I received my adopted son in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 11 Where did you hide the old man's gold!
Old Dong originally thought that after he uttered these two words, Jia Xu would explode.

Unexpectedly, this time the old fox was not aggrieved or angry at all. Instead, he smiled slightly and continued to hold Zhizhu in his hands: "The Taiwei is now in the list of the three lords, and he is in charge of the universe. He must be very clear about the income and expenditure of my big man for a hundred years? "

This remark made old Dong choke: I just traveled here not long ago, even if I inherited Dong Zhuo’s memory, at most I know the situation of the generals, soldiers and horses under my command, and I can’t even recognize the scholar-bureaucrats in the Han court, so how can I know anything? The income and expenditure situation of the big man over the past century?
But in this situation, I seem to really be aware of it...

Fortunately, there is Li Ru beside him, who is also a cultural person, and he has a common language with Jia Xu: "Dong Gong has just entered the court, and it is too late to learn more about it. How does it relate to the cancellation of the looting of Luoyang by troops?"

"Well, not bad..." Old Dong finally found the steps, and said, "Well, what do you mean by all this?"

Jia Xu was in the middle of talking, and when he was disturbed by Old Dong, he choked up.Immediately, he turned to Li Rudao: "Lang Zhongling thinks, in the past hundred years, have my big man's gold and silk wealth increased or decreased?"

"This..." Li Ru really didn't think about this question, he hesitated: "Should it be less?"

“How come you see?”

"Uh……"

"Confucianism remembers that since the founding of my country, the great ancestors have rewarded meritorious officials with gold in thousands of catties. When Emperor Wu rewarded Wei Qing to conquer the Xiongnu, the reward amounted to 20 catties of gold at one time, and the treasury still had 20 catties of gold left. "

"How much?" Upon hearing this, the old Dong's eyes turned red, and his voice trembled with excitement.

"Two, 20 catties..."

With Li Ru's affirmative answer, Old Dong's fat face flushed immediately: A catty in the Han Dynasty was almost equivalent to half a catty in his era, but even half a catty was still worth [-] catties.

One hundred thousand catties.

Calculated at 400 yuan per gram of gold, one hundred thousand catties of gold is... 200 billion!

If this reward was given to Zhang Liao's subordinates who wanted food and clothes, they would be so happy, wouldn't their loyalty be soaring?
For a moment, Old Dong couldn't help holding his breath, for fear of missing every word of Jia Xu's next words.

"More than that, in the second year of Taishi, Emperor Wu also issued an edict to select high-quality gold to make horseshoe gold, in harmony with auspiciousness, and use it for royal rewards, gifts, betrothal gifts, large transactions and foreign exchanges."

"When Emperor Wu was so rich, he still selected pure 24K from gold to create legal currency for circulation?"

When these words came out, both Li Ru and Jia Xu looked at Lao Dong in surprise: After all, the term 24K is pure, even if they read the whole book, they don't know what it means.

But at this time, Old Dong was obviously more emotional, and they didn't dare to speak or ask.

"Wen You, how much gold do we have in the treasury now?" As soon as the words came out, Old Dong regretted: If there was money in the treasury, why would he be so worried?
Sure enough, Li Ru looked ashamed: "Back to Taiwei, there is not even a thousand catties of gold in the treasury at present."

"Where's the money!..." Old Dong became angry and asked angrily, "Where is all the old man's money?"

"Hui, Hui Taiwei, the former Han king Mang usurped the throne and was extravagant. Although there was Guangwu Zhongxing later, in the past hundred years, the Han Dynasty has revived Buddhist temples to relieve famines in various places, and the second emperor Huanling has built large-scale construction projects and gardens, especially in recent years. Hu's chaos, the inland yellow turban ant thieves are raging..."

"Lang Zhongling's words are wrong. Gold has been consumed a lot in the past hundred years, but there is also the foreign trade of silk and the huge inflow of gold from Daqin."

