Tang Dynasty good brother

Chapter 265

Looking at Li Chengqian who was at a loss and was trying to rebuild the three views, Qin Hao continued: "Let's do a basic deduction. Nowadays, the circulation rate of gold in Datang is not high, so other things are often used for large transactions. Instead of gold as collateral, Yanyin is easy to exchange and salt will never worry about selling, so once launched, it has become the most popular collateral. Right, from an economic point of view, Yanyin and gold are almost A kind of equivalent exchange can be formed, right.”

Li Chengqian nodded.

"Now that the Hexi Corridor is unimpeded, the trade between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions is prospering day by day. Whether merchants buy or sell goods, they need to use gold to pay for them. The natural convenience of Yanyin will definitely replace the status of gold. , in this way, the salt is kept in the hands of the merchants and circulated continuously, and naturally it will not be exchanged for salt. If there is no large-scale change in the production of salt, the salt will gradually be accepted by the market , become a supplement to gold, even silver, brass, and become my Datang's... currency!"

Li Chengqian swallowed hard, and said, "Goods... Currency? Then... Isn't a piece of paper not exchanged for salt? This... Is this possible?"

"Of course it is possible, but the premise is that the imperial court controls the number of his issuance."

"Gu seems to understand a little bit. In this case, this is a great thing. Not only can the people get convenience, but also the problem of money shortage in Tang Dynasty can be solved. At least you don't have to tear so much silk cloth every year, and you can wear silk cloth. In the body, since this is the case, why do you still object alone?"

"Because the court doesn't know how powerful this thing is, and it's impossible to print only 1000 million stones. Once the court's expenses are tight, it is necessary to print salt. After all, this thing is printed for money. This thing is right. The temptation of the ruling class is too great, so big that it is impossible to resist, even if we make our words clearer, we will never have this memory if we don’t actually hurt it once.”

"If...if the imperial court really printed more of them as you said, what would happen?"

Qin Hao breathed out lightly, and said: "It's no big deal to print a little more of this thing, after all, it's impossible for ordinary people to mix all the salt in one go, isn't it? Tang’s market system will not have any impact, and the court can still get two million yuan for nothing. This is almost money blown by a strong wind, but if it prints more than 3000 million, it is estimated that the common people will suffer. Because in essence, this is an act of stealing people's wealth, and if it is higher in a short period of time..."

"What if it's higher?"

"The mountains and rivers are overturned, the sky and the earth are discolored, the blood is flowing, and the Li family is dead."

Qin Hao made this thing, which is basically the embryonic form of paper money. Of course, it is almost as harmful as paper money if it is abused.

He remembered that he had read countless time-travel novels in his previous life, and the protagonists in them could always produce banknotes, all using gold and silver as reserves, and it took a lot of effort to make them, and there was also a lot of YY elements in them.

Why bother? Who stipulates that the reserve funds for banknotes can only be gold and silver?Gold and silver things can't be eaten by hunger or thirst, and the reserves are still so small that it is difficult to control them. How can it be as convenient as using salt?
This is not Qin Hao's own idea, it's just the introduction of merchants' money and salt. There was a system in the early Ming Dynasty. Merchants and people helped the army raise and transport supplies, and they were paid with salt. When Zhu Chongba and Zhu Laosi fought, The introduction of Shangchao salt played a huge role.

Of course, the descendants of Lao Zhu’s family will bear the bitter fruit afterwards. Because of the continuous printing and printing, the number of salts in the end is thousands or even tens of thousands of times the annual output of Daming’s table salt, and finally fell to waste paper. It's not as good as the entire economic system of Ming Dynasty collapsed because of this, and the people were poor and the country was poor.

Were the officials in the early Tang Dynasty smarter than those in the early Ming Dynasty?I'm afraid not necessarily, Li Shimin is certainly an emperor through the ages, but Zhu Mazi and Zhu Laosi were not given for nothing, so Qin Hao estimated that the mistakes made by the old Zhu's family in the early Ming Dynasty were similar to those made by the old Li's family in the early Tang Dynasty.

Li Chengqian only felt his head buzzing, grabbed Qin Hao's shoulder and said angrily: "Why didn't you explain these words clearly to your father, why didn't you stop him, what are your intentions!"

Qin Hao shrugged his shoulders helplessly and said: "It's useless to say it. This thing is a sharp sword of the court. It is impossible not to use it. My words are just the words of a family. Before you taste the bitter fruit, everything is alarmist. Don't say it." It’s His Majesty, I’m afraid even you won’t be able to resist his temptation when you’re really short of money, or that sentence, you’ll never know how painful it is if you haven’t been bitten by this thing, one side is endless wealth at your fingertips, and the other side is unwarranted Alarmist talk, how to choose is not clear at a glance?
I don't say, let things develop according to his original direction, and I can still guide and control a little bit. When the day comes, I will be sure to come out and clean up the mess. I said, at most, be careful when printing A little bit, but in that case, once the years get older and the thunder explodes again, I am afraid that even I will be powerless to recover. "

Li Chengqian was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "You said that if something really happens, you can still fix it?"

Qin Hao nodded and said, "If it breaks out within three years at least, there is still a solution."

Li Chengqian laughed immediately when he heard this, and said: "So you have calculated it, haha, yes, how can a person like you throw something that you don't understand, no wonder you asked me to object, are you I want Gu Lai to turn the tide."

"Your Highness is really smart, thank you for your trust."

"Ha, you have said so much, but you don't understand a few words, but it's good if you trust me. Knowing what you plan to do, Gu will be at ease. If it's what you said, Gu will A whip is not in vain."

Li Chengqian is also considered a smart person, but the Tang Dynasty didn't even establish the gold and silver currency standard. Where did the financial system come from? If you go out, you can blow yourself to pieces, but it would be great if Qin Hao could save him.

Of course, taking risks is not without benefits. Every year, the imperial court can turn a lot of paper into money, which is nothing more than turning stones into gold. For the money that is at your fingertips, Li Chengqian also feels that this risk can be taken.

Sometimes it is so simple for the superior to think about things, there is no need to understand things, it is enough to understand who can handle things.

(End of this chapter)