Chapter 536 Two Fires of the Han Dynasty


    It seems that the fire that day can be seen in the ruins of Luoyang City. The abandoned villages around Luoyang City are like a body that has lost its vitality, gradually declining in the wind and rain.


    ?Fei lurked under Luoyang City in silence for a long time.


    The mood is extremely heavy.


    Why is it always easier to destroy than to build?


    Since Liu Xiu established his capital in Luoyang, the Han Dynasty has been building continuously. It has been nearly two hundred years now, but to destroy it, all it takes is a fire...


    The Luoyang Fire burned for ten days.


    ?The black smoke obscures the sun and can be seen within a hundred miles.


    ?Some things are like oranges. Without peeling them, you may not be able to tell whether they are good or bad, sour or sweet...


    In the Han Dynasty, the fall of Luoyang was like peeling an orange peel.


    And his own thrust in it is actually not much smaller than Dong Zhuo''s fire...


    The vitality of a regime under a feudal system like the Han Dynasty, whether it advances or retreats, is sometimes mainly determined by the hands of the dictator and emperor. Both Liu Che and Liu Xiu have strong personal charm, clear thinking direction and means of balancing government affairs. Only in this way can they maintain a strong upward development momentum.


    But it is obvious that Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was not such a person.


    ??And no one knows how Liu Xie can grow now...


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    When Fei Qian set foot in the Jingxiang area again, it already felt like he had been gone for many years.


    There were eight hundred cavalry and some horses responsible for carrying some supplies, almost a thousand horses. If they rushed directly to Xiangyang City, Liu Biao''s eyes would probably pop out, so he could only turn to Miannan, the area belonging to the Huang family. .


    ?All the way south, Fei Qian felt that it was obviously a lot more depressed.


    Yingchuan area was originally extremely wealthy, but after repeated wars, it has shown signs of decline.


    Maybe for many people in the Han Dynasty, they may not be able to see it, but for Fei Qian, who was instilled with the concepts of CPI, GDP, GNP and other indexes in later generations, he is actually very sensitive to economic changes. I used to live in an era when thousands of stocks rose to the limit a few days ago, and then fell to the limit for eternity. Compared with people in the Han Dynasty who were accustomed to a slow life, they had an inherent advantage.


    Just like in later generations, many experts put on a kind face and said that inflation of less than 5% is called moderate and benign inflation...


    To put it simply, 100 yuan of currency can now only buy 95 yuan worth of things due to some indescribable reason. This is 5% inflation.


    However, just like Fei Qian used Dong Zhuo''s large amount of coins in the Jingzhao area and then plundered the materials of a large number of rural tyrants in the Hedong area, slowly but resolutely, those rural tyrants may have passed through several generations or more than a dozen generations. The accumulated wealth was robbed into his own hands, creating the rapid expansion and prosperity of Pingyang City.


    This kind of inflation is more than 5%!


    ?The bad money is only two baht, and the quality is not good. According to normal conversion, at most it can only be 20%-30% of the original five baht...


    This kind of predatory behavior is very scary. Then Fei Qian did not stop, and continued to take advantage of the eagerness of these heroes to guide them to pass on the losses again. At the same time, he also eased the emotions of the nobles and heroes in Hedong, and to a certain extent, formed a common force...


    ? With the constant exchanges of caravans, at first the bad money accumulated was quickly and cheaply used, and then slowly spread to other areas like a snowball.


    Of course, the biggest influence will always be on the property-owning class. As for those farmers in the Han Dynasty who usually have little wealth left on hand, the temporary impact is not big yet. So in this sense, Fei Qian''s plundering of Yangping has a huge impact on Jizhou, Yuzhou, and even Jingzhou, Yangzhou and other regions. For the common people, it did not cause large-scale social shocks, so in a sense, it was also "moderate".


    It''s just that it doesn''t have much impact on the lives of people in the county for the time being, but as time goes by, the sequelae of inflation will become more and more intense, until it collapses and destroys the entire Han Dynasty''s economy. .


    ?As for the gentry, I''m sorry, these people have nothing to say about the court, the army, and the scriptures. They are quite proficient, but for this economic content, maybe not one among a hundred people can be found.


    Fei Qian predicted that, under the temptation of pursuing profits, the nobles would subconsciously spread bad money to those who were unaware. Therefore, the bad money that originally only destroyed the economy in the Jingzhao area and Hongnong area in Hedong would inevitably spread. It is spreading across the country at a faster rate than ever before.


    With the continuous expulsion of bad money, the entire five-baht coin will withdraw from the monetary system of item transactions. Once this monetary system collapses, it will definitely trigger a new wave of bankruptcies among farmers, and the greed of the nobles determines It will not extend a helping hand to farmers at this time, but will only increase its efforts to absorb land.


    Then the disputes among the princes in various places accelerated the loss of materials originally hoarded by the nobles in the countryside. With the population reduction caused by the war, the land was barren, coupled with various droughts, snowstorms and even plagues, the country would soon be defeated. The Han Dynasty''s already extremely fragile economy...


    Of course, this is like burning Luoyang. Another economic representative of the Han Dynasty, the five-baht coin, will eventually withdraw from the stage of history...


    A fire burned down Luoyang, a fire burned down five baht.


    This fire was also lit by Dong Zhuo, but it was Fei Qian who provided the fuel.


    ?? It’s just that the first fire burned mostly the common people, while the second fire burned the rural tyrants...


    Fei Qian slowed down a bit. Huang Xu, as the advance guard, had already led a dozen soldiers to Huangjiayinyuan to report the news. He walked slowly, not only to allow these galloping horses to rest, but also to It is less likely to cause panic among the people on both sides of the official road.


    It’s a very interesting thing. The same soldiers and horses, the same costumes, coming at a gallop and coming slowly, the difference in speed brings completely different feelings to the senses of these people...


    But in fact, as long as soldiers are established, they exist for the purpose of killing people from the day they are established, just like politics, they are born for the purpose of extracting profits from the day they appear.


    However, people like Fei Qian led his troops and walked slowly, occasionally smiling and nodding to the people on both sides, without giving orders to point their swords and guns at each other. So most of the people would just stand there, stupidly. Looking stupidly.


    ?But Fei Qian knew in his heart that a large number of these stupid people would die in the ensuing turmoil...


    As long as there is inflation, it is not the proletarians nor the rich who are harmed


    Because the rich can make two-way investments at home and abroad, they will even receive more benefits than before there was inflation...


    Those who fall under the knife''s edge are the wage-earning poor, the petty-property, and the middle class like the author. They are just becoming poorer day by day because of inflation...


    (End of this chapter)