Lin Zhenzhong heard these heart-wrenching words, and he was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his head. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info He wanted to defend himself, but after listening to the little emperor's words, he knew how ridiculous his proposal was: "The reason why I have repeatedly ordered that as many copper coins as I take back, I will mint as many gold and silver coins as I want, that is, I can't let the money supervisor mint coins indiscriminately and mint a large number of coins without control. As the saying goes, if there are more copper coins, silver coins, and gold coins, the money in the hands of the people of Dashun will be worthless, and Dashun will be in chaos. In this way, Dashun was not defeated by the enemy, but by himself. Lin Qing, don't underestimate the little copper coin you are in charge of, it bears the mission of the rise and fall of the country! ”

Lu Chengqi's words made Lin Zhenzhong and Xu Chongguang feel a little stunned. Lin Zhenzhong was even more convinced: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true! ”

"Get up!" Lu Chengqi said slowly, "The matter of minting coins is absolutely not advisable!" In these two years, Dashun does not need to issue additional coins. There were enough copper coins that had been recycled, and almost all of them were scattered. Such a large amount of money flowed into the people, alleviating the money shortage, and even causing the value of copper coins to drop a little, and the people already had some complaints. If more coinage is issued, won't it cost the lives of the people? What we need to do now is not to issue additional currency, but to recycle it. ”

After Lin Zhenzhong stood up, he listened to Lu Chengqi's relaxed words, and couldn't help asking, "Dare to ask Your Majesty, how to recover the currency?" ”

"Does Lin Qing know that the Royal Bank has a deposit and withdrawal business?" Lu Chengqi smiled mysteriously and asked unhurriedly.

Xu Chongguang's eyes lit up: "Could it be that Your Majesty wants to raise the interest on the deposit?" ”

Lu Chengqi couldn't help but admire this old man Xu, who is worthy of being a figure who has been a household secretary for many years, and has an unbelievable keen intuition about the economy. At this point, Lin Zhenzhong is much worse. Xu Qing is right, that is, to raise the interest rate and attract people to put their money into the royal bank, so as to reduce the copper coins circulating in the market. But the increase should not be too much, otherwise, there will be a shortage of money again......"

Lin Zhenzhong also understood: "Your Majesty's move is really high!" Just ......"

"Just what?"

Lin Zhenzhong mustered up his courage, and still chased after him and said, "It's just a copper coin, and it has nothing to do with the treasury?" "Indeed, although the Royal Bank is directly controlled by the imperial court, even Xu Chongguang has no power to transfer the money and silver in it. Only when the seal of Lu Chengqi and the cabinet is stamped on the holy decree can he have the power to mobilize the money and silver in the treasury of the Royal Bank.

Lu Chengqi nodded and said, "Yes, this can only alleviate the excessive expenditure of the treasury, but not the root cause." And this method is too slow to work, and far water can't save the near fire. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Chengqi deliberately stopped. Lin Zhenzhong and Xu Chongguang glanced at each other, and Lin Zhenzhong stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you cut your military salary?" Your Majesty should also know that since Your Majesty reformed the military salary, the treasury has been really overwhelmed. If it had been for a long time, I am afraid that the Khitans would have not called, and our treasury would have been empty first......"

Lu Chengqi said in his heart: "Sure enough, the fox's tail is still exposed......"

The more the enemy tries to achieve something, the less easily he can succeed! Lu Chengqi has never read a book of soldiers, but he can figure it out. Military salary is the guarantee of morale, it is rare to correct the weak style of Han people, if you say cut it, what will those who are soldiers think, who else dares to be a soldier?

