Suzaku Street was full of people, looking at the huge whale pulled by eighteen ox carts, and let out bursts of exclamations. \

It is no wonder that "thirty miles in front of the door, life and death are only perched" In ancient China, those common people with their heads facing the loess and their backs to the sky lived in that small circle all their lives, unless they fled from famine, or rangers did business, otherwise, their own thirty miles of land was the farthest place they had ever been.

"Datang News" presented them with a grand picture of the Tang Dynasty, but with their narrow vision, they still can't understand it; What is the kind of sea fish that is as big as a ship, and what is the vast sea like?

And this time the whale entered the city, which finally gave them an intuitive feeling and made them understand how big the world is; It turns out that the huge sea fish like a building ship looks like this, and the sea that can feed such a large behemoth is so vast.

Li Er stood tall on the tower of Vermilion Bird City, his eyes were almost narrowed into a slit, he looked at the whale that was slowly pulled over from a distance, and finally sighed: "Zhuangzi has clouds, there are fish in the North Underworld, its name is Kun, Kun is so big, I don't know how many thousands of miles it is, this young Kun, has made me fascinated by that overseas, if there is a chance in the future, I will also cross the sea by boat and see the scenery on the sea!" ”……

The whale entered the court at the end, and the huge whale was pulled into the palace from the Vermilion Bird Gate, and Li Er specially approved the construction of a Kunpeng Hall on the square in front of the Taiji Palace, and put the huge whale in it to worship it, bless the Tang Dynasty with good weather and good weather.

Xu Yang was worried about whether this thing would stink in the summer, but obviously. Xu Yang still has too little confidence in the anti-corrosion technology of the Tang Dynasty. Until more than three hundred years later. This Kunpeng Hall naturally collapsed, and the whale inside did not have the slightest rancid smell, of course, this is all an afterthought, so I won't show it for the time being......

On the occasion of the New Year, although the ministers of the court no longer need to go to the court, Li Er still needs to deal with one political matter, that is, the release of paper banknotes.

Early Tang Dynasty. There is already a saying of flying money, which is a kind of bill of exchange in disguise, but the number of people who use it is small, and it is generally used when large families trade large quantities of goods, and it is also recognized by people in a small circle of people This kind of bill of exchange, and no one among the people wants to use this thing.

However, since Xu Yangzai and Xujiazhuang introduced a paper voucher, which was later referred to as the paper money of the bank's ticket, a group of businessmen have collected a lot of this paper money, which is easy to carry and trade.

This gave Li Er the illusion that after the state-owned banknotes were put on sale, they would also flow into the market. It has become a widely circulated currency in the market, but Li Er is an ancient person after all. There are still great historical limitations in finance, so we can't deal with the issue of paper tickets correctly.

At present, he encountered this embarrassing problem, at that time, after the Ministry of Household issued paper money, no one was willing to exchange such a thing, and only a few big merchants in Chang'an City used this kind of paper money in transactions, and among ordinary people, paper money was not used at all.

Therefore, Li Er urgently convened a palace meeting and discussed with several prime ministers in the court, but in the end he couldn't find a solution, so he had to summon Xu Yang, who was celebrating the New Year in Xujiazhuang, to the court to discuss it together.

After asking for a circle, Xu Yang really knelt down for these ancient people, who didn't know anything about finance, so he learned to print banknotes, but fortunately he didn't cause any trouble, otherwise it would be another big trouble.

"Your Majesty, for the financial part, the minister thinks that it should not be handed over to the household department to manage, the household department is the master of the affairs of the DPRK and China, like this kind of financial transactions, the minister thinks that it is better to set up a special agency to deal with it, so that there will be no chaos." Xu Yang said that the egg hurt, he wanted to meddle in the sale of banknotes, but Li Erju was selfish and did not let himself be involved, but handed over all the rights to sell banknotes to the household, and now it is good, the household department is a mess, and none of the people in Chang'an are willing to change it.

Of course, Li Er was also a little embarrassed, he didn't want Xu Yang to take over the matter of Datang banknotes, after all, he still wanted to hold it in his hands for this kind of lifeblood of the country, but at the moment, not only did he know nothing about this new thing, but most of his subordinates were also some wine bags and rice bags, and in the end, he still had to ask Xu Yang to deal with it, which was really a bit of helplessness to steal chickens and rice.

