Of course, as a reference after the fact, Jiang Tian provided to Prince Li Hong that money can be quickly gathered with less investment in the short term; it is nothing more than the experience and lessons that have been very mature in later generations; that is, the issuance of national debt and currency Financial business mainly focused on exchange.
At least compared to industries such as solar salt, sugar, perfume, soap, paper, steel, cement, etc., which require a lot of manpower and material resources to be effective from scratch; the issuance of national bonds and currency exchange are still new things in this era, but There is also a certain secular basis.
In addition to the need for basic venue and personnel training, the biggest key to all of this is the need for the credibility/intangible assets of the regime represented by the Tang Dynasty court and the royal family as the basis for endorsement and credit. But as long as the initial results are achieved, a huge amount of wealth can be absorbed.
Although on the surface, this wealth belongs to others, the process of holding and managing wealth itself represents the corresponding rights and interests in resource allocation and huge influence inside and outside the government, with many associated effects. Even a routine withdrawal from it is enough to make you rich.
Of course, with the current authority of Prince Li Hong and his supervisory authority, there is no way to achieve this level. In other words, unlike Dong Gong's current work of compiling books, compiling history, and publishing newspapers and periodicals, even if he can submit corresponding petitions, there is a high probability that he will eventually make wedding dresses for others.
After all, it has been nearly twenty-five years since the first year of Yonghui when Gaozong succeeded to the throne, and the two saints came to the throne; how could we not see the great stakes and far-reaching influence in it? Therefore, bringing it up rashly is just the icing on the cake for the current situation of two saints co-ruling.
However, when faced with similar questions from Prince Li Hong, Jiang Tian also gave an answer that would save the country through a relatively curved path. That is to say, with the identity and authority of the current crown prince overseeing the country, although he cannot go beyond the two saints and openly implement this matter, he can test the waters privately in the name of the East Palace.
For example, the Secretariat and Tibetan Affairs Bureau, which belongs to the Prince's family order, came forward to conduct pilot operations within the capital. The Collection Department is responsible for the property, cashier, and civil engineering maintenance of the East Palace. It is similar to the Shaofu Temple among the five prisons of the nine temples in the imperial court. It is responsible for the daily release of government money, and it is a relatively corresponding department.
The so-called "public money" is a routine system inherited from the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It first appeared in the Sui Dynasty. According to the "Sui Shu Food and Huo Zhi" record: "(In May of the eighth year of Kaihuang), officials in the capital and various states first gave money to the public servants, and returned it to make profits for public use." Each person in the East Palace Government offices are no exception.
The Treasury Department would regularly allocate funds from the internal treasury of the East Palace to use the capital invested in commercial activities or loan sharking activities to obtain the interest as a subsidy in addition to job land and salary. But compared to the yamen of the Imperial College, Taixue, and Taipu Temple, which are clear and deprived of water, the East Palace is actually not short of money.
In other words, under the consistent generosity of the Second Saint, the East Palace has never been in trouble or lacking anything. Therefore, this kind of commercial investment and external loans are actually more like many wealthy private businessmen, big businessmen, or wealthy families showing their favor and contribution to the realization of the Eastern Palace/Crown Prince.
Even if you want to privately expand the share of public money and food loans several times or ten times, there are still people rushing to get it. But on the other hand, if Donggong wants to borrow money on a large scale privately, there won't be any big technical problems; no one will worry about Donggong not repaying the money it borrows.
There are even people who are willing to lend money to Donggong without the need for an IOU. The only limitation is that once there are too many people borrowing money, it will inevitably spread to the ears of the Second Saint; it will damage the dignity of the prince, and even become an excuse for someone with ulterior motives to impeach the subordinates of the East Palace for profit.
Therefore, this can only be used as the first step to secretly obtain start-up capital, and it cannot be continued easily. Therefore, in the second step, we need to find another way, that is, continue to work on the "flying money" that has begun to take shape and can be deposited, withdrawn, and exchanged in different places.
Feiqian, also known as "convenient exchange" and "convenient money", is a special exchange certificate that originated in the Tang Dynasty. It originally originated from Fanggui and Di stores opened in some famous cities and towns, which provided paid property storage services specifically for merchants and travelers; later, it gradually added forwarding and delivery services.
Therefore, in order to obtain deposited property in other places, special vouchers, the predecessor of flying money, began to be born; therefore, although the official certification and participation in the "flying money" business did not occur until the early years of Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty a hundred years later, private flying money Money exchanges had already taken shape in the early Tang Dynasty.
(Xianzong had little money and stopped using bronze. At that time, merchants came to the capital and sent money to the memorial hall and the army (the local office in Beijing), as well as the army, envoys and wealthy families. They went to all directions with light equipment and combined the documents. He took it and named it "Fei Qian". - "New Book of Tang (Volume 54)·Shi Huo Zhi")
Among them, there are government offices. Merchants hand over money to the military, envoys or Taoists in the capital, which are set up in the "Jinzouyuan" in the capital, and they can take the coupons to designated places in other areas to withdraw money. Or it is privately run, and big businessmen have joint accounts or transactions in cities all over the world, and they operate "convenience exchange" on behalf of them to make profits.
On the one hand, this method of exchange reduced the demand for copper coins in the market and alleviated the shortage of money (deflation) caused by the government of all dynasties due to the insufficient issuance and circulation of coins. At the same time, it also alleviated the inconvenience of carrying large amounts of coins when merchants traveled to various places for trading activities.
