Now that it has been decided to implement the gold standard, Liu Che has to take stock of his family first.
"Shang Shucheng" Liu Che called Yan Yi and instructed him: "Qing go to Shaofu and ask how much gold reserves there are in the inner treasury now."
"Nuo" Yan Yi took the order and left, and half an hour later, he came back and reported: "Your Majesty, the secretary of the Shaofu has reported that there is now a total of 354,323 gold in the inner treasury."
Liu Che listened to it and smashed it: "It's really a lot."
A lot indeed Three hundred and fifty thousand gold, converted into the weight of the next generation, is about 170 tons.
Many modern countries in later generations may not have such gold reserves This fully shows that Liu Che, the emperor, has the skill to collect money.
Not to mention, when the four kings of Qilu fell, they contributed more than 150,000 gold to the inner treasury Moreover, at present, Liu Che has more than just a little gold.
He clapped his hands, called a eunuch over, and asked, "How much gold is there in the palace now?"
"Back to Your Majesty, there should be about 300,000 gold" That's about a hundred tons of gold.
If you count the other scattered gold reserves, palace concubines and East Palace reserves, Liu Che can probably take out more than three hundred tons of gold now.
The total amount may be close to 800,000 gold To be able to save so much gold, on the one hand, it is thanks to corrupt officials and corrupt officials and rebellious officials and thieves.
Without them, Liu Che's gold reserves would be at least one-third less.
On the other hand, it is the blessing of Anton's gold rush.
Anton's gold rush injects 100,000 gold into the entire Han family every year.
Especially in the past two years, gold panning technology has begun to advance, so that gold production has increased significantly, sometimes 20,000 or 30,000 gold can be mined a month.
Anton's gold, coupled with the fact that China had a large number of rich gold deposits during this period, led to a large increase in gold stocks.
You must know that in history, during the 40 years of the Emperor Wu Dynasty, the gold awarded to generals and soldiers has reached more than 800,000 gold The total amount of gold for the burial of Maoling is as much as 400,000 gold It's just terrifying In comparison, although Liu Che has a lot of gold in his hands now, in general, there is actually a lot of gold held by the private and private people.
"It's almost 750,000 gold," Liu Che calculated the gold he could use now.
At least 200,000 gold should be left in the treasury as a reserve in case there is an emergency and the state has no money to use.
In this way, the gold that can be used as a reform of the gold standard is 600,000 gold.
Judging from the experience of Shaofu in casting gold and five baht in the past, the average gold can be minted about ninety-five to one hundred pieces of about 16 taels per catty, 12 taels and 24 baht, and theoretically pure gold coins can only be minted at most seventy-six pieces, but the country will not be so pure, lovely, silly and sweet, even five baht coins have to be mixed with lead and iron, and it is normal for gold to be mixed with some impurities in such valuables.
In other words, 600,000 gold, ideally, more than 60 million gold and 5 baht can be minted.
Worth more than 600,000.
If you put it in the market, you can basically fill the problem caused by the lack of coins.
If the gold standard of later generations were adopted, the effect of this gold could be magnified by at least five times But here's the thing The gold standard system has been brewing for several years, and so far, the conditions are still somewhat immature.
First of all, the gold standard system, the question of credit should be considered.
The second is whether the masses of the people accept it or not Any currency, if the people do not accept it, do not recognize it, it is no different from waste paper Finally, there is the issue of anti-counterfeiting technology.
Now there is no such high printing technology as that of later generations, and there is no superb anti-counterfeiting technology.
If a paper or other material of currency is rashly issued, it is very likely that the only result will be a flood of counterfeit money, and the country and the people will suffer catastrophic consequences.
This is not something that can be solved by crossing the river by feeling the stones and paying some tuition.
"It seems that for the time being, we can only imitate the tiger charm system as an anti-counterfeiting method of currency" Liu Che sighed, touched his forehead, and then shook his head and rejected the idea.
The so-called tiger talisman system is to adopt the current anti-counterfeiting technology of the army's tiger talisman.
Divide a certain vessel into two halves, one half of which is left in the state and the other is given to the holder.
Only when the two are combined can they be legal and valid, otherwise they will not be recognized.
In this way, it can indeed play an effective role in preventing counterfeiting and eliminating fraud.
However, it is not conducive to circulation, and it can only be used for large-value transactions.
You can't, if you have one gold or two gold, you can also use this method The relevant clerks and officials must not be busy to death Anything that cannot be circulated and troublesome has no future.
After all, the gold standard is a socio-financial system, not something that a small circle of people entertains themselves.
If this is the case, there is now an edict of gold and gold deposit in the circle of princes and princes Why bother playing on the gold standard "What about the situation similar to Jiaozi," Liu Che thought.
In the process of Chang'an renovation in the sixth year of Yuande, in order to bid for shops, there have been certificates similar to Jiaozi.
Up to now, under the guarantee and promotion of Liu Che, this certificate system has gradually become a credit certificate recognized by big businessmen.
Many people choose to deposit a large amount of money in Shaofu, and then get a certificate jointly issued by the Secretary of Shaofu and the Prime Minister's Office from Shaofu.
Once you need to use it, you can use this voucher to withdraw cash from Shaofu.
This voucher can also be used directly to offset taxes.
Because it is convenient and flexible, it is popular with many people.
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Even many people see it as a means of slapping the royal family.
But again, there are many problems with this kind of certificate, and it is actually difficult to circulate widely.
Unless, improve it and make it into a paper credit currency similar to Jiaozi.
"It seems that I can only turn to the Mo family for help," Liu Che was thinking: "If we need to issue a currency that can be widely circulated on a large scale, at least among the middle and upper classes, then two problems must be solved."
"The first is anti-counterfeiting, and the second is simplicity and high recognition" Currency that cannot be counterfeited is a disaster, and things like the Tiger Talisman system and the current collateral certificate are too complicated and the process is too cumbersome.
It is impossible for the masses of the people to accept and approve of similar products.
Just like Alipay and WeChat Pay in later generations.
If you make a payment, you need to communicate with the bank first, then prove to the bank that it is you, and finally you need to sign a lot of documents.
Who's going to use it Anyway, most people are absolutely too lazy to engage in such a complicated thing, and pay directly in cash.
And in this world, the only ones who can help Liu Che solve these two problems are the Mo family's technocrats. t1706231537: