Yang Lin is gathering several craftsmen to discuss how to mint silver coins, and in ancient China, loose silver and silver ingots were used more often, and in the process of use, the fineness of the silver must be judged first, and the weight of the silver must be determined, which is very troublesome.

In the Qing Dynasty, the problem of silver and silver seriously affected economic development, so there was the so-called fire consumption to the public, that is, the people handed over the silver two in the official seal when the fire consumption was obtained by the official yamen, the people originally paid 1 tael of silver, plus the fire consumption, so pay more.

But on the other hand, the copper coin was cast, in the Qin Dynasty, the garden-shaped square hole copper coin was used, and the text was cast "half tael", weighing 12 baht (one tael is 24 baht), which was called the "half tael" copper coin that was as heavy as the text. Since then, this kind of "half tael" evolved from round hole ring money has been circulating in China for more than 2,000 years.

During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, the Kaiyuan Tongbao of the four bases of the weight of two baht began to be cast, ten pieces weighed one tael, and since then, the copper coin is no longer as heavy as its text, and the name is cast by weight, and it is renamed "Tongbao" circulation.

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng also minted silver coins, but because his regime was too short-lived, he did not vigorously promote it, so it could not be done.

Visit the Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall on Gulangyu Island in Xiamen, and also see the minting of silver dollars.

Looking at the seven or eight casting masters in front of him, Yang Lin pointed to a pile of loose silver in front of him, pointed to the copper coins next to him and said: "Masters, you may also know that this silver pair is very troublesome to use.

Now in some places, all the fields and Ding Fu need to pay silver taels, but the quality of the silver taels is completely inconsistent in various places, and some yamen officials even levy losses, which makes the burden of the people even greater.

In order to avoid this phenomenon, I hope to mint 1 tael, 5 money, 2 money, 1 money, 5 cents of these five specifications of silver dollars, named Daming ingots, the pattern requirements auspicious and exquisite, the process must be kept improving, so as to ensure that everyone can not put it down, conducive to promotion.

In the future, if the people find that the silver dollar is short of a small amount of catties, they can go to the silver village opened by the government to exchange, so that everyone will not be deceived again in the process of circulation. ”

A fifty-year-old man asked: "My lord, in the past, the government would mix some other materials with the silver ingots and gold ingots, so as to ensure that the fineness of the silver taels is better.

Yang Lin said with a smile: "Master Gou, I think the real use of silver taels, that is, the value of 1 tael of silver coins needs to reach 1 tael of silver, only in this way can we avoid large-scale imitation by the people."

As you know, due to the shortage of copper, there are many counterfeits in various places, and I don't want to make any money by minting coins other than paying everyone's wages.

Master Gou nodded again and again and said, "My lord, if this is the case, then the amount of silver consumed will be much more."

To make 1 silver coin of 1 yuan, you only need to use 9 coins and 5 fine silver, plus some materials such as copper and nickel, and the cost of craftsmen, so that you can mint 1 silver coin of 1 yuan.

My lord, if you follow this method, even if you count other expenses, you won't make much profit at all.

Yang Lin looked at Fan Wenguang next to him and said with a smile: "Master Gou, I don't want to make any big money in this area."

Although we don't have money now, don't be like Liu Bei and Liu Ba, who actually used a small five-baht coin instead of a big five-baht coin, I can't do such a shameless thing.

When we mint 1 yuan of silver coins, the value of which should reach 1 tael of silver, don't deceive the villagers, so that we show our credibility, but also easy to circulate.

Fan Wenguang shook his head, looked at Yang Lin and said: "Lord Governor, as the saying goes, the hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, we work hard to mint silver coins without profiting silver coins, who in the world will do this?" ”

Yang Lin laughed and said: "Brother Fan, if others don't do this, I, Yang Lin, will do this, as long as it can benefit the country and the people, even if I sacrifice my immediate interests, what's the big deal?"

Everyone, let's think about the hardships of the people, we use copper coins every day, and some use iron coins, and the money (thousands of pieces) is more than 5 catties, so that every time we go out, we have to engage in a blanket, carrying copper coins, carrying iron coins to do business, and the people have suffered copper coins and iron coins for a long time.

Many small households earn a little bit of silver, but the color of silver is different, resulting in a deficit of silver and silver.

In the process of use, merchants and officials cheated, resulting in a deficit in the weight of silver.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are going to promote silver coins, just like we use copper coins and iron coins to avoid shortages in fineness and weight, and this is a plan for the benefit of the people for a hundred years and a thousand years. ”

Most of the craftsmen present are small households, and in the past, there was a deficit in the weight of silver and silver, but silver coins are different, each one is minted by the government, not only the same color and weight, but also can completely reduce the trouble in the use process.

Despite this, Master Gou still shook his head and said: "My lord, this silver coin is good, you look at this yuan silver coin, 5 silver coins are mostly solid circles, and when you get it in your hand, it is this 2 silver coins, and 1 silver coin is also a hollow circle, which can not only be perforated and strung up like copper coins, but also look one size smaller than a small bead coin, which makes people really like it when you see it."

But as you know, our ordinary people use copper coins every day, and sometimes they use iron coins, although this silver coin is good, the villagers often have to exchange copper coins for silver taels and then use them. ”

When Yang Lin heard this, he said triumphantly: "Master Gou, the brothers are right.

In addition to the introduction of silver coins, I am going to introduce treasure banknotes of equivalent value to silver coins this time, and you can exchange them for corresponding silver coins at any time at various banks.

