"Your Highness, can this thing really replace copper coins?" In Yangzhou Shouchunzhong, Lu Su and Lu Zijing, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, were holding things like portraits in their hands. Famous building, the Hall of Heroes.
"Of course!" Liu Mang also took one, and Lu Su and Lu Zijing held the Hall of Heroes, which was worth ten thousand yuan Jiaozi, because he was worth one gold, so it was also called a gold note.
But the one in Liu Mang's own hand is only worth 5,000 yuan, and the portrait on it is Liu Mang himself. Although there is no drawing method like sketching in this era, Liu Mang also feels that the person painted on it is the same I really have a little imagination.
There are Jiaozi of 10,000 yuan, Jiaozi of 5,000 yuan, and Jiaozi of 1,000 yuan, and Jiaozi of 500 yuan, and there are also Jiaozi of 100 yuan. Buying and selling with copper plates.
"Your Highness, won't these things be counterfeited?" Although Zhuge Liang is said to be a great talent, he has never seen such a thing, using such a dirty little piece of paper to replace the gold and copper coins in his hand? Wouldn't this be a little too childish
"Counterfeit? Ha ha!" Liu Mang smiled, yes, Liu Mang was thinking of replacing the original copper coins and gold with paper money, because they were too inconvenient to carry. For example, Liu Mang's Yangzhou Army was fighting with When Gongsundu traded in Liaodong, the amount of the transaction reached more than one million gold. In this way, those golds would need hundreds of ships to be transported from Liaodong to Yangzhou. According to the ten-thousand-dollar bill, only one million bills are enough.
How much can a piece of paper weigh? One million copies. I'm afraid one ship will suffice. Not to mention, Liu Mang is also planning to release Baijin and Qianjin's Jiaozi, so it will be more convenient at that time.
As for counterfeiting, perhaps the appearance of banknotes does have the possibility of counterfeiting, but for Liu Wei, such counterfeiting does not have much meaning.
First of all, the paper used by Liu Mang to print banknotes is special, or a kind of bleached paper, and the texture of this paper is very good. His bleaching process is only available in Yangzhou. Other papers on the market are yellow or green, and they are rough to the touch, but the paper in Liu Mang's hand is made of Sichuan. made of bamboo.
His paper is smooth, so there is no fear of forgery other than the material used for the paper.
In addition, when the above seal is in circulation, Shouchun will issue it to each state and county to leave a seal, each state and county will issue it to each government to leave a seal, and each government will issue it to each county to leave a seal. Each county issued a stamp to the bank, and finally the bank issued it to the people to leave a stamp. Doing like this is exactly a kind of effective anti-counterfeiting imprint measure.
The numbers above also need to correspond one-to-one.
Then there is the penalty for counterfeiting banknotes, which has been written into the legal provisions of Yangzhou by Zhuge Liang, Minister of the Ministry of Punishments. Those who should brush banknotes without permission will be sentenced to ten years in prison for more than 10,000 yuan. If it is 100,000 yuan, Sentenced to exile, lettering.
As for those with more than a hundred gold, don't even think about it, the death penalty is a direct punishment.
These three aspects fall directly, Liu Mang dare not say for a long time, at least in a short period of time, the normal circulation of these Jiaozi can be guaranteed. rather than being imitated. As for the future, materials and applications will be gradually improved.
"These friends are very convenient!" Lu Su nodded. With these friends, it will be much more convenient for businessmen from all over the world to come and go.
"Your Highness, how many copies are these Jiaozi printed?" As expected of someone in charge of money, Mi Zhu, Minister of the Household Department over there, directly asked for ideas. Mi Zhu looked at Liu Mang over there, if these Jiaozi had unlimited wireless printing, wouldn't Yangzhou become the richest person
Liu Mang shook his head, the printing of these Jiaozi is not so simple, "Zi Fang, how much gold do we have in stock in Yangzhou?" Liu Mang asked Mi Zhu over there.
Mi Zhu took out a bill, which stated the current gold inventory in Yangzhou Shouchun.
"There is 1.32 million gold!" Mi Zhu said to Liu Mang and others.
"So little?" Zhuge Liang was a little skeptical, because some time ago, there were millions of gold from Liaodong.
"Kong Ming, you don't know how expensive money is if you are not in charge of the family!" Mi Zhu over there shook his head with a wry smile. If you have income, you will naturally have future. Where in Yangzhou does not need money, for example, those officials Salary, that's a lot of money.
