Prime Minister of Great Qin

Fusu remained silent.

His eyes were full of solemnity and deep thought.

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

The world is short of money.

Especially the lack of Qin Banliang.

After Qin unified the world, it implemented a unified currency. However, because the imperial court monopolized the right to mint coins, the number of currencies that the imperial court could issue each year was very limited, and there were never so many coins available for circulation in the world. Therefore, local governments spontaneously returned to using currency. On the road to old currency.

This is the world's spontaneous choice.

Ji Heng's idea is to truly 'unify' the currencies, so that the currencies of the six countries will no longer have a place, and will be completely reduced to useless currency, and will completely lose their purchasing power. As a result, the money of many powerful people, nobles, and corrupt officials in Guandong will be lost. , will depreciate significantly, and may even become worthless directly.

This has a huge impact on Kanto.

It is also conducive to centralization.

Even this itself is part of centralization.

Normally speaking, if Great Qin really promulgates such a decree and insists on pushing it, it will only make the people below to obey and violate it, and it will gradually end up like now, just stating it, and most of Qin Banliang will only circulate in a few places in Guanzhong. , and has little impact on the world.

Just a blank document.

However, as the imperial court decentralized the power of minting coins.

This also means that local forces can mint coins privately.

The world belongs to Da Qin. Da Qin, the actual or nominal lord of the world in the minds of many people in Guandong, has an influence on the world that is obvious to all. If possible, they hope that the coins in their hands can pass through the world. Two, rather than the six currencies that are not officially recognized.

Qin Banliang is legal tender.

Recognized by the world.

Since they can mint money privately, they will naturally agree happily. After all, who wouldn’t want to do a business that is extremely profitable? Moreover, it was officially approved to collect money and make money. In this way, they were in the same queue as Da Qin.

These people do not want the world to be chaotic.

Because if the world is in chaos, wouldn’t the money they minted be useless?

Therefore, the differentiation is completed naturally.

The imperial court also used this to complete the co-optation, suppression and differentiation of all forces in the Kanto region. The powerful forces were the big winners in this game, while the powerful and powerless, and the powerless but rich, were the winners. It 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.

Again.

The imperial court gave up the right to mint coins.

For the powerful groups in the world, this is undoubtedly a huge profit, and the benefits are far better than selling salt and iron in the past. Therefore, although they also suffer losses, they will also gain greater benefits. After some trade-offs, Most of them would choose to turn a blind eye, and the court had asked them to make the cut in advance, so it was easy to compromise in the end.

This is a conspiracy.

Profit for profit.

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

Through the high pressure of the court, the local government was forced to give up some powerless groups, thus creating a situation where the strong became stronger and the weak perished. As a result, the overall local strength was weakened, although some parts of the strength were enhanced. , but the overall threat to Qin Ting has been greatly weakened.

In the past, powerful and wealthy people joined forces to fight against the imperial court.

Nowadays, the powerful people only get a share of the pie, while those who are rich but not powerful, or powerful but not rich, can only rely on other powerful forces, or cooperate with each other to try to obtain part of the benefits. Otherwise, it will only be swallowed up step by step by those stronger forces.

No matter what is done in the end, it will be internal friction in Kanto.

The court's purpose has been achieved.

Fusu cupped his hands and said, "Sir, you have great opinions. Fusu admires you."

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

"During this period, as Meng Yi carried out a killing spree in Dang County, the entire Guandong was actually in panic. Lest Meng Yi raise the sword again, the distrust between Guandong and the imperial court became more and more serious. If it continues, Guandong and the imperial court will become more and more serious. The imperial court will only become more and more alienated, and although this kind of alienation has been around for a long time, it is not a solution."

"The imperial court only wants to regain power and does not want to cause chaos in the world."

"Now the entire Guandong is waiting, waiting for Meng Yi's next step, and also waiting for what the imperial court will do next. Many of them may have realized that the imperial court's actions will not stop here, so if Meng Yi really takes action again, I'm just afraid that the place will be in chaos, but the local forces don't dare to openly confront the imperial court."

