Outside the temple.

Luo Jing took a heavy breath of fresh air, and a team of rather beautiful palace ladies walked in front of him, and all the anxiety in the hall just now seemed to disappear.

A faint voice came from the hall, proving that the controversy had not stopped, and Luo Jing couldn't help but think of what his father had said before he died.

"In the country's major politics, there has never been a thing that is beneficial and harmless, and the people in power, the implementation of every policy, is to choose the one to get the most needed at the moment.

For example, the imperial court needed a sufficient amount of high-quality copper coins, so private coinage was allowed.

If one day the imperial court needs something else, it is the time to take back the coinage.

You can take this book and read it, but remember, just take a little look, don't be trapped by the core of the mind in it, there are some bad things in it, your child is not talented in this area, and it is easy to be guided. ”

Thinking of this, Luo Jing took a deep breath and returned to the hall, where there was still an argument.

Luo Jing returned to his seat and sat down, Liu Heng saw him come back, nodded with a smile, and then saw Luo Jing walking into the hall in the eyes of everyone, and bowed to Liu Heng.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a few things to say to the ministers."

Liu Heng was a little surprised, but he still waved his hand and said, "It's easy!" ”

Luo Jing turned around and took two steps above the main hall, he was still a young man, and he seemed very abrupt in such a group of middle-aged people, everyone looked at him, waiting for him to speak.

Thinking back to what his father had said, Luo Jing slowly spoke: "I heard the previous arguments between the two sides.

A doctor said before: If the goods are good, they will die!

Does this make sense?

Yes!

But there is good and evil in man, and kings are different.

If you encounter a tyrannical king, even if you are allowed to mint copper coins privately, there are so many means of expropriation and extortion, can you still prohibit them one by one?

Hunters don't stop hunting in the mountains just because there are beasts of prey.

Fishermen don't give up on boats because of the dangers at sea.

There is no reason in this world to go hungry because you are worried about choking.

Today, Your Majesty is the King of Sainthood, and there may be treacherous people who take back the coinage, so that the quality of the copper coins will decline slightly, but as long as the imperial court strictly supervises it, it can be completely controlled by severely punishing those lawless people who deliberately cast small coins.

But if you continue to let private coinage continue, I ask all the ministers to think carefully about the rebellion of King Wu in the past, why he dared to brazenly oppose the imperial court, is because he has accumulated a lot of wealth through private coinage, and even to the point that he is rich to the first place among the kings without collecting taxes, and when he has wealth, he will raise armor soldiers, so he will not take the imperial court in his eyes.

How much war hurts the world, I think you are very clear.

If the decree cannot be the same, the world cannot be fulfilled by the emperor's order, and careerists will definitely think of rebellion or profit.

In the past, it was my father who allowed private coinage to implement, but gentlemen, only change in this world is forever the same, and the fifth-class feudal feudal established by King Su in the past still exists now?

Before his death, my father told me and His Majesty that it was expedient to allow private coinage, because it had just experienced the turbulent times at the end of the Qin Dynasty, and the people could no longer withstand any harm, so they implemented the policy.

My father was well aware of the benefits and drawbacks of this policy.

Recovering the power to mint coins may cause small money to run rampant, but if it is not recovered, the place will definitely become bigger, and the court will lose the sword to balance the place, so it will use troops and cause greater chaos.

Now I would like to ask you a question, that is, which is more important, the stability of the world, the consistency of government decrees or the quality of copper coins? ”

Which is more important, the world is the same or the currency market?

Luo Jing finally threw out the last question of the book to everyone, a question that Luo Xin did not give an answer to.

There is not much difference between these two choices for the people, and whether their lives will be affected depends on whether the imperial court will make great efforts to manage it.

Just like Luo Xin's previous treatment of those who used small money to buy and sell, this established the logic of good money driving out bad money.

Luo Jing directly bypassed the moral issues that were debated by both sides, and instead directly distilled the real core of the argument.

At this time, everyone was silent, they were all courtiers, courtiers of the Chang'an court, not courtiers of the princes' kingdoms, except for a few officials from wealthy families, most people were naturally on the side of the court in this regard.

Liu Heng looked at Luo Jing with a smile on his face.

Jia Yi looked at Luo Jing with an expression of admiration on his face, and from these words, he seemed to have seen the regent prime minister who would never be confused in the past.

