Chapter 135: Solution
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Zhao Tuan has been in power for so many years, the first unsatisfactory thing is that the great cause of the Northern Expedition has not improved, and the second unsatisfactory thing is that he is helpless in the face of the copper coin problem, anyway, he has thought of any way, set up a copper coin isolation area, promulgated a strict punishment law to prohibit the sale of copper coins and smuggled copper coins abroad, it can be said that all kinds of strict prevention methods have been tried again, but still have little effect.
Fight with Jin Guo, defeated! A large amount of copper coins were lost to the Jin country.
Fighting with the lawbreakers of the Great Song Dynasty, he never won, and a large number of copper coins were either melted or smuggled to Japan, Goryeo, Annam, Champa and Zhenwax.
Zhao Tuan is a very financially sensitive emperor and has an innate talent in financial management. Since there are strong enemies inside and outside the copper coins and traitors inside, Zhao Tuan's last choice is to no longer carry it, and to symbolically mint a little copper coin every year - 150,000 guan, which is less than one-thirtieth of the Shenzong Dynasty, and the quality is not guaranteed. Zhao Tuan said that 150,000 yuan can afford to lose the Great Song Dynasty, and the so-called in-question loss is made up for the off-topic, although the Huizi is a loss, but the guild is a good means for the court to circle money, compared to it, the loss on the copper coin is nothing at all.
However, it is good to have a good meeting, but since the meeting, prices have risen again and again, and the danger is also obvious, sometimes when I think about it, I feel like a sword hanging over my head, and it will fall at any time, so I can't sleep for the meeting.
To be able to find a solution once and for all, of course, it is impossible to ask for it. Perhaps it was indeed imperative to reform the currency system, but the sudden abolition of copper coins, Zhao Tuan, with his political instincts, felt that things could not be done like this.
Zhao Dian is also in a hurry to show his side, which shows his radical side. Ge Yi subconsciously focused on Zhao Dan, and at the same time, he was well aware of the disadvantages of copper coins, and because copper materials could be exchanged for the tight indicators of the Special Administrative Region, the disadvantages of copper coins were even more noisy.
Staying conservative, Zhou Bida is supportive but a slow faction, and Wang Lin is playing soy sauce on the side.
Obviously, reforming the currency system involves the whole body, and those present have not been able to come up with a set of concrete and feasible plans. Zhao Tuan shook his head, although he felt that Zhou Bida's words were very much in line with his heart, but in the end, it was just a procrastination trick, Lao Cheng Mouguo was good, but he was a little inferior in talent.
If it weren't for the fact that the SEZ needed a large amount of copper materials, the issue of copper coins would not have been so prominent, and controversies such as "currency wars" and "people's wars" might not have attracted so much attention.
Zhao Tuan thinks that the bell must be tied to the bell, and I don't know if there is a better way for Mao Geng.
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On this day, Zhao Luan received a flying pigeon from Lin'an.
It is said that the emperor's grandfather cared for himself very much, and asked to report briefly on the situation here every day through the guò flying pigeon, except for the stormy weather, it should be said that so far, the information here will be transmitted to the imperial grandfather every day through the guò carrier pigeon. However, the emperor's grandfather rarely sent messages through guò carrier pigeons.
After reading the translation, Mao Geng thought for a while, and then sent someone to invite Mao Geng.
Mao Geng saw Zhao Luan, who was frowning, and said in his heart that this imperial grandson had encountered some problems.
"Mao Geng, the matter of copper coins has made a lot of noise in Lin'an, what do you think?"
Mao Geng had also read Yuan Xie's "Currency War" before, and it must be Wen Yuan stirring up, okay, later Wen Yuan flew a pigeon and passed the book, saying that "Da Song Jing Bao" was also involved in the controversy, and this issue of "Da Song Jing Bao" containing the "Currency People's War" discussion is still on the way, but the general argument Mao Geng knows, damn! Who is Wu Genmao? Wen Yuan? Han Yanxuan? Your own disciple? Or even Zhao Lu?
"Guogong Mingjian, Wu Genmao, who discussed the currency war in the "Great Song Jing Daily", that is not me."
Mao Geng hurriedly cleared himself.
"Mao Geng, it doesn't matter if you wrote it, the important thing is that there must be an effective countermeasure to the disadvantages of copper coins. You see, Lord Han let go of the purchase of copper materials, and as a result, the criminals sold the copper money to make up the copper materials, and ran to Lord Han to change the indicators with the copper materials. I don't kill Beren, Beren dies because of me! Of course, we don't want others to sell the copper coins, but it is said that after the copper coins are melted, the copper materials come to the Special Economic Zone. This time the copper coin turmoil, the SAR is suspected of adding fuel to the trouble, how can you stay out of it! Do you know that even I am implicated by you! ”
Zhao Lu made it clear that he wanted to put enough pressure on Mao Geng first, but Mao Geng didn't think it was his responsibility.
