[Third Update.] Today's first update, please see it in the morning. 】

On the table in front of Zhangdun, there were more than a dozen coins.

The styles are different, but all of them are new money, and there is no old money, all of them are new and shiny.

When the brass coin of ten texts is golden, yellow and shining, and it is heavy and weighty when held in the hand. According to what I heard from Han Gang, the ratio of copper and zinc has been tested and accurately calculated many times to have such a pure color. In order to commemorate this hard work, the name of the lead was changed to zinc, a metal element alongside gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, lead, and mercury.

The iron coin is mixed with tin in the iron material, which is more brittle than pig iron. And there is no way to remove it, unlike pig iron, which can be deeply refined, and forged into steel after the worst. Tin iron money, except as a coin, has no use value, after re-casting, can not be made into iron, let alone weapons. It can prevent the iron from flowing into Siyi and allow them to increase their strength. Otherwise, this low-cost source of iron will inevitably bring huge benefits to the barbarians on the border.

As for the bronze coins that fold five texts, they are not so special, after all, they have always been issued in the past, unlike brass coins that were almost impossible to see in the past. However, in terms of quality, it is indeed beyond the level of previous years.

Zhang Dian compared these coins that had just been exchanged for a few coins with the few sample coins that Han Gang had given him to play with before. It doesn't make a difference unless you look at it with a magnifying glass.

In particular, the security mark on the outline of the new money indicating the face value is small but clearly legible. It is the lowest value of iron money, and there are anti-counterfeiting sketch codes and text marks on the front and back. This is different from old money, and it is also a mark that is difficult for criminals who mint counterfeit money to imitate. On the market, when the ratio of ten coins and five coins is not too large, most of them should still be a penny of iron money, and there is no shortage of anti-counterfeiting iron money, which highlights Han Gang's intentions more than copper coins with a higher face value.

After today's court meeting, Zhang Dun, as a member of the Zaizhi class, received 100 gold and silver coins, all of which were cast in molds. It was not a coin, but a coin for the courtiers to enjoy and reward for the subordinates, and it was known for its beauty. For many years, it was made as gold and silver jewelry, and it did not go through the salt and iron division in the past, and now it does not go through the mint.

However, comparing the gold and silver coins with the copper and iron coins of the Mint, the gap between the palace and the official is not as large as expected, or in other words, in terms of the quality of casting, the craftsmanship level of the Mint has caught up, and the products made in the palace are much closer.

Compared with the old coins, the craftsmanship of the mints who were recruited into the mint bureau can be said to have been forced to a whole level by Han Gang.

It's no wonder that new money is recognized by so many people. Not to mention the others, Zhang Dian himself was already very satisfied. is worthy of Han Gang, and the errands he accepts can always surprise people. And this is just the beginning, and after that, there will be hundreds of copper coins and silver coins. Even Hangang was ready to mint gold bars directly as a reserve for the treasury.

Regardless of the gold bars, the copper and silver coins of large denominations, according to Han Gang, will be forged rather than cast. In the Mint, skilled craftsmen are being called in to design such a machine.

In addition to this, more important is the raw materials. There is not much silver produced in China, but there is a lot of Dali. Zhang Dian and Han Gang were secretly preparing military plans against Dali during this time.

Today's court meeting, Dali no envoy in the capital to congratulate the Son of Heaven and the Empress Taishang, if more than a month later, Zhengdan does not send an envoy to ask - in the past few years, this is almost inevitable - the court will send an envoy to ask.

When the edict reprimanded by the imperial court is delivered to Dali, when the time comes, it depends on whether the Gao family can still hold on to the control of the Dali court? If they don't give in, the imperial court can logically support the suppressed Yang family. If you give in, in the future, the tribute envoys will come and go, and the geography and people along the way can be recorded, and it will be smoother to capture Dali in the future.

Such a country with extremely deep internal contradictions can easily provoke contradictions in it. People don't agree, even if they have a good location, they can't stay for long. In time, it will be the land of China, and the mineral deposits in it will also be China's things.

With the help of the Mint, Han Gang influenced and gradually controlled part of the financial power of the imperial court, even if he did not enter the Eastern Mansion, he directly intervened in the government affairs. And don't worry about his influence getting lower and lower over time.

Han Gang's choice of path, Zhang Dian has no opinion, it is his own choice, even if he knows the friend, it is inconvenient to intervene.

Han Gang needed more gold and silver to improve the country's finances, so why didn't Zhang Gang need military exploits?

It's all about entering the East Mansion and preparing for the phase.

Zhang Duan sighed.

He is not jealous of Cai Qu's speed, everyone has their own fate, and he can't be envious. But he will not have the idea of being the prime minister, there is still a difference between the privy council and the minister. Zhang Dian was also unwilling to always be subordinate to Cai Qu.

Pick up a few coins again.

In reply from the subordinates of the family, Zhang Dian Zhilu said that the acceptance of new money among the people was very high, and as early as when Han Gang took over the task of the Mint, most of the customers who came to exchange coins in the gold and silver exchange shops in the capital were named to ask for new money, not old money.

