Xuanfu Huailaiwei

"Second baby, how is your father's illness?" On the city wall, a soldier standing guard asked another soldier.

"I'm still coughing all night, but the family has no money to get medicine, alas!" The second baby sighed.

"Didn't you pay the money a few days ago? How, isn't it enough? The soldier asked.

"Where is the more than one penny and silver enough, I only grabbed two doses of medicine and ran out."

"So? Daddy Wang is also good to me, in this way, I still have two taels of silver at home, how about I borrow it from you to catch the medicine first? The soldier said.

"How's that going to work? What will you do if you saved it to marry your daughter-in-law and lent it to me? The second baby was busy.

"It's okay, it's important to treat Daddy Wang." The soldier suddenly whispered to Erwazi: "By the way, I heard that Your Majesty has found that the military salaries issued to us border troops have been corrupted, and this matter has been thoroughly investigated, and the military salaries have been re-allocated, and it is estimated that we will receive the military salaries in the near future."

When the second baby heard this, he exclaimed, "Huh? Tiezi, are you telling the truth? ”

"I heard from the fat man who sells pork on West Street that his cousin is doing business in the capital, it should be true."

"Great, great, my dad has money to heal!" The second baby said happily.

"I'll lend you the silver first, you take it to Daddy Wang to get the medicine first, and then you can return it to me when the silver is paid!"

"Thank you, Tiezi, I really don't know how to thank you, I'll pay you back when the salary comes down."

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"Cao Banban, the salary for the border army should be issued quickly, and strive to finish the salary of the border army soldiers in Ji, Liao, Xuan, Da, Taiyuan and other towns before the New Year, so that they can have a good New Year, and as for the farther ones, strive to send it before February." In the Warm Pavilion of the Forbidden City, Chongzhen said to Cao Huachun.

Chongzhen felt more and more that he couldn't stand the cold, and at first in order to establish a tall image of "not afraid of difficulties" for himself, he still insisted on working in the Qianqing Palace. But as the climate became colder and colder, Chongzhen couldn't stand it anymore, so he moved the office to the warm pavilion, and now the warm pavilion is as warm as spring, and Chongzhen also feels very comfortable. People sometimes have to enjoy what they should enjoy, as for what others say, their own way, let others say go.

"The slave and maid have been instructed to go down, and strive to finish it as soon as possible, Your Majesty is kind-hearted, and the soldiers of the border army must be grateful for Your Majesty's kindness." Cao Huachun said.

"Your Majesty, the ambassador of the Baoyuan Bureau is waiting outside the palace." A little eunuch said.

"Biography."

Shen An is the ambassador of the Baoyuan Bureau, and he was promoted to the ambassador of the Baoyuan Bureau in the fourth year of the Apocalypse. Following behind the little eunuch, Shen An was very nervous, and said in his heart: Why did Your Majesty summon such a little-known person as me? He has been conscientious since he took up the post of ambassador of the Baoyuan Bureau, and he has not attached himself to the eunuch party, so why did His Majesty summon him personally? Is it because of his own corruption, but in this officialdom, who is not greedy? And he is just a sesame petty official, and he is not very greedy, it is impossible for His Majesty to personally punish his own sins because of this, right?

But if it's not that, what is it? I heard that Your Majesty wants to severely punish corrupt officials, do you want to use the killing of me, a small person, to deter the ministers and warn them of their determination to fight corruption? That's right, that's for sure.

Just when Shen An was thinking nonsense, he had already walked into the hall, and Shen An hurriedly knelt down and said, "Shen An, the ambassador of the Weichen Baoyuan Bureau, see Your Majesty."

"Shen Qing is flat." Chongzhen said with a signature smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Shen An hurriedly stood up, raised his head slightly, looked at the young man in front of him who was wearing a red regular clothes, wearing a winged crown, and a handsome face, and said in his heart: It turns out that the holy face is like this, and he is really a handsome young man.

Chongzhen didn't notice that Shen An looked at him, in fact, Shen An himself just glanced at it inadvertently in a nervous state.

"Shen Qing knows, why did I call you here?" Chongzhen smiled.