In those years, the income of the imperial court increased year after year, but the tax rate of the people in the world fell again and again, especially the agricultural tax fell again and again, he still remembers what the prime minister said, "If the imperial court can only survive by paying heavy taxes from the peasants one day, then the imperial court is not far from death, if it can maintain the normal operation of the imperial court under the condition of low tax rate, then the world is prosperous." ”

Everyone looked at Luo Jing, looked at those young men with immature faces, stood tall on top of the hall like that, and asked everyone loudly, "There are only these two choices, which one do you want to choose?" ”

Which one to choose?

Which one can you choose?

Of course, the world is the same!

It is the consensus of almost all schools of thought that the world should be unified, and even the Confucians who support the feudal system are also because the great Confucians believe that the loyalty of the feudal monarch is more lasting than that of the officials, and that the feudal monarch is more stable than the officials to rule the region.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Confucian disciples died countless victims in order to maintain the status of the monarch and maintain the existence of the ritual system.

After Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, there were great Confucians who advised Qin Shi Huang, hoping to divide the sons and daughters of meritorious officials to the Shandong countries, stabilize the hearts of the people in Shandong, and appease the heroes of the Six Kingdoms.

The courtiers who supported the repossession of the coinage could not help but stand up from their seats and cheered loudly: "Cai! ”

"The waiter is right!"

"The prince is talented, this is the words of seeking the country."

Luo Jing saw that no one spoke, so he looked at the people who had spoken out against it before.

The previous impassioned doctor was born in Huang Lao, advocating small government, that is, the imperial court should not take care of things, and let the society run according to the rules formed spontaneously.

But in the face of such a thing as the world's decrees, even Huang Lao's lineage can't say a word.

Which of the two is more important is not a question worth discussing at all, and in the face of Luo Jing's inquiry, those who opposed it before could only say in a deep voice: "What the servant said is reasonable, and the decrees of the world are consistent, which is very important."

Your eyes are on the world, and my eyes are limited to a corner, which is probably why you have thought of such a far-reaching thing, and I can only repeat some complicated words here.

It was my inappropriate thinking, I should apologize to Your Majesty, and I almost delayed the major affairs of the imperial court. ”

This controversy should be over here, and Luo Jing's politically correct words directly killed all the reasons that could be configured.

Luo Jing saluted Liu Heng under everyone's gaze, and then walked back to his seat and sat down.

Liu Heng saw that no one spoke anymore, so he smiled and said: "Today, the secretaries spoke freely, and everything they said made me gain a lot. ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

The ministers bowed their heads and bowed, and then left the main hall one after another, leaving the palace under the guidance of the guards.

Luo Jing and Jia Yi walked slowly behind everyone, Jia Yi found that Luo Jing was a little silent, not at all like the usual radiant appearance, so he asked with some curiosity: "Shizhong, do you still have any doubts in your heart?" ”

Luo Jing sighed lightly: "Jia Qing, after this edict is implemented, you will be busy, I don't know how many people in the world who are consumed by profit, dare to risk killing their heads to violate the criminal law, and they will not let go of such a profiteering industry as minting small money, once it is not handled properly, we will be sinners today."

To tell you the truth, Jing always has an ominous premonition in his heart, it seems that what he did today will cause irreparable consequences and will become the root cause of cholera in the future, but after thinking about it, the world today really needs the imperial court to take back the right to mint coins. ”

Jia Yi was very smart, he immediately guessed what Luo Jing was worried about, that is, the reasons of the opposition before, those reasons were really reasonable, not made up casually.

Luo Jing is not a politician's material, he is naturally a bit sentimental of a literati, and his character is much more emotional than Jia Yi's, so he naturally unconsciously thinks about the disadvantages of these policies.

Jia Yi pondered for a moment and said, "Shizhong, since this is the case, you might as well apply directly to Your Majesty to keep an eye on the feedback on this matter, as long as you ensure that you do not harm the people, it is enough." ”

Luo Jing's eyes lit up when he heard this: "What Jia Qing said is reasonable, I will ask this envoy to come tomorrow when I see Your Majesty." ”

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The arguments for and against the "coinage" were given different reasons, but the controversy ended with social stability, which had nothing to do with the coins themselves, and the government decree remained the same.

From these controversies and the final results, it can be seen that the ruling class during the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty had fully realized the distributive role of money itself, which was not a medium of commercial exchange, but a stabilizer of social regulation.

It can also be seen that the policy turn of the Han Emperor Wen period, that is, from the Liu Bang period, the decades of recuperation and recuperation period were roughly over, and the Han Wen Emperor began to build a real ruling system that could dominate the county kingdom of the world, in this system, ensuring the stability of the world and building a peaceful order has become the first concern of the rulers of the Han Dynasty, and the continued barbaric growth and recovery of the economy is in a secondary position. ——"The History of the Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty"

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