my days with tyrants

Chapter 28 An evildoer, definitely an evildoer
His Majesty the Emperor is very satisfied with Yang Feng's three suggestions.

Of course, it doesn't mean that he will implement it immediately...

At least it won't be implemented immediately, whether it's banks or gold and silver coins, it will take a certain amount of time, and after all, the current depreciation of treasure notes is not too serious.

Plus he has a problem.

It is the problem of counterfeit banknotes that can never be eradicated.

"I don't have a good solution for this, and this problem exists at any time.

Severe punishment and harsh laws have limited effect. At that time, counterfeit banknotes could be shot at the highest level.

But as long as banknotes are still used, this problem cannot be solved. After all, the benefits are enough, and even the crime of copying the family and the nine clans is also dared. Not usable at all.But there is a way, you can try it out, even if it will work, I can’t guarantee it. Although this technology appeared decades later, it will take about 500 years to print money.

At that time, it was printed by machine, which could be very powerful.

At this time, it is nothing more than manual work. Whether it can be done or not depends on your craftsmanship. "

Yang Feng said.

"What way?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Gravure printing.

Like a rubbing of an inscription.

But the rubbing of the inscription is to apply ink on the outside, and this kind of printing is to put the ink on the text, and then print it on the paper, and the final printed text is like carving out.

This technique was first printed by Thai and Western craftsmen seven or eighty years later.

500 years later, the most powerful country I mentioned started printing banknotes with this technology, and this technology has been used as the main anti-counterfeiting method for their banknotes, but the key is ink, after all, you can’t make the printed banknotes The color of the text fades, and the prints are different from the printing of banknotes. The former is to be read next to each other, while precious banknotes have to pass through human hands constantly. "

"Taixi craftsmen can do it seven or eighty years later, so naturally my craftsmen in Ming Dynasty can do it too."

"If this cannot be done, there is another kind, which is watermark. When making paper, patterns are pre-woven on the fishing net. The paper produced has inconspicuous dark lines, which can be seen when facing the light. This should be possible. I remember it was already there."

Yang Feng said.

The difficulty of gravure is too high, but the difficulty of watermark is very low.

However, the anti-counterfeiting effect of watermark is also low. After all, watermark technology is not an insurmountable difficulty for counterfeit banknotes.

This thing existed in the Tang Dynasty when paper was made.

European paper craftsmen also began to use it at this time.

Therefore, it is not a difficult technology for folk paper craftsmen to forge watermarks.

"Then there is ink, and there is also engraving. Instead of woodblock, it is changed to a lead-tin alloy plate, supplemented with ink made of linseed oil and turpentine. This can also have a good effect. After all, ink printing and ink painting Printing is completely different. There is also a method of making ink, which can make black ink have a red luster when it is slanted in the sun. It is said that the wick is soaked in the juice of comfrey, and then the ink is made with wick oil to obtain this effect. , this is also possible. In the short term, I think we should use this set first, then supplement it with watermarks, and at the same time slowly study gravure printing, and wait for those counterfeiters to learn lead ink plate printing and forge watermarks. At that time, it will be almost the same Made gravure printing.

Banknote anti-counterfeiting and counterfeiting are long-term struggles.

From the beginning of paper money making in the Song Dynasty to our time, the struggle of nearly a thousand years cannot be said to be resolved at once. "

Yang Feng said.

In fact, there are metal plates and inks, which are enough to survive when Zhu Yuanzhang is alive.

Adding a watermark is double insurance.

As for the color of ink, it is recorded in Tiangong Kaiwu. The high-grade ink of the Ming Dynasty was lamp black, which was scraped from the black smoke from lamps burning tung oil.

But you can't really expect this thing to be immune to counterfeit money...

With the development of folk printing technology in the Ming Dynasty, this combination is really not enough. Copper movable type printing has already appeared in the late Ming Dynasty.

So gravure is king.

The main reason is that the gravure is more exquisite, especially the early gravure printing, which requires senior engravers. The European intaglio engravers in the [-]th century were all artist-level, and the cost of raising such a level of engraver is a bit high for folk counterfeiters. .Moreover, this kind of engraver can also give enough official positions, enough salary, and even a knighthood altogether. With these things, who would risk the danger of killing the nine clans to engrave those who print counterfeit banknotes? What benefits can those who print counterfeit banknotes give him? ?
Of course, this is all in the future.

His Majesty the Emperor finally left contentedly.

This short training has already made him a huge improvement, so he decided to give an order to Li Chenggui immediately after returning...

The main reason is that the latter started printing money last year.

Could it be that the whole world is the land of the king, so there can only be one kind of banknotes in the whole world. A subject like him cannot print banknotes by himself. Furious, now he is clearly warned to rein in the precipice.

As for the lack of coins in North Korea, His Majesty the Emperor was kind enough to give him [-] guan banknotes for his use.

