His Majesty the Emperor is very satisfied with Yang Feng's three suggestions.
Of course, that doesn't mean he will implement it immediately...
At least it won't all be implemented immediately. Whether it is banks or gold and silver coins, it will take some time, and in the final analysis, the current depreciation of treasure banknotes is not too serious.
In addition, he has another question.
This is the problem of counterfeit money that cannot be eradicated.
“I don’t have any solution for this, this problem always exists.
Severe punishments have limited effect. At that time, counterfeiters could be shot at most.
But as long as paper money is still used, this problem cannot be solved. In the final analysis, the benefits are enough. Even if the people confiscate their homes and kill the nine tribes, some people will dare to do so. So while the punishment is strict, the anti-counterfeiting capabilities must also be improved, but the technology we had at that time is no longer
It cannot be used at all. But there is a way. You can try it. Even if it works, I can't guarantee it. Although this technology appeared in the West decades later, it would cost almost 500 yuan to print money.
Years later.
At that time, machine printing was used, which could achieve very high power.
At this time, it is nothing but manual work. Whether you can do it depends on your craftsmanship."
Yang Feng said.
"What method?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked.
"Gravure printing.
Just like a rubbing of an inscription.
But rubbings of inscriptions apply ink on the outside, while this kind of printing puts ink on the text and then prints it on the paper. The final printed text looks like it was carved out.
This technique was first used by Thai and Western craftsmen in the 1970s and 1980s.
Five hundred years later, the most powerful country I mentioned began to use this technology to print banknotes, and this technology has been used as the main anti-counterfeiting method for their banknotes, but the key is ink. After all, you cannot let the printed treasure
The text on the banknotes has faded, and printing engravings is different from printing banknotes. The former is for viewing, while precious banknotes have to pass through human hands constantly."
"If the craftsmen of Western Europe can do it in seventy or eighty years, the craftsmen of Ming Dynasty can naturally do it too."
"If this is not possible, there is another method, which is watermarking. During papermaking, patterns are pre-woven on the fishing net. The resulting paper has subtle dark patterns that can be seen when held up to the light. This should be possible.
I remember it already existed at this time."
Yang Feng said.
The difficulty of gravure is too high, but the difficulty of watermark is very low.
However, the anti-counterfeiting effect of watermarks is also low. After all, watermark technology is not an insurmountable difficulty for manufacturers of counterfeit banknotes.
This thing has been around since the Tang Dynasty when paper was being made.
European paper craftsmen also began to use it at this time.
Therefore, it is not a difficult technology for private paper craftsmen to forge watermarks.
"Then there is ink, and there is also engraving. This one does not use wood, but a lead-tin alloy plate, supplemented by ink mixed with linseed oil and turpentine. This can also have very good effects. After all, ink printing and ink printing
Printing is completely different. There is also a method of making ink, which can make black ink have a red luster when illuminated obliquely under the sun. It is said that this effect can be obtained by soaking the wick with comfrey juice and then using the wick fuel to make ink.
, this is also possible. In the short term, I think I will use this set first, and then supplement it with watermarks, and at the same time slowly study gravure printing. When those counterfeiting banknotes learn to print with lead ink and forge watermarks, it will be about the same.
Gravure printing was invented.
Anti-counterfeiting of banknotes and counterfeit banknotes is a long-term struggle.
From the beginning of paper currency production in the Song Dynasty until our time, the struggle for nearly a thousand years cannot be said to be solved in one fell swoop."
Yang Feng said.
In fact, the metal plate and ink were enough to last Zhu Yuanzhang while he was alive.
Adding a watermark is double insurance.
As for the ink color, it is recorded in Tiangong Kaiwu. The high-grade ink in the Ming Dynasty was lamp black, which was scraped from the black smoke from lamps burning tung oil.
But we really can’t expect this thing to be immune to counterfeit money...
With the development of folk printing technology in the Ming Dynasty, this combination is really impressive. In the late Ming Dynasty, copper movable type printing had already appeared.
So gravure is the way to go.
The main reason is that intaglio printing is more exquisite, especially the early intaglio printing, which requires senior engravers. The intaglio engravers in Europe in the 15th century were all artist-level. It is a bit expensive for private banknote counterfeiters to maintain an engraver of this level.
.And this kind of engraver can also be given a sufficient official position, a sufficient salary, and even a knighthood. With these things, who would risk the death of the Nine Clan to engrave those who print counterfeit banknotes? What can the counterfeit banknotes give him?
benefit?
Of course, this is all in the future.
His Majesty the Emperor finally left with satisfaction.
This short training had already made him make huge progress, so he decided to give an order to Li Chenggui immediately when he returned...
Mainly because the latter started printing money last year.
This world is not the king's land, so there can only be one kind of paper money in the world. Subjects like him cannot print their own money. This is trespassing. This problem is very serious. When His Majesty the Emperor learns about it, he will immediately thunder.
Furious, now clearly warning him to step back from the brink.
As for the shortage of coins in North Korea, His Majesty the Emperor was merciful and gave him 20,000 guan of treasure banknotes for his use.
In addition, they were supposed to sell 5,000 horses to Ming Dynasty next year, which according to the past price was 10,000 pieces of cloth.
His Majesty the Emperor showed mercy and gave them 40,000 Guan notes.
