Great Wei Nengchen

With money and food to be in charge of the family, Xiao Yi arranged a good manpower, distributed salaries to civil and military officials, and from high officials to small officials, from the central government to the local government, it was a one-off replacement, and he would never owe anyone!

After the news spread, there was a sensation in the imperial court, especially the poor low-level officials, who hurriedly brought their families and drove ox carts to receive their salaries.

A lot of high-ranking officials also came. They didn't believe the news of the salary distribution, and they thought it was Xiao Yi's deceit again. Money and food?

If you really have money and food, you can take out all your salary. Who would have trouble with money and food? What's more, if they take out a penny, the treasury will be empty, and the money used to help the victims will be less, and Cao Cao and Xiao Yi will be in more trouble. point!

If there is no money and food, they will take the opportunity to make things worse and confuse the officials to attack Xiao Yi and Cao Cao.

After several bloody suppressions, the loyalty of the loyal Han forces was severely damaged, and they lost the courage to resist by force, so they had to secretly dismantle the situation everywhere. Civil upheavals broke out everywhere in the Central Plains, and these people contributed to the flames...

The ministers are loyal to the monarch, and the monarch gives the ministers salaries. It is the salary.

In the late Warring States period, the slave system disintegrated, the feudal system was established, and the tax and salary systems also changed. The state took back the right to land management and directly distributed grain to officials, that is, food!

According to the system of the Han family: the monthly salary of the Sangong is 350 dendrobium corn, (1 dendrobium = 1 stone = 120 catties), 4200 stones a year, and some silk, fur, medicinal materials and other rewards!

The annual salary of Jiuqing is 2160 shi, the annual salary of the state shepherd is 1800 shi, the annual salary of the county prefect is 1400 shi... and then gradually decreases, the county magistrate is [-] shi, the county magistrate and county lieutenant are [-] shi, and the bottom official Less than a hundred stones!

Xuchang is the capital of the great Han Dynasty. The officials are of high rank, and their salaries can easily exceed a thousand shi. Naturally, they have to bring their servants and drive a horse-drawn carriage. But when they arrived at the gate of Taicang, the officials were surprised to find that the salaries issued this time were somewhat different. :

"Da Sima is very powerful and has brought in a lot of money and food. Please line up and receive your salaries in order. All the arrears before will be paid!"

"Kong Rong, a doctor of Chinese medicine, should receive a salary of 960 shi for one year, 190 shi of Lumi, and [-] copper coins. Please sign and pledge!"

"Fu Baolang Zu Bi, you should receive a salary of 540 shi for a year, 160 shi of Lumi, and [-] copper coins. Please sign and make a deposit!"

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In front of the gate of Taicang, Chen Qun and Yang Fu led the subordinates to start distributing salaries to officials, not the usual corn, but a mixture of coins and corn. This is one of Xiao Yi's policies, to increase income and reduce expenditure!

You know, the number of officials and civilians in the Han Dynasty is 60:1, and the number of soldiers and civilians is 10:1. Redundant officials and soldiers are very serious, and the amount of salary is extremely huge, and there is even greater consumption in the process of distributing Lumi!

Take Xuchang City as an example. There are more than 15 officials and 400 troops stationed there. 150 million hu of grain!

The food gap is huge, and it can only be transported from Xu, Henan, Si... and even Hebei. In the process of transportation, a large number of ships, horses, and civilians need to be provided, and the rations they consume are several times the transportation volume. Woolen cloth!

Other places are much the same, they are all villages, counties, counties, prefectures... level-by-level grain transportation, the poorer the roads, the greater the consumption in the middle, no matter how strong the Caoying Group's family background is, it can't help such tossing!

Therefore, Xiao Yi thought over and over again, and decided to change the structure of salary, instead of simply distributing grain, it became a combination of grain and coins. High-ranking officials paid [-]% of their salary, mid-level officials paid [-]% to [-]%, and low-level officials paid [-]% to [-]%. Lord!

Compared with the heavy grain, the equivalent coins are less in quantity and lighter in weight, so they are extremely convenient to transport, and the consumption in the middle is also greatly reduced, which is of great benefit to the country and officials!

Although food is a good thing, it can only be used to wrap the belly, but it cannot be worn, lived in, or used as money. Therefore, the officials took Lumi and only kept a small part of their families for food. Most of them were sold as coins, or Exchange other things to maintain daily life!

Especially small officials, many of them received Lumi the day before, changed into coarse clothes the next day, and went to the market to sell. Otherwise, the whole family would have to eat, drink, wear and use rice. In the middle ages, food was a sought-after commodity, and it was relatively easy to sell!

The problem is that scholars are the head of the four people, but they want to be the bottom of the four people (merchants), which is really ugly, and in the process of selling, they are often counted by real businessmen (amateurs are not as good as professionals) ), invisibly suffered another big loss!

Now that the salary has been changed, the hard currency of gold, silver, and copper is what you get, which saves you the trouble of selling food, and you can buy things directly. Naturally, the officials are happy.

"Da Sima's meritorious deeds are immeasurable, and the officials are endlessly grateful!"

"Da Sima governs the country, and the people live and work in peace and contentment!"

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"Your salary, the anointing of the people, the parents of the people, you are all kind. You eat the imperial salary, be loyal to the country, and love the people. Don't be corrupt officials, otherwise don't blame the big Sima, the hands The sword is merciless!"

With the golden corn and the hard currency in hand, the officials were elated and knelt on the ground to express their thanks. It seems that compared with Cao and Xiao, the latter has a better skill, at least they can get money and food!

Xiao Yi also stood in front of the gate and delivered a generous speech, encouraging everyone to do their best to help the court quell the civil uprising, but there was a strong murderous intent hidden in his words!

