The ministers were a little dumbfounded, thinking that if they were going to die on their side, the emperor would be relieved and take back the edict. I didn't expect to come and wait for the word that I would die again. Suddenly, they panicked, wiped the floor and crawled to the side and knelt.

The military division of the military aircraft department still hung his head and knelt without moving.

"Biography, Shen Kuo, Lu Su, and Ma Jun go to the palace." Li Yi said.

After a while, the three of them arrived.

Li Yi asked Lu Su to take out the banknotes that had been made and show them to the ministers who were going to die. Let Ma Jun take it to the military ministers.

"Master Kong, alas, this is the new currency, banknotes, not paper money for nothing...... Lu Su said to Kong Rong.

When Kong Rong took it and looked at it, a circle of heads suddenly stretched out around him.

"Hey, this banknote is so beautiful and exquisitely made!"

"Ah, there is also the emperor's avatar!"

"Okay, good, when people spend money, they can think of the emperor's merits, not bad."

……

The ministers found that this paper money was different from what they thought, it was not round, there was a square hole in the middle, and it was shoddy paper money. They had never seen a banknote, and they suddenly had the idea of spending it, and they began to accept it.

Yue Fei took the banknotes, touched the lines on them, and exclaimed: "It's really good, with these banknotes, private transactions can be much more convenient." ”

"I'm afraid of imitating ......," Xu Shu, the secretary of the military department next to him, reminded.

As a result, Shen Kuo, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, personally explained: "Banknotes will never be counterfeited." Because of these masters involved in the production, each of them has a unique carving method, just like each leaf is different, even if others imitate, they can't imitate the essence, and they can know the truth at a glance. ”

Moreover, the emperor also thought of movable type printing. With this movable type printing, it was possible to print a wide variety of books on a large scale. In the past, it was not movable type printing, but engraving that could only be used once. In the past, every page printed needed to be engraved due to the different characters. It's a lot of work, and it's still a one-time job. ”

Jia Xu said loudly: "The emperor is wise, the previous books were all copied by hand, although after the new papermaking technology spread, the paper was cheaper, but printing was also very difficult. So books are expensive and ordinary people can't afford them. With this movable type printing, everyone in the world can afford to buy books, and if they have their own books at home, they are called readers. ”

Kong Rong was overjoyed, then my Confucianism is not a disciple all over the world, but everyone in the world is a disciple, which is amazing. He climbed out again and said: "The movable type printing technology invented by the emperor can enable everyone in the world to have their own books and become real readers." The merit of the emperor's mission is greater than that of my ancestor Confucius, and the emperor is the true reincarnation of a saint and the education of all people. ”

The ministers couldn't help but think that Confucius had enlightened all the people to become holy, and as soon as the emperor's national policy came out, he would compare Confucius to him.

"The emperor educates the world, and the saint is alive!" The ministers bowed together.

Li Yi laughed, and said in his heart that this saint is a "big water". He said to Kong Rong and the others who were kneeling: "Why, my ministers, don't seek death and life? ”

"Ahh Kong Rong's old face turned red, and he said, "The minister only thought it was shoddy paper money, but it turned out that this banknote was not the other paper money." The minister is stupid, and he will be wrong at the beginning, and the emperor will forgive him. ”

As soon as they saw that the Holy Father of Yan had all pleaded guilty, the rest of the people were all "crying and wiping away tears", and shouted: "The minister has been misled, please atone for the emperor." ”

Kong Rong was trembling for a while, and said in his heart that you little bastards, when something happens, ask the old man to take it, and when something happens, it all goes to the old man, because you still worship my ancestors every day.

However, there is no way, who let Kong Rong pick the head.

The ministers thought: "Your old man is the descendant of Confucius, and the Confucian saint is the gold medal for avoiding death, and the emperor will definitely not treat you like anything old." We don't have a gold medal for avoiding death in this black cauldron, so you should carry it yourself. ”

In fact, Li Yi also knew that Kong Rong and others were afraid that "that kind of shoddy money" was easy to counterfeit and would also lose the national body, so they opposed it. Since there is no objection here, Li Yi will forgive them.

Emperor Wude issued new currency banknotes, and the people traded conveniently. He also created movable type printing, so that everyone in the Tang Dynasty could have books to read. These two great inventions can be said to benefit the country and the people, and they will be immortal for thousands of generations.

The ministers stirred and sang praises. I really want to hang the portrait of Emperor Wude on the portrait of the saint Kong immediately, so that I can bow and worship every day. However, if you think about it, forget it, let's wait for such a thing to wait until the emperor dies.

"Chen Pang Tong has a book!" When everyone sang praises, Pang Tong, the new secretary of Dali Temple, suddenly spoke.

Li Yi destroyed Shu Han, and Pang Tong also descended to the Tang Dynasty. Li Yi cherishes Pang Tong's talent, after all, this is a super talent with a resourcefulness of 99, even if he is placed in Datang, it is also a talent who can be included in the top ten. In addition, its political ability is also very good, and the system gives a rating of 90. But Pang Tong was a subordinate at that time after all, and Li Yi did not include him in the Military Aircraft Department, but asked him to serve as Cheng Yu's deputy and serve as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

At the beginning of this year, Cheng Yu asked for his resignation because he was seventy-five years old, too old, and had been in charge of Dali Temple for ten years, and Li Yi approved his resignation. As a result, Pang Tong's daughter-in-law became a mother-in-law, took over the post of Cheng Yu's Dali Siqing, and entered the Military Aircraft Department, becoming the eleventh Minister of Military Aircraft after Xu Maogong, Liu Bowen, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xun You, Kou Zhun, Tian Feng, Sima Yi, and Zhuge Liang. Together with Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, he is known as the trio of the Shaozhuang faction of the Military Aircraft Department.

