Shuhan

Chapter 522: The art of making money, concubines in the harem! (6300 big chapters!)
There are many ways to make money, especially for emperors.

After all, you have power, but are you afraid of not having money?

Rights rights, rights and interests are complementary to each other.

With power, power will come after you.

But if you have the power to make money, and to make as much money as possible, it still depends on your ability.

Fortunately, Liu Chan's ancestors had already demonstrated it to him.

This ancestor is none other than Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

When talking about Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, many people think of his domineering attitude towards conquering the Xiongnu and his exclusive Confucianism, or his cruelty that made it hard for his unkind and unkind heroes to end well.

But in fact, compared with other emperors, the most outstanding advantage of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not politics and military affairs, but making money.

You're welcome to say that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is true when it comes to making money. He was ahead of all Chinese emperors and could be called the God of Wealth among emperors.

Now that Liu Chan is short of money, he naturally has to learn from his ancestors.

"Is this the file from Emperor Wu's time?"

Young Master Dong Yun immediately said: "This is the only thing left."

Chang'an suffered many military disasters and was burned several times. In the end, only a little was left.

Coincidentally, there are indeed files related to money making during Emperor Wu's period.

Liu Chan immediately picked it up and studied it carefully.

No matter what era you are in, engaging in finance is always the best choice for "cutting leeks".

As a later generation, Liu Chan naturally knew the huge profits involved.

There are many more people who have become billionaires by engaging in finance than those who have become billionaires by seriously engaging in industry, and it is much simpler.

Especially in Big A, there is already a stable pattern of cutting leeks.

Even the United States has turned its economy from real to weak because of the rapid flow of money from finance.

Liu Chan was deeply aware of this, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who was buried in Maoling should also be deeply aware of this.

After all, finance is the one who cuts leeks the hardest.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, the types of currency circulating in the Han market were actually quite complex, including three-baht coins, five-baht coins, and eight-baht coins.

There was no way. Due to the poor people's livelihood in the early Western Han Dynasty, the government did not have much energy to mint money. Therefore, both Empress Lu and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty encouraged the people to mint their own money to alleviate the shortage of currency in the market.

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, the central government became rich, and the powerful princes and kings were basically kept in submission. The central government also had more copper mines, so Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty decided to unify the world. The currency system was changed to five baht coins!

Then he ruthlessly harvested a wave of common people!
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty stipulated that two three-baht coins can be exchanged for one five-baht coin, but one eight-baht coin can only be exchanged for one five-baht coin.

This is obviously a money grab. You must know that the baht here is a unit of weight.

The value of metal currency is definitely not based on face value, but on weight.

The people were naturally unwilling, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a way.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty requested that the court would collect oral and calculated taxes from the common people in the future, and only accept five baht coins, and all other coins would be invalidated and confiscated!
But this is not over yet. In addition to unifying copper coins, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also innovatively introduced white leather coins and platinum coins.

The so-called white-skin coins are the currency made by Emperor Wu of Han from the skin of white deer, a specialty of Guanzhong. After being officially certified by Emperor Wu of Han, a square foot of white deer skin is worth 40 five-zhu coins!
It is equivalent to the bank note of later generations, and it is still the kind of bank note that can only be redeemed unilaterally.

In order to ensure that this obviously deceptive currency could continue to be issued, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty clearly stipulated that all local princes and ministers must use white leather coins as tribute when they come to Chang'an to meet the emperor.

In other words, after these princes spent a lot of money to buy the white coins from the central government, they had to give the white coins to the central government. It was really the left hand that gave the right hand, and the money was obtained!

Although this approach is relatively unscrupulous, it is understandable since it only traps big investors.

But platinum coins are really disgusting to ordinary people. Platinum coins are simply silver coins.

The pricing of platinum coins is relatively better. One platinum coin can be exchanged for 3000 five baht coins, and there are also a series of supporting measures to ensure that big investors know that this thing is a trap, but they still have to jump in.

I have to say that if Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had been born in modern times, he would probably have become a financial tycoon.

"This white leather coin does have merit, but this platinum coin is probably not very good."

Finance harvests wealth, and the hundreds of coins that Liu Bei minted in Chengdu are one of them.

In this regard, Liu Chan doesn't have much to learn from.

Dong Yun, the young master, heard Liu Chan's words and did not dare to say a word.

If this white leather coin is used, I'm afraid those princes and aristocratic families will be scolded.

