"Tang Coin Settlement Circle?" Everyone present was blindsided by these words, Li Xuanqing glanced at Yin Honglin, who nodded and said, "Your Majesty, all the dignitaries here." The Tang currency settlement circle mentioned by the emperor is actually the passage of Tang currency in all the regions that our Tang Empire and the imperial forces can influence, and other currencies are not allowed to pass, even if it is gold and silver that are beyond other natures. It needs to be converted into Tang coins before it can enter the market circulation. Yin Honglin paused a little and continued: "This kind of area composed of the Tang currency settlement system can be called the Tang currency settlement circle. ”

"Your Majesty, what is the practical use of the Tang Coin Settlement Circle?" Compared to other departments, the guys in Tiance Mansion who only cared about fighting obviously didn't understand the meaning of this, so as soon as Yin Honglin finished speaking, Yang Tiancheng frowned and asked, "Wouldn't this increase the issuance of Tang coins?" Wouldn't it be a risk if we didn't have enough gold and silver reserves? ”

"Qi Hong, sit down and let Honglin finish speaking at one time, otherwise everyone will not understand the meaning of this." Li Xuanqing waved his hand and motioned for Qi Hong to sit down and listen to Yin Honglin continue. The Tang currency settlement circle was actually obtained by Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi by pirating US dollars or pounds sterling in their previous lives. Historically, the British pound in the gold standard era and later the US dollar actually acted as the world's currency, and the greater the influence of the currency due to the wide range of currency. Therefore, the Tang currency is also the world currency that Li Xuanqing is preparing to launch and belongs to the Tang Empire. Through Tang coins, we can control the world finance of this era, or control a wider area. Although Li Xuanqing brought the Tang Dynasty into the industrial age ahead of schedule, and Li Xuanqing may be able to break the imperial wall of the original agricultural empire, it is actually more difficult and unrealistic to effectively rule over other regions and even other continents in the vast territory. And the only thing that can be achieved is to control the finance of various places through Tang coins, so as to achieve financial integration in advance. In fact, the empire itself, which controlled the issuance of Tang coins, was able to imitate the United Kingdom and the United States in the future, and constantly sheared the wool of the whole world, so as to promote the prosperity of the country. Although this prosperity may have been built at the expense of the economic development of other regions, Li Xuanqing did not expect to take into account places outside of China, and at most he could enjoy local treatment in areas that only belonged to the empire.

Yin Honglin's talent for finance was still beyond Li Xuanqing's expectations, so Yin Honglin accurately understood what Li Xuanqing meant, and with his explanation, everyone finally had a certain understanding of this Tang coin settlement circle. In fact, Li Xuanqing's initial introduction to this concept was that the gold and silver reserves gathered by the money bank could not keep up with the speed of economic development, resulting in the issuance of Tang coins that could not keep up, and the deflation at such an early age also made Li Xuanqing and his wife worried, and finally Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi could only come up with one way, that is, to grab money.

Of course, according to the current strategic arrangement of Tiance Mansion, the Tiance Army will definitely not stop after recovering Anxi, and all areas around the empire have basically been investigated by Tiance Mansion and Xuanyingwei, so Li Xuanqing doesn't have much idea for the time being. Since the army's money-grabbing action is too big to affect the grand strategy, and Li Xuanqing can't look down on the millions of taels of gold and silver brought back every year through overseas trade, then there is only one way left, that is, in addition to the compulsory passage of Tang currency within the empire, banning any currency other than Tang currency, foreign trade is mandatory for the other party to exchange Tang currency in advance and then trade. In this way, the first empire has already earned a profit. Because according to the currency exchange method of the Tang Dynasty, the exchange of Tang currency outside the administrative area of the empire must be exchanged in proportion, so that after deducting the fineness, the empire has already earned a large part of the money through the exchange of Tang currency, so that after the transaction, with the return of the Tang currency pair accompanied by the caravan to the empire, the remaining Tang currency in circulation will also affect the local financial system. Moreover, as the empire's national strength continues to rise strongly and the variety of goods in the empire continues to increase, then the Tang Dynasty itself occupies an advantageous position among the two sides of the trade, and the other party's acceptance of Tang coins will also increase quickly, which can virtually promote the accelerated flow of gold and silver into the empire itself, and will also expand the influence of the empire.

