Chen Qisheng was not very concerned about the issue of counterfeit banknotes. First of all, it was as he said, it was difficult to imitate banknotes, and ordinary people could not imitate them at all, and those who could imitate would not take risks for this benefit.

After all, there is no human rights in this era. Anyone who dares to print counterfeit money and is discovered will usually end up being executed. The risk is really too high. No one with a little family business will take this risk.

"Is this how?"

After hearing what Chen Qisheng said, Mo Zizai was a little surprised. When he used paper money in his previous life, counterfeit coins were always rampant at that time. Now it seems that there are too few kills.

However, this matter is understandable. After all, the national conditions are different. The banknotes in the previous life have been very stable. Even if there are counterfeit coins, they will not cause any damage to the banknote system. But in this world, it is not the case. Paper money in the Great Zhou Dynasty has not been implemented much. If there are counterfeit coins, it will easily destroy the credibility of the court. Therefore, when the court kills, there will naturally be no mercy.

"Since you don't have to worry about counterfeit money, then you can take time to go to the Ministry of Works and ask them to make a master version of several sets of banknotes."

Mo Zizai thought for a moment and said, "When the time comes, I will show you it. If there is no problem, just implement it directly."

"Prince, this banknote is probably not easy to promote, right?"

Chen Qisheng looked embarrassed. When he heard Mo Zizai talk about the banknotes just now, he wanted to dissuade him, but he didn't know what to say, so he swallowed it back when he heard that Mo Zizai was going to be a motherboard. He couldn't help it, "I had issued banknotes for a while back then, but due to various situations, the banknotes were only circulated for three years. After three years, the banknotes were almost all turned into waste paper."

"When the Great Zhou Dynasty was at its peace and stability, Emperor Gaozu could not promote the banknotes. Now the situation in the Great Zhou Dynasty..."

Chen Qisheng didn't continue to say it, but the meaning in his words was already very obvious. Emperor Gaozu could not promote the banknotes in a peaceful and prosperous era. Now the Great Zhou Dynasty is almost in chaos. If you promote it, I'm afraid you haven't woken up yet.

"What the great master cannot do does not mean that I cannot do either."

Mo Zizai didn't mind Chen Qisheng's will, but just smiled faintly. Mo Zizai also knew a little about the reasons why Grandpa's failure to promote paper money back then.

The fundamental willingness lies in those aristocratic families. If the imperial court wants to take economic power, those aristocratic families will definitely not agree. Therefore, even if the great-grandfather made up his mind and killed several opposing aristocratic families, he could not stop the wave of opposition from those aristocratic families.

Seeing the turmoil caused by banknotes getting bigger and bigger, Grandpa was worried that things would be out of control, so he could only take a step back and no longer issue banknotes in three years.

But Emperor Gaozu was afraid that those aristocratic families would rebel, and Mo Zizai was not afraid. After he slaughtered the ministers in the court, the conflict between the two sides had reached an irreconcilable point. Regardless of whether Mo Zizai issued paper money or not, those aristocratic families would rebel.

Since that's the case, why bother with them?

If the Yuzhi Army can continue to win and pacify the entire Great Zhou, then all the aristocratic families will be cut off, and the banknotes will naturally be able to circulate throughout the Great Zhou along with the iron hooves of the Yuzhi Army.

And if it fails... I will say nothing if I fail, and the court is gone, so I should run away quickly.

However, Mo Zizai didn't say much to Chen Qisheng. He thought for a while and said, "When the banknotes are minted, they will be used in the army and the court first, and all the salaries of officials and the salaries of soldiers will be exchanged for banknotes."

"Switch them all to paper money?"

Chen Qisheng frowned. He was worried that Mo Zizai's forced promotion would cause conflict between officials and soldiers. If it backfired, it would be bad. Therefore, he asked hesitantly: "Prince, isn't it a bit too eager for quick success or instant benefits to do this?"

"It doesn't matter."

Mo Zizai shrugged indifferently. He killed half of the officials of the court. Not to mention sending paper money, even if he didn't send them money, few people would dare to say anything.

As for the soldiers, as long as Mo Zizai can guarantee the value of the banknotes and allow them to exchange for the corresponding value of the banknotes, there will be no problem.

So he pondered for a while and continued to speak: "I asked you to nationalize Qisheng Money House to deal with this."

"I plan to put Qisheng Money House under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue and officially adopt it as the official Money House in Dazhou."

"If you are worried about the banknotes, you can go to the banknotes to exchange the banknotes for silver, and collect and deposit them, and no interest will be charged."

Mo Zizai did not intend to eat it in one bite and it was obvious that it would not be shown that it would be possible to ban the silver directly. Therefore, his early plan was to make banknotes into small silver notes. After all, although most people have never used silver notes, they still know the existence of silver notes.

When the Great Zhou Dynasty settled, the people became accustomed to the existence of such paper money. Things like silver will naturally be gradually banned by paper money.

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

Hearing that Mo Zizai had no intention of promoting it with tough means, Chen Qisheng immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that Mo Zizai would do his own thing and force the officials and the people to accept the banknotes with a knife. If that were the case, the situation might be in an uncontrollable situation. Fortunately, Mo Zizai had no such plan.

"Oh, by the way."

Mo Zizai suddenly remembered something and said, "Now Song Hui is managing the grain store. Please tell him that anyone who buys grain with paper money will be given a 10% discount."

No matter what era it is, it is always difficult for people to resist the use of small profits that are free of charge.

Therefore, once the news of buying grain at 10% off in silver notes is spread, many people will definitely go to the money house to exchange for banknotes.

"Prince, there is no need for this?"

Chen Qisheng instantly guessed Mo Zizai’s plan and frowned slightly. Those people were not stupid. Although they would exchange paper money, they would definitely exchange as much as they needed to spend. They would definitely not keep the paper money in their hands.

So in this way, the flow of banknotes from money houses to grain stores was just a left hand to the right hand, and there was no benefit at all except for losing 10% of the price in vain.

“It’s necessary, it’s necessary.”

Mo Zizai nodded seriously, trying to promote something that would not let the people know how to implement it.

Although the people would definitely not trust them in the early stages, as long as the banknotes can stabilize for a long time, those people will naturally accept them after they become familiar with these banknotes.

After all, compared with banknotes, those silver that can often cost several pounds is simply inconvenient.

This is just Mo Zizai's first step. When the people gradually become familiar with these paper money, Mo Zizai will ask the court to stop casting copper coins, and at the same time gradually recycle copper coins on the world so that the copper coins will no longer be circulated.
Chapter completed!