Li Xu was silent for a moment, in fact, strictly speaking, he was going to carry out the reform of the banknotes, but he actually crossed the line.

Because the current Cao Yun is essentially responsible for the salt and iron system headed by Han Gang, although the emperor's Lu money reform only changed the distribution of the results of Cao Yun, it is more appropriate to discuss it with Han Gang.

"I do have such an idea, but ......"

"It's a good idea. Han Gang carefully studied the information he had collected on the reform of the Lu banknotes, and in order to confirm the specific policy that the emperor was going to change, he also called Li Deyu to the palace and listened carefully to his description.

"Has Your Majesty considered that copper money and salt can be used to get a money and salt money according to this system? ”

Through Li Deyu's description, Han Gang soon realized that the essence of this ticket system was to grab money. Because the tickets in the circulation field are not equal to all the tickets, those tickets that are not in circulation are equivalent to the imperial court conjuring out of thin air.

If you can print a batch of tickets that can replace money and salt, it will be equivalent to adding a large amount of income to the imperial court out of thin air, which is higher than the profit of minting money.

To prepare molds for casting, but also to collect copper and lead raw materials, coupled with labor consumption, in this era of lack of economic thought summary, sometimes casting money has to lose money.

Now, just let it go and print it like the monks printed scriptures with engraving.

It's so cool that it couldn't be cooler.

Han Gang was originally very distressed by the maturity of the new bonds of the Dayu government, and the debt and IOU were a folk custom that had existed since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, while the Dayu court borrowed debts from wealthy merchants from the national conditions that had existed since the Kanto Rebellion.

A considerable part of the bonds of the Dayu Imperial Court are concentrated in the hands of those Hu merchants from the Western Regions, which is also a way for them to increase their right to speak, after all, the creditor is still the uncle.

Since Li Xu came to power, these Hu merchants have always played the role of the pond fish that was affected by the fire at the city gate.

The Manichaeans rebelled, well, they were shocked, many people were confiscated, and a large amount of silk stocks were lost. The Uighurs were in civil strife, and the steppe Silk Road was in chaos, and of course Li Xu was not to blame for this matter. But the emperor and the father-in-law tore their faces and fought, directly making Hedong an independent feudal town, Bai Yujing's emperor and Taiyuan's Yufu Kingdom on both sides of the great immortal fighting method, the direct result is that the grassland Silk Road is cut off, and the silk in everyone's hands can neither go to Persia nor to Daqin.

Fortunately, there is news from Lingnan that there is also a man Wen Yuan Hengwen who is willing to do personnel among these bastards up and down Dayu, and he took the villagers in Lingnan to open the mountain road, once this road is completed, then you can take the Lingnan Road from the South China Sea to the sea, and take the sea road around Tianzhu to Persia.

It can be regarded as finding a way out for everyone.

Many Hu businessmen revealed to Han Gang through various channels that after so many tosses, now the landlord's family has no surplus grain, and everyone is grateful for the court's care for us over the years, but the new debts of the imperial court, everyone is really beyond their strength, and they can't help.

Although Han Gang's family has money, after all, he is still a person who has a clear distinction between public and private, and there is no reason for the ministers to subsidize the ministers when the court has no money. But the imperial court still has to have money to use, and it just so happened that the emperor released the rumors of the reform of Lu banknotes.

Han Xiang thought about it, either don't do it, or simply play a big game, anyway, when today's iron fist is invincible, with such a hard fist to escort, what else can't be done?

Li Xu was startled by Han Gang's thoughts. An important problem brought about by the imperial court's holding of the right to mint money was that it was difficult for the imperial court to control its own hand.

Paper money first appeared in the Song Dynasty in China, which was originally an expedient measure for merchants in Sichuan who lacked currency. This was later mastered by the government, and although it was limited to use in Sichuan, it was still managed for a considerable period of time, and there was no big mess.

But when the Wulu Raid failed, the heavy military expenditure was pressed to reason, and such a good paper currency collapsed.

As for the financial policy of the Yuan Dynasty, which regularly depreciated by a quarter and constantly issued new banknotes, he did not consider it after less than 90 years anyway.

As for Ming Taizu's banknote method, firstly, it was a helpless move to lack currency, and secondly, printing fiat currency was his coolness. Thanks to the efforts of the ancient Chinese working people, the silver mountains of Japan and Peru have been hollowed out. This solved the problem of currency, which had plagued China's economy since the beginning of the Han Dynasty.

So when Han Gang proposed to print banknotes and play a hand in the trading of copper coins and salt, the string behind Li Xu's head tightened.

"I thought, don't do that yet. The emperor directly rejected Han Gang: "How much is missing in the imperial court, Lao Linggong will report it back, and I will find a way to solve it." ”

In the final analysis, it falls on the heads of these Beijing officials in Baiyujing, even if they mess up, they are not afraid that these officials will not be able to eat, not to mention that the leading cadres will take the lead in rebellion, at most they will lose their temper and be depressed.

But when it comes to salt and money, this can affect all aspects of the people, and once there is a little bit of turmoil, the chain reaction will be beyond Li Xu's control.

"It's not the same thing to always use His Majesty's own money. Han Gang frowned.

Although it is said that it is under the whole world, it is not the king's land. But the emperor and the imperial court are actually still clearly distinguished in this money word.

In addition to taxes and the income from the salt and iron franchise, the income of the imperial court also included the seizures of victories in the war and the property confiscated by law.

