"Now I'll tell you one thing, I haven't said anything to anyone!" I took a deep breath and said, "It's not that I don't trust any of you, it's that I'm afraid you won't understand what I said, and more importantly, this plan will not be able to be completed in my lifetime, not even you. I intend to write this in detail in my will, as a complete step until a hundred years later, and the fourth or fifth generation of the Zhuxing family will complete it! ”

"Oh...... Be! Xinqing's body trembled visibly when he heard me mention the will, but he quickly stabilized again.

"You are not wrong when you say that there is a steady stream of gold and silver, but I have wanted to take back the right to mine gold and silver for a long time!" I said this to him, and I had told him that before. "Not only gold and silver, but also copper, iron, sulfur, and large salt drying plants had to be recovered, and this was the only way to ensure that the shogunate always maintained absolute superiority over the local daimyos. But that's where I'm struggling, because if we don't first establish the status of a new currency, then it's very difficult to implement such measures! ”

"Oh!" It was only then that Xinqing woke up from a dream and understood why I was in such a hurry.

"If the new currency system cannot be established and consolidated, then when such a large-scale recovery of resource exploitation rights is resumed, it will definitely seriously affect the local people's livelihood!" Since I started this topic today, I simply let him know about my worries and troubles. "Guys like Tokugawa Ieyasu can't do anything now, but if there is a large-scale civil uprising in the world, they will definitely hide behind and add fuel to the fire. In fact, if it were just me, I would not be afraid, even if I lost everyone's hearts, I still had nothing to fear. I've seen so many people and things in these 20 years or so, so I'm confident to handle any problem! ”

"That ......" Shinkiyo was a little confused again, and my words seemed to be somewhat contradictory.

"But if that's the case, I won't be able to make any arrangements for you!" I saw what he was thinking, and explained: "If it really comes to the point where the world is in turmoil, then the only thing I can do in my life is to constantly put out the rebellions that are rising everywhere, and use my prestige, my force, and all my mind." And after me, it is very likely that you will not be able to maintain this kind of strength, and the Zhuxing family will not be far from defeat! ”

"I see, it seems that I still make you feel uneasy!" Xinqing said with a somewhat complicated expression.

"Actually, you've done a pretty good job, but even I can't give you ideas that come out of the background!" There are some things that I can't explain myself, so I can only comfort him in this way. "As you just said, those new silver coins we minted are still in their hands, and they are still a kind of capital that may be against us. On the surface, it seems that this is true, but in fact it is more than that, and I have no intention of stopping there, how can real money be kept in their hands like this. The minted silver coins are still a kind of transition, and in fifty or a hundred years they will be replaced with something else! ”

"Replace it...... What the? Xinqing's brain felt a little insufficient, and asked subconsciously.

"Blank paper!" I wanted to find something on the table, but I picked up the report that Murai Sadakatsu had just sent, and shook it at Shinkiyo.

"White ...... White! Xinqing's eyes widened, and his brain may have entered a state of collapse.

"Yes, blank paper!" I shook the stack of reports in my hand at him again, and said a little wickedly: "It's a blank piece of paper, but it may be a bit inaccurate to say this, it should be a piece of paper with some patterns on it representing our credit!" ”

Xinqing sat there rolling his eyes, looking at me with an even more strange gaze.

"You should know that the bills of exchange in big shops can be used as money messengers, and the silver bills that existed in the Great Song Dynasty in China are also a kind of currency!" I was more and more interested, and I spoke to him in detail. However, these two kinds of money are only used as a means of payment, and can be exchanged for physical money at any time as a basis for protection, and the main circulation is actually gold, silver, and copper coins. My idea is that in a hundred years, only the paper that we have specially printed will be in circulation throughout the country, and it will never be possible to exchange it for precious metals such as gold and silver, or at least for precious metals that circulate as currency. All the economy of this country is built on the credit of our Star Family! ”

"That'...... What about the gold and silver? Xinqing asked stupidly.

"Gold and silver? Naturally, they are all hidden in the underground treasures of our Star Family! With a confident smile, I said it as a matter of course.

"Can there be such a fool?" He roughly understood what I meant, but he was even more incredulous. "Gold and silver are things that can be seen and touched, but what is paper? How solid is it to keep gold and silver for oneself, how can anyone voluntarily exchange gold and silver for paper? ”

"Paper can be seen and touched, and neither should gold and silver!" I'm talking about the most serious thing in the world, but the tone is like a joke. "But I also understand that there are many people who think like you, and it will not be so easy to get them to hand over the gold and silver for paper, and it will take a long buffer period. First let them think that it is a matter of course to use the silver coins minted by the Star Family, and then let them think that it is really troublesome to carry a large number of silver coins, and in the end it is completely paper money circulating in the world! ”

"Will it take a hundred years? It's been a long time! Xinqing said as if sighing and like a toothache.

