With Xiao Yuan's proclaimed emperor, the land of China, which symbolized the fragmentation of mountains and rivers, has completed its final unification.
All people in the world have returned to their hearts.
At this time, the thing that civil and military officials are most concerned about is undoubtedly the granting of titles.
When the world was uncertain, we were just ministers of the vassal states, but now we are ministers of the Qin Empire, and our status and status are completely different.
Just like the Ministry of Household Affairs, which used to be in charge of people's livelihood and household registration in one area, but now it is in charge of the whole world, can it be the same?
Chang'an City, Notice Office.
The place was already crowded with people, including some traders with mules and horses, who stopped to watch.
The number of people was increasing, blocking traffic. In a street tea shop not far away, Widow Zhao had just made a pot of tea and found that all the guests at the tables had disappeared, leaving only one city gate officer and soldier.
"Damn you thieves, you don't want to have tea but you come here to entertain me."
She cursed along the notice, and when she turned around, she showed a charming smile and walked up to the officers and soldiers: "Brother Li, what is written on this notice that attracted so many people to come."
"Your Majesty's edict."
"Huh? Emperor?"
Ignoring her surprise, the officers and soldiers finished their tea, took Widow Zhao's hand, put in two copper coins, and calmly said: "I still have to be on duty. If I can't stay long, I'll see you again in the evening."
"Damn ghost! Just eat and wipe it clean every time. It's a beautiful idea!" Widow Zhao rolled her eyes at him, then looked at the copper coin in her hand, and couldn't help but wonder: "What is this?"
"Money and good things are hard to come by now. You'll know after a while." The officer and soldier chuckled and left.
Although the new coins have not yet been fully issued, there are already some in the Chang'an official office, and most of them are monthly salary.
Staring at the two copper coins in her hand, Widow Zhao looked back and forth. They were round, with a square hole in the middle. They were bright copper in color and extremely fine workmanship. There were words on the front and words on the back, but she didn't recognize them, but the coins were very... It was so beautiful that she couldn't put it down.
The number of people on the other side of the notice was still increasing. Widow Zhao looked at it, put away the tea set, and walked over.
At the front of the notice, some people shouted and asked: "What is written? What is written on it? Is there any literate brother who can tell everyone?"
Just after the war, the current prevalence of literacy is basically difficult to find in a village.
But this is Chang'an, and there are many scholars. Immediately, a scholar said: "It says that in order to protect the national price balance and prevent north-south commerce and market chaos, the country will issue new currency in the first year of Wude."
After saying this, there was a commotion immediately:
"It's the end of the year now, and the first year of Wude is just over ten days away."
"What does the new currency mean? The old currency can no longer be used?"
"Give way, please give way, let me see what is written on the notice."
"Hey, isn't this Widow Zhao? Why are you squeezing? You can't read, so it's all for nothing."
"Who said I can't read?"
"Don't make any noise, folks. There's a lot more to this, and I haven't finished it yet."
The scholar said: "Old coins can be exchanged for new coins at the same value, and the country will complete the comprehensive unification of currency within a year. Therefore, Xiao Ke advises the villagers to exchange their old coins at home as soon as possible after the new coins are issued." Currency exchange, you may not know when the old currency will no longer be in circulation.”
"So that's it, what does the new currency look like?"
"I didn't know, it hasn't been actually issued yet." The scholar said: "But it is written on it that the new coins are copper coins with round square holes, and the amounts are 1 Wen, 10 Wen, and 100 Wen."
"Copper coins? One cent and ten cents?"
The people were whispering to each other and discussing.
Widow Zhao looked at her two copper coins, raised her hand and said, "I have copper coins here, are they like this?"
"Are you kidding me? You're a widow selling tea. How can you get new money?"
"Hey, you thief, what's going on? You can't have anyone else if you don't have one?"
Widow Zhao was not someone who was easy to bully, she shouted: "Just now a government official had tea at my place and gave me tea money."
As he spoke, he took out one and showed it off to everyone.
People saw that she really had copper coins, and that they were really round and square holes. They couldn't help but be curious and gathered them one after another.
The scholar also held up his hands and said, "Madam, can you give me this money?"
Being noticed by the crowd, Widow Zhao felt quite radiant. Seeing that the scholar was polite, she extended her hand generously: "Here, but you have to pay me back after seeing it."
"It's natural." The scholar took it, observed it carefully for a while, and nodded slowly: "With such fine workmanship and pattern carving, it must be a new coin."
After saying this, he returned it to Widow Zhao and said, "This is 10 cents, which can buy more than three kilograms of grain."
"This is 10 cents."
"It looks so beautiful."
"With just one copper coin, you can buy three kilograms of rice. It's much more convenient than buying a lot of things before."
"Widow Zhao, if you can exchange the copper coins, I can give you some tea oil."
"If you don't want to change it, don't think too much about it." Widow Zhao felt that she had become a rare treasure. How could she be willing to do so?
These common people, the scholar couldn't help but secretly laugh, and said loudly: "In a few days, the whole of Chang'an will issue new coins, and then the national currency will be unified. From now on, all places in the world will use this kind of copper coins. The value of 10 Wen is 10 Wen, don’t think too much.”
"There are also 1-cent and 100-cent coins. The exchange rate between copper coins and silver is that one tael of silver is equal to 300 copper coins."
Everyone suddenly understood and understood the contents of the notice. Some people couldn't help but asked: "Is the content on this notice true? Is it just a general announcement?"
"Ha." The literate rich man sneered and pointed at the red seal at the end of the official document: "Do you know what that is?"
"What's that?"
"The Emperor's Jade Seal."
ah! ?
Everyone was shocked and their expressions changed. To the people, this was a supreme existence, and such a reaction was perfectly normal.
The rich man pointed to the beginning of the official document: "Do you know what that is?"
"What?" The man who asked the question had a trembling voice.
"The Prime Minister's writing." Young Master said: "To put it bluntly, this is not a notice, but an edict from the Emperor of Qin. It was issued by the Prime Minister's Mansion to inform the world."
"This young master is right, this is an edict and it applies to the whole world." The scholar from before continued.
People's Adam's apples slid and they couldn't help but swallow.
A businessman leading a mule and horse said: "Your Majesty is wise, this is a great good!"
"I often travel around. Sometimes I use knife coins in the northern market, and when I go to the south, I use shell coins. Not only is it troublesome to convert, but also the loss. Now that the national currency is unified, there is no need to worry about it. These are the problems.”
"That's right." Another person said: "In the past, I used some scraps of silver and had to be cut up and cut by the store. There was nothing I could do if it was lost. Now with this copper coin, it can be converted from 1 to 10 cents. The conversion is extremely convenient. "
"Not only that, I used to use a lot of currency to buy a few things in the south. I carried dozens of kilograms of money to move around. Not to mention how tortured it was. If I had these copper coins, I would have to carry a few 10-cent coins. You can take to the streets” (End of Chapter)
