In modern times, financial sanctions are the most severe form of economic sanctions in a certain sense. The United States often imposes financial sanctions on other countries, which has a very strong unilateralism.
Since World War II, the US dollar has successfully defeated the pound and has become the global currency hegemon. The U.S. dollars circulating in all countries in the modern world are issued by borrowing money from the U.S. Congress (but Congress will never have to repay it, because it is impossible to repay it), and the U.S. dollar is used for oil settlement all over the world, so the U.S. dollar has the pricing power of oil. In addition, the wealthy people in the United States have been operating around the world for hundreds of years to establish capital circulation channels. Through this dollar, they can almost achieve remote control of the global economy.
When Li Zexuan launched Tang Yuan and founded Yanhuang Bank, his original intention was just to facilitate the teachers and students of Yanhuang Academy to spend money within the academy. When this monetary system matures, he will promote it to the entire Lantian County, and then to the entire Datang, his ultimate goal is indeed to let the Tang Yuan replace copper coins and become the official currency of the Tang Dynasty. Finally, by leveraging the prestige of the Tang Dynasty in the world, the Tang Yuan will be promoted to countries around the world and become the world's currency!
In that way, the financial system of the Tang Dynasty will affect the whole world. At the same time, some domestic inflation and economic crises can also be passed on to other countries in the world. In this way, even if other emperors after Li Er are stupid and incompetent, at least they can rely on With a strong financial system, there will be no situation like Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty when he was so poor that he couldn't even pay for the army!
Therefore, it can be said that once the financial system envisioned by Li Zexuan is completed, the foundation of the Central Plains Dynasty will become even more profound. In layman's terms, even if there are several prodigal emperors in the future, the Central Plains Dynasty will not easily be conquered by foreigners. The danger of destroying the country! Because the family has a strong foundation!
In Li Zexuan's original expectation, it would be impossible to build a complete and even global financial system without the efforts of several generations, especially in the absence of financial talents in ancient times. Fortunately, Tang Yuan and Yanhuang Bank received full support from Li Er and the court as soon as they appeared. This starting point was much higher than Li Zexuan expected!
Coupled with the fact that the elites of the Yanhuang Academy headed by Li Ke were assisting Li Zexuan in establishing the Yanhuang money shortage and promoting the Tang Yuan, the progress of establishing the Tang Yuan monetary system was more than a bit faster than Li Zexuan originally expected!
To this day, almost all of the 360 states of the Tang Dynasty are covered by Yanhuang Banks, and the emerging currency Tang Yuan is accepted by more and more people. Not only that, with the efforts of Li Zexuan last year, Li Er decided to establish The Shipping Department vigorously developed maritime trade and began frequent maritime trade with various countries in Southeast Asia. In the process of trade, currency inconsistency caused great trouble to merchants from various countries. Merchants from various countries either exchanged gold, silver and jewelry for goods. , or directly barter, but these two settlement methods are actually inaccurate, even more inconvenient, and may even cause some disputes and frictions!
The emergence of Tang Yuan has completely solved this problem for merchants from all over the world, because this currency is not only easy to carry, but also "endorsed" by the credibility of the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty has a vast territory and rich resources, and they can hold Tang Yuan in Various prefectures, counties and cities in the Tang Dynasty purchased various commodities, and all commodities were clearly marked and settled in Tang Yuan. Both parties would not suffer losses. There was no need to directly give others gold beans, gold leaves, etc. like in the past. This settlement method was simpler. Not accurate either!
It is precisely because of the contradictions in this settlement method among the people that Tang Yuan can be said to have emerged at the right moment. It was widely welcomed when it appeared, especially among businessmen!
What surprised Li Zexuan even more was that when some overseas businessmen brought Tang Yuan back to their own country, their king found that Tang Yuan was not only easy to carry, but also exquisitely made and extremely difficult to forge, so he began to promote Tang Yuan in his own country. Many of them The Wang family of small countries in Nanyang sent people to bring a large number of rare treasures to the Tang Dynasty to exchange them for Tang Yuan, because compared to the Tang Dynasty, small countries like theirs were more prone to turmoil and power changes. Once someone If they commit rebellion, they can't escape with cart after cart of gold, silver and jewelry, right
Exchanging treasures into Tang Yuan is not only easy to carry, but also maintains its value. After all, it is "endorsed" by the credibility of the Tang Dynasty. If they encounter a domestic rebellion and have no choice but to flee, they can also take Tang Yuan and flee to the Tang Dynasty. With those Tang Yuan, they can still live comfortably and comfortably in the Tang Dynasty!
Therefore, nowadays, the Tang Yuan is not only popular in the Tang Dynasty, but also widely used in overseas trade. What's more, some small countries surrounding the Tang Dynasty directly use the Tang Yuan as their official domestic currency. The monetary system based on Tang Yuan has begun to take shape!
The nine surnames of Zhaowu who were doing business in various parts of the Tang Dynasty have long been accustomed to the existence of Tang Yuan and Yanhuang Banks, especially the nine surnamed Hu merchants who were doing business in the Tang Dynasty. They often need to use a large amount of Tang Yuan when doing business. Now Li Zexuan To have Yanhuang Bank cut off all business ties with the merchants of Kang and An is to break an arm of the merchants of the two countries!
Although they cannot exchange Tang Yuan at Yanhuang Bank, they can exchange for Tang Yuan from other merchants, but Yanhuang Bank not only provides exchange business, but also lends money!
If a businessman wants to expand his business scale, he will need a lot of cash. General businessmen have a lot of fixed assets, but they may not have much cash. At this time, they need to find someone to borrow money! The lending business of Yanhuang Bank is tailor-made for these businessmen!
Nowadays, business in the Tang Dynasty is gradually prospering. Hu merchants with the nine surnames do not have an absolute advantage in the Tang Dynasty. Especially those merchants represented by members of the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce are constantly expanding in scale and strength. Hu merchants with the nine surnames are in The living space of the Tang Dynasty is being compressed step by step. If the Yanhuang Bank no longer lends money to the merchants of Kang and An, it will be a matter of time before they are annexed by the local merchants of the Tang Dynasty!
Therefore, Li Zexuan's "financial sanctions" are not cruel to Hu businessmen!
Li Ke was talented and intelligent, and soon understood the key point in Li Zexuan's words. He pondered for a moment and replied using the telegraph machine: "Thank you sir for your teaching. I will bear it in my heart. I will convey your message to those Hu merchants." ! Since they dare to do harm to Qingque, Ke will definitely make them pay the price!"
After sending the telegram to Li Zexuan, Li Ke put away the telegraph machine, stood up and left the room, and told the guards outside: "Get ready, go to the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce!"
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