C201 It Broke Out!
C201 It Broke Out!
Prime Minister Lee sighed once more. Just as he was about to speak, his body swayed and he nearly fell to the ground.
His Majesty hurriedly ordered people to send a chair over and let him sit down and rest for a while.
Prime Minister Lee just sat down and before he could catch his breath, he said loudly, "Your Majesty, I have also experienced the matter of tracking down the counterfeit money. Actually, it was not because the officials were capable, but because the counterfeit money back then did not have any profits to speak of. Especially after Your majesty changed the currency 'Wande', this counterfeit money matter was solved by itself. However, it's different now. Because the matter of the new currency... has too much implications! "
His Majesty was stunned for a moment. After thinking carefully about this sentence, he suddenly thought of a certain possibility and hurriedly asked," Dear Minister Li, please speak clearly! "
Prime Minister Lee said, "Your Majesty, in fact, now that you think about it, the biggest use of the new currency as a matter of the Imperial Court is to conserve copper and reduce the production cost, which is conducive to the distribution of the new currency."
"Of course."
His Majesty nodded.
Prime Minister Lee continued, "When they forged the counterfeit coins, they broke down by themselves and no longer formed a climate. Was it because the copper was expensive and the process cost was equally expensive that there was no profit from forging counterfeit coins? Or even made a loss? "
His Majesty slowly nodded and said, "I think about it carefully. There is indeed a reason for the pursuit of counterfeits back then."
Prime Minister Lee sighed and said, "Your Majesty, once this new currency is issued, won't the person who forged counterfeit money no longer have this concern?"
"Ah, this!"
His Majesty was shocked and instantly widened his eyes.
Prime Minister Lee continued, "I know about this matter, and it was an official below me who risked his life to do so. He travelled eight hundred miles day and night to personally run to Minister Wei's residence and inform him of this matter. Only then did this lowly subject know of such a vicious matter! Furthermore, because the benefits involved were too great, the officials from the upper and lower ranks were even in cahoots with him. Intentionally withholding information!"
" There's such a thing? "
"Your Majesty, let's not talk about the collusion between the government and the merchants, just this counterfeit money is dangerous." Prime Minister Lee gritted his teeth and said, "According to the official, there are some local merchants who use real objects to exchange for a large amount of copper coins. Then they melt all the copper coins and use the mold to forge them into new coins. One by one, they are huge! "
One of them is the name of the copper coin that is of the same value.
His Majesty is stunned as his expression becomes uglier and uglier.
Prime Minister Lee did not stop, and continued, "One copper coin is three times as much as a copper coin. In other words, the raw materials need three ordinary copper coins, and the forging cost is seven copper coins. The total price is ten copper coins, and the finished product is worth a thousand copper coins. The total value would increase by a hundred times!"
He took a deep breath and said: "As for the area where the fake coins were forged, copper coins are no longer used as money. The price of rice is three times a day, from two dollars to one jin. It's now fifty dollars per jin! The price was still rising. The people's savings were nothing in front of the high price. The key was that the price could not be controlled, and no one could determine whether the fake money was real or fake. Then, all the merchants could only treat the real money as fake money. At the beginning, in the beginning, they thought of a way to only accept ordinary copper coins and not plant coins. But the policies and orders issued by Xin coins were there. If one coin could not be exchanged for 1000 wens, then, the merchant would be considered to have violated the national law! They could only exchange, but after exchanging for the copper coin, when the copper coin came back, they could only increase the price of the goods so that the merchants would not suffer losses. In this way, the real victims were the ordinary people who had accumulated wealth for many years. The copper coins that were hidden in their homes instantly became hundreds of times cheaper... Your majesty, the land was filled with grief and suffering. The people were in so much pain that they did not know how to live in the future. Especially those who had exchanged their grain for copper coins early on, hoping that the value of copper coins would increase. Those who had their grain prices falling were in a precarious situation... Once the people were hungry, they would think of a change, His Majesty. What the local officials could do now was to suppress them, but only suppress them. It was not just one head. Furthermore, what I said was that it happened in less than one place. And this kind of thing has happened all over the world! "
When Prime Minister Lee said this, all of the officials finally understood what was going on.
All of them had ugly expressions on their faces.
