Always being called "ancestors, ancestors", my mentality seems to be brought into some subtle elder mode.
But think about it from another angle... It seems that it is not fun to let Hetty, who is always calm and elegant, show such a sluggish expression.
Seeing Hetty's stunned and bewildered expression, Gao Wen felt his mood inexplicably improved, and most of the pressure caused by seeing a large number of documents instantly dissipated, and then he waved his hand before the expression of the eldest granddaughter in front of him continued to collapse: "It's okay, I just casually said what are these documents?"
Although Hetty didn't know what happened, she felt that she had escaped a catastrophe, so she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and put the document on the desk of the ancestor: "It's about the early stage of building the Imperial College and the new school in the Holy Spirit Plain. The report, as well as the relevant documents of the railway project in the western region, have been processed by the Government Affairs Office according to the procedures, but the key parts still need to be read by you in person.”
Gawain thought for a while, and suddenly thought about asking Heidi about his life...
Two seconds later, he restrained his somewhat rambling thoughts, reached for the thick documents and asked casually: "Have the mages and scholars who moved from Saint-Sunil last week settled down? What do you think of them? Sample?"
"It's all settled," Hetty nodded and said, "As for my evaluation... From the perspective of personal knowledge and ability, those who can serve the royal family or enter the Royal Capital Scholars Association are the best masters, and their abilities are beyond doubt , but to integrate into Cecil's new order, each of them still has a long way to go, and many of them will face elimination."
"... an inevitable process," Gao Wen said while flipping through the paper in his hand, "but we still have to try our best to transform and try to transform as much as possible, as long as it can be transformed, we still lack intellectuals. But pay attention , the entry standards for personnel in all education departments still cannot be relaxed, and the standards of double examination and examination cannot be changed. Those old-school intellectuals who have passed the initial transformation but failed the double examination and examination can be allowed to do research and go to factories Be a technician, but never go to school, this must not be forgotten.”
Hetty lowered her head: "Yes."
The empire has been established, and the land under Cecil's rule has changed from a cramped and barren land to a vast country. Unprecedented resources and manpower are circulating on the desks of Hetty and various departments of the Government Affairs Office, but at the beginning After being excited and excited, Hetty realized the fact that there were still various shortages under the surface of the seemingly abundant resources. What the ancestors wanted to build was a brand new country, not to be a comfortable monarch after taking over a decaying kingdom. Those heritages from the old country of Ansu need to be transformed and selected before they can be put to use again.
A large number of intellectuals from the northern region will solve the key talent shortage problem in the development of magic technology, but before that, these intellectuals must accept ideological changes in addition to establishing a new knowledge system, and the so-called Two examinations and two examinations are Gao Wen's rigid standards for the education department to recruit talents: review of major stains and misdeeds, review of personal information, assessment of academic ability, and assessment of ideological transformation. college.
The strict assessment and admission system is also one of the factors leading to the serious shortage of teachers in the new-style schools, but the standards of the ancestors in this area are not allowed to be relaxed at all. Fortunately, the students who graduated from the first phase of Cecil General College in the past and some of them were the first to follow the construction of the southern border The down-and-out intellectuals have grown up in the past few years, and the talents that have been fed back are gradually alleviating the gap in schools everywhere. Although the gap is still large, at least it is no longer desperate.
Hetty understood why the ancestors placed so much emphasis on this aspect.
Because when the early system was still flawed and the implementation was not in place, she saw with her own eyes how a teacher from a collateral line of nobles taught children to prostrate and kiss the ground in school. He was born in a small noble family without inheritance rights, titles and fiefdoms. His only connection with the "aristocratic society" is his thin blood, but for this thin connection, for the "correct and only law" in his heart and the family's " "Glory", he can risk his life in prison to remind the children of the kneeling rule.
From that day on, she knew that some rotten things would never be completely eliminated by a bombardment of Gravel Ridge and a signing ceremony, and they would not purify themselves. In such a corner, as long as there is a one in ten thousand chance, they will rush out like mud in the crevice.