Liu Chan picked up another volume and read it carefully.

In addition to the silver dollar reform, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also had another "little trick" to make money.

Although currency reform is a way to harvest wealth, money can be made quickly, but currency is related to the lifeblood of the country. Even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not dare to play too often. Therefore, when he had no money, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had to think of other things. Method.

First of all, it’s still the big eaters.

In 112 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty cut off the titles of 106 princes at once on the grounds that the gold they paid tribute to was not pure enough!

Because many princes could not pay the fines imposed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, they not only lost their ancestral titles, but even their family properties were confiscated.

With this move, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty not only cut off the burden of more than 100 marquises for the Western Han Dynasty, but also took a serious bite of fat.

Of course, the money of these powerful people was to be harvested, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not miss out on the money of the poor.

In 114 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued an order requiring merchants whose property reached 6 yuan to register their property with the court and pay about % of the property tax.

Of course, it is impossible to expect businessmen to pay money honestly at any time.

To this end, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also fully carried forward the Legalist spirit of human nature's inherent evil and benefited from intercourse, and issued supporting orders.

That is, if a businessman deliberately conceals his property from the court and evades taxes, as long as you report the businessman, you can get half of the other party's property!
In addition, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered a large area of ​​territory. In order to enrich the border areas, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also ordered that all those who were reported to have hidden property should settle in the border areas with their families. This would not only harvest their wealth, but also enrich the population of the border areas. In fact, It kills two birds with one stone!

As a result, the imperial court was full of food.

According to historical records, through these relevant laws, the number of slaves alone has reached tens of millions, and the confiscated land has also reached hundreds of millions of hectares. As for other things, such as food and money, it is countless!
Of course, there are also negative impacts, that is, middle-class homes are almost in decline, and private businesses have also been hit hard.

It was also through heavy attacks on private businessmen that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty successfully took the management of salt and iron wine into the hands of the court. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty left, the annual fiscal revenue of the Han Dynasty was about 2 billion and a half baht. money, and 3/ of it comes from salt and iron!
However, it should be noted that the reason why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty dared to do this was that he appointed Sang Hongyang and built a planned economic system that could be called a classical version.

Through this system, the Western Han Dynasty had far more control over the social economy than other dynasties. Government-led commerce quickly filled the market gap after the decline of private commerce and maintained the stability of the national economy.

I’m afraid it’s not feasible for the current Han Dynasty to play this way.

The most important thing is that this is not an era of great unification. If Liu Chan squeezes the powerful, the common people are afraid that they will rise up. Even if they don't rise up, they will secretly collude with Wei and Wu. That is inevitable.

"Wen Wei thinks that Emperor Wu's method can be used now?"

Fei Yi is now the imperial servant, in charge of the emperor's horses and horse administration.

Both he and Dong Yun were honored as Jiuqing.

Hearing Liu Chan's question, he showed hesitation, but still said: "Selling officials and titles, calculating and suing, reforming the currency system, equalizing losses, and specializing in salt and iron were the methods used by Emperor Wu to make money. In the end, Emperor Wu also promulgated the crime Ji Zhao proves that these methods are not correct."

"Is everyone wrong?"

Liu Chan looked straight at Fei Yi, who finally let go.

"Salt and iron specialization, I think it may be possible to implement it."

Salt and iron are necessities of life, but also huge profits.

The government should have a monopoly.

"It is absolutely not okay to sell your official position and get a title. Although you can get a lot of wealth in a short period of time, the wealth comes from the body and must be taken from the people. If it goes on for a long time, I am afraid that people will boil over."

When it comes to selling official positions and getting titles, Emperor Wu was still not as thorough as Emperor Ling.

Emperor Wu issued an edict that the people could buy titles and redeem their imprisonment to avoid Zang's crime. And set up a reward officer, named Wu Gongjue, with a rank of 170,000, and a total of more than 300,000 gold. Those who buy martial arts titles to the rank of thousands of men must first be eliminated as officials. The official system is complex and multi-faceted, and official positions are exhausted and wasted.

After all, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty created the martial arts lord, and the officials he sold were only officials, that is, people who worked. He did not sell people like county magistrates.
And Emperor Ling can sell it to all three princes.

The ministers of the imperial court have high status but little money and money, and each one costs 10 million yuan; the large prefectures and counties have low status but have rich money and money, with 20 to 30 million yuan each; and ordinary counties have 5 to 6 million yuan each.

