Hear the words.

Fusu was stunned for a moment.

The 'robbery' of robbing the rich and helping the poor? What does this mean?

Under the decree, can the rich and the poor still be separated?

If the imperial decree really has such an effect, how can the imperial court have so many conditions.

He arched his hand and said, "Please also tell me clearly." ”

He sat upright, leaning forward slightly, as if he were listening.

Ji Heng's face was calm, he lay lazily on the recliner and asked, "Who are the rich people in the world?" ”

Fu Su thought for a while, and said slowly: "When it is a noble, a strong man, a corrupt official, and a person with a high title rewarded by the imperial court, in addition, there are some businessmen who operate profiteering industries, such as the Ba clan who operates Bashu, the Wulu clan who manages horses, and other merchants, there are not too many." ”

Ji Heng nodded and said with a smile: "Then what form does the wealth in their hands take?" ”

Fusu glanced at Ji Heng suspiciously, and said: "Most of them exist in the form of coins, grain, and cloth. ”

"What kind of money is the money in the world?"

"Naturally, it's Qin Banliang." Fusu opened his mouth without thinking.

Forthwith.

He seemed to have thought of something, showed a look of hesitation on his face, and said suspiciously: "However, Zhang Cang once mentioned to me that although the legal tender of Great Qin is Qin half taels, but looking at the world, the number of Qin half taels is still too small, so in many places in the Kanto region, the coins of the six countries can still be used, and the circulation is not low." ”

Ji Heng said again: "Are the low-level leaders and slaves rich?" ”

Fusu shook his head.

He said in a deep voice: "The Qianshou and subordinate ministers at the bottom are in a precarious situation, and they have almost eaten the last meal without the next meal, how can they save the remaining money and food?" If the local leaders and subordinates have money, the imperial court will not have to levy forced labor many times, isn't it because they can't collect the money, so they can use labor to offset it. ”

"No money!"

Ji Heng smiled, his smile was very sunny.

He said lightly: "Then according to what you mean, the coins of the six countries are all in the hands of local tycoons, nobles, and corrupt officials?" ”

"Naturally." Fusu Road.

"And what if the 'money' is really wasted?" Ji Heng sneered.

Fusu's pupils shrank.

He thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "That is undoubtedly to let these powerful, noble, and corrupt officials who have a large number of currencies of the six countries in their hands be 'robbed' all of a sudden, but as I said earlier, the imperial court can't take out so many Qin and half taels, although the imperial court has the heart to do so, but it is really powerless." ”

"And the localities won't listen."

"It will only be contrary to the yang."

"What's more, if it is really implemented, the local area may be chaotic."

"Because of this, many times, the imperial court turns a blind eye, because there is really no other way."

"And in doing so, isn't it to offend the place?"

Ji Heng chuckled.

His eyes closed slightly, a cold color flashed in his eyes, and he said lightly: "You don't need to offend everything, as long as you win over and divide yourself, as for the local heroes and nobles, the local government will solve it by itself." ”

"What's the point?" Fu Su frowned: "If the imperial court really strictly ordered the abolition of other currencies, many officials in the local government would also suffer heavy losses, in this case, how could they stand in the same queue as the imperial court?" How could they target the aristocracy and the powerful? ”

Fusu looked puzzled.

Ji Heng said coldly: "As long as the interests are big enough, nothing is impossible." ”

Fusu was silent.

Waiting for Ji Heng to give an explanation.

Ji Heng slowly sat up straight, and said lightly: "The currency of the six countries is not tolerated by Qin Law, and it is only natural that it will be completely abandoned, the reason why it can't be done in the past is because there are not so many Qin and half taels in circulation in the world, so the Qin court can only turn a blind eye, but if the amount of Qin and half taels in the world goes up at once, is there still a need for the currency of the six countries to circulate?" ”

Fusu shook his head.

He said coldly: "If there are so many Qin and half taels in the world, there is naturally no need for other currencies. ”

"Then let there be so many in the world." Ji Heng said firmly.

Fusu frowned.

He looked at Ji Heng and said in a condensed voice: "But there is no one in the world?" ”

"Then build it." Ji Heng Road.

The look of doubt in Fusu's eyes became even stronger.

Ji Heng continued: "If the imperial court can't make it, then let go of the restrictions, delegate the right to mint coins to the localities, and allow local private minting, but for privately minted coins, the imperial court must be strict, and they must reach the proper texture of Qin Banliang, otherwise they do not need to be circulated." ”

Hear the words.

Fusu's face was shocked.

