Chapter 1018 The currency of Western barbarians
Who are we? We are the people of the Tang Empire, and they stand on the land of the empire, so they are also my Tang people. They have concerns and guards in their hearts. It doesn’t matter. We need to use various methods to make them identify with us, identify with themselves, and belong to the same nation and country as us. What does this depend on? It depends on your efforts, and the dissemination of ideas and culture to make them identify with us. In this way, we can completely assimilate them, just like my ancestors in China did!" I waved my arms vigorously.
Knowledge is not just power, words are not just tools for recording history, nor are they just artistic and ornamental. In many cases, the lethality they bring is far greater than guns and cannons. Most of the jobs they are about to take up need to deal with barbarians from all regions, so it is very necessary to let them understand in advance that their responsibilities are quite necessary. Since it is not eliminated from the physical condition, it is necessary to completely assimilate from consciousness, tradition, history and other aspects to make them recognize themselves as a member of the Chinese nation, rather than a wild monkey who jumped out of the mountains and wild fields and danced naked.
"You are not only a member of the Tang Empire, but also young officials of the Tang Empire. You are the hope of the future of the empire. Similarly, the future of the country is also in your hands. Your responsibility is to help the country, reduce internal conflicts, coordinate ethnic conflicts, and improve the relationship between various ethnic groups. Assimilate other weak nations and make them identify with the same country, one nation, and one great empire as us..."
What I said was very naked. Some of the candidate officials here showed unbearable or unhesitant expressions, but most of them were happy and excited about my speech. I am the helmsman who controls the direction of their progress while sailing in the foggy sea. They are also the beacon for them to guide their way through the dark thorny road.
We not only discussed the issue of ethnic assimilation, but also what means of ethnic assimilation are needed. I also want to point out this at the same time. "Did you see it? The books I placed on my desk are some of the basic learning lesson plans. This was jointly studied by my official and the students in previous issues when discussing the construction of the Liaodong Hongwenguan. In addition, there are also these, "Shan Hai Jing", "The Annals of the Five Emperors of the History Chronicles"... Do you know what these are used for?"
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"The adults have many intentions to open education places in these barbaric places, so that those barbarians will be devoted to Sinology, educate, and be kind..." An official stood up and shook his head and said. I nodded: "You are half correct and it is necessary to start education places more. It is necessary. We cannot rely on them to automatically and consciously move closer to our national culture, so we need education. Most adults have fixed their thoughts and their thoughts, but children are different. Children have strong plasticity. Educating children to identify with our cultural essence and treat themselves as a member of our Tang Dynasty. This is what we need. In addition, do you know what these things are used in the books "Shan Hai Jing"?"
I grinned subconsciously, maybe I was a little evil, which made these non-professional students subconsciously chill. Only those princes and disciples in my country also showed evil eyes and smiles like me. They understood their masters more.
This class lasted until late at night. All the students were listening carefully and taking notes hard. Everyone worked hard and studied very seriously. This was very good. They could be regarded as the first batch of patriotic officials who received the education of strengthening national political concepts. The first few batches of educated in Honglu Temple were too short, and at most they were products of short-term training classes. However, their strengthening of patriotic ideas and the learning of diplomatic means were enough to make them competent for this task.
The Tang Dynasty has sent envoys to nearly 57 vassal states. All envoys are outstanding students educated by this young master. I believe that their existence will definitely make the Tang Dynasty no longer take good face as its highest goal in diplomatic work, but rather think that the Tang Dynasty has obtained practical benefits as its responsibility.
Just like now, several countries in Central Asia have negotiated with the envoys sent by the Tang Empire. The Tang Dynasty has provided technology, local labor, and mining operations. After the various minerals they have been mined were refined, the Tang Dynasty has sold the share of the shares to be distributed to the Tang Dynasty, purchased at a low price, or exchanged other transaction materials for what our Tang Dynasty needs.
Genera. Such as copper, gold, silver, and iron.
The new steelmaking technology is still in the hands of the Tang Empire Martial Arts Research Institute. However, now it has been promoted in several important craftsmen in the Tang Dynasty. After all, whether it is steel weapons or agricultural tools, they all have the advantages and durability that iron products are insurmountable.
At present, Wuhan Institute of Technology has begun to test the production of steel agricultural tools. Of course, the steel clamping method used on agricultural tools is the method of clamping steel. Using weaving iron clamping steel bars not only reduces the consumption of steel, but also obtains better suitability than full-iron agricultural tools. Of course, I came here today not to listen to these reports, but to watch the hydraulic stamping machinery coin making. The annual output of 200 production lines can reach 5 million jin. In the past, the annual new coins were not more than 3 million jin. Moreover, the cost of paying is high, even exceeding the value of the money itself. Since the modern assembly line production process was used and smelting and improvements were carried out, the cost of coin making has dropped to an acceptable range.
However, this is not what I hope to see. I hope there will be a better, richer monetary mechanism and a currency that can better reflect value. I have been conducting special research at home. After more than ten drafts, I finally completed the sample draft. I discussed it with the craftsmen of the Wuhan Research Institute and confirmed the feasibility. It was considered a success.
Holding the drawings, I squatted at home, thinking that I should make the sample coins first and present them to Uncle Li for appreciation? Or should I present them to Uncle Li first and then make them. I was a little confused. This kind of problem is the most annoying. At this time, Li Zhi and Li Shen walked in with a smile and saw that my master was squatting on the couch, dazed at a few pieces of paper, and curiously approached to take a look.
"Hey, Brother Jun, are you going to make a fool of yourself? Isn't this a portrait of my father?" Li Zhi recognized the portrait of the head on the coin that was enlarged by one to twenty at a glance.
I glared at him angrily: "Nonsense, it's not your father, who else can have the right to carve his face on coins." "Coins?" A spark of electric sparks appeared in Li Zhi's eyes. He sat next to me with interest, picked up the pattern and looked at him. After Li Shen next to him glanced at me a few times, he couldn't help but ask me: "Master, this money has no holes."
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My eyes rolled my eyes again: "With that hole, do you want your father's face?" I choked Li Shen halfway to death, and Li Zhi nodded in agreement: "That's the reason. If there is a money hole in the middle, it is mainly used to wear twine for easy carrying. But if my father's face is printed on it, if he still digs a money hole, who would recognize what this is?"
"But my finger poked the person who painted his father's avatar, as if he was a little more handsome than his father. "You think I'm playing as a teacher. Tell you, my teacher is preparing to cast gold and silver coins."
"Gold, silver coins?" Li Zhi's voice suddenly increased by octave. On the side, Li Shen also widened his eyes. It seemed that they were still in the thinking mode of treating copper only as metal currency.
Without saying much, I reached into my belt and took out my purse, took out my purse, then untied my pocket, shaking to the table, and the jingling sounds came out, and about ten golden gold and silver coins fell. After swaying on the table, they all fell on the table.
"These, the words on them are not the Chinese characters used by our Tang Dynasty. Master, these are not the currencies used by the barbarians of the Western Regions, right?" Li Shen inferred it at a glance. Li Zhi, who was next to him, picked up a gold coin, picked it up in his hand, and looked it curiously. I have mentioned to them that the currencies used by the barbarians in the West are mostly gold and silver, and the most important thing in our Tang Dynasty is copper coins.
Chapter completed!