His Majesty the Emperor was very satisfied with Yang Feng's three suggestions.

Of course, that doesn't mean he's going to do it right away......

At least not all of them will be implemented immediately, whether it is a bank or gold and silver coinage, it will take a certain amount of time, and in the end, the current depreciation of treasure money is not too serious.

And he has a question.

It is the problem of counterfeit banknotes that can never be eradicated.

"There's nothing I can do about it, it's always a problem.

The effect of the strict punishment law was limited, and we could shoot the highest counterfeit banknotes at that time.

But as long as paper money is still used, this problem cannot be solved, in the final analysis, the benefits are enough, even the matter of copying the family and punishing the nine clans is also daring, so while the law is severe, we must also improve the anti-counterfeiting ability, but our technology at that time can not be used at this time. But there is a way, you can try it, but it won't work, I can't guarantee this, although this technology appeared decades later, but used to print money, it must be almost five hundred years later.

At that time, it was machine printing, and it could be very powerful.

At this time, it is nothing more than handwork, whether you can do it or not, this depends on your craftsman's ability. ”

Yang Feng said.

"What's the method?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Gravure printing.

Like rubbings of inscriptions.

However, the rubbing of the inscription is to apply ink to the outside, and this kind of printing is to put ink on the text, and then print it on the paper, and the final printed text is like carving.

This technique was first printed by Tessie craftsmen seventy or eighty years later.

Five hundred years later, the most powerful country I am talking about, they began to use this technology to print money, and this technology has been used as the main anti-counterfeiting means of their banknotes, but the key is ink, after all, you can't let the printed treasure money text fade, and the printing and printing of money are not the same, the former is pasted to see, the treasure money has to continue to pass through human hands. ”

"If a Taixi craftsman can do it in seventy or eighty years, so can I, a Ming craftsman."

"If this can't be done, then there is another kind, that is, watermark, when making paper, the pattern is pre-woven on the net, and the paper made has not obvious dark lines, and you can see it in the light, this should be able to do, I remember that there is already at this time."

Yang Feng said.

The difficulty of the intaglio is too high, but the difficulty of the watermark is low.

However, the anti-counterfeiting effect of watermarks is also low, after all, watermark technology is not an insurmountable difficulty for the manufacture of counterfeit banknotes.

This thing was available in the Tang Dynasty when papermaking was made.

It was also at this time that European papermakers began to use it.

Therefore, it is not a difficult technique for folk papermakers to forge watermarks.

"Then there is ink, in addition to engraving, this does not use woodblock, but changed to lead and tin alloy version, supplemented by linseed oil, turpentine blended into ink, this can also have a good effect, after all, ink printing and ink printing are completely different. In addition, there is a method of making ink, which can make the black ink shine obliquely in the sun with a red luster, and it is said that this effect can be obtained by soaking the wick with comfrey juice and then making ink with the wick fuel, and this can also be obtained. In the short term, I think it is to use this set first, and then supplement it with watermarks, and at the same time slowly study gravure printing, and wait for those who make counterfeit banknotes to learn lead ink printing, learn to forge watermarks, and then it will almost be gravure printing.

Banknote anti-counterfeiting and counterfeiting is a long-term struggle.

From the beginning of paper money making in the Song Dynasty to our time, the struggle of nearly a thousand years will not be said to be solved all at once. ”

Yang Feng said.

In fact, there are metal plates and inks, which are enough to survive when Zhu Yuanzhang is alive.

Adding a watermark is a double insurance.

As for the color of the ink, it is recorded in the Tiangong Kaiwu, and the high-grade ink of the Ming Dynasty is the black smoke scraped by lamps such as lamp black, burning tung oil and the like.

But it really can't be expected to make it immune to counterfeit money......

With the development of folk printing technology in the Ming Dynasty, this combination is really not enough to see, and copper movable type printing has appeared in the late Ming Dynasty.

So gravure is king.

The main reason is that the intaglio is more exquisite, especially the early intaglio printing, which requires senior engravers, and the intaglio engravers in Europe in the fifteenth century are all artist-level, and the cost of raising an engraver of this level is somewhat high. And this kind of carver can also give enough official positions, give enough money, and even simply knight him, who has these things to risk the nine clans to give those engravings that print counterfeit money, what benefits can those who print counterfeit money give him?

Of course, this is all in the future.

His Majesty the Emperor finally went away satisfied.

This training, which was not very long, had already made him make great progress, so he decided to give an order to Li Chenggui immediately when he went back......

The main thing is that the latter has already started printing money last year.

This is not the king's land under the whole world, so there can only be one kind of paper money under the whole world, and a subordinate like him cannot print money by himself, which belongs to trespassing, this problem is very serious, His Majesty the Emperor was immediately furious when he learned about it, and now he is clearly warned to hurry up and rein in the precipice.

As for the shortage of Korean coins, His Majesty the Emperor was merciful and gave him 20,000 yuan of treasure money to use.

In addition, they were supposed to sell 5,000 horses to Daming next year, which was 10,000 pieces of cloth according to the previous price.

His Majesty the Emperor was gracious and gave them 40,000 yuan.

