I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 387 Paper money deceives Cao Wei?
"Li Jian is a very special person that I know." Wang Guang said.

Wang Ling asked: "How do you say this?"

"Other people who govern the people educate the people and keep order in order." Wang Guangdao, "But Li Jian is different. He set up workshops and provided people with workstations in the workshops. He was also willing to pay people wages. I specially sent people to Jiangling to buy I came back with a copy of "The Wealth of Nations."

""Wealth of Nations"?"

"It was a book written by Li Jian. It is now available at Jingzhou University and Chongqing University. I deeply agree with what is said in The Wealth of Nations."

"Which point?"

"Division of labor and collaboration to create wealth."

"Division of labor and cooperation?" Wang Ling asked in surprise, "Division of labor and cooperation with the common people?"

"Yes."

"This is obviously contrary to the books of the sages. How can officials and officials divide work and cooperate with the people?"

"Yes, the scholar-bureaucrats, ministers, and the people have an orderly hierarchy." Wang Guang said, "The Han Dynasty ruled the world with the classics of sages and sages, but the Han Dynasty collapsed, and the Wei Dynasty still ruled the world with the classics of sages and sages, but Sima Zhongda was able to seize power and abolish the throne. Emperor, it is clear at a glance who is strong and who is weak after losing Guanzhong and Xiangyang in just a few years!

Wang Ling fell into silence.

Wang Guang continued: "A philosophy of governing a country cannot be recognized by relying on books. Otherwise, when hundreds of schools of thought contend, why would only Legalism and Confucianism remain?"

"It's because Confucianism makes the world peaceful." Wang Ling said, "Loyalty and filial piety are orderly, and everyone in the world has their destiny, so the world is stable."

"Is the world now peaceful?" Wang Guang asked again, "What I saw was that the people of Wu State were forcibly expropriated. After defecting to Li Jian, they had enough food and clothing, and were willing to go to the most dangerous places for Li Jian. I also saw that the people of Wei State were The common people will go to Jiangling even if they go over mountains and ridges.”

Wang Ling fell silent again, this time without speaking for a long time.

"What is the avenue? This is the avenue!"

"Where is your copy of The Wealth of Nations?"

"At my residence."

"If The Wealth of Nations is really useful, why did Li Jian write a book to inform others?" Wang Ling added, "If Sima Yi got this book, wouldn't he be able to do the same thing as him? This is not helping Enemy?"

"That's why I said that Li Jian is different from the people I used to know. The core of "The Wealth of Nations" is division of labor and cooperation, but Luoyang stipulates loyalty and filial piety in an orderly manner. Sima Yi may have obtained the book "The Wealth of Nations," but he will Follow what’s inside?”

Wang Ling thought for a while and said, "Probably not."

"Father, I will send it to you later, so you can understand." Wang Guangdao, "The current situation in the world has changed, and Li Jian is an anomaly. In the past, when Zhou De collapsed, the Qin Dynasty swept away Liuhe, but the Qin Dynasty was brutal , unpopular, the Han Dynasty has been ordered by Heaven for more than four hundred years, and the world has once again fallen apart. Unlike Zhou De, the Han Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety."

"The so-called ruling the world with filial piety is a kind of check and balance between the top and the bottom." Wang Guang said, "Officials must be loyal and filial to the king, and sons must be filial to their fathers. Level after level, the Han Dynasty can be protected for four hundred years. Later. Dong Zhuo blatantly deposed the emperor, violated the superiors, and all the princes in the world criticized him. However, the emperor of this dynasty also replaced the Han emperor. Isn't he also violating the dignity of the emperor and his father as a minister? "

Wang Ling continued to be silent.

It's not that he didn't know what Wang Guang said.

With Wang Ling's level of background, he is not a commoner.

The so-called virtues and kindness are all used to educate the people. The aristocratic families have their own rules of conduct.

The ancient interest groups certainly knew what was used to control the people, and what they should really do.

Otherwise, how can one survive at the top?
In the ancient world, all the stories of truth, goodness and beauty were just cloaks to confuse the people, just to make the people securely guard their own land.

