In the 17th year of Chongzhen.

What does this year mean?

No one knows, at least for many of them, they don’t know at all what this year means.

But Zhu Guoqiang knew very well that this year meant a new beginning for the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, he has been waiting for the arrival of this year in the past few years.

In the next few months, as usual, Zhu Guoqiang dealt with various government affairs in the General Pinglu every day. Considering the threat from the polar bear in the north, he even instructed the Cunting Office to recruit poor peasants in exile in the pass, plowed oxen, recruited people to reclaim land from Songhua River and Heilongjiang. Thanks to Dorgon's "recruitment", the savage Jurchens there were almost all the soldiers who were recruited by him and had already created a thousand-mile uninhabited wilderness, with only the land of the garrison.

Only by immigrating one million people can we ensure that the land in the north will return to the Ming Dynasty forever!

Of course, this is also preparing for the expedition. After all, the closer the food and grass to the front line for thousands of miles is, the more likely it is to succeed. Of course, the expeditionary force can also burn, kill, loot all the way, and eat the enemy like the Russians. However, from Derzhinsky, Zhu Guoqiang learned that the conquest of the Cossacks and the robbery of the locals was robbery, but when there was not enough food, they would even capture the local residents and kill and eat them.

Our Ming legion is not that barbaric yet.

However, for Zhu Guoqiang, the far north is just an episode. What is more important? Or the inner city.

On that evening, Zhu Guoqiang was having a meal while playing with the copper coins in his hand. These were the private coins cast in Dalian. In order to pay salaries to officers and soldiers, they paid wages to workers, and they specially used imported copper coins in Dalian to cast them with imported Japanese copper.

At the end of the dynasty, the first thing that collapsed was finance. The collapse of ancient dynasties often started with money politics. In order to make up for the financial deficit, Tianqian still used increased the amount of minting to solve it. In this case, the provincial money bureaus across the country made a big profit by minting "Dou Ten" and making profits. Later, because the large amount of money was too much and too bad in the official and private sectors, the order was ordered to stop minting, and the court issued silver to recycled as minting as minting.

In the first year of Chongzhen, the "Chongzhen Tongbao" was cast, and it was stipulated that each coin was minted, two coins were used for copper. It was tried to restore the old system of Jiajing and Longqing, but it did not maintain it. However, because the finances of the court were almost collapsed. The local governments were slaughtering, and the coins, words, sizes, and weights were minted. The chaotic methods of the money were even worse than those of Tianqi, and even more so.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Guoqiang instructed the casting of copper coins in the form of "Chongzhen Tongbao". This form is mainly to adapt to the needs of internal and external circulation, and to facilitate the exchange of new and old coins. Although this copper coins weighing 1.25 coins cannot keep up with the standards of the early years, the craftsmanship is exquisite, and the seven copper and three leads are made of materials.

Since its foundry, this kind of good money has been called "Liaodong coins" by the people. It was only circulated in Liaodong at the beginning, and now it is even circulated and used in Nanzhili, Huguang and other places.

"What is the prince staring at the copper coins?"

Suddenly, a soft voice came from the side. It was Mingzheng. In October of the 15th year of Chongzhen, she led more than 400 officials and palace maids married the Ming Dynasty and Zhu Guoqiang.

Although Zhu Guoqiang had already had the prince's concubine and concubine at that time, what kind of concubine he was when he married such a Japanese emperor was still not decided until now, but even so, it did not prevent Zhu Guoqiang from becoming the man who sleeps in the emperor.

Not only did I sleep, but my stomach became bigger.

Although she has been married for more than a year in the Ming Dynasty, Mingzheng's official words are a bit stiff. Looking up at her, she still looks as fresh and natural as when she first met her. It is not very amazing. After all, there are Chen Yuanyuan, Li Xiangjun, Liu Rushi and others at home. Compared to their bright glamor, she is like a girl next door like Yui Aragaki, fresh and lovely.

Of course, the girl next door does not have the identity of the emperor.

This identity is really good. At least in the past year, Japan has been sending people to Dalian to see the Emperor and seek help. This year, Huang Taiji has caused great harm to Japan. Not only has he successfully landed in Japan, but he even rebuilt the Green Camp soldiers in the local area. He also surrendered the foreign Daming, who looks like he wants to conquer Japan.

