"Your Majesty, with this money village depositing and redeeming money, my Daqin merchants will no longer have to carry a large amount of money to drive goods and traffic, which is safe and time-saving, which will inevitably make the circulation of goods in Daqin more convenient and fast, and the goods produced in the east, west, north and south can also be transported more conveniently and quickly to the places where they are needed!"

"Well, the Marquis of Qinghe explained me much more clearly, in the past few days, I have heard the court controversy, all of them are saying that Qian Zhuang is empty, and no one points out the convenience, it seems that it is not as thorough and long-term as the Marquis of Qinghe." Qin Shi Huang nodded with his beard.

"Your Majesty, in fact, Qian Zhuang has an even greater function, which is the most important for the stability of my Great Qin!" Chen Xu drank tea to moisten his throat and put down the teacup and said.

"Oh, Qinghe Hou, please make it clear!" Qin Shi Huang's expression instantly became serious.

"Your Majesty, since the reform of my Great Qin, the pattern of heavy agriculture and suppression of commerce has lasted for a hundred years, which brings that my Qin State has not been strong and prosperous enough in business, while the other six countries do not have this situation, so after my Great Qin now dominates the world, the current rich and giant merchants are all from the other six countries, and these merchants are all constantly implicated in the six kings and nobles, so there are huge hidden dangers, which is also an important reason why His Majesty wants to move the rich merchants of the Six Kingdoms to Xianyang to live, without him, is worried that these wealthy businessmen are secretly funding the restoration of the six kings and Sun to cause rebellion, Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with the minister's statement, right? ”

"Yes!" Qin Shi Huang nodded, this situation is the lice on the top of the bald head, as long as you are not blind, you can see it.

"Your Majesty can let these wealthy businessmen live in Xianyang, but you can't prevent them from continuing to do business, so these merchants still drive and sell goods all over Daqin, and there are still hundreds of thousands of merchants in Daqin, as long as they are still doing business, we can't strictly monitor and manage the businessmen's possible secret collusion with the six kings and nobles, because they have a lot of money in their hands, and the imperial court has no way to manage it effectively, but it can't completely abolish commerce like drinking to quench thirst, which will only make my Daqin more turbulent!"

"Yes, this is also a problem that I have always had, can Qinghe Hou have a way to change this situation?" Qin Shi Huang's face became more serious.

"Your Majesty, in fact, it is not difficult to solve this problem, and the current money bank is a good way!" Chen Xu nodded and then said, "The merchant has money in his hands, but it is hidden in his own cellar, and the imperial court cannot monitor and manage it, but with the money bank, as long as all the merchants know the benefits of the money bank, most businessmen are naturally willing to store the money in the money bank, so that the dark money in the hands of the businessman becomes clear money, and every entry and exit can be queried through the records of the money bank. For example, if a merchant transports a large amount of money from Daliang to Xianyang, it will inevitably be checked out by the guards at the city gate, so this abnormal money transportation is definitely not normal, and if this situation occurs, you can secretly investigate it to see if there is any ill intention......"

"Yes, yes, Qinghe Hou really thought it through, as long as I ordered that more than a certain amount of large amount of money must be traded through the money bank in the future, the businessmen will definitely not dare to blatantly use a large amount of money to fund the unscrupulous!" Qin Shi Huang instantly understood Chen Xu's thoughts.

"Actually, the most important thing is not this, but control!" Chen Xu said.

"How to control it?" Qin Shi Huang hurriedly asked.

"The merchants are accustomed to storing money in the bank, and the wealth of the businessmen is firmly bound to the bank, and it is almost difficult to leave the bank, because no businessman is willing to accept a large amount of gold and copper cash, but all use the bank's deposit receipts and bills, that is to say, the businessman can complete many transactions without a penny, and the money is still stored in the bank, the businessman is just a piece of paper in his hand, whether the paper is effective or not is actually the money bank's final say, once the misdeeds are found out, These certificates of deposit and exchange notes can be refused to be exchanged, and all the wealth of the merchant will be wiped out in an instant......"