Wang Guang continued: "Speaking of those princes, which one gained the world through virtue?
"After taking over the world, who wouldn't advocate virtue and package themselves up so that the people feel that they have won the country and are destined to do so?"

"Li Jian does not use loyalty and filial piety, but uses division of labor and collaboration so that everyone can perform their duties and everyone can get their share of the money to maintain stability. In this way, he will become stronger and stronger."

"I'm afraid I don't need to say anything else."

Wang Ling sighed and said, "I understand, go down."

After Wang Guang left, Wang Ling fell into deep thought again.

At the end of May, after a heavy rain in Luoyang, the sky turned azure, and the sunlight made the water drops on the bamboo leaves crystal clear.

There is a book on Sima Yi's desk, with the words "The Wealth of Nations" written on the cover.

"Have you finished reading?" Sima Yi asked Master Sima.

"I've finished reading." "How's it going?"

"Li Jian is playing with fire and burning himself."

"how do I say this?"

"He wants to fundamentally remove the power of the ministers." Sima Shi said, "This is a technique. The ministers assist the emperor to govern the people. This is the Tao. Using skills to control the Tao is like a mayfly shaking a tree, which will inevitably suffer backlash!"

"But you said before that Jiangling is getting more prosperous."

"Skills are prosperous for a while, but there will be endless troubles in the future."

Sima Yi picked up "The Wealth of Nations" again and said calmly: "The number of people in Guanzhong is also increasing. Li Jian has the talent to govern the world. Zhuge Kongming also recognized his "The Wealth of Nations". Who is Zhuge Kongming?"

Sima Yi's eyes showed deep uneasiness.

"Since my father was worried, he sent people to Yizhou to spread the news that Li Jian wanted to establish himself in Jingzhou and that "The Wealth of Nations" did not mention loyalty and filial piety in governing the country. Even if Liu Chan tolerated him for a while, the officials of Yizhou could not accept it. Even if they don't now Mention, there will definitely be problems in the future.”

"You can just arrange this matter." Sima Yi's face remained sullen, but he changed the subject, "How much paper money has been printed?"

"Ten million copies have been printed so far."

"Printed so many?" Sima Yi asked in surprise, "Do you need so many?"

"Guo Boji needs a lot of food to recruit soldiers and horses in Yuzhou, and this military expenditure is quite large." Sima Shi said, "We abandoned Guanzhong. There is not enough farmland on the Tongguan line, so we need to supply food from Sizhou. Previously, Li Jian cut off many rivers in Yuzhou. Luoyang was short of food, so the court had to buy it from Yanzhou and Jizhou at high prices, both of which needed money. "

"Have you prepared the corresponding copper coins?"

"Have you prepared some?"

"How much are some?"

"Five million yuan."

"So few!" Sima Yi was shocked, "Isn't it being cast?"

"Copper Limited."

Why do you feel that printing paper money is a trap?
Sima Yi did not continue to ask, but changed the topic: "Where's Yanzhou Governor Shi? Didn't you say that he was going to report on Yanzhou's summer grain harvest this year?"

"I called him in."

Shi Yangkang, the governor of Yanzhou, was waiting outside the Taifu's mansion. At this moment, someone suddenly came in a hurry.

"Mr. Yang, something serious has happened."

Yang Kang recognized him as one of his own.

"I'm going to meet with the Grand Tutor right now. If you have any questions, I'll talk to you later."

But the man said: "Prince Linghu is dead."

"What did you say!"

Yang Kang was shocked, and his heart suddenly felt as if it had fallen into an ice cellar.

"How did you die?"

"do not know."

It's over! It's over!

Could it be that the capital already knew that Linghuyu was going to establish him as King of Chu?

At this time, Master Sima strode out, glanced at the panicked Yang Kang and said, "Yang Changshi, go in, the master is waiting for you."

"Here, here." Yang Kang followed Sima Master in. As soon as he saw Sima Yi's angular face, he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"Excuse me, Master! I didn't know this!"

(End of this chapter)