Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

Li Shimin has already tasted some flavors, he prepared it long ago, and then gave it to himself, otherwise, if he just took it out and sold it, he was afraid that he would beat him up?

"You can, now you don't know how to honor your father even if you have good things." Li Shimin glared at Li Ke.

"Father, look at what you said. Didn't I honor you? These things are actually useless. I gave you too much, lest Zheng Guogong would nudge you again, so I didn't prepare for you, and you don't lack These things." Li Ke said quickly.

"So your feelings are better for me?" Li Shimin was amused, your excuses are really more and more perfunctory, why can Wei Zheng say a fart when your son honors things to your father?When is it wrong for a son to honor his father?

"It's not, Dad, I have to add another one to the 21 I gave you." Li Ke quickly changed the subject.

Li Shimin is a little speechless, but he is not entangled in this issue, and it is useless to entangle, but he is quite interested in the new one, because to be honest, any one of the "21 Articles" will not be reformed if the reform is not strong enough. No right to be written on.

So since Li Ke said it, it is naturally very important.

"You said."

"The establishment of the Datang National Central Bank is related to the reform of the Tang Dynasty's monetary system." Li Ke said.

"Central bank? Currency system?" Li Shimin was a little confused. The currency system was written in Article 21 by Li Ke before. cancel all of them.

Other than that, there is no other role, but what does Li Ke mean by the central bank?

"What is the central bank you mentioned doing?"

"The national central bank is used to issue currency. Of course, there is no need for Datang to set up so many banks at present. For the time being, one central bank is enough. Its main function is to issue this." Li Ke said from his own thoughts He took out an exchange coupon from Youjian Mall and handed it over.

"Exchange voucher? What does it mean to issue this?" Li Shimin was a little confused.

"Paper money." Li Ke said.

"Ah?! Paper money? Isn't that for the dead?" Li Shimin was dumbfounded. Can paper be used as money? "Can paper be used as money?"

"Why not, Dad, this thing is an exchange coupon, right?" Li Ke asked with a smile.

"correct."

"In my Youjian mall, all the members have this. Not long ago, a member, he was a merchant, bought about [-] pieces of goods from another merchant, but because he didn't have so much copper coins, because This merchant’s home is not in Chang’an, so he directly gave another merchant a [-]-guan exchange voucher.”

"The other merchant is not a member of I have a mall, but he still accepts this transaction method. Then, during this process, father, what do you think this exchange coupon is?" Li Ke pointed to the exchange coupon in Li Shimin's hand.

what is itOf course it's money.Li Shimin was in a daze. Has anyone already admitted this?It was hard for him to believe it, but it had happened.

"This...what if someone imitates it?" Li Shimin asked, pointing to the exchange coupon in his hand.

"Father, use it to face the light." Li Ke said with a smile.

Li Shimin was a little confused, but he still picked up the coin. When he pointed the coin at the light, an orchid inside appeared in his sight.In fact, this watermark can barely be seen even if it is not facing the light, but it is more obvious when facing the light.

"This...how did you do it?" Li Shimin was shocked. He took this thing down and looked at it carefully several times, only to find that this thing seemed to be engraved inside the paper.

"A unique paper-making method, which is directly made in the paper-making process. This paper-making method is top secret." Li Ke said seriously, "At present, only three craftsmen know about it. Even the son himself does not know the specific craft, because the more people who know, the greater the possibility of leakage."

"After this papermaking method was invented, I protected these people. The three of them were protected in different places to avoid problems, and there were multiple methods to prevent them from leaking secrets. In fact, even if they leaked the production I am afraid that other people will not be able to make it, because the production method of the tools needed for papermaking is also top secret."

"You did a good job. You already thought about using it as currency?" Li Shimin took a deep breath and nodded seriously.

"Yes, in fact, it is very simple to issue banknotes. The National Central Bank is a state institution of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty has to stipulate that the currency issued can be exchanged for equivalent gold, silver or copper coins in the bank. Of course, I personally I think it is enough to exchange for gold and silver, because there are still a lot of copper mines, there are too many copper mines in the world, copper coins can be circulated directly, and the denominations of banknotes will be large, so it is more reasonable to directly exchange for gold and silver.”

"Linking banknotes to gold and silver means that the value of banknotes is absolutely guaranteed, and then everyone will naturally recognize its currency status."

"Actually, banknotes are mainly used by merchants, aristocratic families, and state treasury. You should know, father, that some merchants now need to drag several carts, or even dozens of carts, of copper coins around. The transportation is not safe, and it is too bulky, which is one of the reasons why Datang Business Tax cannot develop.”

"With banknotes, a person's funds worth hundreds of thousands of guan are nothing more than carrying them in his arms. In this way, merchants' trade can achieve great convenience." Li Ke said seriously.

When Li Shimin thought about it, this is indeed the truth. Just the carriages pulling copper coins that came in continuously from Chang'an City some time ago explained the problem. If it is just a small piece of paper, think about it. It's so convenient.

"Okay, I will seriously consider this, as you said, the implementation is not mature yet." Li Shimin took a deep breath and nodded, "But do you have enough paper?"

Li Ke smiled, "Anyway, we use paper money in large amounts. In fact, there are not many of them. Common people must use copper coins the most. I have also researched a better casting method for copper coins, which is faster. Wait for copper coins to be minted. Almost there, we can launch the bank.”

As for the amount of paper, the paper in the underground warehouse... Datang probably would be enough for hundreds of years.