The protagonist Liu Mang implements a policy of high salaries to support honesty, so it can be said that those officials are all rich, at least it is no problem to support a large family. As for taking concubines and so on, as long as you don't play Three palaces and six courts and seventy-two concubines, you can still afford to marry three or four concubines.
These are all brought out by the household department in Yangzhou.
This is one of them, and there are those military expenses. Although the military expenses are allocated from the Ministry of War, the Ministry of War has to ask for money from the Ministry of Households. All feel distressed.
After that, there will be the construction of some cities. For example, several dams around the city need to be reinforced and built, and there are some water conservancy facilities. These are policies that benefit the people. As for the roads, money is needed. Now Yangzhou The business routes in the country are well developed, and there are countless merchants coming and going. The original official roads are no longer suitable for current use, so they need to be widened and strengthened. This is also money.
So the millions of gold couldn't last long at all, and they were scattered out.
"1.32 million gold!" Liu Mang said to Mi Zhu beside him, "Then give me a 1.32 million gold ticket!"
"Ah!" Tian Feng on the side has been silent all this time, and now he frowned when he heard what the lord Liu Mang said, "Your Highness, we have 1.32 million gold, so we should only get 1.32 million gold." Jiaozi with 120,000 gold? This, isn't it too wasteful!" Tian Feng asked suspiciously.
These banknotes are not gold and copper coins. They are at the risk of being counterfeited, but now they are only equivalent to gold. So it's not worth it just for convenience.
"Mr. Yuan Hao. Don't worry! Our Jiaozi just showed up. The fear is that no one will take it, so we have to come one-on-one. We will give you one gold for every gold you have, and ten gold for you. Ten gold Jiaozi, if there are hundreds of them, we will send out hundreds of them! Only in this way can the integrity of Jiaozi be established!" Liu Mang said to Tian Feng with a smile.
This Jiaozi is a new gadget, and everyone may not be able to accept it at once, because my hard-earned gold has suddenly turned into such a piece of paper, no one can accept it at first. Waiting for everyone to accept.
Then I can print more. Of course, it is impossible to print unlimitedly. In this way, the banknotes you print will depreciate, and the one who regrets the inflation is yourself.
It can't be too much, but we can brush it according to the ratio of one to three.
For example, if I have one million gold, I will be able to make three million jiaozi. As long as everyone does not accept me like crazy, I can guarantee the credibility of my jiaozi. In this way, I am equivalent to There are three million gold to buy things on the market, and when I earn three million gold back, I will send another nine million gold. This will only add up.
Of course making money is one thing, what Liu Mang wants more is to control the hard currency of gold in his hands. Waiting for Jiaozi to circulate in everyone's hands and get used to it, who doesn't like such a thing that is easy to carry and does not depreciate, so everyone will not be stupid anymore, carrying a dozen large boxes filled with gold Come shopping again.
Just a stack of jiaozi is enough.
And how did Jiaozi get it? Naturally, you need to use the gold in your hand to come to me to call out. Under the circumstances, what is in your hand is Jiaozi, and what is in my treasury is gold.
Then your financial power will be in my hands, and slowly most of the gold will be in our treasury.
Once I announce that Jiaozi is no longer needed, then you can just wait and cry looking at a pile of waste paper.
"This plan is very good!" The eyes of the big and small foxes over there suddenly lit up. Once the enemy also started to use Jiaozi on a large scale, then it is really time to teach them the financial power of Yangzhou.
"But Your Majesty, how can you guarantee that everyone will use your Jiaozi? What if the common people don't want to?" Lu Su stood up and expressed his different views.
"This will take time! We also need to enforce it, Zifang!" Liu Mang looked at Mi Zhu who was beside him.
"exist!"
"Have the salaries of the officials this month and the rations of the officers and soldiers not been paid yet?" Liu Mang asked, looking at Mi Zhu over there.
"Yes!" Mi Zhu nodded, the monthly salary and food is a big deal, which made Mi Zhu's forehead hurt very much.
"This month's salaries of all the officials and the food and salaries of those soldiers will be replaced by Jiaozi!" Liu Mang ordered to Mi Zhu.
"Ah!" Mi Zhu was a little stunned, "Your Highness, what if these soldiers don't want to?"
"You have to use it if you don't want to!" Liu Mang has made up his mind to change the currency value.
"Your Majesty, the officials are fine, but those soldiers are hard to say. After all, they don't understand His Majesty's good intentions. If they are provoked by someone with a heart, it will be a turmoil for me in Yangzhou!" The mature and prudent Tian Feng said in words.
