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Chapter 210 More Tangled Reserve Bank Issues

Yang Reform was troubled by banknote paper and other issues. Bi Ziyan gave the emperor an idea to continue to use the previous set of treasure banknote molds. It is possible, the difference between me and before is that I have reserves now, isn't it better than before?NPCs of the Ming Dynasty, don't ask too much.

"Bi Aiqing is right. If you use the previous banknote molds, there should be no problem..." Although Yang Reform decided to use the previous treasure banknote molds, he still couldn't help but sneer at the quality of the previous treasure banknotes. too poor.

The three people below are far less entangled than the emperor's thoughts. They all think that as long as the treasure banknote can be cashed in time, it is a good treasure banknote. They don't understand why the emperor has been entangled in this. The quality of treasure banknotes is a problem, why must the treasure banknotes be colorful?Made it that thick?It's a complete waste.

Yang Reform finally decided to use the old banknote moulds. There was no other way. Now that he was in a hurry, he couldn’t afford to wait. Now that he had reached this point, he had to go out and wait for everything. It's impossible to leave without missing anything.

"...Since you all feel that there is no problem with using the previous set of treasure banknote molds, let's use it...Brother, can you get some treasure banknotes printed before?..." Yang Reform decided to use the previous treasure banknote molds, then You have to take a look at the things in the past, and study how to print your own "Chongzhen Daming Banknotes".

"Yes, Your Majesty, wait a moment, servant girl, let someone take it." If the emperor wants this kind of thing, let alone a treasure banknote, he can make one even if it is a mold of a treasure banknote. needs time.

Not long after, Wang Cheng'en came back with a stack of papers, handed them to the emperor, and said, "Your Majesty, this is the banknote made by the former Household Department. Your Majesty, please have a look."

"Well, good, not bad, for the two masters, Bi Aiqing will also take a few of them." Yang Reform took Wang Chengen's treasured banknotes and looked at them carefully.

I’m an idiot, Yang Reform couldn’t stop cursing in his heart, what kind of money is this, it’s just a piece of paper when going to the toilet, if there is no paper when going to the toilet, if you use it, you have to say, good paper ..., the paper is so bad, it can't be said, it is definitely not the same as the beautifully printed and durable banknotes of later generations.

Yang Reform's mind just settled down, and he couldn't help but churn again. This kind of banknote is also too cheap. Moreover, this kind of banknote is too big, and it is probably about the same size as the books in middle school. It is so big, it is really a waste The paper, and the denomination does not change with the size of the paper, they are all the same size, but the printed pattern changes.

Yang Reform took this one, and it was printed on it as "Daming Tongxing Treasure Banknote". I want to show that this is always as much as ten mentions.

Of course, although the banknotes were not printed well, there were still some very powerful characters clearly printed on the bottom. Although Yang Reform didn't know many traditional characters, there were mostly simplified characters inside, so Yang Reform could still recognize them.

"The Ministry of Households approved the printing and printing. The banknotes and copper coins of the Ming Dynasty are generally used. Those who forgery will be beheaded. Those who report to the arrest will be rewarded with 250 taels of silver, and the property will still be given to the prisoner. Hongwu Year, Month, Day."

Although Yang Reform had seen this kind of banknote before, he never felt how powerful it was. Now that he wanted to issue the banknote by himself, he felt it was powerful after reading this line. Reward order!Whoever dares to forge a treasure banknote, I rely on it, whoever reports will give 250 taels of silver and return the prisoner's family property. I am afraid that people in the entire Ming Dynasty will count on that day to find a forged treasure banknote. If you get rich, the 250 taels is not a small fortune even in the 21st century, let alone in the Ming Dynasty when silver was quite valuable.

Yang Reform now fully understands why the people of the Ming Dynasty dared to print the banknotes in such a rough way, and the anti-counterfeiting measures are so poor. It turns out that this powerful sentence is at work!I didn't feel it when I didn't print paper bills before, but now it's my turn to make paper bills, so I am very concerned about this.

Seeing this, Yang Reform felt that this kind of paper money that is very suitable for going to the toilet is so kind. Although the quality of this treasure is not good, it is a pity that if it contains it, the law contained in it is really awesome Well, if this sentence is put on the 21st century, and this sentence is printed on the top of the RMB, I am afraid that the people of the whole country are looking forward to someone making counterfeit money.

The more Yang Reform looked at the "torn paper", the more he felt cordial, and said, "This Ming Dynasty note is really good, not bad..."

Faced with the emperor's inexplicable praise for this precious banknote, several audience members were puzzled, not knowing why the emperor said that.The printing of this Daming Treasure Banknote is rough, everyone can see it, isn't it good?
"May I ask your majesty, what does your majesty mean by good?" Xu Guangqi was curious, what did the emperor mean by good.

