Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

In the Hall of the Great Han Dynasty, the officials in the hall held wat boards and chatted with each other, talking about recent state affairs, or talking about the alliance between Han and Wu, or talking about conquering the captives, or whispering about yesterday's struggle between Yang Yi and Wei Yan Case.

Holding the wat board in his hand, Wei Yan looked like he was not close to strangers, and only when he saw a few people close to him would he come forward to talk.

When Zhuge Liang entered the hall, Wei Yan went up to greet him and said, "Yan has met the prime minister."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "I haven't seen Wen Chang for a long time, and Liang misses him a lot. Wen Chang lives in the south, so I wonder if he can adapt to the severe cold in Liangzhou?"

"Thank you, Prime Minister, for your concern. It is very customary to stay in Liangzhou." Wei Yan said.

"That's good!"

Zhuge Liang talked with Wei Yan for a while, until the attendant shouted that Liu Chan was about to enter the court, and then they separated.

Liu Chan waved his clothes and sleeves, knelt on the couch, sat upright, and raised his hand to signal everyone to excuse him.

After everyone sat down, Fei Yi stepped out first, saluted and said, "Your Majesty, the Governor of the Tuojiang Ma has something to say."

"allow!"

"A few months ago, Nanzhong's powerful commander Liu Zhou rebelled. He has been led by Ma Dudu and Zhang Boqi (Zhang Yi) to put down the army, and will move 3000 people to Longyou Tianshui. However, there are barbarians in the two counties of Xinggu and Cang who refuse to accept the king. Hua, rebelled and rebelled, Ma Dudu thought Zhang Boqi, the prefect of Yuejue County, knew his courage, so he sent him to lead the army to conquer the barbarians in the two counties, and the deputy governor of the king temporarily took charge of the civil affairs of Yuejue County."

Ma Zhong, the governor of Yujiang, is in charge of the army and government of Nanzhong, plus the Chijie bestowed by Liu Chan earlier.Ma Zhong has the highest power in Nanzhong, and he can kill two thousand high-ranking officials alive, so it is also possible to let Zhang Yi, the prefect of Yuexi County, cross the border to conquer the barbarians in other counties.At this time, Ma Zhong had the right in Nanzhong, just like the Jiedushi of later generations.

At the same time, unlike the content of other governors' Shangshu, Ma Zhongdu only reported his own arrangements, instead of asking the court for opinions, unless it involved issues in other states and counties.

"Can!"

Cen Shu, the captain of the Siyan School, held the wat board and said, "I have something to say."

"allow!"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, in the past few years we have fought repeatedly, and the big Han copper and iron have been used to forge weapons first. The agricultural tools are first, and the direct hundred coins are the last. The copper and iron are not enough, so I think that the weight of the direct hundred coins can be slightly reduced. .”

As soon as this remark came out, Liu Chan and the senior officials of the Han Dynasty fell into silence, thinking about the crucial point.

The monetary policy during the Three Kingdoms period was basically bad, and the straight hundred money of the Shu Han was still relatively reliable.Cao Pi of the State of Wei wanted to make five baht coins, but within a few months of issuance, he gave up directly, and Cao Wei entered a state of bartering; it was not until Cao Rui came to power that he reissued five baht coins before he stabilized.

As for the country of Wu, let’s not talk about it. Don’t look at Dongwu, which spans three states and has millions of people. However, due to the ten-year continuous war, the people are miserable, and currently there is no monetary policy. (Daquan’s money hasn’t come out yet!)
Moreover, at this time, Jiangdong was lagging behind in all aspects compared to the Shu Han, and it was not yet the famous Yangzhou in the future.Not only is the farming technology backward, but also the textile technology. There has been no brocade in Jiangdong since the past dynasties (Note ①).

Including the fact that the Shu Han could easily subdue the Liangzhou and Longyou gentry, it was inseparable from the help of the Shu brocade. When Wei was under the rule, the Liangzhou gentry secretly bought the Shu brocade, and then resold the Shu brocade to the Western Regions.

Since the friendship between the Han and Wu countries, the Shu brocade of the Han Dynasty has been widely circulated in the territory of Soochow.With the sale of Shu Brocade in Soochow, Zhibai Qian, a regional currency, was actually circulated in Soochow and became a national currency, and Wu clans and powerful people all collected it.

