Fusu smiled bitterly, the gleam in his eyes dimmed, and he shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this won't work." ”

"Da Qin can't give so much money."

"Over the years, Daqin has continued to carry out various projects, although I don't know the specific situation of Shaofu, but I don't think there will be too much surplus money and grain, otherwise Daqin will not collect oral taxes many times."

"Again."

"Great Qin's laws are strict."

"There is no support for giving money, and there is no reason for it."

"Confucius once said: 'Do not suffer from widowhood but suffer from unevenness', even if Daqin can give money and food to the people of Guanzhong, how will the people of Guandong feel at that time? Under the boiling emotions, if you are instigated by traitors, you may end up in chaos in the world. ”

"You can't give money."

Ji Heng bowed slightly, agreeing with Fusu's statement.

Daqin really can't give money now.

Nor can it be given!

The huge bureaucratic system of Great Qin is maintained by squeezing the bottom of society, and if part of the money and grain is distributed to the bottom, I am afraid that the imperial court, which is already difficult to maintain, will collapse in an instant.

Giving money is also out of the law.

From various points of view, directly distributing money and grain to the bottom is a small benefit and a big harm to Daqin.

Fusu looked at Ji Heng suspiciously, such a simple truth, he could see it, Ji Heng couldn't see it, why did he still make a suggestion of 'giving money'?

Ji Heng moved his body, lay on his side on the recliner, pillowed his head with his hands, and said, "According to your words, Da Qin can't give money now?" Can't give it either? Can't even give? ”

"That's true." Fusu nodded.

"Then regardless of whether you give money or not, let me ask another question, does Shaofu have any money and food left at the moment?" Ji Heng Road.

Fu Su frowned, this was already suspected of being a secret of the Great Qin, and it should not have been leaked to the outside world, but seeing Ji Heng's solemn expression, he finally nodded and said, "There is still a lot of money and grain stored in Ao Cang." ”

"However, unless we face a crisis of life and death, the money and food accumulated by Ao Cang must not be moved."

Hear the words.

Ji Heng nodded slightly.

He knew about the existence of Ao Cang.

He didn't have the idea of fighting Ao Cang, he just wanted to know the national strength of Great Qin.

Ji Heng said: "So the money and food you can use are limited. ”

Fusu nodded helplessly.

Ji Heng sighed lightly, rubbed his forehead, and teased: "The first emperor is really generous enough, with both hands, the money and food are not penny, so he points to me to conjure it up." ”

Fusu laughed dryly and didn't answer.

He didn't think that the first emperor didn't want to give, but he really couldn't give it.

Give less, useless.

If you give too much, the court can't hold it.

Even in the end, they can only continue to give to the people.

This is obviously not what the First Emperor wanted to see.

Ji Heng saw the bronze jue on the ground, his eyes showed a touch of solemnity, and he said in a deep voice: "The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and today everything is good if you have money, and everything is good if you have no money." ”

"Since the first emperor doesn't give money and food, then figure it out yourself."

"Making money !!"

Hear the words.

Fusu hurriedly said: "Great Qin's current rent and taxes are very high, and the imperial court may not agree to levy oral taxes." ”

"Before I came, my father said that it was a big political change."

Ji Heng slightly bowed.

He knew that.

Daqin's rent and taxes have been very high in recent years, and there is not much room for improvement, if it increases again, I am afraid that as soon as the decree is issued, the local government will riot in an instant.

This is also the crux of Daqin's current problem.

The imperial court needed a lot of money and food to maintain a huge bureaucratic system, and there were various major projects to be built, which also required a lot of money and food, and the blood and sweat at the bottom had long been drained.

Even if you want to levy it, you can't levy it.

He wouldn't do that either!

Ji Heng Road:

"It's easy to do things with money."

"So you have to make money."

"At present, the court does not send it, and it cannot affect the people's livelihood."

"Then there are only two ways left."

"Two?" Hu Hai exclaimed.

He didn't dare to say a word before, and he thought that Ji Heng had nothing to do, but he never thought that Ji Heng opened his mouth to have two ways, which really shocked him.

Fusu also showed a different color.

Ji Heng ignored it and said to himself: "The first way is to print money. ”

"Printing money?" Fusu was stunned.

Ji Heng said: "There are too few coins in Daqin, which can't meet the daily needs of the people at all, and Qin and a half taels are the national currency, so as long as one more Qin and a half taels can be made, Daqin will have one more coin." ”

Hear the words.

Fusu was thoughtful.

But in the end he shook his head.

He pondered: "Most of the copper and iron produced by Great Qin at the moment are used in weapons and agricultural tools, and there is not so much copper and iron used to cast Qin Banliang at present, and it is not realistic to improve it in the short term. ”

Ji Heng sighed lightly.

Fusu obviously didn't realize the value of 'Qin Banliang'.

He can actually understand that.

Since the Zhou Dynasty, there are many currencies in the world, and the shapes of coins in various countries are also different, such as shovel coins, knife coins, ring coins, etc., and the circulation range is generally not large, so the world people more respect grain and cloth as currency.

That is, bartering.

The whole of Great Qin also thought so.

Therefore, the imperial court did not care about the minting of Qin Banliang, except for the declaration of Qin Banliang as the unified currency of the world when the founding of the country, in addition, there was no mention of currency, and it was rarely minted, even if there was a mint, it rarely exceeded one million.

But compared to the population of 20 or 30 million in Great Qin, this bit of money is simply not enough.

Money is the lifeblood of the economy.

Great Qin apparently ignored the value of the currency itself.

As the first great unified dynasty, Daqin still follows the past ideologically, which can't be too demanding, but it is really a waste to have such a large monetary weapon that has been idle.

Ji Heng took a deep breath and said, "The court has underestimated the value of Qin Banliang. ”

"In the past, bartering was prevalent in the world mainly because the currencies of various countries were different and could not be circulated with each other, so local places were more accustomed to bartering."

"And today, under the unification, Qin and half taels are a unified currency."

"Monetary barriers have been broken."

"Any Qin half tael printed by Great Qin is money!"

"Da Qin obviously ignored this."

"This kind of neglect is not only contemporary, Qin Banliang has existed for more than 130 years since its inception, but only Qin Huiwen issued Qin Banliang in a big way, and the rest of the time, Qin Banliang was only used as a coin."

"It's clearly putting the cart before the horse!"

"If Great Qin attaches importance to the issuance of Qin and half taels, he will not fall to such a point at all."

"Daqin has little money, but he is not short of money."

"If Great Qin casts the twelve golden men into Qin half taels, I don't know how much money can be levied, and I don't know how many goods can be purchased from the merchants."

"Nostalgia without knowing it makes people laugh and be generous."

Hear the words.

Fusu's heart moved slightly.

He felt that there was some truth in what Ji Heng said.

It's just that the concept of bartering has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and if you want to replace it with Qin Banliang, it may take a lot of time.

Ji Heng point to the end.

And did not continue to say more along the currency.

Trading with grain and cloth as the trading benchmark is obviously what officials at all levels of the imperial court are happy to see, because cloth and grain are real, even if there is depreciation, the goods are real, but the currency is different.

Currencies will only depreciate as they are issued.

The large-scale implementation of Qin Banliang is beneficial to the public, but it is not conducive to private interests.

In fact, it is to compete with the 'people' for profit.