Chapter 76 The consequences of this evil begin to appear [Your subscription determines the future of this book][Excessive issuance of currency will bring disaster to the people. I beg the gods to restrain their powers and issue limited quantities! ] The initiative discusses in detail the various consequences of excessive money issuance that will lead to hyperinflation, and provides solutions. That is, in order to prevent excessive money issuance, everyone agreed on three rules: grain should be distributed uniformly, and money should not be distributed. Even if grain is distributed, it is best to limit the amount of grain distributed per day, or distribute it at intervals. While ensuring people's livelihood, we can also keep up with food production. With food as an anchor, people's hearts will not be disturbed and the world will be at peace! Unexpectedly, as soon as the announcement came out, it was like boiling water on tiles - the whole place was boiling. Not only did it attract criticism, but some people even went so far as to curse directly! "What a great Taoist Yunli, you are so generous to others! You are a deity, you don't have to worry about food and drink. The deities in heaven are willing to help all living beings, what does it have to do with you?" "That's right. The immortals don't lack food. Why are you the only one who is interfering?" "I think it's pretty good now. If anyone is short of food, they can go to the temple and burn incense. In the future, everyone will not have to worry about food and drink. The money saved can be used to make new clothes and build a new house." "We don't understand what currency over-issuance means. We only know that if we have money in our hands, we have everything!" Although a few people were skeptical about Yunli Taoist's proposal, But most people sneered and there were quite a few who cursed and mocked. Including the immortal officials in the immortal court!
"Haha, such alarmist talk, is Gu Zhenzai desperate?" "Isn't it? If this continues, no one will burn incense and accumulate points. Then won't the online bank exist in name only?" "Hahaha, this is called Dongmen sighing for the dog, Huating sighing for the crane, it's too late to regret!" Faced with Gu Yunli's warning, most immortals did not take it seriously. There are many people who take pleasure in other people's misfortune. After all, in their opinion, Gu Yunli was doing it for himself! It’s funny when you think about it. He spent so much effort, established so many rules, and opened the so-called online bank, but he chose to keep all the money to himself, issuing only 20 business licenses, forcing the gods to burn incense and send food. His plan was foiled in one day. It is true that those who are righteous have many supporters, while those who are unrighteous have few! Of course, there were also a very small number of immortal officials who, after reading the announcement, counted with their fingers and frowned. Although divination involves the cause and effect of the world, it is difficult to discern the truth; But one can also vaguely see some signs of great danger. I just don’t know where this ominous sign comes from? After further careful analysis, we have to admit that Taoist Yunli's proposal does make some sense, but people are not united, and even though we are willing to implement it, we are unable to coordinate it. We have fallen into a prisoner's dilemma. Unless the Jade Emperor issues an edict to make unified arrangements. However, looking at the high-level officials in the Immortal Court, they were all silent and no one knew what they were planning! …… When the proposal of Taoist Yunli caused heated discussions all over the world;
The world has fallen into carnival. …… "God has mercy on me!" In the Wuyue Temple, a beggar who had received food was so excited that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly. The temple keeper blushed when he saw this, and took the opportunity to spread the word: "This is the Five Mountains' pity for all living beings. They use immortal magic to bring food and give it to the people. You must not let down the kindness of the Five Mountains Emperor. You must be diligent in burning incense and praising him from time to time!" "Yes, yes, that's as it should be." "The Five Mountains Emperor is truly a great god!" The people in the queue all praised the food and stretched their heads to look at the bags behind the temple priest who was distributing the food, fearing that there would not be enough food. After the beggar got the food, he went to the market and found a stall selling mutton soup. He asked proudly: "Can I exchange this bag of food for a bowl of mutton soup?" "Oh, I didn't expect that a jerk like you would also have the day to pretend to be an elephant with a pig's nose and an onion stuck in it?" The stall owner recognized the beggar and started to tease him, which made the diners laugh. "Just tell me if you can change it?" The beggar was not angry and shook the bag of grain in his hand. “Oh, I’m really sorry. If it was a few days ago, I could have exchanged for not only one bowl of mutton soup, but two bowls. But now I can’t do that,” the stall owner said with a smile. "What's wrong? Do you look down on me?" "Don't worry, who doesn't like money? Just look at what this is." The stall owner kicked the bag next to him, and wow, it was full of food. "Old beggar, don't look at me. Food is worthless now. I guess your food can only be exchanged for a sesame bun. You'd better go back and cook it for yourself." The diner next to him shouted. "Hey! I've lived for forty years and have only seen food becoming more and more valuable. I've never heard of food becoming worthless." The old beggar looked angry and ashamed. But the other party refused to sell it, so I had no choice but to leave in anger. He walked around the market and asked around, and sure enough, food had become cheap and even dogs shook their heads when they saw it. In desperation, I could only eat a sesame bun. While chewing, he cursed: "You are a living thing, but you are treated as a cheap thing. Be careful that you will starve to death!" Halfway through the meal, the old beggar suddenly rolled his eyes and almost kicked his legs from choking. It took him a long while to recover and he immediately began to lament again. "When will the price of food go up so we can eat good food and have a bowl of mutton soup?"
