Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 646 Finance
There is a reason why the emperors of the Central Plains looked down on the Dongying island country.

Not only is the land small and the people are lonely, it is not conducive to management, but also the land is very small and mountainous, and natural disasters are frequent. For the emperors who are in charge of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the middle land, it is really a bit dull...

The most important point is that the Central Plains regime, which was founded on farming, was extremely conservative under the influence of Confucian culture. "Lands outside the culture" like the Japanese kingdom were abandoned and despised, so how could they send troops thousands of miles away to conquer?
Since ancient times, the Central Plains regime dominated by Confucian culture has believed in the closed policy of "sweeping the snow before the door". There are so many people in one's own family and so much land that they can't manage it. How can they be interested in coveting other people's land?

And when this kind of policy is developed to the extreme, it is the extremism of "closing the country" and closing itself off from the whole world...

In fact, regardless of the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, the initial "closed door" was caused by the social environment at that time. To some extent, this was a policy that was beneficial to the country at that time.However, the situation changed at that time. For various reasons, the "filial sons and virtuous grandchildren" clamored to reject the reform with the view that "the law of the ancestors cannot be violated".

Old Wang said, "We should not be afraid of changes in the sky, our ancestors should not follow the law, and people's words should not be sympathetic." This is the most reasonable saying!

far away...

In the Tang Dynasty, the country was big and the people were charming. Even at the worst time after the Anshi Rebellion, they were the objects of admiration from the surrounding small countries. Naturally, there was no such thing as "closing the country".But the emperor's thinking was the same, and he lacked aggressiveness.

Even a hero like His Majesty Li Er is only protecting the commercial routes in the Western Regions, and he only wants to complete the unfinished great cause of conquering Goguryeo that Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty did not complete. He is not in the mood to even take a look at the vast land hanging overseas...

Fang Jun's mind switched.

He hadn't considered this issue before, it was negligence, and it was also a kind of helplessness.

The edification of Confucian culture has long been deeply rooted. If you rashly let the emperor go all over the world to enclose land, the great Confucianists in the dynasty can spit him to death one by one...

Sayings such as "a country is big, but warlike will surely perish" and "a gentleman uses military weapons" are enough to beat Fang Jun to pieces.

But now he suddenly realized that His Majesty Li Er in front of him was different from the previous emperors...

This is not to say that His Majesty Li Er is more wise and powerful than Emperor Qin and Han Wu, but that His Majesty Li Er is more resolute and obsessed with becoming "one emperor through the ages"!His Majesty Li Er's throne has not come from the right path. He has to rely on his unprecedented achievements to show future generations that I, Li Er, am the one who can be the best emperor!

This is equivalent to an extremely huge "whitewashing" process. History has proved that His Majesty Li Er did a good job, although he failed to level Goguryeo from the beginning to the end.Everyone knows that he killed his brother and murdered his brother, and even brought his brother's wife into the harem. Such a person's moral character has been extremely scumbag, and he should have been abandoned by humans and gods for thousands of years. Just as a kind of talk, more to affirm his achievements as the emperor.

I have to say that His Majesty Li Er is loved by history...

But in Fang Jun's view, this is far from enough.

He made up his mind that if he wanted to persuade His Majesty Li Er, he could only use profit to lure him.

It not only has the benefit of expanding the territory, but also has the benefit of real money...

"My minister often contacts with merchants from all over the world, and hears about rare things in various places. I once heard someone say that the country of Japan is rich in gold and silver, and the silver veins on the mountain are only shallowly buried under the soil surface. There are rich silver mines, and gold mines are everywhere. It is said that there is a place called "Ishijian" in Wa country, where there are silver mines everywhere, and the whole mountain is mined with silver..."

As for the "Iwami Silver Mountain", it was not mined until the end of the Warring States Period in Japan, Fang Juncai didn't care, he just wanted to confuse His Majesty Li Er, anyway, even if the time came to send people to dig, the silver could be unearthed...

His Majesty Li Er frowned, a little moved and confused: "Silver is not circulated as wealth, so what is it used for?"

Fang Jun almost choked to death on his own saliva.

