ebonymovies Chapter 798 Li Jingxuan's Fantastic Idea
Chapter 798 Li Jingxuan's Fantastic Idea
Chapter 798 Li Jingxuan's Fantastic Idea
There is no problem with Chang'an's accounts.
This is the norm for a city that is changing and developing with each passing day.
Dozens of hundreds of shops or workshops open every day in Chang'an City. Every day, new merchants enter Chang'an from the four directions of southeast, northwest, and inject new capital and vitality into the city.
Therefore, his account books are always lagging behind. Although Chang'an City has the largest number of account houses in the Tang Dynasty, it is impossible to clearly record the changes that occur in this city every day.
Basically, all ambitious merchants and caravans will send their goods to Chang'an, and after completing the first appreciation of the goods here, they will resell their goods through Chang'an's developed commercial wholesale.
Many times, there will be a strange phenomenon. For example, the merchants in Luoyang would rather transport the goods they produce to Chang'an, repackage them, stamp them with the Chang'an mark, and then transport them back to sell to Luoyang people. Will lose money, on the contrary, earn more.
Not all goods are eligible to be stamped with the blue Big Wild Goose Pagoda watermark, as long as the goods have the blue Big Wild Goose Pagoda watermark, there is no doubt that they are the Changan goods that people often say, and they are the best goods in the world. first and so on.
Li Jingxuan visited the large-scale stamping place in Chang'an City, and the people in charge of stamping here had all kinds of weird and poor faces.
As long as the handymen in Chang'an City bring stacks of papers, these blind, lame, broken-armed, one-eyed, one-armed people will immediately start stamping. They rarely speak, but stamp the stamp quickly and quickly. ruthless.
Li Jingxuan picked up a piece of hemp paper and looked at the clear seal on it and said, "Heji sesame cake?"
Yunchu explained: "Originally, this pack of Heji sesame cakes can be sold for 22 renminbi, but with this seal, it can be sold for [-] renminbi. A piece of such wrapping paper can be sold for [-] renminbi to the government. Make four extra dollars."
Li Jingxuan looked at the hundreds of strange-looking people at the stamping place and said with emotion: "A certain family thinks that just this stamping place can bring more than [-] yuan in revenue to Chang'an City in a year."
Master Mi said with a smile: "This year, it's only August, and the income is already [-] guan, and it will be no problem to break [-] guan by the end of the year. Excluding labor, material and other expenses, the net income will exceed [-] guan.
Therefore, the servant does not have to worry about my Chang'an City doing some sneaky things in places that are valued by the country. We need money, and we have legitimate channels. "
Li Jingxuan turned his head to look at this small sixth-rank master book. Under normal circumstances, it is a great honor for an official of this level to have a conversation with him, but the sixth-rank master book in Chang'an City dared to face his questioning , and the implicit meaning of the answer.
His previous knowledge of Chang'an was still too shallow. He thought that Yunchu had other considerations in casting the golden bull. Now it seems that people just think that there is too much money in the market...
It is not a secret that the Tang Dynasty was short of copper. Since copper was no longer used to cast weapons, a lot of copper coins have been accumulated over the past thousand years, but they have not had much relationship with the government.
As a result, the money in Datang society would be more and less at one time, with no rules at all.
The 24 golden bulls cast by Yunchu are probably the only copper materials in the Tang court that can be seen in the open.
Li Jingxuan is a person who has read a lot of poetry and books. The most rare thing is that he is not pedantic and has the ability to infer other things from one instance.
A strange thought suddenly came into my mind, and I couldn't help but said to Yunchu: "If the imperial court allows Chang'an Liushou Mansion to mint money, how much will it cost?"
Yunchu glanced at Li Jingxuan, shook his head and said, "On July [-]th of the fourth year of Wude, Emperor Gaozu ordered to set up a money prison in Luozhou, set up new coins in Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Yizhou, and allowed each of them to mint money.
And reward Li Shimin, King of Qin, Li Yuanji, King of Qi, and Pei Ji, the right servant, each with a furnace seat.They can cast their own drums, and the rest are not allowed to cast privately. Anyone who dares to steal the cast will die, and his family will be equipped with three thousand miles.
A certain family knows what the minister means, so it's better to let it go. "
Li Jingxuan shook his head solemnly and said: "In May of the fifth year of Wude, the imperial court set up a supervisor to cast Kaiyuan Tongbao money bureau in Guizhou. In the 23rd year of Zhenguan, a money casting department was set up in Zizhou. Unfortunately, these money supervisors were abolished soon after. , can Yu Chu know the reason?"
Yun Chu shook his head and said, "Coin casting is the country's most important weapon, a certain family never asks about its weight, and dare not ask about its size."
Li Jingxuan pretended not to hear the nonsense of Yunchu's answer, and said to himself: "Last March, the reason why the Guizhou Coin Mining Bureau was abolished was that the money minting bureau there needed to spend 120 yuan to cast a consistent amount of money." seven dollars.
The Zizhou Coin Casting Department is not much better. It costs 380 yuan to cast a consistent coin.
However, the earliest Luozhou Coin Mining Bureau did not have a copper mountain in the local area, so it took two coins to cast a consistent coin.
A certain family just wanted to ask Yu Chu, if Chang'an were to mint money, would it be possible to turn this money-losing business into a profitable one? "
Yun Chu laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Why does the servant have to bother so much, hasn't the court already solved this problem?
