Chapter 55: Modern people forming gangs to rebel? Is it illegal for us to have a barbecue party after work?
"How can this be? Wouldn't it be better to let the Hu people exchange their war horses for our silk?"
After Diwu Qi finished speaking, he wanted to add something about women, but after thinking about the rules, he finally shut his mouth, but he was still very unconvinced.
[You old man, if you don’t understand, don’t talk nonsense here!
When the world only has our Chinese currency and the US dollar no longer has a dominant position, we Chinese people will no longer have to work ourselves to death on a 996 schedule!
Li Shimin didn't quite understand, but seeing that everyone in the sky was praising this proposal, as if it was very powerful, he asked:
"What are the purpose and benefits of doing this? Please explain in detail."
"Okay, let's first talk about the benefits to our Tang Dynasty.
First of all, the purpose of linking the currency to official silk was to prevent excessive depreciation of the currency and soaring prices.
When the Tang Dynasty's currency is stable, the people will have greater confidence in our Tang Dynasty's legal tender. Then, who would still use the currency minted by some places?
This "some" refers to the military governors of the vassal states who have the right to mint coins, especially the three towns in Heshuo.
Moreover, there were also wealthy and powerful local families, whose private hoards of gold, silver and copper coins became worthless.
"You can abolish the Jiedushi's right to mint coins without making a fuss, Your Majesty! Lord Wen's plan is brilliant!"
This was the first time that an official stopped calling her Madam Wen and instead called her Lord Wen.
Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction, and then continued to ask:
"That's true, then why do we require all foreign nations to settle accounts with our Tang Dynasty currency?
Wouldn't it be better to use war horses?"
"Your Majesty, this plan focuses on longer-term interests.
If all countries, no matter how far or near, have to use our Tang Dynasty currency to settle accounts with us, then they will certainly need to store a large amount of Tang Dynasty currency in their countries.
In this way, when the grain price in our Tang Dynasty soars and the currency depreciates in a certain year, the Tang currency of those countries will also depreciate accordingly.
They will have to buy more Tang currency to settle their goods, which means they are helping us share the losses from inflation."
This talk about currency devaluation, inflation, and international currency storage was the first time that the people of the Tang Dynasty heard about it. Even Li Shimin was confused.
It was not until a female PhD in modern economics broke down and explained each concept that Li Shimin and others finally understood.
These modern people don’t understand the art of power, but when it comes to economics, they are the ones who matter.
Whether it is doing business or economic policy, everything is linked together, which is simply exquisite!
Only now did Li Shimin understand the significance of this PhD in economics.
[Hands akimbo with pride! Your ancient emperors didn't pay much attention to the role of economy and commerce. So, they were fine governing the country, but they fell apart when it came to the economy!]
“And the second point is for wartime.
We let the foreigners store Tang coins in our Tang Dynasty trading companies. Once the war breaks out, we will directly abolish the currency they hold, causing huge property losses to their nobles and the country!
This is called a currency freeze!"
[Great! Isn’t this what the United States is doing now?!
With this one move, all those foreign dignitaries would be spineless and wouldn't dare to go to war with the United States!
[This is why the United States can act recklessly, but no one dares to fight back!
This time, we will never let it exploit the whole world again——
It's our turn to make money from them without doing anything! 】
[Woo woo woo, the people of the Tang Dynasty and the Chinese people no longer have to work like slaves for 996 hours a day!
Our Tang Dynasty will surpass the United States and become the new beacon and sun of the world!
[In the future, there will be no America, only Chinatown; no US dollars, only our Chinese Tang currency!]
Li Shimin felt very excited when he heard these benefits.
If this grand plan is really realized, it seems that the future in a few decades will be even more successful than the previous one when all nations came to pay tribute to the Heavenly Khan?
"By then, won't it be just the gates of the Nine Heavens opening up to the palace, with people from all over the world paying homage to the emperor?
We can definitely defeat all the enemies in the world without fighting!
The Tang Dynasty controls the world's currency. Through economic warfare, a war without weapons, it can destroy the entire currency and economic system of other countries!
The officials who understood felt hot all over, as if they were about to catch fire, while the officials who didn’t understand had no idea what their colleagues were so excited about.
Some people are completely confused but pretend to understand everything, just like students who don’t understand anything in math class but pretend to understand.
But he was soon discovered by the Tianmu people. After all, who hasn't skipped class and just filled in the gaps?
