In the middle of the Liu and Song dynasties, the world was in chaos because of the rebellion of the kings in various places, and the kings of the sects minted a large number of copper coins and small coins that were not enough copper.

In the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Sui rectified the coins and minted five baht coins, which were called Kaihuang five baht, which were beautifully made and the copper material was also good, but a lot of money was collected by those family gates.

Later, Yang Guang fooled around again, because the three expeditions to Liaodong minted a large number of five-baht coins that were less than copper, which led to more confusion in the world's coins.

After Wang Xuanjing confiscated a large number of bronze utensils and bronze statues, he sent people to Nanyang and Lingnan to transport a large amount of copper materials, as well as a large amount of miscellaneous money collected by the imperial court.

As for the silver coin, now that the world is predetermined, the population is insufficient and the trade is not prosperous enough, and the silver coin is not in a hurry.

What's more, after hundreds of years, the large number of silver coins minted by Daqian are now almost no longer in circulation, and they have been hidden in the cellars by nobles and gate valve families from all over the world.

It was not easy to get those people to take the money out of the cellar, there were too many such misers in this land.

However, Wang Xuanjing was not too worried, even if he didn't take out the silver coins, he had a way, knowing that the largest silver mine found in the world was still in the hands of the Wang family.

The imperial court could have exchanged materials and the Wang clan for silver ingots to mint silver coins.

To mint copper coins, it is necessary to determine the weight of the copper coins, as well as its value, otherwise if something goes wrong, the court will lose money. It's like a five-baht coin, which says it's five baht, but actually weighs three baht.

After Wang Xuanjing discussed with everyone, he changed the copper coins of the Tang Dynasty to about one yuan per text, one tael per ten wen, and six catties and four taels per thousand.

The copper coins minted, of which copper accounted for seventy percent, lead accounted for two percent, tin accounted for one percent, and the income from the imperial court coinage accounted for half of the profits.

The coin was cast, the heat wave was rolling, and the golden metal solution was quickly introduced into the abrasive, and then put into the water, and the heat was steaming. When the temperature of the coin is lowered, the grinding tools are opened and the minted coins are removed.

Craftsmen next to the coin use scissors to cut off the excess parts of the coin, and these debris are collected and returned to the furnace, and then the craftsmen polish the cut coin, and soon the coin is minted one by one.

Wang Xuanjing took the coin sent by his subordinates, picked up a coin and checked it in his hand, and then picked up a miscellaneous coin and checked it.

The portion is generous.

Then I looked at the color of the coins, and the copper coins were yellowish-red, and the copper content was up to standard.

On the front of the copper coin are written Zhenguan Tongbao four official books, these words are still Wang Xuanjing specially asked the calligrapher Ouyang Xun to write.

In addition to this Zhenguan report, the four words Kaiyuan Tongbao were also written.

This time, the imperial court cast Zhenguan Tongbao and Kaiyuan Tongbao, Kaiyuan Tongbao was cast by Emperor Li Yuan, Wang Xuanjing did not refuse, so they were cast together.

When Li Yuan ascended the throne, he let people cast Kaiyuan Tongbao, but at that time, Chang'an only controlled Guanzhong, and there was not much copper, and the number of Kaiyuan Tongbao casting was limited.

Now that the Emperor Taishang asked people to cast Kaiyuan Tongbao, it is nothing more than nostalgia for the past, and Li Shimin will not refuse these little things.

The Kaiyuan Tongbao and Zhenguan Tongbao minted by the imperial court have the same weight and size, and there is a circle of outer Guo at the edge of the copper coin to prevent the copper coin from being cut off.

The back of the copper coin is smooth and flat, and there is no text, Wang Xuanjing plans to wait for the money supervisors to start minting money in the future, and let the money supervisors in various places cast the names of each place on the back.

Once there is a problem with the money in that place, you will know it by checking it.

After Wang Xuanjing had already minted the copper coin, he was sent to the palace as soon as possible, and the first batch of copper coins minted were mother coins, which would be issued to the coinage supervisors in various places after the emperor's eyes, and then the coinage supervisors in various places would be minted through this mother coin.

Li Shimin was very satisfied when he saw the copper coin with residual heat in his hand, the copper coin was full of weight and beautifully cast, and the people easily accepted it.

After seeing the quality of the coins, Li Shimin directly issued an edict ordering the coinage supervisors everywhere in the world to mint two kinds of coins, Kaiyuan Tongbao and Zhenguan Tongbao.

Wang Xuanjing also asked the Chang'an Minting Supervisor to start minting a large number of coins.

Because the three expeditions to Liaodong caused poverty in the world, the officials of the Tang Dynasty were a little insufficient during this time, forcing Li Shimin to only make a batch of deer skin money.

Use these deerskin money to give money to his officials and nobles. This deerskin money is made of white deerskin, which is sewn with gold thread. One buckskin coin is equivalent to ten pieces of coin.

Li Shimin used a few deerskins to give the officials a fortune, and personally promised that when the imperial court had money, the officials could exchange the deerskin money for copper coins. This is what Li Shimin dares to do, and it is estimated that he will rebel if he changes someone.

Wang Xuanjing ordered craftsmen everywhere to mint a large number of copper coins with full firepower, and then distributed these copper coins to hundreds of officials in the form of money.

Of course, those white deer coins have also begun to be recycled, and this kind of thing will still be cashed in by the imperial court.

The court will naturally not lose, the more this copper coin is minted, the greater the profit of the court, as long as you pay attention not to have private minting.

Since the dynasties, private casting is a headache for those in power, the best solution to this problem is the big Qian, because of the advanced casting technology, the people can not imitate at all, and there are a large number of silver coins, at the same time the imperial court severely suppressed, control the copper material.

Therefore, there were not many private casts during the Great Dry period, but it was not possible after the Great Dry Period, and private casts were also made in various places and even by the government. The kings of various places directly let the official mint carry out private minting.

Wang Xuanjing has made a lot of preparations for the issuance of new money this time, which has been punished many times for private minting.

Privately minted coins will be punished according to the theory of rebellion, and the three clans will be punished.

Deterred by torture, at the same time, the imperial court controlled a large amount of copper and restricted its circulation. At the same time, orders were issued to various localities, and if it was found that the money was minted privately, it would be punished according to the same crime.

Various ways to suppress privately minted coins.

Privately minting coins is bad for the country's reputation and must be severely cracked down.

In addition to these, private coins also require a certain amount of technology, ordinary people do not have this technology, only the local heroes, nobles, and gate valves have.

Only they have acquired a large number of craftsmen through the war, and they can mint money.

The imperial court also watched these people, in fact, whether it was Li Shimin or Wang Xuanjing, they were waiting for someone to jump out.

You must know that some people need to kill a group to deter, or they will always find ways to do nonsense.

Wang Xuanjing wanted to make an example of the monkeys and take the opportunity to cut off a group of noble and powerful family gate valves, the strength of these gate valve nobles was too strong and must be weakened.

In this way, not only can you harvest a lot of property, but also deter others, and the land you get can also be used as official land, which can be said to be a win-win situation.

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