Letting go of his concern for Cao Cao, Zhang Xiu, and Jia Xu, Gongsun Kang set his sights on the construction of his own territory again.

He convened another enlarged meeting, because this time it was to discuss political issues. Therefore, in addition to the previous military advisors, Wang Lie, Xun Yue, Bing Yuan, Cai Yong, Guoyuan and other old-school figures were also invited.

Gongsun Kang began with the words of Mencius to flaunt his righteousness and cater to old-school Confucian figures.

He said: "Mencius has a cloud: the skill of the public loses the son, and it cannot be made into a circle without rules." Shi Kuang's wisdom is not based on six laws, and he can't be five tones.

Standardized management occupies an important position in the unification of Qin Shi Huang. Books with the same text and cars with the same track play an irreplaceable role in the integration of countries.

And the first topic we discussed today is the issue of standardized management. ”

The topic of the meeting had been reported to Gongsun Du in advance and had been approved by him. There were many topics in the meeting, which would be discussed for several days, so Gongsun Du did not participate and entrusted it to Gongsun Kang.

And Gongsun Kang can't sing a one-man show, so he has already held a small meeting with Guo Jia, Xun You, Xi Zhicai, Li Shanchang and others in advance, and let them play part of the role.

With the instruction of Gongsun Kang, Guo Jia then presided over the meeting and made a speech. He said: "Standardized management involves the standardization of currency, the standardization of weights and measures, the standardization of roads, the standardization of handicrafts, the standardization of writing, and the standardization of writing. Let's talk about it one by one. ”

Glancing at the attentive crowd in the audience, Guo Jia said: "Important matters will be discussed first, and now I will invite Li Shanchang, the chief steward of our Liaodong army, to speak." ”

Li Shanchang smiled and nodded, and said: "The standardization of currency is the problem of minting money. From the development of the unified currency minting in the Qin Dynasty to the present, the five-baht coin has occupied an important position and is widely accepted and recognized by the people. ”

He took out several samples of coins such as five baht coins, three plant coins, and half two coins, and held them up for everyone to see. Then he continued: "Since the five-baht coin is accepted by everyone, then we in Liaodong should mint and issue the standard five-baht coin. ”

Gongsun Kang nodded in approval, and further pointed out: "The people who make the rules will always be more advantageous and active than those who abide by the rules, and we just want to set some rules for the people of the world, which are conducive to the rules of our Liaodong." ”

Xun You also said it more chiguo and understood better. "When you mint coins, you are fighting an economic war," he said. We will use copper coins to buy the products of all the princes' territories. ”

Li Shanchang then spoke: "We are not only going to mint coins, but also to open a bank. Grasp the economic lifeblood of the world! ”

Wang Lie, Xun Yue, Bing Yuan and others, although old-fashioned, have lived in Liaodong for many years and have integrated into Liaodong, and everything is based on the interests of Liaodong. Therefore, they also spoke one after another, agreeing to mint five baht coins and open a money bank.

The meeting decided to mint a five-baht coin, containing 90% copper, weighing about 4 grams. This is the past and the future, the best copper coins!

In this era, because of the backward technology, the minting of money is a loss. Therefore, impurities such as iron and lead are generally added to reduce costs, which also leads to the proliferation of counterfeit money and inflation.

The use of cross-era pouring technology in Liaodong, as well as the next assembly line operation and standardized production process, will greatly reduce production costs. Make minting copper coins profitable.

Xi Zhicai also spoke: "We don't need to worry about the collection of copper coins that will not be circulated after someone gets them, so that bad coins will drive out good coins." Or inflation. ”

These words were brought into this era by Gongsun Kang, and the military advisors are all human spirits, and with a little explanation, you can understand the meaning of these words, and they spread at the top level. This is also a small contribution of Gongsun Kang to this era, which made many economic ideas popular in advance.

He continued, "Because we will continue to produce five baht and make the difference with our new process. ”

Cao Huachun continued his words and said: "Of course, we also oppose the private melting of five-baht coins and mixing them with lead and other impurities to create counterfeit money. We, the Jinyi Guard, will closely monitor the market, and those caught making counterfeit money will be severely punished! ”

In this era, Jinyiwei only has the power of supervision, and does not have the decision-making power and action power to arrest. So his image is very positive, and everyone sees them as a supervisory body like the Imperial Historical Tower.

In fact, the newly minted five-baht coin, with bright words and bright colors, has a clear marginal outline, adding an outer and back outline, and people who have seen it will not confuse it with fake money. The advanced production technology and technology make it impossible for all princes to imitate, let alone the people.

After discussing the five-baht coin, everyone began to discuss the establishment of the bank.

Qianzhuang is a kind of credit institution that appeared after the middle of the Ming Dynasty in China, and is the prototype of the bank. It originated from the exchange of silver money, and then gradually developed into the deposit and exchange of money.

Gongsun Kang made Qianzhuang appear on the land of China more than 1,000 years in advance, in preparation for an economic war. If it goes well, in 10 years, he can destroy the territories of all the princes without using a single soldier!

The money bank issues a kind of credibility, exchanging white paper for actual items. If Gongsun Kang is shameless, and the infinite printing of white paper is used as a coin, think about the scene when a sack of coins can't be exchanged for a pound of white rice, and it's very scary to think about it!

Of course, the Confucianists and military advisors here did not think of this consequence, and due to the limitations of the times, they only saw the convenience of long-distance transportation and no longer using vehicles and ships to load a large number of copper coins.

The issuance of Jiaozi, instead of gold and copper coins circulation, the most important thing is anti-counterfeiting!

This is not a problem for Zhang Yong at all! He was able to make several kinds of paper that could not be imitated for hundreds of years, and used them specifically to make banknotes.

Gongsun Kang said: "Making paper money and issuing Jiaozi is a more important job than minting copper coins. If all the people in the world can accept paper money, then gold and copper coins can be withdrawn from circulation. Just imagine, if we can print blank paper and exchange it for the grain, copper and iron utensils of all the princes, then what do we need gold and copper coins for? ”

Everyone was very excited at first, but when they thought about it again, they all broke out in a cold sweat. You can exchange a blank piece of paper for hundreds of thousands of stone grain, the lord is terrible!

Gongsun Kang smiled when he saw that they understood the dangers of a little bit of paper money. He said: "The issuance of Jiaozi is the issuance of a kind of reputation, and it is difficult to promote it in a short period of time. Let's do it within the Xinghua Chamber of Commerce, Zhenjia Chamber of Commerce, and Elk's Chamber of Commerce, mainly the vouchers for settlement between the local branches of the Chamber of Commerce and affiliated small businesses. Finally, we will promote it to the merchants we work with, so that they can experience the convenience of carrying banknotes! ”

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