I am the king of the dead

Just like this silver coinage method.

Zhu Qiyu got on his horse, and when he arrived at the Bingzhan Bureau, he first made up a formality for Wang Bingfu, and then told Xing'an to send an eunuch to Baoyuan Bureau, not to do anything else, but to watch them work.

"Baoyuan Bureau is an important place for distributing silver coins. You must remember to find someone who is not greedy for money." Zhu Qiyu warned.

Is there any eunuch who is not greedy for money?

At least Xing'an and Li Yongchang haven't shown signs of being greedy for money so far. As long as the emperor can meet with the civil and military officials of the outer court, the eunuchs will not be able to sit down completely. These eunuchs have more or less eyes on them.

For example, when Zhu Qiyu asked Xing'an to return the small gold ingot, he took a gold ingot that was twice as big. After Zhu Jianshen recovered from his illness, Xing'an immediately took the two-weight gold ingot and the small ingot, and returned them to Lu Zicai, who was sentenced in the imperial hospital.

The eunuch itself is a bridge for the emperor to communicate with the courtiers, of course it must be used, but Zhu Qiyu never abused it.

He stood up straight, and walked into the Ming Dynasty Bingjue, Bingzhaoju, now it has completely become a place for rewarding medals and medals, and now this Bingzhaoju is full of guys who mint coins.

Daming is extremely eager for currency, and Zhu Qiyu is well aware of this.

The fact that Yanyin's super-issue was absorbed by private saltworks is proof of Ming's desire for currency.

If it wasn't for the fact that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty had not rewarded the kings with excessive honors and issued excessive salt quotations too many times, Fifth Qi's salt quotation system could actually have continued until the moment when Daming collapsed.

Labor is the sole measure of the exchange value of all commodities.

The value of Yanyin is the grain and grass sent to the border town and the salt from the southern saltworks. The double labor determines its value.

The value of Yanyin naturally plummeted immediately.

When Yanyin was used as a currency, the exchange value plummeted, and the increase in use value was not enough to make up for the sharp drop in exchange value. Naturally, Yanyin became less and less valuable.

The less valuable the money, the more the imperial court promiscuously issued it, and finally the Yanyin system collapsed completely.

The more debts owed by Daming, Chongzhen looked at the 200-year debts owed by the ancestors, and could only mourn.

However, in the current Ming Dynasty, Yinliang has no use value, but has great exchange value, and is a very stable currency.There is no way to overshoot.

Zhu Qiyu is unwilling to use Yanyin as currency, but for a long time in the future, Yanyin and silver coins will be used as real currency and will be widely circulated in the market.

As for the workshops of the Bingzhan Bureau, the speed at which coins are minted determines whether the Ming Dynasty can enjoy long-term peace and stability.

How did the Baoyuan Bureau be abolished, and why did Wang Bingfu, the head of the Baoyuan Bureau, have nothing to do all day long?

If the Baoyuan Bureau were allowed to mint 30 billion copper coins a year, Wang Bingfu would not be so fat now, he is so busy that he is dizzy!

At this time, the Bingzhanju workshop was very busy.

Zhu Qiyu strolled in the military battle hall, everyone was in a hurry, everyone was busy, weighing silver, smelting silver, copper, tin, pressing them into silver bars, making tire cakes and rolling them, and then printing them. On the profile article, weigh the box again.

Now the Bingzhan Bureau has received a large order of 350 million taels of silver. The large order of 350 million taels of silver will first be 200 million taels from His Majesty, and then 150 million taels from the Ministry of Household Affairs. A total of 450 million Ming silver coins will be produced.

And the construction period is one year.

If it is to be converted, it is equivalent to about 90 billion copper coins, which flowed into the Ming market.

How busy is this?

The craftsmen work in three shifts day and night, so that it is possible to finish the work.But this is the best way to relieve the pressure on Ming's currency.

