Li Qi's sentence "I am very poor" directly points out today's theme, which is currency.
Regarding currency, there is too much to say in this era, so Li Qi is not going to talk nonsense to the people below and go directly to the topic.
Although currency is still increasing in value in the market, this has become a vicious increase. The value of currency has far exceeded the value of commodities. What is the most important characteristic of currency? It is circulation. It is the only thing that everyone in the world has.
If only a few people agree with something, it cannot be called currency.
Therefore, if the market is poor, everyone in the world will be poor.
No money available!
Li Qi glanced at the audience and said: "If we look at the current situation and no currency is issued within three years, I will really have to go to the streets to beg for food."
The people below were shocked when they said this.
"So, currency issuance has reached the point where it is urgent to delay."
Everyone nodded, otherwise what would we be doing here?
Li Qi smiled and said: "Perhaps you are all complaining about the court. The market is so poor, but the court is pushing and pushing. When will currency be issued? But currency issuance is not a trivial matter. It is not a simple matter.
Just make a bunch of currency and throw it into the market, and forget about it. Although Grand Master Cai is sitting down there now, I have to say something. If Grand Master Cai is not happy to hear it, please forgive me."
It seems that this kid is going to use me as a green leaf. Now that speech is free, I am afraid that they will not say it. I just take this opportunity to say it all at once. I also hope to be able to lead
These sins should be buried together, so as not to harm my precious grandchildren. Cai Jing said with a smile: "If you are right, then I will naturally have nothing to say, but if you deliberately amuse me, haha, then I will definitely go on stage to talk to you.
Let’s argue.”
"Of course. Of course."
Li Qi nodded, coughed slightly, and then said: "I believe everyone has not forgotten that during the Xining period, our court started a large-scale currency reform. I remember that at that time, the court issued many kinds of currencies, and there was a lot of money.
, there are small coins, there are iron coins. There are tin coins, and there are a lot of copper coins mixed with tin and iron, and of course, there is also Jiaozi, which makes people turn pale when they talk about it nowadays."
Li Qi was still young and had not experienced that era. When he came to the Song Dynasty, the economy had completely collapsed and it was already the darkness after the storm, but he had not experienced that storm.
But many elderly people in the audience have experienced those dark years. Li Qi's words brought back many painful memories for them. Many people sighed, and many people even closed their eyes and shook their heads. No one
There was a happy look on his face, which showed how dark the situation was at that time, and it made people feel like they couldn't see the light of day.
That's simply a businessman's nightmare.
"Total calculation, the imperial court should have put a lot of currency into the market. I believe it should be the most since the founding of our country." Li Qi changed the topic and said: "But what is the result? The currency on the market is
The more you invest, the less it appears. There is even no currency on the market. What currency I am referring to is a currency that everyone in the world recognizes, rather than a currency in name. It stands to reason that this currency has been issued.
With so much money, there should be no shortage of currency in the market. Why is this?"
The audience was silent for a while, and then someone suddenly said: "The situation at that time was very complicated, and it is difficult to explain it in one sentence."
The speaker was Qin Hui.
Li Qi smiled and said: "What Qin Shaozai said is completely right, but it can also be said to be completely wrong, because this problem can be explained in one sentence, that is, bad money drives out good money."
Cai Jing raised his eyebrows when he heard this, but then immediately fell into deep thought.
Hu Yi, the Minister of Household Affairs, said: "How can this bad coin drive out the good coin?"
"It's not a possibility, it's a certainty."
Li Qixiao asked: "If Hu Shangshu has a copper coin and a Jiaozi in his hand, then when Hu Shangshu goes to buy something, should he use the copper coin first or the Jiaozi first?"
"Of course I'll use Jiaozi first."
Hu Yi didn't think much about it and just said it directly. But as soon as the words came out, he was stunned and seemed to understand something.
"Isn't that the truth?" Li Qi exclaimed: "Hu Shangshu's reaction has already explained this well. When we hold both good coins and bad coins in our hands, we will definitely get rid of the bad coins as soon as possible, because
Bad currency is constantly depreciating. The longer it is kept in the hand, the less valuable it is. A person who holds a large amount of bad currency must be doing the same bad business every day, because the wealth in his hands is constantly decreasing. This
It is a sad and helpless thing.
No one in the world is a fool. If you think so, he also thinks so. Therefore, even if there are equal amounts of good coins and bad coins on the market, it is absolutely difficult to see good coins on the market.
Because everyone is eager to get rid of the bad coins in their hands, this will inevitably cause a large number of bad coins to be put into the market, while all the good coins are kept at home. The original Jiangnan currency crisis clearly illustrates this point."
In fact, everyone knows this truth. As early as the Western Han Dynasty, a man named Jia Yi once pointed out that "the money that is treacherous will increase day by day, and the money that is right will perish." However, no one has systematically analyzed this aspect in detail, and this argument has not entered everyone's mind.
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"That's it, that's it."
Cai Jing's heart suddenly lit up and he nodded repeatedly.
The rest of the people were mumbling something and nodding, but did they really understand it? In fact, this sentence contained a very complex amount of knowledge, and at most they could only understand a certain aspect of it.
Li Qi continued: "Going back to the Xining Reform, at that time only a currency completely made of copper could be called a good coin, and the rest could only be called bad coins, although iron coins also had certain
However, iron money itself is so worthless that you have to use a car to transport currency to pay for every meal you eat out. This is not common sense at all.
The complexity brought by iron money has caused the value of iron money to plummet. As for Jiaozi, or iron money doped with tin, or tin money, not to mention, it is definitely a first-class bad currency.
