Dad, this seems to be the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 357 Sun Chunming wants to mint coins
Sun Yue cooked in person that night and arranged a hot pot meal. He planned to entertain Han Derang and arrange arrangements for him. After all, many areas involved in this trade union reform required his cooperation.

In the end, he sat on the table with Murong Yan and his wife in embarrassment and waited for nearly an hour.

After all, Han Derang is really too busy. He is no more lazy than Sun Yue. He is so coaxing that even such an official position as the deputy envoy of the privy secretary dares to do nothing. Iron envoys, and the more they work, the smoother they are. Many of the Sun family's previous business layouts have all made great strides forward, and Sun Chunming and Sun Yue have no time to do these things themselves. Lao Cao and Lao Fang are obviously lacking in ability. No one can take the lead except him.

Well, their family can be regarded as the ultimate collusion between government and business.

This is very embarrassing. It's not that Sun Yue can't afford to wait for half an hour, but that his hot pot has already been prepared. There is a rich and sweet broth rolling in the copper pot, and there are already chopped goodies on the side. Lamb, venison, beef, wild goose, the key is that the two of them are still hungry.

What a crime.

Sun Yue and Murong Yan were so hungry that they had no choice but to eat and wait, so they had no choice but to start nibbling at each other. As soon as they became more excited, Han Derang came, accompanied by Sun Chunming.

It seems more embarrassing.

Fortunately, Sun Yue has a thick skin, and Murong Yan is not someone who can't save face, and soon the two of them acted as if nothing happened, and even asked Han De to give him a fine drink.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm too busy and have too many things to do."

Sun Yue asked: "By the way, what are you busy with? You haven't made time to have a good chat. It's rare for a family to be as busy as ours."

Sun Chunming pretended to sigh, and then said: "There is nothing we can do. What we carry on our shoulders is the trust of the court and officials in us. Behind us are tens of millions of people in Luoyang and even the entire Song Dynasty. I am afraid that there will be even the slightest mistake in my work. I am in charge of the economy, which is related to the well-being of millions of people. No matter how small it is, it is a big deal for me. I am cautious and walking on thin ice. Alas, it is difficult. Sometimes I really want to Resign from office and abandon your seal, buy a few acres of Susukida in the countryside, and live a simple life, didn’t you also say that you should worry about the world’s worries first.”

Sun Yue said speechlessly: "Speak well, you are all family members, who are you pretending to beep for?"

Sun Chunming laughed and said: "I've been talking like this too much recently, I'm used to it."

Sun Chunming was a member of the government in his previous life, and what he was best at was singing high-pitched tunes. He changed it a few years ago because his idea of ​​serving the people was too stupid in the Northern Song Dynasty, and he didn't know how to do it, so he has changed it over the years. He has basically changed it, but now he has become a deputy prime minister, and people around him are more and more respectful to him. It seems that no one is his leader except Zhao Kuangyin, so he is getting carried away and is a bit back to his old ways.

After all, in ancient times, there was no entertainment. After playing for so many years, women are a little weak, both physically and mentally. What fun is there except pretending?
As for resigning from office and going back to seclusion, it means the same thing as Papa Ma regretting creating Ali, and brother Liu not knowing the beauty of his wife.

Han Derang forced out a smile helplessly. Although he was used to it, he still couldn't accept the funny daily life of Sun's father and son, who had been influenced by Confucianism since he was a child.

"I'm going to open a bank. Thanks to Brother Han, otherwise my brain would explode."

Sun Yue was stunned for a moment, "So fast? I thought it would take a year or two to prepare for it. Are you sure the economic foundation for this thing has arrived? With our family's financial resources, we can afford it?"

"Why should we do this with our own financial resources? I used my own money to build the national credit system? I burned too much money? There is no such way to sacrifice the family for the country. Come on a little bit, I I plan to mint money first."

"...Isn't it better to open a bank? Dad, currency reform is easy to commit suicide. If it is not implemented properly, the world will be in chaos. No one can protect our family by then. Are you sure the government agrees? ?”

"It's not that serious. I plan to mint silver coins and use them voluntarily. It's not that I abolished the copper coins. In the past few months, the Yantie Division did nothing else and collected almost all the silver in the country. This thing was originally in the There are not many circulating in the market, as long as the exchange ratio with copper coins is determined and the money can be exchanged in the bank, it will be fine. Brother Han has already united all the wealthy merchants in Luoyang and Kaifeng, and will intervene in the matter of the bank. , for joint use, and try to open one bank in every state.”

Yes, Sun Yue understood. This meant using silver coins to temporarily replace flying tickets. As long as the basic value is there and the credit system is there, if the premium of this thing is [-]% to [-]%, the problem will not be too big.

You must know that at this time in the early Song Dynasty, silver was not the mainstream currency in the market, and it was not even currency at all. Minorities paid tribute to the Tang Dynasty. In the mid-Song Dynasty, a large amount of silver appeared on the market from the trade with Japan. Naturally, there was no such thing at this time. Gold was still preferred for large transactions in the market. Silver was really used as currency, which was already in the Ming Dynasty. thing.

So at least at this moment, in the early Song Dynasty, silver was a rare thing, and [-]% of it was under the control of the imperial court, that is, under the control of Yan Tiesi, that is, under the control of Sun Chunming. Confidence.

To make a digression, in fact, regardless of copper coins or gold and silver, the value of currency has never been determined according to the real value, otherwise the stupid kings of the past dynasties would not have searched for the people by casting large and small coins, and the whole pile of silver Tuo's becoming a currency was originally an accident in historical development.

Please explain more. The entire economic policy of the Ming Dynasty, especially the monetary policy, cannot be summarized in a bad word at all. It should be said that the Ming Dynasty had almost no monetary policy, and paper money was basically cheaper than paper. At this point, copper coins can basically only be used as copper. In other dynasties, a foolish emperor occasionally casts large and small coins. In the Ming Dynasty, every emperor cast blindly.

In order to survive, ordinary people can only find other ways to use it for other things, so this thing becomes currency, and it is used for the whole lump. Only in this way, the imperial court can't exploit them.

In fact, the most widely used currency in the market in the middle and late Ming Dynasty is the Spanish Spanish currency, the seven cent silver, and the common people are very happy to use it, and they all think it is more convenient than the whole lump of silver, um. , which is almost equivalent to handing over the minting rights to others.

The credibility of the imperial court is not as good as that of the red-haired Japanese pirates. This imperial court has endured for more than 200 years and is still very poor. It has to be said that the scholar-bureaucrats are quite capable and capable of fighting anyone they see. It is a miracle.

Far away.

There are naturally many benefits to casting silver coins. At the national level, even if the credit problems of banks are not considered, at least [-]% more wealth can be obtained out of thin air. For Sun Chunming, this is his political achievement. The most important thing is to continue to follow Chu If Zhao Fu seizes power, it will be a joke if it becomes the so-called third commander.

Of course, the real grand plan was that Sun Chunming wanted to establish an East India Company.

(End of this chapter)