Fusu was silent.

His eyes were full of solemnity and deep thought.

Under Ji Heng's careful explanation, he gradually understood.

There is a shortage of money in the world.

Especially the lack of Qin and half two.

After Qin unified the world, a unified currency was implemented, but because the imperial court monopolized the coinage right, the amount of currency that the imperial court could issue every year was very limited, and there were never so many coins available for circulation in the world, so the local government spontaneously returned to the road of using the old currency.

This is a spontaneous choice of the world.

Ji Heng's idea is to make the currency truly 'unified', so that the currencies of the six countries will no longer have a place, completely reduced to scrap currency, and completely lose their purchasing power, so that the money of many powerful, noble, and corrupt officials in the Kanto region will be greatly devalued, and it is even likely to become worthless directly.

This is a big blow to Kanto.

It is also conducive to centralization.

Even this itself is part of centralization.

Normally speaking, if Great Qin really promulgated such a decree and insisted on pushing it forcibly, it would only make the people below obey the yang and yin, and it would gradually fall into the same situation as now, only staying to show it, and most of the Qin half taels would only circulate in a few places in Guanzhong, and they would have little impact on the world.

It's just a dead letter.

However, with the decentralization of the right to mint money by the imperial court.

This also means that local forces can mint coins privately.

The world belongs to Daqin, and Daqin, who is actually or nominally the lord of the world in the hearts of many people in the Kanto region, has an obvious influence on the world, and if they can, they hope that the coins in their hands will be the Qin half taels that can pass through the world, rather than the currency of the six countries that is not officially recognized.

Qin half tael is legal tender.

Recognized by the world.

They can mint money privately, so they will naturally readily agree, after all, who doesn't want to do a profitable deal? Moreover, it is also officially licensed to collect money and mint money, so they are also in the same queue as Daqin.

These people don't want chaos in the world.

Because if the world is in chaos, then won't the money they mint be useless?

Thus the differentiation is naturally completed.

The powerful forces are the big winners in this game, while the powerful and the powerful but rich will be weakened to a great extent, even if these people collude with each other, their strength will also be weakened.

The strong are stronger, and the weak are weaker.

Furthermore.

The imperial court relinquished the right to mint money.

This is undoubtedly a million benefits for the powerful groups in the world, and the benefits are far better than the sale of salt and iron in the past, so although they also suffer losses, they will also gain greater benefits, under some trade-offs, most of them will choose to turn a blind eye, and the imperial court has let them cut in advance, so it is easy to compromise in the end.

This is a conspiracy.

Eli for profit.

In the final analysis, it is the greed for money and profit.

Through the high-pressure persecution of the imperial court, the local government was forced to give up some powerless groups, thus creating a situation where the strong were stronger and the weak were dying out, so that the overall strength of the local area was weakened, although some of the strength was enhanced, but the overall threat to the Qin court was greatly weakened.

In the past, it was the powerful and rich who joined forces to fight against the imperial court.

Now the powerful have a piece of the pie, and those who have money but no power, or power but no money, can either only rely on other powerful forces, or cooperate with each other to try to get a part of the benefits, or they will only be swallowed up by those stronger forces step by step.

No matter what you do in the end, it's all an internal friction in the Kanto region.

The purpose of the imperial court has been achieved.

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

"With this move, the increasingly tense situation in the Kanto region will also be resolved."

"During this time, with Meng Yi's killing in Dangjun, the entire Kanto was actually panicked, lest Meng Yi raise his long sword again, and the distrust between Kanto and the imperial court became more and more serious.

"The imperial court only wants to take power, not to cause chaos in the world."

"Now the entire Kanto region is waiting, waiting for Meng Yi's next step, and also waiting for what the imperial court will do next, many of them are afraid that they are aware that the imperial court's actions will not stop here, so if Meng Yi really makes another move, I am afraid that the local area will be chaotic, although the local forces dare not openly oppose the imperial court."

"But I also know deeply that if you lose one city today, you will lose ten cities tomorrow."

"If the imperial court just kills all the way through, I am afraid that by the time Meng Yi walks out of the second county, all local forces will have secretly joined forces and began to launch a riot in the world, and then pressure the imperial court to force the imperial court to make concessions."

