The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1196 Li Si's helplessness [Please subscribe*Please vote]

Yan Yan did not expect that Chen Jian would find a new general equivalent currency to replace copper coins so quickly, and he even made silver into a new currency thousands of years in advance.

If Yan Yan remembered correctly, silver first appeared as a currency in circulation in the Tang Dynasty and was used on a small scale. It was not until the middle of the Ming Dynasty that it truly replaced copper coins and became the main currency in circulation.

Chen Jian pushed history back nearly a thousand years in one fell swoop.

Although copper coins are still the main currency in circulation today, silver can be used as a large-denomination currency instead of directly switching from copper coins to gold.

It is equivalent to adding a transitional denomination between gold and copper coins.

However, the exchange rate between silver and copper coins, and the exchange rate between silver and gold also need to be specifically defined. They cannot be done arbitrarily, and the exchange must be stable.

"Is Bingzhou crazy?" After Bingzhou introduced silver, the first country to go crazy was Qin.

After all, the silver reserves are still very large, and no one cared about silver before. Once silver becomes a currency in circulation, they must take control of the silver mines before local governments react, and at the same time list silver as a controlled mineral and prohibit private mining.

"There's nothing we can do. Bingzhou is being forced into a corner, and we were the ones who caused it in the first place!" Ying Zheng comforted Li Yao.

Ultimately, this matter is the fault of the Qin State. Now that Bingzhou is promoting silver, they can only follow suit.

"Where is the master version?" What Li Yao feared most was that Bingzhou would use silver as the new currency without even producing a master version for casting.

"With Mohist here, it shouldn't be a problem to make a brand new master version. It should be delivered from Bingzhou in two days!" Ying Zheng thought about it. Originally, he should have asked Li Yao about this, but now it's the other way around.

There is no way, who makes Li Yao irreplaceable?
Financially, he is the most useless and can only help Li Yao.

"New currency cannot be issued casually. The issuance volume and total value must also be regulated!" Li Yao began to sort out the total value of all commodities in the Qin State, as well as the total value of existing gold and copper coins, and then added the total value of Bingzhou. Finally, he and Chen Jian jointly determined the issuance volume of the first batch of silver.

Otherwise, if we allow silver to flow into the market without limit, the consequences will be immeasurable.

Soon, Chen Jian sent the master version of silver to the Qin State, and also sent the existing total currency and total value of goods in Bingzhou, and exchanged them with Li Yao.

"Headache!" Chen Jian and Li Yao both had a headache looking at the huge amount of data and were busy.

"Why don't we just work together!" Chen Jian and Li Yao had a dreamy conversation across time and space.

If Bingzhou and Qin were united, they wouldn't have to go through so much trouble to exchange data with each other, but this is obviously impossible.

As for Bingzhou's forced promotion of silver, it did not cause much resistance among the people. After all, the governments of both countries guaranteed that the exchange rate between silver and copper coins was fixed.

Rich people could exchange heavy copper coins for silver which was more convenient to carry, and poor people had no use for silver, so naturally there was no impact.

"Gold and silver are not naturally currency, but currency is naturally gold and silver. Chen Jian finally completed this sentence!"

Yan Yan sighed a little. His appearance seemed to have changed a lot of things, but it also seemed that nothing had changed.

The final result is the same, which really proves the saying that history is a spiral upward process.

As for personally helping Chen Jian promote silver and calculate the huge data, that was impossible. Ying Zheng didn't do it, so how could he?

You said that Ying Zheng didn't dare to give up easily because he didn't understand?
We are both emperors, why should I understand while he can't do anything?
answer me! look in my eyes! why? why?
Therefore, if Ying Zheng didn't step down, Yan Yan would never look for trouble or find something to do for himself and would not take the initiative to step down.

Besides, there was no need for him to take credit for something that Chen Jian and Li Yao could handle on their own.

"The copper coin has just been promoted, and now silver has come out. You can't stand me sitting idle!" If we say that the most helpless and aggrieved people are not Chen Jian and Li Yao, after all, these two people only need to mint the silver. The one who really promotes silver and allows it to flow into the market is the prime minister who is in charge of the court.

An Qisheng is not so bad, he was born with a holy body like an ox or a horse, so he doesn't need this kind of job.

But Li Si was different. He was only the Chief Justice of Qin State, but he had to do the work of the Prime Minister.

As for Xiong Qi?

Don't even think about it. Now Xiong Qi is no longer the prime minister of the Qin Dynasty, but the prime minister of Fusu. He follows Fusu around all day long, protecting him and cleaning up his mess. He is a full-time dad, and has completely left the affairs of the court to Li Si, Wang Wan and others.

"Those who are capable should do more work!" Li Yao said with a smile.

They only care about killing and not burying, this is exactly what they do.

Moreover, he believed in Li Si's ability, as he could even unify the currency. This showed that he was experienced, so there was no need to bother two people with the same task. The only thing he could do was to do it again.

"I owe you something. Can you please think more carefully before taking action next time?" Li Si sighed.

The two internal affairs offices in charge of grain are just like a makeshift team. They do whatever they want and cause all kinds of trouble, and then a group of people clean up their messes.

"Try my best, try my best!" Li Yao said awkwardly.

He can only say that he will try his best to ensure it, but it is not a guarantee.

This kind of thing really can't be useful just by his guarantee, especially since Bingzhou is more capable of causing trouble than him.

"No matter how many copies are issued, I will arrange people to receive them when the time comes to transport them to various counties as needed!" Li Si finally took the blame silently.

You have to carry it on your back, because no one else can do this job.

Especially the people in Bingzhou, they are still waiting to see what he does and then copy him!
This is very evil.

It was clearly an idea I came up with, but the other party used it without asking any questions, and didn't even bother to pay the patent and copyright fees.

"I hope this is the last time. The empire can't stand your trouble!" Li Si sighed.

The war in the world has just been settled, and what is needed is rest and recuperation, not this kind of reform that involves repeated and drastic changes.

However, Chen Jian's words that ancestral rules should not be changed lightly also served as a reminder to him.

It is true that Bingzhou was newly established, and the same is true for their Great Qin.

It's lonely at the top. The higher you stand, the more cautious you have to be.

"I'll try my best!" Li Yao could only say that she would try her best but did not dare to give any guarantees.

The premise is that Bingzhou does not act recklessly, and he does not want to bring trouble upon himself.

Li Si sighed deeply, he was really tired. If he had known that the job of prime minister was so difficult, he should have rotted in the mud and not come out to work like a beast of burden.

He believed Yan Yan's lies and was bewitched by Yan Yan. Otherwise, wouldn't he be happy doing his job as a court judge?

(End of this chapter)