He said with a shocked face: "Sir, this is not a trivial matter, once the coinage power is decentralized, doesn't it mean that the place can be minted at will?" If this continues, the world will not be chaotic? ”

Ji Heng waved his hand and said calmly: "You think too clearly." ”

"Qin half tael, Qin half tael, the most important thing is in this 'Qin' word."

"As long as it is Qin and a half tael, it is allowed to circulate in the world, and it is also regarded as legal tender."

"Admittedly."

"This will lead to a flood of local private coins."

"But it's not so easy to flood into a disaster, it takes time to mint coinage, and the six places in the Kanto region, more are the currencies of the original six countries, in the next period of time, the world will continue to carry out currency replacement, the currencies of the past six countries, will gradually be replaced by Qin and a half, only when these currencies are all replaced, the world's currency will begin to enter the flood, and this is destined to take a long time."

"It can be as short as a few years, or as long as more than ten years."

"And the Great Qin itself issued the Qin Half Liang, and the currency replacement has no impact on the imperial court."

"The real impact of currency turnover is the people who have the currencies of the six countries."

"When the imperial court announced the decentralization of the right to mint coinage, the currencies of the six countries in the hands of these people suddenly became scrapped, not to mention worthless, at least depreciated sharply."

"And that's what I'm talking about grabbing money!"

"Directly snatch the money in the hands of the original nobles, the powerful, and the corrupt officials."

"Of course, the imperial court's move can not directly profit from it, but after the local forces mint coins, it must be spent, and spending it means that there will be taxes, and the imperial court has a certain grasp of the Kanto economy through the previous moves, and it can continue to collect taxes from it, and the replacement stage of currency is also the stage of a substantial increase in the imperial court's taxes."

"Wait for the replacement of the world's coins to be completed."

"The imperial court can then take back the coinage rights."

"That's it."

"In just a few years, the imperial court has plundered all the wealth accumulated by the nobles and powerful in the past, and without the accumulation of dozens or hundreds of years, the influence of the nobles and the powerful in the world will plummet, and how can it be done then?"

Hear the words.

Fusu only felt a roar in his head.

He never thought that there was such a way for money.

Ji Heng said lightly: "The circulation of currency in the world is actually very simple, it is purchasing power. ”

"Coins with purchasing power are divided into good coins and bad coins, in fact, it is just the amount of gold, silver and copper content in the currency, but in fact, there is another kind of bad currency in the world, not because of poor quality, but because there is too little formal currency in the world, and there are substitutes that have to be used.

"However, the amount of official currency was too small, and gradually, bad money became the mainstream."

"It gets to the bottom of it."

"In fact, good money and bad money have the same purchasing power, in the past, Qin Banliang's coinage right was in the imperial court, and the local government did not have Qin Banliang's coinage right, and it was too troublesome to use cloth or grain to buy things, so the currency of the six countries became popular again, and the currency of the six countries was circulated in the past, which was naturally easy to accept by the people of the six places, so it was not officially recognized by the currency of the six countries, and it also had the same purchasing power as Qin Banliang."

"Gradually."

"Bad money replaces good money."

"In the Kanto region, bad money is already rampant."

"But if the imperial court delegates the right to mint money, it means that there will be an increase in good coins."

"And this also means that the purchasing power of bad currency will be greatly weakened, or even lose its purchasing power, and this also means that the currencies of the six countries will depreciate sharply, in other words, if you have two currencies in your hand, one is Qin Banliang and one is the currency of the six countries, what currency will you use first?"

Fusu barely thought about it, and said directly: "The currency of the six countries." ”

"Then what if there is only half a tael of Qin in circulation on the market?"

Fusu smiled bitterly: "Then naturally you can only use Qin Banliang." ”

"And this also means that the purchasing power of the currencies of the six countries has been lost, and it has become a completely useless currency, which may be recast, but if the specifications of Qin Banliang are higher, it also means that the recasting of these currencies of the six countries will be more damaged, and the blow to the local nobles and heroes is self-evident."

"The main reason why seigniorage rights are important is seigniorage."

"That is, the profit from minting money."

"If the purchasing power of minting Qin Banliang currency is ten, of which the costs of mining, smelting, and casting add up to one, then the difference in the middle is nine, which is the seigniorage, and it is with this seigniorage that the imperial court can exchange a lot of benefits from the world."

"Compared with the windfall profits of salt and iron, the coinage is actually more profitable."

"That's why."

"The right to mint money has always been a monopoly of the imperial court."

