After hearing the words of the Supreme Emperor, Jia Qiang did not hesitate at all and immediately replied: "The Supreme Emperor, these admonishers may have loyal hearts, but they do not know the way of economics, and their words of advice are really unreasonable and make people laugh."

The Supreme Emperor was naturally dissatisfied when he heard this. He couldn't even convince him, so how could he convince the people in the world? So he snorted and said, "I read history books and found out which of the thousand-year dynasties didn't end in the king's extravagant and comatose kings? How come I'm here with you?

Have you come up with an economic solution?" He does have self-awareness...

Jia Qiang said seriously: "Your Majesty, although the common people are not very young, they have read some history books. The common people remember that from the eighth year of Jingchu, the ratio of silver coins to one thousand coins was one or two to one thousand. But in the twenty-eighth year of Jingchu period,

The ratio of silver to money became one or two to one thousand and five hundred cents, which became a situation where silver was expensive and money was cheap. Ordinary people did not use silver in their daily life, production and business. All they used were copper coins. They could only pay taxes and become officials.

Silver was used only when the time came. Therefore, when it was time to pay taxes and enter the government, the people had to convert the copper coins in their hands into silver before they could pay taxes.

However, the higher the money-to-silver ratio, the more disadvantaged the people will naturally be. Big households don't even have to do anything. They just need to hide their money, raise the money-to-silver ratio during tax season, and then exchange their money to the people to make a fortune.

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Then use copper coins to buy grain and rice from the hands of the people, put the bulk goods into the official warehouse, and exchange them for silver. You can earn double the profit for free.

But why is the currency-to-silver ratio getting higher and higher? Although the Dingguo is rising, the imperial court is also digging up mountains of silver every year, so it stands to reason that the imbalance will not be this far...

The common people thought that it was because the big and wealthy households did not spend the money after they earned it. Instead, they burned the money into silver melons, dug pits and buried them.

Regardless of whether they are thrifty or have ulterior motives, in short, there is less and less money circulating in the market!

Wouldn't this create a situation where silver is expensive and money is cheap?

If wealthy households all spent their money like the emperor did, instead of burning winter melons and burying them in the soil, then the amount of silver circulating in the market would not be reduced, and the phenomenon of silver being expensive and money being cheap would not be caused, and the people would not

Such a big loss!

Therefore, the court should not restrain the Supreme Emperor from spending money at all, but should encourage the rich to learn more from the Supreme Emperor and spend more money. This is the way to benefit the country and the people!

Those officials did not understand this. They only knew that diligence and thrift were good, but they did not know that for the court, it was a real good thing for the rich to spend more money.

Letting those wealthy households continue to accumulate money and bury it in the ground will not do any good to the country!"

After saying this, the young people beside the Supreme Emperor and the eunuch all opened their eyes wide, seeing that the young man in front of them dared to "confuse right and wrong" and "call a deer a horse" in front of them!

How can there be such truth in the world?

Oddly enough, what he said seems to be quite knowledgeable...

Something that has never been heard before.

Only the Supreme Emperor seems to have experienced too many things in his life, and has heard too many shocking words, and has long since passed the state of being moved by his words.

He observed Jia Qiang carefully with a pair of calm eyes, which made Jia Qiang's back feel cold...

After a long time, he snorted and said: "You are a little man. You are not very old. You seem to be kind and innocent, but in your heart you are as cunning as a ghost. Are you really unwilling to be an official in the court?"

Jia Qiang shook her head and said: "In front of the emperor, how dare you pretend to be smart and lie to the emperor? Although the common people are white, they are born with a weird heart. Except for the emperor of heaven and earth, he is unwilling to kneel down and kowtow to the superior. Therefore, he has never had the intention to become an official.

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This statement was beyond the expectations of the Supreme Emperor and the other two.

It's just that the Supreme Emperor won't like someone who is bent on making money, but he won't like a talented person who refuses to work hard for the Tian family.

The Supreme Emperor raised his eyebrows, looked at Jia Qiang and said sarcastically: "You do have the heart of a proud prince in white clothes..." He wanted to make a decision, but he hesitated, raised his head and thought for a while, and then asked: "But I

It's just curiosity. You don't want to kneel down, but you can't even hold up a Jia Zhen. So in the future, if the powerful bully you, how will you handle yourself?"

Jia Qiang heard this, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, although the common people have no intention of becoming an official, they do have the desire to obtain fame. In addition, the common people also have some talents, and they can share interests with others and get to know some powerful people.

You don’t want to use your power to bully others, as long as you don’t allow others to easily bully you. The common people think that in these peaceful and prosperous times, no one will bully the common people at will, right?"