I don't want to be a prophecy. As soon as he finished speaking, the market suddenly became noisy, and countless people flocked to the market entrance. After asking around, I found out that grain merchants were coming to buy grain at high prices! "Oh my God, why didn't you come earlier!" The old beggar was so angry that he slapped his thigh, rolled his eyes, and hurried to the Wuyue Temple to get food. At sunset, we finally brought back the food and found our way to the market entrance, but the grain merchant had already left. However, there was a sign left at the scene, and after asking someone, I found out that they would come to collect the grain again tomorrow! The old beggar immediately felt relieved. The next day, he came to the temple early, waited in line for the whole morning, and finally burned incense and received the grain, which he sold to the grain merchant in exchange for two clipped-edge coins. When he found the mutton offal soup, he weighed the copper coin in his hand with a proud look on his face and said, "Give me a bowl of mutton offal soup!" The stall owner looked it up and down and said jokingly, "Okay, three cents a bowl!" The old beggar's expression froze for a moment, and he began to jump in anxiety. "Hey, hey, hey, you coward, you are kidding me, yesterday I complained that the food was cheap, today the food is expensive, why are you raising the price again?" "I say, you poor bastard, the grain is expensive, but our meat is not expensive? You are the only one who wants to eat meat? Everyone has received the grain, who doesn't want to eat something good? Get out of here, don't delay my business if you don't have money." The old beggar was so angry that he wanted to spit some thick phlegm into the pot, but he was afraid of being beaten to death. Thinking about the present life, it is much better than before, and finally he had to leave with a curse. When he found the porter selling sesame cakes, he was surprised that the price of sesame cakes had also increased. After much persuasion, he managed to get half a pancake to fill his stomach. In the next few days, the price of food changed every day. Because some people have discovered that there are always people collecting grain, and when supply exceeds demand, how can prices not go up? The old beggar held the food in his hands, but he couldn't even get any cooked food. The old beggar was so angry that he wanted to cook for himself, but he had no pots and pans, so he could only beg for leftovers from others. Life went back to the way it was before. …… In Dantian Fenghuoyuan, beside the Zichen Fishing Pond, Zhao Jinyuan held a fishing rod in his hand, fishing for his wandering fish in a calm and relaxed manner. "Da da da……" There was a sound of light footsteps, and the deputy commander, Grand Marshal Jinlun, walked in, bowed and said: "Marshal, the generals have reported that the food reserves in the temples on earth are low and I'm afraid they won't last long." "So fast? Didn't I send the twenty-eight gods to collect money and food? If you can't even do such a small thing, how can you take on big responsibilities in the future?" Zhao Jinyuan's expression turned cold. "Marshal, you don't know that now all the immortals and gods in the sky have sent people to rob food in the human world. Even if the twenty-eight gods spread out all their subordinates, they are still unable to catch up." "The blessed fields in the courtyard and the palaces and temples in the human world, could they fill the gap?" "There are too many temples in the world. Even if we use all our magical powers, there are still some that we cannot cope with!"
