Fusu smiled bitterly, his eyes darkened, and he shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this won't work."
"Da Qin can't afford that much money."
"Over the years, various projects in Da Qin have continued. Although I don't know the specific situation of the Shaofu, I guess there won't be much surplus money and food, otherwise Da Qin would not have collected oral taxes many times."
"Besides."
"The laws of the Qin Dynasty are strict."
"I don't support giving money, and there is no reason."
"Confucius once said: 'Don't worry about scarcity, but worry about inequality.' Even if the Qin Dynasty can give money and food to the people in Guanzhong, how will the people in Guandong think about it? If emotions are boiling, if you are instigated by traitors, you may end up in the world. chaos."
"It is absolutely impossible to give money."
Ji Heng nodded slightly, agreeing with Fusu's statement.
Da Qin really can't pay now.
Can’t give it either!
The huge bureaucracy of Da Qin was maintained by squeezing the bottom of society. If part of the money and food were distributed to the bottom, I am afraid that the court, which is already struggling to maintain, would collapse in an instant.
Giving money is also illegal.
From various angles, distributing money and food directly to the grassroots would be a small benefit but a big harm to Da Qin.
Fusu looked at Ji Heng suspiciously. He could see such a simple truth. It was impossible for Ji Heng not to see it. Why would he suggest giving money?
Ji Heng moved his body, lying sideways on the recliner, pillowing his head with his hands, and said, "According to your words, Daqin can't pay for it right now? Not even? Not even able to give?"
"Indeed." Fusu nodded.
"Then regardless of whether the money is given or not, let me ask another question. Does the young master have any money or food left at the moment?" Ji Heng said.
Fusu frowned. This was suspected of being a secret of the Qin Dynasty and should not have been leaked to the outside world. However, seeing Ji Heng's solemn expression, he finally nodded and said, "There is still a lot of money and food in Aocang."
"However, unless faced with a life and death crisis, the money and food accumulated by Ao Cang must not be touched rashly."
Hear the words.
Ji Heng nodded slightly.
He certainly knew the existence of Ao Cang.
He didn't have any plans for Ao Cang, he just wanted to know the national power of Qin.
Ji Heng said: "So the money and food you can use is limited."
Fusu nodded helplessly.
Ji Heng sighed softly, rubbed his forehead, and said teasingly: "The First Emperor is really generous. He spread his hands and couldn't afford any money and food, so he just asked me to conjure it up myself."
Fusu gave a dry laugh and did not answer the call.
He didn't think that the First Emperor didn't want to give it, but that he really couldn't give it.
If you give less, it’s useless.
If you give too much, the court will not be able to support it.
Even in the end, we can only go round and round and continue to provide more benefits to the people.
This is obviously not what the First Emperor wanted to see.
When Ji Heng saw the Tong Jue lying on the ground, he looked solemn in his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Everything in the world is about profit and gain. But today, if you have money, everything will be good, and if you don't have money, everything will be fine."
"The First Emperor will not give you money or food, so he will find a way by himself."
"Make money!!!"
Hear the words.
Fusu said quickly: "The rent and taxes in Da Qin are very high right now, and the court may not agree to collect oral taxes."
"Before I came, my father once said that this was a major political reform with minor changes."
Ji Heng frowned slightly.
He certainly knew this situation.
Rent and taxes in Daqin have been very high in recent years, and there is not much room for improvement. If they increase further, local riots will occur as soon as the decree is issued.
This is also the current crux of Da Qin's situation.
The imperial court requires a lot of money and food to maintain a huge bureaucracy. In addition, there are various major projects to be built, which also requires a lot of money and food. The blood and sweat of the bottom has long been drained.
Even if you want to raise taxes, you won't be able to raise taxes.
He won't do that either!
Ji Heng said:
"It's easy to do things if you have money."
"So you have to make money."
"If the court doesn't take action at the moment, it can't affect people's livelihood."
"Then there are only two options left."
"Two?" Hu Hai exclaimed.
He didn't dare to say a word before, and thought that Ji Heng had nothing to do. He never thought that Ji Heng opened his mouth to find two ways, which really shocked him.
Fusu also had a strange look on his face.
Ji Heng ignored it and said to himself: "The first way is to print money."
"Printing money?" Fusu was stunned.
Ji Heng said: "There are too few coins in the Qin Dynasty to meet the daily needs of the people. Qin Banliang is the national currency, so as long as one more Qin Banliang can be made, Da Qin will have one more coin."
Hear the words.
Fusu was thoughtful.
But in the end he shook his head.
He pondered: "Most of the copper and iron currently produced by Da Qin are used in weapons and agricultural tools. Currently, there is not that much copper and iron used to cast Qin Banliang. It is unrealistic to increase it in the short term."
Ji Heng sighed softly.
Fusu obviously did not realize the value of 'Qin Banliang'.
He can actually understand it.
Since the Zhou Dynasty, there have been many currencies in the world, and the shapes of coins in various countries are also different, such as shovel coins, knife coins, ring coins, etc., and their circulation range is generally small. Therefore, the world prefers grain and cloth as coins.
That is bartering.
Everyone in the Qin Dynasty deeply believed this.
Therefore, the imperial court was not interested in casting Qin Banliang. Except for announcing Qin Banliang as the unified currency of the world at the founding of the People's Republic of China, it never mentioned currency again and rarely cast it on a large scale. Even if it was cast, it was rarely cast. Less than a million pieces.
But compared to the Qin Dynasty's population of 20 to 30 million, this amount of money is simply not enough.
Currency is the blood of the economy.
Da Qin obviously ignored the value of currency itself.
As the first unified dynasty, Da Qin still followed the past in terms of ideology and concepts. This cannot be too harsh. However, it is a bit wasteful to have such a large monetary weapon and keep it unused.
Ji Heng took a deep breath and said, "The imperial court has underestimated the value of Qin Banliang."
"The reason why barter was so popular in the world in the past was mainly because the currencies of different countries were different and could not circulate with each other. Therefore, localities were more accustomed to barter."
"Today, under unification, Qin Banliang will be the unified currency."
"Currency barriers have been broken down."
"Any Qin Banliang printed by Da Qin is money!"
"Da Qin obviously ignored this point."
"This kind of neglect is not limited to contemporary times. Qin Banliang has existed for more than 130 years since its creation. However, only during the reign of King Qin Huiwen did Qin Banliang be issued on a large scale. In the rest of the time, Qin Banliang was only used as a auxiliary coin."
"This is obviously putting the cart before the horse!"
"If Great Qin had paid more attention to Qin Banliang's issuance, it would not have ended up like this."
"Da Qin has little money, but it is not short of money."
"If the Qin Dynasty cast the twelve golden figures into Qin half liang, I don't know how much tax it would have to pay, and how much goods it could buy from merchants."
"Having a treasure without knowing it will make people laugh."
Hear the words.
Fusu's heart moved slightly.
He felt that what Ji Heng said made sense.
It's just that the concept of bartering has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts. It may take a lot of time to replace it with Qin Banliang.
Ji Heng points to the end.
I didn’t continue to talk much about currency.
Using grain and cloth as the basis for transactions was obviously something that officials at all levels of the imperial court were happy to see, because cloth and grain were real goods. Even if there was depreciation, the items were real goods, but the currencies were different.
Currency will only continue to depreciate as it is issued.
The vigorous promotion of Qin Banliang is beneficial to the public, but detrimental to private interests.
In fact, it is competing with the "people" for profit.
