Chapter 573: Banknote Issuance
But before we can do that, there is one more issue that needs to be addressed.
Because ordinary people can get more supplies, and merchants also make a lot of money, this poses a very important problem.
Ordinary people get more supplies in a month than officials.
The key to this reason lies in the fact that before the reward system, all officials' salaries were calculated according to multiples of ordinary people.
Nine-rank officials get twice as much, eighth-grade officials get three times, and they go up step by step, even if they are first-rank officials, they are only ten times that of ordinary people.
This standard is really terrifyingly low, but the hundred officials have no reference for other imperial courts, so they don't feel less, anyway, they are more than ordinary people.
But now different people, ordinary people, can get the same materials as the Ninth Rank Official, and there are a small number of particularly strong and energetic guys who can get the same materials as the Eighth Rank Official.
So the officials couldn't stand it anymore, how could they take less than ordinary people? If I get less than ordinary people, why should I be an official?
So the dissatisfied feelings came out, this question is strict enough, right?
There are even stricter zhòng's! It's the team of 1,000 people, and what are they coming into the team for? To be an official, and in their eyes, what is the purpose of being an official? It is to get more supplies and enjoy the respect of the people.
But first of all, it is to get more materials, as for whether others respect them or not, that is, buy one get one free accessories, it is naturally good to have them, and there is no way to do it.
And most of them are the nine rank officials who have been sealed, because it is impossible to seal the big officials in a team of ten people.
The supplies taken are less than those of ordinary people. But they will leave the center of this prosperity and play with the beasts. Play with nature and start all over again. Building towns, it's too hard!
Why did they leave? Since being a nine-grade official is not as good as ordinary people, why should you be this official?
Some have already begun to try to quit to see if they can give up their spots.
Now the problem is the real Yan zhòng, it's not easy to train for two years, and at this time you plan to play strike?
So in the early dynasty, the hundred officials immediately discussed this matter repeatedly.
"We have to change our reward and punishment system as well, and we can't just remember the big things, it's been too long. You may not be promoted to an official in a few years, so we have to do it quickly! ”
Zhang Er also made a positive statement: "According to the food chain, you are the first, you are full, we can be full, we are full, ordinary people can be full, now ordinary people are full, we are not full." As a result, you haven't eaten enough! So in order for you to be full, you have to let us eat first! ”
When Wang Yang heard it, what kind of bastard logic is this. According to what Zhang Er said, if he can't eat enough now, take out the treasury again. Aren't you even more hungry?
That's the damn difference between a theorist and a realist, but it has to be said. According to the logical theory, this is correct.
A country. If the people are rich, then the officials will not be poor, and the officials will not be poor, and the king will definitely be rich.
If the people are rich, but the officials are poor, the country will have problems, and if the officials are poor, the talents will not want to be officials, and the monarch will have no one to use, will it not be finished?
But that's the theory! This set of theories is also based on economics, first of all, the people should be rich, and when the people are rich, they will pay more taxes, so why are the people rich? Because officials do a good job and are willing to implement policies and develop the economy, they should be rewarded, so officials become rich.
In the end, the country is strong.
But in fact, there are two kinds of wealth, one is earned, and the other is given by others, you can't say that you want the people to be rich, so you divide the treasury, and as a result, the people are rich, and the country is finished.
Now Baiguan is the second situation, asking Wang Yang to take more materials from the treasury to increase welfare, so he secretly changed the concept and wanted to mislead Wang Yang.
Wang Yang is so angry and funny, treating me like a child? Am I that good at fooling?
So do you want to raise the "salary" of hundreds of officials? It is still necessary, because the policy has been implemented and ordinary people have become rich, so it is time to reward officials and improve their treatment.
"Merit will naturally be rewarded, but don't change the concept secretly, and what kind of food chain!" Wang Yang glared at Zhang Er, and Zhang Er smiled dryly.
"But how to reward, don't come to ask me, this kind of trivial matter, you can solve it yourself." Wang Yang didn't want to deal with trivial things.
"No! The treasury is yours! Of course, you have the final say, in case we take less, aren't we too much of a loss? Zhang Eryi was anxious, and wrote out the words from the bottom of his heart.
"What?!" Wang Yang glared again.
"I mean, it's not good if you take too much." Zhang Er hurriedly changed his words.
"Shoucang, you are the head of the household, you can discuss it with everyone, I don't have time to take care of it."
Shou Cang nodded in response.
After this matter is dealt with, we have to do the last thing, so that we can send out the team of 1,000 people and establish the town,
"What I want to discuss with you today is to issue currency instead of supplies."
"Currency?" The crowd was very confused.
