After saying a lot, Chen Xin was a little dry-mouthed, raised his hand and motioned to the people around him to renew the tea, and then looked at the assistant minister of finance who had just questioned it, but now he was in a daze.

"How? What did you find out from this information? ”

"Minister, minister······"

Chen Xin is proud, your civil officials' careful thoughts, as if no one knows, don't you just see that this king is biased towards the military, and you are a little unaccustomed to it, and you want to frustrate this king's spirit!

Hehe, come to me to show off your knowledge, and you want to give me a horse? Dream. I have a cheat, what can you do to me?

Look at me, I should chase the poor with the remaining bravery, monsters, and look at the tricks.

"Since I don't understand, the king will take out the treasure money and give it to you. By the way, do you know the history of treasure money? ”

"Minister, you know, this is the Ming Dynasty Hongwu years, began to issue a kind of banknote, since the issuance, in the distribution of officials and the purchase of materials from the people, it is mandatory to require a certain percentage of the money, to pay for treasure money."

"That's right, that's the case, Ming Taizu Hongwu started to build it in the eighth year. Due to the lack of copper at that time, so Ming Hongwu promulgated the "banknote law" in seven years, set up the treasure banknote lifting division, and then set up papermaking, banknote printing two bureaus and treasure banknotes, two libraries. And it was issued the following year under the name of Nanjing, the province of Zhongshu, so what else? Chen Xin smiled, and the smile was very evil.

"Also, also, since the exile of the Ming Dynasty, it seems that the treasure money can't buy anything at all, but when the official family buys things, they still give a certain amount of treasure money as usual."

At this time, it was Chen Xin's turn to be stunned, "When you fled from the Ming Dynasty, the government was still issuing treasure money?" How is this possible? ”

The assistant didn't know what Chen Xin was surprised about, and asked suspiciously, "Your Excellency, is this very surprising?" The minister has been accustomed to seeing treasure money since he was a child, and every household in the township has this thing, but when paying taxes, the government never accepts this thing, and can only watch them depreciate step by step. ”

Chen Xin shook his head and smiled bitterly, "You guys, don't you all read the Di newspaper?" During the Zhengde period, the Ming Dynasty had abolished the treasure banknotes, and your fellow villagers were all deceived. ”

"Uh······"

"The imperial power does not go to the countryside, this is the most direct drawback, the local forces and the government officials collude, embarrassed, take waste paper, and exploit the only little ration from the peasants, it is simply inhumane."

Chen Xin was sad and sad there, feeling the corruption of the Ming Dynasty officials, who knows, the assistant minister of finance who came to report was actually excited: "Your Majesty, since the treasure money that has been abolished by the Ming Dynasty has long been abolished, it can still be used in the private circulation today, a hundred years later, doesn't this just illustrate the huge benefits of issuing paper money?" ”

Saying that, the man was dressed in a neat garment, bowed down and bowed and said, "For the kingdom for a hundred years, please open the [banknote law], learn from the Ming Dynasty, set up a treasure banknote lifting division, and issue banknotes." ”

Chen Xin covered his eyes with his hand, and he couldn't bear to look at this face.

Is this guy not very clear-headed, or is he grandstanding?

If it is for the sake of the righteous struggle or the people's life, this great gift, and the forced palace, you are considered to be above board and a man.

However, now, a [banknote law] that has been abolished by the Ming Dynasty is also worth your grandeur?

This time, Chen Xin did not act in accordance with etiquette, deliberately, did not ask the other party to get up, but re-explained the matter of the treasure banknote.

"The frame of the Daming treasure banknote is about 30 centimeters high and 20 centimeters wide.

The treasure banknote is divided into six grades: one run, five hundred wen, three hundred wen, two hundred wen, and one hundred wen. It has always been equal to a thousand copper coins or a tael of silver, four through a tael of gold, and the upper end of the ticket is [Ming Pass Treasure Banknote] six Chinese characters.

Ming Taizu Hongwu was built in eight years. Due to the lack of copper at that time, so Ming Hongwu promulgated the "banknote law" in seven years, set up the treasure banknote lifting division, and then set up papermaking, banknote printing two bureaus and treasure banknotes, two libraries. It was issued the following year under the name of Nanjing, Zhongshu Province.

In the 22nd year of Hongwu, the imperial court issued 5 kinds of small banknotes, namely Shiwen, Ershiwen, Sanshiwen, Shiwen, and Wu Shiwen, and the face size of the ticket was smaller.

After Yongle, the treasure banknotes were still printed with the Hongwu era name, and the people were forbidden to buy and sell gold and silver.

Around the 22nd year of Hongwu, the paper money depreciated and rose, and the two banknotes in Jiangxi and Fujian could only be exchanged for copper coins of 500 Wen;

In the second year of Yongle, rice and stone were once worth 100 yuan;

Yongle five years of rice and one stone is worth 30 yuan;

In the early years of Xuande, the price of rice had reached the treasure banknote;

In the seven years of Xuande, the treasure banknote has always been only worth 5 copper coins;

In the ninth year of orthodoxy, the price of rice rose to 100 yuan of treasure banknotes, and the Ming banknotes were no longer passable, and they had reached the point of "accumulating the market, and those who passed did not care";

During the Zhengde period, the treasure banknote was actually abolished. After that, the Ming Dynasty no longer issued paper money.

