Zhao Ziliang's remarks that the government wants to spend more money made the military and political officials present stunned, the imperial court and the local government have always judged whether they are rich by the amount of money stored in the government treasury, and the government treasury is so empty that the rats are starving, then this land must be very poor, if the government treasury is piled up with money and grain, the government and the people must be rich, this is the idea of everyone in the government and the opposition, but Zhao Ziliang's remarks subverted the military and political officials headed by Liu Wei. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

With all the military and political officials looking stupid, Liu Wei stood up and arched his hand: "King, if you do this, if you do this, in the event of a war or a great famine, natural disasters, etc., when the government is in urgent need of money, wouldn't it be a big trouble?" ”

Zhao Ziliang pointed at Liu Wei and said: "This question is a good question, this needs to do a good budget, the government should make a budget for the next year at the end of each year, list the various items that the government must spend, calculate how much it will cost, and submit it for review after the list is completed, and allocate it if it is reasonable, and reject it if it is unreasonable and take it back to make a new budget to prevent extravagance and waste!" In order to prevent the occurrence of wars and natural disasters, it is necessary to use money urgently, so the government also has to set aside a part of the silver money as a fixed money, and it is easy not to touch this money! ”

Everyone looked at each other, thought about it, and felt that this method was still good, but the budget was definitely not so accurate, and there would be some discrepancies, but these discrepancies should not have much impact.

Dugu Jun stood up and asked: "King, in addition to the expenses required to pay salaries to officials, purchase office stationery, and meet the officials, there seems to be no other place to spend a lot of money, how to spend taxes?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "The ancients have long said that it is taken from the people and the people, from now on, if there are higher-level officials to inspect the next level, they are not allowed to hold a banquet to eat and drink, including this king, if you want to go down to inspect local governance, the implementation of government orders at all levels and go to the army to inspect military affairs, each meal is only three dishes and one soup, but the tube is full, not allowed to be extravagant and wasteful, the grain output is not high, there are many people below who are not full, you waste a meal, it is enough for the people below to eat many meals, this is a requirement for all people in the military and political circles, Usually at home, you eat your own, no one cares about you, but you can't be extravagant and wasteful when you eat the public, of course, we advocate that in addition to holidays, no matter what the occasion on weekdays, you can grow an extra pound of meat if you eat a pound of meat? Of course not, the appetite is only, you have to learn to restrain yourself, eating too much is not necessarily a good thing, you see those who are so fat that they can't walk, they usually eat more, but they are also sick, and their longevity is short! ”

"Okay, I just talked about controlling extravagance and waste!" Zhao Ziliang took a sip of water and continued: "Let's continue to talk about how the government spends money and where it spends money!" As far as this king knows, many places in our Xiqin region are deserts and deserts, and there are also times when it does not rain all year round, the more drought, the degree of desertification and desertification of the land will intensify, and the area of deserts and deserts will become more and more, which needs to be controlled and governed, and the government should put more effort into planting trees and afforestation on the edge of deserts and deserts, control the intensification of desertification and desertification, and then find ways to control deserts and deserts on this basis! This is the first place where you need to spend money! ”

"Second, there is a drought in many places and there is no water, so we have to find a way to organize people to dig ditches to divert water or dig wells, which costs money, right?"

"Third, when glaciers melt and rivers rise every summer, flooding large areas of land, drowning a large number of people and animals, and submerging fertile land, can't the government find a way to deal with the floods? Doesn't it cost money to clean up the sediment in the river and strengthen the river bank and embankment? ”

"Fourth, there are many roads between towns and cities in my Xiqin are dirt roads, mud and sand roads, once it rains, the road ***** seriously hinder pedestrians, business travelers, carriages and horses, we Xiqin is the middle station and transit station of the Silk Road, how can the traffic road be too bad, repairing the road is not only conducive to the business travel between the east and the west, but also convenient for our own people to travel, which is not only conducive to taxation, but also conducive to the national economy and people's livelihood!"

"All in all, as long as it is beneficial to Western Qin and benefits the people, it can be spent on money!"

"Speaking of making money, how does the government make money? In addition to agricultural taxes and commercial taxes, we should also encourage the people to build their own workshops to produce silk, porcelain, cloth, tanned fur and so on to manufacture all kinds of daily utensils. ”

After the end of the small court meeting, Zhao Ziliang left Liu Wei and Dugu Wenqing, who were the prime minister and vice minister of the Government Council, and the government affairs of Western Qin had to pass through them.

