How much is the value of one or two silver in ancient times?

How much money a pair of silver is worth, many people have discussed it. Many people are actually without concept. In particular, in the contemporary TV drama, there are two extremes, two bowls of soup, two silvers, one granary, one tens of millions of silver, and so on. The ridiculous plot of the creators of China’s creators shows that the current Chinese creators are ignorant and not serious. To what extent, it is necessary to know that the annual income of the state treasury in the Wanli period reached 2 million, and it is still a figure that is rich after the reform of the state treasury after Zhang Juzheng reform. Even the masters including Jin Yong seem to have not conducted in-depth research on the monetary value of the two. Everyone should remember that Guo Jingchu met Huang Rong and was slaughtered by her. The result was "a checkout at a time, a total of one forty-nine seven money." After reading some ancient books, you can find that the monetary value of one or two silver is actually quite high.

In "Dream of Red Mansions", Liu Wei saw the 24 crabs and two silvers on Jiafu's next meal. He lamented that the small family could live for a year. It is necessary to know that Liu Yu’s family was also considered a middle class at that time. There were houses and land that could also hire workers’ gimmicks. For the first time, Shang Jiafu played the autumn wind and got 20 silver coins. Thank you very much. In the "History of Ming Dynasty", it is also mentioned that the seven-year-old county’s just-in-law (basic salary) is only 45 two silver. In the middle and late period of the Southern Song Dynasty, the circulation of silver was still lower than that of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Its value can only be higher. The 19-odd meal, no matter how rare the delicious food, seems too much.

Because the monetary values ​​of the dynasties and silvers are different, it is generally calculated that the value of the ancient coins is calculated by means of general equivalent exchange. For the Chinese, the livelihood goods that are unchanged for thousands of years are rice. The following uses the rice price record of the Taiping years as a standard, and carries out a rough calculation, which can roughly give the answer to the monetary value of the silver two.

In the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, one or two silver coins can be purchased for the general quality of the two stones. At that time, one stone was about 94.4 kilograms, and one or two silver coins could buy 188.8 kilograms of rice, which is 377.6 kilograms. At present, the rice eaten by ordinary families in China is between 1.5 yuan and 2 yuan per kilogram, and the middle price is 1.75 yuan. It can be calculated that one or two silver coins in the Ming Dynasty = RMB 660.8. Although the story of "Dream of Red Mansions" is based on the Qing Dynasty and the living conditions are based on the Ming Dynasty, it is very happy that Liu Wei got the annual fee of more than 13,000 yuan in the calculation of the silver value of the Ming Dynasty. I paid more than 12,000 yuan for a meal, or a small place like Zhangjiakou, which is too exaggerated. Guo Jing is stupid, but poorly born, it is impossible to not know the value of money, Huang Rong is even more likely to take advantage of this store.

If the two silvers get the power of the Tang Dynasty, they are even more scary. During the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong's material civilization was extremely rich. A bucket of rice only sold for 5 yuan. Usually, one or two silver coins were folded for 1,000 yuan (also known as consistent). You can buy 200 buckets of rice, 10 buckets for one stone, that is, 20 stones, Tang Dynasty. The stone of about one kilogram is about 59 kilograms. It is calculated by the average rice price of 1.75 yuan per kilogram today. One or two silver coins are equivalent to the purchasing power of RMB 4,130 yuan. In the case of Tang Xuanzong’s inflation during the first year of the Yuan Dynasty, the price of rice rose to 10 Wenyi, and it was also a pair of silver = 2065 yuan.

The biggest problem lies in the Song Dynasty. The main reason is that the Song Dynasty's coin system was extremely confusing, and its records were also contradictory. The Song Dynasty used "money" as the currency of circulation. Because of the rapid development of the Song Dynasty's social economy and the unprecedented development of industry and commerce, the demand for money was unprecedented, and the output and imports of silver were not high. The government's macro-control regulatory agencies have caused extremely chaotic situations. We know that the general dynasty 1000 money is consistent, equal to one or two silver, but the Song Dynasty is not like this. "Song history food and food" and "continuing Zizhi Tongjian" all mentioned that since the Zhenzong Dynasty began to be less than enough to catch up with the development of the economy, the price of silver has been rising, basically more than 2,000 copper coins. One or two. Moreover, the Song Dynasty "money law" is very chaotic, there are copper coins, iron money and lead tin money circulating at the same time, all states have the right to cast their own money, there are also private money casting, the size of the money is different, the composition is not suitable, the value is changeable "At any time, it is very confusing." The Sichuan-Shaanxi area has a lot of money, and ten yuan for a copper coin. The money circulating in Jiangnan and Jiangbei is different. It’s always unclear how many dollars are actually there, 800 or 850 are consistent, 480 are consistent, and 770 are consistent, and each state’s “private use is customary”, completely Pen-painting.

According to the "Song History Food and Drugs", it is mentioned that "Before Hee, Feng, but Mi Shi is only six or seven hundred" and "Song Shi Shi Guan Zhi" "every bucket (m) depreciation 30 texts", let 2,000 Copper coins are converted into silver one or two. The price of rice in the Taiping period is 600-300 yuan per stone. (After the Jingkang rebellion, there were one or two silver and one stone meters in the early Southern Song Dynasty, which was not in the normal calculation range). 1 two can basically buy 4-8 stone rice, calculated by Song Shi 66 kg, 1 two silver equivalent to RMB nearly 924-1848 yuan; (a saying that Song Shi is 96 kg, it is equivalent to 1 two silver 672 - 1344 yuan). Assuming that the price of silver in the Southern Song Dynasty is similar to that in the Northern Song Dynasty, Guo Jing asked Huang Rong to eat a meal of less than 10,000 yuan and over 30,000 yuan. It is no wonder that the little girl was moved to a mess.

It needs to be added that before the Song Dynasty, the total amount of silver was too small and the value was too high. It has not yet become a currency of circulation (think of it, take a banknote with a denomination of more than 2,000 yuan to go to the market to buy things...), only exist in the court rewards. In the accounting settlement, such as taxation, state payment (such as the amount of money, the number of the silver coins that were sent to Xixia, etc.), in fact, before the Ming Dynasty, the market circulation used copper coins (banknotes appeared in some areas of the Northern Song Dynasty). Silver became the currency of circulation. It was only the two countries in the Ming and Qing dynasties that foreign trade was active, and foreign silver poured into the future. But why in many people's minds, silver has always been the currency of the past. The author believes that the main reason is that the prevalence of the novels in the Ming and Qing Dynasties is based on the current situation of life as a common sense to describe the former dynasty, such as "Water Margin" and "Jin Ping Mei" "Three words and two beats", etc., and the silver two values ​​in these works are based on the silver price of the Ming Dynasty, and they are mixed with the original currency units such as Wen, Guan, Yi and Yi, and have influence on later generations. It is very large. Therefore, most of the historical novels and martial arts novels such as "The Eagle Shooting" written by Chinese people in the past are also referred to as "Silver Two" in the ancient circulation currency. But after all, the modern people are farther away than the people of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The understanding of the former monetary system and the actual purchasing power of the silver is even less. It will often lead to high-priced gimmicks and high-priced dishes, while serious readers or viewers are out of The curiosity of the ancient economic situation should have a clearer understanding of the value of "Silver Two".