A few years ago, the Great Han pacified Longyou, the state government ran horses, and sold the horses in the northwest to the Soochow military and powerful tribes, and the Zhibai money of the Shu Han flowed into Soochow more widely.

Therefore, the current situation is that, except for the hundreds of coins of the Shu Han that are not issued in Nanzhong, they are also used in Yizhou, Liangzhou, Qinzhou, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou.

As a result, there was a short-term shortage of money in the Shu Han, coupled with the casting of weapons, armor and civilian items by the Han.For a time, the supply of copper and iron produced by the Shuhan Copper Mine was insufficient.

This is why Liu Chan proposed to Sun Quan to exchange iron and copper into the Han Dynasty, because Soochow was basically using Shuhan Zhibai coins as its own currency.

Historically, because of the use of Shu money and Wu, the Shu Han lacked copper.It also caused the weight of Zhibai money to be somewhat underestimated, and the weight became less and less.

In this aspect, under the guidance of Liu Chan, the Shu Han vigorously governed Yuexie County in Nanzhong, and dispatched Wang Ping, Ma Di, and Zhang Ni to serve as officials in the county. Copper mines were also discovered in Yuexie County in Nanzhong.During Ma Di's seven years in the county, he hired barbarians to dig mines for the country's use.

Liu Chan pondered for a while, his eyes fell on Zhuge Liang, and he asked, "I don't know what the Prime Minister thinks?"

Zhuge Liang straightened his back, cupped his hands and said: "I think the coins should not be thinned, but the amount of copper can be reduced a little, and iron can be added to it, which seems to be the same as in the past. When the copper arrives in Nanzhong and Jiangdong, the treasury will be enough for it. "

What Zhuge Liang meant was not to change the appearance of Zhibai coins, but to reduce the amount of copper and add iron when casting.It seems that there is no problem, but because copper is heavier than iron under the same mass, this is also the weight loss of minted coins.It can only temporarily trick the people!

Liu Chan nodded slightly, and said, "Just follow what the Prime Minister said."

"promise!"

"But there is still playing?"

"The minister has a statement!"

Everyone followed the prestige, and saw Wei Yan leaving the table, holding the wat board with one hand, and said with tiger steps.

"allow!"

"Chen Yan asked for orders to crusade against the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu were either the species of the Huns or the servants of the Xiongnu. The Later Han Dynasty attacked the Xiongnu in the north, and the Huns in the south returned to them. The rest of the Huns dispersed and hid in Liangzhou. In the Western Regions, animal husbandry chased water and grass, and Liangzhou was stolen."

"Since the Great Han pacified Liangzhou, the collusion of the Hulu outside the Great Wall and the Hulu in the prefecture has been a trouble for Liangzhou. Xianbei, Qiang, Di, Qinhu, etc. have also suffered greatly from it. Therefore, I ask you to lead the assembly of Xianbei, Qiang, Di, and Hu Qin Hu and other ministries conquered the captives, captured their people, and surrendered their soldiers, thinking that it is for the use of the country!"

As he said, Wei Yan took out the memorial from his cuff and presented it to Liu Chan.

Liu Chan opened the memorial, read it carefully, and asked casually, "Where is the barbarian in the northern border of Hebei?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the barbarians have lived in Heishui, Xihai, Jiuquan and other places for a long time. They raised livestock and chased water and grass, and there is no place to settle down. But the Xianbei bald family in Hexi and the Qin Hu Juqu family are willing to serve the great man and serve as guides." Wei Yan replied.

Liu Chan closed the memorial, asked his attendants to hand it over to Zhuge Liang, and asked, "I don't know what you think?"

Jiang Wan cupped his hands to signal, and asked solemnly, "May I ask General Zuo, how many soldiers and horses are needed for this expedition against the captives?"
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①Shan Qianzhi of the Southern Dynasty, "Danyang Ji": Jiangdong has not had brocade in the past dynasties, but Chengdu is uniquely known as Miao, so Wei Zeshi and Shu, the envoy of the Three Kingdoms, and Wu Yizi West Road.