Zhao Ziliang drank tea and asked, "How many currencies do our Western Qin counterparts have now?" ”

Liu Wei replied: "My lord, there are dozens of coins in my Western Qin now, mainly because our Western Qin is the transit station of the Silk Road, and there are many business travelers from various countries here, mainly coins from my dynasty, as well as coins from the Eastern Roman Empire, the Frankish Kingdom, the Great Food Country, and even many small kingdoms in the West. ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "The passage of coins will have a great impact on the economy of our Western Qin, and we do not have a unified exchange ratio, this king has an idea, that is, to unify the use of coins in Western Qin, and now most of us use coins made by the imperial court, these years of war in the Central Plains, the economy has been greatly affected, if the Central Plains political situation is unstable or war, it will inevitably have a great impact on the economy of our Western Qin, I don't know what you can do about it?" ”

Liu Wei and Dugu Wenshu glanced at each other, and Dugu Wenshu arched his hand and said to Zhao Ziliang: "King Qiqi, Xia Guan and Liu Xiang have also discussed this matter during this time, the use of our coins in Xiqin is indeed too chaotic, and we have also come up with some methods, but the most effective way is to forge coins ourselves!" ”

"Oh?" Zhao Ziliang became interested when he heard this, and asked, "Forging coins yourself?" Is the style, shape, weight, and composition of a coin the same as that of a court coin? ”

"Definitely!" Liu Wei arched his hand and said, "It's forging our own coins in Xiqin!" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked: "So what to do with the other coins currently circulating in our Western Qin?" ”

"After the official forging and starting to issue our new coins, the government ordered that other coins be prohibited from circulating in the market, and foreign merchants, missions, monks and other people who come to our Western Qin must exchange their national currency for our new coins of Western Qin, and our Western Qin officials must set up a special money bank for these foreign merchants to do coin exchange!"

Zhao Ziliang was very happy when he heard this, and said: "This method is good, but this king thinks that there is no need to set up a money bank for coin exchange!" In this way, I Xiqin Wangting established Xiqin Yinzhuang, and opened Yinzhuang branches in various counties in Xiqin in an official capacity, and the general number was located in Henglus City, and Xiqin Yinzhuang mainly had several functions: first, to mint and issue new coins in Xiqin; second, for the government and the people to deposit and withdraw money; Third, supervise other private banks, after the establishment of the West Qin Silver Village, it is necessary to strictly examine the qualifications of the private money banks, control the number of private private banks, and at the same time require them to pay a deposit to the West Qin Silver Bank, so as to prevent them from going bankrupt and causing the people's savings to be lost! The business of exchanging foreign coins can be carried out jointly by Xiqin Yinzhuang and other private banks, and if I want to go to a foreign country, I can go to the money bank and Yinzhuang to exchange other foreign coins before departure! ”

Dugu asked: "The king's supplement makes this matter more secure, in this case, the lower officials and others will hand over this matter to the household division to be responsible for preparation?" ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "You can't be too anxious about this matter, you first draw up the matter of minting coins and establishing Xiqin Yinzhuang, make it more detailed, and then design a few sets of coins with graphics, sizes, and patterns for this king to see before making a decision."

"No!"

In the blink of an eye, in April of the first year of the Shangyuan Dynasty, after all, Western Qin did not break away from the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and was still nominally the jurisdiction of the Western Qin Protectorate of the Tang Empire, but it had already claimed itself a system politically and militarily, and the era name used also used the Central Plains era name.

Two months passed, and Dugu Wenshu came to see Zhao Ziliang with a few sets of coins and a new coin mint and the establishment of the Xiqin Yinzhuang, handed over the things and said: "Wang, this is the detailed article Chen for the minting of new coins and the establishment of the Xiqin Yinzhuang and the pattern of three sets of new coins."

Zhao Ziliang took the pattern of a few coins from the hands of his personal guards and looked at them, these patterns did not meet his requirements, he shook his head and said, "Is the mold for making the pattern too rough carving?" The font on these patterns is blurred, and the font is too big, the weight is not right, the pattern is too simple, and the pattern is not there, so take it back and let the designer redesign! ”

"Yes!" Dugu Wenshu hurriedly agreed, he didn't think it was good when he saw these pattern coins, but Liu Wei thought it was good, so he used the ancient to let Zhao Ziliang decide, but Zhao Ziliang only glanced at it and vetoed it.

Zhao Ziliang continued: "Coins must be made finely, and there must be signs that can prevent counterfeiting, and they must be made as long as others imitate them to see the authenticity of the fake, this coin is related to the credibility of my Western Qin's rule and the overall economy of Western Qin, and it must not be sloppy!" ”

Dugu asked the vulgar and bowed down: "Yes, king!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at the minting of coins and the establishment of the West Qin Yinzhuang Chen, it was well written, very detailed, many aspects were considered, after reading it, he looked up and said: "Okay, this Chen is well written, the next court meeting will be so decided to take back the pattern coin to redesign and make, and take it back to the king as soon as possible!" ”

"No!"