Don't be a prince

Entering Anren Hall, the weather outside is suddenly different.Although the Anren Hall is also an old project, it has also undergone subsequent changes. A pipe for the flue gas has been laid under the floor. Although it is extremely laborious to clean the dust, at this time, there is no more suitable heating method than this.

Accompanying the emperor, an official with a goatee bowed his hands and looked like he was teaching Li Zhi.

Changsun Wuji walked to Li Chengqian's side and said in a low voice, "This is Shangguanyi, the secretary supervisor. He has read a lot of poetry and books and has a good handwriting. Now he is one of His Majesty's favorite close ministers."

Shangguanyi... Li Chengqian couldn't help but look at him a few more times.To be honest, he has no interest in Shangguanyi, but his granddaughter Shangguan Wan'er.It's just that the current Emperor Zetian has embarked on a different life path, and his granddaughter may not be born yet, and I'm afraid there is no chance to become an internal phase.

Sitting down separately, Changsun Wuji seemed much more casual than at the court meeting. Before the emperor could speak, he picked up the teacup and drank tea on his own.On the other hand, Li Zhi, accompanied by Shangguanyi, sat on the chair like a sculpture, and even the ups and downs of his chest were not so obvious.

This is not teaching, it is clearly training people like wooden people!

Slightly frowning, Li Chengqian said to Shangguanyi: "I have important matters to discuss with Father Emperor and Zhao Guogong. You take all the maids and eunuchs out of the palace."

Shangguanyi cupped his hands and bowed: "Not only what does His Royal Highness want to discuss with His Majesty? So that even the humble minister can't accompany him? If His Royal Highness is worried about the secret from the humble minister, there is no need. The humble minister is the secretary, supervisor, and junior supervisor, and he will never leak the secret." .”

Looking at Shangguanyi's and Wei Zheng's stern faces, Li Chengqian knocked on the table and said, "It's natural to be lonely when you are asked to go out. You are the secretary, supervisor, and junior prisoner, so you can listen? The following is the essence, this is one, and delay the lonely peace." The time of Father Emperor and Zhao Guogong, this is the second crime. Dare to say one more thing, believe it or not, ask someone to fork you out?"

Shangguanyi obviously wanted to say something, but with Li Shimin's "Let's go", he had no choice but to leave.

With Shangguanyi's departure, Li Zhi obviously breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was still sitting upright, he was no longer like a stone.

Patting Li Zhi's shoulder beside him, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Remember what uncle said? Don't be like this in front of the family. People who talk and laugh are living people, and those who don't move are logs. The emperor brother wants to talk to the father." They discuss matters, you go and play by yourself."

"Thank you, brother!"

Li Zhi smiled slightly, and after saluting to the emperor's father and uncle Changsun, he bounced to his desk.This kind of action has never been done since Shangguanyi taught him.

"It's enough for you and Qingque to be like savages, do you still want to lead the pheasant slave to behave unruly?" Li Shimin stroked his forehead with one hand, feeling extremely helpless.

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "The pheasant slaves are at the age when they should play around, and it would be too cruel for him to deprive them all of them. Don't talk about this, father, why don't we talk about making the treasury profitable now?"

As soon as this remark came out, not only Li Shimin, but even Changsun Wuji's eyes became serious.It's not that they are not interested, it's that what Li Chengqian said in court is really amazing.To generate income for the treasury?In the past, there were only three ways to generate revenue for the treasury: tax collection, confiscation, and war. Because of the emergence of banks, there was an additional profit from interest.

Breaking the original annual income method and adding one more, they have already shocked them to heaven, but now, the crown prince wants to add another?Although it was incredible, but with the bank's lessons learned, neither the emperor nor the eldest grandson Wuji dared to underestimate the prince's words.

The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment, so they could only hold back their curiosity and wait for Li Chengqian to bring it up.

