The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 108

Chen Jingke discussed it with Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao on the spot, and he directly copied the appearance of the banknotes in his previous life.

Lao Zhu thought it was too small at first, narrow and long and not grand enough.

Chen Jingke directly calculated the cost of printing money for him. If nothing else, he could save almost [-]% by using paper alone.

You know, paper was very expensive in ancient times.

Saving [-]% of paper usage is a huge sum.

Zhu Yuanzhang agreed without saying a word.

The idea of ​​pattern design is similar, with the amount written in Chinese characters and numbers, and some peculiar anti-counterfeiting filling patterns.

Considering that it was an imperial society, a dragon-shaped pattern was added.

In the center of the front, Chen Jingke suggested writing the word Ming (明) in Ming Dynasty.

This suggestion was unanimously agreed by Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao.

As for why Zhu Yuanzhang's avatar is not used... forget it.

Why do people spread the word that Lao Zhu has a shoehorned face?

It’s really not that anyone deliberately smeared him, it was him who did it himself.

Afraid of being assassinated, he declared that he had a shoehorned face and even made a portrait.

This trick really works.

Who would have thought that the old man with a Chinese character face in front of him was actually Zhu Yuanzhang.

Now asking him to put his face on the treasure banknote will definitely not work.

The word '明' is the most appropriate.

As for what pattern to draw in the center of the back, Chen Jingke did not say, but left it to Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao.

After all, this is a Ming Dynasty treasure note. If you design it all by yourself, you will be a bit ignorant.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao proposed several designs respectively, and finally selected a few suitable ones, one for each denomination.

After determining the outline of the main body, the remaining details need to be left to a specialized painter.

After the painter has finished drawing the figure, he will find the engraver to engrave it.

Here Chen Jingke proposed to use lead plates for engraving. Since lead is relatively soft, he provided a simple lead alloy formula.

Harder than lead and softer than iron, it is very suitable for use as engraving.

In the future, we can consider movable type printing, but these are things for later and will not be mentioned for now.

Zhu Biao is naturally responsible for completing these tasks.

Chen Jingke, on the other hand, went to the Baobao Lifting Department to get out the acid-free paper.

As soon as he entered the paper-making workshop of Baochao Tijisi, a group of men in rich clothes came and surrounded the workshop.

All access is prohibited.

While he was working hard to make paper, Zhu Yuanzhang was not idle.

In the morning of the morning, Zhu Yuanzhang took out the counterfeit banknotes and became furious on the spot.

They sprayed all over Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment and various local government offices.

The ministers trembled.

They could completely understand why the emperor was angry.

Again, there is no fool who can stand here.

Everyone understands the special nature of treasure banknotes. Even if the quality of privately minted copper coins is not good, they can still be used as money.

And it does not affect the purchasing power of making money.

Although the harm is still great, it is still within the tolerance of the court.

But the treasure note is different. This thing is just a piece of paper.

Once counterfeit money becomes widespread, all real money will become worthless.

The imperial court was trying to find a way to boost people's confidence in the treasure banknotes, even at the expense of part of the tax revenue.

Now there are people making counterfeit money, which would make anyone angry.

Although the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple were aggrieved, they did not feel that the emperor was wrong.

After all, they are the highest judicial authority in the Ming Dynasty. If such a big thing happens, they are naturally responsible.

But they were indeed wronged, so they cursed the fraudsters and local officials in their hearts.

Only one person showed an excited expression.

That is Mao Xiang.

If the emperor is so angry, he will definitely send someone to investigate, and I, the Jin Yiwei, will do my part.

You can take advantage of the opportunity to make big profits again.

So he decisively stood up and asked for help: "Your Majesty, please order me to hunt down the counterfeiters. I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer within three months."

Before Zhu Yuanzhang could say anything, the officials were startled and stood up to oppose him one after another.

What is there about you that we don’t know about?If I leave this matter to you, I don’t know how many people will die.

Zhu Yuanzhang also acted as if he could not disobey the public opinion and said to Mao Xiang:

"We have seen Mao Qing's heart, but if you want to investigate Zhao Mao's corruption case, leave this matter to others." Mao Xiang could only say reluctantly: "Yes."

