Chapter 876: The only heroes in the world are Shijun and Caoer
In the political hall, Zhang Yue and Lu Huiqing were discussing and making the final decision.
Wang Gui had always been a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, but he failed to pass the qualifications and became an official.
When Wang Anshi was in phase, he was repeatedly beaten by Zeng Bu and Lu Huiqing.
Now that Wang Anshi has resigned, Wang Gui is still the same as before, working silently every day and not talking. He knows that the Yingzong and the emperor do not trust him, so he just makes arrangements for himself.
Feng Jing has always had arguments with Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing, but they are not firm.
All in all, I couldn't fight, so I took a detour, but my attitude was still there. When facing the emperor, I also spoke out and gave advice on everything, but not fiercely.
Feng Jing and Wang Gui were not as good as Zhang Yue in the details of salt banknotes. Lu Huiqing was familiar with it so he did not express his position.
However, Xu Anshi and others continued to put forward opinions.
Xu Anshidao: "The imperial court can make millions of dollars every year by issuing more salt banknotes. Therefore, the appropriate issuance of false banknotes can increase the court's income. I think it is okay to print more salt banknotes."
"Right now, there is a shortage of money among the people, and everything is depreciated, except salt banknotes. When Shaanxi enters the market, businessmen now only need one-third of the price to buy rice from the market, and then pay nanometers to the government in exchange for salt banknotes, which makes border savings
emptiness."
Deflation caused by the money shortage will cause prices to plummet, but Zhang Yue has always strictly implemented the policy of not allowing the indiscriminate issuance of salt banknotes. If the salt banknotes are not issued enough, the price of salt will not rise.
Merchants were eager to exchange rice for salt banknotes when buying goods. The merchants who made a living by buying goods made a lot of money, but the imperial court suffered losses.
Therefore, Xu Anshi suggested that the court issue more salt banknotes to reduce the price of salt and at the same time increase income.
Xiong Ben on the side said: "Yes, I heard that the more money is scarce, the more Shaanxi businessmen hoard copper and iron money, and they also save salt banknotes in their hands. However, the prices of goods among the people are extremely low, and the good land in the past is not worth it."
Lu Huiqing said: "You can ask the Shaanxi Transport Department to overestimate the price of rice, so as to prevent these merchants from making profits. As for the salt banknotes involving salt, you must not print fake banknotes."
False valuation was a system used by the Tang Dynasty to adjust official prices and market prices. Merchants who paid taxes in kind were given subsidies. This subsidy was called Jiarao.
Usually they give a price higher than the market price, but Lu Huiqing underestimated it.
The official price is the contract price for long-term supply. No matter whether the rice is expensive or cheap, it is the same price. When the price of rice is expensive, the merchants who buy it lose, and the court makes a profit. When the price of rice is cheap, the merchants who buy it make a profit.
If you make a profit, the court will lose.
Lu Huiqing's false estimation method made these officials and businessmen only lose money but not make money. In short, there was no way to make money from the court.
However, these losses and gains are only on the surface, for officials and businessmen are all smart people. Otherwise, when inspecting the grain, any official could say that your good grain was soaked in water and then dried in the sun and not be exchanged.
The final result of this move is that grain merchants collectively pass off inferior goods as good ones.
Zhang Yue took a sip of tea leisurely, and then said: "The method of false estimation has great disadvantages. I thought that since the official money was insufficient, I could just use the repurchased Jiaozi to pay to the Shaanxi Cao Division, and let them share the salt banknotes and Jiaozi.
The 50% method is to exchange banknotes for the merchants who buy the goods."
Lu Huiqing couldn't help but shuddered when she heard this, thinking that Zhang Yue's move was so good.
How high?
It’s as high as a ten-story building!
Zhang Yue looked around and said: "There is no money in Shaanxi, so the money shortage is solved with banknotes. Salt banknotes are a fixed amount and cannot be reprinted, but Jiaozi can..."
"This can not only relieve the urgent shortage of official cash in Shaanxi, but also increase the price of rice. It is not easy for the people of Shaanxi to farm on the border, and we cannot let them suffer."
After Zhang Yue finished speaking, Feng Jing, Wang Gui and other officials suddenly realized.