Maybe even if the strict access system is implemented, some of the mud will still seep in. This is almost certain. After all, the new government affairs department system still has insufficient control over the remote areas of the empire, and can only rely on the other two big consuls. And their vassal system is temporarily controlled, but there is no perfect thing in the world. As the ancestors once said, this will be a long-term undertaking, and it may not only take one or two generations...
Heidi was lost in thought for a while, while Gao Wen hastily scanned the end of the document, and then put it on his right hand: "I have roughly read it, there is no problem, I will take a serious look at it tomorrow morning, and I will give you a reply then. Padre Is Ke in the government office now?"
Hetty woke up from her thoughts and nodded: "Yes, he just returned from Carroll yesterday, and he has already returned to the government affairs hall this morning."
"Have him come and meet me I want to hear how the currency pilot is going."
"Yes, ancestor."
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In front of Gao Wen, there were several temporary currencies (tokens) of different denominations, as well as several types of coins minted by Cecil Royal Mint.
Coins come in standard copper, silver and gold coins, while paper money is "silver notes" in denominations of one and five farenhams, and "gold" fenums in denominations of one and five gold pounds It is a word in the common language, which means "thin silver foil", and the so-called gold pound is also different from the currency of the same name that has appeared on the earth. Here, it is equivalent to the smallest size that Anzu once circulated Thin gold coins are almost equivalent to the upper limit of currency that ordinary people can touch in the past.
The banknotes are beautifully printed with textured patterns, which glow wonderfully in the sun.
Just from the denominations of these banknotes and the meaning in their names, it can be seen that this is only a superficial attempt to reform precious metal currency into banknotes.
"After about half a year of trial implementation, the pilot areas have successfully replaced more than 70% of the precious metal circulation with temporary currency, maintaining the normal conduct of business and the normal settlement of local finances," Padrik wiped the gradual progress in the past two years. The forehead that became wide open reported meticulously, "People did not understand and distrust banknotes at the beginning, but later discovered that they can indeed be used to buy goods, and now they are gradually accustomed to its existence. From simply promoting banknotes to forming From a habitual point of view, the pilot was a success.
"But the flaws of the pilot are also obvious. As you can see, we still haven't got rid of the essence of gold and silver settlement. The currency circulating in the pilot area is still gold and silver in essence, and because of this,'Gold Banknote The existence of 'and'silver banknotes' at the same time is equivalent to the denomination exchange between banknotes will still be affected by the price of precious metals, and there will be a phenomenon that bad coins drive out good ones. However, we have recently successfully cut silver banknotes from silver, making It can only be exchanged for gold banknotes, but not directly for silver, which is equivalent to turning it into a "subordinate unit" of gold banknotes, which solves the problems caused by the double standard system... "
Gawain frowned and looked at the several currencies on the table, flipping through the detailed report brought by Patrick, and couldn't help muttering softly: "It's a mess..."
Patrick immediately wiped his cold sweat: "... Your Majesty, I am very sorry..."
"No, I'm not reprimanding you," Gao Wen quickly waved his hand, "You've done a good job, and you've done all the testing and sampling according to my requirements, these chaos are just what happens when you implement new things …is a law of nature, not your fault."
Padraic breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes, Your Majesty."
"The gold and silver reserves of the empire are not significantly skewed. It is feasible to issue currency whether it is based on the silver standard or the gold standard, but whether to continue to issue currency based on precious metals is the biggest problem," Gao Wen was thinking. He said slowly, "Padrik, you must have realized the hidden dangers of directly linking gold or silver to banknotes."
"...Yes, Your Majesty, and after hearing your theory about the currency trap, I confirm that the hidden danger is real and extremely dangerous," Patrick nodded immediately, "From a long-term and practical point of view, we Think the 'credit currency' you mentioned is a better choice."
