Destiny Only Han

"Yes."

Liu Bang nodded with a smile, and the crown rattled: "A group of people who are dizzy when they see the bathtub, but they didn't expect to go to sea to beg for life..."

Taigong Liu shook his head lightly. What he regretted was that, except when he sent Liu Jiao to study with Uncle Fuqiu, he went to the seaside for a while, the biggest body of water he saw on weekdays was Hongze Lake in his hometown. ...

At this moment, he felt a little envious of Liu Bang and Liu Ying being able to run around and see not only the East China Sea, but also the South China Sea...

Perhaps this is the inland people's obsession with the sea.

Liu Ying said with a smile: "This is normal. The so-called prosperity of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. On the other side of the mountain and the sea, there is endless wealth, which will naturally make people overcome fear and be brave. Explore."

Liu Bang agreed and said: "Endless wealth is indeed true...A few days ago a group of barbarians came to Chang'an to beg along the street. Although they were poor, they carried a lot of valuables such as gold, silver, glass, and coral. It’s really incomprehensible…”

Well, he didn't understand what he said, not only the group of barbarians who had treasures but needed to beg for food from others, but also came to Chang'an City from their hometown, trekking all the way, full of bandits and bandits, they not only saved their own lives , and brought those valuable belongings to Chang'an safely...

As expected, the monks have come... Liu Ying was silent for a while, feeling a little curious.

Today's Han State is a well-deserved beacon of the world, more attractive than in history, and it is normal for Buddhism to be introduced to Han State [-] years in advance.

Therefore, what Liu Ying was curious about was why these monks did not land in Han from Nanhai County on a merchant ship carrying cotton cloth, but instead traveled thousands of miles from Central Asia?
But Liu Ying thought about it, maybe there are monks in Nanhai County, but they didn't go to Chang'an to preach.

After all, as for Buddhism, he knew a little bit about Buddhism when he was playing Europa Universalis with Da Ming coloring and collecting dogs.

For example, most of the popular sects in the north are Mahayana Buddhism, which advocates practicing the Bodhisattva way and saving all living beings, while most of the southern sects are Theravada Buddhism, that is, Hinayana Buddhism, which advocates self-improvement and liberation...

Perhaps it was the difference in ideas that caused the group of monks to come overland from Central Asia... Liu Ying shook her head and put the matter on hold.

At this time, the monks' preaching was just a sign, and he was going to wait until the monks built the mountain gate and recruited disciples before attacking them.

Other feudal monarchs would be troubled by religion, but not Liu Ying.

After all, he is a man standing on the shoulders of giants...

So Liu Ying looked at Liu Bang and said confidently: "So if you want to persuade them to agree to change their clothes, you must naturally start with overseas trade."

"I once read in an ancient book that everything in the world lies in mutual compromise and the exchange of interests..."

"What kind of bill are you talking about?" Liu Bang frowned. "Why did you come up with such a strange name... Never mind, anyway, you are the emperor, so you can do whatever you want... I just want to ask, are you sure?"

Liu Ying stretched out three fingers:

"Squeeze the snail with three fingers—it's a sure thing!"

"Father, if you go to the other side of the gap, you will find that the cargo ships sailing on the canal are no longer loaded with grain, but sacks of tightly packed cotton!"

"As we all know, although the profit of growing cotton here is good, the cost of harvesting cotton is also high, especially with the horse-drawn harvester and seeder, the efficiency of planting and harvesting wheat, soybeans and corn has been greatly improved, so the domestic The cotton produced is basically just enough for those cotton mills."

"Wait until tomorrow, once the anti-dumping bill, the trade barriers bill, and the bill to boost the domestic textile industry are promulgated, the price of cotton will inevitably rise sharply!"

"Until supply and demand balance, this bubble will slowly burst."

Liu Bang scratched his head, glanced at Mr. Liu, who had been drowsy for a long time, with a puzzled look on his face: "So what? Does this have anything to do with changing clothes?"

"Why not?" Liu Ying waved her hand: "Father, listen to me and don't interrupt."

"Think about it, the resistance to changing clothes mainly comes from the old Qin people, they are used to looking at the big banner with black background and white characters fluttering..."

"Now many of them either go to Nanyang to do business in person, or become investors. If the domestic cotton price soars, and those bills only target imported cotton cloth, they do not restrict cotton imports."

"So, they will inevitably traffic and hoard cotton in large quantities."

"At that time, we will artificially pierce the cotton bubble, so that the cotton price, which could have been slowly falling in a year, will fall to the bottom in just half a month!"

"Well, the consumption of cotton cloth is limited, and new cotton will be off the market every year. Although there will be local disasters, it will have little impact on the overall situation. Therefore, the longer they store up, the more they will lose!"

"So, when the time comes, they are on the verge of bankruptcy, and they will inevitably pray to the government to cover the bottom line and buy the cotton they have hoarded in the warehouse..."

"That is to say, they want something from us, so they naturally have to make some concessions, such as changing clothes and correcting the moon!"

Liu Bang was startled.

Insidious, really insidious!

However, this brat is his chosen successor and the current helm of the Liu family. Naturally, the more insidious the better, after all, if the emperor is pure, he is not a blessing for the country...