"Hehe, I said he was good, because he said that the sentence is good, the forger will be killed, the arrester will be rewarded with 250 taels of silver, and the prisoner will still be given property. This sentence, this sentence is really powerful, powerful! I think This sentence can solve the problem very well, it can solve the problem very well!" Yang Reform explained with a smile, why must use new banknotes, the reason is that in addition to being beautiful and durable, the new banknotes can have a part The anti-counterfeiting function is something that treasure banknotes do not have. It can be said that Daming treasure banknotes have almost no anti-counterfeiting measures.However, now that Yang Reform has seen the words written on it clearly, he is quite satisfied with the "anti-counterfeiting" function of this precious banknote, and plans to print this powerful sentence on his banknote as before.As an anti-counterfeiting function.

awesome?Several people heard this word for the first time, and didn't understand what it meant for a while, but judging from the literal meaning of the word said by the emperor, it was probably a compliment that the words printed on the treasure banknote were very powerful and powerful. .

"In this way, I decided to still use the mold of this precious banknote to print new banknotes. However, this new banknote cannot be as big as the precious banknote. It is probably only this big, this big... Well, depending on the denomination, the new banknote The size of the banknotes is also different, just like the banknotes you are holding in your hands now, I have divided their denominations, and different denominations have different sizes, which is helpful to distinguish the face value of the banknotes ..." Yang Reformed gestured with his hands, explaining the difference of his new banknotes.

Sun Chengzong and the others picked up the banknotes in their hands again, looked at them, and then compared them with each other, and found that the colorful new banknotes were indeed different in size, some of them had a penny written on them, some had a dime on them, and some of them were Five cents, some are one yuan, and some are ten yuan.

"Your Majesty, I see that the new banknotes are indeed different, and the numbers marked are also different. I don't know how to exchange them with silver coins?" Xu Guangqi asked, intending to see how the emperor planned to divide the face value.

"Here, one cent is equal to one copper coin, one dime is equal to ten copper coins, five jiao is equal to five copper coins, one yuan is one hundred copper coins, which is equal to ten jiao, and ten yuan is one thousand copper coins, which is equal to one tael of silver..." Yang The reform explains this own exchange relationship.

The following fell into silence. Although the emperor is also printing precious banknotes this time, it is very different from before. In the past, the lowest was from [-] cash, but it is different from the treasure banknotes printed by the emperor now. Far away, even a cent of money needs to be made of precious banknotes, so the cost of this precious banknote is not cheap!

Xu Guangqi thought about it again and again, and said: "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

"Oh? What do you want to say?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, in the past, the treasures printed by the Ministry of Households were all printed from a hundred cash. Your Majesty is printing from one penny. This... costs, I am afraid it is not cheap!"

"This?..." Yang Reform hasn't considered this issue yet. He only knows that in the future, the country and people will use paper bills and metal coins, which are only used as auxiliary coins. As for whether they will lose money, Yang Reform I really haven't thought about it. If paper money is more expensive than metal currency, will future generations be full and issue paper money?

After hesitating again and again, Yang Reform still felt that it shouldn’t be a big problem to issue banknotes starting from one penny. Once people accepted the banknotes and formed a habit, they would use banknotes for such large transactions. Come on, this, the question of whether a penny will lose money is not within the scope of Yang Reform's consideration.

"This, I think, let's start printing from a penny. If you lose a penny, you can make it back from a yuan. This, print the new banknotes a little bit better, and let the common people feel that this penny is worth it." Such a large piece of paper is worth the money, and it can increase the credibility of the new banknote, can't it?" Yang Reform still decided to follow his own ideas and act arbitrarily. If he wanted to do it, he would do it thoroughly. It is necessary to solve the problem from the root.

Xu Guangqi and others, you look at me, I look at you, I really can't figure out what the emperor did. If you say that the emperor is trying to make money, but even a cent of money needs to be printed with banknotes. It is so exquisite, I am afraid that the cost will be more than a penny, this is purely a loss-making business!Still counting on printing precious banknotes and making a fortune from it?This is really beyond my comprehension.

Yang Reform is thinking about the future of the country, which paper money is not used?If you lose money with paper money, are those countries in the future all idiots?I have to follow the steps of those countries in the future, and I can't go wrong if I think about it.

There was a long silence on the platform.

Several people who Yang Reform could trust were thinking about the gains and losses of the emperor, while Emperor Yang Reform was thinking about how he would use paper to buy things abroad in the future, so that his currency could become the reserve currency of other countries.

"Your Majesty, I dare to ask, the treasure banknotes issued this time, uh... no, how many new banknotes are going to be issued, and how much reserve silver is there?" Xu Guangqi has been struggling with this question for a long time, and has asked the emperor several times, However, the emperor never gave a positive answer. Now, it is time to ask again. The issue scale and reserve silver are always hurdles that cannot be avoided. If you are not ready for this, then what is the point? Send treasure money?

When it comes to reserve silver, Yang Reform became even more entangled. He calculated how much silver he still had in his internal funds. After the silver, there are five or six million taels of silver in the inner bank. It can be regarded as a big family and a very rich family. However, there are too many places where the money is used. Down a few silver.

After Xu Guangqi asked below, he stared at the emperor, only to see that the emperor's face was red and white for a while, but he didn't want to say how much money he could spend from his inner money to make reserve silver for treasure banknotes. If the emperor intends to do it alone for the issuance of treasure notes, he has to pay all the money from the internal funds, so don't count on the Ministry of Households. Besides, the current Ministry of Households has no money at all.

