Not to mention the secret room, go back to the old crooked neck tree.

Zhu Gaochu looked at Li Jinglong, Li Jinglong's expression was very complicated, and Zhu Gaochu sighed for a few breaths, but said freely.

"Two people make a decision, and if they contradict each other, it will make Mr. Jiang embarrassed, it's better than this, you are much smarter and more rational than me, this Emperor Dayuan, you come to listen to me, anyway, I made the choice of repairing the Yellow River, and the tone in my heart is smooth."

Seeing what Li Jinglong wanted to say, Zhu Gaoxu said sincerely.

"Don't refuse, it's for my good. Otherwise, let me twist my mind and ignore the lives and deaths of the people, and I will be so uncomfortable once, and if I come a few more times, wouldn't it add to the demons? ”

Seeing that Jiang Xinghuo didn't say anything, Li Jinglong nodded and accepted Zhu Gaoxu's suggestion.

"Then, as the ruler of the Yuan Dynasty, you gave up the option of repairing the Yellow River and entered the annual settlement link."

"In the twenty-fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty, counting 5 points of fiscal surplus, the fiscal is 80, and the national fortune is 45."

Next, with less disputes between the two, the progress of the simulation is much faster, and Li Jinglong rarely thinks for a long time, and makes decisions in a short period of time according to the most rational choice.

"In the twenty-fifth year of the Yuan Dynasty, because the rebel army was not suppressed last year, Zhong Mingming's troops entered Jiangxi and attacked Nan'an, Ganzhou, Zhangzhou, Meizhou and other places; Taizhou Yang Zhen revolted in Yushan, built a great and prosperous country, the year name was stable, and there were more than 100,000 people; Elder Yan of Zhaoqing, Elder Xiao of Huaiji, Elder Chen of Daozhou, Elder Zeng of Jinlin and others revolted. Is it repressive? Suppression requires 15 fiscal points, and non-suppression reduces national fortune by 10 points. ”

The rebel army attacked the city and conquered the city, causing more and more harm to "my Dayuan", Li Jinglong said without hesitation.

"Suppression!"

"In the same year, a special incident occurred - Haidu committed the border."

"The Great Khan of the Ögedai Khanate, one of the four great Mongol khanates, and your sworn enemy, Sonjin Haidu, personally led tens of thousands of Mongol cavalry to invade your borders. The last rebellion of the Emperor Naiyan has proved that your generals and soldiers have no will to fight in the face of enemies of the same clan and clan, do you choose to fight in person? ”

This time, Jiang Xinghuo did not directly give a choice of consequences, but it is not difficult for Li Jinglong to analyze that if he does not drive the expedition in person, he is afraid that he will be defeated, and when the time comes, he will not only deduct the finances, but also lose the fortune of the country.

"Pro-conquest!"

"After getting the news, you forcibly supported the body that felt more and more aging after the last time you personally conquered the sect king Naiyan, and drove the personal expedition. But you have not encountered any enemy troops on the border, and Haidu has already led his troops back because of your prestige, which is only a false alarm. Fiscal - 10. ”

"In the twenty-fifth year of the Yuan Dynasty, counting the 5 points of fiscal surplus, the fiscal is 60, and the national fortune is 45."

"In the twenty-sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Jiangxi Hua Da Lao, Huang Da Lao, Qiu Da Lao, Yang Zhen Longyu in eastern Zhejiang, Ye Dawu in Taigu County, Jixi Hu Fa, Rao Bicheng, Lu Chong 2 in eastern Zhejiang, Yang Yuanliu, Tang Zhen in Hangzhou, Xianyou Zhu 35 and other continuous uprisings. Is it repressive? Suppression requires 10 fiscal points, and if it is not suppressed, it will reduce the national fortune by 10 points. ”

This time, Li Jinglong didn't want the scale of the uprising to continue to expand, so he said directly.

"Suppression!"

"In the same year, there was a special event - frequent natural disasters."

"Jiangyin, Ningguo and other roads are flooded, and more than 400,000 households have been moved. The Quanzhou earthquake and the Wugu Road earthquake caused the ground to subside, killing more than 7,000 people. Fiscal - 5. ”

"In the twenty-fifth year of the Yuan Dynasty, counting 5 points of fiscal surplus, the treasury is 50, and the national fortune is 45."

Time is moving forward in Li Jinglong's quick decision.

In the thirtieth year of the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan army attacked Java and retreated to Quanzhou after suffering heavy losses. Finance -10, National Fortune -10. ”

"In the thirtieth year of the Yuan Dynasty, counting 5 points of fiscal surplus, the fiscal is 45, and the national fortune is 20."

"In the thirty-first year of the A.D., you died, and you will continue to play the role of your son Timur."

In the same year, the Yellow River broke its embankment in Qi, Fengqiu, Xiangfu, Ningling, Xiangyi and other places, and broke the embankment again in Kaifeng. Do you want to build the Yellow River? ”

After playing here, Li Jinglong's face was already pale.

