Speaking of this banknote, Zhu Cijing fell into memories again. The appearance of various banknotes in his previous life kept popping up in his mind, and he couldn't help but murmur: "The new silver bill must be printed on both sides. The pattern must not only be exquisite, but also have the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty. The pattern on the back can be used according to the denomination, such as the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, the Yangtze River sedan chair of the Ming Dynasty, the Yellow River Bridge, the Ming Dynasty train, the Ming Dynasty treasure ship, the Ming Dynasty super battleship, etc. The back should also be marked with the text of various countries, so that most countries know that this is the banknote issued by the Ming Dynasty."

Luo Yangxing remembered it and couldn't help but ask again: "Prince, where did this pattern come from? No one has ever seen anyone else in the Great Wall you said before!"

Zhu Cijiu rolled his eyes when he heard this. He wanted to teach such a simple thing. He said angrily: "Isn't this simple? In the name of the Royal Japanese Bank of the Ming Dynasty, a notice was issued in the Beijing News. Everyone can choose one or several subjects to draw it, and then send it to the capital. Any paintings of a certain level will be rewarded with 100 taels, and any those selected and printed on paper money will be rewarded with 100,000 taels. In this way, as long as you spend more than 100,000 taels, the new banknotes to be issued will be known to everyone in the entire Ming Dynasty. Do you understand?"

Everyone here seems to know a little about advertising. When they heard this, they began to praise the emperor's wisdom again. Only Xu Erjue bowed and said carefully: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for my courage. If you are in the name of the Ming Dynasty Royal Rixing Bank, most scholars may not buy it. It is better for me to discuss with my grandfather to host a national calligraphy and painting competition in the name of the Ministry of Rites. All the winning works were bought by the Ming Dynasty Royal Rixing Bank. In addition to 10,000 taels of silver, the first prize will also be reduced to the newly issued silver notes for permanent souvenirs. In this way, it will surely become a cultural event that has been recorded in history, and the publicity effect will be even better."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Cijiu couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praise: "Erjue's proposal is very good, just do it."

Seeing that the emperor was so happy, everyone couldn't help but praise Xu Erjue again. The Ming Dynasty has been following it for nearly three hundred years, and other good habits have not been carried forward. This flattery is becoming increasingly popular. However, if you don't hit people with smiles, they say good things. You can't catch them and scold them. Zhu Cijiong had no choice but to raise his hand and press it down: "Okay, continue talking about paper money."

Who dared not to listen to the emperor's sage? When everyone heard this, they immediately shut up and closed their voices. Zhu Cijiu cleared his throat and continued: "The back is almost like this. Next, the front must have a capital Chinese denomination. It is best to bring Arabic numerals with them. These are arranged on the left. As for the right, a pattern that best represents the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty must be printed. Think about it, what pattern should be used."

The pattern that best represents the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty was really stumped by everyone. What can best represent the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty? Everyone frowned and thought hard. Of course, Zhu Cijing knew what was printed on the right side of the banknotes in later generations, but he didn't want to do this.

Unexpectedly, he didn't want to. Someone seemed to think of it. Zhu Youjian, who had been sitting for a long time, suddenly pointed at Zhu Cijiu and said, "Weichen thought of it."

Those who dare to point at Zhu Cijiu like this in the world are probably Zhu Youjian and the two empress dowagers. Zhu Cijiu is so depressed. He is not depressed because he is pointed at, but because he is about to be printed with paper money.

But he never thought that Zhu Youjian was not referring to him at all, but his clothes, to be precise, the five-clawed golden dragon on his dragon robe. Zhu Youjian pointed to the five-clawed golden dragon on his dragon robe and said excitedly: "This five-clawed golden dragon is the pattern that best represents the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, after printing this, we can also give the banknote a very loud name, that is: dragon coins!"

This is the ups and downs of life. Zhu Cijiu, who was depressed the moment before, almost jumped up when he heard this. He couldn't help but pat his hands and praised: "Uncle Wu was right, and the five-clawed golden dragon pattern was printed on the front, and the dragon coin was good. This name is loud enough."

The creative idea of ​​Dragon Coin is really good, and it invisibly adds a lot of credibility to the new silver bill. This is the five-clawed golden dragon, the five-clawed golden dragon representing the Ming Empire. With the Ming Empire's reputation as the top, the difficulty of issuing this banknote has been reduced a lot.

Seeing that everyone was hyping up his fifth uncle again, Zhu Cijiu quickly raised his hand and interrupted: "Okay, let's talk about the denomination of this new silver bill. I think that if the new silver bill is accepted by everyone, the denomination of this silver bill cannot be too large. Think about it, it is always unreliable to exchange a piece of paper for a cart of silver or a box of gold. Therefore, I think the maximum denomination of the new silver bill cannot exceed one hundred taels. Moreover, for the convenience of use, small denominations must also be available, such as one tael, five cents, and one cent, all of which must be available."

When everyone heard this, they thought about it and nodded and agreed. If it was to be circulated on the market, the denomination should not be too large. Not to mention anything else, if someone suddenly took out a silver note of 5,000 or even 10,000 taels to buy things at a small business, where can they find a small business? The entire business is probably not enough for ten thousand taels. One piece of paper is worth a business. This is indeed unreliable and extremely unfavorable for promotion.

The discussion on the new silver bill is almost over here. Zhu Cijiu immediately encouraged: "Everyone should have confidence in issuing paper money. Although metal currencies such as gold, silver and copper are deeply rooted in people's hearts, metal currencies have many shortcomings, such as inconvenient to carry. If a poor man is just a few copper coins, how much money can he carry on him? One hundred taels of gold can exhaust people to death. It is even more inconvenient to do business.

Let’s not talk about the intention for now. If it is a big business of hundreds of thousands of taels or even millions of taels, then the silver will be pulled by car and hundreds of thousands of cars, and hundreds of thousands of cars of silver will be pulled outside. Isn’t this merchant afraid? Therefore, I believe that the banknotes are an inevitable trend to replace metal currency. The reason why it has never been replaced is mainly because there is no credibility foundation. Now this foundation is gradually established. The dragon coins of the Ming Dynasty will definitely replace gold and silver and become the circulating currency of countries around the world.

When everyone heard this, they all showed an excited look. Yes, with the development of business, more and more money is used, and the number is getting bigger and bigger. Why can the Royal Japanese Bank of the Ming Dynasty issue nearly 400 million taels of silver notes? It is because it is too inconvenient to carry gold and silver. It has been 100,000 taels, and few people dare to pull it out. However, now the business of 100,000 taels is too common and can be seen almost everywhere in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, many merchants choose silver notes. From this, it seems that the banknotes instead of metal currency is the same as the emperor said, and it is an inevitable trend.
Chapter completed!