Diqin Designer

Chapter 280 Chapter 123 The Trap of "Wealth" from Heaven
Although the decline of the Bullfighting Kingdom was the result of many factors, it is generally believed that silver is definitely an important reason that cannot be ignored.

After obtaining a large amount of silver, the Bullfighting Country thought that it possessed enormous wealth and that everyone else was a poor ghost. They thought that only the Bullfighting Country was rich in the world, and you were all poor ghosts. However, they did not know that if silver was to be equal to the wealth they expected, it depended on whether other countries were willing to recognize it.

If other countries recognize it, then silver is; if other countries do not recognize it, then silver is just a metal.

After seeing that the Bullfighting Country had become rich and possessed so much silver, other countries were envious and jealous, so they began to maliciously raise the prices of the Bullfighting Country's goods. Things that originally sold for one silver coin would have to be bought by the Bullfighting Country people for two silver coins, because the Bullfighting Country people were rich!
The Bull Fighting Country knew that other countries were targeting them, but they didn't care too much. They were rich and didn't need the money. They continued to play music and buy things. They didn't even worry about their own domestic construction. Anyway, they were rich and powerful and could buy whatever they needed.

But one day, when other countries restrict or stop selling goods to China, the rich people in China will be instantly confused, and then it will become "the most painful thing for people is that they are still there, the money is still there, but the money cannot be spent". They have silver but find it difficult to buy goods.

Li Nian concluded: "We often confuse the value of copper as a metal with its role as a currency carrier. In normal times, it is actually nothing and has little impact. But in certain special times, it is a very dangerous thing and can even affect the rise and fall of a country!"

Hearing Li Nian's serious tone, everyone in the hall listened attentively. Some people had actually figured out what Li Nian meant.

The ancients were not stupid, they were just restricted by the times and could not think of certain things. However, as long as they were given a start and the window paper was broken, they would be able to think of it themselves.

Li Nian was the one who helped them break the window paper!

Li Nian raised another question: "Your Majesty and everyone else, why not imagine this: if a large amount of gold, silver, and copper suddenly flowed into the Qin Empire, what would you think?"

Feng Quji replied honestly: "Before hearing what the minister said, I was afraid that I would think that the Qin Dynasty had become rich overnight, and from now on, the Qin Dynasty would be extremely powerful."

Feng Jie continued, "But in fact, these things can neither be eaten nor drunk, and will not change the population, weapons, food, silk and hemp of the Qin Dynasty. Therefore, apart from the increase of these gold, silver and copper, the national strength of the Qin Dynasty has not changed."

Wang Wan also said: "But if you fail to see this point clearly, then you will be in danger! You think that having gold, silver and copper is equivalent to having a large amount of currency. Even if the Qin Dynasty is short of food and weapons, the Qin Dynasty has money and can buy enough food and weapons from outside..."

Li Si added: "However, if other states do not sell food and weapons to the Qin Dynasty, or do not recognize gold, silver and copper as currency, what is the use of more gold, silver and copper?"

Wei Liao added: "They can even set a trap, first sell food and weapons to Daqin, so that Daqin will think, 'We have everything in the outside world, but we don't have money. We have money, so we can buy everything from outside, and we don't need to work hard on farming.' Then they can stop selling goods to Daqin, thus putting Daqin in trouble."

Wang Jian also interjected: "By then, we will be facing a pile of coins but no food, weapons, etc., and people will have cultivated the idea that 'I have money, I can buy everything from outside', and will neglect our own production. It will be really dangerous!"

Although everyone deduced the result that Li Nian wanted to tell them, he believed that the probability of this happening in China was not high.

Because... there is a piece of land here. If I don't plant something on it and it just stays empty, I'll always feel uncomfortable.

This kind of thinking is almost engraved in the blood of the Chinese people. Even modern people, when seeing a piece of wasteland, will have an idea: what can be planted on this land?

If we want to grow vegetables in the gaps between bricks, then what other land can we not want to grow?
Chinese people also have a habit of always stockpiling some supplies for emergencies, while many Westerners only care about today's food and drink, and even buy tomorrow's and the day after tomorrow's food on credit.

Feng Quji sighed and said, "Based on this deduction, it can indeed affect the rise and fall of a country. We must keep it in mind and not make this mistake." Li Si and others nodded, but Qin Shihuang, Meng Tian and Meng Yi knew that this was not a deduction. It must be that a country in later generations really declined because of this.

Judging from what Li Nian said in the past, it should be the first empire on which the sun never sets!

After sighing, Feng Quji looked at Li Nian and said, "But nowadays, everyone in the world thinks so. Gold, silver and copper are both currency and wealth, so they are hoarded. What method do you want to change this, Shangshu?"

Li Nian said: "Li does not intend to change this idea, as long as your majesty and you can recognize the difference."

"Because this kind of thinking is beneficial to Daqin, especially to the countries outside Daqin. Not only can it not make them understand the difference, but it will deepen it."

Everyone changed their minds and understood what Li Nian meant.

The purpose of letting the Xiongnu and Baiyue people know so clearly is to keep them in the dark so that they can convert the real assets in their hands into Qin currency and thus be controlled by Qin.

If they understood and were unwilling to convert real wealth such as grain, land, and minerals into Qin currency, and wanted to keep it tightly in their hands, it would be troublesome for Qin.

Just like those rich people in Russia, they converted the assets in their hands into coins and stored them in Western countries, and then they were frozen by a group of Western countries led by the United States. They are finished.

Of course, the wealthy don’t have many choices. They can’t possibly store the wealth they have obtained through various means in China, right? China may be more dangerous than abroad.

Wang Wan spoke up again at this time, and he pointed out several key issues: "But if we want to achieve what the Shangshu said, we must solve the following issues:"

"First, we must be able to mint a sufficient amount of coins for circulation among the people, because people will hoard them."

"It's okay for ordinary people, but those merchants will hoard a lot of coins."

Everyone nodded in agreement at this. Some businessmen even wished they could hide all the money they earned at home and not take it out even if it rotted.

This would lead to many consequences, one of the more obvious being that although the imperial court had minted enough coins, there was no money circulating among the people, resulting in a money shortage.

The current currency of the Qin Dynasty is made of copper, but copper in the Qin Dynasty is not that abundant. It is really difficult to solve the problem of these people hoarding the coins.

Wang Wan pointed out the second point: "Second, how can we make the other countries willing to deposit their money in Daqin? If the method mentioned by Shangshu can be implemented, it will indeed benefit Daqin, but why should the other countries deposit their money in Daqin?"

"If this matter cannot be resolved, the Shangshu's method will not work. Even if it works, the impact will probably not be as great as what the Shangshu said."

(End of this chapter)