They had purple hair, purple hair, and black hair. Some of them didn't even dare to breathe loudly, and almost choked themselves to death.
As for Zhao Wuji, he was also dumbfounded.
Although this sounded like a fantasy story, in fact, this kind of thing was just a layer of window paper. When he didn't expect it, that was, if one didn't think of it, and thought of it... But you realize that this is a very easy and inevitable thing to understand.
The people in this world that were least lacking were those who specialized in researching and looking for loopholes in the law.
There was also no lack of people who were willing to take risks.
And in the face of a hundred times profit... Anyone could go crazy!
His Majesty suddenly stood up and sat down powerlessly.
He reached out his hand and rubbed the space between his eyebrows.
After a while, he said, "Send the order, send someone to investigate this matter immediately..."
His words shocked even himself. That hoarse voice did not seem to come from his mouth!
The eunuch's eyes twitched violently.
He was the only one who knew about all the civil and military officials in the court. He was the only one who had heard Xiao Yun say that something big would happen in the future, something that could threaten the foundation of Great Qin Country.
This matter... had happened!
"Dear ministers, do you have any good ideas regarding this matter?"
Good ideas?
Are you joking?
Everyone was confused.
They hated those profiteers in their hearts. They couldn't help but think of themselves. How long could those copper coins last in their house?
In fact, what was even worse was the one before the policy was implemented.
Depository Order!
On the one hand, everyone was restricted from storing copper coins, which meant that there was not much copper coins left in each household. Next was the release of new currencies, which allowed many people to exchange their goods or coins for new currencies.
What followed was a flood of counterfeit coins!
This was interlinked. If not for the previous decree, this matter would not have been so dangerous.
But... it was such a "coincidence," and that was how helpless it was.
Now, these officials were even starting to think about their own survival problems in the future.
How could they immediately think of a way to deal with it?
Even Prime Minister Lee, who always thought of countermeasures before asking questions, was helpless at this moment.
This matter could not be hidden. He had to say it immediately, but he really had no way to solve it.
So he was silent.
Even he was silent, so no one really said anything.
His Majesty's face turned completely pale.
It had only been a quarter of an hour since he started to feel proud of himself, and now he was in despair.
It was too fast!
Too sudden.
Suddenly, an unknown flame rushed to his throat, and an old phlegm stuck in his throat. It could not go up or down. It made his lips turn purple, and there was even a surge of hot blood. His eyes swelled and his cheeks hurt, and his mind buzzed.
With a slight movement, he almost did not catch his breath!
It was still the first eunuch who reacted quickly and immediately rushed over. He hurriedly used his own body to block His Majesty, and at the same time, he quietly stuffed a "Rhinoceros Blood Circulation Pill" into his mouth. He then used his hands to rub his cheeks with force, and then rubbed his chest.
His Majesty only felt a cold air coming from his chest and abdomen. In an instant, his nose and throat were cleared and his eyes and ears became clear again. He coughed and spat out a mouthful of old phlegm. It was sticky and black, even bigger than the belly of his thumb!
He was stunned for a long time.
He raised his head to look at the eunuch and only then did the eunuch hurriedly retreat and continue to bow and stand.
His Majesty took a deep breath and shook his neck. His spine made cracking sounds and he also felt that the back of his head was unobstructed.
He coldly looked at the group of officials and found that everyone had their heads lowered and did not dare to look up at him.
Then, he whispered to the eunuch, "What did you give Zhen to eat just now?"
"Your majesty, this old servant gave His Majesty the Rhinoceros Living Meridian Pill."
"Hm? I've never heard of it."
The eunuch smiled bitterly and said, "It's normal that His Majesty has never heard of it, because this medicine was given to me by Young Master Xiao, and it was also a name he gave me at the last minute."
"Hm?"
His Majesty frowned.
He naturally knew that Xiao Yun was proficient in medicine. At the very least, he definitely had a few excellent prescriptions in his hands!
Putting aside the medicinal formula that cured the locust plague and made the First Princess beloved by the common people, just the medicinal formula of the Muscle Meridian Merchant Drug from before had already aroused the thoughts of the people of Sun Moon Country. The medicinal formula was so magical!
It was not a strange thing to create the Meridian Rejuvenating Pill now.
When he thought of this, the Emperor was suddenly stunned!
That's right, there was also Xiao Yun!