The more than a dozen emperors during the reign of Daqian also minted different coins during their respective reigns, but they generally followed the style of round square holes, but they were as different as those minted during their reigns.

The first is that the Emperor Taizu, the founding emperor of the Great Qian, imitated the copper coins cast round silver square hole silver coins, with the ratio of silver eight bronze two to cast, there is a martial character on both sides of the front and back, do not engrave its year name, this kind of money is called "Wu" money in the folk, this is also the first time that the Great Qian silver as legal tender, into the market.

Since then, silver has been used as one of the legal tenders of Daqian. But after all, Taizu's reign was too short, and there were not many minted, according to the relevant records of the royal family, only about 900,000 pieces were minted, which was still too little for the entire Daqian, and then the emperor who succeeded to the throne, although he also recognized this currency, but he no longer minted this currency, so it was basically impossible to find it on the market in the current Daqian.

And when Zheng Wen saw these materials, he was also a little sighing in his heart, Emperor Taizu is indeed a bull, whether he is intentional or unintentional, the silver coins minted in the ratio of silver eight bronze and two are put into the market, which is equivalent to 0.8 units of silver being artificially given the value of a unit of silver, which is the earliest financial means, and it is also as a ruler who is quietly stealing the wealth of the people, and the well-minted silver money is far more popular than ordinary silver.

It's just that it was abolished for unknown reasons, and when Zheng Wen saw this, he was also heartbroken.

And another kind of coinage, that is, when Zheng Wen's grandfather was in power, after the war with the Mongols, in order to commend the meritorious heroes and the vast number of soldiers, with the ratio of gold eight silver and one copper, the "Longcheng" gold coin cast with imitation round square hole copper coins, minted about 2.3 million pieces, although it also gave this gold coin the monetary function, but obviously it is more like the meritorious medal of later generations of soldiers, it is too late to be treasured, and how can it be circulated in the market.

And Zheng Wen also had the idea of minting his own exclusive coins in his heart, on the one hand, he thought it was cool, but the most important thing was to control the financial system.

In this way, then you can continue to plunder the wealth of the people through continuous money making, and realize the ideas in your heart, otherwise, how can you build a big job in your heart without money, and how can you expand abroad with foreign wars without money?

But this is a bit of a dirty idea, Zheng Wen doesn't intend to say it to the two important ministers in front of him, because this kind of idea is contrary to mainstream values in this era, and this kind of idea that can only be understood and cannot be said is better than to say it to these important ministers of the court.

So after listening to Yang Bo's words, Zheng Wen pondered for a while, and then said with a smile: "I am thinking about this matter, after all, this is a major matter related to the international people's livelihood, don't act hastily, I am thinking about it." ”

But when Yang Bo heard this, he was anxious, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, from the first year of Jianqi to the sixteenth year of Jianqi, more than 20 million copper coins have been minted and put into the market every year on the basis of the original, but it is still a drop in the bucket for the entire Daqian. Although the minister doesn't know what His Majesty is thinking, it is better for His Majesty to make a decision early on this kind of matter. ”

Zheng Wen was not annoyed when he heard this, smiled, and said: "As for the shortage of copper coins among the people of Daqian, I also know, but the annual copper production of Daqian is so large, and the number of new copper coins is limited, so how can I plug this hole that is getting bigger and bigger." ”

"So I thought about it, it's not a matter to keep issuing more copper coins after all, so I decided to follow the example of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Sejong and mint gold and silver into coins and put them on the market to make up for the shortage of copper coins caused by the shortage of copper coins, what do you think?" Zheng Wenshi asked with a smile.

And Yang Bo listened, pondered for a long time, and then said: "Your Majesty, this is also feasible, although gold and silver are used as currency, but there is very little circulation, but gold and silver as precious metals, the value is very high, if you want to circulate in the people at once, I am afraid it is very difficult, how to solve this problem?" ”

When Sun Hua heard this, he shook his head and interjected: "What's so difficult about this? As long as the gold and silver coins minted by the court were issued to officials as Fenglu, and as military salaries to soldiers; It was also stipulated that in the future, whether the court collected commercial taxes from merchants or agricultural taxes from ordinary people, they would all be settled in gold and silver coins, so that it would be difficult to find it out of circulation. ”

Sun Hua touched his gray beard, and then continued: "Moreover, in this way, the fire consumption can be canceled, and the authority of the court center will definitely be contested. ”

When Zheng Wen heard this, he glanced at him in surprise, but he didn't expect that Sun Hua, who was already in his prime, still had such insight, isn't this an evolved version of a whip in the Ming Dynasty, and the wisdom of these people in this era is really not to be underestimated.

