Chapter 340: Mastering Money and Mastering the World "Banknotes?
Why use these fragile pieces of paper for coins?
"This is the opinion of the leader of the Warrior Guild, in the opinion of this powerful sword master, these papers will be crushed as long as they are a little careless, and they are not as safe as gold coins, and they feel good when pinched.
"If there are fewer gold coins, you can mint more silver and copper coins, so why waste manpower and material resources to replace all the currency with paper?"
This is the opinion of the Prime Minister, and it is clear that the Prime Minister is opposed to Zhao Yannian's seemingly meaningless behavior.
When the banknote sent by Zhao Yannian circulated around the conference room, the coin finally barely remained intact and returned to Zhao Yannian's hand, the president of the Magic Guild released several detection spells on the coin when he noticed the slight magic fluctuations on the banknote, and the president of the Warrior Guild rubbed his fingers twice, although this coin was printed with the best quality paper and ink, but it was obvious that the power of a legendary mage and a sword master was far from being something that ordinary coins could compete with, When Zhao Yannian glanced at the coin that had become crumpled as if it had been used for a long time, he quietly put the coin back into his pocket.
"Well, I think we all know the quality of these banknotes, which will last for about five to ten years in the hands of ordinary people, and during this time we will recycle the coins and issue new coins through another institution, so that the coins on the market will always be at a level that is sufficient for people's lives, and we don't need to worry about the reduction of damage."
Zhao Yan began to explain the benefits of paper money issuance to the parliamentarians, the most obvious point is that there is no need to worry about the lack of paper money like gold coins, but it is impossible for the Supreme Council to support Zhao Yannian's coin issuance plan with such an advantage, in the Northwest New City, Zhao Yannian can enforce it with his absolute right, but the Supreme Council needs to consider the fate of the whole world, if there is not enough interest, it is absolutely impossible to agree to such a thing as replacing coins.
"Your Excellency, you should know that such a reason is not enough to support such a huge project, and the cost of replacing the coins alone is enough for us to solve the problem by minting silver and copper coins, and the manpower required for the paper money and the various problems that may arise in the future are unnecessary troubles for us."
The Prime Minister's speech this time was not out of personal grudges, Zhao Yannian's plan really did not mean anything in his opinion, if it could not bring enough benefits to mankind, the Prime Minister would never agree to approve it.
"The issuance of paper money is only part of the whole third step plan, first of all, we will establish a special institution called the bank, these institutions in the initial period to provide paper money and gold coins to exchange and store business to make paper money accepted by the whole human society, the situation of paper money has just been seen, light and easy to carry, as long as a little promotion of paper money can achieve the same status as gold coins, and the bank's currency storage business will also play a more vital role in the future plan, When everyone deposits their money in the bank, their property will be safer, and the merchants' large transactions can be completed directly through the bank more quickly, in addition to the bank will start lending after accumulating a sufficient amount of money, which will make the merchants' business operations easier.
But......
That's not really what I want to say!
” When Zhao Yannian finally shook his head and said this, all the parliamentarians who were still concentrating just now showed either annoyed or sluggish expressions. originally thought that Zhao Yannian would put forward a lot of benefits to convince himself of his opinion, but he didn't expect Zhao Yannian to say in the end that these measures that sounded good were not his purpose.
The mood of the top councillor after being put on the table can be imagined, and after putting these councilors who have been showing little concern about his plan, Zhao Yannian's mood is also a little more relaxed.
"Hahahaha!"
Edward, who was sitting on the throne, looked at the rare expressions of the councillors below as if he were watching a play, and now that he was no longer restrained by the dignity of the king, he laughed very happily.
No one dared to question the king's laughter, and Zhao Yannian did not let the Supreme Councillors urge him again after Edward signaled to him again, and then opened his mouth to tell his true purpose.
"What is money?
Money is the equivalent of an exchange, an IOU used in place of the value of a commodity, one of the greatest inventions that evolved in the age of the tribes of barter!
