Chapter 191: Tolls before 2000
Liu Qi has a benefit, he doesn't understand or ask, and when Li Han finishes talking about the plan, he basically understands, waves his hand and says, "You continue to talk about yours." ”
Li Han finally didn't have to explain GDP, and said with a sigh of relief: "If the money produced by the country greatly exceeds the gross national product, it will lead to inflation, that is, the money is not worth much, which is a very fatal hidden danger for a country."
Do you think, if a common person made a bunch of money yesterday and could buy a cow, and tomorrow he can only buy a sheep, will it cause panic? It will even lead to a lack of trust in the imperial court's finances, leading to the collapse of the economy as a whole.
On the contrary, if the issuance of coins cannot meet the consumption needs of the people, it will cause economic regression and a reduction in national taxes, which is also very fatal.
The most appropriate way is for the imperial court to calculate this standard, reserve a large amount of silver or gold according to the same value of copper coins in domestic circulation, and adjust the amount of market coins with state-owned reserves at any time, so that the circulation of currency can always be controlled within the control of the imperial court, so as to develop steadily. ”
Liu Qi understood, and asked movingly: "What you said is right, but how to weigh this standard, how to control the coins that have been circulated in the market, how to absorb the gold and silver as state-owned reserves, and how to mint the coins unified by the imperial court?" ”
Li Han has already had relatively mature thinking about how to reform, he understands that the circulation of coins is inextricably linked, and it is also related to the private interests of most nobles.
"It is not difficult to set the standard, we can ask the Prime Minister's Office to provide the tax standards of each county in the country in the last three years, make an average, and then calculate the gross national product from the tax rate.
Haven't you already ordered the state to control the copper mines and strictly mint money privately? As long as we control the copper mines, private coinage will not form a scale.
For the unification of coins, we adopt the strategy of collecting and not releasing them. That is to say, all the coins recovered by the imperial court are put into storage and re-minted, the light money is replenished, and the heavy money is cleared, and all are played back to the new money minted by the imperial court in the market, and the new money takes a new shape and mold, so that private individuals cannot imitate it.
At the same time, the collection of privately minted copper coins was stopped, forcing those who secretly minted coins to stop on their own without profit, so that for a maximum of three years. The common people will recognize the new money, and will never accept different styles of copper coins again.
The opening of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the way for the imperial court to absorb gold and silver, such as the Wa Kingdom, which is a country that produces silver, and their country is currently in an extremely uncivilized degree, and the material is very scarce. Relatively speaking, the price of silver is very low, so let's trade the goods of the big Han for silver, before they realize the importance of silver. Swap them for as much silver as possible. ”
"The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal? Is that the route you showed me on that map? I see that the route is far away, can you guarantee that the ship will not have an accident on a long voyage? ”
Li Han said with confidence: "Father, rest assured, our Han Dynasty is not short of experts in shipbuilding, and the child still knows a little about some improvement methods. As long as the river is connected, boats are definitely not a problem, and the most important thing is that the child feels that the country is not rich. If the central government takes money to build the waterway, it will definitely not work, and we want to use the method of 'business to maintain roads' to do this.
In this way, the financial pressure on the imperial court will be reduced, and the imperial court will be free to develop the agricultural economy and prosper the population, and strive to reach a new level within five years. ”
Liu Qi asked excitedly: "What is the road through business?" Connecting the waterways is expensive, can you raise enough money yourself? ”
Li Han was embarrassed, just kidding, all the roads in later generations were built first, and then tolls were collected to make up for the vacancy, if this method is not good, then it will be more than 2,000 years of life...... Ahem, it's not about living more, it's about knowing more than 2,000 years of history.
"The child thinks, all the nobles of the Manchu Dynasty are big tyrants, if they know the huge benefits after the waterway, they will definitely cooperate with me, I will absorb their funds first according to the shareholding system.
After the waterway is opened, traffic control is adopted, who wants to use the waterway, must pay tolls according to the length of the road, and wait until the construction cost is enough to fully open the free use, of course, this fee should include the investor's annual dividend, I think it is more appropriate to increase their principal by 30% every year. ”
"Han'er, my mother still has some money to spare here, you can take it and use it, what do I have...... Uh, stake it. Suddenly, Wang Huan's eager voice came.
It turned out that Wang Wan had been back for a while, and when she heard the palace maid say that Weng and her son-in-law were discussing state affairs, she didn't let her be alarmed, and a person quietly came in and listened in the side hall.
