The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 601 Take care of the present, then there will be a future (Please read~)

There is also coin minting. The right to mint coins in the Qin Dynasty has been the exclusive right of the royal family since the time of Duke Xian.

The importance of the right to mint coins is beyond words and is of utmost importance.

In order to strengthen his rule, Ying Zheng re-standardized Qin coins.

Copper coins were designated as flat currency.

It is a round shape with a square hole, which follows the idea of ​​following the round sky to follow the three lights, and following the square earth to follow the four seasons.

The diameter of the copper coin is one inch and two fen, and it weighs half a liang. (One jin is sixteen liang, one liang is twenty-four zhu, and one zhu is about 0.65 grams today, which is also the origin of the general weight of half a jin and eight liang.)
Ying Zheng has been actively promoting the use of Qin coins.

A unified currency system can enhance sovereignty and strengthen unity; promoting monetary transactions can promote economic development, promote commodity exchange, and facilitate wealth storage and accumulation; having a unified transaction standard can reduce people's transaction costs, maintain social stability, and enhance control over the empire and the surrounding economy.

Moreover, in the process of currency homogenization, a large amount of social wealth can be reaped.

The victims were mainly the wealthy, after all, the common people had little money and usually traded goods. If they were injured by mistake, there was nothing they could do, and the common people would suffer more, and the clerks under their name would bear the brunt of the blame.

The casting of copper coins is different from that of gold coins. Other things can be added to them. Of course, for the sake of the prestige of the court, it cannot be too exaggerated. Only 30% of tin and lead are allowed to be added in total. This is also to take into account hardness and gloss, as well as to be more corrosion-resistant and last longer.

In order to stabilize the price of the currency and prevent people from making illegal profits, there was only one regulation for copper coins, with the same size and weight. Ying Zheng asked Gongshujia and Mojia to improve the casting process as much as possible, making it as difficult to forge as possible and fine enough to make the counterfeit coins invisible and recognizable at a glance.

Anyone who uses copper coins that do not conform to the regulations will be confiscated upon discovery. Even if it is a genuine coin, as long as it is slightly worn out, it is still prohibited to use it. Those who think about the wear and tear will not be able to spend it. In addition, the profit margin of copper coins is low, so it can still be controlled.

Anyone who privately mints coins will have his entire clan executed.

Coupled with the copper and iron monopoly system, the existence of inferior counterfeit coins in the market can be minimized.

After all, there is not much profit in small batches, and it is impossible not to be discovered in large batches. If discovered, all three generations will be killed, which is really not cost-effective.

Of course, copper was far from enough, and the monopoly policy was used to force the people to sell copper to the court in exchange for money, which was the only way to temporarily operate. Of course, for the sake of people's hearts, the price was relatively fair.

Even so, copper coins were not enough for market use. In addition to vigorously mining copper mines, Ying Zheng also approved the use of gold, silver, cloth, silk, and grain as exchange items, and temporarily continued to assume some of the monetary responsibilities.

As for gold, you can't add anything to it randomly, and there is no point in fixing the currency value. Gold is rare and has a large profit margin. No matter how it is minted, there will always be people who tamper with the coins to "wear them out". Setting a fixed currency value is simply unsustainable.

In the end, it is still calculated only by weight.

Anyway, those who can use gold are not ordinary people.

Ying Zheng was too lazy to care about this and just let the people do as they pleased.

As for silver, China has always had a shortage of it, so we can only slowly add silver precious metals between gold and copper coins in the future.

Why are there never enough disciples for Gongshujia and Mojia? What a joke. Humans are better than animals because they can use tools, create tools, and improve tools. Now that the Qin Dynasty is developing and needs people everywhere, there are naturally enough for the two families to be busy.

In order to encourage invention and creation, Ying Zheng spared no effort in rewarding anyone who created useful tools. He was even generous with titles. Naturally, the disciples of the two schools were full of enthusiasm. Not only the Gongshu school and the Mohist school, but even many craftsmen among the people were excited to join the Qin Dynasty and offer their craftsmanship.

Ying Zheng had mixed feelings about advanced productivity, but he finally felt relieved. The world is like this now, and no matter how advanced it is, it will be difficult to change without three to five hundred years. What the world will be like in three to five hundred years is a matter for future generations.

There is no shortcut to scientific development. It is not possible to change the world immediately by just giving some policy encouragement. It requires long-term development.

The Qin Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty look the same, but in fact they are completely different. The production tools in all walks of life are much stronger than those in the Qin Dynasty.

A minor version update is also an update. Only when there are enough minor updates and the foundation is sufficient, can a major version update be made.

Although the Qin Dynasty today is not bad, it is ultimately limited by its population and basic quality. Comprehensive restrictions in various aspects are also there, and it is impossible to rush into the industrial age.

Apart from anything else, the primitive accumulation would not be enough even if everyone worked themselves to death.

As for the art of mechanical engineering, Ying Zheng has clearly felt in recent years that the active vitality of heaven and earth has become increasingly thin. He doesn't know if it is because he has absorbed too much of it, and it is depleting faster than he imagined.

In the past few years, Ying Zheng felt that the efficiency of absorbing the vitality of heaven and earth was greatly reduced. It was not that Ying Zheng had reached the limit and could not absorb it, but it was too thin. In recent years, Ying Zheng borrowed Xianyang City and the Wei River to spread the dragon energy to swallow the whale formation, sweeping the vitality of the whole world to gather in Xianyang, which made him satisfied.