Those who understand it truly understand it, such as Li Shimin, who gets excited just thinking about it, but also feels something is wrong:
"But is it really as simple as you say? Can two steps achieve such a great goal?"
"That certainly isn't the case, Your Majesty. This is like trying to put an elephant into a box. It only sounds like three steps."
After Wen Yuping finished speaking, no one in the Tang Dynasty understood the joke. Li Bai even curiously asked her which three steps were needed to put the elephant into the box. She replied:
"Open the box, put the elephant in, and close the box again."
Civil and military officials: ………
[No, why don’t you laugh at such a funny joke?
Smile for me! 】
Li Shimin smiled a few times out of courtesy, and then asked what should be done specifically.
"This matter mainly requires the following points. First, the country must be strong and capable of warfare, thus forming a sufficient deterrent to the surrounding foreign states.
Only with our strong military and military might can we force them to use Tang coins for reserves and trade."
[Yes, that’s right, so you can’t be too timid. The economy and commerce during the Qin and Han dynasties were not prosperous enough.
Only the Tang Dynasty during the reign of Tian Khan and the Ming Dynasty during the reign of Zhu Di could accomplish this!
But once it is done, it is not easy to change it.
At this point, Wen Yuping praised Er Feng's boss, hitting the mark. Seeing that Li Shimin's mouth was harder to suppress than AK, she continued:
"The most important thing is to build the credibility of our new Tang Dynasty currency.
First, they needed to use enough copper to cast new Zhenguan Tongbao coins and use better anti-counterfeiting technology;
Secondly, I propose issuing bills of exchange and flying money, and establishing Tang Dynasty money houses in major cities to solve the inconvenience of large-scale transactions."
[The predecessor of Jiaozi in the Song Dynasty was Feiqian, which was actually equivalent to large-scale bank remittances.
Sister, you're going to set up the Tang Dynasty National Bank!
But is there any anti-counterfeiting technology at this time? Don't let people forge these flying money and bills!
This was exactly what Li Shimin was worried about, but Wen Yuping quickly proposed several anti-counterfeiting technologies for the production of flying money and silver bills.
For example, micro-carving technology, poetry codes, interlayer codes corresponding to years, months and days, and release codes, etc.
[The ancients were not stupid, so of course they had many anti-counterfeiting technologies when they invented them.
At least our ancestors were much smarter than a clear-headed college student like me!
"Once we have currency credit, we can ask the Hu people to use our Tang currency for transactions.
We can set up Tang Dynasty foreign exchange banks in places such as Anxi Protectorate to specifically handle the currency exchange matters of these foreigners.
Third, we in the Tang Dynasty must control the necessities needed by these Hu people, such as salt, tea, iron, cloth, silk, etc.
When all the necessities they need are controlled by the Tang Dynasty, they have to spend money to trade with us.
At this time, we can ask them to exchange war horses, cattle, sheep, etc. for Tang currency, so that they can hold our currency as Tang debt and foreign exchange reserves..."
"Wait, how can we trade cattle, sheep, and horses?"
Diwu Qi was completely confused by the currency inflation and devaluation.
Fortunately, Boss Erfeng understood, so Wen Yuping glanced at Diwu Qi with her hands in her pockets, then pointed at the official hat on his head and looked at Li Shimin.
Boss, isn't it time for me to get a promotion and a raise?
"This series of plans sounds so thorough, yet so complex. It would be difficult to implement unless you are well versed in economics.
Then let Wen Yuping, the Minister of Revenue, do it. Everyone in the Ministry of Revenue must work together to assist him!"
Diwu Qi looked completely emo, but Wen Yuping was very happy. She immediately thanked the boss with a smile, and then put on Diwu Qi's hat without any hesitation.
"It's a bit too big indeed. I have to go back and fix it quickly, otherwise I won't be able to attend court tomorrow!"
[Ah ...
[One year as a minister, three years as a chancellor? Don't tell me you'll become the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty in ten years?]
[Spread the flowers! Rich Sister is simply a role model for us modern workers! ]
[It turns out that it’s interesting that handsome men don’t have power and money!
Sisters are really awesome, this has to be celebrated!
The modern workers were all happy for her. After the court session ended, they all started to clamor for Wen Yuping to treat them.
“No, you’re inviting a group of modern people like us to eat at Mixue Bingcheng, who are you kidding?