And the emperor also has his own one-third of an acre, such as the income from the royal garden, as well as the income from the palace weaving.

The largest supplier of purple dyes in Dayu is the Dayu court, and the purple dyes produced by the workshops in the Daming Palace have always been the most sought-after commodities in Bai Yujing, and they are even sold to Persia, Dashi, and Daqin.

Li Xu asked the eunuchs to set up a distilled liquor workshop in the palace a few days ago, and the alcohol widely quoted by the people at this time was generally not high. So much so that there is a so-called "green ant" and "bamboo leaf green", and this green is actually the residue of koji mixed in.

It is precisely because the degree is not high that "you will have to drink 300 cups at a time". Otherwise, Qinglian Sword Immortal will have cirrhosis of the liver before he becomes famous.

Li Xu distilled some high-count liquor pulp and sent it to the outside of the palace to sell, and he really made a lot of money.

Of course, those unruly Jiedu envoys will also provide additional offerings to the emperor on a regular and irregular basis, and this money can be regarded as the protection fee they pay, after all, even the unruly Jiedu envoys need to suppress the arrogant soldiers and fierce generals of their subordinates in the name of the imperial court.

Even the Jiedu envoys under the control of the imperial court often supplied a part of the imperial treasury to the emperor without the consent of the three provinces, and this kind of blatant bribery has always been the unspoken rule of the ministers to gain the emperor's appreciation.

In fact, there is no way to do it, Dayu is smoking everywhere, air leaks in all directions, there are places where money is used everywhere, and the emperor himself can't sit down without money.

Li Xu's cheap dad especially likes to let the envoys of the festival send money, and even openly released the rumor that whoever sends more money can enter Beijing to be the prime minister. The money in the treasury of the Jiedu envoys has not been taken off from the common people, and this practice of drying up and fishing has not made Pei Du, Lu Zhen and others criticize him, but the God Emperor is still the same.

It's all poor, too.

Cang Liao knows etiquette well, and the emperor will naturally be shameless if he has no money.

All of this income is included in the inner treasury, which is the so-called "inner treasure", which has always been managed by the eunuchs and female officials in the palace, without interference by the imperial court.

"Han Xiang just go to the list, and I will find a way to solve it. Now that the military quota of the Shence Army has been reduced by half, after the promulgation of the Lu Money Law, the various expenses can be reduced a lot, and life will be better at that time. ”

Li Xu said, but he still frowned when he saw Han Gang.

"Your Majesty doesn't know that the imperial court has always lived within its means. Han Gang said: "This year is over, and next year the old minister will have to waste a lot of money if there are two or three things." ”

Whether to live within your means or to live within your means has always been the focus of discussion among ministers in the imperial court. The so-called living within one's means that everyone eats as much as they have a big bowl, how much ability they have to do as much as they want, and don't be a moth.

But Dayu is in such a situation now, if he continues to live within his means, then he can only be Zhou Tianzi, watching others engage in the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States.

Therefore, living within one's means has become the mainstream opinion, but the problem is that there are too many degrees of use, too much overhead, and really doing so can only force the people out of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, so the two sides have always checked and balanced each other, and there has been no overwhelming conclusion.

The verdict is conclusive, but in terms of specific government affairs, the rulers will estimate in advance the various expenses for next year, and then prepare a budget. When Han Gang was discussing with Pei Du before, he found that there were several major events that could not be avoided next year.

"Tian Hongzheng, that old thief, might as well not come, if he enters the court and joins the court, according to the previous practice, the court should give wealth and silk to reward Wei Bo's soldiers, and it is estimated that there will be 500,000 yuan for this alone. ”

In fact, the unruly Hebei Domain Town has not surrendered, Wei Bo Town surrendered before Tian Hongzheng, in order to appease Wei Bo's arrogant soldiers, the imperial court has to spend five or six hundred thousand yuan a year as wages and rewards for these things, which is much more than the taxes that Wei Bo Town can pay.

After coming and going, the imperial court couldn't stand the toss, and the arrogant soldiers and fierce generals in Weibo Town also thought that there was little money, so everyone broke up and returned to the previous situation.

Han Gang had already half-jokingly said to his colleagues before that if the Hebei Domain really wanted the imperial court to finish, then they would quickly surrender and submit to the imperial court.

"I am also familiar with Tian Hongzheng, this person is cunning and cunning, with clear eyes, maybe he really moved the mind of returning to the imperial court, at that time for the hearts of the people in the world. The imperial court only has a thousand dollars to buy horse bones, but these five or six hundred thousand yuan are really painful. ”

Han Gang worked hard, Dayu's total financial income in a year was only about six million yuan, and Wei Bo's Qiu Ba had to eat one-tenth of it with one mouth, so it was strange that Han Xiang didn't jump his feet.

"Yufu Guoan was born for a winter, and he has been moving constantly in the north. Han Gang said: "Even if he can endure it, the Uighurs can't bear it, I heard that this year's grassland is cold again, and they can't stand it." The old minister thought that in the spring and summer of next year, there would be something going on in Hedong, and the imperial court would prepare an expenditure as the capital to deal with it, and it was estimated that it would take four or five hundred thousand yuan. ”

Li Xu nodded, Han Gang is right, but although you are right, but as soon as your upper and lower lips touch, you will ask me to give a million yuan, is it a bit of a mistake to treat Lao Tzu as a big wrong?