Chapter 591: The Age of Paper Money
It's a pity that I didn't see Zhang Dingbian at dusk.
Or Yao Guangxiao and Zhang Dingbian discussed Buddhism and had a sense of bosom friend, forming the feelings of heroes and heroes, so Yao Guangxiao heard that he asked to see him at dusk, how could he not know the thoughts of this popular fried chicken.
Yao Guangxiao personally met Dusk, and before Dusk proposed to find the old monk Zhang Dingbian, he was blocked back by Yao Guangxiao's sentence "Your Majesty doesn't like to see Commander Huang come to my Jianchu Temple as a guest".
Dusk thought about it too.
Zhang Dingbian's great-grandson Zhang Yang is the descendants of Chen Youliang's old ministry in the early years, if he even has the descendants of Chen Youliang's old department, Zhu Di is afraid that he will not eat well and sleep poorly.
I had to give up.
Leaving Jianchu Temple, Dusk went to find Zheng Heng again, wanting to see if he could win over this Wu'an Hou, but Zheng Heng was very tight-mouthed and didn't give Dusk a chance, and Dusk was helpless.
But Jung Hyung still did one thing.
He sent an order back to the Divine Machine Battalion.
The general who temporarily commanded the Chinese army could train troops in the vicinity of the garrison according to the situation.
It's an interesting command.
It is tantamount to telling the general that if the people in the dusk of your Chinese army come to you to do something, you can choose to go out to train or continue to garrison the camp according to your own wishes.
It is equivalent to opening a convenient door for the people at dusk, and the decision-making power is in the hands of everyone in the army of the Shenji Battalion.
They are willing to give Dusk face and can send troops.
If you are unwilling to give, you also have a valid reason to refuse.
Dusk was overjoyed when he heard this, and chatted with Zheng He for a few words, the two suddenly remembered what was going on, and hurriedly got up and went to the Ordnance Courtyard to find Hong Jilai on the feedback on the use of firearms in the Shenji Battalion, and put forward many requirements for improvement.
Although Hong Jilai was sad, he was still full of promises.
The requirements of the Shenji Battalion must also be met by the painstaking efforts of the Ordnance Academy, and the requirements of His Majesty must be met: if the Shenji Battalion does not come out, it will be done, and if it is out, it will pacify Mobei in one fell swoop!
This will be a magic weapon that is ahead of its time.
After all this, it was noon.
Dusk originally wanted to invite Zheng Heng to the fourteenth floor of Fengyue to drink some wine, but Zheng Heng didn't dare - in the current situation, the Department of Medical Reform has been determined, but the monetary reform is still full of discussion, and no one knows whether the Dusk of the proposed monetary reform will be reused or degraded after that.
Just like Wang Anshi back then.
Before Song Shenzong confirmed his support for Wang Anshi's reform, no one was willing to get too close to Wang Anshi.
In the afternoon.
At dusk, I inspected the Zhongshan Workshop, mainly to see Lao Li's newly built workshop-instant noodle making workshop, which is actually quite difficult, mainly in terms of anti-corrosion, preservation and transportation, and there are many problems that need to be overcome.
Fortunately, there are many talents in Zhongshan Workshop nowadays, and there will always be a way.
Dusk was very happy with the situation.
In the current situation, if you have any epoch-making ideas, you don't need to do it yourself, as long as you formulate a prototype, you can use money to open the way and find relevant talents to overcome problems.
After returning from the Zhongshan Workshop, Dusk began to think about the establishment of a branch of the Fuyao Hall in Yingtian.
It's still early to move the capital.
It will take about ten years to stay on Yingtian's side, so the talent pool should be established as soon as possible.
When the dusk is busy, the household department is also busy.
In the past two days, the officials of the household department, as long as they have a good opinion on money and food, have been pulled to a meeting, and they can confidently and boldly express their opinions.
In addition to routine business, even during meal time, the huge household department is fiercely debating whether or not there is a need for monetary reform - and over time, two factions have gradually formed.
One faction is led by Li Youzhi, the left waiter, who feels that he can pilot reforms.
One faction, led by Zhou Cai, the right attendant, thought that the matter was too radical and should not be risked.
Shangshu Xia Yuanji did not express his position.
