"Your Majesty, the newspaper office is opened by the Marquis of Qinghe. Why would you invite him? Maybe this matter will be easily solved!" A minister stood up and put down the plate, throwing this difficult problem to a Marquis.

"Not bad, Qinghe Hou must have a solution!"

"The free delivery of special issues must be approved by the Hou Qinghe, otherwise the newspaper office would not dare to do this. Maybe the Hou Qinghe had already had a complete plan!"

"Yes, yes!" All the civil and military officials in the court nodded and agreed, saying that this matter could not be solved by the Hou Qinghe.

"Go and ask the Marquis of Qinghe to discuss matters!" Qin Shihuang ordered the envoy next to him.

"Here~" The envoy withdrew from the back hall and took two palace servants to the Qinghe Marquis' Mansion in a car.

"My dear friends, the two positions of the CRRC Office and the Ministry of Rites have been vacant for nearly ten days. The two prime ministers have recommended two candidates to me, which is very consistent with my wish. Where is the General Lang's Chief Yang Zhu?"

"I'm here!" An official who was nearly fifty years old and gray-bearded stood up excitedly.

"From today, Yang Zhu is promoted to the Ministry of Rites. I hope my dear will be diligent in the affairs of the Ministry of Rites in the future. Don't be careless!"

"Thank you for your grace, I will definitely live up to your great trust!" Yang Zhu's excited words were a little knotted.

"Where is the envoy, Su Yue?"

"I'm here!" A slightly tall and thin official stood up excitedly.

"From today, Su Yue will be promoted to the rank of the CRRC. I hope you will abide by self-discipline and help me manage the jade seal and make edicts!"

"Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness!" Su Yue's excited voice trembled slightly.

Next, he handled several important government affairs in succession. Chen Xu followed the envoy to the outside of the court with two dark circles. He walked to the door of the court and stuffed a bun into his mouth with his sleeves. He then wiped his mouth clean with his sleeves, so that the envoy could go in and inform him.

Last night, Chen Xu drank a bowl of beef bone soup carefully stewed by my mother. Chen Xu was excited for the middle of the night and felt like there was an electric small motor inside his body. He had enough oil and had been galloping on his wife for about half a night. He was about to sleep in the morning, but he didn't expect that the sleeping messenger came to him to go to court.

It's only six o'clock, it's a good time to sleep in. Why did the emperor call him to court? It made him so depressed that he could not express himself. He could only maliciously think that the emperor was old and could not move the fields, and envious of him, a newly married expert in farming.

The messenger walked into the hall and spread it. Soon the messenger's long shout came from the hall: "Please enter the hall by the Marquis of Qinghe~"

So Chen Xu choked his neck and rolled his eyes and swallowed the buns, then tidied up his court clothes and hair, and walked into the hall with a harmless smile on his face.

The civil and military officials in the court sat on both sides and looked at him like a monkey, but Chen Xu ignored it. Every time he came to court, the civil and military officials in the court had such shameless virtues.

Chen Xu bowed to Qin Shihuang who was sitting high on the dragon throne: "See Your Majesty!"

"My dear, please take your seat!" Qin Shihuang nodded slightly with a smile. Chen Xu quickly walked to the front of his exclusive chair and stood up, bowing and saluting again: "Your Majesty, I wonder what happened to summon me suddenly?"

"It's about this special issue today..." Qin Shihuang said something about what he had just discussed in the court in a few words, then looked at Chen Xu with anticipation and said, "I wonder if my dear friend can come up with a good way in this matter!"

"Your Majesty, this matter is easy. Newspapers are originally a kind of business, so naturally they have their source of money. Moreover, newspapers do not make money by ten yuan per copy, but have a larger source of income. It is just that newspapers are just starting out, with small circulation and small circulation range. Therefore, I have not developed the way to make money. Therefore, you don't need to worry about printing special issues that are popular in the world. I have planned it and plan to print 100,000 copies for free!"

