In tv dramas, you can often see such a scene, the emperor is happy, he likes to enjoy a golden wanliang.
So is what the emperor said about the golden ten thousand two really ten thousand two gold? You must know that if you look at the current market situation, the conversion of ten thousand gold into money is already hundreds of millions of yuan. Is the emperor really so generous?
Regardless of whether the emperor is generous or not, he must first ask the treasury if he wants to! After all, if the emperor rewarded the gold with ten thousand taels at every turn, the treasury would not take long for the emperor to empty.
The ancient reference to the golden wanliang is not the same as we understand it. At that time, the smelting technology was not developed, so the purity of gold was not as pure as it is now, and even if the real reward of 10,000 taels of gold would not have a value of hundreds of millions of yuan.
Moreover, the gold mentioned by the emperor is not all gold, but will be doped with other metals, including copper and tin. It will also be mixed with various jewelry, grain and clothing, etc., so that the value is greatly reduced.
Moreover, these "golden ten thousand twos" rewarded by the emperor cannot be bought and sold by the courtiers at will, but must be treasured and passed down as heirlooms for generations, after all, compared to the value, these "golden ten thousand twos" are given by the emperor himself, reflecting a very great glory. If the ministers accidentally lost these rewards, they might still be questioned, after all, it was something that the emperor rewarded, and if they lost it, they didn't pay attention to it, and of course they would be questioned.
From this, it can be seen that the golden wanliang is indeed "precious", after all, the ministers who are rewarded will have heavy pressure!