Da Ming started to ascend the throne

"My minister also supports increasing the wages of craftsmen. When my Minglong flag is planted all over the world, no one will think that craftsmen are paid too much."

In fact, Meng Zhaoxiang also wanted to balance the other departments. Of course he was happy to get a salary increase under his command. Now that Sun Chuanting and others are supporting him, he can't help but smile from ear to ear.

"According to the purpose"

Just kidding, if Ming Dynasty wants to march to the sea, the naval ironclad battleship is the trump card. Of course, the more warships the better.

As long as South America, Australia and other places are conquered, where there is plenty of food and silver, Daming will not care about raising the wages of the craftsmen at all.

Today is destined to be an extraordinary day. Zhu Youjian then delivered an order to reorganize the arsenal of the Ministry of Industry, and a new department was born.

"According to my decree, the arsenal of the Ministry of Industry is separated from the Ministry of Industry to form an independent department called the Daming Weapons Manufacturing Bureau. The newly established Weapons Manufacturing Bureau is jointly in charge of Zhao Shizhen, Song Yingxing, and Bi Maokang.

The expenses of the Weapons Manufacturing Bureau are jointly borne by the Ming Dynasty treasury and our internal funds. The speed of firearm replacement must keep up, and strive to develop a new firearm that leads the world every three years.

Regarding the reorganization of the manufacturing bureau, site selection and guarding, the cabinet and the Ministry of Industry and Household Affairs will assist them to complete it as soon as possible, and Dongchang will send people to protect the manufacturing bureau.

All the manufacturing processes of the Manufacturing Bureau must be strictly kept secret, and no one is allowed to disclose the slightest bit. Violators will be severely punished, and of course they cannot be traded. "

Daming's advanced firearms all have samples. Of course, the samples come from the system. It will be much easier to manufacture and develop according to the samples.

Zhu Youjian will choose to update firearms according to the development of the times. He intends to keep Daming Firearms ahead of the world for about 50 years.

That is to say, when the West develops a rocket, Ming will have an opportunity; when the West develops a rocket launcher, Ming must have missiles.

Of course, if the West develops too fast, Zhu Youjian will destroy them without hesitation, and will never give them a chance to catch up with Ming Dynasty, just like Chuan Jianguo is suppressing us now.

The emperor gave the ministers too much information today, which made them more confident about the future of Ming Dynasty. They thought that today's matter should have ended.

But Zhu Youjian also called Ni Yuanlu, Minister of the Transfer Department:

"Hubu, the last time you were asked to issue silver dollars, how is the progress now, and when will the official issuance begin?"

Ming silver is the currency in circulation, but many rich people like to collect silver, and they bury huge amounts of silver underground.

There are also people who use silver to make Buddha statues and so on. In this way, it is easy to cause insufficient silver in the market.

In order to solve the problem of the loss of silver in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youjian once asked the Ministry of Households to study the issuance of silver dollars, and the silver will no longer be in circulation.

If those people want to send money, they must take out the silver and exchange it for silver dollars. Otherwise, it is useless for them to have mountains of gold and silver, and they cannot buy even a grain of grain.

Ni Yuanlu stood up and replied:

"Your Majesty, the plan is about to be completed, but there is a big disagreement on the name and design of the silver dollar. Please express it clearly, Your Majesty."

As Ni Yuanlu said, she handed Zhu Youjian a silver dollar. This was a sample made by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and she was going to show it to the emperor for confirmation, but before she had time to show it to Zhu Youjian.

Hearing the emperor's summons today, Ni Yuanlu thought the emperor asked about the silver dollar, so she brought the silver dollar into the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youjian took the silver dollar and looked at it. At that time, he was just saying, the face on the silver dollar was his Zhu Youjian, and looking at the back of the silver dollar, it was a silver dragon.

"Aiqing, this definitely won't work. My profile picture can't be on the silver dollar."

Ni Yuanlu smiled and said:

"Your Majesty, your portrait should be on it. This is a silver dollar that has been issued since your time. Your Majesty is so wise. It is only natural that your portrait is on the silver dollar."

Zhu Youjian waved his hands again and again:

"No, if Taizu and Chengzu are not here, how can I have my profile picture printed on it? Let's discuss it and decide. What do you think of the cabinet?"

Zhu Youjian brought the ball to the cabinet.

Sun Chuanting cupped his hands and smiled:

"Your Majesty, I think it's normal for you to have your face on the silver dollar. The cabinet supports the proposal of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Doesn't the silver dollar have a few denominations? Taizu and Chengzu can be printed on it."

"Yes, yes, my minister agrees."

Others echoed their approval.

Zhu Youjian saw that everyone said so, and he didn't insist:

"Okay, then do as you said, but change the flying dragon on the back, add the Great Wall and the Yellow River pattern on the back under the flying dragon, what is the name of the silver dollar?"

This is the first silver dollar currency to be issued by Ming Dynasty. It must have a nice name, and everyone started to discuss it.

Sun Chuanting thought for a while:

"It can be called Chongzhen Tongbao."

Ni Yuanlu patted herself on the head:

"My minister thought it should be called Daming Treasure Coin."

Everyone had everything to say, and they couldn't make up their minds for a moment. Finally, Meng Zhaoxiang slapped his thigh and shouted:

"Weichen thinks it should be called Ming coins, which means my Ming coins, how about it?"

This guy's words made Zhu Youjian shake his head, but the other ministers thought it was good, and they all felt that the name Mingbi was good.

Zhu Youjian would never agree to use Ming coins as the name of the new currency of Ming Dynasty.

This is the same as Mingbi in later generations. Mingbi is money for the dead, and it is the paper currency that people often use to worship their ancestors.

Chapter 411 Dragon Coin

Zhu Youjian shook his head and smiled:

"I think what you said is reasonable, but I still feel that these names are a bit too common. Huaxia is the descendant of the dragon. I decided to call the Ming silver dollar the dragon coin. What do you think?"

"The heir of the dragon, the dragon coin..."

Several ministers silently read the name of Longbi, with ecstasy on their faces:

"Your Majesty, the Dragon Coin is not bad, let's call it the Dragon Coin. Not only does it sound nice, but it's also very powerful and profound."

Several ministers were very satisfied with the name Longbi, and even felt a sense of enlightenment.

It's not that Zhu Youjian's level is higher than that of several ministers, but that they have entered into a misunderstanding, always wanting to be linked to the ancient Tongbao banknotes.

Now that I think about it, the Dragon Coin is indeed very tall, and it can best represent Daming.

Zhu Youjian smiled slightly:

"Since you have no objections, let's make this decision. From now on, the Daming currency will be called the Dragon Coin. The face value and composition of the Dragon Coin will be researched and formulated together, and we will strive to launch the Daming Dragon Coin as soon as possible."

After research by Zhu Youjian and several ministers, it was finally decided that the face value of the dragon coins would be three levels, namely one dragon coin, two dragon coins, and five dragon coins.