Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 228 Ming Gold Coin, Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang
"These are all types of gold and silver coins that can be seen in the world." Zhu Han said.

"What is your Highness planning to do?"

"I plan to mint a new version of the Ming Dynasty's gold and silver coins!"

"Many painters can't produce the desired effect."

"It seems that this matter can only be done by you."

Zhu Han looked at Xi Xuan expectantly.

Seeing this, Zhou Zhiruo immediately felt a little proud.

In this way, her position in the palace will become even more important.

Under Zhu Han's guidance, Zhou Zhiruo quickly drew the pattern of Daming's own gold coins based on the collected portraits of gold and silver coins from various countries.

The image on the gold and silver coins is naturally Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Hongwu of Ming Dynasty.

After Zhu Han showed his brother Zhou Zhiruo's drawing, his brother Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied.

Ever since Zhu Han returned from his voyage to the west with the Ming fleet, he immediately realized a very important problem.

That is, there will be more and more maritime trade in the Ming Dynasty in the future, and the current issuance of gold and silver coins is seriously insufficient.

Daming has mastered the rich gold and silver mines on Wa Island, and sent Hu Dahai and his son to discover the American continent, and there will be more abundant gold and silver deposits in the future.

However, copper coins are still in circulation in the Ming Dynasty, and gold coins and silver coins are only used for large transactions.

The reason for this is that on the one hand, the common people and merchants are accustomed to using copper coins, and on the other hand, the number of gold and silver coins issued by the imperial court is not sufficient.

Zhu Han saw with his own eyes in Yingtian City that many merchants used cartloads of copper coins for large transactions.

Therefore, after the cloudy day of the Zhu Xing meeting, he immediately proposed to his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang that he wanted to promote the new version of gold and silver coins of the Ming Dynasty.

Compared with the Ming silver coins issued before, the new version of gold coins and silver coins that Zhu Han wants to issue this time will all have the portrait of Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang printed on them.

At the beginning, the elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang was not impressed by the act of printing his face on the coins.

Even, my brother once felt that it would be unworthy of the emperor to let the emperor's face appear on the currency.

But this problem is basically a small problem for Zhu Han.

Zhu Han used his three-inch tongue, and soon persuaded his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang with his own reasons.

If all the subjects in the world can know what the emperor looks like, it will definitely greatly strengthen the importance of the emperor in the hearts of the subjects in the world.

After all, in the minds of the common people, the emperor is already tied to money, so can it be unimportant?
Zhu Yuanzhang immediately realized that this would bring another huge benefit.

Since ancient times, limited by the backwardness of knowledge and transportation, many people in remote areas have only a vague concept of the emperor and the court.

The "ordered by heaven" that gentlemen and scholar-bureaucrats have repeatedly praised is an incomprehensible concept for the vast majority of ordinary people.

but.

If the emperor's portrait can appear on the coins, ordinary people will have a clearer and clearer understanding of the emperor.

This is simply a huge bonus for the people to support the emperor.

So after considering this point, the elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang happily agreed to Zhu Han's request.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang also planned to promote gold and silver coins first.

If the issuance of gold and silver coins works very well.

Then, replace all the copper coins in Daming with the same style.

After all, for ordinary people, the value of gold coins and silver coins is too high, and it is difficult to see them in daily life. The popularity of copper coins will be more.

So when Zhu Han asked Zhou Zhiruo to draw the pattern of gold and silver coins, my brother was very satisfied with the portrait on the pattern.

The portrait of the Ming emperor on the coins is extraordinary and graceful.

After getting his elder brother's approval, Zhu Han immediately arranged for the craftsmen in Yingtian City to try out the latest version of gold and silver coins.

Traditional metal coins are minted.

As the name suggests, the casting method is to melt the metal into liquid first, and then pour it into the mud form. After cooling, open the rice to get the poured metal currency.

However, although the cost of metal coins made by this method is relatively low, the clarity of the pattern is relatively insufficient.

Especially for portraits, fine casting is required, and after a few uses, the clay mold will become blurred due to wear.

Therefore, for this batch of new gold and silver coins minted by Daming, Zhu Han ordered his craftsmen to adopt the latest method provided by him.

This is the machine casting method invented by later generations in modern times.

The method of making this metal currency is to use a huge pressing machine to press the shape and pattern of the currency on a piece of metal plate.

It's just that this kind of machine requires a lot of power, otherwise it would be difficult to carry a heavy hammer.

But this problem can't help the craftsmen of Daming at all.

There is sufficient water power here in the south of the Yangtze River, so the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty developed a huge waterwheel.

