Yingcheng raised his hand, motioned for Feng Shijie to sit down, and said with a smile: "Actually, you are all wrong!" ”

Feng Shijie looked at Yingcheng puzzled.

Yingcheng said: "In Daqin, whether it is a soldier or an official, Yulu is corn and rice from one bucket to two thousand stones. ”

"These are not enough for a family."

"But have you ever thought about another question, that is, how many of all the Yulu will flow back to Daqin after they are distributed?"

Feng Shijie listened to the sparse lake, and asked puzzledly: "Return to Daqin?" ”

Yingcheng said with a smile: "As far as you are concerned, the history of the eight hundred stones, the Yulu given to you by the imperial court, how did you deal with it?" ”

Feng Shijie thought for a while and replied: "Xiaguan has fifty or sixty percent of his family, and the rest will be stored for seventy percent and sold for thirty percent, because Xiaguan has been in the position of internal history for many years, and even if he has a floating family, he will also sell some of the old grain." ”

"Of course, the family's fields are also produced, and there are grain stores selling grain in all parts of Guanzhong, and these things are handed over to the clan brother to deal with, and the lower officials only receive a share of the money that belongs to me."

Yingcheng nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, the Feng family can be said to be a prominent family, but what about other officials, even those who have just taken office?" ”

"And those ordinary people, either in the grain storage, or on the way to the grain storage, every family hopes that their rice jar is full, and they can't wait to have more than ten years of grain!"

"So all along, except for the prominent and famous families like you Feng who are selling grain, the rest of the people have been stockpiling grain!"

"This should have skyrocketed the price of grain, but the price of grain must not increase under the mandatory regulations of the imperial court."

"The grain is still in the tun, but the price of grain cannot be raised, and the consequences are...... No money! ”

Feng Shijie seemed to have an understanding, but he shook his head and said: "That's because the people are too poor, and the taxes paid by the people are enough to survive the winter until the end of summer, which is already commendable." ”

Yingcheng said with a smile: "This Du Lao Wu, his family is already very rich, but in order to make money, he does not hesitate to bring his own dry food and risk running for nothing. ”

"Don't you think it's very unreasonable to attribute this to Du Lao Wu's diligence and pragmatism?"

Feng Shijie frowned in deep contemplation, and he didn't understand what Yingcheng said and shook his head.

Yingcheng said with a smile: "The appearance of coins is for more stable and equal transactions. ”

"However, the current Great Qin, including officials who think like you, is as numerous as a cow, and has equated grain with money, and has even gradually moved to the point of replacing money with grain."

"A lot of things are being traded with grain, not money, so what's the point of money?"

"Food for money, money for other goods."

"However, the problem of food storage is deeply rooted in everyone, and if the grain is not repaid, there will be no money to exchange it for other goods."

"So everyone has no money!"

"Only the government, the craftsman who makes money can continue to make money, and you can't give money to everyone, so you can only promote people's livelihood through official businessmen and official handicraft workshops."

"The handicraft industry is developed, but its goods are never able to circulate."

"Such a vicious circle was finally borne by the imperial court, how to say, that is, the goods manufactured by the workshops purchased by the government cannot be sold, and they cannot return to their original costs, and as the official government, they will have to bear the consequences of huge costs."

The more Feng Shijie listened, the more Hu Tu shook his head and said, "The lower officials are ignorant, and they still don't understand what the Great Law Order means!" ”

Yingcheng paused, and said seriously: "What if you exchange grain for money, all your 800 stone of money will be exchanged for copper coins for you, and all the pensions and subsidies of Du Laowu's family will be exchanged for copper coins, what will happen?" ”

"You need to use money to buy food, and Du Lao Wu also needs to use money to buy food, which will be spent in a very short time!"

"And for the person who sold your grain, he only took the coin, and he also needs to quickly spend the money to buy other things or food."

"In this way, coins will circulate, and when they circulate, commodities will circulate, and handicrafts will be able to maintain profits, and the government's money will not be lost."

"The coins issued by the imperial court can only be regarded as real coins if they circulate among the people."

"The greater the number of people who handle a copper coin in a very short period of time, the more it proves that everyone is rich."

"Grain can't be currency, because this means that every ordinary person in the world can become the official workshop of my Qin State to print coins."

"Only by using money to buy grain, money is money, if you exchange food for money and then for others, in fact, food has become money."