He unconsciously clenched the teacup in his hand, not even noticing that the tea had spilled onto the official uniform.It wasn't until Li Chengqian took the initiative to mention it that Changsun Wuji finally said, "His Royal Highness, although I don't know what your method is, but if it damages the court's reputation, I will definitely not agree."

Li Chengqian shook his head, reached out and took off the money bag on his waist, took out a piece of gold, a piece of silver, a small piece of silk cloth and two copper coins from it, and put them on the table.

Seeing these things, Li Shimin's heart was shocked, as if he had thought of something, but he seemed to have nothing to gain, so he couldn't help frowning.

"Gold, silver, silk cloth, and copper coins are all things that can be used as coins in the Tang Dynasty market and even among the people. Is there any problem?"

As the Minister of the Household Department, Changsun Wuji will naturally associate everything with money immediately.

Li Chengqian nodded, took out copper coins and said: "When the Tang Dynasty was founded, when the Supreme Emperor was in power, because the world was stable and there were continuous civil strife at the border, the five baht coins of the Sui Dynasty were still used. It was not until July of the fourth year of Wude that the Supreme Emperor abolished the five baht coins. , Kaiyuan Tongbao money, eight cents in diameter, weighs two baht and four ounces, ten coins weighs one tael, and one thousand coins weighs six catties and four liang. Qian Wen was written by Ouyang Xun, and the face text "Kaiyuan Tongbao" is still in use. Qin Fang, Kong Yuanyuan, that’s right.”

Changsun Wuji said: "That's right, that's what it looks like. However, even though the five baht coin is abolished, because the world is so big, even if one coin is abolished, it cannot be abolished all at once. The money factory recovers a limited number of copper coins every year. It is not a short-term effort to replace them all. I am afraid that it will not be possible to replace them all until His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in power. Of course, this is still a bank in the Ministry of Households, which can absorb a large amount of money. Copper coins, double the royal revenue, and the mint can freely select and re-smelt."

As the Minister of the Household Department, Sun Wuji is naturally very clear about this matter.In fact, this is what the Ministry of Accounting has been worrying about in recent years. It is not a random exchange of money. First, the old copper coins must be recovered before they can be used to mint new coins.The Tang Dynasty was short of copper ore, so that many times the mint needed to add some other metals to the copper material.As for the five baht coins, because they are hoarded by aristocratic families in large quantities, it is difficult to disseminate them under normal circumstances. They are just folk coins, and in fact they have been exchanged long ago.

Hoarding a large number of coins from the previous dynasty but rarely distributing them is also one of the imperial court's resentments towards the aristocratic family.Because of the existence of the aristocratic family, the replacement of copper coins is so difficult that the bill issued by the Supreme Emperor has become a joke.It's written in black and white, but there is no way to resist the pressure of reality, so I can only default to the coexistence of five baht coins and Kaiyuan Tongbao.

"I also know about the matter of the Ministry of Households. I have wanted to exchange all the copper coins in the world for Kaiyuan Tongbao more than once, but this is unrealistic. The people who can't afford the complete abolition of five baht coins are the first, because now There are still a lot of five baht coins circulating in the market. It’s okay for merchants to lose a little money, but a few copper coins may drive ordinary people to a dead end.”

Li Chengqian nodded, put the Kaiyuan Tongbao and Sui five baht coins on the table and said: "Father and emperor should be considerate of the people in the world, the Minting Factory of the Household Department is struggling because of the lack of copper mines, there is no way to do it. However, regarding this matter, father and you have actually entered into a misunderstanding from the very beginning."

"What mistake?"

Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji became curious. If someone else said this, they would still dismiss it. After all, so many smart people in the court have not figured out how to overthrow so many people by just one person?But for Li Chengqian, they believed, because the facts proved that the intelligence of this prince was indeed close to evildoer.

"Why take it back and change it before sending it out? Can't we just change it?"

Changsun Wuji patted his forehead with one hand: "Prince, have you forgotten what Wei Chen said just now? We are short of copper mines in the Tang Dynasty, so the coin factory can only take back and recast it, and then spread it out. The same idea, also It’s not that no one has ever done it, but the facts are here, we can only use this most stupid method!”

