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Chapter 255 Infant Status, New Currency

Although with the dynasty relaxing the restrictions on the formation of Heavenly Rank, coupled with the birth of the crown prince and the opportunity for the resonance of the rules of heaven and earth, most people have formed the seed of Heavenly Rank, and some have even formed Heavenly Rank.

However, this absolutely does not include infants and young children.

Because infants and young children are mentally weak and have incomplete cognition, coupled with the promises of their bodies and souls, they are naturally unable to connect with the fate of the nation, let alone draw upon the rules of heaven and earth.

Therefore, they cannot even evolve the seed of innate status.

However, both to celebrate the birth of his first child, the crown prince, and for the sake of all infants and young children in the world, the dynasty directly consumed its national fortune, thus giving rise to a divine status belonging to infants and young children.

Because infants and young children are physically and mentally weak.

Therefore, their innate status does not contain much power, nor does it have any offensive or defensive capabilities.

However, it can be directly linked to the fate of the nation and is protected by the fate of the Celestial Empire, enabling it to turn misfortune into good fortune and avert disaster.

At this moment, above all the infants and young children, a bright yellow national fortune gathered, with strands of bright yellow light hanging down to protect them.

Upon receiving this message, all the citizens of the Celestial Empire bowed in the direction of the capital city where the dragon and phoenix intertwined.

"Your Majesty is greatly virtuous!"

"Our Emperor is immortal!"

"May the Celestial Empire prosper forever."

May the Crown Prince enjoy good health, longevity, and wisdom, and possess both courage and wisdom.

May the Crown Prince enjoy lasting blessings and wisdom, and may his glory shine eternally upon the world.

In an instant, the will of the people was united, and boundless purple aura rose up.
Seeing the sky filled with falling flowers, the earth bursting with golden lotuses, and the boundless purple aura filling the heavens and earth, the envoys from various countries were all speechless with astonishment.

Although in recent years, various countries have also begun to produce extraordinary individuals, possessing national fortune, dragon energy, internal energy, martial arts masters, and so on.

However, they had never seen anything like the auspicious signs that filled the heavens and earth just because of the birth of the crown prince in the Celestial Empire, and they had never even dared to imagine it.

Shang Ning, the former King of Ryukyu who had just arrived in the capital and was now a third-class earl of the Celestial Empire, looked at the strange phenomena that filled the heavens and earth and listened to the faint, yet profound, cries of infants, which sounded like the voice of the Great Dao. He gradually became immersed in them.

The rules of heaven and earth and innate energy surge in, cleansing the body and soul, and the whole body and mind seem to be reborn.

After the endless strange phenomena dissipated, he slowly came back to his senses and couldn't help but tiptoe. He felt light and strong all over, and his hearing and vision were sharp.

At this moment, he couldn't help but feel extremely fortunate and proud. Joining the Celestial Empire was the most correct and wise decision he had ever made.

The envoys from other countries, on the other hand, felt genuine fear.

If such a Celestial Empire were to attack them, how would they resist?

Consequently, many of them decided that they would definitely give their own king a good talking-to when they returned.

Since the Celestial Empire does not accept vassal states, why not just follow the example of the Ryukyu King and request annexation?
If all else fails, they should bring their families to China and try to obtain Chinese citizenship.

Only then will they be truly safe.

Amidst all the turmoil, things finally returned to normal on June 19th, with the passing of the crown prince's full moon celebration.

At that time, the emperor was sitting in the Qianqing Palace, listening to the report from the Minister of the Court of State Ceremonies.

"The Tibetan congratulatory gift consisted of eight thousand taels of silver, one thousand taels of gold, and a quantity of jewels."

"The Great Western Kingdom's congratulatory gifts include 100,000 taels of silver, 5,000 taels of gold, and a quantity of jewels."

Listening to the report from the Minister of the Court of State Ceremonies, Wang Chao couldn't help but tap the table lightly, lost in thought.

He wasn't thinking about the amount of silver donated by various countries, but rather about the unit of currency.

The terms "qian" (钱), "liang" (两), and "jin" (斤) are too cumbersome and vague. When trading with money, it is difficult to determine the exact weight unless weighed with precise scales.

Moreover, the various money shops across the country were in complete chaos, and usury was commonplace.

Although the emergence of the dynasty nearly eliminated hunger throughout the land.

However, under certain circumstances, people still resort to high-interest loans.

Now that the country is completely stable, it's time to deal with these issues.

On the other side, after the Minister of the Court of State Ceremonies finished his report, he waited for a long time for the dynasty's response and couldn't help but feel uneasy.

Does His Majesty think these gifts are too few?

Just then, Wang Chao suddenly came to his senses and looked at the Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial, saying:

"Since this is the Crown Prince's congratulatory gift, let's temporarily put it in the Kunning Palace's treasury. You may go and file it."

