In the Zizheng Palace, there was finally some tit-for-tat.
In the past, Lu Huiqing's biggest opponent in the two houses was Feng Jing, but Feng Jing's attitude was not firm and he was fighting but not fighting hard.
But Zhang Yue was different.
Lu Huiqing knew that Zhang Yue would do well if he didn't fight, and he would fight hard if he fought.
Zhang Yue said to the official: "Your Majesty, Guanzi once said that the people are happy when they are given, and angry when they are taken away. The people's sentiments are all the same. The former king knew this, so he saw the form of giving and did not see the reason for taking away. Therefore, the love of the people can be consistent with the above. also."
This was what Huang Lu and Zhang Yue said back then.
The common people like the king to give them favors, but don't like to tax them. They are happy when they are given and angry when they are taken away.
Therefore, when a ruler provides benefits to the people, he must openly and openly announce them so that everyone in the world knows about them. When he wants to collect taxes from the people, he must do so quietly and subtly. Only in this way will the common people love the rulers of the country.
Guanzi's words are very straightforward and very sinister. Although they are not as naked as Shang Jun's book, they are more willing to be listened to by the rulers than those of Confucian scholars who talk about Confucius and Mencius.
"Just now, the Qin half liang mentioned by Feng Gong was changed to five baht coins, Wang Mang's large spring was fifty, and Emperor Zhaolie of Han's straight hundred and five trees were taken away from them, and the master was trapped in the name of amassing wealth."
After hearing Zhang Yue's words, the chief ministers thought to themselves, are Zhang and Lu about to quarrel?
Lu Huiqing's face darkened.
Zhang Yue immediately added: "It is not allowed to allow private coinage among the people. Just now Lu Gong said that the rich accumulated copper coins at home, but the common people did not have copper coins in their hands, so they had to use iron coins and flat coins. This is the origin of the money shortage."
"Private money has been banned repeatedly in this dynasty. If private coining is allowed, the copper coins in the hands of the rich can be turned into private money. Then all the benefits of coining money will belong to the rich, and the common people will suffer even more."
In the Song Dynasty, there was inherent inequality between rich and poor. The rich had more copper coins than they could spend, so they hoarded them all. The common people had no copper coins, which was one of the reasons for the money shortage.
If you let the rich mint private money again, it will be over. In the end, the people will be exploited by the rich again.
There is no doubt that the right to mint currency must be in the hands of the state.
Lu Huiqing was scolded by Zhang Yue and remained silent, wondering if he was planning a counterattack. If Feng Jing or Zeng Bu had been replaced, he would have retorted in person.
Lu Huiqing thought to herself, Zhang Yue suddenly showed his sword to him, did he have some tacit understanding with Feng Jing and Zeng Bu, and did he attack him today?
Lu Huiqing glanced at Guan Jia and made an exception, cautiously saying nothing.
After Zeng Bu heard this, he argued: "Yao Chong, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and Zhang Jiuling both advocated private casting, but both of them have good reputations but have no bad reputations."
Feng Jing also said: "I also believe that wealth should be hidden among the people! Guanzi also has this opinion."
The chief ministers thought to themselves, is Zhang Yue's rhetoric going both ways?
Zhang Yue said: "The Tang Dynasty and today are one and the same time. Since ancient times, there has been no word for coins. The people think of it, so they think of it. Therefore, whether it is official or private coinage, there is no difference."
"Since the first emperor unified currency, it has been privately minted from the Han to the Tang Dynasty. After Yao Chong, Song Jing became the prime minister. He banned the minting of private money and banned evil money. As a result, he angered the powerful and dismissed the prime minister. However, Song Jing was a wise man. Is he inferior to Yao Chong?"
What Zhang Yue said means that there was no concept of gold and silver as currency at the earliest, but the common people thought gold and silver were useful, so it was a common practice to use gold and silver as currency, so coins made by officials and privately could be used. Later, Qin Shihuang unified the currency and issued Qin Banliang, which was the only currency of the six countries. This became the beginning of the elimination of private coinage.
