The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 821 There is no way to complain

Then there is 'Dagan Tianbao, with a face value of [-] Wen. 'A piece is about five grams.

"One gram for silver, three for copper, one for other metals, red and white."

Dagan Tianbao is even more beautiful, with silver added, the surface is pale white with a hint of red, and it is made of red copper.

Then Zhong Xian sent again.

"A great treasure, with a denomination of one hundred cash."

One piece is about six grams, two grams are silver, three grams are copper, and one gram is other metals, pale white.

Everyone held copper coins of three denominations, and they could still clearly distinguish them. First, the colors were different, then the sizes were different, and the surface textures and patterns were completely different.

"Beautiful." All the ministers couldn't put it down when they saw it. The copper coins that they made a lot of money are beautiful to look at, and people are reluctant to use them.

These three copper coins all look like works of art, and in their opinion, they are more than ten times more beautiful than the previous Daming copper coins.

"The most profitable one is here." Ding Yi smiled.

Zhong Xian sent out again, each of them got an extra silver coin.

"One yuan (two) silver coins, with a face value of one thousand Wen." Ding Yi said: "It weighs ten grams, and seven grams are silver."

"Steal money." Lu Daqi called out.

Your majesty is too black-hearted, this is tantamount to stealing money.

This so-called silver coin is one tael of silver in the past, but now it weighs only ten grams and contains only seven grams of silver.

It used to be 1 taels of silver, but now it can make hundreds of thousands of silver coins.

Isn't this money grabbing?
"We don't call it stealing money, we need to reduce the cost reasonably." Ding Yi said with a smile: "The court recognizes the face value, although it is only seven grams of silver, but you can buy one or two silver things? How can this be called stealing money?"

But not to mention, this silver coin is more beautiful and exquisite, some people laughed and said that they were reluctant to use it and wanted to collect it.

Then there are silver coins with a face value of two rounds, with a face value of two thousand Wen.

It weighs ten grams, and seven grams is silver. The size and silver content are exactly the same as a round one. The only difference is that it is called red copper, and the color is red and white.

"It's really stealing money." Even Ruan Wenlong couldn't stand it.

The same amount of silver, in Ding Yi's hands, is used as one tael of silver, or as two taels of silver.

Then there are ten-yuan silver coins with a face value of [-] Wen.

It weighs fifteen grams, and ten grams is silver.

This is equivalent to ten taels of silver in the past, which used to be a lot of silver, but now you can't feel it in the palm of your hand.

Everyone knows Ding Yihei, but they didn't expect it to be so dark now.

Ding Yi now has one or two hundred million taels of silver in his hands, which means that he can mint more than one billion taels or even billions of taels of silver in face value in the future.

No wonder the emperor conscripted soldiers and added officials, how many people can't afford to support them?Another 200 million soldiers and horses can also be raised.

However, this will be left to future generations. There is a suspicion of excessive currency issuance, which may easily cause inflation, but Ding Yi will definitely not do this, and it is impossible to create so much new money in a short period of time.

Zhong Xian posted again at this time.

"Gold coins." Zheng Zhilong's eyes lit up when he saw the gold coins.

This is a round gold coin with a face value equivalent to 50 taels of silver, weighing twenty grams, and ten grams is gold.

This is even more excessive. In the past, one tael of gold was worth ten taels of silver.

Now Ding Yi uses ten grams of gold as 50 taels of silver.

But this gold coin is also well made and quite beautiful.

Next is a ten-yuan gold coin, with a face value equivalent to 500 taels of silver, weighing 25 grams, and [-] grams of gold.

This set of metal coins is called the first set of coins in Dagan.

The maximum face value is 500 taels of silver, and there is only one piece.

Thinking about it, everyone used to have to carry a big bag for 500 taels of silver, but now they only need one in their hands, which is quite easy.

Whether it is good for doing business or hiding money, it is very convenient.

Zheng Zhilong's face was flushed at this time, and he finally couldn't help it: "Your Majesty, what about the humble ministers, where are the silver and gold at home?"

The richest person in the family is Zheng Zhilong.

In order to support Ding Yi in measuring the fields, Zheng Zhilong basically sold all the fields in Fujian, leaving only [-] mu.

But he is rich. It is estimated that his family has at least 2000 million silver.

As mentioned earlier, in history, the Qing soldiers robbed him of millions of gold when they broke Quanzhou. There is so much gold, how will there be less silver?
"Exchange with the imperial court. For example, you need to exchange 500 taels of silver for these ten yuan gold coins."

Hey, Chen Youfu beside him couldn't help laughing, and then quickly put on a straight face, but he still couldn't help it.

Zheng Zhilong had a mournful face, isn't this a blood loss?Lost to Laolo's house?
"Purchasing power is the same, Brother Zheng." Ding Yi called him Brother Zheng earnestly in front of the officials.

"You may think that you are at a disadvantage. 500 taels of silver are only exchanged for [-] grams of gold."

"But in Dagan, the purchasing power is still 500 taels of silver. I assure you that the price will be stabilized and the currency will not depreciate."

"It's not that I'm bragging, but the silver and gold coins are worth so much just because of their beautiful appearance."

Zheng Zhilong thought for a while, and then said: "What about businessmen who come from abroad to do business? We want to go abroad to do business, so what should we do?"

