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The New Year will be here in a few days, and most government departments are on holiday. Even the official work of the Prime Minister's Office is not as busy as usual. Song Jiaoren, who has been busy for half a year, finally has a rare rest.

Similarly, this was Fang Zida's first New Year after returning to China. Feeling the approaching holiday atmosphere, Fang Zida couldn't help but sigh. However, on the afternoon before Little New Year's Eve, Fang Zida did not stay at home to prepare for a peaceful New Year.

, but went to visit Song Jiaoren with a wooden box.

"Zhang Ming, you didn't come here to give me a gift, did you?" Song Jiaoren, who was entertaining friends in the living room, was very happy to see Fang Zida coming, but when he saw the wooden box in his hand, he couldn't help but smile.

Frown.

Fang Zida chuckled, and pushed the wooden box into Song Jiaoren's arms with both hands: "Yes, it's a gift. Take a good look, it's a big gift! No antiques or treasures can compare to this thing. With the New Year's gift,

The joy has been sent to you in advance, tell me, how can you, the Prime Minister, thank me?"

Song Jiaoren was stunned and then smiled. Since Fang Zida said this, how could he not guess what was in the box? He quickly called everyone over to take a look.

The two people were in a daze, and the others stared blankly, not understanding what was going on. Liao Zhongkai and Tang Shaoyi, who only knew a little bit, seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly gathered around.

Slowly opening the wooden box, silver light suddenly shone, and there were exquisitely crafted coins of various sizes inside.

"Is this a newly minted coin?"

"Yes, how about the sample that was just delivered this afternoon? Is it not bad?" Fang Zida asked with a smile.

Carefully taking one out and looking at it carefully under the light, Tang Shaoyi couldn't help but admired: "Beautiful, really beautiful! It has been three years since the Republic of China, and the country finally has its own currency! Zhang Ming, you have done a great job!"

Everyone leaned over to look at it carefully, and they all clucked their tongues in admiration. Indeed, as Tang Shaoyi said, these coins are so beautiful. They are placed one by one in wooden boxes lined with red velvet cloth.

Arranged in three rows, it looks particularly beautiful and eye-catching.

Fang Zida put a lot of thought into this batch of silver coins and auxiliary coins, supervising the entire process from design to processing. It was with great difficulty that he was able to mint a batch before the Spring Festival and have someone deliver it to the capital as soon as possible.

The obverse side of the coin shows the side profile of the head of state, Yuan Shikai, in military uniform. The year of casting is marked on the top. Below the portrait is the mark of the Central Bank of the Republic of China. On the back, there is an olive branch surrounded by a circle pattern. The currency value is minted in the middle. There are also marks on the edges of the front and back.

Cast with complex patterns and sparkling silver, it makes people fall in love with it at first sight.

Among them, the maximum value of silver coins is one yuan, followed by three types of auxiliary silver coins: five jiao, two jiao, and one jiao. The weight and size of auxiliary silver coins are reduced accordingly according to the currency value. At the same time, dime coins are cast in a sixteen-sided shape, and their patterns are

The pattern is also slightly different from the one-yuan silver coin to distinguish it.

Next is the cent coins, which are divided into three categories: five cents, two cents, and one cent. Different from round and dime silver coins, cent coins are made of silver-nickel alloy technology. Although they are not as dazzling as silver coins, they are also cast.

Extraordinarily exquisite and compact. As for the three auxiliary millimeter coins placed in the last row of the box, the millimeter coins are mainly made of copper and nickel, with cents as the currency value, and the size is equal to the cents. They are used to directly replace the popular coins in the market.

Various copper coins. It can be said that these coins will be the main currency of China for a long time.

He took the silver coin and tapped it lightly, and the buzzing sound was long and crisp. Song Jiaoren smiled and nodded repeatedly, and couldn't help but ask: "This silver content is very high! Zhang Ming, how much silver does this one yuan contain?"

How are your central bank’s exchange preparations going?”

"One yuan of silver coins is 26 grams, minted with a ratio of silver to nine coppers, which means it contains 23.4 grams of pure silver. The remaining silver coins are reduced accordingly based on one yuan. Because they are machine-made, the error is extremely small. As for its value setting, the Central Bank

Plans have been made for this, and a standard exchange ratio will be introduced by then. After the official issuance, whether it is private silver coins, copper coins currently used, or various foreign silver coins, etc., they can be exchanged directly at banks according to the exchange table.

At the same time, the foreign exchange exchange system with Western countries will be introduced accordingly, and the specific details will be known to everyone after the year."

Song Jiaoren was still very satisfied with Fang Zida's answer. He nodded with a smile, played with the silver coins in his hand, and asked casually: "Have you informed the president of this good news?"

"Two batches of samples were sent. Sizhen was going back to her parents' house today, so she took the other batch with her." Fang Zida replied with a smile.

"Haha, Zhang Ming is right on both ends!" Wu Jinglian laughed and joked at the side: "You, the quick son-in-law, should spend more time with the bride. The husband and wife should go to the Presidential Palace together to announce the good news. Anyway, Dunchu is here

We are all our own people, so you came here in such a hurry, are you not afraid of being scolded by your old father-in-law?"

