Daming Military Empire

Chapter 367 Daming Dragon Coin
Speaking of this banknote, Zhu Cijiong fell into memory again. The appearance of various banknotes in his previous life kept appearing in his mind, and he couldn't help muttering: "The new bank notes must be printed with patterns on both sides. The patterns must not only be exquisite, but also To have the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty, the pattern on the back can be different according to the denomination, such as the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, the Yangtze River sedan chair and the Yellow River Bridge of the Ming Dynasty, the train of the Ming Dynasty, the treasure ship of the Ming Dynasty, and the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. For super battleships, etc., the money on the back should be marked with the characters of various countries, so that people in most countries know that this is a banknote issued by Ming Dynasty."

Luo Yangxing remembered it, and couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, where did this pattern come from? Except for the Great Wall, I have never seen anyone paint it before!"

Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong rolled his eyes. He had to teach such a simple thing. He said angrily, "Isn't this simple? In the name of the Royal Nikko Bank of Ming Dynasty, an announcement was issued on the Beijing News, In the collection of paintings throughout the Ming Dynasty, everyone can choose one or several themes to draw, and then send them to the capital. All paintings with a certain level will be paid 100 taels, and those selected to be printed on banknotes will be given 1 taels. Ten thousand taels of remuneration, in this way, as long as you spend more than ten thousand taels, the new banknotes to be issued will be known to everyone in the entire Ming Dynasty, understand?"

Everyone here seems to know a little bit about this kind of advertising, and they couldn't help but praise the emperor's wisdom. Only Xu Erjue said cautiously: "Your Majesty, please forgive my boldness. In the name of a bank, most scholars probably won’t buy it. Why don’t Wei Chen discuss it with his grandfather and host a national calligraphy and painting competition in the name of the Ministry of Rites. All winning works will be bought by Daming Royal Nikko Bank, the first prize In addition to the reward of 1 taels of silver, it will also be miniaturized and printed on the newly issued bank notes as a permanent souvenir. In this way, it will surely become a cultural event that will be recorded in history, and the publicity effect will be even better."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help giving a thumbs up and praised: "Er Jue's proposal is very good, let's do it like this."

Seeing that the emperor was so happy, everyone couldn't help flattering Xu Erjue again. Daming has followed it for nearly 300 years, and other good habits have not been carried forward. This style of flattery and flattery is becoming more and more popular. Good words, you can't catch people scolding you, Zhu Cijiong had no choice but to raise his hands and said: "Okay, continue talking about paper money."

Who would dare not to listen to the emperor's edict, everyone immediately shut up when they heard the words, Zhu Cijiong cleared his throat, and continued: "The back is almost like this, let's talk about the front. Well, bring the Arabic numerals, these are on the left, and as for the right, a pattern that best represents the characteristics of Ming Dynasty must be printed, think about it, what pattern to use."

The question of the pattern that best represents the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty really stumped everyone. What can best represent the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty? Everyone frowned and thought hard. Of course Zhu Cijiong knew what was printed on the right side of the banknotes of later generations, but, He doesn't want to do that.

Unexpectedly, he didn't want to, someone seemed to have thought of it, Zhu Youjian, who had been sitting for a long time, suddenly pointed at Zhu Cijiong and said: "Weichen thought of it."

Zhu Youjian and the empress dowagers of the two palaces are the only people who dare to point at Zhu Cijiong like this in this world. Zhu Cijiong is depressed. He is not depressed because he is being pointed at, but because he is about to be printed on banknotes.

But he never thought that what Zhu Youjian was referring to was not him at all, but his clothes, to be precise, the five-clawed golden dragon on his dragon robe.Zhu Youjian pointed to the five-clawed golden dragon on his dragon robe and said excitedly: "This five-clawed golden dragon is the pattern that best represents the characteristics of Ming Dynasty. Moreover, after printing this, we can give the banknote a very famous name. That is: Dragon Coin!"

The ups and downs of life are nothing more than this. Zhu Cijiong, who was still depressed a moment ago, was so excited that he almost jumped up. He couldn't help clapping his hands and praised: "Uncle Wu is right, there is a five-clawed golden dragon pattern printed on the front, Dragon coin, ok, the name is loud enough.”

The idea of ​​the dragon coin is really good. It adds a lot of credibility to the new bank notes virtually. This is the five-clawed golden dragon, which represents the five-clawed golden dragon of the Ming Empire. With the prestige of the Ming Empire, the difficulty of issuing this banknote has been reduced. Not a lot.

Seeing that everyone was flattering his fifth uncle again, Zhu Cijiong quickly raised his hand to interrupt: "Okay, let's talk about the denomination of the new bank note at the end. I think that if the new bank note is to be accepted by everyone, the bank note The denomination of the ticket should not be too large. Think about it, taking a piece of paper to exchange a carload of silver or a box of gold always gives people a feeling of unreliability. Therefore, I think the maximum denomination of the new banknote should not exceed 100 taels, and, for the convenience of use, small denomination bank notes must also be available, such as one tael, five renminbi, and one renminbi, all of which must be available.”

Everyone heard the words, thought for a while, and nodded in agreement. If it is to be circulated in the market, the denomination should not be too large. Not to mention anything else, if someone suddenly took out a bank note of 5000 taels or even 1 taels to Buying things in a small store, where can you find an ordinary small store, the entire store is estimated to be less than 1 taels, a piece of paper is worth a store, this is really unreliable, and it is extremely detrimental to promotion.

The discussion on the new banknotes is almost here. Zhu Cijiong then encouraged: "Everyone should have confidence in the issuance of banknotes. Although metal currencies such as gold, silver and copper have been deeply rooted in people's hearts, metal currencies have many shortcomings. It is easy to carry. If you are a poor person, you only need a few copper coins on your body. If you are a super rich person, how much money can you carry with you? 100 taels of gold can exhaust you to death. Doing business is even more inconvenient Well, let’s not talk about small business for now, if it’s a big business worth 10 taels or even millions of taels, the money would be hundreds or thousands of carts. Are you not afraid? Therefore, I believe that it is an inevitable trend for paper currency to replace metal currency. The reason why it has been unable to replace it is mainly because there is no foundation for reputation. Now this foundation has gradually been established. Gold and silver became the currency of circulation in all countries of the world."

When everyone heard this, they all showed excited expressions. Yes, with the development of commerce, there are more and more places to spend money, and the amount is also increasing. Why can the Royal Nikko Bank of Ming Dynasty issue nearly 10 million taels of silver bills? It is because it is too inconvenient to carry gold and silver. Few people dare to take out 10 taels. However, now the business of [-] taels is too common, and it can be seen almost everywhere in Daming, so many merchants choose From this, it can be seen that the replacement of metal currency by paper money is exactly as the emperor said, and it is an inevitable trend.

The Daming Dragon Coin was born in this way. Although no country has dared to use the Daming Dragon Coin yet, with the development of the economy and the expansion of the Ming Dynasty, it is an inevitable trend for the Daming Dragon Coin to become a world currency!
(End of this chapter)