It is actually not difficult for Xue Chongxun to open the stage to manage his own land as a prince. It is not easy to find talent against the sky. It is not easy to find people who are not easy to find, and it is easy to collect people who can read and make words and understand human nature.
In ancient society, productivity was low, and many people had difficulties in food and clothing. Even if the prosperous Tang Dynasty society was prosperous and developed, the lives of the common people were not so easy...
Farmers who farmed in the following fields had no modern equipment and materials such as machinery, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, and could only rely on human and animal labor. It was undoubtedly very hard to have food and clothing when exposed to the wind and sun.
If you have something to do when you sit in the house and write, you can use money and rice to support your family, that is really great, so there is a saying that everything is inferior, but only the most comfortable being an official.
Moreover, Xue Chongxun trusts the organization team more, which is much more reliable than trusting a few capable people.
It was very simple for him to establish various institutions. The biggest problem now is maintenance, that is, funding.
The official positions of the royal governments allowed by the Tang Dynasty, such as the orders of the rulers, the magistrates, the magistrates, the magistrates, the magistrates, the magistrates, the magistrates, and the magistrates, etc., were all of which were of the grade and received national financial salaries. Xue Chongxun himself did not need to worry about this...
But those who are under his internal factory, undercover agents, spies, spies, etc., cannot apply for funds from the Ministry of Revenue?
But those vague things in black and white are the most expensive. Those people take great risks to do things, and it will be difficult to do without sufficient benefits.
As a prince, Xue Chongxun seemed to be awesome, but his income was not high. The regular officials and clerks in the royal office were allocated money by the court, and his salary income could not afford to support so many people.
It has been a hundred years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and many systems have been reformed. For example, the kings and princes have not had the population territory to be divided, but have been converted into salary and benefits...
For example, a prince who enfeoffed 5,000 households was not assigned to him by 5,000 households, but instead converted the taxes of 5,000 households into material money and directly allocated them to the Ministry of Revenue (of course, there was also a reduction).
This greatly weakened the power of the princes and princes in order to strengthen centralization.
These institutional reforms are obviously very useful. Now that Xue Chongxun wants to develop his power, he has no basic things... The economy is the foundation of all constructions.
The staff members came up with advice to help Xue Chongxun find ways to make money. The first way that everyone thought of could use existing resources to convert them into actual interests was of course selling official positions.
In the past, Princess Taiping did something to sell her official position when she was short of money. Her method of being a slanted official was simply notorious, and it seemed that she would have to be infamous for thousands of years.
But it is undoubtedly very effective, Princess Taiping has always been rich.
A staff member who was a shopkeeper said in a swift manner: The queen and the prince are on the side. At that time, the prince will send the list of appointed officials to the palace and send it to the queen. If the prince doesn't care about the matter today, he will probably nod.A group of people in the court can be an official, and the price is clear and the price is not deceptive...
Xue Chongxun looked at him in surprise: Do you think the public institution... is the government in the court who does business, and it is clear and real price?
The man said: When Princess Taiping used this as a brilliant strategy to accumulate wealth. With the experience of his predecessors, the prince followed suit, so why worry about money?In addition to following the queen's way, you can also find the husbands in the Political Affairs Hall. Xue Lang has a good relationship with his husbands and has to appoint some officials from time to time, so there is always no big problem.This method will definitely work.
Xue Chongxun shook his head gently, and his intuition to sell official positions was really despicable.
At this time, Wang Changling also opposed: It is not the question of whether the law can work, but the adverse impact of selling official positions is very serious.We plan for the lord, just like a doctor prescribes a prescription, not a prescription that can cure diseases.A quack doctor prescribes tiger and wolf medicine, which works quickly, but it is very harmful to body conditioning. How to calculate the prescription?
Wang Changling advised Xue Chongxun again: The lord cannot give up the roots and chase the ends!Although people's hearts cannot be seen or touched, they are the most awesome thing.Looking at the past and present, most of the people with bad reputations were afraid of when they were in power. Once there was a slight setback, they would become a wall and be pushed by everyone.Taking history as a lesson, we can see the rise and fall of the lord, we must observe it!
