【2nd Update】

For the setbacks in the technique, Han Gang had long been psychologically prepared.

He's not very impatient. Failure is not just a lack of success, but also the experience we have accumulated is also significant.

As long as he can determine what the problem is every time, such a failure, Han Gang feels as happy as he hears the news of success.

Faced with Tan Yuncheng's fearful plea, Han Gang only said: "It's okay." ”

And once again told Tan Yun not to urge these groups of research groups, but to give them the opportunity to grow and experiment.

Han Gang is so tolerant, Tan Yun can be regarded as having learned after the first few failures, but the number of failures is increasing, and I don't know when Han Gang will lose patience. Every time I visited Han Gang for the failure of the experiment, the panic in my heart gradually accumulated.

Today, Han Gang let it go lightly, Tan Yun just relaxed in his heart, and felt that he was lucky to pass the hurdle again. Except for rejoicing, there is nothing else left.

That's how much Han Gang put pressure on the Mint officials.

Otherwise, how rare is the opportunity to meet a high-ranking official at the top of the ruling rank, why is it that Tan Yun comes to report every time, isn't he afraid of touching the dignified Han Xuanhui's moldy head?

In fact, if you really want to think about it, they are not Han Gang's subordinates at all. Their immediate boss is in the government.

It's just that for various reasons, the Mint is indeed a professional organization under the command of Han Gang. But Han Gang is now a Xuanhui envoy and has nothing to do with the Mint. Therefore, there was gossip on the side of the third division very early on, and let the Xuanhui Institute manage the coinage, which was not correct and unreasonable. It's not that no one is worried, if this situation is not changed after a long time, the Mint is likely to become a yamen under the Xuanhui Yuan in the future.

However, Han Gang only gave business guidance to the Mint, and his personnel and financial powers were still under the Zhongshu Sect.

Even after the coinage is minted, the specific amount of production is under the jurisdiction of the government office. One million guan must be made every year, and even two million or three million are not impossible. It depends on the specific situation, and sometimes the amount of coinage in an ordinary year will be a little more than in a normal year.

In Han Gang's view, the issuance of money does not need to be controlled, but the quality needs to be controlled. As long as the mint focuses on quality, inflation is not likely to occur.

Since ancient times, the Han people have had the habit of burying their coins underground. In the future, it will be a staggering savings rate. The better the quality of the coin, the higher the percentage of it will be buried in the ground.

There are too many old coins in circulation on the market, and some coins have even been in circulation since the Sui and Tang dynasties. There are even more exaggerated examples, when Han Gang was still assisting Wang Shao in attacking Hehuang, he even saw someone taking the five baht money of the Han Dynasty to pay taxes - although it was luck, digging the fortress left by the Han Dynasty in Longyou.

In addition, the old copper coins that were collected through taxes need to be replaced with new coins today, which also requires mountains of new money to compensate. At the same time, the iron money will have to be replaced in the future due to rust, which is also a huge number.

Simple Shaanxi and Shuzhong Qian Jian simply cannot meet such a demand. Therefore, according to the plan formulated by Han Gang. In the future, the vast majority of the world's dozens of money prisons will only mint iron coins with a face value of one penny. The mother money that was sent out from the capital to make molds was all small flat coins with a face value of one penny, and they were made only of iron.

In the future, the Mint will only leave one money supervisor in the southeast, Hebei, Gyeonggi, and Shaanxi to mint bronze and five coins. As for the ten brass coins, they are only in Gyeonggi. The reason why there is no location in Shuzhong is because of the lack of copper in Shu and it is not easy to transship, so only when ten coins will be transported into Shuzhong, five dollars will be transported over, and the freight cannot compensate for the cost.

Just looking at these arrangements, Tan Yun knew that Han Gang was prepared to take over most of the power to the capital's Yamen. If it can be persevered, even if Han Gang leaves in the future, it will not affect the status of the Mint.

Such a top boss is, of course, intimidating. Tan Yun was afraid of Han Gang, and this mood has not been resolved until now. However, Tan Yun didn't just come here today to apologize, he also brought another thing that could arouse Han Gang's interest.

"This is the tin money?"

Han Gang picked up this coin of the same color and quality as the previous iron coin, but he didn't have much opinion.

I just feel that the craftsmanship of casting needs to be more refined. It's fine, but it's still nowhere near as good as the small coins he remembers.

However, compared with the small flat money released by the imperial court before, it is fine enough, and it is also very special.

When two percent of the tin is mixed with iron, the iron coins become brittle and cannot withstand forging, and when melted, they cannot be used as weapons. So in the mint, such iron coins were named tin coins.

Just to prevent the traitors in Siyi and the country from collecting iron coins as raw materials for making weapons, some people in the mint bureau suggested that the material of the iron coins should be slightly modified. A small amount of tin is added to change the mechanical properties of the iron coin.

On Han Gang's side, he only needed the coins to be of good quality, and he didn't pay attention to the fact that the coins were flowing out to the enemy country for use. I was reminded before, but I still didn't pay too much attention to it.

