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Chapter 708 Bring up your butcher knife and go kill it

The emperor glanced at Han Yue and said with a frown: "The Central Plains lacks copper mines. Even if there is mine, they are hollowed out by previous dynasties. In recent years, the court has also minted new coins, but it can only be minted tens of thousands of coins a year. Yue'er, it is a good thing that you want to issue currency, but our Tang Dynasty lacks copper..."

Han Yue laughed and said with a leisurely look: "Who said we are going to issue copper coins? Is there no other way except copper coins?"

He looked at Li Shimin with confidence, and then said with a smile: "The Royal Bank of Tang has been established, but in the past five years it has only been used as deposits and loans. Among them, it has more deposits and less loans, which has not played the role that the bank should have at all."

"What should the bank do?"

"right!"

Han Yue nodded and said in a deep voice: "Banks have three major functions: one is to absorb deposits and the other is to issue loans. Deposits have to pay interest to lend money to make profits. However, I have not been in Chang'an in recent years, which has led to Royal Bank's failure in the past few years, only absorbing deposits but lacking in lending. In this way, the bank will lose money."

As he said that, he coughed gently, and his eyes were burning: "In fact, deposits and loans are just business functions. Erchen's main purpose is to establish Royal Bank. "

Li Shimin was known as the wise ruler of all ages, so he was naturally not an ordinary person. When the emperor heard this, he felt aware of it and said softly, "Is Yue'er talking about issuing currency?"

"Haha, my father said it right, it was the issuance of currency!"

Han Yue smiled at the sky and explained loudly: "The Royal Bank of the Tang Dynasty should have the right to issue authoritative currencies. This currency is backed by state entities and then supported by gold and silver. So even if it is a piece of paper or a stone, as long as we recognize it is valuable, it is legal tender."

"A piece of paper, a stone?" Li Shimin smashed his mouth, and his eyes became brighter in an instant.

The emperor's eyes were bright and he felt his blood gushing.

"If a piece of paper can be regarded as money, then wouldn't I become the richest king throughout history?"

Li Shimin subconsciously licked the corner of his mouth, looked full of longing, and then said: "I will never be short of money anymore. If I need money, I will print it on paper. Hahaha, military expenses, it doesn't matter, disaster relief, it doesn't matter, the salary of ministers, and the food and salary of soldiers, it doesn't matter..."

The emperor became more and more excited as he spoke. He suddenly laughed at the sky and said loudly: "I want to print it for dozens or tens of billions, and I will not be short of money from now on."

Han Yue was startled and quickly stopped Li Shimin's idea and said hurriedly: "Father, this money is not printed casually. If you print a lot of money without regard to the consequences, the first thing you will encounter is inflation, and then the Great Depression. There is only one final outcome. The national economic system collapses and the people are angry and rising up!"

As he said that, he glanced at the emperor angrily and sighed: "At that time, we both don't think about getting rich, we will be hacked to death by the people as tyrants."

"Who dares!"

Li Shimin roared suddenly, obviously not afraid.

The emperor now only had money in his eyes and was imagining the issuance of currency.

Han Yue smiled helplessly and whispered softly: "Father, water can carry boats, or overturn the boats. This is what you said at the beginning. Have you forgotten so quickly? Don't look down on the people. The most powerful person in the world is the people. If there is an economic collapse, the angry people will definitely tear us both."

Li Shimin then felt the importance. His two sword eyebrows couldn't help but frown slightly. The emperor glanced at Han Yue and asked in a deep voice: "Tell me the truth, can't this money be printed randomly?"

"cannot!"

Han Yue's face was full of solemnity and replied in a deep voice: "If you want to print paper money, you must use gold as the standard. It is not enough to have a gold standard alone. You must revitalize the domestic economy."

As he said that, he raised his head and pondered for a while, he slowly organized his words: "The reason why my son sacrificed 800,000 taels of gold is to repay the people's debts first. Only when the people have money in their hands can they exchange them with the banknotes equal value. Then we also need to reserve new gold and issue equal amounts of currency with the value of gold. To put it bluntly, it is to use gold as collateral so that the people can trust the banknotes..."

Li Shimin frowned again and said, "Gold is something that suppresses the treasury. How can I take it out and mortgage it? The total amount of my treasury is only one million taels. This gold is left to the descendants to protect the country."

Han Yue smiled and lowered his voice, "Father, the treasure of Buddhism."

Li Shimin was stunned at first, then his eyes shone.

Han Yue smiled again, lowered his voice and said, "Father, the northeast Jiapigou gold mine."

Li Shimin's eyes became brighter, and he couldn't help but look at Han Yue.

Han Yue finally smiled and said in a very low voice: "Father, although gold is used for mortgage, it is actually still placed in our treasury. The so-called mortgage is just a saying. Can someone change a banknote and we immediately give him gold of the same value? The gold standard, gold standard, gold is just the standard, and the state is responsible for storing..."

"It's amazing!"

Li Shimin cried out inwardly and said with a smile: "This country is responsible for storing, and I am deeply impressed. You are getting worse and worse, but you are getting worse."

