(Thank you for your strong support, thank you for your hands, your silent steps, and the reward from the northern end of Azeroth~)

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After Zhao Dezhao left Wang Pu's mansion, he was in a slightly better mood, and then the three of them went to Guangwei Restaurant together.

Recently, the coins received in the restaurant were mixed with some iron coins, and there were countless iron coins from the Tang Kingdom in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Tang Kingdom had realized the harm of issuing iron coins, so as early as last year, the circulation of iron coins "Yongtong Spring Goods" had been abolished, and on the contrary, this money had been circulated in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, so the idea was to try to abolish the circulation of this money.

Zhao Dezhao was in a lost mood, and without waiting for sunset, he hurried back to the palace, bringing some wine, food and food before returning to the palace, and then Zhao Dezhao was thinking about coins all the way.

The money is a farming tool, which is like a shovel, which is used to mark the land and weed. At the beginning of the people, people were self-sufficient, and they didn't care about trading, let alone over-funding, and occasionally needed, that is, using agricultural tools as a medium for trading. It is an agricultural tool, that is, the over-chip used at that time, which is the so-called currency today.

Since then, due to the increase in trade, agricultural tools have gradually become insufficient for application, so they have been replaced by objects in the form of them. Its shape and use are related to the money of agricultural tools, so it is still called money, and the reason why this general fund is famous for money is this.

The metals used to mint coins are mainly copper and iron. Although the melting point of iron (1535 °C) is much higher than that of copper (1083 °C), which makes iron more difficult to smelt than copper, but iron ore is distributed, and there is a lack of copper on the land of China, copper ore resources are not very rich, and copper ore reserves are small and affected by technology, so iron money is used on a large scale in this era, and copper coins are basically converted coins, that is, large and small coins circulate with each other, and iron coins are the majority. The basic unit of copper coins is "Wen", and "Guan (缗)", which has always been combined with 1,000 Wen.

In order to drive the development needs of the society, governments of various governments began to mint iron coins in large quantities during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, resulting in the inflation of iron coins and the parallel circulation of copper coins.

Therefore, if iron money is used as the main currency, it will inevitably produce official coinage and private coinage circulating together, and official coinage will be made without restraint like the current paper * money, and the final result can only be economic collapse.

Iron money is far cheaper than copper money, and it is inconvenient to carry when the amount is large, and it is easy to rust, so the use of iron money is out of helplessness.

However, although Zhao Dezhao knows the specific burial location of various metals, it is impossible for you to change it out at once, and the mining difficulty is also large, limited by the technical aspect, and at this time the issuance of coins is absolutely impossible, the technical conditions of paper and pen are not good, although lightweight, but not easy to be popular with the people, easy to be damp, fire damage and other conditions, and now the Great Song Dynasty has not been unified, this matter can wait for the Great Song Dynasty to unify the country, recuperate for a few years, and then wait for the right time to implement.

Therefore, for the time being, the problem was also handed over to the minister of the DPRK and China.

At the beginning of the next day, Zhao Dezhao also began to enter the link of the early dynasty, wearing an official robe, wearing a long-winged hat invented by himself, and walking and shaking.

At the beginning, Fan Zhen and others used the Five Dynasties period to follow the principle that whenever there was a major event, the emperor ordered the prime minister to sit and discuss; To be given tea, the old system of the prime minister's retirement. At the beginning of the new dynasty, in February of the first year of Jianlong, Fan Zhen and others thought that they were still prime ministers in the new dynasty, and once asked everything to be cut into the decree to Zhao Kuangyin, and Zhao Kuangyin also wanted to abolish the system of the prime minister's sitting and discussing at that time, but Zhao Dezhao said that sitting is just a system, and standing is also a system, if the sitting system is abolished, after all, this is Zhou Li, Yu Li is not compatible, and if people stand for a long time, this head will not work, and when the time comes, they will be drowsy when they participate in the government, and they must also take care of some elderly ministers. So don't worry about this detail, after all, it's been there before, let's talk about other things.

Zhao Dezhao said this, in fact, it is also for the good of himself and the ministers, after all, it is not good for the health to stand for a long time, and he feels that if there is a kneeling salute in the future, I am afraid that it will be even more unfavorable to the courtiers. Therefore, Zhao Dezhao planned to suppress this trend and simply crossed over once to correct the mistake.

The ministers also felt justified when they heard it, so the matter was no longer discussed.

Therefore, the people of later generations still want to thank our Zhao Dezhao, and now Zhao Dezhao is sitting in the ranks of Wenchen.

"If there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat!" Zhang Dejun snorted a duck voice.

