The era when all schools of thought were full of flowers was in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

That era was really an era of thought explosion, and there were all kinds of schools.

As time goes by, with the choice of survival of the fittest, the final voice of the Chinese spiritual culture is the essence of China's spiritual culture.

The Qin State used the Legalists to govern the country, used the Mohist families to build weapons and agricultural tools, used the farmers to produce grain, and used the Zonghengists to destroy the alliance of the six countries.

It can be said that the achievements of Qin were not a single achievement, but the result of the joint efforts of many talents.

It’s just because the Legalists ruled the country, so everyone thinks that Qin is the Legalists.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and almost the entire country was destroyed by the princes who fought in the Central Plains.

When Emperor Gao Liu Bang built the Han Dynasty in the ruins, healed the pain and losses by resting.

Because the population, economic capacity, grain output and other aspects at that time were all at a very dangerous level.

If you continue to impose excessive taxes or become more powerful, you will only have to collapse directly.

Since then, both Lu Zhi was the ruler of the dynasty and Wen and Jing were as conservative as possible.

Among the hundreds of schools of thought, the Huang-Lao School, which emphasizes inaction and governance, is very consistent with this phenomenon, so it is naturally regarded as a national policy.

The dividends and benefits of the Huang Laopai have been taking decades, which have long made other schools of thought envious and jealous to the extreme.

No national policy can last forever.

When a great man has no strength, he will shrink his head and keep his low profile. Naturally, whatever the Huang Laopai says is what he says.

But now after several generations of efforts, the man stood up again, and the Huang Lao style style will naturally be abandoned.

The so-called Huang-Lao School is actually one of the branches of Taoism.

As one of the hundreds of schools of thought, Taoism is not what people in later generations think. It is really quiet and quiet.

Before foreign sects were introduced, Taoism was extremely powerful.

Just like the great man at this time, he was the standard "Huang Lao Dusheng, overwhelming the hundreds of schools".

Dong Zhongshu's proposal to "depose all schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone" is actually just imitating the Huang Lao School.

The pig in history used Confucianism to push down the constraints of the Huang-Lao School.

When he arrived at Wang Xiao, he chose to capture all the foundations of the Huang Lao School in the top management.

Without the huge support from the empress dowager to the nobles, the Huang Lao School who has always been on the upper level will be like being dug up and there is no possibility of turning over again.

All the scholars of the world have seen this. They also know that the emperor needs a brand new way to govern the country now, so they all rushed over like crazy, wanting to win opportunities for their school.

From then on, the Huang-Lao School and Taoism, which advocated inaction and rule, completely withdrew from the historical stage.

They turned to the X-sect to develop, but they did not expect that hundreds of years later, they would be dizzy and dizzy by the bald monks.

"Your Majesty." Zhu Maichen stepped forward and bowed and said, "Gongsun Hong, Zhufu Yan, Dong Zhongshu and others are looking for a visit outside."

Wang Xiao, who was handling official duties, waved his hand without raising his head, "No one has seen you. Tell them that if you don't focus on doing things for me, then you'll get out of here."

More and more people from various schools of thought gathered in Chang'an City, trying every means to influence Wang Xiao's choice.

Zhufu Yan and Dong Zhongshu and others came to be lobbyists for their school.

"Here."

Zhu Maichen, who was temporarily serving as the Central Secretariat, sued him and told several people about Wang Xiao’s original words.

When he came back, he saw Wang Xiao constantly looking at him.

"Your Majesty?" Zhu Maichen checked his appearance with a slightest intention. There was nothing wrong with it.

"Have your ex-wife's funeral been completed?"

Zhu Maichen's face turned red and he hurriedly responded, "Your Majesty cares for you, and it's done."

Wang Xiao followed and asked, "Did you really splash a basin of water on the ground and ask your ex-wife to take all of them back?"

Zhu Maichen lowered his head and said "Yes."

When he was young, his family was poor, and his wife could not bear such hardships and asked to divorce him.

Zhu Maichen said that your life is right in front of you, don’t give up at this time.

His wife refused to listen and married him and married another person after divorce.

The next thing was that Wang Xiao started the exam. Zhu Maichen gritted his teeth and sold his ancestral home and fields. After changing his wealth, he walked to Chang'an City to take the exam. He was then hired in one fell swoop and became a big shot in eating imperial grain.

The information exchange in this era was extremely poor. Zhu Maichen had been awarded the title for several years, and the people in his hometown still knew nothing about this.