The Bingzhan Bureau has four super-large Wanliang scales, with an accuracy of one centimeter, that is, 0.001 taels.

There are 28 crucible furnaces in Bingzhan Bureau, and each furnace can melt three hundred catties of silver, copper and tin at a time.

For the production of mold embryos, the initial pattern was drawn by Zhu Qiyu himself. Screw press, engraved with cupronickel to shape.

The human screw press was a powerful tool used by the Military Bureau to prepare medals.

After the silver material and copper tin are fused, they pass through a rolling machine to become a silver bar with a fixed thickness, and then pass through a turning machine to cut the embryo cake, and the embryo cake is rolled to a smooth edge.

The embossing machine is also a manual screw press, but this one is bigger, and uses gears, and is driven by sixteen people.

After the embossing is over, there will be a special person to weigh and determine the weight. Only after passing the test will they be put into the box and placed one by one.

Every ten silver coins is a stack, tied with a red string to hang the names of all process craftsmen, and sent to Taicang and the eunuch in the inner shipping warehouse for inspection.

Zhu Qiyu picked up a silver coin, the pattern is extremely exquisite, because tinned copper is also strong and wear-resistant enough, and it is precisely because of strict checks that Zhu Qiyu can safely promote his new monetary policy.

Currency is not exquisite, it is equal to not minting coins.

During the reign of Emperor Guangxu, the Daqing minted silver coins wantonly, intending to continue the Daqing for decades. Its Ding Wei Shuanglong silver coin is 37 grams, 27% silver, but its purchasing power is still not as good as the [-] grams of Spanish Yingyang silver coins, which contain [-]% silver. .

It is because Spanish silver dollars are more exquisite and there are very few fake ones.

Guangxu silver coins are rich in silver, but they are not exquisite, cannot be anti-counterfeiting, and there are many counterfeit ones.

On Zhu Qiyu's silver coin, in addition to his own inscription and sketched ears of wheat, there are also several small anti-counterfeiting marks, such as a small circle border on the front printing.

The outline article, four words, has exhausted the knowledge on coinage.

But up to this point, Zhu Qiyu was still a little worried.

He is not afraid of a powerful and powerful family. If he can't fight, everyone will fight and practice.

But seven cents per cent, worth one tael, will it be recognized by the common people?

Chapter 195 The supply of Daming silver coins is in short supply

Zhu Qiyu is still not sure about Daming silver coins. The main reason for his uncertainty is that his silver coins are only [-]% silver, and this [-]% silver is worth one or two dollars, which is Zhu Qiyu's inner worry.

The fire consumption was [-]% after all, and whether the people of Ming Dynasty would approve it was the last question hanging in Zhu Qiyu's heart.

In fact, Zhu Qiyu's worries were completely unnecessary.

Daming really needs a legal currency instead of banknotes, even copper coins are fine. The production capacity of Daming Baoyuan Bureau cannot meet people's daily life.

When Zhu Qiyu's silver coin policy was posted on the Yellow List, the Baoyuan Bureau of the capital was immediately surrounded by people.

Inquire about how silver coins are exchanged, especially about whether broken silver can be exchanged for silver coins, how to change them, how much fire is consumed, and so on.

Wang Bingfu went from being extremely idle to sitting in a rocking chair, and immediately became extremely busy. He was thinking frantically, and specially sent someone to post a notice at the door. The most frequently asked questions were posted outside the Baoyuan Bureau, and he also specially asked someone to explain.

Wang Bingfu and the silversmiths explained many issues about the acceptance of silver coins.

Zhu Qiyu passed by from a distance, looking at the long line of people, there were ordinary people and powerful families, and everyone in the Ming Dynasty was looking forward to the court's finalization of the word currency.

As for the matter of [-]% of the fire consumption being returned to the internal transport depot, Daming does not have so many opinions, after all, the whole world belongs to His Majesty.

After Zhu Qiyu repeatedly communicated with Ren Yuanxiang in the Ministry of Household Affairs, he realized that when the local officials collected money, the fire consumption was [-]%!