Li Chengqian smiled: "But, what if the court has enough copper mines?"

"What did you say?"

In a word, both Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji stood up in shock.

Li Chengqian took out a map from his pocket, found a map, and unfolded it on the desktop.

At the moment, Li Shimin was no longer sitting in the first place. He walked over a few steps and squeezed together with the two to look at the map.

"Leping County in Raozhou, Nanling County in Xuanzhou, Zhongtiao Mountain between Taihang Mountain and Huashan Mountain, and Huining County in Suzhou. In these places, the caravan belonging to the East Palace has found copper mines. According to the exploration of the old miners, The reserves are abundant, and it is estimated that the production of at least a few small copper mines is much higher than that of the few small copper mines currently controlled by the imperial court. There is also Dongchuan County, although the road is far away and the traffic is not easy, the copper reserves there are also good. If the two of you are satisfied, the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Tubo is also a place of copper mines, and it just so happens that it is also the territory of Lu Dongzan, the Prime Minister of Tubo."

Listening to Li Chengqian's words full of temptation, Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji got away from the temptation.

"Tubo can't move for the time being. Although I have personally proved that the method of physical training can overcome the influence of Qi epidemic on the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, the severe cold and rugged road above are still our enemies in attacking Tubo. With Tuyuhun, even Turks are different. Tubo occupies a favorable location, so we have no way to plan. In fact, I am already a little tempted. If I agree to become the suzerain of Tubo and marry a princess to marry them, at least we can relax some of our guard against Tubo."

"Father, do you think Tubo is not a white-eyed wolf?"

Seeing that the emperor's father's thoughts were drifting in the direction of getting married, Li Chengqian hurriedly spoke to stop him.

Withdrawing his thoughts, he looked at the map in Li Chengqian's hand, and Li Shimin said, "When did you order someone to explore the copper mines? Moreover, you have even explored the copper mines as far away as Dongchuan County and Tubo. What is your method?"

Li Chengqian shrugged helplessly: "Isn't my son worried about the world's worries first? The caravan belonging to the East Palace has always had a few specific people, not only to generate income with the caravan, but also to complete my son's orders. Explore Copper mines are one of them. In fact, my son has been dissatisfied with Datang's currency system for a long time."

After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian picked up the small piece of silk cloth and said: "First of all, this silk cloth. The reason why this thing can be used as a coin is actually because of the high demand. In the final analysis, this thing is used for trading, which is equivalent to bartering money." Things. The common people are willing to exchange things for things, we don’t care, but the imperial court also uses silk cloth as coins, so the price will drop a bit. There are also gold and silver.”

Picking up the gold and silver on the table, Li Chengqian went on to say: "Gold and silver are originally used as decorations. Because they are rare, they are defined as a type of money. However, it is not the court that completes the definition, but the merchants themselves. But it's a joke. Copper coins can indeed meet the needs of small households, but it is difficult to make it suitable for the transaction of bulk goods. If a merchant's transaction reaches [-] guan, how much copper coin does he have to transport? ? Sixty-four thousand catties! Even more. How to transport so many copper coins? Several carriages can’t bear it.”

Changsun Wuji frowned and said, "Isn't there still a bank? With bank transactions, wouldn't they have no need to transport copper coins?"

Li Chengqian said helplessly: "It is true that banks can satisfy large transactions, but what if there are businessmen worth millions, even tens of millions, or hundreds of millions? What if the businessmen's transactions also reach millions. What about tens of millions? It is foreseeable that Their transactions must not be one or two. What would happen if every transaction had to go through the bank? So, real coins still need to appear. Gold and silver are not regarded as official by the court. Coins, without the official establishment of a system that belongs to gold and silver, will inevitably lead to uncontrolled prices of gold and silver. To be out of control, it is a dereliction of duty for the Ministry of Finance and even for the court. After taking over the bank, I believe that Zhao Guogong has learned to control it. It is of great importance to the imperial court!"

