"This is the first batch of coins. Please take a look at it from the head of the town!" Fei Chun came in with two strings of copper coins.
Zhao Han took it closer and looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but laugh. This thing was copied so realistically.
Except for slight differences in color, they are exactly the same as the copper coins cast in Nanjing. As for the "Chongzhen Tongbao Tianxia Datong Coin", the money molds are still being made and casting will begin in two months.
Zhao Han nodded in approval: "Not bad."
Fei Chun handed over another stack of paper tickets: "This is the first batch of military tickets."
Zhao Han did not dare to issue banknotes rashly, mainly because Zhu Yuanzhang's Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes had completely ruined the reputation of banknotes.
The Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes were printed as much as they wanted. Moreover, after they were damaged, the government refused to acknowledge them at all and did not exchange the old coins for new ones. This led to complaints from officials, citizens, and merchants.
With this kind of lesson learned from the past, ordinary people are afraid when they see banknotes.
Therefore, Zhao Han only dared to print military coupons and use them only in the army. Soldiers were paid and issued military coupons directly, which could be exchanged for grain at any official grain store at any time and place.
In this way, it will be convenient for the frontline soldiers to be paid during the war.
Moreover, it is very convenient for soldiers to carry it. When they return home after the war, they can take their military stamps to the grain store in their hometown to exchange for food.
The material of the military notes follows the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes.
The main material is mulberry paper, and the auxiliary material is discarded and recycled official paper. The two types of paper are mixed together and beaten into pulp. The color of the paper is blue-gray, thick and durable.
There are many types of anti-counterfeiting signs
First, micro-carving. Ask a micro-carving master to carefully carve patterns on the printing plate.
Second, color printing. Three-color overprinting of red, blue, and black. This is what Jiaozi did in the Song Dynasty.
Third, watermark. The watermark method originated from the Tang Dynasty, and there are two types: clear flowers and dark flowers. Modern banknotes still retain watermarks for anti-counterfeiting. The military tickets of the Datong Army use the dark flower watermark method.
Fourth, the seal. On top of the military stamp, there must be the seals of the three major institutions of the Finance Department, the Public Works Department, and the Military Academy. If one seal is missing, the stamp is invalid, and cinnabar ink is used. In addition, the main pattern of the military stamp is also used.
The special ink contains lead sulfide, which is also the anti-counterfeiting mark of Ming Dynasty banknotes.
Moreover, as long as the military ticket is genuine, even if it is soaked in water, the grain store must acknowledge it. If it is torn into several pieces, as long as more than 60% of it is intact, it must be counted as one whole ticket.
When the military stamp system is operational, it can save a lot of transportation consumption and at the same time retain more food stocks.
After credit is established, civilians are likely to use military tickets as banknotes.
Zhao Han put down the military coupons and said: "Now that money has begun to be minted, the grain bank will be changed to Qianliang Bank from now on. Especially the 'World Datong Money' can be exchanged at Qianliang Bank after it is circulated."
The grain bank under the Financial Secretary cannot exchange copper coins now, but only accepts silver and grain. It is really disgusting to see Chongzhen Tongbao.
After the "Tian Xia Da Tong Qian" is issued, the copper coin business can be increased.
Everything must be perfected step by step.
After the currency reform is completed and the banking system is established, the Qianliang Bank must be separated from the Financial Secretary and directly managed by the central government.
Half a month later, wages will be paid at the beginning of the month.
The personal guards of Ji'an General Military Mansion became the first batch of soldiers to lead the military vote.
These people were holding a stack of paper notes. Although they understood how to use it and although they trusted Zhao Han, they still couldn't help but feel guilty.
"Can this note really be exchanged for food?"
"Will the main town still lie to us?"
"How about... give it a try?"
"..."
Several soldiers took advantage of their rotation to go to the grain store in Fucheng together.
"Exchange for food!" A soldier slapped the military coupons.
The clerk at the grain store asked: "How much?"
The soldier said: "Replace them all."
The denominations of military coupons are one dou, two dou, five dou, and one stone.
I saw the grain store starting to move the grain out, and carefully measuring it in buckets. It was obvious that it could be cashed.
The soldier suddenly laughed and said, "I won't change it. I won't change it anymore. I don't have time to take it home."
The clerk in the grain store looked depressed, but he didn't dare to offend the soldiers, so he could only turn around and mutter quietly.
The soldiers were very happy. There was a grain store in their hometown, about one in every three towns. From now on, when visiting relatives during the holidays, they can just bring their military coupons. There is no need to exchange money in the capital or carry big bags of grain on the road.
Military tickets are the first step, and official tickets must be issued next.
Due to the shortage of silver, military pay was calculated in grain, but official salaries were measured in silver.
After the Qianliang Bank has sufficient reserves, it can issue official bills, and officials must use paper currency to receive their wages.
Again, step by step, take your time.
Even official tickets had to be issued in Ji'an Prefecture first, because on the day the official tickets were issued, countless officials would come to cash them. It could only be promoted gradually with the government as a unit, and eventually it became a currency recognized by officials.
Only when officials and soldiers agree, will the public agree, and then you can try to issue a small amount of banknotes.
In the next few decades, paper money and metal currency will coexist, and the forced elimination of metal currency will only cause social panic.
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"Daddy!"
Gun'er, already two and a half years old, rushed over on his calves.
Zhao Han quickly caught it, put it on his neck and rode, smiling and saying: "Drive, drive, drive!"
“Drive, drive, drive!”
Gun'er hugged his father's head, laughing and shouting together.
"Don't fall, don't fall!"
Fei Rulan quickly reminded her and whispered: "Dad is here, and he also brought my cousin."
Zhao Han carried his son and walked inside, and he saw Fei Yinghuan and Hu Mengtai, whom he had not seen for many years.
