"If you ask for anything, I will definitely promise you!" Li Shimin saw that Li Xiu finally agreed to preside over the affairs of Qian Zhuang, and said very happily at the moment, let alone one condition, even if it was ten, he would not hesitate to agree.

"Your Majesty, the minister needs to strip the power of coinage controlled by the household department, and then the minister will be in charge!" Li Xiu said at the moment, what he wants to build is the central bank of Datang, if there is no coinage right, then what is the play, and Datang does not have a special mint agency, there are minting bureaus set up in various places, and then they are unified by the household department, but because of the different situations in various places, the copper coins minted are not even unified, and even the currency value is different, Li Xiu has long been unaccustomed to this situation.

"Accurate!" Li Shimin heard that Li Xiu wanted the right to mint coins, and said without hesitation, just now he also heard Li Xiu talk about the role of the bank, and naturally knew that the right to mint money must be managed by the money bank, so as to give full play to the role of the bank.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Li Xiu spoke again at this time, but his mood at this time was a little low, from this moment on, he was really trapped in the court, after all, the preparation of the bank will inevitably deal with other yamen, and in addition, he must also get the support of Li Shimin, the most important thing is that he may need to spend a lot of energy on these affairs in the future, I am afraid it will be difficult to be as leisurely as before.

Next, Li Shimin discussed with Li Xiu, eldest grandson Wuji and others about the specific matters of preparing for Qianzhuang, but this matter was not in a hurry, Li Xiu was ready to make a detailed plan after going back, and then submit it to Li Shimin, and then discuss it with eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others, only if they all felt that there was no problem, they could start formal preparations.

"Your Majesty, the minister has one last suggestion!" However, at the end of the discussion, Li Xiu suddenly showed a somewhat embarrassed expression.

"Oh? What's up? Li Shimin couldn't help but ask with some confusion when he saw Li Xiu's appearance.

"That's the case, the name Qian Zhuang was improvised by the minister last night, but now he feels that something is inappropriate, why don't you change it to a bank?" Li Xiu finally said what he thought at this time, this matter has been held in his heart for a long time, after all, he has been accustomed to the name bank in later generations, but he used the older name of Qianzhuang because he considered that silver was not the circulating currency of the Tang Dynasty, but now he wants to preside over the preparation of this matter, and he feels more and more unpleasant to the name Qianzhuang.

"Hahaha~, it's just a name, why is the horse so entangled, but we can understand the money village, where does the name bank come from?" Li Shimin first laughed when he heard Li Xiu's words, and then asked with some curiosity, and the eldest grandson Wuji and the others next to him also showed puzzled looks, after all, the name bank was really a bit puzzling to them.

"Your Majesty, my Datang has always been short of copper, and even the copper needed to mint money is insufficient, which makes there a shortage of coins in various places, and the value of copper coins is too low, and it is very inconvenient to use copper coins when conducting some large-scale transactions, so the minister thinks that he can mint some coins with higher currency value, such as now that overseas silver has been flowing into my Datang, and the value of silver is above copper, so the minister thinks that silver coins can be minted, and even gold coins can be minted in the future!" Li Xiu spoke again at this time.

In fact, Li Xiu really wanted to get the paper money out in one step, but in the era of the Tang Dynasty, even if it was endorsed by the credit of the imperial court, it was impossible for the people to get used to using paper instead of money, for them, only real gold, silver and brass These precious metals are money, as for the whole paper as money, it is simply a lie, even if it is implemented by the imperial court, you don't see the later generations of the Northern Song Dynasty Jiaozi, and the treasure money of the Ming Dynasty have failed? Although the biggest reason for the failure of these two types of banknotes is the excessive issuance, there are also reasons why people are not used to using banknotes.

"Minting money with silver?" Li Shimin couldn't help frowning when he heard this, after all, the Central Plains has been using copper as money for thousands of years, and now Li Xiu wants to add a metal currency, which makes him feel a little too bold.

"Your Majesty, silver coinage is indeed unprecedented, but Your Majesty wants to create an unprecedented prosperous era, and naturally needs to change some ancient systems, so the minister thinks that the horse's suggestion is feasible, of course, you can try it in Chang'an in the early stage, if the effect is good, it is not too late to implement it to the whole country!" Du Ruhui was the first to support at this time, if you look far away and act decisively, no one in the entire court can compare with him.