"Over the past month, there have been constant controversies in the court."

"I'm also under pressure."

Fusu sighed softly.

In the past month, with the resurgence of Meng Yi and the incident in Dangjun.

As the leader, he faced a lot of pressure in the court, and many courtiers thought that the original proposal was wrong, and that the transit warehouse should not be built in Kanto, otherwise the court would not have fallen into such a dilemma.

He has been impeached many times this month.

The imperial history of the Imperial History Mansion, the impeachment recital, is like a snowflake, sent to the case of the first emperor.

In fact, he also knew that these imperial histories did not really have malicious intentions towards him, but simply thought that the policy was wrong, and wanted the first emperor to order it to be abolished, so as not to further get out of control and calmly end up in difficulty.

That's why.

After gritting his teeth and stiffening for more than half a month, Fusu finally couldn't hold on and ran to Ji Heng for help.

These suggestions did come from Zhang Cang's mouth, but there may not be no shadow of Ji Heng, and Ji Heng took the initiative to mention it at the beginning, but because of some things, his mind was very messy, and he didn't stay long, so he didn't fully know.

And there is a real risk that the situation in the Kanto region will get out of control.

He had to be vigilant.

Forthwith.

He chuckled and said, "Now that Mr. has made up for the follow-up, my hanging heart has finally fallen." ”

"As long as the imperial court is willing to delegate the right to mint coins, the current tension in the Kanto region will also dissipate a lot, and most of the coins are stored in the hands of the super-rich and powerful, nobles, and officials, and the impact on the people at the bottom is very small, and the imperial court can also let it go."

"That's it."

"The imperial court's policy in the Kanto region can be continued."

"Meng Yi can also continue to deter with high pressure, rein in the economic power of the Kanto, and use this to prune some of the local wings, and then let the imperial court further strengthen its control over the counties and counties in the Kanto, and at the same time install more officials in the local area, so that the imperial court has more understanding and control over the Kanto."

"Second, through the decentralization of coinage, many nobles and super-rich will be on the verge of bankruptcy, and many powerful will be greatly reduced, and on the whole, it will secretly weaken local strength and consolidate centralized power."

"Third, the policy of great unification has been further promoted, so that Qin Banliang has been thoroughly rooted in the hearts of the people."

"Fourth, copper mining coinage is a huge profit, if the imperial court delegates the right to mint coinage, it will definitely attract copper mines from all over the country, and they have invested in the minting of currency, which is also a great blow to the private casting of weapons and armor in the Kanto region."

"Whatever the way you look at it."

"This is all good for the central government and harmful to local forces."

"The key will also lead to local internal friction."

"The imperial court sits and reaps the profits."

Ji Heng glanced at Fusu and shook his head.

He said lightly: "You think about things too simply, this matter is not so easy to determine, the coinage right involves where the monarch goes, delegating the coinage power, this is undoubtedly decentralizing power." ”

"And the decentralization of coinage rights will lead to more and more people going to engage in mining and metallurgy."

"In the end, no one wants to farm."

Hear the words.

Fusu's face changed slightly.

He already understood the meaning of Ji Heng's words.

Delegating the right to mint coins is good, but it is contrary to the Qin system.

Since the Shang Dynasty changed the law, Daqin has been extremely opposed to this kind of leisure and bad work, if he proposed it in the court, I am afraid that many ministers will be different, especially officials from the law officials.

More critically.

This is decentralization.

Contrary to the wishes of his father.

Fusu's complexion changed and changed, and finally, there was a hint of resoluteness in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "There is no turning back arrow when you open the bow, since you have started to do it, you can only go one way to the end, there is no way to give up halfway, let alone return halfway." ”

"I Fusu has always been criticized by the court in the past, and even has always been disliked by my father, that is, Fusu does not agree so much with the Legalists, so many officials from the court at that time were quite critical of Fusu, but in recent years, Fusu has changed a lot, and these officials from the law have gradually recognized Fusu."

"But Fusu is still the same Fusu."

"The prejudices in their hearts may still exist."

"In that case, let's make this little word bigger, and I'll help Su to bear it alone."

"As long as it is beneficial to Daqin in the end, disliked by my father and emperor, criticized by the lawgivers of the Great Qin system, and even contemptuous for the people of the world, I don't care about Fusu, being in his position, sometimes it is inevitable, if even I can't make up my mind, and I don't dare to take this risk and consequences, how can I expect others?"

