Chapter 317: Banknotes
Soon, two days later, the first expedited banknotes were printed. At this time, Wang Guorui immediately began to announce that in the future, Taiwan will implement paper money, and each dollar of Taiwan's paper money has a gold content of one gram, and Taiwan will gradually implement paper money in the future. As for the future, Taiwan will continue to issue paper money, and the deposits in those banks will also be converted into paper money according to the ratio of gold and silver in the future, so that paper money can be promoted to everyone's hands. Moreover, it is also stipulated that 50,000 yuan must be accumulated before it can be exchanged for huàn gold, and the exchange of huàn gold must go through a complex examination before it can be exchanged for huàn gold nuggets, and then the gold nuggets cannot be taken out of Taiwan. And this is tantamount to Wang Guorui using the government's power to increase the obstacle to the exchange of huàn gold.
"What's the banknote? We also use paper money in Taiwan, don't we use silver taels? A local tyrant asked.
"Yes, sir, we have already issued banknotes in Taiwan, and in the future, the deposits in our banks will be converted into equivalent banknotes according to the ratio of gold and silver. After that, everyone can also use paper money to consume, won't it be much more convenient then? The waitress at the bank said.
But some people still hesitated, saying: "This banknote, shouldn't it be the same as the past banknote?" ”
After all, China has been hurt too much by the banknotes, so it can't solve the doubts about paper money for a while. After all, the danger caused by the indiscriminate issuance of paper money by the national government is well known to many people. And if you still issue paper money in this way, I am afraid that you will face a very dangerous situation. Therefore, this banknote is a credibility, and if there is an accident, the wealth of the people will be stripped away. And then, the people began to talk about it, obviously not believing in this banknote.
However, Wang Guorui has long been prepared, that is, to win the trust of the people, he must do it first.
"Lord Wang has decreed that in the future, the salaries of Taiwanese government civil servants will be settled in paper money, and in the future, the wages of Taiwanese government employees will also be in paper money!"
"Oh? If the civil servants of the Taiwanese government also use paper money. Then this one is believable! "Yes! If the officials of the imperial court also use paper money, then it is considered normal. "Hmph, the original payment of money, the court officials themselves don't need it. You still want us to use it, isn't this exploiting the people? "Yes! If the court itself doesn't recognize it, then why should we use it! ”……
"In the future, when we pay taxes in Taiwan, we can use paper money to pay taxes, and we will only accept paper money when we pay taxes in the future. Don't endorse anything else. And if we pay taxes with silver and gold, then we have to deduct 10% of the fire consumption, and then the rest is considered to be tax. And the banknote does not need to deduct the fire consumption, one yuan counts as one dollar! ”
"Oh? Can paper money be used to pay taxes? "This is the real stable currency!" "Also, if you pay taxes with gold and silver, you have to deduct one-tenth of the fire consumption, which is really a big loss. Paying 10 percent more taxes, do we have water in our heads? "Hurry up and ask your subordinates to convert the silver that is ready to pay taxes into paper money, and then use it to pay taxes." ……
In Taiwan, paper money is allowed to be used to pay taxes. That can be said to stabilize the hearts of the people, but also stabilize the credibility of banknotes. You must know that the Jiaozi of the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were allowed to pay taxes at the beginning, but later the imperial court issued paper money indiscriminately, and finally the imperial court actually stipulated that the payment of taxes was not allowed to be used. However, the imperial court used banknotes to force the purchase of goods from the people, but did not allow the people to use them to pay taxes, which simply undermined the credibility of paper money. It is conceivable how much the people hate this banknote, and the credibility of the banknote has completely become a butt wiping paper.
Taiwan stipulates that this banknote can be used to pay taxes, which is equivalent to the state recognizing the value of this banknote. It is admitted that this banknote has gold content and is equivalent to precious metal currency. And those money payments, that is, things that the court used to exploit the people, will not be regarded as money by the court at all. You can imagine the difference. And Taiwan can agree to use it to pay taxes, which means that it is very important to stabilize the value of the currency, and everything can be used to pay taxes in the future. It means that the government recognizes this banknote, and the people will also recognize this banknote.
"The Governor-General's Office of Taiwan announced that if you can take 50,000 yuan in notes to the Bank of Taiwan, you can exchange it for 50 kilograms of gold nuggets."
