Speaking of this banknote, Zhu Cijiong fell into memories again, he kept thinking of the appearance of various banknotes in his previous life, and he couldn't help muttering: "The new silver ticket should be printed with patterns on both sides, the pattern should not only be exquisite, but also have the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty, and the patterns on the back can be different according to the denomination, using different patterns, such as the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, the Yangtze River sedan chair of the Ming Dynasty, the Yellow River Bridge, the train of the Ming Dynasty, the treasure ship of the Ming Dynasty, the super battleship of the Ming Dynasty, etc., and the back should be marked with the words of various countries, let most people in most countries know that this is a banknote issued by the Ming Dynasty. “

Luo Yangxing remembered it, and couldn't help but ask again: "Your Majesty, where did this pattern come from, except for the Great Wall, Weichen has never seen anyone draw it!" “

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he rolled his eyes, such a simple thing has to be taught, and he said angrily: "Isn't this simple?" In the name of the Ming Royal Rixing Bank in the "Beijing News" issued a notice, in the whole territory of the Ming Dynasty to solicit paintings, everyone can choose one or several themes to paint, and then send to the capital, all paintings of a certain level will be given a reward of 100 taels, all selected to be printed on the banknote, will be given a reward of 10,000 taels, so that as long as it costs more than 100,000 taels, the new banknotes to be issued will be known throughout the territory of the Ming Dynasty, understand? “

This kind of advertising thing seems to be a little bit of the people here, they can't help but start to praise the emperor's wisdom when they hear it, only Xu Erjue bowed his hand and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, please forgive Weichen for his courage, if it is in the name of the Daming Royal Rixing Bank, maybe most readers will not buy it, it is better for Weichen to discuss with his grandfather, in the name of the Ministry of Rites, to host a national painting and calligraphy competition, all the award-winning works are funded by the Daming Royal Rixing Bank, the first prize in addition to 10,000 taels of silver, It will also be printed on the newly issued silver ticket as a permanent souvenir, so that it will surely become a cultural event that will go down in history, and this publicity effect will be even better. “

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praised: "Erjue's proposal is very good, so do it." “

Seeing that the emperor was so happy, everyone couldn't help but praise Xu Erjue again, the Ming Dynasty has been followed for nearly three hundred years, and other good habits have not been carried forward, this flattery, sycophancy is becoming more and more popular, but reach out and don't hit the smiling person, what people say is good things, you can't catch people and scold it, Zhu Cijiong had to helplessly raise his hand and say: "Okay, continue to talk about paper money." “

Who dares not to listen to the emperor's holy edict, everyone heard this, and immediately shut up, Zhu Cijiong cleared his throat and continued: "The back is almost like this, and then the front, this front must have a capital Chinese character denomination, it is best to bring Arabic numerals, these are on the left, as for the right, you must print a pattern that best represents the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty, you think, what pattern to use." “

The pattern that best represents the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty, this question really stumped everyone, what can best represent the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty, everyone frowned and thought hard, of course Zhu Cijiong knew what was printed on the right side of the front of the banknotes in later generations, but he didn't want to do it.

Unexpectedly, he didn't want to, someone seemed to have thought of it, and Zhu Youzhen, who had been sitting for a long time, suddenly pointed at Zhu Cijiong and said, "Weichen thought of it." “

People who dare to point at Zhu Cijiong like this in the world are afraid that Zhu Youjian and the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces will be Zhu Youjiong, Zhu Cijiong is depressed, he is not depressed because he is being pointed at, but because he is about to be printed with banknotes.

But he never thought that Zhu Youzhen was not referring to him at all, but his clothes, to be precise, the five-clawed golden dragon on his dragon robe. Zhu Youzhen pointed to the five-clawed golden dragon on his dragon robe and said excitedly: "This five-clawed golden dragon is the pattern that can best represent the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty, and after printing this, we can also give the banknote a very loud name, that is: Dragon Coins!" “

The ups and downs of life are nothing more than this, Zhu Cijiong, who was depressed a moment ago, almost didn't jump up when he heard the excitement, he couldn't help but slap his face and praise: "Uncle Wu is right, the front is printed with a five-clawed golden dragon pattern, dragon coin, okay, this name is loud enough." “

The idea of the dragon coin is really good, and it has added a lot of credibility to the new silver ticket, which is a five-clawed golden dragon, representing the five-clawed golden dragon of the Ming Empire, with the prestige of the Ming Empire, the difficulty of issuing this banknote has been reduced a lot.

Seeing that everyone was touting his fifth uncle again, Zhu Cijiong hurriedly raised his hand and interrupted: "Okay, finally let's talk about the denomination of this new silver ticket, I think that in order for the new silver ticket to be accepted by everyone, the denomination of this silver ticket should not be too big, you think, taking a piece of paper can be exchanged for a cart of silver or a box of gold, which always gives people a feeling of unreliability, so I feel that the maximum denomination of the new silver ticket cannot exceed one hundred taels, and in order to be easy to use, small denomination silver tickets must also be available, such as one tael, five coins, One penny, these must be there. “

When everyone heard this, they thought about it, and nodded their heads in agreement, if they want to circulate in the market, this denomination is indeed not too big, not to mention anything else, if someone suddenly takes out a silver ticket of 5,000 taels or even 10,000 taels to buy something in a small business, where to find a small business in general, the entire business is estimated to be less than 10,000 taels, and a piece of paper is worth a business, which is indeed unreliable and extremely unfavorable to promotion.

The matter of the new silver ticket is almost discussed here, Zhu Cijiong then encouraged: "Everyone should have confidence in the issuance of banknotes, although gold, silver and copper and other metal currencies have been deeply rooted in people's hearts, but metal currency has many shortcomings, for example, it is inconvenient to carry, if you are a poor person, you will have a few copper plates on your body, if you are a super rich person, how much money can you carry?" A hundred taels of gold on your back can exhaust a person to death. It is even more inconvenient to do business, not to mention small business for the time being, if it is a big business of hundreds of thousands of taels or even millions of taels, then the silver is pulled by hundreds or thousands of cars, and hundreds or thousands of cars of silver are pulled outside, isn't the businessman afraid? Therefore, I believe that this paper money to replace metal currency is an inevitable trend, the reason why it has not been replaced, mainly because there is no credibility foundation, now this foundation has been slowly possessed, the dragon currency of the Ming Dynasty, will replace gold and silver, become the circulation currency of all countries in the world. “

When everyone heard this, they showed excited looks, yes, with the development of commerce, there are more and more places to use money, and the number is getting bigger and bigger, why can Daming Royal Rixing Bank issue nearly 400 million taels of silver tickets, it is because it is too inconvenient to carry gold and silver, on 100,000 taels, few people dare to pull out, but now the business of 100,000 taels is too common, and it can be seen almost everywhere in Daming, so many merchants have chosen silver tickets, so it seems that this paper money instead of metal currency is really the same as what the emperor said, It is an inevitable trend.

Daming dragon coin was born, although no country dares to use Daming dragon coin, but, with the development of the economy, with the expansion of Daming, Daming dragon coin has become the world's currency is also an inevitable trend!