When Tianzi Qi asked about the matter, Liu Shengzong was upset, and he could only force himself to put aside the showdown at the local county and county levels for the time being.

Seeing his volume of 'rectifying the local layer by layer', which was carefully taken away and put away by the eunuch Ling Chuntuo, Liu Sheng straightened his face a little and took a deep breath.

After pondering the wording for a while, he put his thoughts on the coin reform in front of the emperor's father without reservation.

"My Han family is now, with Qin half tael, Han half tael, Empress Dowager Lu eight baht, Emperor Taizong four baht, and the miscellaneous money of the old countries, the money system is chaotic;"

"Among them, the miscellaneous money of the countries is not common, and the Taizu Han half tael is mostly three-baht pod money, which is not recognized by the people."

"In this way, for example, the main circulation today is actually Qin half two (twelve baht), Empress Dowager Lu eight baht, and the first emperor's four baht money."

···

"At the beginning, Erchen originally planned to mint a new money to replace the current Qin Banliang, Empress Dowager Lu eight baht, and the first emperor four baht;"

"But after carefully understanding the situation, Erchen finally found that instead of minting new money, it is better to choose one of these three coins as the coin of my Han family in the future."

"——The four-baht coin ordered by Emperor Taizong to be minted should be the best choice."

Hearing Liu Sheng's words, Tianzi Qi only nodded slightly with a smile, then sat up straight for a while, and motioned for Liu Sheng to continue.

Seeing Liu Sheng bow his head slightly, he then worded it again before continuing: "Compared with Qin Banliang and Empress Dowager Lu's eight baht, the four-baht coin ordered by Emperor Taizong has many advantages. ”

"The first advantage is that Taizong's four baht coins can be easily exchanged for Qin half taels and Empress Dowager Lu eight baht."

"—Qin half tael, weighing twelve baht, weighs three times the four baht of Taizong;"

"Empress Dowager Lu has eight baht, and her weight is twice that of Taizong's four baht."

"If the currency system is unified, with Taizong's four baht as the only circulating coin, then whether it is Qin Banliang or Lu Hou's eight baht, it can be easily exchanged for Taizong's four baht."

"One Qin and a half tael, for three Taizong four baht; One Empress Dowager Lu is eight baht, and two Taizong four baht can be exchanged. ”

···

"In addition to being convenient to exchange, Taizong's four baht also has other advantages."

"——Taizong's four baht, such as today's most widely circulated and most stocked money;"

"According to Shaofu's estimates, the coins in circulation in the Han family today, Taizong's four baht accounts for at least sixty percent."

"Specializing in Taizong's four baht, you can save Shaofu's manpower and material resources to the greatest extent - you only need to melt the remaining forty percent of Qin Banliang and Empress Dowager Lu's eight baht into Taizong's four baht."

"But if you want to mint new money, then you have to melt all the money in the world, including the four baht of Taizong, which accounts for sixty percent of the world's coins, into new money."

"This is a very large workload for Shaofu, and it also requires a lot of manpower, material resources, and time······"

···

"Finally, it is the credibility of Taizong's four baht, which is widely recognized by people all over the world."

"——During the time of Emperor Taizu Gao, Shaofu was ordered by Emperor Taizu Gao to mint Han half taels, but in the end it was minted into a three-baht pod coin, which completely disrupted the currency system of the entire world."

"It is not difficult to see from this incident that the most important thing about a coin is its reputation."

"Nowadays, the Qin Banliang, the Empress Dowager Lu's eight baht, and the Taizong Emperor's four baht are the three types of money that are mainly circulated in the world—among these three kinds of money, the most reputable is the four baht coins ordered by Emperor Taizong."

"This is not only because of the weight and color of the four baht money, but also because of the trust of the people of the world in Emperor Taizong."

"In this case, instead of taking the risk of minting new money, it is better to directly focus on Taizong's four baht, and take advantage of Emperor Taizong's supreme prestige in the hearts of the people of the world, so as to avoid the resistance of unifying coins to the greatest extent."

···

"Considering all this, Erchen finally came to the conclusion that the best choice for the unified currency system is to keep the four baht coins of Taizong and use the four baht coins of Taizong as the only currency in circulation in my Han family."