You have such purchasing power when you are working hard, but who will admit it outside?
"Foreign businessmen can exchange it for reuse. Suppose a European comes to Quanzhou to do business, first take 500 taels of silver, and go to the local bank to exchange for ten yuan gold or silver coins."

"Then use gold coins to shop in the country, and the purchasing power is still the same?".

Europeans come to do business, either to sell or buy things, and in this era, more people buy and buy things.

When they buy goods, they can exchange silver for a large number of silver coins first, and then exchange back for silver if they have any surplus after buying.

Similarly, when they come to sell things, they get silver coins, and when they return, they can exchange the extra silver coins for silver.

There is no difference between foreigners using silver and silver coins as long as they can be exchanged at will.

Make a big effort to promote such coins comprehensively. As long as there are no fakes outside, the monetary system and prices will not collapse.

Of course, this is Ding Yi's first wave of currency reform, and he will definitely replace metal coins with paper money in the future, just like later generations.

But now at this time, he can borrow this method to collect a large amount of domestic silver and gold, and then take it abroad to earn more silver and gold.

Of course, the premise of this is that Ding Yi needs to be cautious. If excessive castings and purchases are made in large quantities, the prices of corresponding materials will increase, resulting in inflation.

Ding Yi doesn't intend to do this now, he just wants to reclaim the silver and gold hidden in the homes of the wealthy people in the country.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was no shortage of silver. Just like Li Zicheng forced out more than 7000 million silver in the capital, a large number of rich and distinguished people hid silver in the basement of their homes and did not use it.

Ding Yi is now using new money to force them to exchange it, and at a very low price.

Liu Bei did this kind of thing in the Shu Han before, but Liu Bei was very wicked and didn't take the common people seriously, so he perished.

Ding Yi will pay attention to controlling the price system to prevent inflation. The large amount of silver and gold exchanged is mainly spent abroad to earn foreign money. After five years, the new currency will be circulated in the national market, and the market will gradually stabilize. down.

The "world affairs" in mid-December and the imperial decree were quickly distributed to all parts of Daqian.

By the middle of the first month of the first year of Rende, all provinces in Dagan basically knew about it and began to implement it.

Unify weights and measures, manufacture identity cards, and pass through the country in the future, as long as there is an identity card.

Uniformity balance is actually not very difficult. It must be a bit messy at the beginning, and everyone will get used to it gradually.

Time soon entered 1646, and Dagan officially launched the new name Rende.

In the first year of Rende (1646), on January [-], someone from the capital reported to the Beijing City Affairs Bureau.

He went to buy chicken, and the other party weighed him three catties and four liang. When he got home, he found that something was wrong, and the other party used the old scale.

Compared with the current scale, it is obviously less.

In the past, people reported this kind of matter to the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, but now this matter is under the control of the City Affairs Bureau.

The City Affairs Bureau in the capital has the largest number of staff, with a total of [-] officials.

Two officials from the City Affairs Bureau received the report and took the person involved to the shop.

The three of them arrived in the alley tens of meters away from the pavement, and one of the officials surnamed Sun said, "You guys wait here."

He took off his official robe and changed into a commoner's clothes, which were still relatively old, and staggered to the shop.

Then ordered a big fat chicken.

The stall owner weighed four catties and two taels, and the official Sun paid the new copper coins.

The stall owner's eyes lit up and he found a few old copper coins.

Ding Yi's restriction for everyone is that before June [-]st of the second year of Rende, all old copper coins, silver and gold on the market cannot be circulated, and they need to be exchanged at the bank.

Many people are lazy to change, because there are too many people to change, and they have to queue up, so there are still some in circulation for the time being.

After all, it is still early from June [-] next year.

"Four catties and two taels, right?" Officer Sun asked again.

"Yes." The stall owner said with a smile, "I won't miss you."

Officer Sun turned his head, and another officer came with a scale and brought the whistleblower.

The stall owner's face suddenly changed.

"Weigh again."

Officials use one scale, three catties and six liang, which is about half a catty less.

"Ah, I mispronounced my brain." The stall owner laughed loudly, and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Official Sun didn't talk nonsense with him, and took out a small notebook: "According to the general law, you will be fined a hundred times, and you will be banned from this industry for life. If you show your ID card, you will not be able to apply for any commercial business license in the future."

"Don't, sir, I know I'm wrong." The stall owner got out of his body and plopped down on his knees to beg for mercy. People from other shops around looked at him, but they didn't dare to make a sound.

It's useless for him to beg for mercy. According to the Dagan law, the official Sun must first be fined a hundred times.

Of course, the whistleblower was not fined. If the whistleblower took the chicken home, the stall owner could not admit that he sold it. The fine was the one bought by official Sun. Of course, 100% of all the money will be given to the whistleblower. The grandson official and the other official account for [-]%, and the maximum does not exceed [-] taels.

Officer Sun also deliberately went to the scene and picked the biggest one, because after a hundred times the fine, the money will be the most.

When they come out to do things, they get commissions, and they will follow the laws and regulations in the future, which is justified.

And the more fines, the more commissions.

If the commission exceeds 100 taels, the rest will go to the City Affairs Bureau, and the City Affairs Bureau will keep a part of it as the welfare of everyone, and part of it will be handed over to the imperial court.

Assuming it is a major case of fines of 10 taels of silver, according to 1% commission, there can be 100 taels.

In this case, the relevant officials, departments, and even the court can benefit, and everyone is willing to do their best.

(End of this chapter)