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

"If the imperial court were to kill him all the way, by the time Meng Yi walked out of the second county, various local forces would have secretly joined forces and started to launch riots in the world, and then put pressure on the imperial court and forced the imperial court to make concessions. "

"This month, there have been constant disputes in the court."

"I feel the same pressure."

Fusu sighed softly.

This month, with the rise of Meng Yi and the incident in Dangjun.

As the leader, he faced great pressure in the court. Many courtiers believed that the original suggestion was wrong and that the transit warehouse should not be built in Kanto. Otherwise, the court would not be in such a dilemma.

He has been impeached multiple times this month.

The censor of the Censor's Office and the impeachment memorial were sent to the First Emperor's case like snowflakes.

In fact, he also knew that these censors did not really have any ill intentions towards him, but simply thought that the policy was wrong and wanted the First Emperor to order it to be abolished to prevent the situation from getting out of control further and making things difficult for him.

Because of this.

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

These suggestions did come from Zhang Cang's mouth, but they may not be without the shadow of Ji Heng, and Ji Heng had taken the initiative to mention them at the beginning, but because of some things, his mind was very confused and he did not stay long, so he was not fully aware of them.

And the situation in Kanto is indeed at risk of getting out of control.

He had to be alert.

immediately.

He chuckled and said, "Now that my husband has completed the follow-up, my hanging heart has finally settled."

"As long as the imperial court is willing to decentralize the power of minting coins, the current tense situation in Guandong will also dissipate a lot. Moreover, most of the coins are in the hands of the rich, powerful, nobles, and officials. They will have little impact on the people at the bottom, and the imperial court can completely let it go. .”

"This way."

"The imperial court's policy in Guandong can continue to advance."

"Meng Yi can also continue to use high-pressure intimidation to consolidate the economic power in Guandong, and use this to cut off some of the local wings, and then allow the court to further strengthen its control over the counties and counties in Guandong, and at the same time place more officials in the local areas, so that the court can control the There’s more awareness and control in Kanto.”

"Secondly, by decentralizing the power of minting, many nobles and wealthy people will be on the verge of bankruptcy, and the strength of many powerful people will be greatly reduced. Overall, it will secretly weaken local strength and consolidate central power."

"Thirdly, the policy of unification was further advanced and Qin Banliang was thoroughly rooted in the hearts of the people."

"Fourthly, copper mine minting is a huge profit. If the imperial court decentralizes the right to mint coins, it will surely attract copper mines from various places to invest in the casting of coins. It will also be a huge blow to the privately minted weapons and armor in Guandong."

"In every sense of the word."

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

"The key is that it will also cause internal strife in the local area."    "The imperial court is reaping the benefits."

Ji Heng glanced at Fusu and shook his head.

He said calmly: "You are thinking too simply. This matter is not easy to determine. The right to mint money involves where the monarch goes. Delegating the right to mint money is undoubtedly decentralization."

"And decentralizing the right to mint money will lead to more and more people engaging in mining and metallurgy."

“In the end no one wanted to farm.”

Hear the words.

Fusu's face changed slightly.

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

It is good to decentralize the power of minting coins, but it is contrary to the Qin system.

Since Shang Yang's reform, Great Qin has been extremely opposed to this kind of leisure and indolence. If he proposed it in the court, I am afraid many ministers would be different, especially officials with legal background.

More importantly.

This is decentralization.

It goes against the wishes of my father.

Fusu's expression changed again and again. Finally, a look of determination appeared in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "There is no turning back when you start. Now that you have started, you can only go one way to the end. There is no way to give up halfway, and there is no possibility of returning halfway. .”

"I, Fusu, have always been criticized by the court in the past, and have even been disliked by my father. However, Fusu does not agree with Legalism that much. Therefore, many officials in the court who were legal officials at that time criticized Fusu. It's just that In recent years, Fusu has changed a lot, and these officials with legal background have gradually recognized Fusu."

"But Fusu is still the same Fusu."

"The prejudices in their minds may still exist."

"In this case, let's make this criticism bigger, and I, Fusu, will bear it all alone."