"100,000?" Suddenly, screams of exclamations rang out from the court.

According to many people's speculation, even if Chen Xu had a countermeasure, he would probably grit his teeth and print 20,000 or 30,000 copies. After all, it is distributed for free. Even if labor is not counted as money, paper and ink still require money. Thirty or 50,000 copies are a considerable expense. But no one expected that Chen Xu would say 100,000 copies, and he looked lightly, and he didn't seem to care about it at all.

One hundred thousand servings, that is one million coins, which is equivalent to nearly 30,000 stones of grain. Shangqing, who has a gold seal and purple ribbon, only 3,000 stones of official rank in a year. He only accumulated it for ten years without eating or drinking.

Therefore, Chen Xu's words were heard, not only the officials exclaimed, but also Qin Shihuang's expression was very excited. He stood up and looked at Chen Xu and said, "You are not wrong?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, it's just a hundred thousand pieces, I won't go back on my word!" Chen Xu bowed with a smile.

"Okay, I know that this matter will definitely not be a problem!" Qin Shihuang sat down happily, and then began to continue to handle other government affairs with civil and military officials.

Damn it, I yelled out of the bed so much that I was so hot that I yelled out of the bed. After asking, I hung it aside?

Seeing Qin Shihuang and the civil and military officials in the court handling government affairs enthusiastically, Chen Xu felt a urge to be a dog, but when he came, he could only force himself to sit on the chair and listen, and then... he couldn't help but yawn... he yawned again... he yawned again... he yawned again... he yawned again...

I did not sleep well last night. It seems that I still have to be more modest in the future. I can’t do all the shy and shameless exercises all night, which is very exhausting.

Half an hour passed by, Chen Xu was almost asleep, and Li Si used the tablet in his hand to wake him up.

"Marty Qinghe, Your Majesty calls you!" Chen Xu suddenly opened his eyes and found that Li Si was still poking his arm hard.

"Your Majesty, I have not slept well recently!" Chen Xu stood up with his mouth wiped.

"It's okay, the Young Mansion Order just mentioned the problem of being too slow to mint money. I wonder if my dear friend can solve it?" Qin Shihuang waved his hand indifferently. It was not the first time he saw Chen Xu dozing off in the court, and he was already used to it.

"Marking money slowly, you can make the face value bigger and solve it!" Chen Xu bowed and said.

"Qinghe Marquis, what is the meaning of increasing the face value...?" Zhao Wei, the young mansion, was very excited.

At present, almost all copper mines have been controlled by the Shaofu, and all copper smelting in the copper and iron workshops have been banned. All the rights to copper smelting are taken over to the Shaofu. There is no shortage of copper at present, but the speed of minting coins is too slow to keep up with the monetary reform that will be officially implemented. Therefore, his hair is almost white. In addition, Feng Quji suddenly asked him for money in the court just now, so when the court was about to disperse, Zhao Wei decided to hand over this problem to the emperor to solve. Then the emperor was very familiar with the road and remembered the Qinghe Hou sitting next to him.

Ask Li Si if you are undecided, and ask Chen Xu for other questions.

This is the most direct and simplest idea of ​​Qin Shihuang.

So after signaling Li Si to wake Chen Xu up, Chen Xu, who was drooling, easily proposed a solution.

"The meaning of increasing the face value... Well, it means to mark the coins with numbers to indicate different amounts of coins. For example, we only have two kinds of coins at present. The first is copper coins. The court stipulated that half a liang of coins, and one liang of coins is one qian, and the second is gold, one liang of small cakes is two hundred coins, and a big cake is four thousand coins. However, gold is expensive and ordinary people cannot get it at all. They are all concentrated in the hands of rich merchants. Therefore, the coins circulating on the market are only one qian copper coins. If someone wants to buy a thousand coins, they need to carry a full thirty kilograms of copper coins, which is a huge burden. But if we cast a coins that are one qian, then the transaction only needs more than three hundred copper coins. If we cast a copper coins that are one qian, then the transaction only needs ten copper coins..."