It can be said that the price is clearly marked.

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The Ling Emperor still has some restrictions.

Emperor Ling's selling of officials did not mean he could become an official if he had money. This was different from the public selling of officials and titles in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty sold his official position, which meant that any official in the court, as long as he received a letter of appointment, had to pay money according to his rank and the salary of his position.

Those who can buy official positions are those who are originally qualified to be officials.

In this way, it can not only ensure that the team of national officials will not be too bad, but also transform the world's officials into Han Ling Emperor's wage earners, making Han Ling Emperor's pockets bigger.

Of course, after those corrupt officials take office, they will get their money back tenfold.

No one does anything to lose money.

This is the disadvantage of selling an official position, and Liu Chan naturally doesn't know how to use it.

At the very least, he wouldn't be able to use it until he was in dire straits.

After digesting the money-making methods of the 'old-timers', Liu Chan generally knew what to do.

"Issuing an edict: From now on, anyone who secretly mines salt wells and casts iron tools in the Salt and Iron Government will be punished with death!"

Beside Liu Chan, a eunuch immediately recorded it.

"Issuing an edict: From now on, all households in the country will be checked. If anyone hides private property, he will be severely fined half of his family assets."

"Issuing an edict: From now on, the fields of the world will be measured. Anyone who disobeys will be killed without mercy!"

Liu Chan spoke a series of edicts, and the pen in the hand of the eunuch Bingbi behind him almost started to sparkle.

"Don't rush to send out these edicts. Let the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Chancellor go to the Prime Minister's Office to review the details and give their opinions!"

For the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Chancellor's Desk, you still need to show basic respect.

After all, they are the ones doing the work.

As a big leader, Liu Chan's words would cause his legs to break.

There is nothing wrong with ventilating it beforehand.

After all, enriching the country and strengthening the people is what Liu Chan wants to do now.

How to make money flow is the most urgent thing now.

Speaking of letting money flow, Liu Chan was very annoyed by the thick burial culture of this era.

Damn it, you worked so hard to earn so much money, but most of it was buried underground?

How can a country develop like this? "Write another "Final Order" calling on the people of the world to be buried lightly."

Seeing the embarrassed look on Bingbi's official face, Liu Chan snatched the pen from his hand and wrote the edict himself:
"I have inherited the order of heaven and inherited the great cause. I have been cautious and diligent, and I have been diligent and diligent. Upholding filial piety is actually the first of hundreds of actions. The style of lavish burial is true to the original purpose. I heard that the living have their own reasons for life, and the dead have their own reasons for death. How can we be overly sad about the end of life and death? Most people in the world regard a rich burial as a virtue and a poor burial as despicable. However, it is not appropriate for the rich to be extravagant and arrogant, and for the poor to go bankrupt.

In the past, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty was known for his courtesy, frugality and benevolence, and his edicts also focused on sparse burials. He did not want to use heavy clothes for a long time and harm the aspirations of the people. The virtue of this sincere and wise king can be a law for future generations. Today, I want to imitate the ancestors and promote the true style, so I issue this edict to call on the people of the world to have a sparse burial.

All my subjects should know that life and death are determined by destiny, and wealth and honor are in heaven. A rich burial does not benefit the deceased, but harms the living. Therefore, from now on, funerals should be simple and not luxurious. On the day when the order comes, everyone must obey it and do not violate it.

Announcement to the world, the envoys will hear and know that this is what I mean, and they will follow it without hesitation.

Admire this. "

It's a pity that Liu Bei didn't say these words. It would be best if Liu Bei could be buried lightly and set an example.

However, when Liu Chan thought of the opinions of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and those ministers, he gave up the idea.

This thin burial seems to have started with him, and now he can persuade one by one.

When the time comes, I will see if there are any outstanding ones who dare to brave the wind and have a grand burial. I will let your whole family be buried underground together.

To serve as a warning to others.

Supporting measures can even be provided.

For example, if the family is buried lightly, the promotion of the family's children will be smoother; if the family is buried richly, the promotion of the family's children will be slow or even blocked.

"Whoo~"

After exhaling a breath to dry the edict, Liu Chan looked to the left and right and asked, "How about this edict?"

Everyone who heard it blew a rainbow fart.

Fei Yi immediately stood up, bowed his hands to Liu Chan, and said, "Your Majesty's edict is really a wise move. The practice of thin burial is not only in line with the foundation of filial piety, but also can save people's energy, and it is really a good policy to benefit the country and the people."

