Aren't the first three points listed by Zeng 13 the issues he focused on discussing with the two prime ministers yesterday?

As for the fourth point, it is forward-looking.

Inflation, this is something that Yang Mu has been afraid of since a long time ago.

No matter how much silver there is, if it can't be exchanged for real national strength, what is the use of piling it up in the warehouse?

In the history of China, the rulers also discovered this problem.

Even in the case of a unified dynasty, the purchasing power of silver was different at different times, and sometimes even vastly different.

The rulers are also aware of this problem and have introduced many strong initiatives.

Among them, the more famous ones, such as the five-baht money during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes during the Ming Dynasty, are all official efforts to stabilize the financial order.

The difference is that the five-baht coin successfully stabilized the market situation in the Western Han Dynasty, while the Daming treasure banknote, because it did not understand the truth of inflation, finally became a toilet paper-like existence.

In today's Cangguo, there is only one way to eliminate the impact of this foreign inflow.

That is to abandon the silver standard.

The so-called silver standard is a monetary system with silver as the standard currency, and Yang Mu used to understand the world's monetary history when he was in college.

In general, silver served as the standard currency earlier than gold in the history of money.

But in terms of acting as a monetary commodity, gold is far better than silver, with the development of the economy, the silver standard first transitioned to the gold and silver double standard, and then replaced by the gold standard, to the end of the nineteenth century, with the improvement of the labor productivity of the silver mining and casting industry, the value of silver continued to decrease, the price of gold and silver fluctuated greatly, affecting the development of the economy, except for China, countries have abandoned the silver standard.

In China, silver has gradually become a monetary metal since the Han Dynasty, and it became popular in the Song Dynasty, and it has been monetized in the Ming Dynasty, and China has truly become a country that uses silver.

However, the implementation of the silver two system, the last years of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, officially adopted the silver standard, called the Qing Dynasty silver coin, but the silver dollar and silver two on the market are still used together.

Later, the Nationalist Government implemented the so-called currency reform and announced the abolition of the silver standard.

In short, the use of silver as a currency was influenced by its production, and the fluctuation of the price of silver, coupled with the low weight price was not suitable for huge payments, so different countries abandoned the silver standard one after another.

Today's Cangguo is in such a chaotic state of external silver, causing its own market.

It is the general trend to abandon the silver standard and issue paper money instead.

Just like the Bretton Woods system formed after World War II on the earth, the dollar is directly linked to gold, that is to say, the dollar has become an alternative gold, and the Federal Reserve has become a huge gold mine, which can adjust the market circulation of the dollar according to the financial market situation and foreign exchange reserves of the country, which is equivalent to choking the neck of the economies of various countries.

This truth can be seen from previous financial crises, the United States itself made mistakes, can always be transferred to the rest of the country through the dollar, such as crazy printing of dollars, interest rate hikes, and so on......

It can be said that if Cangguo can establish a set of its own monetary system, it will be able to strengthen its rule over the people and strengthen macroeconomic regulation and control of the country's overall economy through the credit method of currency.

If, further, through the Ministry of Commerce and various non-governmental trade, all countries can accept this monetary system, then Cangguo will hold a god card and ascend to the position of hegemon in economy and trade.

Of course, this is just Yang Mu's assumption.

At least if you say it now, the courtiers will definitely not believe it.

"I don't know if Kong Shangxian can accept this theory."

Yang Mu thought about it in his heart, and he was not very sure in his heart, no matter how well Kong Shangxian handled national politics, he was subject to the times and ideas after all.

Hey, this is called Zeng Thirteen, since he can perceive this, I don't know if he can understand it?

Thinking of this, he set his eyes on Zeng Shisan and said, "People have chronic diseases, and they can't avoid medical treatment, so they might as well prescribe a prescription and discuss one or two at the court meeting." ”

With these words, the hall suddenly calmed down.

Your Majesty is still not taboo about these words, what is there to say as a courtier?

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zeng Thirteen bowed and said: "There are three strategies to eliminate these four points." First, the law is solidified. At this time, while abiding by the old law, we should introduce a new policy to encourage the people to cultivate more land and speed up the circulation of goods. If this happens, in the three-year period, our Dacang will usher in the second wave of national strength and forge ahead throughout the country. ”

"Good!"

"That's right, that's a good idea."

"Your Majesty's new coup d'état law is the cornerstone of my great cang's rise, and it should be further promoted."

For a while, the ministers of the palace were in agreement.

"The second is to reform the government military system, and set up permanent legions in various places to integrate diplomatic relations and warfare."

All in one?

The ministers are not stupid people, so they naturally grasped the key in Zeng's thirteen words at once.

"All one? What does that mean? Fan Hongji turned around and asked.

"Dare to ask you, since the decline of the Dali Dynasty, there have been thousands of great battles, countless broken cities, and various countries have attacked and annexed countless times. However, since the war of the Jin Dynasty, only the country of Che has been destroyed by our great cang, and the territory of the rest of the countries has not shrunk greatly, big countries are still big countries, small countries are still small countries, and the micro ministers privately think that it is nothing more than the situation. ”

"How's the situation?"

"Nowadays, whether it is a large country or a small country, the territory is not to be defeated in a war! A hundred years ago, many countries had only 30,000 or 40,000 troops, and they were completely defeated in a war, and the country could be annexed in three or five days, but the countries that survive today are different, and the wars between major powers are often 100,000, which can not be destroyed in one war, and the logistics grain and grass consumption are innumerable, and not a country can bear it. ”

Zeng 13 said, and said: "Since the war of Jin, a rule will be formed, that is, if the city is broken to obtain wealth, defeat and return to the army, fight back and forth, you are still you, I am still me, and I will not fight to the root." What is the root of war? Nothing more than the land and the people. The size of the land and the number of people are the foundation of national strength. ”

"That's right."

"Makes sense."

"The battle of the great powers, even if it is as strong as the Jin State and the Wei Dynasty, is more than enough and not enough."

Suddenly, the ministers of the palace also nodded in unison.

"Is there a solution?"

Yang Mu thought for a long time and asked.

"Suppress neighboring countries, be kind to Ruan Wei and other countries, and open up the territory ......"

"Wait, slow down. What do you mean...... Outbred and close attack? Yang Mu blurted out.

"Your Majesty...... Also in mind? ”

Zeng Thirteen's eyes lit up, his expression was overflowing, and he looked at Yang Mu on the dragon chair in surprise. （）