The Beginning Shocks the Emperor Wu: Did You Write This Poem?.

Summary

Chen Ping An proposes a comprehensive plan to replace gold and silver with copper coins by ensuring people's interests. His strategy involves creating unique, hard-to-counterfeit copper coins, establishing state-run banks, and using government officials to promote the new currency. By distributing military salaries in copper coins and forcing circulation, he aims to make them the mainstream currency. Wu Di is impressed by this innovative approach to solving a long-standing economic challenge, and decides to send Chen Ping An on a mission to collect copper mines, despite potential dangers from the Japanese.

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