"Your Majesty, even if you pay the commercial tax, you will only barely make up for this year's tax, and it will not work in the future, please cast a lot of money!" Chen Ru, the minister next to him, stepped forward and said.

"No!"

"No!" Hearing this, Sang Hongyang and several other officials said in unison.

"Minting big money is consuming the credibility of the court, and the people who don't recognize it with big money will only harm the people more poor in the end, and the court will lose its trust in the world!"

"Chen Ru, what is your intention in making such a bad move?" Sang Hongyang and the others stared at Chen Ru, and Wang Xin also looked at him, Chen Ru's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly said: "The minister doesn't understand the scriptures, and he makes random suggestions, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me." ”

"In that case, be fined for half a year, and step down!" Wang Xin did not delve into it.

But there is already a plan in my heart, this person cannot be reused, and at the same time, he has been blacklisted, maybe one day he will be taken down by the embroiderer.

"Is there anything else Sang Qing can do?" Wang Xin asked.

"Please mint money!" Sang Hongyang hesitated for a moment and said.

After the founding of the Great Qian, copper coins became the only legal currency, and although gold and silver were precious metals, they were not circulating currencies and were usually used as rewards.

Now Sang Hongyang suggested minting silver coins because with the increasing prosperity of commerce and trade, copper coins were too heavy, and the problem of inconvenient transportation had affected the development of commerce.

At the same time, copper coins can no longer be used as a currency for large transactions.

It has always been a thousand copper coins, almost four kilograms, and a thousand copper coins weigh four tons, so it is too inconvenient to bring so much money out to do business, and to find a big car to pull money.

At the same time, because of the country's financial problems, more money is also needed to circulate. The speed at which the state mints coins cannot match the needs of the market.

Therefore, Sang Hongyang admonished to mint silver coins.

Silver coins are lighter than copper coins, and if they are available, they can make it easier for merchants to trade, promote the prosperity of commerce and trade, and at the same time provide more money to the country.

The population of Daqian now exceeds 60 million, or even approaches 70 million, and the copper coins circulating in the market are no longer enough to facilitate the use of the people.

In those years, Daqian did not use gold and silver currency, and a large factor was the insufficient amount of silver.

Over the years, after the great cadres dominated the world, many silver mines were discovered and mined, and the output of silver increased day by day.

Over the years, the imperial court has accumulated a large amount of silver, which can only be distributed as a reward if it is kept in its hands, or some dead things, if it is used as currency, it can immediately give the imperial court a large amount of money.

Wang Xin asked, "How much silver is there in Taifu now?" ”

"There are 300,000 silver collars." Sang Hong Sheep Road.

A silver collar is a large piece of silver cast, and a silver collar is fifty taels. 300,000 is a full 1,500 taels.

If we add in the silver produced by the mine every year, the current deficit of more than 20 million yuan can be quickly filled.

After learning that fifteen million taels of silver had been accumulated in the treasury, Wang Xin immediately decided to mint silver coins. It's just that minting silver coins is not simply minted in the same way as copper coins.

If a silver coin is also minted according to the appearance of a copper coin, its value is not easy to calculate, and at the same time, it is very easy to counterfeit when the silver coin is minted in the style of a copper coin.

More importantly, the imperial court minted silver coins not to let the silver money circulate on a daily basis, and the daily needs of the small people did not need silver coins at all, and copper coins were enough to meet them.

The main function of silver coins is to trade between merchants on a large scale, and if silver is minted into the shape and size of copper coins, it will not be conducive to circulation at that time.

To put it bluntly, the current economy of the Great Cadres lacks a large amount of currency. Therefore, the money must ensure a large amount of trade and facilitate transactions.

After thinking about it for a while, Wang Xin issued an edict: "The edict ordered the craftsman to discuss the matter of minting silver coins with the Taifu. ”

"Your Ministers obey!" The master craftsman and the Taifu ordered Sang Hongyang to come forward and salute.

"Remember, silver coins need to be minted in large amounts, and the ratio to copper coins is consistent, and there must be a simple way to distinguish the authenticity of coins." Wang Xin explained.

"Get the pattern minted as soon as possible, and send it to me for me to see."

The two of them gave up, and then retreated.

After dealing with the affairs of Taifu, Wang Xin continued to ask: "Is there any omission in the inspection of the regular liquidation in various places?" ”

"There has been no omission, among which it has been found that the officials who have embezzled the grain of Changping, seventy-six people, involving 500,000 stones, all of whom have been arrested and handed over to the court lieutenant for trial."

"Embroidered clothes, patrol the imperial history and politics, if there is any omission, immediately investigate and deal with the people involved, can be killed or not, killed, can flow or not, flow!"

Wang Xin said coldly. He will not be soft on these moths at all, and these people will be exiled in addition to himself, and their families will also be exiled.

"Scholars who have passed the examination can be assigned to various places?"

"There are still 30% of them that have not been completed, the snow falls in winter, and the roads are difficult to travel, but I am afraid that the northern officials will need to take up their posts in the spring of next year."

Wang Xin said: "Let them go immediately, since the imperial court has already issued a salary, it is natural to go to the post as soon as possible, how far can they go before the heavy snow closes the road!" ”

"No!" The courtier bowed.

Imperial court officials, the imperial court gave preferential treatment, it hasn't snowed yet, so I don't want to leave, I want to be lazy, and hide in Luoyang to receive a salary? How can there be such a cheap thing.

"What happened to the horse farms all over the world?" Wang Xin asked.

"Your Majesty, all horse farms in the world have 570,000 war horses this year, including 30,000 dragon horses in the Western Regions, 6,000 Dawan dragon horses, and 1.5 million horses."

"The first emperor conquered Dawan, got 3,000 Dawan dragon horses, and left 1,800 horses in Luoyang, after several generations of breeding, 6,000 pure-blooded Dawan dragon horses, including 800 stallions."

Dawan Dragon Horse is a sweaty horse, transported from Dawan, without a mixed-blood war horse. This kind of Dawan Dragon Horse is handsome, tall, elegant, beautiful in color, extremely fast in running, and has good endurance.

However, this kind of war horse is delicate and not suitable for the battlefield, and its body is tall and tall, and it is very easy to be injured on the battlefield, so the Dawan Dragon Horse is used for not going to the battlefield.

Although the Dawan Ryoma is not suitable for the battlefield, its hybrid offspring is different. The best war horse now is the Western Regions Dragon Horse.

This is a good horse crossed from the Western Regions and Dawan horse. This kind of horse is not as tall as the Dawan horse, but the limbs are strong, the body is also taller than the grassland horse, the running speed is second only to the Dawan dragon horse, the endurance is also good, and it is not easy to get injured.

Feeding does not need to be too fine, daily care is convenient, and now it is the best war horse in Daqian. The remaining war horses are the war horses after the Western Regions Dragon Horse continues to mix blood.

The speed and strength of these war horses are lower than those of the Western Regions Dragon Horses, but they are also very convenient to feed, and they are the most numerous war horses in Daqian now.

(End of chapter)