Lao Jia Xu touched his beard, and said in his heart that this kid has opened his mind, the emperor's least favorite thing is to shoot dragon farts, and his favorite is to do practical things as a courtier.

Sure enough, Li Yi didn't respond to the courtiers who sang praises, but just asked Pang Tong: "Pang Aiqing, what do you have to do?" ”

Pang Tong flicked his sleeves on his side, raised his head towards the board, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, since Weichen was in charge of Dali Temple, the public security in various places is good, and the incidence of criminal cases is very low. However, with the rapid development of business, many people have borrowed money to do business or expand their scale. There are those that specialize in money lending, but the interest rate is very high. If there is a slight difference in the pool, it will not be on for a period of time, and it will be profitable. As a result, the incidence of such borrowing cases is high in various places. ”

"Loan shark!" Li Yi snorted coldly and said very unhappily, "Such a person must be severely cracked down." ”

Pang Tong said: "What the emperor said is very true, such a person must be severely cracked down. However, both sides are detained by calligraphy, painting, and writing, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer. Because of this, many people have no face to sue the officials, and they trade underground, and it is difficult for the yamen in various places to detect it. ”

Li Yi nodded when he heard this, even in the years when the law was very sound in later generations, usury was still repeatedly banned, let alone ancient times.

Pang Tong said again: "The minister thinks that the country's economy is developing rapidly, and there are times when businessmen turn around, or people start businesses. If there is a national policy, it can benefit them. Having a fair and just way to borrow money will certainly be of great benefit to the country's commercial development. ”

Hearing this, the ministers nodded, and said in their hearts that they were worthy of being one of the trio of the Young Zhuang faction of the Military Aircraft Department, and their ability to accept new things is strong, and they have their own unique opinions on the rapid development of new things that are emerging one after another.

So, the ministers used their brains and started to talk about it.

"Fair and equitable borrowing?"

"It's not profitable, who doesn't want to make more money."

"It's unrealistic to let the borrower lower the interest rate."

……

The ministers had a big head for a while, and they couldn't figure it out.

Who knows, Emperor Wude laughed and said, "This little problem is too easy to solve!" ”

This problem involving the whole business turned out to be a small problem, and it was too easy to solve?!

The ministers were shocked, but they thought again, the emperor is a saint, and we are mortals. Things that seem difficult to mortals, in the eyes of saints, are small problems.

Then the ministers bowed down and said, "Listen to the hadith." ”

Li Yi smiled: "Open a bank!" ”

"Open a bank!?"

"What is a bank?"

……

The ministers were stunned.

Li Yixin said that the ancients were so cute that they didn't understand anything.

Being able to make the talents dizzy, Li Yi felt very much and said with a smile: "Datang Royal Bank!" ”

He picked up the banknotes on the imperial book case, and said in his heart that no book could be made without coincidence, and the bank was also needed to issue currency. He raised his head and said, "An institution that specializes in issuing currency banknotes." The court guaranteed that when the people had surplus money, they could deposit it in the bank and give interest. When it was exchanged, this kind of banknote was just given. When people are short of money, they can come to the bank to borrow money. ”

The guarantee of the imperial court, that is, the guarantee of the Tang Empire of 100,000 miles of rivers and mountains, that is, the guarantee of the sage Emperor Wude. Not to mention a banknote, it is really a dark coin, and the Tang Dynasty court said that it was worth as much as it was.

With the guarantee of the imperial court and the guarantee of Emperor Wude, this currency can be issued smoothly and recognized by the people of the Tang Dynasty. This truth is understood by all officials.

The civil and military officials were a little dumbfounded at first, but after pondering it, they were immediately shocked.

At first, the ministers were worried about the promotion of currency, but now that they have a bank, they can issue money and borrow money. It not only solves the problem of currency issuance, but also solves the problem of the people borrowing debts, killing two birds with one stone, which is really mysterious.

Emperor Wude said casually, and he solved the big problem involving the country, and the saints couldn't solve it so quickly, only gods have the ability.

The six bodies admired by the ministers fell to the ground and shouted: "The emperor is really a god!" ”

The ministers are happy and have a good national policy to be born, and they will develop in the future, and their achievements will be greatly dropped, and they will sing praises one by one.

However, when the hall was full of praise, Zhou Lusu walked out with a worried face, and said, "Your Majesty, if you give interest, won't you have to pay for it?" ”

"Huh!" The hall fell silent.

The ministers who sang the hymn closed their mouths one by one, and said in their hearts that this was a "stupid trick to mislead the country", so let's see if it is a let's talk.

Although Lu Su didn't think it through, he finally saw the disadvantages of not being able to get in and out, so he was better than others. However, there is a specialization in the art industry, and it cannot be said that talents who do not understand economics are not good.

"It's good that Aiqing can think of this problem, and it's even more precious to be able to say it. If you have doubts, you have to speak out, and if you nest in your stomach, it will be a bad thing. Li Yi said with a smile.