Do you think we are from the Tang Dynasty? We must have Haidilao hotpot and a seafood buffet!"
But everyone was in different cities in modern times, so it was inconvenient to treat everyone to a meal, and they had to fly. So Wen Yuping invited everyone to her newly bought Chang'an mansion, where they sprinkled cumin and chili powder together, ate barbecued skewers, and drank beer.
After eating, everyone gathered together to study and explore the new map and new entertainment activities in Chang'an.
Working is working, but off-duty is off-duty. I will never bring my work from Datang back home. It’s time to have fun and have some fun!
While working for Li Shimin, modern workers formed groups to explore new ways to play in the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin, on the other hand, worked non-stop.
A few days later, someone reported Guo Ziyi again, saying that he was plotting a rebellion.
This man ran back from the Shuofang Army. He looked like an honest man and said that Guo Ziyi had kept his troops inactive for several months just to ask for money and military supplies. He must have wanted to rebel, otherwise he would have repelled the enemy long ago.
They even had to produce written evidence of Guo Ziyi's collusion with the insiders.
Li Siye's mouth was already moving, wanting to say something but holding back.
Li Shimin was busy with many things at the time and was too lazy to pay attention to it. He waved his hand and had the man tied up, and then sent him to Guo Ziyi at full speed, letting Guo Ziyi deal with it himself.
"I'm busy right now. Don't bother me with such trivial matters! Let Guo Ziyi handle his own issues!"
The civil officials were all dumbfounded, but the military generals looked at Li Shimin with tears in their eyes.
Wow, what kind of wise and benevolent ruler is this!
The thing that military generals fear most when they are fighting outside is being stabbed in the back by civil servants and villains while fighting for their lives.
For example, the unfortunate Geshu Han, as well as Li Guangbi, Li Siye, Pugu Huai'en and so on during the reign of Li Heng...
Without the free gifts of Li Longji, Li Heng and others, it would have been easier to win the battle.
Before the end of the year, Li Shimin had already received news of a great victory.
Firstly, the rebellions of Tubo and Uighur were suppressed, and secondly, the two bandit leaders, Uighur Khan and Prince Yehu, had been captured alive by Guo Ziyi and were on their way back to Chang'an to dance!
The old year has passed and the new year has arrived. The first day of the first lunar month of the Spring Festival is the most important festival of the year in the Tang Dynasty.
Half a year ago, it was still the An Lushan Rebellion. But this year, on the day of getting rid of the old and welcoming the new, every household posted door gods and hung peach charms, everyone was beaming with joy, their eyes filled with anticipation for the future.
In the imperial palace, Li Shimin accepted New Year's greetings from civil and military officials in the Hanyuan Hall of the Daming Palace. After the sacrifice, he gave a banquet to the ministers.
Lei Haiqing played "The Qin King's Breaking Formation Music" and "The Yan King's Breaking Formation Song", and a group of beautiful young ladies began to dance the classical court dance of the Tang Dynasty.
There are also exotic beauties dancing the Hu Xuan dance and the Fei Tian dance, which dazzles modern people.
[This year was so festive. Next time I want to celebrate the New Year in Datang!
The dancing girl is so beautiful, hiss, hiss, marry me, I will support you, sister!
There were too many words like this. Li Shimin looked for a long time before realizing that many of those who liked these beauties were modern girls. He was suddenly speechless.
Forget it, I don’t understand what modern people are thinking. Anyway, he has to celebrate the New Year according to the customs of the Tang Dynasty!
His Majesty the Emperor delivered a New Year's speech, summarizing the past year and looking forward to the new year. He then commended the major heroes and rewarded everyone with many new and interesting things.
[Isn’t this the same thing our company does during the New Year’s meeting to distribute year-end bonuses?
Unfortunately, I only got one chance to have dinner with the boss. Ugh, how stingy!
Look at Boss Erfeng, he directly gives out money, houses, and jewelry, all real money!
[Huaxia has always been a great boss! So envious]
The ministers who received the rewards were very happy, and their eyes were still competing with each other. But at this moment, they heard the rewards that His Majesty gave to these overseas people.
A panda cub for each person?
What is that?
After seeing those small black and white bears, the local officials of the Tang Dynasty were immediately very proud.
As expected, His Majesty still values them the most. He didn't give those overseas people any gold, silver or treasures, but just sent them away with a bear!