Yingcheng paused, and continued a little crumpled up: "And if you want everyone to be rich, you need to send money, a lot of money!" ”

"Give coins to everyone who runs errands for the government!"

"It's like the fifty coins, you have exchanged the fifty coins for the people and distributed them for grain, and the grain has become rice in a rice jar."

"But you give these people fifty dollars, and this fifty dollars is a pile of inedible copper in their homes, and they have to spend it to buy food and other goods."

"If this grain seller is from a noble family, such as your Feng family, what are you going to do with a lot of copper money, you have to spend it and spend it to buy grain or other commodities."

"And the goods were opened by the imperial court, and the money flowed back into the hands of the imperial court, and the commercial taxes generated in it also flowed back into the hands of the imperial court."

"That's it, change hands, change hands...... In the process of changing hands, slowly the imperial court recovered all the coins that were sent at the beginning. ”

"Then, the imperial court will continue to send it, and it will be issued again and again, which not only enriches all the people who handle this money, but also takes back the money again and again and continues to send it."

Gradually.

Feng Shijie's eyes were misty, as if he had seen a strange scene.

It was a scene he had never been exposed to.

"For many families, food is used for storage, so no matter how much grain is sent by the imperial court, how much grain can be saved by the people."

"Even in a peaceful and prosperous era, few people take the initiative to sell grain!"

"So the court is almost just not going in and out."

"But when money is issued, the coins will quickly circulate in the hands of the people, and they may not need to be transferred a few times, and they will return to the hands of the imperial court."

"The court will have the money to continue to send money!"

Feng Shijie shook his head and said, "Then the requirements for food are even higher!" ”

"Once there is a shortage of food, there will be a shortage of food in the entire market, and I am afraid that when the time comes, I will not be able to buy food even if I have money."

Yingcheng shook his head and said: "If there is such a problem, then it has nothing to do with money, if the world really reaches the point of cannibalism, the world will be about to change the surname, isn't it?" ”

Feng Shijie stared at Yingcheng in a daze, and didn't dare to continue to answer, there was no way to talk this day.

At least he is still an internal history, and if you want to discuss this kind of issue, at least you have to wait for when he will be exiled.

But.

Today's conversation with Yingcheng did give him a new understanding.

Maybe it can't be done as Yingcheng said.

But it gave him a new understanding of governing the township.

Send money!

He wanted to see what kind of effect the money would have.

"It's not early, and the lower officials still want to go around!" Feng Shijie got up and said goodbye.

"Hmm!" Yingcheng nodded.

In fact, what he really wanted Feng Shijie to know was the circulation of currency!

This also involves the issuance of additional currencies and the depreciation of currencies, which cannot be summed up in a few simple sentences.

Looking at Feng Shijie's demeanor, he should have understood a little, just in time for Feng Shijie to test the water.

It takes time to legislate, and he needs time to prepare.

And once the new law is enacted, the monetary system will follow.

Try the water to see the problem, you can also check and fill the gaps, or delay the implementation.

This is a big problem and must be taken seriously!

In case this group of people changes the swallowing of grain to tun coins, then the problem is still a problem, the circulation is a fart, and when the time comes, everyone will have a box of Qin Banliang at home, and it will be useless for the imperial court to empty out no matter how many copper mines.

Every time Yingcheng is alone, of course, Guo Huaiyi, who doesn't talk much, sits with him, and he likes to think about all kinds of problems.

That's probably because they're so smart!

He can stretch his mind to think about all kinds of problems.

For example.

The problem of the Bai clan!

He very much hoped that the Bai clan could choose to comply very wisely, but it seemed that it would be difficult to change the Bai clan if he wanted to be identified by the Bai clan as Pinyang was a problem for mining on his own territory.

Yingcheng ignored Bai Lang, and since he imprisoned people, he refused to communicate with Bai Lang.

Active communication and passive communication are two different things entirely.

He hoped that Bai Lang would see it clearly, and shouted to see him.

But the other party doesn't seem to have any plans in this regard.

Quiet as a stake, let him be imprisoned.

And that's the most headache thing!

Maybe at this time, people have already figured out how to deal with him in their minds!

The snowy night passed quickly.

Since Feng Shijie left, Yingcheng has not seen him all night, and he has not seen him much.

Zeng Yingcheng did not see again.

Du Lao Wu didn't say goodbye either.