Therefore, it is actually very easy to operate according to the script as long as we follow the trajectory of history. We can start laying the corresponding network from the capital - Gyeonggi Province - Guannai Province; and as an industry with the background of the East Palace, we can completely target those private shops and restaurants.
Don't underestimate the wealth accumulated by the people of the two capitals. Nearly fifty years of peace have passed since the rule of Zhenguan; after two or three generations of hard work and recuperation; therefore, from the princes to the officials, People, merchants and wealthy households all have plenty of money to spare.
Even at the beginning, in order to avoid suspicion and avoid risks, the official office of the East Palace was not required to come forward, and internal officials trusted by Prince Li Hong were entrusted to operate privately in their own names. After you have achieved something, you can then publicly donate it in the name of the East Palace; this is also a relatively legal practice.
Most of the wealthy businessmen, big businessmen and township party clubs in the two capitals will invest all or part of their property in the name of a certain powerful person or official; they will contribute profits regularly and at the same time receive implicit protection and comprehensiveness. . However, the threshold for those under the name of Donggong is relatively high, and donations are rarely accepted.
In this way, after several levels of internal and external relationships are established, even if it becomes too big in the future and cannot be concealed, and people will be jealous and jealous, there will still be more room for consideration and change. If someone does not care about face or uses unscrupulous means to seize the opportunity to cause trouble, it will be convenient for the strong man to cut off his wrist and it will be difficult to implicate the prince himself.
However, with the capital of operating flying money as the starting point and foundation; the improved package and money-making machine that are necessary for time travellers. Whether it is perfume, soap, sugar, sun salt, wine making, steel, cement, coal mines, lathes, gold and silver refining, you can start one by one.
Therefore, before entering the Yeoshan Hot Spring Palace, Prince Li Hong had already sent dozens of low-level courtiers and guards to various counties in Gyeonggi Province. Some were responsible for investigating the prices needed for local large-scale people's livelihood, and some were responsible for investigating merchants, wealthy families, and large households. The quantity; there are also surveys of products and tribute.
According to the agreement, in the future, Prince Li Hong will also open a special inner school in Xichiyuan in the East Palace; he will select literate young palace servants and maidservants from the prince's inner workshop to specialize in official documents, calculations, accounting and drawing. ; Also teaches some basic knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry...
If his health will improve in the future, Prince Li Hong will further set up a special experimental place under the Hongwen Hall and rely on the library to teach and practice more profound knowledge from later generations of physics, chemistry, and Basic common sense of biology and medicine;
Jiang Tian was thinking about the follow-up regulations and long-term layout plan that he could provide to Prince Li Hong. He was watching the beams and eaves of the Tangyuan building, leaping silently; from time to time, he would shoot, drive or lift people. Flying insects and rodents hiding in dark corners.
Suddenly, a low-pitched conversation came from below, causing him to stop suddenly; he instantly merged with the shadows between the beams and pillars. It was a small pool with steamy water. Reclining in it was a white-haired old man with chicken skin on his face. His skin was pale and saggy, and he was soaking in the soup.
Another young eunuch took a towel and rubbed every fold vigorously, making a sound like a sow's grunting. Still standing in front of the old eunuch with his hands tied, another young chamberlain in lake green robes was holding a silk belt with a low eyebrow and carefully talking to him.
It’s just that the person they’re speaking to is not so respectful. I saw the green-dressed chamberlain saying: "... It has been confirmed that the Zheng family is not assigned to the other female historians and female officials. Instead, it has been specially arranged to have a separate soup courtyard. It seems that it was the one used by Chen Shiyu in the past. of."
"The Crown Princess is really kind and kind." The old man, who seemed to be sleeping and waking up while soaking in the soup, raised his drooped eyelids and said, "He actually arranged a private hospital under the regulations of the concubine. How many female officials are there? , female history, a blessing that cannot be asked for; I must be jealous."
"What Mr. Mu said is true." The green-clothed chamberlain quickly nodded in agreement: "However, according to rumors, this mother and daughter are the orphans of Shangguan Zitai. The East Palace specially requested them from Yeting to take care of them. The concubine misses the old days. It’s not that important to give preferential treatment according to the origin, right?”
"It's ridiculous!" However, the old man snorted from his nostrils and said: "It has been ten years since Shangguan Zitai's entire family was beheaded, and any affection he had had should have been worn away. Why didn't you look for it earlier and later? If you don't look for it, you just took special care of it not long ago; I'm afraid there are other reasons!"
"But, what does this have to do with me?" However, before the green-clothed chambermaid could speak, he said to himself: "As long as it doesn't interfere with our family's affairs, don't worry about it? It's the life of the Women's Hospital. Those women just don't want to be reconciled privately, so don't get involved without permission;"
"Yes, yes... thanks to Duke Mu's teachings." The green-clothed chamberlain nodded and praised: However, when he said goodbye, he did not return to his side room; instead, he put on a cloak to cover his head and face, and walked outside. Go; soon passed through many soup courtyards and came to the palace wall.
However, he waited patiently for a moment in the shadows under the wall, and then he spotted the lights of the palace guards passing by on the wall; suddenly he threw a rather heavy object straight over the towering palace wall. , slowly fell to the thin snow outside the wall.
