A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 341 Terracotta Warriors and Horses in Lingyi

Wang Ke did not forcefully take back the right to mint coins, but he ordered the bad coins to be discounted, stipulating that the people could receive the bad coins at a discount.

According to Wang Luo's set price of half a tael of copper, it required seven cents of copper, two and a half cents of tin, and half a cent of lead.But a lot of bad money will reduce the copper content and increase the ratio of tin and lead.Some will deliberately increase the lead content in order to increase weight.

Wang Ke directly discounted the color of these bad coins by [-]%. According to the [-]% discount, these coins are equivalent to two coins to exchange for one good coin.

The minted coins are usually four cents of copper, four cents of tin and two cents of lead. If there is less copper, the minted coins will not be strong and may even break if you break them with force. Add in the fire consumption of casting, so calculated, Minting bad coins not only makes no money, but also loses money.

How can states, counties and powerful people from all over the world mint bad coins again?

Wang Ke's edict was issued to all parts of the country, causing an uproar in the world.

Handan, in a large manor outside the city.

"Bang!" A roll of bamboo slips was thrown to the ground, and the bamboo slips were scattered everywhere.

"Having a [-]% discount will cost us our lives! This is unacceptable!" the middle-aged man next to him said angrily.

The middle-aged man sitting in the front seat didn't even look at him and said calmly: "Recycle those bad coins that have not been circulated and recast them with copper!"

"If 500 million bad coins are recast, our losses will be huge! How much more copper will we need to invest?"

"How about forcing these bad coins to be shown off as good coins?"

"If you want to die, don't drag me with you!"

At the same time, similar scenes also appeared in other places in Daqian.Now that Daqian is at its peak, powerful people from all over the world dare not oppose it even if they are dissatisfied.

Luoyang City became more and more prosperous. Clear rivers meandered across the land, gurgling water flowed from mountain streams, and finally merged into a set of large rivers that passed through Luoyang City.

The Luoshui River flows through this land, and the abundant river water irrigates this fertile land. Hundreds of thousands of people in Luoyang City farm here.

Wang Ke looked at the Yellow River not far away. The turbulent river flowed by. At his feet was Beiman Mountain. The tomb of his father Wang Luo was on Beiman Mountain.

"Your Majesty, the construction of Emperor Gaozu's mausoleum has been completed, and the burial pit has been lined up with eight thousand pottery people and horses as per your request!" A chamberlain stepped forward and whispered.

"Yeah!" Wang Ke immediately went to the mausoleum.

There were no gold, silver or jewelry among Wang Luo's burial objects. Apart from some bronze ritual vessels and bamboo slips, there were only these eight thousand pottery figurines of soldiers.

In order to make these pottery figurines, Wang Ke recruited thousands of craftsmen and it took several years to complete.All the pottery figurines are life-size and even painted to look very beautiful.

Eight thousand pottery figurines are arranged in three square formations, which look very majestic.The three square formations are completely arranged according to the battle formation of the Dagan Yulin Guards and the Tengjia Army. Eight thousand terracotta warriors and horses are arranged in formation, which looks majestic and shocking.

After confirming that there was no problem, Wang Ke ordered the land to be filled and sealed.What he doesn't know is that the pottery figurines buried today will be known as the "Eight Wonders of the World" and "World Cultural Heritage" after 2000.

With the fall of the seal, Wang Luo's Zhaoling Mausoleum was officially completed.

"Has the city outside Zhaoling been repaired?" Wang Ke asked. "Your Majesty, it has been repaired!" Master Craftsman said respectfully.

"Immediately order the nobles of the six countries to move to Zhaoling to protect my father's mausoleum!"

Although they had been mentally prepared for a long time, the ministers in the court were a little frightened when they heard Wang Ke's edict was issued.

The emperor's edict can be said to be a drain on the bottom of the cauldron. The rich people from all over the world were directly transferred here. Those powerful people were relocated, and the remaining land was taken over as state-owned and then redistributed to the poor.After these rich and powerful people were moved here, they were really like phoenixes without their feathers, worse than chickens.

Wang Ke's edict quickly spread to all parts of the world, and for a time everyone in the world was in danger.Wang Ke's definition of wealthy households is more than 300 million yuan. How to calculate it?Quite simply, by field size.

A family with more than 300 acres of farmland definitely has more than [-] million yuan.

It is not easy to implement the mausoleum relocation system. Many wealthy households do not want to move their families to Zhaoling. In order to move the mausoleum smoothly, Wang Ke ordered the army to be dispatched, and local officials and inspection censors forcibly moved the wealthy households from each county to Zhaoling. Zhaoling.

Zhaoling, which was originally desolate, soon became prosperous. More importantly, these wealthy households were moved here, bringing a lot of wealth. These people came here without food and clothing and could only buy it with money.The copper coins originally hidden in the cellar were taken out and spent.

A large amount of copper coins poured into the market, and Luoyang's economy immediately became active.As the economy became more active, various commodities from all over the world began to converge in Luoyang.The Lingyi system inadvertently promoted economic prosperity, which was an unexpected blessing.

The wealthy households in Daqian all have the habit of saving. Every wealthy household does not have a money cellar, and they are embarrassed to say that they are powerful.

These powerful people have fields, food, and slaves. It can be said that most materials such as food and cloth can be produced by themselves. There are not many things that need to be purchased. As a result, a large amount of copper coins will be accumulated, and these copper coins will be hidden in the money of the powerful people. Inside the cellar.

The number of copper coins on the market was not enough, so these powerful people had to hide the copper coins in cellars. This resulted in the money that was already not much becoming even less.

Wang Luo's tomb system forced these people to spend their money.

The imperial court collected taxes, and in order to take care of the people, it still collected food and cloth in kind.This results in that each tax payment requires a large amount of manpower and material resources to transport, and the consumption is very high.

In fact, ministers have already written letters that they can collect money by collecting taxes.

However, this advice was rejected by Wang Luo because of insufficient money.However, Wang Luo also ordered that taxes could be paid in kind or in money.

Not long ago, another minister wrote to Wang Ke saying to collect taxes directly, but Wang Ke also refused.

Wang Ke knew very well the urine nature of these people. The minister wrote a letter saying that it was convenient to collect copper coins and would not be wasted like food. If you want food or other supplies, you can just buy them with money.

Wang Ke scolded him directly, saying that he had ulterior motives.If the state collects all taxes in copper coins, there will be a shortage of copper coins in the world now, and ordinary people will not have much in their hands. Only those wealthy and powerful families will have them. At that time, the common people will have no choice but to sell grain and cloth to those wealthy and powerful families at a price far below the market price.

This is a disguised form of helping powerful households exploit the common people. At the same time, the state can only purchase materials from large households, and the prices are not cheap. It can be said that by doing this, those powerful households will harvest from both ends, and even the imperial court will dare to harvest the wool.

What's more, if the powerful have a large amount of food, but the country does not, as long as there is a little turmoil, the court will have no food to use.

This person deserves to be punished!

Wang Ke didn't have his father's good temper, so he directly dismissed him from office and seized his title.

(End of this chapter)