Datang first village

Hearing what Li Er said, there are no idiots present, and they all know that Li Er is trying to buy people's hearts.

Wang Jishan is very clear that this matter has nothing to do with him, nor with the Seventh Family.But if I object, I'm afraid it will arouse the hostility of the nobles, so I might as well support it.

Of course, Cui Junsu would sell Li Yuanxing a favor.

"I have a proposal!"

"Qing Jin said that as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Qing must have experience in making money!" Li Er spoke in support of Cui Junsu.

Cui Junsu cupped his hands to the people around him: "My lord, the king of Qin. Some people think that one or two gold coins is the portrait of the sage, and five coins is the portrait of the eldest grandson empress. This is very appropriate. In the Tang Dynasty, the sage and the queen are naturally admired by all people. Yes. The gold coin of this money, I think, should not put the image of the crown prince, but should be His Royal Highness King Qin."

"Second the ministers!" All the courtiers spoke immediately.

"Ah, this should be the case. I just noticed that Goro didn't make his own. I think in the future, the gold coins of this amount should be the most circulated, and Goro should be this!" Li Er immediately spoke in support.

Just as Li Yuanxing wants to flatter Li Er, Li Er will also carry Li Yuanxing's sedan chair at the right time.

"Chendi..." Li Yuanxing wanted to refuse.

But Li Er pressed Li Yuanxing's hand: "Wulang, if you refuse, who would dare to leave a seal on this coin!"

Li Yuanxing had nothing to say, so he nodded.

"As the crown prince, Chengqian is naturally the prince of the country. One tael of silver coin is just right for him, and the five qian silver coin will be given to Mingyue. Then design 24 one qian silver coins, and the candidates for these 24 meritorious ministers will be selected carefully. Discuss one or two, arrange candidates, and publicize the world."

Li Er has made a decision, and this decision is the final result of gold coins and silver coins.

"Your Highness, who is on this copper coin?" Fang Xuanling asked again.

"This is the old man of my Zhuangzi. He has contributed a lot to the matter of immortal grain and Luoyang's bumper harvest. He was chosen not because of his meritorious service, but because of this copper coin. Farming is the foundation of the world, so the head portrait is blurred, more reflecting the appearance of a farmer."

Li Yuanxing's explanation is also reasonable.

"Agriculture is the foundation of the world, Your Highness speaks highly of it!" All the ministers still supported it.Wang Jishan changed the subject: "However, the old minister thinks that this head portrait is still too clear and should reflect farmers more than people. So I ask Your Highness to add some designs, such as sickles or farm tools."

"My minister agrees!"

Li Yuanxing understood that this was the gentry's challenge, and he would never allow a farmer's head to be left on the coin.

There is no way, it is impossible for Li Yuanxing to object to this matter.

"Your Highness, these five coins seem to be soldiers?" Wang Jishan asked again.

"Yes." Li Yuanxing didn't say who it was this time, because it was unnecessary.This must also be blurred.

Wang Jishan turned to Li Er and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that your highness's technique of making money must be unparalleled in the world. Then I think that adding two copper coins to serve as soldiers and the Tang army to protect the family and the country is naturally a symbol of national strength. It is feasible." The five coins are for scholars, holding the book of sages."

After listening to Wang Jishan's words, Li Yuanxing replied: "Scholars, farmers, workers, merchants, and soldiers!"

Li Yuanxing only said these five words, which means that he added Shi, so there should be a care for both workers and merchants.

"What do you think, Your Highness?"

"My king thinks that adding a big coin of twenty renminbi. Or merchants and soldiers for one renminbi, workers and peasants for five renminbi. It is nothing more than a matter of making an extra set of molds. The people in the world must always know that the imperial court has not forgotten them. "

"Your Highness is wise!"

These guys don't care what to add one, what to add a set of molds.What they care about is that it is enough to put the scholars who study on the big money of ten yuan.

It doesn't matter to Li Yuanxing, his purpose of making money is not to satisfy or dissatisfy anyone.

The real reason is that Li Yuanxing needs to reform the currency system.

The first step is to let the messy money crowd out the money market.Let silk, a substitute currency, withdraw from the currency system.

"Thank you for correcting the words on these coins. This king may not have thought carefully enough. Of course, this king's handwriting is also poor. Please ask old Mr. Yu and other famous people to write in handwriting."

"Your Highness is thoughtful, and I am willing to help you with the details."

After thinking for a while, Li Yuanxing said again: "In Chang'an City, you can buy four meat buns for a penny. Many small things such as needles and threads can be bought for a penny. This king considers making steel coins, which are extremely small and thin. I don't know if it is necessary? For example, someone wants to eat a meat bun?"

"Your Highness, fine steel coins are probably more expensive than copper coins. And the coins made of fine steel are likely to be exchanged by foreign countries in large quantities, because they are fine steel!" Fang Xuanling hit the point in one sentence.

As many steel coins as Li Yuanxing made, so many steel coins will disappear.

"What about iron money? The most common pig iron coin?" Li Yuanxing asked again.