"Yes!"

After the Minister of the Court of State Ceremonies withdrew, Wang Chao, recalling his earlier thoughts, looked at Zhang Xu, the eunuch of the Directorate of Palace Attendants, and gave the following instructions:
"Notify Grand Secretary Wu Chang, Minister of Works Zhou Tie, and Minister of Revenue Ji Mingyuan to come for a meeting."

"Yes!"

A short while later, Wu Chang, the Grand Secretary, accompanied by Zhou Tie, the Minister of Works, and Ji Mingyuan, the Minister of Revenue, arrived at the Qianqing Palace.

After exchanging greetings, the three of them took their seats.

Except for some special occasions, there was no etiquette or rule in the Celestial Empire where the emperor sat while other civil and military officials stood.

Whether it's the Qianqing Palace or other places, there are corresponding seats.

After everyone was seated, Wang Chao explained his thoughts.

"Nowadays, carrying money is inconvenient, money shops are in disarray, and usurers are everywhere, which has had a huge impact on people's livelihoods and commerce."

"Does His Majesty mean to reform the monetary system?"

Upon hearing the song and understanding its implied meaning, Ji Mingyuan's eyes immediately lit up, and he quickly inquired.

He had already had some ideas about currency and money shops, but they were not yet finalized, which was why he had not yet submitted them to the court.

"Yes, I intend to establish a mint to mint coins belonging to the Celestial Empire."

They are broadly divided into copper coins, silver coins, and gold coins, and can also be called copper dollars, silver dollars, and gold dollars.

1 gold dollar = 1000 silver dollars;

1 silver dollar = 1000 copper dollars.

The currency denominations were set at one hundred yuan, fifty yuan, twenty yuan, ten yuan, five yuan, and one yuan.

Then, throughout the land, establish the Celestial Empire Bank, similar to a money exchange, to conduct low-interest lending and deposit services.

As they listened to Wang Chao's story, Ji Mingyuan and the other two nodded thoughtfully.

According to the dynasty, this was actually similar to silver notes and the Ming Dynasty's precious paper money.

However, there are indeed physical gold and silver items here, just not in large quantities.

Take silver as an example, one silver dollar is equivalent to one tael of silver.

However, in reality, silver dollars certainly don't contain that much silver. Even the larger denominations of five, ten, or one hundred dollars don't contain much more silver than a one-dollar coin.

When he heard the last part, Wu Chang couldn't help but speak in a deep voice.

"This can indeed greatly facilitate people's livelihood and commerce, and make the trading of gold and silver specific in quantity."

However, this will inevitably lead to counterfeiting and illegal casting by the public. How can we prevent this?

"Yes, we can research special techniques, cast with special alloy ratios, and even inscribe special runes, making it difficult for ordinary people to imitate."

Zhou Tie, the Minister of Works, pondered for a moment before speaking.

"There are countless extraordinary people in the folk, so it's not impossible to imitate them."

Furthermore, how can ordinary people determine the authenticity of currency?

Ji Mingyuan also expressed his concerns.

But his final worry was the most important thing.

If this problem cannot be solved, then countless counterfeit coins will inevitably flood the market.

For a moment, Zhou Tie was also in a dilemma.

He readily agreed to be asked to study advanced coin minting methods.

However, it would be difficult for him to develop coins that are not easy to counterfeit and that ordinary people can easily distinguish.

"hehe."

Just as the three of them were frowning and pondering a solution, Wang Chao suddenly chuckled.

"Does Your Majesty have a solution?"

The three of them looked towards the dynasty.

"Hehe, you're all too close to the situation to see clearly. Isn't the easiest method to identify, yet impossible to imitate, right right in front of you?"

"Right in front of us?"

"Please enlighten me, Your Majesty."

"The fate of the nation!"

Wang Chao smiled and uttered two words.

"National destiny?" ×3.

The three of them spoke at the same time.

To be honest, none of the three of them ever thought about the fate of the nation.

After all, the fate of a nation is something that concerns the destiny of the country, so how could they easily use the fate of the nation? Let alone mint coins.

However, after the dynasty spoke of the nation's destiny, everyone pondered it for a while and their eyes gradually lit up, and they all felt that it was indeed feasible.

However, everyone immediately frowned again.

No one can imitate the fate of a nation, but how should it be integrated into currency?

Seeing everyone's confusion, Wang Chao explained:

"Gold, silver, and jade are excellent materials for carrying the nation's destiny. As long as I allow it, the coins minted by the mint will naturally possess a certain amount of the nation's destiny."

"If that's the case, then there's no problem."

"Ok!"

"Furthermore, we can also imbue these coins with varying amounts of national fortune, thus distinguishing between different face values."

