Chapter 619 (1/2)
Shaofu's family order and Shaofu Tongcheng stepped on the snow and walked into the palace.
”The snow was not cleaned up in time.” The magistrate muttered.
Gu Zhixin, the copper Prime Minister of Shaofu, said: ”the snow is too heavy to clean up. My Lord, I will support you. ”
”No! Although I'm old, I'm still very strong. ”
The home order of the Shaofu refused the help of Gu Zhixin, the copper Prime Minister of Shaofu.
In the palace, the closer to Xingqing palace, the less snow.
When we arrived at Xingqing palace, there were only a few snowflakes left on the ground, and there was no snow at all.
There are palace people with brooms, always keep the ground clean, to ensure that the ground will not have snow.
After the announcement, they finally walked into the warm Zhengyang hall.
”I will see your majesty!”
”No gift!”
The home order of the young master pointed to the account book in the basket, ”all the accounts your majesty wants are here.”
Wende Di said, his eyes stayed on the face of Gu Zhixin, the copper Prime Minister of Shaofu, for two seconds. Then he said, ”present the account book of the bank first!”
A pile of account books, placed in front of the emperor Wende.
Wende looked through the account books and quickly turned to the final general ledger.
”Oh, 30 million copper coins were recovered last month alone? So much? ”
”This is still rare,” said the young master. There are more people saving money this month. In less than half a month, more copper money has been recovered than last month. Wei Chen estimated that this month at least 50 million copper coins could be recovered. ”
Gu Zhixin, the copper Prime Minister of Shaofu, is as quiet as a chicken.
He thought in his mind that the amount of copper recovered this month is more than 50 million yuan. In 12 months of a year, the most prosperous month is in December. If only 50 million yuan of copper money is recovered in the whole month of December, then the system of saving money for interest can only be regarded as moderate, and it is absolutely not a magic stroke.
He thought so, but said nothing.
It's also good for you to press down the data.
If you exaggerate, everyone will. If you don't finish the task, your majesty will blame you afterwards.
Therefore, the practice of Shaofu's family order is really mature and steady.
”How many new coins can be made from the recovered copper coins?” asked Vander
Emperor Wende's eyes fell on Gu Zhixin's face.
The young master's order winked at Gu Zhi's messenger.
Gu Zhixin settled his mind and stood up and said, ”reply to your majesty. According to the rule, the copper coin will be recycled and recast, and there will be about 30% loss. However, through the improvement of foundry technology, the loss can be controlled at about 25%
Emperor Wende frowned as soon as he heard it. ”Such a great loss, isn't the imperial court suffering heavy losses?”
”Your Majesty can rest assured that once the newly cast coins are put into the folk market, they will be able to earn back many times.”
”How to make money? Please tell me more about it.”
Wende is really not sure how to make money in the process of coin casting.
Gu Zhixin looks at the home order of the Shao Fu. It's up to him to answer this question.
After deliberation, the magistrate said, ”Your Majesty, the reason why there are so many private coins is that the number of official coins is small, and the private coins are profiteering.
Let's say that a small copper coin can be bought for one Wen if it is taken to the market. But in fact, the brass contained in this copper coin is not worth a cent... ”
Shaofu's official talked about the concept of coins with Wende. The state has always made money without any loss.
Even the copper coin with the highest content of brass cast in the Taizu period was still profitable.
Why is it that once the supply of official coins falls short of demand, the private coins will be rampant, because it is really profiteering.
All copper coins, whether official or private, are alloy copper.
Official copper coins contain about 70% copper.
It is a great conscience to cast coins privately with copper content of 50% and 55%.
What's more, a privately cast copper coin contains only 30% copper. This is not what copper money, called lead money, zinc money is more appropriate.
According to the way the imperial court made money, a jin of brass, considering the damage, can cast about 205 copper coins. Two hundred and five Wen.
It's very good to cast coins privately. One jin of brass can cast 300 copper coins.
In the market, the crude brass mined out is about 50 Wen to 70 Wen / kg, and the transportation cost should be taken into account.
After refining, if all kinds of losses are included, it will not exceed 120 Wen / kg.
A catty of brass can be used to make coins, and the money is 205 Wen, which is still the official price.
This is not profiteering. What is it?
Private coins are more profitable.
From ancient times to the present, whoever has the right to issue coins will have the money bag.
In the past, the imperial court suffered from the shortage of brass reserves and the folk tradition of collecting money, so the demand for coins cast by the imperial court every year was in short supply.The money market was gradually occupied by private coins.
A large part of the profits from this market go to various banks.
Hubu had privately calculated an account. In the money market, the amount of coins cast by government officials was less than 20%. At least a million taels a year.
However, there are various interest groups involved.
Even the Ministry of housing dare not lift the lid.
It was not until the Shaofu bank saved money for interest that the lid was lifted off the tip of the iceberg.
Do you really think that banks make money by usury?
In recent years, most of the profits of banks come from privately minted coins.
Even at the foot of the emperor and the Imperial City root, when you go out to the market, you can encounter all kinds of privately cast coins of various styles and weights.
Not to mention the south, where private coinage was rampant.
In the south, especially in the southern part of the Yangtze River, it seems that it has become a base for privately minting coins. There are almost no official coins in the local area.
It is conceivable that the loss of the imperial court in the money market is a huge amount of data.