Early the next morning, go to the morning pilgrimage. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info Burhan did not say anything, but distributed a silver ingot to each of the ministers. Burhan himself had such an ingot. There was a tacit understanding between the monarch and the ministers, and they didn't say anything, just stared at the ingot. Left looking? Have a look? Pick it up and take a look? Put it down and take a look. It seems that there is something to be seen in this ingot of silver, and to understand life or something.

I really didn't see anything after looking at it for an hour, but the Great Khan didn't say anything, just one person and one ingot of silver, what is this called? Do you want to ask? Looking up, Burhan was sitting on the dragon chair, also looking intently at the silver in front of him, and sometimes when he was tired of looking, he climbed on the table and continued to look. Seeing this, the ministers had no choice but to continue their work.

Those old and serious ministers can still hold on, and people like Zaduro who are active by nature don't have the time to spare. Although he didn't know what medicine was sold in the eldest brother's gourd, Zaduro also knew that above this hall, the majesty of the eldest brother could not be slandered. Even though he was bored, he didn't do anything out of the ordinary.

An hour has passed, and boredom has a boundary. Zaduro began to play with the ingot. However, the silver was too heavy, and it was irregular, and it was very twisted to play, and it was not as fun as his gold coins. So, he quietly took advantage of the lack of attention, took out the gold coins he carried with him, and began to shuttle back and forth between his fingertips. It's boring, but it's much more interesting than staring at the ingot.

Watching the gold coins flutter and flip on Zaduro's fingertips, Iragon's eyes were hot. Even so, how could he, as a nobleman, a married aristocrat, be as playful as a child? Suddenly, he looked at Burhan, only to see that Burhan was looking up and scanning his courtiers. He hurriedly lowered his head and stared at the silver ingot, fearing that Zaduro's arm would give him a wake-up call. But he didn't expect that his kindness was misinterpreted by Zaduro. Zaduro thought he was coming to snatch his gold coins, so he instinctively raised his hand to protect the gold coins, but missed. The gold coin slipped from his fingertips and fell to the floor and rolled towards the center of the temple. The crisp ticking sound echoed throughout the hall, and everyone's eyes began to look towards the source of the sound.

Knowing that he was in trouble, Zaduro hurried forward and hid the gold in his hand. I hope that the eldest brother didn't find anything, and at the same time glanced at Eragon viciously, if it weren't for him, his own gold coins would not have fallen.

Zaduro's idea was very good, but all this had already been seen by Burhan, and he said sternly, "Zaduro! What are you doing? ”

Knowing that he was at the expense, Zaduro straightened up, lowered his head, and put his hands behind his back as if he had admitted his mistake. Burhan stepped down from his throne and stretched out his hand to Zaduro:

"What's in your hand?"

"Nope! ... It's nothing! Zaduro was still quibbling, but under Burhan's gaze, he obediently handed over the gold coin in his hand to Burhan, and then returned to his seat in great anger, holding his cheeks in both hands, sullen. I secretly made up my mind that I would go to my grandmother when I went back at night, and I also called my three sisters-in-law to get the gold coins back.

Burhan returned to his throne and looked closely at the gold coin. The more he looked at it, the more he realized that this gold coin was not simple. Not to mention the fineness of the gold, but the exquisite patterns on both sides of the front and back make Burhan love it, no wonder let Zaduro hand it over, his reluctant look, if he himself is afraid that he will not be happy, right?

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed and Bourhan thought of the conversation between Little Lady Lin and him yesterday. When it mentions tax reform, the first thing is to make the people like to use the money of the Hechi Ti Ministry. Looking at the gold coin in front of you, if the Hechi Tibu can also mint the silver into today's exquisite silver coin, I believe that the people will be willing to use it, and there is still the value of the treasure.

"Aditya?" Burhan called Aditya's name, he was stunned and immediately stood up, Burhan directly threw the gold coin in his hand to him, Aditya also quickly put the gold coin into his arms, picked it up and looked at it, so he couldn't see it.

Burhan said, "Yesterday you mentioned that the silver is of different fineness, and that the problem of fire consumption should be considered, yes or no?" ”

In the face of Burhan's inquiry, Aditya could only be. Burhan then said, "Then what do you think of this gold coin now?" ”

"Thoughts?" Aditya looked at the gold coin, thinking that it was not that there was something to do, but only to delay time. He said slowly, "Great Khan! This coin is an Ottoman gold coin of fine fineness and fine workmanship. As he spoke, he still weighed it in his hand, "It's full of weight!" ”

Hearing Aditya compliment his gold coins, Zaduro still couldn't stop and said with pride on his face, "That's it! This gold coin was a gift from Uncle Alimu, so is it okay? "Where is this a gift from Alimu, it is obvious that Zaduro sees that this thing is beautiful, where can he pull it out again in his eyes?