The water wheel is used to drive the heavy hammer on the machine, and as the heavy hammer rises and falls, the rolled gold and silver plates are turned into individual gold and silver coins under the pressure of the heavy hammer.

After several fine-tunings, the success rate of making this kind of gold and silver coins has reached [-]%, and damaged coins can also be remade without waste.

After such a study, the fire consumption cost of gold and silver coins is actually lower than that of bronze coins.

After the elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang got the latest version of gold and silver coins, he couldn't help laughing.

"so amazing!"

"My Daming is really full of talents!"

"Our avatars on this are simply too similar!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at these gold and silver coins again and again, it can be said that he couldn't put it down.

These gold and silver coins are exquisitely designed. On the front, there is a profile portrait of Emperor Hongwu, with the word "one yuan" next to it, and on the back is the year name of Hongwu of Ming Dynasty.

And on the side of the forearm, there are dense jagged marks.

These sawtooth marks can be specially used to prevent some criminals from cutting the corners of gold and silver coins to collect wool.

All gold and silver coins whose sawtooth marks are seriously unclear can be used as damaged currency and reweighed for recycling.

After Zhu Yuanzhang read it, he handed these coins to the queen Ma Xiuying who was next to him.

At this time, Queen Ma Xiuying had just given birth to a little prince, who was considered the fourth child according to the ranking.

Empress Ma took these gold and silver coins and looked at them carefully.

Queen Ma couldn't help admiring after watching it.

"It's still seventy-five years old. It's the first time I've seen such an exquisite coin!"

Zhu Han felt a little embarrassed, he just provided an idea here, from drawing graphics to making tools, all were done by others.

At this time, in the mouth of the sister-in-law, she attributed all the credit to herself.

I have to say that my sister-in-law really regards herself as her own brother.

"Sister-in-law, it's Zhou Zhiruo in my palace who draws the pictures, and a craftsman in Yingtian City who makes the coins. I'm just talking." Zhu Han said with a smile.

"Speaking of which, it is your greatest contribution. However, that Zhou Zhiruo in your palace is an intelligent woman. This time, she deserves credit. Men's affairs belong to the front, and women's affairs belong to the back. This week, Zhou Zhiruo, I must Reward her well!"

As Empress Ma spoke, she ordered the maids next to her to take some rare treasures from the inner treasury and reward them to the concubine Zhou of the King of England.

In fact, Zhu Han's Palace of the King of England is not too different from the palace, and there are almost all kinds of rare treasures.

It's just that the things that Empress Ma personally rewarded were of great significance, even if it was a goose feather, it would definitely make that little girl Zhou Zhiruo happy for several days, and she would serve Zhu Han wholeheartedly.

Seeing this, Zhu Han thanked his sister-in-law instead of Zhou Zhiruo.

At this time, there was a cry of a baby in the cradle next to it.

Whoa whoa whoa!
The baby's cry was exceptionally loud.

Elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang and sister-in-law Ma Xiuying hurriedly walked over with a smile, and Zhu Han followed behind to watch the excitement.

"The fourth child looks hungry again!" Zhu Yuanzhang teased the crying baby with a smile.

"Chongba, let's chat, you guys, I'll take Xiaosi back first." Empress Ma said, and let the maid take the baby to the back to nurse.

"By the way, brother, what name did you name Xiao Si?"

According to the tradition of my hometown, the child will only be given a formal name after the full moon. Before that, he would only be called by the cheap names of cats and dogs.

"Let's make up our minds, let's call him Zhu Di!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

Then he explained why he was named Zhu Di.

but.

Zhu Han was no longer in the mood to listen to him explain the origin of the name.

"Oh, Zhu Di, this name sounds very good." Zhu Han could only say with a little embarrassment.

but.

He thought about it carefully again, because of his own existence, Daming in this world would never let the tragedy of his elder nephew Zhu Biao's untimely death happen again like in history.

As long as the eldest nephew Zhu Biao is alive and well, then the fourth brother Zhu Di will never dare to rebel against Jing Nan even if he has great abilities.

The older brother Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Zhu Han was a little weird, but he didn't understand why he had such a reaction.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was wondering, there was a notice from the guard outside the door.

"Your Majesty, good news...good news!"

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han immediately looked at each other, and they both guessed the same possibility.

"Submit it!" Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly.

Several guards led a hurrying Jin Yiwei, and walked in quickly through the palace gate.

The eunuch next to him opened the secret report in Jin Yiwei's hand and presented it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

The old Guo Zhu Yuanzhang took a quick look, and immediately smiled from ear to ear.

"Xu Da, this guy, hahaha, really didn't disappoint us!"

"In three days, defeat Guanghan first, and then conquer Chengdu!"

