Chapter 461
For a long time, the relationship between Xinghua Kingdom and Xinghua Island, as well as the spatial passage connecting the two worlds, was Yi Xingchen's secret, and it was the most important information that he would never leak to the outside world.
Not to mention such an experience, if you say it, there will be a few people who believe that even people from the outside world will buy it, it will inevitably cause an uproar in Yi Xingchen's existing life, and more importantly, it will only cause a lot of big troubles that will turn Xinghua Island upside down. Therefore, Yi Xingchen must protect this secret. However, this will also mean that Yi Xingchen will need to bear more pressure.
Not only that, but also the people of Xinghua Island, who will inevitably need to take responsibility.
Therefore, Yi Xingchen originally wanted to go to Xinghua Island as soon as possible, but because Xinghua Island finally successfully joined the League of Nations, this kind of international news quickly spread, making Xinghua Island suddenly become the focus of attention of all countries in Blue Mercury. This time, on the contrary, it stopped Yi Xingchen's footsteps, Yi Xingchen did not plan to appear at this time to play the role of a "world celebrity", and brought endless follow-up troubles to himself.
Perhaps, it is better to stay in Reunion for the time being, and wait until this wave of craze subsides and the bustling situation on Xinghua Island subsides, and then plan to return to Xinghua Island.
After all, Yi Xingchen's external identity is still a parliamentarian of RΓ©nia, and he should also belong to him taking into account some political influences.
Although the plan has changed, it doesn't have much impact on Yi Xingchen, anyway, even if Yi Xingchen doesn't go to Xinghua Island, he doesn't have no other way to go to the otherworld Xinghua Kingdom.
With his mind already decided, Yi Xingchen went directly to Xinghua Distillery. And after building a well-established defense within the distillery. only to return to the other world to prosper China.
Take this opportunity. Yi Xingchen is also ready to inspect the affairs of Xinghua Kingdom to see if the development of Xinghua Kingdom is still stable and upward, and fulfill his duties as a monarch.
A month later, on this day, Yi Xingchen came to inspect the industrial zone of Xinghua City.
"Your Majesty, please see, this is the gold coin of our Xinghua Kingdom. Seeing that the king had come in person, the Xinghua officials of the mint factory immediately respectfully held a few Xinghua coins. Send it to Yi Xingchen so that the king can accept the results of their work during this period of time.
Yi Xingchen took the Xinghua coin and looked at it, there were three kinds of coins: gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins. Immediately afterwards, Yi Xingchen carefully looked at the Xinghua coins in his hand, and found that the quality of these Xinghua coins was far better than he imagined, and he was very satisfied, so he handed the three coins to Sheehan and other cabinet ministers beside him and asked them to pass them on.
"How much is the output? Can it meet the needs of Xinghua country?" What Yi Xingchen then cared about was naturally the issue of output.
The coinage officer replied respectfully: "It is estimated that there will be no problem at this stage. The first batch produced 100,000 one-dollar gold coins. One million dime silver coins and 10 million copper coins will be delivered to Wangdongcheng, Nantucheng, Xilin City, and Beisha City in batches within three days, and they will soon be ready for use. β
Yi Xingchen listened to the report of the minting official, and nodded with satisfaction, it seems that the development progress of Xinghua Coin is very good. After thinking about it, Yi Xingchen turned to Prime Minister Sheehan and said, "Sheen, we need to set up a national bank, which will be centrally controlled and fully responsible for the issuance of banknotes. β
Yi Xingchen believes that the national bank is a necessary commodity for managing the circulation of a country's currency. Now that the mint's output has reached a certain size, it's time to start managing it.
Sheehan didn't seem to understand this brand-new concept very well, and after pondering for a while, he asked Yi Xingchen, "What is the main function of the National Bank?"
"Issuing currency, managing the treasury, stabilizing the country's finances, setting monetary policy, and so on. Yi Xingchen briefly described, "The establishment of the National Bank, and then the arrangement of management personnel, and the announcement of local people, etc., all need to be improved as soon as possible." In particular, in the early stage of its establishment, in terms of personnel arrangements, it is necessary to select some capable personnel to ensure that the new system is stabilized as soon as possible. In addition, the Cabinet should also devote its main energies to domestic affairs. We, the rejuvenation of China, must quickly complete the great integration of nationalities. From now on, there will be only one big nation in the entire Xinghua State, and that is the Xinghua nation! Only the people who recognize the Xinghua nation will be qualified to become the citizens of the Xinghua State. Of course, under the premise of guaranteeing this general premise, each ethnic group can still retain its own ethnic customs and beliefs. β
Sheen kept Yi Xingchen's orders in mind one by one and replied, "Yes, the minister understands." β
Yi Xingchen nodded, then did not continue to speak, and continued to check the other aspects of the mint.
