Five hundred and seventieth chapters Curitius travels east (1)(1/2)
Han is a proud and great country.:6d
Hundreds of years ago, when Greece and Athens were still at war.
This vast and great country has been unified as a whole.
At that time, the rulers of Han already claimed to be the sons of gods.
And his people also believe and recognize that their monarch is the son of God who is favored and favored by God.
This son of the God of Heaven lived in the imperial palace of Chang'an City, the capital of Han Dynasty.
His palace is as beautiful as the temple of the gods on Mount Aspirin.
But what is surprising is that the ruler of Han, the son of a god, was a king who refused to enjoy too much luxury.
Before him, his father and grandfather did the same.
This ruling family has ordered officials for thirty consecutive years to reduce the burdens of the common people and free people under its rule.
In order to achieve this goal, the grandfather of the Son of God was even reluctant to build a pavilion. It is said that at that time, the wise monarch flatly rejected the official's suggestion to build the pavilion after hearing that it would consume the total property of ten civilian households.
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When I arrived in Han, the new monarch had just ascended the throne for less than two years.
That was a mysterious young king.
All the officials and people of the Han Dynasty who had contact with me told me that the son of the God of Heaven could communicate with the God of Heaven and know the meaning of the God of God, and he had saved Han Dynasty from disaster many times.
At first, I thought that what the Han people told me were all lies.
But, when I arrived in the capital of Han.
I saw with my own eyes that Han government officials personally brought some grain, cloth and coins, usually copper coins, and distributed them to the poor civilians and free people.
Several friends I know from the Han Dynasty told me: The king of the Han Dynasty, the son of the God of Heaven, believed that he was the king appointed by the God of Heaven to protect and help the people (he was born to prosper the people, and he was given a king to nourish and rule them!)
It is said that this is an order that has been promoted and popularized since the third king of Han Dynasty.
I think the tribunes of the Republic should seriously study the experience of the Han people in this distant ancient eastern country.
Better serve Rome.
May the Aspirin gods bless Rome!
Putting down the quill he was recording, Curitius moved his body.
This is the third night he spent in Chang'an.
When he was brought into the Han Dynasty, an official who claimed to be the Shaofu agency took away other slaves including him.
Then Curitius and others were sent to a place called Jinyang.
Here Curitius and others received a brief training in language and etiquette.
Then, when officials in Jinyang learned that Curitius came from Rome in the west, he was also a noble, literate and had learned a lot of knowledge.
So Curitius was sent to Chang'an.
He was sent to the capital of the Han Dynasty, an institution called Dahonglu, responsible for compiling and introducing the history of Rome.
The two young officials became Curitius's assistants and teachers.
He was responsible for helping Curitius learn the writing and language of the Han Dynasty, and at the same time, he helped write an introduction to the geography and history of Rome.
Of course, these Han Dynasty people's understanding of the world was very limited.
Until now, they thought that Rome was a small country in what they called the Western Region.
Moreover, based on the transliteration, Rome was translated into Da Qin.
This is probably a strange name that evolved from the Latin pronunciation after being processed by Dawan and the Huns.
But in this foreign exchange organization called Dahonglu.
Curitius still had a good time.
The officials here are polite and courteous, although they are not as polite as the Roman and Greek scholars, but at least they respect knowledge and culture.
There was no abuse or torture for Curitius.
On the contrary, he was provided with very relaxed living conditions and treatment.
He even provided Curitius with a free piece of silk clothing.
Although the clothes of Han Dynasty people were very loose.
But Curitius was still very satisfied to know that in Rome, even his father only had one silk garment.
Most of the three hundred senators in the Senate own no more than one piece of silk clothing.
Although, Curitius was still restricted from personal freedom and was not allowed to move freely.
But Curitius knew that the turning point that would change his destiny was coming.
Tomorrow, Dahonglu officials will go to the palace to report to their monarch.
Also brought with him were Curitius and his two assistants, who in the past three days had simply translated more than a hundred words of introduction to Rome.
Curitius believed that after seeing the introduction of Rome, the emperor of the Han Dynasty would be very interested in who would be at odds with his customers.
You must know that the silks and spices of the Han Dynasty were worth thousands of gold in Rome, and the supply exceeded demand.
The only thing that made Curitius unhappy was that in the Han Dynasty, almost everyone looked at him with contempt.
Just like the captive barbarian slaves from Asia Minor and the West he saw when he was in Rome.
The people of the Han Dynasty turned all non-Han Dynasty people into barbarians, treating them as beasts that walked on two feet. They were barbarians who needed civilized education, encouragement and change to possess the characteristics of a human being.
Even that powerful empire that calls itself the Huns.
The treatment received by the Han Dynasty people was the same.
Curitius, a little confused and curious, why did the people of the Han Dynasty have such a mentality?
You know, even Rome, which had defeated Carthage, Greece and Macedonia, would not dare to have such a mentality.
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Today is Chang Dynasty.
Liu Che sat on the throne and accepted the kowtows from the officials.
Since the storm in early April, Liu Che's status has been completely consolidated at home and abroad.
To describe it in one sentence, that is, from one victory to another.
First, all the princes in the world came forward to express their determination to firmly support the Holy Emperor and become the wings of the Han Dynasty.
Some unscrupulous guys even shamelessly flatter me in a way that makes people get goosebumps all over their bodies.
The official policy of Salt and Iron was thoroughly implemented.
Within just one month, salt and iron yamen began to open for business in every major county and important city in the entire Han Dynasty.
Various affordable salt and ironware are sold in limited quantities at the official price limit.
In just one month, the Shaofu's inner treasury received 20 million yuan.
Liu Che plans to recast all these coins into five-baht coins to further strengthen the state's control over the financial industry.
But this time, no one or any force dared to question Liu Che's decision, let alone stop it.
The political power of the Han Dynasty grasped salt and iron with one hand and the money bag with the other.
This shows that the country's revenue will be greatly enhanced.
Fiscal revenue = national power.
With the unprecedented strengthening of Liu Che's authority, those large-denomination gold reward edicts that were once difficult to sell were exchanged for gold and other precious metal properties by princes and princes.
Everyone started to praise Liu Che's smelly feet.
In this alone, the Shaofu recovered nearly five thousand gold.
In the foreseeable future, this number may exceed 20,000 gold.
Equivalent to nearly five tons of gold.
This means that, based on Britain's experience in implementing the gold standard, the Han Dynasty can completely issue reward edicts of more than 200,000 gold, which are only circulated among nobles and officials, without having to worry about encountering credibility crises and runs.
This really made Liu Che speechless.
However, large-denomination currencies were issued in the name of reward edicts.
This limits the field and scope of its circulation.
This makes Liu Che somewhat regretful.
But you have to eat one bite at a time, especially in the financial industry.
Liu Che didn't want to end up with a failure like the White Deer Coin.
Credibility and credit take time to establish, and more importantly, practical actions to maintain.
To be continued...