Xia Yuanji just listened, and then took a pen and paper to record the opinions and debates of the two sides, especially paying attention to the rich and Shi clan's experience in the use of treasure money.
And Zhu Di of the Qianqing Palace, because of this incident, had to stay in Yingtian temporarily, and he was irritable.
In addition to dealing with political affairs, he not only discussed with Xia Yuanji, the head of the household department, but also discussed with the other ministers of the first and second grades of the court, and even asked Yao Guangxiao, but the opinions were not unanimous.
On the matter of reforming the currency, even Yao Guangxiao couldn't hold the idea.
But no one noticed that the Times Commercial Bank had quietly reformed: because Mei Yin rebelled against the Mobei and the Southern Invasion before, Zhu Gaochi had increased the issuance of treasure banknotes, and later the Times Commercial Bank helped solve the sequelae, and implemented the rule of only collecting treasure money for a period of time.
Recently, Times Firm has implemented this rule again.
After all, it is a private commercial house, and the scope of influence is mainly the people who buy the products of the Times Commercial Bank, and the businessmen who have no dealings with the Times Commercial Bank are difficult to influence the court.
But the turnaround came.
This turning point happens to be related to the re-implementation of the Times Commercial Bank to only accept treasure money.
On this day, Zhu Di was chatting with his wife in Kunning Palace.
Because of her irritable mood, Zhu Di didn't have the heart to listen to the music, and Queen Xu didn't have the heart either, she always thought that her husband would return to Shuntian at any time, so Kunning Palace was ready at any time.
The two husbands and wives chatted and talked about the currency reform.
Zhu Di said everything to his wife, worried: "According to the currency reform measure of dusk, if the treasure money becomes a currency carrier, the copper coin will gradually lose its status and eventually become a useless thing, but what I am worried about is that the treasure banknote is the main body of money, but the treasure banknote is just a piece of paper after all, and the people are prone to counterfeit money, which is a small problem, you can improve the production process of the treasure banknote, and use the law to bind, I am really worried about the future king if he is incompetent, and if he has no money, he will issue treasure money indiscriminately, which will lead to the collapse of the country's economy." ”
Empress Xu has heard a lot about currency reform these days, and said puzzledly: "Dusk didn't propose how to solve this problem?" ”
Zhu Di sighed: "It is proposed that a national money bank needs to be established - well, the new word in his mouth is called the National Bank, and this national bank is used to regulate the issuance of treasure banknotes, and in the issuance of treasure money, the emperor does not have absolute adjudication power." ”
This is what Zhu Di is worried about.
Because the emergence of this national bank means that the control of the imperial power over the economy has weakened.
Empress Xu deserves the reputation of a female being.
said with a smile: "If the Son of Heaven does not care about the issuance of treasure money, the country will be stable for a long time, and the economy will be prosperous, then this will not be more energy for the Son of Heaven to deal with other major affairs of the family and the country?" ”
Zhu Di bowed his head, "That's what I said, but I'm afraid that our old Zhu family will have a few losers and use strong means to interfere with the issuance of treasure money, and the consequences will be unimaginable." ”
Empress Xu, "Your Majesty still can't trust your descendants?" ”
Zhu Di laughed wryly.
How do you know what happened later, Zhao Da is powerful enough, and then the descendants of his Zhao family are not ashamed of Jingkang, and they have become a laughing stock for the ages.
At the right time, two guards and a palace maid came to the courtyard and said, "Niangniang, according to your orders, I have prepared three thousand taels of treasure banknotes, and I can go to the Times Trading House at any time." ”
Empress Xu smiled: "Then you guys go." ”
Zhu Di smiled: "It's time to buy shower gel, lotion and soap in the palace again?" ”
Empress Xu bowed her head.
Zhu Di watched the two guards and a palace maid go out, thoughtfully, "Three thousand taels of treasure money, two people can take them out." ”
Three thousand, about six catties.
My heart moved.
It's really convenient.
Zhu Di's mind suddenly let go, and felt that if treasure banknotes were used in the whole country, it would indeed be a very convenient thing, and it was controlled by the National Bank, and it could control the circulation of private currency.
If there are corresponding legal norms and constraints, it is not a possible sequelae that cannot be controlled as a monetary subject.
The National Bank is indispensable in this reform!
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