The people of Ming Dynasty have long been familiar with the strangeness.

Color-folding silver has been practiced since the first year of Zhengtong. Daming has raised many silversmiths to estimate the fineness and weight of silver, which does not need Zhu Qiyu to worry about.

And the first ones to get the Daming silver coins were not the people who had accumulated in the Baoyuan Bureau, but the officials who lived in the Daming mansion.

It's time for the monthly salary.

Because of the Emperor Ming’s minting coins, the officials of the Ming Dynasty suspended their salaries for one month, but because of the system of state money support, the officials of the Ming Dynasty did not have to worry about starving to death at all. Additional expenses in silver can be withdrawn.

So the one-month salary was suspended and finally paid out.

But this time, the ones that were handed out were silver coins, with one tael written on the front and seven cents per cent written on the back, which meant that seven cents of silver was spent as one tael.

The officials of Ming Dynasty each received the silver coins that should have been converted into banknotes as salaries.

Folding banknotes is a big killer of Ming Dynasty.

For example, Yu Qian now starts from Yipin Shaobao, with an annual salary of 888 taels of rice, and the price of grain in the capital is four taels of silver for one stone. The discount should be 360 ​​taels of silver, and the monthly salary is 30 taels.

But Yu Qian folded more than 24% of the banknotes every month, and he could only receive six taels of silver every month, and butt wipes worth [-] taels of silver.

This is the reason why the official salary of the Ming Dynasty is so thin that no one is weak, because such things as folding money make officials unable to support themselves.

What to do if you can’t support yourself?

Objectively speaking, it will breed corruption and corruption, especially for Beijing officials.

Corruption will lead to gangsters, there will be a teacher bank, there will be ice respect, carbon respect, there will be local officials and Beijing officials colluding, one nostril will vent, and one party after another will appear. a pair of pants.

They came together because of common interests.

Moreover, the name of greed is justified, and greed is aboveboard!

Zhu Qiyu gave Taicang [-]% of the mint's fire consumption, so that Taicang could issue enough silver coins to officials every month.

This is not the Yang Lian Yin given by Zhu Qiyu, what Zhu Qiyu gave the officials is the salary that the Ming Dynasty should have given.

Banknotes, spices, clothes, silk, and Ming’s salary are all discounted. Officials are greedy, and that is justifiable.

Although Zhu Qiyu's seven cents per cent is used for one or two purposes, which is equivalent to a salary discounted by three cents, but what he issued was silver coins of hard currency.

There are conditions for Zhu Qiyu to do so.

Since the issue of Daming's low salary, I will solve it for you.

If there is more corruption, then don't blame Zhu Qiyu for using the emperor's ancestors' precepts to strip corrupt officials and tear them down.

During the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang was in power, with millions of soldiers in the world, the treasury was sufficient, and the treasures of the Ming Dynasty were not flooded. According to the salary of the Ming Dynasty, officials were paid in full.

If someone is corrupt, Zhu Yuanzhang can of course peel him off.

But why did the later emperor fail?

Because the court had no money, no food, and no recruits, the emperor could only turn a blind eye and watch such things happen, but it was of no avail.

Emperor Jiajing conducted 27 Beijing inspections in his life, but he still couldn't stop the corruption.

Zhu Qiyu gave full salaries to the officials, if these officials still stretched their claws too long and took money that they shouldn't have, then Zhu Qiyu would definitely send them to see Emperor Taizu Gao.

He didn't listen to the reasons for officials' corruption, and he was only responsible for sending them to Emperor Taizu Gao.

Zhu Qiyu just wanted to raise the steel knife in his hand majestically and stare at the many courtiers.

Yu Qian took [-] silver coins and returned to Jiuchongtang. This is the old residence of Qi Guogong, all the expenses are from internal funds, and he has no daily expenses. He gave the [-] silver coins to his wife Dong.

