This time, I came out of the microservice for a private visit, and I gained a lot of money, not only carried out new money-making projects, but also harvested Duanyan and recruited an additional fierce general.

Li Jing summed up the harvest of this trip to Lingnan, and his heart blossomed.

"Sage, Hongzhou Thorn Shi sent a letter of note!"

Just when Li Jing was happy, an attendant sent a note from Hongzhou.

Could it be that something is wrong in Hongzhou?

Li Jing stretched out his hand to take the note that was presented to him, opened it and looked at it, and was immediately overjoyed!

Hongzhou assassin Shi Shu, said that when he inspected the counties under the jurisdiction of Hongzhou, he found a copper mine in Leping, and did not dare to hide the matter of the copper mine, so he deliberately reported this matter to the emperor.

Copper ore is of great significance to Datang, and every time a copper mine is added, more copper coins can be minted.

"Go and call Lou Shide, I have something to tell him."

Li Jing put down the song in his hand and instructed the attendant on the side to invite Lou Shide to come over.

"No!"

The inner attendant bowed his hand and bowed, and took the order.

After a while, Lou Shide, who was dressed in regular clothes, followed the chamberlain to see Li Jing.

Lou Shide crossed his hands and saluted: "The minister sees the saint!"

"Lou Aiqing, no courtesy, give a seat, and serve tea!"

Li Jing asked Lou Shide to bring a stool and serve him tea and talk.

"Thank you, saint!"

The waiter hurriedly moved a stool for Lou Shide to sit on, and the maid served tea to Li Jing and Lou Shide.

"I don't know what the sage's purpose is when he summons his ministers?"

Lou Shide asked.

"Just now, I received a note from Hongzhou Thorn History, saying that a copper mine was found in Hongzhou, and I want to tell you about something related to copper mines."

"I intend to reform the numismatic system, abolish the role of replacing coins with silk cloth, and use copper coins as a transaction currency in the future, and I intend to send you to Hongzhou to investigate the scale of copper mines."

"I don't know what Aiqing thinks? Would you like to take a trip to Leping, Hongzhou?"

Li Jing planned to use copper coins, a kind of currency, to buy and sell in the future, and silk and silk and other fabrics were no longer qualified as currency.

Before that, Li Jing planned to send Lou Shide to the field to investigate how large the copper mines in Hongzhou were, and then prohibit the minting of coins by the people, and even the copper mines in private hands should be collected by the imperial court.

In order to reform the currency in the future, be prepared, so that there will be enough copper to mint copper coins to support monetary reform and so on.

just didn't expect that his proposal would be opposed by Lou Shide.

"Sage, there is something about the minister, I don't know whether to talk about it or not?"

Lou Shide got up and crossed his hands.

"If Aiqing has anything to say, you might as well say it directly."

Li Jing smiled slightly, picked up the tea bowl on the table, opened the tea lid, and took a sip of tea soup.

"The minister does not approve of the sage's plan to abolish the silk silk, if only copper money is used for trading in the future, this is not conducive to the development of the market economy, and will lead to chaos in the economy of the Tang Dynasty."

Lou Shide's opposition is not unreasonable, it is impossible for a businessman to go out to do business without bringing money, one or two pennies, or a few times of money.

If you go out to do business, you can't bring hundreds or thousands of copper coins!

Let's not talk about how heavy it is to bring so much money, you bring so much money, and the safety is not guaranteed, I am afraid that I have not yet reached the destination, and I will be killed halfway.

Silk silk, silk and other cloths as a substitute for copper coins just solved this problem, and the use of silk to trade can perfectly solve this problem.

At present, a silk silk is 500 yuan, and when a large transaction is made, it can be exchanged with silk silk.

The reason why silk silk and copper coins are used at the same time is that the number of copper coins is too small, the mining technology is not skilled enough, and the amount of copper that can be mined is limited.

If the use of silk and copper coins is abolished, it will lead to a shortage of copper coins, which will affect the stability of the monetary system.

"I have also thought about what you said, since I plan to cancel the silk silk and only trade with copper coins, gold and silver, I will solve the problem of carrying coins for business travelers."

"Not only will it not burden anyone, but it will not cause trouble for anyone, and perhaps with this solution, the economy will also be improved."

It is not difficult to solve this problem, and the silver ticket of the later dynasty can solve this problem.

As long as you do it, in addition to copper coins, gold and silver can also be used as currency.

In order to facilitate conversion, the exchange ratio of the new monetary system is: 1 tael of gold is equal to 10 taels of silver, 1 tael of silver is equal to 1 guan money, and 1 guan coin is equal to 1000 copper coins.

In addition, the silver ticket is more convenient for everyone to use, and it is more advanced and convenient than the copper coin and silk silk together.

Therefore, the size of Leping copper mine has become a crucial issue, and only by letting more copper coins circulate can we solve the consequences of canceling silk silk.

Otherwise, indiscriminately canceling the role of silk as currency will only make Datang's economy a mess!

"This matter is a big matter, should we consult with the prime ministers and the ministers of the DPRK and China before making a decision?"

Although Li Jing's words are very good, Lou Shide is still not optimistic about Li Jing's approach.

As a courtier, he should advise the emperor, and he also persuaded him, and the emperor had no choice but to transfer this matter to others.

Maybe everyone can discuss it and persuade the emperor to change his mind.

If in the end, the emperor still insists on going his own way, then he can only ......

"Naturally, if you want to reform the monetary system, it is not a simple matter, I naturally need to discuss with the ministers, but before that, the discovery of copper ore in Hongzhou must be solved, you go to Hongzhou to see how big this copper mine is!"

Li Jing naturally knows that reforming the monetary system cannot be relied on alone, and this matter needs to be brought to the table and discussed together.

How to implement it, this needs to be studied with everyone.

However, the most important thing now is to solve the Hongzhou copper mine, how big the mine is, the surrounding environment, geographical location, etc., must be clarified.

This is related to the problem of copper mining, the size determines how much copper can be mined, and the geographical environment will also affect the mining work and efficiency.

As for mining technology, Li Jing has a way to solve it, and it is recorded in detail in the encyclopedia, how to improve the mining technology and greatly improve the efficiency of mining.

"I understand! Chen: Let's go to Hongzhou! ”

After listening to Li Jing's words, Lou Shide breathed a sigh of relief, bowed down, said goodbye and left, and after going back to pack his luggage, he immediately set off for Hongzhou.

Li Jing, for his part, plans to return to Chang'an to discuss with the ministers a plan for currency reform.

At this moment, an attendant hurriedly ran in, bowed down, and raised an urgent report from Chang'an above his head.

"Sage, Chang'an is coming, there are 100,000 urgent military reports."