Under the special national conditions, the Household Department of the Wu Dynasty was the ultimate version.
All matters related to money cannot bypass the Ministry of Revenue, including the inner government, which nominally controls the royal wealth. In actual operations, the opinions of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue must be followed.
In addition, the Ministry of Revenue also has subordinate personnel for tax collection.
With the influx of a large amount of resources, the Minister of Household Affairs of the Wu Dynasty was even known as the "Supplementary Prime Minister", and his status in the court was only lower than that of the Prime Minister.
It's a pity that with such a powerful department, if the overall environment is not good, the household department can't do much.
Looking at her younger brother who was full of approval, the empress really didn't know what to say...
Brag!
She is qualified to be the Minister of Household Affairs, which is a supplement to the prime minister. It is definitely a great thing for ordinary people to be praised, but she is the emperor of the Wu Dynasty.
Damn it, it doesn’t look like it!
After a brief silence, the empress asked with confusion, "After the liquidation system of grain and grass is copied to the bank's external affairs, a mechanism similar to liquidation should be established to mediate the inflow of copper coins into the country and the shortage of money in the country. Just transfer it to the Wu Dynasty. If there is no shortage in the territory, tighten it, so as to comprehensively balance the copper coins circulating in the domestic market!"
"But the question is, how to do it? The position-closing system solves the direction but cannot solve the problem of people's hearts. If the mechanism is not set up well, it is like letting rats watch positions, especially interest reserves. This aspect is too good."
"At the same time, the benefits are invisible and intangible. Only time can give the answer. But how long will it take? People have very little patience when it comes to wealth. Every powerful explanation will make it difficult to pass the test in the court, even if you get it in the palace. Support as well!”
The Wu Dynasty was poor and had to think twice about spending money, and even refused to do anything about losing money.
The Wu Dynasty was about to face a situation where copper coins on the market were skyrocketing. At this time, overseas copper coins would definitely not be allowed to come in again.
If money does not come in, it must be intercepted, and interest must be paid to intercept it. So what if it makes sense?
In the eyes of the warriors, the Wu Dynasty who gave money was giving away what they had to outsiders in vain, and they were also treated harshly by the Song people.
The former is rotten in the pot, it's just a matter of when to eat it, the latter... With Wu Chao's character who wants to eat everything up, how can he allow the stewed meat in the pot to be taken away by outsiders?
"For this problem, it is not difficult to figure it out, but it is difficult to accept it!" Fang Fang spread his hands, "Anyway, in the long run, everything done now will benefit the Wu Dynasty. Sister, don't you object to this! "
"No objection!"
The empress did not hesitate and turned directly to the next question, "There is another question. If there is a ban in front of us, how will overseas business groups spend money?"
As an emperor, she had to ask questions and determine the answers, but she didn't need to care where the answers came from.
"Solve one problem at a time!"
Equation held up a finger.
"Let's start with the last question. How do overseas business groups spend their money? Whether it's a large amount or a small amount, it would be nice to have a few hundred thousand taels in the coming year. This amount of money won't affect the domestic currency market!"
Hundreds of thousands of vehicles are an astronomical figure for a family, but for a dynasty that spends tens of millions of taels on annual operations, and for the Wu Dynasty whose market is tens of millions of taels of silver, it is only a single percent, let alone Not to mention the currency market corresponding to the Wu Dynasty, it couldn't even make waves.
"However, out of consideration to prevent the slightest change, what should not flow in should not flow in. And the way to solve this problem is very simple!"
"In order to solve the problem of transshipment of gold, silver and copper, the Song Dynasty came up with money orders for large transactions, Jiaozi for small transactions, and the Ming Dynasty also came up with treasure banknotes. What we need to do is to design two sets of small-value banknotes. Specifically for overseas business groups, one type is used for consumption at the station, road access, customs clearance and tax payment, and the other type is used for personnel wages. I have three considerations in doing so..."
"First, reduce the trouble in the process. Let these business groups use cash copper and cash in the country. Not only will it be troublesome to count, but you also have to prevent these people from doing tricks, such as buying certain people or stuffing money into There is no limit to the amount of money in your own pocket that can be used for road traffic. If he wants to change it, give it to him. The quota for people is limited. The exchange location can only be at the border, household market, or other places. Don’t hesitate, just kill him!"
"Two, develop a habit. Habits are terrible. I think you must have felt something, sister?"
Hearing this, the empress nodded, "Habit is a terrible thing. Once formed, it is easy and difficult to overthrow!"
Could it not be scary?
Thanks to the intensive cultivation of the Song Dynasty, more warriors now eat rice than noodles. In the early days, it was because of the price difference. Now it may not be effective to try to get the younger generation to eat noodles again.
If you don't want to know this kind of thing, you can feel the horror of it if you think about it.
"Once the habit of small-value paper bills is formed, foreign merchants may not exchange it into gold, silver, or copper when they leave. At worst, accidents are everywhere. Doing business is inherently risky. Once a person dies, As soon as the tickets are lost, these gold, silver and copper fall into our hands. To put it bluntly, the whole world is worse. The Jiaozi of the Song Dynasty and the treasure banknotes of the Ming Dynasty will inevitably depreciate. Bad coins can drive out good coins. , because the price of good quality is too high, but when these are replaced by a few pieces of paper, can we still not afford this price?"
The empress suddenly opened her eyes, "What do you mean..."
"That's what you think, sister, but there is still one most important step before we can overturn the table. This step is called free exchange!"
"The free exchange carried out through border gates and merchant houses is limited exchange, not true freedom. If we want to achieve true freedom, we need to introduce a product with a wider circulation range, higher value preservation, and no fear of imitation. , a unique currency!”
"There is only one currency that can meet all the conditions, and that is silver coins. Once the new silver coins minted by our dynasty are launched and circulated in Kyushu, then paper notes and silver coins can truly circulate freely, anytime, anywhere, with anyone. , this kind of convenience will completely break the existing currency structure, and the Wu Dynasty, which has the power to mint coins, is the master of all this!"
"At that time, we only need to ensure that we don't have any problems, and the wealth of Kyushu will continue to flow into the Wu Dynasty!"
The right to mint coins is too important, but it is too difficult to get it.
This set of curves to seize power is the best plan that Fang Fang can think of. Once it succeeds, unless someone comes up with a credit currency, Kyushu simply does not have the prerequisites for a credit currency.
As for gold coins, if the total amount of gold is not solved, everything is in vain.
The empress blinked, "Coin rights? Fire consumption?"
"Huohuo is just an intuitive extension of the coinage power. The core of the coinage power is the seigniorage tax. A few words cannot explain the seigniorage tax. However, you can refer to Jia Yi of the Western Han Dynasty's "Admonishing the People for Private Minting", which contains a lot of things. But this only summarizes a small part of the greater benefits, only time will tell the answer!”
Seigniorage, this type of tax is really difficult to understand. In order to counter hegemony, how many countries and forces in previous lives have worked hard for this?
The equation is to create this kind of hegemony and privilege. Once it is established, the entire Kyushu will be transformed.
