Soon half a month passed, and the boiling news about erecting a hundred statues of the sons of a hundred schools at the entrance of the library a few days ago gradually disappeared.

After inquiring about good deeds, there was vague news that because Shaofu had no money, the Marquis of Qinghe planned to use bidding to raise funds to build the statue, but it seemed that the emperor was unwilling.

As soon as this news came out, the people became more and more excited, and the disciples of the hundred schools touted each other that they suppressed others, and even many wealthy sects began to raise funds, planning to petition the Qinghe Hou Mansion, and they must erect the statue of the ancestor of their own sect on the steps at the door of the library to express their respect and respect as a disciple of the younger generation.

"Your Majesty, the disciples of the hundred schools are making a lot of trouble, you still have to get an idea as soon as possible!"

In the Zichen Palace, Shaofu Ling Zhao Wei stood in front of Qin Shi Huang with the sweat on his forehead.

Another half a month has passed, and his 10 million money has not been gathered, but the civil matter is getting bigger and bigger, and there is an irrepressible flame to burn in the entire Xianyang City, and the disciples of the hundred schools are all rubbing their fists and rolling up their sleeves to attack different sects in groups with each other, and Confucianism, which is the head of the hundred schools, has the largest number and the most widespread Confucianism.

Not only did the leader of the Confucian disciples in Xianyang, the ninth grandson of Confucius, Kong Fan, but he also invited the patriarch who had been living in seclusion in Ludi, Kong Kun, the contemporary head of the Confucian family, to Xianyang, and hundreds of Confucian disciples who had opened academies throughout the country all the year round also gathered in Xianyang from all directions, and heard that they had collected 500,000 yuan, and they must erect the statue of Confucius at the highest place in the library.

In addition to Confucianism, the Yin-Yang family is also very excited, as the most popular school of Qin Shi Huang, the leader of the Yin-Yang School, Guan Chonglou, even personally entered the palace to meet the First Emperor, requesting that the statue of Zou Yan, the founder of the Yin-Yang School, who put forward the theory of the reincarnation of the five virtues, be erected at the main entrance of the library, if he adds his own statue, then he is willing to donate 200,000 money.

Not to be outdone, the left-wing faction of Taoism, the eclectic Huang Lao School, which has a strong sense of governance and militancy, jumped out loud and demanded that statues of the Yellow Emperor and Lao Tzu be placed at the top.

Except for some poor scum schools that are about to die, almost all schools are making trouble.

As for the statue, Chen Xu has never mentioned it since he told Zhao Wei once.

This matter was originally an emergency strategy, for him the strength of the hundred schools is unbalanced, and there are many wealthy apprentices, so it is not impossible to erect the statue of Confucius at the highest place at the door of the library, because Confucius's theory is actually very pragmatic, talking about benevolence, righteousness and morality, talking about etiquette and poetry, and vigorously spreading education, it is the largest school of learning today, and it is very popular among the people, and there is not much conflict with Chen Xu's Legalist strategy of governing the country, and it is very different from Confucianism after the Song Dynasty in later generations. The Confucian disciples are all very fierce, and it is common to fight with swords, not those weak chicken scholars who are so-called powerless in later generations and only talk about Zi Shiyun and gentlemen and villains.

It is Xunzi's thought to integrate the most prominent Confucianism into governance, and it does not conflict with the concept of governing the country promoted by Chen Xu today, just don't use the Confucian theory crookedly.

Of course, it is not only Confucianism that discriminates against women, almost all of the hundred schools of thought discriminate against women, which is the historical reason for the development of mankind, and the traces left after human beings enter the patriarchal society, but other sects are not so naked to say it.

In China's feudal society for more than 2,000 years, the highest status of women should be the Qin Dynasty, and many of the decrees implemented by Li Si stipulated that men and women were equal, at least in family relations, but after Confucianism gained the upper hand, it completely changed.

Chen Xu no longer cared about the matter of erecting the statue because he heard Zhao Wei report that His Majesty was unwilling, but since the matter of erecting the statue had been raised, the emperor still threw the matter to Zhao Wei and asked him to raise money, because the emperor felt that he could not afford to lose this person.

But half a month has passed, Zhao Wei didn't even get together the original 10 million, not to mention that the 100 statues had at least millions of dollars, so when the disciples of the hundred schools of thought were getting more and more fierce, they had to come to see the emperor again.

And the emperor was also very depressed after hearing this.

Since the implementation of the currency reform, grain and cloth have withdrawn from the ranks of currency trading and become ordinary commodities, and the granaries across the country have also been reformed by Chen Xu into reserve warehouses, which are divided into two types.

One is the national war readiness warehouse, which purchases grain, cloth, cowhide, horn, tung oil and other strategic materials in a fixed amount every year, and this part is enough to maintain the expenditure of 500,000 troops for a year, and these strategic materials are not allowed to be used by the local officials, and those who violate the order are lightly killed and those who are heavy, and the materials in the reserve warehouse are rotated according to the storage time, and the old is discarded and the new is collected, so as to ensure that these materials can be used at any time.

The other is to stabilize the warehouse, mainly for the necessary daily necessities such as grain, salt and cloth, all counties must be built, purchase materials on weekdays and hoard, in case of famine years and months of parity sales, mainly to deal with merchants hoarding Juqi to stabilize the market price, to ensure the stability of the price of salt and grain cloth in the people's market.

