Paper money was to help the Great Tang unify the currency and facilitate the flow of money, so that the gold and silver buried in the cellar could be extracted.
At the same time, it was also convenient for Xia Hua.
It would be troublesome to make them use copper coins and silver.
After the meeting ended.
Lin Hao followed Zhangsun Wuji and the others into the palace to see Li Er.
Li Er frowned.
"Lin Hao, explain to me.”
"Your Majesty, this money has to be paid. It's a very simple question. This is a transaction between countries.”
"Xia Hua contributed manpower, effort, and technology. The Great Tang can't just do nothing and let Xia Hua give them the money, right?”
"If this works, it's a very simple question. In the future, when the infrastructure of Xiahua is laid out, the Great Tang will charge a fee for everything that passes through it to make up for their investment.”
"Hmm?" Li Er was keenly aware of one thing." The infrastructure has been repaired. Can we still collect money?”
"What else can we do? Construction is an important foundation for improving national strength. If the Turks attack again, it would have taken you ten days to half a month to send troops over, but with construction, you can arrive in two or three days.”
Lin Hao said,"Not only that, if you want to fight the Turks and Koryo, the infrastructure will be done. Not only will the personnel be transferred quickly, but even the logistics will not be a problem."”
"Think about the bad weather. The roads are impassable, the supplies cannot arrive on time, and the reinforcements cannot arrive on time.”
"If we have a complete infrastructure, we can effectively solve all these problems.”
His words were like hitting Li Er's head.
Especially Goryeo.
You, Li Er, don't want to conquer?
The method is already in front of you. I don't believe you won't be tempted.
"If that's the case, how much money do you need?”Li Er said," The national treasury is empty now. We still have to pay the soldiers. If there are natural disasters or man-made disasters, we still have to help the places."”
"Therefore, currency reform is imperative.”
"The Great Tang no longer uses gold, silver, or copper coins as its main currency. There are too many benefits to using paper money.”
"If Your Majesty doesn't have the money, you can't get someone to print it. Of course, the premise is that you have enough gold as a guarantee.”
"In this way, what His Majesty sends out is paper money, and what he takes back is gold and silver. The world is also circulating paper money!”
The more Li Er listened, the more his eyes lit up.
What went out was paper, and what came back was gold and silver.
Thinking of that scene, he became excited, but he quickly calmed down and asked rationally,"What if the world doesn't accept this kind of paper money transaction?”
"You have to know, who would be willing to exchange real gold and silver for a piece of paper?”
Lin Hao smiled confidently and said,"Isn't that simple? Xiahua's daily necessities have to be purchased with paper money. The Great Tang's taxes can only be paid with paper money!"”
"They don't accept gold and silver. They have no choice but to exchange gold and silver for paper money.”
"The salaries of the officials of the Great Tang will no longer be paid in copper coins, but in paper money.”
"If the officials follow the example of the higher-ups, how can the people below be indifferent?”
Li Er was dumbfounded.
Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and the others widened their eyes in shock.
How could things be done like this?
We offended you, so you want to start with us first?
Lin Hao, you're really bad.
Wei Zheng, this old hater, suddenly said something very insightful."Department Head Lin, how do I exchange the notes? According to what ratio?"
Lin Hao looked at this old hater in surprise and said,"The Duke of Wei is wise and has hit the nail on the head.”
"Hurry up and say it!" Li Er urged. This had completely stirred up his heart.
Who wouldn't be tempted by the temptation of exchanging paper money for gold and silver?
"Yes, sir!" Lin Hao said,"I'm under the Ministry of State Security. Everyone should know that there's a division called the Bank Division, right?"”
Zhangsun Wuji and the others nodded. They were still wondering what he was responsible for.
"This bank division is responsible for managing the currency. It has an organization called the bank, which is actually similar to a bank.”
Lin Hao took out a document and said,"This is a document that explains the function of the bank. Please take a look, Your Majesty!”
After Li Er finished reading it, he passed it to the other officials.
He took a deep look at Lin Hao and said,"In that case, we'll do as you planned.”
"The Ministry of State Affairs will do its best to implement it, and the various departments of the Imperial Court will cooperate fully.”
His words set the tone.
After reading the document, the official remained silent.
The bank's role made them unable to refute anything.
The rules and regulations, no matter how big or small, were listed.
Once this bank appeared, the first step to changing the world's situation had arrived.
"But…" "When the operations are mature, this bank division will belong to our Tang Empire," Li Er suddenly said.”
"As long as you're happy!"
Lin Hao shrugged, very indifferent.
This was not a matter of picking peaches.
Any smart person would know that they couldn't borrow someone else's power.
Not to mention Li Er.
"If that's the case, won't our capital investment problem be solved?”
Li Er asked.
Lin Hao shook his head slightly and said,"No, at least it can't be resolved in a short period of time. We still need the Great Tang to pay."”
"Because the unification and circulation of currency requires a process of time. And this process, shouldn't we do infrastructure and education?”
"Your Majesty, it's still the same. The materials and technology provided by Xia Hua have a cost.”
"They didn't make things out of thin air.”
"To help His Majesty build the Great Tang, the funds needed are simply too vast.”
"They can't afford it, and they won't.”
He paused and said," Moreover, Xia Hua has already made concessions in the trade deal. They have prioritized supplies before payment. This is because they have considered the problem of the Tang Empire's treasury being empty.”
Silence.
Li Er and the others were silent.
The problem of money was really a headache.
If their national treasury had money, they wouldn't be living so miserably.
"Since you said so, does that mean you have a way to solve the problem?”
"Just tell me directly, how can we solve this funding problem?" Li Er pointed out.”
"A loan!"
Lin Hao spat.
Li Er's eyes widened, and so did the officials.
A loan?
They thought about the function of the bank.
There was such an explanation for the loan.
"You are not joking with me. Can the Great Tang Empire borrow money?”
"From who?"
Li Er felt that it was ridiculous. A country could even borrow money.
"Xia Hua, of course!"
"Why can't a country borrow money?" Lin Hao asked.”
"As long as there's a guarantee, you can take out a loan. Xia Hua is definitely willing to do so.”
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