When the sun shone on the palace, the courtiers thought that it was just a normal court meeting, and they didn't know that Liu Heng was going to surprise everyone.

Luo Jing naturally wants to go to court.

After Liu Heng came to the palace, the court meeting began to go through the process, and after the formal process was completed, Liu Heng asked: "Do you have a book?" ”

This kind of performance at the court meeting is basically a process, and there is usually no real thing to be discussed here, and it is generally used for temptation.

But today is special, a petty official in charge of money and food arranged by Jia Yi got up from behind and walked to the hall and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has a book." ”

This scene made the ministers look sideways, many people here don't even know this person, they don't know what such a little person can do to the emperor, smart people have begun to calculate, who pushed out this chess piece.

Liu Heng asked with a smile, "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister advises.

In the past, because the world needed a large number of coins, and because of the flood of counterfeit money, the imperial court could not stop it, so Empress Gao allowed private minting of coins, but after these years countless copper coins flowed in the country, the ministers thought that the disadvantages of this law had outweighed the benefits.

The right to mint coins is related to the fundamental safety of the imperial court, and should be returned to the imperial court as soon as possible, and the private people are prohibited from minting coins privately, and they should be handed over to the imperial court for unified minting. ”

As soon as these words came out, many people looked directly at Liu Heng at the top.

This can't be someone the emperor is looking for directly, right?

In fact, people of insight in the world have long seen that sooner or later the imperial court will take back the right to mint coins, not to mention the benefits to the imperial court, just from the perspective of human greed, how can such a big profit from coinage be allowed to be earned by princes and heroes?

Although the mainstream public opinion is righteousness and profit, is there really a person in this world who does not love money?

Even if the emperor wants to do something, it needs money, and the emperor has the greatest power in the world, no matter how he thinks about it, it is impossible to give up the continuous output of coinage.

In the court, which was relatively quiet just now, there was an uproar immediately, and even some courtiers came out and scolded angrily: "What nonsense!

Private coinage was allowed, a feat of Empress Gao and King Loewan.

Over the decades, under this policy, the world has become more and more prosperous, and the quality of the coins of this dynasty is the highest in all dynasties, and now the people do not even use the old coins of the previous dynasty.

Doesn't that prove King Lowan's foresight?

Are you questioning Empress Gao and King Loewan?

What a big guts!

I think you are a traitor who wants to be a cholera court, and if you say these treacherous words and want to bewitch Your Majesty, you will really be blamed for death.

Your Majesty, please kill this thief to set the record straight. ”

actually moved Queen Gao and King Luo Wen out directly, and what they said made many people agree, especially Luo Xin's status and influence, which is too high for these people.

This person is known to many people, not only a courtier, but also one of the leaders of the Confucian lineage, a great Confucian in the world, and now the appearance of the angry crown, people have no doubt that if he has a sharp sword in his hand, I am afraid that he will directly carry the sword to stab the courtier who just spoke in the heart.

Let him know that Confucianism is full of force, and let him know why Confucianism and Mo are the two great scholars in the first place, because others can't beat the Mo family, Confucianism can!

Of course, the others would not let him, and they also came out and said loudly: "Speak freely above the court, this is also the rule set by Queen Gao and King Luowen, what do you want to do by shouting and killing like this?"

I think it is because you have made great profits by minting coins yourself, so I obstructed the imperial court from recovering the right to mint coins. ”

This was a direct personal attack, and there was a mess in the court, and these people pointed their noses and scolded, and even those who were close directly started to move.

Luo Jing watched from afar, his face was full of smiles, it was really a vivid and energetic court.

Liu Heng sat on the top, his face was a little helpless, this trend has started since the time of Emperor Gao, glanced at Luo Jing, saw that this kid was still smiling, and said: "Ah Jing, let them be quiet." ”

Luo Jing smiled and held the copper hammer in his hand, and then slammed it heavily, and such a heavy sound resounded in the hall, and the ministers stopped the friendly exchange out of breath.

Liu Heng rubbed his head slightly, and he guessed that there would definitely be an argument, after all, it was more difficult to touch interests than to touch souls.

But the controversy caused by the court was still beyond Liu Heng's expectations, and this was a completely chaotic war, and those who benefited from it naturally didn't need to say much, Liu Heng wouldn't care about their opinions.

But the problem is that there is also a lot of opposition among those who have nothing to do with the coinage.

Seeing this situation, Liu Heng temporarily stopped the court meeting.

"Your opinions, I know, since this is the case, then take the time to let the secretaries discuss it together to see which side is more reasonable."

Liu Heng is ready to discuss it, after all, it is rare for both supporters and opponents to speak up.

Although he has already determined in his heart that he must return to the imperial court, listening to the opinions of the opposition may be able to make some additions to the follow-up, after all, the formulation of policies has never been perfect.

