The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 16: Grand Master! Duke of Zhou! Duke of Zhou!

The current situation in the Han Dynasty is that one percent of the people control ninety-nine percent of the world's wealth.

Although Zhong Shao's official position was only a counselor, his grandfather had held the position of one of the Three Dukes, and his father had served as the Minister of Rites, the most prestigious position among the Nine Ministers.

With such an accumulation of things, it doesn't seem surprising to find those things in his home.

"Master, calm down."

Liu Xie couldn't let go of Dong Zhuo's belly and would always touch his round abdomen.

"It's easy to kill one or two rats, but it's not easy to clear all the rats out of the granary."

"Or, we can just tear down the granary and make sure the rats have nowhere to hide."

"Or, we can just use slow and steady methods to clean up the granary bit by bit, set up traps everywhere, and slowly get rid of it."

"The Han Dynasty has already dismantled the granary once. Although there are many rats left, they are not a big threat."

If it were the time of Emperor Huan or Emperor Ling, anyone who wanted to take action against the aristocratic families would be seeking death.

Even Emperor Ling of Han only dared to use such despicable methods as selling official positions and titles to collect money from the aristocratic families, barely leaving a glimmer of hope for the Han Dynasty, and did not dare to use thunder-like means to force them too far.

That is to say, now that the Han Dynasty has moved westward and has gotten rid of the control of the Guandong families, Dong Zhuo has the qualifications to use violence to seize the money from these families.

Otherwise, the money of these noble families would still be kept hidden and not made public.

At this moment, Liu Xie thought of something called the "Dynasty Cycle Law."

This thing looks profound and seems to have a bit of metaphysics, but to sum it up it actually means - the country has no money!

“Don’t show off your wealth” is the wisdom summed up by the ancients.

But if too many people learn this wisdom, it will be a disaster for the entire country.

When the country was first established, everyone was extremely poor, and the wealth of the entire society was distributed relatively evenly among various places.

Later, some people used their own means to gather these scattered wealth and became wealthy.

There is nothing wrong with this in itself. The bad thing is that these super-rich people are too smart and hide all their money, causing the wealth of the entire country to shrink rapidly.

There were originally 10 million yuan in cash, but 5 million was hidden by these people, so the court and the people only had 5 million yuan in wealth.

Later, the court and the people worked hard to turn the 10 million into 20 million, but this group of people hid 18 million directly, resulting in only 2 million in wealth left for the court and the people...

As time went on, the imperial court and the people found themselves becoming poorer the harder they worked, and naturally became unhappy. Then there were uprisings, wars, unification, and the next cycle began.

Emperor Ling of Han obtained some money for the court by selling official positions and titles, but he did not expect that those people who hid the money would become more outrageous and plunder the wealth of the people again and again, which eventually led to the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

The imperial court, aristocratic families, and the common people.

If it is thick at both ends and thin in the middle, it is a prosperous age.

If it is thick in the middle and thin at both ends, it will be a chaotic world.

Unfortunately, the current Han Dynasty is in the latter state.

The only thing to be thankful for is the emergence of the variable Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo was really ruthless when it came to robbing money!

Compared with Emperor Ling of Han who begged for mercy from the aristocratic families, Dong Zhuo was much more arrogant!
Damn you! Your money is mine!
Liu Xie knew that the wealth accumulated by the Luoyang nobles for two hundred years was all piled up in Dong Zhuo's fortress! As long as Dong Zhuo took out this money, it would almost instantly change the power gap in Guanzhong.

Not to mention that the proportion of "thin at both ends and thick in the middle" could be directly changed to "thick at both ends and thin in the middle", it could at least be turned into an even long stick, allowing Liu Xie and the common people to be qualified to wrestle with the aristocratic families.

"Wenhe, you will definitely encounter a lot of troubles as the Shangshu Ling."

"But don't worry!"

Liu Xie patted his chest and patted Dong Zhuo's shoulder: "I and the Grand Master are here! We will definitely support you and will never let you fight alone!"

Dong Zhuo naturally loved this talented man hidden in his army and said, "Your Majesty is right. Wenhe, just go ahead and do it! I want to see who dares to go against me!"

Jia Xu thanked him quickly and said he dared not.

But after a little hesitation, Jia Xu still bowed to Dong Zhuo and said, "Grandmaster, there is actually something that I need your help with!"

"But it doesn't matter!"

Dong Zhuo has always been extremely generous towards his own people!

Jia Xu swallowed his saliva and buried his head behind his hands. "I also ask the Grand Master to stop minting small coins, put the five-zhu coins back into circulation, stabilize the market price, and benefit the people!"

After entering the capital, Dong Zhuo destroyed Wuzhu coins on a large scale in order to make money, and instead minted smaller coins that were used in smaller quantities.

In this way, the copper material that was previously able to produce one string of five-zhu coins can now be used to mint two strings or even more coins, which is simply the best choice to double your wealth!
The issue is……

What’s the difference between this and some clever people in later generations who said, “If you are short of money, why not just print more money?”
Wuzhu coins are actually useless.

What are truly useful are the clothes produced by weaving and the food produced by growing crops, which are the materials that can solve people’s problems of food, clothing, housing and transportation!
Dong Zhuo's move, on the surface, increased the wealth of Guanzhong several times, but in fact it did not increase the material wealth of Guanzhong. This would not only fail to enrich Guanzhong, but would also hurt a large number of civilians, completely reaping the already limited wealth in their hands.

All I can say is that Dong Zhuo really suffered from his lack of education, and it's no wonder that he was eventually abandoned by both the aristocratic bureaucrats and the common people...

There are constant natural disasters in Guanzhong now, and there is a risk of famine in the next two years. It is understandable that Jia Xu wants to stabilize the Guanzhong market first.

It can be predicted that in the next two years, Guanzhong will inevitably purchase a large amount of grain from Guandong.

If Guanzhong's own market is not stable, it will be difficult to purchase grain in the future.

Liu Xie looked at Jia Xu with admiration.

He originally thought that Jia Xu would hurriedly carry out rescue spring ploughing, but he did not expect that he could see through the essence of the matter at a glance and prepare for a rainy day. What a talent!
The only problem now is Dong Zhuo.

It is always easy to put money into your pocket but difficult to take it out.

As soon as Jia Xu came to power, he wanted to abolish the small coins and re-cast the Wuzhu coin, which must have cost a huge amount of money.

Even though Dong Zhuo is a wealthy man now, he would probably feel pain for this money.

But Liu Xie had a solution.

Liu Xie leaned over to Dong Zhuo's ear and whispered, "Grandmaster! Living in harmony with the people is the policy of Duke Zhou!"

Steam seemed to come out of Dong Zhuo's nostrils, and his face gradually turned red.

"Wenhe, rest assured! I will leave this matter to you!!!"

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