I actually forgot that in Datang at this time, silver is not a currency in circulation...

The value of silver is recognized by the world, but it is mainly used as a precious metal for gifts and collections, which is different from gold and copper, which serve as currency values.Silver, like gold, used to be the legal currency of many countries in the world. It had the function of financial reserve and was also an important means of international payment. China has a long history of understanding and using silver. Silver was long ago Made into handicrafts and currency. It's just that silver was used as currency in large quantities after the Tang and Song Dynasties...

In the Yuan Dynasty, the silver standard system was further strengthened, and the government regarded silver as an important currency, and silver ingots "Yuanbao" appeared. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the silver standard system continued to be strengthened, and silver coins became the official currency in the Ming Dynasty. The silver dollar became the legal tender of the Qing Dynasty.

Fang Jun said: "The country is getting richer and richer, and the circulation of private goods is becoming more frequent and larger. It often takes tens of thousands or even 10,000+ copper coins for a single trade, which is too troublesome. Although gold is expensive , can make up for the shortcomings of copper coins being cheap, but the output is scarce, so it cannot become a currency in circulation. If gold is expensive and copper is cheap, if silver can be set as legal tender between the two, wouldn't it be appropriate?"

Historically, silver officially became legal tender in the eighth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1529).That is to say, it is possible for Linghu Chong to use money to buy wine and drink, but it is absolutely impossible for heroes such as Qiao Feng, Guo Jing, Yang Guo, Zhang Wuji and others to spend their money at every turn...

Do you want to confirm the silver standard system in advance?

Fang Jun didn't take it seriously.

The so-called backwardness of the silver standard system is nothing more than the fact that almost all European powers in the world at the end of the Qing Dynasty were on the gold standard system, which naturally formed contradictions.The fate of a country does not lie in any financial system, but in whether it is advanced and powerful. If it falls behind, it will be beaten. Does it matter whether you are on the gold standard or the silver standard?
Now, Datang is the most powerful existence on this planet, what kind of financial system it has established, all countries in the world that want to trade with Datang must follow suit to establish what kind of system, "Kaiyuan Tongbao" can remit world.

This is the real hegemony!

To subjugate the enemy without fighting, and let the wealth of the whole world depend on the breath of Datang, what could be more fulfilling than this?
This is plundering the wealth of the world...

His Majesty Li Er is not proficient in finance. In fact, people in this era have no research on finance.Everyone just knows that when crazy money is issued to obtain huge profits, it will lead to skyrocketing prices. Farmers have worked so hard to grow food, but in the end they find that not only are they not full enough to eat, they are not even enough to pay taxes...

His Majesty Li Er pondered for a while, unwilling to express his opinion easily.You have no jokes, every word has to be carefully considered, and what you say is a nail that cannot be changed, and this is the best way to reflect the majesty of the king.

He wants to talk about this matter first, let me think it over for a while...

But when he saw Fang Jun's shining eyes and his slightly expectant expression, he swallowed back the words that came to his lips.Just kidding, isn't that equivalent to admitting that I didn't understand the relationship between gold, silver and copper coins?

His Majesty Li Er is certainly not happy to think he is inferior in front of this little bastard!

After thinking for a while, His Majesty Li Er shied away and said: "This matter is of great importance. If I can make a decision arbitrarily, it is better to let the ministers and assistants of the Political Affairs Hall discuss it together. If there is no objection, it is better to formulate a strategy. In this way, you Go back and write a detailed memorial, and write out the advantages and disadvantages of silver as a legal tender, and send it here for me to have a look, confirm that it is correct, and then submit it to the Political Affairs Hall for discussion."

The corner of Fang Jun's mouth curled up, contemptuous in his heart...

What you know is what you know, what you don't know is what you don't know, you obviously don't understand at all, you want to seek knowledge popularization here, but you still have to make excuses in a high-sounding way, His Majesty the emperor is quite shameless...

His Majesty Li Er just looked at Fang Jun's expression and knew that this guy despised him, so he became a little annoyed and stared at Fang Jun with unfriendly eyes.

(End of this chapter)