Chapter 255: Infant Status, New Currency

Although the dynasty has relaxed the restrictions on the condensation of heaven and earth status, and the birth of the prince has brought about the opportunity for the resonance of the rules of heaven and earth, most people have condensed the seeds of heaven and earth status, and some have even condensed heaven and earth status.

But this does not include infants and young children.

Because infants and young children are mentally weak, have incomplete cognition, and have not made any commitments to their bodies and souls, they naturally cannot connect to the national destiny, let alone attract the rules of heaven and earth.

Therefore, they cannot even evolve the seeds of heaven and earth status.

However, in order to celebrate the birth of their first child, the prince, and for the infants and young children of the world, the dynasty directly consumed the national destiny and evolved the heaven and earth status of infants and young children.

Because the bodies and souls of infants and young children are weak.

Therefore, their heaven and earth status does not contain much power, nor does it have any attack or defense capabilities.

However, it can directly connect to the national destiny, be protected by the national destiny of the Heavenly Dynasty, and be able to turn disaster into good fortune.

At this moment, above all infants and young children, there is a group of bright yellow national destiny gathering, hanging down strands of bright yellow light, protecting them.

After receiving this information, all the people of the Celestial Empire bowed down in the direction of the capital where the dragon and the phoenix met.

"Your Majesty is great!"

"My emperor is immortal."

"The Celestial Empire will prosper forever."

"May the prince live a long and healthy life, and be both wise and brave."

"May the prince prosper forever, and shine forever in the universe."

In an instant, the people's hearts and minds gathered, and boundless purple air rose instantly.

Looking at the sky full of flowers, golden lotuses surging from the ground, and boundless purple air filling the world, like a fairyland, the envoys of various countries were all dumbfounded.

Although in recent years, their countries have also begun to give birth to extraordinary people, with national destiny dragon qi, true qi internal strength, martial arts masters, etc.

However, like the Celestial Empire now, just because the prince was born, the auspicious visions filled the world, which they had never seen before, and they didn't even dare to think about it.

Shang Ning, the former Ryukyu King who had just arrived in the capital, and now the third-class earl of the Celestial Empire, looked at the strange phenomena that filled the world and listened to the faint cries of babies that sounded like the sound of the Great Dao, and could not help but gradually sink into it.

The rules of heaven and earth and the innate energy surged, cleansing the body and soul, and the whole body and mind seemed to usher in a new life.

When the endless strange phenomena dissipated, he slowly came back to his senses and couldn't help but tiptoe. He felt light and strong all over, and his ears and eyes were sharp.

At this moment, he couldn't help but feel extremely fortunate and proud. Joining the Celestial Empire was the most correct and wise decision he made.

The envoys of other countries felt sincere fear.

If such a Celestial Empire attacked them, how would they resist?

Many of them decided to persuade their own king after returning.

Since the Celestial Empire does not accept vassal states, why not just learn from the Ryukyu King and ask for submission?

If it really doesn't work, they will also bring their families to the Celestial Empire, and it would be best if they could find a way to have a household registration in the Celestial Empire.

Only then will they be truly safe.

Amidst all the turmoil, it was not until June 19th, when the prince's full moon passed, that things finally gradually returned to normal because of the celebration of the prince's birth.

At that time, Wang Chao was sitting in the Qianqing Palace, listening to the report of the Honglu Temple Minister.

"The gift from Wusi Zang is 8,000 taels of silver, 1,000 taels of gold, and a number of jewels."

"The gift from Daxi is 100,000 taels of silver, 5,000 taels of gold, and a number of jewels."

Listening to the report of the Honglu Temple Minister, Wang Chao couldn't help but tap the table lightly and fell into deep thought.

He was not thinking about how much silver each country had offered, but about the silver and money units.

Money, taels, and jin seemed too complicated and general. It was difficult to determine the specific jin in silver and money transactions unless it was weighed with precise scales.

Moreover, various money houses across the country seemed extremely chaotic, and usury was even more common.

Although the emergence of the dynasty has almost eliminated hunger in the world.

However, when encountering some situations, people still borrow money at high interest rates.

Now that the country is completely stable, it is time to deal with these things.

On the other hand, after the Honglu Temple Minister finished his report, he waited for a long time without a response from the dynasty, and couldn't help but feel uneasy.

Could it be that the emperor thinks these gifts are too little?

At this moment, Wang Chao suddenly came back to his senses, looked at the Minister of Honglu Temple and said:

"Since this is a gift from the prince, it should be temporarily put into the Kunning Palace's back storehouse. You can go down and file it."

