Sure enough, as soon as the Ming soldiers thought about this, they heard Emperor Chongzhen say loudly: "I came today to honor your military salary and rewards. Come on, carry it up! ”

Hearing this, the soldiers of these Heavenly Force's powerhouses couldn't help but be even more happy, especially those soldiers who were not in the Yongwei Battalion, most of them hadn't touched anything silver for many years. Hearing this at this time, many people even rolled their eyes, wanting to see the spectacular scene of the boxes of silver being carried up. After all, there is an emperor who is personally sitting here, who dares to deduct the silver, it must be real, then, I am afraid that this silver is hundreds of thousands of taels.

Indeed, the salary of the ordinary soldiers of this Son of Heaven brigade is two taels of silver per month, which is higher than that of any other army. In addition, in this battle of King Qin, the rewards for the achievements made are also very many.

However, to the surprise of the soldiers in the school, with the emperor's will, a brocade guard carried a few boxes to the front of the army. The chest was far less than they had thought, and it was not very large, so how could it hold so much silver?

But they were strange and strange, just looking at it, could it be that this box was a bottomless pit that could conjure up enough silver? With the emperor here, who would dare to float the silver?

Emperor Chongzhen naturally knew what they were thinking, so he asked those brocade guards to open the box, walked forward by himself, took something out of it, and then showed it to the soldiers in the school, and said: "The distribution of silver is extremely inconvenient, and it is also inconvenient to carry, so I specially opened a Daming Royal Bank, that is, the money bank, and the silver is stored in the bank, this is a silver ticket, it is a silver ticket issued by the Daming Royal Bank." I know that the first time I use this silver ticket, everyone may feel a little uneasy. For this reason, I have specially explained to the bank, as long as you go to exchange silver taels, there will be a special exchange place for you to exchange, and there is no need to queue up with others. ”

"In addition, not only you, but other people who go to redeem it, all ask for immediate payment, and there is no excuse to delay." Emperor Chongzhen glanced at the eyes of everyone in the audience and continued to say loudly, "If such a situation occurs, when I come to the barracks, Zhun Er and the others will directly report to me, whose problem is it, I want his head!" ”

If Emperor Chongzhen said from the beginning that this kind of banknote is the Ming treasure banknote, in this way, no matter how fanatical these Ming soldiers are about the emperor, they will be discounted in their hearts, after all, the reputation of the Ming treasure banknote is already too stinky, everyone knows that the thing is not only not worth the face value, but even far below the face value.

However, now Emperor Chongzhen did not issue paper money directly in one step, but only silver tickets. Although they are all paper, there are differences.

Paper money, is used for market circulation, the currency can not be big, even how much copper money face value to have, this has a precedent for the Ming treasure banknote, the reputation is very bad, even if you change the name, everyone is not a fool, don't you recognize Zhang San changed his name to Li Si is not Zhang San?

The silver ticket, although it is paper, but the face value is generally relatively large, generally in silver two units, ordinary people do not use silver tickets in their daily life to buy and sell, generally are large transactions. And in this era, silver tickets are already very popular, and everyone knows about it. In other words, the silver ticket should already have a certain reputation foundation under the operation of others.

Others don't know that the fundamental purpose of Emperor Chongzhen is not a silver ticket, but a paper money; However, he didn't want to do it in one step, but started with the silver bills, so that the rich people in the society are accustomed to the silver bills issued by the Ming Royal Bank, and then gradually introduce the banknotes, so that the resistance will be smaller.

At this time, when he said this, these Ming soldiers were a little surprised. They didn't expect that the emperor would also open a money bank and make such a strange name. But think about it, how can the emperor open a money bank, how can it be a grade different from those money banks opened by ordinary people, and naturally even the name must be different!

Based on the fanaticism of Emperor Chongzhen, although they were surprised in their hearts, or some people would have some doubts, the dignified Emperor Ming, in front of so many people, had already guaranteed that these silver tickets were truly exchangeable, even if there were people below who embarrassed them, they could directly sue the emperor. As a result, the vast majority of the soldiers accepted the silver ticket issued by the emperor in their hearts.