In the three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, only this kind of "Ming Dynasty Treasure Banknote" was issued, and the printing and issuance of treasure banknotes was always concentrated in the central government, and this unity was not seen in the previous generations.

No cash, no demarcation, no restrictions on regions and circulation time, no issuance limits, no issuance reserves, no change in the name and shape of the currency, the currency system is consistent.

One of the major loopholes in the banknote law of the Ming Dynasty is its banknote reversal method. In the ninth year of Hongwu, the Ming government had set up a law to pour banknotes, and set up banks in various places to collect and exchange rotten banknotes.

In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, the boundaries of the exchange of rotten banknotes were stipulated, and all the face value and characters that could be recognized could continue to be used, and it was not allowed to raise the price of buyers with old banknotes, but in fact, the government only collected new banknotes when collecting taxes, while the people used or refused to use old banknotes at a reduced price. This creates a difference in the price of old and new banknotes, which causes inflation in the future.

The issuance of clear banknotes implements a policy of only out and no in, that is, only putting in and not returning or putting more and less returning.

The government issued paper money to pay military salaries, while collecting supplies, gold and silver from the people, and collecting rent and taxes with only a small amount of new money or no money at all.

These characteristics fully expose the exploitative nature of the Da Ming Banknote Law.

In order to implement the treasure banknote, the Ming Dynasty implemented the "household banknote salt method", that is, each household was equipped with a pound of salt, and the money was consistent.

The "stall course" means that the shop merchant pays the stall class with money. Forcing merchants and ordinary people to use money has had little effect.

Although measures were taken to maintain the purchasing power of the treasure banknotes in the twenty or thirty years from Chengzu to Xuanzong, it was not able to save the pace of its imminent withdrawal from the stage of history.

By the Hongzhi period, treasure money had no meaning in the commodity money economy, and the people only traded with silver and money. After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the treasure banknotes were no longer used.

This is the treasure that you regard as the most treasured, and now, are you still willing to learn the banknotes of the Ming Dynasty? ”

"But, Your Majesty, since we know the shortcomings of the banknotes of the Ming Dynasty, why can't we go to the chaff and carry forward this kind of profitable thing?"

"Yes, this guy fell into the money eye and couldn't pull it out." Chen Xin couldn't wait to slap this stubborn guy to death, but after thinking about it, the guy in front of him was not making money for himself, this was also for the country.

It's a bit of a contradiction.

Forget it, for the sake of this guy's persistence, explain it to it.

"The most important thing in issuing banknotes is to have [credit].

If we issue paper money in the country, the credit is sufficient, but how much space does the kingdom occupy now? And what is the population?

The amount of coins we issue is huge, and if it can only be used in the country, it will inevitably make money cheap.

But what is the purpose of our third currency reform? Isn't it because money is expensive and things are cheap?

Why is this happening? Because most of the coins we mint were used to trade with people overseas, which caused the current situation.

At this time, the countries of the world only trust real money and silver, if the paper money is rashly issued, those foreign businessmen who are better than monkeys, who will risk using it?

The use of paper money will inevitably lead to the inability to circulate and cause chaos in domestic prices, which is harmful and unhelpful. ”

"Hey, it's a pity, such a profitable deal, it's actually put there, you can see it or not."

At this time, Chen Xin looked at the extremely distressed look of the Assistant Minister of Finance, but felt that this person was not so annoying, but a little [cute]?

"Hehe, who said you can't see it?"

"Huh? Jun Shang just said it for a long time, isn't that what it means? ”

"What do you think this king keeps throwing money into the army for?"

"Isn't it because of the old enemy Houjin?"

"You're just doing the same thing again. It's not good to learn anything, but you have to learn the crooked tendencies of the Ming Dynasty.

Can you spend a lot of effort to engage in the navy? Houjin, under the pressure of our coast guard, has a sampan ever been in the water? ”

"Then, is it the Wa Kingdom?"

"The more you mix it up, the more you go back, the country of Wa, that small country, what is the situation now, you don't know? The captain is in the Kyushu region, and the local militia can see them to death, and it takes me so much effort to deal with them? ”

"Da Ming? No, Da Ming is now worried about internal and external troubles, and the sea power is not angry, so," guessed, his eyes fell on a world map on the wall of Chen Xin's office, and he looked at it for a few seconds, and then he suddenly said, "I understand, I understand, I see, I see." ”

The Assistant Chancellor of the Exchequer looked at the world map, where several important areas of his country had been dyed red.

Those areas with red colors have basically shown Chen Xin's precautions.

There were many things that he couldn't figure out in his heart, and he suddenly understood the taste, and he looked at Chen Xin with admiration.

"Your Excellency, your game of chess is really big enough. This is to prepare to be an emperor through the ages, minister, worship. ”

Chen Xin was speechless in the face of this guy who seemed to be a fanatical fan, don't you want to be so upright.

I like kids who tell the truth, though.

Proudly waved his hand, "Okay, don't rub it off, hurry up, start the third currency reform as soon as possible, and then, read well, study and study, and do a good job in the theoretical research related to the issuance of banknotes." Maybe when, you'll be able to use it. ”