Hearing them say this, Burhan became angry and shouted, "Zaduro, sit down for me." Then he said to Aditya, "Take a good look at it." ”

Aditya can't do it, take a good look at it again. He turned the gold coin over and over again, but he didn't see anything in it.

Next to him, Liu Dingchen, the left minister, really sweated for his old friend, he knew that what he said just now was Aditya's delaying plan, but he was interrupted by Zaduro and was already out of order, if he didn't help him, I was afraid he would lose his temper.

Liu Dingchen stood on the shift and said, "Qi Qi Great Khan! Speaking of fire consumption, it originated in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and originally referred to the consumption of broken silver when it was melted and recast into silver ingots. Zhang Juzheng implemented the 'one whip law', and all taxes were levied on silver and handed over to the state treasury, and the broken silver paid by the people was melted and recast into silver ingots. Originally, I could not have levied fire consumption in the Red Ti Department, but our transaction with the Ming Court still had to be subject to the Ming Court, and this fire consumption was inevitable. Each transaction needs to recast the silver into fifty taels of official silver, and also collect the Ming court to strip the fire consumption, so that the interests of the tribe are damaged, and the right minister proposes to add additional fire consumption. ”

Bourhan nodded heavily, as a graduate of the Normal University, how could he not know the harm of fire consumption, so since he wanted to carry out fiscal, tax and monetary reforms, he simply took one step, which is also the reason why Burhan asked Aditya to look at the gold coin.

And Aditya did not disappoint Burhan, the previous unknown reason, but mainly because he focused on gold, and did not expand to think of silver and this custom coin, after Liu Dingchen just said suddenly brightened, immediately clenched his fists and said:

"Great Khan! As Zuo Xiang said, the ills of fire consumption are not only manifested in the trade between us and the Ming court. If the fire is not levied, the tribe is damaged. If the fire is levied, there will be a lot of resistance from the merchants, not to mention that the wool is out of the sheep, and in the end it is the people of our Hechi Ti Department who are subject to it. ”

Aditya can think so differently, and Burhan and Liu Dingchen are very pleased. Then I saw Aditya raise the gold coin in his hand and say, "Great Khan! Ladies and gentlemen! If we can mint silver into silver coins with such regulations, we can think that the problem of fire consumption can be solved. And such a fine silver coin is much stronger than loose silver, both in shape and in use. ”

"Not bad!" Uliji, who has been dealing with silver for many years, immediately saw that it was good. "Great Khan! The cash silver that circulates on weekdays is not only a problem of fineness, but also extremely inconvenient to use. The big seal of silver is okay, but the most important thing is the scattered silver. The shape is strange, there are small ingots, small coins or gongzi, the shape is steamed bun-shaped, weighs one or two taels, called small ingots, less than one or two pieces of scattered silver, there are dropping beads, blessing beads and other shapes. Not only is it inconvenient to use, but it is also not measured. Merchants often have to bring their own weighings when doing business. Some profiteers deliberately break the large silver ingots into several silver horns for use, which seems to be similar to small ingots, but in fact they are slightly insufficient. If silver coins can really be implemented, it will be a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people! ”

Zaduro really didn't expect that one of his gold coins could make these ministers feel so much, which really surprised him.

Burhan didn't expect that these ministers could have such insight. For him, the benefits of silver coins have already been listed, but he wants to let the ministers have more experience, and he can't let Burhan do everything alone, right?

"The benefits of minting silver into silver coins are self-evident, not only to offset fire consumption, uniform fineness, unified measurement, but also beautiful appearance and convenient circulation and use. What do you think about the silver coins? ”

What else? This is obviously a matter of benefiting the country and the people! There is no reason to object. For a long time no one stood up against it, and Burhan passed it unanimously, and he said to Feng Ji:

"Feng Ji! Why don't you take a look at this gold coin and see if there is any difficulty in copying it from this one? ”

The Great Khan called me? Feng Ji couldn't believe it, and then he was ecstatic. Although he has been an upstart in the Hechi Ti Department for two or three years, he has neither vetoed a proposal nor put forward a desirable opinion, so he is so confused, in this court, today the Great Khan actually named him, can this not make him ecstatic in his heart?

Yesterday, he was also promoted, although he didn't know how big an official Zheng Sipin was, but he also knew that it was bigger than the prefect, which was enough for the ancestral tomb to smoke. The so-called soldier is a confidant who dies, Feng Sanhuai walked to the center of the hall, took the gold coin from the right minister's hand and carefully studied it for a moment before saying:

"Great Khan! If you want to imitate this thing, there is no difficulty, as long as you engrave the mold. It's just that the minister doesn't understand, what is the use of this small edge on the periphery? ”

"Oh?" Burhan took the gold coin from his hand and understood it as soon as he looked at it. This should be called the edge of the coin, which is common in modern coins, and is a relatively primitive security mark, but also to prevent someone from stealing gold and silver from the edge of the coin. If you find an irregular jagged tooth, you can reject it.