Li Mi frowned when he saw this and was about to ask His Majesty if this was not a good idea and whether it would cause dissatisfaction among Wen Yuping, Lu Shuyuan and others, but before he could open his mouth, he heard a high-decibel scream.
"Ahhh, it's a panda! It's a real panda!
"A cute, soft and furry panda cub. Your Majesty, did you really give it to me?"
"Ahhhhhhhhh Your Majesty, you are so generous and kind! I have never received such a valuable gift in my life!
Ahhh, wuwuwu, I want to work for you for the rest of my life wuwuwu!"
"I have a panda, I actually have a panda!
Dear Li Bai and Du Fu, look, I have a panda!
Forget it, you don’t understand. Ahhh, Mom! My family, I have a panda. I am a person who has a panda, woo woo woo! "
Shen Yue, Wen Yuping and other ruthless women who usually speak harshly and harshly were all blushing with excitement at this moment.
Tears welled up in their eyes, they were so moved that they hugged the black and white panda and started kissing and rubbing it madly, without any manners at all.
Tang Dynasty officials: ???
Isn't it just an animal?
"This is not an animal, it's a panda! Master Li Bai, how can you call it an animal?
It's so cute, you should write a poem for it!"
The worker who got the panda was so excited that he couldn't help but stand up and run around the field, showing it off to everyone crazily.
Li Shimin sighed helplessly and asked them to sit down quickly.
No, although I know you like this panda very much, but is it really that serious?
[Ahhh, it’s really necessary, of course it’s necessary!]
Oh my god, that’s a panda! Why didn’t I get such a good thing?!
[Wow, wow, wow, a pure-minded and foolish college student like me doesn't even have the qualifications to work for the Tang Dynasty court. I'm filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred. I'll live under a lemon tree for the rest of my life!]
[It's okay, it's okay. Luckily, I can still earn gifts through the route to the First Empress's Palace. Once I get the panda, I can quit my job and return to the modern era!]
[That's a good idea, sisters, wait for me. I'll team up with you to go and get the First Emperor tonight!]
Li Shimin: ...I feel that the First Emperor is so miserable for some reason?
Was the First Emperor a tool to send pandas?
The evening banquet included singing and dancing, delicious food, and pandas. Everyone was very happy, except for Yehu Khan and the prince who had been captured.
Halfway through the banquet, when everyone was a little tipsy, Li Shimin suggested that the Uighurs perform some performances.
The five people from overseas raised their hands and said in unison:
"Why not show off your dance skills!"
Li Shimin said mischievously:
"Since you all want to see it, then let the Khan and the prince come up and show us the people of the Tang Dynasty some dancing skills."
All the ministers were laughing, except for the dusty Khan and Prince Yehu, whose faces were blue and black.
But when you live under someone's roof, you can only humbly rack your brains and find all kinds of excuses to refuse.
At this time, Wen Yuping stepped forward and said to Prince Yehu:
"Prince Yehu, don't look at His Majesty like that. After all, this is all caused by your greed!"
After that, she lowered her voice and said:
"You should feel honored to have you dance for our Great Tang Khan, His Majesty Emperor Taizong of Tang, Prince of Qin, Li Shimin.
After all, you two should be happy to inherit the legacy of the Turkic King Jie Li Khan!"
"W-what?"
The two of them stared wide-eyed and immediately lost their reaction.
When Wen Yuping returned to her seat, they stared in disbelief at the emperor sitting majestically on the dragon throne.
Heavenly Khan, Emperor Taizong of Tang?
How is this possible?
But if he was not the man who destroyed the Turks and made all the Hu people in the world call him the Heavenly Khan, who else could have such great ability?
Thinking of this, Prince Yehu shuddered all over.
He remembered that he had boasted in front of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, saying that he would attack Luoyang and rob the people of Chang'an and Luoyang.
Suddenly, his legs went weak and he almost fell to his knees.
"Why, are you two unwilling?
Do I have to ask you again?"
Li Shimin had a cheerful expression on his face, but the natural aura of an emperor made people feel suffocated.
The Khan and Prince Yehu could only agree with a wry smile and trembling fear, and then went on stage to dance.
These two grown men didn't dance often, so their dancing looked a little funny, with their limbs totally uncoordinated. But the people in Tianmu were watching them with great interest. Shen Yue even took out her cell phone to start recording and taking pictures.
[The new dance king of Chang'an is about to be born!]
