"King, is it inappropriate to abolish the cloth coins, knife coins and ant nose coins that were originally circulated in my Wu Kingdom?"

Dazai Ji Za frowned and said: "Don't say that the country of Wu, the kingdom of heaven and earth are all average, all kinds of coins are used together, but the equivalent is different, and there are often disputes." ”

"The reform of the currency system is certainly beneficial to the community. However, I am afraid that my Wu Guo Li Shu will suddenly find it difficult to accept this new style of five baht money! ”

Ji Za's worries are not unreasonable.

The full implementation of a new currency is not something that can be accomplished overnight.

If the credibility of the government is insufficient, and the people of the country are disobedient, this will inevitably cause chaos in the currency market of Wu State, which will inevitably lead to inflation!

However, Qingji's determination to carry out currency reform in Wu cannot be shaken.

Qingji secretly thought to himself, and said: "The reform of the currency system is naturally not a one-time effort. The meaning of the widow is to take the lead in implementing the five-baht coin in Wudu and replace other currencies with the five-baht coin! ”

"Taking the capital of Wu as the place of experiment, if the effect of the currency reform is significant, it should be parallel to the state of Wu. If the effect is not good, it can also be determined before moving. ”

"The king is wise!"

Ji Za deeply agreed with Qingji's practice of not rashly implementing the five-baht coin throughout the territory of Wu at once.

Qingji said: "The right to mint coins belongs to the government, and the three officials are placed, Zhong Guan, copper, and skills, and the right Prime Minister's Mansion is controlled, Zhong Guan is responsible for casting, and the copper is responsible for reviewing the quality and fineness of copper, and the skills are responsible for carving. ”

"The coinage matter is in charge of the right prime minister, and the governor of Su Neishi Fan Li and the general of the Dagong Order are assisted."

"The promotion of the five-baht coin is in charge of Dazai Jiza, and Shaofu is left and Wudu County is assisted by Wu Zixu."

"Ministers, obey the king's orders!"

The minister, whose name was read, immediately agreed.

Qingji then looked at Ji Za's body and said, "Dazai, the implementation of the five-baht coin is a matter of social welfare, and there is no room for error. ”

"The five-baht coin is the only legal tender in my country, and the people are not allowed to mint it privately, and the violators will be beheaded."

"The rest of the original knife coins, cloth coins, and ant nose coins are exchanged for five baht coins, how much is the equivalent value, and I ask Dazai to consider it carefully, and after the field inspection, the price will be set!"

"Yui!"

Since the new currency is to replace the old currency, the old currency should be abolished and recycled to the government to be reminted as a new currency.

Therefore, the responsibilities of Ji Za and the others are extremely great.

Immediately, Qingji said to the right prime minister: "The right prime minister, you and others are minting coins for the society, and their craftsmanship must be strictly controlled, and strive to make it impossible for others to imitate." ”

"If something goes wrong, the widow should be examined layer by layer, and he will not be spared!"

"Yui!"

Counterfeiting of currency has been happening in an endless stream from ancient times to the present.

And once a large number of counterfeit money is rampant and pours into the people, it will cause market inflation, which is the result that Qingji never wants to see!

Therefore, the minting process of five-baht coins must be strictly controlled, and the state must increase its efforts to crack down on counterfeit money!

Baht is an ancient unit of measurement.

At this time, about twenty-four baht was equal to one tael, and a five-baht coin was about 3.5 to 4 grams.

If you use gold as a reference, 1,000 5 baht coins are equivalent to one tael of gold.

The value is still extremely high!

In the two thousand years from Fuxi to Zhuan, money was called gold; The descendants of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor have Xiong's and Gaoxin's, which were called "goods" at that time; Emperor Yao called it "spring"; In the Shang and Zhou dynasties, it was called "cloth".

Among them, turtle shells and shells were used as money, and later cloth developed into hard currency.

As one of the oldest hard currencies, gold was divided into yellow, white, and red as early as the time of Emperor Yao, which were gold, silver, and copper.

The top currencies are pearls and jade, which belong to the "upper currency"; Gold is second-class, which is the Chinese currency; The next currency is a knife, cloth and the like.

And coinage technology has appeared in the era of Dayu.

There was a flood that lasted for five years during the Yu period, but no one starved to death, because Dayu minted coins and distributed them to people who had no food.

This is probably the earliest manifestation of credit after the appearance of coins.

The reason why the coin is so popular is that it has a uniform size and weight, and it is easy to use.

However, after all, coins cannot be used to make clothes like cloth, and sometimes people do not like to use them, and the circulation is large, so the depreciation of coins is inevitable.

At the beginning of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, there were only small coins and no big coins, which means that the "denomination" was too single.

So during the reign of King Jing of Zhou, he began to mint large coins with a diameter of one inch and two cents, and a top fifty small coins.

Therefore, the five-baht coin promoted by Qingji is actually not a big initiative!

Qingji decided to use Wudu as an experimental site for the implementation of the five-baht coin.

In addition to a series of old currencies such as knife coins, cloth coins, and ant nose money, Li Shu brought cloth, silk, jade, silk, deer skin and other valuable things, which can actually be exchanged for a certain value of five baht coins.

When the government issued a decree on currency reform, the public opinion on the matter was mixed.

But, no matter what, out of the trust of the Chinese people in Qingji and the country, they all ran home non-stop, took out some old-fashioned coins, and then went to the government to exchange them for five baht.

For those who secretly possess old coins, but do not exchange them for five baht coins from the government, and still want to trade, Wu Guo's punishment is very severe.

The penalty is ten horses of cloth, and the worst sentence is five years of hard labor!

Both buyers and sellers who use old coins will be punished in this way!

Therefore, as soon as the decree of Wu State to reform the currency system was promulgated, people rushed to the door of the county government and lined up in a long line.

There is no doubt that the currency reform of Wu State has achieved remarkable results in the early stage.

Next, the five-baht coin of Wu will be gradually promoted in various counties, and even in the world!

The five-baht coin will become a popular currency like knife coins, cloth coins, and ant-nose coins.

Because Wu encouraged merchants from all over the world to join Wu to do business, and in the land of Wu, the only legal tender was five baht.

Without five baht, it is impossible to do business in Wu again.

Therefore, the merchants who entered Wu must exchange five baht coins and then circulate them in other countries!

And this is one of the major purposes of Qingji's currency reform.

"The king, I want to see you in the history of Zhisu!"

When Qingji was dealing with government affairs in the Zide Palace, suddenly a chamberlain came in and said.

Fan Li?

"Xuan."

"No!"

Fan Li asked to see him, naturally it couldn't be a trivial matter, so Qingji would receive him.

Not long after, Fan Li, who was dressed in a dark court dress, entered the Zide Hall step by step.

Behind him, there was also an elegant man wearing a long crown and a dark robe, with an extraordinary temperament.

"Chen Fan Li, see the king! Long live the king! ”

"Excuse me."

Hearing that the elegant man who followed Fan Li was a well-known literary genre in history, Qing Ji showed respect, folded the corporal, and hurriedly stood up and helped him.

"King Xie!"

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