Chapter 583: Not enough gold and silver, ready to dig graves
Li Yunfei finally understood why during the Qin and Han Dynasties, he liked to use grain as his salary. It turned out that the money that could be circulated was too little. As the economy recovers or is more prosperous than before, the minted gold and silver coins are not enough for market transactions. As a result, people in many places still have to trade by barter. Although they have also thought about issuing paper money to replace gold, silver and copper coins, But after thinking about it for a long time, I finally gave up this idea, and now is not the time.
As for why there is a lack of gold and silver in circulation, it has a lot to do with the ancient burial habits. Most of the people at this time had a bad habit. In particular, the richness of the burials of emperors, dukes and princes is truly astounding. For example, the tomb of Liu Wu, King Xiao of Han Liang in Mount Mangdang Mountain, from which Cao Cao dug up a large amount of gold and silver, enough to provide for his hundreds of thousands of dollars. The army has issued military pay for more than ten years. This is only the tomb of a king, and it can be seen that the number is huge. This is not a random guess. Among Cao's army, there was indeed the position of Captain Jin, and there were nearly 10,000 tomb robbers.
According to the historical records of Xianguan, if all the gold and silver buried in the underground burial were dug up, it would be more than ten times more than the gold and silver in circulation in the world, so Li Yunfei finally had some crooked thoughts.
There are several advantages to doing this. The first is of course that you can excavate a lot of gold and silver treasures buried in the ground.
The second benefit is to end the customary burial culture and let everyone know that the burial is so rich that it is likely to be dug up.
The third advantage is that it can really protect cultural relics. Otherwise, if other tomb robbers randomly dig, many things will indeed be destroyed.
In fact, another advantage is that this world is strange, and those buried in the ground should be able to unearth a lot of precious information.
It’s just a matter of who is to be in charge of this matter, and you have to think carefully. People who are too upright will not work, people who are too greedy will not work, people who have too many scruples will not work, people who pay too much attention to reputation will not work, and of course reckless people will not work…
On the way back to the palace, Li Yunfei kept thinking about who would be in charge of this matter, and suddenly he remembered Jia Xu, who had no taboos in doing things.
At present, Gongsun Du and Xianbei in the north are attacked by the thirty-six, Zhang Liao, Liu Xiu and other large armies, and they are defeated. There is no room for him to play at all. Nothing.
In fact, the Chinese Legion attacked everywhere, completely relying on the strength to push, there is no need for miracles, so he didn't get too much credit in the north, this guy is a personal talent and can't be wasted in vain.
"Thirty-nine, go and find Jia Xu for me." He instructed Thirty-nine beside him.
"No!" Thirty-nine took the two and quickly galloped towards Jia Xu's mansion.
However, what surprised Li Yunfei was that he had just returned to the palace, and then Jia Xu had arrived, not because he had received thirty-nine's notice.
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen thought that we could set up a post to excavate the gold and silver buried in the ground, preserve the valuable ones, and use the worthless ones to cast money..." Li Yunfei didn't mention it, but Jia Xu said it first. , I almost thought of it with myself.
"Well, what Wen Hejun said is very reasonable, but who do you think can take on this important responsibility?" Li Yunfei asked knowingly.
"...We are not talented, and I would like to share the worries of Your Majesty!" Seeing that Li Yunfei agreed without thinking much, he knew that he had guessed correctly, so he simply recommended himself.
"In this way, Wen He-jun's reputation is not very good..."
"Wei Chen's reputation has never been good!"
"Well, in the early morning tomorrow, you will bring this matter up. As long as you persuade the ministers, I will formally establish the archaeology and cultural relics protection department, and appoint you as the head of the department. But don't let me down."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, Wei Chen will definitely handle things properly." He just wanted a more formal position, but he didn't expect that His Majesty would directly give the equivalent of a big minister. This is one of the nine elites, and he can be regarded as a real core high-level figure, which makes him a little ecstatic.
