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Yue Su returned to the court, and the emperor decreed that Han Yi led hundreds of civil and military officials to Shili Pavilion to greet him, and asked Liu Mingguo to go to express his condolences on his behalf.

When the people in the capital heard that Lord Yue was back, they were very happy one by one, and spontaneously went to the sandwich road to greet them, outside the Shili Pavilion, not to mention how lively it was. The officials headed by Han Yi all greeted each other with smiling faces, and sang praises to Yue Su, even Han Yi praised Yue Su "with a clear conscience" and said some compliments.

Liu Mingguo took the Son of Heaven to announce the decree, praised Yue Su, and let Yue Su enter the city, and then enter Beijing to see His Majesty.

The team moved forward slowly, and the generals who followed Yue Su's side were all triumphant, this kind of scene, Jin Chan and others had seen it, and they didn't think it was unusual. It seems that he didn't mess with Lord Yue in vain.

This is indeed the case, these people are not mixed with Yue Su in vain, after entering Beijing, the imperial court has already arranged a mansion for them, and the specifications of their mansion are much stronger than the previous batch of generals, and even the reward is much more.

Yue Su traveled across the street, attracting much attention, shouting Yue Qingtian, countless, the scene was spectacular, indescribable. After the parade, Yue Su asked the generals to go back to rest, and only led Jin Chan, Tie Qiu and dozens of guards to the Forbidden City to face the saint.

This time, Lord Yue didn't have to hand over the sign, as soon as he arrived at the gate of the city, the Yellow Gate Supervisor greeted him with a smile and bowed down, "Lord Yue, the emperor has a decree, and when the Lord arrives, you don't have to pass it on, go directly to the imperial study to meet you." ”

Yue Su nodded, turned over and dismounted, entered the palace with Liu Mingguo, and went to the imperial study.

Zhang Yan and Zhu Ciyan were waiting in the imperial study, and when they heard that Yue Su had arrived, they immediately reported it. Yue Su and Liu Mingguo entered the door and took two steps forward, "Minister Yue Su knocks to see my emperor, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live......, long live, long live......, long live,

After speaking, Yue Su and Liu Mingguo were about to kneel on the ground as they lifted their clothes. ish

"Yue Qing hurry up and excuse me, come here, give me a seat." Without waiting for Yue Su to kneel on the ground, Zhu Ciyan hurriedly shouted.

Compared with Lord Yue, Liu Mingguo's treatment is not so good, the emperor shouted "Yue Qing", which has nothing to do with him, he can only kneel and kowtow.

A little eunuch moved a chair and asked Yue Su to sit down, and then the emperor noticed Liu Mingguo and said, "Be merciful, be even." ”

"Your Majesty...... Xie" Liu Mingguo stood up and cautiously stepped aside.

"Yue Qing, you made a military order three years ago to ensure that you will be cleared of the Liukou within three years, and today's great achievement is really my blessing and honor. The Qing family has worked hard and made great achievements, and they should be an example for hundreds of officials, worthy of the importance of the first emperor's trust. Today, I have a special purpose to give the Qing family the right to cross horses in the Forbidden City. Zhu Ciyan said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yue Su owes his body should.

At this time, Zhu Ciyan didn't seem to know what to say anymore, and turned his head to look at his mother, for him, rewarding Yuesu the right to ride a horse in the Forbidden City was considered a complete task.

Zhang Yan's face rose with a smile and said, "Yue Qing has worked hard and made great achievements, and the mourning family is deeply grateful. Originally, I was tired of traveling and driving, so I should have gone home early today to rest. However, the Qing family started to play a few days ago, saying that they would keep the more than 300,000 soldiers and horses who surrendered, so many soldiers and horses, their food and salary are huge, and it is really difficult to support them with the current strength of the imperial court. The Qing family said that they have their own way to deal with it, so at this moment, the mourning family and His Majesty want to hear what good way the Qing family has to get so much silver to raise soldiers. ”

His Majesty and the Queen Mother were worried, but the minister firmly believed that the minister's method would definitely make the court earn a large amount of gold and silver, which would be used to raise soldiers, as long as it took two years, the soldiers and horses were well-trained, and the recovery of Liaodong was just around the corner. As for what method, the minister made it clear to the emperor and the queen mother that this method is called reforming the currency system. Yue Su said with an oath.

"Reform the currency system ......" The emperor was young, of course he didn't understand what it meant, Zhang Yan was the superficial meaning, so he immediately asked: "The Qing family wants to reform the currency system, I don't know how to change the law, and how can I earn a lot of gold and silver for the imperial court?" ”

"The currency in circulation on the market has always been based on real money and silver, although the imperial court has also issued Jiaozi, but that kind of paper and pen can not be recognized by the people. But it is not very convenient to use real money, and when buying items, the silver has to be weighed and even divided. Therefore, the minister was thinking, it is better to unify the currency, and the imperial court will issue a unified silver coin, the silver coin weighs one tael, and one silver coin is equivalent to one tael of silver, which is called a silver dollar. In addition to one or two silver dollars, silver horns can also be issued, divided into one dime, two jiao and five jiao, of which the silver coin with a face value of one dime is 'one coin' silver, and so on. In this way, it will not only benefit the people, but also bring benefits to the country. Yue Su said eloquently.

