I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 257 The late emperor's reputation is not in vain!
When Tian Ziqi asked about serious matters, Liu Shengzong felt bored, so he could only force himself to temporarily put aside the matter of local county and county showdowns.

Watching his volume of memorabilia about 'renovating local apportionment' being carefully taken away by the eunuch Ling Chuntuo, Liu Sheng straightened his face and took a deep breath.

After pondering for a while, he put his thoughts on coin reform in front of the emperor's father without reservation.

"My Han family now has Qin Banliang, Han Banliang, Empress Dowager Lu's eight baht, Emperor Taizong's four baht, and miscellaneous money from other countries, and the money system is chaotic;"

"Among them, miscellaneous money from other countries is not common, and Taizu Han Banliang is mostly three baht pod money, which is not recognized by the common people."

"In this way, the main circulation in the world today is actually Qin Banliang (twelve baht), eight baht for Empress Dowager Lu, and four baht for the first emperor."

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"At the very beginning, Erchen originally planned to mint a new coin to replace Qin Banliang, Empress Dowager Lu's eight baht, and the late emperor's four baht;"

"But after carefully understanding the situation, Erchen finally found that instead of minting new coins, it is better to choose one of these three kinds of coins as my Han family's exclusive coin in the future."

"—The four baht coins ordered by Emperor Taizong should be the best choice."

Hearing Liu Sheng's words, Tianzi Qi only slightly nodded with a smile on his face, then sat up straight for a while, signaling Liu Sheng to continue talking.

Seeing Liu Sheng nod his head for a while, he spoke again, and then continued: "Compared with Qin Banliang and Empress Dowager Lu's eight baht, the four baht coin minted by Emperor Taizong has many advantages."

"The first advantage is that Emperor Taizong's four baht coins can be easily exchanged for Qin Banliang and Empress Dowager Lu's eight baht."

"—Qin Banliang, weighing twelve baht, three times the weight of Taizong's four baht;"

"The Empress Dowager Lu's eight baht weighs twice as much as Taizong's four baht."

"If the currency system is unified and Taizong's four baht is the only currency in circulation, then whether it is Qin Banliang or Lvhou's eight baht, it can be easily exchanged for Taizong's four baht."

"For one Qin Banliang, you can exchange three Taizong four bahts; for one Empress Dowager Lu eight baht, you can exchange two Taizong four bahts."

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"In addition to the convenience of exchange, Taizong's four baht also has other advantages."

"—Taizong's four baht is the most widely circulated and most stocked money in the world today;"

"According to Shaofu's estimates, Taizong's four baht accounts for at least [-]% of the coins in circulation in the Han family today."

"Specializing Taizong's four baht can save the manpower and material resources of the Shaofu to the greatest extent—you only need to melt the remaining [-]% of Qin Banliang and Lu Empress Dowager's eight baht into Taizong's four baht."

"But if new money is minted, all the money in the world, including Taizong's four baht, which accounts for [-]% of the world's coins, must be melted into new money."

"For the Shaofu, this is a very huge workload, and it also requires a lot of manpower, material resources, and time..."

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"Finally, it is the reputation of Taizong's four baht, which is widely recognized by the world."

"——At the time of Emperor Taizu Gao, the Shaofu was ordered by Emperor Taizu Gao to mint Han Banliang, but in the end it was cast into three baht pods, which completely disrupted the currency system of the whole world."

"It is not difficult to see from this incident: the most important thing about coins is reputation."

"Nowadays, Qin Banliang, Empress Dowager Lu's eight baht, and Emperor Taizong's four baht are mainly circulated in the world—among these three kinds of money, the most reputable is the four baht coin minted by the former Emperor Taizong."

"This is because the four baht money is heavy and full of color, and it is also because of the trust of the people of the world in the first Emperor Taizong."

"Since this is the case, instead of taking the risk of minting new coins, it is better to directly specialize in Taizong's four baht, and use Taizong's supreme prestige in the hearts of the people of the world to avoid the resistance to the unification of coins to the greatest extent."

