Warlock Royal Family

() "One thaler gold coin weighs 90.00 grams and contains [-]% gold. On the front is the portrait of His Majesty Emperor Maximilian I, and on the back is the imperial double-headed eagle... High-speed update" Angelo's stature is quite short, He held the coin over his head, right in front of Ladislaus.

Ladislaus and his members of the State Council stood at this time to pay respects to the old emperor.

"One thaler silver coin weighs 28 grams and contains 90.00% silver. On the front is the portrait of His Majesty Charles V, and on the back is the territory of the Holy Roman Empire." As he spoke, Angelo held it in the hands of every member of the State Council Put a sample coin on.

After getting it, all the state councilors realized that this is indeed an excellent currency that has never been seen in the German region.

The specifications of these two gold and silver coins are the same as Europa's mainstream standard, and there are anti-theft teeth on the edge. Once the teeth are damaged, the value of the currency can only be cashed in half.

"At the same time, the central bank will issue [-] thaler gold and silver coin exchange certificates, with the autograph of His Excellency Archbishop Ladislaus and the seal of the Archduke of Austria on it. Thaler's gold and silver coins."

Everyone except Ladislaus didn't pay attention to the last sentence. It seemed to them that it was similar to the certificate of deposit of the Woking Chamber of Commerce and the Fugger Textile Association, but Austria did not have the ubiquitous outlets and credit.

Therefore, the liquidity of this exchange voucher must be very limited, and it is generally only used for diplomatic payments.

They are all playing with the shiny gadgets in their hands.

The gold and silver content is extremely high, and the casting is very beautiful and perfect.It represents the highest minting level in the world in this era.

The Machiavelli Bank not only has a considerable number of excellent minting workers, but also unceremoniously poached a few masters from the Medici Bank. Anyway, they have a better future in Germany and the remaining business in Italy has also shrunk to Siena has gone, and since then there is no need to operate under the pressure of the Medici family.

"From now on, no currency from other countries will be allowed to circulate in Austria. Whether it is the Ducat of Venice or the Florin of Florence, the Austrian government will no longer accept it or pay it. All mints in the provinces will be closed, and all equipment and personnel will be closed Take back Vienna, and everyone can get a job at the Zhongyang Bank, and from now on all the gold and silver coins of the Grand Duchy of Austria will only be minted by the Zhongyang Bank in Vienna."

This minting system will provide enough exchange power for Ladislaus.

Helping Ladislaus reorganize and optimize the coinage system, and then establish a central bank is an important part of the transaction between the Machiavelli family and Ladislaus.Transforming the treasury into a central bank requires the help of professionals. Of course, Machiavelli's treasurer cannot be monitored alone. Although Ladislaus trusts this old minister who followed him to prosperity, any trust is too important for such a major matter. luxury.

So the old Fugger was also invited by Ladislaus to serve as the first governor of the Austrian central bank, who set interest rates and was responsible for minting coins.

The preparations for the central bank began when Ladislaus got the power of Vienna. Machiavelli's treasurer worked hard with his nephew for a long time, but Ladislaus finally gave the position of central bank governor to Fugger.This is the experience of a thousand years of history: the chancellor and the central bank governor cannot be one person, but the well-known answer that Ladislaus knew was not widely understood at the time.

Although Machiavelli vaguely knew that this power should be separated.But Ladislaus really did this, he still felt a little regretful.

This central bank is still very primitive, but the real goal of Ladislaus is not to earn a little interest from minting gold and silver coins. The goal of spending a lot of energy is definitely not that little profit. It can really make the country prosperous and trade surge It's still paper money.

It seems that President Machiavelli just mentioned the thing called gold coin exchange coupons, but in fact it is the real grand plan of Ladislaus. Now there are only exchange coupons with extremely huge face value, but this is a journey of thousands of miles first step.

In the end, Ladislaus will normalize this exchange voucher and establish everyone's trust.Austrian banknotes that are used throughout the city.

Of course, that is a grand blueprint. At present, the primary purpose of this central bank is limited to restoring the exhausted payment capacity of the Austrian government.

"From now to the end of the year is a buffer period, and various currencies can still be circulated, but starting next year, all foreign currencies in Austria cannot be used to pay taxes and public affairs expenses, and must be replaced by national gold coins. Acceptable, foreign gold and silver coins exchanged within six months, each resident can have a free exchange quota of 5.00 talers. Every civil servant or nobleman has a quota of [-] talers, and the excess will have to be exchanged Fees, this ratio should not be higher than [-]%, and this discount will be canceled next year for nobles and civil servants. But the quota of [-] talers for residents is five years.” Ladislaus is not delusional to immediately remove the domestic florins and duos Carter drove them all away. In fact, even if his subjects accepted it so honestly, he didn't have such a strong casting ability. "At the same time, the disorderly flow of gold and silver is prohibited. All gold and silver that exceeds [-] talers out of Austria must be reported and approved by the central bank. Any secret transportation of gold and silver out of Austria will be regarded as smuggling and will be severely punished."

Of course, his so-called discount is just a meaning. Such a short and small amount is bound to be sheared for the wealthy class.

Although most of the members of the State Council have properties that far exceed the amount of [-] thalers, cash is not the main part of the property. They have already spent so much effort to get Austria's hard currency, and they will not stand up against such a thing.

What really worries Ladislaus is the impoverished people in remote areas. If they suffer losses, it will easily cause social instability. Great, but this loophole must be plugged for practical operations, because nobles can easily use this loophole. After all, they can organize hundreds of people and exchange tens of thousands of thalers, so this barrier is useless.

This channel must be completely closed after a certain number of years.

"The Fugger Textile Association and the Machiavelli Bank must ensure that every Austrian capital city has a branch that can exchange old coins by the end of June, and by the end of this year, the village chiefs of every natural village must understand and help persuade the villagers as soon as possible. Exchange currency if possible."

The Fugger Textile Association and the Machiavelli Bank each purchased 50 thalers of Austrian "perpetual national bonds". The annual interest rate of these national bonds is only [-]% and they will never be cashed. For the right to exchange gold and silver coins in the territory, other institutions must obtain Austrian gold and silver coins from these two.

Not only can they share the 5.00% exchange fee, but the salaries of Austrian bureaucrats and the salaries of officers and soldiers will also be decoupled from the national treasury, and other similar public expenditures will also be paid through their channels.

Many branches of the treasury were abolished or entirely transferred to the two new banks.

Since then, the Austrian treasury has only kept gold as a reserve, and no longer has the function of direct payment.

Machiavelli's power had been shattered, but his family would now undoubtedly be one of the great powers in Austria.

Ladislaus is confident that this exchange can reassure his old subordinates.

The next step was to find him an Austrian wife.