I heard that the usual money in Luoyang is only seven or eight hundred yuan, and there is one thousand yuan there, and the court only needs to pass on the losses to those who use the money. "
Li Jingxuan blushed slightly and said: "If you can't pass it on, merchants will naturally mark the price higher by [-] to [-] percent, but it's [-] percent."
Yun Chu looked at Li Jingxuan with a smile and said: "There are many old families with rich backgrounds in Shendu. It is not heard that people who make money in private are losing money. As far as I know, only Changan Webster, they are It can control the cost of minting money to the point where the usual money costs 750 yuan."
Li Jingxuan sighed and said: "The government's extravagant expenses are far beyond what Webster can compare. Every time Datang establishes a money casting bureau, it has to build a team. Not to mention the large number of employees, there is still a lot of redundancy. Webster, Only using our own parts, except for the loss of copper materials, the labor is almost negligible, so it is naturally incomparable."
No matter what Li Jingxuan said, Yunchu also refused to accept his opinion. For now, the chaos of the Tang Dynasty and the poor cost of making money are generally beneficial to Chang'an.
Once Chang'an, the place with the most money in Datang, has no tricks to exploit, the losses outweigh the benefits on the whole.
Not to mention that Chang'an has never touched casting money so far, even if he has the ability, he would never do such a useless thing.
Because after learning the lesson from last time, Chang'an's wealth is mainly based on grain, silk and other goods. In the way of barter, money does not have much influence on the sale and purchase of bulk goods in Chang'an.
Li Jingxuan has been staying in Chang'an for half a month. Recently, he has seen many places and experienced a lot, especially the Liushui sign in Qujiang. He can see it very clearly. West Ben, a place where western goods go east, half of the handling fee is charged for each transaction, this Chang'an has long been fattened into a pig.
On the way back to the post house, Li Jingxuan once again came to the shining golden copper bull, patted the copper bull vigorously and said with emotion: "Sure enough, there are many people in this world who run around like dogs, but few who are dedicated to serving the country and the people."
Dongtai servant Wei Dongcheng said: "Just move Yunchu away from Chang'an."
Li Jingxuan shook his head and said, "Brother Dongcheng, can you understand how Chang'an City works these days?"
Wei Dongcheng shook his head and said: "No, many methods are unheard of, and many methods are only seen in life."
Li Jingxuan said again: "If Chang'an City collapses, or stops moving forward, what will happen?"
Wei Dongcheng said: "Your Majesty's grand narration of tax exemption for the ten kingdoms of the world will stop, and the government soldiers that are already full of loopholes will also be in trouble."
Li Jingxuan sighed and said: "More than that, if Chang'an stops functioning, even His Majesty will find it difficult to accept it.
Otherwise, based on His Majesty's suspicion of his subjects, do you think Yun Chu will be allowed to dominate Chang'an City for so many years?
It can be seen from this that His Majesty's knowledge of Chang'an far exceeds that of you and me, which is why Yunchu has been reluctant to build the city wall of Chang'an. "
Wei Dongcheng said with emotion: "Since your majesty went to Luoyang, the capital of gods, people have opened six big holes in the city wall of Chang'an. With these six big holes, your majesty will not worry about changes in Chang'an. At the same time, because there is no complete His Majesty refused to return to Chang'an.
In Chang'an, there are too many demons and ghosts. Compared with the officials here, we are like two groups, and the difference between us and the Turkic people is even greater. "
Li Jingxuan sneered and said: "If you can't transfer Yunchu, Gentle these people, then we will transfer officials from Chang'an City. If there are vacancies, we will keep pushing people in. Once we have learned something in Chang'an City, we will transfer them immediately." Go out and take a job elsewhere."
Wei Dongcheng said in surprise: "In this way, wouldn't it be in vain to add a lot of wings to Yunchu?"
Li Jingxuan said with a smile: "Gunzi Sichong, Shouyi, one works as the chief secretary in Pi County, and the other is going to participate in this year's scientific examination competition. I think they can pass it. With their qualifications, it is still feasible for them to come to Chang'an and be a minor official." A certain family didn't believe that Yunchu and the others had the ability to even drag my son's heart away."
Wei Dongcheng laughed loudly when he heard the words, "Gun Ziheng, my son-in-law Dong Wen, I think they can also be sent to Chang'an for some experience."
Li Jingxuan nodded and said: "Without talent, you can't go a long way by relying on your ancestors. We can give these children a ride. After all, they have to run the long way by themselves. Chang'an City is a place where you can learn skills. This old man firmly believes undoubtedly."
In the evening, when Yunchu was having dinner with Rourou, Master Mi came in with a smile, and after saluting the two superiors, he came over and said, "Li Jingxuan, Wei Dongcheng and the others want to put their sons and son-in-laws in various government offices in Chang'an, sir. Hou, should we make preparations in advance?"
Yun Chu took a look at Wen Rou who was still eating, then shook his head and said, "As long as people come to work in Chang'an, we will take as many as they come, no matter whose family's son or son-in-law he is.
Let me tell you, Lao Mi, we have always wanted to implement the Chang'an model in the entire Tang Dynasty. Now that these people are here, it is much more powerful than training some humble officials. "
Wen Rou followed and said: "Let them come, let them see for themselves how Chang'an operates, how it became rich, how we treat the people, how we treat the court, and more importantly, let They understand what an official is!"
(End of this chapter)