Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 566 Keynesian Believer

Gao Shi greeted Yuan Zai enthusiastically, and the two giants in Yangzhou City enjoyed themselves happily, which also made Gao Shi's subordinates feel relieved.

When the banquet was over, Gao Shi pulled Yuan Zai and asked:

"Gongfu, do you know about the money shortage in Jiangnan?"

Yuan Zai knew that this was the main topic of the banquet, and he was a little sober from the wine.

The shortage of money in the south of the Yangtze River is also a problem that Yuan Zai discovered from the official documents of the Ministry of Households before he took office.

In fact, Yuan Zai's predecessor, Fifth Qi, had already discovered the problem of money shortage in Jiangnan.

Since the first year of the emperor's founding, the imperial court has continuously given furnace coins to Jiangnan in an attempt to solve the problem of money shortage in Jiangnan.

Furnace coins are the molds used for minting coins. The imperial court gave Jiangnan a furnace coin to approve Jiangnan's own coinage. As long as the minted coins meet the imperial court's copper content requirements, the money can flow into the currency system of the Tang Dynasty.

The emperor once gave furnace coins to several Jiangnan Road areas with developed trade, and Yangzhou also has a mint that keeps minting coins.

However, copper and other precious metals are also needed to mint coins. The Jiangnan Mint once minted Kaiyuan Tongbao with a very low copper content. As a result, due to insufficient fineness, these coins were called white coins and lost their circulation value.

At the same time, the white money also reduced the credit of the Jiangnan government to a lower level. After that, the people in Jiangnan were often unwilling to use the new coins minted in Jiangnan, and even if they knew how to use them, they would use them at a discount.

Because of the bankruptcy of Jiangnan Baiqian's credit, Gao Shi was no longer able to issue additional coins to solve the money shortage.

The operation and settlement of the salt industry are also based on money, and the money shortage in the south of the Yangtze River is also a huge problem for Yuan Zai.

Yuan Zai was also investigating along the way. The problem of money shortage in the Tang Dynasty was not limited to the south of the Yangtze River.

"Use Shibosi to solve the problem of outflow of Tang money?" Yuan Zai heard Gao Shi's "idea" and frowned at the Jianghuai governor.

Jiedu envoys are in charge of military affairs, but they are often military generals and are not good at governing civil affairs.

Jiedushi in many places can't even manage the military well, let alone manage civil affairs.

This Gao Shi really deserved to be the Jiedu envoy who was transferred from a civil servant to a military post, and he was able to come up with such insightful ideas.

Looking at Gao Shi's excited eyes, Yuan Zai said: "Using the Shibo Department to control the outflow of Tang coins, and organizing the Shibo Department's official fleet to trade in surrounding countries to recover Tang money, this method sounds okay."

"Is it really okay? The sea ban on the court?"

Yuan Zai said with a smile: "When I left the capital, the Ministry of Household Affairs was already discussing the policy of abolishing the sea ban."

Gao Shi was overjoyed. The technical difficulty of going out to sea for trade was not high. There were excellent ports and docks in the south of the Yangtze River. As long as the imperial court lifted the sea ban, it would soon be possible to organize a fleet of ships to go out to sea for business.

Gao Shi quickly asked: "Why did the imperial court suddenly lift the sea ban?"

Yuan Zai said: "It was not the king of Yue who wrote a letter. When I left the capital, the king of Yue wrote a letter requesting the court to lift the sea ban, and submitted ten pros and cons of sea trade. After reading it, your majesty will send it to the political affairs hall and the Ministry of household for discussion. The sea ban will be lifted in a few days."

King Yue?

Gao Shi thought that Li Daoyuan, who presented himself with blueprints of sea-going ships and proposed to solve the money shortage through sea trade, seemed to be from Longyou. Is there any connection between this?

Probably not, Li Daoyuan is far away in Yangzhou, even if he is the subordinate of King Yue, it is impossible for King Yue to cooperate like this, this should be a coincidence.

Gao Shi went on to say: "Gongfu, my Shibo Department has suffered a serious brain drain since the ban on the sea. Do you have capable talents under your command who can support the Shibo Department's affairs?"

Now Zi Yuan Zai understands what Gao Shi's gallantry is for.

Datang's technical bureaucrats who understand finance are quite scarce. Although Gao Shi proposed to solve the problem of money shortage through the trade of Shibosi, none of his subordinates can play Shibosi.

In fact, this is also normal. Gao Shi's subordinates are all soldiers who are marching and fighting. It's okay to let them go to the front line. Let them read the account books of the Shibo Division. It's no wonder they can understand it.

If you send people who don't know how to do it to Shibosi, I'm afraid they will be played to death by the subordinate staff.

Therefore, after Li Daoyuan proposed to Gao Shi to reorganize the Shibo Department, Gao Shi has never done anything to the Shibo Department.

Yuan Zai also frowned. He didn't have many staff who were proficient in finance and taxation, and he had just taken over the Jianghuai Salt Institute, and there were still a lot of things to deal with.

Just when Yuan Zai was about to reject Gao Shi's request, Gao Shi suddenly said:
"Actually, someone recommended someone to this section a few days ago, but Mr. Gao doesn't have anyone who is proficient in financial affairs, and there is no way to distinguish whether this person is good or bad, so I want to invite the public assistant to check it out."

It turned out that Gao Shi, a majestic Jiedu envoy, hosted a banquet and offered his affection, and it was for this purpose.

