The king behind the empress

Chapter 154

The so-called value issue refers to the fact that paper money itself is worthless, how to ensure its value, this is actually what Shen Qisheng said before, as long as it is enforced and the people approve it, the paper money will naturally have value.

But if the first problem is solved, the second problem will follow.

Banknotes are different from gold, silver and copper, which are inherently valuable and have a limited number of currencies. If the country prints money with all its strength, its value may be able to directly buy the entire Zhou Dynasty in minutes. .

But this value is not equal to its actual value. The only thing that can be caused by malicious printing of money is inflation. In the end, the result can only be economic collapse, and the banknotes will be reduced to waste paper. At that time, countless people will suffer.

So how to supervise the circulation of this banknote is a big problem.

In fact, apart from these problems, there is a third problem, which is the most important problem, but Shen Qisheng didn't mention it.

That is, if the country issues currency, then this currency is equivalent to the country's credit value, but Da Zhou can't be regarded as Guotai Min'an now. If paper money is issued in Da Zhou's current situation, I am afraid that even ordinary people will not buy it.

As for other scattered and minor problems, Shen Qisheng did not mention them. If these three problems cannot be solved, then the banknotes will not be issued at all, and there is no point in talking about other minor problems.

"My king knows about the problems you mentioned, so I don't plan to issue banknotes now."

Now that he has considered issuing banknotes, it is naturally impossible for Mo Zizai not to consider these issues. As an online writer who has passed the history in his previous life, he is naturally familiar with various examples of the failure of issuing banknotes in ancient times.

"After the king has pacified the aristocratic family and destroyed the Three Kingdoms, and then use silver as the basis and issue banknotes according to the amount of silver in the treasury, does shopkeeper Shen think it is feasible?"

"The Ping Family, destroy the Three Kingdoms..."

Shen Qisheng sighed faintly in his heart, what else could he say, he could only sigh silently Mo Zizai had great ambitions, and by the way decided in his heart that when such a day really happened in the future, he must let his grandson write this as a sacrificial letter and burn it to him .

What, you said he is not married and will not have grandchildren?

That's right, he didn't think that Mo Zizai would be able to pacify the world and destroy the Three Kingdoms. As far as the court situation is concerned, it would be a blessing not to be pacified by the family.

"If the prince can do this, there will be no problem in issuing banknotes."

Seeing Shen Qisheng's apparently inconsistent behavior, Mo Zizai didn't explain too much, the facts speak louder than words, and when he equalizes the family, he will talk to Shen Qisheng again, it will naturally be more convincing than empty words now.

The reason why he told Shen Qisheng this in advance is that he valued Shen Qisheng's ability to run the bank, and wanted him to work in the court in the future, and by the way, put some of his own people in the household department to prepare for kicking out Qian Min in the future.

"The aristocratic family and the Three Kingdoms have their own king to solve the problem."

Mo Zizai looked at Shen Qisheng, and said: "You don't have to worry about it, the reason why I told you this in advance is just to let you make as many plans as possible before this matter starts. In case you are really asked to do it when the time comes, you don’t know where to start.”

"Let the grassroots do it?"

Shen Qisheng, who understood what Mo Zizai meant, didn't care about the reality of the Ping family, and asked in disbelief: "My lord, Caomin is just a merchant, how can I leave this matter to Caomin?"

"It's okay." Mo Zizai said indifferently: "The position of the left servant of the household department is still vacant. If you can come back from the grassland alive, this position will be yours from now on."

"Hu... the left servant of the household department?"

Even though Shen Qisheng's mind was very calm, he couldn't stand the stimulation at this moment. The Zuo Shilang of the household department lived in the third rank, he was the deputy of the minister of the household department, and the second in command of the household department.

Now Mo Zizai actually said that when he came back from the grassland, the second in command of the household department would be his.

Shen Qisheng, who was short of breath, lost his mind for a while before slowly recovering, shook his head and said: "Thank you for your kindness, but Shen is a merchant, how can he be an official, let alone sit in the household department?" The servant is in this position."

The words "scholar, farmer, businessman and commerce" are not talking about. In Dazhou, merchants have business registration. Anyone who has business registration cannot take part in the imperial examination, let alone be an official.

Although the law has been relaxed and merchants' children can participate in the imperial examination, it is still difficult to become an official with a legitimate name, let alone the important position of directly serving as the servant of the household department.

"This king said you can be, so you can be."

Although Mo Zizai's tone was flat, it was full of incomparable domineering, "This court, this king can still count on it."

"This……"

Just when Shen Qisheng wanted to say something more, he suddenly heard a commotion from the outer courtyard, and there were a few screams from time to time.

It was obvious that the East Factory Guard of the Outer Court had already taken action against those small merchants, and those screams were obviously the sounds of some merchants who were unwilling to be arrested without a fight, and were dealt with on the spot.

"The prince really arrested all those businessmen?"

Shen Qisheng's expression changed slightly, he thought that Mo Zizai was trying to scare the business owners, but now it seems that Mo Zizai is obviously serious.

"Well, most of them will be caught."

Mo Zizai didn't take this matter to heart, and explained lightly: "The king gave them a chance yesterday, they just don't cherish it."

"But in this way, I'm afraid it will really cause turmoil in the people's livelihood."

Shen Qisheng frowned, with a deep worry in his expression, so many businessmen almost covered most of the industries in the capital, if they were killed like this, the prices in the capital would definitely be greatly affected. There are some fluctuations.

"It doesn't matter, as long as the daily necessities are stable, even if other prices fluctuate a little, it's not a big problem."

Mo Zizai had already considered the consequences of this matter. As long as he controlled the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt so that it would not fluctuate, there would be no major problems in the capital.

As for other price problems, it will only make people's lives a little troublesome, and it will not have any major impact. As long as it is properly controlled, there will be no major problems.

Even if there is really any trouble, the big deal is to implement the military control system, which can just make the people of the capital be prepared for danger in peacetime, experience the feeling of war in advance, and help improve their patriotism.

Hearing Mo Zizai's words, Shen Qisheng knew that Mo Zizai had long been mentally prepared for such consequences, so he couldn't help but smiled wryly, and said no more.

Another businessman sitting near him hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "My lord, there is a way for the grassroots to minimize this turmoil. I wonder if my lord can give me some support?"

　I usually get up at 07:30, but I actually slept until eleven o'clock today. It's been a long time since I slept until this time...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)