Dong Yun also stepped forward and complimented him: "The imperial edict of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty that your Majesty mentioned is a clear lesson for the sages of the past. Now that your majesty follows the example of the sages, you will surely be able to uplift the true style and make the people of the world return to their hearts."

The eunuch Huang Mencheng Huang Hao stepped forward, looked at Liu Chan with a flattering smile, and said flatteringly: "The edict of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty mentioned by your majesty is a clear lesson for the sages before you. Now that your majesty imitates the sages, you will be able to uplift the true style. Make the people of the world return to their hearts.”

This Huang Hao is exactly the one who was evaluated by Chen Shou as "After his death, Hao served as a regular attendant from the Huangmen Order and then as the Captain of the Chariot. He manipulated his power and finally overthrew the country." 'The eunuch.

But to assign the crime of destroying the country to a eunuch is to take the blame.

Under the wise king, even if the eunuchs suffer from cholera, they will not destroy the country.

How could the destruction of the Shu Han be blamed on a single eunuch?
Liu Chan knew the stories in history and still used Huang Hao. It was very simple.

One is that this guy will cause trouble.

The flattering minister served Liu Chan obediently in all aspects.

Second, we should also remind ourselves that the revolution has not yet succeeded and comrades still need to work hard.

Although he is now the emperor, he cannot get carried away because of this.

That old crooked-necked tree is still standing behind the palace, staring at you every day! (fog)

"Few compliments, but do more practical work."

Although flattery sounds nice, it's fine to just listen to it, but there's no need to take it seriously.

"Follow me out of the palace!"

On the first day of the new year, Liu Chan had to show his face in Chang'an and make his presence felt.

During the New Year and festivals, rewards are given to officials and soldiers to win over people's hearts.

When Liu Chan was about to set off, the eunuch guarding the gate came in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, Queen Feng Luan has arrived outside Chang'an City!"

The Queen Mother has arrived?

The queen has arrived!

In other words, his wives, concubines, and children in Chengdu finally arrived in Chang'an.

Outside Chang'an City.

The convoy stretched for miles.

Outside Chang'an City, the sky was low and the clouds were dark, and there was a solemn atmosphere.

The Fengluan convoy of Empress Dowager Wu, the empress and the emperor's concubines drove out slowly. Due to the late emperor's great visit, the entire convoy was immersed in deep mourning.

As the motorcade moved forward, white silk was flying, like sad clouds, swaying in the air. The guard sergeants were all dressed in white clothes and wearing white crowns. Their faces were expressionless and even more solemn.

The Queen Mother, Empress and other members of the royal family even wore linen and rough linen clothes with straw ropes tied around their waists to show their deep condolences to the late emperor.

"Don't be sad, Queen Mother. The Emperor is doing great things and wants Queen Mother to set an example for the world!"

Empress Dowager Wu is dressed in rough linen clothes, her delicate jade-like skin is now covered by grief, a straw rope is tightly tied around her waist, and she wears a filial piety hat made of white linen on her head, with a few strands of silver hanging from the brim of the hat. It flutters gently in the wind, adding a bit of vicissitudes.

After learning about Liu Bei's great deeds, she almost fainted in pain.

Now that I have arrived in Chang'an, my calm mood on the road has become boiling again.

"The Queen is interested."

The harem system of the Han Dynasty was hierarchical.

The Western Han Dynasty was first established because of the title of Qin: the emperor's wife was called queen, and his concubines were all called madam. Eight ranks were established (the eight ranks also followed the system of the Qin Dynasty): Queen, Madam, Beauty, Beloved Man, Eighth Son, Seventh Son, Long Envoy, and Young Envoy.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Jieyu, Suo'e, Ronghua and Chongyi were added, each with their own title.

During the reign of Emperor Han Yuan, Zhaoyi was created, second only to the empress. At that time, the harem had reached 3,000 people. In addition to the empress, the following fourteen levels were ordered:

Zhaoyi, regarded as the prime minister, was ranked higher than the princes and kings.

Jieyu, regarded as a minister, was given the title of Marquis Bile (the 20th rank).

Suo'e, with a vision of two thousand stones, was ranked as the Marquis of Guannei (the 19th rank).

Rong Hua: The two thousand stones are regarded as real, and the rank is greater than that of Da Shang (the 16th rank).

