cosmic hegemony

Chapter 295, Constant Value Energy Currency

After the founding ceremony, the empire was formally established. For this fledgling empire, the test had just begun. Whether it was the emperor Li Fu, the prime minister of the imperial cabinet, or other cabinet ministers, they all started their busy lives. Although the empire was established, but In all aspects, it is still not on the right track.

With a huge population of tens of millions of people, the original system of a company has been transformed into a country, and it also has two huge planets of life, sitting in the entire Centaur galaxy, and there are still many problems to be faced.

The Imperial Palace is not that big, covering an area of ​​tens of thousands of square meters. It is the only building in the entire empire that is different from other residential houses. It can be regarded as a special treatment for Li Fu as the emperor of the empire. Fang Zheng, the prime minister of the cabinet, lives in a villa under unified planning just like ordinary people.

Due to time constraints, the construction of the palace was relatively rough, without the splendor and luxury that an imperial emperor should have. It was even simply painted, and the decoration was very ordinary, but it was cleaned very clean.

The back garden of the imperial palace is the summer of Yanhuangxing at this time, because the revolution is very long, Yanhuangxing takes more than 2 years to make a revolution, so every season on Yanhuangxing is longer than that on the earth .

The scorching summer lasted for nearly half a year, and the city of Chang'an was shrouded in a heat wave, only under the giant leaf trees was very cool.

Giant leaf tree, a kind of tall tree native to Yanhuang Star, can grow up to hundreds of meters high, the trunk is very thick, and can grow to more than ten meters in diameter at will. Compared with the tall trees, it seems a little insignificant.

But this giant leaf tree has another feature, that is, its leaves are very large, each leaf is the size of a square, and the leaves are dense and the trees are tall, so in summer, its dense leaves will be Form a large area of ​​very shady place.

This kind of giant leaf tree has become one of the favorite plants of the primitive native half-orcs on Yanhuang Star. Anyone who enjoys the shade under the tree knows that the coolness under the tree is not comparable to that of the air conditioner. When the natural and warm wind blows, the upper and lower eyelids fight in the summer.

In the back garden of the Imperial Palace, there is also a giant leaf tree that has aged. At this time, under this giant leaf tree, Li Fu, Fang Zheng, Zhong Yun, Cao Haitao, Yang Yiping and other high-level officials of the empire gathered together to enjoy the giant leaf tree. In the coolness provided by Yeshu, they enjoy the delicious fruits from Kyushu stars while discussing state affairs.

"Tsk tsk, this giant leaf tree is really good. It must be very comfortable to take a nap under the tree. I will plant one in my back garden later."

Cao Haitao feels the cool wind under the shade of the tree, which is really a kind of enjoyment in this hot summer.

"It seems that your work in science and education is very easy. You still have time to sleep in. I am so busy now that I can only sleep for 6 hours a day at most. I don't have time to take a nap at all."

When Zhong Yun, Minister of Finance of the Empire, heard it, he smiled wryly. He has been really busy during this period of time. Whether it is the army, the government, the Academy of Sciences, and other agencies and units, etc., they are all asking him for money and resources. He is the chancellor of the exchequer. He can't do anything without money and resources.

But now the economy of the empire is not on the right track at all, and even its own currency has not yet been issued, and everything is still implemented according to the planned needs. There is no market economy at all, and everyone does not need to pay when they go to the supermarket. Money, everyone works now and there is no salary income and so on.

It doesn't matter in a short period of time, but it will definitely not work in the long run. This time everyone gathered together, which was also proposed by Zhong Yun. He called everyone to discuss how to get the empire's economy on the right track. In fact, the most important one It is to issue the currency that belongs to the empire itself.

If there is no currency, the economy will have no way to start. Only after owning your own currency, everyone can earn income from work, pay for things, etc., and the entire economy will quickly get on the right track.

"Old Zhong has been quite tired lately. This time, he called everyone here to discuss important matters concerning the empire's economy. We must get the empire's economy on track as soon as possible and restore normal economic order. The core point is that we must Issue our empire's own currency as soon as possible."

Fangzheng also looked tired. Being the prime minister of the imperial cabinet is much more tiring than being the CEO of a company. There are more things to consider and more comprehensive. In addition to the new empire, all kinds of things are too much to do. There are too many, just forming a complete government agency and making the agency run has already made Fangzheng's head dizzy, not to mention other various things.

"Old Zhong, tell me about your plan first?"

Li Fu nodded after listening, and said to Zhong Yun, Zhong Yun is the Minister of Finance, he must be very familiar with this area, at least he should know something, better than other laymen, such as how much this currency should be issued, how much should be issued? The face value of the currency and so on need to be operated by professionals, and it is difficult for laymen to do well.

"As the core of commodity exchange and social and economic circulation, currency is an indispensable thing in the modern economy. Currency itself has no value, but we artificially give it value and let it be used as a general equivalent to promote the circulation of goods trade. ,economic development."

"In ancient times, gold, silver, copper and other precious metals were generally used as currency, but in modern society, with the rapid economic development, gold, silver and copper can no longer be used as currency, so credit currency was born."

"So credit currency refers to how much the paper money issued can be worth with the country's credit as a guarantee, and is used for trading. However, this kind of credit currency generally needs gold to be reserved. Currencies without gold reserves are in their own hands. Domestically, it can be forced to circulate, and if it is released internationally, other countries will not buy it."

"So before discovering currency, we must first determine what to use as currency reserves. Gold is generally used as currency reserves on the earth. Uncle Sam's currency was once used as the world's currency because Uncle Sam has the world's most gold reserves, which is a very important reason.”