Li Jinglong looked at Zhu Gaoxu and said with a wry smile: "Maybe you are right, if you chose to build the Yellow River back then, the finances can still hold it up now, and the Yellow River will not burst its embankment year after year." ”

"It's late." Zhu Gaoxu was also a little stunned.

The game continues.

"In the first year of Dade, the Yangtze River overflowed in Liyang, Hezhou, and more than 18,500 houses were floated. The Yellow River overflowed in many places, and then broke Bianliang, and then broke Pukou in Qi County. Fiscal - 5. ”

"In the second year of Dade, there were 96 places in Pukou, Heduqi County, flooding Bianliang and Guide two counties. Fiscal - 5. ”

"Three years of great virtue."

"Four years of great virtue."

Not only the Yellow River, but also the Huai River, the Yangtze River, and even the Han River began to experience continuous flooding.

Beads of sweat flowed down Li Jinglong's forehead.

He had to weigh the pros and cons and conditionally went to the disaster, but the disaster could not be saved.

"In the fifth year of Dade, a special event occurred - the Yunnan Tusi Uprising. Do you choose repression? ”

Li Jinglong buried his head in his arm, and his voice came out in a dull voice: "Do I still have a choice?" ”

At this time, after a series of "rational" choices by Li Jinglong, under the premise of taking fiscal protection as the first goal, the finances of the Dayuan Imperial Court still had 15 points left, but the national fortune was only 5 points.

In other words, the finances of "my big yuan" are still standing, but it is estimated that the country will be destroyed next year.

After all, the value of the national fortune has risen much less than it has fallen.

Even if you are lucky enough not to deduct the national fortune in the next few years, the finances will no longer be able to hold on.

The Yellow River, the Huai River, and the Yangtze River have all become the bloodletting of the empire because they have not maintained water conservancy projects.

Every year, at a financial value of 10 points, he is constantly deducting the money that Li Jinglong has saved through various efforts before.

Li Jinglong also realized his fate, he didn't want to choose at all, this time he lost the country directly in order to maintain the finances!

And ironically.

- If he had chosen to build the Yellow River at that time, then after two or three rulers, the Yuan Dynasty would have ushered in a real reign.

At this time, the finance could no longer support the repair of the Yellow River, and there was no chance to repair it.

Li Jinglong was very depressed, and he doubted his reason and determination.

Not repairing the Yellow River is a rational result, and it is foolish for Zhu Gaoxu to have to repair the Yellow River if he wants to lose his country -- this is Li Jinglong's judgment not long ago.

Now that he has reached a dead end, he is slapped in the face.

Li Jinglong hammered his head with his hand and asked himself in disbelief.

"How is that possible? How did it get to this point? There are already many, many options! ”

No one answered him, and Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but interject.

"It's really not good, let's [change money] again."

Li Jinglong raised his head, his eyes were full of loss, and he cleared his throat before he could speak.

"[Changing money] is also drinking to quench thirst, I admit defeat and stop playing."

In the secret room.

Zhu Di said thoughtfully: "So no matter how you choose, as long as you are not playing a game, then in fact, as a ruler, when facing things that affect the fortunes of the country, the final choice you make is to sacrifice your finances and keep the continuation of the country." ”

Xia Yuanji nodded and followed closely.

"After all, the finances have collapsed, and they can [turn money] into money in exchange for the continued existence of the country at the expense of the people."

"Of course, the effect of [changing money] to save the treasury will decrease with the increase of the number of times, which is also very true, and the people have lost trust in the imperial court in the change of money again and again."

Zhu Di concluded: "In other words, the choice of [changing money] is actually inevitable, but it is only a matter of time, and the will of the ruler does not have a great impact. ”

"Your Majesty, that's exactly what happened."

Xia Yuanji was also a little helpless, and said with some relief: "Jiang Xinghuo, this game, has already explained very clearly how the banknote law collapses, and this kind of thing is going to collapse after all, and it is just a matter of time." At least since the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom began to play the money law, I have never seen any kind of banknote that can escape the fate of not being able to last for forty years, basically more than ten years, and then collapse in more than twenty years. ”

"Is there really no way?" Zhu Di asked seriously.

"I really can't help it!"

Xia Yuanji said earnestly: "The predecessors of the past generations have no way, and now the household department has no way, and the minister does not think that in the lifetime of the minister, someone can propose a practical way to solve the problem of the gradual deterioration of the banknote law." ”

This is what Xia Yuanji said in his heart.

From beginning to end, the person who understands the economy best in the Ming Dynasty does not believe that Jiang Xinghuo said that the 'silver treasure banknote' can solve the root problem of the corruption of the banknote law.

Even if Jiang Xinghuo talked about the origin and development of money in the course of his previous lectures, he talked about the Tao.