Zhao Dezhao glanced at his teacher Wang Pu, and then Wang Pu stood up from his seat, pinned a fold behind his belt, held a wat in his hand, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister Wang Pu has a play!" ”

"What's the matter with Wenbo?"

Wang Pu took out the fold from behind his belt, and then handed it to Zhang Dejun, Zhang Dejun handed it to Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Kuangyin roughly read it, and then saw the pros and cons of the iron money mentioned in Wang Pu's fold and the appearance of a large number of iron coins in the Tang Kingdom in Kaifeng.

Zhao Kuangyin frowned and said, "What Wen Bo said is true? There are so many iron coins on the streets of Kaifeng, it is said that the iron coins are light and thin, and ten iron coins can be worth one copper coin, I don't know how you are? ”

"Your Majesty, last year the Tang State has abolished the circulation of this money, and after that" Yongtong Spring goods slowly appeared in Kaifeng, it is said that now the Song Kingdom from Kaifeng all the way to the south is this money, this money is now flooded in the Great Song Dynasty, the old minister believes that if this goes on for a long time, this copper money will no longer be used, and the copper money may flow to private households, and then the copper money is estimated to be used to make the Buddha. ”

At this time, Zhao Pu came out and said: "Your Majesty, what the king said is extremely true, when the servants of the ministers went out to buy, they once encountered someone who was accepting copper coins and exchanging iron coins. And copper is used for casting utensils in my Great Song Dynasty. However, there are few bronze tools in my Great Song Dynasty, most of them are ironware, and the price of copper remains high. ”

Zhao Dezhao said: "Father, the emperor, what the two ministers said is very true! However, since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the counties and states have been co-ordinated, and the currency value is chaotic. Moreover, the county and private families have the right to mint coins, the currency is out of control, and the world's wealth is not in the hands of the imperial court, which is one of the culprits of the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty. During the period of Emperor Wu, due to the continuous foreign conquests, the imperial court changed from the abundance of 'the money of the capital division accumulated a huge amount of money, and it was decaying and could not be studied' to the dilemma of making ends meet. "And the rich businessmen or the poor are poor, and they turn hundreds, and they live in abandoned houses, and the feudal lords all bow their heads and look up to them." In addition to relying on the rapid increase of income by martial arts and other behaviors, the imperial court smelted and boiled salt in the country, and the wealth or accumulated thousands of gold, but did not meet the urgent needs of the country, and the people were in great difficulty. So Emperor Wu discussed with the minister to mint coins for support, and destroyed the prostitution and adultery. In this way, the imperial court increased tax revenue and cracked down on merchants, which was the original intention of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's currency reform. After six times of eliminating the malpractice, this problem was basically solved, and the right to mint coins was unified in the imperial court. And today's Kaifeng iron money is the majority, and it is the bad currency of the Tang Kingdom, if it is circulated, I am afraid that the copper coins on the market have gone to merchants, eunuchs, temples and other places, and the iron money is easy to rust, and ten Tang iron coins can only be worth a copper coin, if a large number of iron coins are carried, it is very inconvenient. Rather than this, it is much more convenient for the people to exchange iron money for copper money, so there will be a shortage of copper money, and the people's family likes to cast bronze, so they will secretly collect a large number of copper coins to cast Buddha statues and other bronze objects, I don't know if such a thing will happen in the ministers' homes. ”

"That's right!" Those officials also have a large number of bronze utensils in their homes, which are basically utensils, and the houses of the Buddha are basically cast with bronze statues. In addition, bronze utensils are also used for burials.

"Yes!"

The ministers sitting in the seats all felt that after all, Zhao Dezhao was right.

Zhao Dezhao continued: "The ministers can have few copper coins, I don't know where in my Great Song Dynasty can be found in copper mines, as far as the ministers know, the Southern Han Dynasty copper mines are the majority, and the eight states of Rao, Chu, Jian, Ying, Xin, Ting, Zhang, and Jian are only far away now, and they are not under the rule of my Great Song Dynasty." And copper, like salt, is controlled by the imperial court, the Later Tang Dynasty, the Later Jin Dynasty have issued an edict and allowed the people to cast their own by themselves, but I was established at the beginning of the Great Song Dynasty, allowing the people to privately mine copper, gold and silver and other mines, I am afraid that it will be difficult to collect the imperial court for a while! ”

Zhao Pu listened to the words of Zhao Dezhao, the king of Liang, and said: "Your Majesty, what King Liang said is very true, now the copper pit and metallurgical industry of the Great Song Dynasty is divided into official and private, and the official camp is controlled by the government. Pit households self-employed craftsmen engaged in mining, after mining ore is sent to the official furnace for smelting, there are four processes of mining, milling, washing, furnace, the product is handed over to the government, not private, and then in the future, the power of the private sector is gradually returned to the imperial court or set up subordinate officials in the private sector to manage private mining, so that it takes more than ten years to become the imperial court monopoly. ”

"What Zeping said is very true!"