As soon as Du Ruhui's words fell, I saw that the eldest grandson Wuji also stood up at this time and said: "The minister likes to drink tea, some time ago when the minister was in the East Market, he met a businessman from the south who brought a batch of good tea, each two is worth several times, the minister was very happy, but when he wanted to buy tea, the other party only needed cash to settle the bill, but no one would bring several copper coins on his body, but when the minister sent someone to get the copper money, the other party's tea had been sold out, if there was a silver coin said by the horse at that time, the minister would definitely be able to drink good tea from the south now!" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji didn't say anything big, but told a personal story of his own, originally a powerful person like him bought things in Chang'an, he only needed to report his name to the store, and then let the store send someone to the house to withdraw money, after all, they generally buy things are more expensive, and it is impossible to bring so many copper coins on their bodies, of course, this can only be used for fixed stores, like that kind of businessmen from other places, if they want to buy their things, they have to bring a large number of copper coins.

"This ...... I heard that the Han Dynasty minted a kind of big money that was worth one as a thousand, and my Tang Dynasty seems to have some big money that is worth one as ten, can't you use this method to increase the value of copper coins? At this moment, Wei Zheng said in a somewhat conservative manner, and he still felt a little unreliable about Li Xiu's proposal to mint money in silver.

"Dr. Wei doesn't know, there is indeed a big money with one as ten or one as a thousand, but whether it is the Han Dynasty or our Tang Dynasty, the amount of this kind of big money is very rare, and many people don't recognize this kind of money, after all, although this kind of money is larger than the general copper money, but it is not ten times or a thousand times bigger, and the reason why the people recognize the copper money is that they feel that the copper in it is valuable, and the copper in the big money is not enough, so it naturally cannot be circulated."

Li Xiu paused when he said this, and then continued to speak: "In comparison, silver is much more expensive than copper, in the past, our Central Plains silver was less than copper, so naturally we couldn't make money, but now the amount of silver is increasing, according to my observation, there are now many businessmen in business, using silver to settle, after all, silver is of high value, and it is more convenient to carry, in this case, the silver coins we mint are also easy to accept." ”

In fact, this is the same as paper money, it is already a kind of credit currency, but because the people do not accept it, the number of this kind of big money is very small, and even copper coins end up like this, let alone use more worthless paper money, which is one of the reasons why Li Xiu plans to take his time.

"Okay, since you all think it's feasible to mint silver coins, let's try it out in Chang'an first, and if the response is good, then implement it nationwide!" After listening to this, Li Shimin pondered for a moment, and finally nodded.

Seeing that Li Shimin agreed, Li Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then the foreign name of "bank" was also decided, in fact, just like Li Shimin said, it doesn't matter what the name is, but out of Li Xiu's habit alone, he still prefers the name bank, and the central bank always sounds more atmospheric than the central bank.

At this time, it was not early, and unconsciously Li Xiu and they had been discussing for nearly a whole day, and at this time everything that should be said was finished, Li Xiu wanted to go back first to write the plan to open a bank into a notebook, so he retired and left, but when he walked out of the palace gate, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the majestic palace behind him, and then he sighed, and his expression was very complicated.

When Li Xiu returned home, it was completely dark, Li Jin had already returned, and after dinner, Li Jin followed Li Xiu to the study, as soon as he came in, he immediately said: "Father, you are really amazing, today the monks of the Inspiration Temple went to the Dali Temple, one by one, they don't have the heart to fight a lawsuit, after the Dali Temple Qing interrogated us, he has also sent someone to verify, the butt of the Inspiration Temple is not clean, wait until they are checked to the bottom, see how they turn over?" ”

"Hehe, the Temple of Inspiration is nothing, taking a step back, even if they win the lawsuit, they will become sinners of the entire Buddhism in the future, but you have to be more restrained in doing things in the future, even if the Temple of Inspiration is at fault first, you can't use such crude means, saying it will only ruin your reputation!" When Li Xiu said the end, he couldn't help but show a serious expression.

Now that Li Jin is still young, others at most say that he is young and foolish, but when he is older, if he is still so presumptuous, it will leave a bad impression, Li Xiu doesn't want his son to be called a gentleman, after all, if his reputation is bad, finding a daughter-in-law for Li Jin in the future will be affected.

"What my father taught me is that I will pay attention to it in the future!" Li Jin nodded with a smile at this time, but looking at his appearance, he shouldn't have listened to Li Xiu's words, which also made Li Xiu sigh helplessly, now Li Jin is at the age of hating people, and it is difficult for him to listen to the words of adults, but this child is not bad in nature, although he usually likes to mess around, but he should not do something too out of line like bullying men and women.

Early the next morning, after Li Xiu had breakfast, he locked himself in his study, preparing to write a plan to establish a bank, but at noon, he was suddenly interrupted by a news: Ying Guogong Wushi Tong died!

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