After hearing this, Xue Chongxun agreed and agreed: What Shao Bo said is deeply loved by me, and his reputation and public opinion are very important soft power. If his image is transformed into evil, who in the world would like to see such a person as a country?Well, it’s also good to take the time to find a painter to draw some kind portraits of children and write a few articles for the country and the people...
Wang Changling said: That's not necessary. Recently, the three judicial departments have been trying Yao Chong's crimes. The lord has no grudges with him anyway. It's better to buy personal favors and be loyal to the Yao Chong family, who has a high reputation, and scholars in the world will definitely look at the lord differently.
The two of them said a few words about their reputation. Xue Chongxun finally remembered the important matters of gathering staff today and asked again: Selling officials is too affecting their reputation, I don’t think it is available. Think about it again, what other ways can I make money?
Everyone looked at each other indifferently.It is naturally not that easy to make money, let alone make a lot of money in a short period of time. What else do you have to plant in this easy way?
No one mentioned that Xue Chongxun was asked to use his privileges to do business, because the fact that a prince was involved in merchants was too cheap, and the business cycle was relatively long at this time, so money was not fast.
Xue Chongxun thought of this himself, but he also felt that there was no need to do that.
His energy and time are in power, and he really has little interest in making pure money.
At this time, someone mentioned: In fact, opening a money shop to mint coins quickly, and minting it is money.Ordinary merchants are punished for minting coins by themselves, and even those who have connections with the government must handle the matter from multiple sources, which will be costly.Didn’t the prince still hold the title of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and not revoke it?If a Zhuangzi set up a monarch to mint coins on behalf of the court, it would be reasonable.
Another staff member laughed: You have never been in a money shop, and you think how big a problem is to make money?To cast ten thousand jin of coins, one must make ten million copper coins. If the copper material is not of good quality, it can only be used as one for circulation in the market, or the people simply don’t want it.How much effort does it cost to consume labor, materials, and fire?How big can the scene be?
Unexpectedly, Xue Chongxun slapped the table and said: This is a good idea!
When everyone looked at him, he smiled and said: It is natural to be laborious to cast copper coins, but you can also cast silver coins and print paper money at the same time!
...After getting inspiration, Xue Chongxun came down to think about it carefully. The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was feasible, especially the banknotes were the most interesting and needed national authority and credit.And you can put on the name of "The Legend of the Convenience" for the people.
He first wrote an article and wrote a letter to mention this matter, and borrowed the successful capital of his previous reform of the Sanhe Law, proposing to reform the Money Law.
The circulation of currency in the Tang Dynasty was extremely irregular, circulating both copper coins and gold and silver. Even the most popular one was not metal currency, but textiles.
Textiles such as silk and silk were almost the same as ordinary equivalents at this time. The ones that the court collected the most taxes were grain and silk, which were used to pay for the expenses of each government office.
People usually use copper coins for pocket money, and copper coins are divided into new and old. Some are equivalent to the same color, while others are not good for 1,500.
Moreover, it is inconvenient to carry copper coins and it is difficult to quantify gold and silver (the whole ingot is something that exists in the vault, and it is not used to control it), which is very unfavorable to commercial circulation.
Xue Chongxun’s idea was to establish a Ministry of Revenue institution similar to the central bank, and he proposed to reorganize and form it. Why don’t you worry about money after controlling this institution?
Isn’t it very convenient to withdraw money from the bank reasonably?
After discussing with Wang Changling and others, he wrote a memorial called Qian Fa and prepared to hand it over to the Political Affairs Hall.
The argument is to accurately measure currency, and then ask the staff to quote the classics to prove the correctness of their arguments.
Those literati also made it complicated, and even Qin Shihuang’s unified weights and measures were involved.
The circulation of silver coins and copper coins is not a problem, because it is hard currency and is valuable in itself. The problem that requires the most effort to convince the courtiers is paper money.Why can people all over the world recognize the price of a piece of paper?