Of course, Jia Xu was delighted, and Li Yunfei was also looking forward to it. Obviously, this world is not simple. There are even cultivators like immortals and gods. There will definitely be many secrets buried in the underground tombs. Maybe you can find something good in it. , such as powerful array treasures and the like are also possible...
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As soon as I stepped into the palace gate, I saw a small pavilion in the garden in the distance. Several beauties gathered together and laughed and talked. Although I didn't know what they were talking about, I didn't see much intrigue, which made Li Yunfei He was really happy, he was really afraid that some beauties in the harem would fight, and he wouldn't know how to deal with that.
There are more and more women, and after thinking about it for a long time last night, I finally gave that Chen Min'er to make her status in the palace more worthy of the name. resentful.
That is indeed a good horse, well-behaved, docile, with good endurance, no matter how you ride it, it will not collapse...
"Welcome Your Majesty back to the palace!" Several beauties hurried over to see Li Yunfei, interrupting Li Yunfei's colorful memories.
"Uh, you don't need to be so polite, get up quickly." Although they have said many times that they don't need so much courtesy, Diaochan, Zhen Mi and the others insisted that the ceremony was irrevocable, and they would kneel down to greet them in person every time, so of course those palace maids would follow suit. Kneeling and welcoming, Li Yunfei felt a natural feeling after a long time.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Li Yunfei went to the small pavilion and sat down, and several beauties followed.
"Well, don't stand, sit down and say... What were you talking about just now?"
"A few people in the concubine are discussing a little story in the China Weekly. What should Cao Cao's concubine do to survive."
"Well, there's such a thing? Let me hear it."
"Sister Min'er, since you handed in this story, it's up to you to tell it!"
"It's my sister. Your majesty's concubine also heard this story from elsewhere, I don't know if it's true or not..." In fact, she learned that story from one of Cao Cao's concubines, and it's very likely to be true. It was quite scary to look up, and it made her shudder.
"It's alright, the story, come quickly."
"It was Cao Cao who was talking about this... In the second year of Jian'an, when it was midsummer, he called his concubine to use a jade plate to enter the melon. The concubine held the plate and lowered her head to enter. Behead it. Don't dare to ask the guest why. Cao Cao called another concubine to enter the melon. The concubines were all startled, and one of them was smart and went forward with plastic surgery. I cut it again. I called in the melon again, but no one dared to enter. The concubine was named Lanxiang, and Cao Xi was very pleased. All the concubines refused to go. Said: Very sweet. Cao shouted: Quickly kill it! All the guests are bowing down and plead guilty. Cao said: Everyone sit down and listen to me about the sins of the three concubines. The melon must hold the plate with the eyebrows raised? When answering my question, all of them open their mouths and kill their fools! Lanxiang has not been long since, very smart, holding the plate high, and answering the words together, it is enough to know my heart. People, kill them to avoid their troubles..."
Li Yunfei probably understood what he meant. In order to deter officials, Cao Cao killed three of his own concubines for no reason, and even killed one of his favorite concubines. Extreme bastard... Although this story may be choreographed but from Chen Min'er's mouth, it may be true...
"This **** actually uses his concubine to stand up?"
"...Your Majesty, don't be angry. Actually, there are very few monarchs who treat their wives and concubines as human beings like His Majesty!" Diao Chan also said with deep emotion.
In fact, although Wang Yun said that he accepted her as a righteous daughter, he actually only regarded it as a tool that could be sacrificed at any time, and only the general in front of him would always regard himself as a treasure from beginning to end. A woman feels the same way.
"...Your Majesty should analyze the concubine's body, how can Lanxiang survive?" Zhen Mi asked very curiously, saying that although this girl has excellent literary skills, she has almost zero political acumen. , such an obvious thing was not seen.
"You can't survive no matter what you do, unless you don't get melons..." Li Yunfei said angrily.
"...Cao Cao is really scary. Fortunately, His Majesty killed him."
"Yes, it is fortunate that Your Majesty killed the Cao thief, or else concubine... I don't know how many innocent people died in the hands of the Cao thief."