Xilin City was the first city to submit to the rule of Xinghua Kingdom among all the cities in the Dongli Kingdom, and it was also the city with the highest degree of naturalization. This situation actually stems from the fact that in several wars, the former ruling class that left the country did not hesitate to slaughter the civilians of Xilin City, so the people of Xilin City were of course also alienated from the ruling class of the East Departure Country who completely disregarded their life and death. On the contrary, although the Xinghua Kingdom invaded their eastern territory and led the war to Xilin City, after the Xinghua Kingdom fully occupied Xilin City, it gave them a new prosperous and stable life.
In fact, the main army of Xinghua State, in addition to the soldiers from Xinghua City and the directly subordinate legions of several cities, also has the largest number of soldiers from the Xilin area.
Today, at the gate of Xilin City, a coin issuance announcement was posted: Xinghua will issue its own national coins, and the original Dongli coins will be abolished and will no longer circulate, Xinghua National Bank, in accordance with the rules formulated by Xinghua officials, will give the Xilin area three days, and within three days, as long as you hold the old Dongli national currency and go to the branch of Xinghua National Bank, you can exchange Xinghua new currency.
As soon as the announcement came out, the reactions of the people of Xilin City were mixed. The people who faithfully follow the rule of Xinghua are looking forward to it in every way:
"Hahaha, we can finally discard the ugly coins of Dongli Country. β
"Yes, however, I'm more concerned about the ratio of the old currency to the new currency, is it equivalent? It's better to change it all. β
"I'm going to go back and tell my mother's family. I changed all the coins I had in my house. Otherwise, if it exceeds three days, it may be like waste paper, and it will be a big loss. β
But there are also some, although not dissenting, but also inevitably a little uncertain about the new system:
"What if the exchange price is too low?"
"The eastern country is destroyed, and the exchange price is low. So what?"
"It's better to exchange for gold and silver. β
"Have you ever seen gold?"
"you, of course I've seen gold, it was a long, long time ago......"
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, I'm going to inform my father, if it's late, I don't have to change it. β
Although in Xilin City, this announcement caused a lot of discussion for a while, but the general opinion was inclined to follow the official system of Xinghua State. I'm ready to exchange all the old money at home, whatever? The government is the most authoritative.
In fact, although the government of Xinghua Kingdom has not been established for a long time in the Xilincheng area, it is still more worthy of everyone's trust than the old government government that left the country in the east. This is also the result of the Xinghua government's open-mindedness and fairness, which has gradually won the hearts and minds of the people.
Eli, the city guard of Xilin City, led a team of city guards early to sit in charge of Xinghua National Bank. In order to show the importance of Xinghua National Bank, the service hall of the National Bank is located diagonally opposite the castle guard house.
At this time, Eli was sitting inside the National Bank.
At the entrance of the National Bank, there are six large tables, behind which sit two people, behind them are boxes of coins. One is responsible for counting the old currency, and the other is responsible for giving the new currency, giving the public the convenience of exchange at any time. In addition, there is a bulletin wall outside the National Bank, and a notice is posted on the wall, which clearly indicates the exchange criteria for exchanging old currency for new currency, and how much money can be exchanged for gold and silver......
"Wei Xi, you said, we put this posture so well, but on the first day, will anyone come?" The establishment of the National Bank and the implementation of the new currency are all new concepts for Eli, but there are orders from above, and he will follow them, but in fact he himself is not completely acceptable, so although he wants to do this, he is always a little uneasy in his heart.
"Don't worry, it's not like you haven't seen our coins, they're beautiful, and the people will like them. Wei Xi, president of the Xilin branch of the State Bank, said. Both of them were citizens of Xinghua City and had known each other for a long time, so Wei Xi was more casual in his words.
When Eli heard this, he smiled embarrassedly, what Wei Xi said was true, and it seemed that he really shouldn't be worried. It's just that Wei Xi doesn't know. Eli, as the castle keeper, also has a sense of competition with other castle guards, and he hopes that the implementation of the new currency will go smoothly and will be approved by the king.