Even if Jiang Xinghuo is doing the simulation game now, it is very clear that the ruler of the empire will inevitably make trade-offs in the face of national fortune and finance, which will inevitably lead to the corruption of the banknote law and the inevitable occurrence of [banknote exchange].

Although Jiang Xinghuo said it clearly, Xia Yuanji also admitted that Jiang Xinghuo has an extraordinary insight into the way of the economy, and when it comes to reasoning, it is simply pointing to the source of the problem.

The most terrifying thing is that Jiang Xinghuo can also use this kind of subtle and profound thing hidden in the fog of history in a simple, easy-to-understand and immersive way, so that ordinary people who don't know much about the economy can also understand how the phenomenon of [banknote change] came about.

But the more Jiang Xinghuo showed that he understood, the less confident Xia Yuanji was in stopping the corruption of the banknote law.

Because.

- He understands too!

It is precisely because I can see through it that I feel hopeless.

Just as some people believe in science that they fall into theology.

Li Jinglong is still in a depressed state, and he has once again doubted life more deeply.

Is it wrong to make a rational choice and weigh the pros and cons?

recalled that during the Battle of Jingjing, he made rational and blameless choices again and again, but in the end, in the face of Zhu Gaoxu, who was "indecisive and reckless", he lost consecutive battles.

Li Jinglong fell into confusion.

On the other side, Zhu Gaoxu also thought for a long time, before he lowered his head and asked: "So what Mr. Jiang means in this game is that [banknote change] is actually inevitable, and it is useless to choose, am I right?" ”

"If you look at it from the perspective of a traditional feudal dynasty based on agricultural taxes, as in the simulation game just now, then there is really no solution to actively or passively choose [to change money]."

Jiang Xinghuo affirmed: "In fact, what I want to tell you in this game is also what it means. ”

"That is, whether it is Kublai Khan, who is eloquent, or the prime minister who wants to turn the tide; Whether they conscientiously regulate the establishment of the banknote law, or they just want to make money through the banknote law to save the country. The final ending is all [money], and the time is just sooner or later. ”

"Do you know where the root of the problem is?"

When Li Jinglong heard this, he finally raised his head, and even people like him, who had been trying to save the finances and were unwilling to change money when the country was about to die, finally realized that there must be something wrong with this.

Otherwise, how can we explain that the corruption of the banknote law to the end [change money] cannot be stopped no matter how many choices the ruler has?

Jiang Xinghuo said word by word.

"Because currency over-issuance is a shadow of real value, the more currency is over-issued, the bigger the shadow will be, to the limit, and it will eventually swallow up the entity in turn."

"And the only way to stop the shadow from devouring the entity is for the entity to grow at least as fast as the shadow's growth rate, or to control the shadow's growth rate."

"And this is doomed to fail in countries that rely on growing food to create real value and rely on taxes based on agricultural taxes to fill the gap of currency over-issuance!"

"That's why, in the 'Currency Game: Simulation of the Yuan Dynasty', no matter what you choose, it will inevitably lead to the inevitability of [changing money]."

Li Jinglong suddenly came to his senses, and he asked eagerly: "So Jiang Lang has a way to get rid of the ending of [Changing Money], right?" It's what you call 'silver money'! ”

"Exactly."

Zhu Gaoxu also suddenly: "I also understand, this is the purpose of Mr. Jiang letting us play this game!" ”

Jiang Xinghuo's words seemed to lift the roof of the secret room and shine into a round of scorching sun!

Xia Yuanji, who was still struggling in the dark fateful despair of 'the money law must be corrupted'.

Stand on the spot.

The reason why Xia Yuanji is desperate is because he has seen too thoroughly and understands too much theory.

And it is precisely because of this that Jiang Xinghuo directly pointed out a clear way for him to crack the fate of the treasure money from the theoretical level.

With Xia Yuanji's wisdom and many years of work experience in managing the finances of the Ming Dynasty, it took almost no effort to understand what Jiang Xinghuo meant.

And his experience and knowledge told him for the first time that Jiang Xinghuo's brand-new theory was right!

This set of theories has pointed out from the root why the banknote law must be depreciated and corrupted.

It is because the speed of issuing banknotes exceeds the speed of creating real value, and there is more money on the market, but there are not many valuable items, which is equivalent to the value of money, so the banknotes are depreciating more and more.

Xia Yuanji understood this truth, but Xia Yuanji didn't understand the implied meaning in Jiang Xinghuo's words next.

How do you create other real value? How can we get rid of the dependence of taxes on agricultural taxes and then have other revenues to join in to fill the gap in monetary bills? How to effectively stop the depreciation of banknotes?

When you figure it all out.

Xia Yuanji suddenly threw himself down in front of the ceramic wall, and pressed his ear tightly, as if he could hear the news he wanted to know the most for the first time.

"Tell me!"

"What the hell is going to do to stop the Shadow Devouring Entity?"

Xia Yuanji's eyes were full of hope.

(End of chapter)