Zhong Yun nodded, and then slowly began to talk about currency-related knowledge, making people around who don't know about currency nod their heads. They also have a certain concept of currency.

"Then it's too bad, we don't have any gold in our hands!"

When Yang Yiping heard it, he immediately cried out. He heard that the issuance of currency requires gold as a reserve. When he came here from the earth, he brought everything with him, but he didn't go to deposit gold.

"It doesn't necessarily mean that gold must be used. Generally, as long as it is a precious metal, it is fine. Of course, gold is the most suitable, because its output is rare and its value is high."

Zhong Yun smiled and continued to explain.

"I remember that the currency on this side of the earth is constantly depreciating, right? What knowledge is there in it?"

Fangzheng kept thinking about it in his mind, and when he thought of this question, he quickly asked Zhong Yunlai.

"Well, that's right, no matter which country's currency is on this side of the earth, it is basically depreciating. Even the US dollar, which was once the strongest, has not depreciated for a long time, but this is only relative. In fact, it is also depreciating constantly, but the depreciation is very small, and Uncle Sam's economy is very prosperous at that time, so this depreciation is not visible at all."

"The reason why all countries in the world will continue to depreciate their national currencies is actually a very profound reason. Human productivity and production efficiency have been rising. As a result, the supply of goods is becoming more and more abundant. If the money supply does not increase and the When commodities increase, the purchasing power of money rises, that is, commodity prices fall abnormally, corporate profits decline, people's enthusiasm for investment decreases, and then companies reduce their production scale, and workers begin to lose their jobs."

"At this time, it is a more rational choice to continue to hold the currency, because it becomes more and more valuable as time goes by. This will further lead to a decline in market demand, and thus deflation."

"Severe deflation is a devastating blow to the market. At this time, the best investment target in the market is money itself, and money will withdraw from circulation in large quantities. Commodities lose the general equivalent of "money". very difficult."

"Moderate currency depreciation will reduce people's willingness to hold currency all the time, promote the conclusion of market transactions, and thus drive economic prosperity, while continuous currency appreciation is not conducive to market transactions."

"Of course, these are some of the benefits brought about by currency devaluation. In fact, currency devaluation also has the function of reducing the government's financial burden. It can take away the wealth from the people's hands invisibly."

Zhong Yun thought for a while, sorted out his language, and then began to talk about the knowledge about currency depreciation, making everyone who had never understood why currency always depreciated suddenly understand.

"In this way, we think that the currency will continue to depreciate in the future?"

Fangzheng frowned when he heard that at the end, relying on currency depreciation to plunder the wealth of the common people, this method is really not a popular method, because he has heard too many similar things, some farmers because they don't Knowing about financial management and the like, I only know how to save money blindly.

Originally, a few thousand dollars a few decades ago could play a big role, but after decades of storage in the bank and wanted to use them for the elderly, I realized that these thousands of dollars were insignificant at all. It is conceivable that currency depreciation has a huge impact on ordinary people. How terrible is the degree of plundering of common people's wealth.

"Our currency will never depreciate. If the government has no money, it will reduce expenditure, financial resources, taxation, etc., but it will never pass on the financial burden through currency devaluation."

Hearing this, Li Fu also opened his mouth, and said with a final word, as a rural person, Li Fu is very clear about the views of ordinary people at the bottom regarding money, especially in rural areas, ordinary people have worked hard and are not willing to eat, not willing Wear it slowly, save money, put it in the bank for decades, and only find out that the amount of money has not changed when you get old, but its value has already changed drastically.

Li Fu has seen and heard the crying of the old people in the village with his own eyes. The old people can't figure out why the money is getting less and less durable. It used to be able to buy a lot of things for a dollar, but now it is Buying a bottle of water depends on what kind of water it is.

The people at the bottom have too little information and investment channels, etc. They want to save money, because they think that their wealth will increase if they have more numbers, but they don't know why the money has been getting less and less valuable. The blood and sweat of a lifetime of hard work was plundered by others.

Hearing Li Fu's words, everyone present also nodded. They were all from poor families, and they all knew and heard about things similar to Li Fu's. Currency depreciation can be called invisible blood-sucking The leeches plunder the wealth of the common people without knowing it.

"So what are we using as a currency reserve?"

Zhong Yun thought for a while and wanted to change the topic back.

"We are a brand-new empire, and we will develop into the universe and stars in the future, so I think we can abandon some of the past and innovate when issuing currency."

"Since we don't have gold reserves in our hands, we can use other things, such as using energy as reserves, and we issue constant value energy currency."

Li Fu thought for a long time in his mind, and slowly opened his mouth, telling the experience of the super-civilized Dahan Technology Empire. The powerful civilizations in the universe generally use energy currency.

Because the reason is very simple, civilization has developed to the stage of interstellar and cosmic civilization, and various spaceships, aircraft, etc. will be popularized, and gradually even spread to individuals, and these all require energy, so use constant energy Currency is quite appropriate.

And because the universe is too vast and vast, some huge cosmic civilizations have a very vast territory. If the currency continues to depreciate, it will have a huge impact on the economy. On the contrary, the constant value energy currency can better promote interstellar, Trade and economic circulation in various regions of the universe, because everyone does not have to worry about the depreciation of the currency when they hold the currency.

Even if you travel across the ocean, spend several years traveling to other alien systems to do business, etc., you don’t have to worry about the currency in your hands becoming worthless all of a sudden, and you can go to the universe to do business and trade with confidence.

"Constant energy currency?"

When everyone heard Li Fu's words, their eyes widened in an instant, because they had never heard of it before, and the constant value currency was understandable. It was the first time everyone heard of this energy currency.

(End of this chapter)