"The new style of Honglu will be used in all directions; the royal pen will be used to describe the flowers, and the wonders will be divided into eight parts." [Selected Poems of Wang Yucheng]

"I promise." Zhou Zhong originally thought that he, the captain of the water scale, was just a 'foreman' who minted money. His main responsibility was to mint forbidden money for the royal family and ensure the quality and quantity of the currency. If this was the case, then who would do the water scale?

Any captain can do the job.

However, he did not expect that Shuihengjian could still exert such an important influence in the eyes of the emperor. He thought that the amount of currency he issued would affect the prices and production of goods in the entire world. More importantly, it would also have a certain influence on the decision-making of the imperial court's major policies.

The right to speak. What the right to speak means. Needless to say, Zhou Zhong also understands how the power in his hands will increase after this redefinition of the powers and responsibilities of the Shuiheng Supervisor.

"According to what Your Majesty said, Shuiheng and Pingzhun complement each other and complement each other, which is enough to enrich the country and strengthen the army." When it comes to power, Zhou Zhong naturally wants to fight for more power for Shuiheng.

Xun You looked at Zhou Zhong, who was so excited that he was a little carried away, and said softly: "Although this method is good, I think it can be used within a city, a county, or even a state. However, if it is used throughout the world, it will

It may not be feasible.”

Zhou Zhong was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Why is this?"

"Not to mention how Pingzhun Prison can find out how much money a state is short of, but if Yangzhou is short of one billion, Chang'an will have to mint another billion to transport it to? Guanzhong is thousands of miles away from Yangzhou, and the road is time-consuming.

By the time the money arrives in Yangzhou, that state may still be short of a billion." Xun You hit the nail on the head.

Just think about the problems that will arise in practical operations. In ancient times, when information and transportation were inconvenient, it was difficult for the court to fully understand the entire market and respond in a timely manner. Even if Pingzhun was pervasive,

To monitor the world, it would be difficult for the court to respond accordingly, unless the power of water balance and coinage was re-distributed to local governments, but in that case, it would be a different situation.

The emperor also knew that implementing precise monetary policies in the Han Dynasty was a bit of a paper exercise, but fortunately he did not copy the models of later generations, but made improvements that fit the characteristics of this era. In this regard, he first briefly answered Xun You's question: "If Yangzhou

We are short of a billion dollars, and neighboring Xuzhou and Jingzhou may not have hundreds of millions more. As long as the imperial court orders the states to exchange what they have, wouldn’t this matter be resolved?"

Then, the emperor continued: "There are only a small number of places in the world where merchants and merchants flourish, such as Chang'an, Luoyang, Yecheng and other places. The imperial court only needs to install countermeasures in places where commerce and trade flourish and monitor market prices, and then it can control the epidemic.

To the point of truth, one place will be governed, and one state will be governed."

In ancient times, there was actually no national market. The emperor only needed to grasp the market prices of a few commercial metropolises and use them to leverage the economy of this society.

"The leveling supervisor checks the market price, and the water balance supervises the coining of money to promote industry. If we can add officials who equalize the losses, we can even out the grain and other goods." Sikong Zhao Wen Youyou said: "Equalizing the prices of all things and benefiting the people can be a bargain.

It’s even bigger.”

The average loss was an economic policy used by Emperor Xiaowu to crack down on wealthy businessmen and regulate market prices. It was initially effective. However, due to its own reasons such as excessive competition with the "people" for profits and corruption and perversion of the law by officials at the grassroots level who implemented the policy

, which caused public dissatisfaction and was abolished.

Zhao Wen's words reminded Zhou Zhong that when the emperor wanted to reopen the salt and iron franchise, there was a large group of vested interests underneath who were uproaring and opposing it, including himself. Now if everyone loses when he reopens, then his own position will be...

You have to weigh it carefully.

Zhou Zhong glanced at Xun You subconsciously. After the last secret conversation, both families were in good agreement, and Xun You's position would greatly affect his decision.

Xun You said without hesitation: "Now that the world is not at peace, all four directions are for military use. If the imperial court has officials who have lost all, it can calmly dispatch grain and grass from various places for military use. The autumn harvest has been completed, and this year is another good year.

