Ji Heng was not lying.

The currency itself is a continuation of the War of Great Unification.

From the unification of the currency of the Qin Dynasty, to the division of the princes by Liu Bang, the private coinage of the princes and kings and the wealthy businessmen from all over the country, to the decentralization of the coinage right by Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, the suppression of the princes by Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, and the collection of currency rights, and then to the Han Wu Emperor Liu Che to solve the problem of the princes and kings, and through a series of means, the rich merchants and the powerful were destroyed, and the coinage rights were completely recovered, and the system of 'three officials and five baht coins' was finally established.

Since then, the currency has truly completed the unification.

From merging to dividing to combining.

This 'war' of currency unification has lasted for more than 100 years.

Daqin is now also following the path of history.

Qin's unification of the world only completed the unification of the region, and the great unification system such as 'the same book and the same track' has not been truly implemented, and the real implementation of the great unification in the world will have to wait until the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

In the more than 100 years from Qin Shi Huang to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there has always been a confrontation between the central government and the locality, and between the people and the imperial court.

This war will go on for a long time.

If Fusu does not face up to it and ignores the importance of currency, sooner or later, it will fall on it, currency is related to the economy, and the economy is the lifeblood of a country.

Ji Heng said: "Don't look at currency so simply. ”

"Qin's great unification is far from the time of relaxation, let alone the end of it."

"It's even just getting started."

"The book is the same text, the car is on the same track, and it has just stepped forward."

"If you want to make the world truly unified, it will take three generations, five generations, or even more generations of monarchs to achieve it, just like Qin's unification of the world, it is the aftermath of Fen VI, and if you want to complete the real unification system, you also need to work hard for many generations."

"There is no room for slackness."

"There is no room for slackness and negligence."

"Money is actually a very deep science."

"If you don't pay attention to currency, Daqin will suffer a big loss sooner or later."

"The attack on the First Emperor Lanchi is actually not deep, and many people are unaware, but in fact, this has shown some signs, that is, when the currency becomes worthless, human life will be cheap."

Ji Heng's face was solemn.

Fusu sat upright, not smiling.

He could naturally see that Ji Heng was very serious about this topic and cared about it.

Ji Heng stood up, stood with his hands in his hands, and said coldly: "Those who do not seek eternity are not enough to seek a moment; Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain. ”

"Many of the policies of the First Emperor have been criticized by others."

"But the focus of the first emperor is not something that these people can see, and he is not seeking it for a while, but for eternity."

"Do you think that what the first emperor said, he is the first emperor, and the future generations will be counted, and the second and third generations will be endless, and they will be passed on endlessly, but they are really just talking?"

"The First Emperor really had such an idea!"

"That's exactly what it did."

"In the past, the world has always been a small-scale peasant economy, self-sufficient."

"In addition to buying grain, iron tools and paying taxes, ordinary Qianshou basically do not use money in their lives."

"Since the unification of the world, it is true that there are all kinds of waste to be rebuilt, but the world's economy has actually been very carved, and it has not been truly developed, which is mainly due to many reasons, on the one hand, Daqin's 'Vientiane Renewal', too many Qianshou were requisitioned to serve, resulting in a shortage of local population, and even 20 or 30 million people, but it is 'vast and sparsely populated'."

"On the other hand, Daqin's focus is on restoring agricultural production."

"Therefore, in recent years, Daqin has built water conservancy, dredging rivers, and building roads, and a large part of the reason is for better agricultural production, which is actually a kind of path dependence."

"After all, what Daqin has always followed is 'Cultivation Warfare'!"

"But the world can't always be like this."

"In the past, the buying and selling of goods basically existed only in the cities."

"However, as the world really stabilizes, the people at the bottom will gradually save some wealth, in the past, they did not use much currency, but with the development of the economy, the gradual prosperity of commodity trading, various commercial taxes are also in full swing, and in this case, the demand for currency in the world is extremely large."

"That's why the currencies of the six countries are coming back."

"No matter how the economy of Daqin withers, no matter how it is suppressed, compared to the time of war, there is development after all, the world is so big, once the economy is circulated, the amount of currency needed is also very large, and Daqin's system is actually a system of throwing money, which is also doomed, Daqin's currency circulation will be very high."

"And this is what Great Qin needs to consider in the future."

"Great Qin has truly completed the great unification, how to govern the world."

