The emergence of paper money is a leap in the entire financial history, and the easy-to-carry characteristics have greatly promoted the development of the commodity economy, and have been adopted by all countries in the world. However, paper money has also unfortunately become a weapon in the hands of dictators who try to dominate the world, and it is not new to use counterfeit money as a weapon of war.

As far as Zhao knows, Napoleon once approved the printing of counterfeit Austrian and Russian banknotes; During the American Civil War, both the North and the South also made extensive use of fake bills in order to combat the enemy's financial system. During the Second World War, many countries participated, including Germany and Japan, which systematically used counterfeit money to attack hostile countries on a large scale as an important weapon to destroy the enemy's economy.

Germany cracked down mainly against the British, with specialized counterfeit factories producing more than eight million pounds of counterfeit money in a single month at their peak. Some of the counterfeit money was airdropped into Britain, and some were used to support a large number of Nazi "covert operations", such as assassinations, bribery, and the purchase of weapons. By the end of the war, one-third of the world's pounds in circulation were counterfeit, so much so that the counterfeit money factory was called the "Bank of England" of the Third Reich. The proliferation of counterfeit money accelerated the inflation rate in the United Kingdom, and the economy was hit by storm, causing incalculable damage, and the United Kingdom only completely eliminated the effects of counterfeit money in the seventies of the last century.

After the outbreak of Japan's war of aggression against China, the War Ministry and the Army General Staff Headquarters specially formulated an economic strategy plan for China, with the aim of "destroying the legal tender system of the Republic of China regime, and then disrupting China's domestic economy and destroying China's wartime economic capacity." During those difficult days, China not only had to fend off the Japanese attack, which had superior equipment, but also had to guard against conspiracy from all sides. The counterfeit money circulating on the land of China not only caused inflation, but also provided Japan with a huge amount of money for frenzied plundering of resources and various means of production, putting China's economy in a difficult situation and greatly harming the interests of the people......

Zhao Hao is familiar with these black histories, and he also knows the dangers and methods involved, so it didn't take much effort to persuade Zhuang Shilin to participate in them. And it is a very honorable thing for him to feel that he can inflict heavy damage on the Tartars without going into battle to kill the enemy or conquer the city and land, and to be able to personally participate in such a great project under the leadership of His Highness. With the support of the insider, Zhao Yu first agreed with him to implement the policy of first easy and then difficult, gradually expanding, and safety first.

First of all, starting from the familiar, first printed a batch of Huizi exchange banknotes, and then exchanged most of them for gold and silver, and a small part was used for expenses and the purchase of urgently needed materials. This is done in consideration of the fact that the banknote law has just been implemented in Jiangnan, and some preferential policies will inevitably be introduced to encourage the people and merchants to exchange, and in addition, in order to meet the large-scale exchange, the gold and silver in the treasury will definitely be abundant, and there will be no such thing as not being able to redeem.

Another reason is that we are very familiar with Huizi, the template is easy to make, the banknote paper and ink are easy to obtain, and it is easy to use. However, the paper money of the Mongols is very different from that of the Song Dynasty, and the ease that Zhao Yu said is also relatively modern. The Mongols were not stupid either, and of course they would have absorbed the problem of the proliferation of counterfeit money that Song Jin had encountered when issuing banknotes. Therefore, while formulating a strict punishment law to punish them, we also tried to fundamentally eradicate counterfeit banknotes, which had to be made in terms of methods. If the banknote is made too simple, it is very easy to imitate, so it must be made complex so that it is not easy to imitate.

Think about the ancient times there was no watermark, paper money only relied on manual printing, if the paper money is too simple, there is only the denomination and the court seal, which is very easy to imitate, so, in order to prevent this situation, from the paper and pattern to find a way. Because the materials used in banknotes are relatively special, and they can only be used with the approval of the government, the probability of counterfeit banknotes can be effectively reduced from the material. If you could buy paper all over the street, counterfeiters wouldn't have to make any effort to print counterfeit banknotes. If you want to print banknotes that are difficult to counterfeit among the people, you must design more patterns and patterns, and difficult patterns, so that they are not easy to be imitated. The patterns printed on the banknotes are intricate, so even if you hold them in front of you, it is not difficult to achieve them.

The paper used for Mongolian man-made coins is also made of special paper made by special workshops, which is made of mulberry bark as the main material and an appropriate amount of cotton and linen plant fibers. The paper is thick, broad, flexible and wear-resistant, and water-resistant and corrosion-resistant. The disadvantage is that the color is dull and grayish-black, if the printing ink and printing technology are not mastered well, the banknote will show a blurred handwriting pattern, and it will become a faint banknote before it is issued. And this kind of paper is produced in Sichuan, where it was already under the rule of the Mongols, and smuggling had to be planned and arranged, and it could not be obtained in time. Plate making is also not something that can be achieved overnight, even if it can't be made exactly the same, at least there must be a nine-point image to hide from the eyes of the world.

It was precisely on the basis of the above difficulties that Zhao Yu decided to walk on two legs, first taking the exchange of Huizi as an opportunity to test the waters, complete the establishment of the institution, open up channels, and get the first pot of gold, and at the same time disrupt the Jiangnan currency market, making the exchange of Zhongtong banknotes and Huizi unsustainable, thus sabotaging the Mongols' vain attempt to control the Jiangnan economy. At the same time, the template for copying the banknotes began to be imitated, and the special paper required for printing banknotes was trial-produced or purchased. Once successful, it was immediately put on the market, and took the opportunity to use counterfeit money to buy materials to supplement the shortage of Qiongzhou.

The entry of a large number of counterfeit money into the market will cause the rapid depreciation of Zhongtong banknotes, raise the value of gold and silver, and make it lose its credibility in the Jiangnan market, making it more difficult for Zhongtong banknotes to gain a foothold in Jiangnan, or forming a situation in which several currencies coexist. The final result was that the Jiangbei market was also affected, and prices soared, so that the Yuan court had to rely on over-issuance to maintain the market, causing nationwide inflation......

"Your Highness, we have a lot of people in the bureau, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient to handle this matter, isn't it ......" Zhuang Shilin said in a hesitant manner.

"Well, it's really inconvenient for the General Bureau to preside over this matter, so it will be handled by the Internal Government Affairs Bureau, and your General Bureau will be the assistant, how about it?" Of course, Zhao Yu knows that this kind of thing can't be known to outsiders, and it must be kept secret internally, the fewer people involved, the better, the Secretariat is the most secret department at present, and some things must be operated by them, since they can't step over, it's best to pull in.

"Your Highness is clever, the bureau has several caravans in its hands, and there are shops, so it is much more convenient for them to handle this matter." Zhuang Shilin had participated in the arrangement of eyeliner by the Secretariat Bureau in Guangzhou, and knew some inside information, so of course he was very much in favor of His Royal Highness's arrangement.

"In that case, please come over there and discuss with Director Zheng!" Zhao Yu immediately ordered someone to summon Zheng Huchen to come quickly...... (To be continued.) )