When Mao Jie went to Bingzhou to take office, Liu Bei personally saw him off. When seeing him off, Liu Bei held Mao Jie's hand and told him some things.
"This extraordinary promotion of you as the governor of Bingzhou is not a whim on my part, but the result of careful consideration. I believe that your ability is enough to take up this position, although you did not have deep qualifications before this.
But in the general's palace, the affairs you handle are not simpler than the affairs you need to handle as the governor of the state. Moreover, the Bingzhou at this moment is no longer the same state as the Bingzhou that Boning faced before. At least in terms of military, you
It is absolutely safe.
The situation you need to face is far better than that faced by Boning, but the things you have to do are far more complicated and complex than those Boning has to do, such as the resettlement of the mountain people in Bingzhou and the resettlement of the Southern Huns.
Work, the hard resettlement work, and the work of establishing households and integrating the people.
These things are not difficult, but they all require a lot of energy and patience to handle well. If you are not careful, it will cause a civil uprising. If you can handle it well, then you will be transferred back to Luoyang to take up a higher position.
It's very simple, so Xiaoxian, don't let me down."
Mao Jie held Liu Bei's hand tightly with both hands and bowed slightly to him.
"The expectation of the Lord and Marquis is what Xie will accomplish with his life. Even if Jie risks his life, he will not disappoint the Lord!"
"Who wants your life?"
Liu Bei smiled and said: "Don't just work your ass off and leave a useful body. You still have a lot to do, and I still have a lot of expectations for you. In the future, I need you to live to be seventy or eighty years old."
Keep working for me, don’t be lazy!"
A smile appeared on Mao Jie's usually expressionless face.
"It is truly a great blessing in life that Jie can meet the prince and serve the prince. Jie will do his best to respond to the prince's expectations!"
Then, under Liu Bei's watch, Mao Jie got on his horse and galloped towards the north, escorted by a group of elite cavalry.
Not long after, Man Chong returned to Luoyang under the protection of the same configuration, and immediately went to see Liu Bei.
"Junhou, Chong has lived up to your expectations!"
As soon as he saw Liu Bei, Man Chong, who was tired of his career, bowed down and showed his respect to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei stepped forward with a smile, took Man Chong's hands and helped him up.
"You certainly lived up to my expectations."
Lifting Man Chong up, Liu Bei saw that his face was dusty and the clothes on his body were quite dusty, so he ordered someone to bring him a basin of hot water, wiped his face himself, and dusted off the dust on his body.
I was very flattered and felt that this was inappropriate. Liu Bei's status was too high. How could he condescend to serve him?
Liu Bei shook his head.
"You have paid so much for the Han Dynasty to rectify Bingzhou, so what if I help you wash your face?"
So Liu Bei ignored Man Chong's thoughts and wiped his face and hands, and personally helped him tidy up his appearance.
Man Chong was very moved, but didn't know what to say. He could only stand there like a stick and let Liu Bei manipulate him.
Afterwards, Man Chong sat with Liu Bei and reported to him a series of work he had done in Bingzhou, as well as the current basic situation of Bingzhou.
"From the current point of view, Bingzhou is relatively stable, because there is sufficient land and housing. It is possible to resettle the current population. It has to be said that although those counties have been out of the control of the imperial court for so many years, the rich households are still rich
.
Their land is so huge that you can't even see the edge at a glance. There are hundreds or thousands of houses, some of which far exceed the regulations of the imperial court. They have a mountain of wealth, including gold and silver.
The boxes were buried deep underground, and the copper and iron were piled up in the warehouse so much that they couldn't even move them all.
I thought that the Han Dynasty did not have so much gold and silver, but now I know that there is so much gold and silver that has become the private collection of these people, buried deep underground, or hidden in inaccessible places. Unless it is completely liquidated, it will not be available at all.
And know.”
After hearing this, Liu Bei nodded slowly.
"This is the truth about wealth in the world. Most of it is hidden in places that we can't see. So when we need money, there is no money available. But this is not unexpected. If there is too much money,
Not a good thing.
Suddenly spending too much money, but not having too many things to buy, will only make the money worthless. Of course it doesn't matter to rich people, they have more money, but for ordinary people, it doesn't matter.
Money, if money becomes worthless and cannot buy food, it will be a disaster."
After hearing this, Man Chong was quite surprised.
"I haven't heard this mentioned by others, but if you think about it carefully, it is true. If money becomes worthless, it will only cause prices to skyrocket. The first one to bear the brunt is the price of food. In this way, the princes and court officials
Isn’t the more money in it, the better?”
Liu Bei shook his head.
"It can't be said that this is not a question of more or less. In my opinion, the imperial court should decide how much money should be used. The imperial court should decide how much money should be circulated in the world based on the world's production conditions, so as to ensure that
Money will not appreciate or depreciate too much.
Having more money or less is not the most important thing. The most important thing is to stabilize the value of the currency. Before and after ZTE, there were many times when prices soared and currencies devalued, so that the poor could not buy food, causing turmoil. In my opinion, this
It's a very serious matter.
When money appreciates, everyone will hide it and don’t use it. This will only make money more and more valuable. The more valuable it is, the less people will be willing to use it. If money depreciates, it becomes worthless, which will lead to poverty.
Li Shu has been greatly harmed, which will affect the stability of the world, which is not a good thing."
Man Chong was silent for a while, carefully savoring the meaning of Liu Bei's words.
"You mean, what you want to do next is to take back the right to mint coins in the world, no longer allow local counties and counties to mint coins on their own, and follow the example of Emperor Xiaowu and let the imperial court take the lead in minting matters?"
"Um?"
Liu Bei blinked: "I...did that?"
"Isn't it?"
Man Chong looked at Liu Bei strangely.
Then Liu Bei suddenly realized that he had just talked about some superficial economic principles, but Man Chong had used his super mental power and stretch ability to conceive a future goal for himself.
However, this matter was actually carried out step by step before Man Chong followed him, and he had already made considerable changes.
Although he did not handle this matter in the name of the Eastern Han Dynasty, nor did he propose similar policies, the "general money" minted in his own name has been circulated in many places in the Han Dynasty, and many local county and county governments have actually lost their money.