"The benefits of this are many, many;"

"Especially compared with minting new money, the four baht of Taizong can avoid a lot of unexpected troubles and hidden dangers."

"——At least compared to the new money, the people of the world have enough trust in Taizong's four-baht coin;"

"Even if you don't specialize, people in the world have long been accustomed to Taizong's four-baht coin, and they are inclined to exchange the money in their hands for Taizong's four-baht coin as much as possible······"

With a solemn voice of his thoughts, Liu Shengcai finally took a deep breath, and then sprinkled his tentative gaze to Tianzi Qi, who was sitting on the imperial couch.

And after hearing Liu Sheng's words, the faint smile on Tianzi Qi's face couldn't help but faintly emerge a little playful.

"Don't mint new money······

"Four baht?"

A slightly joking question provoked Liu Sheng to nod his head heavily, and then saw Tianzi Qi turn sideways with a smile and look at Liu Sheng's gaze, which was finally full of playfulness.

"Did you change your mind?"

"Do you want to focus on stability, so you give up minting new money and specialize in Taizong's four baht, so as to make the unified currency system as stable as possible?"

"Hmmm······"

"How many baht is the new money I originally wanted to mint?"

Hearing this, Liu Sheng's serious look on his face was only worse;

After thinking about the wording for a while, he gave up his hand to the Son of Heaven again.

"Since the time of Emperor Taizu Gao, my Han family has always taken 'five' as the holy number."

"——Emperor Taizu Gao once reigned as Emperor Taishang on five days, and extended the rules of the court on five days and one permanent dynasty;"

"If new money was minted, Erchen originally planned to mint five baht as new money in the world after the unified currency system."

"But in the end, Erchen still felt that after weighing the pros and cons, it was more advantageous to use Taizong's four-baht coin as the only coin of the bank."

···

"What happened just now didn't completely change Erchen's mind."

"Before, Erchen was swaying before minting five baht of new money and four baht of Xing Taizong."

"Taizong's advantage of four baht, the son has already shown his father to the emperor;"

"And the advantages of the new money of five baht are mainly two."

"——First: the court minted new money, which can avoid private minting and illegal minting to a greater extent."

"Because new money means new money - after the new money, if the people still want to privately cast and steal it, they need to make new money models."

"But after my father explicitly forbade the private minting of money, it will become very difficult for the people to make new money models."

"In contrast, it is difficult to avoid private minting and illegal minting of four-baht coins."

"After all, in the past, the people have been privately minting Taizong's four baht coins, as well as Qin Banliang and Empress Dowager Lu's eight baht;"

"Even if my father and emperor have now explicitly forbidden private minting, the money used by the people to mint four baht coins in the past will definitely be retained by some people who are unwilling to give up the benefits of minting money······"

···

"In addition to the new money model, which can more effectively restrict private casting and illegal casting, another advantage of the new money five baht is profit."

"——Compared with the 'double' and 'triple' exchange ratio between the four baht money and the eight baht and Qin half tael of the Empress Dowager Lu, there is no very convenient exchange ratio between the five baht of the new money and the four baht, eight baht, and half two taels."

"It's not an integer exchange ratio, which means that it is profitable to mint new money in Shaofu."

"For example, the emperor can order: one five-baht coin can be exchanged for two four-baht coins, or two five-baht coins can be exchanged for three four-baht coins;"

"For another example, four five-baht coins can be exchanged for three eight-baht coins, two five-baht coins, and one Qin half-tael coin, etc."

Speaking of this, Liu Sheng did not forget to stop talking for a moment, and carefully examined the face of Tianzi Qi.

Sure enough, when he said the word 'profitable', Liu Sheng clearly saw a trace of excitement from the face of the Son of Heaven!

But soon, the fleeting heartbeat merged with the banter between the Son of Heaven and Qi Meiyu;

Tianzi Qi looked at Liu Sheng's gaze, but it became more and more playful.

"Since minting new money can restrict private minting and illegal minting, and it is profitable, why not do it?"