After hearing this, the Supreme Emperor finally couldn't help but laugh out loud. Looking at Jia Qiang's overly young face, he shook his head and said: "Smartness is indeed top-notch intelligence, but it's just that he lacks experience and doesn't know the sinister nature of people's hearts. However,

I like you because you are self-aware and know not to show off in front of me. You tell the truth. Very few people can do this..."

After saying that, he stood up and, escorted by the young people and middle-aged eunuchs beside him, slowly walked out. However, when he passed by Jia Qiang, he stopped and looked down at him and said: "Jia Qiang, you

Very good. Go and do your thing well, but don't lose your sense of loyalty and filial piety." After that, the word "梅" came out.

Jia Qiang was left alone, silently feeling the chill on her back from the cold sweat.

Apart from the fact that the things that the ancients knew are difficult for people of later generations, in terms of scheming, wisdom, eyesight and ability to recognize people, in what way are they inferior to later generations?

Just now, Jia Qiang didn't even dare to tell a clever lie...

No wonder so many outstanding people throughout the ages have left behind the saying “Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger”.

I just don’t know whether the previous promise made by the Supreme Emperor counts?

Also, in the end, the young man next to the Supreme Emperor looked at him with pity and sympathy, why?

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Imperial City, Daming Palace.

Emperor Long'an, who had just celebrated the Longevity Festival, was correcting memorials in the Qinzheng Qinxian Hall in the Xinuang Pavilion of the Yangxin Hall.

Before correcting two books, Emperor Long'an, who had a somewhat thin face, put down his cinnabar pen, frowned tightly, and looked out of the hall with solemn eyes filled with worry.

In the Immortal Tower Buddhist Hall outside the temple, there is an Amitayus Pagoda.

The autumn wind blows, and the copper bells ring, echoing in the hall, like bursts of Sanskrit sounds.

Emperor Long'an was the third son of the Supreme Emperor, neither heir nor eldest son. When he was in hiding, his reputation was far less than that of the other princes.

He is low-key and pragmatic.

Among all officials, he is known as a virtuous king who works hard.

Moreover, because he never formed any cliques or colluded with ministers, and especially kept a certain distance from any military ministers, many people thought that Prince Lian had no ambition to aspire to the throne and would definitely become a wise king in the future and would have no chance with Dabao.

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Unexpectedly, when the Supreme Emperor was in Yuji for thirty years, he passed the throne to Prince Lian Li Zhe, who is now the Emperor Long'an.

After Emperor Long'an ascended the throne, he was as low-key and pragmatic as when he was in hiding. He asked the Supreme Emperor for instructions on everything, especially the appointment and dismissal of officials of third rank or above.

It was not until a year later that the Supreme Emperor became impatient and announced to the world that from now on, if there were no major military or state affairs that would shake the foundation of the country, the emperor could decide them by himself and there was no need to report everything. If the emperor had nothing to do, he did not need to go to Jiuhua Palace to say hello every day.

However, Emperor Long'an still visited the province every morning and dusk. No matter it was windy, rainy, icy or snowy, he would go to Jiuhua Palace every day to pay respects to the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.

Above the court, the ministers who responded to the military plan and planned the country never changed. They all said that once the emperor was the emperor, there were only ministers. However, minister Jingchu always stood firm and unshakable.

It was not until three years later that some changes gradually occurred.

Two auxiliary military officers could no longer stand it any longer. They were blinded, deafened, and unable to support themselves, so they retired from their posts.

Emperor Long'an also gave him generous favors and gifts, and he became an official with great grace.

In the fourth year, a natural disaster occurred in Hexi, which exposed a group of ministers who were really ugly.

Not only taking advantage of the locust plague to annex land, not to mention reselling relief supplies, the ministers of the country and the court officials actually colluded with each other to resell people, which was extremely despicable...

This time, Emperor Long'an did not turn a blind eye again. Instead, he sent an order to the three divisions and executed a group of people with capital punishment, with heads rolling in.

The whole world is shocked!

In the fifth year, that is, this year, Emperor Long'an showed his majestic courage and with the power of thunder, he deposed three ministers of the six departments, six ministers, and even a military cabinet minister.

For a time, there was a roaring sound in both the government and the public, soldiers were everywhere, and everyone was in danger.

In the 30th year of Jingchu, all the important ministers in the imperial court are old ministers of Jingchu. Their branches and leaves are entangled and their relationships are very deep.

If the five-year-old Long'an case is really going to be implicated, there will be very few survivors.

However, at this moment, news suddenly came out that excited many Jingchu’s old ministers:

"The Supreme Emperor, who has not left the Jiuhua Deep Palace for five years, actually left the palace today!"

But this news was like thunder to Emperor Long'an!!

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