The third year of Jian'an, autumn.

The emperor fled from Xuchang and formally declared the world that he moved the Han capital to Xiangyang, changed the country's name to Jianxing, and immigrated the world.

At the same time, he appointed Zhang Xiu as the prime minister and Yuan Shao as the general, assisted the inside and outside, governed the Han Dynasty together, and became a topic of discussion among the people of the world, which attracted countless scholars to rush to Jingzhou, full of ambitions to support him.

In addition, Cao Cao wanted to avoid scholars from Xuzhou, Yan and Henan to welcome Yuan Shao to enter the Central Plains. When this news came out, all the princes in the world were watching, because the strongest princes officially stepped into their defense zone.

Among them, Liu Bei is the most worried.

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In the first year of Jianxing, autumn.

Xiangyang,

Inside a magnificent and towering hall.

Emperor Liu Xie was wearing a dragon robe and ranked first. Seeing the civil and military officials in the hall paying homage, he forced a smile and squeezed out a bitter smile.

Because, most of these ministers were under Zhang Xiu, they did not listen to his orders to summon him, but they held his official position in the Han Dynasty, but he was powerless.

How could he laugh?

Who the hell said that Zhang Xiu is a loyal minister?

My god, come out, I promise not to kill you.

Since he arrived in Xiangyang, he has been staying in the palace arranged by Zhang Xiu all day long. Not to mention wanting to achieve his grand plans, he would have a maid following him when he went to the cottage, which is almost the same as when he encountered him in Xuchang.

Even after he arrived here, except for some ministers who could meet in the court, he could not see them at all. During this period, what he said most was to make the right and right.

Perhaps the only benefit is that the food is better than what you eat under Cao Cao's rule. You can eat whatever you want, but your living area is only in those palaces, which is too annoying.

At this time, inside the hall.

Standing next to the emperor's hand, Zhang Xiu, who was at the head of all officials, strides out and whispers: "Your Majesty, I have a request to report."

"Love, I don't need to be too careful, just say it." Liu Xie smiled silly, with a little pleasing between his eyebrows. He was already used to his identity, or since Dong Zhuo started.

Almost ten years have passed, and he is still the same.

Because as for this, he can be valuable and not be killed. The only change is that he has grown up and has a heart that wants to resist but dare not resist.

"Your Majesty, I have long heard that the people of all states and counties in the world suffer and the people live in poverty. There are many reasons, but most of them have started because Dong Zhuo's treacherous ministers privately cast small coins."

"Now, the people under the jurisdiction of various prefectures and counties have suffered a lot. It is difficult to buy a bucket of food for ten thousand yuan. Countless people change their sons to eat each other, which is inhumane."

"So, I think that the Wuzhu coins should be abolished, and the new coins should be minted, and the market should be regulated, and people's livelihood should be stabilized, so as to promote the social economy, and our great man will be prosperous and prosperous again."

Zhang Xiu's voice was sonorous and powerful, and his expression was solemn.

Although Jingzhou has not been harmed by it, at most one or two months, Jingzhou will be brought into the ranks of inflation. At that time, the people of the world will suffer, and buying rice in sacks is not empty talk.

"Abolish the Wuzhu coins?" Liu Xie was stunned.

Before Liu Xie answered, Dong Cheng shouted in a deep voice: "Prime Minister Zhang, Wuzhu coins were released by the late emperor, how can they be easily abolished? What's more, Wuzhu coins are everywhere in the world. Once the new coins are issued, it will only make the currency more chaotic. What's your intention?"

Zhang Xiu glanced at Dong Cheng with a cold expression. He didn't seem to recognize his status. He left him a general with a guard, so he would really treat himself as a general? If the people in the world hadn't known about Jingzhou where he escorted Liu Xie to, he would have deposed him.

"General Dong, can you tell me how much does a hu of grain in Yuzhou cost now? It is hard to buy a hu of grain for 20,000 yuan, which is more than a hundred times more than the prosperous era. If Jing and Yang do not regulate it, at most two months, Jing and Yang will be the same."

"At that time, currency chaos will be chaos. Is it General Dong's intention? Or is General Dong looking forward to chaos in the world and the people are in trouble?" Zhang Xiu stood at the highest point of morality and directly criticized Dong Cheng.

"You are talking nonsense and are loyal to you. How could you expect chaos in the world?" Dong Cheng blushed and defended.

"Since there is not, do you know that when Dong Zhuo was in Chang'an, a hu of grain was sold for 200,000 yuan? Do you want me to follow in Jingzhou?" Zhang Xiu asked again.

"You, you..." Dong Cheng trembled with anger.

This, this is simply a slander.

"My dear, it's a big deal to change currency, why don't we choose a date..." Liu Xie said weakly,

But before he could finish speaking, Zhang Xiu frowned and snorted coldly, "Your Majesty, changing the currency is imperative, and it must be fast, otherwise Jingzhou will be turbulent and the Han Dynasty will be unstable."

"But my dear, the coins need to be replicated, and they need to be very large. I'm afraid..." Liu Xie's voice was not very loud.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the coin minister has been rubbed long ago." Zhang Xiu blocked the emperor's words directly.

Zhang Xiu knew that if the currency was not reformed, he would suffer too much from exporting goods to the outside world, which meant that business could not develop and could only produce and sell it by itself.

Simply put, no one controls coins, just like the beautiful brothers in later generations printing money every day, allowing people in the world to pay for them. Therefore, if you want to develop business, you must first unify the basis of currency, and it is a currency that others cannot create privately.

As long as Jingzhou and Yangzhou have strong economic capabilities, they have to find ways to exchange gold and their own money equally, so that they can make profits from it and give the value of the new currency.

"Since that's the case, then let's get the report!" Liu Xie looked at Zhang Xiu's fierce and hated look and couldn't help but say in panic.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhang Xiu curled his lips, "By the way, Your Majesty, the autumn harvest is over, and the officials and ministers in various places should pay taxes. I hope Your Majesty will issue an order to collect them and fill the treasury."

"Of course this is the case, let's leave this matter to Jia Aiqing." Liu Xie smiled.

He felt very distressed and very irritable. You just issued an imperial edict by the emperor, and you have to pretend to be a loyal minister?

"I received the order." Jia Xu bowed his head and said.

After saying that, he looked at Zhang Xiu, and it was easy to pay attention to collecting taxes. Other princes could not pay, but Liu Zhang and Liu Bei did not pay him, but he had reason to send troops. Especially Liu Zhang, who was so rich that he had to pay more.

Before, Cao Cao was in charge of the emperor, and the two were far apart, so it doesn’t matter if they didn’t make friends. But Jingzhou is adjacent to Yizhou. You don’t want to hand over it? You won’t want to fight you. Moreover, there are millions of people in Yizhou, and now there are millions of households.

The tax revenue of a household is 400 yuan, which is 400 million yuan, while a million households need to pay tens of millions of rations. This is only the least tax. Zhang Xiu wanted to see how Liu Zhang was preparing to do this.

"Your Majesty, I will report." Chen Qun strides out, "This is the Han law that I have sorted out, and has improved many non-compliances. I hope Your Majesty will approve the new law."

"Thank you for your hard work, please report it." Liu Xie said in a panic.

Then, seeing Zhang Xiu take a step back, Liu Xie breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "My dear friends, if you don't have a memorial, please retreat to the court first."
Chapter completed!