Are there risks in minting money?

Where are the risks of minting money?

"risk?"

Looking at Qian Lei in surprise, Zhu Mingzhong asked back.

"Since there is no money available in this market, as the manager of Jianghuai, what's the big deal about minting money?"

"A strategy, as a wise official, is the biggest risk!"

Looking at the manager, Qian Lei's tone was tentative.

"As a wise official, casting clear coins? Bingqi, what do you mean?"

Looking at Qian Lei, Zhu Mingzhong raised his eyebrows suddenly and asked back.

"Why did Zhu want to cast money?"

Why not cast the Ming Dynasty money? Instead, cast the money? Looking at Qian Lei in confusion, Zhu Mingzhong hoped that he would give a reasonable answer.

"In fact, the reason is simple. Qing coins weigh one qian and four cents, containing as high as 70% copper. When I cast coins in Ming Dynasty, a large amount of lead sand was mixed in, containing at most 40% to 50% copper. Tianqi and Chongzhen new coins contained only 20% to 30% copper. Naturally, the people were unwilling to use them. All the people were happy to use Shunzhi coins, but they were unwilling to use Ming coins. If it weren't for the lack of Shunzhi coins, I was afraid that my Ming coins would have disappeared on the market. If the people wanted to make them happy to use the coins we cast, they could only cast Qinglu coins..."

While Qian Lei mentioned the market recognition of Shunzhi money, Yao Xiang added.

"The rule of thumb, this Shunzhi coins were 70% copper. After the Qing army entered the pass, the traitor Hong Chengchou offered him the method. He was determined to use money to buy the hearts of the people, so that he would like to use the money from the Qing army and abandon the money from our dynasty. The Qing army used copper to cast coins. When the city was slaughtered, the old coins and copper utensils were collected in the city or in the market. After the Qing army entered the pass, the city and the countryside were slaughtered by hundreds of them. The city and countryside were all naked, and only white bones were left in the houses, copper pots, copper furnaces and other things were available everywhere. Such copper prices were naturally low, so the high profit was rare..."

Yao Xiang, who had been wandering around for more than ten years after falling in Hangzhou, naturally had witnessed the appearance of thousands of miles of naked land, and also knew where the copper used to cast coins came from.

"And the money for Shunzhi Capitol that these people enjoyed was full of my Han people's blood and tears..."

Looking at the Shunzhi Tongbao in his hand, Zhu Mingzhong suddenly smelled a bloody smell. The copper used for minting coins may have been the kettle, incense burner in the Han people's homes, or the hairpin of a woman and the longevity lock of a child, but now it has become another weapon, an invisible slavery!

Because of its high copper content, the people are happy to use it. People are always seeking profit! When the people are happy to use Shunzhi Tongbao, they will slowly forget their identity.

"Even so, the people are still happy to use the money of Shunzhi. Although the Qing Dynasty's money is exchanged for one tael, the 800-yuan dynasty can be exchanged for one tael of silver in the market. Even so, the people are still willing to follow it. If it is Ming Dynasty money, it will take 1,500 or even two thousand coins, and only one tael of silver will be exchanged for one tael of silver. If it is Tianqi and Chongzhen dynasties, the money can only be sold for scrap copper."

Qian Bingqi's words suddenly locked Zhu Mingzhong's brows, and his knowledge beyond the times made him immediately understand that this was a "war of currency."

"This is a battlefield! A war of currency!"

With his brows frowned, Zhu Mingzhong said to the two of them.

"The Qing barbarians borrowed money to fight a currency battle with us. The price of the enemy is high, while the price of the Ming barbarian is low. In this way, the people are naturally willing to use the enemy money, not the Ming barbarians. This money is related to people's favor. If the people like to capture money, they will naturally regard the Qing barbarians as orthodox and regard our Ming Dynasty as bandits! Hong Chengchou is really the number one traitor in China, and he actually offered such a vicious plan..."

Perhaps most people in this era cannot understand currency war, perhaps that book is just a street stall literature of "conspiracy theory" and has no meaning to reality, but Zhu Mingzhong, who understands war, is very clear that there are many similar currency wars in history.

Hong Chengchou's method is very simple - to establish the Qing Dynasty's monetary credit by investing good money into the market, thereby destroying the Ming Dynasty's monetary credit. In this way, because of the market's recognition of clear money, it naturally created a recognition of the orthodox of the Qing Dynasty.

"What the Scripture says is that the people are happy to use Qing coins at present, and do not use Ming coins. Therefore, if we start to cast coins, we can only cast them with Qing coins. Otherwise, even if we cast coins, it is equivalent to casting them in vain. If the people do not use them, then the money will naturally not be able to be profitable. But if we cast them with Qing coins, it is equivalent to opening a forum for the Qing princes and helping them to be the orthodox of the world. Hong Chengchou's vicious plan is truly our imagination!"

Even in this era, Yao Xiang, who has traveled around the world in the past decade, still saw the extraordinary nature of Hong Chengchou's poison plan. Although he saw the other party's purpose, he could not solve this poison plan. Even now, in order to solve the cost problem, he could only cast the "Shunzhi Tongbao" of the Qing emperors, so as to make up for the cost of the mansion with the benefits of minting money.

"But Hong Chengchou's method is unsolvable, and even we can only follow it helplessly. It is really hateful!"

When Qian Lei shook his head and sighed, Zhu Mingzhong sneered.

"How can't it be cracked?"

Looking at the two people in front of them and looking at the helplessness in their expressions, Zhu Mingzhong, who had hundreds of years ahead of them, was naturally very clear about what methods should be used to solve all this. There are too many examples in later generations.

"Oh, may the Master already have a good solution to solve this plan?"

Faced with the expectations of the two, Zhu Mingzhong sneered.

"If you cast a coin, you will cast a Shunzhi Tongbao. They contain 70% copper, and we will cast a 60% copper, and then cast a 50% 40% weight. Their weight will continue to decrease. If they weigh one cent and four cents, we will cast a 1 cent and five cents, and then continue to lose weight..."

"Master, do you mean to cast fake money?"

Qian Lei looked at Zhu Mingzhong in confusion. This was simply a folk imitation method.

"That's right!"

Nodded, Zhu Mingzhong said affirmatively.

"It is to mint fake money, and you must mint as much as possible. The more money we mint, the more money we get. After these bad money poured into the market, it will inevitably affect the credit of the Qing army's money-making. At that time, we can sell it in large quantities into the market. On the one hand, we can subsidize the expenses of the government office, and on the other hand, it can destroy the circulation of the Qing army's money-making, especially its credit. When the money we mint the Qing army on the market occupied the mainstream, 40% or 50% of the bad money filled the market, it is the day when we regain the orthodox money-making..."

In fact, this is a war of counterfeit currency. Using counterfeit currency as a means of war is not new. The history of counterfeit currency can be traced back to ancient Greece. Frederick the Great of Prussia made counterfeit currency from his opponent Poland during the Seven Years War, and Napoleon also signed an order to make counterfeit currency in Austria and Russia. During the American Civil War, the south and the north had forged each other's banknotes in order to attack the other's economic weaknesses. The purpose was to destroy the monetary credit of the enemy country.

"It is very good to practice this method, and this method is very good. This will naturally break the methods used by the Hongzi, but..."

Yao Xiang, who thought for a moment, knew that this was the cracking of Hongzhei's money method, looked at the manager and asked back.
Chapter completed!