At that time, there was no new money to exchange, and many customers were unwilling to exchange old money, so in the past two months, the business of the gold and silver shop plummeted, and the old money could not be exchanged, and the gold and silver could not be recovered. Even the commercial trade in the capital has fallen by nearly one percent compared with the same period in previous years - this is a report from Kaifeng City Yiwu submitted to the Political Affairs Hall and the Third Division, there is no moisture, it is all the loss of real money.

It wasn't until yesterday that the new money was finally transported into the Jiaoyin shop and officially began to be exchanged, and the market suddenly became popular.

The Mint has a good start, as long as it can be maintained, the imperial court will have a stable financial income. Queen Taishang was happy in her heart, Han Jiang and Cai Cheng were also smiling happily recently, they finally had money in their hands, how could they not be happy?

What we have to worry about now is the quality in the future. Han Gang can't be in charge of the mint all the time, who knows when Lu Dao will become shoddy?

And as production increases, whether the quality can be guaranteed without declining is also a problem.

At the same time, a penny of iron coins will be generally minted in the world's major money prisons, and the casting location of bronze five coins will not be limited to Beijing. How to maintain the consistent quality of coins minted in other places is a difficult problem that Han Gang needs to solve now.

With these problems entangled, it is unlikely that Han Gang's mood will become too good now.

Throwing the new money into the pen holder, Zhang Dian couldn't help but worry about Su Shi - it was indeed not Han Gang, but Su Shi.

Han Gang never needs to worry about people, what he needs to worry about is the side that can't get along with him.

No matter how high or low, there are no exceptions.

But Su Shi is different, his personality has always dragged down his future.

Outside, it is rumored that Su Shi is preparing to write a book, and on the grounds of He Zhu's good words and fine poems, he is upset and asks the court to give the man of literature a grace.

And this is not entirely a rumor, as far as Zhang Dian knows, the group of friends around Su Shi are indeed ready to ask the imperial court to transfer He Zhu from the current martial arts class to a civil servant.

Although it is not to ask the court to give him an official position, the civil dignity and military inferiority, and the transformation from a military attache to a civil official of the same grade is a standard promotion, even if it is a downgrade, it is not a derogation.

No matter what Su Shi thinks, whether it is in the officialdom or in the market, in anyone's opinion, Su Shi's actions are aimed at Han Gang himself.

Han Gang would never laugh at it.

That He Zhu originally only relied on Yin Bu to become an official, and he was also an ancestor four or five generations ago, and if he was an official eunuch with some ability and talent, he would choose to take the Jinshi examination. With an official body, it is much easier to take the tribute exam, and with this advantage, it is reasonable to go to the Jinshi examination. Just like the current Prime Minister Han Jiang, he was admitted to the Jinshi exam forty years ago with the official body of Yin Bulai, and he was still in the top three.

Since He Zhu didn't go to the Jinshi exam after he got an official body, it can be seen that he has no talent to learn, so what is it to just be able to compose poems and lyrics? Even when the scriptures and righteousness were not yet judged, the Ministry of Rites and the Palace Examination also had to test the articles on governing the country, not just poems and songs.

The imperial court was not unkind to He Zhu. I don't know if it was because he had a mint in his name, so he was assigned to the lucrative position of money supervisor, and later transferred to the newly established mint.

Normal people know that a newly established yamen, as long as it is not set up for the sake of Sai talents, is the easiest place to make meritorious contributions and be promoted. At that time, the three departments of the regulations department, the Sinong Temple, the five rooms of the middle book, the ordnance superintendent, and even the city affairs in various places, how many officials climbed the shortcut to rise.

Han Gang put a lot of effort into the new yamen and spent a lot of effort. If you can cooperate with him to do things well, how can you not be promoted after you succeed? The mint is full of craftsmen, and most of the officials are craftsmen, so they have no future in the officialdom at all. Compared with them, He Zhu, who was only born in the shade, had an advantage. He Zhu can also make some poems, which can be regarded as literary, like standing out from the crowd. After completing the errand and making an appearance in the court, he can rise up in a blink of an eye, but he just made an inferior performance appraisal.

If you don't grasp such a good opportunity, it's no wonder that no one is surprised. Such an official will not be able to get out anywhere. Whoever looks at it can only say that they deserve it.

Why bother to confront Han Gang for him, isn't this wronged?

Zhang Dian also had a headache about this.

Su Shi was pulled back to the capital by himself, but he wanted to be the enemy of Han Gang, and the old grudges of the year were not over, and now there is a new grudge. In the end, I have to complain.

The circle in which the two are mixed is completely different, the gap in the middle is deeper than the sea, and when they meet in the court on weekdays, they won't even say hello. The relationship can't be eased, and of course the rift will only get deeper and deeper.

Why don't you invite the two of you over for a drink in a few days? Zhang Dian thought that he had to find a way to remedy it.