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to play! In the early days of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, we had not yet made new coins, so why not take this opportunity to create new money and issue new money? It is also different from the bad currency of the Tang Kingdom. “

"Oh! Don't know why?

"Your Majesty, Fan Zhen believes that the money style follows the 'Zhou Yuan Tongbao' rules, which is a small flat coin, and temporarily uses copper and iron in parallel, and the number of folds is ten folds, and it is different from the copper and iron coins after the engraved stars, moon patterns, etc. What does Your Majesty think? ”

"Wen Su's suggestion is good, what do you think?"

The ministers sitting below also did not speak, indicating acquiescence.

"The ministers think that Fan Situ is reasonable!" The ministers all thought that Fan's suggestion was good.

However, at this moment, Zhao Dezhao said: "Father, why don't you limit the use period of this money to five years, and then wait until the new replacement items are minted for others." ”

"Five years is not long, but it is not short. I don't know why King Liang said five years? ”

"Five years! Yes, my father, my son, I think that five years is enough time for us to find other materials to make other metals into currency! Moreover, Erchen believed that copper mines or other things could be found elsewhere, and Erchen had heard that there were still unmined lands in the wild lands overseas, and if Erchen was allowed to find these mineral deposits, Erchen would have a way to find a replacement. ”

"Oh? Where did Zhao'er get the news? Zhao Kuangyin wondered.

"Father, Zhao'er heard from the Taoist of Wuyongzi, before in the land of Huainan, Erchen met Wuyongzi Taoist in Chuzhou, and heard him say that there are mines around the Great Song Dynasty, so Erchen dared to say that it has been five years."

In fact, when Zhao Dezhao said this, he was still very embarrassed in his heart, because he only learned from a little information from the later generations that there were metals for minting coins in other places, but whether it was able to mint coins or others, Zhao Dezhao had to find it by all means, and he just said that five years was actually a long time, and he believed that as long as he was given a period of time to recall the distribution area of the mineral deposits in his previous life, he would definitely do his best to find their whereabouts.

"What do you think of the ministers for five years?" Zhao Kuangyin asked.

"Five years is possible! I believe that King Liang will be able to find it! At this time, Zhao Guangyi replied.

Zhao Kuangyin raised his head and found that his younger brother Zhao Guangyi agreed with his nephew's statement.

Above the palace, some ministers fell into thought, Wang Pu of course thought that his students had their own set, but it was also a little difficult to find new mines, and he still had a trace of doubt in his heart.

Fan Zhen and others believe that five years is neither long nor short, if it is found, then everything is OK, if it is not found, there is no damage, but this is really urgent, it is related to people's livelihood and national society, how can it be summed up in a word. It's just that the five-year regulation can't be made public openly for the time being, otherwise it will also provoke a group of speculative businessmen to take the opportunity to raise the price of copper.

After that, the imperial court began to order the minting of new coins, which was "Song Tong Yuanbao", and the money style followed the rules of "Zhou Yuan Tongbao" and was a small flat coin. Qian Wen Shun reads, it is the country name of the country name plus Baowen.

The imperial court then clearly announced: it is forbidden to send light and small evil money and iron and tin money, and it is limited to sending it to the official within one month. Jiangnan money is not allowed to Jiangbei.

The Jiangnan money on the market has only begun to ease a little, but the symptoms are not cured, and Zhao Dezhao is about to look for new mineral deposits.

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P.S. Song and Yuan Tongbao is a type of ancient Chinese coin. For the Song Dynasty to open the country. Qian Wen imitates the eight-point book, and the shape imitates Tang Kaiyuan. There are two kinds of copper and iron, and there are stars and moon patterns on the back, and ten iron coins are one copper coin. Song Yuan Tongbao is also the first kind of coinage in the Song Dynasty, cast in the first year of Song Taizu Jianlong in 960, the money style follows the "Zhou Yuan Tongbao" into the rules, for the small flat money. Qian Wen Shun reads, it is the country name of the country name plus Baowen.

Small flat money is the most common form of copper money, that is, a penny small money, also known as flat money.

In December of the first year of Song Jianlong (960), the first coinage currency of Song Dynasty was "Song Tong Yuanbao" money, which was forbidden to be light and small, evil money and iron and tin money, and it was limited to be sent to the official within one month. Jiangnan money is not allowed to Jiangbei.