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373. Issuance of banknotes

Even if there were ministers who could shock the Song Dynasty by stomping their feet, no one dared to speak easily.

Everyone looked at the piece of paper on the stone table carefully.

And the more I looked, my face became more and more surprised.

They originally thought that Zhao Dongting just planned to reissue Jiaozi, but the result was not.

The newly issued banknotes Zhao Dongting wanted to be called "Huaxia Coin", and it also stated on the paper that in the future, any coins such as gold, silver, copper coins and Jiaozi will be prohibited from circulating as money in the Song Dynasty. Huaxia Bank provides gold, silver and copper for Huaxia coins, but does not exchange them for Jiaozi. In addition, any banknotes outside the Song Dynasty are also prohibited from circulating in the Song Dynasty. Foreign investors need to exchange them for Huaxia coins at Huaxia Bank, and a small handling fee will be charged.

It is difficult for Lu Xiufu and the others to imagine how Zhao Dongting came up with these ideas, but it can be concluded that the emperor has the right to make money.

The highest level of being rich is that my family runs a money printing factory. Just imagine, can those who print money lack money?

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the court recognized Jiaozi as paper currency. At that time, sixteen wealthy merchants in China were recognized by the court and had the right to issue Jiaozi. Later, these sixteen wealthy merchant families were all rich and could rival the country. This is recorded in detailed in history books. Even until now, although these sixteen wealthy merchant families were far inferior to the peak of the time, they were still prosperous in various places, whether in the Yuan Dynasty or the Song Dynasty. Ordinary people may not know these things, but Lu Xiufu, Chen Wenlong and others were important officials of the country, so they naturally knew about it.

The emperor wanted to set up a money printing department under the Ministry of Finance, and obviously did not intend to distribute the right to print money to the wealthy families among the people.

In this way, can the Song Dynasty still be short of money?

Everyone wants to get it. As long as the Chinese currency can be truly issued, the court will never lose money in a short period of time.

After being surprised, a strong look of joy appeared on Lu Xiufu and others' faces, and they complimented: "The emperor's talent is beyond words."

Zhao Dongting just laughed softly.

He knew that this was all due to the fact that he had traveled through time. If he hadn't brought the knowledge from his previous life, he wouldn't have thought of these ideas.

Then he said, "Then you all have no objection to my method, right?"

Lu Xiufu and others nodded.

Chen Jianghan was even more overjoyed and asked, "Master, how many of our first batch of Chinese coins are planned to be printed?"

He seemed to be very impatient. Undoubtedly, he knew best how empty the Song Dynasty's treasury is now.

It can be said that it is already extremely difficult for the Song Dynasty treasury to distribute food and wages to the ministers and soldiers.

Zhao Dongting said: "I think it is more appropriate not to print the first batch of Chinese coins. Lord Chen, you can start to establish a printing department after you return to the yamen. In two days, the painter will give you the Chinese coins to print them. You personally supervise the printing of the Chinese coins, but be sure to be well-made and beware of folk imitation. Then, after the China Banks in various places are established, each bank will apply to the Finance Department to allocate Chinese coins to collect private gold, silver and copper coins. As for the remaining Chinese coins, they can be temporarily reserved at the China Bank headquarters. When the private gold, silver and copper coins are collected, we will discuss it separately to see how many Chinese coins are most appropriate. Huaxia coins are the national currency, so they cannot be issued randomly, otherwise the people will be in chaos. I don't want to happen again like Jiaozi depreciation during the previous dynasty."

Chen Jianghan bowed, "I will accept the order."

Lu Xiufu said, "Your Majesty, what you wrote on this paper is to establish Construction Engineering Group, Steel Group, Land Transport Group, Sea Transport Group, etc."

These are the various methods written by Zhao Dongting after issuing paper money.

Zhao Dongting laughed and said, "The economy is supported by industries. These are the state-owned workshops I plan to set up, but because their structure must be huge, it is no longer appropriate to call them workshops. After the court has money, I will establish these groups in various places and take all the important industries in China related to the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the people. These industries are closely related to the people. If private workshops are indiscriminate, chaos will inevitably occur, which is not good for the country and the people, and it is also bad for the people."

In fact, Zhao Dongting’s idea was to take important resources into the hands of the court.

As for energy, it has not been used in this era.

And Lu Xiufu and others obviously cannot understand all of his emerging ideas in a short period of time.