"Huh?!" Liu Mang frowned. He really didn't think of this, but it's easy to handle." If those big soldiers are unwilling, then they can go to gold shops in various places to accept the Jiaozi in their hands. ! Give them as much acceptance as you want!"
"Yes!" In this case, there is no big problem.
Everyone discussed again based on the details released one by one, and then left after a long time.
After a few days, a new thing appeared in various cities in Yangzhou, that is, the gold bank. This gold bank is nothing else, but a bank opened by the government. Everyone's money can be put into the bank. If you You can put it in if you think it is not safe at home.
Of course, this gold bank is not the one in the previous life that gave you interest. There is no interest, but it keeps money for you for free, and you can get it whenever you want!
A few days later, Yangzhou began to distribute salaries and various rewards.
There are ordinary people who build roads and embankments, those soldiers who carry swords, and those officials who are officials. But what they got this time was neither white flowers nor colorful gold. But sheets of ink on paper.
"What is this thing!" Everyone's first reaction was the same.
"Gentlemen! Ladies and gentlemen! Listen to me, this is the new money sent to us by His Royal Highness the King of Shu! These things are called Jiaozi. Look at the one in my hand. It says I am Yangzhou. The military flag that is trapped in the camp is worth a hundred dollars!" There are people sent by the Ministry of Household Affairs to explain it to everyone.
"One hundred yuan, just such a torn piece of paper is worth one hundred yuan? Are you crazy about me!" An ordinary person is unwilling, and I have worked hard for you for more than half a year. I was thinking of getting a hundred dollars to go back and buy a scene of fertile land, and then buy some tools to go home.
But now, the hundred coins are gone, and it has become such a piece of torn paper. Although the paper feels comfortable to the touch, paper is just paper. So everyone is very dissatisfied.
"Brother, why am I framing you? If I frame you, how can I have an extra piece of meat, you guys. Don't tell me you are paid by these jiaozi, even us officials are paid Get this thing!" The household official took out a few Jiaozi from his pocket after speaking this explanation.
It has thousands of coins printed on it. There are two in total, which are his monthly salary.
"Those elders also issued this thing?" Some people are a bit similar. After all, His Royal Highness the King of Shu has never been in arrears with salaries and wages of the people. He must teach the people by hand. If someone is corrupt The big sword in Liu Wei's hand will not accept the people's money.
"Of course!" The official of the official department took out the thousand coins in his hand, on which was painted the battle flag of the Yangzhou City Management Army.
"Can this thing buy things?" Someone asked. ,
"Of course you can buy things!" The officials of the official department explained.
Immediately, some common people wanted to buy a few meat buns from another small vendor next to him. He was reluctant to eat them before, but this time he asked for ten, three Wen a piece, and ten is thirty Wen. I gave him a hundred-dollar Jiaozi and asked this man to find seventy coins for him in business.
This businessman is losing his face, he wants to do this big business of ten buns, but he has to have money to find it, and there is another concern that he is not sure whether this thing called Jiaozi is in the end. Use it, if it doesn't work, wouldn't his small business be over
"Look, look, it's useless to make friends, give us a lot of money, we want copper coins!"
"Everyone, everyone, look at how convenient this handover is! Just such a piece of paper is worth a hundred dollars!" said the official from the Ministry of Officials earnestly.
"We don't want convenience, we just want our big money!" The common people don't buy it at all.
It's useless to let your officials say that you have broken your mouth.
The official took a sip of water. Fortunately, His Royal Highness King Shu has a way! Otherwise, he really won't be able to come down to the stage." Okay, okay, stop arguing, stop arguing, don't you just want money? Okay! Here you go, take your Jiaozi! Do you know the gold shop in the city? "The official of the Ministry of Officials asked the common people below.
"I know!" This gold shop is a new thing, and many people have tried it. If you deposit money in it, you won't be afraid of leaving it at home. your.
"Go to the gold shop and take your Jiaozi. Your Jiaozi has its value written on it, then you can exchange as much money from that gold shop!" The official of the official department explained.
When Liu Mang and others were discussing, they were afraid that those ordinary people would not buy it, so they came up with a backup method. If you don’t dislike the weight of this copper coin, you think it’s not good for you, okay! Then you go to the gold bank to exchange it, and I will give you as much as the face value on it.
"Okay, let's go to the Gold Bank! We want big money, not this jiaozi!" The common people shouted loudly.