"Weichen is ignorant, I don't know what His Majesty commands?" Shen An said. Heart: Come on, come on, nine out of nine are going to cure my sins!

"I know what you don't know, I tell you that I came to you to ......" Chongzhen just wanted to continue, then Shen An knelt down and said: "Your Majesty is gracious, Wechen knows that corruption is a serious crime, but please Your Majesty only punish Wechen alone, and don't even touch Wechen's family."

Chongzhen heard it, this is the situation of Shenma? Xindao: I'm going to hand over the task to you, it's good for you to come to a confession and forgiveness. Chongzhen covered his mouth and smiled, this guy is too cola.

Cao Huachun also heard that Shen An had misunderstood, and he also covered his mouth and smiled, but the stupid Shen An always knelt on the ground nervously with his head down, unaware.

Forcibly hiding his smile, Chongzhen straightened his face and said, "Then tell me yourself, how much has you embezzled?"

"Your Majesty, since Wei Chen was promoted to the post of ambassador of the Baoyuan Bureau in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, he has been conscientious. It's just that last year, Weichen's youngest son had a serious illness and needed a lot of silver taels to heal, and Weichen's salary was meager, so he had no choice but to embezzle two hundred taels of silver from the Baoyuan Bureau, and since then he has never done such illegal things, and I hope His Majesty will be gracious. Shen An said while kowtowing.

Chongzhen listened to what Shen An said, and said in his heart that this person is also very rare, and he has always kept it in mind after only embezzling two hundred taels, which is rare in today's officialdom!

Looking at Shen An, who kept kowtowing, Chongzhen said, "Get up, I forgive you for your innocence."

At this time, Shen An, whose heart was like ashes, heard that the emperor had pardoned his innocence, and suddenly felt that he was in a desperate situation, and said: "Thank you for your kindness, thank you for your grace!"

"I didn't come to you for this purpose, but I have an important task for you."

Shen An heard Chongzhen say that it wasn't for this matter, and said in his heart: What did I just say? I didn't think that His Majesty would not be able to summon such a small sesame official as me for a mere two hundred taels of silver, this time it was miserable, and I said it all.

"Shen Qing, I ask you, what do you think of the silver?" Chongzhen asked.

Shen An wondered, how about the silver? Of course, silver is a good thing.

"Back to Your Majesty, the silver is very good!" Shen An wiped the sweat on his forehead and said, after finishing speaking, he himself had an urge to shake his mouth, what did he answer?

"Haha, I'm asking you, how is the silver used?" Chongzhen smiled, feeling a little amused by Shen An's answer.

"Your Majesty, silver is extremely troublesome to use."

"Oh? You talk about it. ”

"Back to Your Majesty, when the people use silver to trade, they generally have to weigh it first, and then slowly cut it little by little, if they are familiar, they can cut the silver in two or three or even one or two times, but this kind of person is not the majority after all. Most people have to cut it many times before they can cut out the required amount, so it is very troublesome to use this silver, but the amount of money that ordinary people buy and sell is not large, and they are traded with copper coins, which is more convenient. "Shen Antou is an authentic analysis.

"Well, that's true, that's what I've sent you here for." Chongzhen said, "Shen Qing, let's see, can you make silver into silver coins like copper coins." ”

"Your Majesty, but you say, like the silver coin used by the Franc Man?" Shen An asked. It was not the first time he had heard of silver coins, and several Franc machine missionaries had traveled to Beijing before, and he had seen those Franc machine people use them in a restaurant at that time, but the shopkeeper did not accept them at that time, and he had to collect cash.

"Yes and no. The silver coin I am talking about is different from the kind of silver used by the Franc man. The silver coin of the Franc machine man is rough and unsightly, and the silver coin I am talking about requires fine workmanship and beautiful looks, can you do it? ”

Shen An knew that this was the time to show his ability, so he said: "Weichen will definitely live up to his holy hope."

"Well, I believe that Shen Qing can do this well. If this matter is done, not only will I no longer pursue Shen Qing's previous drifting, but I will also reward Qing heavily. Chongzhen smiled, thinking of Shen An's previous situation of not recruiting himself, and felt happy in his heart.

