The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

The news of Liu Zheng proclaiming himself emperor has also spread to Jianye in the past few days.

It's just that compared to He Miao's furious rage, as if he felt violated, Yuan Shao's attitude is much calmer.

After Jushou took the news from his subordinates and handed it to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao looked at the information calmly.

After a while, he slowly spit out a few words.

"Liu Zheng proclaimed himself emperor"

The counselors sitting there nodded.

"If you are proclaimed emperor, let's be proclaimed emperor. With his strength, he will be proclaimed emperor sooner or later."

Yuan Shao was not surprised by the news that Liu Zheng proclaimed himself emperor, as if he had known it for a long time.

Tian Feng quickly responded.

"Yes, then Liu Zheng's strength is not weak, especially after occupying Yangzhou and most of Jingzhou, he has the qualifications to be called emperor. The reason why he has not been called emperor is probably because he is worried that the imperial court will join hands with us to attack he."

"Now, our relationship with the imperial court is bad. It is not easy to join hands to deal with him. Liu Zheng has the ability to fight against the imperial court alone. He has no scruples, and he will naturally think of proclaiming himself emperor."

"Because only proclaiming the emperor can bring a great morale boost to the soldiers under his command."

After Tian Feng finished speaking, the other counselors nodded.

"Yeah, if it were me, I would choose to be emperor at this time."

Yuan Shao also answered, affirming Tian Feng's words.

"My lord, Liu Zheng's proclaiming himself emperor is actually not a bad thing for us."

"Oh"

On Yuan Shao's calm face, at this moment, he suddenly became curious when he saw Ju Shou saying that.

"What does it mean"

"Think about it, my lord. The most anxious and angry person for Liu Zheng to become emperor is naturally He Miao from Luoyang. He Miao is bound to be furious, and he will attack Liu Zheng with his troops."

"As long as Liu Zheng and He Miao fight and consume each other's strength, won't we just be watching tigers fight on the sidelines?"

"Regardless of who wins or loses in the end, we all benefit from it."

Now in this place, there are three big men, if any two fight, the third one can take advantage of it.

Of course Yuan Shao hoped that he was the one who picked up the bargain. Hearing what Ju Shou said, Yuan Shao understood and immediately smiled.

"Hahaha, indeed, indeed, I hope that Liu Zheng and He Miao will fight, and the more intense the fight, the better."

"My lord, I have a way to make Liu Zheng and He Miao fight."

"any solution"

"Support Liu Zheng's proclaiming the emperor. When Liu Zheng proclaimed the emperor, we stood up and recognized Liu Zheng's throne. Do you think He Miao will vomit blood in anger? We can't do it unless we fight Liu Zheng."

"Brilliant plan"

In the military tent, a few counselors discussed in a few sentences, and they came up with a strategy that even Yuan Shao felt was very good.

Not only does it not need to use a single soldier, but it can also deteriorate the relationship between Liu Zheng and He Miao.

Of course, by doing so, the relationship between Yuan Shao himself and He Miao will also deteriorate, but the relationship between Yuan Shao and He Miao is already bad, so there is no fear of deterioration.

"Send an order, send envoys to Wu County, say to congratulate Liu Zheng, and issue a statement by the way, saying that we support Liu Zheng as emperor and recognize his throne"

Yuan Shao quickly spread the word about this plan.And spread the fact that he admitted that Liu Zheng was the emperor.

Chapter 759

After Liu Zheng became emperor.

It was a big wedding, to marry Mi Zhen, the younger sister of the late Xuzhou Governor Mi Zhu.

After resting for a few days, Liu Zheng is about to start work, and get down to business.

And the big thing that bears the brunt is money.

He needs a lot of money. On the one hand, he spent a lot of money to build the palace. On the other hand, he also needs a sum of money to reward the generals. Not a small amount.

And because of the battle with the imperial court and Yuan Shao last year, too many soldiers died. Liu Zheng's subordinates have always used the recruitment system. Those soldiers who died in battle can get a large amount of pensions, so Liu Zheng spent a lot of money money.

