Chapter 1259

"Hehe, big brother hasn't seen you for a long time!"

Wang Chong smiled slightly, didn't mind, pointed to the table and chair not far away, and motioned for Yang Zhao to sit down together.

A maid on the side had already changed the tea, and then served a new pastry.

"Big brother, seeing that you are in a hurry, what can make you like this? Could it be that the Confucian people will impeach you?"

Wang Chong picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and smiled indifferently.

"Brother Xian, I don't have a single military power in my hands, and I am not an enemy of them, how can they look down on me? But if I don't handle the matter at hand well, I'm afraid that the Confucian people will really impeach me. ”

Yang Zhao sighed and said with a sad face.

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Wang Chong raised his eyebrows, and suddenly showed a serious look:

"Seeing what you're talking about, what the hell is going on?"

"This is actually related to you, do you remember the gold dollar coupon you suggested to Your Majesty before?"

Yang Zhao frowned, but talked about one thing that Wang Chong suggested to the household department a long time ago:

"Regardless of whether it is gold or silver, it doesn't matter if you are a small household, it doesn't matter if you bring a few pieces of broken silver, if you want to travel far, use a cloth bag, tie it around your waist, and immediately it will be entangled. But now the Tang Dynasty is strong, the economy is prosperous, the south is coming and going, there are countless merchants, and the silver in and out every day is like flowing water, that is, the real money is like flowing water, which is not a small amount. Especially some big families. Hundreds of years of inheritance, operating several caravans, affecting the prices of various counties in Kyushu, trading, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels of gold and silver, really carrying gold and silver, extremely inconvenient. Therefore, the imperial court adopted your strategy and vigorously promoted the gold dollar coupons. Later, after going around and around, His Majesty handed over this matter to me, and at first it did solve a lot of things, but then something went wrong. ”

"I don't know why, but now many forces are beginning to reject the use of gold dollar coupons. For the same thing, if it is real money, they are in full, but if it is paid for by gold dollar coupons, they will have to pay more than 20%, 30%, or even more. Gold dollar coupons are becoming less and less valuable now, and many forces are not very willing to use gold yuan coupons, and where they can not use gold yuan coupons, they try not to use gold yuan coupons. They even preferred to carry bulky gold and silver chests and risk being robbed by robbers rather than accept gold dollar coupons from the imperial court. ”

"You also know that the imperial court's implementation of gold yuan coupons is soft, they don't accept it, and we can't do anything about it. Not only that, but it was only the clans on the border who began to reject the gold yuan coupons, but later, even the clans of Jingshi began to resist. Privately, there are even people buying and selling gold dollar coupons. Although the imperial court gave repeated orders, it was useless at all. If the gold dollar coupons are completely resisted, the imperial court will immediately suffer heavy losses, and it is very likely to affect the national economy and the people's livelihood; after all, the problem of the gold yuan coupons is the problem of money, and the impact of this will not be solved by the imperial court just by taking back the gold yuan coupons, and it is also very likely to cause a major economic problem. ”

The more Yang Zhao spoke, the more worried he became, and the more he spoke, the more worried he became:

"Brother Xian, you also know that I sat in the position of Taifuqing, and there are many people below who are not satisfied, inside and outside the government and the opposition, including those officials in the household department, I don't know how many people are staring at me, as long as I make a mistake, I will grasp the pull off the horse, and take advantage of the situation to make me irreversible, I am really sitting on pins and needles now. You invented the gold dollar coupon, you have to help me no matter what!"

Speaking of which, Yang Zhao suddenly grabbed Wang Chong's arm, like a drowning man grasping the last straw, his expression was full of panic.

Wang Chong did not speak, but looked at Yang Zhao carefully. Yang Zhao's current situation, he has heard of it, although he is the cousin of Concubine Taizhen, no one in the palace dares to accuse him in person, but in private, there are not a few people who are dissatisfied with him, and most of the attack points are focused on his birth, as well as the point of gambling and gambling. However, Wang Chong knew that the reason why Yang Zhao was favored and reused by the Holy Emperor was not only because of Concubine Taizhen. Although he was not born very well and had problems of one kind or another, he had an amazing talent for numbers and finances. Being keenly aware that the Golden Yuan Coupon is not a single independent thing, and the potential impact on the economy has already proved his talent in this area, not to mention that Wang Chong also knows that Yang Zhao is a person who sits on the throne with economic talent.

"Let me ask you, from the first gold dollar coupon to the present, how many gold dollar coupons have you printed?"

Wang Chong said directly.

"This ...... No, not much......"

Hearing this, Yang Zhao immediately stood up.

"Hmph, not much? Not many will end up like this? If you want me to help you, tell me the truth. ”

Wang Chong's gaze was extremely sharp, as if he had seen the depths of Yang Zhao's heart at a glance. No matter what he hid, he couldn't escape Wang Chong's eyes.

