After coming out of the palace, Tang Hongwen did not go home directly, but walked towards the Qian Mansion.
Qian Dai was standing at his door, surprised to see Tang Hongwen arrive. After all, Tang Hongwen was the Minister of Works, one of those ministers who worked alongside the emperor for personal gain. Normally, these ministers wouldn't bring the Ministry of Revenue with them on money-making projects. Therefore, the presence of Minister of Works Tang Hongwen at the Qian residence must have meant something important to discuss.
But it was impossible for Qian Dai to have a good face towards Tang Hongwen. How could a group of rough men like them who only knew how to forge iron win the favor of His Majesty?
Qian Dai stood at the doorway and sarcastically said to Tang Hongwen, who had arrived exhausted, "Isn't this our Minister of Works, Minister Tang? Why did you find the time to come to my house today instead of going to the construction workshop or the villa?"
Qian Dai couldn't be happy about the Minister of Works, Tang Hongwen. You know, the Ministry of Works had also received three industries from His Majesty: a new iron smelting method and improved papermaking technology. His Majesty had also had the Ministry of Works participate in the construction of a mountain villa. It was said that this villa was under His Majesty's leadership and would generate a lot of wealth in the future.
The Ministry of Revenue has nothing to do with all of these things. The Ministry of Revenue only has a slight presence when collecting taxes.
Therefore, Qian Dai had no good feelings towards the Minister of Works Tang Hongwen.
Tang Hongwen was bewildered when he heard Qian Dai's words. He had just been scolded by His Majesty in the palace. How could he have come to Minister Qian's house and faced such sarcasm again?
Tang Hongwen took a deep breath, trying to remain calm as he replied, "Sir Qian, I'm here today to discuss something important with you. Minister Qian, please give me some analysis."
Qian Dai couldn't really prevent Tang Hongwen from entering the palace. After all, they were all ministers. Even if there was a connection, with His Majesty not in court, they wouldn't see each other for a long time. Many small issues would naturally be forgotten after not seeing each other for a long time.
If they had met each other every day during court sessions in the past, any minor conflict between two ministers would eventually turn them into mortal enemies. After all, if one minister discovered a small mistake made by the other during court sessions, he would definitely report the other minister to the emperor.
The situation was much better now. Everyone was doing their own thing, and it was difficult for the ministers in the court to become mortal enemies. So when Qian Dai heard Tang Hongwen admit that he had something to discuss with him, he didn't say anything else.
Qian Dai personally opened the door and welcomed Tang Hongwen into the courtyard of the Qian Mansion. The two came to Qian Dai's study, where a stove had already been lit. The two sat around the stove.
Qian Dai asked Tang Hongwen, "I wonder what Shangshu Tang has to discuss with me?"
Tang Hongwen opened his heart to Qian Dai and said, "Today, His Majesty asked me to go to the Imperial Study in the Palace. He showed me a new type of banknote. I don't know why I made His Majesty angry with me and he kicked me out of the palace."
Since you want to ask for help, tell them the whole story so that they can give you reasonable suggestions.
Qian Dai frowned, wondering if His Majesty had come up with some new item. Qian Dai asked, "Can you tell me in detail what happened today?"
Tang Hongwen then told Qian Dai everything that had happened today. After listening to what Tang Hongwen said, Qian Dai sighed and said, "Your Majesty is right. Minister Tang, you are a little too hasty."
Hearing the Minister of Revenue, who was in charge of finances, say this, Tang Hongwen seemed to know that there might be something wrong with what he was thinking.
Tang Hongwen saluted Qian Dai with both hands and said, "I would like to ask Minister Qian for your guidance."
Qian Dai helped Tang Hongwen up and said, "I don't deserve your advice. I'm just sharing my own opinion. I hope it can be of some inspiration to you."
Tang Hongwen sat in a chair waiting for Qian Dai to explain it to him in detail.
Qian Dai said, "From your description, I gather that Your Majesty wants to use paper money in your newly built villa to replace silver, and yet you directly ask Your Majesty to promote this paper money throughout the State of Wei? Am I correct?"
Tang Hongwen replied: "Yes, is there anything wrong with my idea?"
Qian Dai was furious and said, "Your idea is simply absurd. Your Majesty has clearly planned a gradual approach, yet you want to achieve it all at once? Do you think the people will be able to accept this new currency all at once? I think His Majesty's punishment of hitting you with a book is too light. People like you should be dragged away and beaten with a stick."
Tang Hongwen was struck by Qian Dai's words. It seemed he wasn't suited to handling such complex financial matters.
He lowered his head, pondered for a moment, and then said to Qian Dai sincerely, "Master Qian, I fully accept your criticism. I certainly did not consider the people's acceptance and Your Majesty's overall plan.
So, in your opinion, how should we gradually promote this new type of paper money? Anyway, I think that if such paper money can be popularized, it will be of great benefit to the State of Wei."
Seeing Tang Hongwen's sincerity, Qian Dai stopped blaming him and began to analyze the situation carefully. "First, Your Majesty said to try out this paper currency on a small scale within the villa. Your Majesty wants to get these nobles and wealthy merchants accustomed to using this paper currency. This way, a circle of people using the new paper currency will be formed within the villa.
Then, through the influence of these people and the people's desire to compete with each other, such paper money will become popular among the people, and the people will be very interested in the lifestyles of nobles and wealthy businessmen.
As long as the people know that the nobles and wealthy businessmen are using a new type of paper currency, they will naturally understand and analyze the pros and cons of using the new type of paper currency.
The next step is to consider using the new banknotes in certain markets or transactions to increase their circulation and acceptance.
Finally, when the people have generally accepted and become accustomed to this type of paper money, it will be fully promoted throughout the country. In this way, the popularization of the new paper money can be completed very smoothly."
After listening to Qian Dai's analysis, Tang Hongwen's mind suddenly became clear. He realized that his previous ideas were really too simple and did not take into account the actual situation and psychological expectations of various social classes.
Now that I think about it, compared to His Majesty's IQ, I am simply a complete idiot. No wonder His Majesty kicked me out of the palace.
Since I can't even analyze such a simple thing, I'd better not touch this kind of high-IQ economic problem. I'd better just focus on doing what His Majesty tells me to do.
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