I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 499, Gentlemen's money, return the original amount!
Xu You said indifferently: "You don't need too much gold, silver and copper coins. This is only seen by ordinary people and merchants outside! Only when we can freely exchange gold and silver, they will believe the banknotes we found, but the people and merchants in the whole Yuzhou , and it is impossible to exchange the banknotes we issue at the same time, so we can issue 1000 million banknotes worth [-] million gold and silver in our hands, and [-] billion banknotes can be issued with [-] million money. !"

Yuan Tan thought for a while, and found that he couldn't produce food, cloth, silk, or salt. It seemed that he could only mortgage taxes. Although he had to take out a small amount of gold and silver, it could be magnified by 10 times. After all, he earned it!
After Yuan Tan thought for a long time, he found that Xu You would not suffer from the paper currency reform. As for the so-called future troubles, his family was about to perish, so let Lei Gong solve the future troubles, so Xu You started to implement it in the whole Yuzhou. Currency reform!

Yingchuan, Yingyin City!

The Xun family in Yingchuan is one of the representatives of many gentry families in Yuzhou. Among them, there are many high-ranking officials in the imperial court. It is a prosperous family of literati and bureaucrats.When Xun Shuang ranked among the three princes, the family status was completed at this time, marking the transformation of the Xun family in Yingchuan from a local wealthy family to a central gentry family.The Yingchuan Xun family has a faint tendency to catch up with the Yuan clan, the Yang clan, the top aristocratic clans in the world!

Xu You wanted to complete the currency reform, and the support of Yuzhou's elite families was extremely important. After obtaining Yuan Tan's support, Xu You brought Xun Kan to Yingchuan non-stop, hoping to win the support of the Xun family as the representative of Yuzhou's aristocratic family !
Only Xun Kan said with a helpless face: "Ziyuan, my lord has entrusted you with the issue of banknotes, so why do you drag me along!"

Xun Kan really doesn't want to follow Xu You, paper currency is a cheating thing that is unreliable at first glance, especially in Yuzhou, where the treasury has already caught up with the former emperor's time, and they can't even take out any collateral if they want to issue paper money , It's not clear that there is an empty glove white wolf!It is inevitable to get bad reputation with paper money!It took three generations for his Xun family to transform from a local tyrant to a top aristocratic family. He didn't want his Xun family's reputation of operating for hundreds of years to be stigmatized!
But Xu You sneered and said, "Brother, I got a rumor that your Xun family bought 1 million bonds in the land of Hebei! Your Xun family supports Lei Gong so much, but you don't want to support the Lord to issue banknotes?"

Xun Kan broke into a cold sweat when he heard it, and then immediately retorted: "This must be a villain who is secretly hurting my Xun family! My Xun family has always supported the lord, and the property donated these years is worth [-] million yuan!"

Both of them knew that this was not a rumor, but a joint choice made by Yuzhou and Sili clan. They and Lei Gong were naturally sworn enemies. If Lei Gong could be killed, they both wanted to crush Lei Gong to ashes.

But now it’s not impossible, let’s not say, they may still be crushed by Lei Gong, which makes the world’s elite clans very helpless. Find a way to make some arrangements on Lei Gong's territory. Even if Lei Gong occupies the world, their family can continue.It is not shameful to do such a thing for the continuation of the family!
And Xun Kan quickly realized that he knew that Xu You didn't dare to report, because his Xu family, Guo Tu's family, Feng Ji's family, and Chen Lin's family were all doing such things, and Xu You's daring to report would definitely cause trouble. Group up and attack.

But Xu You's face remained unchanged and he continued: "I also heard that you brought many people from your younger brother Xun Yue to Jingzhou to settle down!"

Xun Kan immediately said: "Mr. Shui Jing is a man of lofty ideals, knowledgeable, capable of understanding people, discussing the world, and identifying talents. He is respected by the world. I learn from my younger brother, Mr. Shui Jing. This seems to be very common!"

"Jingzhou's literary style has flourished in recent years, and there are many great Confucian scholars giving lectures in Jingzhou. It's not like you don't know about Ziyuan! It's not like there are many members of your Xu family who are studying in Jingzhou!"

The land in the south of the Yangtze River can be regarded as another spare tire for the nobles and nobles in the Central Plains. Liu Bei is the second prince under Xu Wei, and may even be the only prince who can resist Lei Gong. Even if it is abolished in Jiangnan.And Liu Bei still has a strong navy in his hands, which can be regarded as the advantage of Jiangnan over Hebei.

Liu Bei has spent these years in Jiangnan, cultivating fields, recruiting refugees, barbarians, building cities, and reviving the prestige of the imperial court. The whole of Jiangnan is on the rise. This is especially rare. Now the entire Han Dynasty sees Liu Bei as resisting Xu Wei. The savior.

The noble families in the Central Plains knew that it was difficult to resist Lei Gong in the Central Plains, so they moved to the south of the Yangtze River one after another, and even many families simply moved to the south of the Yangtze River!It can be said that crossing the south in clothes is something that the aristocrats of the Central Plains have often done in the past 10 years!