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"Considering all these things, I finally came to the conclusion: the best choice for the unified currency system is to keep Taizong's four baht coins, and use Taizong's four baht coins as the only currency in circulation in my Han family."

"The benefits of doing this are many, many;"

"Especially compared to minting new money, specializing Taizong's four baht can avoid many unexpected troubles and hidden dangers."

"—At least compared to the new money, the people of the world already have enough trust in Taizong's four baht money;"

"Even if you don't specialize, people in the world have long been used to Taizong's four baht money, and they tend to exchange as much money as possible for Taizong's four baht money..."

With a solemn voice, he expressed all his thoughts, Liu Shengcai finally took a deep breath, and then cast his probing eyes on the emperor Qi who was sitting on the imperial couch.

And after hearing Liu Sheng's words, the faint smile on Tianzi Qi's face could not help showing a little playfulness.

"No new money minted..."

"Specialize Taizong's four baht?"

A slightly joking question caused Liu Sheng to nod his head heavily, and then he saw Tianzi Qi turned sideways with a half-smile, and looked at Liu Sheng with a look full of playfulness at last.

"Is it just what happened that made you change your mind?"

"Is it because you want to focus on stability, so you give up minting new money, and specialize in Taizong's four baht, so as to unify the currency system as stable as possible?"

"Um······"

"How many baht is the new money that I originally wanted to mint?"

Hearing this question, Liu Sheng's serious expression only became more serious;

After thinking for a while and talking for a while, he bowed his hand to Emperor Qi again.

"Since the time of Emperor Taizu Gao, my Han family has always used 'five' as a sacred number."

"—Emperor Taizu Gao once courted the Supreme Emperor once every five days, which extended the rule of the court hall every five days;"

"If new money is minted, I originally planned to mint five baht as the new money that will be used in the world after the unified currency system."

"But in the end, I still feel that after weighing the pros and cons, it is a more beneficial choice to use Taizong's four baht coin as the only coin in the line."

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"What happened just now didn't completely change my son's mind."

"Before, the ministers were vacillating before minting new coins of five baht and Xing Taizong's four baht."

"The advantage of Taizong's four baht, the son-in-law has just reported to the father;"

"There are two main advantages of the new five baht currency."

"——One: The court minted new money, which can avoid private minting and stealing minting to a greater extent."

"Because new money means a new money model - after the new money is issued, if the folks want to mint privately or steal it, they need to make a new money model."

"However, after the emperor's father banned the private coining of private coins, it will become very difficult for the private sector to make new coins."

"In contrast, it is difficult to avoid private and stolen private casting of four baht coins."

"After all, in the past, the folks have been privately casting four baht coins for Emperor Taizong, and eight baht coins for Qin Banliang and Empress Dowager Lu;"

"Even if my father has banned private minting by the people, the money fan used by the people to mint four baht coins in the past must be kept by some people who are not willing to give up the benefits of minting money..."

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"In addition to the new money model, which can more effectively restrict private and stolen casting, another advantage of the new five baht coin is profit."

"—Compared to the exchange ratio between four baht coins and Empress Dowager Lu's eight baht and Qin Banliang's 'twice' or 'three times', the new money between five baht and four baht, eight baht, and half two coins, and There is no convenient exchange ratio."

"An exchange ratio that is not an integer means that it is profitable for Shaofu to cast new money."

"For example, the emperor can order: one five-baht coin can be directly exchanged for two four-baht coins, or two five-baht coins can be exchanged for three four-baht coins;"

"For another example, four five-baht coins can be exchanged for three eight-baht coins, and two five-baht coins can be exchanged for one Qin Banliang coin."

Speaking of this, Liu Sheng did not forget to stop talking for a while, and carefully checked the expression on Tianzi Qi's face.

Sure enough——when Liu Sheng said the word "profitable", Liu Sheng clearly saw a trace of heartbeat from Tian Ziqi's face!
But soon, the fleeting heartbeat merged with the banter between the emperor's eyebrows;
Tian Ziqi looked at Liu Sheng with more playfulness.

"Since minting new money can restrict private minting and stealing, and it is profitable, why not do it?"

