Daqin started with offering immortal medicine

"Credit currency?"

This time, not only Li Si, Xiao He and others were stunned, but even Dong Yi was stunned.

Because they have never heard of this word, and they have no idea what it means.

"May I ask Lord Zhen, what is credit currency?" Li Si asked.

Li Yang smiled and said: "Credit currency, as the name suggests, refers to the currency issued by the country's credibility. For example, gold, regardless of its shape, can be used as money, while the current copper coins must be made by the imperial court. The money can only be used as money, and this copper coin is the currency issued by relying on the credibility of the Great Qin Dynasty, so it is called credit currency."

"I see!"

When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized.Then, Dong Yi clapped his hands and exclaimed: "Zhen Guojun is really a good summary, credit currency, right in one word!"

Li Si and others also nodded at this time, all admiring Li Yang's exquisite summary.

"Since the country can use its own credibility to issue copper coins, it can naturally use its credibility to issue banknotes. The denominations are printed on the banknotes, which are easy to carry and facilitate commercial transactions. It will have unimaginable benefits for Daqin to build a prosperous commercial society in the future. "Li Yang added.

Everyone nodded silently, and at the same time began to think seriously about Li Yang's words.

Li Si pondered for a while, and asked: "It's just that paper is used as money. After all, this paper is different from copper. Will the people accept this kind of money? What if they don't accept it? You can't force people in the world, right?"

Fu Su, Xiao He and the others nodded one after another, thinking that Li Si's question deserves to be taken seriously.

To put it bluntly, suppose you are an emperor and you are given a pile of paper, how can you make the people accept these papers as currency?

Of course you can use the huge political machine of the imperial court to force the people to use your paper as money, and they have to agree in order to die, but it is meaningless for the entire people to do so, and it will only arouse fierce resistance , Moreover, the state apparatus is also composed of soldiers and officials at all levels. Those soldiers and officials also need money to support themselves, their wives and children. How dare you give them papers?

Therefore, for Li Si and the others, although it is easy to print money on paper, the most important thing is to make the people willing to accept this kind of money.

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PS: There will be another chapter later. . . . . . . . .

Chapter 358 Dong Yi

Li Yang just wanted to answer, but Dong Yi on the side directly took the topic away and said with a smile: "This is easy!"

"easy?"

Li Si and the others were stunned.

This is obviously a big problem, to make the people willingly accept paper money from the imperial court, and the first batch of paper money was printed directly to those Daqin merchants who contracted the canal project.

Those businessmen are all extremely shrewd people, will they agree?

Anyway, Li Si and others felt that if they were businessmen who contracted the canal project, they would never allow the imperial court to use paper to replace conventional currencies such as gold, silver and copper.

Whoever is willing to accept is stupid and stupid.

But Dong Yi in front of him said that it is very easy for the people to accept money made of paper, which is really surprising.

Immediately, Li Si, Fu Su and the others immediately asked, "Does Doctor Dong have any clever strategies?"

Li Yang is also very curious, this guy, can't he really have a good solution?

I became more and more interested in Dong Yi in my heart, and I couldn't help turning my head to look at him.

Speaking of Dong Yi's confident face, and everyone's expectant and doubtful eyes, he also enjoyed it very much.

Usually, each of you has a high position and authority, and when you reform, you are also drastic, as if you have inexhaustible talents.But now... how about it, is there something inferior to me?

Feeling extremely happy in his heart, Dong Yi faintly felt that this time might be his chance to show off his talents, to gain the upper hand, to rise to the top, and to show off his ambitions!

However, in order to better prove that he is awesome, he did not immediately tell everyone how to do it. Instead, he pretended to be B first, stretched out a finger, and said bluntly: "To make the people accept banknotes willingly, It can be done in one word."

"A single word?" Everyone became suspicious, with disbelief in their eyes.

Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, Dong Yi was very helpful.

This feeling... so good!

To be honest, Li Yang was also completely lost his temper by this guy.

If he didn't want to see what talent this guy has, Li Yang would have given it to him.

Pretending to be B for the sake of pretending to be B, this is a bit too much!

Fusu was also a little depressed, because he always felt that in the past, no matter the government or the public, no one dared to pretend to be B blindly, and since the appearance of the Taifu, this evil trend of pretending to be B has never stopped.

Sometimes, even in the Qilin Palace, they can't stop the evil wind.

He really wanted to criticize Dong Yi a few words, but he swallowed the words again, because he asked himself, why is he not a part of this evil wind?

In the end, he had no choice but to say in displeasure: "Dr. Dong, you should hurry up and tell me the solution."

Dong Yi saw that Fusu was not happy, so he knew the severity, and said, "The word I mean is 'tax'."

"Tax?" Fu Su was taken aback, his brows furrowed.

Li Si reacted immediately: "You mean, only banknotes are accepted for taxation?"

"That's right, Li Xiangyingming!"

Dong Yi flattered, then laughed and said, "Since the imperial court cannot force the people to accept banknotes by means of coercion, it can achieve this goal by collecting taxes. When the imperial court collects taxes from the common people, the imperial court only needs to Banknotes are not recognized. In this way, in order to pay taxes to the court, all people have to use their real objects, such as grain and old money, to exchange for this banknote from the department designated by the court. It becomes a currency accepted by everyone.”

"Good idea! I didn't expect Dr. Dong to be so insightful about currency issuance." Immediately, Li Yang clapped his hands and applauded.

I have to say, Dong Yi is really a talent!

Because using taxation to get the people to accept banknotes is a common method for the governments of later generations, and this is such an advanced method, the guy in front of him actually thought of it, this is not a talent, what is it?

Li Yang's eyes are really bright, this talent needs to be reused.

Seeing Li Yang's burning gaze, Dong Yi felt a little terrified, because he felt that Li Yang's eyes were a bit like looking at a woman who couldn't wear clothes, and he almost missed it.

At this time, Li Si and others also cheered one after another: "Wonderful, Dr. Dong's plan is very clever, very clever!"

Fusu also gave a thumbs up and said, "This is a good way, a good way to collect taxes."

Being praised by everyone, Dong Yi also smiled brightly like a monkey's butt.

He pondered for a while, and added: "When the banknotes pass through the way of taxation, they become the country's currency smoothly. Then in the future, as long as the imperial court does not mess around with the amount of banknotes issued, to ensure the balance between the banknotes and commodities, The next thing is how to prohibit others from counterfeiting this kind of banknotes."

Everyone nodded, feeling that what Dong Yi said was very reasonable.

As for Li Yang, from his words, he heard another word that surprised him, that is, the balance between banknotes and commodities.

Is this... is it inflation?