"Yes, yes, that's it."

"We can also set it up so that with just a slight stimulation, the coins can emit varying degrees of national fortune light."

At that time, the people will be able to tell the difference between the real and the fake at a glance.

"Ok!"

Wang Chao nodded occasionally as he watched Ji Mingyuan and Zhou Tie discuss the matter.

In fact, the dynasty initially wanted to use paper money.

With today's manufacturing technology, plus the aid of supernatural powers, it is absolutely possible to produce paper money that is no less than, or even better than, that of later generations.

Furthermore, the existence of national destiny makes forgery impossible.

However, due to the excessive issuance of Ming Dynasty paper money by the Ming Dynasty, the common people had very little trust in paper money.

Even with the backing of a dynasty, most people would still have some doubts.

Therefore, the dynasty directly combined the two, first minting coins of the same material, and then storing them in banks to exchange for notes, gradually getting the people used to paper notes, and then gradually promoting paper money.

Anyway, he has plenty of time and doesn't care about spending a little more time.

There's an old Chinese saying: "Governing a large country is like cooking a small fish."

Unless there are exceptional circumstances, it is always right to govern a country in a stable, slow, and steady manner, taking one step at a time and making steady progress.

After some discussion, Wang Chao finally looked at Zhou Tie.

"Zhou Tie, go back and discuss this with your colleagues. Take together the opinions you just shared and develop the latest coin as soon as possible."

"Yes! Your Majesty, I will do my utmost to develop a new type of coin as soon as possible."

Time flies, and three days have passed quickly. Zhou Tie requested an audience again.

"Your Majesty, this is the new type of coin that I, along with my colleagues at the Mint and the Coinage Bureau, jointly developed."

As Zhou Tie spoke, he took out eighteen coins from his storage bag at his waist, which were gold, silver and copper coins of different denominations.

Besides the different casting materials, the sizes also differ.

Generally speaking, the larger the denomination of a coin, the larger it is.

However, the copper coins were not made of brass, but bronze, making it easier to distinguish between gold and copper.

Furthermore, regardless of the type of coin, they are all flat and without holes, engraved with different exquisite images, unlike the copper coins of the past which had square holes in the middle.

The reason why copper coins were made this way in the past, besides the symbolism of a round heaven and a square earth, was mainly for the convenience of carrying them.

But things are different now. With the gradual maturation of manufacturing and rune engraving processes, mass production of storage bags has become possible.

At that time, a palm-sized storage bag will be able to hold several cubic meters of items.

Carrying money will no longer be a problem.

If that's the case, there's no need to manufacture square-holed coins.

Wang Chao picked up the coins one by one to examine them. The reverse side had exquisite patterns, depicting mountains and rivers, the state, and the dynasty's portrait, while the obverse side featured the characters "one," "five," and "ten" surrounded by dragons and phoenixes.

And
Wang Chao glanced at Zhou Tie, then looked down at the copper coin in his hand again.

What they did really exceeded his expectations.

A little power was injected into it, and the copper coin trembled slightly.

In the next instant, the copper coin emitted a faint blue light, the words were clearly visible, and the dragon and phoenix that surrounded it seemed to come alive, starting to fly around the numbers.

and
As Wang Chao flipped his hand, the design on the back of the copper coin instantly emitted a faint blue light, with nine small bronze tripods floating and sinking within that blue glow.

This is the bronze coin pattern that Zhou Tie and his team inscribed based on the ancient legend of Yu the Great casting the tripod.

Looking at the nine small bronze tripods, Wang Chao couldn't help but smile and say, "You've really put your heart into this!"

"Hehe, serving the Emperor and being loyal to the country naturally requires doing one's best."

"Hey!"

Wang Chao smiled, picked up another silver coin, infused it with power to activate it, and instantly projected a silver light, displaying an image of the Celestial Empire's territory.

When the gold coin was taken again, a golden light shone out, revealing the figure of the dynasty, with Wang Dahu and other civil and military officials and soldiers behind him.

After that, there were people from different professions such as scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants.

Looking at these coins, the dynasty nodded with great satisfaction.

Even without the influence of national fortune, it is unlikely that anyone could imitate this in a short period of time, and the common people could instantly recognize it.

In the blink of an eye, the national fortune around him suddenly converged and instantly disappeared into the eighteen coins.

"buzzing"

In an instant, the eighteen coins began to vibrate violently, slowly floated up, and began to shine one by one.

Ultimately, the golden, silver, and blue lights intertwined, revealing a landscape painting depicting the dynasty, its officials, and the people.

Because of their connection to the fate of the nation, they can even zoom in and out to view every scene within the Celestial Empire's territory in real time.

(End of this chapter)