Later, Wang Xiao made out the newspaper and distributed it to Zhu Maichen's hometown.

The people in his hometown heard that Zhu Maichen’s name was mentioned in the newspaper, which shocked the locals and began to inquire.

After this inquiry, it was really the poor boy they knew Zhu Maichen!

Then someone told Zhu Maichen's ex-wife about this.

Everyone knows what happened next.

Zhu Maichen's ex-wife seemed to be hit by someone, and she regretted it. She was so regretful. She had known that she would have listened to Zhu Maichen and persisted for a while.

Afterwards, Zhu Maichen's ex-wife, who was unwilling to give up, found Chang'an City from her hometown and found Zhu Maichen's luxurious courtyard.

Faced with his ex-wife's intention to get back together, Zhu Maichen brought a basin of water and poured it on the ground and said, "If you can put these water back as it is, then get back together."

The water that was poured out naturally could not come back as it was.

His ex-wife was ashamed and ashamed, and eventually chose to commit suicide.

And this matter is the famous "it's hard to collect water."

Wang Xiao had no opinion on this matter, it was Zhu Maichen's own family matter.

He was just curious about the process of this story, and this was the real witness to history.

Zhu Maichen was very embarrassed. The emperor was actually concerned about such things, which made him a little at a loss.

Unfortunately, Wang Xiao turned back to the topic after watching the fun, "You like to say 'Chunqiu' to explain 'Chu Ci'. So many people are trying to convince me to go the way, why are you not moving at all?"

Zhu Maichen bowed respectfully, "Your Majesty is the supreme emperor in the world. You can use any school you want. Naturally, we must not stop it."

"You are quite good at talking."

Wang Xiao naturally would not believe Zhu Maichen's words.

These ministers of the Han Dynasty were actually almost the same.

Before he made his debut, he was so diligent and capable, and he really used his skills to the greatest extent.

But once you make a comeback, your mind will be different immediately.

In history, Zhang Tang, Zhu Maichen and others were all like this. After they made their way, they fell into the stage of fighting for power and profit. They were so powerful that they died.

No longer bothering about these things, Wang Xiao turned to the main thing, "How is the matter of the new Wuzhu coins?"

"Reply to Your Majesty's words, the new money has been released. The young mansion said that tens of millions of dollars have been cast."

"Not bad." Wang Xiao nodded with satisfaction, "What is the quality? Is it strictly according to the proportion?"

The currency of the Han Dynasty was very chaotic. At the beginning, he inherited the Qin Dynasty's half liang. Later, Liu Bang made a small half liang, and when Lu Zhi made another eight zhu coins, but in fact the quality was extremely poor, and because of its high value, it was extremely inconvenient for small-scale trade.

Where did so many bulk trade come from in this era? More expenses are all small expenses in daily life.

When Lu Zhi made such a large face value, she essentially wanted to carry out economic plunder.

However, although the Han people were simple, they were not fools.

After suffering a loss at the beginning, I immediately refused to recognize this shoddy thing.

In order to make money, Empress Lu made another five cents when the people refused to recognize the Bazhu coins. Unfortunately, she changed the soup and didn't change the medicine, which was essentially a kind of currency plunder.

During the Wenjing period, another four-zhu and half a liang were made.

This time I became a little more conscientious, but I couldn't resist the princes and the princes of the Liu family who opened the furnace and minted private money. I used the bad money to expel the good money.

When Wang Xiao came to power, all kinds of messy coins were circulating in the world.

The size and weight of these coins are different. Not only is it very inconvenient to trade, but it also seriously affects the production and material exchange of society.

So Wang Xiao chose to abandon the previous ones, which were derived from Qin Banliang, and started a new job and got Wuzhu coins.

The Wuzhu coins he asked Shaofu to make were definitely made with conscience, at least the amount of copper was very large.

The value of ancient copper coins mainly depends on the amount of copper content.

Because copper is a scarce resource in China. And the more scarce it is, the more it is made into various bronze ware for sacrifice and burial. This further increases the trouble of lack of copper.

If a currency contains high copper content, it is a good currency, a conscientious currency.

If the coins contain low copper content, they are naturally bad money. Bad money specially used to cheat people.

From the founding of the Han Dynasty to the present, all dynasties, from the emperor and the empress dowager to the princes and princes of the Liu family and nobles, they were almost all bad coins.

It’s not that their hearts are all black, but because they lack copper.

China has always lacked copper, and there is a lot of iron ore. Even if the iron content is not high, the total amount is actually very large.
To be continued...