The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 372 Economic Reform
Zhao Dongting seems to have returned to the time when he started from nothing in his previous life. At that time, there were also obstacles everywhere.

He was silent for a long time.

Big and small, family and state affairs, Zhao Dongting believes that no matter how difficult it is, there is always a solution.

After a while, Zhao Dongting suddenly asked, "How are the gold and silver shops in China?"

In the Song Dynasty, shops that exchanged and stored gold and silver were called gold and silver shops, some of which were state-owned or privately owned.

In addition, there is also a cross-quote shop dedicated to exchanging cross-quotes.Cross reference is the cash or exchange certificate that merchants get after paying for the goods.

It's just that after the Song Dynasty was forced to go overseas, the state-owned gold and silver shops in various parts of the Song Dynasty had already existed in name only.Cross reference shop, naturally even more so.

It can be said that except for a few state-owned industries established in Leizhou in the Southern Song Dynasty, the state-owned industries in other places have either stopped or been occupied by private individuals. Some people took advantage of the war to make a fortune from the war.Of course, most of them must have fallen into the purse of the Yuan Dynasty.

The reason why the Song Dynasty is financially tight is because its financial source can only rely on private taxes.

When Lu Xiufu heard Zhao Dongting's words, he sighed and said, "The people are displaced, and there are not many private gold and silver shops, and most of them are just struggling to support themselves."

"Is it?"

Zhao Dongting was surprised and said: "In today's world, there should be countless bad debts. How can it be difficult for private gold and silver shops to operate?"

Before he thought about it, before the war, there must have been many gold and silver shops running away with money.During the war, many people were tortured or displaced, and the gold and silver they stored in the gold and silver shop should never be taken back.Could it be that the gold and silver shop released more money than it stored?

This is obviously unlikely.

Lu Xiufu was slightly taken aback.

Because, he also heard this from Chen Jianghan. As a state order, he can't do everything himself.

Now it seems that there is a lot of water in the words of those gold and silver shop owners!This made Lu Xiufu feel a little resentful towards the owners of the gold and silver shops.

Da Song is in such a difficult situation now, they dare to make such a false report.

Although it is true that some gold and silver have been looted, with their abilities, each family has many guards in the rivers and lakes, and it is definitely not the case for every family.

Lu Xiufu was a little annoyed and said: "This is just the news that the officials of the Ministry of Finance have visited, and there may be a lot of lies in it."

Zhao Dongting nodded, "If that's the case, then simply order them all to close down. Isn't it difficult to manage, our imperial court will replace them. We will set up state-owned banks in all counties and towns. This matter will be handled by you and Chen Shangshu personally. State-owned banks are collectively referred to as Huaxia Bank. Taking advantage of the New Year’s Eve, they first promised the people that they would give them an interest rate slightly higher than that of private gold and silver shops. Slightly lower than private gold and silver shops."

Bank, this is naturally a new term in this era.

However, Lu Xiufu and the others were already used to Zhao Dongting's endless new ideas, so after being slightly stunned, they quickly accepted this ranking.

From what it sounds like, there doesn't seem to be much difference between a bank and a gold and silver shop.

Chen Wenlong said: "Your Majesty, will this cause collective opposition from private gold and silver shops?"

"Ah."

Zhao Dongting smiled lightly, "Compared to the interests of the whole country, what are the gold and silver shops in this district of Leizhou? If they object, they will kill those stubborn people like they did when the government implemented the land division system. Just grab it first."

He spoke calmly.Because Zhao Dongting knew very well that it was impossible for the imperial court to satisfy everyone's interests.

Right now, developing the economy and people's livelihood is the top priority.Not to mention private gold and silver shops, even the interests of the imperial court, Zhao Dongting was willing to lose.

Chen Wenlong's eyes narrowed slightly, and he stopped talking.

Zhao Dongting's words are enough to show that he has made up his mind about this.

As a courtier, just choose to execute at this time.

On this day, Zhao Dongting followed Lu Xiufu and others to leave Wuliang Mountain and returned to Haikang.

This is the helplessness of being an emperor. Even if he wants to sneak away, he can never sneak away for too long.

After returning to Haikang, Lu Xiufu and others began to draft a decree to close private gold and silver shops and establish Huaxia Bank.

For more than two years, because Zhao Dongting often led the army to go out to war, the original state-owned bank has not been implemented, and the folks are still in a situation where each gold and silver shop is on its own.Now, under Zhao Dongting's decision, Da Song is destined to make drastic changes in the field of gold and silver.

