At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Then, there was gossip from the Ministry of Finance that the new emperor intended to promote a brand new currency system of the Wei Empire represented by gold, silver and brass.

Replace the current standard five baht coins, silk cloth, silk and other general equivalents with newly minted gold, silver and copper coins, reshape a standardized economic ecology, and give it legal recognition, thus bringing about commercial and economic changes.

Once such a change occurs, it will naturally greatly promote business.

But more importantly, this means that the empire is rich.

The price of gold and silver is naturally far more expensive than copper.

Although I don't know how much the amount is, but since the Supreme Emperor has the confidence to lower the money-burning matter of education to the county level, it is obvious that this wave of empires can benefit from it and how much gold they can get. and silver.

It seems that this is also something that has been decided very early.

Before there was no money, some people were able to obey others, but now that they had money, the Supreme Emperor would go around to check to see if there were any hermaphrodites who were obedient and violators, and took them down one at a time.

Maybe it's another big purge.

It's just that everyone didn't expect that Guo Peng could really get so much gold and silver from overseas-that's how big the minerals are.

Moreover, it has directly become the private property of the royal family of Wei State, and no other individuals or groups are allowed to reach out.

This is the death of a person.

The economic development of the Wei Empire in recent years has not been too fast. The main reason is that the empire does not have enough copper coins.

There is a lack of copper, so the casting speed of five baht coins is far from the speed at which social wealth is produced, so that it has caused deflation in a certain sense in society.

The Wei Empire implemented a grain-based economic system, and grain was linked to copper coins. However, with the further increase in grain production, the production of copper coins has not kept up, so the price of grain has been falling over the years.

Although the harvest is not good every year, and the weather is not very good, the agricultural system of the Wei Empire and the actions of vigorously repairing water conservancy, combating locust plagues, and making manure also ensured the basics of agricultural production.

Therefore, even if the weather is bad and the year is bad, the grain production of the Wei Empire has not been greatly affected.

This led to the increasing grain reserves of the Wei Empire, and the grain stocks on the market were also increasing day by day. There was no longer a shortage, and there was more grain, which directly led to a decrease in grain prices year after year.

People's demand for food is relatively constant, because it is a necessity. Even if the price of food falls, the market's demand for food will not increase much, and it cannot play a regulating role.

The emergence of this phenomenon is also the reason why Guo Peng began to go to Japan to look for gold and silver since the seventh year of Yande.

Deflation is not conducive to economic development, especially in this food standard system.

Originally, the Wei Empire held a large amount of stored grain, and as long as the stored grain was stored properly, it could still be eaten for more than ten years.

Therefore, in the case of pegging to copper coins, food prices will inevitably go down all the way.

Ordinary people's spending power is not strong, and the main consumer goods are food, not other commercial products. The prices they see in their eyes are basically equivalent to food prices.

Such a situation will only further make ordinary people think that money is more valuable, so they are not willing to take out money for consumption, but to store it, which will only further strengthen the impact of deflation.

Through statistics from the Ministry of Finance, Guo Peng is aware of the occurrence of this phenomenon. This is a situation that many countries have not encountered in this era, and it is also a problem that many countries have not encountered.

Because this kind of situation will only happen in countries lacking metal ore deposits when the empire has developed steadily to a certain level. Generally speaking, this can even be regarded as a disease of wealth.

Social wealth is greater than the value of currency, what a happy and troubled wealth disease.

As long as the country can be restored to peace, as long as the shackles on them can be lifted, what a powerful productivity they can explode...

Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties could not experience this kind of trouble of happiness, even the Sui and Tang Dynasties did not experience it much, but someone Guo led the Wei Empire to experience it.

Of course, although this is very happy, it is also a trouble after all.

Therefore, Guo Peng instructed the Ministry of Finance to set the grain purchase price very early on. If the grain price in a certain place is too low, the local storage department will use the grain purchase price to purchase grain from farmers and transport it into the warehouse for storage.

It can be regarded as protecting the interests of farmers a little bit.

On the other hand, deflation has restricted the further development of commerce. Although there are more expensive equivalents such as silk cloth and silk, they cannot be compared with gold and silver, which are natural currencies.

Once the Wei Empire has a sufficient amount of gold and silver, it will inevitably be able to liberate some restrictions on commercial development and allow the commodity economy to prosper greatly.

And this requires the commercial taxation system and taxation department of the Wei Empire to further step up the harvesting of commercial taxes, as well as regularly quantify wealthy merchants and tycoons to carry out targeted attacks——

To put it bluntly, in the feudal era, wealthy businessmen were pigs raised by the royal family. As long as they were fat enough, they could be slaughtered.