"Compared with these two advantages, is it still a better choice to pay four baht for Emperor Taizong?"

Hearing the meaning of school examination in Tianzi Qi's tone, Liu Sheng sat up straight as usual.

After thinking for a while, he finally nodded firmly.

"My son, I really think so."

"——The advantage of the new five baht coin is that it can limit private minting and stealing, and it is profitable;"

"But compared to these two advantages, the benefits of specializing Taizong's four baht are more and more important."

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"The new money is five baht, and a new money model is needed, which can naturally restrict private and stolen casting;"

"But on the other hand, Shaofu also needs to make new money models in order to cast new money."

"This means that the new money not only increases the difficulty of private minting, but also brings a lot of trouble to the Shaofu."

"As for being profitable, it's even less of a concern."

"—The unified currency system of the court is not for profit, nor is it for the purpose of collecting people's wealth;"

"Even the existence of Shaofu is not to make money, but to stabilize the market and protect the people of the world."

"So, the two advantages of the new five baht currency are not a big deal."

"On the contrary, the advantage of four baht is more important to my Han family."

"—Better reputation, less trouble, easier to be accepted by the people, and can maintain stability to the maximum."

"Er Chen believes that this is the really important advantage."

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"In the past, my son was still hesitating between the two. I didn't know whether it was better to mint new money or specialize in four baht."

"But just now, after listening to those old men talking about the local apportionment, and learning from my father the true intention of our Han family's 'government by doing nothing', I finally made up my mind."

"—Local counties apportionment at various levels, plucking geese, is indeed as the father said: even if it is something that must be changed in the future, it is also something that can only maintain the status quo for the time being."

"In my son's view, the local government's apportionment at various levels and the plucking of geese are due to the fact that the court has delegated power to the outside, giving local counties and counties opportunities and excuses for apportionment."

"In other words: the more complicated the court arranges for something, the more opportunities the local counties will have to manipulate;"

"Conversely, the simpler the court arranges a certain matter, the less excuses there will be for the local government to apportion it layer by layer."

"It's like money—if new money is introduced, the local counties will definitely do everything they can to try to make a profit from it in order to collect people's wealth."

"But if four baht is exclusively used, the common people already know the exchange rate between four baht and Empress Dowager Lu's eight baht and Qin Banliang. Even if the local counties want to make a move, they will be unable to do so."

"Of course, the most important thing is to focus on stability."

"——Compared with the chaos that the new money may bring, the special four baht can complete the unification of the currency system more smoothly and naturally."

"For the common people, the word 'stability' is probably the most precious thing..."

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After Liu Sheng's serious, solemn, and confident words, the palace fell into an extremely long silence.

On the imperial couch, Emperor Qi bowed his head in deep thought, not knowing what he was thinking;
On the side of the imperial couch, Liu Sheng's expression remained serious, quietly waiting for Tianzi Qi's decision.

As for the palace servants in the palace, they naturally retreated outside the palace as early as when the father and son were talking about serious business.

Ling Chuntuo, the only eunuch who remained in the palace, was silently at the position of five steps beside the imperial couch in the posture of a clay statue as usual...
"Casting new money is a good opportunity..."

"If new money is minted, then in the future, every time the people pick up a five-baht coin, they will think of you—recalling the five-baht coin, it was you who made it."

"Such a good opportunity, do you want to give up?"

After an unknown amount of time, Tianzi Qicai finally recovered from his long thoughts;

The probing question made Liu Sheng smile, and then he bowed his hands to the emperor indifferently.

"My son understands what my father means."

"But Erchen still thinks: Compared with this 'good opportunity', the advantage of four baht is still more important."

"As for the prestige brought by the casting of new money for the father and the sons, the sons will naturally covet it."

"But Erchen thinks..."

"Um······"

"—I believe that the new money brought to my father and my son may be prestige or stigma;"

"However, the four baht coins of the former Emperor Taizong will definitely bring prestige to the father and the ministers."