The two men studied hard together in seclusion, and finally Fei Yinghuan bought an official position and took office. Hu Mengtai waited until last spring and finally passed the Jinshi examination. He only served as an official for half a year, and his hometown was occupied by Zhao Han.
"Master Taishan, cousin." Zhao Han greeted with a smile.
"I don't dare to take it seriously." Hu Mengtai quickly stood up and bowed.
Fei Rulan came over and said, "Give me the child and you can talk."
Hu Mengtai felt quite sad in his heart. A domestic slave back then had now become the king of Jiangxi, but he had to return to his hometown to seek refuge.
Everyone sat down, drank tea and chatted.
Fei Yinghuan introduced: "Youli won the Jinshi and was appointed as the magistrate of Fenghua County, Zhejiang Province, but he did a great thing."
Zhao Han asked: "Were the disasters in Zhejiang very serious last year?"
"It's extremely serious. In order to provide disaster relief, I offended others." Hu Mengtai sighed.
But it was Hu Mengtai who, in order to raise money and grain for disaster relief, checked out the treacherous mail, ordered the gentry to pay taxes, and directly targeted the Dai family in Fenghua.
Dai Ao's official position is Shuntian Fu Cheng, the fourth rank. For local officials, he is considered a powerful person in Beijing.
Hu Mengtai ordered the government officials to arrest his son, but the government officials secretly leaked the news, and his son quickly fled to Beijing.
As a native of Fenghua, Dai Ao could not impeach the magistrate of Fenghua according to the rules, so he went to court and reported that the collapse of the state was due to the corruption of the magistrate. The article was written in a cryptic way, and seemed to be referring to something. Chongzhen was too lazy to guess, so he asked Dai Ao to
Clearly tell which magistrate committed the crime.
At this time, there was a man who wanted to make a name for himself, and he directly exposed the matter, and Dai Ao was imprisoned by Chongzhen to be questioned.
After relieving the people in Fenghua, Hu Mengtai offended the local wealthy people. He felt that it was boring to continue to be an official, and he was worried about his family, so he simply went back to Qianshan with his seal, and came to Ji'an to join Fei Yinghuan.
Historically, this man spent all his wealth to fight against the Qing Dynasty, defended the city for several months, and both his husband and wife died for the country.
Zhao Han smiled and said: "If my cousin can come, he just wants to be my secretary."
Fei Yinghuan explained: "Ordinary secretaries in the Secretariat are similar to Zhongshu Sheren in the Ming Dynasty."
Hu Mengtai already knew about the employment system. Fei Yinghuan told him about it. He smiled and said, "As long as you can do things."
Generally, the person Zhao Han wants to promote can be promoted to the post of mayor after working as an ordinary secretary for three months, or directly become the county magistrate. In the future, he will be promoted very quickly.
Zhao Han was not afraid that the Fei family was too powerful, and Li Banghua's family also had many officials.
There are also the Xiao family in Luling and the Liu family in Jishui. Because they took refuge relatively thoroughly, they sent out a large number of their clansmen as officials very early. Now there are many county magistrates, county magistrates, and even people from the Xiao and Liu families have become magistrates.
"Master Taishan, how are you preparing for the immigration?" Zhao Han asked.
Fei Yinghuan replied: "We will set off in a few days."
Fei Yinghuan's new position is the magistrate of You County, cooperating with the Changsha magistrate in immigration.
At the junction of Huguang and Jiangxi, due to severe banditry, the population has dropped sharply, and immigrants must be immigrated to fill the area. There are not many immigrants, tens of thousands of people per county, which can just relieve the population pressure in Jiangxi.
Because many places wanted to immigrate, Zhao Han couldn't wait to issue military coupons, and then asked Fei Chun to quickly mint money.
Hu Mengtai cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Capturing Changsha Fucheng from the main town is equivalent to seizing half of Huguang, and half of it is the world's granary."
"It all depends on the lives of the frontline soldiers." Zhao Han was very happy.
Suddenly, Zhao Han asked again: "Yuyao is not far from Fenghua. Does my uncle know about Zhu Zhiyu (Zhu Shunshui)?"
"When I left Fenghua, I made a special trip to visit him," Hu Mengtai said. "In the past few years, he has been studying with peace of mind, and he is not limited to Neo-Confucianism and Xinxue. He now advocates practical learning, farming, fortification, medicine, water conservancy...
There are all kinds of industries, and there is nothing to learn. He also said to me that the most important thing about learning is practice, and the learning of sages and sages depends on practice. Scholars should practice theory and apply what they learn."
"Haha, that's a good saying." Zhao Han said with a smile.
Zhu Shunshui at Hanzhu Mountain was only a semi-finished product, but now it has finally evolved into a complete version.
Zhao Han planned to write a letter and ask Xu Ying to send someone to Yuyao to invite Zhu Shunshui to be an official or teacher.
Of course, he may not be able to be invited. Chongzhen ordered him to serve as an official, but Zhu Shunshui refused.
The three of them were drinking tea and chatting animatedly when suddenly the guard came in and reported: "Headquarters, there is an urgent military situation from Guangdong!"
"bring here."
This military information came from Zhang Tieniu, who reported that tens of thousands of people in Badai Yao were revolting and wanted to donate women to Zhao Han.
It must have been written by a missionary officer in the military, who made the story about Ba Paiyao very clear.
Zhao Han found it extremely strange. In his established impression, the Yao tribe should have a system of chiefs. He never expected that an electoral system was actually implemented. "Committee members" were first elected, and then other leaders were elected from the committee. Moreover, they also knew that the two
The term changes once a year.
The missionary also said that the Yao people could be treated kindly and taught the terrace technology.