You know, the imperial court used to only grab salt and other things in its hands at most.

After passing through for a while, they were still frowning.

Zhao Dongting smiled bitterly, knowing that they could not understand it in a short period of time, so he simply said: "There is no hurry to build these things in a short period of time. It is not too late to build China Merchants Bank first. I will write these things in more detail and discuss them with you. The first priority for you at this time is to build China Merchants Bank in various counties and even towns, so that the people can exchange the gold, silver and copper coins in their hands into China Merchants. In this way, our development path of Song Dynasty can move forward."

"I will receive the order!"

Lu Xiufu and others bowed down.

Then Chen Jianghan asked again: "Your Majesty, when will you draw your sample version?"

He was so anxious.

Zhao Dongting said laughing and crying: "It will take two days. Lord Chen doesn't have to be so anxious. It's easy to get confused..."

Chen Jianghan's eyes were slightly stern, "I remember the emperor's teachings."

Although Zhao Dongting is young, their extremely respectful attitude is extremely natural in front of Zhao Dongting.

It was Zhao Dongting who convinced these ministers with his ability.

Behind Zhao Dongting, Ying Er's eyes, who gently kneaded his shoulders, showed a brilliant look.

Who doesn’t want his husband to be a man who is beautiful in the forest?

Even if Zhao Dongting was the emperor, if he had no extraordinary skills, Ying Er would probably not have admired him so much.

Soon, Chen Jianghan and others sued for leave.

Zhao Dongting had eaten and returned to the bedroom to continue writing and painting.

In fact, he was also very anxious and wanted to quickly set the development policy of the Southern Song Dynasty because he had other things to do.

More than two years have passed since the agreement with the Lord of Baicao Valley, and it is time for him to go to Longhu Mountain to take a look.

...

In Dali.

The terrain here is high and although it is not hot this season, the ultraviolet rays are slightly more vicious than Leizhou.

Tens of thousands of troops stretched for more than ten miles, walking on the winding mountain road. On the top of the mountain in the distance, there was no vegetation.

The "Li" and the "Jiang" flags fluttered in the wind and whistled, but these Dali soldiers were not very powerful and looked quite tired.

They naturally defeated the Dali army from the north of Haikang and rushed back to Dali.

Now, they finally arrived in Dali, and Tucheng was not far ahead, where Dali Huimo's troops were located.

In fact, the degree of centralization of Dali State is very low. Except for the eight prefectures, four counties, and four towns under the jurisdiction of Duan Zhixing, the other thirty-seven ministries are actually not an exaggeration to say that they are country-wide. They have their own army, territory, criminal law, etc., but they are only openly affiliated with Dali State. Duan Zhixing can rule them in some aspects, and rely more on national strength, but religious power.

If you really get angry, it would be impossible for these tribes to turn against Duan Zhixing.

In the past, Dali Kingdom had many troubles, otherwise, the Dali kings of all dynasties would not have been willing to live in a corner and never expanded their territory.

Jiang Kui's chariot slowly moved with the army.

Qin Han and Yu Linglong were also in the chariot.

Speaking of which, Yu Linglong is really beautiful. Even with the climate in Dali, she is still as white as snow and beautiful as she is.

This caused Jiang Kui, the fat man, to secretly throw coveting eyes at her.

The uncle has tasted many women in his life, but he has never even seen him at the level of Yu Linglong.

Such a beautiful woman really has the capital to let the king play with the princes.

But Jiang Kui knew very well that Yu Linglong was not something he could touch.

Perhaps, Yu Linglong should be the future imperial concubine appointed by the young master?

Qin Han, on the other hand, always looked at the military books, which shows how firm his will is. He is probably the kind of person who is born to not value women.

After only ten minutes, a quick horse rushed back to the chariot and reported, "Master, I will reach Huimo's troops a few miles away."

Jiang Kui sat up as fat as a pig, lifted the curtains, and asked calmly: "Is there a general who has rushed to see King Hui?"

There were many kings in Dali, and the leaders of the thirty-seven tribes were all kings. Even after Dali bowed down to the Yuan Dynasty, their titles remained unchanged.

Obviously, Kublai Khan didn't have much feeling about Dali, he just regarded it as a useless person.

If you eat hard and abandon it, it will damage the majesty of the Great Yuan Kingdom.

All he wanted was Dali's surrender.
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