Zhao Jinyuan frowned. Could it be that everything had to go according to Gu Yunli's wishes and be released in limited quantities? "Marshal, I have a plan, is it feasible?" "tell me the story?" "I think it's better to distribute money than grain. Nowadays, money is easy to get, but food is hard to find. If we sell a few elixirs and magic tools casually in the courtyard, we can exchange them for endless money. If the people have money, they can buy food or cloth, which is always a thousand times better than food." "Give money? If so, won't we fall into Gu Yunli's warning?" "You little brat, you dare to plot against the world? Even if we take a step back, we can collect grain while distributing money. If things change, we can just distribute grain instead." "Great! Then let's give out money instead!" "The last general takes command!" …… "What? Instead of distributing grain, they're distributing money?" One day, the old beggar had just joined the queue at the Wuyue Temple when he saw the people, who had just finished burning incense, walking out happily counting their coins. He was immediately stunned. "That's right. Not only the Five Mountains Temple doesn't issue money anymore, but it's said that the God of Wealth Temple doesn't issue money either." "You don't know this, right? It was the God of Wealth Temple that stopped issuing anything first, and then the Five Mountains Temple changed its mind!" "Who cares who changed it first? It's better to give money. With money, you can buy anything!" "That's right!" The people in the team were talking about it and were very excited. The old beggar’s eyes became brighter the more he listened! After receiving the money, he rushed to the mutton offal stall again in a hurry. This time, the stall owner looked at the well-made, thick copper coin in his hand, and even though he was disgusted, he still sold him a bowl of mutton soup. The old beggar was very happy with the food. In the next few days, with the money earned from the temple, I was able to eat almost all the delicious food in the town. Life is like a fairy's. Early that morning, he went to line up in front of the Wuyue Temple as usual. By the time it was his turn, it was already noon. He was so hungry that his stomach was sticking to his back. After receiving the incense, he pretended to bow twice, then lit the incense and went to get the money. The Taoist boy who was distributing incense nearby was also exhausted. Seeing this, he remained calm, turned a blind eye and followed the old beggar. After receiving the money, the old beggar rushed to the market again. Seeing the owner of the mutton soup stall, he sat down and shouted: "I want a bowl of mutton soup. I've been waiting in line for the whole morning and I'm starving!" "Why are you here again, you shameless guy?" "Why don't you make money?" "Make money, make money, how can I not make money? But don't blame me for not reminding you, today's mutton soup is three cents." "What? Three, three cents?"
The old beggar was so shocked that he jumped up and said, "You are a scam shop. Three cents? Three cents can buy a pig's head!" The stall owner sneered, "Who doesn't know that the Wuyue Temple is giving out money now? There's a lot of money, but not a lot of meat. You can eat it if you want, or not. If you don't want to eat it, get out now!" The old beggar was so angry that he had to leave and look for other food, muttering to himself. Unexpectedly, the same experience as when the temple distributed grain happened again. All food prices have increased to varying degrees. The finely crafted penny in his hand couldn't even buy a piece of pancake. You know, these are genuine official copper coins, not those clipped-edge coins or iron coins? Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "four bowls cost one cent". It means that a bowl of soy sauce, a bowl of vinegar, a bowl of wine and a bowl of grain oil together cost exactly one penny. Even with so much money, you can't even afford a piece of pancake. How ridiculous is that? The old beggar was dumbfounded. The days have returned to the way they were before. When faced with the money given out by the Five Mountains Temple, it would be hard not to accept it; Even if you get it, it's better than nothing, as you can't buy anything to eat in the market. What’s worse is that it is becoming increasingly difficult to beg for food. However, with prices rising, people are reluctant to eat and drink, let alone give alms. More importantly, experienced farmers know that the closer the year to disaster, the less likely they are to show off their wealth, otherwise they will die without knowing how they died. How dare you give alms and appear to have more than enough food at home? For a time, people were full of complaints. Especially the city dwellers, the canal peddlers, and all kinds of people... These people have no land or food, and most of them make a living in the service industry, earning one day's money to buy one day's food. Prices are soaring right now, and even if you have money you can’t afford it; It’s good that some temples insist on distributing food; The temples that changed to issuing money almost drove this group of people to death. With prices soaring, wages can no longer keep up with food prices. At this moment, everyone suddenly realized that the only currency whose purchasing power is still strong is the Internet points linked to incense! At this moment, the reputation of Taoist Yunli, who was criticized for a letter of initiative, was quietly reversed! …… It is said that when the people were complaining and grumbling; The immortal officials in the Immortal Court also frowned because they found that the income from incense offerings was actually showing a downward trend? Is it really strange? What went wrong?
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