Chapter 154 Currency
"It seems that the problem is not small. We didn't expect such a change, so that we didn't prepare in advance. Fortunately, it's still too late. Although we didn't prepare, the court was not much better. The court's peace with Jiannu this time was secretly done without telling the people of the world, so it was also in advance. There will be no sufficient preparation. For those proud soldiers and tough soldiers outside the imperial court, if the emperor doesn't give them enough salary, salary and food, I guess this group of food will not easily move south!
And the emperor's old son is counting on salary every day. Now Huguang has been lost to us, missing a large piece of space that can be used to raise money and military food. Unless he is willing to take out money, otherwise, it is not easy for the court to raise enough salaries to mobilize these border troops in a short time, so such as If I expect it well, I'm afraid that the large-scale operation of the officers and soldiers will not start in a short time. We still have time to prepare!
I immediately sent someone to inform Li Jinde to quickly mobilize food in Huguang, and then bring it over to raise as much food as possible. In addition, I will also suspend the distribution of relief in the government treasury of the civil affairs, and concentrate the food in Kaifeng and Luoyang for you to dispatch at any time!
As for the number of self-fired fire, there is no better way at present. Less is less! But you have to inform the craftsmen of the craftsman's camp that in addition to manual construction, drilling machines need to be built more. At the same time, you should find a way to use machinery. The site of the craftsman's camp should be selected next to the river and stream as much as possible, and make full use of water to replace labor. If I'm not very busy, I can personally help this kind of thing. They, but let them find more ideas for now!
In a word, your logistics department has done a very good job under your leadership. This can tell your subordinates that I am very satisfied. Tomorrow is the first day of the Chinese New Year. It is unlikely that they will go home for a break, but it is still possible to give each of them ten taels of silver!" Xiao Tianjian said as he arranged, and finally happily rewarded the personnel of the logistics department, which made Luo Bin suddenly overjoyed and quickly got up to salute him.
Xiao Tianjian rarely spends time at home on New Year's Eve. For several years, at this time, he was mostly leading troops to fight outside. Only this time, because of a sudden change, he had to rush back to Luoyang from Huguang, so that he had the opportunity to get together with his family on such a family reunion.
For such a situation, Fan Yutong and others were very happy, and even secretly grateful for what the court did this time. If it hadn't been for this, they wouldn't have known when they would have seen Xiao Tianjian! Therefore, they sat with Xiao Tian's fitness, smiling and constantly boiling wine and vegetables for Xiao Tianjian, for fear that Xiao Tianjian could not eat well.
And Xiao Tianjian also refused to make them happy as much as possible. From time to time, he went to tease Xiao Xueru, who stared at him curiously with big eyes. Such a life made Xiao Tianjian feel like heaven.
But he also knows in his heart that at this time, there are many people in Xing Tianjun who have no chance to sit with their families and have a warm New Year's Eve dinner like him. At this time, it is estimated that many soldiers are still traveling from all over the country and marching towards Henan, and this New Year is doomed to be impossible. There are too many things waiting for him to do to become a new year to rest.
"Bearby the way, what's going on with the issuance of penitable coins?" Xiao Tianjian asked Fan Yutong while eating.
Fan Yutong poured a glass of wine for Xiao Tianjian and said with a smile, "Look at me! When you came back this time, our sisters were so happy that they forgot to tell you about it!
At present, a lot of silver and copper money have been minted. Last year, I showed you the sample money. According to your instructions, the style is made in the shape of imitation eagle, and several red-haired craftsmen have been invited to help make it. Now it's ready! I'll take the sample money to show you! If you are satisfied, you can start manufacturing in large quantities immediately, and you can use it within two months at the earliest!"
After saying that, Fan Yutong quickly stood up and ordered the maid to get a box and put it in front of Xiao Tianjian. Xiao Tianjian then opened it and watched. There were several various coins in the box, both silver coins and copper coins, large and small. The largest silver coin should be one or two, and the front of the silver coin was a plate dragon. The pattern is very exquisite, and on the back is a character written in Yangwen's three-dimensional official script. There are four official characters of Chinese dragon coins below, and there are convex and concave characters on the edge, which is very beautiful.
Other silver and copper coins have the same pattern on the front, but the numbers marked on the surface are different, which shows the value they represent, and the production is very exquisite. Compared with the sample money he saw at the beginning of the year, it is much more exquisite. This is not important. The most important thing is that Xiao Tianjian made these newly made coins. At a glance, it can be seen that these coins are no longer made by traditional Chinese casting methods. Obviously, they have been made with forging machines and molds, which shows that in the past year, Fan Yutong has thought of a lot of ways to cast money, and also learned a lot of opinions from his suggestions. In the way of casting money, skilled craftsmen were hired, and even foreign craftsmen were recruited to help them build the forging machine according to the sketch of the forging machine he drew, and first applied it to the manufacture of coins.
And this kind of forged coin has a very big advantage, that is, it is extremely difficult for ordinary people to imitate and forge. Unless they get a forging machine, the blind can distinguish the true from the fake at a glance with the minted money, so it reduces or avoids the impact of fake coins on real coins.
Fan Yutong also told Xiao Tianjian that this kind of silver coin is not pure silver, but an alloy silver coin with seven cents of silver and three cents of tin. In this way, Xing Tianjun can get three cents of profit by issuing silver coins. Over the years, Xing Tianjun has lost a lot of official silver and private silver from all over the world. The official silver is pure silver, and the color of private silver is It is inferior to the official bank, in which there will be some impurities, but as an important circulating currency, silver is very inconvenient in circulation because there is no quantitative standard. Therefore, when the Europeans arrive on the coast of China, the silver coins brought are very popular with Daming people. It is a hard currency circulating in the market, which is also what Xiao Tianjian wants to issue. The reason for the coin.