Be grateful!

That's the price of 40,000 pieces of cloth.

In the future, they will also be at this price, but the Ming Dynasty will no longer deliver to the door, they need to take the treasure money to the Ming Dynasty to buy, His Majesty the Emperor allowed them to trade in Liaodong, Dengzhou and other places, not only can be purchased, but also can sell goods to the Ming Dynasty. In short, in the future, trade between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea will be opened, but Korean merchants can only accept treasure money when they go to the Ming Dynasty, because His Majesty the Emperor has long banned gold and silver from leaving the country, and then will also issue a decree to prohibit copper from leaving the country, but they can take these to the Ming Dynasty to exchange treasure money.

Li Chenggui should be grateful, because His Majesty the Emperor will only open up trade between North Korea and the Ming Dynasty in the next two years.

He can be a second-hand dealer.

Even in order to be a second-hand dealer, he will be grateful and completely hand over the currency power of North Korea to the Ming Dynasty.

Besides, he really didn't have any other choice.

There is no copper in the coinage.

Money printing is not allowed.

What if you don't accept treasure money?

"Do you really want to know what I said to His Majesty the Emperor?"

Yang Feng stood in front of the tent and looked at Zhang Xianzong, who was driven a hundred steps away by the Jinyi guard and waited.

Although he couldn't hear the content of the conversation, he also knew that if he could make Zhu Yuanzhang so happy, he must belong to the kind of demagogic saint who listened, after all, these ministers knew Zhu Yuanzhang's true face, and it was really not a good thing for the ministers to make this emperor happy......

The happier His Majesty the Emperor, the more scared they became.

Who knows what fallacies this demon has instilled in the emperor!

In fact, Yang Feng's impact on the Ming Dynasty can be said to be huge, but he himself generally does not go down the mountain, let alone communicate with the Wenchen generals of the Ming Dynasty, so he doesn't know, but in fact, the Ming court, especially those Wenchen, has already been noisy because of his appearance. Even these days, there are people who continue to admonish Zhu Yuanzhang, advising His Majesty the Emperor not to listen to his nonsense, the traverser or something is purely made up, he may be a demon drilled out of a ravine.

Relying on some witchcraft, trying to cause trouble to the Ming Dynasty.

Demons. Definitely a demon.

They are afraid.

Because Yang Feng brought a new ideological system.

At this time, the Confucian scholars had just completed their influence on Zhu Yuanzhang, and even the imperial examination had only just begun for a few years.

Zhu Yuanzhang found that those jinshi had no practical management experience at all, and it was not until the fifteenth year of Hongwu that the imperial examination system was re-established, but it was not until the eighteenth year of Hongwu that a new batch of jinshi was born, and then twenty-one years, twenty-four years, and three subjects were examined.

And the number of admissions is not much.

Each subject is dozens of jinshi.

The Confucian students are afraid that a guy with a new idea suddenly appears at this time, and it is really easy for Zhu Yuanzhang to go astray.

"Actually, what I said to the emperor this time is also a good thing for you, I just want His Majesty the Emperor to open up trade.

Don't you Fujian gentry all want to open up overseas trade?

I'm here to help you. ”

Yang Feng said.

Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed ready to open up overseas trade.

His Majesty the Emperor is not stupid, he just doesn't know how many good things there are outside, and now the world map is almost finished for him, and how many good places outside are clearly shown to him, like Java, which is four crops a year, the spice islands full of spices, and the rice producing areas of Siam, these are all great temptations for His Majesty the Emperor.

His Majesty the Emperor is indeed not the kind of person who is very willing to expand his territory.

But......

There are so many good things out there!

"Your Majesty's forbidden sea is Your Majesty's foresight, and Your Majesty's opening of the sea is also Your Majesty's foresight, and we are all human ministers, but we should follow the holy will and practice Your Majesty's law in the world."

Zhang Xianzong said with a calm expression.

"Naughty!"

Yang Feng said.

Zhang Xianzong continued to keep his waves unfazed.

"Do you want to know how you Confucian students were doing when we were at that time?"

Yang Feng said.

"I don't want to, and I don't need to know, the way of the sages is the law of eternity, it is the same at all times, and the way of kings and ministers is also the law of eternity, it is the same at all times, as long as there are kings and ministers in this world, the way of sages will not be destroyed after all, if I don't even have such self-confidence, why should I read the book of sages? When the violent Qin burned books and pit Confucianism, the sages believed that the way of the sages would not be destroyed after all, and when the Wuhu slaughtered the world, the sages still believed that the Tao was endless, and when the cliffs and mountains went to the sea, the sages also firmly believed that the way of the sages would not die.

The result?

Daming still has to take the imperial examination, and the contemptible people can still be lucky to be ranked first.

The law of eternity is the law of eternity after all!

No matter what your time, as long as you want to pass on the country to future generations, the way of the sages is indispensable after all. ”

Zhang Xianzong said proudly.

Yang Feng was silent......

He's right!

(Thanks to the book friends for subverting Wencheng Wude Stick Emperor, Langli Painting, Joydanic3 and others for their tips)