Changsun Wuji nodded mechanically, indeed, originally he only defined the bank as a "profit organization", but after taking over, the various functions of the bank have also been reflected, the most important point of which is that the bank makes money through transactions. , can accurately understand the various state capitals in the world, where there are many merchants, and through the transaction records, you can even figure out what the businesses in each place are.In the past, many wealthy businessmen and aristocratic families were able to pretend to be poor one by one, but through the bank's transaction data, their masks can no longer be effective.

Who has money and who has no money can be understood directly.

Li Shimin picked up the gold and silver nuggets and said, "You mean, the imperial court will also mint gold and silver into coins? Where do we get so much gold and silver?"

Li Chengqian cupped his hands and said: "Actually, because gold and silver can represent currency, many gold mines and silver mines have appeared, and even many wealthy businessmen started from scratch because of gold mines and silver mines. Of course, we Datang gold and silver mines have limited reserves, which may be able to support for a while, but it will not work for a long time. But ah, there is a country with a lot of gold and silver."

"What country?"

Hearing Li Chengqian's words, both the emperor and Changsun Wuji showed fierce expressions.As long as it is not the Tubo Turks nearby, no one in other countries can resist the heavenly power of the Tang Dynasty!

Glancing at the southeast, Li Chengqian smiled: "Waguo!"

Chapter 416 I'm Not Here

"Wo country?"

The original fierce light subsided a little, Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji both frowned.If it's Silla Baekje, it's okay to say, after cleaning up Goryeo, it will be them, but it will be difficult for Waguo.Because there is a huge distance between the Wa country and the Tang Dynasty, it is not easy to do it by doing it.Relying on this geographical advantage, its existence is as difficult to deal with as Tubo.

There is a lot of gold and silver in the Wa country. This can be seen from the fact that the envoys sent to Tang Dynasty brought a lot of gold and silver every time they came.Over the years, under the guidance of the crown prince, every time the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty learned a large number of classics from the Central Plains, many great Confucian scholars also made it their achievement to educate the barbarians, and they liked the apprentices of the Japanese country very much.As for the forging technology, I forgot, or in other words, since the Pei family secretly taught the smelting technology to the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty, and the property under his name was eroded by the East Palace, everyone understood the prince's thoughts, and no one dared to teach it.

Although helpless, the classics of the Central Plains are considered good things for the Wa Kingdom, and the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty are still willing to pay a lot of gold and silver in exchange for the opportunity to study.The price has also risen accordingly. Now that a person wants to learn, Shu Xiu’s gold and silver should be equal to his own weight. This has caused many Japanese people to deliberately starve themselves like skeletons, hanging on their breath before coming to Datang.It is not known how many people died during the journey.

Of course, these are not worth mentioning. The most noticeable thing is that most of the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty came from the East China Sea on a broken boat.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian with burning eyes and said: "You built the Dengzhou Shipyard, and you built the Lingnan Shipyard. Even the sea power of our Datang was driven by you in the final analysis. Now you tell Zhen, have you mastered the channel for sending Tang envoys to Datang?",

Li Chengqian smiled, took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Li Shimin.

It was a letter sent by Su Wenlai, the secretary of the Suzhou Municipal Bureau of Shipping. The content was that they had roughly figured out the route for sending Tang envoys across the sea. just give up.At the same time, the letter also proposed compensation to the East Palace. After all, this is not a national policy. The loss of the Shibo Division this time was due to the execution of the prince's private order.

Li Shimin read the entire letter carefully, and aside from the fact that Datang's route to Wa Kingdom was almost confirmed, what made him most satisfied was Su Wenlai's attitude.The prince's order is a private order, so compensation is required, and the implication is that he will firmly implement the order of the court, or his emperor, even if he dies without complaint.

