Chapter 568 Dong Zhuo's Sin

From Dong Zhuo's crimes to Liu Bei and Sun Quan's promotion of fake money, it affected the entire period from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms.

The labor force and productivity are insufficient, and the consequences of wantonly printing money can be imagined. Inflation is absolute and will be extremely serious.

Dong Zhuo minted small coins when he was alive, and his influence was extremely far-reaching, and he was still killed by Cao Cao even after he unified the north.

From now on, the five baht coin is almost abolished, and it has no practical significance except that it is still the value of copper.

Fortunately, in this era, with the sudden emergence of Liu Zhang, he could not prevent Dong Zhuo from making small coins, but he could prevent Liu Bei from making straight hundred and five baht coins.

I believe that without Liu Bei's one hundred and five baht money, Sun Quan would not have done such a tragic thing like making Daquan five thousand.

Dong Zhuo's small money has the most far-reaching influence on the Central Plains and Hebei, followed by Jiangnan and Bashu.

As for how Cao Cao will have a headache in the future, that is not Liu Zhang's consideration.

Liu Zhang even wished that Cao Cao would be killed by the financial war!

But now that the small money has flowed into Yizhou, Liu Zhang still has to deal with it immediately.

After returning to the State Shepherd's Mansion, Liu Zhang immediately summoned a group of officials to open a meeting to discuss the matter of dealing with small money.

"Wenhe, do you have any small coins minted by Dong Zhuo? Show me."

Liu Zhang was very curious, how bad is this kind of small money, that it can poison the world for decades!

"Yes, my lord, wait a moment!"

Jia Xu groped around for a long time, finally took out a copper coin, and immediately handed it to Liu Zhang.

"Look, my lord, this is the five baht coin made by Dong Zhuo."

Liu Zhang took it in his hand and weighed it, but he couldn't even feel the weight. Then I picked it up and observed carefully, only to understand what is called the "worst" currency in Chinese history.

Five baht coins have a very clear definition. The outer circle and inner square are engraved with the word five baht. Its shape, texture, weight, and fineness are uniformly checked by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

The advent of the five baht coin is of great significance and value to the Han Dynasty and even the entire history of China's development, and has contributed to the entire history.

But the five baht coins minted by Dong Zhuo are totally worthless for the word five baht!

The shape and inner outline of this five-baht coin are completely irregular, and its shape can only be described in four words.

Do whatever you want!

It must be how the foundry wants to make it.

In order to cut corners, there is not even an outline, and the entire coin has only one plane.

Not only is there no word five baht on it, there is not even a single word.

If you throw it on the ground, it may be difficult to use it as a coin!

"Hehe, I don't think Dong Zhuo can find two identical coins!"

Liu Zhang had a deep relationship with Dong Zhuo, so he never imagined that Dong Zhuo had such a brain and could think of making money.

"The death of this old thief is really unjust. He has done all the evil things in the world!"

"My lord, I have weighed this coin below, and it is only less than the weight of one plant! The five baht coins minted by Dong Zhuo are popular in Guanzhong, and the people are miserable!"

Even if Jia Xu didn't say it, Liu Zhang could still think of it. Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Guo Si and others might have emptied the little wealth that the people in Guanzhong had in their homes!

"One Dong Zhuo is not enough, yet another Li Jue and Guo Si came out! I am afraid that the survival of the people in Guanzhong will be a problem..."

"My lord's words are absolutely true!"

Guanzhong is in chaos, can Liangzhou recover?

Although Jia Xu has brought his family to Chengdu, he still has some affection for Jia Xu Wuwei.

"My lord, do you know what price the grain in Guanzhong has reached?"

Liu Zhang was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Jia Xu to ask about food.

However, since Liu Zhang started to develop food, he has not cared about the issue of food for a long time.

Every battle was dispatched by Jia Xu, and there was no shortage of food every time.

Including this expedition to the south, and because of the two million shi of grain provided by Jingzhou, there was no shortage of food.

"Wenhe, if I remember correctly, the food in Sichuan is 20 to 30 cents a dendrobium, right?"

Liu Zhang doesn't say how rich he is, but in terms of food, there are really few princes in the world who can match him.

"That's right! In the past two years, water conservancy projects have been built, and agriculture and mulberry have been vigorously developed. At the lowest level, the food was only 20 yuan."

A rare look of pride flashed across Jia Xu's eyes. At this price, which state or county in the world can buy it except Yizhou?

"How much is the pass? One thousand? Five thousand?"

Dong Zhuo's five baht coin is one-fifth of the weight of the original five baht, so based on the highest grain price of 30 renminbi, it is 150 renminbi.

But Liu Zhang was not so optimistic. He knew the seriousness of inflation, so he gave a higher price.

Jia Xu smiled wryly and shook her head helplessly.

"Could it be possible to get ten thousand dollars?"

Liu Zhang himself didn't quite believe it, what is the concept of 10,000 yuan!

Converted to five baht coins of the same weight, there are two thousand coins!

You must know that these two thousand dollars can buy a full hundred shi of grain in peacetime!

"My lord, I just received the news that the price of grain in Guanzhong is..."

Jia Xu stretched out his hand and spread all five fingers.

"Five hundred thousand and one dendrobium!"

"what!"

Jia Xu announced the price of grain in Guanzhong, which immediately caused an uproar in the house.

Five hundred thousand dollars!

It is equivalent to five baht and one hundred thousand. What kind of concept is this?

Now in Hanzhong County, 10,000 yuan can settle down in a private house in the county.

For 70,000 yuan, you can settle down in a private house in Nanzheng, which is a relatively large house!

It is equivalent to a grain of grain in Guanzhong, and a house in Hanzhong!

According to this calculation, then everyone in Yizhou in Guanzhong is a millionaire or more!

If all the Yizhou aristocratic families were allowed to go to Guanzhong to buy food, then they would lose their fortunes and it would be difficult to maintain food and clothing!

"It's too exaggerated! Five hundred thousand dollars! How many people will starve to death?"

Even if the five baht coins minted by Dong Zhuo are worthless, it is impossible for the people in Guanzhong to spend 500,000 yuan! That is to say, even if the family goes bankrupt, they can't afford a grain of grain.

Only then did Liu Zhang understand why Li Jue and Guo Si died in a daze!

Faced with this kind of chaos, the emperor would choose to flee to the dilapidated Luoyang, let alone such a mindless brutal person like Li Jue and Guo Si?

Given the current situation in Guanzhong, even if it was given to Liu Zhang for free, he would not accept it.

Liu Zhang's current power cannot save the crisis in Guanzhong at all.

"My lord, the land of Guanzhong is full of dead bodies. In order to survive, the people often change their sons to eat each other! The original land of dragon prosperity has now been reduced to a hell on earth!"

Jia Xu's words also made the atmosphere in the room depressive.

The seat of the imperial court, the former capital of the Han Dynasty, has now been turned into such a disaster. This is the sorrow of every loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.

"Wenhe, order Guoyuan to fully accept the refugees from Guanzhong, and they must be properly resettled in various places in Hanzhong."

(end of this chapter)