I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 200 Coin Value ([-]rd update)
During this period of time, Zhao Xi used all his connections, not for any reason, just for wool.

Su Song is already improving according to the principle of the spinning wheel, and even thinking about connecting it with the bobbin wheel to make it into a hydraulic spinning wheel.

Zhao Xi is looking forward to it, looking forward to Su Song's spinning jenny at this time, how many ingots, Zhao Xi doesn't understand, but he has Su Song.

There is one thing here that surprised Zhao Xi.

I handed over the matter of wool to Cao Xiang, but Cao Xiang didn't get much, but the four commanders of the guard battalion did a lot.

Officials of the state, regardless of civil or military, rarely are purely officials, and they have extra livelihoods.Of course, the old bag is an exception.

It's just that Zhao Xi couldn't figure out what Cao Xiang, a merchant, couldn't do. Why did the generals of his guard battalion do it?

"Your Highness, the members of the family are basically in Hebei and Hedong, and the area is similar to the Gao family and the Shi family. The Zhong family and the Zhe family are from the Western Army, and they are on the border with Daxia."

When Cao Lin said this, Zhao Xi understood.

It turned out that there was a reason for this.I can't blame the civil servants for being so suspicious of generals.

Each of them is responsible for guarding the territory, and they are also taking advantage of the advantages of guarding the border to carry out foreign trade.

Alas, I can understand it, not to mention Guochao is questionable.According to the principle of relying on the mountain to eat the mountain, it is impossible for these martial arts families to continue the glory of their ancestors, relying on the established national policy of suppressing martial arts and promoting literature.

This may be exploited.

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The new city of the Military Weapons Supervision has taken shape, so at a court meeting, Zhao Xi handed over a topic to the court: the issue of the number of coins to be minted.

To raise this issue, first of all, it is to show that the new Bianliang money supervisor can meet the needs of the country, and other money supervisors do not have to get involved in the production of new coins.

Another one, Zhao Xi wanted to see how the Guochao elites knew about coins.Try to see if you can dig a hole.

"The coins of the country have always been insufficient. If the Bianliang Qianjian can produce countless coins, of course the more the better."

"Nowadays, the currency styles of the various military states in the country are not uniform, which leads to inconvenience in the transfer of officials and soldiers. I also hope that the Bianliang Qianjian can make coins as much as possible to meet the needs of the country."

One meaning is to say that we should do more, and do as much as we can.

"As His Royal Highness said, it is the general trend for good coins to drive out bad ones. The introduction of new coins will inevitably lead to the cheap use of the coins produced by the dynasty over the years. Therefore, for the sake of the people, exchange rules should be agreed so that the people will not lose money. "

"The implementation of the new currency should be carried out at the same time in the military and state capitals of the country. Therefore, the number of new currency coins should be based on the opinions of the state capitals."

Still the same meaning, do more, do as much as you can.

No matter what the purpose behind each one is, the reasons are all high-sounding.However, it was all over my head, and I didn't open my mouth to talk nonsense.

It's just that the husbands didn't speak.Why?Because they believed that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince could not have imagined that the courtiers had made such remarks, and the reason why this matter was discussed in the court must be for other purposes.

After all, they have been discussing peace and politics all the time, and the princes still have some understanding of the latitude and longitude in the chest of His Highness the Crown Prince.He is not an ignorant ass, the heir to the emperor who was raised by the women in Neiyuan looks more like an old official.

Therefore, the princes are all waiting for His Royal Highness to speak later.

"Your Majesty, gentlemen, Xi believes that coins are also a commodity. The so-called rarity is the most valuable thing. Excessive minting of coins will lead to an excessive flood of new coins in the world, which will inevitably affect the value of new coins."

Zhao Xi really wanted to talk about general equivalents, and wanted to expand on this and talk about the abundance and shortage of liquidity... Nonsense, who understands this?That is to say, it is also foggy.

"Goods?"

"That's true. Copper is a commodity, do you agree? Coinage is just refining and processing copper, and it is still a commodity. It's just that it is a commodity that acts as a medium for commodity trading, that is, it is used as an intermediate."

In this way, everyone should understand, and indeed understand, at least nodding in agreement.As for whether there are impostors, that's out of the question.

"As a commodity, it should have its own value. For example, a piece of paper is recognized by the public and stipulated by the court. What is its value? How to measure it?"

"Only when the standard for measuring the value of coins as goods is determined, can we agree on the number of new coins to be minted each year. This is why Xi handed over this issue to the court!"

I don't know if these ministers understood, Zhao Xi was very clear at first, but after talking around for a long time, he became a little confused.

Really, it's a bit convoluted, isn't the measure of goods just coins?Now let's find a standard to measure coins?Which one is the standard?
Zhao Xi had already talked about this truth in Ciming Palace, and Zhao Zhen had also heard it. After talking about it three times, no one understood.Zhao Xicai asked the court to discuss this issue.

How should I put it, the more people don't understand it, the better it will be for Zhao Xi's purpose.

I like pretending to understand when I don’t understand, that’s even better.

"Measurement standard? Can't the amount of copper mines be used to measure the value of new coins? The more mined, the new coins will be cheap, and the less mined, the new coins will be expensive..."

I go!This is whether the relationship between raw materials and finished products is good, this is one, it is the relationship between upstream and downstream, and it is an uncle who can be used as a measurement standard!
"This statement is wrong. Your Highness's words refer to the new coins, and the number of coins also refers to the finished coins. The amount of copper mining is the reason for determining how many new coins are produced, not a conclusion that we need to negotiate. If it is as you said Isn't it also a standard whether Dongchuan Copper Mine can be transported to Bianliang Qianjian?"

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Then it started again.Originally, what the court discussed was the number of new coins produced.As a result, the topic of discussion in the entire court ranged from the measurement standard mentioned by Zhao Xi to the copper mine, and then to the domestic situation in Dali, and some people also brought it to water transportation, and some even began to analyze the hydrology knowledge of the Yangtze River...

It's always been like this, and it's always not getting down to business.

Zhao Xi didn't care, he didn't expect them to find hard currency as a standard.

As for the Bretton Woods system, even Zhao Xi has only heard of it, and Zhao Xi only knows that gold is used as a measure.As for the reason, he didn't understand, and he wasn't going to say it.

what he wants to say...

"Your Highness, for today's topic, does Your Highness have any ideas that need to be decided by the court?"

Annoyed, Fu Bi was annoyed by the noise, even if he wanted to calm down and think about His Highness the Crown Prince's intentions.So, he asked directly.

As long as His Royal Highness mentioned it, it would be easier for him to think about the process.

Regarding the issue of wealth, Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo, etc., including the entire court, may not be as proficient as His Highness the Crown Prince.

Why bother talking nonsense, it really doesn't make any sense except to make His Royal Highness laugh at you.

"Xi believes that if there is one thing that can measure the value of a coin, it must be recognized by everyone in the world, regardless of state capital or country, regardless of good or bad years, at any time and any place."

"food?"

Fu Bi was subconscious.Because only food is the commodity that everyone in the world agrees with. Regardless of whether it is a trafficker or a high-ranking official, no matter whether the harvest is high or not, regardless of the race or country, only food can be used as this thing.

(End of this chapter)