Subsequently, the officials under the Imperial Horse Supervisor, together with Chen Baoting and other chamberlains, began to distribute military salaries and rewards according to the roster. And the emperor sat on the platform of the generals, watched it personally, and did not leave it.

This made the Ming soldiers feel a lot more relieved, and when they heard their names one by one, they stepped forward to collect the money. When they got the silver ticket from the Daming Royal Bank, they couldn't help but be very surprised.

Although most of them have not owned a silver ticket, at least they have seen it.

The old silver tickets, or the silver tickets of other money houses, whether they are paper or printed, can be seen as shoddy at a glance.

But now, the silver tickets they got in their hands were all exquisitely papered and beautifully printed, just like paintings. What's even more exaggerated is that the painting on this silver ticket still has a sense of concave and convex, which is really strange.

Of course, they didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen had already ordered to find talents in printing from the beginning, and he also lost the other party's fame, and he happened to be on the side of Jingshi, so he was found by him. He was a famous calligrapher, painter, seal carver and publisher in the late Ming Dynasty. This concave and convex feeling is the arch flower printing, which is his own initiative. This person is Hu Zhengyan, who is nearly fifty years old at this time, and it happens to be the peak of his craft.

In the original history, Hu Zhengyan also appointed the Hanlin Academy, but before he could take office, the Manchu Qing Dynasty invaded the Beijing Division; But this time, under the butterfly effect, he was able to enter the court as an official in advance, and he did what he did best.

In today's Ming Dynasty, this method of "arch flower" printing did not appear. In the original history, Hu Zhengyan was still publishing "Shizhuzhai Calligraphy and Painting" at this time, and this "Shizhuzhai Calligraphy and Painting" was also very good, using watermark color technology. When the printing of the "Ten Bamboo Zhai Calligraphy and Painting Score" was about to be completed, he began the engraving of the "Notebook", and it was not until the sixteenth year of Chongzhen that it was fully published. And the printing of this "notebook" is the first time that "arch flower" printing was used.

In addition, the paper of this silver ticket is a tribute for the court. As soon as these two aspects were combined, Emperor Chongzhen was confident that he could prevent counterfeiting without relying on secret detention. And this is the most fundamental guarantee that silver tickets can be used as paper money in the future.

For this reason, this anti-counterfeiting matter, Emperor Chongzhen also specially explained to Hu Zhengyan, and he gave suggestions, first, paper tribute should be strictly investigated, and private circulation is strictly prohibited; secondly, the ink formula required for his color printing is also confidential; Thirdly, this printing technique, including watermark color registration and arch technology, is also kept secret, and the relevant craftsmen are not allowed to go out.

Although literati love to be officials, Hu Zhengyan is nearly fifty years old, and he has already experienced too many things in the world, and now he is reused by the emperor to engage in the things he is most interested in, and this matter can still be known by the world and leave a name for future generations. For this matter, he naturally devoted 12 points of effort, constantly demanding himself to continue to improve the printing technology of the Daming Royal Bank's banknotes.

I have to say that the cost of this silver ticket is actually very high, although the cost will be reduced a lot after mass printing. But if the face value is only a few cents, it is estimated that there will be a blood loss. And before establishing enough credibility, you can't print more silver tickets, and this cost is real.

But fortunately, there is still a lot of silver from the house now. And the printing of this silver ticket is mainly in large denominations, and the smallest unit is one or two silver. After these silver bills have been circulating for a period of time, Emperor Chongzhen will see that the time is ripe before he will launch the face value of one, two, and five coins. This is also equivalent to fifty, hundred, and two hundred and fifty yuan in later generations, which is still a bit of a large face value, but things always have to be taken step by step.

The Ming soldiers on the school field, even those general lieutenants and the like, couldn't help but be very surprised after getting these silver tickets from the Ming Royal Bank. At this time, they didn't have to try to exchange silver, but the silver ticket itself gave them confidence.

Many people take silver tickets, look left, look right, turn over and see, turn over and see, rare, absolutely rare!

The words and paintings on it are not to mention, but they are also colorful, and it is even more strange, how did this concave and convex sense come about, it is so strange!