But this is also a piece of cake for Yuan Zai, who is proficient in finance, he nodded and said: "In this case, Yuan will help Gao Jiedu check and see if this person is mediocre or talented."

Gao Shi was overjoyed, and hurriedly toasted Yuan Zai with a few glasses of wine. It was not until Yuan Zai was carried back to the Jiangnan Salt Courtyard by his family that the banquet ended successfully.

Two days later, the dusty Wang Yadong finally arrived in Yangzhou City.

Wang Yadong is not a student majoring in economics, but a senior keyboard warrior and amateur economist.

As a folk economist who has read "On Money" thoroughly, Wang Yadong insists that economists other than Keynes are nonsense.

After Wang Yadong entered the game, he gave himself a forum nickname of "Kane", and debated with players in the forum every day.

Wang Yadong, a "folk economics guru", naturally has a set of meticulous rhetoric, and those with a major in education will be muddied by his rhetoric. He has also criticized Jiang Lun's economic policies in forums many times.

Jiang Lun couldn't stand such a keyboard man buzzing on the forum every day, so he simply "recruited" him and let Wang Yadong enter the Wangfu Bank.

Wang Yadong's set of "self-taught" economic theories will definitely be tortured by reality in modern society, but in the era of Datang, it has been done like a fish in water.

Relying on his actual merits, Wang Yadong was promoted all the way to the vice president of Wangfu Bank, and was assigned the important task of opening up the Luoyang branch, and was sent to Luoyang by Jiang Lun.

Now Wang Yadong is naturally more swollen, maybe because his work in Luoyang is not saturated, he spends more time trolling people on the forum.

This time Li Daoyuan asked for help, saying that Jiangnan needed a talent proficient in economics, and Jiang Lun immediately contacted Wang Yadong.

Wang Yadong jumped up when he heard this opportunity.

Among amateur economists, there has always been a prevailing theory that the origin of the modern state was the establishment of customs houses.

The sign of the West becoming a modern country is that after the establishment of the customs that regulates import and export trade, the country has a grasp at the policy level, using invisible hands to regulate and manipulate trade between countries.

The core of Keynesianism is the theory of using policy to find ways to benefit the country in international trade.

Datang's customs is the Shibo Department!
Jiang Lun asked himself to interview for the position of Chief of Jiangnan Customs, and Wang Yadong naturally excitedly agreed.

After sending the greeting card and Li Daoyuan's recommendation letter, Wang Yadong was immediately summoned by Jianghuai Jiedu Envoy Gao Shi.

After waiting in the side hall for a long time, Wang Yadong, led by the officials, came to the Tiger Hall where the Jiedu envoy summoned his subordinates.

I only saw that in the bright and spacious Datang, besides Gao Shi who was interviewing himself, there was also an official wearing a green official robe.

After Gao Shi's introduction, it turned out that this green-robed official was Yuan Zai, the Jiangnan salt and iron envoy.

Wang Yadong took a deep breath, Yuan Zai is a big shot!
Although he doesn't have a deep study of Tang history, there have long been popular posts by players summarizing the great people he can meet in this era.

On the normal historical line, Yuan Zai was the prime minister of power during the reign of the Tang Dynasty. Even the emperor had to use the imperial guards to arrest Yuan Zai before eradicating him. This shows that Yuan Zai was very powerful during the reign of Emperor Daizong.

In addition to being proficient in power and tactics, Yuan Zai was also a minister proficient in finance. He later created the two tax laws that extended the life of Datang for 200 years during his tenure.

Unexpectedly, Wang Yadong suppressed his inner excitement when he met two big shots in an interview.

After Wang Yadong bowed to the two, he stood on the tiger hall with his hands down.

Gao Shi and Yuan Zai were also looking at Wang Yadong, Gao Shi was a little disappointed seeing that he was young.

However, Li Daoyuan left a deep impression on him. Since this Wang Yadong was recommended by Li Daoyuan, Gao Shi still had expectations for him.

Gao Shi first asked: "Wang Lang is from Longyou? I heard that a branch of the Taiyuan Wang family moved to Longyou. Is there any old relationship between Wang Lang and the champion?"

Wang Yadong shook his head and said: "Wang was born in a humble family, and he is not a child of an aristocratic family."

Gao Shi was born in the Gao family in Bohai, and he was a little disappointed that Wang Yadong was not from a famous family.

However, Yuan Zai came from a poor family, so he appreciated Wang Yadong's frankness in revealing his poor family status.

Gao Shi asked again: "Which great Confucian did Wang Lang learn from? Which scripture did he teach?"

Since he is not a noble family, he is a disciple of a famous teacher. In this era, Datang recommends him to be an official, and he also begins to rely on his background and education.

But Wang Yadong still shook his head and said: "Wang has no famous teacher, he is self-taught!"

As an amateur economist, Wang Yadong looked down on the economics majors with a professional background the most, and he immediately replied.

This time Gao Shi was even more disappointed. He was not from a famous family, and he didn't have a famous teacher. He also said that he was self-taught. It seems that the guy recommended by Li Daoyuan is not a talent.

Originally, Gao Shi was ready to end the interview, so he just found a small official to dismiss Wang Yadong.

Yuan Zai suddenly asked: "Self-taught, what knowledge did Wang Lang learn?"

Wang Yadong immediately said loudly: "What Wang has learned is Guan Zhongzhi's study, and what he has learned is the art of enriching the country and enriching the people!"

(End of this chapter)