"In this case, this Tang Coin Settlement Circle may not be much weaker than the power of our army?" Yang Tiancheng saw Yin Honglin stop his words and nodded thoughtfully: "I didn't expect that Qian Zhuang and this Tang coin could play such a big role, I really underestimated it before, thinking that this was just the same as the previous copper coins and gold beads, but I didn't expect it to be like this." ”

"Minister Yang doesn't know, when the Tang currency really spreads to other places, we can send personnel to manipulate the local financial market and underground black market, so as to extend the local financial industry chain, and the most important thing is that the right to issue Tang coins is in our hands, that is, every adjustment of financial policies within our empire will profoundly affect the economic development of all the Tang currency passing areas, so as to control the economy of various places at this point." Yin Honglin nodded and said with a smile: "And this will bring huge benefits to the empire, the future war may not necessarily be reflected in the army's capture of the city, it is possible that we can use Tang coins to fight a financial war, a war that the other party has no chance of winning." ”

"Then where are your money banks and the Ministry of Finance ready to take the first step to expand the scope of Tang coins?" Xu Tianxiang, who had not spoken, interjected and asked at this time. He and Yang Tiancheng's way of thinking is a little different, Yang Tiancheng is delicate, thoughtful, and good at planning. And because Xu Tianxiang has been sitting in the position of chief of the general staff for all these years, he has a natural sensitivity to the strategic layout. Xu Tianxiang saw that Yin Honglin spoke in detail, and immediately understood that the Ministry of Finance and Qian Zhuang had spent more than a day or two on this matter, and Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi, who were sitting in the first place, had not spoken, but their expressions were calm, obviously knowing about this matter for a long time. In the association of finance and even Tang coins, it was originally Li Xuanqing's masterpiece, so eighty percent of this plan was from the hands of his own Yellow Emperor. Therefore, Xu Tianxiang didn't care at all about how this Tang currency settlement circle was implemented, according to his understanding of Li Xuanqing, if there was no feasible way, he would not be able to put it forward, and it was so solemnly released at the imperial meeting. So as the chief of the General Staff, he is more concerned about where Li Xuanqing is going to make a move next.

Li Xuanqing didn't speak, but Qi Hong nodded and smiled at this time: "As the name suggests, the Tang Coin Settlement Circle must be carried out outside the empire, and the first step of expansion must be in the places where we can already influence, so that it can be convenient to verify whether these methods of Qian Zhuang are operable by the way." Therefore, after consulting with Qian Zhuang, the Ministry of Finance and Qian Zhuang submitted it to the Prime Minister and the Emperor for approval, and prepared to put the first step in Sanhan and Japan, which are closest to us, and the second step in the Baiyue region in the south, that is, the vast rainforest country west of Jiaozhou. The emperor said that there is a lot of gold over there, so presumably your military has already known the news, right? We plan to join forces with the military, and you will rob us and cheat. Qi Hong didn't feel that his words just now made a black line appear on the foreheads of everyone present, how could the dignified Minister of Finance, the helmsman of the empire's money bag, speak more barbarously than the people in the army, and directly grab money at every turn?

"Ahem, everyone must know what this Tang coin settlement circle means, right? This Tang currency settlement circle will continue with the five-year plan, so the Ministry of Finance and the money bank need to monitor it in real time, so that there can be no problems with the domestic money supply due to the large number of Tang coins issued abroad. Because no matter what, the economic development of our empire itself must not go wrong, and the implementation of the Tang currency settlement circle must play a role in promoting and stimulating the development of the empire's economy. The future Tang coin settlement circle is the market for the dumping of goods in our empire. Cen Tianshi didn't know what they were thinking when he saw the expressions on the faces of everyone present, so he coughed a few times and changed the topic, otherwise these guys were afraid that they would directly ask Qi Hong how to cheat money.

"In fact, this Tang currency settlement circle is also related to the pace at which our army can advance. Wherever the imperial army is stationed belongs to our homeland, it is also the area where the cabinet governs, and it is the territory of our Tang Dynasty, so this circle will continue to extend outward with the expansion of the imperial territory. What I want to say is that in the future, how big the world is, how big the Tang currency will be, and I ask you to be able to do this. Li Xuanqing recognized Cen Tianshi's words, and also laid the foundation for this Tang coin settlement circle.