A beautiful woman is valued at two thousand stones, and her rank is higher than that of her younger brother (fifteenth rank).

The eighth son is worth a thousand stones, and his rank is higher than that of the middle class (thirteenth rank).

Wujuan, Gonghe, Yuling, Baolin, Liangshi, and Ye are all regarded as hundreds of stones.

In addition to the fourteenth grade, there are also the sons of the upper family and the middle family, all of whom regard fighting as food.

In addition, there are also titles such as Zhu Ji, Chang Yu, Cai Ren, Waiting for Zhao Ye Ting, Zhong Palace History, and Academic History.

After discussions between the three gongs and nine ministers, all parties decided that the candidate for the queen would be Zhang Fei's eldest daughter, and Guan Yinping would be Zhaoyi, who was second only to the queen.

In fact, Liu Chan wanted to make Guan Yinping the queen in his heart, but when he thought about Guan Yinping's temperament, there were actually quite a lot of things that the queen had to do. She might not have this temperament.

In addition, Liu Bei said publicly before that the future owner of Jiaofang Palace must be Zhang.

Then Zhang Peilan was made queen.

In fact, there are so many women in Liu Chan, but only two can be queens.

One is Zhang Peilan and the other is Guan Yinping.

As for people like Sun Luyu, Princess Zhu Rong, and Zhen Mi, that is completely impossible.

The officials of the Han Kingdom will not let the Wu girl become the queen, nor will they allow a foreigner to become the queen.

"This is what I have to do as a concubine."

Queen Zhang was dressed in a snow-white mourning robe. Although the linen was rough, it exuded a different kind of elegance on her body, as if it were a touch of first snow in winter, pure and cool.

Zhang Peilan's beauty was originally the most beautiful woman in Liu Chan's harem. Although she was full of sadness at this moment, she was still breathtakingly beautiful.

Those eyes were clear and deep, like the cold stars on an autumn night, shining with firmness and tenderness. The faint tears at the corners of her eyes not only did not damage her beauty, but instead added a bit of endearing weakness to her.

The queen and the emperor are both called twin saints, and they also have a lot of work to do.

First of all, as a wife, she must support her husband and raise her children, and fulfill her duties as a wife.

Secondly, she must lead by example, lead the harem, and take care of the emperor's backyard.

Finally, as the first lady and the mother of the world, she must also assist the emperor to maintain the delicate balance between state affairs and family affairs.

"Sister Guan, what are you thinking about?"

Queen Zhang was thinking about her duties as queen, so she couldn't neglect the sisters in the harem, so she turned to look at Guan Yinping.

Guan Yinping was dressed in mourning clothes, as white as snow, like a blooming white lotus. The filial piety dress is close to the body and outlines her toned figure. Although there are no gorgeous decorations, it can't hide her heroic spirit.

She held a plump baby in her arms. The little guy had a rosy face, his eyes were closed, and he was immersed in a sweet dream.

Guan Yinping lowered her head and stared at this little life, with a gentle smile at the corner of her mouth. She gently touched the baby's cheek with her fingers. The delicate touch made the sadness in her heart slightly relieved, and was replaced by a warm current from the heart. born.

"Langjun, Your Majesty will be very happy if you see the 'Little Overlord', right?"

Due to Liu Chan's hard work the year before last, everyone in the harem basically won the bid.

Zhang Peilan and Guan Yinping both gave birth to a boy.

The eldest son is the daughter of the queen, so he is truly the eldest son.

Liu Bei personally named Liu Si and his nickname was Cheng Qian. He had high hopes for his eldest grandson.

The second child was Zhaoyi Guan Yinping, who weighed nine pounds when he was born. If Guan Yinping hadn't been in good health, his life might have been lost on this guy.

The name of the second son was also given by Liu Bei. He was named Liu Xu because when he captured Zhou in the full moon, he caught the Overlord Spear in one hand, so he was nicknamed Little Overlord.

It doesn't matter to Guan Yinping that she is not a queen.

In her opinion, instead of spending her whole life in the palace, it would be more enjoyable to go out and lead troops in battles.

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Now that she has Liu Xuan, her state of mind is different again.

Soon, the gate of Chang'an City was approaching.

From a distance, you can see the emperor's ceremonial guard.

And the man under the emperor's guard of honor.

Guan Yinping stared blankly, her heart almost bursting out of her chest.

I haven’t seen my sweetheart in nearly a year. Do you know how she has spent this year?
(End of this chapter)