The Three Kingdoms

At this time, Jinling City, which had just come out of the rainy season, had just come out of the rainy season, although the sky was clear, but it ushered in a major earthquake in the officialdom that made countless people panic.

Yushitai's heavy blow made all the officials in the court panic.

In the case of corruption and fraud in the Chibi Dam, the officials at Yushitai were ruthless. They met gods and gods and Buddhas and Buddhas. First received the shock, a minister, three Si Lang, and twelve other officials of the seventh rank and above were taken down in one go.

One-third of the officials in the Ministry of Industry went in, and they went up and down for a big cleaning.

Moreover, this matter not only involves the Ministry of Industry, but above the local level, the governors' mansions of Nanzhou and Xiazhou in the former land of Jingzhou are all involved. The county magistrate, eight county magistrates and county chief books were quickly taken down, as well as countless officials who were taken down from the Governor's Mansion and the county government.

Starting from this case, Yushitai continued to investigate, and the amount of corruption exceeded 800 million silver dollars. Such a shocking turmoil shocked countless people in the court.

This is the first time such a huge case of corruption and fraud occurred in the Great Wu Dynasty since Sun Quan personally beheaded hundreds of officials.

In October, the Ministry of Criminal Justice began to intervene in the interrogation. Three of them were sentenced to death, and most of them were sentenced to more than ten years in prison.

After the matter was published in the major newspapers, there was a lot of discussion.

"These moths deserve to die, they should all be beheaded!"

"It's about how many people in Nanzhou and Xiazhou are homeless because of their greed!"

"I heard that nearly a thousand people died this time!"

"It's so shocking. It seems that His Majesty's restrained temper these years has made the entire court forget that our wise and mighty Majesty is still a living King of Hades!"

"His Majesty once said in the execution ground that every corrupt official found would be killed. This is no joke!"

"Good kill, Your Majesty is wise!"

"The imperial court is still clear, and will never shelter these corrupt officials!"

The response from the people everywhere was very strong.

Their sense of belonging to the new court has been greatly strengthened by this incident, and many people have begun to think about this clean and clean court.

In November, this matter was considered a little colder.

But since this incident happened, the ethos of the ministries above the court began to change, especially the courtiers recruited from the Cao Wei court. They had never experienced Sun Quan's cruelty, and they had always been very casual about their life style.

But as soon as this happened, they were hit in the head.

Many people can clearly see the strictness of the laws of the Wu Dynasty from this matter, so they have to correct their attitudes.

Time entered December of the second year of Tianquan.

At this time, the southern land had already started to snow, and little snowflakes began to appear in the sky, and the entire sky was covered with white, covering the majestic and magnificent Jinling City.

"Your Majesty, this is the Great Wu Gold Coin that will be issued by the Great Wu Bank next year!"

Su Shuang, the chief treasurer of the Great Wu Bank, and Mi Zhu, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce, stood upright in the imperial study.

"The casting of this gold coin is not bad, it is very delicate, and it feels good to the touch!"

Sun Quan sat cross-legged on the top seat, playing with a gold coin in his hand. On the front of the gold coin was engraved an ancient seal character of "Wu". On the left and right sides were dragons and tigers, and on the north was a statue of Sun Quan's head, which was lifelike and clearly visible.

Since the currency of the Great Wu Dynasty issued silver coins, gold has been used as a reserve currency. Before that, some gold coins were launched one after another, but there was no good response. Silver dollars have always been popular in the market.

This can be regarded as the first serious issue of [-] gold coins.

Money and the economy are closely related.

When a new currency is issued, a little carelessness will cause a big economic bubble.

If there is less money, prices will skyrocket, and if there is more money, prices will be very cheap.

The scale here depends on how the people in power grasp it.

The matter of issuing gold coins was something that Sun Quan had considered over and over again. Today's Dawu economy is developing at a high speed. With daily changes, it is difficult for silver coin transactions to satisfy the market. Issuing gold coins can ease the atmosphere of market transactions.

"How many gold coins are there in this batch?" Sun Quan asked.

"500 million!"

"500 million, the amount is not small, will this impact the current stable market prices!"

Sun Quan narrowed his eyes slightly and asked in a deep voice.

The silver dollar is already a stable currency. The throwing of 500 million gold coins will definitely have an impact. This is equivalent to withdrawing 5000 million silver dollars from the whole country. turmoil.

"Your Majesty, I have already discussed this point with Mi Shangshu and Lu Shangshu of the household department. I don't think the new issuance of gold coins will cause market turmoil!" Su Shuang said.

"Oh, why?" Sun Quan asked.

"Your Majesty, in fact, gold has always been the most valuable thing stored by the common people. Nowadays, the world has escaped from the troubled times and wars. Officials everywhere pay great attention to economic development. More than 50.00% of the common people have some spare money in their hands. Wu Qianzhuang is not very familiar with it. Oriented thinking tells them to hide the money at home. This part of the money is equal to dead money and cannot be circulated. However, once gold coins are issued, many of them will exchange them for gold coins. It will not affect the current price!"

This is Mi Zhu's analysis: "Issuing gold coins can alleviate the current political difficulties faced by the imperial court!"

The imperial court has fought repeatedly, and the finances have always been very tight.

The two wars that broke out this year, coupled with floods and corruption cases, have left the imperial treasury empty. At this time, issuing gold coins is tantamount to alleviating the financial problems of the imperial court.

"it is good!"

Sun Quan showed a satisfied smile when he heard the words, but he also picked out a question from Mi Zhu's words: "Su Shuang, how much sense of belonging do the people have to the Great Wu Bank?"

Dawu Bank is a bank model.

Things like banks can only be developed by trusting two words. A bank that no one trusts will definitely go bankrupt.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, in fact, the implementation of the Great Wu Bank is very smooth. Today, 130 or two Great Wu Banks have been expanded in the entire territory of the Great Wu, covering every state in the Great Wu. Many large merchants are willing to trust the Great Wu Bank for large-scale money transactions. They are happy to let Dawu Qianzhuang make the transition!"

Su Shuang was silent for a while, and then she spoke about the problems faced by the Great Wu Bank: "However, due to the influence of the thoughts of the old dynasty, many families think that they store their surplus money in their own homes, such as burying it, such as hiding it. We are still not trusting enough, in their view, saving in is like meat buns beating dogs, and there will be no return, so we are still insufficient in this regard!"

"The thinking of the old dynasty is an instinctive thinking formed over many years, and it does not mean that it can be changed overnight. Please be patient and take your time!" Sun Quan enjoined.

"Wei Chen understands!"

Su Shuang nodded.

"Your Majesty, actually speaking of the Great Wu Bank, our business department has received a joint request from several private chambers of commerce!" Mi Zhu said suddenly.

"A joint request? Let's hear it!"

"Your Majesty, they hope that the court will approve their establishment of their own private bank!" Mi Zhu cast a sidelong glance at Su Shuang and said word by word.

"Private bank?"

When Sun Quan heard this, his eyes were sharp and bright.