Yao and Song were both known as the two prime ministers of the Kaiyuan Dynasty. Song Jing offended the powerful because of the prohibition on casting private money, and was finally dismissed. This is a counterattack against Zeng Bu. You can't just cite the example of Yao Chong not prohibiting private money, otherwise there will be suspicion of one-sidedness. .
Zeng Bu heard this and was speechless.
Zhang Yue turned around and said: "Feng Gong just said that wealth should be hidden among the people. I think it is necessary to hide wealth among the people. If the people are rich, the world will be rich. Didn't Sima Gong also say at the beginning that the money in the world does not belong to the people but to the officials."
"But this world is not only composed of monarchs, ministers and people, but also enemy countries and bandits. How can the country raise troops and rectify the armament if the people have money? If foreigners come in, we who hide our wealth among the people will not be slaughtered as fat sheep."
"Thinking back to the prosperous days of Kaiyuan and the prosperity of the two capitals in the east and west, what happens next?"
Well, Zhang Yue is on full fire today.
The officials and ministers thought to themselves, Zhang Yue just kept silent, and became a blockbuster. With one word, he attacked Lu Huiqing, Feng Jing, and Zeng Bu all over again. Gee, is this going to offend everyone?
Lu Huiqing sneered in her heart, Zhang Yue, are you trying to show off your skills? Now he is like this even if he is a Hanlin scholar, but he will be so arrogant when he enters the two palaces in the future.
Lu Huiqing said without a smile: "With neither official casting nor private casting, how can we expect money from the world to solve the money shortage problem?"
Zhang Yue glanced at Lu Huiqing, and then said to the official: "I think it comes down to the saying 'seeing the form of giving, but not the reason for taking'."
The official nodded, but he was very happy in his heart.
As the emperor, what worries me the most is that his ministers will be harmonious. In this way, I can only listen to what the ministers play, and then nod and say yes. Only when there are arguments and conflicts can you have a choice and know which one is better. This is the true meaning of conflicting opinions among ancestors.
Zhang Yue continued: "Money is not falling from the world. I thought it was better for officials to mint currency, but this is not copper money or iron money, but paper money!"
Lu Huiqing was shocked. She thought that Zhang Yue had some great opinions. Paper money was simply not as reliable as 20% off, 30% off, 50% off.
Lu Huiqing thought again, no, Zhang Yue was not talking about paper money, but salt banknotes. This guy...
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, gold and silver are not inherently currencies, but people have agreed to use gold and silver as currency, so gold and silver have been used as money in all dynasties."
"And the exchange of money between Shu and Shu was not initiated by the imperial court at first, but by the merchants of Sichuan and Shu. Later, the people also regarded it as currency, and the same was true for the subsequent salt introduction."
What Zhang Yue meant by this was that currency was not worth whatever the court said it was worth.
For example, one hundred and five trees of the Shu Han Dynasty could be exchanged for one hundred five baht coins in China, but in Wu State, they could only be exchanged for ten five baht coins. So the state of Wu used the exchanged hundred and five plants to go to the territory of the state of Shu, and used them as currency envoys for one hundred and five plants... Later, Soochow went even further and invented the Daquan N Thousand series.
This kind of method can be done reluctantly in troubled times, but in peaceful times it is just to seek scolding.
In another history of time and space, Cai Jing first minted ten coins to solve the problem of money shortage. The exchange prices of ten coins among the people were different. In Shaanxi and other places, one coin could be converted into ten coins. In Jinghu and Huainan, one coin could be converted into five coins. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it could only be converted into ten coins. It’s three, but it’s not allowed to be circulated in Cai Jing’s hometown...
It was this incident that led to Cai Jing's first resignation.
In comparison, Jiaoyin was first born among the people, not the government. In Jiaoyin, the people first acquiesced in its monetary value, rather than the monetary value assigned to it by the government.
This is the same as salt. The court did not want it to be used as currency at all, but the people chose it as currency.
Everyone was thinking, could Zhang Yue mean to have the court issue a large number of cross-border and salt banknotes recognized by the people to alleviate the money shortage among the people?