"What? Can this still be exchanged for huàn back gold? "Yes! If it can be exchanged for huàn gold. That's good. "Yes, if it can be exchanged for huàn gold, then this money is indeed valuable, but it is not comparable to those who pay money."
"But why do you need to start at 50,000 yuan to be able to redeem huàn? Can't you just redeem huàn? ”
At this time, the bank's service lady immediately said: "Sir, this question is actually very simple, because if you can exchange huàn gold at any time, then I am afraid that countless people will come to exchange huàn gold, and how much work will our bank have to increase in this way?" I'm afraid that the people in the bank are either busy to death, and they follow the huàn gold exchange every day. And if there is no gold in a place at that time, then you will definitely have to contact the central bank in Taipei before you can send it. Sometimes for some gold weighing a few grams, isn't it a waste of resources? Therefore, in order to put an end to this kind of casual exchange of huàn gold and increase the workload of bank staff, we must stipulate that if we want to exchange huàn, we must have enough 50,000 yuan, and we must also take it to Taipei to redeem huàn, so as to save a lot of human resources of the government! ”
Hearing this "plausible" answer, this also made everyone nod silently. Because in China, ordinary people rarely have the idea of troublesome with the government. Ordinary people are rarely willing to deal with the government for a long time, and few of them will trouble the government for these few grams of gold. After all, the ancient people were still very simple, and they were unwilling or afraid to entertain the government officials casually. In the eyes of ordinary people, this bank is actually a government agency, which is the situation that makes them not want to trouble the bank staff. So ordinary people can already understand, after all, save manpower and material resources!
Of course, Taiwan's so-called "policy" is actually a violation of the traditional gold standard system, which can be exchanged at any time, and Taiwan's high-sounding statement seems to be to save manpower and material resources. However, in fact, it has set up a separate gold standard system of its own, instead of adopting the mature gold standard system of the West. For ordinary people, they don't know what the difference is in the gold standard, and they do understand that government officials should not be entertained at will, so it is understandable that they have accumulated enough money to exchange huàn.
What's more, 50,000 yuan, 50,000 yuan at this time is not 50,000 yuan in later generations, and 50,000 yuan at this time is equivalent to tens of millions in later generations. And with so much money, anyone can come up with it. Therefore, there are very few people who can redeem huàn, and as long as Wang Guorui is stuck at this review gate, there are not many people who can really redeem huàn. And if anyone has 50,000 yuan, it must be to continue to invest on their own, or to buy things, how can they exchange some gold that they can't eat or drink back? And if you exchange gold, no one in the market will be willing to accept you to continue to buy goods with gold! Because paying taxes on gold is more expensive, and you have to accept 10% of the fire consumption, which is a super cheat fire consumption, so no one wants to directly accept the sale of items as currency.
"Of course, in order to win the trust of the people, our central bank will open our coffers and let everyone see how our coffers can hold funds."
Soon, a group of people were taken to an exhibition hall of the central bank, and then there was a layer of glass here, and then the glass was all glittering gold. And this qiē shocked countless people. Because these are pieces of gold, these are pieces of glittering gold!
"Ladies and gentlemen, today is the first day that we have implemented the gold standard for paper money, and we will give you a free visit. However, you can only visit through the glass, and if you want to go in, you have to have certain conditions. In the future, we will only receive 50 people a day to enter the vault, and after entering the vault and coming out, they must go through a search to avoid entrainment of gold. So, please understand. If anyone wants to go in and have an intimate encounter with the gold, there are fifty lucky people who can visit. ”
And those who called themselves local tyrants also felt frightened when they saw so much gold.
"I'm afraid there are more than 200,000 taels of this, right?" Someone exclaimed.
"Yes! I'm afraid it's no less than 200,000 taels! "Yes! With so much gold, what can't we rest assured of? "Yes! We can rest assured that with so much gold, there is no need to worry about Governor Wang not being able to cash out, our money is safe. ”
And when the people saw such gold, they were immediately relieved, after all, Taiwan has enough gold reserves for them to see, so what else are they not worried about? This is also a picture and a truth, and it is so direct to see, of course they are very relieved. There is so much gold in front of you, and even some people can go in and see it in person and feel the weight of the gold, which is what really makes people feel at ease. And so much gold is the best way to really reassure people about the banknotes issued in Taiwan. (To be continued.) )