Since he wants to establish a country, he will not sit back and watch the monetary chaos of Daming continue. In the jurisdiction of Xing Tianjun, he will use the coins issued by Xing Tianjun in the future, gradually eliminate the scattered silver and those old copper coins, and finally form a unified currency, which is very It is important, and the state holds the right to issue money, which is also the most basic thing.
After looking at these money, Xiao Tianjian nodded and said, "Very good, better than I thought. These coins are all forged with a forging machine. In this way, if anyone wants to imitate, he will be blind!" These flanges are also very good, so that some people make up their minds on silver coins and cut off the edges to make a profit! Ha ha! You did better than I thought! It's time to reward it well! Ha ha!
However, it is not easy to issue coins. First of all, we have to build the ticket number of our Xing Tianjun in the major state governments under our jurisdiction. Let me think about it, what's the name? Uh-huh! Just call it the Bank of China! In the future, after the coins are issued, the holder can go to the bank to exchange it for silver, or use the money to the bank to exchange it for the coins we issue. The most basic thing is to ensure the credit of these money!
These coins alone are not enough. We also need to issue paper money and replace silver coins with paper money. First, we will deal with merchants and use paper money to buy their things. Then they take paper money to the bank, and we can exchange them for silver coins of the same value on paper! As long as the credit is guaranteed, merchants will be more willing to carry banknotes in the future. After all, it is much more convenient to carry banknotes! In this regard, Daming didn't do it well, and we must do it well!
Of course, when issuing banknotes, it should also prevent counterfeiting. The selected paper should be specially manufactured. This kind of paper paper banknote should not only be wear-resistant and durable, but also cannot be found on the market. It should be controlled from the source of the paper, and anti-counterfeiting measures should be added in it until the printing of the engraving should be carefully produced. You can also start to deal with the paper money next step! Now we have a papermaking factory. We select craftsmen to develop this kind of paper, and find an engraver to engrave the plate and print it. It is also called the Chinese Dragon Coin! In the future, we will establish a silver-based monetary system, gradually store all the silver circulating on the market, and make banknotes the main currency in circulation!
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Xiao Tianjian began to talk about something about the currency issuance of later generations at the dinner table. After a meal, Fan Yutong and Die'er were intoxicated. Die'er even quickly sent someone to get the paper and pen. Xiao Tianjian said, she quickly wrote it down for fear that she would forget it in the future. Now Butterfly Because he can write and calculate well, although he is not as capable as Fan Yutong, he has no problem acting as a secretary for Fan Yutong. During this period, he has also helped Fan Yutong do a lot of things. Even Fan Linger will help Fan Yutong from time to time. It can be said that they are all Xiao Tianjian's virtuous helpers.
Xiao Tianjian talked until the middle of the night. He extended a lot from the monetary system. He talked a lot about his ideas about governing the country, and even talked about the world monetary policy that may be established in the future. Many of them were borrowed from later generations. Fan Yutong nodded repeatedly and let them talk to Xiao. Tianjian's worship can't be described in words.
Looking at Fan Yutong's worshipful face, Xiao Tianjian couldn't help sweating. He can be said to be a common sense thing he saw in the life of piracy later generations. Now it has become his original. As a result, he fainted a few lovers, which made him enjoy this feeling of being worshipped a little, and he couldn't help but be even more excited. After finishing the meal, he pulled the three women to **. At the same time, he used the excuse to talk about ideals and work, and made a lot of corruption and depravity to satisfy his personal selfish desires.
Although the upper structure of the Xingtian Army has not been completed and is in the initial period, civil affairs and military affairs have been separated and done their own things. With the development of the Xingtian Army, many functions have also begun to be gradually divided and gradually improved, at least in terms of finance. , gradually became independent of general civil affairs. Because of Fan Yutong's ability, now the financial power of Xing Tianjun is basically in charge of Fan Yutong. During this period, her men have also attracted a lot of talents, including Jin Fuzi Jin Tong, who is now working under Fan Yutong's hands, supporting the facade of the temporary household department, and these Most people are familiar with financial affairs.
The taxes collected in civil affairs are all transferred by Fan Yutong, a temporary household department. In fact, Fan Yutong is already the chief officer of the household department of Xing Tianjun. However, Xiao Tianjian has not officially established a household department at present, and she is temporarily in charge. Although the literati have a little slander on this point, they dare not say. Come out, who let Xing Tianjun be built by Xiao Tianjian? And to be honest, the mistress did a good job in this regard. She took care of a lot of tedious things in an orderly manner, and even made many civil officials feel ashamed of themselves, so they also acquiesced to this matter.
Xiao Tianjian doesn't care about being called nepotism. At this time, talking about the so-called democracy is bullshit. When he fights the world, what he needs is to establish an absolutely strong rule. Everyone must obey him and move forward in the direction he pointed out. No one can jump out and oppose his decision. Because no one knows the development process of history better than him. If you think about the balance of kings and ministers at this time, it is boring. At least before there is no peace in the world, he will not consider this matter. He should control all the resources he can control in his own hands as much as possible. Only in this way can he go at ease. Fight the world, even if he is scolded as a tyrant, he will not hesitate.
After a night of long talk, Fan Yutong's idea of establishing Xing Tianjun's own monetary system was also much clearer. At dawn, he immediately got up and plunged into her work. Even Die'er was dragged away. Only Fan Linger stayed at home to take care of Xiao Xueru, so she was not arrested by her. Ding.
Xiao Tianjian is not in a hurry for this kind of thing. He knows the truth that if you want to hurry, you can't do it. Before the introduction of such a monetary policy, the more prepared it is, the easier it is to implement, and the less likely it is to make mistakes. Therefore, he is very comfortable to see Fan Yutong busy in a hurry.
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