"Yes!"

After the Minister of Honglu Temple left, Wang Chao thought of what he had thought before, looked at the eunuch Zhang Xu, and said:

"Notify the cabinet chief Wuchang, the Minister of Works Zhou Tie, and the Minister of Revenue Ji Mingyuan to come to discuss matters."

"Yes!"

After a while, the cabinet chief Wuchang, accompanied by the Minister of Works Zhou Tie and the Minister of Revenue Ji Mingyuan, came to the Qianqing Palace.

After a round of greetings, the three of them sat down separately.

Except for some special places, there is no etiquette in the Celestial Empire that the emperor sits and other civil and military ministers stand.

Whether it is the Qianqing Palace or other places, there are corresponding chairs.

After everyone sat down, Wang Chao said what he thought.

"Nowadays, it is inconvenient to carry silver and money transactions, money houses are in chaos, and loan sharks are everywhere, which has a great impact on people's livelihood and commerce."

"Your Majesty, do you want to reform the monetary system?"

Ji Mingyuan's eyes lit up immediately after hearing the music and he asked quickly.

He already had some ideas about coins and banks, but they were not perfected yet, so he did not report them to the dynasty.

"Well, I intend to set up a mint to mint coins belonging to the Celestial Empire.

They are roughly divided into copper coins, silver coins and gold coins, which can also be called copper coins, silver coins and gold coins.

1 gold dollar = 1,000 silver dollars;

1 silver dollar = 1,000 copper dollars.

The currency denominations are set to one hundred yuan, fifty yuan, twenty yuan, ten yuan, five yuan, and one yuan.

Then, Tianchao banks similar to banks will be established all over the world to carry out low-interest lending and storage business."

Listening to Chao Chao's narration, Ji Mingyuan and the other three nodded thoughtfully.

According to the Dynasty, this is actually similar to banknotes and Ming Dynasty treasure notes.

However, there is indeed gold and silver here, but the content is not that high.

Take silver as an example. One silver dollar is equivalent to one tael of silver.

However, in fact, the silver content of silver dollars is definitely not that much. No matter how large the denomination is, five yuan, ten yuan or even one hundred yuan, the silver content will not be much more than one silver dollar.

When he heard the last part, Wuchang couldn't help but spoke in a deep voice.

“This can indeed greatly facilitate people’s livelihood and commerce, and provide a specific ration for gold and silver transactions.

However, this will inevitably lead to private counterfeiting. How can we avoid it? "

"Well, we can research special techniques, cast it with a special alloy ratio, and even engrave it with special runes, which will make it difficult for the public to imitate."

Zhou Tie, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, pondered for a moment and said.

"There are countless folk wonders, so it may not be impossible to imitate them.

Moreover, how should ordinary people judge the authenticity of currency? "

Ji Mingyuan also expressed his concerns.

And his last worry was the most important thing.

If this cannot be solved, countless counterfeit coins will inevitably flood the market.

"this"

For a moment, Zhou Tie also became embarrassed.

Ask him to study advanced coin casting methods, and he will naturally do his part.

However, it would be a bit difficult for him to develop coins that were not easy to be counterfeited and could be easily distinguished by ordinary people.

"hehe."

Just as the three of them were frowning and thinking about a solution, Chao Chao suddenly chuckled.

"The Holy One has a solution?"

The three of them looked at Dynasty together.

"Haha, you are really fans of the authorities. Isn't the method that is easiest to distinguish, but absolutely impossible to be imitated, right in front of you?"

"Right before our eyes?"

"Please ask Your Majesty to clarify my doubts."

"National destiny!"

Wang Chao smiled and said two words.

"National destiny?" ×3.

The three of them spoke together.

To be honest, the three of them have never thought about the fate of the country.

After all, the national destiny is related to the fate of a country. How could they easily use the national destiny? Not to mention coin minting.

However, when the dynasty mentioned the destiny of the country, after some consideration, everyone's eyes gradually brightened, and they all felt that it was indeed feasible.

However, everyone immediately frowned again.

Naturally, no one can imitate the national destiny, but how should it be integrated into coins?

Seeing everyone's confusion, Chao Chao explained:

"Gold, silver, and jade are excellent objects that carry the national destiny. As long as I allow it, the coins minted by the Mint will naturally have a certain amount of national destiny."

"If that's the case, then there's no problem."

"Um!"

"Moreover, we can also make these coins contain different numbers of national fortunes and distinguish the different numerical denominations of the coins."

"Yes, yes, that's it."