Li Han smiled: "Of course, if the queen mother wants to participate in the shares, the child guarantees that you will make a fortune." ”
Wang Huan's eyes lit up and said: "Han'er, this is a profitable business, don't cheapen others as much as possible, my mother spread it a little among relatives, I believe that this money is enough, and it will be 30% of the profit a year!" Tsk tsk. ”
Liu Qi was angry and funny, and said helplessly: "Queen, not all the money that Han'er handed over to the treasury is royal money, why do you want to participate in the shares?" ”
Wang Wan said with a heartfelt voice: "That's different, Your Majesty, the inner court has always had strict standards, even if Han'er serves as a young man, he has to allocate money to us according to the rules, where is it convenient to use what he earns."
Don't you know, the Queen Mother's birthday, the marriage of the children, and the usual rewards for the nobles, this is a lot of use, you just care about Chrysostom to open a bounty, but you don't know the difficulty of not having money.
You can rest assured, the money I gave Han'er shares is all private money, and I will ask my mother and brothers when I go back, in short, I did this business. ”
Li Han said approvingly: "Yes, whoever has it is not as hard as having a waist pole, the queen mother can rest assured, as long as you have confidence in the child, you will be guaranteed within three years, and the principal recovery can be tripled." ”
At this time, not only Wang Huan's eyes lit up, but even Liu Qi was also eager, he never expected that this way of making money would be so profitable.
As everyone knows, Li Han was ambushed in this way, he only said the profits from buying road money, and completely concealed the huge potential of his city to build Hangzhou, Tianjin, and Beijing, not to mention the profits created by his own commercial bank using waterway operations, otherwise with Wang Huan's shrewdness, he would inevitably intervene, and if he was forced to divide the shares, he could only suffer a dumb loss, so he can't talk about it now.
The matter of the canal was like this, and the emperor's approval was passed with Wang Huan's personal participation, and then Li Han gave Liu Qi a bigger surprise - there are rich copper deposits in the two counties of the hairpin, which can not only meet the needs of the imperial court to mint coins, but also make money by casting copper utensils on a large scale, which is equivalent to completely solving Liu Qi's worries, how can he not let him like Li Han more and more.
Li Han doesn't plan to continue to talk about his reform plan, saying too much at once will make Liu Qi feel like he has lost his center of gravity, and it is better to grasp one piece by one.
Wang Wan is the most practical person, not only Liu Qi likes Li Han more and more, but she feels even more powerful, so she has to hurry up and get married, and quickly tie up this little son-in-law reincarnated by the God of Wealth, and see that they don't talk about state affairs, and start talking about weddings.
Although Li Han was thick-skinned and strong-faced, he had to pretend to be shy, and after a perfunctory while, he hurriedly said goodbye and left the palace.
Wei Jin, who cooperated with Li Han's acting, has been dismissed from the post of imperial doctor, and was immediately accepted by Li Han to Li Ji Pharmacy.
That night, Li Han watched Wei Zifu change into a soft shirt, ready to serve him with a spring face, and suddenly sighed and said: "Zifu, you can't stay with me tonight, there will be uninvited guests coming to the door later, you go and let the kitchen prepare some exquisite wine and food to bring in, and go to sleep by yourself." ”
Wei Zifu instantly had tears in his eyes, and muttered aggrievedly: "Is that Liu'er coming?" ”
Li Han said helplessly: "Yes." ”
"Yes, I'll go prepare the food and drinks right now."
Seeing Wei Zifu aggrieved and gone, Li Han rubbed his nose, thinking that it would be troublesome to have too many wives, although tonight was to give Xiang Liu a reassuring pill and let her bring one to King Liang at the same time, but how could this intention be said to Wei Zifu, knowing that Xiao Nizi was jealous, he could only watch.
After a while, the wine and food were ready, Wei Zifu looked at Li Han with blank eyes, and wanted to hear some sweet words from his mouth, but Li Han said lightly: "Thank you for your hard work, you go and rest." ”
Xiao Nizi had to leave in a hurry.
Li Han sat alone under the light, turned on the reader and was reading "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", although he had already read it, but it was still an aftertaste when he revisited it again, the window was suddenly knocked, and he laughed lightly: "Since you are here, come in, they are all husband and wife and not outsiders." ”
Who knew that it was Li San's low voice: "Sir, according to your orders, Wang Xiaoer has successfully escaped, let Canglong come forward to catch up with him, and tell him that you are deliberately merciful." ”
Li Han's old face turned red, and he hurriedly said that he knew, and asked Li San to retreat.
After about an hour, Li Han was drowsy, and the window "clucked" again, and Li Han said lazily: "What's the matter?" ”
After the "squeak", with a gust of wind, there was one more person in the room, Xiang Liu.
Li Han quickly stood up and wanted to hug him, and asked in his mouth: "Liu'er, didn't I ask you to wait for me, why did you run away?" Where have you been? ”
Xiang Liu was vigilant, quickly dodged someone's bear hug, stood far away and said, "Don't you want to bully me again, I have something to ask tonight, and I'm going to leave later." (To be continued......)