Uncle, please help the Han family

Something happened, she felt something was going to happen.

Sighing inwardly, Li Ru felt very heavy.

"Let's ignore the matter of the traitors for the time being. Let's talk about it when they really dare to send troops."

Dong Zhuo also found it troublesome to manage the world, so he directly skipped this topic, and brought up another matter that she was very concerned about: "Also, recently we... the imperial court is really short of money, and there are many big things that have not been done. Ways to do it. Regarding this, I have an idea, we melted the bronze man of the first emperor and used it to mint coins, wouldn’t we have money in this way? What do you think?”

Dong Zhuo, are you crazy!

Li Ruren was dumbfounded, he didn't expect such words to come out of Dong Zhuo's mouth.

Why do you think money is worth money?

It is not because it is money that it is valuable!

Well, that sounds a little tongue-in-cheek, but my point is clear - something big will happen if you do this!

"Teacher, you can't!" Hearing this, Jin Cao's blood pressure immediately rose, and he quickly persuaded, "If you mint coins randomly, not only will the court not become richer, but will become poorer! "

"Nonsense." Dong Zhuo was most annoyed by others fooling himself, so he retorted quite wisely, "Money can be exchanged for things. If we make more money, can't we exchange for more things? Isn't this richer?"

Stupid pig! ! ! !

It's not your calculation! ! !

"correct."

Speaking of this, Dong Zhuo also thought of a rather ingenious method: "The previous five baht was too heavy, and it was too useless. We can make a smaller copper coin, but the face value is the same as the five baht. In this way, our money is still worthless." It can be doubled again... Wait, I have another good idea! Just collect all the five baht, copper utensils, etc., and make them into small coins, so that we can have endless money!"

Taishi Dong's unconstrained imagination made the officials in the hall feel ashamed.

And it's ridiculous that...

She wasn't joking.

Chapter 144 Ke Bineng, you are riding horse shoes!

"My lord, the mutual markets in several places in Shanggudai County have completely collapsed!"

Zhao Gai, who was puffy and fat, ran in from the State Shepherd's Mansion out of breath, and reported in a pessimistic tone before seeing Liu Yu.

Standing in front of a hanging brown paper map, Liu Yu didn't even turn his body, and his reaction was extremely calm.

But Gongsunyin could tell that the lord's mood at this time was quite complicated, even a little sad.

"Master Zhao, sit down and talk."

Slowly looking at Zhao Gai, Liu Yu stretched out his hand and said calmly.

"...Thank you, my lord."

Zhao Gai was not restrained, sat on the seat, took the water handed by the servant with one hand, gulped down half a bowl, brewed for a long time, and finally calmed down, so he looked up at Liu Yu who was standing , said sadly: "A few days ago, merchants from Youzhou went to the Central Plains to buy goods, and then found that the five baht money was no longer available there, so they quickly sent their servants back to Youzhou, emptied their wealth, and exchanged the high price of five baht for the goods. At that time, several exchange markets were full, and the people who knew nothing about the affairs of the Central Plains sold their own food and cloth at high prices, and the barbarians on the border also sold their horses to the Youzhou University in large numbers. Merchant, and...then just..."

Then, hundreds of thousands of ordinary people and Hu people went bankrupt.

Moreover, this is only within the range of Youzhou.

If you look at the whole world, it is estimated that millions of people will become proletarians.

At that time, it is conservatively estimated that there will be 100 million people just starved to death.

Although a bit immoral, the only good news is that the Youzhou government led by Liu Yu has not been greatly affected.

Because the currencies of government treasuries at all levels have basically been converted into commodities or used for infrastructure construction.

It can be said that the five baht coins held by the entire Youzhou financial system are less than 2000 million pearls.

Although the value sounds a bit scary, it can be said to be insignificant compared to the original seven or eight billion.

"What's the current situation?" Liu Yu asked.

Speaking of this, Zhao Gai felt a headache: "The people at the port have started to plunder each other's goods. After all, all the five baht coins in their hands have been turned into scrap copper. Also, the barbarians at the border have also participated in the scramble for goods." Fortunately, the frontier army was able to barely maintain law and order, and their battles were limited to fists and feet, and no weapons were used."

