With Liu Xun leaving, the wind direction in the court has obviously shifted to Li Mu.
Li Shimin knew that he had lost today, so he wanted to quit the court as soon as possible, so that he could go back to the palace to lick his wounds.
But Li Mu obviously would not give up the good opportunity to pursue the poor and expand the results of the battle.
Of course, Li Mu will not be stupid enough to pull Li Shimin into the water, which will directly evolve into a showdown between the two camps, and then a large-scale civil war will break out.
This is not in line with Li Mu's strategic intentions.
"Your Majesty, the minister still has a play."
Li Mu's voice directly stifled Li Shimin's idea of preparing to strike the dynasty.
"That's it for the regent."
"Your Majesty, presumably Your Majesty and all the princes have also heard that yesterday the price of land in Chang'an and various places plummeted again, and even broke the previous low, although the official yamen did not suffer the same siege as before, but if it goes on like this, it will definitely happen.
Therefore, the minister thought that it was necessary to increase the repurchase efforts to stabilize the price of land at a level that was tolerable to the court and the people.
It's just that the ability of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Department set up by the minister is limited, and after the previous large number of repurchases of land and workshops, there is a shortage of funds, and the imperial court must give strong support. ” Li Mu's words attracted the favor of most officials in the court.
The sharp drop in land prices is not in their interests, and the fact that the initiators are now proposing to stabilize land prices naturally gives them a strong signal, that is, the land prices that have been falling and falling for most of the past six months are finally going to rise.
This is a policy upswing.
But Li Shimin frowned and said: "As far as I know, the regent has used the deposits of the Hangzhou Mansion, the Royal Bank and the Ministry of Civil Affairs before, isn't it enough?"
"Back to Your Majesty, of course it is not enough, there are tens of millions of hectares of fertile land in the Tang Dynasty, and it is impossible to pry up such a huge real estate market with only millions of yuan in the treasury and the deposits of the Royal Bank and Hangzhou Mansion."
"What advice does Aiqing have?"
"I beg your Majesty's permission to grant the Royal Bank the right to mint coins, and at the same time to take back the power of the local government to mint coins privately.
In this way, the right to mint coins is controlled, and the pricing power of land and assets is obtained, supplemented by cash buybacks, which can achieve twice the result with half the effort. ” Li Shimin hesitated, he did not understand the true power of the coinage.
In this era, the right to mint coins was not so sacred, and local governments, and even large wealthy families, had precedents for privately minting copper coins.
At this time, what is lacking is metal, whether it is copper, iron, gold, silver, all metals, Datang is lacking.
As long as you have copper, you can mint coins, that's the status quo.
Therefore, Li Shimin did not understand why Li Mu wanted to seek the right to mint coinage for the Royal Bank, and at the same time, he was even more confused about recovering the right to mint money.
Fang Xuanling saw Li Shimin's hesitation, and he was also puzzled.
But Fang Xuanling is different from Li Shimin in one thing, that is, he understands that as long as Li Mu asks for something, there must be a big plan in his heart.
"The regent asked for the right to mint coins, and the minister was a little confused, and asked His Highness for advice."
Fang Xuanling said.
"Don't dare to teach, Fang Situ doesn't hurt to ask, and he will answer all questions."
"Your Highness.
What the minister wants to ask is that I heard that the silver minted by the Hangzhou Mansion came from the Wa Kingdom."
"Exactly."
"But the harvest of the Divine Guard's attack on Iwami back then" Li Mu thought about it, Iwami silver ore has been mined for so many years, and the reserves have been reduced to less than forty percent, and this matter is no longer a secret, so he replied honestly: "Yes." ” Fang Xuanling suddenly asked: "Your Highness has already obtained such a huge amount of silver back then, but he concealed it and did not report it, what is his intention but he wants to embezzle a huge amount of money, or does he have other plans?"
Li Mu's gaze sharpened, "Fang Situ is accusing this king of irregular intentions in public?"
Fang Xuanling replied without being arrogant or humble: "The minister doesn't dare, the minister just asks the doubts in his heart, if His Royal Highness feels embarrassed, try not to answer." ” When it comes to this, if Li Mu doesn't answer, it is equivalent to seeing the world's doubts.
Li Mu said: "Lonely and bright, nothing can be said to others."
According to the laws of our dynasty, the spoils of war can be distributed by the commander, and the silver of Iwami is in the Wa country, which has nothing to do with our dynasty, and there is no violation of the law when it is taken alone, which is one of them.
The matter of the minting of silver coins in Hangzhou Mansion, when Qin sent Yu Zhining to Hangzhou Mansion, Lone did not avoid it, and also told him frankly, presumably His Majesty had already heard of it, and Fang Situ now has a lot of treasures about it, and he must have heard it from Yu Gong.
But all the silver coins produced in Hangzhou are registered one by one, each one has a number, when it is minted, when it is put into storage, and it is recorded for what way, and there is no guarantee for the lonely, but there is one thing, the lone can guarantee that none of them will fall into the pocket of the king, which is the third.
Dare to ask the father-in-law, the lonely answer, are you satisfied?"
Fang Xuanling bowed down and said, "The minister admires His Highness's incorruptibility. ” Li Mu shook his hand and said: "Fang Situ praised it, in fact, he is not honest, but there are more places to make money, and they all earn above board, and they don't disdain to take ill-gotten gains." ” This is the truth, if it is about making money, Li Muruo in the Tang Dynasty only calls the second, and no one dares to call the first.
Li Mu's words were accepted by everyone, and they were convinced.
Fang Xuanling did not continue to dwell on this matter, but found another way, "The minister still has a doubt, please give advice to His Highness." ” "Please."
"If the coinage rights of local governments are withdrawn, what should be done with the copper coins that have been minted by the people?"
This question asked everyone's voice, and how to dispose of the old currency is also related to the interests of everyone.
At this time, materials were scarce, and almost all those who had a family background were not worried about having no money, but worried about how to spend the money.
So much so that many copper coins were put into jars and jars and buried in the ground.
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This phenomenon did not change until the creation of money banks and then banks.
But most people still like to bury their money underground.
Li Mu said: "The orphan association has set up a buffer period, during which the old copper coins can still be circulated, and they can also be exchanged for new coins from the bank, of course, according to the weight and purity of the copper coins.
After the grace period, old copper coins are no longer in circulation, but they may still be exchanged for new currency from banks. ” This answer made everyone sigh.
Fang Xuanling also nodded and said, "It seems that His Highness has a plan for a long time."
"Exactly.
Alone do not do things for which you are unprepared. ” "One last question."
"Please."
"His Royal Highness buys back the silver coins produced in Hangzhou, the silver deposited by the Royal Bank, and the silver from the national treasury, and who owns the purchased land and workshops?"
This is the most poignant question.
Everyone's eyes looked at Li Mu, in fact, all of them cared about this issue.
I just didn't dare to ask.
In their opinion, the money of Hangzhou Mansion belongs to Li Mu, but the money of the Royal Bank belongs to the depositors of the world, and the money of the treasury belongs to the imperial court.
And the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Department is just a non-governmental organization, and it has a little official atmosphere of the Royal Bank
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