"Qinghe Hou, if you mint coins with a larger denomination, the weight will also have to be several times larger. The quantity will be reduced, but the weight will not be lighter!" A minister asked in confusion, and most people also looked the same.

"No!" Chen Xu shook his head, "The current half twelve zhu is heavy. I think it is too heavy. The new currency should be lighter. In this way, it will be more labor-saving and convenient for people to carry coins when they go out. Therefore, I think it is more appropriate to reduce it by at least half on the basis of today's coins. It is just right to weigh five zhu. The two sides of the coins are yin and yang, and they also secretly conform to the principles of heaven. Money is wealth and fortune, so the amount of coins also represents the rise and fall of the country. If the more money, the country will flourish, and the less money will lead to the decadence of the country. My Great Qin now has a solid foundation and unified China.

Of course, the more money, the better. Therefore, it is definitely not enough to have such a coin per coin. With the gradual advancement of currency reform, the use of coins is getting bigger and bigger, and transactions are becoming more and more frequent. It is very troublesome to encounter large-scale transactions. Moreover, it is too slow to mint coins, so it will inevitably lead to many problems. Now the right to mint coins in Shaofu, and the right to explain is also in Shaofu. We use Wuzhu to mint one coin, ten zhu to mint coins in five coin, ten zhu to mint coins in ten zhu, and one or two to mint coins in fifty coins in five zhu..."

"Hiss~" Chen Xu said this, and a sound of gasping in the court instantly sounded.

There was no fool in the civil and military officials in the court, otherwise he would not be able to stand in this position. Chen Xu hadn't even turned around when talking about the face value issue, but now Chen Xu explained that everyone was completely shocked by Chen Xu's idea of ​​opening up.

"Qinghe Hou, this... isn't this...unsense? Ordinary people are illiterate, and the weight difference between coins is too small, which may cause chaos!" An official from the Ministry of Revenue said stutteringly.

Chen Xu thought for a moment and said, "This problem is also easy to solve. Now my Daqin copper smelting technology is superb. Shaofu Coin Crime Office specially organized a group of copper smelting masters to smel up coin ingots with different copper contents. For example, the copper-tin alloy used now is blue-gold. If it is copper-zinc alloy, it is pure gold. If it is pure copper, it is purple-red. The illiterate civilians can judge it by the color. These copper ingots are all smelting workshops in factories outside the city. It is not difficult to smel out. In addition, the shape of coins can be made into different shapes. For example, one-qian copper coins can still be made into round square holes because the amount is large and easy to carry with ropes. For example, five-qian, ten-qian, fifty-qian, can be made into round cake shapes. The size and thickness are different. They are engraved with different values ​​and patterns. In addition, the colors are different, I think even a blind man can distinguish it!"

"Of course, with these coins of different denominations, minting money is basically a profitable business. The only thing Shaofu Order has to do is to control it absolutely, so that no one among the people dares to mint coins privately!" Chen Xu stared at Zhao Wei and added another sentence.

"Don't worry, if anyone dares to mint coins privately, I will destroy the three clans!" At this time, he had fully understood Chen Xu's method of making coins, and Qin Shihuang sat high on the dragon throne and made the final decision.

Zhao Wei finally came to his senses and bowed respectfully to Chen Xu: "Mr. Qinghe made his mind clear and enlightened after a word. The law of minting is related to the rise and fall of the country. Wei also begged Qinghe Hou to help design a model for a set of coins. I can also organize craftsmen to make money models and start minting new coins."

Chen Xu smiled and nodded and said, "This matter is naturally nothing. I have many skilled craftsmen in the Academy of Sciences, and the factories outside the city have the best steel. I will ask them to help you make money together!"

"Thank you, Marquis Qinghe!" Zhao Wei was overjoyed and bowed to Chen Xu again.
Chapter completed!