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Chapter 1065: Political Discussion in the Imperial Study (Part )
Li Yan looked at the ministers who looked somewhat depressed, smiled slightly, and said: "In my opinion, the court should vigorously increase the court's available financial resources, develop people's livelihood, and improve the overall national strength while being able to coexist with the nobles."

"Oh, we are willing to listen to your majesty's teachings." Several ministers, including Changsun Wuji, stood up and asked.

If these problems can be solved without conflicting with the aristocratic families, it would be the best of both worlds, so why wouldn't everyone do it?

Even Changsun Wuji wanted to have his cake and eat it too, and to be both the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty and the head of the Changsun family without offending anyone.

"Okay, everyone sit down and talk!"

Li Yan was in a good mood and said slowly: "It was not easy for Emperor Gaozu and the Emperor Taishang to establish the country. During the thirty years of Wude and Zhenguan, the two dynasties expanded the territory of the Tang Dynasty to its limit. Therefore, my position and requirement for myself is to be a king who maintains the status quo."

“We don’t seek to make further progress, but to stabilize the foundation left by our ancestors, deepen its roots, and lay a solid foundation for future generations.”

"Your Majesty is wise. We, your subjects, admire you!" As soon as Li Yan finished speaking, Changsun Wuji and Xiao Yu came out to agree with him.

What they feared most was that the new emperor would be ignorant of his own limitations, full of youthful vigor, and like Emperor Yang of Sui, he wanted to surpass his father and ancestors. In the end, in his eagerness for quick success, he not only failed to achieve any results, but also lost the foundation of his ancestors.

It caused the death of three generations and became a laughing stock of the world.

Now, the new emperor has very realistically determined the tone of his administration, and all the ministers are relieved. This positioning is realistic and in line with the current situation. The current territory of the Tang Dynasty is already large enough.

There is no need to expand any further. What is needed is to work hard and consolidate the existing achievements.

After Li Yan said this, several important officials felt relieved.

"When the first emperor unified the country, he unified the writing system, the wheel gauge, the measurement system, the customs, and the land, laying a solid foundation for the integration of the entire country. Although he died in the second generation, he laid the foundation for the subsequent unified dynasty."

“No matter how many generations have passed down, no matter how great the disaster, all the descendants of Yan and Huang regard the completion of unification as their highest mission.”

"This shows how important unified order and rules are to a dynasty."

Li Yan said solemnly: "Now, our Tang Dynasty is almost the same as the Qin Dynasty. With the assistance of all the ministers, the emperor has completely unified the Liaodong countries, the Central and Southern countries, as well as the vast territory of the Snowy Plateau and the Western Regions."

"Although we have conquered these places, it will still take a lot of effort to defend them and successfully integrate them into the Tang Dynasty."

"The original governance system of these places, including unified language, unified writing, unified customs, unified official system, unified military system, etc., must be forcibly abolished, leaving the head but not the hair."

"Uh"

Li Yan had said something a bit off-topic for a moment, and in the eyes of the ministers who were puzzled, he quickly changed his words and said, "If you don't want to change the customs of the Central Plains and don't obey the management of the Tang Dynasty, you are not allowed to live in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. All the people in our territory must recognize all the culture of the Tang Dynasty."

If it happened in the future, Li Yan's theory would be a violation of human rights and would certainly be criticized by the whole world.

But this was the feudal era 1,500 years ago, when the law of the jungle prevailed. Survival was the most important factor for the people, and other things like customs, culture and spirit were too empty for the surrounding ethnic groups that had just left the primitive society.

It is only natural to promote these things at this time.

In fact, the barbarians around the ancient Central Plains did not value these things. The reason why they had their own culture was purely to distinguish themselves from each other. The civilization of the Tang Dynasty was a high-level civilization that made people yearn for it.

Even the air in our Celestial Empire is sweet. I wonder how many other ethnic groups would like to learn from this culture.

It’s just that the economic development of the Central Plains is limited and there is no ability to promote it.

If the court forcefully implements it now, it will be tantamount to allowing those barbarians who eat raw meat and drink blood to directly improve several levels and enter a civilized era. They will be so excited that they will not be able to resist.

If the only discontent was with the local nobles, it would affect their rule. This reminded Li Yan of the 20th century, when the slave owners on the Snowy Plateau continued to exploit the ordinary herdsmen.

The drums and flags made of human skin, the lamp stands made of human bones, and the shocking scenes of bestiality in the museum are enough to make your hair stand on end.

Li Yan deeply detested these behaviors that enslaved the people and hindered the progress of mankind for their own selfish interests, and decided to liberate those lovely people 1,500 years in advance.

The ministers in the imperial study room did not have any doubts about Li Yan's words. Instead, they agreed with him. If not, how could it be considered a country? On these major issues, no one had any objection.

