God-level prince of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 613 Currency Reform
Li Shimin seems to be in a good mood today, because he heard some good things about the locust plague.Everything is under control, and everyone is happy.

"Gao Ming, tell me about the recent locust plague situation?"

Li Shimin said so.

As soon as Li Chengqian heard it, he knew that the opportunity had come, and what he had to do next was something related to the economy.

Just take advantage of this opportunity to perform well and complete the task by the way.

So he said: "Under Your Majesty's wise leadership, we have won a great victory in this locust plague, and the locust plague has been completely wiped out by us.

During this period, we lost thousands of acres of fertile land, but most of the fertile land was safe!Now people have been organized to replant, and I believe that in autumn, there will still be a bumper harvest!

The impact of this locust plague is limited! "

Li Chengqian's words surprised the ministers. In the past, wherever the locust plague went, there was no complete existence. Now it seems that this is not the case. All this is due to Li Chengqian.

Someone asked: "Have the locusts really been wiped out?"

Li Chengqian said straightly: "That's right, because of the promotion that day, people knew that there are such delicacies in the world, so shrewd businessmen began to look for locusts around. The people driven by the so-called interests were extremely crazy. Even farther afield, people are catching locusts! This has reduced their numbers again!"

In this way, another ending was obtained. It turns out that there is such an operation.This is unexpected!
"but……"

After Li Chengqian finished speaking, he said another but, once this but came out, there might be nothing good to say.People's hearts were raised, and they all hoped that nothing would happen again, like catching bugs, they didn't want to do it again!
Sure enough, he said: "The plague of locusts started from the place of origin and caused some losses along the way. About 10 people were affected. My son begged His Majesty to open a warehouse to release food and help people!"

Turns out it was saying this, people were taken aback, and if that's the case, that's fine.

Li Shimin said: "This is a matter of course. We can take food from the treasury and distribute money to provide relief to the victims so that they can survive this disaster!"

After Li Shimin finished speaking, all the ministers should be, and at the same time, their faces were much more relaxed.

This is normal operation, there is nothing wrong with it.

But Li Chengqian did not achieve his goal, but said: "But..."

Every time he puts forward a different opinion, some people will always raise it inadvertently, but what?
Li Shimin was puzzled, he had come up with a good solution, what else would Li Chengqian do?
"What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, once the treasury is opened, it will take a lot of manpower and material resources to transport food and money. Food alone requires a lot of manpower. If money is added, I'm afraid there will be insufficient manpower!"

Now it is the post-disaster reconstruction, and the people in Chang'an City have started a new round of busyness, and there is a very shortage of manpower.

Liu Hongji smiled and said, "His Royal Highness, you mean not to give them money? After all, food is more important! Is this to ease the burden of shipping?"

It is understandable for him to say such a thing, why?

That's because the money in the Tang Dynasty was copper coins, and the weight of a hanging coin was quite a lot. The money needed by these 10 people was naturally even more. Liu Hongji meant to save as much as possible?Not even money.

Of course, this is just his conjecture, but Li Chengqian's meaning cannot be misinterpreted because of his conjecture.

"When did the king say that?"

"Then what should His Royal Highness do? Isn't it necessary to avoid trouble?"

"This king doesn't need to tell you."

Li Chengqian expressed disdain.

The two had always been at odds, and Li Shimin knew it.

So he said:

"Gao Ming, I also want to know what your words mean?"

"Your Majesty, my son thinks that this is the beginning of currency reform!"

reform?this……

Everyone is confused, why change?Good stuff, why change it?

As soon as Li Chengqian's words came out, everyone disagreed.

Someone said: "The currency is determined by the Supreme Emperor. If you change it rashly, I am afraid it will be time-consuming, labor-intensive, and cost money!"

"His Royal Highness, do you know how much hard work you put in when you decided on the currency? How can you change it as soon as you say it?"

"How much manpower and material resources were spent at that time, and the efforts of thousands of craftsmen, to have today's money. Why should it be changed? Is it meaningful?"

"I'm afraid there is nothing more suitable than the current currency in this world!"

"His Royal Highness, have you found out after investigation?"

"Can't be changed!"

The cognition against the old school always stops at the front. For all new things, they have a kind of fear from the heart, and they are unwilling to make changes.I am afraid of trouble, and of course I am more afraid of touching my own interests.

However, there are still some radical people. They agree with Li Chengqian's approach, so they said humanely:
"We think that we should listen to His Royal Highness, what should he do!"

"Yes, His Highness the Crown Prince has never disappointed us before. How do we change the currency? He can talk about it!"

"Don't beat him to death with a stick, that's not good!"

Liu Hongji said:
"Hmph, I'm afraid it will cause some big repercussions, bad repercussions! Datang should be stable, not chaotic!"

Of course Li Chengqian could think of what he could think of. First of all, those businessmen naturally refused.

There was a lot of noise.

Li Chengqian ignored everyone, but the old god was there, and he didn't feel the slightest.

In a moment, he will perform.

Li Shimin signaled everyone to be quiet, and asked:

"Gao Ming, why did you change the shipping direction?"

Only then did Li Chengqian speak.

"Because the current currency is inconvenient to carry, I think that new currency needs to be introduced!"

Because of this reason, it also deeply makes people feel afraid. The current currency is really inconvenient to carry, but whoever has a little money, who doesn't have a box of cash at home?

It is not easy to start a business, and the transportation cost alone will be very high.This is a hindrance!If the economy wants to develop, it must be broken!In the future, economic activities will be frequent, and copper coins can no longer adapt.

Having said that, Li Shimin seems to have realized something.

After all, they exist at the same time.

"What is it? I want to hear it!"

"The currency that I want to change can be collected in one hand!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was astonished, what did they say, Wan Guan gathered in one hand?How can it be done.He's not a Taoist monk, and he doesn't know mana and magic, how is it possible?

People thought whether Li Chengqian was talking big, or else he was talking in sleep.

Even Li Shimin is not willing to believe that this can be realized. They think that money needs copper coins, and that is called money!

(End of this chapter)