"Could it be that compared to these two advantages, it is still a better choice to pay Emperor Taizong's four baht money?"

Hearing the meaning of the school examination in Tianziqi's tone, Liu Sheng sat up straight as usual.

After a little thought, he finally nodded firmly.

"Erchen, I do think so."

"——The advantage of the new money of five baht is that it can restrict private minting and illegal minting, and it is profitable;"

"But compared with these two advantages, the benefits of the four baht of Taizong are more and more important."

···

"The new money is five baht, and a new money model is needed, which can naturally restrict private casting and illegal casting;"

"But on the other hand, Shaofu also needs to make new money models in order to cast new money."

"This means that the new money not only increases the difficulty of private minting, but also brings a lot of trouble to Shaofu."

"As for being profitable, there's nothing to pay attention to."

"——The unification of the currency system of the court is not for profit, nor is it for the purpose of looting the people's wealth;"

"Even the existence of Shaofu is not to make money, but to stabilize the market and protect the people of the world."

"So, the two advantages of five baht in the new money are not a big deal."

"On the contrary, it is the advantage of four baht coins, which is more important to my Han family."

"-- The credibility is better, it is more trouble-free, and it is more acceptable to the people and can maintain stability to the greatest extent."

"Erchen believes that this is the real advantage."

···

"Before, Erchen was still vacillating between the two, and I don't know whether it is better to mint new money or to make four baht."

"But just now, after listening to those old men talk about the local apportionment, and from my father's mouth, I learned the true intention of my Han family's 'rule by doing nothing', and the sons finally made up their minds."

"——The local counties and counties are apportioned at all levels, and the geese are plucked, which is indeed as my father said: it is something that must be changed in the future, and it is also something that can only maintain the status quo for the time being."

"In the eyes of the sons, the local government's layers of apportionment and goose plucking are due to the fact that the court has released power and given local counties and counties the opportunity and excuse for apportionment."

"In other words: the more complicated the court arranges something, the more opportunities the local county will have;

"On the contrary, the simpler the court arranges something, the more the local government will not find an excuse for apportionment."

"It's like money – if new money is made, the local counties will definitely do everything they can to try to make a profit from it in order to loot the people's money."

"But if it is a four-baht bank, the people already know the exchange ratio between the four-baht money and the eight baht of Empress Dowager Lu and the half of Qin, and even if the local counties want to do it, they will not be able to do it."

"Of course, the most important thing is to be stable."

"——Compared with the chaos that may be brought about by the new money, the four baht can be used to complete the unification of the currency system more smoothly and naturally."

"For the people, the word 'stability' is probably the real precious thing······"

···

After Liu Sheng's words were full of seriousness, solemnity, and confidence at all times, the palace fell into an extremely long silence.

On the couch, Tianzi Qi lowered his head and pondered, not knowing what he was thinking;

On the side of the couch, Liu Sheng's expression was still serious, and he was quietly waiting for Tianziqi's decision.

As for the palace people in the palace, they naturally retreated outside the hall as early as when the father and son were talking about business.

Ling Chuntuo, the only eunuch who remained in the hall, as usual, took the posture of a clay statue, silently benefiting the position of five steps next to the imperial couch······

"It's a good opportunity to mint new money······"

"If you mint a new coin, then in the future, every time the people pick up a five-baht coin, they will think of you—they will remember that the five-baht coin was minted by you."

"Such a good opportunity, do you want to give it up?"

I don't know how long it took for the Son of Heaven to finally come back to his senses from his long thoughts;

asked a tentative question, but Liu Sheng smiled slightly, and then gave his hand to the Son of Heaven indifferently.

"What my father means, my son understands."

"But Erchen still thinks that compared to this 'good opportunity', the advantage of four baht is still more important."

"As for the prestige brought by casting new money for the father and the son, it is naturally coveted by the son."

"But Erchen thinks ······"

"Hmmm······"

"—Erchen thinks that the new money to his father and his sons may bring prestige or stigma;"

"And Emperor Taizong's four baht money will definitely bring prestige to his father and sons."

