Luo Zhaoyun mentioned the matter of currency, Dahua has been established for more than a year, busy with the war, and at present, the wars north of the Yellow River, Guanlong, and the northwest have all stopped, and the implementation of the new currency has become a top priority.

After all, the new atmosphere of a court lies in the implementation of the new policy and the replacement of currency, which gives the people of the world a sense of innovation.

In addition, from a practical point of view, after the establishment of the new country, it is indeed not suitable to use the five baht coins of the Sui Dynasty. At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, the currency was extremely chaotic, the Changping five baht of the Northern Qi Dynasty and the privately minted Changping money, the five elements of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Yongtong Wanguo money, and the Chen five baht of the Southern Dynasty, the six baht of the Tai goods, and even the goose eye money of Liu Song, the cut edge money of Xiao Liang, etc., continued to be mixed and circulated in the commercial field. The counties of Hexi also used gold and silver coins from the Western Regions. These coins were of varying size and size, making them very inconvenient to use, so Emperor Wen of Sui ordered the currency to be rectified and a uniform standard of five baht coins to be minted.

However, during the period of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, wars were constantly waged, as well as large-scale projects, the economy gradually collapsed, and the people began to mint money, which was different from light and large, and bad money drove away good money, resulting in rising prices and economic chaos. Therefore, Luo Zhaoyun began to consider the implementation of the new currency in the jurisdiction of Dahua.

Because the household department is otherwise in charge of the territory, the land, the household register, the taxation, the salary, and all financial matters of the country. The business of minting new coins was managed by the Ministry of Households, so Luo Zhaoyun asked the Ministry of Households again about the implementation of this matter.

The eldest grandson Wuji, as the squire of the household department, the second-in-command of the household department, is currently mainly responsible for the new coin, at this time he stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the new coins have been minted, mainly divided into copper coins, silver coins, and gold coins, copper coins are to be circulated in the world, and silver coins and gold coins are only used for ornamentation, stored in the palace, as a symbol, please ask Your Majesty for permission, present the first batch of samples for Your Majesty and the ministers to see." ”

"That's right." Luo Zhaoyun waved his hand and agreed to his request.

The eldest grandson Wuji waved to the eunuchs in the palace, and the guards guarding outside the palace stored the new coins in front of the court, waiting for the summons.

The eunuchs picked a few pieces of each and presented them to His Majesty, while the rest were picked up and viewed by the hundred officials.

This Dahua new currency, the shape is still the Qin square hole round money, the weight of each text is called a coin, one side is engraved with "Kaiyuan Tongbao", the back has the star, the moon convergence small ornament, the workmanship is more exquisite, the civil and military officials in their hands, feel that the quality is moderate, the shape is also beautiful, all nodded one after another, with a smile.

The eldest grandson Wuji arched his hand and said: "This copper coin is the commonly used coin that will be issued, Kaiyuan Tongbao, which has the meaning of the beginning of a new era." Each copper coin is a penny, the weight is called a penny, every ten Wen weighs one tael, one hundred Wen is a hanging, one thousand Wen is always weighing six catties and four taels, at present, several copper mines are mined, manufactured by the imperial court, the people are not allowed to make money privately, the issuance will be in a certain proportion with the total amount of materials in the world, and will not be indiscriminately issued, resulting in the depreciation of coins. The old five-baht money stopped circulating, and the counties and towns set up exchange outlets, and the common people and squires could exchange for new currency through the designated places in each city and town at the discount rate of 70%, after all, the imperial court wanted to return to the furnace for smelting, which also required wear and tear, as well as labor costs. ”

Luo Zhaoyun thought for a long time when he heard this, nodded, this method is still good, and said: "It just so happens that after the founding of Dahua, there is no era name, and you can also use Kaiyuan as the era name, a new era, a new beginning, Vientiane is renewed, it's good!" ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" The ministers shouted the slogan and flattered them in time.

"What is the specific gravity of copper in this copper coin?" Luo Zhaoyun suddenly asked about this detail, although it is a copper coin, but it will definitely not be all cast with copper, because copper in this era, it is also a more valuable metal second only to silver and gold, many Buddhist temples and Taoist temples want to cast gold body bronze statues, all of which are inseparable from copper, and some exquisite utensils also need copper to manufacture, so if the copper money is all copper, it is likely to be melted back into the furnace by folk profiteers and squires, and then made into exquisite utensils to be resold, which is the loss of the imperial court.

The eldest grandson Wuji replied: "According to His Majesty's instructions in advance, this first batch of copper coins is made of half copper and half lead, and the second batch will add one percent of tin to reduce one percent of copper, so as to prevent folk craftsmen from refining the copper in the copper coins privately, so that the loss of copper coins will be reduced." ”

"As it should be!" Luo Zhaoyun nodded, feeling that there was still a lot of knowledge in issuing copper coins.

However, he thought that it would be inconvenient to carry too many copper coins when traveling, so he asked a new question: "Copper coins can be used as common currency, but after all, merchants walk from north to south, east and west, if they carry a large amount, it is likely that a cart of copper coins will not fit, and it is inconvenient to carry, so I plan to let silver also be used as an auxiliary coin, and the household department will send people to inspect the silver mines, mine silver stones, and make silver, which can be shaped like silver cakes, silver ingots, etc., in view of the limited production of silver, one or two silver can be exchanged for two thousand coins, that is, two pieces of money, This matter was led by the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry cooperated with mining, and the Ministry of War protected the transfer of troops for guardianship and safekeeping, and the three departments cooperated to complete the mining and manufacturing of silver. ”

Gao Shilian, eldest grandson Wuji, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Xin Gongyi, Chu Suiliang and others, did not expect His Majesty to know so much about money and food, and they couldn't help but secretly admire.

Luo Zhaoyun also wants to talk about land reform, rectify the gate valve wealthy, occupy too much land, and do not pay taxes, but also shelter the tribe, resulting in not much tax collection, this drawback, needs to be changed, but thinking of the beginning of the country, the foundation is not stable, and for the time being, it cannot completely offend the gate valve, otherwise let the gate valve nobles hold together, it is also not conducive to him, the new king, to govern, and the centralization of power needs to be strengthened step by step.

Luo Zhaoyun said: "There is one more thing, I need the Hanlin Academy to take the lead to do it, Wei Zheng is the supervisor, one is that the Sui Dynasty has perished, and the Hanlin Academy can start compiling the "History of the Sui" of the previous dynasty. ”

"In addition, I also intend to let the scholars and school scholars of the Hongwen Hall of the Hanlin Academy establish a set of "Huaku Quanshu" to collect all kinds of scriptures and histories of the past dynasties, repair and compile them together, assisted by the Ministry of Rites, provide paper, printing, etc., once the compilation is completed, print 10,000 sets, and send them to all parts of the world, so that readers can look at the subsets of scriptures and histories of the sages, learn more culture, and know and be able to read in the future, so as to serve the country."

After everyone heard this, they all gasped, secretly thinking that this was a big deal to make a big deal in culture, and so attached great importance to the compilation of the whole book, which is definitely a great news for the Hanlin Qingliu, which also shows that although Your Majesty has won the world on horseback, the focus of work has shifted rapidly to Wenzhi.

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