Liao is not a small country, there is iron and coal, and there is never a shortage of mineral deposits. Several mines on Nanking Road have long been using rails to transport ore, and there are also forging machines in the iron yards. Although the level of skill is inferior to that of the Great Song Dynasty, it does not mean that they need to import iron money from the Great Song Dynasty to use it as raw materials for weapons.

But since someone reminded him, Han Gang couldn't pretend that he didn't hear it. Otherwise, if iron money is imported into Liao in the future, it will become a crime of attacking the Mint. Why bother to leave a handle with someone?

With his approval, the Mint redesigned the small flat coin, which has its current appearance.

"Tin coinage. Have you confirmed the specific ratio? That's the key. Han Gang said.

"It's confirmed." Tan Yun nodded, "Now this tin iron is too far behind pig iron, and it can only be used as coins." The cost is almost the same. In fact, it is to add some black tin, white tin ......"

When Han Gang heard this, his brows furrowed. Seeing this, Tan Yun hurriedly changed his words, "Lead and tin." ”

Han Gang nodded lightly, he had always been very serious about the details of the name.

White tin is tin, while black tin is lead. These two are not the same element, but they are often confused. In this era, not only can a word be written in a variety of ways, but there are also many names for herbal medicines, that is, metals and minerals, and such names are all officially used.

Therefore, Han Gang wants to implement the standardization of nouns, lead is lead, and it cannot be said to be black tin. Brass is brass, and it cannot be said to be Yu Shi. This is true in the Ordnance Bureau, in the Mint, and in the Compendium of Materia Medica, the action of compiling a compendium of living things in the world and filling in the biological tree is essentially a form of standardization.

"Alright." Han Gang returned the small coin to Tan Yun, "In the future, the iron money will be changed to this kind of tin money." The one who proposes, he will be rewarded according to the rules. ”

Tan Yun bowed his head and promised, but did not retire immediately.

"What's wrong?" Han Gang asked.

"It's about the chief bookkeeper of the bureau."

"What's wrong with him?"

"He Zhu is arguing with people again today, making a noise in the courtyard."

There is a He Zhu in the Mint Bureau of Hangang Zhilu Road, who is a descendant of Empress Taizu He, and also married a clan daughter, so he has an official body. was transferred from Xuzhou Baofeng supervisor before, saying that he was fluent in literature and ink, good at poetry, and suitable for being the main bookkeeper. Han Gang had seen him a few times, and he looked very special, or rather, a little ugly. Others, on several occasions, were reported that he could not be in harmony with each other and that he was not in charge of his work. I remember that the last time I went to the prison, someone said that He Zhu didn't know anything about coinage, and he was in Baofeng Prison before, and he also ignored the official affairs in the prison.

Han Gang has this reflection on him. I didn't have a good impression in the first place, but now when I hear Tan Yun say it, I feel more and more that this is a black sheep.

It doesn't matter if you don't have talent, if you can get along with your colleagues, there will be no place for such a person in the Mint. A machine won't run long without lubricant. Some people don't look like they do things, but they play the role of a lubricant in the crowd, and they can make a department run stably, and they are also indispensable talents. But an official who can't get along with his colleagues and has no talent, so what's the use of keeping him?

If it was a highly skilled craftsman, Han Gang would be happy to meet him. If there is any reasonable suggestion, it will not be stingy with the reward. But a petty official who is good at poetry but not good at business, feels that he has no talent, and has a bad relationship with his colleagues, Han Gang feels that there is no need to let him succumb to the position of the main book of the Mint.

Han Gang thought for a moment, then shook his head. Tan Yun is not the first Mint official to complain about He Zhu's character.

"Tan Yun, who do you think is suitable to take over the main book?"

Tan Yun was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Xuanhui, this He Zhu has a very good literary style, and he is good at poetry, but he has a bad temper." But the villain didn't want to take away his officialdom, he just wanted to ask Xuanhui to reprimand him, so that he could do things seriously and get along with his colleagues. ”

Han Gang was even more unhappy when he heard it. If the writing is good, he is superior, which is a trend that he has always disliked. Whether or not an official can do practical things is what measures the merits of an official. He Zhu's work in the Mint is not qualified, can he be forgiven for his literary talent?

"If you are good at writing, you should go to the Jinshi exam. can compose poems and texts, and then pass through the scriptures and meanings, it is not difficult to be a Jinshi. I almost took the criminal law exam, and I can get a background. Inheriting the shadow of the ancestors, but not thinking of forging ahead, what is the way of this generation? ”

"But He Zhu married the daughter of the sect. There was also a saying before that he should be transferred to the capital. ”

"He has no credit, what kind of literature do you transfer?"

Although Han Gang doesn't like the current custom of emphasizing literature over martial arts, since the Eastern Class sequence is indeed above the Western Class, Han Gang will not pretend not to see this. If you don't have merit and no ability, why should you turn to a civil official?

"I'll leave this matter at that." Han Gang said with a calm face, "It's autumn now, and in two months, the self-inflicted grinding examination class is waiting for him." When the time comes, we will naturally see you. ”