Chapter 164 The Law of Rectifying Bad Money
"I think the problem of bad money is not impossible to solve. As long as the method is appropriate, it will definitely be able to overcome it in time." If you don't understand, I, Pei Yan, will explain it.
He became full of energy and began to concentrate on output.
"First, the money minting institute should strengthen the supply of official coins and change the current casting method, and continue to mint coins regardless of off-season peak seasons."
"In the past, the minting courtyard was not hard-working to mint money, but it was often followed by the imperial edicts of the court. If there was an edict, the money would be minted, and if there was an edict, the work would be stopped. The lack of official money traded in the market gave evil money an opportunity to take advantage of. Why do the people like to use evil money? On the one hand, the people are ignorant and think that evil money is also money, and holding it in their hands is a waste. On the other hand, there is also the lack of official money for people to use in the market. This requires efforts to mint official money."
"I believe that as a serious institution in the Tang Dynasty's official system, the Coin Cricketing Academy should mint new coins like other institutions, just like other institutions, according to the total amount of coins required by the two capitals and even the whole country. If there is too much, there will be more minting, and if there is no less, there will be less minting. It can be adjusted as needed, but it must not be stopped."
"The second is that privately casting evil coins must be severely punished. The Money Cricketing Institute will cast more official coins, so it will naturally impact the bad coins on the market and make the people use less bad coins."
"But if you want to control the use of evil money, there are many things to pay attention to. As long as private casting is rampant, there will always be people using evil money for the sake of cheapness."
"But as long as the government severely punishes those who cast evil coins privately and cracks down on those who dig, dig copper and tin deposits, the source of evil coins can be fundamentally eliminated."
"Weichen suggested that according to the weight of privately minted evil coins, those with minor imprisonment, and those with serious exiles must be severely punished."
Speaking of this, Pei Yan was already dry and his emotions were extremely excited. The emperor and empress in front of him were also happy.
Gradually convinced by him.
Not to mention anything else, the severe punishment he proposed has never mentioned before. At the same time, only he has thought deeply about the casting issue of the Money Cricketing Court.
"What you mean is to make the minting yard of coins like waterproofing in the embankment, reduce the minting when the water is abundant, and increase the minting when the water is dry." Li Zhi nodded and made a summary.
Pei Fanxian, who had not heard his speech several miles away, was also worried.
Lao Li is OK, this summary is very good. It is quite easy to explain this set of adjustment methods in modern times.
It is to adjust supply and demand according to the supply and demand curve. To a certain extent, currency is also a commodity, and its value and demand are not constant.
In modern times, this is almost common knowledge, but in ancient times, Pei Fanxian really couldn't think of a suitable word to describe this relationship.
Perhaps it is also related to his limited attainments in ancient Chinese, but Pei Yan, because the core content of the memorial was not written by him.
He had no idea how Pei Fanxian came up with these ideas. Even if the part of this memorial was written by more than 60%, those core methods could only be copied by Pei Fanxian.
Thanks to his wise and powerful martial arts, Li Zhi, who is smart and weak, pointed out the theme of the method at once.
The two old ministers moved their steps secretly, trying to get farther away from Pei Yan as possible. There was a lot of tacit meaning in their eyes.
Crazy!
Lao Pei is crazy!
That's right, it's crazy!
Before the plan was finished, they felt that the feasibility was not high. As for where the problem lies, they would know when it was officially implemented.
However, Pei Yan's memorial did not end because of the secret opposition of the ministers, and then he used the most violent move.
Pei Yan, who had drunk a cup of tea, regained his energy and continued to work hard: "In addition, the most important thing to be hit is the act of trafficking bad money from Jiangzuo."
"As far as I know, in the two capitals, because the imperial court strictly controls, there are few acts of stealing mining deposits and privately minting evil coins."
"The biggest problem is the Jiangzuo area. It is too far from the center and the imperial court is out of reach. Theft and digging have been repeatedly banned, let alone the privately opened a coin furnace to cast bad coins, which is impossible to control."
"From the current situation, the most prosperous merchants in the Tang Dynasty are the two capitals. Tens of trillions of privately minted bad money cannot be used in the Jiangnan region, but more are transported to the two capitals through convenient water."
"The river channel maintained by the court day and night has become a transportation line for them to seek personal gain. My ministers believe that such a phenomenon must be taken seriously and cracked down on it."
The problem of the flood of evil money in the two capitals is not only linked to the private casting in Jiangnan. Hundreds of court officials have quarreled for several years, but no one has ever mentioned it.
Li Zhi picked up the memorial and read it carefully, as if he had found a treasure.
The vigorous font and comprehensive strategy have been taken into consideration step by step.
"Pei Qing, you really have it!"
"It's rare!" Li Zhi said excitedly.
Her eyes were filled with joy, and Pei Yan felt so happy that his waist was even more straight.
On that narrow face, the expression could be described as a vivid expression. Several old ministers were reluctant to express their opinions and stayed away.
But they were helpless and sighed, why did they collide with Pei Yan and go to court?
I had known it would have escaped from illness and had urinated.
Seeing Li Zhi eagerly tried, I guess he wanted to try it again. When asked what the ministers think, how should they speak.
So sad!
"Pei Qing, tell me, how to attack Jiangnan's bad money?" Li Zhi's eyes were round and soft, and now they were shining with a burning light, staring at Pei Yan.
The encouragement is almost overflowing, and the strong will of Pei Fanxian may not be able to withstand it, let alone Pei Yan is a fool.
He was quickly subdued and continued to explain with gratitude.
"There are naturally methods, and they are also written in the memorial. Specifically, it is necessary to set up posts at the river ferry in Chang'an and Luoyang, patroll the river, and strictly investigate and punish bad money. Once discovered, it is destroyed on the spot, and evil money will never be allowed to flow into the two capitals."
"It's amazing!"
"Yes! Ferry!"
"Why didn't I expect it!"
Pei Qing is really a good idea. As expected, with practical life, the strategies he came up with are more down-to-earth!
For Pei Yan's speech, Li Zhi was so excited that he was excited for a long time.
The so-called governance is nothing more than two ways of blocking or dispersing. In Li Zhi's view, letting the minting courtyard work overtime to mint coins to ensure the supply of coins in Chang'an and Luoyang is a method of clearing.
Blocking the channels for bad money into the two capitals is of course a way to block the way. Whether it is Luoyang or Chang'an, there are many ferries to Jiangnan, and not many.
There are not many guards who need to patrol. When these bad money arrives ashore, they will be destroyed in a concentrated manner and refining the furnace, which is convenient and fast.
This will not only save trouble for the government but also save trouble for the people.
It was originally because bad money was popular, and the people thought it was easy to use it, so they used it together without any awareness.
As for the imperial court, the governance methods that can be thought of are usually treated with symptoms but not root causes.
Often, the government comes forward and in places like the municipal office and the Pingju Bureau, the people are organized to exchange their bad money for official money.
Chapter completed!