Speaking of this reform of the currency system, His Majesty Li Er was a little worried.

In fact, with the increasing development of Datang's own commerce and the rapid expansion of foreign trade, large-scale transactions are common, and the delivery of money has become a problem.

At present, the currencies in circulation are gold and copper, but in fact, most places are still dominated by barter, and there are too few coins in circulation. For example, the imperial court collects taxes, directly stating how many buckets of corn, how many horses of silk, and even the goods that can be exchanged in some places can be used as taxes.

If it was the country's financial difficulties in the past, the domestic economy was sluggish, it may not be a big problem, but with the economy becoming more and more developed, many places in the country have set off a business fever, especially in the south of the Yangtze River, I don't know how many silk, porcelain, tea workshops have risen, often employing dozens of workers, and the annual trade volume can reach hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands.

And the biggest disadvantage of bartering is the uncertainty of the conversion method, sometimes a silk can be exchanged for a cow, but sometimes can only be exchanged for a donkey, the gap is too huge, which gives the officials the opportunity to profit from it, causing a great burden on the people.

The most important thing is that the current commercial tax is implemented, and the merchants can't be allowed to directly take the goods they trade to lower the tax, right?

Reform of the currency system is urgently needed, otherwise it will lead to a great hindrance to the fledgling commerce, and the losses caused by no one want to see.

But how to reform?

Fang Jun simply mentioned in the report that the system of directly establishing gold as the main currency was established, and silver was also determined to be the currency in circulation, and together with copper coins as auxiliary currency, it could be exchanged and swapped with the main gold currency, which was the so-called "gold standard".

Moreover, Fang Jun also mentioned a concept called "infinite legal compensation", and even explained it in detail at length, but His Majesty Li Er was dizzy......

What does this mean exactly?

His Majesty Li Er was extremely depressed, he knew all the words, but he was so connected that he didn't know what to do.

After thinking about it, he said to the prince: "The matter is very high, why don't you summon a few Zaifu, Ma Zhou, who is proficient in practice, and Tang Jian, who is in charge of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, into the palace to discuss in detail." ”

After a pause, he said: "Go to the British Mansion, he is the first assistant, you should ask his opinion." ”

How did the prince know that the emperor didn't understand and didn't dare to make a decision, and thought that the emperor was cautious and willing to listen to the advice of all parties, and he was immediately very happy.

Immediately, the father and son drove out of the palace to the British Mansion, and at the same time sent people to the mansion of the Zaifu to announce the summons.

The eldest grandson Wuji and the others had just returned to the mansion worriedly, and were thinking about how much money the implementation of the commercial tax would cause the family to lose, when they saw the palace attendants come to the door, saying that His Majesty the Emperor had summoned him to the British Mansion to discuss important matters.

What can't you just say?

I was suspicious, but I didn't dare to delay, I quickly washed my face, and I didn't even bother to eat a bite of food, so I hurried to the British mansion.

Li Jizheng was lying in bed, and when he heard that the emperor and the crown prince had arrived, he quickly washed his face and changed his clothes, and came out to meet him.

His Majesty Li Er said warmly: "There is really a big matter that cannot be decided this time, so I have summoned several ministers to discuss here, you are the first assistant, and your opinion is important." But don't worry too much, it's good to have a good life and recuperate, Keming left early, and Xuan Ling is also old, and you still need to help me make decisions about this major event in the DPRK and China in the future, so I can't leave the root of the disease. ”

Li Ji was warm in his heart and very grateful, and said: "As a courtier, it is a dereliction of duty to fail to solve problems for Your Majesty, but Your Majesty is so appeased, and Weichen is grateful." ”

His Majesty Li Er took Li Ji's hand and sat down, and the prince sat on one side to accompany him, and asked a few words about Li Ji's condition, and the ministers came one after another.

moved to the main hall of the British Mansion and drove away all the idle people, His Majesty Li Er took out Fang Jun's recital, let everyone circulate it to each other, and emphasized the saying "unlimited legal compensation", so that everyone could deeply understand.

As a result, these people took a closer look, Ma Zhou and Tang Jian all understood, and they were immediately amazed.

If these two people understand, forget it, even Li Ji shouted "Fang Jun's talent, unparalleled in the world"......

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You Li Ji is a horseback riding a war and a bandit, why are you so proficient in the way of economy?

At this time, His Majesty Li Er was not only depressed, but also a little sad, feeling that his IQ had been crushed......