However, given the current situation, we won’t be able to use large mechanical beasts for at most fifty years.

Ying Zheng's idea is very simple. Since he can't use it sooner or later, he might as well use it now! It's better to use it for himself than to give it to others!
The treasures in the treasury will become silent as the vitality of heaven and earth fades away, so use them now if you can.

Numerous mechanical beasts are created day and night, and under control, they try their best to mine mineral resources, dig rivers and build roads to connect the world.

Ying Zheng vowed to use the vitality of heaven and earth as much as possible where it should be used!
Now, Ying Zheng is squeezing out all the power of the empire to develop and reform. Now he is formulating rules to make the pie bigger and divide it well, so as to buy more time and natural law for future generations. Of course, everything has its limits. If you squeeze it completely, it will be the end. You can't let people die.

Change also takes time. The original system was still too crude and was on the verge of collapse. It took Qin Shihuang more than ten years to thoroughly optimize the system.

It's not that I've only been playing with women these years, I've been so busy that I've made such a big change now. It still looks like the same Daqin, but the system has been optimized too much, and the version update is too advanced.

It takes care of all classes and aspects, so that everyone can live well and live with hope. Although it requires more effort, it is already much better.

Just like in war, a great victory is the result of countless hard preparations.

For a country to become prosperous and strong, it also needs changes and developments in all aspects, which are often not visible overnight and take time to show up silently.

Governing a large country is like cooking a small fish, the key is to do it quietly at night. If it is really vigorous, the situation is often not very good.

The current system is already the healthiest and best. As for the future, we can only adjust it slowly. As for the land tax, it will definitely be reduced in the future. It is still a bit high now.

There is nothing in the world that is eternal and unchanging. The only thing that never changes in the universe is that it is constantly changing and moving.

No matter how good a system is, problems will arise after running it for a long time, especially when vested interest groups appear. At that time, the problems will become bigger and bigger, and the system will become more and more stuck until it collapses.

Whether you can detect and deal with the problem in time after it occurs depends on your ability. The later you delay, the harder it will be.

At present, this system will not cause any major problems for at least 30 to 50 years. As long as the system's "redundancy" is cleaned up regularly and the garbage that causes lag is solved, it will not be a problem for decades. The current central court has sufficient power to defend the established rules and can solve all problems, at least the people who cause the problems.

As for one or two hundred years later, we can only trust the wisdom of future generations. How can there be a dynasty that lasts for thousands of years? No one can control what happens a hundred years later. It is already rare and precious to lay a good foundation, to extend the wealth and prosperity of the family and descendants as long as possible, to make the world better, the people live better, and to have a better reputation for thousands of years.

Those who do not plan for eternity are not qualified to plan for the present, but who can truly plan for eternity? From the time when King Wu Jifa established his rule in the Central Plains until his fall, the Zhou Dynasty lasted for 800 years, and only experienced 30 generations and 37 kings. Everything is constantly changing, and it is changing too fast.

Even Qin Shi Huang could not imagine that the dynasty could survive for 800 years like the Zhou Dynasty. If there was a leader who could restore the dynasty, even if the dynasty also divided things, and it could survive for 400 to 500 years, then it was because Qin Shi Huang had a good foundation, and it was also because of the destiny of the Qin Dynasty that wise rulers emerged in endlessly.

It is still most important to take care of the present. Ten thousand years is too long, we must seize the day. At least now Daqin is thriving.

The most important things for a country's long-term stability are class mobility and basic survival.

Ying Zheng used the nobility level to define classes. It takes time for classes to slide down, and now there are many opportunities to upgrade through merit, which makes it easier for people to accept.

There are more ways to improve one's class now, which is to advance both civil and military affairs, and to let a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend.

In today's Qin Dynasty, as long as you don't break the law, at worst you can work hard on the farm and still have enough food and clothing.

As long as you have a skill, you will have more room for development. During the rapid development stage of the empire, social wealth will increase dramatically, which is the best opportunity to change your destiny.

As long as you have a skill, you can have no worries about food and clothing, and you can also become an official with your skills. Although it is difficult to be an official, it is not difficult to be a clerk.

Don't forget, the examples of Marquis of Chengdu and Marquis of Guangqu are still there.

When all industries develop and all flowers bloom, it will be spring.

Regarding class mobility, there are now many opportunities for class advancement in Daqin, not to mention that if you have a skill, you will have opportunities to strive for it.

Studying hard is an opportunity. If you study well and have the ability, you can really stand out, and there are many opportunities! Daqin is so big now, there are many positions.

Now in the Great Qin Dynasty, it is not only military merit that can confer titles. As long as one has made achievements in governing a region, the king will never be stingy with rewards and titles.

The King said:

The rich don't have to buy fertile land, there are thousands of millets in the book.

You don’t need to build a high-rise building to live in a stable life, there is a golden house in books.

Don't hate unscrupulous matchmakers when you marry a wife. There is Yan Ruyu in the book.

There is no one to leave when you go out. There are many horses and carts in the book.

If a man wants to fulfill his life's ambition, he should study classics diligently in front of the window.

(End of this chapter)