Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

This represents that Japan's gold and silver mines will flow into the Song Dynasty without resistance in the future.

But it's not just a matter of winning.

Zhao Chen's repeated meritorious service finally ushered in unprecedented prestige.

Someone couldn't bear it anymore, and began to blow the Zhao official's family with memorials: King Liao has made outstanding achievements, and begs to be restored to the crown prince.

Chapter 1289 New currency (first update)

Zhao Ning put down these memorials.

Some of these memorials are very straightforward, explaining clearly why Prince Zhao Chen was restored and the benefits of restoring the crown prince Zhao Chen.

The wording is also quite exaggerated.

It's almost like saying that as long as Zhao Chen's crown prince is restored, the dogs in the corner of the Tokyo Imperial City will dance, clap and cheer, and sing praises.

Some people put it more euphemistically, for example, the position of the crown prince is related to the foundation of the country. Your Majesty loves the people like a son, and you should make long-term considerations for the country and society of the Song Dynasty.

For these memorials, Zhao Ning just laughed it off.

He knew who was blowing the wind, who posted these memorials, and what their purpose was.

One or two can also be inferred from the size, rank and official position of officials.

However, since Zhao Chen has made so many contributions on the border over the years, and there are people in the court who blow the news, if he, the emperor, does not show his attitude at all, it will be more or less impossible.

After all, Zhao Chen is no longer a teenager, he must have his own thoughts, and even pays attention to the movements of the court and his father's views on him all the time.

To put it simply, Zhao Ning and Zhao Chen are no longer a simple father-son relationship.

Before the crown prince was established, the relationship between every grown-up prince and the emperor was not a simple father-son relationship.

This is a cruel but realistic problem that must be faced.

The next day, the imperial decree to praise and reward Zhao Chen arrived at the Liao Palace.

The rewards are nothing more than some money and treasures, which are of little value to Zhao Chen, and even the content of the reward in the imperial decree is clichéd.

The political significance contained in the move of the imperial decree to the Liao Palace is the most important.

Of course, according to the rules, the emperor also personally rewarded Han Shizhong as a border commander, affirming his military achievements.

Not only that, Zhao Ning also issued an edict to call the King of Liao back to Beijing to meet His Majesty.

Originally, it was very common to call the king of Liao back to Beijing to meet his majesty. In the past years, Zhao Ning recalled the eldest prince from the frontier more than once, but this time was different.

All political events cannot be viewed with encouragement.

As we all know, it was Qin Hui who caused Zhao Chen to lose the crown prince. After Qin Hui was exposed as an adulterer last year, some people in the court began to complain about Zhao Chen.

At this time, Zhao Chen made another military exploit, and when the rumors got louder, the Zhao official family quickly summoned the eldest prince back.

Putting it all together, what flavor does it reveal?

In the evening of the next day, Cai Heng hurried back to Cai Mansion, took off his official robe, and went to Cai Mao's study.

You Xuan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Cheng Zhen, a scholar of Duanming Palace, are also there.

"Hi Gong Gong."

"Cai Lang-jun, why are you in such a hurry?" Cheng Zhen laughed.

"Your Majesty is going to summon King Liao back to Beijing." Cai Heng said pleasantly.

"We already know about this matter," Cheng Zhen said.

"This is a good thing. Since Qin Hui's downfall, His Highness's resistance has finally decreased a lot."

Cheng Zhen nodded, and said: "Officials from all over the country have reported. In the past six months, many officials in Sijing have also praised King Liao."

"Then what are we waiting for? After the King of Liao returns to Beijing, he will immediately unite with many officials to present the Grand Palace, and ask His Majesty to restore the Prince of Liao.

"What is the direction of the people?" Cai Mao immediately poured a basin of cold water over him, "Which one is the direction of the people? Is it Zhao Ding, Lu Yihao, or Qian Yuqing?"

Cai Heng said: "Your Majesty wants to establish a crown prince, do you still need their consent?"

"Your Majesty's appointment of a prince is not something that some officials can do now." Cai Mao put down the pen in his hand, with a calm expression, as if he was about to fall asleep.

"Your Majesty has been carrying out the New Deal for thirteen years. The King of Liao was overthrown by Qin Hui in name, but in fact it was the crown prince who had a political disagreement with His Majesty."

Cai Mao spoke slowly, but his thoughts were exceptionally clear.

"This time His Majesty summoned King Liao back to Beijing, it is by no means to restore Prince Liao immediately."

"That is……"

"The prince will inherit the great rule in the future. The great rule is not as simple as military exploits. Expansion of territory is just one of them."

"Is Zu Weng talking about the strategy of governing the country?"

"Shouldn't it be?"

"With the support of our ancestors, the King of Liao must..."

