Putting down the memorial, Ma Jin took a deep breath and said, "I will take time to read it in detail later!" He raised his head and looked at Changsun Wuji and said, "The current food in Qingzhou is enough for the people? I heard that there is a shortage of food there. Don't just focus on the affected counties and counties. Other counties and counties in Qingzhou that lack food must also ensure that the people need it!"

"Back to Your Majesty, the food supplied in Qingzhou is enough to meet the daily needs of the people. Your Majesty does not need to worry. According to my opinion, there will never be any danger of food shortage in a short period of time!" Changsun Wuji hurriedly bowed and reported.

"That's good. The foundation of the country is to value the people. Only when the people have enough food can they have the strength to work, and no one will cause trouble. Only then can the world be truly stable!" Ma Jin nodded with satisfaction and said, then breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Liu Yan: "I heard that the Ministry of Revenue has minted the new money?"

"I am just trying to report to Your Majesty!" Liu Yan, the Minister of Revenue, said respectfully from the rank of the Ministry of Revenue.

As he said that, he hugged the official robe and took out three brand new coins from his sleeve, and asked Wang Chengen to present them to the imperial court and said, "Your Majesty, this is the new mother coins that the Baoquan Bureau of the Ministry of Revenue has improved and minted according to the old law."

"Silver-made mother coins are made of four cents and two cents of sterling silver as the unit of price, and are named 'yuan'. The total weight of one round silver coins is four cents and six cents and seven cents, silver eight nine cents and one one, which is equivalent to five hundred cents of old coins, which determines the amount of rice to a stone.

There are also one ten-ciete copper circle and one-ciete copper circle, and the materials are made of copper, tin, and lead. One-ciete copper circle weighs two cents and four cents, and ten-ciete copper circle weighs one cent four cents and nine cents. Just wait for Your Majesty to review and agree, you can officially cast and promote it!

Ma Jin picked up the silver coin and weighed it. It was very weighty. Four cents and six cents were converted into the measurement unit of his previous life, one cent was equal to five grams. So speaking of this silver coin was 23 and 4 grams.

There is nothing special about the style, it is round and the color is pretty good, very exquisite, and the characters are cast very clearly. There are also small circles underneath, and the copper circle is similar.

Judging from Ma Jin's perspective, it was still good, so he signaled Wang Chengen to pass it on and let the ministers check it one by one. Naturally, the ministers had no objection.

After the ministers finished reading, Ma Jin pondered for a while and said:

"There is nothing to be picky about in minting, but there are still some minor flaws. Have you ever thought about what if a stingy person cuts the edge of the silver coin for profit after this silver coin is issued?"

After hearing Ma Jin's words, the ministers were stunned on the spot. They had never thought about this. But then they thought about how expensive the silver coins were, and they might have taken advantage of the loopholes by some scammers.

"I don't know what Your Majesty means?" Liu Yan asked Ma Jin respectfully.

"I thought I could add some zigzag-like edge teeth on the edge of the silver coin, which not only would it be more beautiful, but it would also prevent the slutty from secretly cutting official silver. What do you think?"

"Your Majesty is wise! According to my opinion, copper circles can also be cast in this method to prevent a slut." Liu Yan was such a smart person. He understood the exquisiteness of the method Ma Jin said in a flash and quickly spoke.

"But!" Ma Jin nodded.

"In the Baoquan Bureau, the officials responsible for casting and the craftsmen who develop casting skills should all be rewarded!" Ma Jin continued.

Liu Yan hurriedly said, "I know."

"Can the Ministry of Revenue use sufficient silver and copper materials for minting coins?" Ma Jin asked his most concerned question.

"Back to Your Majesty, so far, the Baoquan Bureau has stored more than 16 million kilograms of copper and 6 million kilograms of silver..."

"It's really a lot!" Ma Jin took a deep breath. It's all money. He has the urge to transfer the money to the treasury. In fact, not only Ma Jin, but also the ministers present looked shocked. Ma Jin also saw some people's eyes shining and their saliva was almost flowing down. No one had thought that Baoquan Bureau would be so rich.

Taking a deep breath and suppressing the impulse in his heart, although the money was so huge that Ma Jin was greedy, it was nothing for the hundreds of billions of people in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, but the early promotion was barely enough.

"Wang Cheng'en!"

