Li Shimin took a deep breath, nodded slowly and said: "It turns out that the problem lies here. The common people cannot be blamed for this. If I were born in a common family, I would probably be just like them."

The emperor looked at Gu Tianya and asked sincerely: "Since you have seen through the essence of this matter, you must have a solution. If you are a brother, don't hide it. If you have any good means, come up with it as soon as possible."

Gu Tianya chuckled and said: "The solution is actually simple. All we need to do is issue a decree to allow old money to be exchanged for new money. I guarantee that people will flock here and they will definitely take out all the old money."

Li Shimin's face was full of astonishment and he subconsciously said: "Is it that simple?"

Gu Tianya laughed again and said: "Yes, it's that simple. For the common people, what they are most worried about is the loss of wealth. As long as we allow them to exchange old money for new money, their wealth will still be the same as before.

, since the wealth has not changed, it will naturally be exchanged for new money.”

He paused for a moment and then added: "After all, everyone knows that new money is definitely more durable than old money."

"good!"

Li Shimin slapped his thigh heavily and said with joy: "I will summon my ministers immediately and draft this matter into a decree."

The emperor was about to stand up as he spoke, but Li Jiancheng reached out to stop him and said: "Erlang, don't go in a hurry, we still have two questions that we haven't figured out yet. Brother-in-law Gu just said it very clearly that there are three problems with the promotion of coins in the Tang Dynasty.

The first reason, he has already said, is that the people are worried about the loss of wealth, but there are two other reasons. You'd better listen to him before calling the officials."

Li Shimin was slightly startled, then nodded solemnly and said, "That's what the elder brother is preaching."

The two brothers looked at Gu Tianya again.

But I never thought that Gu Tianya chuckled, with a hint of ridicule in his tone for some reason, and said: "The second reason why people resist new money may be a bit of a slap in the face if you put it bluntly. Looking at the various royal families in the past dynasties, almost every time when the country was founded

They are all the same, busy minting new money and vigorously promoting the world. On the one hand, it is to control the country's economy, but the deeper intention is to plunder wealth... Hehehe, to put it bluntly, it is to harm the people. To plunder the people's wealth and enrich themselves."

As soon as he said these words, Li Shimin's face suddenly darkened. [Author's voice-over: I think many readers who like to play with ancient coins should understand the connotation of new coins plundering people's wealth.]

However, Gu Tianya didn't care about Li Shimin's embarrassment at all, but continued to talk to himself, and leisurely added: "Since ancient times, the currency used in the Central Plains has been copper coins. Copper is officially called gold. For example, two

Brother, when you reward officials, the imperial edict states that the gold is actually copper, and copper represents wealth in China."

"Why does copper represent wealth? Because copper can be cast into copper coins."

"And the most uncontrollable greed of the royal families of all dynasties originated from the time when money was minted after the founding of the country..."

When Gu Tianya said this, the sarcasm in his tone became more intense. Suddenly he sneered, stared at Li Shimin and said: "A copper coin is an official currency. According to the rules of the past and present, when casting a copper coin, it must be used in accordance with its value.

The copper material you want to use as copper coins can only be considered as finely minted copper coins if the weight is sufficient. If the weight is insufficient, it will harm the people."

As he spoke, he sneered again, still staring at Li Shimin. At this point, he finally saw the truth and asked angrily: "Second brother, tell me for yourself, are the copper coins minted after the founding of the Tang Dynasty legal? What is the popular sentiment?

There is a difference between a steelyard and a steelyard. When you mint copper coins, you are short of weight. Why should you let the people accept it willingly? "

This thunderous questioning left Li Shimin speechless.

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At another table not far away, all the female relatives were silent, no one could believe that Gu Tianya would actually ask the emperor.

The atmosphere in the courtyard became obviously depressing.

Fortunately, Zhao Ning was still there. He stood up suddenly to smooth things over, pretending to be angry and said: "Tianya, how can you speak? Even if you are being reasonable, the second brother is the monarch of the Tang Dynasty after all. Can you be more respectful? When you speak,

Can't you be more tactful?"

"cannot!"

Gu Tianya actually shouted loudly, as if he didn't want to give Zhao Ning any face, and said sternly: "In the year since the establishment of Wude, the Tang Dynasty has minted new money and named it Kaiyuan Tongbao, which means the prosperous Kaiyuan era. But what I see is not Li

The royal family wants to run a prosperous age, but I see that they are short of money when minting coins."

His roar became louder and louder, and his whole body seemed to be filled with anger. He added: "During the previous Sui Dynasty, everyone scolded Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian for being an old man. But although he was an old man, he used a lot of materials when making money.

, every copper coin is very fine, every copper coin is heavy on the hand..."

The roar stopped here, and then he continued: "Next is Sui Yang Emperor Yang Guang. Everyone in the world called him a fool, but he was such a 'well-known' fool, but he never harmed the people even if he was a coin."