At this time, some of the money Liu Zheng had saved up was almost exhausted.

Money is something you can’t live without, and you have to be prepared at all times, because once you encounter some difficulties, you will be stretched if you don’t keep it.

Now that Liu Zheng has proclaimed himself emperor, although he still continues to use the five baht coins of the great man as the official currency, these five baht coins are really worthless.

Especially after a series of battles, after the Han court was short of money, He Miao would not think about how to make money, but ordered people to mint money under his own power control.

Five baht coins were minted more and more.

This is equivalent to the banks of later generations, not considering how to improve the circulation of currency, but blindly printing banknotes.

Let more and more five baht coins circulate in the market, and more five baht coins will cause inflation.

Originally, the exchange ratio between five baht coins and gold was officially determined to be [-] baht for one gold.

In fact, in the early years, in the era of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, one gold could only be exchanged for five thousand and five baht.

With the inflation of these years, there are more and more five baht coins on the market, and the exchange rate has also begun to increase year by year.

During the period of Emperor Han Ling, it was almost stable at around [-].

However, with the continuous minting of coins in recent years, there are more and more five baht coins on the market, and the ratio of exchange for gold is also rising wildly.

At this time, one gold can be exchanged for [-] baht.

Moreover, He Miao was still frantically minting five baht coins. Before long, the five baht coins would become more and more valuable.

The progress of inflation is likely to cause complaints and complaints from the common people.

Liu Zheng called Mi Fang, the big farmer, over.

Originally, the position of Da Sinonong must have belonged to Mi Zhu, but it was a pity that Mi Zhu died in battle, and Liu Zheng had no other candidates for a while, so he could only assign this position to Mi Fang.

After all, Mi Fang is also the current ruler of the Mi family, and at the same time has been by Mi Zhu's side for a long time.You can also learn a lot of ways of doing business by being exposed to it.

"Your Majesty, what are you calling me here for?"

In the past, these subordinates usually called Liu Zheng the lord.But it's different now. After Liu Zheng became emperor, his status changed, and they called Liu Zheng from lord to majesty.

Seeing Mi Fang's respectful salute, Liu Zheng also waved his hands. He is not a person who likes to pay attention to so many etiquettes, but there are still some things that must be followed.No rules, no standards.

Liu Zheng may not care, but it does not mean that these things can not be followed.

"Zi Fang, you are in charge of the country's financial power, so how much money is available in the court?"

When Mi Fang heard that Liu Zheng asked about money, her expression turned a little ugly.

As the Mi family who once supported Liu Zheng and devoted their entire family to Liu Zheng's command, it was not insignificant to help Liu Zheng's forces financially.

When Liu Zheng was short of money, the Mi family gave Liu Zheng tens of thousands of gold in one go, which was more than [-] million baht in conversion.

But this kind of money is indeed a huge sum of money for an individual, but it is apportioned to a country.That's not a lot.

For the whole big man, the annual tax revenue is as high as several billion.

When Liu Zheng was fighting the world before, he accumulated more than one billion in assets by looting the finances of various enemy forces.

But these money, after these years of continuous expenditure, so that his treasury is now very empty, and the money that can be collected is less than 5000 million.

The 5000 million was earned by his various caravans investing in various trades.

Because Liu Zheng has implemented a tax-free policy in many places, the land is not taxed, and only some food is collected for military funding.

Most of his taxes come from trade.

As well as some old coins collected by the dependent countries. Compared with the billions of dollars in tax revenue of the big man a year, the country established by Liu Zheng actually does not have much tax revenue, only tens of millions.

As for Liu Zheng's tax policy, although he has a high reputation among the people, he has no real income, which is also a problem for Liu Zheng. It is not so easy for him to expand the army.

Soldiers are not something he can recruit as he wants, but the money in his hand limits how many soldiers he can recruit.