"Xu Aiqing speaks freely, as long as it is beneficial to my people in the Tang Dynasty, I will definitely consider it carefully." Although Li Er didn't say anything to death, he also showed considerable sincerity.

"Hmm." Xu Yang nodded and said, "Let's not talk about the way the department handles it, let's just say that it is impossible for this household to sell banknotes to get the approval of the people of Chang'an." ”

"Oh? Xu Aiqing, please elaborate. Li Er said curiously.

"Well, first of all, there is a problem with the denomination of paper money on sale, there is only a denomination of one hundred taels of silver, which is like buying a pearl, using paper money as a banknote, but there is only one denomination, and people must continue to use gold and silver to make change, which not only brings great inconvenience, but also cannot make paper money really popular." Xu Yang Nunu said that he really didn't understand, it was the stupid fork who agreed to sell banknotes with a denomination of only one hundred taels of silver.

When Li Er heard this, he showed a slightly understanding look and said, "Then according to what Aiqing said, this banknote still needs to be sold in other denominations?" ”

Xu Yang slapped his thigh, "That's for sure!" Then he remembered that the person in front of him was the emperor, and hurriedly saluted: "Your Majesty Shengming, my Datang sells banknotes, not only need to have a denomination of one hundred taels, but also need to have fifty taels, ten taels, five taels, and one tael of banknotes, only in this way can paper money really replace gold, silver and copper coins and become the mainstream currency in the market, and Your Majesty can also firmly control the empire's finances in the palm of your hand." ”

Li Er suddenly realized, and said excitedly: "I see, Fang Aiqing." ”

"The minister is here." Fang Xuanling hurriedly stepped forward.

"Immediately order, immediately order the household department to hurry up and print banknotes of various denominations, I want to see this banknote circulated among the people before the Shangyuan Festival."

"No!" Fang Xuanling's temples were slightly oozing with beads of sweat, but he couldn't refute anything at all.

"I've really gained a lot of knowledge this time, and it's the first time I've heard about the denomination of this money." Li Er seemed to have lost his knot, and said with a smile to several prime ministers.

Feng Deyi, who was on the side, has always been known for his whiskers and horses, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Now there is a solution, according to Guigu, the release of this banknote is not a problem." ”

Xu Yang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Wait!" ”

Feng Deyi was also stunned, turned his head to look at Xu Yang, and asked, "What does Xu Guigu have to say?" ”

Xu Yang sneered: "The minister's opinion is not finished yet." ”

When Li Er heard this, he laughed, "It turns out that I am too anxious, and Xu Aiqing is still not a good one, even though he said it." ”

"Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, the people of the Tang Dynasty today, unless they are businessmen, generally have little understanding of this banknote, and if they want the people to use the banknote, they still need a way."

"Oh? How? Li Er was also a little curious.

Xu Yang was not in a hurry to explain at this time, but instead talked eloquently: "My Guigu Master once put forward a sentence that was listed as a reprimand, that is, "The total amount of paper money issued should be consistent with the amount of metal money in circulation." "That is to say, how many silver taels there are in my Datang treasury, the maximum amount of banknotes can be sold, and once it is exceeded, it will cause a fiscal deficit and cause great social problems."

Looking at Li Er and the prime ministers who were in a daze, Xu Yang knew from this moment that the gap of more than a thousand years could not be explained clearly in a few words, not to mention the total amount of issuance, and a financial deficit that these ancient people could not understand.

"In short, the minister asked His Majesty to set up a special institution to exclusively manage the financial affairs of the Datang banknotes."

Li Er showed a worried look, and finally said slowly: "However, now that I have no one around, there is no way to set up a separate agency for the issuance of banknotes. ”

Xu Yang said unhurriedly at this time: "The minister thinks that there is a best organization around His Majesty, which can not only reassure His Majesty, but also deal with the release of this banknote." ”

"Oh?" Li Er showed a curious gaze, "What kind of institution is Xu Aiqing talking about?" ”

"It's the treasurer of His Majesty." …… (To be continued......) R527