Back in the Hall of Nourishing the Spirit, the First Emperor seemed not to have recovered from his excitement at obtaining stirrups and horseshoes.
"From now on, I will form true mounted archers and lancer cavalry. When the time comes, the cavalry will come and go like the wind, sweeping across the land with unmatched force. Why should I fear the Xiongnu in the north? What can the southern barbarians use to stop my iron hooves?"
Jiang Hao thought that the First Emperor had only just acquired horseshoes and stirrups, yet he had already thought so far ahead.
That was why the right things could only achieve their greatest effect when given to the right people.
After the two sat down, the First Emperor looked at Jiang Hao. "What else do you intend to give me?"
Jiang Hao reached into his sleeve and took out a thick silk scroll. "Your Majesty, I have written a book. I hope you will read it carefully."
"A book? What book?"
"Political Economy."
Why had Jiang Hao written this book? Great Qin currently had many problems, but some were not things Jiang Hao could speak of carelessly, or even if he did, they could not be resolved. Yet there was one rather serious issue—one of the important causes of the Qin Dynasty's downfall—which was the economy.
Take just one issue: currency.
History had offered many analyses of the Qin Dynasty's fall, and many viewpoints pointed to one major problem: currency.
After the Qin Dynasty unified the realm, it abolished the currencies of the six states and forcibly promoted the Qin Ban Liang currency. However, because the supply of currency was insufficient, it led to a severe economic depression.
In the current Great Qin Empire, aside from the original State of Qin, the other six