"Hiss~" Qin Shi Huang instantly took a breath of cool air.

The method that Chen Xu said is almost a blow to the bottom of the kettle, which can instantly turn a rich man into a poor egg.

"So Your Majesty, the convenience and efficiency of the money village is only a superficial phenomenon, the most important function is control and management, as long as the money is managed, the world's businessmen are all under the control of His Majesty, of course, since the money is a commercial activity, it is necessary to comply with the rules of business, the word Xinyi is fundamental, in the absence of a conclusive grasp, this kind of thing like a salary draw from the bottom of the kettle or try not to appear, if there are often wrong operations, it will inevitably damage the name of the bank, and the businessman will lose trust in the bank. This kind of control and management will be useless! Chen Xu reminded.

"What Qinghe Hou said is extremely true, Qian Zhuang is actually a double-edged sword, there are great benefits, but we must also deal with it carefully, otherwise the turmoil will be even greater!" Qin Shi Huang nodded.

"Your Majesty, the money village is just beginning to rise now, so it is necessary to slowly establish trust with the merchants, this is not something that can be done in a short time, it may take three or five years, once the money is all over Daqin, by that time the wealth of the merchants in the country is also firmly in the hands of His Majesty, the money village is a magic weapon to maintain the stability of the country, but before that, an extremely important means is needed to make the money village play its maximum function!" Chen Xu arched his hand and said.

"Qinghe Hou, please speak!"

"Monetary reform!"

Chen Xu took out a thin book from his arms and put it on the desk in front of Qin Shi Huang, "Your Majesty, the money village only deposits and redeems money, and my Daqin is now mainly exchanged for grain and cloth, these two things are more bulk than gold and copper, and transportation transactions are more inconvenient, but they are more hidden and cannot be monitored, so it is necessary to carry out currency reform, completely abolish the trading function of grain and cloth, and all commercial activities can only use gold and copper as currency, so that the function of money can be fully played, Qian Zhuang can really become an important means of regulating and controlling wealth, and the strategy minister on currency reform has written a book, Your Majesty will know at a glance, and Your Majesty will make an idea after reading it or not! ”

After listening to it, Qin Shi Huang nodded and opened the book, the first page was written with three big characters of monetary theory, and then turned back, the content was roughly the set that Chen Xu said to Jiangbei Pavilion in Pheasant County, giving full play to the main function of copper money as currency, and taking currency as the only way to trade, so as to circulate a large number of copper coins stored in the treasury, wealthy merchants, ministers and nobles and other places that are moldy and rusty and not much useful to the ordinary people, which not only plays the role of copper coins, but also makes transactions more convenient, and when copper coins become the only currency, Messy transactions will become clearer.

What the state needs to do is to further standardize the function of copper coins and gold as currency, abolish the smelting of copper mines by the people, nationalize the copper mines, and prohibit the private minting of money.

Although Chen Xu's book on currency is not much, only seven or eight pages, it is listed in the form of terms, the smelting of copper ore, the minting and issuance of copper coins, and the management of money banks are all listed in detail, and Qin Shihuang quickly read it.

"Qinghe Hou wrote very much, and proposed to set up a special monetary regulatory agency to promote the currency reform and the management of the bank, I think it is very necessary, so let's ask Qinghe Hou to participate on time tomorrow morning, I let the three provinces and six ministries discuss it together, such a good strategy I think can be implemented!" Qin Shi Huang nodded after closing the book.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Chen Xu stood up and bowed, "Your Majesty, in order to cooperate with this currency reform, the minister specially organized a hundred scribes to compile a newspaper, and specially published some of the contents of the currency reform. ”

"Newspapers, what?" Qin Shi Huang asked in surprise.

"The minister has already brought it, Your Majesty will know it at a glance!" Chen Xu put the newspaper in his hand on Qin Shi Huang's desk.

