In late November, after half a month of exploration, Qian Zhuang finally produced samples of three different textures of currency: copper, silver and gold. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the hall of the Imperial Palace, everyone was holding a coin in their hands and looking at it carefully, and Yin E was talking about something next to him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since Yongjia, due to the continuous disputes, the finances of various places have become increasingly embarrassing, causing the princes to set up bureaus and furnaces all over the country to increase the coinage."

"In order to make huge profits, the private coinage is not good or bad, and the price of money plummets, and the people are miserable for this."

"The purpose of bringing you together today is to discuss the issue of currency for the bank."

"What you are holding in your hands is the latest sample made by Qian Zhuang, please take a look at them one by one."

Everyone played with the copper, gold and silver coins in their hands, and from time to time let out a few exclamations and praised the new coins for their excellent production.

The color of the new coin is bright, and its front and back are cast with the words "one" and "sun and moon" respectively, representing a copper coin, a tael of silver or gold, respectively.

According to the rules, one silver dollar can be exchanged for the usual five baht coins in the future, and one gold coin can be exchanged for ten silver dollars.

Compared with the silver dollars and gold coins temporarily used for external transactions, Yang Han, Song Xuan, Zhang Zhan and others seem to be more concerned about the five-baht coin.

They gently weighed the weight of the five-baht coin with their hands, and found that the newly minted five-baht coin was indeed of good quality, so they nodded with satisfaction.

"Dare to ask the lord, since new coins will be issued, then the circulation of old coins must be prohibited, I don't know how to exchange new money and old money before?"

"Starting next year, the Western Regions and Shazhou will completely ban the circulation of other currencies, and only one bank will be allowed to issue five-baht coins."

"People from all over the world can go to the money banks in various places and exchange old money for new money."

"As for the exchange ratio...... For the time being, it will be set at 3 to 1, and adjustments will be made later if necessary. ”

Hearing this, everyone nodded their heads, thinking that the exchange ratio given by Qian Zhuang was quite appropriate.

In fact, don't look at the strength of the countries in the Western Regions, but the quality of the coinage is quite good.

In particular, the copper coins issued by Qiuzi in imitation of the Han five-baht coins are almost the same as the original, and they are much stronger than the copper coins minted by the Central Plains family.

"Tiye, Zhong Xuan, then the two of you are responsible for contacting the lords of the countries and inviting them to gather in Gaochang next month to discuss the unification of the currency."

"Subordinates obey."

"If you want to unify currency rights, you must reach a consensus with other countries."

"No matter what means you use in the future, we must ensure the smooth issuance of the new currency and strive to achieve currency unification as soon as possible."

"In the future, all merchants who come to the Western Regions to do business, if they want to buy goods, they must first go to the money bank to exchange the equivalent amount of new currency, and then they can buy it."

"Shuo hopes that everyone will pay attention to this currency issuance, and a unified currency has unimaginable benefits for Hexi."

Others may not know the benefits of monetary unification, but Wei Shuo is not clear?

He intends to turn next month's gathering into an ancient version of the Bretton Woods Conference, in order to build a Bretton Woods monetary system that belongs to Hexi.

Moreover, the unification of the currencies of Hexi and the Western Regions can only be regarded as a small test, and in the future, he will unify China, Asia, and the world currency.

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In mid-December, the heads of state once again gathered in Gaochang for a so-called financial conference.

"Hey, what is a 'financial conference'? Until now, the widow is still confused. ”

As soon as the king of Khotan sat down, he couldn't help but ask the king of Shule next to him.

Not to mention that the king of Khotan was confused, and the other heads of countries who came to attend the meeting also did not know what a financial conference was.

"Humph! Where do I know? It must be some kind of trick that Lord Tsugo-sama is doing, but it doesn't look like a good thing. ”

"The widow heard some gossip that most of the protectors saw that the currency of the Western Regions was extremely chaotic, so they intended to terminate the right of various countries to issue currency, and then the metropolitan protectorate would manage and issue it in a unified manner."

Just as the king of Khotan and the king of Shule were whispering, the king of the end of the next side turned his head and said something mysteriously.