In the Changle Palace, Liu Heng looked at the folds presented in front of him like snowflakes, and said with some emotion: "Ah Jing, why do you say there are so many people who oppose it?" ”

Luo Jing looked at those twists and turns, and muttered: "What these people said is not unreasonable, but there is no such thing as a hundred benefits and no harm in this world, the key is to see what is needed, the imperial court needed to decentralize the coinage right back then, and now it needs to take back the coinage right, there is nothing worth discussing." ”

Liu Heng laughed softly: "Having said that, but my uncle taught me in the past that I must listen to the advice of the courtiers more, be open to speech, and be good at accepting advice, as long as I listen, whether I do it according to the advice or not, the courtiers will do their best, so I want to listen to what they can say." ”

The return of the coinage to the imperial court caused a great controversy, and the storm of this controversy even swept directly over all schools.

Huang Lao Taoism opposed the resumption of the coinage right, and there were those who opposed and supported the Confucianism, after all, there were too many Confucian schools, but the Legalists basically agreed to take back the coinage right.

First of all, I want to explain that although I have experienced the practice of Luoling, the Legalists have not been eliminated.

Because Luo Ling's practice of the law did not beat the Legalists to death with a stick, but criticized some of the ideas in it.

The Legalists are profitable, seeking glory and wealth, and they kneel quickly in the face of power, not only in the face of the monarch, but also in the face of Luo's family.

After removing those folk arts from the ideological texts, they neutralized some of the less radical ideas, reformed their own doctrines, and then accepted the supervision of Luo's family.

So there are still a lot of Legalist students now, when Luo Xin was the regent, although he was close to Confucianism and the Huang Lao School, but for Legalist students, as long as they have both ability and political integrity, he is also willing to use them.

However, there are many talented Legalist students, but there are not many virtuous ones, and the Legalist educational idea that benevolence, righteousness, and virtue are completely useless is still a little too extreme.

Over the years, he has continued to change his doctrine, learn the practices of Confucianism, and absorb a large number of good-sounding and good-looking words from Confucianism and Huang's hometown to cover himself.

Liu Heng's speed was very fast, and a side hall in Changle Palace was soon filled with bigwigs from all sides, and most of those who had interests did not come here, because Liu Heng wanted to hear about some of the drawbacks of recovering the coinage right, so as to mend his own policy.

At the beginning, a doctor from the Huang Lao School said directly: "The imperial court retracts the power to mint coins, which is a cruel and abusing act, and the suffering of the people in the world will begin from here, and His Majesty will think deeply." ”

Liu Heng didn't speak, and Luo Jing asked, "Please also ask the doctor to explain in detail." ”

The doctor said: "In the past, when the Qin Dynasty was violent, the first emperor unified the coins of all countries and issued them by the imperial court, but soon the people began to counterfeit.

The same is true when it comes to Dahan.

Do you think that only princes, kings and powerful people will fake?

The trend of counterfeiting is from the top down, and almost everyone is involved in it, because the costs are too low and the means are too many.

According to the minister's understanding, the lowest means is to grind the copper powder on the edge of the copper coin, and there will be no obvious change at all when grinding such a large coin, and the copper powder will accumulate over time, and then it can be minted into new money and profit from it.

What's more, the copper coin is directly melted and mixed with other metals to make that kind of worthless small money, and there is even no copper in it, which is called 'leaf money', which means money as light as a leaf.

There are countless such methods, and the Mo family must know best, after all, many of the workshops for minting coins were built by them.

This situation was not over until the imperial court delegated the right to mint coins and the world's powerful competed to improve the quality of coins.

Once you start to take back the right to mint money, then you will definitely force the people to accept this kind of money, after all, there is no reason in the world for the court to mint money, but the people do not accept it, which is contempt for the majesty of the court.

The minister really doesn't want to see the hard-won scene now, and it will be ruined in one fell swoop, so he advises you that you must not take back the coinage. ”

These words made Liu Heng frown slightly, because in a certain respect, it was indeed very reasonable, and it was also because of this reason that Luo Xin let go of the control of coins.

Luo Jing listened to these words but agreed a little, but he also had different opinions, but on this occasion, he naturally would not end up in person, and naturally there were countless people who rushed into battle for him.

Sure enough, there were people who spoke out against it very quickly, and from a completely different aspect.

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During the period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, there was a fierce debate on the ownership of the coinage right, and the Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty specially convened a meeting, known as the "Discussion of the Coinage", the remarks of both sides of the meeting were completely recorded, and they were able to be passed down to future generations through historical books, and the author will translate and interpret the historical materials in detail, and strive to make every reader be able to understand both sides of this dispute. ——"The History of the Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty"

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