Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Bi Ziyan, Han Yu, Wen Tiren, Zhou Yanru, Xu Guangqi and other cabinet ministers and courtiers all showed doubts on their faces. They looked at the eunuch who walked into the hall with his head bowed. Make coins one by one.

"For a long time, apart from Tongbao copper coins, there have been no gold and silver coins with uniform specifications and clear currency values ​​in the Ming Dynasty."

Emperor Chongzhen stood up, walked towards Bi Ziyan and the others, and said in a loud voice: "This will cause great inconvenience to the court's tax collection and civilian circulation.

Just as Guan Qing said, the money involved in the national tax office and the silver paid for customs duties are of different quality and miscellaneous, which will inevitably cause many problems.

What I have to do now is to unify the value of Ming currency and clarify the specifications to solve these daily problems.

Zhu Qing can take a look first, how is this batch of newly made money.

The Armed Forces Institute, according to my will, has innovated the coin casting process, enhanced the anti-counterfeiting property, and set a very high threshold for private and stolen casting. "

Since the establishment of the Armed Forces Institute, it has been expanding its scale, absorbing talents from various fields, and promoting the exploration of the frontier fields of the Ming Dynasty with the characteristics of concentrating its strength on major tasks.

Emperor Chongzhen knew better than anyone else that if Da Ming wanted to bring order out of chaos, he must pay attention to the exploration and construction of these areas, otherwise it would be intermittent development and would not be able to change.

"This is completely different from the Tongbao coin that was cast in the Ming Dynasty. With the addition of two new coins, gold and silver, can it really be circulated effectively?"

"There is no need to worry about circulation. Since the Longqing Dynasty, the imperial court has made it clear that silver is the main currency, and silver and money are in parallel. If the imperial court casts gold and silver to make money, it can win the trust of the people, and it can be gradually circulated. "

"These newly minted gold and silver coins, with the floating portrait on them, are they Emperor Taizu Gao?"

"This batch of gold and silver is very exquisite. I am afraid that the cost of casting is not low, and the gold and silver used should be full color. It is inevitable that some lawless people will secretly cast gold and silver."

"The texture of gold and silver is generally soft, but the gold and silver we used to make money is quite hard, and it should be mixed with other things."

People like Bi Ziyan, Han Yu, Wen Tiren, Zhou Yanru, and Xu Guangqi looked at the batch of new coins in front of them, and all their attention was focused on gold and silver coins.

After all, the specifications and weight of copper coins are similar to those of the original Tongbao coins. The only difference is that the quality is better.

Listening to these people in front of him, Emperor Chongzhen smiled on his face. Apart from other things, these people in front of him knew the importance of making money to the court.

What they don't know now is the manufacturing process of this batch of new coins, the proportion of gold, silver and copper materials, and how the court will circulate these new coins.

The Ming Dynasty was in an embarrassing situation. On the one hand, there was not enough cash in circulation, and on the other hand, there was a lot of silver in hoards. Under the influence of multiple factors such as wars, rebellions, disasters, and official administration, there would often be a shortage of cash, and then induce A series of chain reactions involving finance and finance.

To effectively solve these problems, it is necessary to enhance the confidence of the people in the imperial court, clarify a unified currency system, accelerate the development and construction of the people, effectively rectify the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, and maintain a stable order... ...

Emperor Chongzhen has been doing these things all the time. Only the unified currency system can be considered to be done until the Armed Forces Academy has made a breakthrough in the technology involved in minting coins.

This is also the fundamental reason why Emperor Chongzhen first set up a Huitong ticket number instead of directly rectifying the money law at the court level.

Without a unified currency system, trying to change the money law and other things in vain, the impact and damage caused are too great for Daming.

Daming couldn't afford to toss about.

"Bi Qing, you are also in charge of the Qian Fa Shangshu, and you are in charge of all matters of the money law. What do you think of this batch of new money?" When everyone was silent, Emperor Chongzhen smiled, looked at Bi Ziyan and said: "There is a unified currency system. System, can you gradually improve it, and there are many bad habits and bad governance in Daming's existing money law?"

"Report to Your Majesty."

Bi Ziyan thought for a while, then cupped his hands and said, "Although Daming has never minted gold and silver coins before, this batch of new coins is superior in terms of specifications and quality.

The minister dared to have a few questions and wanted to ask His Majesty.

First, what is the meaning of the engraved yuan and horns on gold and silver coins?
Second, the proportion of gold and silver materials used to make money from gold and silver.

Third, what is the cost of making money from gold and silver?
Fourth, what is the actual exchange rate of gold and silver money?
Fifth, if this batch of gold and silver is circulated to make money, what is the exchange rate of various silvers with other Tongbao?

Sixth, His Majesty's new money system..."

Bi Ziyan was not allowed to be sloppy when it came to the field of money laws of the Ming Dynasty, and all aspects must be considered in place, otherwise any omissions would cause catastrophic damage to Daming.

Emperor Chongzhen restrained his mind, looked at Bi Ziyan with a serious expression, and then looked at Han Yu and Xu Guangqi. Emperor Chongzhen knew in his heart that if he could not effectively answer these questions raised by Bi Ziyan, then he wanted to rectify the currency system. There is no way to take a step.

After all, money law is too important.

Any small adjustments and changes must be considered and considered again and again before it is possible to make corresponding changes.

Under the watchful eyes of his ministers, Emperor Chongzhen picked up a silver dollar, which was slightly heavy. The front was engraved with portraits, secret patterns, etc., and the back was engraved with words such as "Daming silver coin, household department, one yuan" and special inscriptions.

Emperor Chongzhen said with a calm expression: "Like the silver dollar marked 'one yuan' that I took, it weighs one or two, and it contains [-]% of the full-color silver material, and it is doped with copper and other colored materials.

The adoption of new coinage technology can effectively enhance the hardness and wear resistance of the new coinage, and avoid problems such as drawing molds and lakes.

When it comes to the core ratio of the new money system, I can't talk about it in detail. Except for the previous Qian Fa Shangshu, who can know some, no one else in the court can know.

Like this 'one yuan' silver dollar, it is exquisite in workmanship and highly wear-resistant, so when it is circulated among the people, it is actually exchanged for one tael of full-color silver, which is used as the exchange benchmark..."

The rectification of the Ming currency system involved many levels and fields, and Emperor Chongzhen knew that this matter could not be completed in one or two years.

Therefore, he wants to clarify many matters such as 'abolishing the two to change the yuan', 'actual exchange ratio', 'casting process', 'narrowing the coinage right' and many other matters, and asked Bi Ziyan, the Minister of Finance of the Ming Dynasty, to proceed from the actual situation of the Ming Dynasty, in order to Gradually circulate the new money, and then achieve the goal of complete replacement.

Emperor Chongzhen's conversation with reservations made people like Han Yu, Wen Tiren, and Zhou Yanru all keenly aware that some of Qian Fa's ideas were involved, and the emperor didn't want them to know too much.

However, in order to strengthen Bi Ziyan's authority over money and law matters, they must be present to listen. I am afraid that after this discussion is over, the emperor will leave Bi Ziyan alone to discuss it in detail.

However, through what the emperor said, Han Yu, Wen Tiren, and Zhou Yanru also had some hidden worries and worries in their hearts.

It's not that the imperial treasury is involved, but it's actually the groups they represent behind them. If these new coins are really circulated, then there will be no smelting, exchange, etc. in the future. The silver dollar marked with "one yuan" represents one or two yuan Zushiyin, isn't there a lot of old systems that need to be overthrown?