Such a glorious moment of the Tang Dynasty! We must have our Honor mobile phone to help us take photos! 】
[Oh my god, hahaha, these advertisers are really taking advantage of every opportunity!
The dance was so good! As descendants of the Tang Dynasty, we Chinese are so proud!
[I see there are also Japanese envoys to the Tang Dynasty and students sent by Goguryeo. Why are people from these two countries here too?
Seriously, I just can't stand them! Er Feng, when will you take care of these two countries?
After all, those shameless thieves actually dared to film some anti-Tang drama! 】
"What's going on here?"
Li Shimin frowned and wanted to find out, but many people said that today was New Year's Day and they should not ruin the good mood and atmosphere.
[Things like this that raise your blood pressure will probably be discussed next time.]
[Yeah, saying that now would be such a bummer. Wouldn't Erfeng be pissed to death?]
Is it necessary to be so angry?
He was just a small Hu man. Li Shimin would not be so narrow-minded.
Li Shimin didn't know what red fever was yet, but he would soon experience the feeling of high blood pressure.
The worker did not tell Li Shimin about his "blind eye being shot".
Take it step by step, first get domestic affairs in order, such as the imperial examination, grain, potatoes, military governors, and the monetary system, and then talk about those students who stole the country.
Although modern workers are confused, they are all considerate of their boss and no one mentions it because Li Shimin gave them pandas.
However, they were so busy petting the pandas that they didn't realize that the radical members of the Tang Dynasty's local faction were already very disgusted with them.
After a while, Li Shimin received many memorials, accusing these overseas people of forming cliques for personal gain, living extravagantly, and even plotting rebellion.
Faced with more than a dozen memorials, Li Shimin immediately called everyone over for a confrontation in court.
After hearing these words, modern workers were all stunned.
What? They are workers rebelling against their bosses?
What's the point? Who will pay them wages and give them pandas if they rebel?
[? Yeah, even though we modern workers aren't very loyal, we love money!
Erfeng, you may not believe that we are fans of you and love you, but you must believe that we workers are loyal to our money and will never do such a thing as killing the chicken to get the eggs!
Li Shimin: ………
Li Shimin coughed twice and then started asking about the problem of extravagance.
Yuan Zai, who was leading the charge, immediately said:
“Someone discovered that these overseas court officials actually ate green vegetables every day in the middle of winter, and every meal had fruit!
Especially Lady Wen, she had a private party to invite overseas people to eat barbecue, and she used a whole bottle of cumin, spending a lot of money over the past few times!"
Wen Yuping: ...
"No, can't I bring vegetables and cumin from my hometown? Cumin is cheap in my hometown, can't I?
Can't I buy cumin for one pound?"
"Where is cumin worth a penny per pound? I've never heard of such a thing!"
And you're eating fresh lychees in winter! That's too extravagant!"
The act of eating lychees in the middle of winter shocked everyone in the Tang Dynasty.
What neither Li Longji nor Yang Guifei could do, you, a Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, can actually do. How powerful are you?
Even Li Shimin was surprised.
He likes sweets, but he rarely eats fresh lychees in the summer!
These modern people eat so well, why don’t they take him with them?
That's too much...
[…No, what's wrong with freezing lychees and eating them in the winter? Are we not allowed to produce more lychees and sell them cheaply?]
[If you can't eat lychees, instead of complaining about the lychees being sour, you start scolding the people who eat lychees?
It turns out that pink eye has existed in every dynasty! 】
Wen Yuping was speechless, and then explained that those were frozen lychees that she had bought when she was overseas.
Anyway, she has never embezzled a penny. She has nothing to fear and she is not afraid of any investigation!
"Then what about you guys secretly forming a clique and rebelling?"
After Li Shimin asked, Yuan Zai immediately spoke like a bamboo tube pouring beans:
"Your Majesty, this group of overseas people actually ran wildly in Chang'an City in the middle of the night, trying to get the Chang'an City patrol and imperial guard defense maps!
Moreover, there are four mailboxes lined up in a row in their mansion, which must be used to collect and organize various secret reports and information on a daily basis!
The most important thing is that their intentions have been exposed. Last night, a group of them had a private gathering and after getting drunk, they actually sang their doctrine loudly. The first sentence was "Arise, people who refuse to be slaves."
The evidence of treason is irrefutable and cannot be false!"
Modern workers: ………?
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