Changle Palace.

The disturbances on the grassland, the earth-shattering changes thousands of miles away, as if they will never be blown here, this is the political center of Zhuxia, attracting everyone's attention all the time.

Liu Ying sat upright, listening carefully beside Luo Xin, Luo Xin almost took Liu Ying to handle government affairs, "Your Majesty, you don't have to be proficient in everything, as long as you can judge whether something is wrong."

The minister will definitely go before you.

I'm afraid that the third and fifth brothers of the minister will not be able to assist you for a long time, so you must mature as soon as possible. ”

Liu Ying said seriously when she heard this: "Father, I will learn from you well, and the peaceful world created by the queen mother and you will keep it well." ”

Luo Xin said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you are a benevolent monarch, Emperor Gao and Empress Gao have paved the way for you to pave the way in the world, and now we need a monarch like you who is willing to recuperate, and the most feared thing is a monarch who is so happy, you will be a generation of holy kings." ”

Liu Ying was very happy to receive Luo Xin's praise, picked up a book slip, unfolded it, and immediately frowned slightly, and asked with some curiosity: "Father, Ying has always had a question, since the Bang Zhou era, the minting of coins in various countries is not allowed to be carried out privately, but why do we Han allow private minting?"

Many ministers said that allowing private coinage would only make the powerful profitable, which was not good for the national court, but Ying knew that this matter was set by you personally, and you couldn't do anything wrong, but Ying Bai couldn't understand it, and asked you to solve your doubts for Ying. ”

Luo Xin's best thing is to play with money, and allowing private coinage is one of his major moves, and now when he heard Liu Ying ask, he smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this is a very complicated issue, Rong Chen will explain it to you in detail."

First of all, what if the imperial court wants to reclaim the coinage rights, but the princes and kings do not agree? ”

Liu Ying groaned: "I'm afraid I can only fight."

As you said, in matters related to great unification, the imperial court must not bow its head and compromise, and must fight to the end, only you live and die. ”

Luo Xin said in a deep voice: "Yes, but do you think that the current world can still experience a war that lasts for the whole world?"

No!

This is the reason why the ministers and Empress Gao have turned a blind eye to many illegal acts of the princes and kings for so many years.

General Han Zimu supports the imperial court, we can win the war, but what happens after we win?

What loses is the whole world, and what loses is the whole of Zhuxia.

The general led the army to inflict heavy losses on the Xiongnu, and the eldest brother went to the grassland again, so that there was now the stability of the Han court, and the common people only lived a good life without war for a few days.

If a war breaks out at this time, the little wealth that the world has just accumulated and the little economy that has been restored will be lost.

That Xiongnu Shan Yu is afraid that he will laugh out loud directly.

This kind of stupid thing that the enemy is quick and the relatives are painful must not be done. ”

Liu Ying is a true benevolent king, and he didn't want to fight in the first place, so when he heard this, he asked: "What you said is right, but Ying knows that you will not stop doing this just because of this." ”

Luo Xin was stunned for a moment and then replied: "Your Majesty, you are here to understand the minister, indeed, although the minister is unwilling to let the world fall into the flames of war, but the necessary war, the minister will not be afraid."

In fact, it is beneficial to let the princes and kings mint coins now.

First of all, let's talk about the benefits of the imperial court, although the coinage is very profitable, but at the same time it will also consume a lot of manpower and material resources, half of the world is in the hands of the princes and kings, our population is not much, if these people are used to mint money, not used to grow grain, our strength will decline.

You remember, no matter how much money you have, it's all fake, it's all virtual, and in this world, agriculture is the foundation, and only grain and bow and crossbow armor are the real strength of the imperial court.

As long as we have food and armor, no matter how much money the princes and kings and the world's heroes earn, it is all from the imperial court, and the heroes of Shandong Province will guard the tomb for Emperor Gao and Empress Gao, and no matter how much money they have, they can only bring it to Guanzhong, and then they will be knocked out by the heroes, and the money of the heroes will eventually flow to the treasury. ”

Liu Ying was shocked, he never expected that there would be such a method, especially what Luo Xin said, if you have food and armor, you can grab money, which made him even more dumbfounded.

It turns out that you are such a father!

Then he was deeply moved, because he knew that doing this would not benefit Luo Xin himself at all, purely for the sake of the court and him.

Liu Ying said softly: "Father, I know what you said, this is good for the court, but you are a person who cares about the world, presumably this method is also good for the world, right?" ”

Luo Xinlang laughed: "Exactly."

You see, this is a roll of bamboo slips, which sells for a penny on the market, and the people also think that it is worth a penny, and the deal can be reached.

But if there is no more money on the market, but there are more bamboo slips, then you can buy more bamboo slips for a penny, so what will happen to the people? ”

Liu Ying suddenly realized: "The common people will not spend money, because a penny is becoming more and more valuable."

This is also the truth that the folk say that the grain is cheap and hurts the peasants.