"Now this crisis has not broken out, because Daqin lacks coins, and for a long time, at least for decades, Daqin will not face this kind of problem, because as Daqin's control over the world is strengthened, local demand will continue to expand, even if a large amount of currency is minted, a large amount of commercial taxes collected by the imperial court will digest this part of the over-issued currency."

"The higher the quality of the coins, the lower the profit of the coinage, and the lower the supply."

"In addition, when the world is really at peace and the various systems are gradually improved, the treasury will begin to save money frantically, like a pixiu, only in and out, and it will also reduce the circulation of money, but this situation is not lasting, once the war starts, or the court has any major projects to start, it will throw money at the world."

"If there is too much money in circulation, it will lead to inflation."

"It does dilute the wealth of the holders, but in the end it is the people at the bottom who suffer."

"It's a tricky question."

"If there is less money, it will not be enough, and if it is more, it will hurt the world, but that degree is difficult to control."

"There is a law in Great Qin, that is, you can get a knighthood by donating coins, which will also lead to the aristocracy and corrupt officials, who used to accumulate huge amounts of wealth by minting money, and then use the way of paying money in the future to escape the punishment of the law, or even fight against the imperial court."

"The law must also keep pace with the times."

"Governance, governance."

"In addition to 'governance', there must also be 'reason'."

"If 'reason' can't keep up, the so-called 'governance' is a headless fly, covering their heads, and sooner or later there will be a big problem, and 'governance' is what the government needs to solve, but 'reason' does not necessarily fall on the government."

"Rather, it should fall on the 'school'."

"But I don't like the 'school', because the school is for cultivating officials, and Daqin needs to propose and improve the 'reason', when it is another place, I prefer to call it 'Taixue'."

"Too, everything is too big to describe it."

"Great Qin needs such a pure academic 'Tai Academy'."

"What these people are looking for is not officials, but the truth of the world, which has nothing to do with politics, but about the operation of the world and the universe, and the insight into the laws of the universe and the use of the world."

"Governance is practice, and theory is theory."

"Only by combining theory and practice can Daqin go further, not just a blind man touching an elephant and not knowing what he is touching."

"In terms of currency."

"It's actually easy to govern."

"When the world is stable, with the strength of the Qin army, it is enough to suppress the Kanto, and then forcibly take back the coinage right, who in the world will have any objections? If there is, kill it, if there are still local forces unwilling to steal it in private, or the court is not at ease, thinking that these corrupt officials and rich businessmen have amassed too much wealth, and they can already threaten the court, and with a wave of their hands, they will destroy it directly. ”

"Who in the world dares to disagree?"

"That's it."

"But how to straighten out the world, how to put the world's economy on the right track, and let the world always move in a correct but appropriate direction, this is not something that can be determined by beating the brain, nor is it giving birth to any idea, and when it comes to the decree, it can make the world proceed according to their own expectations, which is impossible."

"The First Emperor can't do it."

"You can't do it, and neither can the other Qin emperors."

"No one in the world can do it."

"Therefore, at this time, it is necessary to gather the strengths of the world, let some people think of some 'principles' for the imperial court, and then the imperial court will weigh the pros and cons according to these 'principles', and finally implement them in the most conforming to the expectations of the imperial court."

"In this way, we can avoid taking the wrong path as much as possible."

"Maybe these people who weave 'principles' may not really be in line with the truth, but with the completion of generations of people, these 'principles' will become more and more perfect, more and more substantial, and there will be more opportunities for Daqin to improve."

"Don't be too superstitious about personal wisdom."

"Working together is the cornerstone of a country's long-term peace and stability."

"To govern the world, it is enough to rely on officials, but the world will change, just like this weather, it is changing all the time, and one day the court will not be able to keep up with the changes, or it will be completely unable to suppress the changes, then the world will be chaotic, and it will be out of control, and it will be difficult to govern the world by relying on officials alone."

"Officials only know how to govern, and most of them don't understand 'reason'."

"It is about the development of the world."

"Development is the norm in the peaceful phase of the world."

"It's just that Great Qin didn't think about it in the past, and even the First Emperor didn't think about it, what the First Emperor wanted was just to follow the old system, vigorously develop agriculture, and at the same time curb commercial handicrafts, so that the world could remain as old as possible, so that under such a unchanged situation, Great Qin could easily sit firmly in the world."

"But that's not possible."

"Just like when Zhou Gong divided the world, he thought that he would compete with each other in the future?"