Zhao Dongting returned to his bedroom, first asked the guard Yue Wu if he had returned.

The guards said no.

He then went back to his bedroom and began to write and draw on the desk.

Just setting up a state-owned bank may be able to accumulate a lot of start-up funds for the court, but it is definitely not enough.

Leizhou is only a small place, even if all the money in Leizhou is collected, it is impossible to support the revival of the entire Guangnan West Road, right?

Yinger stood behind Zhao Dongting, gently kneading Zhao Dongting's shoulders.However, there was a hint of melancholy on her pretty face.

Zhao Dongting has favored her several times, but her stomach has never moved.

As the only concubine of Zhao Dongting, Yinger is under a lot of pressure now, because the entire court is waiting for her to give birth to a dragon son.

Could it be that there is something wrong with his body?
Yinger once thought about it like this, but after being seen by the imperial physicians in the palace, the imperial physicians said that there was absolutely nothing wrong with her body.

Is that the emperor's problem?
But now, who dares to tell the emperor about this?

Concubine Yang Shu was embarrassed to say, but Yinger's temperament was destined not to speak out.And the courtiers below are even more afraid to say.

When Yinger was in a trance, Zhao Dongting turned around and asked, "Yinger, what's wrong with you?"

He felt Ying Er's bare hands stop, and when he looked back and saw Ying Er's expression, he knew that Ying Er had something on her mind.

Ying Er bit her red lips lightly, hesitated several times, and finally said: "Ying Er is just worried about Sister Le Wu."

She still didn't dare to say what was in her heart, she just thought, wait a little longer, maybe one day she will be pregnant.

Zhao Dongting shook his head, "Oh, this girl, it really doesn't matter, she hasn't come back for such a long time."

After that, he buried his head in writing again.

In the evening, Zhao Dongting got up and took Yinger out of the bedroom.

The paper in his hand was already filled with dense words.So far, Zhao Dongting's economic reform policy in the Song Dynasty has taken shape.

As soon as he arrived in the courtyard, he ordered the guards to invite Lu Xiufu, Chen Wenlong, Chen Jianghan and other important ministers from the State Council and the Ministry of Finance.

Although the Southern Song Dynasty is now waiting to be implemented, economic reforms cannot be taken lightly.If the reform is good, the Southern Song Dynasty is likely to get out of the predicament and usher in an economic take-off, but if the reform is not good, it will make things worse and cause the economic situation of the Southern Song Dynasty to completely collapse.

While waiting for Lu Xiufu and others to come, Zhao Dongting was still carefully checking his policies.

There was a new order on the paper, which made him extra cautious.

Gold and silver transactions were canceled and banknotes were issued.

Jiaozi existed in the Northern Song Dynasty, but later, due to excessive distribution, Jiaozi flooded and was no longer valuable.

Until the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, the emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty failed to reverse this situation.It's just that De Jinyin returned to the economic stage, and Jiaozi gradually disappeared.

Now, with the decline of the Southern Song Dynasty, Jiaozi has almost disappeared completely, and it can no longer be used for trading.

However, the Yuan Dynasty officially issued the "Zhongtong Handover Banknote" and "Zhongtong Yuanbao Banknote" 20 years ago, and they were running well, which made the economic situation of the Yuan Dynasty much better than that of the Song Dynasty.When Zhao Dongting was in the bamboo grove, he hurriedly discussed with Lu Xiufu and others. At first, he didn't think of banknotes. It wasn't until he returned to the bedroom that he suddenly thought of it.

If paper money is issued well, this may be the best way to change the economy of the Song Dynasty in a short period of time.

The money is issued by the imperial court, how much to issue and how much to save, isn't the imperial court has the final say?

As long as the people recognize this kind of banknotes, won't the imperial court have money?
And if you have money, you can do things easily.

Less than two quarters of an hour later, Lu Xiufu, Chen Jianghan and others arrived together and knelt down at the gate of the courtyard: "Your Majesty, I will kowtow to you."

Zhao Dongting waved his hands and said: "My dear friends, please come here quickly."

Lu Xiufu and others walked up to him, all looking at the paper on the stone table.His complexion changed slightly.

Because the first four words on the paper are "issue banknotes".

As important ministers, they all knew how this incident would affect Song Dynasty.

Before Zhao Dongting could open his mouth, Lu Xiufu couldn't help asking: "The emperor intends to issue Jiaozi again?"

Zhao Dongting asked them to sit down, and said with a soft smile, "What advice do you have for my actions?"

(End of this chapter)