"Yes, currency is a substitute for materials, something that is convenient to carry around, as long as you take out this thing, you can exchange it for materials."
After a little elaboration on the meaning of money, Wang Yang asked Xiaohong to take a dozen booklets and distribute them.
"The booklet records the currency of another civilization, as well as various benefits, you can look at it, and if you don't understand, you can mention it."
They looked at the booklet, which was dedicated to illustrations.
And the examples of these currencies are, without exception, paper money.
There are many kinds of money, and there is also a long history, and a little earlier, a very famous currency, knife coins.
The latter point, gold, silver, copper coins, these are all currencies.
But these things can not only be currency, it is also a precious metal, Wang Yang can never make a bunch of copper coins and send them down, copper has to be used as a tool, isn't it nonsense to use it as money?
So the currency he promoted was paper money.
For example, a certain landlord of another civilization, when fleeing, because of his large family wealth, there is a lot of silver and gold, and he can only be pulled away by cart, but where can the heavy carriage go fast? And so he suffered.
even took out the story of three hundred taels of silver here.
One point to be explained is that you can't use valuables as money, first of all, it is inconvenient to carry, and secondly, what if the country happens to want these metal tools in a certain period of development? You can't rob everyone of their money, right?
Therefore, banknotes that are easy to carry and not expensive in themselves have become Wang Yang's first choice.
However, paper money has a disadvantage, it is easy to cause inflation, there are two situations, the danger hài is small, it is a war year, an era of peace, paper money is not feasible.
The danger is a little bigger, and that is the flood of printing.
The first case...... Basically, it can't appear. It's too steady.
The second situation is even more unlikely to appear, how can Wang Yang be full and have nothing to do to print banknotes?
If there is no hidden danger, paper money can be implemented, especially paper money has an advantage.
Ordinary people keep materials, how much will be lost, resulting in waste, especially when sending so many materials, everyone may not be able to use them.
By replacing paper money, the materials can be kept in a unified manner, with less loss and easy to use.
After reading the booklet, there is no objection, in fact, there will be no opinion at all, paper money is a new thing for them, since it is a new thing, as long as there is no danger, then use it!
"You send the announcement down, let everyone get familiar with it first, so as not to mess up one by one when you get it."
"And the printing of banknotes, you must be cautious, your Ministry of Rites and Household Department is responsible for the conversion of banknotes, the Ministry of Industry is responsible for the printing of banknotes, and the Criminal Department is responsible for the style of banknotes, and you must ensure that everyone can't forge them."
After explaining, Wang Yang felt relieved, he didn't have to do other things, he just needed to sit in the central government and assign work, this is what a leader needs to do the most.
The news of the banknotes was immediately made public on this day, and everyone gathered in front of the notice, looking and looking.
"What's going on? Take a piece of paper for an item? ”
"It's very clear, that's it."
"But how can a piece of paper be exchanged for an item?"
The doubts of the people will arise in every country that has just introduced paper money, and it is not a big deal.
So not long after, another notice was issued, this time the size and purchasing power of the banknote.
The purchasing power is the same, and the size of the banknotes is also in denominations of one, two, five to one hundred dollars.
The problem of purchasing power is down, everyone still doesn't believe it, what should I do if I don't believe it? Not for now.
After a while, the style of the banknote also came down, made of special paper, and there were anti-counterfeiting measures, and everyone still just looked at it.
A month later, the official banknotes were finally issued, and everyone could exchange the items for huàn banknotes.
But no one went, because people couldn't change their minds, how could paper be exchanged for things? It can't be because it says a hundred is a hundred, and I still write ten thousand.
The civil servants were smart, and they sent out another notice about the stakes.
"If you hold the supplies, the materials will have to be kept by you, and the cloth will fade after a long time, and the food will have to be eaten or thrown away after a long time, these are your losses."
"But if you change the money, there will be no such losses, after two years of one hundred yuan, it is still one hundred yuan, and you can buy new cloth, but after two years of fading of the cloth, can you still exchange a new cloth with others? Can't you? ”
This point is very strict, directly talking about the future, although it is very far away, but it is not wrong, you keep the goods There is a loss, you directly bear it.
Isn't it great that the state will help you bear the losses now?
Only then did everyone change the banknotes with a suspicious attitude, and then immediately used them to find Wang Yang to buy supplies.
Now the materials are in Wang Yang's hands, and no one will buy them if they don't buy them from him, so they buy them hard, and when they find that they can really use it, the currency has passed the initial crisis of confidence.
"Now, it's time to send someone out." Wang Yang's eyes narrowed slightly, looking at the dawn in the distance. (To be continued......)