Zhang Yan nodded and said: "The meaning of the Qing family, the mourning family understands it, this is indeed to facilitate the circulation of money and benefit the people." However, what benefit does this have for the imperial court? It takes a lot of effort for the imperial court to print silver dollars and silver horns, and there are a lot of manpower and material resources, which are all spent on silver. ”

"What the Queen Mother said is good, it does cost a lot of manpower and material resources to print silver dollars and silver horns, but the silver coins printed by the imperial court cannot be ten percent silver, because the silver is soft and hard enough, and copper needs to be added to it to increase its hardness. The minister thought that if seventy percent silver and thirty percent copper were used to print silver dollars and silver horns, it should be the most reasonable. After the imperial court printed, it can be exchanged, and a silver dollar can be exchanged for one or two silver, and then printed, so that each silver dollar can benefit the imperial court for nearly three dollars of silver. There are hundreds of millions of silver in the world, and the benefits this brings to the imperial court can be imagined. Yue Su said in an affirmative tone.

"This ......" After listening to Yue Su's story, Zhang Yan couldn't help but admire Yue Su even more in her heart. Who said that Lord Yue would lead troops and try cases, and he was also the leader in governing the country and making money. According to what Yue Su said, reforming the currency system is not only convenient for the people, but also brings a large amount of income to the imperial court, which is indeed beneficial to the country and the people. "What the Qing family said is very true, benefiting the country and the people, benefiting the country and the people...... I just don't know, how long will it take for this to be implemented? ”

"The minister intends to print five million taels first, and then issue them in the city of Beijing, post a list of texts, and tell the people that in the future, they must use the imperial court coinage, otherwise they must not be traded, and the circumstances are serious, and they will be punished as conspiracy. After the implementation in Beijing, it was printed and implemented in the north and south of the country, so that it spread all over the country. The minister intends to complete this within fifteen months. Yue Su said.

"Fifteen months, the time is a little short, but the mourning family and His Majesty both believe that the Qing family can do it. Your Majesty has approved this matter, and the Qing family can draft it in the cabinet tomorrow and submit it to the emperor. Zhang Yan said.

"Obey." Yue Su replied.

"By the way, your majesty plans to feast on the meritorious heroes in three days, and you can also help arrange this matter." Zhang Yan said again.

"Obey."

After the matter was negotiated, Yue Su said goodbye and left, returning to his home. The next day, at the Cabinet meeting, the matter of reforming the currency was proposed and the Cabinet ministers voted on. In the current Ming Dynasty, the matter that the Minister Tuogu and the Queen Mother have negotiated is naturally a certainty, and letting the cabinet vote is just a formality. Let's ask the cabinet ministers, who dares to oppose it.

The vote was very simple, unanimously passed, and then reported to the celebrant and forwarded to the Queen Mother. Zhang Yan approved it, and the decree was implemented on the same day, which was jointly handled by Yue Su in conjunction with the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, and the internal officials and supervisors.

To print money, at least there must be a mold first, and then it will be printed in batches. After some discussion, Yue Su decided to use the portrait of the current emperor on the front and the image of the Forbidden City on the back. Presented to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother thought it was okay, and praised it greatly, and told Yue Su that you were the first to raise this matter, and that five-dime currency, it is better to use your avatar, which can be regarded as an affirmation of your merits.

How dare Yue Su agree to this kind of thing, and resolutely refuse, the Queen Mother gave up, and was very satisfied with Yue Su's performance. Finally, the five-cornered currency is written with five corners written on the front, dragon patterns are engraved on both sides, and the Forbidden City is engraved on the back; The same is true for the currency of two dimes and one dime, but the size is different.

Once the pattern is finalized, the mold is made, and then it is developed according to the proportion. The royal service, with the best craftsman in the world, only took ten days, not only the mold is done, even the configuration method is also properly studied, a version is printed, the effect is very good. Yue Su showed it to the emperor and the queen mother, and both of them were very satisfied and full of praise.

This kind of thing, if you are a carpenter in the world, you must like it even more, and it is estimated that you will have to participate in even the work of making molds. During the conversation, Yue Su couldn't help but reveal his thoughts about the first emperor, and when he mentioned it, Zhang Yan immediately cried, and then said: "Your Majesty, the mourning family suddenly felt that it would be better to replace the avatar of this silver dollar with your father's, so that it can also deepen the thoughts of the people of the world about your father, and affirm your father's achievements to the world." Moreover, when His Majesty was in power, his face was engraved on the currency, which was really degrading to the royal family. ”

Originally, Zhu Ciyan was very happy to see his head engraved on the silver dollar, and felt that it was very beautiful. But when his mother said this, how dare he disobey, and he didn't have to print other people's, but his father's, so he could only reluctantly nod his head and agree, "What the queen mother said." ”

In a word, the mold was changed, and the head of the silver dollar was changed to Zhu Youxiao's and reprinted. However, this incident aroused Yue Su's enthusiasm even more, and he led everyone to rush to make it with stars and moons, and it didn't take two days for the newly made silver dollar to be printed.

The so-called seeing things and thinking about people, Zhang Yan cried again when she saw the newly printed silver dollar. For a time, the matter of monetary reform was suddenly sublimated, not only to make money, but also to become a commemorative project for Zhu Youxiao.

But what people didn't expect was that the first silver dollar engraved with Zhu Ciyi's head was printed at the beginning, and after a few hundred years, its value soared countless times, far exceeding all the versions.

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