"Thank you, Your Highness. However, I have made up my mind. I am actually limited in my ability and cannot serve the country. After all, I was just an envoy of a small country before. I don't understand everything about the Tang Dynasty and cannot delay the state affairs." Yang Lin was silent for a moment, and then directly continued He spoke firmly.
Luo Bai next to him didn't speak, his meaning was obviously the same as Yang Lin's.
"In this case, I will no longer force you. Are you two going back to your hometown?" Li Ke looked at them and asked with a smile.
"Yes, after taking office, I will prepare to go home." Yang Lin nodded.
"Well, then I will ask two officials to supervise the Tang Dynasty in the future to see if the Tang Dynasty can make the people of the Queen's Kingdom live a good life. I'll ask you two to wait and see." Li Ke said with a smile.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Yang Lin and Luo Bai saluted again and then returned to their seats.
Although Li Ke had agreed to their official duties, they would definitely have to finish the last court meeting and would not leave just like that.
"Do you have anything else to do?" Li Ke asked directly.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness, I have my own instructions." Liu Zhenghui walked out and said.
"Say." Li Shimin spoke.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness, several shipyards in Datang have applied to establish state-owned commercial banks. Are they approved? At present, the shipyards in Datang mainly produce warships. Some of the first batch of warships have been retired to some merchants, who will purchase them as For transport ships, if the shipyard establishes a state-owned commercial bank, how should the subsequent ship quotation for the navy be formulated?" Liu Zhenghui proposed a memorial.
"It is the general trend for shipyards to establish state-owned commercial banks. After all, state-owned commercial banks are responsible for their own profits and losses. In the future, some state-owned commercial banks will be easier to cut off. Some state-owned commercial banks are destined to be eliminated in the future. If a state-owned commercial bank is established, it will be more difficult to close it. Easy." Li Ke said directly.
"As for the quotations for warships for the military, the Tang Navy's ships have basically become saturated. There will not be too many naval orders in the future. There are now three large shipyards. It is better for the three large shipyards to each establish their own state-owned trading houses. It is up to them to be responsible for their own profits and losses and decide how to quote the Navy."
"The Navy can also choose ships with more suitable prices and more reasonable designs from these three companies as the next generation of naval warships. The Navy can even put forward its own requirements, so that these shipyards can help the Navy finalize the design." Li Ke thought. After thinking for a while, he expressed his thoughts.
Datang's current three shipyards are really close to this strength. Among them, the shipyard in Guangzhou Port is slightly weaker, but there is no problem in building ships of about 1,500 tons. They can also operate as state-owned commercial banks. .
"Your Majesty, Your Highness. If these trading houses become independent, Datang's military expenditure may increase significantly next year." Huangfulin stood up.
"With the increase in military expenditures, haven't the profits turned over by state-owned commercial banks also increased? The difference is not big." Liu Zhenghui replied directly.
"How is it possible? The current state-owned commercial bank system allows state-owned commercial banks to retain part of their profits as capital turnover for self-profit and loss. This self-retained profit should have been turned over to the state treasury." Huangfulin was a little helpless.
"Anyway, there is growth in other aspects, so it's not a big problem." Liu Zhenghui said.
Huangfulin was a little speechless, "Then the amount of allocations from the Ministry of State-owned Assets next year may not be too much."
"Hey, Huangfulin, are you mistaken? Our State-owned Assets Department helps your Ministry of Finance make money. If you don't allocate funds to us, where will your income come from? Do you have priorities?" Liu Zhenghui was speechless.
"Okay, you can discuss this matter privately. You can't argue about the reason here." Li Ke was helpless and stopped the two of them.
Seeing Li Ke speak, the two of them stopped arguing and sat down separately.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness, I have something to report." Li Yan stood up from her seat.
As soon as Li Yan stood up, Li Shimin became more energetic. His wife here has always had fewer memorials, and her department is also different, but she actually manages a lot of data. The most important thing is that the emergence of central banks has promoted the current Commercial exchanges across the Tang Dynasty.
And more importantly, a lot of money from wealthy families was taken out by central banks and deposited into the national treasury. Just these deposits alone secretly increased the Tang Dynasty's treasury income.
People are lazy, and it's no wonder that aristocratic families are accustomed to using paper money. They don't want to use the previous cumbersome copper coins, and naturally they don't want to accept the previous cumbersome copper coins.
The amount of money that one person can carry now would have required several or even a dozen horse-drawn carriages in the past.
Who wants to use it if it’s so bulky? Therefore, many aristocratic families now only have a small amount of officially smelted silver bars and not many gold bars, because silver is now the official designated currency.
Gold does not circulate, it is just accumulated and stored in the treasury.
"Ai Qing, please speak." Li Shimin sat up straight and said.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness, as the land area of the Tang Dynasty continues to increase, the population of the Tang Dynasty also continues to increase, and the tasks of the central bank are becoming more and more heavy. I think it is time to establish another bank specifically for currency storage. We are now a bank for other businesses, and some of the businesses of Datang Central Bank will be divested directly and will be specifically responsible for national and other related affairs." Li Yan said.
"Oh? Do you think it's time?" Li Ke asked curiously.
"Yes, I feel that the current split of the bank is imperative. Otherwise, it will be even more difficult for Datang's subsequent business to expand." Li Yan nodded.
"Li Ke, what do you think?" Li Shimin looked at Li Ke and asked.
"It can also be split." Li Ke thought for a while and then said, "If we split Datang Central Bank, personal business matters will be handed over to the new bank to run in the future. Datang will definitely establish other banks in the future. The banks, these banks are the same as those that are being spun off now."
"The central bank will issue currency in the Tang Dynasty, formulate monetary and financial policies, and manage other banks in the Tang Dynasty. As a management agency, it will no longer conduct business with private individuals. In this case, the functions of the central bank will be more centralized. ."
"What's that name?"
"Just call it Datang Bank, and remove the word "central". This is not simple yet. Li Ke can just copy the homework. The name should be simple enough.
"It's okay, it's not a big problem. As for the specific candidates, Li Aiqing, you will submit a candidate, and then I and Li Ke will discuss it." Li Shimin nodded.
