Chapter 59: The Concept of the Gold Standard
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Speaking of which, Yinzhen stopped in time, he knew that Kangxi attached great importance to agriculture and people's livelihood all his life, and often asked about prices in private interviews, but he was afraid that prices would soar and cause social unrest. Bayi Chinese ~ And the reason why he threw out this question is because, in the future the world is popular is the gold standard, if you want to become a world economic power, you must now instill the concept of the gold standard.
Hearing these words, Kangxi really frowned, he never thought that there would be a day when there was a lot of silver, Lao Fourteen's analysis and prediction were not unreasonable, more and more silver, which will definitely cause silver to be cheap, this is a major drawback of Qian Zheng, how to solve this problem? Can't you just close the customs reading hall because of choking? He glanced at Yinzhen, "Tell me what you think concretely." ”
"Huang Ama, to solve this problem, we can start from two aspects, one is to vigorously promote the gold trade, the Western countries want to buy our Qing Dynasty goods, we can impose a hard rule, the purchase of goods, of which twenty or three percent must be paid in gold, forcing them to trade in gold, at the same time, the imperial court came forward to strictly order the outflow of gold. The second is to spend the inflow of silver and go to Western countries to buy the goods needed by the Qing Dynasty, forming a virtuous circle, that is, inhibiting the depreciation of silver, but also enriching domestic goods.
In fact, our Qing Dynasty has always been in a passive position in overseas trade, the total amount of silver obtained may be a lot, but the profits obtained are far less than the average level of Western countries, it can be said that it is 'buy high and sell low', in fact, it has been doing loss-making business, the farthest fleet of the Qing Dynasty is only in the South China Seas, there is no direct ocean fleet to the West, this kind of trade, for the West is ocean trade, for my Qing Dynasty is just foreign trade, it is completely a deformed trade without contact.
Our Qing Dynasty is the center of the world economy and trade, and it is reasonable to firmly control the maritime transportation rights of commerce and trade, but now, we have given up the maritime transportation rights that belong to us to the Western countries, although the scale of trade continues to expand, but the export of goods in the Qing Dynasty depends on the Western countries, and the import of commodities also depends entirely on what others bring, this completely passive trade mode, I have to say that it is a kind of sadness.
In the past six months to Shanghai, Erchen is concentrating on the study of maritime trade, customs, at present this completely passive model must be broken, Erchen dares to guarantee, once a benign maritime trade model is formed, the customs tariffs will account for two percent of the country's revenue or even higher. ”
Twenty percent? Kangxi's heart jumped violently, last year's national income was 43 million taels, what is 20 percent? More than 8 million taels, and the national customs, including regular taxes and surpluses, were only 1.2 million taels last year, and this gap is not a little bit. And Yinzhen's views on the passivity and sadness of the Qing Dynasty in overseas trade angered him even more. Bayi Chinese~
For a long time, Kangxi has been complacent about the profits of sea trade, but he didn't expect to make a wedding dress for the West, and he only got a little profit, how could he be embarrassed? He unconsciously stood up and walked briskly around the temple.
Seeing that Kangxi's face was full of frost, Yinzhen couldn't help but secretly sweat, he wouldn't say too much about the Reading Pavilion, if Kangxi was angry and ordered all the customs to be closed, then he would become a sinner in history, and he would have to make a heavy note in the history books in the future.
Li Dequan also stood aside silently, his heart was like fifteen buckets of water, seven up and eight times non-stop, but he sighed secretly in his heart, this fourteen elder brother has really been experienced, how long has he been in Shanghai, speaking of sea trade, it is a set, and it is even more exciting Long Live Lord is on the verge of anger, hey, I only come back once in half a year, you can't say a few words, so that the old slave is also frightened, and the next time you meet the fourteenth master, it is best to avoid it.
Kangxi didn't walk around for long, so he controlled his emotions very well, and slowly sat down in front of Yinzhen, "This is slow in advance, wait for your ocean-going trade fleet and fleet to be built." The matter of promoting the gold trade will be discussed with a few ministers, and you will also make a compromise. ”
"Huang Ama, the ministers will rush back to Shanghai tomorrow, but there is one thing that needs the approval of Huang Ama." Yinzhen said cautiously, "The navy is fighting on the surface of the sea, and has been drifting on the sea for many years, one is the wind and rain at sea, and the other is that they have many opportunities to train in the water and fall into the water, this existing gown is extremely inapplicable, and the son asks the emperor to allow the navy to design another military uniform, that is, a battle suit." ”
Kangxi secretly thought, I am afraid that this is another imitation of the Western Navy, and it makes sense to think about it, so he said, "Quasi-play, kneel in the Reading Pavilion." ”
Looking at the back of Yinzhen leaving, Kangxi couldn't help but sigh lightly, this old fourteen has goods in his belly, this casually pulls out a customs reform, a money policy, and the pros and cons of sea trade are more thorough than any minister, it seems that he will have to squeeze him more in the future.
Early in the morning of March 20, Yinzhen got up, but in the capital, he did not dare to slack off, and he arrived at the hall on time.
Looking from a distance, the front of the hall was dark and oppressive, and the number of people was at least thousands, Yinzhen was startled, wasn't there more than 200 people who came that day? Why did so many people pop up all at once? When I got closer, I saw that in the open space in front of the hall that is usually used for trading, there were three or five small groups, and more than a dozen large groups, which were chaotic and noisy, and the mess was a little more lively than the vegetable market.
After carefully observing, Yinzhen couldn't help but relax slightly, often a master with three or four servants, everyone saw Yinzhen coming, and immediately rushed up in a mess to ask for a salute, still each calling for his own, and after everyone got up, he shouted loudly, "Now start the roll call, and those who get the names will be listed for me to stand behind me, Wuge." ”
"Mark it in." Wu Ge shouted in response, and then ran out of the crowd like javelins standing behind Yinzhen.
"Uzimaha, Baihu, Mala, Garqi, Fuhan、......。" With Yinzhen's roll call, all the children of the clan ran to Yinzhen's back and stood straight like Wu Ge.
There are a total of two hundred and eighteen people, all of them are here, Yinzhen secretly said, this group of guys is well-behaved, for fear of becoming their own prestige object, glanced at the people standing like javelins, he was quite emotional, Kangxi made a rule that all the children of the clan who want to be knighted must pass the examination, not only the literary examination but also the martial arts examination bow and riding, and those who do not pass the test must be demoted.
This examination and sealing regulations force all the children of the clan to practice a good physique, so in terms of personal quality, the children of the clan are much stronger than ordinary people, whether it is culture, physique, or military quality, they are not half a star, but they are all good at archery, this navy does not know if they can adapt.
Immediately he was secretly ruthless in his heart, and if he didn't adapt, he had to practice adaptation to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu spent tens of millions of silver, and the ocean-going fleet built by several years of energy was not used to put on a façade, it was to be pulled out to make money, and he wanted the navy to melee the merits? There are no doors.