"No!" Lu Chengqi briefly and simply rejected this proposal, "There is no need to mention this matter again, the military salary can only be increased, not reduced!" ”

"But Your Majesty, if this is the case, the treasury will ......" Lin Zhenzhong was anxious, and as he spoke, he observed his teacher next to him, Xu Chongguang's face. A cold light also flashed in Xu Chongguang's eyes, as if he had expected it. I only heard him say slowly: "Your Majesty, there is a cloud in the Tao Te Ching, 'The husband and the soldier, the ominous weapon, the object or the evil, so there is no place for those who have the Tao.'" If a gentleman lives on the left, he will use soldiers on the right. The ominous weapon of the soldier, not the weapon of the gentleman, has to be used as a last resort, the tranquility is the best, the victory is not beautiful, and the beautiful one is happy to kill. Those who kill people will not be able to achieve the world's ambitions. Good things are still left, and evil things are still right. The general is on the left, and the general is on the right. Words are funeral treatments. The murderous crowd will be punished with sorrow, and the victory will be punished by the funeral', the ancients still thought that the soldiers were unknown, and there was no war at this time, why did they have to have so many soldiers, and did not it increase the burden on the treasury in vain? ”

"I have heard that 'born in sorrow and died in peace', do we have to wait for the Liao State to come before we recruit soldiers? There is a way to raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use soldiers for a while. Raising troops is not a wartime rush that can form combat effectiveness. I'm afraid Xu Qing knows this truth better than me! If there is no army to protect us, the people of the world will be safe and sound? Yes, military salaries must not be cut! Lu Chengqi said categorically.

"Your Majesty, what if the treasury is empty?" Lin Zhenzhong threw out a killer move, didn't let the coinage, didn't let the army cut, so what else?

Did Lu Chengqi have the heart to make a joke: "It's better to cut Yulu......

As soon as these words came out, Lin Zhenzhong and Xu Chongguang blurted out in a hurry: "Your Majesty, no!" ”

"My ...... kidding"

Lin Zhenzhong and Xu Chongguang were teased by Lu Chengqi, looking at each other, not knowing whether to cry or laugh, and sat stiffly with a face full of embarrassment.

Lu Chengqi was in a good mood, and said in an orderly manner: "I have an idea, if I do it well, there will be no emptiness in the treasury." ”

Su Shi made an echo worm: "Dare to ask Your Majesty what is the method?" As everyone knows, his approach fell into the eyes of Lin Zhenzhong and Xu Chongguang, and it confirmed that he was Lu Chengqi's confidant, and he was even more wary of him. Second-grade officer, beware of a nine-grade sesame official, it's funny to say, but in fact it is true.

"I plan to issue Dashun treasury bonds in the name of the imperial court."

"What is the Dashun treasury bond?"

Lu Chengqi explained: "National debt, as the name suggests, is the state borrowing from the people. In layman's terms, it means that the imperial court borrows money from the people, with tax income as a guarantee, for a period of one to three years, and the principal and interest will be returned together. Commerce is developing, and commercial taxes have repeatedly hit new highs, are you afraid that the imperial court will not be able to pay it back? ”

As soon as his words fell, Xu Chongguang blurted out: "Your Majesty, no!" ”

Lu Chengqi frowned and said, "Why can't you?" You tell me that you're ugly! ”

"Your Majesty, the court borrowed from the people, this move is unheard of! Not only does it hurt the prestige of the court, but it also makes the people speculate, and I am afraid that the three of them will become tigers! Xu Chongguang said bitterly, but Lu Chengqi couldn't listen to it at all.

Xu Qing's words were wrong. The issuance of treasury bonds by the imperial court can make more people and the imperial court have one mind, so why not? Treasury bonds, also equivalent to money, are just not circulating. As for the three of them becoming tigers, there is no need to worry. What is the most popular in Dashun? Newspapers! As long as the people read the newspaper, they will know the benefits of the national debt, and they are worried that the three of them will become tigers? Lu Chengqi retorted one by one, hearing Xu Chongguang and Lin Zhenzhong's big eyes. They just wanted to use the topic to play, but they didn't expect that the little emperor had already prepared, and even thought of countermeasures.

In fact, they overestimated Lu Chengqi, he was just a flash of inspiration, and when he heard Lin Zhenzhong say that he would issue additional coins, he suddenly thought that there was a sharp weapon called treasury bonds. (To be continued.) )