Ying knows, as you said, money is money when it flows, and if you don't use it if you save it, it will hurt the Han a lot.

So you let the people mint coinage, so that the people have more and more money?

But if there is more money, won't there be a phenomenon that money is not worth much?

In case this roll of bamboo slips needs two pennies to be affordable, then the money in the hands of the common people will not be less, and the heroes and princes can mint coins at will, but there is more and more money, which is also harmful to the world. ”

Luo Xin stretched out his hand and took out two copper coins, took out two rolls of bamboo slips, and then said: "Your Majesty, the situation you said will definitely appear in the future.

But not now.

Because now the world is in ruins, the food in the whole world is increasing year by year, and there are more and more commodities such as various cloths, just like the bamboo slips in the hands are constantly increasing.

Judging from the current rate of recovery, within 30 years, the world will only lack money and will not dislike it, and they will need more coinage.

If one day there are really more coins and no more money is needed, it means that the world has recovered and can withstand a long war. ”

Luo Xin's last sentence is very plain, but it contains a deep meaning, it can withstand a long war, that is, when the imperial court takes back the right to mint coinage.

Liu Ying nodded and asked, "Father, I heard that some people are minting poor quality money now, what should I do about this?" ”

Poor quality copper coins entering the market will of course cause great damage, and it is a different kind of wealth plundering, especially when private people are allowed to mint money, and it is sure to mint poor money.

Luo Xin said: "Your Majesty, have you ever thought about the reason why the poor money can circulate in the world and why the people have to use it?" ”

Liu Ying thought for a while, shook his head, looked at Luo Xin suspiciously, and saw Luo Xin say categorically: "The reason why this is the case is because of the coercion of the imperial court, forcing the people to collect the money, forcing the people not to distinguish between good and bad money, otherwise the government will arrest them."

The reason why this is so is because in the past, coins were minted by the royal families themselves, and those bad coins were also made by the imperial courts of various countries, and the imperial courts deliberately did so.

The eyes of the people are bright when they pick thorns, but the power of the court makes them blindfolded and gritted their teeth to accept it, because they can at least spend the poor money they get, and if they don't take it, they will go directly to prison. ”

Liu Ying was dripping with cold sweat when she heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Father, is my big man like this?"

How innocent are the people of the world, you said that it is already very difficult for them to simply live, if the imperial court wants to add a thousand burdens to them, isn't this the work of the tyrannical Qin?

In the past, the violent Qin overwhelmed the six countries, and the soldiers were elite and sharp, but they lost the hearts of the people in the world, and the society collapsed as soon as the heroes shouted.

I don't think so, Xiangfu, please teach me more. ”

Luo Xin comforted Liu Ying and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, if the heavens and the earth collapse, the mountains and rivers are cut off, and the earth dragon turns over, such a natural disaster, the minister really has no choice."

But man-made disasters can always be solved.

In fact, the solution to the problem of poor money is very simple, since the imperial court no longer has the power to mint coins alone, there is no need to spend the reputation and power of the imperial court to protect the princes and kings and powerful coins.

As long as you issue an edict to the world, allowing the people to freely choose the money to collect, and allowing the people to reject the bad money in the buying and selling, those inferior bad money will be rejected by the people, and they will soon find that the poor money in their hands is completely smashed in their hands, and no one collects it and cannot spend it.

And they didn't dare to say anything, because minting poor money was not allowed by the imperial court, and their only choice was to melt the poor money and increase the copper content in the coins.

As long as this is the case, the good money will naturally drive out the bad money.

The money that can be earned by minting good coins is far less than that of bad coins, so that the burden of the people of the world will be a little easier, and during these years of recuperation, private coinage and allowing the rejection of bad coins are implemented at the same time, and they can survive these years smoothly.

Wait until the world recovers, and then cancel the power of private coinage, and return to the imperial court, as for the policy of allowing the rejection of bad coins, it depends on whether you are willing to do it at that time. ”

Would you like to?

How many emperors can resist this temptation when the little wealth that the people of the world have worked so hard to accumulate can be harvested just by minting coins, and the treasury can be enriched?

Liu Ying didn't think about it so much, and said directly: "Father, please draft an edict immediately, it will change later, and now the poor money has just begun to circulate, and it is probably the best to issue an edict now." ”

Luo Xin nodded with satisfaction, Liu Ying is a real benevolent monarch, and his care for the people of the world is from the heart, at least in his office, there is no need to worry about this matter.

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When any dynasty prospers, its financial system must be harmonious, and when any dynasty declines, financial problems must occupy the biggest reason.

The early prosperity of the Han Empire was due to its flexible fiscal system, the most crucial of which was played by Luo Xin, the Marquis of Dong'a, who was nominally prime minister, but in fact excluded his lack of inheritance, and the title of co-emperor highlighted his status.

He adjusted the financial policies of the Han Dynasty three times before and after, and formulated policies according to the actual situation with ease, and was one of the greatest contributors to the prosperity of the Han Empire in the early days. - General History of the World: Classical Empires

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