Yang Reform held back for a long time, and finally choked out a sentence: "Alas...the emperor's family has no food left!..." Yang Reform sighed, the emperor was regarded as a pauper, who would believe it?Who the fuck said the emperor is rich everywhere?Sitting on the world?Whoever tells me this again, I will be anxious with him.Yang Reform secretly scolded those people who talk about how rich the emperor is all day long.

Not only Xu Guangqi, but the other two also opened their mouths and looked at the emperor in surprise. This emperor really dared to admit it!Talking is also scaring people to death!What does it mean that the emperor's family has no surplus food?What about us ministers?What is the situation?What is the situation?

Xu Guangqi's head was stunned by the emperor's words, and he asked blankly: "Your Majesty, didn't you collect several million taels of atonement silver a few days ago? Why are there none now?"

Xu Guangqi's temperament is really straightforward, how can he say such words easily?The atonement money for the Wei case, in a serious calculation, can be regarded as a stain on the emperor's wealth collection. Isn't it embarrassing for the emperor to ask it like this now?However, Xu Guangqi hadn't realized how outrageous his words were.

Yang Reform doesn't care what other people think of his collection of the atonement money for the Wei case. He only knows that he, the emperor, is called the mortgage emperor and the salary emperor. There is a rope waiting for him on the mountain.

"Hey... Although I have collected four or five million taels of silver, but there is not much left. I don't need to spend it! I need money everywhere..."

The emperor's words had just begun, and the people standing below were stunned. For a Wei case, the emperor got four to five million taels of silver?This figure is the first time the emperor mentioned it. Although everyone knew that the emperor had bought a lot of silver, absolutely no one thought it would be as much as four or five million taels. Most of them believed that it was only about 500 million taels. The emperor kept his face and got four or five million taels of silver?I have a new understanding of the emperor's ability to collect money, but what is even more astounding is that the four or five million taels of silver plus the rest of the original internal funds, now the emperor is also called poor and has spent all of it. This... In an instant, these few people had a new understanding of the emperor's ability to spend money.In just one sentence, Sun Chengzong, Xu Guangqi, and Bi Ziyan played bungee jumping between heaven and hell.

"...The salaries of the hundreds of officials, the military salary of the Beijing camp, and the frontier army are absolutely indispensable every month. I promised to make up the 200 million taels owed by the frontier army in the second half of the year. Where is Mao Wenlong? I promised, it is one hundred thousand taels of silver every year, and I have to train the new army, which also requires money. Yuan Chonghuan is going to Liaodong, so I have to prepare some silver for him to go on the road. Li Ruolian opened a bank there, and I have allocated it. Go to 10 million taels, and expect him to collect some interest... I still have to build a big ship, build a big ship, and other various expenses. In the palace, a lot of people want me to support them, and I also Difficult! Those millions of taels of silver went out again before they were warmed up..." Yang Reform carefully counted the expenses he needed. There are still many things that have not been explained, such as Sun Liniang The glass factory, the expansion cost, the few 120 taels of silver, is not included, and the Grand Theater, this, is also not included, and there is the Queen’s father, it is estimated that the money is not enough, I am afraid it will be returned I have to dig out a little more, as well as the Hongyi cannon that I am going to build. This also requires a lot of money, and I will not tell others about this.

Sun Chengzong, Xu Guangqi, and Bi Ziyan listened to the emperor's recounting of their property and the places where money was needed, just like listening to the Buddha's lectures. It will be cold.

Yang Reform only cared about calculating his property and where to spend his money, and he also noticed that his audience already looked demented.

"Cough cough...cough cough..." Yang Reform had to cough a few times to remind his direct descendants.

Sun Chengzong, Xu Guangqi, and Bi Ziyan were just waking up like a dream. It's damned. It's really not right for them to lose their composure by what the emperor said. All these years of self-cultivation are in vain.

A few people hurriedly made amends to the emperor together, they shouldn't have lost their composure in front of the emperor.

Yang Reform was speechless, maybe what he said was indeed a bit scary, and his attitude of spending money was a bit perverted.

Sun Chengzong and Xu Guangqi have greatly changed their understanding of the emperor. This emperor is extraordinary!It is really unusual to make so much money without making a fuss, and spend so much money without making a fuss. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty, if he was to spend money with his hands, this one should probably be the first one.

Bi Ziyan was completely dumbfounded. Forty-five million taels of silver, plus the rest of the original internal funds, this money, added up, was enough for the Ming Dynasty's annual income for two years. Isn't this enough?This... Bi Ziyan thinks that he is relatively good at numbers and sensitive to money, and the amount of money he handles every year is also huge, but after listening to the emperor's income and expenditure, he feels that his little ability and knowledge are compared with the emperor's. , not enough to see!I still have to learn from the emperor. Of course, if I can manage money for the emperor, it would not be a pleasure to watch tens of millions of taels of money pass through my hands every year!

Sun Chengzong, Xu Guangqi, and Bi Ziyan pretended not to hear the emperor's "perverted" remarks just now. Find another way.

(End of this chapter)