Dong picked up the silver coin and blew it, making a buzzing sound.

Because of the lack of currency in Daming, the prices are actually very low. Mrs. Dong took the more than 60 silver coins, looked around, and said with a smile: "I have been working for Daming for so many years, and I can finally keep the money. It’s three days of fishing, two days of drying the net, the sage is wise, the silver coins are making a fuss, and I’ve heard of it in Jiuzhongtang.”

Yu Qian also picked up a silver coin and flicked it. The sound was extremely crisp. Although the pattern was simple, it was clear enough and the production was quite sophisticated.

He smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this silver coin is exquisitely designed. If there is less silver, it will not make any noise when blown. The pattern is cold-pressed, and the craftsmen who work all day to make reward cards are too exquisite. In this craft, it’s not bad.”

"Let me tell you, wait a minute, there are not many craftsmen here who can make this kind of pattern."

The exquisite pattern means that it is difficult to imitate. If someone takes it and melts it into thin money, or directly uses their own silver cakes to make thin money, no one will recognize it.

Yu Qian paid more attention to the outline of the silver coin, while Dong paid more attention to the coin itself.

Dong said with a smile: "Give me four pieces. It's the Mid-Autumn Festival. I want to buy some stuffing for moon cakes at home. Relatives and friends will leave each other in the name of reunion. The fruit cakes for the sacrifice must be round, and I have to buy some watermelons. And the ram's horn lamp and incense sticks cost a lot of money, and I don't know if the silver coins will be spent or not."

Mrs. Dong handed the silver coins to the maidservant of the Jiuzhong Hall, and the maid took the silver coins with a happy smile, walked out of the Jiuzhong Hall, and went to the market to buy things for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Yu Qian looked at Dong's busy figure and sighed.

In a few days, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival, but it will also be the most troublesome day for Daming in these years.

At this time last year, King Ji took Daming's 50 sons and died on the border. Time seemed to heal the wound, but in fact, the scar was still on the giant Daming, bleeding profusely.

His Majesty beheaded King Jili angrily in the Taimiao, but the executioner was still acting fiercely outside the Great Wall.

The maid came to the Chaoyangmen market, and when she took out the silver coin, she realized how popular this coin was, and she should be the first person to spend with a Daming silver coin.

After all, there are not many Daming silver coins now.

"Buzz!"

The boss of Shangshanju took the silver coin and blew it vigorously. The buzzing sound of the silver coin was like fairy music in his ears. He understood very well the significance of this currency to business.

Just like a child who got a toy suddenly, the boss of Shangshanju kept blowing the silver coins, and after playing for a while, he looked at the waiting maidservant before he came back to his senses.

He shouted loudly: "Man, hurry up, bring everything you need, and a bottle of sweet-scented osmanthus wine that I have preserved for 30 years!"

"That's not okay, you can get as much as you want." The maid knew Yu Qian's temper well, and she could get as much as she wanted. The 30-year-old sweet-scented osmanthus wine can't be taken. You can buy things, but you must not ask for too much.

Yu Qian used it for 24 years and left a reputation of being a breeze. If Yu Qian ruined him as a handmaid, then His Majesty would definitely not be happy and would send down the wrath of thunder.

Moreover, Madam reminded him ten thousand times that Yu Shaobao's reputation was one of the reasons why Yu Shaobao was able to stand in the court hall dignifiedly. Madam often admonished them, although these maidservants did not understand the power of it, they still had to obey Madam's words.

"Ah, it turns out that the nobleman belongs to the Yu family. Look at my memory, it's a pity, it's a pity." The owner of Shangshanju shook his head repeatedly.

This silver coin is a good thing, but now it is only available at the official residence, and you can't see it in your spare time.

How many people and merchants are hanging around day and night, and can only wait for the Ming Dynasty's military bureau to rush to work day and night to get more silver coins.

How many silver coins does the world need?

In the view of the owner of Shangshanju, the more the better.