Li Ke felt the changes in these people, or from another perspective, Li Ke suddenly understood why technology exploded in modern times after the theoretical technology reached its full potential. It was not just war that drove the explosion of technology. .
Looking at human civilization, it can be said that war runs through every civilization from beginning to end. There is nothing wrong with this, whether it is Chinese or foreign, and the history of mankind is a history of war.
So it is true that war is a catalyst for technology, but why did human technology basically not change much in the first three thousand years, but instead made earth-shaking progress in the next two to three hundred years?
Even without the catalyst of war, the progress of science and technology would be slower for another hundred years at most, and no longer.
And now, both Zheng Lin and Fang Xuanling have given the answer.
When human knowledge illuminates certain basic theories, it is like opening a blind box of wisdom for mankind. Human wisdom is bound to leap forward.
For example, the first great leap forward in human science and technology was when humans stood out from the group of animals and became the masters of the planet.
And what was the fundamental reason for the first big leap in technology? That is language and writing.
The emergence of language and writing gave mankind a second signal system, thus laying the foundation for the first floor of human technology, allowing mankind to become the master of countless lives.
Then came human beings' understanding of society, thinking about themselves, and preliminary understanding of everything in the world, which led to the second advancement of human science and technology.
The third time is more detailed. The basic principles of basic mathematics, basic physics and chemistry, which are the components of all things in the world, have allowed human civilization to enter the third stage of rapid development and built the third foundation.
From the perspective of future generations, we can all see that when the principles of something are understood, many technological products will appear naturally. This is the importance of improving the basic theory.
And now Li Ke has built this basic theory in Datang. Basic theory is not only science, but also has basic theory in liberal arts, but it is more difficult to be summarized and summarized.
The modern civilization system and the discussion of social development are this basic theory.
Li Ke had unknowingly passed on a lot of this knowledge in the Tang Dynasty, so it was normal for this group of smart people who were the first to come into contact with this knowledge to start expanding their own knowledge after mastering this theoretical knowledge.
Just like the steam engine developed by Lu Daqiang and others.
The development of the Tang Dynasty was far faster than Li Ke imagined. That was because almost all the theories he came up with were correct for later generations. How many detours did the Tang Dynasty make?
Throughout history, countless people have tried and made mistakes and taken countless detours. It only took more than two hundred years to reach modern technology.
Although the current Tang Dynasty is still far away from modern technology, in fact, the technology is almost the same as that of the period when the steam engine appeared.
And this incident also shows that people like Datang are already very receptive to new things.
In that case...this is a damn good thing!
Doesn't this mean that we are getting closer and closer to Li Kedang, the hands-off shopkeeper? It’s a good thing to accept it quickly!
After thinking about it, he simply got up and walked towards the palace.
After seeing Li Shimin in Liangyi Hall, Li Ke spoke directly: "Dad, I am going to promote the Central Bank."
"Huh? Are you sure?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and looked at him and asked.
"Yes." Li Ke nodded simply.
"You said before that the launch requires the right time. Now do you think the time is right?" Li Shimin looked at Li Ke and asked.
"I suddenly figured it out. If there is no opportunity, we can create it. In a few days, won't I be preparing to distribute profits to Datang Shipping Company? By the way, Datang Central Bank will be established." Li Ke smiled. He opened his mouth and said.
"You can do it if you think you can, but currency is not the same as anything else. You have to be prepared for this. And if someone wants to do something to you, this is the best time. For example, all I can think of is to gather forcefully A large amount of currency will be exchanged directly with you. If your bank cannot provide enough money, your credit will collapse immediately." Li Shimin looked at Li Ke and said after hesitation.
"Well, I know that the risks of banks are like this, but the advantages of banknotes are also unmatched by other currencies." Li Ke smiled and shook his head. There is no 100% perfect opportunity at any time. Li Ke thought Understand, since their ability to accept is so strong, then just give them more new things so that they can accept it.
Li Ke carefully thought about this, and the bank launched it so that the functions can be reduced.
For example, banks are currently only responsible for exchange business and deposits and withdrawals for large customers. Ordinary small and medium-sized customers do not have deposits and withdrawals.
What is a big customer? Those with at least one million yuan level are called big customers.
In this case, Li Ke can customize things similar to money orders for these large customers through anti-counterfeiting measures such as printing, signatures, and special numbers on special papers, so that they can deposit and withdraw money in other places.
In fact, it doesn't matter whether it is used by aristocratic families or other businessmen in the early stage. It only needs to be used by Datang's Treasury Department, Li Ke and Datang Trust.
Among these three users, the Ministry of Finance, also known as the National Treasury, is estimated to have the smallest amount.
As for other people, they can use it if they want to, and if they don’t want to use it, they can use it. In addition, a simple exchange business is enough for the bank to have a huge impact.
The so-called exchange business means that the paper currency prepared by Li Ke can be exchanged for copper coins or silver. In this case, they would have enough banknotes in their hands, and banknotes would be an unparalleled stimulus to trade. At least for now, Datang's commercial prosperity needed banknotes.
When Datang's domestic business is prosperous enough, it will be enough to gradually start exchange and other businesses.
As for the monetary system of the Tang Dynasty, Li Ke planned to adopt the silver standard.
As for why it was the silver standard, there are two main reasons. First, the Tang Dynasty had less gold and more silver. The amount of silver was enough for Li Ke to implement the silver standard. There is not enough gold, which does not mean that there is not enough gold to implement the gold standard. It is enough. The main reason is that compared to the world's reserves, Datang does not have enough gold.
Li Ke roughly calculated that the amount of gold in his hand was about 427 tons. Even in terms of Li Shimin's internal treasury, plus the money that the wealthy family had not lent to Li Ke before, it is estimated that there are about 100 tons, which is about 527 tons. gold. This is basically all the gold in the entire Tang Dynasty.
In addition, Luzon's gold reserves are approximately 600 tons, but in fact it is estimated that these 600 tons will take at least 40 to 50 years to be mined. Calculated based on sixty years, one year is only ten tons of gold.
Even if there was a large amount of mining in the past few years, it would only be 40 to 50 tons per year at most, which could be used as a reserve. However, if the gold standard was directly adopted, it would be counterproductive.