This time it was replaced by Cui Junsu's answer: "Your Highness, the cost of casting money is not low. Unless His Highness has a very clever method, it will be meaningless. But I think that if Your Highness's iron money is based on the price of Chang'an rice, it will be worth a piece of iron money. A catty of rice, I believe this is a great good thing. The small amount of transactions between the people will increase, the life of the people will be better, the market will be prosperous, and the small handicraftsmen will get more income!"

Who said that the ancients didn't understand the economy, they just looked at the direction of the economy in a different way.

What Cui Junsu said was very reasonable, even a little further than Li Yuanxing thought.

Li Yuanxing just knew that one penny in modern times is the purchasing power of four yuan, so why don't you give change?In other words, you can only buy things worth four yuan at a minimum, so for some products, the minimum price must be one penny.This is not conducive to the circulation of the market.

As for iron money.

Add tin to pig iron, and then add molybdenum.As long as it doesn't rust, making coins the size of a fingernail like a penny in later generations, the machine industrialization process, and a large number of productions, although the cost may be close to or exceed the value of money, it is beneficial to the entire Tang Dynasty.

But later generations no longer have 1-minute coins.

There are two reasons. One is that there is nothing on the market that can be bought for a penny, not to mention a penny, even dime coins have almost disappeared.Because there's nothing a dime can buy.

Another reason is production cost.

In the era of large-scale industrialization in later generations, the cost of a penny exceeds the value of the coin itself.

Li Yuanxing dared to do it, and what he did was not a penny, but an iron coin worth about fifty cents to one yuan.Based on the price of Tang Dynasty, the price of rice in Chang'an City is relatively high, while the price of rice in other places is relatively low.

A bucket is almost twelve catties in modern times, about ten Wen in Chang'an, and the lowest is five Wen.Datang’s coin purchase is the modern four yuan, that is to say, the price of rice in Chang’an is equivalent to four yuan per catty in later generations, and the coins made by Li Yuanxing can be equivalent to one catty of rice, which exceeds the meaning of one yuan coin .

"Retire and rest. The matter of King Qin's money will come up with a detailed result as soon as possible. Needless to say, the matter of copper coins must be resolved tomorrow."

Li Er chased them away, and all the ministers hurriedly retreated.

When everyone left Li Er's study room, they saw Qin Qiong standing outside the door.

There must be something, because His Royal Highness King Qin summoned Qin Qiong just now. He had doubts, but no one dared to ask.After politely saluting, all the courtiers withdrew one by one.

Li Er who was in the study waved his hand: "Everyone go out."

Eunuch Gao immediately took the eunuch with him, and the maids retreated quickly. Li Yuanxing rubbed his chin, thinking about something.Li Er asked Li Yuanxing before Qin Qiong came in: "Wu Lang is thinking about the cost of the iron money."

"Brother Huang, I had a stamping machine driven by a waterwheel a few months ago, and now I have a steam engine. A hammer of [-] jin hits the iron sheet, and the coins made will not work even if someone wants to imitate them. If it is imitated, new money will appear for the courtiers, and the cost of imitating the old money will not be worthwhile."

Li Er shook his head: "Wulang always does things unexpectedly."

"Brother Huang, but this is still my family's private money, I don't know when!"

When Li Yuanxing said, it was about becoming an official money of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Li Er also understood that things had to be done step by step. At present, it is impossible for the Ministry of Household Affairs to reform as soon as it is said. It happens that Li Yuanxing makes private money, and we can also look at the reaction of the people. In the past dynasties, because of the casting of money, people's livelihood was unstable, and there were many things that caused the court to lose credibility. Li Er had just sat on the throne, so he naturally didn't want to make such mistakes in his own country.

Qin Qiong had already entered at this time, and Li Er turned his head to take a good look at Li Yuanxing.

Li Yuanxing let out a long breath, and approached Qin Qiong: "Brother Shubao, the Chuanguo Yuxi is with Empress Xiao!"

Qin Qiong's face turned pale when he heard Li Yuanxing speak.He didn't dare to repeat, but just looked at Li Yuanxing in horror.This news is too shocking. One must know that Empress Xiao has lived in Chang'an for several months, so such a treasure should be obtained in the first place.

However, Qin Qiong knows what to ask and what not to ask.

He is qualified to hear this news, which represents the absolute trust of the royal family in him.

Li Yuanxing turned around and took Datang Emperor Li Er's barrier knife from the shelf.After Li Er nodded slightly, he put it in Qin Qiong's hand, and then took out the military talisman of his Tiance Admiral's Mansion and put it in Qin Qiong's hand: "Brother Shubao, this matter must not be lost. The troops of Chang'an City are at your disposal If you can learn with words, don’t use martial arts.”

"I understand, anyone who dares to get involved, kill!" There is really no other way except to kill.

Because it is the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, what do you want to keep this thing?Rebel?

However, Li Yuanxing didn't understand. It is recorded in history that Empress Xiao was taken back to Chang'an in the fourth year of Zhenguan, and she returned to Chang'an with the Chuanguo Yuxi, and dedicated the Chuanguo Yuxi to Li Er at that time.But this time, why she didn't present it immediately when she brought it back, and she didn't dare to keep this thing privately, otherwise Li Yuanxing would not misunderstand that Li Er had obtained the Jade Seal of Chuanguo. (To be continued.)