More than half a month passed, and at the end of April, Dugu Wenshu came to the royal court office again with a new set of pattern coins to ask to see Zhao Ziliang. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Ziliang looked at the new pattern coin handed over by Dugu and asked, "This is a new pattern coin?" ”

"Yes, please take a look at the king!"

Zhao Ziliang took it and looked at it, and there were three kinds of pattern coins: three kinds of gold, with a face value of one tael of gold coins, five taels of gold bars and ten taels of gold bricks; A kind of silver coin: the face value is one tael, five taels and ten taels of silver ingots; There are three types of copper coins: the face value is one or two, five and ten coins, and the five types that are really called coins are one tael of gold coins, one tael of silver coins, one or two copper coins, five copper coins and ten copper coins.

What made Zhao Ziliang feel funny was that the designer of the mint also designed a character pattern on the coin, and he asked with a smile: "How did you come up with the idea of designing a character pattern on the coin?" ”

Dugu asked the vulgar a little embarrassed and said: "It is a reference to the coin style of the Eastern Roman Empire!" ”

"Who are the figures on these coins?"

"The image of the person on the gold coin is the son of today, and the image on the silver coin is the king!"

Zhao Ziliang looked at it carefully several times, and finally said: "Okay, the style of this design is good, and the workmanship is also fine, and ordinary people are afraid that it will be very difficult to imitate, so the style is set!" ”

Dugu asked, "Yes!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and asked, "How did you and Liu Wei divide labor in government affairs?" ”

"The household division and the ritual division are in charge of the lower officials, and the other divisions are in charge of Liu Xiang, as a deputy, the lower officials need to report the affairs of the household division and the ritual division to Liu Xiangyu at any time!"

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said, "That's good!" Liu Wei and this king are sons and daughters, when considering the issue of the prime minister, in order to avoid suspicion, this king originally did not want him to be the prime minister, but considering that this king has not been there for so many years, most of the government affairs in Western Qin are taken care of by him, even if there is no merit, there is hard work, this king can not hurt the hearts of his subordinates too much, although he is the son and daughter of this king, but if he has no talent, this king will not let him sit in this position! He has the talent to do it, but he has been in charge of the government affairs of Western Qin for many years, and this king is worried that he will sit in this position for a long time and will be prone to problems in his mentality! You came to Xiqin with this king this time, there is no foundation here, you usually have to remind him more, and you should also help the village more in government affairs, and he should be able to listen to your words."

"Xia Guan understands!" Dugu asks the vulgar to be a human spirit, where do you not understand the meaning of checks and balances in Zhao Ziliang's words? Checks and balances are not only to prevent dictatorship, but also to prevent the people who govern from going astray in their mentality. Zhao Ziliang set up principal posts and deputy posts in the central yamen, in order to prevent dictatorship and form checks and balances of power.

At the small court meeting on the first day of the fifth month, Zhao Ziliang announced that he would mint new coins to replace the messy currency on the market, and won the support and recognition of all military and political officials.

At the 15 May court meeting, led by Dugu Wenqing, he put forward a proposal to mint a new currency and rectify the chaotic currency market, and officials of all sizes in the military and political circles had a heated discussion on it.

Some people think that the minting of new currency is suspected of violating the system, after all, the Western Qin is still under the Tang Dynasty, even if you want to mint new coins, you must declare to the Chang'an court, and then mint it after obtaining the consent of the court, so you can mint it yourself, and there are not a few people who do not put the Chang'an court in their eyes, and there are not a few people who have such ideas and opinions.

However, this voice was quickly suppressed, after all, Western Qin has been self-contained in government and military affairs, although the imperial court has sent a lot of officials over the years, but they can't go on, and some die on the way, so these officials are appointed by Zhao Ziliang, and the first emperor also has a will, Zhao Ziliang has the right to appoint officials by himself, in this case, what is the point of making coins? And the coins made also have the emperor's head on them, isn't this a sign of respect for the imperial court?

However, there are also those who believe that even if a new currency is to be minted, the coins of the Central Plains should be minted, and the style, design, and face value of the coins should not be changed without authorization.