Shen An listened, his face turned red, what happened just now made him too embarrassed. But when he heard Chongzhen say that there would be a heavy reward, he was suddenly happy, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Weichen must do his best to do this well."

"By the way, on the silver coin, one side is engraved with a dragon and the other is engraved with the sun and the moon, and in addition, silver accounts for eighty percent of the silver coin, and the other is two percent copper."

"Obey the Divine Commandment."

In fact, in addition to wanting to solve the trouble of using silver, Chongzhen also made a small calculation. That is the silver content of silver coins, if you add two percent of copper, then you can save two percent of silver by making silver coins, if there are one million taels of silver to be made into silver coins, then you can save 200,000 taels, which is equivalent to making 200,000 taels invisibly, if it is 10 million taels, 100 million taels, then you can also get a lot of benefits from it.

Compared to silver, the price of copper is relatively low. And adding 20% copper will not have any effect, you know, during the later Republic of China, the widely used Yuan Datou, the silver content is about 70% to 80%, and the other is doped with copper, so the content of Chongzhen is also more reasonable.

Of course, Chongzhen was not afraid that this silver coin would not be circulated, he could think of using a silver coin, so naturally there was a way to make it usable. And this silver coin is only the beginning of the future Ming monetary system, what Chongzhen is really ready to vigorously promote is paper money.

The earliest banknotes in China were Jiaozi during the Northern Song Dynasty. And Daming also has its own banknote - Daming treasure banknote. But it's a pity that because the dean (Yuanzhang) printed too much back then, it was out of control, which made the Ming treasure banknote depreciate wildly, and at this time in the late Ming Dynasty, it was basically not much different from straw paper.

What Chongzhen wants is not to continue to use this kind of "straw paper", but to re-implement a kind of banknote, but this is still difficult for the current Chongzhen to do, because he lacks the funds to enable it, and the money in his hand is not enough to plug his teeth.

Shen An's work efficiency made Chongzhen have to admire. Only then did he explain it to him, and the sample was brought out the next day.

Looking at the few samples handed over by Shen An in his hand, Chongzhen nodded and said, "Not bad, Shen Qing, I am very satisfied with your work."

"Your Majesty has an overreputation, and loyalty to the monarch is the duty of a minister." Shen An said modestly, "It's just that, Your Majesty, if this silver coin is used, there will be people with bad intentions who will scratch the silver powder on the edge of the silver coin, causing the quality of the silver coin to decrease." ”

"That's right. Well, add some teeth to the edge of the coin to prevent this from happening. ”

"Your Majesty."

"Is this coin a hassle to make?" Chongzhen asked. If it is to be popularized, it needs to be mass-produced, and if it is cumbersome to make, it is difficult to use it on a large scale.

"These pieces in Your Majesty's hands are carved by craftsmen, which is more cumbersome. However, if you want to make it in large quantities, you can make a mold and pour it. ”

"That's very good. In this way, I will give you ten million taels from my inner money, and you will help me make silver coins as soon as possible. I will reward you with 100 taels of silver, and all the craftsmen of the Baoyuan Bureau will reward you with 20 taels of silver. After Chongzhen finished speaking, he felt that it was not safe to hand over such a large sum of money like this, and then said: "Order Jinyiwei and Dongchang to send someone to escort the silver taels, don't let people rob them."

When Cao Huachun heard it, he said, "The slave and maid have the order."

At this time, Shen An felt like a dream, and such a large amount of silver was handed over to him, although he made silver coins for himself, but it also made him excited. He has lived for most of his life, and it is the first time he has handled so much money, and it is estimated that he has not even handled so much money in the head of the household, you know, the financial tax revenue of the central government of the Ming Dynasty at that time was only a few million taels a year.

After the excitement, Shen An bowed and said, "Weichen thanks Your Majesty Long En for the craftsmen of the Baoyuan Bureau."

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I haven't changed it in a few days, and I'm really embarrassed, but there's a reason.................. Well, I've been lazy these days, and I'm wrong, so I'm sending a double shift today.

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