Even Xiao Han himself did not expect the bank to issue national bonds.
In the eyes of those who care.
It’s not just as simple as simply issuing a bill that can be circulated in the market and has an equivalent effect!
Those businessmen who live in Chang'an and have the most sensitive sense of smell in the world have long imagined many, many things from this royal action!
The merchants of the Tang Dynasty have been suffering from the world for a long time!
Of course, their suffering is not material suffering, but status and spiritual suffering!
Ever since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Guan Zhong of Qi State, who was known as the "First Prime Minister of the Spring and Autumn Period", proposed that the four people be "scholars, farmers, industry and merchants". They, merchants, were automatically classified as the most despicable profession!
Later, because of the saying "If you don't have a businessman, you won't be a traitor, and if you don't have a traitor, you won't be a businessman." He became an alien in the eyes of everyone in the world. It seemed that even if he said a few words to them, he would be deceived out of two ounces of meat.
But in reality?
In this world, there are really few groups that value trust and keep their promises more than businessmen!
If you say that people cannot stand without faith!
If you put it on a businessman, it would be a businessman who has no faith and will die!
Just say that in today's Tang Dynasty, not counting small businessmen and hawkers, all businessmen who have reached a certain scale will value their reputation more than their lives!
Because a good reputation can be passed down to future generations and be used for generations to come!
And if the reputation becomes bad, then this businessman will definitely be close to bankruptcy!
Furthermore, there are a few people who remember the famous saying "Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce!" that has been passed down to the world: Guan Zhong's original words were: "The four people, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, are the stones (pillars) of the country!"
Moreover, the scholar here also refers to the sergeant, not the scholar-officials who can only talk nonsense now!
It is clearly a wise saying that emphasizes how important the four people are to the entire country.
He was forcibly twisted into four social classes by those crooked monks, and smugly listed himself as the first class, squeezing out all the original soldiers, not even leaving a place!
This kind of shameless behavior can only be done by those scholars who are always benevolent and moral, but in fact are full of male thieves and female prostitutes.
But there is no way, who allows public opinion and inheritance to be in the hands of these so-called scholars?
As long as they look down on something, they will do everything possible to make the world look down on it too.
This was true for the First Emperor of the Pre-Qin Dynasty, and so was the later businessmen Fan Li, Bai Gui, and Lu Buwei.
So from the Spring and Autumn Period to the present Tang Dynasty, it took a thousand years.
Businessmen have always been looked at with colored eyes by the world. Although they have not reached the level of being treated like rats crossing the street and everyone shouts and beats them, they have also suffered from cold looks and contempt!
Having huge wealth but no social status is a true portrayal of a businessman.
The daughter she gave birth to will not marry into a good family.
The son cannot marry a good wife who is educated and sensible.
Even if you go out on the street, you have to take off your silk and satin clothes and put on a patched brown cloth short coat, for fear that if you are not careful, the officials will forcibly confiscate all your family property in the name of trespassing!
Even if he files a lawsuit, he will not accept it at all on the grounds that the businessman is treacherous and his words are untrue!
In the past thousand years, businessmen have lived extremely miserable lives. Enough is enough!
Therefore, in order to reverse this situation, businessmen do not know how much effort they have made and how many sacrifices they have tried!
What you get in exchange is just a slight improvement.
Yes, today's Tang Dynasty has an open atmosphere. Businessmen can also go to the streets in fancy clothes, enter and exit the houses of the powerful, and even spend huge sums of money, in exchange for many envious looks.
But all this was not brought about by the improvement of the status of the businessmen, but because they used a deformed way to tie themselves to the powerful and became their vassals. A little convenience!
Moreover, while enjoying this convenience, businessmen are also very clear: they regard the powerful as a big tree that can protect them from wind and rain, but the powerful only regard themselves as a tool that can continuously earn money for them.
To put it even more exaggeratedly, businessmen are just like a circle of piglets raised by the powerful. They just wait for them to get fat and strong, then peel off the skin and bones, and then swallow them in one last bite!
As the spirit of all things, human beings all have pursuits and ideals.
Perhaps, when people don’t have enough to eat, their ideal is just a bowl of hot white rice!
And when you have a full meal, you will think about wearing some warm clothes.
When food and clothing are available, and people live a life without worries about food and clothing, then people will most likely think about building a house, finding a mother-in-law, having a few children, and continuing the family line for themselves.
As long as all these basic needs are met, only the spiritual needs are left.
It is obvious that today's businessmen in Datang are stuck at this step.
They long for recognition from the world, but they are suppressed by those in power!
It's obviously the same hard work, getting up early and working late, but is still being treated as something for nothing, cheating and cheating. How many people know this pain and depression that is not understood?
Therefore, when the emperor let out some words and hoped that someone could help the Tang Dynasty, no one was more interested than these businessmen!
Just by paying a little money, you can get the emperor's favor and even gratitude. This transaction will not be a loss no matter how you calculate it!
Not to mention, the money is not just wasted like it was supplied to the powerful families before, but is replaced by a transaction method that is more helpful to them!
This kind of multi-purpose business cannot help but make businessmen flock to it!
"They regard banks and government bonds as the emperor's affirmation of their status as subjects!"
After understanding this, Xiao Han's doubts disappeared and a smile returned to his face.
"Go down, the road here is not easy for a carriage!"
Patting the back of Ziyi's tender hand, Xiao Han rolled over from the carriage, stood there and stretched.
As one of the designers of the bank, no one knows better than him how many exquisite designs are hidden in this narrow alley.
Not to mention anything else, the thing that shook the carriage and almost jumped was set up by the people in the bank.
It was a very long strip of bluestone, buried deep in the ground, against both sides of the alley. There were two gaps on it, and the width of each section was exactly the width of a wheel.
It's just that it's different from regular cars running on the same track. The distance between these two small gaps is obviously wider than the wheelbase of ordinary cars. This also means that no matter how Xiao Han's carriage avoids it, there will always be one wheel that will run over the bluestone. past.
But if it is a bank car, it is specially designed. The wheelbase of the wheels is just right to pass through the gap, so it can drive unimpeded on these bluestones.