"Your Majesty, I see that this Honglin and Qi Hong have also said the same, are we going to announce another thing?" Cen Tianshi saw Li Xuanqing and nodded: "In addition, a new department will be added to the cabinet this year, the Ministry of National Defense, which will be responsible for the daily affairs of all the armies of the Tiance Army, and this part of the current management of the General Staff will be cut out and placed under the management of the cabinet." In the future, the Ministry of Defense will take over the management of the day-to-day affairs of the military of the Tiance Government. The Tiance Mansion will become a full-time command organization of the Tiance Army, and will not participate in the day-to-day management of the army. ”

Cen Tianshi's words caused a huge wave again, but there was not much objection to Cen Tianshi's words, the current power of Tiance Mansion has made all the high-level worries, but because the war of the empire has not yet ended, especially when Anxi has not yet recovered, this kind of words Except for veterans like Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi, if others rashly put forward it, they will inevitably offend the entire Tiance army. However, if this problem cannot be solved as soon as possible, it is easy to form even greater problems in the future, which will lead to an imbalance in the entire power system.

"On behalf of the Tiance Mansion, I would like to express my full support for the decision of the Emperor and the Prime Minister." Xu Tianxiang and Yang Tiancheng looked at each other and said in unison: "Tiance Mansion will do its best to hand over affairs with the cabinet." ”

"Your Majesty, since the cabinet has not prepared for the army before, we cannot nominate the position of the first Minister of Defense, so this matter is still up to the emperor to decide." Cen Tianshi nodded at Xu Tianxiang's reaction, in fact, this proposal is Xu Tianxiang except for Li Xuanqing, but this Minister of Defense Cen Tianshi is really a candidate, so after going back and forth, Cen Tianshi decisively threw this question to Li Xuanqing.

"I originally planned to let my senior brother take over as Minister of Defense, but at present, he is in command of the Western Expeditionary Group Army to fight in the northwest, so this proposal has been abandoned for the time being. Tiancheng, the affairs of the Ministry of Defense will be taken over by your Operations Department for the time being, and we will hand them over to him after the senior brother and division come back. However, one thing must be made clear, because the day-to-day affairs of the army have been divided into the cabinet, so the question of the future division of powers and powers must be clarified, otherwise our proposal today will be in vain. Li Xuanqing was also a headache, because the reason is that the major generals of the Tiance Army are basically too young, and it is too difficult for anyone to be the Minister of Defense. In fact, even if Li Xuanqing selected Wan Yi this year, he has just passed the year of confusion, so this is actually unfair to Wan Yi, but after Ma Laosan and Zhang Tianhu were unwilling to come forward to manage specific affairs, Li Xuanqing had not many choices. Fortunately, Wan Yi is now the commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, and with this great credit in hand, taking over as Minister of Defense when he is in the squad is actually a promotion.

"I agree that it is the best option for the Ministry of Defense to be represented by Tiancheng for the time being. He is the chief of operations, and his own military rank is sufficient, and he is only an acting, and he is also involved in the affairs of the General Staff Department, and for the Ministry of Defense, the most important thing is to stabilize the border transition, especially since we are still in wartime, and we cannot cause turmoil in the military because of reform. Xu Tianxiang took Li Xuanqing's words and continued. And Yang Tiancheng on the side obviously thought that Li Xuanqing would do this, so he didn't say much, stood up and nodded towards Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi, and took over the task.

After this major event was finished, there were basically no other major events on the side of the Imperial Council Cabinet, and Li Xuanqing basically didn't have the heart to listen to the content of the follow-up meeting, and his mind drifted to the far northwest, at this time, more than 20 days had passed since Xue Yang led the army to set off, and Xuan Yingwei had news intermittently in addition to the previous ten days, and there was no news from the Third Corps after that, as if they had disappeared into the vast plateau of Tibet.

"Looks like the results are coming out in the northwest." Li Xuanqing glanced at Xu Tianxiang, Hu Xiaosi's absence from the meeting today must be news from the northwest, and Xu Tianxiang's eyes in response to Li Xuanqing obviously showed that the northwest side had begun.