I know he doesn't fully believe it, but there's nothing he can do about it. Not to mention the Ming Dynasty and Japan at that time, or even in Europe, where capitalism had developed to a certain extent, if someone said that there were paper money in circulation that could never be exchanged for gold and silver, they would be regarded as a madman.

"A hundred years is pretty fast, and I think it's going to be second to none in the world!" I talked and laughed with him for a while, and my mood was better, but the problem was still not solved. "At least a hundred years from now, none of us will be able to see it. I want to stay alone for a while, you go and get busy with you first! ”

"Yes!" Xinqing stood up and bowed, then retreated. Before closing the door, I saw him shake his head from behind, probably in a strange and inexplicable way.

"Alas...... There's really no way! I shook my head not modestly, there really was no way. The most infuriating thing is that there is no one to talk about this topic, either not understanding or nodding blindly. For example, Hanbei and Senshiba, both of them are extremely intelligent people, but they are also two representatives that I can't talk about.

I didn't really talk about it, but I already knew that once I talked about it with Hanbei Takenaka, he would keep asking questions he didn't understand in a serious and responsible manner, until he was confused about me. I'm just a high school student and not an economist, and I don't understand a lot of overly esoteric theoretical questions.

Not to mention Xianzhi, no matter what I claimed, she thought it was the best, and she always helped me in her own way when I was in trouble. But if I were to talk to her about these things that were ahead of my time, she would just smile and nod her head.

This is a matter that is somewhat beyond the course of historical development, so it is reasonable to encounter special problems, and it seems that I still have to go back to it myself. "How about using Gressin's law to force unequal exchange of money, and then the bad money drives out the good money out of circulation?" This thought popped into my head.

In the end, I still denied this result, and using this method is tantamount to drinking water to quench your thirst. In the end, the result of hurting others with this will be mainly hurt by themselves, and the daimyo and the common people will lose trust in the new coins even more, and firmly grasp the gold and silver in their hands.

"My lord, Lord Spoyi has come back from the northeast and wants to see you!" A small surname opened the door and reported to me. Now that Mibenmaru and Ume Chiyo have also returned to their homes, there are a group of new people around me.

"Oh, let him in!" I gathered up my chaotic thoughts and sat upright, this thing was in trouble, and there was always something else going on.

Spoyoshi was supposed to be the historical Okubo Chang'an, and in the past ten years under my door, he can be regarded as conscientious, and he has the ability and enthusiasm to work, and now he is considered a leader in the middle-level pursuit. Still, I could tell that he was not resigned to the position.

To be honest, I don't like this person very much, his utilitarianism is too strong and greedy for money, although he now knows that he is a man with his tail between his legs, but once he flies to the top, even if he is not a traitor, he will be a courtier. So I haven't put him in a position of being in charge alone, and compared with the four major commissioners of Murai Sadakatsu, Shizumi Yuhu, Masuda Nagamori, and Nagashu Masaka, he has always been a grade behind.

"Meet the lord, the minister is back!" Spoyage walked in, saluted in a proper manner, sat down in a proper manner, and then bowed his head and lowered his eyelids in a proper manner.

"What is the situation in Hokuriku and Tohoku, and will there be any problems with the land inspection now?" I asked him directly.

"Now that the lord is powerful, even if there are some fluctuations, there will be no big problems. If it can be carried out from near and far, then ......" he went on to elaborate, which also mentioned some names of people and places.

This is the task I have assigned to Teh this time, to conduct a thorough survey for a large-scale land survey across the country, which is a delicate job, and he has done it very well.

"Is there anything else you can do?" After talking about the whole situation, I saw that he didn't seem to have something to say, so I took the initiative to ask.

"This time, I went to the eastern countries and saw the new coins issued by the main public...... Something doesn't seem to be going well enough! His face began to redden, and he could see that he was nervous.

"Do you have any opinions?" I narrowed my eyes slightly, as if something unexpected was about to happen.

"For the minister...... There are some vulgar and superficial opinions! He seemed to have made up his mind and gritted his teeth to make a difference.

I didn't speak for a long time, just looked at Spoy with a blank face. Beads of sweat continued to form on his head, and his body began to tremble.

"You!" I finally opened my mouth. "Go back and get ready, and you will preside over the national inspection in a year!"