Of course, Old Dong knew that the Great Qin Jia Xu was referring to was not the Qin Dynasty before the Han Dynasty, but the ancient Roman Empire.

But he is obviously more concerned about another question: "Yes, a lot of gold is spent, but there is also an inflow. Where did the money go?"

Li Ru was speechless for a moment.

Jia Xu added fuel to the fire, and said with a mysterious and cunning smile: "My subordinates roughly estimated that the gold that disappeared for no reason during this period must be at least 40 catties..."

"40 million catties!"

400 billion!
Old Dong heard that his breathing was heavy, he stepped forward and picked up Jia Xu's collar, and asked viciously, "Where did you hide all the old man's gold!"

Jia Xu kicked up and down with his legs off the ground, his face turned purple: "Tai, Taiwei... I didn't hide it."

"Don't get excited, Taiwei." Li Ru couldn't see it anymore, so he hurried forward to persuade him.

Old Dong hurriedly put down Jia Xu, and straightened his clothes with a silly smile: "Then, that old man got excited for a while, don't take it offended by Wen He."

Jia Xu was wronged: Do I dare to blame?

But the question had to be answered, and he couldn't help but smile reservedly, and said slowly: "Did the Taiwei ever know where the income of the Dahan treasury is invested?"

Old Dong was already very anxious at this time, seeing that Jia Xu was still showing off, Dang Shi stretched out his generous and powerful hand, pinched it vigorously in front of his eyes, and said with a fake smile: "Wenhe, are your chickens and dogs healthy?" ?”

I! ...

Jia Xu called this an internal injury: You vulgar old hat, can you read more books in peacetime!
However, he glanced at Dong Zhuo's casserole-sized fist and the impatient murderous look in his eyes: "Return to Taiwei, those golds that disappeared in large quantities were all used for burial in the emperor's tomb..."

Funeral? "Old Dong's expression was instantly astonished.

At the same time, he also recalled that thick burials were very prominent in the Han Dynasty. From the emperors and nobles to the common people, thick burials were generally practiced. There are "the rich embroidered walls and inscriptions, the middle ones had catalpa coffins and inner coffins, the poor painted barren robes, and the sacks were carried."橐” style.

Mainly in the Han Dynasty, Huang Lao thought and the prophecy culture with the core of "Yin Yang and Five Elements" were popular, and they paid attention to the concept of "death is like life" and the concept of immortality.In addition, after the Han Dynasty "exclusively respected Confucianism", the Confucian concept of filial piety also promoted the custom of thick burials, and "thick burials" became a means for people to show filial piety and raise their reputations.

"So that's the case, I don't know that Wenhe is so knowledgeable!" Hearing this, Li Ru suddenly realized: "That's right, in the "Hanshu" that Master Cai has not finished, there is a story from the emperor to the common people. It’s a record of “Yishixiaxia”. Confucianism can only lament that everyone Cai knows a lot after reading this, but Wenhe can apply what he has learned so much!”

Unexpectedly, his blood was boiling here, but Old Dong looked like a sage in the dull time. After sitting back on the bed, he waved his hands depressedly: "After talking for a long time, I still have to dig the grave..."

Li Ru and Jia Xu looked at each other in astonishment, and then, it was Li Ru who suddenly realized: "The same is true of the strategy that the Taiwei did not say before?"

"That's not."

Old Dong, who was calm on the surface, was secretly pretending to be coercive: there was a record in the history books about Dong Zhuo's robbery and excavation of the emperor's tomb. He is very short of money now, how could he not remember it?

I asked Jia Xu to come over, mainly to see if there was any other way.

Unexpectedly, the old fox had been pretending for a long time, making his heart surge, and it turned out to be the same way... Huh, why don't he pretend to be a wave now?
But when he was being arrogant and enjoying the astonishment of Jia Xu, the top counselor in the history of the Three Kingdoms, Li Ru suddenly spoke again, and said in panic and anxiety: "Taiwei, this is absolutely impossible!"

(End of this chapter)