Of course, few families are willing to do this kind of relocation of the whole family unless it is absolutely necessary.The power of the powerful clans comes from their former students and officials and their control over the locality, but when they leave their family, they lose contact with their former students and officials. There is a saying that a strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake!

It can be said that relocating a family is enough to hurt a powerful family's vitality, or even collapse. This is also the reason why the Central Plains is so dangerous, but the powerful family in the Central Plains still want to fight Xu Wei to death!

Xu You sneered when he heard Xun Kan's explanation: "I just want to remind You Ruo that Yuzhou is the foundation of your Xun family, and Yingchuan Academy is the century-old foundation of your Xun family. Disappear in smoke! Your Xun family's century-old accumulation will also be wasted!"

Xun Kan said helplessly: "Ziyuan, you still like to be so extreme in doing things, don't you know that if there is turmoil in Yuzhou now, we will have a homeless home!"

Xun Kan was very clear about banknotes. No matter what the hype was, the banknotes were just Xu You's means to take over Yuzhou and Sili. , not afraid of turmoil in the world, but now that Lei Gong has turned his blade against them, if there is any turmoil in Yuzhou and the forces, Lei Gong will definitely be attracted to attack their territory!

Xu You sneered and said, "Could it be like you, trying to find a way to stay behind, but not trying to change the situation in Yuzhou, waiting for Lei Gong to be ready to attack us! Just because our hundreds of thousands of remnant soldiers were defeated, we didn't want to With a little radical approach, can this Yuzhou be able to hold on?"

Xu You is arrogant, adventurous, and dared to make friends with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao when he was young. You must know that Yuan Shao was the son of a famous family of the fourth generation and three princes, and Cao Cao was the grandson of Cao Teng, the eldest son of Cao Cao. It can be said that both of them are the top officials of the Han Dynasty. second generation,

In the first year of Zhongping (AD 184), Xu You even joined forces with heroes such as Wang Fen, the governor of Jizhou, Zhou Jing of Peiguo, and other heroes to plot to abolish Emperor Ling of Han and make Marquis of Hefei Emperor, and tried to persuade Cao Cao to join, but Cao Cao refused. Wang Fen wanted to take advantage of Emperor Han Ling's northern tour to send troops to prevent the Black Mountain bandits in order to start an incident, but in the end Emperor Han Ling stopped him and called him into the court. Wang Fen was afraid and committed suicide, and Xu You fled.From this incident, it can be seen that Xu You is a very adventurous person!

"You Yingchuan is next to Chenliu County. Now Lei Gong can hit your hometown with a single charge. Don't you worry!"

Xun Kan said helplessly: "Then what are you going to do? Do you want us to donate our property to the lord to strengthen his military equipment!"

Xu You said mockingly: "If you are willing to do this, we don't need to buy any banknotes. How can the money in the hands of the people be more than in your hands!"

Xu You is very self-aware. This time the currency reform will at most collect money from the common people and some small merchants. It is basically impossible for the powerful and wealthy. He does not have that much energy!

Xun Kan didn't refute it. In his opinion, it is his Yuan family's business to fight for world hegemony. Why should the Xun family pay for the Yuan family's fight for world hegemony? Could it be that Yuan Tan will share with him if he wins the world!His ability to make suggestions is already the limit.

If it weren't for Lei Gong, they would not have given money to Yuan Shao's armed army. Now that Lei Gong is stronger, the elites in Yuzhou know the principle of stopping losses. They can send people, or even private soldiers. It is basically impossible for them to contribute money to support Yuan Tan!
The noble families in Yuzhou and Sili now know that their hometown has become the front line against Lei Gong, and the flames of war can reach their hometown at any time. Now the noble families in both places are quietly transferring their family property to Jiangnan!

In this way, Xu You restrained and pulled Xun Kan to the Xun family, where he met Xun Shuang, the contemporary head of the Xun family!
Xun Shuang can also be regarded as a legendary figure. When Dong Zhuo was in power, Xun Shuang was forced to be an official.Within ninety-three days, he was promoted to Sikong one after another, and was ranked as Taisi.It can be said that he alone directly brought a local family like the Xun family to the level of Sangong.

Although Dong Zhuo recruited him and made him a Sangong, Xun Shuang saw Dong Zhuo's cruelty in Luoyang City, so he secretly plotted with Wang Yun and others to kill Dong Zhuo.It's just that after removing Dong Zhuo, he found that the world has not changed for the better. Instead, because of their behavior, the whole big man was completely divided. Lei Gong lost the power to suppress him and completely strengthened, becoming the enemy of the powerful and noble clan!

All this made Xun Shuang feel guilty. When the imperial court moved the capital to Xiangyang City, Xun Shuang resigned from his official position and returned to Daoyingchuan to teach and cultivate himself!But Xun Shuang is a man who is a Sangong after all, and he has a very high prestige in the local area. When Yuan Shao was in Yuzhou, he would often visit Xun Shuang!
After Xu You was simple and Xun Shuang immediately saluted, he said: "The last generation, Xu You has met Xun Sikong!"

