Chapter 549: A Boldly Conceived Monetary Scheme
Gao Junshan really wanted to see the service level and attitude of this hospital, so he also got out of the car and said to the middle-aged woman: "Let's go in with you to see the doctor!" ”
At this time, Chen Wubin, Gao Junshan's confidential director, caught up from behind in a jeep, and Chen Wubin came to Gao Junshan and said, "Your Majesty, the five princes are in a hurry." ”
The fifth prince is Gao Qingsong, who is now the ambassador of Huaxia to Persia.
The middle-aged woman was shocked and excited when she heard that the eldest brother in front of her was the emperor, but she didn't expect her to take the emperor's ride today, and before she shouted Long live the emperor, Li Hu had separated her from Gao Junshan, Li Hu signaled the middle-aged woman to do what she should do, and she was not allowed to make a noise.
Gao Junshan returned to Zhongjeep and looked at Gao Qingsong's call. The message reads as follows:
Austria sent a mission to Persia, which appealed to Persia for help, saying that the Ottoman Empire was preparing to invade Austria. King Abbasid II of Persia asked Gao Qingsong for advice on a plan to help Austria.
Gao Junshan showed the telegram to the three old ministers and asked for their opinions.
Tian Wenju said: "Austria is so far away from us, why should we support him, how Persia loves is a matter of Persia, we just ignore it." ”
Liu Hongru said: "I agree with Gongren's opinion, besides, he Austria did not come to us, why should we take the initiative to help Austria?" ”
Bailisha said: "Our China is now in a period of rapid development, especially in North America, Nanyang and Taiwan, we are in need of a stable and peaceful environment, I do not recommend to help other countries to fight, our current territory is large enough, so Persia is willing to manage, let Persia take care of it!" ”
Gao Junshan said: "The opinions of the three of you are very good, but there is one thing you should not forget, Huaxia wants to be a world powerhouse." ”
Tian Wenju asked: "Is the emperor preparing to send troops to Austria?" ”
Gao Junshan shook his head and said, "There's no need. ”
"So what to do?" Liu Hongru asked.
"We can help Austria indirectly. ”
"How?" Thysa also asked.
Gao Junshan said: "Instruct the Persian State to sell our redressed weapons to Austria, and let Austria take our weapons to fight the Ottoman Empire." ”
"So what?" The three old ministers asked in unison.
Gao Junshan continued: "We asked the Persian state to sell weapons to Austria at a high price, and then let Huaxia Bank provide Austria with a loan, so that Austria could use our money to buy our weapons, and then take our weapons to fight the Ottomans. ”
Liu Hongru didn't understand and asked, "With our money?" Aren't we at a loss? ”
Gao Junshan said: "We lent Austria Huaxia coins, and then let Austria use Huaxia coins to buy weapons from Persia, of course, all the weapons of Persia are provided by us." ”
Bailisha also asked: "We lend so much money to Austria, what will they pay us back?" ”
Gao Junshan said with a smile: "It's not our loan, it's Huaxia Bank's loan." Huaxia Bank provided Austria with a sum of cash as a permanent debt of the Austrian Yamen, and the specific amount of this amount of funds had to be determined by our bankers, but it must be more than one million, and the annual interest rate could be set at 8 or 10 percent, and the principal would never have to be repaid. ”
Tian Wenju was surprised: "Don't pay back the principal? ”
Gao Junshan said: "Of course, Austria also needs to provide benefits to Huaxia Bank before it can lend to them. ”
"What's the benefit?" Berisha asked.
Gao Junshan continued: "That is to promise Huaxia Bank to issue its nationally recognized bank notes exclusively in Austria. ”
Gao Junshan told a story to the three old ministers: Once upon a time, there was a money bank owner, who had a lot of gold coins at home, and because of the credibility of this money bank, many traders were willing to come to him to save money. Every time the owner of the money bank receives a gold coin, he will issue a receipt, because it is very inconvenient for the buyer and seller to carry a large number of gold coins for business, everyone begins to use the receipt of the gold coin to trade, and then exchange the corresponding gold coins from the owner of the bank. Over time, people felt that it was not necessary to always go to the bank to deposit and withdraw gold coins, and later these receipts gradually became the currency in circulation, that is, bank bills.
The clever bankers gradually found that only a few people came to withdraw gold coins every day, so they began to quietly issue some additional receipts to lend to those who needed money and collect interest, and when the borrowers paid off the arrears on the IOUs with interest, the money bank took back the IOUs and quietly destroyed them, as if nothing had happened, but the interest was firmly put into their own money bags.
Gao Junshan further explained: "The most profitable thing for banks is to issue bank bills, and the wider the circulation and acceptance of a bank's receipts, the greater the profit. The circulation scope and acceptance of the bank bills issued by Huaxia Bank are far beyond the comparison of other banks, and these bank bills recognized by the state are equivalent to the national currency. ”
Thysa seemed to understand, and he said: "We use Huaxia Bank to control Austria's national currency. ”
Gao Junshan continued: "The core of Huaxia Bank is to convert the debts of the Austrian Yamen into permanent debts of the state, use national taxes as collateral, and Huaxia Bank will issue a national currency based on debt. As a result, Austria had money to fight and do things, and Huaxia Bank had a huge loan and a good interest, which was a happy situation. ”
"The taxes of the Austrian nationals became collateral for Huaxia Bank. ”
"Even better, this design locks together Austria's currency issuance and permanent national debt. In order to increase the currency, it is necessary to increase the national debt, and to pay off the national debt is to destroy the national currency, and there will be no money in the market, so Austria will never be able to pay off its debts. Since the repayment of interest and the need for economic development inevitably led to a greater demand for money, which had to be borrowed from Huaxia Bank, so that the national debt would only increase forever, and the interest on these debts would all go into Huaxia Bank's pocket, and the interest expenses would be borne by Austrian taxes. ”
The three old ministers nodded in praise again and again.
Gao Junshan said: "The specific implementation still needs to be operated by our financiers and bankers, and the key to the problem is whether Austria can accept the loan from Huaxia Bank." ”
Liu Hongru said: "So we hope that the Ottomans will go to war with Austria, so that the Persian state can sell weapons to Austria, and Austria will borrow money from Huaxia Bank if it has no money, so that we can invisibly control Austria's finances." ”
Gao Junshan said: "This is just a plan, and it must be operated by very capable people, if this plan is realized in Austria, it can be promoted to other countries in the future, so that our Huaxia currency will become the world's currency." ”