What's going on with Wu Jinglian? What was originally a happy thing turned out to be particularly unpleasant when he said it in a weird way. For a moment, everyone was a little embarrassed.

Tang Shaoyi laughed quickly and explained to Fang Zida that there were old rules in Xiangcheng of the Yuan family. The new uncle could not visit before the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month before the Chinese New Year. He had to wait until the second day of the lunar year before visiting. Fang Zida was doing this to protect himself.

The rules of the Yuan family.

Everyone suddenly understood and nodded in agreement. As for whether the Yuan family really had this rule, no one investigated it. At least Fang Zida himself knew that he had never heard of this rule.

"Damn it, have I ever offended you?" I felt very depressed. Wu Jinglian and I didn't have much contact with each other. Except for a few meetings, the two sides had no intersection at all. What was going on?

He was still sulking until Wu Jinglian and others left. Tang Shaoyi, who knew Fang Zida's thoughts, quietly pulled him aside and told him with a smile that Wu Jinglian had always been a romantic person, and at the same time was narrow-minded and good-looking. He once competed for fans over drinking flower wine.

He also got into a fight with a certain congressman on the spot, and chased the jealous congressman out of the yard for fifty taels of silver, which almost caused a big incident. Ever since Fang Zida married Yuan Sizhen, Wu Jinglian felt that Fang Zida was not pleasing to him no matter how he looked at him. To put it bluntly,

It's just jealousy.

There is another thing that Fang Zida has never known until today. He learned it from Tang Shaoyi. It turns out that Wu Jinglian's ancestor is Wu Sangui. He did not learn other skills of his ancestor Wu Sangui, but he did learn the temper of being angry at a beauty.

They are all ten, which has long been an anecdote among people who know each other.

After listening, Fang Zida burst into laughter and shook his head.

The outsiders had almost left, and Fang Zida, Tang Shaoyi and others went directly into Song Jiaoren's study. Since Zida would go south after the holiday, we had to exchange opinions on many things and make arrangements.

What Fang Zida is most concerned about is the enactment of laws by the Congress. If there is no law to follow, nothing can be done. Song Jiaoren reassured Fang Zida that he, the prime minister, is also very concerned about legal matters and will definitely keep an eye on the Congress.

Draft various laws as soon as possible. But slightly different from Fang Zida's concerns, Song Jiaoren is worried about the restructuring of the National Defense Forces. As the Prime Minister, of course he supports the construction of the national army, but after all, the situation in the south is different from that in the north. The second revolution

Although the power of the post-KMT South is greater than that of the Revolutionary Party, some people in the Revolutionary Party still hold a lot of power. I am afraid that the restructuring of the National Defense Force and the separation of military and political affairs will not be that easy.

"The key is not below, but on the side of Brother Dunchu and President Yuan." Fang Zida said confidently: "Labor pain is unavoidable, just like when people are sick. Early illness should be treated early. Although it is more painful to take medicine and have an operation, it can be cured after all.

People are also healthy. If we don’t be ruthless because of certain concerns and let it go, the situation will be uncontrollable in the future!"

"I don't know." Song Jiaoren paused and sighed: "Yixian is in trouble again in Japan. I'm worried that if the Revolutionary Party makes trouble again, I'm afraid..."

Raising his eyebrows, Fang Zida quickly asked: "What is the specific situation? Why don't I know?"

Liao Zhongkai said with a wry smile: "This news just came. It is said that it was caused by legal matters. Yixian learned that Congress was legislating and planned to replace the current provisional law with a formal constitution. He thought that the central government violated the law and shouted

The slogan claims to protect the law."

"Law protector? Who is he fooling?" Fang Zida sneered disdainfully: "The temporary law is just an excess. Does the country always use this kind of thing to govern the country? Legislation is proposed by the government, approved by the president, and approved by the Congress. No matter how it is

It's all in compliance with legal procedures, so what kind of law does he, Sun Wen, use as an excuse to protect? Legislation without his consent is illegal? Who does he think he is? Is he the one who fails to enforce the law?"

"Hey... this Sun Yat-sen, it's really..." Song Jiaoren shook his head and sighed. He was very hateful and angry at this old friend. He was so arbitrary and arbitrary and made trouble everywhere. As the prime minister, Song Jiaoren was really...

The headache doesn't stop.

To be honest, after Song Jiaoren took over as Prime Minister and the two houses of Congress were operating normally, knowledgeable people all over the country saw the hope of successful constitutionalism. Moreover, in these days, Yuan Shikai, as the president, also showed his cooperation with Congress and the Prime Minister.

Coupled with the failure of the second revolution and the increase in the prestige of the central government, Sun Wen's approach has been abandoned by many people, and they have instead cooperated with the central government in the capacity of KMT or other parties to jointly build the country.

However, Sun Wen still has many followers. These politically extreme revolutionaries hold the concept of neither white nor black. They are not only hostile to the central government, but also regard KMT as a lackey of Beiyang. Most of these people are far away from overseas.

Neither Yuan Shikai nor Song Jiaoren could do anything to them, and they had to endure the troubles they made from time to time. If they were not careful, they would get bitten, which was even more annoying than catching bugs all the time.
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