"Yeah, we don't want to pay, we want big money, go together, go together!" A swarm of ordinary people all flocked to the gold shop in the city over there.
The official of the official department couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. He took out two Jiaozi from his arms, and he couldn't help wondering whether this little thing could really be exchanged for two thousand big coins.
The gold houses in various prefectures seem to have been prepared for a long time. The gates are all opened, and the people standing outside the doors are armed police officers with swords and armor on their bodies. of.
Even so, the influx of those common people still made them suffer a lot. Because there are too many people.
But fortunately, they also endure hardships and stand hard work. So as many ordinary people as there are they will exchange as much money.
The mentality of the common people began to change immediately. From the beginning, no one believed it, thinking that the torn paper with which the paintings were drawn was useless at all, and it was worth a lot of money, but now it seems that Jiaozi is quite valuable.
Because as long as someone wants to exchange it, the gold banks in various places will exchange it. No matter how much you have, you have a hundred coins, and I will give you a hundred copper coins. You are a thousand coins, that is a thousand coins, there are many people who don't believe this.
So the queue is very long, even if the gold bank is very efficient, it can't handle the exchange of so many people.
If the queue is long, it will be delayed, and if the people behind see that they want to exchange big money, it will be at least until tomorrow. Looking at it again, it seems that as long as there are people who have Jiaozi, the gold bank will exchange them.
So the heart that was very eager to exchange at the beginning stopped.
Looking at the endless team, think about it, this Jiaozi seems to be quite valuable, come back tomorrow.
So a lot of individuals started to leave.
the second day. Still in this situation, there are people who don't believe it and come to exchange big money, and the gold banks in various places don't shirk at all. I will exchange as much as your face value.
In this way, after seven or eight days, there were fewer people at the gate of the Gold Bank, and there were not so many people going to exchange big money.
Because everyone seems to have discovered that as long as you have this thing called Jiaozi, you can go to the gold bank to exchange big money for gold anytime and anywhere.
In that case, can't I wait to redeem it? Or, for example, a merchant who has Jiaozi in one city, and he is worried about exchanging big money for business in another city.
Instead of exchanging it now, I might as well hold the jiaozi and wait until I get to that city and then go to the gold bank in that city to exchange the jiaozi.
In this way, the reputation of Jiaozi gradually became higher and higher, and merchants, especially those with relatively large transactions, welcomed the arrival of this thing called Jiaozi.
Because it is convenient for him to slack off, and the value is still stable, if you want to worry about it, you can exchange it for the same big money and gold at any gold bank in any city in Yangzhou with Jiaozi.
If things go on like this, go to restaurants, go to hotels, buy goods, buy food, unless it is too small, such as buying a steamed stuffed bun for three Wen, otherwise, as long as it is more than a hundred yuan, if you don’t have to pay, but take it with you. Going to buy and sell a string of copper coins will be laughed at by the big guys. This idiot insists on using the heavy copper coin because he has the convenience to use it.
Liu Mang couldn't help but smile when he heard his subordinate Mi Zhu's report to him.
"Yo, my lord didn't know when he was so happy!" Xu Shu just walked in, saw Mi Zhu and Liu Mang, and couldn't help asking.
"Yuan Zhi, you came at a good time. I plan to start making another handover!" Liu Wei saw Xu Shu saying to Xu Shu, this handover is not something that Liu Mang can do alone. , You must bring the inner minister Xu Shu and the six ministers together.
Because Liu Mang also knows that he is not a sage, and there will always be times when he makes mistakes. If he is obsessed with ghosts, he can turn back with the help of Xu Shu and the others. If he decides by himself, once he makes a mistake, it is too late to repent.
"Oh? So the circulation of Jiaozi in Yangzhou is very smooth?" Xu Shu also asked with joy.
"You ask Zifang, Zifang, tell Yuanzhi!" Liu Mang asked Mi Zhu to speak.
"Master Neixiang, according to the reports from my gold banks in various places in Yangzhou, the exchange rate of Jiaozi is much lower now than it was dozens of days ago. Now, out of 100 people entering a gold bank, only ten people at most need to pay for Jiaozi. Turn it into gold, and among the remaining 90 people, 30 people want to turn the gold in Zijing's hand into Jiaozi!" Ten people compare with thirty people, as long as they pass the math, they can basically be counted. come out.
Jiaozi is more and more accepted by everyone.
This is what Liu Mang wants. Only after everyone trusts Jiaozi and Jiaozi has credibility, can Liu Mang further print Jiaozi to maximize his own benefits! (To be continued..)
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