"Fusu is willing to bear this price."

"No regrets."

Fusu looked upright and did not hesitate at all.

He couldn't have regretted it.

Once the imperial court retreats, it means that the imperial court has a jealousy of the Kanto, which has a very subtle impact on the whole world, and is very likely to cause further persecution by the Kanto forces, which Fusu does not want to see.

He didn't want to quit either.

Step back, step by step, when will there be a head?

If the situation is in his own right, how can he miss this great opportunity because he cherishes his feathers?

Ji Heng smiled and nodded.

He said slowly: "You don't have to look like you're going to die. ”

"The opinion of the imperial court will indeed be very big, but now that Shaofu is Zhang Cang, you only need to convince Zhang Cang, and then persuade some courtiers, this matter may not be impossible, but the resistance will indeed be much greater, especially if the final result is not good."

"I'm afraid that your position as a prince may not be able to be guaranteed."

"It's unlikely, though."

"Also."

"Decentralization of coinage is not a good idea."

"I can only use it this time."

"Once there is this experience, the local forces will be greatly vigilant, and it will be extremely difficult for the imperial court to concoct the same method, after all, the thing that 'called Qian Heng' can be of great use for the first time, and now most of them are just to show their loyalty to the imperial court, and when they really react, they will definitely be greatly vigilant."

Fusu nodded.

Ji Heng mentioned 'calling Qian Heng' earlier, but he actually didn't think so.

It's just that after thinking about it carefully, I know that 'Cheng Qian Heng' is indeed a wonderful move, because the imperial court promulgated it, I am afraid that many people will not care, they will only think that the imperial court is powerless to supervise, forced to arrange it casually, and in fact, in order to show loyalty to the imperial court as much as possible, most of them will comply, after all, it is just a weighing pan, what is it?

Moreover.

Let go of private coinage.

Local forces are coming in too quickly.

Naturally, they will not be so anxious to make bad money, otherwise it will fall into the ears of the imperial court, lest someone will lose their officials, so in the early days, for the sake of safety, it will be in full and sufficient, and it will lead step by step to what Ji Heng said, 'good money drives out bad money'.

But after suffering a loss once, these people will not eat a second time.

It will become less and less effective in the future.

More critically.

The imperial court will take back the coinage right in the future, which is equivalent to the fact that they have worked so hard to mint money, and finally made a wedding dress for the imperial court, and they will not care about these policies in their hearts.

Ji Heng said slowly: "The decentralization of the coinage right can only be used when the world's currency is tightened, and it can't be used for too long, otherwise so many copper mines in the world will mint copper coins on a large scale, and the value of the currency will only continue to depreciate. ”

Fusu frowned.

He looked puzzled.

When did Xianyang appear in the currency issue?

Forthwith.

One thing came to his mind.

Fusu said in a deep voice: "Lanchi back then? ”

Ji Heng nodded.

He said lightly: "When the First Emperor Lanchi was attacked, Guanzhong Dasuo for a month, in this month, the price of grain in Guanzhong soared, and the original grain price of fifty or sixty yuan a stone soared to more than a thousand yuan, which also led to the fact that many people in Guanzhong starved to death at that time, and even those who had money could not buy food. ”

"It's similar to monetary inflation."

"But it's different."

"Currency inflation is a great depreciation of the currency, and it was originally possible to buy one stone of grain for fifty-six yuan, but in the future, it will cost one or two thousand yuan to buy one stone, and even a basket of coins cannot be exchanged for one stone of rice."

"So the coinage must be taken back as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, the world will be flooded with currency, and it will be the bottom who suffers."

Fusu's heart sank.

He also knew the stakes, and hurriedly said: "Fusu remembers, he will definitely take back the coinage right as soon as possible, and will never let it fall aside for too long, let alone allow the world's currency to depreciate to such a point." ”

Ji Heng chuckled lightly, and said with a deep gaze: "Fusu, you are wrong again." ”

"Currency, too, is a war."

"It's just that compared to the war on the battlefield, the currency war has no blood and fire."

"But this is a continuation of the war of great unification." (End of chapter)