"This one! This is to prevent someone from stealing the material and causing insufficient measurement. You see, the serrations on this are uniform and neat, and if someone breaks the gold coin, then the serrations must be damaged, and the weight will be insufficient. If it's a piece or two, it can't show anything, but if it's a large amount, it's a lot of income. At that time, it must be those merchants and ordinary people who will be damaged, and the silver coins minted by the Ministry of Hechi Ti can also use this method, and on the day of issuance, the method of identification will also be announced. ”

Burhan is like this, Feng Ji understands. He immediately said, "The Great Khan is assured, and this minister understands." The minister will be able to make an appearance tomorrow and show it to the Great Khan. ”

Although Feng Ji is a rough man, Burhan likes his seriousness, and believes that he is not talking wildly.

After saying that the matter of the coins was over, Burkhand said to his courtiers, "Ben Khan has another proposal. Nowadays, silver is scarce and difficult to circulate. Even if it is supported by silver coins, I am afraid that the villain over there will privately mint **, which will damage my reputation. So, Ben Khan wondered if he could use the silver ticket to circulate as currency. Everyone, let's discuss! ”

Without waiting for the ministers to discuss, Liu Dingchen, the left minister, spoke bluntly. "Great Khan! Never! ”

Burhan was a little depressed, and he brought it up for everyone to discuss, but he didn't expect this guy to react so violently, and this Burhan wanted to listen to the reason.

Liu Dingchen clenched his fists and said, "Great Khan! You don't know from afar in the grassland, but in fact, this silver treasure has long been known in the Ming Court. But why hasn't silver been completely replaced? First, the people are not accustomed to treasure money, and it is not as good as real silver to make people feel at ease. In fact, it is true, these two times, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang succeeded to the throne to prohibit the circulation of silver, and instead printed and distributed treasure banknotes, and finally the government printed and distributed excessively, too many treasure banknotes did not have enough silver to exchange, just like waste paper. The damage is not only to the people and businesses, but also the most important thing is the credibility of the country. ”

This period of history Borkand knows, due to the poor paper at that time, the Ming Dynasty banknotes are difficult to last, and the Ming Dynasty banknotes are only issued and not received, neither demarcation, nor recycling the old banknotes, resulting in more and more paper money circulating in the market, the treasure banknotes are flooded, the year of issuance is inflationary, the depreciation is very fast, the people have abandoned it, and it ended in failure.

Liu Dingchen, as the left minister, is an authentic Han man, and he naturally has experienced it himself, or is familiar with it. It seems that it is still difficult to issue treasure money. But Burhan knew that in the future, paper money would be the mainstream of the world.

"Aiqing! Why the Ming court abolished the treasure banknotes, Ben Khan knew about this. Ben Khan didn't say anything about large-scale distribution, but we just had to prepare a little more. This treasure must be issued, but there is no rush in time. You will go down as a supervisor to study and study it, make some physical objects, and let the ministers be satisfied first, and we will issue it, okay? ”

It's not bad to let Burhan make concessions, but if Liu Dingchen is more aggressive, it will be a loss of duty as a courtier, so he can only nod and retreat.

Currency reform and issuance is a major national matter, which is directly related to the development of a country's economy. Now, all hope is placed on the general prisoner, hoping that they will not embarrass Burhan.

Sure enough, on the second day, there was good news, and after a day and a night of hard work, the prison had finally made several samples of different silver coins to be tested by the Great Khan. Burhan didn't say a word, and immediately convened the ministers to discuss the affairs of the palace.

After a while, I saw a red wooden lacquer plate neatly placed more than a dozen silver coins of the same shape and different patterns. Could this be the silver coin that I supervised the Red Ti Division? I can't believe it. Burhan took a silver coin with a vague appearance of himself on the obverse and looked at it carefully.

It can be seen that this silver coin is very similar to Yuan Datou in later generations. Because the obverse of the gold coin used as a reference is also an image of the Persian emperor, when Feng Ji and others made the silver coin, they copied it, but replaced it with the heroic image of Burhan, not to mention that it is very realistic.

The front is the head of Burhan, and the back is composed of the Mongolian and Han double inscriptions of the five characters of the Han Kai script and the five characters of "Hechi Ti Ministry", and the edge is decorated with wheat ears and flowers, which is very beautiful. The whole silver coin is smooth and clean, and it is also very important to start. Moreover, in order to prevent surface wear, the outermost part of the coin is deliberately designed with consistent molars of the same size, which makes the entire coin more dazzling under the light.