"And if a large number of coins are issued, it also means that the purchasing power of the same Qin and a half taels in the world will decrease, which also means that the value of the coins in the hands of others will be diluted, but on the other hand, the wealth in the hands of the imperial court will increase, which is also a seigniorage."

"If the imperial court delegates the right to mint money."

"Naturally, the people at the bottom have no power to get it."

"Naturally, the coinage fell into the hands of the rich and powerful."

"So when the Qin Decree is promulgated, the world's wealthy, nobles, and wealthy businessmen will all accumulate wealth frantically in this carnival of coinage."

"But there are only a handful of people who can own copper mines."

"This also means that the currency of many nobles, wealthy and wealthy businessmen in the world will be greatly depreciated, and those who can mint money are equivalent to robbing the wealth accumulated in the hands of these people, so the original monolithic Kanto will naturally have contradictions, and there will be a basis for differentiation and suppression."

"And most of the people who can control the copper mines are actually in power."

"In the face of this heavenly benefit, how can you stand on the opposite side of the court? I am afraid that I will not care about the accusations of other nobles and powerful people at all, and will even take the initiative to suppress these people, so that the imperial court will stand on the same side as the local powerful groups, and then unify against the side that has 'lost power'. ”

"How is this detrimental to the imperial court?"

Hear the words.

Fusu's mouth was wide open.

He was completely shocked by Ji Heng's thoughts.

The seigniorage of currency is very high, and it must be a windfall profit, which will be higher than the windfall profit of salt and iron, if the imperial court collects the economic power of salt and iron, but delegates the right to mint money, this is also a difficult choice for the locality, the interests are moving, in the face of such interests, I am afraid that most people will compromise.

Eventually, it became.

The imperial court and the local government joined forces to target the 'disadvantaged' groups.

And this part of the population was originally a natural ally of the local powerful groups.

Back and forth.

The imperial court took back the economic power without bloodshed, and at the same time suppressed a large number of nobles and tyrants, without even spending too much effort.

It's a lot of work.

Fusu arched his hand and said: "Mr. Gaozhi, Fusu admires." ”

Ji Heng continued: "This is not enough, because the right to mint money is delegated, you don't know what coins these people will mint privately, if all of them mint inferior coins, it will force the local people to re-use the currencies of the six countries, so at the same time, we should also launch a 'money balance', specifically to weigh the weight of the currency, this thing is actually inconspicuous, and even seems very negative, because this is almost straightforward to tell the world, the imperial court can no longer control your private coins." ”

"But if the world underestimates 'Qian Heng', it is really a big mistake."

"The money balance is not for the minter."

"It's for the bottom."

"Let them be able to distinguish between good money and bad money."

"After the decentralization of coinage, the owner of the currency is the minter, these people have so many coins, they naturally want to use it, but if the people at the bottom can distinguish between good money and bad money, do you think the people at the bottom will accept good money or bad money?"

Fusu said without thinking: "Nature gives priority to good money. ”

"The Great Qin Decree stipulates that all medium of exchange, whether gold, copper coins, or cloth, have a fixed price comparison, and force the purchasing power of good money to be the same as that of bad money, and no one can question the quality of coins, not even the government, let alone pick and choose coins."

"So the next step is to repeal this law."

"It also means that good money and bad money no longer have the same purchasing power."

"In this way, if the people take good money to buy things, they can ask the merchants to charge less money, or give more goods, if they take bad money to buy things, then the merchants can ask for a price increase or sell less of your goods, and under the spontaneous choice of the market, the bottom people will be more and more inclined to use better quality money."

"It's also going to increase the competition between these currencies."

"Do you know what that means?" A smile appeared at the corner of Ji Heng's mouth.

Fusu didn't speak.

He frowned and pondered for a moment, then said with a shocked expression, "In order to be able to spend the coins they have minted, they can only greatly improve the quality of the coins. ”

Ji Heng nodded.

"That's what I call good money driving out bad money."

"And if you want good money to drive out bad money, you need to meet the two requirements I mentioned earlier."

"One is that people can distinguish between good money and bad money."

"The second is that good money and bad money no longer have the same purchasing power."

"And under the natural selection of the market, it will directly evolve into good money and drive out bad money."

"The powerful class, who originally wanted to get something for nothing and easily seek a lot of benefits, eventually had to raise their standards and spit out more profits, while in commodity trading, the imperial court could continue to collect commercial taxes, and at the same time, it could also eliminate some of the 'inferior' powerful and nobles from the world."

"And then you can kill multiple birds with one stone."

"By the time the people of the world react, the imperial court will already be strong."

"It's also a conspiracy."

"Profiteering." (End of chapter)