"This ...... It's a little more printed. That is, 800 million taels of gold were printed. ”

Yang Zhao trembled.

"You say 800 million, at least 1 billion, in less than two years, you have printed more than 1 billion gold dollar coupons, do you really think this is a cash cow? You can print as much as you want!"

Wang Chong said coldly, and at a glance he saw through the essence of what Yang Zhao said about the gold yuan coupon issue. The Tang Dynasty pursued the strategy of getting rich for a long time, because although the country was rich, the annual tax revenue of the imperial court was far from that much, and I am afraid that it did not even have 100 million taels of gold. Yang Zhao actually printed one billion yuan, which is equivalent to ten years of financial revenue, and the final result can be imagined.

Yang Zhao is still too greedy for money! Although he is very talented in terms of money and economy, the nature of a gambler immediately bursts out with such a treasure trove of gold yuan coupons. It is completely regarded as a tool for making a fortune this kind of policy that is convenient for the people and beneficial to future generations.

Although most of the money he looted went into the treasury of the imperial court and was used for the national economy and people's livelihood in various places, his practice completely ruined Wang Chong's original intention of suggesting that the imperial court set up gold yuan coupons!

In this kind of situation, the issuance of banknotes and gold dollar bills is becoming less and less valuable, and even reselling them on the "black market", in another world, there is a word to describe it as "inflation", or in layman's terms, "currency over-issuance".

When the imperial court first implemented the gold yuan coupons, Wang Chong gave a suggestion that the printing and distribution of the gold yuan coupons must be cautious and cautious, and it must not be issued indiscriminately or over-issued, but all this still happened.

"You're so greedy!"

Wang Chong said in a deep voice, his expression was much colder:

"It's good that the gold dollar coupons have not been issued, but now, the gold yuan coupons are all over the world, and even if you want to recover the gold yuan coupons, it will be too late. It is difficult to recover from the water, and some things, once made, cannot be recovered. Do you know what will happen if the matter of the gold dollar coupon is not handled properly?"

Yang Zhao didn't speak, but his face turned much paler.

"You don't know the specifics, so I'll tell you. The first step is to buy gold dollar coupons, which cost 20% to 30% more than gold, and I tell you, this is just the beginning. Soon, the gold dollar coupon will continue to discount, and the gold dollar coupon of one hundred taels of gold will soon be worth only fifty taels. And that's a conservative estimate. Once this situation occurs, there will definitely be a family member who buys the gold yuan coupon and then exchanges it with the imperial court. There are no channels for the common people, but there are channels for the big families. The gold dollar coupon was issued by the imperial court, and in order to maintain the credibility of the imperial court, no matter how much the family exchanged, the imperial court must redeem it. And the gold dollar coupon will become more and more worthless. ”

And in the end, the gold dollar coupon is really like paper. You have issued a billion taels of gold, and at that time it will disrupt the entire Datang currency market. The people can't sell something, and the merchant can't buy anything if he has money...... The achievements of Datang for decades, the efforts of several generations, and the hard work of tens of millions of people day and night will all come to naught. It will be a great disaster then. The wealth of the Tang Dynasty will be wiped out in the past!"

Wang Chong closed his eyes and slowly explained the future trajectory of this disaster.

"Buzz!"

Before Wang Chong's words were finished, Yang Zhao's face was already as pale as dirt, and cold sweat was pouring down like rain on his forehead. He is the secretary of the Taifu and dominates the finances of the empire, if this situation really happens, I am afraid that even Concubine Taizhen will not be able to protect him at that time. When the time comes, he will really not be far from death. "The Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people", the general small problem Taizhen Concubine can completely protect him, but if something big happens, the ministers will attack him, and no one can protect him.

"Brother Xian, save me, no matter what, you must save me!"

Yang Zhao was dripping in cold sweat, holding Wang Chong's hand and not letting go, the back of his hand was covered with green tendons because he was too hard.

No one understands the current situation better than him, in front of Wang Chong, he still retains a little bit, but the real situation is far more serious than what he said. The deterioration of things was much worse than he imagined, and Yang Zhao didn't care at all when he received the situation three months ago.

But now, three months later, Yang Zhao has to run to Wang Chong for help.

“...... Is it too much printing, I will sue them now, stop printing gold dollar coupons, and if you need to take back some of them, I will let them take them back immediately!"

Yang Zhao stammered throughout, and he was already a little sick and rushed to the doctor.

Taking back the gold yuan coupon is the last thing Yang Zhao wants to do. After all, it's money, and Yang Zhao is never willing to do it unless he has to. But there isn't much left to do about it anymore.

"This is only a palliative treatment, and even if this problem can be solved in a short period of time, it will explode again in the future. ”

Wang Chong shook his head and rejected his proposal.