Before Cai Heng finished speaking, Cai Mao interrupted him, and he said: "Your Majesty is so easy to fool, if the King of Liao doesn't have the ability to govern the world, he will never have a chance."

"Cai Xianggong doesn't have to be pessimistic." Cheng Zhen said, "King Liao has been staying on the border for these years, and he will soon be able to adapt to the battlefield. If he returns to Beijing and participates in government affairs, he will also be able to adapt to the court soon."

"I hope so." Cai Mao said with emotion, "The enemies on the frontier have sharp swords and spears, but the enemies in the court can kill without blood."

"In short, now the four capitals are located in all parts of the world, and our number of people has gradually increased." Cai Heng's eyes flashed with pride. The king carries out government affairs and secures his credit."

After a moment of silence, Cai Maocai said: "The third prince can't be petty. He is a calm person. He had a lot of conversations with Qin Hui before. His Majesty dealt with the Qin Hui faction, but he didn't blame the third prince at all."

"There is also Yu Yunwen. He has just taken office for half a year, and his attitude is very important. When he was in Anbei Mansion, I wrote to him, hoping that he can stand by our side."

Early in the morning on the first day of May, Zhao Ning held an imperial hearing.

There are not many people who listen to the government in front of the emperor, only a few ministers, and a special person, Chen Gui.

Chen Gui held several prototype coins in his hand.

"Your Majesty, please take a look. These are ten, fifty, one hundred and consistent silver coins."

Zhao Ning took it and looked carefully.

The workmanship is exquisite, the pattern is delicate, and the handle is also very good.

He motioned for the ministers to have a look over it too.

After reading it, everyone nodded.

Yu Yunwen asked: "I don't know the cost of casting this silver coin?"

"The ten-wen silver coin has very little silver content. If the cost is counted, its face value is two yuan more than itself."

"If this is the case, some people will imitate it." Qian Yuqing said.

"Qian Xianggong is right, but as far as the current workmanship of this silver coin is concerned, if the folks want to imitate it, it may cost more."

"Why?"

"The objects needed to cast silver coins are expensive, and the pattern carving is extremely difficult. If someone restores 100%, it will cost at least 50 guan. If he mints silver coins of ten pennies, each earns two pennies, and he has to recover the investment of one hundred thousand. As for the cost of pens, at least [-] pens must be minted, and then you will slowly make money."

"If 50 counterfeit coins are minted in a certain place and have not been discovered, it may be the responsibility of the local officials."

Qian Yuqing and Yu Yunwen couldn't help but nodded at the same time. Chen Gui's calculation was very reasonable.

If you want to make money from minting currency, you have to go big. If you can't do it, you may not only make no money, but also lose money.

Chapter 1290 Shortcomings of Banknote Delivery (Second Change)

Zhao Ning said: "What do you guys think of this silver coin?"

"Your Majesty, I heard from Wang Zonglin last year that the Bank of Tokyo has at least [-] damaged coins every day, which are exchanged at the bank, and two-thirds of them are one penny. Since this currency has a small denomination, it is used more frequently. Therefore, it is easy to damage, and this time there is no silver coin, so I am afraid it cannot solve this problem."

"Silver is doped in a penny, and the accuracy of silver content is very high, which will increase the difficulty of workmanship." Chen Gui said.

"Isn't Gewuyuan's weights and measures already accurate to grams?"

"Yes, if it must be made, it can be made, but..."

Zhao Ding said, "But isn't the process cumbersome?"

"The great minister said so."

"It can be made by mixing silver with other materials, and a little bit of silver is added symbolically." Zhao Ning took over the conversation.

This question is actually a very serious question, and it is not just a question of trade with the Western Regions.

Currency stability is related to economic development.

Handing in banknotes has been implemented for more than ten years, but in fact, at present, there are still many places in Song Dynasty that do not use banknotes.

The reason is simple, the number of banks is limited.

For example, many state capitals on Guangnan West Road do not have banks. Since there are no banks, how can people exchange and pay banknotes?

"The veteran thinks that there is no need to make a penny of silver coins." Cai Mao said.

"Why?"

Cai Mao said: "In the past, there were still a large number of copper coins in circulation among the people. There is no need for the court to increase the burden."

"Cai Xianggong's words are wrong." Qian Yuqing stood up and said, "In recent years, a lot of copper coins have been collected. As far as I know, many counties under the state capital on Guangnan West Road have experienced serious money shortages. The price of sugarcane grown on the road is one-fifth of that of the capital, because no one buys it at all, not because the people are unwilling to buy, but because there is no currency in their hands, isn’t this the deflation in Your Majesty’s "General Theory of Currency"?"