Or if you have a different idea and want to play land annexation, then even if you are not so fat, you can still slaughter it.

It's great to be able to be angry with the common people, to appease the pink eye disease, and to make money.

Chapter 1507 One thousand four hundred and seven

No one knows exactly what Guo Peng is going to do on his tour of the world.

All thoughts are speculations, and they are unpredictable before they happen.

But Guo Peng decided to leave Luoyang to tour the world, obviously because he had already determined that even without him in Luoyang, Guo Jin could still control the situation.

Guo Jin no longer needs Guo Peng to sit in Luoyang to control Luoyang, and then control the power of the world, so Guo Peng chose to leave Luoyang to tour the world.

Whether this is something Guo Peng wants to do and needs to tour the world, or whether he deliberately made room for the new emperor to show his authority, everyone does not know.

But everyone knows that Guo Jin is very lucky.

Guo Peng pioneered allowing the people to read and study history, which triggered an upsurge in history study among the people, which in turn led to the emergence of a large number of history lovers among the people, as well as the birth of historians.

They quoted scriptures, linked to what happened in the past, and discussed how lucky Guo Jin was as a crown prince.

The Guo Wei Empire allowed the people to discuss state affairs, and did not think it was presumptuous, and protected the freedom of speech of the people to a certain extent.

In such an environment, people can talk about state affairs, ministers, generals, and even the emperor.

So everyone knows and dares to say that Guo Jin is a very lucky emperor.

The fact is of course the same. If we are lucky, there are very few emperors in the world who can stand shoulder to shoulder with Guo Jin, and who can grasp the supreme power like Guo Peng and then are willing to give up. It is really rare.

So from Yande to Xingyuan, it was just a matter of one night, as if nothing happened, the court, Luoyang, and the world, nothing happened, and the transition was achieved so smoothly.

It's just that Guo Peng is like this, I don't know if it will be the same for Guo Jin in the future.

Immediately afterwards, another related news came out.

The Taishanghuang toured the world, accompanied by the emperor's eldest son.

Guo Peng went out to tour the world and asked Guo Chengzhi to go with him. This news really made many people startled, and then there were a lot of discussions.

The message couldn't be more obvious.

Compared with the official canonization of Guo Chengzhi as the crown prince by the emperor, it is more intuitive to express that the Supreme Emperor prefers Guo Chengzhi to inherit the throne after Guo Jin. The third emperor of the Wei Empire seems to have made his debut.

But before everyone knew anything about this young grandson, he was about to leave Luoyang with his grandfather and go on a tour around the world. He didn't know when he would return to Luoyang.

Does this mean that you plan to bring it with you and cultivate it?

People are constantly trying to figure out the idea of ​​the Supreme Emperor, and want to find some mysteries from history.

But it is a pity that there is no corresponding event recorded in history, and they cannot correspond one by one.

Guo Peng didn't wait for them to find any clues from the history books. On the first day of November, he decided to set off.

Because he didn't know when Guo Peng would come back, Guo Jin hurriedly asked Guo Peng some questions he wanted to know. When Guo Peng was sent out from Luoyang City, Guo Jin was still talking about currency reform with Guo Peng.

Guo Peng asked him to pay attention to the control of the taxation department of the Ministry of Finance. If necessary, he should let his most trusted cronies take office and strengthen the strength of the taxation department.

"The importance of taxation to the Wei State is self-evident. I won't say much about being a father. If necessary, for some wealthy businessmen and even dignitaries who are not so obedient and think they are great, coercive measures can be taken. .

For example, set up an armed force under the jurisdiction of the taxation department, which is in charge of tax collection. Those who evade taxes and do not pay taxes will dispatch this armed force to deal with it. Taxation is an absolute government affair, and the army cannot be involved. "

Guo Jin was a little surprised.

"Can the tax department also control the armed forces? My father has always attached great importance to the army, especially forbidding civil servants to touch the army. For this reason, he has set up a staff desk to cut it off. Why can the tax department be allowed to control the armed forces?"

"Taxation is too important to Wei. You have been emperor for nearly a year. You should be able to understand that most of the government's problems are caused by insufficient money. Where does the money come from? It is tax collection. Wei, yes You can't make money by yourself.

Wei’s money is either confiscated from wars or taxation. There is no other way. Wars are not common. Taxation is everything. Without taxation, there would be no Weiguo.

The purpose of fighting the world's gentry for the father is education, then the war with the world's powerful is for tax revenue, and the father is fighting the world's powerful for tax revenue, killing more than [-] people?In order to keep this victory, you must strengthen the tax department. "

Guo Peng patted Guo Jin on the shoulder: "Sili Lieutenant has mastered more than 1000 pawns and has become a powerful position in the capital. If the tax secretary doctor can master the taxation arm, he can also become a humble and powerful position. , can also strengthen the court's emphasis on taxation."