Even those vassal states that were granted fiefdoms must be consistent with the court in this regard. Li Yan changed the subject and finally revealed his long-planned purpose: "However, there is another very important thing, which is more important than the previous ones, and we have to deal with it every day, but there is no unified plan."

"May I ask your Majesty, what is this thing?" Ma Zhou asked at the right time.

Li Yan took out a bundle from the side of the imperial desk and opened it, revealing a pile of things, including gold ingots, silver bars, copper coins, silk, dozens of silver bills issued by various banks, and some currency substitutes circulating in various areas around the Tang Dynasty.

There were so many different things that the ministers were confused.

"Nowadays, the main currencies in circulation in the Tang Dynasty are copper coins and silver. In addition, gold and silk are sometimes used as substitutes for currency in transactions."

Li Yan explained: "In addition, as the area expanded, the Haidong coins of Goguryeo, the Zhenla halberds of Central and South China, and the shell coins of Tubo also circulated in some areas."

"There are also some Western Regions' Khotanese-Han-Qu two-body coins, Qiuci Han-Ku two-body five-zhu coins, Western Regions cast five-zhu coins, Western Turkic imitation Sassanid silver coins, Gaochang Jili, Turgesh Sogdian square-hole coins, Xizhou Uighur square-hole coins, Jianzhong Dali coins, etc. There are dozens of them."

"Although those countries have collapsed, the people still have their own currencies. If we can't even unify the currency that is most frequently used in daily life, how can we make these people realize that they are one country with our Tang Dynasty?"

Zhang Sun Wuji frowned and said, "Your Majesty, our Great Tang is too big. It stretches ten thousand miles from east to west and eight thousand miles from north to south. Such a huge empire has never been seen since ancient times, and the customs and practices of each place are completely different."

"In fact, we have already done this, which is to promote the Zhenguan copper coins everywhere. But if we want everyone to accept it, I am afraid it will not be possible in three to five years."

Xiao Yu, Cen Wenben and other ministers all nodded in agreement, as they also knew about the situation.

Li Yan shook his head, picked up a stack of banknotes on the table and said, "Everyone, copper coins alone will not work. Copper coins are heavy and difficult to carry. Just one string of money requires a thousand copper coins, which weighs several kilograms. What if it is a hundred strings of money?"

"Ten thousand strings of cash, wouldn't it take a cart to pull it?"

Ma Zhou said cautiously: "Your Majesty, it has been like this since ancient times. If the amount of money reaches a certain level, it can be exchanged for gold and silver, which will be much lighter. No one really carries a cart full of copper coins on the road."

"Yes, Ma Zhou said it well."

Li Yan immediately asked: "Since no one brings so many copper coins on the road, how did you promote copper coins to the border areas thousands of miles away?"

"Uh"

Ma Zhou was suddenly speechless. He didn't expect that the emperor was waiting for him here. This was obviously contrary to what Changsun Wuji had just said about promoting copper coins.

For a moment, he didn't know what to say.

Li Yan didn't have the time to argue with the others about these things. Instead, he pointed at the silver notes and said, "In fact, these silver notes are currency. Large amounts of money transactions are all paid through silver notes. However, these silver notes are all issued by private banks."

"I have checked. In the early years of the Wude era, there were only a dozen or so private money houses. But nearly thirty years after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, there are now nearly a hundred private money houses. This is enough to show how great the people's demand for currency is now."

"These should have been done by the court, but the court had no such concept, so they let private businessmen do it."

"But these private banks don't have much guarantee. They can operate normally when they are making money, but when the situation gets bad, they are directly closed, causing a large amount of people's property to be swallowed up, and the government is unable to deal with it."

"In recent years, many banks have closed down. I have seen thousands of disputes arising from this. But in the end, the government can only close the bank and issue arrest warrants, and the losses that can be recovered are very few."

"And the money is not circulated among the banks. Each bank can only cover a certain area. Once it is out of this area, the silver note becomes a piece of waste paper."

At this point, everyone understood a little bit. Cen Wenben said tentatively: "The emperor's intention is, could it be that the court should open an institution similar to a bank in all prefectures and cities of the Tang Dynasty to ensure the convenient use and safety of silver bills?"

Li Yan slammed the table and said excitedly: "Yes, I plan to open the largest bank in the world in the name of the court, with the support of the Tang Dynasty, to establish the Tang Dynasty Bank, issue Tang Dynasty treasure notes, and replace various chaotic banks and currencies."

That’s right, Li Yan wanted to establish a bank in the Tang Dynasty to unify the management of currency.

The current status of the Tang Dynasty in the world is comparable to that of the Eagle Sauce in later generations. Although Li Yan was not a graduate of economics, he also knew that the Eagle Sauce ruled the world by relying on two magic weapons, one of which was a powerful military force with global strike capabilities.

Another way to rely on is the US dollar currency, which is circulated throughout the world and can conquer the world.

(End of this chapter)