Yes, Feng Ji's skills are indeed much better than those of the Persians. In order to verify the legend, Burhan deliberately picked up the silver coin and clamped it to his fingertips and blew it hard. Strike now! Boom! The melodious sound of metal. Hearing such a voice, the surrounding ministers instantly surrounded them, and Burhan didn't mind demonstrating them a few more times, which caused the ministers to be amazed and amazed.

The fact that such a finely crafted silver coin took only one day to produce was a boast in itself, and Burhan was even more curious about his craftsmanship.

"Feng Ji! Tell us how this coin was made, and how it was made so beautifully. ”

"Great Khan! Chen accidentally got a piece of extraterrestrial meteorite before, and after purification, there were only three or two catties left. Forging a blade is not enough, and forging it into something else is a tyrannical thing. This time he finally found a home, and the minister made it into several rubbings, and then asked the master to carve it into the shape of a silver coin as a stamping die. The silver is melted into small pieces, made into a silver billet, and the silver billet is put into the die, and a hammer weighing about 100 catties is used to hang it until it is two or three meters high. Because silver is soft, it can be easily stamped and formed. ”

After talking about the whole process, Burhan knew a lot about it, and asked:

"What about such a silver coin, how is the specification and fineness? What is the yield? "This is what Burhan is most concerned about, don't look at the beauty of the silver coins, but if the production and fineness are not up to the mark, it is all in vain.

"Great Khan! This silver coin, a square inch, weighs one tael. It is not made of sterling silver, but is composed of nine silver and one copper thousand-point tin, which has a shiny appearance, and is wear-resistant and easy to use. As for the yield, Great Khan! Lord Uligi only gave his ministers three thousand taels as an experiment, and according to his current ability, he could produce at least a thousand pieces a day, but the silver was less. ”

Well! Burhan groaned for a long time. If it is really extraordinary, as soon as this coin comes out, I believe that the people will be happy to use it and will circulate. It's just that Burhan didn't expect the treasury to become an obstacle to this matter.

"Uliji! How much money is left in the treasury? ”

Uliji's face was embarrassed, and Nuo Nuo said, "Great Khan! This... This... The government's treasury has less than 10,000 taels of silver. ”

"What?" Burhan almost jumped, although he was mentally prepared, but he didn't expect so little. He also knew that this was not Ulligi's fault, and he was trying to figure out how he could get some cash. Look at the Minister of the Palace? Then he shook his head, the nobles of the Hechi Ti Department want to say that gold may be a little, but silver may not be, and Burhan is embarrassed to open his mouth.

Uliji probably saw Burhan's sorrow, and said, "If the Great Khan is for the silver issue, he might as well find Lady Lin." ”

Well? Burhan frowned, and Uligi continued, "Lady Lin is now a rich country, and she may have enough silver in her hands. ”

This incident reminded Burhan that with such a big industry as Little Lady Lin, it is not a problem to take tens of thousands of taels out casually, and Uncle Alimu, how can Burhan think that with his face, he can borrow more than 100,000 taels for emergency, right?

I have also seen this silver coin, and the matter is almost discussed, and it is time to retreat. However, Burhan announced his retreat, and the ministers were still reluctant to leave for a long time.

"What? Don't you have anything else going on today? ”

They all shook their heads! What did Nabulhan hesitate to do, of course he had to go back to the inner court to borrow money.

"Hey! Sweat! "I was walking a few steps before Aditya stopped me, and it seemed that there was still something wrong.

"Great Khan! What do you think of these coins? Chancellor thinks... Chancellor thinks... Since there are so many, why don't you give one to the minister as a collection? ”

Oh! That's what happened! Bourhan waved his hand and said casually, "Since you are interested, then keep it for collection!" ”

Burhan's words were holy decrees, and before he could gain a foothold, he was pushed aside by the crowd, and then looked at the dozen or so silver coins on the wooden plate over there, and in a blink of an eye, they were gone. What's more, even Feng Ji and a few craftsmen did not let go. The quick-handed people were complacent, and more were sad, and when they saw that the ministers were so attentive, Burhan did not stop them. Even the discerning nobles of the Hechi Ti tribe were so attentive, let alone the common people, and it was foreseeable that the silver coin would be a great success. Looking at the besieged Feng Ji and several people, they all had old arms and legs, surrounded by a group of Mongols, searching all over the body, and Burhan couldn't bear it.

"That's it! Be careful, don't be in such a hurry, Ben Khan assures you that you will be the first users of the coins. ”

In this way, under the reluctant gaze, people spared Feng Ji and a few people. And Burhan shook his head helplessly, and walked straight towards the inner court, he wanted to mint the next silver coins and stock up on enough raw materials.

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