A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 433: Minting Silver Coins

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

"No!"

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

"Making big money is consuming the credibility of the court. If the people don't recognize the big money, it will only make the people poorer, and the court will lose its trust in the world!"

"Chen Ru, why did you come up with this evil plan?" Sang Hongyang and others stared at Chen Ru, and Wang Xin also looked at him. Chen Ru's face changed slightly, and he said quickly: "I don't understand the classics, and I give random advice. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"In this case, I will be fined half a year's salary and then retire!" Wang Xin did not go into details.

But he already had concerns in his mind. This person could not be reused. At the same time, he was on his blacklist. He might be taken down by the Embroidered Clothes Envoy one day.

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

"Please make silver coins!" Sang Hongyang hesitated and said.

After the founding of Daqian, copper coins became the only legal currency. As for gold and silver, although they are precious metals, they are not circulating currencies and are usually used as rewards.

Now Sang Hongyang suggested to mint silver coins because with the increasingly prosperous trade in Daqian, copper coins were too heavy and the problem of inconvenient transportation had affected commercial development.

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

A copper coin of [-] guan usually weighs almost four kilograms, and a copper coin of [-] guan weighs four tons. It is very inconvenient to carry so much money when you go out to do business and have to find a big cart to pull the money.

At the same time, due to national financial problems, more money is needed for circulation.The country could not mint coins at a rate that could keep up with market demand.

Therefore, Sang Hongyang advised him to mint silver coins.

Silver coins are lighter than copper coins. If there are silver coins, it can make transactions more convenient for merchants, promote the prosperity of commerce, and at the same time provide more money to the country.

The population of Daqian now exceeds 6000 million, or even close to 7000 million, and the copper coins circulating on the market are no longer enough for the people to use.

During the Da Qian period, gold and silver currencies were no longer used. A big factor was the lack of silver.

In the past few years, after Daqian unified the world, many silver mines were discovered and mined, and the silver output increased day by day.

Over the years, the imperial court has accumulated a large amount of silver. If this silver is kept in its hands, it can only be distributed as rewards, or it may be some dead objects. If used as currency, the imperial court can immediately obtain a large amount of money.

Wang Xin asked: "How much silver does the Taifu have now?"

"There are 30 silver collars." Sang Hongyang said.

A silver collar is a large piece of cast silver, and one silver collar is worth 50 taels. 30 is exactly 500 taels.

If we add in the silver produced by the mines every year, the current shortfall of more than 2000 million guan will soon be 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 casting silver coins is not simply a matter of casting them in the same way as copper coins.

If a silver coin is also cast according to the appearance of a copper coin, its value is difficult to calculate. At the same time, it is also very easy to counterfeit the silver coin cast in the style of a copper coin.

The more critical point is that the imperial court did not mint silver coins for daily circulation. The common people did not need silver coins for their daily needs, and copper coins were enough.The main function of silver coins is large-scale transactions between merchants. If the silver is cast into the shape and size of copper coins, it will not be conducive to circulation.

To put it bluntly, Daqian's current economy lacks large currency value.Therefore, money must ensure large-scale trade and facilitate transactions.

After thinking about it for a while, Wang Xin issued an edict: "I ordered the craftsman supervisor to discuss the matter of casting silver coins with the prefect."

"I obey the order!" Master Jiang Zuo and Tai Fu ordered Sang Hongyang to come forward and bow their hands in salute.

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

"Make the sample coins as soon as possible and send them to me for inspection."

The two held hands and then stepped back.

After handling the affairs of the Taifu, Wang Xin continued to ask: "Are there any omissions in the inspection of Changpingcang in various places?"

"There are no omissions. Among them, 76 officials were found to have embezzled grain from Changpingcang, involving 50 shi. All of them have been arrested and handed over to the Tingwei for trial."

"Envoys in embroidered clothes patrol the censors and observe the government. If there is any omission, investigate and deal with it immediately. The people involved may or may not be killed, kill them, and those who may or may not be exiled, escape!"

Wang Xin said coldly.He will not show any mercy to these moths, and besides himself, their families will also be exiled.

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

"There are still [-]% not completed. It snows in winter and the roads are difficult to travel. I am afraid that the northern officials will not be able to take office until next spring."

Wang Xin said: "Let them set off immediately. Since the imperial court has distributed their salaries, they naturally have to go to their posts as soon as possible. They can go as far as they can before the road is blocked by heavy snow!"

"No!" the courtier said with cupped hands.

The court officials have been given generous treatment by the court. It hasn't snowed heavily yet, so they don't want to leave. They want to be lazy and hide in Luoyang to collect their wages?There is nothing so cheap.

"How are the horse farms all over the world doing now?" Wang Xin asked.

"Your Majesty, all the horse farms in the world have a total of 57 war horses this year, including 50 dragon horses from the Western Regions, [-] Dawan dragon horses, and [-] million horses."

"The late emperor conquered Dayuan and obtained [-] Dayuan dragons and horses. When Luoyang arrived, [-] were left. After several generations of breeding, there were [-] pure-blood Dayuan dragons and horses, including [-] male horses."

The Dawan dragon horse is a blood-stained horse, a war horse that was transported from Dawan and has not been mixed with blood.This kind of Dawan dragon horse is extraordinary and handsome. It is tall, elegant in shape, beautiful in coat, very fast in running speed, and has good endurance.

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

Although Dawan Longma is not suitable for the battlefield, its mixed-blood descendants are different.The best war horse now is the Western Region Dragon Horse.

This is a good horse that is a cross between a good horse from the Western Regions and a Dawan horse.This kind of horse is not as tall as the Dawan horse, but it has strong limbs and a taller body than the grassland horse. Its running speed is second only to the Dawan dragon horse. It has good endurance and is not easy to be injured.

Feeding does not need to be too meticulous, and daily care is easy. It is now the best war horse in Daqian.The remaining war horses are war horses that continue to be mixed with the Western Region dragons and horses.

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

(End of this chapter)