Seeing that his opportunity to make a fortune was ruined, he was very angry and glanced at the ministers with sinister eyes.

The officials suddenly felt horrified, but a surge of anger also arose spontaneously and was brewing in their hearts.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "Do you have any good ideas?"

What can the ministers do? Let's continue to send out inspection envoys and urge the local government offices to arrest him.

Isn't that what we did before?

Zhu Yuanzhang was angry again: "Every time, the local government needs the supervision of the imperial court to make any move. If the imperial court does not urge them, they will ignore it."

"...the proliferation of privately minted coins is because they are unwilling to use their heart..."

"We can't trust them when it comes to checking for counterfeit banknotes... Since you have no other way, let's use ours."

"Establish a monetary and banknote bureau and set up yamen in various places to detect the illegal minting of coins."

At first, the ministers thought that the emperor was speaking angrily, but they soon realized that something was wrong. This did not sound like angry words.

At this time, everyone could no longer remain calm and stood up one after another to stop:

"Your Majesty must not."

"Think twice, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, the establishment of a new government office requires a large number of officials..."

"Yes, Your Majesty, this move will increase the burden on the court... It's just to investigate privately minted coins, and the gain outweighs the loss..."

Seeing that everyone was opposed, Zhu Yuanzhang became even more angry and slapped the armrest of the dragon chair:
"Shut up and make noise in the court. Do you still think of me as the emperor?"

Seeing the emperor's red face, all the ministers were startled and closed their mouths one after another.

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at the ministers and said, "Aside from saying no, what else will you do?"

"If you don't want us to set up a new organization, fine, you can give us a better way."

All the ministers lowered their heads and stopped talking, because they really had no good solution.

Not to mention them, making private money has been banned repeatedly since ancient times. How can it be solved so easily?

But they would never agree to the establishment of a new government office.

Waste of money.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the crowd and said sadly: "Do you think we set up the Gold and Banknote Bureau just to combat private coinage?"

"No, our real purpose is to better issue treasure banknotes."

"...It won't work if you have too much money, and it won't work if you have too little money...The situation of rich and poor in each place is also different..."

"Where should I put the appropriate amount of treasure money? Apart from a few officials in the Ministry of Revenue, do any of you know this?"

"Does anyone in the local government understand this?"

The ministers looked at each other, is it so troublesome to issue treasure banknotes?
But why haven’t I seen you and considered this issue before?
At that time, you released everything based on your heart.

But after thinking about it carefully, I found that what Zhu Yuanzhang said did make sense.

It won't be a big problem if more copper coins are issued. Copper itself is valuable.

If there are too many treasure notes, it will be troublesome.

We really need to make a good estimate of how much each place should issue.

With this thought, everyone suddenly became less opposed to the establishment of the Treasure Bank Bureau.

Zeng Tai hesitated for a moment, then stood up and said, "Your Majesty, can this matter be left to the local government?"

"Establishing another yamen would place too heavy a burden on the court."

Zhu Yuanzhang rarely restrained his anger towards this arrogant minister and explained:

"You are the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. You should know how troublesome this matter is and that it requires a large number of professionals."

"Even if the matter is handed over to the local government, a new group of officials will still need to be recruited."

"There will also be constraints from the local government..."

"Instead of doing this, it is better to establish a new yamen. It can not only manage the issuance and circulation of treasure banknotes, but also specifically crack down on counterfeit money."

Zeng Tai thought for a moment, and finally sighed: "Your Majesty has considered everything carefully, and I have no objections."

His agreement was like a weather vane, and soon most people in the court agreed to the matter.

The Monetary Bank of China was officially established.

Zhu Yuanzhang breathed a sigh of relief, acting was really tiring.Fortunately, the goal was achieved.

"Let the prince be responsible for this matter. All yamen must fully cooperate with him to complete the financial and banknote bureau as soon as possible."

"Yes." The ministers responded.

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have remembered something and said to Mao Xiang: "To track down the fraudsters, we need some experts in investigating the case."

"Let's first borrow a group of people from your Jin Yiwei to go to the Financial Bureau."

ah?Mao Xiang was dumbfounded.

　"Li Er of the Tang Dynasty: Ancestor Xie is here!" 》

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(End of this chapter)