However, Zhu Guoqiang did not agree to Japan's request for help. After all, the Ming Dynasty's own affairs have not been resolved yet.

Zhu Guoqiang said with a smile:

"Don't underestimate this copper coin. If it is done well, this copper coin is a weapon."

He said with a smile as he held the small copper coin in his hand.

"In the future, if we enter the pass, copper coins will not only be money, but also our weapon to enter the pass and conquer the hearts of the people. Mingzheng, you know, what was the first thing we conquered the hearts of the North Koreans in North Korea?"

"Copper coins are?"

"right!"

Zhu Guoqiang nodded and said.

"The Koreans do not use gold and silver, only copper coins, but Korean copper coins are of poor quality and low copper content. When the Pinglu army entered the country, they bought and sold materials and hired civilians, and all the "Chongzhen Tongbao" cast in Dalian. After the war, no one used Korean copper coins, and the people only recognized "Chongzhen Tongbao" instead of Korean copper coins. Even the Korean government could only change the "Chongzhen Tongbao". To the North Koreans, the Ming Dynasty was a high-ranking Heavenly Kingdom, and now it is based on it..."

Holding the copper coins in his hand, Zhu Guoqiang said with a smile.

"The people of North Korea already know that North Korea is part of the Ming Dynasty. This money-making is related to people's support. The people of North Korea use the Ming Dynasty to make money, so naturally they regard my Ming Dynasty as orthodox and themselves as the people of my Ming Dynasty!"

Although as the emperor, he is actually a decoration and has no interest in these things, and only said:

"Mingzheng doesn't understand these major events, but Mingzheng knows that no matter how good the copper coins are, they are not as good as gold and silver."

Zhu Guoqiang shook his head and laughed:

"It is true that gold and silver are not good, but the people in the world use copper coins to buy and sell materials. Well, after you say that, I remembered it. Speaking of which, it is time to cast new coins."

In fact, whether in the past or present, Zhu Guoqiang has been minting new coins. For example, the Pinglu Army used the "Liaodong Military Pay Silver Dollar", which is a kind of military pay silver dollar imitating the later Long Yang. In addition to one tael of military pay silver dollar, there are five taels of military pay silver dollar. Although these military pay silver dollars are slightly lower than those of silver, they are exquisitely made and accurately measured without having to verify the quality of the silver before weighing the weight, so they are very popular in the market. Small transactions are also very convenient. You don’t need to cut a corner of the silver and just give one tael, five or one qian of military pay silver dollar.

Over the past few years, military pay and silver dollars have long gained a foothold in the market. However, military pay and military pay are military pay, and for Zhu Guoqiang, he wanted to "ushelm the throne."

Money making is related to people's favor. If the people are good at using Dalian money, they will naturally regard me as orthodox!

With successful experience in North Korea, how could Zhu Guoqiang ignore such a war?

"Or what if I do, I'll mint new money first?"

Playing with the copper in his hand, Zhu Guoqiang subconsciously emerged in his mind - "Da Ming Tongbao", and mechanism currency emerged.

In fact, although Dalian has been minting new coins, the new coins have not been enough. This is because the coins are too exquisitely cast and are full of materials. The exquisite Dalian coins were brought to markets in various places by merchants. If it weren't for the use of Japanese copper for minting, not only wouldn't lose money, but would also make money, I'm afraid that the casting here would have stopped.

But the cost of minting is still too high.

Why do you have to mint money?

Now that the steam engine in Dalian has been improved successfully, and has been put into practical use for two years, and even a steam-powered spinning mill has been built. In the future, it can be completely possible to press coins with steam. With steam engines and pressing beds, coins can be made on a large scale, and the cost is low. Merchants can take them out at will. If you bring them to the world, it will save trouble.

As long as the quantity is large and the control is full, the market will soon accept the "Da Ming Tongbao". At that time, it doesn't matter who is orthodox. The most important thing is that as long as the emperor's surname is Zhu, it's fine.

That's right, when the Chongzhen Tongbao in the market was run out by the "Da Ming Tongbao", who is the orthodox in the eyes of the people?

Could it be him Chongzhen?

As he thought so in his heart, Zhu Guoqiang couldn't help but regret it.
Chapter completed!