Fusu was silent.

He pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said in a condensed voice: "Sir's suggestion, Daqin should build another higher learning room, which is much higher than the current one, and it is mainly for the study of 'truth'?" ”

Ji Heng nodded and shook his head again.

He looked at Fusu and asked, "Have you ever thought about what the world would be like if Great Qin didn't suppress the world and let commerce and handicrafts develop?" ”

A word fell.

Fusu was stunned for a moment.

"No suppression" He subconsciously shook his head, because this is impossible, if it is not suppressed, the world will not be able to support so many people, but he thought about it, if this is the case, what will happen to the world?

Ultimately.

Fusu shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Fusu can't think of it." ”

Ji Heng smiled and said, "Then under the circumstances you expected, what would Great Qin's long-term peace and stability look like?" ”

Fusu pondered for a moment and said: "It should be that the old have their ends, the strong have their usefulness, the young have their growth, the widows, the lonely and the sick are all supported, the people are well fed, and the world is too peaceful and stable." ”

"It's space." Ji Heng said: "It's too ideal." ”

"What will the world look like in the end of the sir's mind?" Fusu asked curiously.

Ji Heng said slowly: "With the rapid development of handicrafts and commerce, more and more people from all over the world go to the city, live in the city, and through the accumulation of knowledge in various places, under the accumulation of breakthroughs from generation to generation, they continue to promote all kinds of technological progress and agricultural progress, so as to achieve high grain yield, etc., but these are only the foundation. ”

"The real appearance of the world is actually a pyramid shape."

Speaking of the tower type, Ji Heng's face sank.

He seemed to think of something, and said in a condensed voice: "Through the accumulation of knowledge from generation to generation, in the end, this knowledge is so much that it is no longer easy for one person to grasp, or even one person can fully grasp it, but it will be successively differentiated into all kinds of specialized knowledge, and the knowledge barrier is getting higher and higher, higher and higher, and the amount of knowledge about people is getting bigger and bigger." ”

"It's so big that it stratified society directly!"

"Since then, the world has completely entered a stable state."

Fusu looked puzzled.

Ji Heng ignored it and continued: "Nowadays, the handicraft industry and commerce are developing very slowly, and when the handicraft industry and commerce are completely developed in the future, this also means that the threshold for entry will continue to rise, and the final entry threshold will even be so high that only by entering the 'Taixue', or even only the very top existence in the 'Taixue', can the most cutting-edge handicraft business activities be carried out." ”

"That's when it started."

"Ordinary people in the world form a formal diversion."

"The most advanced and top-of-the-line is not at all within the reach of the bottom people, and there is not even basic cognition, and the existence of this part of the top can easily harvest the money of the bottom people through the barriers of knowledge."

"And all of this will be taken for granted."

"Most people at the bottom can only roll up in some common handicraft businesses, so as to seek some foothold, but it is difficult for such people to easily reach a high position as in the past, or even directly without this possibility."

"On the side of ordinary people, a pyramid was formed."

"The top level has the most advanced technology, and the bottom is difficult to climb, or even can only look up, and is willing to sacrifice their wealth for it, just to enjoy those advanced technologies."

"The middle and bottom layers are constantly involuting."

"Trying to make a class leap and preserve their wealth."

"But under the intentional control and regulation of the imperial court, the middle level will continue to return to poverty, and the bottom level will continue to rise, thus forming a continuous rotation between the middle level and the bottom, and this rotation will be very fast, so as to greatly ensure the emotions of the bottom and the middle level, and also avoid a big loss of control in the world."

"In this case, the world will truly settle down."

"There is always room for growth at the bottom, and most of the middle layers cannot reach the top, and they have to worry about returning to poverty all the time."

"The top has a lot of wealth, and it is laughing at the bottom and the middle level competing with each other."

"The world class has always been in dynamic flow, but because the knowledge barrier is getting higher and higher, the industry is getting more and more high-end, and it is becoming more and more difficult to enter, and more and more people will recognize the reality and realize the fate of 'beating workers'."

"It was the era of paying for knowledge."

"The mobility of the world's classes will only be in the middle and lower classes."

"But the doors of the upper and top floors are also open, even so naked, but if you want to enter, you must have strong ability and extremely terrifying knowledge, otherwise you can only watch dryly, and you can't even touch the threshold of stepping on."

"This is the future in which society develops to the extreme." (End of chapter)