"The lower officials think that the issuance of paper money is not necessarily impossible."

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There were actually people who agreed to issue credit currency, and Li Yang was still a little surprised.

You must know that at this time, whether it is Fusu, Li Si, Xiao He, or the mathematician Zhang Cang, they all think that using paper as money is extremely absurd.

At this time, there are still people who agree with the issuance of paper money by themselves, which can be regarded as excellent knowledge.

Therefore, when he heard this, Li Yang hurriedly looked back......

Seeing this, Li Yang was even more surprised, because the person who said this turned out to be Dong Peng, who had been opposing his construction of the canal before.

At this moment, Li Yang was really surprised, and Fusu, Li Si and others were also very surprised, and they all looked at Dong Fei with a surprised face.

Not only was he surprised why he supported Li Yang, but he was also curious about the reason why he supported using paper as money.

Dong Fei was also stunned when he saw everyone looking at him in unison, obviously being stared at by a group of people, and he still felt a little uncomfortable.

"Well, Xia Guan thinks that since ancient times, money has only been a specific tool used by people to exchange goods. The ancients used shells as money, and then used metals such as gold, silver, and copper as money. The money of the past is no longer money today, how can today's shells be called money? Even if it is a bronze sword, it only has its own value, but it cannot be called money. Before His Majesty unified the Six Kingdoms, the coins of each country were also of different shapes, such as shovel coins, knife coins, ring coins, etc., and could only circulate within the scope of their respective jurisdictions; After the unification of the six countries, His Majesty abolished the old money of the six countries, and improved it on the basis of the Warring States Qin half two coins, and the Qin half two coins with round square holes were common throughout the country, so today, bronze can not be used as money, only the round square hole money minted by the unified Qin Mint can be regarded as money. From this point of view, money does not necessarily refer to gold, silver and copper, but the reason why it is called money is that people have reached a consensus and regard it as the currency of money. And this consensus is not for you, me, or a certain common person, to designate and reach a common understanding, but by the imperial court. ”

Speaking of this, Dong Fei glanced at everyone and found that everyone listened with relish, so he continued with confidence: "And now, if I, Daqin, designate a uniformly printed banknote, it can be called money, then it can be real money." Therefore, the lower officials thought that if the king of the town used paper as money, it was not impossible. ”

"............" Fusu and the others were stunned for a while.

Because they found ...... What Dong Peng said actually makes sense.

The reason why money can be used as a specific currency for exchanging goods is indeed the consensus reached by the whole society, and this consensus was initiated by the imperial court. In other words, what the court says can be used as money, and what is money is.

For example, all kinds of copper supplies, and the copper coins minted by the Daqin Mint, although the material is the same, but the shape is different, it cannot be used as money.

Therefore, money is the specific currency of the imperial court.

In this case, why not use paper as money for the imperial court.

For a moment, everyone fell into deep thought.

And Li Yang was pleasantly surprised, this guy ...... Not bad!

Because the theory mentioned by Dong Peng is actually national credit.

The State uses credit to issue or designate a certain monetary instrument, which is money, and the whole society regards such monetary instrument as money. Isn't all this the theory of credit money?

Obediently, I can't imagine that this guy is still a talent!

To tell the truth, Li Yang's understanding of Dong Fei is only limited to one of the three Qin kings in the history books, surrendering Xiang Yu and finally being crowned.

As for this person, what kind of talent he has, and why he can leave his name in the history of 2,000 years, Li Yang really doesn't know.

However, in Li Yang's view, the people who can leave their names in history will not be general. Even if it's a bad reputation, then you have to have the ability to be bad enough for history to remember you, right?

Therefore, when he heard Dong Peng's remarks about the national credit currency today, Li Yang suddenly became interested in the person in front of him.

If this product is a financial talent, it will make a lot of money.

"Okay, that's right!"

Li Yang immediately applauded and said: "What you said, in fact, is summarized as the theory of credit money. ”

"Credit money?"

At this moment, not only Li Si, Xiao He and others were stunned, but even Dong Fei was also stunned.

Because they, having never heard the word, do not understand what it means at all.

"May I ask Zhen Guojun, what is credit currency?" Lees asked.

Li Yang smiled and said, "Credit currency, as the name suggests, refers to the currency issued by using the credibility of the state. For example, gold, regardless of its shape, can be used as money, and the current copper coin, must be the unified system of the imperial court, can be used as money, this copper coin, is relying on the credibility of the Great Qin court to issue currency, so it is called credit currency. ”

"I see!"

When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized. Then, Dong Fei clapped his hands and exclaimed: "Zhen Guojun is really a good summary, credit currency, in a word!" ”

Li Si and the others also nodded at this time, all admiring Li Yang's exquisite summary.

"Since the state can use its own credibility to issue copper coins, it is natural that it can also use its credibility to issue paper money. The amount of face value printed on the banknote is easy to carry, which is conducive to commercial trading, and has unimaginable benefits for Daqin to build a prosperous commercial society in the future. Li Yang added.

Everyone nodded silently, and at the same time thought seriously about Li Yang's words.

Li Si sighed for a moment and asked, "It's just that paper is used to make money, after all, this paper is different from copper, will the people accept this kind of money?" What if they don't accept it? You can't force the world, right? ”

Fusu, Xiao He and others nodded one after another, and they also thought that the question raised by Li Si was worth taking seriously.

To put it bluntly, suppose you are an emperor and give you a bunch of papers, what can you do to get the people to accept these papers as currency?

Of course, you can use the huge political machine of the imperial court to force the people to use your paper as money, and they have to agree to it for the sake of their lives, but for the whole people, it makes no sense to do so, and it will only provoke fierce resistance, and besides, the state apparatus is also composed of soldiers and officials at all levels, and those soldiers and officials also have to use money to support themselves, their wives and children, and the young, you dare to give them paper?

Therefore, for Li Si and them, although it is easy to print money on paper, it is the most important thing to make the people willing to accept this kind of money.