Paper money and silver notes issued by private money houses are two concepts. Silver notes are equivalent to stubs. They are the evidence that people first deposit gold, silver and silk into the money house, and can be put forward at any time; the paper money proposed by Xue Chongxun is obviously a modern economic concept, which is probably difficult for people to accept.
His idea is to first make the banknotes like silver bills, which can be exchanged for gold, silver and copper at any time in the Ministry of Revenue's money bank. At the same time, the national taxes only collect gold, silver and paper money, which will make the basis for the credit of the banknotes.
This involves the issue of vaults. The issuance of paper money will be circulated through the court's financial expenses. If others want to go to the Ministry of Revenue to exchange gold, silver and silk, they must have inventory.
Of course, Xue Chongxun’s method was to borrow money from the treasury... exchange the treasury for gold, silver and silk for the treasury, and then use the treasury expenses for the treasury.
Some staff members suggested that there might be business difficulties. At first, people could not trust a piece of paper. They would definitely exchange money after getting the paper. The money shop exchanged it from the treasury with the left hand into gold and silver with the right hand, and with the operating cost, they might not be able to make ends meet.
Of course, if there is a problem, there is a way to think about it. Someone quickly proposed a solution: fire consumption.To exchange it in the bank of money, a certain proportion of fire consumption must be paid to support the early operation.
There are also staff who have worked as shopkeepers in money shops who suggest that they can operate mortgage loan business, which is equivalent to legal usury. With the support of the state's forced machines, the profit is very high.
……
After fiddling with this for a long time, the court ministers couldn't figure out what Xue Chongxun wanted to do. Their idea was: King Jin was crazy and wanted to open a money shop.
Those ministers who read books of sages or from nobles have a way of governing the country and are really not very proficient in the ways of merchants. Even if they have knowledgeable scholars and disciples, they only say that it is a very profitable thing.
Since Xue Chongxun said that he could exchange paper money for gold, silver and silk for him, there would be little resistance in the court... Everyone understands that the King of Jin is short of money, and it is better to open a money house to make money than to sell officials to ruin officials.
In ancient society, productivity was low, and many people had difficulties in food and clothing. Even if the prosperous Tang Dynasty society was prosperous and developed, the lives of the common people were not so easy...
Farmers who farmed in the following fields had no modern equipment and materials such as machinery, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, and could only rely on human and animal labor. It was undoubtedly very hard to have food and clothing when exposed to the wind and sun.
If you have something to do when you sit in the house and write, you can use money and rice to support your family, that is really great, so there is a saying that everything is inferior, but only the most comfortable being an official.
Moreover, Xue Chongxun trusts the organization team more, which is much more reliable than trusting a few capable people.
It was very simple for him to establish various institutions. The biggest problem now is maintenance, that is, funding.
The official positions of the royal governments allowed by the Tang Dynasty, such as the orders of the rulers, the magistrates, the magistrates, the magistrates, the magistrates, the magistrates, the magistrates, and the magistrates, etc., were all of which were of the grade and received national financial salaries. Xue Chongxun himself did not need to worry about this...
But those who are under his internal factory, undercover agents, spies, spies, etc., cannot apply for funds from the Ministry of Revenue?
But those vague things in black and white are the most expensive. Those people take great risks to do things, and it will be difficult to do without sufficient benefits.
As a prince, Xue Chongxun seemed to be awesome, but his income was not high. The regular officials and clerks in the royal office were allocated money by the court, and his salary income could not afford to support so many people.
It has been a hundred years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and many systems have been reformed. For example, the kings and princes have not had the population territory to be divided, but have been converted into salary and benefits...
For example, a prince who enfeoffed 5,000 households was not assigned to him by 5,000 households, but instead converted the taxes of 5,000 households into material money and directly allocated them to the Ministry of Revenue (of course, there was also a reduction).
This greatly weakened the power of the princes and princes in order to strengthen centralization.