"To be more precise: compared to the prestige brought by minting new money, it is obviously the identity of Emperor Taizong's Yu Yin, 'the son and grandson of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen', which is more important to his father and sons······"

Hearing this, a smile finally appeared on the calm face of the Son of Heaven Qi without joy or sorrow.

But on the lips, Tianzi Qi still only said indifferently: "Hmm; ”

"I know ······"

···

"For money, let's do it first."

"After the autumn harvest, above the court, in the name of 'mixed money system, inconvenient to the people', it is proposed to make a special four-baht coin."

"Shaofu, you can mint money first······"

Tianzi Qi said indifferently, and provoked Liu Sheng to nod with a smile.

But seeing Tianziqi's brows frowning slightly, he asked again: "Four baht, it's easy to say; ”

"How?"

"The eight baht of Empress Dowager Lu and half a tael of Qin in the hands of the people, how can I take back the Shaofu casting?"

Hearing this, Liu Sheng still had that smiling face, and he raised his head to the Son of Heaven with ease.

"In this matter, Erchen has a charter."

"—Erchen heard that the largest grain merchant in Guanzhong, the Changling Tian clan, seems to be planning to withdraw from the grain market."

"At least in the last two years, the Changling Tian clan doesn't seem to be planning to get involved in the grain business."

"In the past, the grain business in Guanzhong, the Changlingtian clan and the Zhutian branch, accounted for at least forty percent."

"And now, Tian's withdrawal from the grain market means that a full forty percent of the grain business in Guanzhong has been vacated."

···

"Erchen's meaning is that in the next few years, let Zhisu Duwei take action and eat the forty percent share of the Guanzhong grain market;"

"—Buying grain from the people, the Shaofu only pays four baht;"

"If you sell grain to the people, you will receive any money."

"In this way, the money in the hands of farmers should be exchanged for four baht before two or three years."

"In addition, Shaofu can also post another notice: all Empress Dowager Lu's eight baht coins and Qin half two coins can be exchanged for four baht coins in Shaofu."

- Eight baht coins, which can be exchanged for two four baht; Qin half a tael, can be exchanged for three four baht. ”

"Then my father will announce to the world, and clearly tell the people of the world: My Han family wants to specialize in four baht coins, and in another three years, all kinds of miscellaneous money except four baht coins can no longer be circulated;"

"Three years later, when Zhisu Duwei bought and sold grain, he only recognized four baht money."

"In this way, it will take three years, and the unification of the coins should be completed."

Liu Sheng has a confident posture, and he provoked the Son of Heaven to loosen his brows slightly;

After hearing about Liu Sheng's all-encompassing planning, the Son of Heaven Qicai finally wiped away all the worries on his face.

nodded thoughtfully, and secretly thought about it for a long time, but finally raised his head and said without being salty: "That's it." ”

"The specific details, you can figure it out yourself."

"——We must avoid all possible hidden dangers in advance."

"Even if you can't avoid it, you must be prepared to deal with it in advance."

···

"The ······ of the governor meddling in the grain matter"

"I don't think it's right."

"——Guanzhong has a forty-percent share of the grain market, if you want to let the governor of Su smoothly control, you need to give the governor of the su a great deal of authority and goods;"

"Hmmm······"

"Let's use a relative;"

"This forty percent of the grain business, let the Jia family account for half of it."

"The remaining half, you go to the queen mother yourself and let Dou eat it."

"The money for buying and selling grain, you yourself can transfer it from Shaofu."

Finally, after giving the order, Tianzi Qi got up from the imperial couch with an indifferent face;

was about to say something to Liu Sheng, but he saw a figure outside the palace gate, walking anxiously left and right······

"Chuntuo~"

With a deep voice, he only provoked the clay statue Chuntuo to 'force on', like a machine that had just been wound, and walked towards the door of the temple in small steps;

After a short time, he turned back to the temple and bowed to the Son of Heaven.

"Your Majesty;"

"Prime Minister, please see ······"

Chuntuo whispered softly, but Liu Sheng's eyes widened subconsciously!

On the royal couch, hearing the news of Zhou Yafu's arrival, Tianzi Qi's face only quietly swelled with a meaningful smile······

"Xuan."

(End of chapter)