"The painting of Xiaogongping, Gongsun Yang, Gan Long and Du Zichang are the three great officials who are in charge of the king. They are concerned about the changes in the world, seek the foundation of the law, and seek the way to make the people..."

In the study of Lanchigong, Ying Zheng held the "Shang Jun Book" written in Lishu in his hand and started reading it with relish.

"Who wrote this word?"

After just reading a volume, Ying Zheng liked the words the more he read them, and he couldn't put them down. Like many emperors in later generations, Ying Zheng loved calligraphy. Among his subordinates, those who are good at calligraphy can often get high praise from Ying Zheng.

In addition to fully explaining and impressing Ying Zheng, Li Si's "Letter of Admonition and Exiting Guests" was more important that Li Si's handwriting was well written and very popular among Ying Zheng.

The eunuch ordered Zhao Gao to be highly valued by Ying Zheng, which has a lot to do with Zhao Gao's ability to write well.

If you want to become an official, you will work hard to write your words well. This principle began to work in the Qin State more than two thousand years ago.

"This is written by a sinner in the coin yard, called Cheng Miao."

Meng Tian was waiting for this moment. For this reason, he ordered Cheng Miao to copy "Shang Jun Book" seriously. After Ying Zheng's enlightenment, the one he read the most was "Shang Jun Book". This book had a great influence on Ying Zheng, and it can be said that it greatly shaped Ying Zheng's outlook on life and values.

"What crime did Cheng Miao commit?" Ying Zheng was a little curious and became loving talent.

The monarch of Qin had the power to pardon sinners.

"As a minor official who manages the warehouse, Cheng Miao failed to block the rat hole in the warehouse in time. The inspector found that there were three rat holes in the warehouse managed by Cheng Miao, which was a dereliction of duty, so he was imprisoned."

"So that's the case." Ying Zheng nodded and smiled, "This is not a big sin."

Qin State's "Cang Law" stipulates that if there are more than two rat holes in the granary, the minor officials who manage the warehouse will be punished. When Cheng Miao inspected the rat hole, he didn't know if one was missing or if the rat had a new one, which just exceeded the standard. When he encountered the censor's inspection, he could only be considered unlucky.

"Cheng Miao made great contributions to improving the font and was punished for his crimes. I will forgive him for his sins."

Ying Zheng took a bamboo slip with his left hand and a brush with his right hand, wrote a special amnesty order, and ordered the eunuch to take it to the CRRC Mansion to Cai Bo to stamp it.

"I thank Your Majesty for Cheng Miao." Meng Tian replied respectfully. This is exactly the purpose of his coming to present the book today.

"Hehe, Meng Tian, ​​you came today not just to get me to pardon Cheng Miao, right?"

Ying Zheng also understood Meng Tian’s thoughts.

"I am thinking that the writing of official script is simpler than that of small seal script. Your Majesty now needs simpler words to facilitate the memory of Qiancheng. Why not order the official script and small seal script to spread throughout the world together?"

Meng Tian beat the snake and rode it on the stick and quickly put forward his thoughts.

"Will there be confusion when two sets of words circulated together?" Ying Zheng frowned slightly.

"Small seal script is used to write formal official documents and official script is used in ordinary document exchanges. In this way, the two sets of texts are not inconsistent, and the freedom to choose from the Qianshou will not arise in the rebellious mentality of the Qianshou."

The seal of Qin State in the small seal script is too obvious. The official script was created by a sinner, which naturally narrowed the distance from the Qian Head. The Qian Heads of the six countries would resist the Qin State's small seal script in their hearts, so they would be more likely to accept official script.

"You're right." Ying Zheng nodded in agreement, "I will tell the Prime Minister and let him write standard text samples and promote the world."

Cheng Miao's official script is very famous for Ying Zheng's intention. It is vaguely, Ying Zheng felt that official script seems to be closer than small seal script.

"Your Majesty is wise."

The official script, which was popular in later generations, was promoted nationwide.

The three major calligraphers of Qin, Li Si, Zhao Gao and Cheng Miao, each wrote a few standard texts, which became the literacy textbook for Qin and the first standard textbook in Chinese history.

When Meng Tian came to this era, he had worked hard to practice calligraphy, but Meng Tian really had no talent for calligraphy. Otherwise, Meng Tian would have wanted to write an enlightenment textbook to spread it to future generations.

"The second thing is the matter of minting money, I must report it to Your Majesty."

Meng Tian took out an exquisite sandalwood box from his wide sleeves, and after opening it, a golden copper coin lay quietly in the box.

This coin is minted from pure copper and is shiny and beautiful, just like gold.

Meng Tian forgot that during the Qin and Han dynasties, people also called brass gold. The real gold was called "red gold".

Ying Zheng stretched out his right hand, held the sample coin in his hand, and threw it gently: "Why is it so much lighter than half a liang of coins?"

"Half a liang of coins weighs twelve zhu, and this copper coins weighs five zhu, so it is much lighter." Meng Tian said.

"High Wuzhu?" Ying Zheng raised his head, "There will be no problem to alleviate so much at once, right?"

Ying Zheng has never studied finance, but he also knows that the weight of coins is too light and is not a good thing.

"The function of coins is mainly to act as general equivalents for commodity circulation, which is convenient for transactions. Half a liang coins are too heavy and cannot be cut, so they are not priced." Meng Tian explained, "Wuzhu coins are lighter than half a liang coins, and small items can be paid with Wuzhu coins, which is convenient for Qianzhong to use. I often learned when I went to Xianyang that Wuzhu coins are the most suitable weight for circulation."

After Qin unified the world, he ruled such a large country at once and felt the stones across the river. The unified coins were in the right direction, but the appropriate weight of coins was not yet fully explored.

After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, because half a liang of coins was too heavy and large coins were difficult to use, they changed the zhu Qizhu and 4zhu coins. It was not until Emperor Wu of Han that he was extremely minted and found the right currency value.

Meng Tian said it seriously, and Ying Zheng's doubts dissipated a lot. He lowered his head and carefully checked the sample coins in his hand.

The coins are round, the size of a thumb, and there is a small square hole inside. The four words "The sky is round and the place" are cast around the small hole. The front is small seal script and the back is the official script invented by Cheng Miao.

Such money is impeccable except for being a little lighter.

"How many coins are you going to mint?"

After a while, Ying Zheng put down the sample coins in his hand.

"I initially plan to cast 10 billion Wuzhu coins." Meng Tian stretched out a finger.

"Ten billions of dollars?"

Ying Zheng, who had seen strong winds and waves, became stunned at this moment.

Ying Zheng couldn't imagine what it would be like if tens of billions of coins were piled up together.

"Why do you have to cast so many?" Ying Zheng asked after coming to his senses.

"Your Majesty, the nations have coexisted for hundreds of years, and there are many merchant families in various counties and counties, and countless money is saved in their families. I first calculated that the world's heads of Guizhou have to save money by 10 billion yuan."

Meng Tian checked the warehouse where the weapons of the six countries were stored, and it was really piled up like a mountain. Meng Tian made up his mind to dissolve all these used weapons so that no one would make any random ideas, casting gold men who were not good at it, and also waste money on the people.

Ying Zheng leaned forward unconsciously, supported his hands on the table, and his eyes were full of colors: "I didn't expect that my world is so rich!"
Chapter completed!