Liu Yanzong immediately realized that this was a charade orchestrated by the emperor behind the scenes.
The Academy of Sciences is a very special entity. In order to stimulate the Academy's enthusiasm for research and development, the emperor must always show that he trusts and values them.
However, the emperor now wants to issue paper money within ten days, so he can't force the Academy of Sciences to do so himself.
First, Xu Churen was in charge of the paper money, and whenever a problem arose, the emperor had to step in. What was this prime minister good for?
Secondly, if the emperor pressures the Academy of Sciences, who will appease the Academy's tense emotions after being put under pressure?
Therefore, the best solution is for the emperor to put pressure on Xu Churen, Xu Churen to put pressure on Han Gonglian, and finally for the emperor to play the good guy.
Han Gonglian felt guilty and started working overtime. The emperor, feeling sorry for him, went to express his concern for all the staff of the Academy of Sciences and finally rewarded them.
In this way, not only was the task completed ahead of schedule, but the emperor also gained another boost in his reputation at the Academy of Sciences.
That's killing two birds with one stone!
This emperor is incredibly shrewd!
Moved to tears by the emperor's words, Han Gonglian wished he could rush back to the Academy of Sciences and work tirelessly to produce the paper money immediately.
It wasn't that Han Gonglian deliberately delayed this matter. As a senior figure in the Academy of Sciences, he was concerned with how to make the paper money better, ideally perfect. This reflects the dedication of someone like him to his work.
However, from Zhao Huan's perspective, it's different. "I don't expect you to be perfect in the first version of the paper money. Besides, nothing in this world is perfect."
Do not let your artistic whims ruin my glorious empire.
But the emperor couldn't say that. What the emperor wanted was for the various departments to work together and promote each other, not for him, the emperor, to inform them of everything.
Han Gonglian was speechless after being rebuked in court, and he might feel down when he got back.
If it were an ordinary civil official, he would get down and then cheer up again, and the emperor would naturally not care too much. But for someone from the Academy of Sciences, Zhao Huan had to take it very seriously.
As soon as the court session ended, Han Gonglian rushed back, gathered a group of people, and began to push for tasks and deadlines.
Most of these construction workers were not good with words, and when they heard that their leader had been criticized, they immediately became furious.
Our Academy of Sciences serves the Holy Emperor. We put in so much effort, all to produce better things. Yet Xu Churen, a high-ranking official, failed to distinguish right from wrong and slandered the Emperor. He deserves to die!
Everyone felt their confidence had been shaken. Would the emperor think we were doing nothing?
You should know that, apart from eating and sleeping, the people at our Academy of Sciences spend their days constantly engaged in research, almost to the point of forgetting to eat and sleep.
Forced by the task, everyone began working overtime, but they were somewhat discouraged.
Not long after they started, they saw people coming from outside: dozens of palace maids and eunuchs, each carrying a load of food.
Everyone was puzzled, but then they saw Zhao Huan step down from the imperial carriage and stride into the Academy of Sciences.
Everyone hurriedly went out to greet the imperial procession.
"Your Majesty, we, your humble servants, kowtow to you."
Zhao Huan stepped forward with a gentle smile, took Han Gonglian's hand, and said, "No need for such formalities."
"There's no need for such formalities. I've been too busy these days and have neglected the Academy of Sciences. I felt bad that you all were working so hard for the Song Dynasty, so I had the kitchen prepare some delicacies and personally brought them over to you."
"I am well aware of your hard work, everyone." Zhao Huan seemed to exude the aura of a righteous and wise ruler from every hair on his body. "It is my good fortune, the good fortune of the Song Dynasty, and the good fortune of the people to have such pillars of society!"
Upon hearing this, everyone was deeply moved and speechless.
Holy Emperor!
The grievance Han Gonglian had just suffered vanished instantly, replaced by a surge of heroic spirit within him.
Zhao Huan stayed at the Academy of Sciences with everyone for half an hour before leaving.
People in the Academy of Sciences are very different from civil officials. This group is relatively indifferent to fame and fortune, but they care a lot about the emperor's attitude towards them because what they do is generally incomprehensible to ordinary people.
It could be said that they actually lacked a certain sense of security. As long as the emperor kept encouraging them and affirmed their achievements, they would work extremely hard.
The people from the Academy of Astronomy worked tirelessly, and finally, two days before the emperor's deadline, they presented Xu Churen with several versions of the plan.
The smallest denomination of Jiaozi was one wen, followed by ten wen, one hundred wen, one guan, ten guan, twenty guan, fifty guan, and the largest was one hundred guan.
In fact, when shopping on a daily basis, the most common amounts of money used are ten coins, one hundred coins, and one string of cash.
Ten or twenty strings of cash were considered large sums, used by middle-class families to purchase relatively expensive goods.
Fifty strings and one hundred strings were essentially large transactions between businesses.
There were three versions of these paper money. After Xu Churen obtained these three versions, he and Han Gonglian rushed to the palace to meet the emperor.
Zhao Huan had just come out of his gym, taken a shower, and felt refreshed. He changed into a white robe, tied up his long hair, put on a black dragon robe, and went to the imperial study.
Xu Churen, Tang Ke, Qin Hui, Han Gonglian, and Zhang Muzhi were all waiting in front of the Imperial Study. When they saw the Emperor arrive, they all bowed.
"No need for formalities."
The group followed the emperor into the imperial study. Xu Churen carefully laid the paper money flat on the table and said, "Your Majesty, all the paper money is here."
Zhao Huan picked up the note and examined it carefully, but as a layman, he couldn't figure out anything about it.
But after receiving the money, I realized that it was indeed a bit rough, and its workmanship was far inferior to that of later RMB banknotes.
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