Chapter 269 Opening a bank
The battlefield is full of ups and downs, and Li Mao in the court on the Chang'an side is also engaged in a wise confrontation with those selfish humerus ministers.
"Sage, this copper coin has been used for more than a thousand years, and it has always been like this, and throughout the dynasties, those who have changed the silver money system have not paid the price of blood! The old minister's virtue and talent are humble to the emperor's appreciation to guard the household like walking on thin ice, although he has not had the merit of the world, but at least he has maintained the peace of the market, and now if there is a money shortage in Chang'an, the saint, you will make a big move to rectify the country, and replace the copper money with that flying money, the old minister I am determined not to agree! ”
"Sage, the book of the household department is reasonable! The matter of coins is the most important, and the whole body is affected by a hair, how can the copper coins that have been used for thousands of years be abolished in one sentence! This move is really underthought! Li Mao sat on the dragon chair and drank tea while looking at the dozens of people below who were red-faced, and the reason why they were so excited and arrogant, Li Mao knew better than anyone else in his heart, it was because his action was clearly poking their flesh.
"Okay, I'm just casually mentioning it today, you Aiqing don't need to refute me with such a single heart! I also know that this matter is very important, implicated in a wide range of things, but the reform is also said to have been since ancient times, think that the first Qin Fen VI Yu Lie finally became a hegemon, if there is no Shang Ying's reform, how can he be small and weak Qin dominate the group, and now my Tang Empire is powerful in all directions, looking at the world without a moment of rival, so that we are determined by foreign affairs, the reform will naturally be an internal affair, in the past, the copper money was complicated to build, and the manpower and material resources consumed were very large, and it is particularly noteworthy that the taxes we collected were handed over to the treasury with silver taels, And the people usually spend copper coins, dare to ask you what is the reason for this! I've heard that there's a lot of oil and water in it. After several handovers, the price difference is huge! Good money and bad money appear frequently in the market...... Are you all turning a blind eye? ”
Li Mao coldly said that the copper coins were exchanged for the old, the new was exchanged for the old, and even when the copper coins were melted down to create many key factors for the difference in the price of the copper ware, the following ministers? Including the household servant, Pei Min was a little dumbfounded with fright, they never thought that Li Mao, who was high above, would know the daily life of the people below so clearly.
probably saw Li Mao's face full of anger, so Li Linfu, who was good at pondering people's thoughts, took the opportunity to stand up and put himself on Li Mao's side. "Sage, the minister thinks that the matter of silver money has reached the point where it cannot be restructured, and the capital of Chang'an is still full of bad money, and the people are miserable, so we can know the miserable situation of other state capitals, the embankment of the ancients is destroyed in the anthill, and if this is not rectified in time, it will inevitably lead to market turmoil and soaring prices if this lack is not rectified in time......
"That's right! Li Aiqing, you deserve to be the ruler of the country, my humerus, at the critical moment, you are more worthy of my heart! The silver money restructuring is small, but there are more than thousands of households associated with it! Nowadays, the trade of my Tang Dynasty is prevalent, the Hu people, the people of Fanbang are endless, if there is a problem in the coin, then what is the face of my Tang Empire, I have made up my mind, and then establish a place for silver money under the Ministry of Households, called the Datang Bank, in the future, he will issue the above good paper instead of silver bills, as large as tens of millions, small to a penny, all issued by here, and the branches established by the state capitals all have their control. ”
"Silver ticket! Sage, if the production of silver tickets is cumbersome, the cost is not lower than that of silver and copper, if it is to reduce the cost and simplify the complexity, then how to prevent local counterfeiting! And if this silver ticket is called for a day and becomes a disaster, wouldn't it be that the credit is gone, and the people abandon it as if they were gone...... "The old man Pei Min really deserves to be the leader of the Datang management department, and in a few words, he talked about the shortcomings of the silver ticket, and after Li Mao heard this, he also secretly admired Li Longji's old bastard when he was young.
"Pei Aiqing's concern is timely, so I still want to hand over this matter to you, the household manager, to supervise, after all, there is a specialization in the art industry, you have been managing the money bag for Datang for more than ten years, and you have experience, but this silver ticket is also born from the thoughts and thoughts of my predecessors, there is a call for a big guy to wander around the street without carrying a large bag of copper coins, silver nuggets are not happy, in addition, if you want to circulate smoothly, this silver ticket is also essential, when banks all over the country are around, businessmen can be in the place to withdraw, This is understandable to all of you! The result of my doing this is not only to prevent the ills of copper coins, but also to facilitate the travel of millions of people! As for the anti-counterfeiting and counterfeiting you just mentioned, we should be cautious and cautious in the future, don't we have a great painter named Wu Daozi in Datang? This silver ticket will be drawn by him, and immediately call for skilled craftsmen in engraving, I hope that this silver ticket is not only a silver substitute for buying and selling goods, but also a work of art that can show the national strength of my Tang Dynasty, and others must pay a thousand times the price if they want to counterfeit it...... Haha......"
Li Mao's self-confidence made Li Linfu's eyebrows jump in fright, and the hundred officials below didn't dare to say a word of no, and poor Pei Min was even more worried after taking over this task, and even walked a little unsteadily. "Old Pei, are you worried that those clan giants will vigorously oppose the saint's decision to reform coins?" "No, no...... Lee Sang-ko! How can you be so confused! Why did you have to support the saints before? You may not know that once this reform is exercised, then the world's clan giants will no longer have a foothold! Thinking about the saints, he is determined to shoot at them......"
As soon as Pei Min said this, several other interested adults who went down to the court together immediately quickly came over: "How can Pei Lao say this!" Why is this silver money reform linked to the clan Haojia...... "This...... You fools! This is simply a matter of lice on the bald head, the reason why the wealthy clans were relied on by the royal family in the past was not because they had extraordinary financial resources? Of course, they control the imperial examination, and the selection of talents is also one thing, and now the saint will soon reform the silver money system, so that the country will really control the finances in their own hands from now on. The silver and gold of the white flowers can only be locked in the treasury as decorations! Ladies and gentlemen! If the old man guesses correctly, then the next saint must be to open Enke to take the scholar, and when the real protégé of the Son of Heaven comes to power, it will be called a son of heaven and a courtier......"
"This ...... How is this, the clan is the foundation of the royal family, and they are in the same vein as the royal family! If a saint is young and vigorous, if he rashly does such a thing, he will not cut off his arm......" "Who says it is not? It's a pity that we can't see the emperor now, if there is an old man from his old man to persuade the saint, maybe things will take a turn for the better! "This ...... This is the great plan of the Tang Dynasty for 10,000 years, how can we sit on the wall and watch, and we can see it if we can't see it......"-->