After Liu Bei's death in 223 AD, Zhuge Liang took over the military and political power of the Shu Han Dynasty and began the grand cause of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains. Because the Shu Han regime was located in a corner, with few soldiers and few generals, the c

After the death of Liu Bei in 223 AD, Zhuge Liang took over the military and political power of the Shu Han and began the grand cause of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.

Because the Shu Han regime was located in a corner, with few soldiers and few generals, the country was weak and the people were poor, and the financial problems were beyond their means and they were stretched. In order to cope with the heavy military expenses of the Northern Expedition and to raise huge military expenditures, Prime Minister Zhuge once again used his brains on currency. This is the "Taiping Hundred Dollars".

Taiping Hundred Coins, as the name suggests, is a Taiping Hundred Coins used as 100 five-baht coins in exchange for material wealth in the hands of the people of Shu. But this kind of money is a virtual currency with a lower value. The diameter is 25 mm and the weight is only 3 grams. A five-baht coin generally weighs more than 3.5 grams.

The Shu Han regime relied on state machinery to forcibly and violently promote this false currency, which brought such a heavy burden and disaster to the Bashu people. One can imagine how disastrous the looting was at that time!

Before the fall of the Shu Kingdom, Sun Jui of the Wu Kingdom went on a mission to the Shu Kingdom. When he came back, he told the Lord of Wu Sun Xiu that the Shu Kingdom was probably dying. There was no one in the court who told the truth, and the common people in the fields were all dishonest. . And they, the carnivores above the temple, don't feel that the building is about to collapse. "When you enter the court, you don't hear outspoken words; when you pass through the wilderness, the people have food. The so-called sparrows are in the palace, and they don't know that the building will be burned."

Sure enough, within two years, the Shu Kingdom became the first among the three political powers in the Three Kingdoms. perish.

Taiping Hundred Coins

Taiping Hundred Coins

Shiping Hundred Coins

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