Recalling the previous conflicts between the Japanese envoys sent to Tang Dynasty and Suzhou, Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction, and said to Li Chengqian: "Although the exploration of the route is your private order, it is due to the society, so I will not hold you accountable for privately giving to the Suzhou Municipal Bureau of Shipping. It's a matter of order, this time, you have to compensate Suzhou in place, and the imperial court will also reward you."

After finishing speaking, Li Shimin looked at Changsun Wuji and said, "Didn't you always want to form a general secretary in the household department? I think Su Wenlai is very suitable, so let him be the doctor of the general secretary." Bar."

For the scene in front of him, Changsun Wuji has long been familiar with it, or in other words, it is normal for this kind of thing to happen.Although imperial power is restricted, the emperor's preferences can still determine a person's status to a large extent.Su Wenlai, as the Chief Officer of the Shipbuilding Department of Suzhou City, only rose from the sixth rank, but now he has jumped to the fifth rank, which can be said to have been promoted.Don't look at just being promoted to three levels, but there is a world of difference between local officials and Beijing officials.Entering the household department and becoming a doctor has opened up the possibility of promotion.

"Yes, after Weichen returns, he plans to set up the head of the Shibo Department."

Seeing that Changsun Wuji agreed, Li Shimin smiled and pulled out the chair Li Zhi sat on, sat on it very casually and said, "Prince, since you took out this letter, is there someone who traveled far to the East China Sea to attack the country of Wa?" Thoughts? If Wa really has a lot of gold and silver, maybe this battle is not impossible."

There are many factors that determine a war. Putting aside the existing factors, the words "gold and silver" alone are enough for the whole country to decide to launch a war.

But to Li Shimin's surprise, it was the prince who answered him shaking his head.

Changsun Wuji was surprised and said, "His Royal Highness, why don't you send troops? How can you ask for their things if you don't send troops?"

Li Chengqian simply sat down and said: "It's not that there will be no troops, but there is no need to really fight. For the current Japanese country, our Tang Dynasty is an unrivaled giant. Coupled with the protection of natural dangers, they can He will pretend to be beaten and scolded, and study humbly, and send Tang envoys to study, and even take the trouble to surrender his identity to show the strength of our Tang Dynasty.

However, as long as you know the Wa country, you can know that this is the biggest white-eyed wolf.Their current humbleness is a preparation for their rampant future.After all, it is really a shame to associate with a race that the royal family keeps chaotic and doesn't even care about Xiaoyi.

In any case, our Tang Dynasty can pose enough threats to them, there is no need to really start a war, as long as our warships sail to the country of Wa, they will be able to frighten their little hearts to pieces.They are constantly fighting in an island country and lack vision, do they dare to start a war with us?Even if we start a war, we don't even need to use gunpowder weapons, our soldiers can clean them up with swords.

There is no need for a protracted battle, as long as a big victory, I guess they will agree to any request from our Tang Dynasty.At that time, we only need to destroy their old aristocrats, select a few representatives from the new aristocrats, and reward them, and these guys who have suddenly ascended to heaven will definitely repay Datang with temporary but absolute loyalty.Let these people control the rest of the Japanese subjects, then this race will become our miners, mining until the Japanese minerals are exhausted..."

Seeing Li Chengqian talking freely there, Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji looked at each other and couldn't help shivering.This set is clearly the method used by the new regime when dynasties change.This kind of method does not belong to the emperor's mind, because after the country is settled down, this kind of method is not only ineffective, but will make the stable situation fall apart.After the establishment of the Datang regime, it can almost be said that a large group of people tested the past, observed the present, and made suggestions before groping out the method.However, at this time, it just appeared in the mouth of the prince.

In the past, Li Shimin always felt that words such as "monster" were born because most people gave money to the prince's son, but now it seems that it is just right!

After finally waiting for Li Chengqian to shut up, Changsun Wuji wiped his cold sweat, and asked, "Then His Royal Highness, after taking control of the Wa Kingdom and obtaining gold and silver? Let's print these gold and silver coins into gold coins and silver coins?"