.The coins minted during his reign have always followed the sophistication of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. They are made of copper feet and are heavy. Just now you asked me why people like old money, and I answered that they don't want their wealth to expire. But actually I want to answer more.

The thing is, the common people have a steelyard in their hearts. The copper coins of the Sui Dynasty in the previous dynasty were rich in materials, so they like to use the coins of the Sui Dynasty. However, the newly minted coins of the Tang Dynasty are short of gold and short of liang. Why should we make the people like it?

?”

The literati get angry and are more violent than the warriors.

It seemed as if Gu Tianya's roar could be heard everywhere in the entire courtyard.

The roar was so loud that it even alerted the guards outside the courtyard. However, two heads were carefully poked out of the door. They were Ma Sanbao and a military commander... Ma Sanbao was a retainer of the Gu family. He was worried about the head of the family, Gu Tianya.

That military commander was General Yu Linwei of the Tang Dynasty, and he was naturally worried about the emperor Li Shimin.

Unfortunately, as soon as the two of them showed up, they were immediately greeted by two loud shouts. First, Gu Tianya roared and yelled at Ma Sanbao angrily: "Get out of here, who asked you to guard the door?"

Ma Sanbao quickly retracted his head.

Li Shimin also shouted loudly and angrily yelled at the Yu Linwei general: "Get away from me, don't stand at the door and obstruct the eyes. Although I was scolded by my brother-in-law, I think his scolding was justified. He should scold me,

He must scold, he has the right to scold..."

The emperor took a deep breath and said with an extremely solemn expression: "Because he is scolding on behalf of the people all over the world."

Even Li Jiancheng suddenly stood up, bowed his hands solemnly, and said: "My royal family, the Li family, minted coins to harm the people. Although I was worried about this in the past, I finally had the illusion in my heart that the people were ignorant.

I was a little confused. But today, when my brother-in-law exposed it, I realized that the common people are the people who cannot be fooled. There is a steelyard in their hearts..."

The eldest brother of the royal family gave a wry smile, sighed and said: "Sure enough, this second reason is just a slap in the face, but the eldest brother would like to thank my brother-in-law for hitting him right."

Gu Tianya was slightly startled. He didn't expect Li Jiancheng to apologize, so he quickly said: "Brother, you don't have to do this. I'm mainly trying to warn my second brother."

Li Jiancheng glanced at Li Shimin and said solemnly: "Although he is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I am also a member of the Li family's royal family. I, the royal family, must also bear the responsibility for the shortage of coins in the Li family. Alas.

, to put it bluntly, it was all caused by greed. It was clear that the country had been acquired, and the entire Central Plains belonged to one's own property, but the people were still unsatisfied and had to reduce the amount of copper coins used when minting coins. There is certainly a trace of the founding of the People's Republic of China in this.

The reason for the lack of copper at the beginning was, but the more reason was our greed...Brother-in-law Gu, you were right in scolding us just now. We, the Li family, did this unkindly. The coinage was short of gold and short of gold, and it was a trap.

They are the people of the Han family."

Gu Tianya didn't know how to comfort him for a moment.

Whenever men are in a stalemate, it's the women's turn to mediate the situation.

So Empress Changsun suddenly stood up, and Li Jiancheng's wife stood up at the same time. The two women deliberately pretended to be curious and changed the subject: "Brother-in-law Gu, you just said there are three reasons. We are all waiting to hear it.

Why didn’t you say anything after only two words?”

Zhao Ning also stood up quickly, holding the tiger cub in her arms, and said repeatedly: "That's right, we are all waiting to hear it. You rarely give lectures to everyone, why don't you teach quickly while you are free today?"

Children, tiger cubs, please tell your father that you want to listen to lectures and learn knowledge..."

Unfortunately, the tiger cub widened his eyes, bared his teeth at Gu Tianya, and said, "No, don't listen. Every time after dad lectures, mother will force me to do my homework. I don't want to listen, I don't want to study."

The women laughed loudly and joked that the child was so naughty.

The atmosphere in the venue became slightly calmer.

Gu Tianya took the opportunity to go down the steps.

He laughed loudly, as if he was very interested, and said: "Okay, lecture. Since everyone wants to hear the third reason, I will give you a good lecture..."

Although he said this, he did not start talking immediately. Instead, he suddenly leaned over and poured himself a glass of wine, then tilted his neck and drank it down.

Then his face suddenly became serious, and then he spoke slowly: "The third reason is the strength of the coins."

"What is the strength of money? To put it bluntly, it is the influence of national power."

"If a big country is powerful and can coerce all directions, its currency will have strong influence. Not only will its domestic people use it, but even surrounding countries will use it."

"But in a weak and small country, with few people and little wealth, even if money is minted, no one is willing to use it."

"Although the Tang Dynasty has been established, the country is not strong yet. Or I should put it another way. The impression of the Tang Dynasty in the hearts of the people is not strong enough."
Chapter completed!