These institutional reforms are obviously very useful. Now that Xue Chongxun wants to develop his power, he has no basic things... The economy is the foundation of all constructions.
The staff members came up with advice to help Xue Chongxun find ways to make money. The first way that everyone thought of could use existing resources to convert them into actual interests was of course selling official positions.
In the past, Princess Taiping did something to sell her official position when she was short of money. Her method of being a slanted official was simply notorious, and it seemed that she would have to be infamous for thousands of years.
But it is undoubtedly very effective, Princess Taiping has always been rich.
A staff member who was a shopkeeper said in a swift manner: The queen and the prince are on the side. At that time, the prince will send the list of appointed officials to the palace and send it to the queen. If the prince doesn't care about the matter today, he will probably nod.A group of people in the court can be an official, and the price is clear and the price is not deceptive...
Xue Chongxun looked at him in surprise: Do you think the public institution... is the government in the court who does business, and it is clear and real price?
The man said: When Princess Taiping used this as a brilliant strategy to accumulate wealth. With the experience of his predecessors, the prince followed suit, so why worry about money?In addition to following the queen's way, you can also find the husbands in the Political Affairs Hall. Xue Lang has a good relationship with his husbands and has to appoint some officials from time to time, so there is always no big problem.This method will definitely work.
Xue Chongxun shook his head gently, and his intuition to sell official positions was really despicable.
At this time, Wang Changling also opposed: It is not the question of whether the law can work, but the adverse impact of selling official positions is very serious.We plan for the lord, just like a doctor prescribes a prescription, not a prescription that can cure diseases.A quack doctor prescribes tiger and wolf medicine, which works quickly, but it is very harmful to body conditioning. How to calculate the prescription?
Wang Changling advised Xue Chongxun again: The lord cannot give up the roots and chase the ends!Although people's hearts cannot be seen or touched, they are the most awesome thing.Looking at the past and present, most of the people with bad reputations were afraid of when they were in power. Once there was a slight setback, they would become a wall and be pushed by everyone.Taking history as a lesson, we can see the rise and fall of the lord, we must observe it!
After hearing this, Xue Chongxun agreed and agreed: What Shao Bo said is deeply loved by me, and his reputation and public opinion are very important soft power. If his image is transformed into evil, who in the world would like to see such a person as a country?Well, it’s also good to take the time to find a painter to draw some kind portraits of children and write a few articles for the country and the people...
Wang Changling said: That's not necessary. Recently, the three judicial departments have been trying Yao Chong's crimes. The lord has no grudges with him anyway. It's better to buy personal favors and be loyal to the Yao Chong family, who has a high reputation, and scholars in the world will definitely look at the lord differently.
The two of them said a few words about their reputation. Xue Chongxun finally remembered the important matters of gathering staff today and asked again: Selling officials is too affecting their reputation, I don’t think it is available. Think about it again, what other ways can I make money?
Everyone looked at each other indifferently.It is naturally not that easy to make money, let alone make a lot of money in a short period of time. What else do you have to plant in this easy way?
No one mentioned that Xue Chongxun was asked to use his privileges to do business, because the fact that a prince was involved in merchants was too cheap, and the business cycle was relatively long at this time, so money was not fast.
Xue Chongxun thought of this himself, but he also felt that there was no need to do that.
His energy and time are in power, and he really has little interest in making pure money.
At this time, someone mentioned: In fact, opening a money shop to mint coins quickly, and minting it is money.Ordinary merchants are punished for minting coins by themselves, and even those who have connections with the government must handle the matter from multiple sources, which will be costly.Didn’t the prince still hold the title of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and not revoke it?If a Zhuangzi set up a monarch to mint coins on behalf of the court, it would be reasonable.
Another staff member laughed: You have never been in a money shop, and you think how big a problem is to make money?To cast ten thousand jin of coins, one must make ten million copper coins. If the copper material is not of good quality, it can only be used as one for circulation in the market, or the people simply don’t want it.How much effort does it cost to consume labor, materials, and fire?How big can the scene be?
Unexpectedly, Xue Chongxun slapped the table and said: This is a good idea!
