Bi Ziyan, Han Yu, Wen Tiren, Zhou Yanru, Xu Guangqi, and other court officials all showed doubts on their faces. They looked at the eunuch who was walking into the hall with his head down, holding a tray lined with red cloth in their hands, and were neatly placed on it.

"For a long time, except for Tongbao copper coins, the Ming Dynasty has no gold and silver-made money with unified specifications and clear currency value."

Emperor Chongzhen stood up, walked towards Bi Ziyan and the others, and said aloud: "This has caused great inconvenience to the tax collection of the court and the circulation of the people."

As Guan Qing said, the money involved in the State Taxation Office and the silver paid by the tariffs are of different quality and different content, which will inevitably cause many problems.

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

You guys can first take a look at how this batch of new money is like.

In accordance with my will, the Wubei Academy has innovated the coin minting process and enhanced the anti-counterfeiting attributes, and set up an extremely high threshold for private casting and stealing casting among the people."

Since its establishment, the Military Preparation Institute has been expanding its scale, absorbing talents in various fields, and concentrating its efforts on major tasks, promoting the exploration of the frontier fields of the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Chongzhen knew better than anyone else that if the Ming Dynasty wanted to rectify the situation, it must pay attention to the exploration and construction of these areas, otherwise it would be intermittent development and would not play a role in change.

"This is completely different from the Tongbao money cast by the Ming Dynasty. Can the new money made by gold and silver be effectively circulated?"

"There is no need to worry about circulation. Since the Longqing Dynasty, the court has clearly stated that the method of silver is mainly used and silver is in parallel. If the imperial court made money by gold and silver, it can win the trust of the people and can be gradually circulated."

"Are these newly made gold and silver coins floating on them? Are they Emperor Taizu Gao?"

"This batch of gold and silver coins are very exquisite. I am afraid that the cost of casting is not low, and the use should be full gold and silver. This will inevitably be called some illegal people who secretly melt the gold and silver feet."

"The texture of gold and silver is generally soft, but the gold and silver money we are using is good in hardness, so there should be something else mixed in it."

Bi Ziyan, Han Du, Wen Tiren, Zhou Yanru, Xu Guangqi and others looked at the batch of new money in front of them, and their attention was focused on gold and silver money.

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

Listening to what these people in front of him said, Emperor Chongzhen smiled on his face. Putting aside the rest, the people in front of him all knew the importance of money making to the court.

What they don’t know now is the manufacturing process of this batch of new money, the share of gold, silver and copper, and how the imperial court would circulate this batch of new money.

The Ming Dynasty was in a very awkward situation. On the one hand, the shortage of cash in circulation was insufficient, and on the other hand, the bank was stored in a lot of silver. Under the influence of multiple factors such as war, rebellion, disasters, and administration, there was often a shortage of cash in cash, which in turn triggered a series of chain reactions involving finance, finance, etc.

To effectively solve these problems, we must enhance the people's confidence in the court, clarify the unified currency system, accelerate the efforts of private development and construction, effectively rectify the administration of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom, and maintain a stable order pattern...

Emperor Chongzhen had been doing these things all the time, but the unified currency system was not until the Martial Arts Institute had made some breakthroughs in the technology of coin minting that it could be considered to be taken out and done.

This is also the fundamental reason why Emperor Chongzhen had to set up a remittance bill number first, and not start directly from the court level to effectively rectify the money law.

Without a unified currency system, the impact and damage caused by the change of money law was too great for the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty cannot afford to make trouble.

"Bi Qing, you are also in charge of the Minister of Money and Law. What do you think of this new batch of money?" When everyone was not speaking, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and looked at Bi Ziyan and said, "With a unified currency system, can you gradually improve the many bad habits and bad policies of the existing money law in the Ming Dynasty?"

"Report to Your Majesty."

Bi Ziyan thought for a while and bowed: "Although the Ming Dynasty had never cast gold and silver coins before, this batch of new coins, both in terms of specifications and quality, are excellent.

I have some questions to be brave enough to ask Your Majesty.

First, what does the jin and ko engraved on gold and silver mean when making money?

Second, the share of gold and silver materials that are made of gold and silver.

Third, what is the cost of gold and silver money making?

Fourth, what is the share of gold and silver money?

Fifth, if this batch of gold and silver is circulated, how much is the exchange of various silvers with other Tongbao money?

Sixth, the new money ordered by Your Majesty..."

When it comes to the Ming Dynasty money law field, Bi Ziyan is not allowed to be careless. All aspects must be taken into account. Otherwise, any omissions will cause disaster-level damage to the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Chongzhen calmed down and looked at Bi Ziyan with a serious expression. He looked at Han Du, Xu Guangqi and the others. Emperor Chongzhen knew in his heart that if he could not effectively answer these questions raised by Bi Ziyan, he would not be able to take the first step to rectify the currency system.

After all, money method is too important.

Any small adjustments and changes must be considered and considered before corresponding changes can be made.

Under the gaze of the ministers, Emperor Chongzhen picked up a silver dollar and started with a slightly heavy hand. The front was engraved with portraits, secret patterns, etc., and the back was engraved with words such as "Da Ming silver coins, Ministry of Revenue, One Yuan" and special inscriptions.

Emperor Chongzhen said calmly: "Like the silver dollar I have marked 'one yuan', the weight is one tael, and the silver material contains 85% of the color, and it is mixed with colored materials such as copper.

Adopting new coin minting technology can effectively enhance the hardness, wear resistance, and avoid problems such as drawing patterns and modeling.

I cannot discuss the core ratio of new money. Except for the previous Minister of Qianfa, who can know something, no one else in the court can know it.

Like this silver dollar, the 'one dollar' is exquisitely crafted and has high wear resistance. Therefore, when it is circulated among the people, it is worth one or two taels of silver, and this is used as the exchange benchmark..."

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

Therefore, he had to clarify many things such as "aborting the two and changing the original state", "solid-double ratio", "casting technology", and "narrowing the right to mint coins". Bi Ziyan, the wealth minister of the Ming Dynasty, started with the actual situation of the Ming Dynasty, and gradually circulated new money, and then achieved the purpose of complete replacement.

Emperor Chongzhen's conservative conversation, named Han Du, Wen Tiren, Zhou Yanru, etc., were keenly aware that the emperor did not want them to know too much about the idea of ​​Qianfa.

However, in order to enhance Bi Ziyan's authority to govern all matters of money law, they must be asked to listen to it. I am afraid that after this discussion, the emperor will leave Bi Ziyan alone to discuss in detail.

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

It is not that it involves the imperial treasury, but in fact it is the groups they represent. If these new money is really circulated, then there will be no matters such as melting and exchange in the future. The silver dollar worth 'one yuan' represents one or two feet of silver. Wouldn't there be many old systems that will be subverted?


Chapter completed!