Guo Jin thought for a while, then nodded slowly.

"The son understands what the father thinks."

"Well, there is one more thing you have to remember. This special armed force should be the same as the pawns mastered by Lieutenant Sili. It should be separated from the army. You can put him in parallel with the policemen set up by the father in each county and township. , does not belong to the military system, but belongs to normal armed forces."

Guo Jin nodded.

"The captain of Sili controls the pawns, so the doctor of the tax department controls the pawns?"

"Anyway, you set it up, as long as you like it. Of course, the requirements for tax soldiers and law soldiers are the same. They are literate, educated, able to read and write, and proficient in taxation. It is said that they are armed, but they are actually officials. class organization.

The number of people should not be small, but large, otherwise it will not be deterrent, and in order to prevent the tax guards from colluding with those local people, it is best to adopt the rotation system in the army. Work in one place for no more than three years, and then they will be transferred to other places. other areas. "

Guo Peng briefly described his idea of ​​strengthening the tax department.

Only when the tax department is strong can it collect taxes better for the treasury. If the tax department is weak and can only bully and bully the common people, then it is really a waste of the rich rewards that Guo and the world's tyrants have gained from the war.

The tax department must be strong and fierce, so that the dignitaries in the capital will tremble in their calves and feel fear and fear when they hear it.

People who evade taxes, even if they are dignitaries in the capital, the tax secretary should dare to send a team of tax guards down to force their way into the opponent's mansion, arrest him with iron locks, put a steel knife on the opponent's neck, and tell him—— Pay taxes, or die.

If the tax department can be so strong, the Wei Empire's national fortune may last for a long time.

In the future, it is necessary for the tax secretary doctor to become a typical representative of humble power and a sharp knife in the emperor's hands, just like the captain of Sili.

The two father and son walked all the way, talked all the way, and talked about many related things. They didn't finish talking until the main entrance of Luoyang.

Looking at Guo Chengzhi who followed silently, Guo Jin asked, "How long will it take for father to come back from this long trip?"

Guo Peng thought about it.

"That's not necessarily the case. I always go to places I haven't been to before. I plan to go to the Western Regions first, and then go to Yizhou after I come back. From Yizhou to Jiaozhou, and then to Yangzhou."

"so far?!"

Guo Jin couldn't accept it: "Father, that's too far away."

"Read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles, and have never even been to your own country. How can you have a real feeling and know what problems exist in the local area? You are the emperor, and you don't have time to go. I will help you go, help you See what's wrong, and come back and let you know."

Guo Peng laughed and said, "You still have to doubt the eyes of others, but do you still doubt the eyes of your father?"

"It's not doubting or not doubting, such a long journey, hard work on the road, and parents who are not young, how can they endure such bumpy pain?"

"What kind of person do you think Weifu is? Weifu really lies in bed in his seventies and can't move? Weifu is only 51 years old."

Guo Peng shook his head helplessly: "There is no need to worry, within two years, my father will definitely come back."

"..."

Guo Jin didn't know what to say.

Guo Peng seems a little too willful.

If he couldn't talk about Guo Peng, he told Cao Lan.

"Mother, isn't it too dangerous for Father to walk such a long way? And it will take two years, two years!"

"Hahahaha, Ah Jin, don't worry. In fact, your father is also thinking about me. He promised me a long time ago that he would take me to travel around the world, but he has never been free. This time, it is considered a success." Free."

Guo Jin didn't expect her mother to expect the same.

He can't help it.

I can only ask Dian Wei and Xu Chu to protect Guo Peng, Cao Lan, and Guo Chengzhi seriously.

In addition, Guo Peng must write to him every month to let him know where his parents are and what they are doing. If he does not receive a letter within a month, he will send troops to check the situation.

Guo Peng smiled and nodded in agreement.

Cao Lan took Guo Chengzhi into the car, and the concubines got into another car. Guo Jin and the officials and generals who saw him off also came outside Luoyang City.

Guo Peng held Guo Jin's hand, looked at him deeply, and reached out to pat his shoulder.

"Be your emperor seriously, don't make me regret my decision."

"My son knows."

Guo Jin nodded in agreement, and then asked tentatively: "Arjun's matter, does father think it's okay to start making arrangements now?"

Guo Peng nodded after a moment of silence.

"When your mother and I come back from the Western Regions and arrive in Jiaozhou, I will give you news. At that time, you can ask Arjun to join us in Jiaozhou. After all, we need to meet once. I don't know when I'll see you again."

Guo Jin opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something again, but she didn't say it in the end.