"This is the first batch of coinage, please take a look at the town!" Fei Chun came in with two strings of copper coins.

Zhao Han took it closer and looked at it carefully, and couldn't help laughing, this thing was too realistic.

Except for the slight difference in color, it is exactly the same as the copper coins minted in Nanjing. As for the "Chongzhen Tongbao World Datong Money", it is still making money molds, and it will be minted in two months.

Zhao Han nodded approvingly: "Not bad." ”

Fei Chun handed over a stack of paper tickets: "This is the first batch of military tickets." ”

Zhao Han did not dare to rashly issue banknotes, mainly because of Zhu Yuanzhang's Daming treasure banknotes, which had completely ruined the reputation of banknotes.

Daming treasure banknotes, print as much as you want. Moreover, after the damage, the government did not admit the account at all, nor did it exchange the old currency for the new currency, which caused the government, the people, and the businessmen to complain.

With this kind of experience, the common people are afraid when they see paper money.

Therefore, Zhao Han only dared to print military tickets and only used them in the army. Soldiers receive salaries and are directly issued military tickets, which can be exchanged for food at official grain stores at any time and place.

In this way, it will be convenient for the front-line soldiers to be paid when they are fighting.

Moreover, it is also very convenient for soldiers to carry, they can wait for the war to go home, take the military ticket to the grain store in their hometown to exchange for food.

The material of the military ticket follows the Daming treasure banknote.

The main material is mulberry paper, and the auxiliary material is waste and recycled briefpaper. The two kinds of paper are mixed together and beaten into pulp, and the color of the paper is blue-gray, thick and durable.

There are many types of anti-counterfeiting signs –

First, miniature carving. Ask the master of miniature carving to engrave the pattern on the plate.

Second, color printing. Red, blue, and black overprints, which is how Jiaozi in the Song Dynasty did it.

Third, watermarks. The watermark method originated from the Tang Dynasty, there are two kinds of bright flowers and dark flowers, and modern banknotes still retain watermarks for anti-counterfeiting. The military ticket of the Datong Army adopts the dark flower watermark method.

Fourth, seals. On the military ticket, there must be the seal of the three major institutions of the Financial Division, the Public Works Department, and the Military Affairs Academy. In addition, the main pattern of the military ticket is also made of special ink, which is added with lead sulfide, which is also the anti-counterfeiting mark of the Daming treasure banknote.

Moreover, as long as the military ticket is genuine, even if it is blistered, the grain bank must admit it. If it is torn into several pieces, as long as it is more than 60% complete, it must also be counted as a whole ticket.

When the military ticket system is put into operation, it can save a lot of transportation consumption, and at the same time, it can retain more food stocks.

After the establishment of credit, it is very likely that the people will use the military tickets as paper money.

Zhao Han put down the military ticket and said, "Since we have started to mint money, in the future, the grain bank will be changed to the money and grain bank." In particular, the 'Datong Money in the World' can be exchanged at the money and grain store after circulation. ”

The grain store under the Financial Secretary cannot be exchanged for copper coins now, and only accepts silver and grain, which is really disgusting for Chongzhen Tongbao.

After the issuance of the "Tianxia Datong Money", the copper coin business can be increased.

Everything must be improved step by step.

When the currency reform is completed and the banking system is established, the money and grain bank must be separated from the financial department and directly managed by the central government.

Half a month later, the salary will be paid at the beginning of the month.

The personal guards of the Ji'an General Military Mansion became the first batch of soldiers to lead the military ticket.

These people were holding a stack of paper tickets, although they understood how to use it, and although they trusted Zhao Han, they still couldn't help but feel weak in their hearts.

"Can this ticket really be exchanged for food?"

"Will the town still lie to us?"

"Or ...... Go for it? ”

“……”

A few pro-soldiers took advantage of the rest and went to the grain store in Fucheng together.

"Change the grain!" A soldier snaps out a military ticket.

The grain clerk asked, "How much?" ”

The soldier said, "All for all." ”

The denomination of the military ticket is one bucket, two buckets, five buckets, and one stone.

I saw that the grain store began to move the grain out, and it was obvious that it could be cashed in by using the bucket there seriously.

The soldier suddenly laughed and said, "No, no, I don't have time to take it home." ”

The grain clerk looked depressed, and he didn't dare to offend the soldiers, so he could only turn around and whisper and complain.

The soldiers were very happy, and they had grain stores in their hometowns, about one in every three towns. In the future, when you visit relatives on vacation, you can directly bring military tickets, and you don't need to exchange money in Fucheng, and you don't need to carry big bags of grain to hurry.

Military tickets are the first step, and the next step is the issuance of official tickets.

Due to the shortage of silver, military salaries were calculated in grain, but officials' salaries were calculated in silver.

After the money and grain bank has sufficient silver, it can issue official tickets, and officials have to use paper money to receive their salaries.

Again, step by step, take your time.

Even the official ticket had to be issued in Ji'an Mansion first, because on the day the official ticket was issued, there must be countless officials running to run on it. It could only be used as a government unit, and gradually spread, and eventually became a currency recognized by officials.

When the officials and soldiers approve of it, the public will approve it, and then they can try to issue a small amount of banknotes.

In the coming decades, paper money and metal money will coexist, and the mandatory abolition of metal money will only cause panic in society.

……

"Daddy!"

Gun'er was two and a half years old, and rushed over with her calves.

Zhao Han hurriedly caught it, put it on his neck and rode a horse, and said with a smile: "Drive, drive!" ”

"Drive, drive!"

Ringer hugged her father's head, laughing and shouting together.

"Don't fall, don't fall!"

Fei Rulan hurriedly reminded and whispered, "Dad is here, and he brought my cousin." ”

Zhao Han carried his son inside, and sure enough, he saw Fei Yinghuan and Hu Mengtai, who had not seen him for many years.