"Well, well done, if someone dares to use a sharp weapon to hurt someone, he can be executed on the spot."

When a crisis breaks out, it means that the order will be destroyed, which is irreversible.

Including Liu Yu, he couldn't contain the anger of the people, even if he had a powerful violent agency in his hands.

What can be done is to protect the final bottom line.

Kill for life.

As the most simple spirit of the rule of law in ancient China, as long as we can stick to this, then no matter what, the riots are within the controllable range.

It has to be said that the adverse effects of Dong Zhuo's coinage were much more terrifying than imagined.

Some things make your scalp tingle just by hearing about them.

"My lord, what shall we do?"

The powerless Zhao Gai turned his attention to Liu Yu, thinking that he has the ability to solve this matter that has been absolutely powerless.

Because I don't know if it's a coincidence or what, the Youzhou government, which has spent all the treasury money, has suffered the smallest loss in this crisis.

Hmm... Zhao Gai actually wanted to ask a long time ago, is it purely because of his cleverness that his protagonist perfectly copes with every emergency?

too exaggerated.

It was as if they knew in advance that these things would happen, and they all responded wonderfully, almost like gods.

This hero is so stable.

So this time, it can be solved smoothly, right?

"It's hard to do. The collapse of the five baht coin cannot be solved by our state alone. Only Luoyang can control the situation." Speaking of this, Liu Yu smiled helplessly, "But the real owner of Luoyang seems to have no idea. "

Why does Dong Zhuo think that the imperial court can become rich as long as money is printed and distributed indefinitely?

You think you are a certain eagle, and there are people all over the world paying for it!

Do you understand inflation?

Do you understand the laws of currency circulation?

Do you understand the flexible adjustment of the central bank?

Well, you really don't understand, it's me, Meng Lang, sorry.

"My lord, why don't we issue orders in Youzhou so that the original currency will still be used and the value of the currency will not change?" Zhao Gai said on a whim.

"The idea is very good, but the premise is that Youzhou is an independent kingdom isolated from the outside world. After all, as long as the currency can still circulate, depreciation is absolutely inevitable."

Liu Yu smiled and said jokingly: "Besides, it's not that the currency is still used as it is, but that we in Youzhou minted a new type of currency on our own."

Name it Youbi?

"Is it possible?"

About Liu Yu's joke, Zhao Gai actually took it seriously, showing serious eyes.

does it work?

It's feasible, it's feasible, but I'll have to wait until I become emperor and the country is named Dayan.

No, the title of the country after I become emperor is still Dahan.

That's not right, who said that I'm going to be called emperor!

"That's all for later, the priority now is not this."

Biting his lip and looking at his feet, Liu Yu thought deeply, and based on the past experience and lessons of human beings, he predicted: "If I think about it, the next five baht will not be completely discarded, but it will depreciate rapidly due to the increase in prices. It even reaches the point of buying a bag of rice with 10,000+ money. Also, the family will stop the loss in time, buy back the physical... ah, it is to buy back the goods and food, and hoard them in large quantities. And the people who have no surplus food at home, rely on contacts The small traders who do business in counties and counties will go bankrupt collectively within half a month and become servants, or..."

"starve."

Zhao Gai's expression froze, and he spit out the word cruel.

"..."

Gongsunyin who was on the side also suddenly lost, his eyes were full of distress.

Although such a disaster is severe, it will not cause fatal losses to a big family like theirs.

But the people will be miserable, all the money in their hands will be turned into scrap copper.

And yes, people who work harder to survive usually lose more!

"Then we close the market in the mutual market?" Zhao Gai asked.

"No, we can't shut it down." Liu Yu raised his hand and denied, "If we shut it down, the anger of the people will naturally gather on the government, and we have to wait for the market to disintegrate naturally. At this time, we can't interfere too much."

In other words, put the right to choose in the hands of the people themselves.

It is because they still have certain illusions about the five baht coins, and feel that the depreciation is only temporary, so they take the opportunity to sell the goods at a high price and become a 'monopoly'.

In other words, I keenly realized that the five baht money was finished, so I took advantage of the thousands of dollars to buy a bag of rice, and used all these copper coins to survive this wave of economic crisis and the 'unemployment crisis'.