"Guogong, there are so many copper fields in the imperial court, and it is not difficult to produce more copper materials, most of the copper materials used in the special zone are used for the livelihood of the government, if you want to prevent the copper materials that are sold and melted copper coins from entering the special zone, then the imperial court will supply copper materials exclusively from the copper field."
When Zhao Lian heard this, he also knew that what Mao Geng said was true, and the eleven copper fields in the Great Song Dynasty actually had the potential to produce copper. The eleven copper fields were: Censhui (in present-day Qujiang and Wengyuan counties, Guangdong Province), Liuyang (in present-day Liuyang County, Hunan Province), Xinzhou Leadshan (in present-day Leadshan County, Jiangxi Province), Dexing in Raozhou (in present-day Dexing County, Jiangxi Province), Caichi in Jianzhou (near present-day Jianyang County, Fujian), Tongshan in Wuzhou (in present-day Yongkang County, Zhejiang), Chishui in Tingzhou (in present-day Changting County, Fujian Province), Shaowujun Huangqi (near present-day Shaowu City, Fujian), Jinshan in Tanzhou (near present-day Liuyang County, Hunan Province), Nanxi in Wenzhou (in present-day Yongjia County, Zhejiang Province), Tongshan, Chizhou (near present-day Tongling City, Anhui Province).
Among them, there were more than 100,000 people engaged in bile water copper smelting in Shaozhou Cen Shui, and the amount of bile copper produced was so large that even the government "had no capital to buy".
"However, there are also difficulties in the copper field, the cost of copper must be controlled for coinage, the purchase price of the government is not high, the copper field is unprofitable, the people regard the copper field as a daunting way, there are very few copper smelters in the copper field, and the output has dropped again and again, and now even the copper coins are not enough, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to supply such a rapid increase in copper in the special zone."
What Zhao said is also the truth.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, Cen Shui Copper Farm had an annual output of 800,000 catties of copper, and now the copper produced is less than one-tenth of the past, and Censhui Copper Farm has no more than the grand occasion of the year. Zhao Lian also knew that this was also caused by the emperor's grandfather's deliberate production limit, but after more than 20 years of production restriction measures, it is not easy to restore production capacity, which also involves a price problem, the purchase price is so low, the miners are unprofitable, and it is even more difficult to increase production capacity.
Mao Gengxin said, this is not simple! Wouldn't it solve the problem if you got a dual-track price system?
However, Mao Geng also knows that things are not so simple, after all, this involves copper coins, that is, the issue of the Great Song Dynasty standard currency, the government implements a policy of banning copper, lead and tin, and implements a strict policy of guarding against copper coins. In later generations, the implementation of a dual-track price system was also a temporary policy, and the disadvantages of the dual-track price system are probably no less than the disadvantages of the current copper coins.
What's more, if you move the whole body, it's better not to mention this kind of uncertain thing.
Zhao Yan looked at Mao Geng and shook his head, thinking that Mao Geng had nothing to do, so he sighed at the moment:
"The matter of copper coins is also a difficult problem. Some people proposed to abolish copper coins, and the big guilds, iron coins, supplemented by gold and silver, so that they could be done once and for all, and there would be no worries about the use of copper again. Mao Geng, what do you think? ”
Mao Geng was taken aback and immediately asked:
"The government wants to abolish copper coins?"
"The matter is still inconclusive, and the officials are worried that it may be inappropriate to abolish copper coins suddenly."
Hearing Zhao Luan say that there was no conclusive conclusion, Mao Geng's mood was a little lighter, and he said with a smile:
"Yes, shock therapy is not advisable."
This happened when 6 Jiuyuan came in, and 6 Jiuyuan took over the conversation and asked:
"Shock therapy? What do you mean by that? ”
Mao Geng patted his head, and said in his heart that he accidentally leaked his mouth! There is no way, so I have to explain to Zhao Lian 6 Jiuyuan, but neither of them is a rigid person, and anyway, Mao Geng has come up with more new concepts, and the two of them are not surprised.
Focusing on the disadvantages of copper coins and the reform of the currency system, 6 Jiuyuan also added it, but he was slightly different from his disciples, and he advocated more exploration and prudence.
Mao Geng came from later generations, after all, he has much richer financial knowledge, and he also knows a little bit about the history of the Southern Song Dynasty banknotes, the Southern Song Dynasty banknotes, which were originally the progress of the currency system, but in the end, the bad is also bad in the banknotes.
At this time, the implementation of the gold standard system did not know if it would work.
However, if it doesn't work, it can be piloted in the Special Economic Zone!
"Guogong, in my opinion, it is better to try the reform of the currency system in the special zone first, and then promote it after the trial is successful, so that the risk is much smaller. How is it? ”
The special zones of later generations will have the function of being the first to try.
"But what about copper, how to solve the urgent copper material?"
Mao Geng smiled and said:
"I have a few ways to deal with it temporarily, which can be multi-pronged, and maybe it can also help the Great Song Dynasty win the copper coin war."
"Really?"
"Guogong, you must know that there is a great mystery in the brass we use today. There's a lot to be done here! ”
Brass is a copper-zinc alloy, and in this era, with zinc, the advantage is huge.