Daqin Fusu: It is difficult to start the battle

Chapter 138

Fusu motioned Feng Quji and the others with his eyes to look at the copper coins on the tray.

Zheng Guo was the first to walk over tremblingly. It was not that the old man had bad legs and feet, but that the royal gardens in this period not only occupied a large area, but also paid attention to a tall and majestic garden.

Although Qinzheng Hall is not high, from the ground to the main entrance of the main hall, you need to walk 240 steps, and the climbing height is three feet six feet.

In other words, Qinzheng Hall is built on a platform as high as a small three-story building.

An old man who was nearly seventy years old walked several miles in the middle of winter to reach the gate of Qinzheng Hall. After that, he had to climb more than 200 steps and waited for a long time in the cold wind. Meng Yi fought...

It's just tiring!
孽 孽!
Fusu shook his head slightly, dispelling his thoughts of respecting the elderly, pointing to the coins on the tray and said: "This is what I plan to use to replace half taels, and each coin weighs five baht, so I named it five baht coins. "

I'm sorry Liu Xiaozhu, I will make it up to you!
The compensation Fusu said was to send someone to invite Bo Ji, the daughter of his great-grandmother Wei Yu, to the palace to enjoy the blessing.

It is said that Xu Negative, who is suspected to be a wild traveler, once predicted that Bo Ji would be the mother of the Son of Heaven. The only bad thing is that she has become Wei Bao's concubine at this time...

Well, this is actually an advantage!

The bride not only maintains the innocence of a young girl, but also adds the charm of a young woman!

Cao Gong was not born in the sky, eternity is like a long night!

Hearing this, Zheng Guo picked up a five baht coin and looked it over carefully.

Like Qin Banliang with the word "banliang" printed on it, the word "five baht" is also printed on the front of the five baht coin.

When Fusu made the money fan, he copied the design principle of the five baht coin almost intact.

In appearance, the dual design of the outer profile and the inner profile is used.

Among them, the outline technology is to protrude a small edge on the edge of the coin, so that the money and text can be protected in circulation, so that the text is not easy to wear.

However, in Fusu's view, such a bulge can effectively prevent treacherous people from secretly wearing down some coins, collecting the scraps from grinding, and recasting them for profit.

The protrusions and patterns on the edges of coins in later generations are mostly used to prevent this.

Meng Yi picked up a golden five baht coin, looked it up and down, and deliberately said to Fu Su: "Your Majesty, is the new coin too small?"

Fusu said with a smile: "After repeated experiments, coins of this weight can prevent the circulation of counterfeit coins at the root."

"Because above this specification, if it is smaller, it will be particularly obvious, and if it is larger, private coin miners will have no profit!"

The trial and error mentioned by Fusu is actually the choice of history.

The ancient Greek currency Drachma and the ancient Roman currency Denarius also weigh about 4 grams, which is almost equal to the weight of five baht coins.

However, the five baht coins of the Han Dynasty were used until the reign of Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty. The country was gone, but the money was still passed on.

What is even more legendary is that although the subsequent dynasties also minted their own currency, the shape and structure were almost the same as the five baht coins. This regulation continued to be used until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Influenced by China, the base currencies of neighboring countries in Asia are also minted according to this standard, such as Kuan Yong Tong Bao next door.

It can be said that the emergence of five baht coins has established the weight standard of the entire Eastern base currency.

The withdrawal of round square hole money from the stage of history has little to do with foreign aggression, mainly because there is already an industrialized product, the minting machine.

Feng Quji was holding a five baht coin, silent and full of fear.

This is because he has no idea where the money comes from!

As the right prime minister who is under one person and above tens of millions, he didn't know until now that the country is going to issue new coins!

Feng Quji took a deep breath, then turned to look at Fusu who was sitting on the emperor's throne, his tone was as usual: "I don't know how many five baht coins His Majesty has minted?"

"Hmm..." Fu Su pondered for a while, and said, "Tian Wei, the captain of Chuan Shui Heng."

"Captain Shuiheng? Tian Wei?"

Feng Quji frowned slightly. Tian Wei is the younger brother of a concubine surnamed Tian whom Fusu favored very much recently. As far as he knows, this person is a descendant of the Tian Qi royal family and has recently raised dogs for the emperor in Shanglin Garden. What is Captain Shui Heng? Officer, that doesn't sound like a dog owner!
Young Master Yan of the Shaofu explained: "This is a new official office established by His Majesty, which belongs to the Shaofu, but it is directly under His Majesty's orders."

"Shuiheng Duwei ranks more than eight hundred stones, and has three orders under his jurisdiction. The person in charge of casting new coins is called Zhongguanling; the person in charge of making money models is called Skill Order, and the person in charge of copper, carbon and other raw materials for casting coins is called Biantong. Order, the average rank of these three orders is six hundred stones."

Feng Jie said loudly, "Why didn't you report it to the prime minister's office when the court newly established an official office!"

Gong Ziyan sneered and said: "Qin Lv, the appointment and dismissal of officials under [-] shi are all decided by His Majesty, there is no need to discuss with ministers!"

"Besides, foreign ministers shouldn't interfere with the official position of the Shaofu. Why do you need the approval of the Prime Minister's Office to set up a new government office under the Shaofu?"

"Doctor Yu Shi's words are a bit inappropriate!"

Feng Jie was about to refute, but was stopped by Feng Quji.

In Feng Quji's heart, this was another court discussion that Fusu had planned for a long time.

Now it seems that the origin of the fake money is very suspicious!
Meng Yi took the initiative to jump out of the debate with Yao Jia, it was nothing more than deliberately paving the way for attracting new money!

Ever since Fusu came up with the inner court system, the prime minister himself has become more and more marginalized!
Feng Quji saw that the old god was still there, and Wei Liao, who had never said a word, felt even more regretful in his heart for recommending this old fox as Prime Minister Zuo!
Just when Feng Quji was about to say something more, the palace door opened with a creak, and a biting chill swept over, causing everyone present to shiver uncontrollably.

Outside the door, Tian Wei, wearing a black brocade robe and with a red nose from the cold, took off his shoes and walked in with his head held high.

Because there is no title, Tian Wei should have covered his head with a black cloth and tied it with a hairpin, but his sister is Fusu's favorite concubine, so he is allowed to wear a high mountain crown on his head that only the emperor's close officials can wear.

This was the crown worn by King Qi before Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms. After Qi was destroyed, the mountain crown became exclusive to the emperor's close officials.

Tian Wei walked into the hall and bowed in groups: "My lord, Tian Wei, the captain of Shuiheng, pays homage to His Majesty, the left and right prime ministers and all the ministers!"

Fusu waved to his brother-in-law, motioning for him to stand up straight and answer.

Feng Quji asked: "I don't know how many five baht coins the Shui Heng captain cast?"

Tian Wei cupped his hands and said: "Go back to Prime Minister You, so far, a total of 420 coins have been minted."

hiss!
All the people present, except Meng Yi and Gong Ziyan who knew the inside story long ago, were all amazed.

Last year's fiscal revenue was only about 64 billion yuan, but now Fusu's new money is nearly [-]%!
(End of this chapter)