After a busy day and night, Xiao Yi was also a little tired, so he asked his subordinates to continue to distribute their salaries, thinking of taking a rest later, but he was grabbed by Chen Qun as soon as he entered the lobby gate...

"During the time Da Sima put his hand away, he brought in a large amount of money and food, and paid salaries to civil and military officials. With such administrative skills, all the lower officials are devoted to the ground!

However, replacing lumi with coins today will consume more than half of the gold, silver and copper coins in the treasury. "

When he came to a secluded and deserted place, Chen Qun showed worry. The salary changed from simple food to a combination of money and food. Although this method is beneficial to the country and the people, it also has great disadvantages!

The imperial court lacked everything, except smart people. The method of replacing Lumi with coins was advocated by some people in the Western Han Dynasty, and they knew the benefits of it, but they have not been implemented!

The reason is also very simple, there is no money in the imperial treasury, and the reason why the treasury has no money is that the whole country has no money, specifically the lack of hard currencies such as gold, silver, and copper!

Chapter 1379 A rich man is hard to be a man without money ([-])

"In the history of the Chinese nation, there has always been a lack of currency for circulation, especially during the Qin and Han Dynasties, because the shortage of currency hindered commercial activities and material circulation, which was extremely unfavorable to the development of the country, and the reason for the shortage of currency: natural disasters, man-made disasters!

Natural disasters: China's main gold and silver deposits are distributed in the Kunlun Mountains in the northwest, the Changbai Mountains in the northeast, and the Hengduan Mountains in the southwest. They were not included in the national territory during the Han Dynasty, or they could not be developed!

The lack of gold and silver, the two precious metals, makes the people of the country have to settle for the second best, and use copper as the main currency (Daye and Huangshi in Jingzhou, Kuaiji and Danyang in Yangzhou, and Shu County in Yizhou all have a large number of copper mines.)

Man-made disaster: Because of the low production technology, less copper mines were mined during the Han Dynasty, and most of them were used to cast ritual vessels, musical instruments, furniture, and tableware, and very few were used to cast coins!

Chinese people also have the "bad habit" of saving money. They always hide the gold, silver, and copper coins they get in the walls, or bury them deep in the ground, so as to prepare for the unexpected needs of their children and grandchildren. The quantity is even less!

As early as the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, some wise ministers proposed to use metal currency instead of grain and distribute salaries to officials at all levels to reduce the consumption during transportation. After a period of trial, they gave up helplessly and continued to distribute Lumi!

Because the money was in the hands of the ministers, they recruited craftsmen and set up private workshops. They were either melted into gold bricks and silver ingots for storage, or recast into exquisite vessels, which were sold for huge profits. There are no coins for bartering and rewarding soldiers.

For example, Cao Ying has regulations that officers and soldiers can be rewarded with five taels of gold if they win a head. However, there is no gold in the treasury, and even copper coins are not enough, so only five taels of gold can be given in kind, such as grain, silk, and land.

Using grain to distribute salaries, although it consumes a lot in the middle, can delay the loss of metal currency, so that the people have money to use.

"Da Sima replaced lumi with currency, reducing the consumption of mid-way transportation. It is certainly beneficial to the country and the people, but when the currency is in the hands of the powerful, it is like entering the mouth of a brave man. I am afraid it will be difficult to get out!

Once a large-scale money shortage is triggered due to insufficient currency, the harm will be ten times worse than civil chaos. I am afraid that the society will be in turmoil and the world will be in chaos. "

As an internal affairs official, Chen Qun is very aware of the dangers of 'money shortage'. Compared with wars, floods, plagues, droughts...it is even worse. People in the world may not be afraid of death, but they are afraid of having no money to spend!

Moreover, the use of money to distribute salaries made officials of all sizes very happy. Once the money was insufficient and the salaries were reissued, there would be a huge gap in their hearts, and endless anger would erupt. The entire bureaucratic class would become angry, and Cao Cao and Xiao Yi might not be able to bear it. live?

"Hehe, the chief is thoughtful and proficient in government affairs. If you can broaden your mind and make friends with talented people, your future will be limitless!"

"You don't need to worry too much about the rich and powerful destroying money. The great Sima has already made a decision. Whoever destroys more money in the future will cry more miserable!"

Xiao Yi has a long-term vision. He always takes one step and sees ten steps. Since he dares to use currency to pay his salary, he naturally has a way to deal with the "money shortage":

First of all: 28 large-scale mines, more than half of which contain gold, silver, and copper precious metals. Hundreds of wealthy merchants jointly mine, and the output is bound to be amazing. Using them to mint new currencies can make up for the lack of circulation.

Secondly, the power of Buddhism is expanding viciously, amassing a large amount of wealth, and at the same time destroying metal coins, which are used to cast golden Buddhas, silver niches, bronze bells, and bronze coins. There are more than a hundred temples in and outside Xuchang City alone, how much should they store? What about wealth?

I am about to take action to destroy the Buddha, and there must be a lot of resistance in the middle. Now that I use money to distribute salaries, it is tantamount to winning the hearts of officials. For the sake of their own pockets, they have to fully support themselves, destroying Buddha statues to make coins, right?

Finally, after I have suppressed Buddhism and stabilized the civil uprising in the Central Plains, it is time to clean up the rich and powerful. The big fish eat the small fish, and the small fish eat dried shrimps. Play financial games with yourself, and you will not be fooled by these idiots!

People in Taicang have too many things to do and it's hard to think quietly, so Cui Lie, Meng Jian and the students were left to continue distributing salaries to the officials. Xiao Yi took a dozen bodyguards and returned to Wuchouhou's Mansion by car, ready to take a good rest Let's plan a strategy...