"In this world, there will no longer be records of Emperor Qin collecting the soldiers of the world and casting them as the Twelve Golden Men."
"I have destroyed all the wonders of the Qin Dynasty." When Zhao Tuo left the Qin Palace, he still had a smile on his lips.
He changed history again. Relying on Zhao Tuo's sharp tongue, he successfully persuaded Qin Shihuang not to use the soldiers gathered from the world to cast twelve golden men.
This matter, which was only to satisfy personal desires and wasted money and was not beneficial to the country, was strangled in the cradle.
This time, the weapons from the world collected by Qin will be divided into two parts: iron and bronze. After most of the iron was melted, it would be cast into agricultural tools, which Zhao Tuo called swords into plows to help with farming.
In addition, a small part of the ironware will be melted into twelve small golden figures, which will be placed in the palace as a decoration for the emperor, which can be regarded as a small compensation for his desire to collect.
As for copperware. In the end, after careful consideration, the First Emperor decided to melt down all the bronze wares and turn them into coins to promote the unification of the world's currency.
As for having his face printed on coins for people all over the world to admire, the emperor did not agree.
An important reason is that if the coins are damaged and the portrait is damaged, wouldn't it be an insult to the supreme emperor?
How can such a thing be possible! The emperor is supreme and will never allow anyone to blaspheme! In addition, in actual operation, the half-liang coins circulated in the Qin State had holes in the middle, and it was not easy to print portraits on them.
If it were made into a holeless coin, it would not be able to be strung together. Compared with the half-liang coins of the current Qin State, it would be inconvenient to circulate, so in the end this matter was not approved.
However, the First Emperor did not get rid of Zhao Tuo's idea. Instead, he drew on analogies and came up with a good idea on his own.
The reason why the Qin State respected water virtues was because its ancestor Qin Wengong went hunting and caught a black dragon in the wild, which he considered auspicious.
Therefore, the emperor's image cannot be printed on money, but the black dragon can be printed on coins.
With the hole as the center and dragon shapes all around! This is what the First Emperor himself thought. Coins with black dragons printed on them are circulating in the world. This is a new atmosphere of the new dynasty and can show the majesty of the First Emperor.
Minting new coins is just used to promote the policy of unifying the world's currency. Taking this opportunity, all the old currencies of the seven previous countries, including Qin, were abolished. From then on, only new currencies were circulated, achieving a great unification of currencies.
At the same time, the black dragon is the symbol of the Qin Empire. The black dragon on the coins can declare the majesty of the Qin Dynasty to the world.
The Black Dragon is located in the territory of Great Qin. This approach can unite people's hearts to a certain extent!
"In addition, this black dragon can also be used as an anti-counterfeiting sign to combat those who mint private money. Those who mint counterfeit money cannot make black dragons, and the private money will be difficult to circulate and easy to be exposed. This is very good!" Zhao Tuo thought! Thinking.
As the young man in charge of minting power, although he has been appointed for less than a day, he has already begun to perform his duties faithfully and prepared a plan to crack down on criminals who counterfeit coins.
"Although I killed the Qin Emperor's Twelve Golden Men, I left a new cultural symbol for the Great Qin in this world."
"Black Dragon Coin!" This was the title of the new coin presented by Zhao Tuo when the First Emperor came up with the idea of tattooing a dragon on the money.
Although it sounds weird, it sounds better than half a tael. Thinking of this, Zhao Tuo felt quite proud and walked out of the Qin Palace with light steps.
...The side hall of Qin Palace. The First Emperor withdrew his gaze, turned to look at Zhao Gao who was standing in the palace, and said calmly: "This Young Master Zhao seems to be a little dissatisfied with me for casting the golden man." Zhao Gao's scalp was numb, and he hurriedly bowed and said: " The whole world belongs to Your Majesty, and no one dares to object if Your Majesty wants to cast a golden man."
"I think what the Shaofu said is because he is worried about state affairs. Da Qin wants to unify the world's currency, so it must consume a lot of copper. It is also beneficial to the country to cast these weapons into coins. Moreover, the matter of minting coins is under the Shaofu's control. In charge, I feel that the reason why Mr. Zhao suggested using the weapons of the Six Nations to mint coins is because of his responsibilities and not because he is dissatisfied with His Majesty's gold minter."
"Haha, what a duty." The First Emperor smiled and shook his head. He approved Zhao Tuo's suggestion because the reasons Zhao Tuo put forward were indeed very convincing.
Forging swords into plowshares can help farming. Copper coins can help Qin unify its currency. These are real national events.
In particular, he made coins with dragon patterns and spread them all over the world, accomplishing something that has never been done since ancient times.
The "unified currency" thing, how great that would be! Even the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of ancient times could not match it.
If this matter is completed, it will add more glory and luster to his title of First Emperor. At the same time, it will also bring him great satisfaction.
Compared with this, the attraction of casting twelve golden figures has weakened a lot. As a talented and strategic emperor, the First Emperor knew how to choose.
"This Zhao Tuo always comes up with some strange ideas. I made the right decision by appointing him as the young master."
"I wonder what other good things he can come up with for me?" He looked out of the hall, anticipation flashing in his eyes.
...Official Office of the Young Master.
"Grand Priest, I will leave this place to you." The former Shaofu Zhang Song had a bitter look on his face and handed over the affairs of this place to the new Shaofu Zhao Tuo.
"Thank you Zhang Jun. Without Zhang Jun's help this time, I would have spent a lot of time if I wanted to take control of the young master's house as soon as possible." Zhao Tuo smiled and handed over his thanks.
The former Shaofu was a loyal man, and he had been waiting for him in the Shaofu's official office to hand over.
