Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 716 The King is wise
According to Zhou Xu's current analysis, those with a loyalty of less than 70 are basically rebelling.

However, this is in line with Li Bowen's current performance. As soon as Xianyang City fell and the news of Yan Sheng's death came out, he immediately came to show his kindness, which is enough to show that this person's temperament cannot be a loyal minister.

Fortunately, Zhou Xu had already thought about it.

People's hearts are complicated. To develop a country, we need too many people. We cannot expect everyone to be a loyal minister.

As a supreme ruler, what he needs to do is to put the right people in the right positions so that they can provide value to Dazhou.

There is a place for loyal people, and there is a place for those who are capable but not very loyal.

Take Li Bowen as an example. Don't talk about friendship with this kind of person. Just treat him as a wage earner. You pay him and he does the work.

As long as he can always do a good job and satisfy you, you will keep paying him. If one day he fails to do the job well, just ask him to pack up and get out.

Just when Zhou Xu was thinking this, he didn't know that in such a blink of an eye, Li Bowen, who had already lost all his money, lowered his posture as soon as he came up, knelt down respectfully, and faced Zhou Xuxing A big gift.

"Little man Li Bowen, meet the king! Long live the king! Long live the king!"

Seeing Li Bowen's three cheers of long live, Zhou Xu sat on a grand master's chair with one hand on his chin and looked at him with interest.

"Excuse me, I wonder why Prime Minister Li came here?"

After hearing this, Li Bowen stood up and was about to answer, but when the words came to his mouth, he seemed to realize something was wrong. He was shocked and immediately knelt back, knocking his forehead to the floor tiles.

"The king is joking. The tyrant Yan Sheng is dead. Now Xianyang City is your territory. How can a villain still be the prime minister? He is just a commoner."

After Li Bowen said these words, cold sweat had soaked his entire back. At the same time, the atmosphere fell into an eerie silence until Zhou Xu's laughter broke it.

"Hahahaha, Mr. Li, you can relax a little and don't be so nervous."

When Li Bowen heard this, he could only smile dryly and even claimed that it was true, but he did not dare to relax at all.

[This great king of Zhou Dynasty is not a fuel-efficient lamp either! 】

"Then why did Mr. Li come here this time?"

Zhou Xu was already clear about Li Bowen's background. At this moment, he was not in much mood to compromise with the other party, so he immediately returned to the topic.

Faced with the question raised again, Li Bowen simply stopped standing and just knelt down to answer.

"The villain abandoned the secret and turned to the light. He came here to join the king. He is willing to work hard for the king! If the king does not give up, the villain is willing to convince the officials of the old dynasty in the city to be loyal to the king!"

This answer was expected by Zhou Xu. The other party came over to show his kindness at this time, just to surrender.

However, while surrendering, Li Bowen did not forget to increase his own value, and revealed to him in disguise the fact that the officials in the city were following his lead.

Zhou Xu did not object to this, and directly gave the other party an approving look.

"It is really a blessing for the people of my great Zhou Dynasty to have Bowen help me. Come and give me a seat."

It's a compliment that doesn't hurt, Zhou Xu doesn't mind saying a few more words, there won't be any loss anyway.

During this period, Li Bowen looked ashamed and behaved very humbly.

If you hadn't figured out this person's temperament in advance, it would have been easy to be fooled by the other person's appearance.

From Prime Minister Li to Mr. Li, and then to Bowen, the change of title, coupled with the current offer of a seat, made Li Bowen feel greatly relieved.

In his opinion, this shows that he has initially passed the test. "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the seat!"

Kneeling on the floor tiles in this winter, his knees really hurt a little after kneeling for a long time. Now that he was given a seat, he quickly got up from the ground.

After seeing Li Bowen take his seat, Zhou Xu spoke up again.

"Now that Bowen has invested in me, I happen to have something here that I want to discuss with Bowen."

"Your Majesty, please tell me, I will do my best to solve your problems for Your Majesty."

After Zhou Xu heard this, he made a very satisfied expression on his face, and then started talking.

"In fact, it is not a complicated matter. Now that I, the Great Zhou Dynasty, have annexed the land of the tyrant Yan Sheng, the people of the two countries have merged into one country. In order to facilitate management, and also to take into account future development, many things in this must be necessary. Unified.”

Li Bowen, who had just sat down at this moment, had not yet settled down. This topic made him tense up unconsciously. He had a vague feeling that something bad was coming.

But he didn't dare to speak rashly. In the end, he bit the bullet and waited for Zhou Xu's next words.

When Zhou Xu saw this, he didn't care and made the matter clear.

"For example, coins."

Li Bowen's heart twitched when he heard those two words, and even the expression on his face changed because he couldn't hold himself tight.

Zhou Xuchun pretended not to notice this and continued to talk to himself.

"We all use silver taels here. It's a bit troublesome to calculate these few taels, so I plan to unify all the silver coins into coins."

"Our current currency in the Great Zhou Dynasty is mainly based on copper coins. The current denominations are determined to be one copper, five coppers and ten coppers. Now that gold and silver are available, I plan to make silver and gold coins according to this template."

"The denominations of silver coins are also made into one silver, five silver and ten silver coins, and the same applies to gold coins."

“One hundred copper coins equaled one silver coin, and one hundred silver coins equaled one gold coin.”

"On this basis, I also plan to set the prices of gold, silver and copper. Even if adjustments are needed later, the relevant departments will be fully responsible."

Li Bowen was already sweating profusely when Zhou Xu said he wanted to unify the currency. Now that he said this, the blood drained from his face.

But Zhou Xu seemed not to notice and continued talking...

"In other words, the copper used to make one copper copper coin is worth one copper, the silver used to make one silver silver coin is worth one silver, and so on. What do you think of Bowen?"

At this moment, Li Bowen was sweating profusely. Faced with the questions that had already been asked to him, after hesitating again and again, he spoke cautiously...

"I'm just afraid. People are used to using silver coins, so it will be difficult to promote this new currency."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xu waved his hand.

"What's so difficult about this? When the time comes, multiple currency exchange counters will be set up in various cities and all people will be required to change. At the same time, it is explicitly prohibited to conduct transactions directly with gold and silver! Violators will be punished, what do you think, Bowen?"

In an instant, Li Bowen's face turned pale. He was not that sad when his father died.

Now facing Zhou Xu with stern eyes, Li Bowen could only force out a smile, his voice trembling slightly.

"The king is wise! I admire you!"

(End of this chapter)