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  Chapter 259 257 [Military ticket? banknotes? 】

   "This is the first batch of minted coins, please take a look at them!" Fei Chun came in with two strings of copper coins.

  Zhao Han took it closer and looked at it carefully, and couldn't help laughing, this thing is too realistic to imitate.

   Except for the slight difference in color, it is exactly the same as the copper coin minted in Nanjing. As for the "Chongzhen Tongbao Datong Money in the World", the money molds are still being made, and casting can start in two months.

  Zhao Han nodded in approval: "Not bad."

  Fei Chun handed over another stack of paper tickets: "This is the first batch of military tickets."

  Zhao Han did not dare to issue banknotes rashly, mainly Zhu Yuanzhang's Daming Banknotes, which have completely discredited banknotes.

  Daming banknotes, print as much as you want. Moreover, after the damage, the government refused to accept the account at all, and did not exchange the old coins for new coins, which caused complaints from all officials, civilians and merchants.

  With this kind of lessons learned, ordinary people are afraid when they see banknotes.

   Therefore, Zhao Han only dared to print military tickets, which were only used in the army. Soldiers are paid and issued directly to military tickets, which can be exchanged for food at any time and any place in the official food bank.

   In this way, it is convenient for frontline soldiers to pay their salaries during war.

   Moreover, it is also very convenient for soldiers to carry. They can return home after the battle and take the military ticket to the grain store in their hometown to exchange for grain.

  The material of the military ticket follows the Daming banknote.

  The main material is mulberry paper, and the auxiliary material is recycled official document paper. The two kinds of paper are mixed together to make pulp, which is blue-gray in color, thick and durable.

  There are many kinds of anti-counterfeiting marks—

  First, micro-carving. Ask the master of micro-carving to finely carve patterns on the printing plate.

  Second, color printing. Red, blue, and black three-color overprinting was done by Jiaozi in the Song Dynasty.

  Third, watermark. The watermarking method originated in the Tang Dynasty. There are two types of bright flowers and dark flowers. Modern banknotes still retain watermarks for anti-counterfeiting. The military ticket of the Datong Army uses the dark flower watermark method.

   Fourth, the seal. On the military ticket, there must be the seals of the three major agencies of the Financial Secretary, the Public Works Department, and the Military Academy. If there is one less seal, it will be a waste ticket, and cinnabar ink pad is used. In addition, the main pattern of the military ticket is also made of special ink, which is added with lead sulfide, which is also the anti-counterfeiting symbol of Daming banknotes.

   Moreover, as long as the military ticket is genuine, even if it is soaked in water, the grain bank must admit it. If it is torn into several pieces, as long as more than 60% of it is complete, it must be counted as a whole ticket.

  When the military ticket system is in operation, a lot of transportation consumption can be saved, and more food stocks can be kept at the same time.

  After credit is established, civilians are likely to use military tickets as banknotes.

  Zhao Han put down the military ticket and said: "Now that money has started to be minted, the grain store will be changed to the money and grain store in the future. Especially the 'World Datong money' can be exchanged at the money and grain store after circulation."

  The food bank under the Financial Secretary cannot exchange copper coins, but only accepts silver and grain. Chongzhen Tongbao is really disgusting.

  After the issuance of "Tianxia Datong Money", the business of copper coins can be increased.

  Everything must be perfected step by step.

   When the reform of the currency value is completed and the banking system is established, the Qianliang Bank must be separated from the Financial Secretary and be directly managed by the central government.

   Half a month later, payment will be made at the beginning of the month.

  The personal guards of the Ji'an General Military Mansion became the first batch of soldiers to receive military tickets.

  These people were holding a stack of paper notes. Although they understood how to use them and trusted Zhao Han, they still couldn't help feeling guilty.

   "Can this ticket really be exchanged for food?"

   "Will the chief town still lie to us?"

   "How about...try it?"

   "..."

   Several soldiers took advantage of their rotation and went to the food store in Fucheng together.