On the other side, Taigong Liu, who was dozing off, slowly opened his eyes: "Be careful, don't play it off. It is not uncommon for wild goose hunters to be pecked in the eyes by geese. Besides, it concerns tens of millions of people, so we must be more cautious..."

Liu Ying nodded and cupped her hands: "I would like to be taught."

Although, he was very disapproving of what Liu Taigong said.

After all, as he said with Zhang Buyi before, if cotton is planted in spring and harvested in autumn, as long as the price of cotton is guaranteed to fall back to a relatively normal level before the next spring, it will naturally not harm the farmers of the country.

Under the small-scale peasant economy, the anti-risk ability of farmers with large farmland is not too bad, especially for the increase in cloth prices, which will basically not have any impact on their production and life.

The price of cotton cloth in the market has risen, and it is not enough to wear linen clothes, and it is not enough to spin and weave cloth by ourselves.

In other words, simply new for three years and old for three years, sewing and mending for another three years, take out the clothes from the previous two years, mend them, wash them and wear them again.

When Taigong Liu was satisfied and continued to close his eyes and meditate, Liu Bang suddenly realized that he looked at Liu Ying in surprise and asked:
"What did you just say? Correcting Shuo? Are you still planning to take action against the current Zhuanxu calendar?"

Liu Ying nodded: "Father, don't you think this calendar is too old and unreliable? There is a crescent moon hanging on the [-]th day of August, who can bear it?"

"I can bear it." Liu Bang said indifferently: "The core of the calendar is to guide the farming season. Today's revision of the Zhuanxu calendar can almost do the job, and there is no need to mess around."

"Who says it's not necessary?" Liu Ying said seriously: "A good set of calendars is not only used to guide agricultural production, but also a helper across oceans...Don't worry about it, I'm almost done, new The calendar is a double calendar, combining the phases of the sun and the moon, and the yin and yang calendar, which is guaranteed to be much easier to use than the original Zhuanxu calendar!"

Liu Bang was stunned for a moment, and asked back: "When did you find someone to formulate a new calendar? Why didn't I know?"

Liu Ying shook her head triumphantly, and her crown clattered: "Of course it was when I left home to march west. Dad, do you still remember who Xu negative's teacher is?"

Liu Bang nodded lightly: "Mr. Huangshi, he deliberately threw the shoe under the bridge, so that the ovary... let your teacher pick it up!"

Zhang Liang picked up stinky shoes, Han Xin drilled his crotch, our family is the third hero of the Han Dynasty... Liu Ying complained in her heart, and said with a smile:

"That's right, it's Lord Huangshi."

"When I left, I gave Xu Negative a sum of money and asked her to find her senior brothers. Then I built observatories in Lingnan, Yunzhong, Guanzhong, Rinan, and Jiaodong, and collected data. Finally, there is This yin and yang calendar."

"Now it's basically at the final finishing stage, and all that's left is to print it in large quantities and distribute it nationwide."

Well, the Gregorian calendar data was contributed by him.

As long as you find the day with the shortest and longest shadow, you will basically have a calendar, and the rest is through observation and calculation, and then slowly correct it.

After all, there are leap years and peace years.

Hearing that Liu Ying has basically settled everything, Liu Bang's face flashed a bit sad.

That's why he wants to abdicate.

However, he immediately became complacent, twirled his beard and said: "Jiaer, Jiafu, Jiaer, Jiafu..."

After all, Xu Negative was the one who fell in love with him at a glance, and then abruptly arranged a marriage for Liu Ying.

As for Liu Ying, it is the continuation of his blood.

Liu Ying complimented Liu Bang very much, and immediately raised her head full of pride: "I won't talk about it this year. After I get rid of those guys, I will announce a new calendar and promulgate the year name."

"Year name?" Liu Bang frowned: "What is this?"

Liu Ying explained: "It is a name used to record the year. For example, how many years was the king of Zhou in the past, how many years was the first emperor of Qin, and the current 18th year of Han Dynasty are all year names."

Liu Bang nodded and said with a smile: "Understood. Then what year are you going to change? The first year of Han II... Ouch!"

The beard under Liu Taigong's chin moved without any wind, and he raised his palm like a cattail fan: "Bah! Give Nai Gong a bah bah bah! It's so unlucky for him to die as Qin II, so it's worth our emulation?"

Liu Bang hurriedly followed suit.

Liu Ying said triumphantly, "I'm going to change Yuan Dasheng! "Laozi" says that there are four great things in the domain, the Dao is great, the sky is big, the earth is big, and the king is also big! That's why they are called great sages!"

For a moment, Liu Bang was full of envy.

Sure enough, the blue is better than the blue, and the fact that my little boy is in the limelight really surpassed me.
Taigong Liu also stroked his beard lightly. His grandson is unparalleled in the world, and his year name is just right!

During the silence between each other, the Bank of China, who was staying at the East Palace, said that he came in a hurry, leaned on the car window and said, "Your Majesty, I am overjoyed! There is news from the palace that the son of the Zang family gave birth to Lin'er, weighing seven catties and six taels..."