It is not difficult for Xue Chongxun to open the stage to manage his own land as a prince. It is actually not difficult. It is not easy to find talents who are against the sky. It is not easy to find ordinary people who can read and make words, but who are familiar with human nature are still easy to collect.

In ancient times, the productivity of society 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 cultivated the land had no modern equipment and materials at this time, because there were no modern equipment and materials such as machinery, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, etc., and they could only rely on human and animal labor. It was undoubtedly very hard to have food and clothing when they were exposed to the wind and sun. If they could do something that could be done with money and rice to support their families, it would be great, so there was a saying that everything was inferior and only was the most comfortable to study and become an official.

Moreover, Xue Chongxun trusts the organization team more, which is much more reliable than trusting a few capable people.

Establishing various institutions was a very simple thing for him. The biggest problem now is "maintenance", that is, the funding issue. The establishment allowed by the rules and regulations of the Tang Dynasty, such as Ling, Dayuan, Wei, Cheng, School Chief, Food Chief, Stable Chief, Palace Chief, etc., of the royal government are all of the ranks and receive national financial salaries. Xue Chongxun himself does not need to worry about this... But those people under his inner factory, undercover agents, spies, spies, etc., cannot apply for funds from the Ministry of Revenue? But those vague black and white matters are the most expensive. Those people take great risks to do things, and if there is no sufficient profit, it will be difficult to do it.

As a prince, Xue Chongxun seemed to be powerful, but his income was not high. The regular officials and servants in the royal office were allocated money by the court, and his salary income could not be supported by 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 did not have the capital territories to be granted, but converted into salary and paid benefits... For example, a prince who was granted five thousand households was not assigned to him by 5,000 households, but converted the taxes of the five thousand households into material money and directly allocated them to the Ministry of Revenue. 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 support a luxurious life and buy talents, and when she lacked money, she was selling official positions. Her method of "slantingly enthroned officials" was simply notorious and seemed to have to be infamous for thousands of years. However, it was 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 them to the queen. If the emperor 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 that the public institution... is the government in the court who does business, and it is clear and real price?"

The man said, "At that time, Princess Taiping used this as a clever plan to accumulate wealth. With the experience of his predecessors, the prince followed suit and did not worry about money? In addition to taking the Queen's way, he could also find the ministers of the Political Affairs Hall. Xue Lang had a good relationship with his husbands and had to appoint some officials from time to time, and there was always no big problem. This method would definitely work."

Xue Chongxun shook his head gently, and intuition that the method of selling officials was really despicable. At this time, Wang Changling also opposed: "It is not a question of whether the method works, but the adverse effects of selling officials are 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 a tiger and wolf medicine, which works quickly, but it is very harmful to the body conditioning. How to calculate the prescription?"

Wang Changling advised Xue Chongxun again: "The lord cannot give up the roots and conquer the ends! Although people's hearts cannot be seen or touched, they are the most awesome thing. Looking at the past and present, most famous people are afraid of when they are in power. Once there is a slight setback, they will become a wall and be pushed by everyone. Taking history as a lesson, you can tell the rise and fall, and the lord must be observant!"

After hearing this, Xue Chongxun agreed and agreed: "What Shao Bo said is deeply loved by me. Fame and public opinion are very important soft power. If the image is transformed into a monster, who in the world would like to see such a person as a country? Well, it would be nice to find a painter to draw some kind portraits of children who get along with them, and write a few articles for the country and the people..."

Wang Changling said: "No need. Recently, the three judicial departments have been trying Yao Chong's crimes. The lord has no grudges with him anyway. It is better to buy personal favors and be loyal to the Yao Chong family, who has a high reputation, and the 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 and looked at each other speechlessly. It is naturally not that easy to make money, let alone make a lot of money in a short period of time. It is really easy. What else do you have to plant?

No one mentioned that Xue Chongxun was asked to use his privileges to do business, because the fact that a prince was involved in business was too cheap, and the business cycle was relatively long at this time, so money was not fast. Xue Chongxun himself thought of this, but he also felt that there was no need to do that. His energy and time were in power, and he really didn't have much interest in making money purely.

At this time, someone mentioned: "In fact, opening a money shop to mint coins quickly, and minting it is money. Ordinary merchants will be punished for minting coins by themselves. Even if they have connections with the government, they have to deal with them from multiple sources, which will be costly. Isn't the prince still holding the title of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue not revoked? If a monk starts a money shop to mint coins on behalf of the court, it is reasonable."

Another aide sneered: "You have never been in a money shop and thought how big it is to make money? If you cast ten thousand jin of coins, you have to make 10 million copper coins. If the copper material is not of good quality, it can only be used as one for one in the market, or the people simply don't want it. How much effort does it cost to use labor, materials, and fire consumption? 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 Xue Chongxun got inspiration, he came 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, which required national authority and credit. And he could put on the name of being convenient for the people.

He first wrote an article to mention this matter, and borrowed the successful capital of his previous reform of the "Three Rivers Law" and proposed to reform the "Money Law".

The circulation of currency in the Tang Dynasty was extremely irregular, and both copper coins were circulated, gold and silver were circulated. 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 one who collected the most taxes in the court was silk and silk, which was used to pay 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 one thousand coins, while others are not good for one thousand five hundred. Moreover, it is inconvenient to carry copper coins and gold and silver are difficult to quantify, 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 not 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 “Money Method” and prepared to hand it over to the Political Affairs Hall.

Among them, the argument is to "measure currency accurately", and then ask the staff to quote the classics to prove the correctness of their arguments. Those literati also made it complicated, and even the matter of Qin Shihuang's unified writing measurements was 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 court officials 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, and it 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 is a basis for the credit of the banknotes.

This involves the issue of treasury. The issuance of paper money is 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. Xue Chongxun's method is of course to "borrow" from the treasury... exchange the treasury with the treasury with the treasury with the treasury with the treasury with the treasury with the treasury with the treasury with the treasury, and then use paper money for the treasury expenses.

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 failed to understand 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 were from nobles had a good way of governing the country and were really not very proficient in the way of merchants. Even if they had clergymen who were knowledgeable, they only said that it was a very profitable thing.
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