   "Exchange food!" A soldier took out the military ticket.

  The grain official asked: "How much?"

  The soldier said, "Change all."

  Military ticket denominations, one dou, two dou, five dou, and one stone.

  I saw that the grain bank began to move out grain, and it was obvious that it could be cashed in.

  The soldier suddenly laughed and said, "No more, no more, I don't have time to take it home."

  The official of the grain line looked depressed, and he didn't dare to offend the soldiers, so he could only turn around and complain quietly.

  The soldiers were very happy. There were food stores in their hometowns, and there was a line in every three towns. From now on, when visiting relatives during holidays, you can just bring your military ticket, you don't need to exchange money in Fucheng, and you don't need to carry a big bag of grain on the road.

  Military tickets are the first step, and official tickets will be issued next.

  Due to the shortage of silver, military salaries are calculated in grain, but officials' salaries are in silver.

   After the money and grain bank reserves enough silver, they can issue official tickets, and officials have to use banknotes to receive wages.

   Still the same sentence, step by step, take your time.

  Even the official bills had to be issued in Ji’an Mansion first, because on the day the official bills were issued, there were bound to be countless officials running to run on them. It can only be gradually promoted with the government as the unit, and finally becomes the currency recognized by officials.

   and other officials and soldiers have recognized it, and the public will recognize it, and then they can try to issue a small amount of banknotes.

  In the next few decades, both paper money and metal currency will coexist, and the forced cancellation of metal currency will only cause social panic.

  …

   "Daddy!"

   Gun'er is already two and a half years old, rushing over with her calves.

  Zhao Han quickly caught it, put it on his neck and rode on the horse, and said with a smile: "Drive, drive!"

   "Drive, drive, drive!"

   Gun'er hugged his father's head, laughed and shouted together.

   "Don't fall, don't fall!"

  Fei Rulan quickly reminded her, and said in a low voice: "Father is here, and he brought my cousin."

  Zhao Han walked in with his son on his shoulders, and sure enough, he saw Fei Yinghuan, and Hu Mengtai, whom he hadn't seen for many years.

   These two people studied hard together in retreat, but Fei Yinghuan bought the official position. Hu Mengtai survived until last spring, and finally passed the Jinshi examination. He had only been an official for half a year, and his hometown was occupied by Zhao Han.

   "Master Taishan, uncle." Zhao Han greeted with a smile.

   "Don't dare to be that." Hu Mengtai quickly got up and bowed.

  Fei Rulan walked over and said, "Give me the child, let's chat."

  Hu Mengtai was quite emotional in his heart. A domestic slave back then has now become the king of Jiangxi, but he had to go back to his hometown to seek refuge.

  Everyone sat down, drank tea and chatted.

  Fei Yinghuan said: "Youli won a Jinshi and was sent out to be the county magistrate of Fenghua, Zhejiang, but he did a great thing."

  Zhao Han asked: "The disaster in Zhejiang was very serious last year, right?"

   "It's very serious. For disaster relief, I offended someone." Hu Mengtai sighed.

  It was Hu Mengtai who, in order to raise money and food for disaster relief, tracked down Feisa's deceitful remittances, ordered the gentry to pay taxes, and directly attacked the Dai family in Fenghua.

  Dai Ao's official position is the Chancellor of Shuntian Fu, and he is the fourth grade. For local officials, he is considered a powerful person in Beijing.

  Hu Mengtai ordered the yamen servant to arrest his son, but the yamen servant secretly leaked the news, and his son fled to Beijing in a hurry.

  As a native of Fenghua, Dai Ao was not allowed to impeach the magistrate of Fenghua according to the rules, so he went to Shushu, saying that the collapse of the society was caused by the magistrate's corruption. The article was written in a dark and poignant manner, and Chongzhen didn't bother to guess, so he asked Dai Aoming to say which county magistrate committed the crime.

   At this moment, someone who wanted to make a name for himself directly exposed the matter, and Dai Ao was sent to prison by Chongzhen for interrogation.