So Zheng Wen nodded, agreed with Sun Hua's idea, and then said with a smile: "What Sun Qing said is exactly what I want, and in my thoughts, that is, according to the exchange ratio of copper and silver in the market, the exchange ratio of copper and gold, and the exchange ratio of gold, the exchange ratio between copper and silver coins and gold coins, and the exchange ratio between silver coins and gold coins, in this way, the copper money shortage in Daqian can be solved in one fell swoop, what do the two Qing family think?" ”

Yang Bo and Sun Hua listened and nodded, obviously still agreeing with Zheng Wen's idea.

But Yang Bo opened his mouth and asked again: "Your Majesty, will the minting of gold and silver coins also be handed over to the household department?" ”

When Zheng Wen heard this question, he was startled in his heart, but he still smiled without changing his face and said: "The task of the household department to mint copper coins is extremely heavy, and the recent situation of the household department is afraid that there is no such spare power, and gold and silver are valuable things I thought about it, don't I have a bank, so I will hand it over to this bank to mint, and the household department is responsible for supervising the making?" ”

At this time, Zheng Wen's heart jumped to his throat, and his eyes looked directly at Yang Bo, who was contemplative, for fear that he would say something against it, which would conflict with Zheng Wen's plan.

But obviously Zheng Wen was overthinking, Yang Bo at this time did not realize Zheng Wen's purpose, he pondered for a while before he spoke: "What Your Majesty said is true, and the minister has no opinion." ”

At this time, Yang Bo obviously didn't realize that he had personally handed over the coinage rights of the household department to Zheng Wen.

But the impact of this incident is far beyond imagination, and for this reason, the two major departments of the East Factory and the Ministry of Households have fought countless lawsuits later.

When Sun Hua on the side saw it, a smile flashed on his face, and it disappeared in a blink of an eye, but he didn't speak.

When Zheng Wen saw it, he immediately diverted the topic and said: "Since this is the case, then I will write to Liu Xiang and ask him for his opinion, and after he replies to the letter, I will convene the important ministers of the court to discuss collectively, and immediately start casting, after all, the money shortage of the people is time to be solved." Zheng Wen said conclusively.

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At this time, in the Yanwang Mansion, Yanwang Zhengjiao and the old eunuch Xianghua sat opposite each other.

Xiang Hua sat on the chair and breathed a long sigh of relief before he took the lead in asking, "Lord Wang, it's about to start, didn't you contact Lord Zhou?" Did he promise to make a move? ”

Zheng Jiao listened, picked up the tea on the table and blew it, took a sip, put it on the table again, and then said: "Lone, a good brother, is a master who doesn't see rabbits and doesn't scatter eagles, Lone has repeatedly raised his chips, but he is still not satisfied, what does he want to do?" Dealing with the Lord above is not a matter of one person. Zheng Jiao said a little angrily.

"Why don't you forget it? According to Gu's view, this good brother of Lone, I'm afraid I'm scared, or let's act alone, right? Zheng Jiao asked tentatively.

Xiang Hua listened, but shook his head, and then said with a serious face: "No, this matter only has one chance in Yanjing, and it must be guaranteed to be foolproof, otherwise the old slave would rather be buried in his heart forever." Moreover, we need to contact more people this time, and the bigger the movement, the better, so that it is convenient to divert His Majesty's attention, and our success will be greater. He said it categorically.

But Zheng Jiao said impatiently: "Forget it, anyway, Lone doesn't want to do it, you can go whatever you want to do, Lone is drunk and dreaming in this Tang Palace." Zheng Jiao looked decadent.

Xiang Hua saw it, his face did not change, but he knew in his heart that this Tang King Zheng Jiao was testing himself, he still wanted to know what was buried in his heart after all, but how could he let him know.

Since I still need him. Let's just give him some sweetness, after all, if you want the horse to run, you have to give the horse grass.

So, Xiang Hua said to Zheng Jiao: "Lord Wang, it is impossible for you to want to know about that incident, but after you help the old slave, the old slave will give you a great fortune afterwards, Lord Wang, aren't you short of money, with money, what can't you do?" Xiang Hua said with a smile.

Sure enough, Xiang Hua's words hit Zheng Jiao's death hole, and he was immediately interested, but he still asked with some uncertainty: "How much money can you have as an old eunuch?" At most, 1.8 million, too little. He pretended not to care, but staring directly at Xiang Hua's eyes exposed his heart.

Xiang Hua saw it, but he laughed out loud for a long time before he spoke: "The old slave is the most trusted eunuch of the first emperor, and there are too many royal secrets that the old slave knows, isn't it money?" What's so hard about that? Besides, the prince is also a child of the royal family, so it doesn't hurt to know. ”

After a pause, Xiang Huacai spoke: "Great Dry Secret Vault! He said word by word, with a very serious expression.

When Zheng Jiao heard this, his face was flushed and excited, and even a trace of madness flashed on his face.