According to the different face values, the patterns of this silver ticket are also different, but they are all those that Hu Zhengyan is good at, such as plum, chrysanthemum, bamboo, etc.; And he himself is good at various fonts, so Daming Royal Bank is one font, the amount number is another font, and the year is another font. This silver ticket, which has poured Hu Zhengyan's hard work, can really be seen as a work of art.

This process is very long, after all, it is necessary to check the roster, and different amounts of money must be distributed according to the size of the merit and the size of the official position. Even so, the Ming soldiers waited one by one, and it was not too long at all.

What surprised them even more was that Emperor Chongzhen had always sat on the platform and had been accompanying them. You know, this is the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and he actually took the time to stay here all the time, which made these Ming soldiers fanatical about the emperor and always maintained that heat.

After all this was done, Emperor Chongzhen walked to the front of the general platform again, and said loudly to the soldiers of the Ming army: "You are familiar with the military camp first, I am preparing new ordnance, armor, etc. for you, at least if you fight against Jianlu in the future, you will definitely not lose to Jianlu in terms of equipment, this is my promise to you!" ”

Hearing this, these soldiers who had suffered a big loss in equipment and ordnance couldn't help but cheer up one by one, if this is the case, I am afraid that they will build a bird!

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at the soldiers below, looking at their excitement, and finally added: "When you all settle down and everything is normal, everyone will be dispatched according to the team to protect the Daming Royal Bank." ”

Hearing this, these Ming soldiers couldn't help but be a little surprised, but looking back, it is not surprising, there must have been millions of taels of silver stored in the Ming Royal Bank, otherwise, the emperor would not let them protect it. Thinking like this, their hearts are invisibly more steady.

And after Emperor Chongzhen said this, he gave the eunuch Wang Chengen, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, a chance to let him, the chief official, come forward.

However, today's debut, Emperor Chongzhen has already done it, and he, the chief official, in front of the emperor, can only order the disbandment.

These three battalions of troops cannot leave the camp at present, and they can only be released in turn after they are familiar with the situation. As a result, the outside world does not know that the Daming Royal Bank issued a silver ticket. Emperor Chongzhen waited, and those Jin merchants agitated to make trouble.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen did not leave, but went to the Imperial Horse Supervisor's Office. Now here is his real one-third of an acre.

Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting have not spoken, in fact, they have no chance to speak, they just watched all this from the sidelines. When they saw that the soldiers were rewarded with silver tickets instead of silver, but the soldiers were not dissatisfied, they knew how much the emperor was in the army. But all this, in fact, did not surprise them.

Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen's reward for the generals and ordinary soldiers was completed, and when he took them to the Yamen to discuss matters, they vaguely felt that they might have to say something about the merits and demerits of the three of them.

Although they have not been to the court these days and have been busy with the affairs of the Qin Wangjun, it does not mean that they have not heard the rumors, heard the imperial historians, and many ministers of the court and the central government are attacking them. In this regard, they are somewhat worried in their hearts. After all, the impeachment of those civilian officials is not unpurposeful and made up randomly.

However, looking back and thinking about the emperor's wise performance during this time, this made the three of them feel a lot more relieved. Their intuition told them that the emperor would never punish them, or that although they were punished, they were still the emperor's henchmen. Otherwise, the emperor would not have put his heart into them, and the sources of silver that were connected were carefully explained to them.

After arriving at the Yamen of the Imperial Horse Supervisor and sitting down, there were only the three of them in the hall, as well as Wang Chengen.

For Wang Chengen, not only because of the cognition brought by later generations, but also because of Emperor Chongzhen's observation, this person doesn't have much thought, otherwise, he wouldn't have handed over a lot of dirty silver without thinking about it; In addition, during the time he was sent to Qinwangjun, it was enough to prove that he was trustworthy by eavesdropping on the seeds.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen began to cultivate him, and he was also with him for deliberations, but Cao Huachun was not qualified for this.

At this time, it was almost evening, and Emperor Chongzhen did not delay time, and said to the three of them straight to the point: "Now that the matter of King Qin's army has come to an end, there should be an explanation for the three of them." ”

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