But these words made the kings of Khotan and Shule feel a sudden shock.

As one of the great powers in the Western Regions, the two countries have their own monetary systems, and the money and profits alone are a lot of income every year.

Now listening to the will of the last king, Wei Shuo intends to unify the coinage rights.

This not only makes the two countries lose a sum of money, but also means the loss of a certain amount of sovereignty.

Originally, since the defeat of Gaochang, the countries have essentially become vassals of Gaochang.

Wei Shuo, as the protector of the Western Regions, has orders, and all countries obey them.

If the Imperial Protectorate is allowed to control the currency issuance again, I am afraid that the countries of the Western Regions will never want to get out of control again.

Thinking of this, the king of Khotan and the king of Shule glanced at each other with worried faces, and they both saw a little helplessness in each other's eyes.

Yes! This is the reality, in the face of the powerful Metropolitan Protectorate, the countries have no choice but to obey.

Just when the kings' minds were fluttering, Wei Shuo, accompanied by a group of staff, walked in with a spring breeze on his face.

At present, the economy and people's livelihood of various counties and counties in Shazhou are thriving, and he certainly has reason to be happy.

"First of all, Shuo, on behalf of the Protectorate, welcomes all the lords of the country to Gaochang as guests."

"I invite you here today because of a matter of great importance concerning your vital interests."

As soon as Wei Shuo's words fell, several lords of the kingdom who had received the message, such as the king of Khotan, the king of Shule, and the king of Qiuci, looked at each other.

That means: The wolf is coming! Wait until you get up and stop it!

It's a pity that the lords of the country only dare to complain in private, but they don't dare to really stand up and oppose it.

Wei Shuo stood on the stage, taking in the reactions of the lords below, he didn't expect the lords of the countries to agree happily, and besides, they couldn't help but agree to this matter.

"As we all know, due to the large number of countries in the Western Regions, there are dozens of large and small, although not all countries have currencies, but there are at least seven or eight currencies when you count them carefully."

"Due to the different quality, color and size of different currencies, it brings great inconvenience to the business and trade exchanges of various countries and the lives of the people."

"Jinshuo was ordered to protect the Western Regions, and could not bear the hardships of the people everywhere, so he discussed with the staff and decided to set up a money bank to oversee the issue of coinage."

"In the future, no country or locality shall mint or issue coins without permission, except for money banks, in the Western Regions, and heavy fines shall be imposed once discovered."

"What do you think, might as well come and hear it?"

Looking at Wei Shuo's fake smiling face on the stage, the lords of the country were almost so angry that they spurted out a mouthful of old blood.

Many people couldn't help but secretly discuss to themselves: "You have arranged all the measures, and you are so righteous and awe-inspiring, who dares to speak out against it?" Isn't this looking for death? ”

Looking at the silent lords in the audience, Wei Shuo waved his hand and said, "Okay, since everyone has no objections, let's take the trouble to sign the agreement." ”

Then several scribes came in with a stack of papers in their hands and placed a copy of the agreement in front of each of the lords.

The lords of the country looked at the agreement that still carried the fragrance of ink, and their hearts were entangled.

If you have the heart to refuse, you are afraid of retaliation from the Metropolitan Protectorate; Don't refuse, and don't be willing to give up the right to issue currency.

It seemed that he could see that the lords of the country were still hesitating, and at this time, a smile appeared on the corner of Wei Shuo's mouth, and he spoke again: "What? Is there any difficulty in your lords? Please just speak up, and everything will be up to you. ”

"There are no difficulties, there are no difficulties."

In the face of Wei Shuo's kindness, the lords of small countries represented by the end of the reign and the king of the essence picked up the brush and signed their names.

As a result, the lords of several powerful countries led by Shule, Khotan, and Qiuzi were in an embarrassing situation.

In the end, under the pressure of Wei Shuo, all the lords signed their names on the agreement.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Shuo would like to remind you one more sentence that you must abide by the agreement once you sign it."

"If someone in the middle deliberately delays and slackens, then don't protect the favors."

Listening to Wei Shuo's threatening words, all the lords of the country bowed to the ground one after another, saying that they would definitely abide by the agreement.