This kid is really just right, although Han Yi really doesn't care about this, but it can be regarded as a matter of the hearts of the Yang and Han families, and it can also allow the two families to devote themselves to their careers.

Han Yi is about to usher in the busiest period.

That is the issuance of currency.

This time the issuance of currency is not only significant, but also very cumbersome, but it does not mean that it is simply to scatter the currency.

Because this time it has changed the previous issuance model, there is macro control in it, and it is a long-term plan, which is to lay the foundation for banknotes.

In the southeast corner of Chang'an City, near the Furong Garden, there is an anonymous workshop, because it is close to the royal garden, it is subject to more control, so the guards who used to live here are some guards, and now it has been all bought by the gold bank from the imperial court, Han Yi is to build the gold bank here, and the vault in the north lane can no longer meet the needs of the gold bank.

As for the Yuan family, there is no need to worry about this, because the Yuanjia Fort itself is a big treasury, and the grain in it alone can be eaten for three years.

And now this nameless workshop has become a lot of attention, and it is also very lively, only to see a number of horse-drawn carriages driving into this nameless workshop, there are also a large number of staff in the workshop, are busy inside, including both guards, and the accountant of the gold bank.

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"Wow! Why did the imperial court come out with so much copper at once? ”

Yuwen Shuya looked at the endless convoy in surprise.

"You don't think there's a stone in there, do you?"

Han Yi smiled slightly, and shouted towards a carriage that had just passed in front of him, "Stop first." ”

The carriage immediately stopped.

Han Yi said: "Open the box." ”

"Whoa!"

The two forbidden soldiers escorting the carriage immediately stepped forward and opened the two large wooden boxes on the carriage.

But it is glittering gold, but it is not gold, but a piece of copper ingots, China has lacked gold and silver since ancient times, and this copper is gold in the Central Plains.

Han Yi took out a copper ingot and threw it at Yuwen Xiumi.

Yuwen Xiumi hurriedly took it, looked at it carefully, and said, "This is really good copper!" ”

Han Yi said with a smile: "Look slowly, don't worry, you have to understand one thing, this is a deal made by Jin Xing and Yuan Xing and the imperial court, not Jin Xing and Yuan Xing working for the imperial court, there is still a difference between the two." If the gold bank and the Yuan bank did not receive enough copper, they would never dare to print more vouchers, and if the gold bank and the Yuan bank collapsed, even if I and the Yuan family could not afford it! ”

"That's, that's, of course we believe in Brother Han!"

Qian nodded flatteringly.

After Yuwen Shumi put the copper ingot back, Han Yi waved his hand, and the soldier immediately escorted the carriage to the warehouse.

Han Yi beckoned to a person beside him again, the man walked over quickly, Han Yi took a long box made of sandalwood from his hand, and said to those merchants: "In the past, the imperial court minted a coin, but this time, the imperial court will issue a complete set of currencies, which contain five denominations. ”

"A whole set of currencies?"

The merchants were a little surprised.

This is something they don't know yet.

Han Yi nodded and said, "In the past, the goods on the market were very limited, and there were only a few prices back and forth. Nowadays, with the diversification of goods, the prices have naturally become diversified, and the people of Chang'an are also accustomed to buying on the market, rather than doing everything themselves, so the previous currency can no longer meet the market demand today. Let's just say that this copper coin, now there are less than a penny of goods on the market, but the merchant can only say a few pennies if he sells it, but some people he only wants to buy one, which makes it very difficult for both buyers and sellers, in order to meet the needs of the market, the imperial court intends to issue multi-face currency. ”

After saying that, he opened the wooden box, and saw that there was a very beautiful set of coins inside, a total of five coins, all of different sizes and colors.

The merchant's eyes lit up, this copper coin was much more beautiful than the previous ones!

You must know that the currency of the early Tang Dynasty has always been very exquisite, and it is not said that cutting corners and inferior currency only appeared in the middle of the Tang Dynasty.

This is the change brought about by the improvement of production technology.

Han Yi took out the smallest copper coin and said, "This copper coin is minted according to one-tenth of a penny, which is called a penny." As he spoke, he took out another coin with a slightly dark color, and said, "This is five cents, although the size is similar to our current copper coins, but it is mixed with the weight of other raw materials, and it is lighter to pick up." ”

As he spoke, he picked up the largest copper coin and said, "This is also the latest currency, the unit is yuan, this is one copper dollar, ten yuan is one yuan, ten yuan is one yuan, and one hundred yuan is consistent." As for the allocation of the raw materials of the currency, we will disclose it at that time, and we can let you supervise it, and ensure that the value of each currency is worthy of the name. ”

The merchants gathered around, holding the latest currency, and looked at it carefully.

"It's a good idea, and with this set of currencies, we will be more flexible in the pricing of commodities in the future."

"It's more convenient."

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These businessmen are very supportive of this, because the currency in the early Tang Dynasty was full of weight, and now the currency is popular, but the lowest currency is a penny, which has brought a lot of inconvenience to consumers and businessmen, although they did not expect it, but after Han Yi said this, he immediately saw the beneficial side of it.