"We can also set it up so that with only a slight stimulation of force, the coins can shine with different lights of national destiny.

When the time comes, people will naturally be able to tell the true from the false at a glance."

"Um!"

Watching the discussion between Ji Mingyuan and Zhou Tie, Chao Chao nodded from time to time.

In fact, the dynasty originally wanted to use paper money.

With today's manufacturing technology and the assistance of magical powers, it is absolutely possible to produce banknotes that are not inferior to those of later generations, or even better.

Coupled with the existence of national destiny, it is impossible to fake.

However, because of the excessive issuance of Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes during the Ming Dynasty, the people really did not have much trust in banknotes.

I'm afraid even with the dynasty's endorsement, most people would still have some hesitations.

Therefore, the dynasty directly combined the two, first casting currency with the same material, and then storing bank exchange notes, so that the people gradually became accustomed to paper notes, and gradually promoted paper money.

Anyway, he has plenty of time and doesn't care about the extra time he spends.

Doesn’t China have that old saying since ancient times? Governing a big country is like cooking small dishes.

As long as there are no special circumstances, it is always right to govern the country more steadily, slower, step by step, and develop steadily.

After some discussion, Dynasty finally looked at Zhou Tie.

"Zhou Tie, go back and study with others, synthesize the opinions you just mentioned, and develop the latest coins as soon as possible."

"Yes! I will do my best to develop new coins as soon as possible."

Time flew by, and three days passed quickly. Zhou Tie asked to see him again.

"Your Majesty, this is the new type of coin developed by me and my colleagues at the Mint Bureau."

Zhou Tie said, and took out eighteen coins from the storage bag on his waist, which were gold, silver and copper coins of different denominations.

In addition to the different casting materials, the size is also different.

Generally speaking, the larger the face value of the coin, the larger it is.

However, the copper coin is not brass, but bronze, which makes it easier to distinguish between gold and copper.

Moreover, no matter what kind of coin it is, it is flat and has no holes, engraved with different exquisite portraits, unlike the copper coins in the past, which have square holes in the middle.

In the past, the reason why copper coins were like this, in addition to the meaning of the round sky and square earth, was more for the convenience of carrying.

But now it is different. With the gradual maturity of manufacturing, rune engraving and other processes, the mass production of storage bags has gradually become possible.

At that time, a palm-sized square storage bag can hold several cubic items.

Carrying money will no longer be a problem.

In this case, there is no need to make square-hole coins.

Wang Chao picked up the coins one by one to check. There were exquisite patterns on the back, mountains, rivers, and state, and the portrait of the dynasty, and the words one, five, and ten surrounded by dragons and phoenixes on the front.

Moreover

Wang Chao glanced at Zhou Tie and looked down at a copper coin in his hand again.

What they did was far beyond his expectations.

A little power was injected into it, and the copper coin trembled slightly.

The next moment, the copper coin burst into a faint green glow, the words were clearly visible, and the surrounding dragons and phoenixes seemed to be alive and began to fly around the numbers.

And

Wang Chao turned his palm, and the pattern on the back of the copper coin instantly projected a faint green glow, and nine small bronze tripods floated in the green glow.

This is exactly the bronze coin pattern engraved by Zhou Tie and others based on the ancient legend of Dayu casting the tripod.

Looking at the nine small bronze tripods, Wang Chao couldn't help but smile and said: "You are really thoughtful!"

"Hehe, serving the emperor and being loyal to the country, naturally you have to be perfect"

"Hey!"

Wang Chao smiled, picked up another silver coin, injected power to activate it, and instantly projected a silver glow, and the image displayed in it was the territory map of the Celestial Empire.

Taking the gold coin again, a golden light was projected, with Wang Chao's figure in it, and behind him were Wang Dahu and other civil and military officials and soldiers.

After that, there were people from different professions such as scholars, farmers, merchants and industrialists.

Looking at these coins, Wang Chao could not help but nod with great satisfaction.

Even if it was not attached to the national destiny, I am afraid that no one would be able to imitate it in a short time, and the people could tell it apart instantly.

As soon as he thought about it, the national destiny around him suddenly gathered and instantly sank into the eighteen coins.

"Buzz buzz buzz"

In an instant, the eighteen coins vibrated violently, slowly floated up, and began to shine one by one.

In the end, the three colors of gold, silver, and blue intertwined with each other, revealing a picture of mountains, rivers, and the country, on which there were the dynasty and the civil and military officials, as well as the images of the people.

Even because of the connection with the national destiny, they can even zoom in and out, and watch every scene of the Celestial Empire in real time.