I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 498, Xu You's Currency Reform
As the currency reformer of the Yuan faction, Xu You knows that exchanging banknotes for other people's real money is an offending job, so he is determined to use a sharp knife to cut through the mess and complete the currency reform with an iron fist.

He recruited 5000 elite soldiers from Yuan Tan to set up a tax camp. At the same time, he used his relationship in Yingchuan to recruit hundreds of children from Yingchuan Academy and the descendants of the Sili clan to assist him in completing the taxation in Yuzhou and Sili. currency promotion action!
He also knows that this currency reform cannot offend everyone, otherwise the reform will not go ahead, and he needs a strong ally to help him bear the pressure!And as Xu You, a son of a noble family, the ones looking for allies are naturally people from the noble family!

After these preparatory work, Xu You's currency reform was carried out drastically.He first set up tax bureaus in various places, and at the same time printed a large number of banknotes to exchange for money in Sili, Yuzhou.

Xu You also knew that banknotes needed collateral to circulate. Lei Gong used grain and cloth, Liu Bei used grain, silk, and salt, and Cao Cao also used grain and salt.And Yuan Tan didn't have any of these things, and even most of the salt was controlled by the nobles of the Hedong clan. At most, they would give Yuan Tan a little face and share some profits with him. It was impossible for Yuan Tan to completely control the salt industry.

Although the land of Sili in Yuzhou was fertile, Yuan Shao and Yuan Tan were themselves the leaders elected by the alliance of nobles and clans. Yuan Shao and Yuan Tan's background determined it. It was impossible for them to learn from Xu Wei to divide the land.At the beginning, Yuan Shao only got 30 troops by exchanging fields for military power.Most of these lands are still controlled by the powerful and noble families in Sili, Yuzhou.

At the same time, because Yuzhou Sili has been developed for thousands of years, this makes Yuan Tan want to learn from Liu Bei and can't do it!Yuan Tan, who can't control the land, naturally doesn't have much food in his hands, and without food currency, he naturally has no collateral!

Having nothing in hand, but wanting to exchange other people's real gold and silver, even a fool would not be fooled, so Xu You has a very headache on how to make paper money popular!

In the end, Xu You discussed with his subordinates for three days and three nights. Everyone understood that banknotes needed collateral, and they could not find goods in Yuzhou to mortgage, but they had the right to use the rights as currency collateral!
As long as Yuzhou and Sili collect land tax or commercial tax in the future, they can't use copper coins for transactions, but must have paper money issued by them in Yuzhou. In this way, if the people in Yuzhou want to pay taxes, they must go to their tax department to exchange Get out the paper money!

At the same time, they can also prohibit the use of copper coins in private transactions, and must use the banknotes issued by them in Yuzhou for transactions, so that the banknotes can be promoted throughout Yuzhou!
Xu You was overjoyed after hearing this. Although this is enforced by rights, at least there is no need to prepare collateral. Although there are risks, they only need to control the circulation of banknotes and convince the people that they can pay taxes. Banknotes can completely replace them. The role of copper coins can be said to be the most suitable currency for Yuzhou now!

Of course, for the sake of insurance, Xu You still felt that there should be less copper coins and gold and silver as collateral, so that the people in Yuzhou would trust the banknotes they issued more!
After Xu You reported his currency reform measures to Yuan Tan and the others, Yuan Tan and the others asked after reading it: "If the common people use the banknotes in their hands to pay taxes, then what is the use of the banknotes we found? "

Xu You said confidently: "Ming Gong, there is a saying in Hebei that money is just an ordinary equivalent. In the manufacture of bronze swords, bronze armor, bronze farm tools, and various bronze items, everyone needs bronze, and the bronze in their hands can be easily exchanged for other goods, so bronze has become copper coins.

And how different is the use of copper from white paper now!Bronze utensils are not as strong as iron utensils, and copper swords and armor are replaced by iron swords and iron armor!Even bronze mirrors are replaced by glass mirrors!Today's copper can be said to be waste.The reason why big men still use copper coins now is that the amount of copper is scarce, and the second is the habit of thousands of years. In fact, there is not much difference between copper and white paper!Copper can be used to make copper coins, and white paper can naturally be used to make banknotes. The key now is to let everyone believe that banknotes can be exchanged for what they want, so that our banknotes can be popularized! "

"And as long as the banknotes are in Yuzhou and Sili promotes them, we will get copper coins from the people in the two places, and we will have enough copper coins to make artillery! And we can use banknotes to buy weapons, armor and all kinds of weapons in Yuzhou. Goods, this allows us to recover faster, and this alone is enough for us to take out taxes as collateral to promote paper money!"

After hearing this, Yuan Tan had some insights. After the Great War in the Central Plains, the Yuan Clan lost nearly 20 troops and Yanzhou. It can be said that the Yuan Clan’s strength was severely damaged, but facing Lei Gong, he had to try his best to quickly recruit 20 troops. Restore strength.

However, Yuan Tan and his confidants calculated that if they wanted to restore the 20 army and cast 500 cannons, they would need to spend at least 50 billion yuan. I was so anxious to ask Xu You to carry out the currency reform, in fact, I wanted to collect money!
But Guo Tu retorted: "Bronze is more useful now, and it can be used to make bronze cannons! You see, all forces in the world are restricting the export of copper coins! How can it be called waste!"

But Xu You said confidently: "What is the use of artillery to ordinary people? Now, the princes of the Han Dynasty exchange paper money for copper coins, don't they just want to collect bronze to make artillery! But ordinary people who would want to come Casting cannons! For the common people, bronze is nothing but waste!"

"So if we want to spread paper money in Yuzhou, we can only use the taxation of the entire Yuzhou Sili as collateral. We have no other choice! As long as the paper money in the hands of the people can pay taxes, they will not Will you mind whether the money in your hand is copper coins or banknotes!

For merchants, it is more convenient to use banknotes than copper coins. As long as we insist on free exchange of copper coins, gold and silver among the people and gain their trust, they will use banknotes for transactions. The copper coins of Yuzhou and Sili are collected in our hands! "

Feng Ji said, "If we have copper coins and gold and silver, we don't need to issue banknotes. You have to freely exchange them for gold and silver. The banknotes we issue are not just waiting for something!"

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