Xu Gengshen said something to make the big guys understand some truths: "Needless to say, the Taihe Hall here is naturally the most noble, let's just say that this Beihai, "Xianfeng Dictionary", Dingyuan, and this train, all of them were started by foreign affairs, and they are all the results of the past few years. If this banknote is issued, it can play a little bit of education, the big guy saw Beihai, Dingyuan can remember the country's great martial arts, the dictionary is naturally a cultural and educational canon, this train is naturally the merit of foreign affairs! ”

"Yes," Sun Yuwen nodded and said, "Uncle Xing's words are also what I want to say, there are all the scenery, buildings, people, flowers, etc., here, but they are very complete." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Xu Gengshen's words are a little inaccurate, when the "Xianfeng Dictionary" was compiled, the matter of foreign affairs had not yet begun, but everyone knew that Xu Gengshen's words were not about the achievements of foreign affairs, but about the achievements of the Empress Dowager Cixi over the years, except for the Taihe Palace, the rest were the achievements of the Empress Dowager after getting involved in politics or hanging the curtain, everyone looked at Hu Xueyan who showed a slight smug on his face, and couldn't help but scold the shameless sycophants. The establishment of the navy, the construction of a dictionary, the Beihai start, the construction of the railway, these things in such an inconspicuous, but very eye-catching way to praise the queen mother, it is foreseeable that such a good person who will come to work and be an errand will only be afraid of flying again.

Of course, in the eyes of ordinary officials, the title of Shilang is already soaring, but in the eyes of the Minister of Military Aircraft, Shilang is nothing, and Hu Xueyan will have a long way to go, "This pattern coin is extremely exquisite," Yan Jingming began to pick and choose, "But if the future issuance is not so exquisite, wouldn't it be useless?" ”

"The most advanced printing press purchased from England for more than 100,000 taels of silver is only used for the issuance of new coins, so that the coins are printed in the machine, not specific, to ensure that the sheets are exquisite, and the debugging of the colors is also the secret recipe of the Great Interior, and no one outside can steal it." Hu Xueyan showed the banknote sideways towards the big guy, "There is also a silver thread here to increase the availability of new coins." ”

"How much can you print in a day?"

"I haven't tried it with all my might," Hu Xueyan was sloppy at this time, "The number of prints in a day is not a problem to be sent to the soldiers and horses of the five cities at one time." ”

The style of the new coin has been seen by the big guys, but there is no opinion, this is just money, it is best to look good, if it is not good-looking, it is good to be able to circulate, "The matter of the pattern coin, let's see, if the king of Li has no opinion, let's present it to Xisheng," Yan Jingming sat down, smoked a hookah, and made the court full of smoke, "This is not a big deal, the big thing is how to send it, the paper money is this Wai, the big guy knows, we China, it was not without it before, what the effect is, I don't need to say more." ”

Yan Jingming said that even if the Ming Dynasty treasure banknote, please note that this is the only paper money officially issued by the Ming Dynasty, except for copper coins, only this is the most serious currency, and those silver are pheasants without a name. The treasure banknote is divided into six grades: one run, five hundred wen, three hundred wen, two hundred wen, and one hundred wen. It has always been equal to a thousand copper coins or a tael of silver, four through a tael of gold, and the upper end of the ticket is six Chinese characters of "Daming Pass Treasure Banknote". When the treasure banknote was first issued, the value of one stone meter was consistent. However, due to the poor paper at that time, the Ming Dynasty banknotes were difficult to last, and the Ming Dynasty banknotes were only issued and not received, neither demarcated, nor recycled the old banknotes, resulting in more and more paper money circulating in the market, and the treasure banknotes were flooded, and the inflation and depreciation were extremely fast in the year of issuance, and the people abandoned them one after another. During the Zhengde period, the treasure banknote was actually abolished. After that, the Ming Dynasty no longer issued paper money. So the common people and the court have doted on the pheasant of Yinliang, but they are serious about the treasure money, and no one cares about it.

"If it is issued, if it can be used as the last use of the former Ming treasure banknote, then it will naturally not have much effect."

"Naturally, it can't be the same as the previous dynasty," Hu Xueyan continued, "According to my meaning, this banknote is to completely replace the silver dollar in the future, except for retaining Tongbao, the silver dollar must be fully recovered, no longer in circulation, and the silver on the market naturally does not have to be taken out and used, all of them are changed to this banknote." ”

Yan Jingming obviously knew Hu Xueyan's thoughts, there was no expression on his face, and the rest of the military ministers couldn't help but look at each other, Xu Gengshen hesitated, "Isn't this too urgent?" If it's according to my meaning, let's go out a little bit first and see what the people and merchants outside mean, if the big guys don't like this, it's better to use silver dollars. ”

Hu Xueyan shook his head and said firmly, "I can't continue to use silver dollars, how to lack silver, all the adults in the hall know, and I won't talk about it anymore, we come and go in the Qing Dynasty like this, including the silver kept by the people themselves, I'm afraid it accounts for about sixty percent of the world's silver, but we still don't have enough, that is to say, if all the silver in the world is given to us, we still don't have enough, fortunately, a few years ago, the silver dollar was used first, and there was a lot of money and profits here, otherwise it would be calculated according to the previous silver taels, We're just afraid that we'll be short of money for a long time. ”

"Since the world's silver is not enough for us, then it is natural to think of a new way, copper money is suitable, but not valuable enough, can only be used as the most basic, gold is less than silver, and it can not be used as currency, the currency of this metal is not made, so I have to look at others, now the Europeans have the best method, using paper money to issue currency, no matter how expensive the printing machine is, how heavy the silver wire is added, the cost is much less than the minting of silver dollars."

"Naturally, what Xu Zhongtang said," Hu Xueyan was still a little uneasy when he saw Xu Gengshen, "At the beginning, paper money and silver dollars were still issued together, and silver dollars would not be abolished quickly, after all, it was necessary for the underground people to adapt to the new currency." ”

"The most important thing is to adapt to the new coin, the big guys dare to use it, not the same as the treasure banknote, it is worth a lot of money at the beginning, and in the end it is a pile of waste paper, and the new currency can be sent out and recovered," Yan Jingming finished smoking a bag of hookah, and then told everyone what he was thinking about just now, "I originally meant to do it slowly!" (To be continued.) )