God's special "infinite retribution"!

His Majesty Li Er had a gloomy face, knocked on the table, and said, "Since you already know the meaning of Fang Jun's negligence, then you might as well talk about it, is this currency reform appropriate?" ”

Tang Jian is the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, in charge of the world's taxes, all day long is dealing with money, well aware of the current imperfection of the financial system brought about by all kinds of drawbacks, immediately said: "Since ancient times, barter is the most important mode of transaction, but with the gradual rise of commerce, if there is no complete monetary system, this custom of bartering is afraid will continue." People in many places do not have money, but they do not believe in money, but only in their own hands and the goods in the hands of others...... The monetary system of the Marquis of Huating has been perfected, and its talent is enough to be called a brilliant praise, and Wei Chen thought that the imperial court should set up an additional institution and be fully responsible for the monetary reform. ”

Cen interjected in this article: "It is not impossible to set up an additional agency, but it is inevitable that it will be overburdened with people just to be responsible for monetary reform, and it is better to hand over the implementation of commercial taxation to this agency at the same time." ”

Tang Jian was not qualified to participate in the "Carrot Stick Meeting" in the palace just now, and when he heard Cen Wenwen's words, he was taken aback.

Already sure you're going to have a business tax?

It's really strange, these family lords are stupid, and the money in hand is obediently handed over to the court?

His Majesty Li Er watched the ministers talk a lot at this time, but he was a little distracted.

It's just a currency reform, and you are shocked and call it "amazing"?

If you were to see the secret music for me alone, which discusses the evolution and evolution of the gold standard, the gold bar standard, and finally the non-cash credit currency system, and the pros and cons of the transformation and evolution of various monetary systems in various periods, and even used it as an important weapon to destroy the enemy's country, you may look like you have seen the hell......

But what made him unbelievable was that Fang Jun didn't do his job properly and hadn't read a few books, how could he have such insight?

Could it be that it is really "God-given" and "born to know"?

Fang Jun just took out the half-baked financial knowledge he knew in his previous life to show off, and he shook the heads and brains of the entire Tang Empire into a daze and dumbfounded.

Datang's financial system is a blank slate, no matter how you design and paint, there is no problem of adaptation.

In fact, finance is not his main business, and he knows very little, that is, he talked about the example of the blockade of gold exports by various countries during the First World War, and then applied it to Datang, and deduced a possibility for granted.

At present, Datang is the world's largest power, and it surpasses neighboring countries by more than ten grades in terms of culture, military and economy, so its influence leading the world economy is stronger and greater than that of those superpowers in later generations. As long as the Tang Dynasty implements the gold standard system, it will be able to lead the surrounding countries to respond to this system, as long as everyone is trading with gold, the Tang Dynasty is so huge that the terrible trade will be dismantled, and the gold of the world's countries will be quickly gathered.

If, one day, the rise of a powerful country becomes a serious problem, the exchange of gold can be immediately banned, and gold cannot be allowed to enter and leave the country, and the economy of the enemy country will collapse instantly.

Of course, this way of using currency as a weapon of war is completely useless to a country where nomads are the main body, nomads don't care what economy or system you have, they only know that they will rob when they are hungry, they will rob if they have no money, and they will rob women, and they will kill them if they can't rob them......

Therefore, Genghis Khan's scimitar ravaged Europe, when the iron hooves of the Jianzhou Jurchens crushed the Central Plains, and any civilization was like a blank sheet of paper in the face of barbaric force, being wantonly painted and humiliated.

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As for the currency reform, even the family gate valve has no objection.

With a unified and perfect monetary system, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages for the Maison gatekeeper, which can collect rents more accurately and deliver trade more conveniently. And for those who use goods as rents in the process, the real family disdains the wealth seized by tricks such as "big buckets in and small buckets out".

The family is greedy, but they know the truth of "fishing with all their might", they eat fish and raise fish at the same time, and they do not drain the water in the pond.

Of course, when they were not a family, it was through these means that they now disdain......

Seeing that the matter was confirmed, His Majesty Li Er didn't say much, just pointed at Ma Zhou and said: "Regarding the currency reform and the implementation of commercial taxes, an additional agency will be added, and Ma Zhou will be the chief official, can the secretaries have any objections?" ”

Everyone's hearts were shocked.

King Ma Bin is really Jane in the emperor's heart, this is to ascend to the sky in one step......