The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 39: Full of talent

"Too much! Too much! We can't hold any more!"

"No more, there really isn't even a single space left! Don't pour any more water in there!"

"Clatter, clatter, clatter..."

When Liu Xie saw the documents that Jia Xu sent him, he found it ridiculous.

This time, both sides clearly underestimated each other's strength.

In just one month, Jia Xu had spent tens of thousands of gold of Dong Zhuo's property. Jia Xu was so afraid that Master Dong would come after him, so he dared not go to Meibao to move the treasures again.

Correspondingly, Jia Xu's gains this time were also extremely astonishing.

"The Taicang Treasury is already full!"

Chang'an Taicang was built in the pre-Han period. It is located between Changle and Weiyang Palaces, and is in the core of the imperial city together with the armory. Although its storage capacity is not as large as the Aocang in Guandong, it can still accommodate 100,000 dan of grain!

And now the granary is full, and at least 70,000 dan of grain was bought by Jia Xu from the market this time...

"Wenhe, you should just stay in the Shangshutai recently. Don't go to see the Grand Tutor unless necessary."

Liu Xie gave the order in a serious tone, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

Because Liu Xie really didn't expect that the other party could play such a big game.

I thought it would be good enough to release 30,000 shi of grain, but the other party actually released 70,000 shi!

One stone of grain is often enough for a young and strong man to eat for a month.

If carefully managed, it is enough to keep a family of three from going hungry for a month.

To take it to another extreme, when the imperial court had to distribute porridge to save people's lives, it could even feed a family of five with one stone of grain for a month.

In other words, 100,000 shi of grain is enough for 500,000 people in Guanzhong to survive for a month!
In a sense, the grain collected this time is absolutely life-saving food for Guanzhong!
The life-saving food in Guanzhong is actually the life-saving food of the current Han Dynasty.

With this batch of grain in Taicang, both Jia Xu and Liu Xie can at least get a good night's sleep for a few days.

"Your Majesty, but the other party seems to have noticed and no longer releases grain but charges five zhu."

Jia Xu seemed to have some regrets: "If I want to find such an opportunity again in the future, I'm afraid it will be difficult."

With so much food swallowed by Jia Xu, even a group of pigs on the opposite side would have reacted by now.

So Liu Xie didn't care too much: "Since we can't buy grain, let's start collecting small coins and minting five-zhu coins again."

Since no one is obstructing it, this time the decree will surely be implemented smoothly.

Although it was delayed for some time, Liu Xie said that if possible, such delays could be repeated a few more times!
Compared to the cheerfulness on Liu Xie's side, the atmosphere on the other side was obviously terrifyingly gloomy.

Huang Wan's residence.

A group of people sat here, all with angry looks on their faces.

"Zi Yan! We believed what you said, and that's why we helped you with all our own money. But why are you doing this now?"

"Yes! Ziyan, this time, you must give us an explanation!"

"Zi Yan, our two families are old friends, but this time... you really disappoint me."

...These people are all wealthy and powerful families in Guanzhong.

The grain that was poured into Taicang this time was basically grain taken out from their own treasury.

Huang Wan now saw these people coming up to him like ghosts demanding an explanation, so she had no choice but to swallow her shame and apologize to them one by one.

While apologizing, Huang Wan felt very upset.

"Jun Rong misled me!"

This time, the plan of exchanging grain for Wuzhu and then minting smaller coins to disrupt government orders was Shisun Rui's idea.

But Shisun Rui's reputation in Chang'an had already become extremely bad, so the person who actually came forward was Huang Wan.

Huang Wan's grandfather and father had both served as high officials in the Three Dukes' Courts, and Huang Wan himself had also served as Youfufeng when he was young. He had good relations with the powerful families in Guanzhong, so he was able to persuade these people to gather their grain and undermine the court's decrees.

According to Shisun Rui's inference, at most 50,000 dan of grain would be enough to completely destroy Guanzhong's financial policy and make Jia Xu's plan fail.

But now that 70,000 dan of grain have been invested, although the coins circulating in the market now have become their privately minted small coins, the markets in Guanzhong show no signs of collapse at all!
Because the imperial court used Wuzhu to purchase grain, and then they privately minted the Wuzhu into small coins. After the people got the small coins, they went to the market to exchange them for grain... In this way, the small coins that were originally useless were inexplicably recycled.

This has resulted in the copper coins currently circulating in the market still being small coins, with no change at all.

The only difference is that this small coin has changed from Dong Zhuo's privately minted small coin to their privately minted small coin...

Then, they inexplicably lost tens of thousands of shi of grain?
Although they didn't know the reason, they knew that they had definitely been cheated, and badly!
It was only because the Jiangxia Huang family, where Huang Wan came from, was a prominent family, and Huang Wan himself had a very high prestige among the literati, otherwise he would not have come here in a calm and peaceful manner today, but would have come here to cause trouble!
Every time Huang Wan apologized to these people, a drop of blood flowed in his heart.

Now, it's not an apology at all.

But it is the face of Huang Wan, his father, and his grandfather!
When all these face are taken away, Huang Wan will probably not be much better than Shisun Rui.

"Everyone, this time Dong is indeed a cunning thief, pretending to abolish the small money to make money. It is really hard to guard against."

"But precisely because of this, we must work together and resonate with the government!"

Huang Wan's words were encouraging, but in any case they were not as reassuring as real food at a good price.

Some people who knew about Huang Wan and Wang Yun's plan asked urgently, "May I ask when will the plan of Mr. Wang be implemented? As long as Dong Zhuo is alive, we will not have a moment of peace!"

Huang Wan didn't know how to respond.

Ever since the last attempt to kill Dong ended in failure, Wang Yun has been extremely cautious in his plans. Even Huang Wan, who was close to him in the past, did not know the details. She only knew that Wang Yun was indeed planning something big.

"Don't panic, everyone."

"I'm sorry I can't tell you the specific details."

“But that day is finally coming.”

Huang Wan was not aware of what Wang Yun had done, and could not reveal it, but if it was something Shisun Rui had done, he could tell it to reassure people.

"Now Dong Zhuo is tyrannical and has forbidden the people to grow millet and wheat, which they usually like to eat. Instead, they grow sorghum and beans, which have low yields and poor taste."

"Such perverse actions have already aroused public resentment! With just a little bit of fanning the flames, public opinion will surge and Guanzhong will be boiling!"

Huang Wan's words made these people feel a little relieved.

At least, this strategy is easier and easier to understand than monetary policy.

This time, I can't lose again, right?
(End of this chapter)