After meeting Zhao Tuo, Zhang Song gave Zhao Tuo a detailed explanation of many matters needing attention in managing the Shaofu, the status of some ongoing large projects, and the staff in the government office.
This gave Zhao Tuo a general understanding of the entire Shaofu organization even though he was new here.
"Your Majesty, you're welcome." Looking at the particularly young face in front of him, Zhang Song sighed secretly. How could he be willing to go from the high position of Jiuqing Shaofu to being demoted to the distant Kuaiji County in the blink of an eye.
If it were someone else to take over the position of Shaofu, Zhang Song would definitely be extremely resentful in his heart, but in the face of Zhao Tuo, he did not dare, and even had to bow his head and make peace with him.
Nothing more than that, just because this young man is the brightest new star in the current empire, the great hero who unified the world, and the emperor's son-in-law.
Regardless of his title, merit, or the emperor's favor, Zhao Tuo far surpassed Zhang Song. He could only sigh in his heart at his misfortune.
Looking at the former young master with a grimace in front of him, Zhao Tuo could probably guess what he was thinking. He smiled slightly and said: "I went to the land of Wuyue before to chase the traitor Xiong Qi. I know a lot about the land of Kuaiji, and the Yuejun Wuyou who surrendered to Da Qin also has a lot of friendship with me. Since Zhang Jun wants to When I go to Kuaiji to serve as the county guard, I should inform Mr. Zhang about what happened there so that Mr. Zhang can have some information." Zhang Song immediately beamed with joy and thanked him repeatedly.
For the Central Plains, the land of Wu and Yue was simply a place where barbarians lived, especially those barbaric Yue people. Zhang Song felt frightened when he thought about it. Now that Zhao Tuo is willing to share his experience there, it is natural for him. Great thing.
"Shaofu Zhao previously led troops to defeat the Yue people and surrendered to the King of Yue. If he goes to Kuaiji this time, he may be able to borrow his name." Thinking of this, Zhang Song was filled with joy, and even the complaints against Zhao Tuo in his heart were gone. No, I just feel that this Young Master Zhao is also a kind person.
Half an hour later, Zhang Song, the newly appointed governor of Kuaiji, said goodbye to Zhao Tuo happily and left. The Shaofu has completely become Zhao Tuo's territory.
"Come here, call all the young masters." As soon as Zhang Song left, Zhao Tuo suppressed the smile on his face and sent someone to call his subordinates.
Under the Shaofu, there are six Shaofu Chengs, all of whom are Qianshi's rank and are deputy positions of the Shaofu.
"Greetings to the young master." The six young masters had already been waiting outside. When they heard Zhao Tuo's call, they all looked respectful.
They stood in front of Zhao Tuo, not daring to make a sound. Zhao Tuo asked them to introduce themselves first so that they could get to know each other face to face.
"The subordinate is Yin Chang, the Tongcheng of Shaofu, who is responsible for oral taxation and coinage."
"The subordinate is Baigan, the Gongcheng of the Shaofu, who is in charge of making utensils, and is in charge of the examination room, Zuo Yi and other workshop duties."... Among the six prime ministers of the Shaofu, what caught Zhao Tuo's attention was Yin Changhe, the Tongcheng of the Shaofu. Bai Gan, the Gongcheng of Shaofu.
Yin Chang is a bearded man in his forties. He speaks in a calm voice and looks quite smart and capable.
According to what Zhang Song said before, this Yin Chang was not from a noble family, he rose to the position solely based on his ability. He also had a brother, Yin Tong, who was a general under Feng Wuze. He had many military exploits and was promoted to the rank of right concubine.
As for the Shaofu Gongcheng Bai Gan, he has a yellow face and a short beard. He is from the Bai family in Xi County, so he has a good background and can get in through connections.
Zhao Tuo silently went through the information about these two people in his mind, but he didn't care too much. No matter how big their backgrounds were, could these subordinates still be as big as him?
The reason why he paid attention to these two people was because they were responsible for the subsequent destruction of the world's troops.
After Zhao Tuo announced the edict of the First Emperor, he began to issue orders: "Bai Gongcheng, your department is responsible for counting the captured soldiers of the world and separating the copper and iron. The iron tools are made by your department into plowshares and other agricultural tools. As for the bronze items, they are transported Go to Yin Tongcheng's place and wait for new coins to be minted." After saying that, Zhao Tuo turned to look at Yin Chang and ordered: "Yin Tongcheng, you have to make some patterns for the dragon pattern coins first. Submit it to me. If I am satisfied, I will mint new coins according to the pattern. Do you remember it?" Zhao Tuo finished his words.
Yin Chang, Bai Gan and other young officials quickly accepted the promise without any hesitation. Zhao Tuo nodded with satisfaction. He is now the leader of a department. He does not need to handle these matters personally. He only needs to give orders and his subordinates will complete his orders.
However, this is only limited to what these subordinates know. If they want to create something they have never seen before, or even thought of, Zhao Tuo may have to go into battle himself.
Zhao Tuo hesitated for a moment. Today was his first day in office and he didn't want to start a big fight. But he had been wanting to build that thing for several years, and now that the opportunity was in front of him, he really didn't want to wait any longer.
Zhao Tuo thought for a moment and remembered someone.
"Bai Gongcheng, is Zhang Han, the commander of the examination room, your subordinate?" Bai Gan was thinking about destroying the world's weapons and making farm tools. When he heard Zhao Shaofu's call, he quickly bowed and said: "Go back. In the Shaofu, Zhang Han, the commander of the Examination Office, is a subordinate of the subordinates and is responsible for making equipment."
"Well, let the examiner's office come here to see me." Zhao Tuo's eyes were shining. He wanted to give Zhang Han a task that would be famous throughout the ages.
