, all the consequences would have to be borne by Soochow itself.
The more Sun Quan thought about it, the more he felt that the consequences of this matter would be serious, and he must prevent this from happening as soon as possible.
But, Sun Quan is also in trouble. He just mentioned it in the court meeting, and he was criticized by the civil and military officials of the court.
The aristocratic families in Soochow, whether it is the Jiangdong Family or the Huaisi Group, are all involved in private smuggling trade. This is a large amount of money. Who would let others destroy it easily? !
Not even the emperor.
Originally, Sun Quan planned to use his power to forcibly ban the circulation of direct money, but as the Shu Han intended to liberalize official trade, this move became somewhat powerless.
After all, Sun Quan also needs high-quality coal and iron ore from Nanzhong to supplement his military supplies. If official trade is restarted, Sun Quan may have to endure this so-called hundreds of dollars.
However, the hidden dangers are still great.
With this feeling of private currency being infiltrated by other countries, Sun Quan vaguely felt that there would be a big problem, but he couldn't tell what the problem was.
But no matter what, Sun Quan felt that he still had to find a way to deal with the threat of Zhibaiqian.
The only way Sun Quan could think of was to use his own method to repay the enemy. You Shu Han can issue hundreds of coins, so why can't I, Soochow, issue thousands of coins? !
If you harvest our Dongwu folk wealth a hundred times, then I will harvest your Shu Han folk wealth a thousand times.
Sun Quan felt that he had found the best way to deal with Zhi Qian Qian, and happily summoned Gu Yong and Bu Zhi to discuss how to implement Zhi Qian Qian.
Fortunately, Sun Quan was a qualified politician and a qualified emperor. He knew that he couldn't decide this kind of thing by himself, and he also knew to discuss it with Gu Yong and Bu Zhi. Gu Yong and Bu Zhi were frightened, and their backs were straight. Sweat.
Yes, direct money is indeed harmful, but as long as the quantity and proportion of circulation are controlled, there is no way to control its harm.
However, once one's own company issues the same token value currency, and it is a large-denomination currency such as Zhiqianqian, the impact on one's own economic system will be the most fatal.
Although Bu Zhi and Gu Yong don't quite understand what inflation is, they still have the concepts they should have after being in power for decades.
The two persuaded Sun Quan finally, and he developed a rebellious mentality.
What's going on? ! You guys, the Gu family and the Bu family, don't have much to gain from Shu Han's money, right? !
Why is it that you two families can accept the Shu Han's Zhi Qian Qian, but I, Soochow, want to issue Zhi Qian Qian, and you have a lot of objections? !
Now Sun Quan has serious doubts. These two people do not want to issue Zhiqianqian. Are they worried that the value of Zhiqianqian in their hands will depreciate, which will affect their own interests? !
To be honest, Sun Quan felt that this possibility could not be ruled out.
However, Sun Quan is not really old and confused, he still knows the importance, especially when facing the two veterans Gu Yong and Bu Zhi, he knows that even if they have selfish motives, they are still public-minded.
So, after weighing back and forth, Sun Quan decided that Zhi Qian Qian should still be issued, but in order to reduce the impact of the issuance of Zhi Qian Qian and control the harm, this Zhi Qian Qian can only be used for foreign trade.
In other words, the people don't have to use this money, but you, the wealthy families, must give it to me, and it must be used in full.
Gu Yong and Bu Zha were so angry that they didn't know what to say.
What can be persuaded is already done. The emperor insists on issuing direct money. What can they do? !
Moreover, using it only for foreign trade can indeed reduce the damage to its own private economy to a certain extent, but the possible discounts and loss of profits will be left to the wealthy families. Gu Yong and Bu Zhi really can't stop this. living.
The government belongs to the government, and the aristocratic family belongs to the aristocratic family. Even if they are the leaders of the aristocratic family, they are still the ministers of Da Wu first. They still have this kind of integrity.
Just carry it, the worst thing is that starting from today, just thank guests behind closed doors.
In this way, at the court meeting the next day, Sun Quan ordered that new coins be minted to deal with foreign trade.
This is how Daquan Dangqian came into being.
When the news came back to Jingzhou, Zhang Xi was also very puzzled. Zhang Xi originally thought that Xie Hong had already arrived at the Han Dynasty, so how to guide Sun Quan to cast Daquan Dangqian was a very troublesome matter.