When Zhu Han heard the news, he couldn't believe it.

They had obtained internal support from Sichuan before, and the best result they could think of was to let Xu Da lead his army to rush in from the north, first take down the Hanzhong portal into Sichuan, and then slowly advance into Chengdu from the frontal battlefield.

Never thought of it.

Xu Da actually took down Chengdu in one go!
"What's true?" Zhu Han still couldn't believe it.

The elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang smiled while stuffing the good news into Zhu Han's hands.

"Qiwu, look for yourself, it can't be fake!"

Zhu Han took the news and immediately read it.

really.

In it, Xu Da quickly and briefly described his battle process, and then it was the final result.

"Our army has occupied the front line of Guanghan and Chengdu. Chen Li, the prince of the thief, led the remnants to abandon the city and fled to Yunnan. Most of the prisoners of Chen Youliang's harem family were captured."

Looking at the final result, Zhu Han couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Xu Da, a general with a long history, really possesses extraordinary military talents.

No one would have imagined that Sichuan, which everyone thought was impenetrable, would be easily conquered under the haste of Xu Da's army.

"Now Xu Da only occupies the front line of Guanghan in Chengdu, and the surrounding city gates have not been controlled yet. We must send troops to respond immediately, otherwise if Chen Youliang leads the army to counterattack, Xu Da is likely to be surrounded in the isolated city." Zhu Han immediately realized. to this question.

Brother Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with a smile, "Haha, we have already thought about this matter. Before Xu Da entered the army, I sent him another imperial decree, giving him the right to mobilize all the troops in the surrounding Huguang and Guanzhong. Now Thinking about it, these soldiers and horses should have already started marching towards Sichuan, and Chen Youliang has no chance to return to Chengdu!"

The Ming army deployed heavy troops in the east and north of Sichuan. The strength of the troops alone was nearly 20, and there was sufficient food and military pay. The combat effectiveness was already high.

Now that Xu Da led an army to raid Chengdu, the surrounding Ming armies would definitely go hand in hand and attack the defense lines outside Sichuan together.

With Xu Da's military ability, Chen Youliang's panic-stricken army is definitely not an opponent of the Ming army.

The victory of the Ming army in Sichuan was already a certainty.

As for the escape of Chen Youliang's son Chen Li and other ginseng, it was completely harmless.

"Hey, taking Chengdu and Chen Youliang will leave a remote Yunnan!"

The elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the map screen behind him while talking.

The mountains and rivers of the whole world can be seen on this map.

Yunnan is located in the most remote place in the southwest. Although the local products are considered rich, there is still a big gap compared with Sichuan.

Chen Youliang's remnant soldiers and defeated generals only relied on Yunnan, and it was very difficult to feed his 10 troops.

I'm afraid it won't be long.

Chen Youliang's internal governance crisis will erupt.

"Chen Youliang still has some tricks. Although Sichuan is lost, he may also cause trouble for us by relying on Yunnan. It's better to let Xu Da go and kill him earlier!" Zhu Han said beside him.

The older brother Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "That's right, but we'll wait until Sichuan is under control first!"

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered his Jin Yiwei to take his imperial edict to Sichuan and hand it over to Xu Da.

In this imperial decree, Zhu Yuanzhang not only emphasized Xu Da's dispatch and command over all the Ming troops in Guanzhong, Huguang, Sichuan, but also granted him administrative taxation for managing these three regions, so that Xu Da could.Handily use the military and financial resources of the three regions to deal with Chen Youliang.

at the same time.

The Ming court did not relax in the slightest in supporting Xu Da.

Zhu Yuanzhang issued several imperial edicts in succession.

Almost all the ships in the Jiangnan and Jiangbei areas were conscripted to transport large quantities of military supplies to Sichuan.

The whole world has already seen that Da Ming will use his thunderous momentum this time to completely wipe out Chen Youliang, a separatist force.

The unification of the world is really just around the corner.

Although the series of moves by the Ming court were massive, they didn't really use much national power.

All the materials, equipment and money consumed are actually the property accumulated by Daming over the past few years.

It can be imagined how rich Ming Dynasty has been in recent years. Even in this kind of war that mobilized hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, there is no need to levy additional taxes on the common people.

Not only that.

When Xu Da led the Ming army to pacify the southwest, Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty officially issued an imperial edict to reform the currency.

The standard currency of Ming Dynasty was officially changed from copper coins to silver coins.

That is to say, the copper standard that has been circulating in China for thousands of years has become the precious metal silver standard.

This is not just a currency change, but also symbolizes that the business prosperity of Ming Dynasty has reached a new height.

(End of this chapter)