In the past two thousand years, the nobles have used the minting of gold coins to get countless benefits, it can be said that the most fundamental reason why the nobles are now big is because the nobles have the right to mint money, with gold coins the nobles can live without worry, with gold coins the nobles can have countless private soldiers and servants, it can be said that the gold coins have made them rise to the status of now treating money as dung, and now if anyone controls all the coins in the country, then who is equivalent to controlling the country!
Zhao Yannian suddenly waved his arms excitedly and said such a thing, and as soon as these words came out, the faces of everyone in the entire conference room changed greatly, frowning and pondering.
It is true that this world is a world where force is paramount, and those professionals and the nobles who can drive them never pay attention to money like dung, but what about these customs before they are cultivated?
The professions are hungry like they don't have money, and the nobles don't have the money they regard as dung, so how can they feed their strength?
This question becomes a wonderful cycle after thinking about it, with money comes force, and after the accumulation of force a lot of money makes people ignore the power of money, but if the money that makes it all suddenly disappears or is controlled by others, then will the force possessed by the nobles still exist?
The answer is obviously no, when everyone figured out this question, they were no longer as relaxed as before to look at Zhao Yannian's banknote issuance plan, this plan seems to be reluctant, but in fact, it is to directly control the lifeblood of everyone in the entire kingdom in their own hands, with an institution that can print coins at will, Zhao Yannian or His Majesty the King behind him can easily control the changes in the market, and everyone in the entire human kingdom is laughing or crying, The future will be in the hands of that thin piece of paper.
When the aristocracy's surplus of goods reappears, the banks can increase the amount of money printed to balance it, and while the value of the currency remains stable, these paper money will rob the whole world of countless assets, and this plunder is invisible, extremely difficult to be detected, not only will no one suspect this kind of behavior, but they will praise the person who holds the money for maintaining the stability of the world, so that the nobles will not go bankrupt because they cannot recover their costs.
Even a waiter who can be present in this room is a wise man with a wealth of knowledge, and after understanding the intentions of the Earl standing in the room, in the ensuing hypothetical circumstances, the so-called institution of the bank and the master who controls it will be invincible, and all those who hold the currency issued by the bank will become the slaves of the bank, and the whole world can be said to be in his hands, as the Earl said.
The whole hall became silent, and all the councillors, even if they were about to put aside their own interests, were still overwhelmed by the institution called the bank and the currency issuance plan, this plan to completely control the fate of hundreds of millions of people in a silent and invisible way was too terrible and crazy, and how the smiling king king and the smiling count on the throne had quietly planned such a precise plan, and after this plan was implemented, what even more crazy plans awaited them, This made everyone who thought of this place rush to shudder from the depths of their souls.
After seeing the silence of the entire venue, Zhao Yannian said in a very low voice as if talking to himself: "We still have three years, or less, now in addition to uniting the entire human race to find that glimmer of life, do we need to worry about the future?"
” Zhao Yannian's whisper woke up all the supreme councilors in an instant, in the face of the life-and-death threat of angels and demons, it seemed that the mere coins were not worth such a panic.
As the parliamentarians began to discuss again, the plan for the issuance of banknotes had been basically approved, and at this time, the Prime Minister's re-election brought the meeting back to square one.
"Lord Earl, since you are ready to issue currency, why don't you exchange paper money for those nobles to spend?
If the aristocracy had approved of the banknotes, wouldn't your issuance plan have gone more smoothly?
"The old prime minister is not without real talents, and it is difficult for him to understand why Zhao Yannian would behave so badly towards the nobles after many years of dealing with the affairs of the nobles of the kingdom.
"The problem is back to the original point, it is still the same explanation, difference, only by maintaining the difference between the new city and even the northwest and other regions, which bankrupt artisan small merchants created by the previous second step plan will flock to the new city without hesitation, according to the current progress, we still need at least double the labor force to be able to complete the construction of the final refuge before the angel demon comes, and the aristocracy will not be regarded as a privileged class in the northwest in the future, our time is short, It is necessary to excavate all the talented people in the whole human race and put them in positions that allow them to play, and it is obvious that the nobles with great tempers will not be able to adapt to those difficult jobs. ”