The emperor suddenly remembered something and said hurriedly: "By the way, treasure, the treasure of Buddhism. Your mother will not let me interfere in this matter. I wonder how the treasure is excavated now?"

Han Yue shouted, suddenly reached out and pointed to the two Hundred Riders warriors, saying meaningfully: "If the sons are good at it, the second thing they want to report is the treasure."

Li Shimin was stunned, suddenly turned to look at the warrior, shouting: "Say!"

The two soldiers subconsciously swallowed their saliva, looked at the emperor carefully, and whispered: "The King of Zhao guessed right. We are just going to report the treasure. A few days ago, Your Highness ordered the Baiqisi to build an excavation team, and then took the head of the Great Buddha Temple to excavate the Buddhist treasure house. We did this matter secretly and carefully, but there was still a big problem in the end."

"Big problem? What big problem?"

A ray of light flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, his voice was still vaguely filled with hostility, and he said angrily: "Where is someone else stopping me on my territory?"

The two soldiers lowered their heads bitterly and stammered: "Your Majesty is right, indeed... someone is blocking..."

"Hmm?" The emperor was stunned.

What he said just now was just a kind of irony full of confidence. But what he did was actually like, Li Shimin felt that he was slapped in the face in an instant.

Han Yue did not wait for the emperor to ship the goods, and quickly concluded the topic and asked: "Who is stopping it, which makes Baiqisi difficult? The reason why I ordered you to dig out treasures is because I have attracted the secret and comprehensive work of Baiqisi. Why did it attract other people's attention? I didn't give me a quick way."

The two soldiers looked at each other and said with a thorn in their mouths, "The people who block the excavation are all Buddhists. We don't know how they learned that, but before they even started digging, they gathered tens of thousands of people. The crowd was excited and they didn't dare to kill..."

Han Yue's eyes flashed, and his heart moved secretly.

He frowned and pondered for a long time, and said with a deep meaning: "In this way, there are still some people who are interested in Chang'an City. The scholars and scholars intervened in the imperial examination, and they intervened in the excavation of treasures. The news of this force is very well-informed, and there must be wise people in charge."

As he said that, he frowned a few times, pondered and said, "This person should know my nature well, so he inferred that I will send the Hundred Riders to secretly dig, and then pay attention to your movements and provoke the people to stop them in advance. Very good, really good. I haven't met an opponent for many years. This opponent hidden in the dark is very good."

A glimmer flashed in Li Shimin's eyes and suddenly whispered: "Yue'er, is it the royal family doing?" The emperor had a little worried in his tone, obviously because he was afraid that it was his son who did the good thing.

Han Yue glanced at the emperor, then shook his head slightly. He frowned and looked up at the sky, muttering to himself: "The enemy of the son minister is outside, and the brothers of the royal family are not. I recall what I have done in the past few years and found that there were several enemies who did not cut off their roots..."

Li Shimin was also a talented and stubborn person. He instantly grasped what Han Yue said. The emperor's eyes flashed and he said with a heart-warming look: "Alien race?"

"No, alien!" Han Yue nodded slowly and slowly let out a gentle breath for the sky.

He said in a deep voice: "In the third year of Zhenguan, the eastern grassland was destroyed, and the next year, the northeast Shenyang was opened. In the sixth year of Zhenguan, the Goguryeo was wiped out, and in the seventh year of Zhenguan, the western grassland was conquered, and then the Western Regions were swept across the decisive battle in Jiannan Road. It was divided into life and death with Tubo. Millions of extinction on the three battlefields, but the roots were not cut off."

He stopped slowly and said with a burning look: "My son guesses that the enemy in the dark cannot escape these forces. Although some of them have already destroyed their country, the people who restored their country are the most crazy..."

Li Shimin clenched his fists and suddenly looked at Empress Changsun who had been silent beside him. The emperor and his wife seemed to have reached a tacit understanding, and suddenly they each pulled off half of the jade pendant from their waists.

The emperor put the two jade pendants together, then solemnly stuffed them into Han Yue's hand, and said in a deep voice: "This pendant, I and your mother are half of it. Together, you can call all the Royal Hundred Riders, order the Dark Moon Dragon to sanitate death, and drive the masters of the inner army to recruit all the court troops."

Han Yue was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "My son understands that this is the real Tang Dynasty military talisman. It can not only call the entire army, but also control the Hundred Cavalry and the Dark Moon Dragon Guard."

"It's your turn!" Li Shimin said solemnly, with a solemn face: "Find out the enemies in the dark and cut them off at one time."

Speaking of this, he looked solemn and said viciously: "Digging treasures can ensure the issuance of currency, new imperial examinations can ensure the selection of materials for the country, the unity of imperial examinations and treasures can also ensure Yueer's development of Lingnan and recruitment of overseas..."

The emperor stopped at this point and said with a deep look: "This is the foundation of my Li royal family for thousands of years, and it is also the journey of the Tang Dynasty to look down on all the countries. No matter who makes a roadblock, it will be overturned."

Suddenly, his palm slapped Han Yue and said loudly: "Son, go and kill me! Pick up your butcher knife and let those people take a look at King Zhao's cruelty again!"

The so-called cruelty is directed at a different race. If it is not my race, its heart will be different.
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