These two studied hard together in retreat back then, and as a result, Fei Yinghuan bought an official office. Hu Mengtai stayed up until the spring of last year, and finally passed the Jinshi examination, and after only half a year as an official, his hometown was occupied by Zhao Han.

"Lord Tarzan, cousin." Zhao Han greeted with a smile.

"Don't dare to be." Hu Mengtai hurriedly got up and made a move.

Fei Rulan came over and said, "Give me the child, you can talk." ”

Hu Mengtai sighed in his heart, a house slave back then, has now become the king of Jiangxi, but he has to return to his hometown.

Everyone sat down, drank tea and chatted.

Fei Yinghuan said: "Youli won the Jinshi and was released to be the Zhixian of Fenghua, Zhejiang, but he did a big thing. ”

Zhao Han asked: "The disaster in Zhejiang last year was very serious, right?" ”

"It's very serious, and I offended people for disaster relief." Hu Mengtai sighed.

However, in order to raise money and food for disaster relief, Hu Mengtai investigated the stinging and scheming, ordered the gentry to pay taxes, and directly took the Fenghua Dai family to the knife.

Dai Ao's official position is Shuntian Mansion Cheng, Zheng Sipin, for local officials, this is also a powerful person in Beijing.

Hu Mengtai ordered the officials to arrest his son, who secretly leaked the news, and his son hurriedly fled to Beijing.

As a Fenghua person, Dai Ao could not impeach Fenghua Zhixian according to the rules, so he went to the court to make a fuss, saying that the collapse of the society was due to the corruption of the Zhixian County. The article was written secretly, as if it was pointed, Chongzhen was too lazy to guess, and asked Dai Aoming to say which county was the offender.

At this moment, there was a person who wanted to make a name for himself, and he directly exposed the matter, and Dai Ao was imprisoned by Chongzhen for questioning.

After giving relief to the people in Fenghua, Hu Mengtai offended the local clans. He felt that it was boring to continue to be an official, and he was worried about his family, so he simply hung up the seal and walked back to Lead Mountain, and came to Ji'an to join Fei Yinghuan.

This old man, in history, scattered all his family wealth to resist the Qing Dynasty, held the city for several months, and both husband and wife were martyred.

Zhao Han smiled and said, "If my cousin can come, he wants to be my secretary." ”

Fei Yinghuan explained: "The ordinary secretary of the Secretariat is similar to the Zhongshu people of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Hu Mengtai knew the employment system, it was Fei Yinghuan who told him, and said with a smile: "If you can do things, you can do things." ”

Generally, the person Zhao Han wants to promote, after being an ordinary secretary for three months, can be released to be the mayor of the town, or directly to be the county leader, and he will rise quickly in the future.

Zhao Han is not afraid that the Fei family is too powerful, and Li Banghua's family also has many officials.

There are also the Xiao family of Luling and the Liu family of Jishui, because they took refuge more thoroughly, they sent a large number of clansmen as officials very early, and now there are many magistrates and counties, and even the Xiao and Liu families have people who have become prefects.

"Lord Taishan, how are you preparing for immigration?" Zhao Han asked.

Fei Yinghuan replied: "I'll leave in a few days." ”

Fei Yinghuan's new position is the magistrate of Youxian County, cooperating with the Changsha prefect to immigrate.

At the junction of Huguang and Jiangxi, due to the serious epidemic of bandits, the population has plummeted, and it is necessary to immigrate to enrich the place. It is not much, tens of thousands of people per county, which can just relieve the population pressure on Jiangxi.

It was precisely because many places wanted to engage in immigration that Zhao Han couldn't wait to launch the military ticket, and then asked Fei Chun to hurry up and mint money.

Hu Mengtai smiled and said: "The capture of Changsha Mansion City by the general town is equivalent to seizing half of Huguang, and half of the world's granary is in its hands. ”

"Thanks to the lives of the soldiers on the front line." Zhao Han was very happy.

Suddenly, Zhao Han asked again: "Yuyao is not far from Fenghua, has my cousin ever known the news of Zhu Zhiyu (Zhu Shunshui)?" ”

"When I left Fenghua, I made a special trip to visit," Hu Mengtai said, "In the past few years, he has been doing studies with peace of mind, and he is not limited to science and psychology." He now advocates practical learning, agriculture, fortification, medicine, water conservancy, ...... Hundreds of work, all kinds of learning. He also told me that the way of learning is important in practice, and the learning of sages is practiced. Scholars should learn from practice and apply what they have learned. ”

"Haha, that's a good thing to say." Zhao Han said with a smile.

Zhu Shunshui at the time of Hanzhu Mountain was only a semi-finished product, and now it has finally evolved into a complete version.

Zhao Han planned to write a letter and ask Xu Ying to send someone to Yuyao and invite Zhu Shunshui to be an official or teacher.

Of course, it may not be tempting, Chongzhen ordered him to be an official, but Zhu Shunshui refused.

The three of them were drinking tea and chatting energetically, when suddenly the guards came in and reported: "General Town, there is an urgent military situation in Guangdong!" ”

"Bring it."

This military information was transmitted by Zhang Tieniu, who reported that tens of thousands of people in the eighth row of Yao had an incident, and he also wanted to sacrifice women to Zhao Hanjin.

It must have been ghostwritten by a military missionary who made the matter of Bapai Yao very clear.

Zhao Han felt extremely novel, in his established impression, the Yao tribe should be a chieftain. I never imagined that the election system would be implemented, and the "committee members" would be elected first, and then other leaders would be elected from the committee, and they would also know that the election would be changed every two years.

The missionary also said that the Yao people could be appeased and treated kindly, and that they could teach them the technique of terraces.