It turns out that Zhang Yue was determined not to manage Yanchao and Jiaozi together, but divided them into two managements. This was his intention.
Salt banknotes were based on Jieyan and Zhangyan. In order to alleviate the money shortage, increasing the issuance of salt banknotes would undermine the court's salt policy plan.
Therefore, the annual issuance of salt banknotes is a fixed amount and cannot be easily increased or decreased. Otherwise, once the salt banknotes cannot be exchanged, the credibility of the currency will be destroyed.
Both Zhang Yue and Lu Huiqing saw this level.
But what Lu Huiqing didn't see was the second floor. Jiaozi's capital was the legendary "three hundred and sixty thousand guan" iron money, but all the money was spent.
Therefore, Jiaozi can increase or decrease the number of issuances and implement another monetary policy based on the amount of money circulating in the market. Shaanxi is seeing a shortage of money, and even now it is too late to make two coins, but banknotes like Jiaozi are different.
This is the reason why Yanqiao and Jiaozi must be separated.
It turns out that this was Zhang Yue's original intention.
He had thought of this problem a long time ago, so he set up this mechanism and designed two systems and issuance methods for Yanchao and Jiaozi respectively.
Immediately, Xu Anshi, Kumamoto and others were convinced. Even Feng Jing and Wang Gui were in admiration.
A few days ago, the imperial court used real gold and silver to repurchase Jiaoyin at the exchange office, which increased the number of official exchanges from more than 100 yuan to more than 700 yuan. It came in handy in just a few days.
Lu Huiqing's face was a little tense. He looked at Xu Anshi, Xiong Ben and others who were so impressed with Zhang Yue that he knew that he had lost again today.
Afterwards, Lu Huiqing and Zhang Yue went to Chongzheng Palace to report the matter to the officials and Han Jiang.
Zhang Yue talked eloquently in the palace: "I believe that the most important thing about money and goods is the circulation. If it can flow continuously, both the officials and the people will benefit a lot from it."
"For example, if I have one hundred thousand dollars, if one person uses it, it will be one hundred thousand dollars. If it spreads across ten houses and circulates in the hands of ten people, it will be one million dollars."
"To resolve the money shortage in Shaanxi, circulation of money is ten times better than seeing money."
The official and Han Jiang looked at each other with expressions of admiration.
Han Jiang said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Yue said before that printing salt banknotes will only produce empty banknotes and corrupt the banknote method. If Jiaozi is printed, there will be no such disadvantages, as long as the court can practice the way of mentioning.
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In other words, Jiaozi can fluctuate to a certain extent.
Immediately, Zhang Yue's method received imperial approval. Coming out of the Chongzheng Palace, Han Jiang said to Zhang Yue and Lu Huiqing: "Earlier, Jiefu and I talked about the money shortage in the northwest in a letter, and he said why not pay more
When the salt banknotes came, he said that salt fluctuates every year. If the banknotes are small, the court loses salt profits. If there are more banknotes, just buy them."
"The other thing is to just go and make referrals and just profit from the salt banknotes. Fortunately, I didn't discuss this with the officials just now."
Zhang Yue smiled after hearing this, and then looked at Lu Huiqing with a look of disdain.
After Han Jiang finished speaking, he took the first step, leaving Zhang Yue and Lu Huiqing alone.
Zhang Yue said to Lu Huiqing: "Wang Xianggong is a scholar of heaven and man, but when it comes to economics, he is really far behind Da Shen."
Lu Huiqing didn't think so in her heart. Could it be that you, Wang Anshi, still want to regain your position? You actually wrote to Han Jiang to discuss money matters.
That's all you can say. Printing salt banknotes is obviously a short-sighted move. How about abolishing cross-citation and only benefiting salt banknotes? As Zhang Yue said, Wang Anshi really doesn't understand economics.
However, Zhang Yue's words seemed angry, and Lu Huiqing also sensed whether the other party was taking the opportunity to drive a wedge between herself and Wang Anshi.
Lu Huiqing knew it and pretended not to know the truth: "To tell you the truth, the only people who can discuss important matters in the court now are you and me. The rest are insignificant."
After Lu Huiqing finished speaking, there was sudden thunder in the sky. Zhang Yue heard that when he said these words, he had an air of "the heroes in the world are only envoys and caoer".