Han Yi said: "In addition, the voucher will also be based on the value of the currency to set the face value, in addition, there will be 100 wen, 500 wen, the face value of the money." ”

Zhao Sijia said: "Brother Han, in this case, does the imperial court want to abolish the policy of using silk cloth as currency?" ”

Han Yi shook his head and said: "Of course not, because silk is the main trade commodity, and it has value in itself, but in the future, the unit of silk can only be calculated according to one horse, not less than one, and about the value of silk, more trade factors will be considered, you also know that with the emergence of water-powered spinning machines and looms, the number of silk will increase greatly, if the scarcity is expensive, the value of silk will definitely fall sharply, which has to use trade to stabilize the value of silk." In addition, the gold bank will also issue a voucher with a face value of one horse. In addition to this, there is gold and silver. ”

Jia Fugui said: "But we use very little gold and silver!" ”

Han Yi said with a smile: "But there will be transactions in this area in trade, and the imperial court will also encourage everyone to trade in the future. ”

Dou Heng suddenly asked, "Then I wonder how the imperial court will distribute these three million pieces of currency?" Whether to invest all in Chang'an, or to scatter to various places. ”

The businessmen all looked at Han Yi expectantly.

Of course, they want to invest in Chang'an, so their currency will be very sufficient.

Han Yi nodded and smiled: "Most of them are invested in Chang'an, followed by Yangzhou." ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Han Yi said: "The reason for doing this is to hope that other states and counties will transport grain to Chang'an to exchange currency, and you all know that Chang'an's grain has been impossible to maintain Chang'an's population demand, which must be imported from various states and counties, and it used to rely on Caoyun, but the imperial court and the people are unable to afford such a heavy Caoyun, so the imperial court hopes to change the way and use policy regulation and market demand to attract more grain merchants to transport grain to Chang'an, and monetary policy is one of them." ”

"It's fairer!" Dou Heng said happily.

This is very beneficial to them, first, Chang'an's resources are not as good as the Jiangnan region, and if the currency is still in Jiangnan, then Chang'an will have no play. Second, the imperial court transportation is very unfavorable for private transportation, because the imperial court transportation is all served by the people, and labor is free, so how can private people compete.

He Ruohan asked, "Then I don't know where the vouchers will be printed?" ”

"There!"

Han Yi pointed to the two big houses in the middle of the workshop and said, "At that time, the imperial court will print vouchers with Yuan Bank and Jin Bank in those two big houses, and at the same time, we will let the wealthy merchants of Chang'an come here to supervise, that is, you people, to be as transparent as possible." ”

Qian Dafang said: "Brother Han, don't blame me for being a careful person, I just want to ask, how do you prevent a certain party from secretly printing vouchers?" ”

Isn't one party referring to the imperial court, it is impossible for the gold bank and the yuan bank to do this, and if they do this, the gold bank and the yuan bank will go out of business.

Han Yi said with a smile: "Regarding this aspect, I am actually more nervous than you, because this small voucher is directly related to the life and death of the gold bank and the Yuan bank, so the new voucher will use the latest printing technology of our gold bank, called two-sided printing, one side will be printed by the imperial court, using the palace secret recipe, but the other side will be printed by us, so that we can supervise each other." ”

In this way, those merchants are even more at ease.

In the final analysis, a voucher is a piece of paper, and playing is credit, so everything about vouchers must be transparent.

However, this monetary policy is not just as simple as issuing paper money, after all, Han Yi has put so much effort into fooling, and there are many policies that can be extended to it, one of which is very, very important, that is, the officials' fortunes.

The officials of the Tang Dynasty had a dual-track system, with money, jobs, land, grain, and so on.

Han Yi plans to carry out a comprehensive reform in terms of money, not to engage in any dual-track system, that is, single-track, unified settlement in currency, distribution of food, distribution of clothing, requires a lot of manpower, and the calculation is complicated, and the issuance of currency is much easier.

It's a huge project!

Tobe!

"Wow! It turns out that my annual salary is as much as 800 yuan! ”

Han Yi was shocked when he saw the salary counted by the household department.

Zhang Daxiang on the side said: "Shang Shuling, you don't know, in fact, your Yulu should reach 1,200 yuan." ”

Han Yi couldn't help but take a sharp breath of cold air and said, "So much? ”

Zhang Daxiang nodded and explained: "In the past, it was mainly grain, but now the currency is valuable, and if the grain is converted into money, this is less. In addition, in the past, the allocation of officials to the prime minister was also counted in the prime minister's salary, but now it is counted separately, which has also decreased a lot. ”

In fact, the Tang Dynasty also belonged to high salaries and incorruptible pensions, with a net salary of 800 yuan a year, and the benefits for the New Year and holidays were not reduced, that is, grain and jobs were exchanged for currency, which is why there were very few corrupt officials in the early Tang Dynasty.

"I see!"

Han Yi nodded slightly.

Zhang Daxiang said again: "Fortunately, the officials were streamlined in advance, and the treatment after meritorious service was reduced, otherwise, this currency is really not enough." ”

Han Yi snorted and said, "There is another point, you didn't say it, that is, I don't want to be a fool." ”

Zhang Daxiang was stunned, and then laughed: "That's, that's." Not to mention, among the cardinal ministers today, Shangshu is not the only one who orders you not to be a Lu, like Zheng Shanxing, Cui Jijian, Wang Xuandao, and Lu Shigua, they don't take Yulu. ”

Han Yi smiled: "The reason is the same as them, I don't like that little money." ”

Zhang Daxiang nodded with a smile, and said: "But the DPRK and China still have many doubts about the reform of Yulu. ”

Han Yi said: "Don't worry, as long as we don't deliberately reduce their profits, they will not oppose it, on the contrary, they will vigorously support it, and there will be no obstacles to this matter." ”

Zhang Daxianghu said suspiciously: "Shang Shuling is so sure? ”

Han Yi said with a smile: "If I am not sure, I will not put in such a little effort in this regard, this is not a problem, you order someone to let some wind out and see everyone's reaction." ”

Zhang Daxiang nodded and said, "I see." ”