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Chapter 213 Guess What This Is (Fourth)
The shortage of materials prevented the imperial study room from being brightly lit, and it was just enough to not affect writing.

Hu Guang looked at the three courtiers sitting in front of him, nodded his head, and Fang Zhenghua next to him picked up the small box on the imperial case and handed it to Shoufu.

At the same time, Hu Guang said: "Let's take a look first."

When Bi Ziyan and Xu Guangqi saw it, they looked at the small box in Wen Tiren's hands curiously. They were very surprised. The reason why the emperor called him into the palace overnight was to see what was in the box?It also involves the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites?
I saw that Wen Tiren opened the box with a little curiosity, and took a look inside, his expression suddenly changed, becoming a little cautious, and then he reached out and carefully took out a stack of papers from inside, and looked at it carefully.

The paper in this hand is roughly divided into three categories of different sizes, and the paper with the smallest length and width is on top.There are patterns and characters printed on the paper, which is very exquisite, and it can be seen at a glance that this kind of printing took a lot of effort.

On the topmost piece of paper, there is a copper plate printed in the most conspicuous place in the middle. The original words "Tongbao" seem to have been replaced. The handwriting is a bit small, and it is very difficult for Wen Tiren to read.

At this time, Fang Zhenghua brought a mirror.Seeing that it was a magnifying glass, Wen Tiren couldn't help but look up at the emperor. After thanking him gratefully, he began to observe with the magnifying glass.

I saw that the copper plate was printed with four words "Daming banknotes". In the middle of the copper plate with the outer circle and the inner square, there is a vertical line, which does not touch the frame of the copper plate.

On the top of the copper plate, "one penny" is written in block letters.On the right side of the copper plate is "Daming Banknotes", and on the left side is "Passing the World".There are also patterns printed on the four sides of the paper, and the pattern above the middle seems to be a dragon.

Seeing this, Wen Tiren's face became more serious, and at the same time he was a little bit surprised. When he raised his head and was about to speak, the emperor smiled at him and said, "There's another side!"

Hearing this, Wen Tiren had no choice but to pick up the top piece of paper, and turned around to look. In the middle was the pattern on the Deputy Sanchen Banner, but it was different, representing the light of the stars, which were longer in the four directions of east, west, south, and north. Not a lot.

Under the three-star pattern, there is also a line of small characters, which says "One side is in trouble, all sides support it!"

Wen Tiren couldn't understand what it meant, and looked up at Emperor Chongzhen, wanting to speak again, but heard the emperor say first: "Wen Qing is not in a hurry, we will talk after reading everything!"

Wen Tiren had no choice but to flip through the papers below again.He found this kind of paper, or according to the meaning printed on it, there are nine pieces of this kind of banknotes, of which one, two and five are the same size, the difference is the number of copper coins and the explanatory text;

The other three are one qian, two qian, and five qian, which are a little bigger than the first three, but smaller than the last three.The color is no longer the most common black, but black and red, of which red is just an embellishment.

The last three sheets are one tael, two tael, and five tael. These are printed in color and are far more exquisite than the previous ones.At the same time, on the pattern on the back of the banknotes, the last five taels is a collection of all the words on the back of all the previous banknotes.

If one party is in trouble, all parties will support it!
When all people are united, their benefits can break gold!
Flooding in the south and drought in the north, what is the point!

Corrupt officials, sooner or later they have to pay back!

Defend the family and defend the country, vowing to kill the enemy!

Each performs his duties, each performs his duties!

The country is rich and the people are strong, live and work in peace and contentment!

Vega at home, congratulations from all over the world!

Wen Tiren really couldn't understand it, so after reading it, he passed the banknotes to the other two colleagues whose necks were sore, and then looked at the emperor again, wanting to ask for clarification.

Hu Guang seemed to want to hold him back on purpose, and spoke one step ahead of him: "Wen Qing, don't be in a hurry, think about it first, and after the two of them have finished reading, I will explain it together."

"..." Wen Tiren had no choice but to shut up, thinking about it for himself first.

Not long after, Bi Ziyan and Xu Guangqi also finished watching, with shocked expressions on their faces.They turned to look at Shoufu Wen Tiren, and then turned back to look at the emperor, waiting for an explanation.

Hu Guang looked at the three of them and said with a slight smile: "The three lovers guessed right. This is the latest type of Ming Dynasty banknote that I am going to issue all over the world!"

After hearing this and confirming what they thought in their hearts, the three courtiers remonstrated almost in unison: "Your Majesty, absolutely not!"

Now the court really has no money, this is a fact.But the emperor wanted to solve the problem by issuing Daming banknotes, which was really unrealistic, or in other words, it was simply impossible!
"Why not?" Hu Guang immediately asked back, "Didn't you see that this banknote is actually different from the Daming Banknote?"

"..." The three courtiers were speechless after hearing this, and couldn't help but look at each other.

At the same time, they thought to themselves: Hasn't the emperor become very powerful, why did he still say such naive words?Could it be that Taizu showed his spirit before, and now he has changed back to the young emperor with little experience in the world?
As the chief assistant, Wen Tiren had no choice but to remonstrate first: "Your Majesty, I admit that the printing of these banknotes has indeed taken a lot of effort, and they are much more exquisite than the original Daming banknotes. But if Your Majesty wants to use this banknote I dare to assert that this will be the same as the original Daming Treasure Banknote, and will only become a piece of waste paper in the end!"

Daming treasure banknotes are printed on mulberry paper, square, one foot high, six inches wide, blue, with dragon pattern fences on the outside, "Daming Tongxing treasure banknotes" printed on the horizontal inscription, and the eight characters "Daming treasure banknotes" in seal characters on both sides of the inside. The world passes."The middle picture of Qian Guan, under which is printed "Zhongshu Shengzhuo is allowed to print Daming treasure banknotes and copper coins for general use, forgers will be beheaded, and those who will be sued will be rewarded with 250 taels of silver, and the prisoner will still be given property."

What Wen Tiren said is indeed true. The two banknotes are not at the same level in terms of feel, printing, or size and applicability.One can tell at a glance that the former is intentional, while the latter is obviously just mediocre.

If the Daming Banknotes are re-issued, the Hubu Shangshu will be the one with the most responsibility, so Bi Ziyan immediately followed up with advice: "Your Majesty, the Daming Banknotes were no longer printed during the Zhengde period because they were really useless. The result is the same, it has nothing to do with whether the Daming banknotes look good or not!"

At this time, only Xu Guangqi did not speak.Because one thing he wants to say has already been said by his colleagues, so what he says is just repetition.

Second, he found that this banknote is indeed quite special, and many things in it are ingenious. Others may not recognize what the symbols in the copper coin are, but he knows that those are numbers written by Xiyi, which are one, two, Wu; It seems that what His Majesty said before, those things in Xiyi are not very good, it is really possible, because His Majesty also understands!

Xu Guangqi's conclusion is: Your Majesty has put so much thought into it, maybe there will be changes in other aspects!

Sure enough, Hu Guang smiled slightly and said, "Of course I know the disadvantages of the Ming Dynasty's precious banknotes! It's easy to avoid repeating the same mistakes!"

　It took me three hours to write this chapter, and my butt hurts from sitting on it!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)