The result was good, Sun Quan did it himself.
So in other words, could it be that the creation of Daquan Dangqian in history was also Sun Quan's own idea, and Xie Hong was just a scapegoat? !
If you think about it from this perspective, is Xie Hong just a figure in name only? In fact, he doesn't understand economics at all? !
This matter was a bit troublesome. Zhang Xi quickly found Ma Di and asked him about the progress of the economic war during this period.
Ma Di also reported the situation to Zhang Xi in detail, as well as the plan to be implemented next. He also emphasized that all these plans were basically formulated by Xie Hong and he was responsible for perfecting the implementation.
Even Ma Su, a proud and arrogant person, admired Xie Hong very much and thought that Xie Hong had the talent of a prime minister.
Well, these days, the prime minister is in charge of everything, so as long as there is a talent that is truly outstanding, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the talent of the prime minister.
However, in Zhang Xi's opinion, if all these plans were made by Xie Hong, then he is really an economic genius. With a little experience, he could be the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue, or even the minister of the Ministry of Revenue. , it can still be done.
I have to say that Li Yan really found a treasure this time.
Since everything was within the plan, Zhang Xi stopped caring about this aspect and left it to Ma Su and Xie Hong to worry about. Economic war takes longer than military war. It takes a year or two to see what happens. Nothing fruitful.
As the de facto shepherd of the state, Zhang Xi cannot focus all his efforts on this matter. He also has other government and military affairs to deal with.
For example, Wenpin, the governor of Xiangyang County, died of cold in the early summer of the fourteenth year of Yanxi.
Zhang Xi reported this to the court, and after discussion, the court decided to transfer Kuai Qi, who had performed well in Guiyang County, back to Xiangyang County to serve as the new governor of Xiangyang County.
As for the prefect of Guiyang County, he was directly appointed by the imperial court. Huang Chong, the son of Huang Quan, served as the prefect of Guiyang County.
Obviously, this was a test from the imperial court.
First, Kuai Qi of the Kuai family in Xiangyang was transferred back to Xiangyang County as a show of goodwill. At the same time, Huang Chong, a native of Shu, was transferred to serve as the prefect of Guiyang County in Jingzhou, serving as an official in a different place to test the reaction of the Jingzhou family.
The purpose is obviously to further consolidate Jingzhou's personnel appointment and removal power.
Zhang Xi doesn't care about this. After all, as a state pastor, he has made it very clear since he took office that he only has the power to govern, but not the power to appoint and remove personnel.
However, Zhang Xi is still very clear about the virtues of this group of aristocratic families. Such temptation is very dangerous.
Especially now, Jingzhou is still responsible for the economic war against Soochow, and the Jingzhou family also has to pay a high price to support the Han Dynasty in this economic war. It is somewhat inappropriate to rashly let Huang Chong serve as the prefect of Guiyang County.
Moreover, with the death of Wenpin, the Jingzhou Navy once again lost a famous general. Especially Zhu Ran, who was stationed in the Han River Basin, might not seize this opportunity and go north to attack Xiangyang. Militarily, Zhang Xi also Need to prepare in advance.
There were things that Zhang Xi needed to coordinate and worry about on both the military and political sides. During this period, Zhang Xi was also worried.
In the end, there was no other choice. Zhang Xi could only ask Wang Ji to go to Xiangyang as the governor of Jingzhou and take Zhong Limu over to command the Xiangyang Navy.
Then, Zhang Xi, as a hussar general, ordered Wang Jun, who was based in Bajun, to lead the newly formed 30,000 Yizhou navy southward, and jointly marched into Xiakou with Yang Xi to intimidate Jiangxia.
In this way, it can not only deter the Soochow naval forces living in Jiangxia so that they dare not act rashly, but it can also exert pressure internally to ensure that the Jingzhou aristocratic families are afraid.
At least, Huang Chong would not die inexplicably on the way from Chang'an to Jingzhou to take office.
As long as Huang Chong arrived safely in Jiangling and found himself performing his duties, Zhang Xi could find ways to delay Huang Chong's taking office, and then argue back and forth with the court to find a more suitable solution.
As long as Huang Chong does not take office in person, Zhang Xi believes that he can still suppress the powerful families in Jingzhou.
As for the economy and people's livelihood of Guiyang County, it can be left to Shi Bao.
(End of chapter)