When everyone looked at him, he smiled and said: It is natural to be laborious to cast copper coins, but you can also cast silver coins and print paper money at the same time!
...After getting inspiration, Xue Chongxun came down to think about it carefully. The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was feasible, especially the banknotes were the most interesting and needed national authority and credit.And you can put on the name of "The Legend of the Convenience" for the people.
He first wrote an article and wrote a letter to mention this matter, and borrowed the successful capital of his previous reform of the Sanhe Law, proposing to reform the Money Law.
The circulation of currency in the Tang Dynasty was extremely irregular, circulating both copper coins and gold and silver. Even the most popular one was not metal currency, but textiles.
Textiles such as silk and silk were almost the same as ordinary equivalents at this time. The ones that the court collected the most taxes were grain and silk, which were used to pay for the expenses of each government office.
People usually use copper coins for pocket money, and copper coins are divided into new and old. Some are equivalent to the same color, while others are not good for 1,500.
Moreover, it is inconvenient to carry copper coins and it is difficult to quantify gold and silver (the whole ingot is something that exists in the vault, and it is not used to control it), which is very unfavorable to commercial circulation.
Xue Chongxun’s idea was to establish a Ministry of Revenue institution similar to the central bank, and he proposed to reorganize and form it. Why don’t you worry about money after controlling this institution?
Isn’t it very convenient to withdraw money from the bank reasonably?
After discussing with Wang Changling and others, he wrote a memorial called Qian Fa and prepared to hand it over to the Political Affairs Hall.
The argument is to accurately measure currency, and then ask the staff to quote the classics to prove the correctness of their arguments.
Those literati also made it complicated, and even Qin Shihuang’s unified weights and measures were involved.
The circulation of silver coins and copper coins is not a problem, because it is hard currency and is valuable in itself. The problem that requires the most effort to convince the courtiers is paper money.Why can people all over the world recognize the price of a piece of paper?
Paper money and silver notes issued by private money houses are two concepts. Silver notes are equivalent to stubs. They are the evidence that people first deposit gold, silver and silk into the money house, and can be put forward at any time; the paper money proposed by Xue Chongxun is obviously a modern economic concept, which is probably difficult for people to accept.
His idea is to first make the banknotes like silver bills, which can be exchanged for gold, silver and copper at any time in the Ministry of Revenue's money bank. At the same time, the national taxes only collect gold, silver and paper money, which will make the basis for the credit of the banknotes.
This involves the issue of vaults. The issuance of paper money will be circulated through the court's financial expenses. If others want to go to the Ministry of Revenue to exchange gold, silver and silk, they must have inventory.
Of course, Xue Chongxun’s method was to borrow money from the treasury... exchange the treasury for gold, silver and silk for the treasury, and then use the treasury expenses for the treasury.
Some staff members suggested that there might be business difficulties. At first, people could not trust a piece of paper. They would definitely exchange money after getting the paper. The money shop exchanged it from the treasury with the left hand into gold and silver with the right hand, and with the operating cost, they might not be able to make ends meet.
Of course, if there is a problem, there is a way to think about it. Someone quickly proposed a solution: fire consumption.To exchange it in the bank of money, a certain proportion of fire consumption must be paid to support the early operation.
There are also staff who have worked as shopkeepers in money shops who suggest that they can operate mortgage loan business, which is equivalent to legal usury. With the support of the state's forced machines, the profit is very high.
……
After fiddling with this for a long time, the court ministers couldn't figure out what Xue Chongxun wanted to do. Their idea was: King Jin was crazy and wanted to open a money shop.
Those ministers who read books of sages or from nobles have a way of governing the country and are really not very proficient in the ways of merchants. Even if they have knowledgeable scholars and disciples, they only say that it is a very profitable thing.
Since Xue Chongxun said that he could exchange paper money for gold, silver and silk for him, there would be little resistance in the court... Everyone understands that the King of Jin is short of money, and it is better to open a money house to make money than to sell officials to ruin officials.
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