Be thankful!
This is the price of 40,000 pieces of cloth.
From now on, they will follow this price, but Ming Dynasty will no longer deliver goods to their door. They need to go to Ming Dynasty to buy with their own treasure money. His Majesty the Emperor has given them permission to trade in Liaodong, Dengzhou and other places. Not only can they purchase, but they can also buy from Ming.
The Ming Dynasty sells goods. In short, the trade between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea will be open in the future, but North Korean merchants will only be able to accept treasure banknotes when they come to the Ming Dynasty, because the emperor has long banned the export of gold and silver, and will also ban the export of copper from the country, but they can bring these.
Exchange banknotes during the Ming Dynasty.
Li Chenggui should be grateful, because His Majesty the Emperor will only liberalize trade between North Korea and Ming Dynasty in the next two years.
He can become a second-rate dealer.
Even for the sake of being a second-rate dealer, he would completely hand over North Korea's monetary power to Ming Dynasty with a grateful heart.
Besides, he really had no other choice.
There is no copper in the coinage.
Money printing is not allowed.
What else can I do if I don’t accept treasure money?
"Do you really want to know what I said to His Majesty the Emperor?"
Yang Feng stood in front of the tent and looked at Zhang Xianzong, who had a deep look next to him. The latter was rushed a hundred steps away by the Jin Yiwei and kept waiting.
Although he couldn't hear the content of the conversation, he also knew that making Zhu Yuanzhang so happy must be the kind of person who confuses the saints. After all, they civil servants all know Zhu Yuanzhang's true face, and it is really not possible for the ministers to make the emperor happy.
What a good thing...
The happier His Majesty the Emperor is, the more scared they become.
Who knows what kind of fallacies this monster instilled into the emperor?
In fact, Yang Feng's impact on the Ming Dynasty can be said to be huge, but he usually does not go down the mountain, let alone communicate with the civil servants and generals of the Ming Dynasty, so he does not know it, but in fact, the Ming court, especially those civil servants, have already
Because of his appearance, the world was in turmoil. Even these days, people have been admonishing Zhu Yuanzhang, admonishing His Majesty the Emperor not to listen to his lies. The time traveler and other things are purely fabricated. He might be a demon who emerged from a ravine.
They are just trying to bring trouble to the Ming Dynasty by relying on some sorcery.
Monster. Definitely a monster.
They are afraid.
Because what Yang Feng brought was a brand new ideological system.
At this time, Confucian scholars had just completed their influence on Zhu Yuanzhang, and even the imperial examination had only just begun a few years ago.
The imperial examination was held in the early years of Hongwu, but it was stopped soon. Zhu Yuanzhang found that those Jinshi had no practical management experience at all. It was not until the fifteenth year of Hongwu that the imperial examination system was re-established. However, it was not until the eighteenth year of Hongwu that a new batch of Jinshi was born.
Then in twenty-one and twenty-four years, I took the exam for three subjects in a row.
And the number of admissions is not large.
There are dozens of Jinshi in each subject.
Confucian scholars were afraid that if a guy with brand-new ideas suddenly appeared at this time, it would really be easy for Zhu Yuanzhang to go astray.
"Actually, what I said to the emperor this time is also a good thing for you. I just want His Majesty to open up trade.
Don’t you Fujian gentry all want to open up overseas trade?
I'm helping you."
Yang Feng said.
Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed ready to open up overseas trade.
His Majesty the Emperor is not stupid, he just doesn’t know how many good things there are outside. Now the world map has almost been drawn for him, and how many good places are clearly shown to him outside, like Java, which is ripe all year round, and where spices are everywhere.
The Spice Islands and the rice-producing areas of Siam are great temptations for His Majesty the Emperor.
His Majesty the Emperor is indeed not the kind of person who is very willing to expand territory.
but……
There are so many good things out there!
"Your Majesty's prohibition of the sea is due to His Majesty's foresight, and His Majesty's opening of the sea is also due to His Majesty's foresight. As ministers, we must strictly abide by the Holy Will and carry out Your Majesty's laws in the world."
Zhang Xianzong said with a calm expression.
"Naughty!"
Yang Feng said.
Zhang Xianzong continued to maintain his calm attitude.
"Do you want to know how you Confucian scholars were doing during our time?"
Yang Feng said.
"You don't want to, and you don't need to know that the way of the sages is the law for all ages, and it will be the same at all times. The way of kings and ministers is also the law for all times, and it will be the same at all times. As long as there are kings and ministers in this world, the way of sages will never be destroyed.
If we don’t even have this kind of self-confidence, why should we read the books of the sages? When the violent Qin Dynasty burned books and harassed Confucian scholars, the sages believed that the way of the sages would never be extinguished. When the five barbarians slaughtered the world, the sages still believed that the lineage of the sages would be inexhaustible.
Even when they are crossing cliffs and crossing seas, the sages still firmly believe that the way of the sages will not perish.
How is the result?
The Ming Dynasty still had to take the imperial examination, and I was still lucky enough to be ranked first.
The law of eternity is the law of eternity after all!
No matter what happens during your time, as long as a king wants to pass on his country to future generations, the way of sages is ultimately indispensable."
Zhang Xianzong said proudly.
Yang Feng was silent...
What he said was absolutely right!
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