"As long as it is beneficial to Da Qin in the end, displeased by my father and emperor, criticized by Da Qin's legal officials, or even scorned by the people of the world, I, Fusu, don't care. In my position, sometimes it is inevitable. If even I If you are not determined and dare not take the risks and consequences, how can you expect others to do so?"

"Fusu is willing to bear this price."

"No regrets."

Fusu looked upright without any hesitation.

There was no way he would regret it.

Now that the arrow is on the line, there is no room for him to go back on his word. Once the imperial court retreats, it means that the imperial court is wary of Guandong. This will have a subtle impact on the entire world, and it is very likely to cause further persecution by the forces of Guandong. This is to support Su didn't want to see it.

He didn't want to retreat either.

One step back, one step back, when will there be an end?

If the situation was on his own, how could he miss this great opportunity just because he cherished his feathers?

Ji Heng smiled and nodded.

He said slowly: "You don't have to look like you are willing to die."

"The imperial court will indeed have a strong opinion, but now the young master is Zhang Cang. You only need to convince Zhang Cang and then convince 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 may not even be able to keep your position as Crown Prince."

"Although it's unlikely."

"in addition."

“Devolution of coinage is not a good idea.”

"It can only be used this once."

"Once this experience is gained, the local forces will be greatly alert. It will be extremely difficult for the court to do the same thing again. After all, this is the first time that the 'weighing money scale' thing can be used to great effect, and now it is most likely It's just to show loyalty to the imperial court, and when they really react, they will definitely be on alert."

Fusu nodded.

Earlier Ji Heng mentioned "weighing Qian Heng", but he actually didn't take it seriously.

Only after thinking about it carefully later did I realize that "calling Qian Heng" was indeed a clever move. Because if the imperial court promulgates it, many people may not care. They will only think that the imperial court is unable to supervise and arranges it casually out of helplessness. In fact, in order to show loyalty to the court as much as possible, most local officials would comply. After all, it is just a weighing pan, so what does it mean?

Plus.

Let go of private coinage.

Local forces come in with money too quickly.

Naturally, we would not be so anxious to make bad coins, otherwise it would fall into the ears of the court and someone would lose his official position. Therefore, for the sake of safety in the early stage, the amount would be sufficient, which would 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 suffer a second time.

It will become less and less effective in the future.

More importantly.

The imperial court will take back the right to mint coins in the future, which means that after they have worked so hard to mint coins, they will eventually make a wedding dress for the imperial court, and they will no longer care about these policies.

Ji Heng said slowly: "Delegating the right to mint money can only be used when the world's currency is tightening, and it cannot be used for too long. Otherwise, with so many copper mines in the world minting copper coins, the value of the currency will only continue to depreciate. The final situation, In fact, Xianyang experienced it once in the past, but that time it happened suddenly and was not caused by the depreciation of the currency itself."

Fusu frowned.

He looked puzzled.

When did Xianyang have currency problems?

immediately.

He thought of something.

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

Ji Heng nodded.

He said calmly: "When the First Emperor Lanchi was attacked, Guanzhong was in trouble for a month. During this month, the price of grain in Guanzhong skyrocketed. The price of food, which was originally fifty or sixty yuan per stone, suddenly soared to more than a thousand yuan. This also led to many people in Guanzhong starving to death at that time, and even those who had money could not buy food."

"This situation is similar to monetary inflation."

“But it’s different.”

"Currency inflation is a significant depreciation of currency. Originally, fifty-six yuan could buy one stone of grain. In the future, it will cost one or two thousand yuan to buy one stone. Even a basket of coins cannot be exchanged for one stone of rice."

"So the coinage rights must be recovered as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, the world will be flooded with money, and the bottom class will suffer."

Fusu's heart trembled.

He also knew the stakes involved, and quickly said: "Fusu remembers it, and will definitely take back the coinage rights as soon as possible, and will never let it languish for too long, let alone allow the world's currency to depreciate to such an extent."

Ji Heng chuckled lightly and said with deep eyes, "Fusu, you are wrong again."

"Currency is also a war."

"It's just that compared to wars on the battlefield, currency wars don't involve blood and fire."

"But this is the continuation of the Great Unification War." (End of Chapter)