Officials were bickering over these opinions, but most of them were in favor of the creation of a new currency and an entire money market. Therefore, in the end, Zhao Ziliang ordered the implementation of this decree, ordering the household department to issue new coins after two months, completely cancel the messy coins on insomnia, and two months after the issuance of new coins, prohibit other coins from circulating in the land of Western Qin, and the common people and foreign merchants, missions, etc. can bring other currencies to Yinzhuang and Qian Zhuang to exchange for new coins in Western Qin for reuse! ”

Dugu Wenshu stood up again and held up the fold and said, "King, the lower officials still have a piece of Chen to play!" ”

Zhao Ziliang raised his hand and said, "Allowed!" ”

"King, at present, there are dozens of large and small money villages in all parts of Xiqin, some of which are large and some are small, and the large-scale money villages are all over the counties of Xiqin, and there are only one or two semicolons for the small ones, which are too complicated! According to the knowledge of the lower officials, in the past two years, several money banks have closed down due to poor management, and the money deposited by the officials and the people has been lost, and the government has also neglected supervision in this regard. ”

Zhao Ziliang asked: "How to supervise and rectify?" ”

Dugu asked: "In the name of the royal court, the establishment of the royal court silver village, placed under the government affairs yuan, the minting and issuance of new coins are responsible for the royal court silver village, the West Qin silver village is also responsible for the rectification and supervision of the private bank, supervise their issuance of new coins!" This is one of them; Second, the private money banks in various parts of the West Qin Dynasty were put in order, and each money bank must pay a certain amount of security deposit and depositors' account books to the West Qin Silver Village before it can be allowed to open for business, so as to ensure that the savings of the officials and the people will not be lost, and the money banks with bad reputation will be examined, and as long as there are complaints and complaints from the officials and people of the people, the West Qin Silver Bank can examine the defendant's money bank, and if the problem is found to be true, the money bank will be fined at the least, and the owner will be criminally questioned; Third, the integration of dozens of money banks today. The scale is too small, and can not support the money bank, all banned and closed, for the semicolon less than ten, but can continue to operate the bank, these money banks into other semicolons, large scale of the bank, the number of assets as the amount of shares, the official means that after rectification, the West Qin money village counted West Qin Wangting Silver Village a total of only seven, that is to say, dozens of private money banks can only leave six in the end! ”

"The king, the lower officials are against it!" After Dugu finished speaking, someone immediately jumped out to object.

No matter at any time, the economy is inseparable from politics, although Zhao Ziliang's gang of people in Central Asia has only been based in less than ten years, but these people are already here at the top of the figures, many merchants from the Central Plains and the West, local Sogdians, Tocharians, and even families relocated from the Central Plains are attached to this group of officials and generals under him, as the so-called good shade under the big tree, with the care of these people, no matter what it is much more convenient, even more so, business, And the money bank industry is an industry where money comes quickly and the amount is huge, so naturally there will be people who will not let it go, and these officials will naturally speak for them if they take the benefits of the money bank bosses!

The person who stood up against it said: "If you start with the Qian Zhuang industry, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the market, it is not easy for me Xiqin to have the good situation now, if I make such a big move now, who will dare to do business in the future?" ”

Dugu asked: "The integration of the money bank industry is not to rob them of their money, but to make them more standardized, convenient for the government to control, and to prevent people with ulterior motives from using the money bank to defraud the people's savings of the government and the people!" ”

"Why isn't it a money grab? After they have paid the deposit, will you pay them back? ”

Dugu asked the vulgar and said patiently: "Paying the deposit is just to prevent the use of the guise of the money village to defraud the people of money, Xiqin Yinzhuang will not swallow the money, and will always stay in the vault!" If a certain bank does not plan to open and is not riddled with debts, of course the deposit can be returned, but if there are debts or depositors have not returned their money, it is impossible to operate, and the deposit will be used to repay debts and repay people's deposits! Increasing or decreasing the amount of margin can also control the amount of money bank's loans, which is convenient for the royal court to regulate and control the silver money market in various parts of Western Qin! ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at the officials and said: "There are only benefits to this matter, there is no harm!" The only bad point is that the owners of the small money banks that are going to be merged may no longer have the right to manage the money banks, but their assets will not be reduced, and after the merger, they can hold a certain amount of shares in the big money banks, although they cannot directly participate in the money management, but they can still make suggestions! This matter, this king looks very good, so it's decided! The establishment of the Western Qin Wangting Yinzhuang is directly responsible for the second minister of the Government Council, Dugu Wenqing, and the candidates for the chief and adjutant will be reported as soon as possible! ”

"Yes, King!"

The establishment of Xiqin Yinzhuang is not a trivial matter, officials can be drawn from the yamen at will, but the talents responsible for operation and management can not find a few, Dugu Qianfu can only go to the major money village to dig people, after all, Xiqin Qianzhuang is a government-run silver village, or the management of the private money bank, can serve in it for some of the shopkeepers and guys of the major money village still has a considerable attraction, less than a month, Dugu Wenshu will find all the manpower, and soon put the shelf up, start to work normally.

In July, the new coin was officially issued, and the common people liked it as soon as they saw it, and it was sought after, on the one hand, because of its exquisiteness, and on the other hand, because of the full composition, in addition to the copper coin doped with a certain proportion of lead to prevent wear and tear, silver and gold coins are full of composition, and the content is extremely high.