The price of rice and grain is low, and farmers have little profit. It is better to take advantage of this situation to build Changping warehouses in various places and use new money to sell grain to store grain for the military. If all officials lose, we can postpone the discussion until the Changping warehouses are built.

Do it.”

"Mr.

Don't reset, or only set up Changping warehouse without equal loss official. These can be sent to Chengming Palace for discussion. Now, let's not talk about these. Let's take a look at the new money. Sir, look at the styles and differences of these types of money.

Regulation, which one is more applicable to the world?"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to fiddle with it and picked up a new coin.

Only then did everyone pay attention to the several bright yellow coins placed in front of them. They were all round on the outside and square on the inside. There were words in the middle. The difference from the ordinary five baht coins was that the words on this kind of money were not "five baht" but "five baht".

They are the four characters "Jian'an Tongbao". Some of these four characters are in complicated and solemn seal script, some are in regular eight-point regular script with a square shape, and one is also in regular script, but the strokes are like iron and silver hooks, thin and elegant.

Zhao Wen, Xun You and others had been in front of the emperor for a long time and had seen many emperors' imperial letters. They recognized at a glance that the last character was a font created by the emperor. It was used by great calligraphers such as Zhang Chang, Cai Yong and Zhong Yao.

Known as the unique 'skinny gold' in the world.

Zhou Zhong was worried that Zhao Wen and others would not be able to discover the special features of the new money other than the font, so he explained with a smile: "Mr. Zhao and Mr. Xun, there is a difference here. If you look carefully, you can see that some money is of poor quality.

Well, the color is dim because the money is mixed with lead. Some colors are red because the money is made entirely of copper. And so on. In addition, there is a ring around the edge, and the outline is higher than the flesh of the money.

According to the holy will, twenty saw teeth are pressed on the edge to prevent cunning people from cutting the edge and stealing the copper."

Tongbao money was a money system that started to be used in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and later gradually evolved into year-name money. Before that, from the Han Dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, five bahts were used. The emperor changed the five-baht to Tongbao this time, and cast the year name.

The purpose is to enhance the characteristics of the country, and secondly, to make it more beautiful. As for the serrations on the edge, the emperor imitated the coins of later generations to prevent someone from cutting off the edges of the copper coins and stealing the copper and casting it again.

"The weight of money is still five baht?" Xun You asked, feeling a little curious about the inscriptions on the copper coins and the anti-theft serrations on the sides.

"Well, the diameter, shape, and weight are all the same as a five-baht coin." Zhou Zhong replied.

The most important task in issuing currency is to prevent counterfeiting. The emperor tried his best to do this. In addition to improving the quality of the coins and the casting process, he also made improvements in appearance, first the serrations on the edges, and then the money.

arts.

In his previous life, the emperor had learned calligraphy in his spare time. In this life, he practiced diligently under the guidance of famous calligraphers such as Cai Yong and Zhang Chang, and he was already somewhat successful. If private merchants wanted to steal castings, they must be able to master the calligraphy skills.

The official coin stamps at this time were not only made of copper but were difficult to copy with the new sawtooth craftsmanship, the emperor also added his own fonts.

Thin gold font is still a novel and difficult to copy font in this era. At least until it spreads, ordinary craftsmen cannot imitate it.

Although there were many money samples on the table, it was not difficult to choose. Zhao Wen said knowingly: "Both money and writings were created by the late king and inherited the great way. Now your majesty personally writes the money writings and specially orders the passage of treasures, which coincides with the arrival of the late king.

I mean, my humble opinion is that your majesty’s imperial red copper coin can be distributed throughout the world and stabilize the market price.”

"Dong Zhuo distributed small amounts of money indiscriminately, plundered property, and broke the trust of the court and the people." The emperor rubbed the exquisite and gorgeous coin with his fingers, used his own handwriting as the text on the coin, and issued it to the world, so that the emperor could have the feeling to use his own handwriting as the text on the coin.

The sense of accomplishment of having your face printed on money.
Chapter completed!