Seeing Xun Kan, Xun Shuang asked indifferently: "Ziyuan, you can't afford to assist the general of the chariot (after Yuan Shao was captured, the Xiangyang court immediately named Yuan Tan the new general of the chariot), why come to see me, an old man?"

Xu You said: "In the Central Plains War, old Sikong already knew that our army lost more than [-] soldiers, which can be said to be a serious injury!"

Xun Shuang said helplessly: "Lei Gong is so brave, it is really a disaster for the world!"

Even though Xun Shuang has lived in seclusion for the past few years, he still often hears Lei Gong's name. Of course, there is basically no good news!
Xu You continued: "The chariot general must restore the vitality of Yuzhou, so that he can withstand Lei Gong's million-dollar army! But recruiting soldiers costs more than a billion dollars, casting artillery costs hundreds of millions of dollars, and building weapons and armor also costs money." More than one billion yuan! These expenses make the entire Yuzhou unable to make ends meet, and the juniors can only turn to old Sikong for help!"

Xun Shuang immediately said: "To deal with the villain Lei Gong, my Xun family is duty-bound, and the Xun family will send another thousand soldiers to General Cheqi!"

People can pay, but money will not!

Xu You understood the meaning, and immediately said: "I don't need old Sikong to make such efforts, but I want to use your prestige, Sikong, and the family shop to help!"

Then Xu You told Xun Shuang carefully about his plan to issue banknotes in Yuzhou and Sili.There is no need for the Xun family to hand over real money, but they can not prevent the people from using banknotes in the shops, and their banknotes can be exchanged at any time, so as to ensure that they will not suffer!At the same time, I also ask Xun Shuang to use his prestige to make the entire Yuzhou aristocrats not stop the issuance of banknotes!

But Xun Shuang found out that Xu You's plan would not hurt them, the aristocrats, so he agreed!
Soon the entire Yuzhou and Sili families knew that they were going to issue banknotes here, and they also learned about Xu You's plan. Without harming their interests, and at the same time to deal with Lei Gong, it was impossible for them to hinder Xu You's actions. up.

They even patted their chests and assured Xu You that they would support him!
After Xu You got rid of the entire elite clan in Yuzhou, and after all the preparations were done, he asked Yuan Tan to order that the trading of copper coins be prohibited within the scope of the Yuzhou Sili. In the future, the banknotes issued by Yuzhou must be used for transactions, and all copper coins from the people must be taxed. convertible into banknotes.

At the same time, Yuan Tan was frightened and ordered that the local government offices in the Sili of Yuzhou must use the banknotes issued by Yuzhou to collect taxes. If they dare to use copper coins, gold and silver, they will all be reprimanded!
Yuan Tan and the others are even ahead of Cao Cao and Liu Bei in issuing currency, because Yuan Tan needs to regain his vitality even more!After Xu You printed enough banknotes, he immediately spread them throughout Yuzhou and other forces!
As for the banknotes, the whole Yuzhou naturally complained. No one wanted to exchange the copper coins in their hands for banknotes, but Xu You insisted on promoting them in the whole Yuzhou and Sili. Ordinary people soon discovered that they wanted to pay taxes and taxes. Yes, a little bit has to be exchanged into banknotes, and even the entrance and exit of the city gate, the city gate tax, and the city tax must use copper coins!

At the same time, in order to expand the scope of application of banknotes, Xu You began to prepare to make an example of others. Of course, he did not dare to touch the people of the powerful and powerful, and he even had to greet them in advance.And the powerless businessman is the target of Xu You!
He compelled all merchants in Yuzhou and Sili to use the currency they found, and violators would be severely punished!
The aristocrats who knew the news in advance gave Yuan Tan and Xu You a little face and exchanged some. At the same time, they ordered their subordinates and the common people to go to the shops and asked them to use banknotes to sell them goods!

The common people have no choice but to go to the tax department to exchange the copper coins in their hands into banknotes for trading!
But few businessmen care about this, after all, the banknotes issued by Yuan Tan have no guarantee at all.There are even quite a few businessmen united to strike, trying to blackmail Xu You!

But their actions made Xu You overjoyed. He struck out with a heavy blow. The 5000 tax battalion soldiers were divided into several groups and rushed into the shops of the merchants in the market. Beheading, imprisonment, and Xu You's iron fist, quickly stabilized the business community in Yuzhou, and even unexpectedly won the support of the general public.

The merchants who survived the catastrophe were also terrified by Xu You's behavior, and dared not refuse to accept banknotes anymore, and the common people saw that the banknotes could really buy goods, so they slowly accepted the banknotes issued by Yuan Tan!In less than half a year after promoting banknotes, Xu You helped Yuan Tan raise 30 billion yuan.

(End of this chapter)