Tang Dynasty good brother

Chapter 276 Tang Fed

Mansion soldiers like Wang Tiezhu, of course, are not just an exception. As more and more Guanzhong government soldiers withdraw from Tuyuhun, such things will happen every day.

The amount of salt is limited, but the amount of salt can be unlimited. At the beginning, everyone noticed the difference, but as the speed of getting salt is getting slower and slower, more and more merchant products are released. What's wrong with it.

Just like the run on banknotes in the late Qing Dynasty, once the banknotes were a little turbulent, the common people would desperately rush to exchange the silver notes in their hands for copper coins, and finally the banknotes that could have been supported collapsed.

The problems faced by the Qing Gang are similar now. A large number of merchants originally kept salt notes in their hands and wanted to use them as currency. Seeing that the exchange is not going well, they all went to the Qing Gang to exchange the salt. No one will buy it, so it is not surprising that Yanyin's exchange rate will drop again and again.

Who are the people who use salt?In addition to those powerful businessmen, most of them were killers who had just come down from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. There were many people who killed on impulse. The number of security incidents in Guanzhong increased sharply in a short time.

This is actually not a big deal. The real trouble is still on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The governor of Guanzhong, Jingui, withdrew after the battle was over. This is the treatment, the salt in their hands is more than double that of the Guanzhong government soldiers.

Just imagine, for example, minority armies such as Dangxiang, Qianghu, and Turkic. Although they must fulfill their obligations to help the Tang Dynasty under the political system of Tian Khan, since ancient times, the emperor has not sent hungry soldiers. The basic military salary must be paid, and the spoils I robbed must be mine. When they find that the salt in their hands is worthless, it will be the day when the Khan’s political system collapses. impossible.

This was undoubtedly something Li Shimin could not tolerate. At this moment, his mentality had completely collapsed, and he was standing in front of Qin Hao with a grim face, pointing at his nose and scolding him!

Tian Khan, who was usually amiable and majestic, disappeared. At this time, Li Shimin looked like a psychopath, with a red face, a thick neck, bulging veins on his forehead, and spitting stars flying everywhere. Hao was eaten raw.

"You knew it a long time ago, didn't you! Didn't you know it a long time ago? You have been watching my jokes! Who gave you such courage? Didn't you say that you agreed to be cited by the Ministry of Civil Affairs? What? I killed you!!!"

Qin Hao murmured in his heart speechlessly, "I'm looking for you eight times a day, it's because you are so arrogant that you can't see me, what can I do?"

"Your Majesty, what I said that day was agreement, 1000 million a year."

"you……"

Li Shimin also knew that he was wrong, but who made him the emperor, he just kicked up, what level of martial arts is Li Shimin, this kick did not make Qin Hao vomit blood, but Qin Hao did not dare to protest. It's okay to have a hippie smile, talking nonsense at this juncture is really life-threatening, I heard that Li Chengqian was beaten by him himself, only half of his life is left, and he is not his own son.

"I don't care, the crown prince said that you have a backup, so let me do it. No matter what method you use, you must appease me. I will support you whatever you want. After the success, count the merits and reward me to seal you directly." When you are a Marquis, if you can't be appeased, I will kill you, five! Horses! Divide! Corpse!"

Qin Hao nodded calmly, knowing that Li Shimin was absolutely serious this time. In fact, if the matter could not be resolved properly this time, Li Shimin would not need to take action, and the angry soldiers would swallow him alive as the leader of the Green Gang.

Qin Hao rubbed the severe pain in his stomach that had just been kicked, and asked with a bitter face, "I have two solutions. The first one is to find a way to take back all the salt, and let's pretend that there has never been any salt." Citing such a thing, the second is that all salt quotations will not be withdrawn, and find a way to keep it stable at this price."

After Li Shimin kicked that kick, he actually regretted it in his heart, for fear that he would accidentally break his precious bump. At the same time, his heart softened and he calmed down quickly. After all, this is Li Shimin.

"I heard from the prince before, according to your assumption, this Yanyin will gradually evolve into a paper currency similar to copper coins, but is there any risk in it, similar to what it is today?"

Qin Hao said seriously: "It's much more serious than it is today. When the day comes, once the paper currency system collapses, the world's economy will also collapse, and it will be easy to change dynasties."

"How to avoid, and how to control this risk? You should have an idea in your heart, tell me, let me weigh it."

After all, Li Shimin is Li Shimin. He possesses the ambition and courage that ordinary emperors do not have. He knows what the word "notes" means to the Tang Dynasty. You will know from the smoothness of the Tuyuhun this time. Whether it is military or civil, It is not a problem for Datang's national power to increase several times, so although he was very angry by this incident, he still wanted to try it, obviously preferring the second method.

Qin Hao smiled wryly and said: "Actually, it's easy to prevent risks. It's enough for the court not to blindly seal it, but this is the most difficult part. With this lesson, I believe that if you are wise and powerful, you will never have any problems again." , but I am afraid that the descendants of future generations will be unworthy, and they will not be able to resist the temptation to spend money if they do anything. The biggest problem is that the imperial power is unlimited. Start from the beginning, establish the ancestral law that will never be abolished by future generations, and institutionally prevent future generations from printing money at will.

Li Shimin was very interested, and what Qin Hao was worried about was exactly what he was worried about. He could control himself, but he couldn't control his descendants. Maybe Li Chengqian could do it too, but who knew what kind of a bastard the great-grandson would be when it came to the grandson. Each of Sima Yi's family is considered an outstanding person, but when the descendants are born, don't they all look like pigs?

Is there really anything that can limit imperial power?Li Shimin was not angry anymore, he was actually very interested in Qin Hao's suggestion.

"Tell me, let me listen."

"I think that the biggest problem is that Yanyin is issued under the Ministry of Civil Affairs. We can build a department with power under the Ministry of Civil Affairs, even above the imperial power, to be responsible for Yanyin. But at the same time, this department cannot interfere with any Yanyin has nothing to do with it, nor can one person or a few people be in power."

Of course, Qin Hao would not risk his life to bring forward the council's idea, that would be no different from courting death, and continued: "I think that everyone in this department should not be messed with by the emperor, at least not easily. The minister suggested that the highly respected clans should be collectively responsible, or some humerus veterans who had passed the age and had no choice but to retire. Every time they issued additional salt quotations, they had to ensure that more than [-]% of the members agreed. In addition to issuing salt quotations, they have nothing to do on weekdays. For the rest of the power, your generation, Your Majesty, will lead by example."

Li Shimin thought about many things as soon as he rolled his eyes, and said aloud: "You said that this department is good, but a snake without a head can't do it. After all, there must be one person who is in charge of the entire yamen, and the choice of this person has become a big problem. , according to what you said, this person has no power, how can he withstand the pressure of future emperors?"

"I believe that in this dynasty, the Supreme Emperor should be the most suitable candidate for this department. Later generations can also follow this method and select all elders with high morals and prestige to enter this yamen. If there is still the disaster of paper money, there are no more than two situations. First, the future emperor It is unworthy to threaten countless elders with swords and soldiers. Second, my Tang emperor and clan, as well as the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, are all dead. I think that no matter which of the above two appears, the Tang Dynasty will not be saved if it prints paper money or not. .”

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that this stinky boy was planning to trick the emperor, but after thinking about it carefully, it seems that it is not impossible, but it can give the old man something to do.

"This yamen... what do you think it should be called?"

"Um... How about the Datang Currency Joint Reserve Bureau, referred to as the Tang Fed?"

(End of this chapter)