I'm sorry, but the Youzhou government is unable to bear this responsibility at this time.

Let alone pay for Dong Zhuo's monstrous mistakes with the power of a state.

"Then, then..." Clenching his fists, Liu Yu clenched his fists after thinking for a long time, and said, "If there are a large number of victims and hungry people because of the collapse of the five baht coin, we can only open the granary to provide porridge!"

"……Um."

Zhao Gai was not at all surprised when the word "relief porridge" came out of Liu Yu's mouth. On the contrary, he felt that the master he knew was the one who kept the people in his heart at all times.Therefore, he chose to follow without any doubt: "Then open a warehouse to provide porridge."

"Also, when the officials below organize porridge relief, remember to convey a word of mine."

Slowly raising his head and looking at Zhao Gai, Liu Yu's tone gradually became serious, and his eyes were a little stern and terrifying.

"My lord, please speak."

Zhao Gai bowed, and his attitude became more formal.

Pointing at Zhao Gai with a finger, Liu Yu said inexplicably angrily, "Who dares to covet a grain of relief food, I will kill his whole family!"

The world does not need Heshen.

There is no need for a "capable minister" who is treacherous and loyal.

Liu Yu does not accept all forms of sophistry.

He has paid all levels of officials in Youzhou salaries higher than the average level of the big man, and all of them have been implemented in place. There is absolutely no official welfare gap.

Eat my food and you have to work.

Otherwise, go away.

"..." Gongsunyin saw Liu Yu so angry for the first time, and it was because of a possible reason that hadn't happened yet.

But in the face of this soaring anger, she didn't feel scared at all.

There is only admiration in my heart.

And, a profound shock.

It is definitely the luck of the people of Youzhou to have such a lord in Youzhou.

In this world, there is absolutely no second nobleman who can be as angry for the common people as the lord.

In this world, there is absolutely no second lord who does not pay attention to the nobles of the family, but respects the common people.

I also want to work hard to follow the light and do something for this world!

"Understand."

Zhao Gai was really scared just now, especially the finger, which was like thunder from the sky, and couldn't help trembling, but after realizing that the majesty of the lord was aimed at some treacherous villains, he accepted the order frankly.

The mountains rise and stop, the scenery stops.

The lord is too noble.

"Of course, this is only a recent remedial measure, and it cannot cure the root cause."

Returning to rationality after being angry, Liu Yu began to issue several orders that had been decided long ago in response to the incident of "Dong Zhuo's coinage": "First, all the bankrupt refugees will be included in the team of garrison fields by means of military control. , so as not to be snatched away by aristocratic families. Second, with work in lieu of relief, those people who lost their land or livelihood, some of them were recruited into the logistics force of the warlord Dong, and some were recruited into the expansion and construction of Jicheng, so as to reduce the unemployed population as much as possible. , to ensure the stability of Youzhou, and at the same time suppress the remnants of the Yellow Turban Party who intend to take advantage of the opportunity to carry out activities. Third, after the implementation of these plans, an announcement within the scope of Youzhou announced that the government would no longer use five baht coins because Dong Zhuo minted coins and destroyed them Value. Fourth, send invitations to all the tribes north of the Great Wall, requesting a joint crusade against Dong Zhuo, and agree to provide him with all food, grass and military supplies. Remember, these four points will become Youzhou’s long-term strategic strategy.”

"...It's wonderful, my lord is wise!"

With regard to these four items, Zhao Gai could not help expressing his admiration for Liu Yu after careful understanding with his limited wisdom.

First of all, after the people went bankrupt, it was a good opportunity for the family to snatch the population, so we must step up efforts to promote military settlements, so as to control the expansion of the family.

Then, this work-for-relief is even more subtle. Porridge relief can indeed keep the people alive, but the government’s food is limited. Instead of letting these people receive relief without moving, it is better to let them participate in the logistics of the army, or To build a city, use this sufficient manpower to expand Jicheng several times on the original basis, so as to ensure that the capital can meet the growing needs.

The last thing is to throw the responsibility on Dong Zhuo, arouse the anger of the Hu people against Dong Zhuo, and then launch a war against Dong Zhuo.