Therefore, although Daqin is currently increasing the production of grain and cloth every year, the price is also steadily declining, and warehouses are piling up everywhere, there is no way to use these, and even if they are used, it is not easy to turn them into money.

Because in recent years, almost all the people at the bottom of Daqin have been able to eat enough, and the food demand is completely different from six or seven years ago.

In the past, no matter what the project was, it was only necessary to mobilize the grain and cloth in the official warehouse to solve it, but now it can't be done, whether it is the imperial court yamen or the merchants, you tell him that you work and I will give you food, and suddenly you can shake off all of them, and no one will work for you without money.

In the past, the ministers discussed the expenses of the court in the court, and often asked for the transfer of hundreds of thousands of stones of grain and tens of thousands of horses of linen from a certain official warehouse, and tens of thousands of people and prisoners needed to cooperate, The affairs of the court are over, and the rest of the things are all solved by money, and as long as there is money, there will be countless businessmen and rich people who will come like a shark smelling blood, and a tricky project that usually requires the cooperation of countless departments can be perfectly solved with a single fee.

The implementation of the monetary reform and the new commercial law almost immediately solved all the economic and livelihood problems that constrained the people and the court.

Money is easy to use, but not easy to make.

Although the state's fiscal revenue has increased by a large margin every year in recent years, the money is still not enough, because it is so convenient to spend.

And whether it is the imperial court or the Shaofu, there is no too detailed budget and final account system in spending money, all of which are based on the three provinces and six ministries to discuss the expenditure, except for Chen Xu's five-year plan, other expenditures are very casual, and when things are encountered, they are discussed, and after the discussion, they feel that it is feasible, and the government treasury also has money, so it is carried out, so the imperial court and the Shaofu are often short of money.

Although the current money is Shaofu is responsible for casting, a coin can be spent, but the copper coin is not the paper money of later generations, this thing itself is hard currency, from mining and smelting to the success of casting, the manpower, material and financial resources spent are not much less than the actual value of itself, and the issuance of the exchange is also strictly regulated, the central money bank according to the number of coins minted into the Huaxia bank, and take out the corresponding number of exchange notes or deposit receipts, which have strict laws and regulations, Chen Xu repeatedly told Yang Kun not to send more money, Once paper money is overissued, the consequences can be very serious.

Therefore, at present, even if the Shaofu is short of money, the emperor cannot ask the central money bank to print millions of redemption notes for himself privately, or even if it is printed, without the recognition of Huaxia Qianzhuang, the money cannot be received, and it will only be a stack of invalid redemption notes.

Although the emperor did not know much about the economy, he also fully knew the nature of the redemption of the bills, once the credibility of the money bank was damaged due to the loss of control, and once the Huaxia money bank collapsed, the entire Great Qin would instantly fall into incomparable chaos.

"Lack of money...... I am rich in the world, how can I be short of money......" Qin Shi Huang sat quietly on the big chair, stroked his beard, and his face twitched slightly.

"It's not that Your Majesty is short of money, but that the construction of the library this time is a bit sudden, and the money in the Shaofu is enough to support the spring ...... next year," Zhao Wei explained cautiously.

"Your Majesty, why don't you first mobilize some money from the Finance Department to temporarily relieve your difficulties......

"No, I have already said in the court that I will spend money from the inner treasury of the Shaofu, how can I go back on my word, and I will ...... next year I'm afraid there will be even more money shortages next year...... Alas! The Emperor stood up depressedly and walked up and down the hall with his hands behind his back.

"Your Majesty, the Lieutenant's Mansion ordered Lord Lu to report something urgent!" A rush of footsteps came from outside the Zichen Palace, and a guard commander fell to the ground on one knee to report.

"Xuan!" The emperor put away his depressed mood.

A moment later, the Lieutenant's Mansion ordered Lu Huan to come to the Zichen Hall wearing golden armor.

"Lieutenant Lu, what's the important matter to come to the palace to see me?" Looking at Lu Huan, who was in a hurry, the First Emperor was puzzled.

"Your Majesty, the minister has just learned that there are all living beings who are clamoring and shouting that they are converging towards the palace from all sides, and the number of people is no less than thousands, and the minister is worried that something will happen!" Lu Huan hurriedly replied.

"Do you know why they're here?" Qin Shi Huang's face suddenly became extremely cold.

"Your Majesty, I heard that I came to build a statue for the library, and the minister asked the forbidden army to block the streets around the palace, but the number of people is increasing, and the minister doesn't know how to reply to this matter, and it is afraid that it will cause trouble if it is forcibly dispersed, and I ask Your Majesty to decide!"

Qin Shi Huang: ......

"Your Majesty, this matter is getting bigger and bigger, and you still need to make a decision as soon as possible, in fact, the minister thinks that Qinghehou's method is still good......" Zhao Wei reminded beside him.

"Lieutenant Lu went to explain to all the beings that the statues of the sages of the hundred schools of thought will be arranged, so that everyone can go back and wait for the news with peace of mind, someone is coming!"

"Your Majesty, please!" One of the chamberlains standing next to him quickly stepped forward.

"Go and invite Zuo Xiang into the palace, just say that I have something important to discuss!" The emperor sat back in his seat with his sleeves swinged.