Li Chengqian took a sip of tea, moistened his throat at least, and did not notice the reaction of his father and uncle, nodded and said: "Yes, it is printed as gold and silver coins. Regardless of the gold and silver coins, in fact, there are still a lot of articles on the copper coins. Do. In fact, we have always thought that a copper coin is a copper coin, but why can’t we use a copper coin as five, or even ten? As long as the words are printed on the coin, it can play such a role, right? "

Li Shimin interjected: "Isn't that right? What if someone imitates it? You may not know that since the past dynasties, there have been people who have been thinking about copper coins and trying to mint them privately. If one coin is two, the loss is not too big." , if you increase the value of the currency, wouldn’t that allow the private minters to make more profits? Once they do it once, they will stop, and the court will not even be able to track down who did it.”

He took out another thing from the purse and put it on the table, but Li Chengqian didn't even explain it.

He can naturally think of the same question.

Changsun Wuji was close, so he was the first to reach out and pick up the things on the table.

It is a copper coin.

Unlike copper coins, there is no square hole in the middle of the copper coin, which is used to save casting costs and facilitate stringing, but is solid.In terms of weight, the copper coin is also much heavier than the copper coin. It can be vaguely felt that the copper content of this copper coin is very rich.

Of course, these are not the key points. The key point is that the words "Kaiyuan Tongbao" are missing from the copper coins, but are replaced by patterns. In addition to the "Wu" with fine patterns in the center, there are petal-like patterns around it. raised.The edges, unlike the smoothness of copper coins, are jagged.It is estimated that it is used to prevent people from scratching on it.

Turned to the other side, there is no number "Wu" on it, but a "Tang" character, no petals around it, but a pattern of knives, guns, axes and axes at the bottom, it looks like an army standing on the " Before the word "Tang".

What surprised Li Shimin the most was that the character "Tang" was clearly his writing style, and Feibai calligraphy was not his patent, but the dot on the character "Tang" was lifted a little bit almost deliberately, forming an imperceptible hook. But it is a habit he has gradually developed since he took the throne.This means reminding yourself to think more before deciding on one thing.

Seeing that Changsun Wuji wanted to turn over the copper coin again, Li Shimin simply snatched the copper coin, pointed to the character "Tang" and said, "Prince, I don't ask you why you have the character 'Tang' written by me as a model, and I have written it for you." What I am curious about is why the level of the lumps on this copper coin is different, and even a slight change in a word can be made out? If it is cast, I am afraid it cannot be done!"

Casting money, casting money, is naturally casting, that is, turning copper into water and pouring it into a mold to shape it.Although I haven't tried it with my own hands or seen it with my own eyes, but casting, there is no way to cast such an exquisite pattern, Li Shimin is still sure.

This coin looks more carved than minted, but if it is carved, it is absolutely impossible.The prince has the character of not throwing an eagle if he doesn't see a rabbit. Now that he has produced the finished product, it shows that he has the certainty of success in his heart.

Opening the money bag, he took out all the coins inside, and handed them to the emperor one by one. Li Chengqian said as he handed them: "Casting is of course not possible. The patterns formed are not uniform enough, and how can coins that cannot be unified?" Used as coins? In fact, this is made by a hydraulic sledgehammer. With a certain mold, as long as the hammer goes down, a coin will come out. To be honest, if it weren’t for the college’s engineering college to have a new iron smelting There is no progress, and no suitable mold can be made.”

While speaking, Li Chengqian clapped his hands up and down, demonstrating the process of smashing out coins.

Holding several coins of different sizes and values, Li Shimin pondered.

Changsun Wuji loved the "One Copper Coin" and "Ten Copper Coins" in his hand so much that he kept throwing them up and down, saying, "However, the principle of the hydraulic hammer is not complicated. ...."

