Li Er was silent for a long time, then suddenly waved his hand and asked Zhao Yang and others to get out.
In an instant, Du He and Li Er were the only two people left in the imperial study.
Li Er muttered: "Du He, you must not say this again, otherwise, you will cause endless trouble. Nowadays, various aristocratic families in the Tang Dynasty were established since the Han Dynasty and have stood for hundreds of years.
If they don’t fail, what do you think they rely on?”
Du He said with a smile: "It's just two things, money and people. If you have money, you will have people, and if you have people, you will have money."
"That's right, money and people are in the hands of aristocratic families. Even my officials, many of them are members of aristocratic families. These people have been standing for many years and are intertwined. Do you think I don't want to reach out and ask the aristocratic family for money? I tried it and took a look.
Then I saw the purpose of these people, they can give me money, but I will become their puppet..." Li Er said angrily.
Over the years, Li Erli has been working hard not only to quell foreign enemies, but also to one day start a war with the noble family.
Du He stood up, stretched and said, "That's it. If you want to make money, just kneel down. If you want to make money standing, it's impossible!"
"Then you just told me that the family is rich?" Li Er glared at Du He.
Du He chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, I have a bold idea. I can stand still and make money at the same time."
"Oh?" Li Er was very interested and hurriedly grabbed Du He's wrist, "Come and tell me."
"Of course you can, but, Your Majesty, the rebuilding of the Imperial College is related to the education of the Tang Dynasty and the stability of the country..." Du He didn't want to go on.
Unexpectedly, Li Er, who had just been determined not to rebuild the Imperial Academy, suddenly waved his sleeves and said: "Okay, I'm sure. If you dare to tease me, you won't even be able to step out of the Imperial Study Room today."
Du He sat down again, took out a pen and paper from the table, spread out the paper, and began to write and draw.
"The money your Majesty wants is nothing more than Kaiyuan Tongbao, silver, gold, and other antiques and rarities. Although they are valuable, they are not the majority. If you want to get money from aristocratic families, the traditional method is to kneel down and beg.
Being a member of an aristocratic family, the second thing is robbery. Although the Tang Dynasty has strong soldiers and horses, if more hands are used, it may be a bloody war, the country will be turbulent, and the people will suffer. Your Majesty will definitely not be happy to see this result.
So, none of them work...Now, there is a third way."
Li Er's eyes suddenly lit up. He pulled a chair over and sat next to Du He. He couldn't wait to say, "Come on, tell me what we can do."
Du He smiled slightly and drew two circles on the paper: "Exchange, use things to exchange all the Kaiyuan Tongbao, silver and gold in the hands of the family."
Li Er smiled and said: "Isn't it the same as you didn't tell me? If I have so much money, why do I have to go to the trouble of exchanging it with the aristocratic family? Wouldn't it be better to use it directly to benefit the people?"
Du He shook his head: "No, Your Majesty, what if I exchange a pile of paper for the money in the hands of the noble family?"
"How about an exchange? Do you think those people are fools?"
When Li Er heard this, he felt that Du He's method was unreliable.
Du He patiently explained: "Your Majesty, please listen to me. The paper I am talking about is not ordinary paper, but a specially made banknote that only the government can produce. When the time comes, as long as His Majesty gives the order, from now on,
What circulates in the Tang Dynasty is no longer Kaiyuan Tongbao, silver and gold. Everyone is restricted to exchange the silver coins in their hands into banknotes within a year or even half a year. They will be invalid after expiration. As long as there is official compulsion, by then, Your Majesty feels that there will be people who will not
Do you listen?"
With that said, Du He took out a red sun and placed it in front of Li Er.
Du He has a box of this red sun.
They are all obtained by lottery.
In later generations, this would be one million, and he would be considered a small rich man. Unfortunately, in this era, it is worthless.
Du He introduced: "Your Majesty, this is a piece of paper and pen that I received before. Such a piece of paper is equivalent to a lot of money."
Li Er picked it up and stroked it carefully, looking at every detail carefully. The more he looked at it, the more frightened he became. He thought to himself, the best craftsman in the world might not be able to draw it.
His eyes suddenly widened.
This method is not special. When the Tang Dynasty was founded and the Kaiyuan Tongbao was created to replace the previous Sui Dynasty coins, this method was used.
If it can really be promoted, wouldn't it be possible to exchange a large amount of real money and silver with paper and pen?
However, Li Er became a little worried: "The people are naturally happy. This banknote is light, easy to carry, and beautifully made. Of course everyone is willing to use the banknote, but what if many people are unwilling to exchange it?"
"The world belongs to the people of the world, not to those aristocratic families. As long as all the people in the world recognize paper money, then if there are really stubborn people, then just keep the money and live by yourself. Besides, as long as all the money in the world is
It is in the hands of His Majesty. After the paper currency is completely liberalized, the universal currency will be liberalized. At that time, it will not be a matter of a word from you." Du He waved his hand and said confidently.
Snapped.
Li Eryi slapped his hand on the table: "Okay, good idea, really a good idea, Du He, I order you to start printing banknotes from tomorrow and implement this method immediately."
Du He was speechless for a while.
"My Majesty, you think these banknotes are printed books. If that were the case, the banknotes would not be meaningless. The banknotes must have two characteristics. The first is that it cannot be copied by others except the official. The second is that it has a strong
Recognition, that is, being able to easily distinguish between true and false...With our current technology, it is simply not possible, so we need to study it carefully."
It's not that Du He is attacking Li Er, but that in this era, one of the reasons why banknotes cannot be implemented is because of poor technology. Just imagine, if banknotes don't have high anti-counterfeiting technology and anyone can copy them, what kind of chaos would it be.
Li Er nodded: "That's right. Didn't I hear that you established a research and development center? Please hurry up and do this. As long as the banknotes are made, I will confer a knighthood on you when the time comes."
Du He chuckled and said: "Your Majesty, about marrying the princess..."
"Let's wait until you become the Duke..." Li Er waved his hand and quickly drove Du He away.
A majestic emperor, he finally raised two beautiful daughters, but Du He was thinking about them all day long, which made him feel uncomfortable.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. This is my design plan for rebuilding the Imperial College. You can take a look at it first. By the way, I forgot to tell you that I personally designed this plan. The final cost totaled less than 700,000 yuan. For
Your Majesty, you have saved a total of three hundred thousand dollars!"
Du He threw down a few pieces of paper, turned around and left.