"...Credit currency..." Gao Wen frowned again, "Padrik, you should know that the basis for issuing credit currency is much higher than that of issuing substitute currency, because in essence, we want to have no Paper with value in use is defined as 'money', and the biggest prerequisite for people to use these 'papers' to purchase goods and make settlements is that they believe that the empire can accept the value represented by all 'paper money'. This kind of 'trust' must be consistent with It’s as reliable as real gold and silver.”
Padraic met Gawain's gaze, and his slightly bloated body sat firmly. He nodded and replied briefly and forcefully: "Yes, I understand."
Before coming here, he had thought a lot about it.
If Cecil wants to enter a higher social stage, he must complete the currency reform as soon as possible, and even without considering the long-term future, from the current point of view, the messy currency system left over from the old Ansu era has come to an end. limit
The private minting of coins by various nobles during the enfeoffment era, coupled with the frequent recasting of currencies caused by the political turmoil in the kingdom itself, made the old currency system chaotic. There are dozens of metal coins, such as silver coins, short silver coins, gold shields, royal twill gold coins, round copper coins, and small round copper coins, and the quality is uneven, and the exchange relationship is chaotic.
The intricate currency and exchange ratios not only make merchants feel overwhelmed, but also make it difficult for ordinary people to conduct large-scale transactions, and even give birth to a special profession of "exchanger", and these exchangers with local aristocratic backgrounds have become a group of people. A kind of "extra tax collector" in disguise, depriving civilians and small businessmen of their meager money.
The chaotic currency also hinders business exchanges across the country. Due to the inconvenience of exchange and the huge risk of settlement, trade between regions can only be monopolized by specific groups. Even in regions with the most chaotic currency and serious saturation of bad currency, business activities It has reached the point where it is almost impossible to expand...
Even with trains and new economic policies, as long as this quagmire-like "currency dump" remains, the reconstruction and development of Cecil will inevitably struggle.
Therefore, when Gawain took back the power of the nobles, the most important thing was to ban all the nobles' minting rights, and unified them into the Imperial Mint (formerly the Cecil Mint), and made the private coins circulating in various places illegal. And within a certain cycle period, the Government Affairs Department will gradually recycle, recast, and exchange.
Since the old coins are all precious metal currencies, as long as the fineness meets the standard, their value will not be reduced due to recycling and recasting (if the loss is not counted), the policy of currency unification in this step has been implemented relatively smoothly.
Under the premise of currency unification, the promotion of banknotes is also a must.
In the era of magic industry, the growth rate and abundance of commodities far exceeded anyone’s imagination in the old era. The unit value was limited, transportation was inconvenient, and complex precious metal currencies would soon be behind the times. The Typhon Empire next door had already begun to implement new coins. Cecil, too, must move immediately to the next stage of currency reform.
It was a drastic change, and Padrik believed that since such a drastic move was going to be made, it needed to be in place once.
The world is not perfect, and credit currency also has its fixed shortcomings, but at least in the long run, it can avoid the biggest hidden danger of substitute currency, and the prerequisite for issuing credit currency has also been thought of as a highly centralized and uniquely authoritative core regime , requires the people’s trust in the national system, the strong executive capability of the Supreme Government Office, and effective means and early warning measures to control the unlimited over-issuance of currency, but no matter how difficult these difficulties are, Cecil must issue credit currency.
He has his own considerations, and he believes that His Majesty the Emperor in front of him will support him after hearing those considerations.
Gao Wen maintained his frowning posture.
Of course he knows the advantages and disadvantages of credit currency, and also knows the fatality of substitute currency, but he also knows that if he takes too big a step, he will get hurt.
Worried that the direct issuance of credit currency will cause all kinds of confusion is the biggest reason why he has been unable to make up his mind.
He looked at Patrick in front of him.
This Kant scholar with extremely high talent in the field of economics is not a person who likes to talk nonsense.
"Tell me your reasons, Patrick."