At the same time as the launch of silver coins, I am going to launch 1 yuan, 5 coins, 2 coins, 1 coins, 5 cents, 2 cents, 1 cents, 5 cents, 2 cents, 1 cents, and use them with silver coins.

In daily life, although gold, silver, and copper coins are all circulating in the market, the exchange in the money bank fluctuates very much, so reduce the fluctuation to reduce the loss of the people. ”

Everyone was quite surprised, some were quite relieved and some were quite skeptical, and the craftsman said anxiously for a long time: "My lord, this treasure money has also been in the past."

In the Yuan Dynasty, treasure banknotes were printed during the Hongwu period, although the face value was a little different, but in the end the common people were reluctant to use them.

Just like copper coins, adults mint this silver coin for the benefit of the country and the people, and it can be circulated in the market (in the past, the government often minted 50 taels of silver ingots), and the circulation on the market is mainly loose silver, but this treasure banknote, it is better not to implement it!"

Yang Lin looked quite surprised, looked at Master Gou, who was standing below nervously and rubbing his hands repeatedly, and said, "Master Gou, you can help me tell me about the amount of this treasure banknote."

Seeing this, Fan Wenguang next to him smiled and explained the story of two hundred and five, it turned out that when Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, was in power, he had strongly promoted the "Ming Dynasty Treasure Banknote", but who expected that everyone was unwilling to use it.

Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang forcibly ordered that whoever reported who refused to use the Daming treasure banknote could be rewarded with 250 taels of silver once it was verified to be true.

"The common people hate the whistleblowers very much, and often call these whistleblowers 'two hundred and five' behind their backs to show their contempt.

Yang Lin listened to Fan Wenguang's speech with a cloudy face, the whole atmosphere fell into an embarrassment, everyone was nervous, Master Gou and others wiped off the sweat beads on their faces and prepared to leave, seeing the atmosphere in front of them, Yang Lin laughed and said: "Everyone, some people say that I Yang Lin is arbitrary, but there are people here and I who have been convicted for their words?"

All kinds of policies should have been discussed before they were introduced, otherwise they would have been like this 205, like many other policies, this is not self-deprecating, let's talk about it, isn't it? ＂

Seeing Yang Lin like this, Fang Chang breathed a sigh of relief, and Fan Wenguang sighed lightly: "My lord, I think there is no problem with this silver coin, just like all kinds of copper coins popular on the market, it is too chaotic to use, and it is okay to have this silver coin."

Yang Lin smiled and said: "Brother Fan, masters, Taizu issued the Daming Treasure Banknote, let's talk about it, what is going on with this Daming Treasure Banknote?" ＂

Master Gou was driven to the shelves, forced to helplessly, racking his brains to recall the old man said about the Ming treasure banknote, as if the treasure banknote denomination was very large at that time, at least 1 tael, at most 30 taels of silver.

After seeing that everyone recalled about the same, Yang Lin breathed a sigh of relief and said to everyone with a smile: Everyone, after listening to you, I also feel relieved.

Our treasure money is completely different from the treasure money promoted by Taizu.

The minimum denomination of this treasure banknote is also 1 silver dollar, mainly to reduce the exchange of business travel, and our treasure banknote is convenient for the people.

Ordinary people need to bring broken silver every time they go out, and it is very inconvenient to bring copper plates.

And we are different, the highest denomination of the treasure banknote is 1 silver dollar, in addition to 5 money, 2 money, 1 money, 5 cents, 2 cents, 1 cent, 5 cents, 2 cents, 1 cent treasure banknote, everyone think about it, when will the 1 cm treasure banknote be used back? ”

Everyone was shocked, and Fan Wenguang said worriedly: "My lord, this, isn't this too petty, in the past, the lowest denomination of treasure banknotes was also 1 tael of silver, and now the lowest denomination is 1 centimeter of silver, is this too little?" ”

Yang Lin laughed and said, "Brother Fan, this is different.

If you think about it, one tael of silver is enough to be equivalent to the monthly income of an ordinary strong laborer, and a month's income is equivalent to such a piece of broken paper.

We are different, I am aiming for daily use, I am using it to replace copper coins.

If you think about it, the villagers' daily transactions are copper coins, but they are converted into silver in order to store them, and they are converted into silver in order to pay the yamen tax, so the villagers suffer too much.

One cent of silver is only 1 copper coin, and everyone will not look so nervous when they get it in their hands.

You can convert the treasure money into real silver coins at any time, and then the government can pay the treasure money and pay the silver dollar, so it will not take a few decades for the copper money to gradually disappear after the reputation of our treasure money is established. ”

Fan Wenguang shook his head again and again, but he didn't believe that this 1 cent, 2 cent, and 5 cent treasure money could replace the copper coin. ”

At this time, Governor Zhang Hong came back from Yanting County and claimed that Zhang Xianzhong agreed to stop harassing the frontier, and also agreed to exchange 3 loads of grain for each strong man and 2 loads of grain for each woman.

Yang Lin secretly rejoiced in his heart, now that the Manchu invasion was imminent, his plan to exchange food for people was just to give each side a step down, just so that the two sides could temporarily stop the dispute and face the Manchu Tartar invasion together.

Yang Lin immediately ordered the supervising army Qian Bangxin, the general Chen Huaixi, and the guerrilla Jing Keqin to transport 10,000 loads of grain to the Xichong front line to replace Zhang Xianzhong, changing more than 1,000 people every day, and distributing travel expenses to those who were willing to go home, and everyone could return to their hometowns in groups.

For the homeless, military cantonment was carried out, and the government provided farm tools and grain to open up land and land in various prefectures and counties.