Li Chengqian smiled and said: "Impossible, as I just said, only the molds made by the new technology of the Engineering College can be used to print coins. Not to mention that this kind of technology will not be easily spread, even if it is spread, there will What's the use? Hundreds of craftsmen affiliated to the Engineering College received orders when I left Chang'an. After three years of experimentation, I don't know how much material and experience they spent before they managed to cast coin molds of these kinds of currency values. Here, the molds for one hundred or five hundred copper coins are missing, and they are still hurrying to make them. I can conclude that at least the folks have no way to imitate them.”

Li Chengqian's implication is that if the honorable group has an idea, it is still possible to successfully imitate it.After all, whether it is a hydraulic giant hammer or a new iron-smelting technology, it will definitely be announced.With the family background of the honorable family, they can fully afford the initial expenses and can also organize the scale.but....

Who dares?

Privately coining coins, like treason, is a serious crime of ransacking one's family and destroying one's family. A single person dares to take the risk, but a family does not have the guts at all.Even if you manipulate the puppet, you don't dare to think about it.One step into the wrong abyss of the whole family, this is no joke.

Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji also knew Li Chengqian's implication, so they didn't mention it at all.

Glancing at his own "Tang" character on the back of the gold coin, Li Shimin felt comfortable all over, put the gold coin into his arms naturally, and then said: "Then how are you going to replace it? I've weighed it, your copper coin is heavier than copper coins Mostly, do you want to exchange one for another? Also, since gold coins and silver coins have been minted, they must be exchanged with copper coins, what ratio are you going to use?"

"One copper coin naturally keeps the same ratio as one copper coin. One thousand copper coins are exchanged for one silver coin, and between silver coins and gold coins, ten silver coins are exchanged for one gold coin. What does the emperor think?"

Li Shimin sneered: "You want to exchange a copper coin for a copper coin? Tsk tsk, we have lost a huge amount of copper! The copper mines you mentioned don't know the specific output, how dare I ?”

Li Chengqian chuckled, which surprised both Changsun Wuji and Li Shimin.

Such a smile is still rare on the prince, since this smile gives people the feeling of a "chicken thief".At the same time, a smell of conspiracy permeated the air.

"For ordinary people, it is natural to exchange a copper coin for a copper coin, but when it comes to nobles and aristocratic families, they have to exchange copper coins of equal weight for copper coins of equal weight."

"Equal weight for equal weight?"

Just thinking about it, Li Shimin understood what Li Chengqian meant.A copper coin is exchanged for a copper coin, and the copper coin is naturally at a disadvantage, but if the weight is exchanged, the copper coin is definitely at a disadvantage.In this way, it will definitely suffer a loss if copper coins are exchanged for copper coins.In this case, the imperial court will harvest a lot of money for no reason. Although it cannot be seen, it is real.

Wait, harvest?

Wait, Harvest?

After harvesting...

Changsun Wuji was surprised and said: "His Royal Highness, this is not the method you said to generate income for the treasury!"

Li Chengqian laughed: "That's right, this is it. Although it is a one-shot transaction, who dares to underestimate the amount of this transaction? Leaving aside the civilians who will not be affected, the richer the person, the more serious the damage will be." Especially those who hoard a large amount of coins like the family will be affected. Because we did not harm the common people, there is no worry about the common people revolting. As long as the five baht coin and Kaiyuan Tongbao are strictly abolished, the money of the family will only be one It’s just a pile of copper, and if it’s cast and sold as bronze wares, it will only make more losses. There are also Buddhist and Taoists, they have a lot of money. If this move is robbing, Guochao is going to rob the whole world this time!”

Changsun Wuji was shocked. He originally discussed the big matter of building a palace, but compared with this matter, building a palace is a trivial matter.There is another point that the crown prince didn't say, besides wealthy merchants from aristocratic families, Buddhism, and Taoism, Xungui was the one who suffered the most.If those guys in the court know that their property will shrink for no reason, I'm afraid they will donate money to the emperor to build a palace crying and shouting, and they will pretend to be loyal ministers?