Whoa! whoa......
Suddenly, there was a commotion outside.
Eli was taken aback and said, "Is there anyone making trouble?"
Wei Xi said calmly: "Don't worry, if someone makes trouble, there will definitely be subordinates who come in to report." β
When Eli heard this, he took a closer look, and no one really came in to report.
However, when it came to his political achievements, Eli couldn't sit still, stood up and said, "I'd better go out and have a look......
Wei Xi smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go out with you." β
The two of them walked out of the bank door and were stunned. The street at the gate was almost full of civilians from Xilin City.
"Hahaha, this Xinghua coin is so exquisite! I want to exchange a few more gold coins to collect it. A fat man in a brocade robe said with a smile holding a few shiny one-dollar gold coins.
Eli recognized at a glance that the fat man in brocade was a wealthy merchant in Xilin City, and his family was not small, but he also had the ability to exchange gold coins.
According to the estimates of the National Bank, the purchasing power of these three coins is as follows: one yuan of gold is enough to buy a bag of 100 catties of white rice, a dime of silver can buy 10 catties of white rice, and one cent of copper coins can buy a steamed bun. Most of the common people should exchange copper coins, a small number of silver coins, and only merchants or local tyrants will exchange gold coins.
However, Eli saw the performance of the fat man in brocade, and some economic principles he had learned flashed in his mind, and he was slightly startled and asked, "Wei Xi, they won't take Xinghua coins to collect, right?"
"What you want to say is that bad money drives out good money, right?" Wei Xi smiled, "Of course not." We have plenty of metal, and the mint will only continue to produce more and more coins, and the number of coins will be enough for the whole country, and we will only worry about too much money and the value of the coins...... In addition, His Majesty decreed that the Cabinet of Ministers had introduced a law against foreign currencies and that the currencies of other countries should not be allowed to be used in their own countries. Civilians in Xinghua pay taxes from the government, and the government will only accept Xinghua coins. β
"That's a good idea!" Eli replied with a nod, "I'm worried they won't accept Xinghua coins." β
"The cabinet has officially put the matter of His Majesty becoming emperor on the agenda......" Wei Xi said the information he had received before arriving in Xilin City.
"Really?" Eli asked in surprise.
"Of course it's true! Now our Xinghua Kingdom is a powerful country! Why can't you be called emperor!" Wei Xi said with a smile.
"Indeed, the country of Dongli has been destroyed by us, and His Majesty is the emperor, which is the destiny of heaven. Eli said.
"The most important thing is that the Xinghua Kingdom has become the Xinghua Empire, so that the old people who have left the country in the east can have a psychological implication that they can surrender with peace of mind...... Wei Xi said.
Eli nodded, he knew that what Wei Xi said was true. Many times, some noble titles can make people feel awe and convincing...... Xinghua Kingdom conquered millions of people in Dongli Country with the power of one city, and it needed a righteous name. This righteous name can quickly gather the hearts of the people and forge a new country. Eli couldn't help but think of the resolution of the Xinhua ethnic group passed by the cabinet not long ago, which tried to integrate many ethnic groups in Xinghua......
"Now the citizens of Xinghua City have to prepare for the celebration...... Wei Xi interrupted Eli's thoughts.
"I want to be part of the celebration too. Eli said expectantly.
"According to the information I have received, after His Majesty ascends the throne as emperor, he will conduct a nationwide tour of the city, meeting with representatives of all classes in various cities, reassuring the people, and at the same time asserting his authority. Therefore, the city guards of your cities also need to hold celebrations to unite the people. Wei Xi reminded.
Eli was pleasantly surprised and asked, "Is this true?"
"This is the draft of the Cabinet...... His Majesty, however, did not object. Wei Xi replied.
Eli's focus is no longer on the issuance of coins, but on how Xilin City held a celebration of the city without disturbing the people and without wasting waste after the king became emperor, and used the prosperous scene to paint the arrival of the prosperous era of the Xinghua Empire.
Wei Xi's words to Eli were explained to the city guards by the branch presidents in various cities in Xinghua Kingdom.
At this time, under the example of more than a dozen people who bravely ate the first crab, more and more people took out their old coins and exchanged them for new ones. (To be continued.) )