After the early dynasty, Liu Hong summoned five cabinet members in the palace, and Liu Hong said softly, "Let's talk about it!" What's going on? ”

Although he spoke softly, the five cabinet members below all knew that Liu Hong was angry.

Immediately, Taiwei Liu Ju came out and said, "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know about this matter. ”

"I don't know?" Liu Hong patted the case in front of him and shouted, "And Jin Cao, who minted money, is a subordinate official of Captain Er, but you don't know?" ”

Hearing this, Liu Ju hurriedly saluted and said, "The minister is guilty, but since Wang Mang, the coins of the Han Dynasty have been minted by each county itself, so there is such a thing." ”

Liu Hong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said secretly, "Really, I forgot such an important thing." ”

The Eastern Han Dynasty did not attach great importance to coins, and coins were minted by the counties themselves.

This phenomenon was known to Liu Hong as early as when he was a child, but after ascending to the throne, Liu Hong was busy forgetting such an important matter.

Liu Hong, who knew the important surname of currency, immediately said, "Spread the decree that the matter of minting money should be collected by the central government, and a coin minting field should be built where there is copper in various places, and this coin minting field will not be under the jurisdiction of the local government, but will be directly under the central government." ”

"No"

After a pause, Liu Hong continued, "This time the money is minted to build five baht, and it cannot be shoddy, and the violators will be exterminated." ”

"No"

Jianwu five baht. The diameter of the money is 2.6cm, lighter than the five baht of Luhan, generally 3 grams, the small 1.9 grams of copper is slightly red, the casting is exquisite, the ammonium surface is smooth, there is an outline.

Immediately, Liu Hong thought of the future development trend, which must be the development trend of the gold standard, but would it be too early to bring it up at this time? But it's good to mention it.

So Liu Hong said, "Everyone, Aiqing, and first arrange the minting of money, especially the 200 million money used to buy grain and grass, there must be no difference." ”

"No, the ministers obey."

"The captain will go down to deal with the minting of money, and the rest of Aiqing will stay."

"No"

After Liu Ju left, Liu Hong picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and said, "Sit down and enjoy the tea." ”

"No" Li Hao responded to the promise when he heard this, and immediately ordered someone to take the cushion and move it to the case.

The four members of the cabinet thanked him when he saw this.

After getting ready, Liu Hong opened his mouth and said, "If it weren't for the envoy of the Yu Kingdom who mentioned this matter, I wouldn't have known that my Han money method has such drawbacks, and I am very ashamed!" ”

"The ministers are guilty." Hearing this, the four hurriedly leaned over and saluted.

Liu Hong waved his hand and said, "This matter has been revealed, at this time, you should think about how to deal with this matter, coins have played an indispensable role since the unification of the Qin Emperor, and our dynasty has not paid attention to this matter, this is negligence, and it must not be left untouched." ”

"Your Majesty's Divine Wisdom"

"Sikong, what is the silver output of my Han Dynasty? Can it be used as a substitute for currency? ”

Hearing Liu Hong's question, Sikong was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Your Majesty, please allow your ministers to go down and take a look." ”

Liu Hong nodded, after all, silver has not yet become currency at this time, who cares about his output, so Liu Hong said, "Aiqing, let's go down and investigate, what is the output of silver and gold, and where the Han produces the most, you must investigate carefully." ”

"No"

Sikong Li Xian answered the promise and went down to check.

At this time, Liu Hong said, "Cao Teng Aiqing, I want to set up the Dahan Royal Bank to replace Jin Cao." It has become an institution for the minting and issuance of Dahan coins, and it can also be a place for the people to save money, and this matter will be handled by Aiqing. ”

"No" Cao Teng said with a little excitement, after all, he was just a cabinet member, and he was also a cabinet member without a special subordinate officer, and at this time, he was overjoyed to have this directly subordinate organization.

Immediately, Liu Hong discussed with a few people about the transfer of personnel, after all, the Dahan Royal Bank can be said to be a new institution, all personnel need to be transferred, and the geometry of the capital must be set, in short, it is very troublesome.

It was not until near noon that the specific matters of the Dahan Royal Bank were discussed.

Dahan Royal Bank has a head president who is personally appointed by a cabinet member.

There are four presidents and vice presidents, with a rank of 2,000 stones. The governors of the states shall have the same rank as the general and vice presidents, with a rank of two thousand stones.

There are four vice presidents of each state, with a rank ratio of 2,000 stones. The governors of the counties shall be the same as the vice-governors of the states, and the rank shall be two thousand stones.

There are four vice presidents of each county, with a rank of 1,000 stones. The presidents of each county and the vice presidents of each county, rank Chigoku.

There are four vice presidents of each county, with a rank of 600 stones. From the head office to the county bank, there are a number of subordinate officials.

After discussing the matter of the Dahan Royal Bank, Li Xian also returned to the side hall.

Immediately, Li Xian read out the gold and silver production of the Han Dynasty at this time, and finally said, "Your Majesty, the output of gold and silver at this time is enough to replace currency. ”

Liu Hong nodded when he heard this, and then discussed it again.

In the end, with a ratio of 100 to 1, the exchange rate of Dahan was set. Copper coins (newly made fine copper coins) 100 large coins are one penny of silver. One hundred taels of silver, that is, ten taels of silver for one tael of gold, that is, one hundred taels of silver for one tael of gold.

So the Han Dynasty suddenly got busy, the matter of minting money was nationalized, all over the country is afraid to be angry, once the dissatisfaction is said, then the sin of casting inferior copper coins can be borne by the court, at this time the court is mainly stable, so the matter of casting inferior copper coins has not been investigated.

However, if someone is ignorant and dissatisfied with the state's minting of money, then he must be held accountable for minting bad money.

In this environment, the Dahan Royal Bank was established, which was originally to take the lead in paying Fu Yuguo 200 million yuan of grain and grass money, but after some negotiation by Yuan Kui, Fu Yuguo agreed to use silver in exchange, after all, at this time Dahan had recognized the legal status of silver.

So the Dahan Royal Bank began to exchange new copper coins in various places, and the new money was named 'Dahan Tongbao', but although it was all over the place, it only reached the counties, and the exchange ratio was three old coins for two new coins, which was still Liu Hong's fear of exploiting the people, and depressed the exchange, otherwise the exchange ratio must be three to one.

The people were very satisfied with this, but the treasury was almost emptied because of this, because the exchange ratio was three to two, which meant that the court would lose a lot of money for every large coin.

Under such a boom, Dahan entered the third year of Jianning.

On January 3 of the third year of Jianning, the shooting army that supported Bingzhou returned to Luoyang, and there was no promotion to the marquis this time, mainly because of too few military achievements and complete lack of qualifications. So Liu Hong just rewarded a lot of money.

As soon as the South Vietnamese army supporting Fuyu Kingdom arrived in Fuyu Kingdom, Xianbei was caught off guard, and if it wasn't for Fuyu Country's failure to send troops in time, Xianbei would have been wiped out.

Seeing the achievements of the South Vietnamese Army, even if Fu Yuguo transported the first batch of 500,000 stone grain to Youzhou, and when the grain was transferred to Luoyang in Youzhou, the second batch of 500,000 stone also arrived in Youzhou. Finally, on January 5 of the third year of Jianning, two million stone grains were moved into Taicang except for the consumption on the road. The treasury has finally gotten rid of the dilemma of having money but no food.

On January 10 of the third year of Jianning, Liu Hong ushered in the opening drama of the year, the choice of the lord of the Qiang people.