   After giving relief to the people in Fenghua, Hu Mengtai offended the local rich people all over the place. He felt that it was boring to continue to be an official, and he was worried about his family, so he simply hung his seal and walked back to Qianshan, and then ran to Ji'an to join Fei Yinghuan.

  This old man, in history, spent all his wealth to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and held on to the city for several months, and both husband and wife died for the country.

  Zhao Han said with a smile: "If uncle can come, he wants to be my secretary."

  Fei Yinghuan explained: "An ordinary secretary of the Academy of Secretaries is similar to the Scheeren of Zhongshu in Ming Dynasty."

  Hu Mengtai knew about the employment system a long time ago, and it was Fei Yinghuan who told him about it. He smiled and said, "Just do what you can."

  Generally, people who Zhao Han wants to promote can be released to be mayors after three months as ordinary secretaries, or directly become county magistrates, and they will be promoted very quickly in the future.

  Zhao Han is not afraid that the Fei family is too powerful, and Li Banghua's family also has many officials.

   There are also the Xiao family in Luling and the Liu family in Jishui. Because they took refuge in a more thorough way, they sent a large number of clan members as officials early on. Now there are many county magistrates and county magistrates, and even the Xiao and Liu families have become magistrates.

   "Master Taishan, how are you preparing for the emigration?" Zhao Han asked.

  Fei Yinghuan replied: "Leave in a few days."

  Fei Yinghuan's new position is the county magistrate of You County, and he cooperates with the prefect of Changsha to carry out immigration.

  At the junction of Huguang and Jiangxi, the population has dropped sharply due to bandits and bandits, and immigrants must be immigrated to enrich the place. The migration is not much, with tens of thousands of people in each county, which can just relieve the population pressure on the Jiangxi side.

  Because many places wanted to immigrate, Zhao Han couldn't wait to launch military tickets, and then asked Fei Chun to make money quickly.

  Hu Mengtai clasped his hands and said with a smile: "The general town's capture of Changsha Fucheng is equivalent to capturing half of Huguang, and half of the world's granary."

   "It's all up to the frontline soldiers to work hard." Zhao Han was very happy.

  Suddenly, Zhao Han asked again: "Yuyao is not far from Fenghua, did my cousin know about Zhu Zhiyu (Zhu Shunshui)?"

"When I left Fenghua, I made a special trip to visit," Hu Mengtai said. "In the past few years, he has been studying with peace of mind, and he is not limited to Neo-Confucianism and Mind-learning. Now he advocates practical learning, farming, construction, medicine, water conservancy... a hundred He also said to me that the most important thing to learn is practice, and the learning of sages must be practiced. Scholars should learn the truth and apply what they have learned.”

   "Haha, that's a good point." Zhao Han laughed.

   Zhu Shunshui in Hanzhu Mountain was only a semi-finished product, but now it has finally evolved into a complete version.

  Zhao Han planned to write a letter asking Xu Ying to send someone to Yuyao to invite Zhu Shunshui to be an official or a teacher.

   Of course, it may not be possible to invite him. Chongzhen ordered him to be an official, but Zhu Shunshui shirked and refused.

  The three of them were drinking tea and chatting vigorously, when suddenly a guard came in and reported: "General Town, there is an urgent military situation from Guangdong!"

"bring here."

  This military information came from Zhang Tieniu, who reported that tens of thousands of people in Ba Pai Yao had rebelled, and they wanted to present a woman to Zhao Hanjin.

   It must have been ghostwritten by the military propaganda and instructor, who explained the matter of Ba Pai Yao very clearly.

   Zhao Han felt extremely novel. In his established impression, the Yao tribe should be a chieftain system. It never occurred to me that the electoral system was actually implemented, and the "committee members" were elected first, and then other leaders were elected from the committee, and they also knew that they would change every two years.

  The missionary officer also said that the Yao people can be appeased and treated kindly, and let them teach terraced field technology.

  (end of this chapter)