It was as if the place where he had temporarily camped was calm and only the sound of firewood fluttering.

But the quieter it is, the more complicated Yingcheng's mood becomes.

He really wants someone to come over and shout 'Yingcheng, give me the bounty!' ’。

It's just that it's a little colder, and the cold wind is whirring and telling him that there is no news about the search for coal.

Another day passed.

Yingcheng's heart couldn't help but become a little anxious.

The sun is out today, and the temperature is relatively high since the beginning of winter, and it is very comfortable to shine on the body.

And at such temperatures.

The snow on the barren beach also began to melt slowly.

This definitely not bodes well!

The temperature rises, which means that the temperature is one step closer to him.

The higher the temperature now, the more intense the cold will be.

The Bai clan seems to have no intention of causing trouble at all.

No one came to find the patriarch looking for them, and there was no news that the Bai clan was fighting with the prospectors.

In a blink of an eye!

Three days passed.

The sun, which had been exposed to the sun for three days, was obscured by a layer of white and foggy clouds, and was never seen again.

The northwest wind still carries a hint of the warm sun, and it is still melting the snow rapidly.

A lot of snow in the sunny and windward outlets has melted.

However.

In such weather.

But it's hard to see people go out again.

Many families have prepared firewood for the cold winter, and even steamed buns are roasted on stone slabs.

It has become a cold winter for people, not a cold winter.

In front of the Zhenghe Palace, the First Emperor asked worriedly in a thick mattress:

"Four days?"

Li Si sighed softly: "Yes, it's been four days, and 20,000 people have been scattered in Pinyang, and they can't even make a wave!" ”

The First Emperor shook his head and said, "Let the Bai clan open a warehouse for three days!" ”

Feng Qujian shook his head and sighed: "The Great Law Order has detained Wu Anhou for four whole days!" ”

The First Emperor shook his head and said, "There is no impeachment of Yingcheng yet?" ”

Meng Yi shook his head and sighed: "Not only not, but the Bai clan has not moved at all recently. ”

The First Emperor shook his head and said, "There is no movement!" ”

"The Bai family opened a warehouse for three days, and anyone looking for ore in Pinyang can go and draft a decree!"

"In addition, let Ying Wei personally go to the Bai clan with the holy decree to announce the decree!"

Li Si shook his head lightly and said, "The Bai clan has already regarded Pinyang as their fiefdom!" ”

The First Emperor shook his head, shook his head again, and still shook his head and said: "Now is not the time, we can't mess up anymore, especially the old nobles, even if they are in chaos, it will be difficult to clean up." ”

Feng Quji nodded and said: "The Bai clan is not terrible, what is terrible is that if the Bai clan is moved, it will shake the hearts of many, many old noble families." ”

The First Emperor shook his head and said: "Is there really a stone that will burn, if you can't find a good result, it will affect the legislation, this is purely extraneous, there is nothing to provoke them to do!" ”

Li Si said in a dull voice: "The old minister thinks that he still has to urge Wu Chenghou!" ”

The First Emperor shook his head and said, "Don't be in a hurry, be cautious, be cautious!" ”

"The route of the eastern tour can be planned, and it seems that we still have to leave in the first half of the year in advance!"

Li Si said with a headache: "The old minister feels that the land of Jiangdong must be visited, he feels that Jiangdong is too dangerous, and if he wants to bypass Jiangdong, His Majesty can control the situation in Jiangdong remotely." ”

"But the old minister thinks that if you don't enter the tiger's den, you have to plow Jiangdong again, otherwise people will think that Jiangdong is their own territory!"

The First Emperor asked, "How many troops are needed!" ”

Li Si shrugged his shoulders and said, "Three hundred thousand!" ”

"What General Wang said, Feng Zai said that only 100,000 are needed, Yang Duanhe thinks that only one battalion is needed, and the military affairs are not good at the old minister, but the old minister judges the situation in Jiangdong and thinks what the old general Wang said is more reliable!"

The First Emperor groaned, pondered for a long time, shook his head and said, "Too much! ”

Time.

The people in front of the Zhenghe Palace were silent.

After a long time, Li Si asked softly: "Or, let General Tu Lao turn a big corner and go to South Vietnam!" ”

The first emperor's eyebrows flickered, and he ordered: "Order, Tu Sui turns into Binhai Road, takes Jiujiang, old place, Huiji, and then turns to Lujiang!" ”