Daqin started with offering immortal medicine

When everyone heard that Lord Zhen had another clever plan, they couldn't help but looked at him expectantly, and asked, "What clever plan does Lord Zhen have, tell me quickly."

Li Yangdao: "We can issue banknotes and print banknotes to replace the original copper coins."

"Paper...notes?"

Upon hearing this, everyone was dumbfounded.

Li Yang nodded: "Print the value on the paper and use it as currency, so it is called banknotes or banknotes."

Li Si and the others were all shocked!

Using paper as money, Lord Zhen is sure he is not crazy?

Just ask, who would want this kind of money?

Give these paper money to the merchants and let them start to build the canal. It's no wonder those merchants would accept this kind of money.

All of a sudden, everyone in the State Council was waiting, their jaws dropped in shock.

Everyone looked at Li Yang dumbfounded, and couldn't believe that he would say such outrageous words.

Most of these people are Li Yang's supporters. In the past, no matter how unconventional Li Yang's ideas sound, they have always supported Li Yang unreservedly.However, this time they really felt that Li Yang's idea was too absurd, it was simply child's play!

How can a country's currency be replaced by paper?Isn't this nonsense.

Fusu also opened his mouth wide in shock, and it took him a long time to recover from his astonishment, and carefully confirmed: "Teacher, are you... serious?"

Li Yang nodded solemnly: "Of course I am serious, the currency of a country is not a joke."

"..." Fusu and the others were speechless, and ten thousand grass and mud horses galloped past in their hearts...

Isn't this child's play?May I ask, is there anything more trifling than this in this world?

This is the currency of a country, use paper instead... This joke is a crazy idea, okay?

To be honest, if this person in front of him is not Li Yang, the Lord of Zhen, Fu Su, Li Si and others would all want to send him away with a word of "scroll"!

How can a crazy person stay in the court?

However, everyone naturally did not dare to be so disrespectful to Li Yang.

Li Sidao: "The Lord Zhen's idea is too subversive to our cognition, and Si thinks that this matter needs to be discussed."

"Xiang Li is right. This matter needs to be discussed." Fu Su, Ji Kai, Xiao He and the others also nodded.

Obviously, everyone does not accept this kind of idea that is too against the sky.

After all, in the eyes of their ancients, paper is just paper, and nothing can be linked to the attributes of wealth and money.

For a while, Li Yang was also very depressed.

It seems that it is not as easy as imagined to issue credit loans in Qin State!

however……

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded from behind Li Yang: "Your official thinks that it is not impossible to issue banknotes."

Chapter 357 Talent?

"The lower officials think that it is not necessarily impossible to issue banknotes."

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Li Yang was a little surprised that someone agreed to issue credit currency.

You know, at this time, no matter it is Fusu who trusts him brainlessly, or Li Si, Xiao He, or even the mathematician Zhang Cang, they all think that using paper as money is extremely absurd.

At this time, there are still people who agree to issue banknotes by themselves, which can be regarded as extraordinary knowledge.

So, when he heard this, Li Yang hurriedly looked back...

Seeing this, Li Yang was even more surprised, because the person who said this turned out to be Dong Yi, who had always opposed his canal construction before.

At this moment, Li Yang was quite surprised, but Fu Su, Li Si and the others were also very surprised, and they all looked at Dong Yi in surprise.

Not only was he surprised why he supported Li Yang, but also curious why he supported using paper as money.

Dong Yi was also taken aback when he saw everyone looking at him in unison, apparently feeling a little uncomfortable being stared at by a group of people.

"What, I believe that since ancient times, money is only a specific tool that people use to exchange items. The ancients used shells as money, and then used metals such as gold, silver, and copper as money. Money in the past is now It is no longer money. How can today's shells be called money? Even if it is a bronze sword, it has its own value, but it cannot be called money. Such as shovel coins, knife coins, ring coins, etc., and can only be circulated within the scope of their respective jurisdictions; Qin Banliang coins with square holes are circulated throughout the country, so today, bronze wares cannot be used as money. Only the round square hole coins cast by our Daqin Mint can be regarded as money. From this point of view, money is not necessarily money. It does not refer to gold, silver and copper. The reason why it is called money is that people reach a consensus and regard it as the currency of money, so it can be called money. And this consensus cannot be designated by you, me, or a certain common people. , to reach a consensus, but to be appointed by the court.”

Speaking of this, Dong Yi took a look at the crowd and found that they were listening with gusto, so he continued in peace of mind: "Now, if my Daqin specifies that the banknotes printed uniformly can be called money, then it can be called money. Real money. Therefore, the lower officials think that it is not impossible for Zhen Guojun to use paper as money."

"..." Fu Su and the others were stunned for a moment.

Because they discovered... what Dong Yi said actually made sense.

The reason why money can be used as a specific currency for exchanging goods is indeed the consensus reached by the whole society, and this consensus was initiated by the imperial court.That is to say, whatever the court says can be used as money is money.

For example, various supplies made of copper and the copper coins minted by the Daqin Mint have the same material but different shapes, so they cannot be used as money.

Therefore, money is the specific currency of the court.

That being the case, why not the imperial court use paper as money.

For a moment, everyone was lost in thought.

Li Yang, on the other hand, was surprised, this guy... not bad!

Because the theory Dong Yi mentioned is actually national credit.

The country uses credit to issue or designate a certain currency tool as money, while the whole society regards this currency tool as money.Isn't all of this the theory of credit currency?

Obediently, unexpectedly, this guy is actually a talent!

To be honest, Li Yang's understanding of Dong Yi is only one of the three Qin kings in the history books, who surrendered to Xiang Yu and was finally crowned as one of the three Qin kings.

As for this person, what kind of talent does he have, and why he can leave his name in the history of 2000 years, Li Yang really doesn't understand.

However, in Li Yang's view, those who can leave their names in history will not be ordinary people.Even if it is a bad reputation, you must first have the ability to be so bad that history will remember you, right?

Therefore, hearing Dong Yi's remarks about the national credit currency today, Li Yang immediately became very interested in this person in front of him.

If this guy is a financial talent, he can make a lot of money.

"Okay, that's right!"

Li Yang immediately applauded and said: "What you said, in fact, can be summarized as the theory of credit currency."