"Daqin Metropolis Daily!" Looking at the first few eye-catching characters at the beginning of this oversized hemp pulp paper printed with dense and neat handwriting, Qin Shi Huang was stunned for a moment and then began to look seriously.

However, this look was as quick as when he saw the Legend of the White Snake for the first time.

The first page of the current political news is about the measures of monetary reform and the news of the conquest of the Hetao, while the other sections such as agriculture and the world, gonzo, stories, animal husbandry, and hundreds of opinions are all relatively novel and interesting articles full of life, as the first issue of the newspaper of an experimental nature, and has a great responsibility to impress Qin Shi Huang, so seven or eight editors are in charge of reviewing and selecting, Chen Xu personally checked the collection and sorted it out for half a month before he got it out.

In this era when culture and entertainment are extremely poor, and the common people have no other entertainment except for the dice and bow, and the rich people throw pots and drink, the emergence of newspapers will greatly enrich the spiritual and entertainment life of the literate group.

Qin Shi Huang was fascinated by it, his face was sometimes surprised and sometimes surprised, the room was very quiet, only occasionally heard the sound of turning the newspaper, in Chen Xu's boring waiting, more than half an hour passed quickly, and Qin Shi Huang finally finished reading the newspaper with tens of thousands of words.

"Qinghe Hou, this newspaper is rich in content, full of vivid and interesting, and includes my Daqin mountains and rivers and customs, it is really a great thing, but with so many words, I'm afraid it takes a lot of time to print and produce, right?" Qin Shi Huang was amazed and couldn't help but ask his doubts.

"Your Majesty can think of a fork, this newspaper printing is the easiest, it can be all typeset and printed in one day, but the difficult thing is the content published on it, because my Daqin covers all over the world, and there are too many things that can be published, and only two pieces of paper can't cover them all, so you can only go to the rough and fine for careful screening, so many contents can't be published." Chen Xu explained with a smile.

"How is it possible, these two large sheets of paper are enough to hold tens of thousands of words, and it takes many hours to make engravings alone!" Qin Shi Huang said in surprise.

"Your Majesty, the minister has improved the printing technique and adopted a method called movable type printing, which is to carve every word we use on a daily basis into a seal on wood, and then make tens of thousands of pieces, and when we want to use them, these seals are neatly arranged in an iron plate in the order of the manuscript......"

Chen Xu briefly introduced the movable type printing technique, and this principle is simply too intuitive, Qin Shi Huang looked at Chen Xu like a monster before he finished listening, and after a long time, he shook his head and twisted his beard and smiled bitterly: "Qinghe Hou really thinks strangely, this method can even be thought of, although seals are commonplace on weekdays, but no one has ever thought about it like this, it is really exciting!" ”

"Your Majesty has won the award, in fact, this is also what the minister learned from the creation of heaven, not to mention the use of this movable type printing, the most important thing is paper and ink, these two are indispensable, I think this may be Taiyi Xianzun pity me and other ordinary people with bamboo and wood slips are too cumbersome and heavy, so I gave me the book of heaven in my dream, and used it to assist Your Majesty, so that my Daqin will be more prosperous and prosperous, and the country and the people will be safe!" Chen Xu adhered to the mystery of the past and brought out the Taiyi Immortal Venerable to fool Qin Dada, and slapped a few sycophants in his mouth.

Sure enough, Qin Shi Huang enjoyed it very much, stood up excitedly and said: "Yes, yes, Taiyi Immortal Zun must be merciful to our troubles with bamboo and wood slips, I can get the assistance of Qinghe Hou, and I will inevitably make my Great Qin governance prosperous country Tai Min'an, Qinghe Hou, this newspaper is very good, I want to go and see what you said about movable type printing!" ”

"Your Majesty is honored to be able to visit the Academy of Sciences and the Newspaper Museum!" Chen Xu also stood up with a smile.