According to historical records, it was indeed done. Because Liu Bei's background is very low, there is no money at home. Weapons and meals used by the army cost money, so Liu Bei decided to make counterfeit money to pay for the army. So is Sun Quan. Although Sun Quan was born in a noble family, he had many men and not enough money. So at his suggestion, Sun Quan imitated Liu Bei to make counterfeit money as military expenses.

Counterfeit money has been circulating for a long time.

Actually, counterfeiting has a long history. No matter what gangsters in the Jianghu or emperors with high status, they all have a black history of counterfeiting. As far as counterfeiting technology is concerned, the means of pouring lead or iron into rivers and lakes are pediatrics and belong to Jianghu people. Real counterfeiting technology is better than official counterfeiting.

Liu Bei lived in exile for the first half of his life, making a living by doing small business, and he didn't save any money in middle age. It was not until Guan Yu and Zhang Fei became brothers of the opposite sex that they began to raise flags for revolution, and the army did so. Where does the military expenditure come from? At first, I was grateful for Liu Bei's support, but as time passed, it was no good.

In fact, as early as the Western Han Dynasty, someone was already making counterfeit money.

Before Liu Bei and Sun Quan made counterfeit money, someone had given them a good start. This man is Wang Mang of the Western Han Dynasty. In order to cope with the domestic economic crisis, Wang Mang decided to cast counterfeit money into new coins, changing one for fifty, which increased the economic aggregate of the Western Han Dynasty by fifty times at once, but also laid a curse for Wang Mang's downfall.