He also said: "The disaster caused by deflation is more terrible than the inflation caused by unrestrained currency issuance."

"That can completely allow the local grain storage department to take the banknotes, go to the farmers to buy grain, and use the government's means to circulate the banknotes to the farmers." Cai Mao said, "This problem is not difficult to solve, why bother to spend a lot of money?" Zhou Zhang?"

"Don't Cai Xianggong know that farmers in remote areas dare not accept and hand over banknotes at all?"

"That is the unreasonable allocation of banks!"

"The banks are allocated to remote areas, and banknotes must be transported from the capital regularly, which is extremely risky."

"Could it be that the risk of casting silver coins and transporting them is not great?"

"Cai Xianggong does not know that the biggest advantage of this silver coin is that it is durable. If it is put into the folks, it can greatly ease the replacement of small coins." It was Yu Yunwen who took the conversation.

Yu Yunwen continued: "A one-penny banknote has a service life of about five to seven years. In places with frequent circulation and humid climates, the life span is shorter. For example, on Guangnan East Road, the one-penny banknote is used. Three years, it will be worn out or even damaged. Once the currency is damaged, the holders of the currency will lose it for no reason. This has had a serious impact on the thriving local business."

Before Cai Mao could answer, Yu Yunwen went on to say: "I once discussed this matter in detail with a rather big businessman in Guangzhou Prefecture, because the currency is getting more and more damaged, and sometimes the bank exchange is not timely, and some Merchants no longer dared to collect and hand over banknotes, and the business that had been negotiated was forced to suspend. The biggest impact was when the imperial court purchased sugar cane from the people, which was to be refined and used by the army.”

"Several businessmen sold only a small amount of sugarcane to the Guangzhou government government under the pretext of insufficient sugarcane. There was a forced expropriation by officials in the local area, but it caused extremely bad effects. Many people were unwilling to plant sugarcane in the coming year."

The case of Yu Yunwen reveals an economic law: the government can only allocate resources reasonably, but cannot engage in efficient production.

"Some local officials, in order to complete temporary tasks, abuse their power, which is a great damage to the local commercial order, which is contrary to the original intention of the imperial court!"

"In addition, the banknotes that have been circulating at sea in recent years have been damaged to a greater extent, seriously affecting maritime trade."

Wende Hall fell into a brief silence.

"Every time I read history books, I always feel deeply about the deeds of the predecessors. I remember that the earliest official currency can be traced back to Guan Zhong of the Qi State in the Spring and Autumn Period. Guan Zhong used the Qi knife to launch currency wars against neighboring countries, and used the Qi knife to promote the commercial prosperity of Qi. .”

Zhao Ning spoke slowly.

"Later, when Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, Xu Folk minted currency aggressively, which made the business of the Han Dynasty flourish."

"The peasants farm, the mulberry girls weave, and the artisans create things. People need to buy food and clothes, and money is inseparable from purchases. When money is in short supply, people's willingness to trade is greatly reduced, commerce cannot be circulated, and private wealth is reduced. If it cannot be accumulated, the country will be poor and weak.”

"I remember that the most typical period was the period of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty. The imperial court ordered that no more currency be minted. As a result, more than half of the world's currency disappeared in more than a decade. Although the price of goods became extremely low, the people had no money in their hands, and merchants were unwilling to buy it. Grain, or help the imperial court to transport salt and iron, in this way, the currency to measure the material disappears, everything is hidden, local resources are stolen by the powerful, the imperial court cannot control the wealth of the world, and the aristocratic family grows bigger!"

"Historical books say that Han Xuan was revived, but I don't believe it. Otherwise, how could the Han Dynasty be in dire straits one year after Emperor Xuan's death?"

"In my heart, the real prosperity is not only that the people have food to eat, but what I want is that every family has surplus food, and the people have money in their hands, so we must hide wealth from the people!"

Everyone said: "Your Majesty is holy!"

"This is also the reason why I insist on using trade to exchange silver mines with the Japanese. I have been paying attention to the private currency supply over the years. Paying banknotes has solved the currency shortage in the state capital. A large amount of banknotes has made private merchants and farmers more active. , the circulation of goods has been accelerated, and the cities and towns are more and more populated because of their prosperity, but, in the remote places that you ignore, in the places that you can’t see, there are still many people who can’t enjoy the rain and dew of these years!”

"Rule!"

"Chen is here!"

"How long can this silver coin be used?"

"I conservatively estimate that it will be more than 200 years."

"If I insist on adding silver to a penny, how many pennies can [-] catties of silver cast?"

"Theoretically, 500 million texts can be cast, but other materials must be added."

"Then do it like this, Yin will definitely join."

Chapter 1291 Cannon smuggling incident (third update)