I had just come back from the Ministry of Rites and bumped into the oncoming chamberlain.

"Qiqi sage, Hongzhou sent a report!"

The chamberlain stopped in front of Li Jing, bowed down, held the newspaper in both hands, and handed it to Li Jing.

Li Jing stepped forward to take the report and opened it directly, this is Lou Shide's report.

The above reported one thing to Li Jing, that is, the scale of the copper mine discovered in Hongzhou is very large, even if it is mined for thousands of years, it will not be a problem!

This made Li Jing overjoyed, and these were another big step towards reforming the currency system.

It just so happened that the imperial army was quelling the Western Turkic rebellion on the border, and it would definitely capture a lot of prisoners, so the Western Turks would come to mine and wash away their sins with labor reform.

Let's see if you dare to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, and after all the anger on them is wiped out, then scatter all over the place to further sinicize!

Thinking of this, Li Jing showed a hint of a smile, just do it, if there are any bandits in various places in the future, try to catch them alive, and then send them to the mining area to be reformed through labor.

After all, Datang is a tolerant dynasty, even if the other party makes a mistake, we must always give them a chance to reform themselves and change their minds!

"Go and call the prime ministers, as well as the Hubu Shangshu and the Hubu Shilang, to Zichen Palace!"

After Li Jing finished speaking, he walked towards the Zichen Palace.

One of the chamberlains took the order and left.

Soon, the prime ministers, the head of the household, and the head of the household, appeared in the Zichen Palace.

The meeting may be held for a long time, in order to take care of everyone, Li Jing asked people to bring a stool for everyone to sit down and talk slowly, and the maid intimately sent tea and snacks and retreated.

"I asked you to come here to just say one thing, Hongzhou has discovered a large copper mine, which is rich in minerals!"

Li Jing opened his mouth indifferently, as if he was saying something inconsequential.

"What? Giant copper mines? ”

"It's great, it's a fortune, it's all money!"

"Dare to ask the saint, how big is this copper mine? Have you ever sent someone to Hongzhou to explore? ”

Everyone was overjoyed, and finally Hubu Shangshu Ge Fuyuan asked directly.

Hubu Shangshu Ge Fuyuan is calculating how much wealth this newly discovered copper mine can bring!

Although this money will eventually be put into the treasury of the imperial court, it is money belonging to the imperial court, but how to spend this money is not to go through his hands!

The more money they have in the imperial treasury, the more money they can get, and no one will dislike the money in their pockets.

I can't wait to make a trip to Hongzhou to see how to maximize the benefits of this copper mine.

"The output of copper ore is amazing, according to exploration, it can be mined for thousands of years, I have decided to wait until the Western Turkic rebellion is put down before starting to dig this copper mine, as for calling you here, I have something else to discuss with you!"

Li Jing looked at everyone and said with a smile, although there is no mining now, the preparation for mining still needs to be done in advance, such as where to start digging the mine, building sheds, rooms for miners to rest, and so on.

Miners are also human beings, they also need to rest, they can't be called as people because they are guilty, this is not right, we must pay attention to humanitarianism, we must pay attention to compassion, we can't shout and kill at every turn!

We must use love to influence them, so that they can stand out from their labor and find the true meaning of life, so as to change their minds and be new people!

For those who recognize their mistakes and are willing to actively cooperate with the reform, they should not be indifferent to them, they should be cared for, and let them feel the warmth of the society!

"I wonder what the saint wants to discuss with us?"

Shangshu's left servant shot Cen Changqian chuckled in his heart, the sage would actually say the word "consultation", this time the matter will definitely not be simple, wait and be cautious!

Seeing the opportunity, first find out the bottom of the matter, Cen Changqian guessed that this matter is likely to be related to the copper mine!

Could it be that there are any wild beasts around this copper mine, but he has not heard of any fierce beasts in Hongzhou, so it is very likely that the environment of the copper mine is not very good, maybe the copper mine is in the land of smoke miasma.

He heard that in that place in Lingnan, there is a lot of smoke and miasma, and if people inhale the miasma, it is very likely to be poisoned, but there seems to be no miasma in Hongzhou!

"Nowadays, the currency of my Datang is copper coins and silk silk as the main transaction currency, which is too inconvenient, and I decided to reform the currency system and abolish silk as currency."

As soon as Li Jing's words came out, they immediately stirred up a thousand waves, and everyone was shocked in their hearts!

Reform the monetary system?

Since the founding of the country, Emperor Gaozu set copper coins and silk as the currency of transactions, and it has not changed so far.

Even today's monetary system, in fact, has been inherited for thousands of years, but the age is not used, there are slight changes, and copper coins have been the main ones since ancient times.

Copper coins are called differently in each dynasty, for example, the Qin Dynasty is called half a tael, the Western Han Dynasty was also called half a tael at the beginning, and later there were eight baht coins, three baht coins, five baht coins, and five baht coins were not officially abolished until the Wude period!

When Wang Mang became emperor, it was because of the indiscriminate change of the monetary system that the coins circulating in the market were difficult to identify and easily confused.

The final result naturally led to a socio-economic collapse, causing people all over the world to complain about him, and was finally overthrown by Liu Xiu, and Wang Mang did not end well.

"Saint, this must not be done!"

Tobe Shangshu Ge Fuyuan was the first to stand up against it!

"Why?"

Li Jing raised his eyebrows slightly, he felt that changing the monetary system was conducive to social and economic development.

The appearance of the silver ticket solves the problem of inconvenience of carrying a lot of money to a farther place.

He is not completely abolishing the current monetary system, but just making changes to the original one, how can these guys object?

Can't figure it out, really can't figure it out!

"The monetary system has been set since the Qin and Han dynasties, and it has been used until now, and if it is changed rashly......"

Cen Changqian also joined the persuasion queue and explained to Li Jing why it was not possible, and how many unpredictable consequences would it bring if the monetary system was changed at will and the use of silk silk as currency was abolished!

Even Cen Changqian used Wang Mang as an example, Wang Mang did whatever he wanted and reformed the monetary system at will, which eventually led to the collapse of the entire dynasty's economy and caused public resentment to boil!

The reason why the new dynasty failed, the reason why it was unpopular with the people, and the reform of the monetary system stood a large component, and now if the Tang Dynasty also comes to engage in this set, wouldn't it be Wang Mang's old way.

Now Datang is steadily developing and growing, and external strong enemies have been coveting Datang's wealth, if there is any chaos at this time, Datang is likely to not survive.

When the time comes, will we have to stage the Wuhu chaos again and experience the darkness of the Northern and Southern Dynasties again?