"Your Majesty, I have cleared the national treasury in the past few days. The money we can use is less than 5000 million. This also needs to remove the monthly military expenses for repairing houses in various counties and counties after each financial appropriation."

In fact, there is not much expenditure on Liu Zheng's side now. One of the two most important expenditures is the soldiers' salaries, and the other is the expenses that counties and counties in various places need to appease the people in case of natural disasters.

5000 million yuan can last for a while, after all, you can still earn some every month through trade.

"So we're running out of money now."

"Lack, very lack"

If it weren't for the frequent trade circulation in Liu Zheng's territory, ordinary people would pay enough commercial taxes.According to Liu Zheng's tax system, I'm afraid the financial bottom has long been reached.

"Zi Fang, I have an idea that may give you some inspiration."

"Your Majesty, if you have anything to say, just say it."

"I plan to set up a department called Qianzhuang."

"The Bank"

"Yes, it is a place that handles money and manages the country's finances."

"Its main function is to allow the common people to store their excess money in this place."

"When the people have needs, they can be taken out from here, and now the five baht coins used in my court are too large, and the use is quite complicated. If the amount is large, it is difficult to trade, so the existence of the bank is very important. A necessary thing."

In fact, Liu Zheng wanted to bring up this matter a long time ago, but he didn't proclaim himself emperor before, and this bank-like department didn't have a proper name to do it. Now that he is proclaiming emperor, it is necessary to imitate the banks established by later generations debuted.

If banks appear in this era, it will be very convenient.

7 Chapter Sixty

It's not just the function of depositing and withdrawing money.

There is also the ability to try to issue paper money.

Something like a banknote.

Use a piece of paper instead of metal currency on the market to circulate.

As long as banks appear, there will inevitably be such things as ancient bank notes. They may not necessarily be called bank notes, but they have the function of paper money.

For example, if someone deposits [-] baht in Liu Zheng's bank, then Liu Zheng will issue him a bank note for depositing [-] baht.

He only needs to hold this silver note, which is equivalent to having [-] baht coins, so that he can conduct transactions. Anyone only needs to take this silver note to the bank, and he can exchange [-] five baht coins. .

In this way, this thing, this bill is equivalent to paper currency circulating in the market.

Of course, the bank has a more important role for Liu Zheng.

That is the wealth absorbed in the people.

It can make him have a lot of money in a short period of time.

For example, using a small amount of interest, if you store [-] baht in a bank, you will get [-] baht in one year, and [-] of it is the interest on the [-] baht.

Some people put their money in their own hands and put it in the bank, and they still have interest, so why not do it.

As long as the reputation of the bank established by Liu Zheng is good enough, and these announcements are issued in the name of the country, many people will always be attracted to save money in the bank.

The former Liu Zheng may not have such a strong credit ability, but it is more convenient to do this in the name of the country after becoming emperor.

Liu Zheng briefly described to Mi Fang some of the functions of the Bank of Future Generations.

Mi Fang was a person who dealt with money all the year round, so he could easily hear the functions and capabilities of the bank described by Liu Zheng.

Immediately her face was startled, and after understanding the benefits it could bring to Liu Zheng, Mi Fang agreed to Liu Zheng without even voicing her objection.

"Your Majesty, the bank you mentioned is really a fantastic idea, which can relieve our financial emptiness in a short time."

"Especially the concept of the paper currency mentioned by His Majesty really surprised me."

Not to mention that Mi Fang will be shocked, the real paper money will not appear until the Song Dynasty, which will be thousands of years later.

And the paper currency that can really be accepted by everyone will have to wait for more than 1000 years.

And now that Liu Zheng has proposed this concept, it will naturally surprise these ancients with incomparable admiration.

"Your Majesty, although your idea is very good, if someone cheats on our paper currency and keeps withdrawing money from our bank, wouldn't it be a big loss for us?"

Mi Fang quickly expressed his doubts. Considering that this matter can be successful, but at the same time there are many unstable factors, he asked Liu Zheng about these factors.