Under such circumstances, bad money can perfectly drive out good money. What's more, bad money is far better than good money at that time. So can the entire economic market be saved?
If this doesn't collapse, it can definitely be called a miracle.
Still the same sentence. The value that best reflects the value of currency is the currency's liquidity. Currency that does not have liquidity cannot be called currency. Once it becomes currency, it will inevitably cause a very large negative impact. Although bad currency pours into the market,
But it is not recognized by everyone, so it does not have good circulation. This is the main reason why the currency reform was not successful at the beginning. It can also be seen that currency issuance is not about more currency. It is about following economic laws. If you make a mistake, you will surely lose it every step of the way.
All wrong."
"well said!"
Cai Jing suddenly shouted, then stood up and faced the crowd and said: "I did not consider many aspects at the beginning, which caused the entire economic market of our Song Dynasty to become dark. I am deeply sorry for this."
As he spoke, he bowed deeply.
He has abdicated now and will not be able to take the throne again, so at this time he does not need to worry about politics. He can honestly face the mistakes he has made in the past. In fact, everyone knows this, and there are many reasons behind it.
Few people said that Cai Jing was unable to refute. Because everyone knew that he failed, and in the end it was even difficult to recover, leaving a mess. This time, Li Qi gave him a chance to admit his mistake. This was actually a big mistake for him.
It was a good thing, he was very grateful to Li Qi.
Times have changed now, and everyone no longer hates Cai Jing so much. Now when they see an eighty-year-old man bowing to them, any remaining resentment in their hearts is gone.
This is why Li Qi uses Cai Jing as a negative teaching material, because he knows human nature well and knows that no matter how much you blame Cai Jing at this time, nothing will change. Moreover, Cai Jing has done a lot of good things in recent years, and the people have forgiven him.
, and since he sincerely admitted his mistake today, everyone easily accepted his apology.
Qin Hui saw it all and thought to himself, he is worthy of being a Privy Councilor. If he wants to help someone, he will help you if he belittles you. If he wants to harm someone, he will also harm you if he praises you. It is really hard to guard against! When can I be like this?
He also has a very clear understanding of human nature.
But in this regard, it is difficult for Qin Hui to catch up with Li Qi, because Li Qi is a businessman. Businessmen spend all day trying to figure out the psychology of their opponents and customers. They meet all kinds of people every day, and the people in later generations are all very shrewd.
, they have as many things in their minds as you do, and if you want to take advantage of them, that is not an easy task!
Although Cai Jing is a traitor, he is also Li Qi's benefactor. Based on this, Li Qi will never break the promise he made to help Cai Jing deal with the aftermath. He smiled and said: "Master, please sit down. This is not an apology."
Yes, you can't occupy the magpie's nest!"
"Yes, Master, please sit down quickly, we can't afford this."
The others also returned gifts to Cai Jing.
Cai Jing then sat down.
Li Qi added: "Everyone makes mistakes, even gods. In fact, mistakes are not terrible. The fear is that if you make the same mistake again, it is your fault. In fact, the situation at that time and the Grand Master's original intention were not wrong.
The method was wrong. As we all know, at that time, coins were minted once and used in four dynasties. The meal that was originally eaten by one person would definitely not be enough if it was shared among four people. Therefore, the currency was in very short supply at that time, but copper was also in short supply.
There was not enough money, so Taishi made iron coins and tin coins on a large scale, hoping to use this to make up for the lack of currency on the market.
As for why tin was added to the iron money, the reason is very simple. Because at that time, the Liao and Xixia countries exchanged a large amount of iron money from our country to make weapons, and then came to attack us. They took our iron to harm our people.
, is there anything more speechless than this? Of course, I am not saying that the Grand Master is right. The reasons are too complicated, including political reasons and exploitation. The Grand Master is definitely to blame, but
It would be too unfair to blame all the faults on the Grand Master alone."
Having said this, he chuckled and said: "Perhaps everyone sitting here is wondering whether I was entrusted by the Grand Master to come here to explain this matter. Of course not, no matter success or failure, you will talk about currency in my court.
, we can never fail to talk about the Grand Master. Some people will think that if you issue currency, you just send the currency out. Why are you talking so much? Aren't you wasting our time? I am a person with thousands of coins in a quarter of an hour.
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Everyone laughed immediately, but there was no trace of impatience on their faces, because they also learned a lot from it, and these words also benefited them a lot.
Li Qi said with a solemn expression: "Issuing currency is definitely not a matter of simply issuing the currency. Our country has always been troubled by currency problems. I believe everyone is aware of this. If we do not improve, our country will
It will be difficult for the economy to move to the next level."
Although the economy is now good and the currency crisis has been alleviated, it is only alleviated. The crisis is still accompanying it and has not been fundamentally solved. It may break out at any time.
Fan Shaobai asked: "Does the Privy Council have a solution?"
Li Qi shook his head and said: "This is not a day's work. It is not the same as fighting. As long as the enemy is eliminated, all problems will be solved. Why I say so much is that I hope everyone understands why this series of crises occurred.
Why has the Song Dynasty been plagued by currency crises? As long as we understand what went wrong, we can improve it.
Therefore, although today is said to be an issuance meeting, the issue of currency this time is not to solve the currency shortage in the market. This is only second. The most important thing is to fundamentally change this situation. Of course, this does not mean that the change will be immediate.
It can be changed, but there must be a beginning, and today is a beginning. For this reason, the imperial court will introduce a series of monetary policies today, which is bound to fundamentally solve the currency crisis that has plagued the Song Dynasty."
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