"I'm here!" Wang Chengen hurriedly stepped forward and bowed.

"You have passed my order to order the Gold and Silver Bureau of the Interior Government to increase the smelting and mining of copper mines to supplement the needs of the Baoquan Bureau of the Ministry of Revenue!" Ma Jin directly ordered. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Gold and Silver Bureau of the Interior Government was in charge of the mining and smelting of all gold and silver mines, jade mines and copper mines in the country.

"Old slave obeys the order!"

After asking about the money minting, Ma Jin looked at several important officials from the Privy Council again.

Privy Councilor Xie Xuan took the lead in making a speech:

"Your Majesty, I have been preparing military affairs for 16 states in the early last year. I have been completed so I respectfully invite the holy text!" Xie Xuan said, then pulled out a memorial from his sleeve and raised his hands high above his head.

Wang Chengen hurriedly took it and placed it on the imperial case, but Ma Jin did not open it but said:

"Xie Qing, I will read the memorial later. Let's talk about it briefly first!"

"I, receive the order!" Xie Xuan bowed and bowed, and then looked up and said, "I have been dispersed and transferred some of the elite soldiers of the 24 guards of the imperial court into the sixteen guards in the local area. To this day, all the sixteen guards in the local area have been reorganized. Among them, the five northern border states of Ying, You, Yong, Gan and Liang, each of which has set up three guards and 86,000 people; each of the other 11 prefectures has set up one guard and more than 28,000 people in each of the other 16 prefectures, and the total number of more than 748,000 soldiers!"

Ma Jin nodded and said in a solemn voice: "The first time that the 24 guards were diverted to strengthen local military force, and could independently defend against one enemy, and give the court time to deal with it calmly. Therefore, the Sixteen State Guards are actually soldiers who hold the country and should not be ignored!"

Speaking of this, Ma Jin said again: "Xie Qing, our Great Zhou has added a large territory in the south of the territory. The Privy Council still needs to select strong men to enter the guards and train them to fill the guards in the south of the territory! I think it's time to recruit 500,000 troops!"

"The recruitment of troops is of great importance and negligence is not allowed. Xie Qing takes the lead in the Privy Council, the Cabinet and the Twenty-Four Guards, and take out a charter first, and it will be within three days! We will do our best to do this matter at the end of this month!" Ma Jin completely decided on this matter with one sentence, and he did not give the ministers a chance to speak.

As soon as Ma Jin finished speaking, the ministers hurriedly bowed and replied: "Yes!"

Ma Jin nodded with satisfaction. His own people were happy and didn't have to rush, but he had to make some money and food. Of course, it was also because the court is rich now and has no shortage of money and food at all.

After everything was discussed, Ma Jin sat upright and looked up at the ministers and said, "What's new happening in the south of the world?"

Changsun Wuji went out to work and replied, "Go back to Your Majesty, there is nothing to do with Lord Su. Except for Baoyue, the whole country retreated to the island, the other countries were surrendering to our Great Zhou rule. Everything was going in an orderly manner and no abnormality occurred!"

Ma Jin nodded, and when Changsun Wuji retreated to the line, he looked at Xie Xuan again.

Xie Xuan left the class and said:

"Return to Your Majesty, since Li Shumi personally led a large army to take over the Fengyin border, the Great Xuan Kingdom has been moving frequently. The king of the country Xuan Jiusi sent Long Yi, the left governor of the Grand Governor's Office, to be the governor of the three eastern provinces, and left Luolong Pass. He wanted to plan the south of our territory, but he had no action yet."

"The Martial De Department of the Privy Council has heard from Yujing, the capital of the Great Xuan Kingdom, saying that the Liao Kingdom sent the King of the North Court, Yelu Mingde to lobby the Lord of the Great Xuan Kingdom to attack our Great Zhou on both sides. However, the Lord of the Great Xuan Kingdom took the lead in the army of the Great Zhou, and was afraid and dared not act rashly, so he rejected the Lord of the Liao Kingdom's proposal!"

"Da Xuan is weak, it can be seen from this!" Ma Jin heard this, a hint of sarcasm appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I heard that the Da Xuan king was obsessed with the book of alchemy and immortality, and was content with pleasure, and even allowed the court to fight, so that the court was full of smoky smoke. There was no room for stability, and he wanted to use troops outside, but he really had no idea of ​​knowing it!"
Chapter completed!