In addition, they were supposed to sell [-] horses to Daming next year, which was [-] pieces of cloth according to the past price.

His Majesty the Emperor gave them [-] guan notes.

Be grateful!
This is the price of [-] bolts of cloth.

This price will also be followed in the future, but Daming will no longer deliver goods to the door, and they need to go to Daming to buy them with their own treasures. His Majesty the Emperor has allowed them to trade in Liaodong, Dengzhou and other places. Daming sells goods.In short, the trade between Daming and North Korea will be opened up in the future, but North Korean merchants can only accept precious banknotes when they come to Daming, because His Majesty the Emperor has long banned gold and silver from leaving the country, and then he will also ban copper from leaving the country. Instead, they can take these to Daming to exchange for precious banknotes .

Li Chenggui should be grateful, because His Majesty the Emperor will only open the trade between North Korea and Ming Dynasty in the next two years.

He can be a second-hand dealer.

Even for the sake of being a second-hand businessman, he would hand over North Korea's currency rights to Daming with a grateful heart.

Besides, he really had no other choice.

Coins have no copper.

Money printing is not allowed.

What if you don't accept banknotes?

"Do you really want to know what I said to His Majesty the Emperor?"

Yang Feng stood in front of the tent, looking at Zhang Xianzong who had deep eyes beside him, who was driven a hundred steps away by Jin Yiwei and waited.

Although he couldn't hear the content of the conversation, he also knew that making Zhu Yuanzhang so happy must belong to the kind of bewitching saints. After all, these civil servants all know Zhu Yuanzhang's true face, and it is really not for the ministers to make the emperor happy. what a good thing...

The happier His Majesty the Emperor, the more frightened they were.

Who knows what fallacies and heresies this monster has instilled in the emperor!

In fact, Yang Feng's impact on Daming can be said to be huge, but he usually doesn't go down the mountain, let alone communicate with Daming civil servants and generals, so he doesn't know it, but in fact the Ming court, especially those civil servants, have long been There was a lot of noise because of his appearance.Even these days, people have been admonishing Zhu Yuanzhang, admonishing His Majesty the Emperor not to listen to his nonsense, the traverser and so on are pure fabrications, he might be a monster who came out of some ravine.

Relying on some sorcery, trying to mess up Daming.

evildoer.Absolutely evildoer.

They are afraid.

Because what Yang Feng brought was a brand-new ideological system.

At this time, the Confucian scholars had just completed their influence on Zhu Yuanzhang, and even the imperial examination had only just begun for a few years.

In the early years of Hongwu, the imperial examination was held, but it stopped soon. Zhu Yuanzhang found that those Jinshi had no practical management experience at all. It was not until the 15th year of Hongwu that the imperial examination system was re-established. Years, 18 years, only three subjects in a row.

And there are not many admissions.

There are dozens of Jinshi for each subject.

The Confucian scholars were afraid that a guy with a new idea suddenly appeared at such a time, and it was really easy for Zhu Yuanzhang to go astray.

"Actually, what I said to the emperor this time is also a good thing for you, I just want His Majesty to open up trade.

Don't you Fujian gentry all want to open up overseas trade?

I am helping you guys. "

Yang Feng said.

Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed ready to open up overseas trade.

His Majesty the Emperor is not stupid, he just doesn't know how many good things are out there, and now the world map is almost finished for him, showing him clearly how many good places there are outside, like Java, which is ripe all year round, full of spices The Spice Islands, the rice-producing areas of Siam, these are great temptations for His Majesty the Emperor.

His Majesty the Emperor is indeed not the kind of person who is very willing to open up territories.

but……

There are so many good things out there!
"Your Majesty's ban on the sea is your majesty's foresight, and your majesty's opening of the sea is also your majesty's foresight. As ministers, we must follow the holy will and follow your majesty's law in the world."

Zhang Xianzong said calmly.

"Naughty!"

Yang Feng said.

Zhang Xianzong continued to keep his calm.

"Do you want to know how you Confucian scholars were doing in our time?"

Yang Feng said.

"I don't want to, and I don't need to know that the way of sages and sages is the law of all ages, and it is the same at all times. If we don’t even have this kind of self-confidence, why should we read the books of sages? When the Qin Dynasty burned books and robbed Confucians, the sages believed that the way of sages and sages would never be destroyed. When the cliffs and mountains crossed the sea, the sages also firmly believed that the way of the sages will not perish.

How is the result?

Daming still has to take the imperial examination, and I can still be ranked first.

The law of the ages is the law of the ages after all!
Regardless of your time, as long as the king wants to pass on the country to future generations, the way of sages and sages is indispensable after all. "

Zhang Xianzong said proudly.

Yang Feng fell silent...

He was right!

(Thanks to the book friends from all circles for subverting Wencheng Wude stick emperor, Langlihua, Joydanic3 and others for their rewards)
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