"To be more precise: Compared with the prestige brought by minting new coins, it is obvious that Emperor Taizong's Yu Yin, the status of 'Emperor Taizong Xiaowen's son and grandson' is more important to the father and sons... ·”

Hearing this, Tianzi Qi's calm face finally showed a faint smile.

But on his mouth, Tianzi Qi still only said indifferently: "Mmm;"

"I see..."

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"As for the money, let's do it first."

"Imitate Tao Zhezi, after the autumn harvest, at the court meeting, in the name of 'the money system is mixed, which is inconvenient for the people', it is proposed to issue four baht coins."

"The Shaofu side, you can make money first..."

Tian Ziqi said indifferently, which made Liu Sheng nod his head with a smile.

But Tianzi Qi frowned again, and asked again: "Four baht is special, it's easy to say;"

"How to do it specifically?"

"The Empress Dowager Lu's eight baht and Qin Banliang in the hands of the common people, how should they take back Shaofu's casting?"

Hearing this question, Liu Sheng still had that smiling face, looking up at the emperor with ease.

"For this matter, my son has a charter."

"—I heard that the largest grain merchant in Guanzhong: the Changling Tian family, seems to be planning to withdraw from the grain market."

"At least in the past two years, the Changlingtian family doesn't seem to intend to get involved in the grain business."

"In the past, Changling Tian's and Zhutian branches accounted for at least [-]% of the grain business in Guanzhong."

"But now, Tian's withdrawal from the grain market means that a full [-]% of the grain business in Guanzhong has been vacated."

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"What I mean is that in the next few years, let Captain Zhisu take action and eat [-]% of the grain market in Guanzhong;"

"—Buying food from the common people, the Shaofu only pays four baht;"

"If you sell grain to the common people, you will receive any money."

"In this way, the money in the hands of farmers should be exchanged for four baht two or three years ago."

"In addition to this, the Shaofu can also post another notice: All Empress Dowager Lu's eight baht coins and Qin Ban's two coins can be exchanged for four baht coins in the Shaofu."

"—Eight baht coins, you can exchange two four baht coins; Qin Banliang, you can exchange three four baht coins."

"Then the emperor will announce to the world, and clearly tell the people in the world: My Han family will specialize in four baht coins. After three years, all kinds of miscellaneous money other than four baht coins will no longer be in circulation."

"Three years later, Commander Zhi Su will only accept four baht for buying and selling grain."

"It takes three years for all these things, and the unification of coins should be completed."

Liu Sheng has a confident posture, which made the emperor frowned slightly;
After hearing Liu Sheng's comprehensive plan, Tianzi Qicai finally put all his worries away.

Nodding his head thoughtfully, and thinking about it for a long time, he finally raised his head and said in a neutral tone: "That's it."

"The specific details, you can figure it out yourself."

"—Be sure to avoid possible hidden dangers in advance."

"Even if you can't avoid it, you must be prepared to deal with it in advance."

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"Captain Zhisu meddling in the matter of food..."

"I don't think it's right."

"——Forty percent of the grain market in Guanzhong, if you want Captain Zhisu to control it smoothly, you need to give Captain Zhisu a lot of power and wealth;"

"Um······"

"Use a relative;"

"Forty percent of the grain business, Jia's takes half of it."

"The remaining half, you go find your mother and let Mrs. Dou eat it."

"The money for buying and selling grain, you call it from the Shaofu yourself."

Finally, after giving the order, the emperor Qi got up from the imperial couch with a calm face;
Just as he was about to say something to Liu Sheng, he saw a figure outside the palace gate, walking around anxiously...
"Spring Tuo~"

With a deep voice, Chun Tuo, the clay sculpture, was forced to start the machine, like a machine that had just been wound up, and rushed towards the gate of the palace in small steps;

Not long after, he turned back to the hall and bowed to the emperor Qi.

"To Your Majesty;"

"See you, Prime Minister..."

Chun Tuo said softly, but it made Liu Sheng's eyes widen subconsciously!

And on the imperial couch, upon hearing the news of Zhou Yafu's arrival, only a meaningful smile appeared on Tianzi Qi's face...
"Xuan."

(End of this chapter)