Chapter 627: Congratulations, you have been tricked
No matter how questioning is, it is a big deal, and the court really cannot come up with a more feasible method, so the court finally issued a debt.
The Ministry of Revenue is responsible for issuing bonds. The specific amount of bonds issuing is very consistent with the style of the Ming Dynasty. There is no upper limit for how many bonds are issued.
This is exactly the same as their idea of printing silver notes. Ten thousand taels of silver should be printed on a small piece of paper, which resulted in the flood of paper notes, so that now people simply refuse to receive cash notes.
As a result, who knew that the debt released by the Ministry of Revenue became popular, and suddenly it attracted a rush to buy it. In a few days, more than 6 million silver-shaped bonds were sold.
In fact, some people in the capital were rich. For example, during the Chongzhen period, the annual income was only a little bit. However, later Li Zicheng went to Beijing and confiscated the ministers' homes. He found 70 million silver patterns, and the national treasury and internal treasury were searched.
The money is almost insignificant.
It can be seen that the Ming Dynasty was rich in officials and the people, and it was so deformed.
As soon as more than six million taels of silver were obtained, the court's confidence was immediately enough. Even the cabinet was full of joy. Six million taels of silver were obtained so easily. Thinking about it, I used to be for hundreds of thousands.
The expenses of two silvers are quarreling, which is really funny.
The problem now is how to use these silver. Some people even proposed that money should be released, not only in the capital, but also in various provinces in the world.
Of course, some people have raised doubts. Although you can get real money and silver by lending money, what should you do if you pay the debt in the future? The six million silver streaks in your hand now costs 300,000 taels of interest every year. In three years, it will be enough.
A million yuan will be paid back then. Is the court's income of such a small amount of money, enough to make a fortune?
But for some people, at worst, they can borrow money again. The so-called "Mao eats Yin grain" three years later, put out more bonds and pay off the debts from three years ago, and there may be still left in their hands.
So some people have short-sighted eyes and some have long-term considerations, and they are quarreling.
In fact, those ministers who borrowed money in a big way have short-sighted manner, but they have wronged them. They have already thought about who they are, they are the court. The court has borrowed your silver. Do you dare to collect your accounts? Besides, these bonds are yours.
, at that time, I will pay it back. At most, the imperial court will print a few million taels of silver notes to you. Don’t want it? If you don’t want it, just do it.
There are many people with this kind of thinking. For them, there is no need to mention credit. Now that the treasury is short of money, it is natural that they can make a fortune.
However, Liang Teng took out the bond book and everyone was stunned.
Many people stared at each other, incredible, and even some were stunned.
King Fu, King Lu, King Jing, King Huai, King Xiang, and Prince Xiang alone had twenty-nine princes. There were also various branches of the royal family, which had as many as tens of thousands.
As many as thousands, everyone has a share.
In addition, there were Huang Jin, many dukes, and even some court ministers, and some local tyrants who bought a lot.
These people have a characteristic, that is, they are not easy to mess with, and they can't help but trade. They are doing business and making money. They are just scattered. At this time, the people selling bonds appeared, which is naturally the most scattered.
, it is as if you don’t buy this bond, you will regret it for the rest of your life.
In addition, people have said that the court is in trouble and you have to overcome the difficulties. You have to be willing to be honest. These people have a lot of money in their families, and they are idle. They will buy some more or less. Some people threaten that this is just Test the waters, if you really say it is as good as you say, you will have to spend all your money in the future
After all, the silver is still in the jar for ten or hundreds of years. But since the court has released the debt, it is money that makes money, and profits are profitable. As for the court not to repay the debt? This is not the issue they are considering. , Why are there many royal family members and wealthy families selling bonds, but few merchants are pitifully small? The reason is very simple. Merchants are afraid that the court will not admit their accounts, but if these people cannot collect the accounts, they will find someone to settle the accounts. Whoever is in power will find them. , fooling the uncle, aren’t you doing your own life?
The civil and military officials in the court were stunned. Many people even felt that they had been cheated by Liang Teng, the Minister of Revenue. But now, it seems that the money has been borrowed. Even if you don’t return it to others intact, they still need interest. It's so difficult, who can take it out? If you can't, you can only spend it first, but why should you pay it back? You can only get through it for a while now.
A ridiculous phenomenon occurred in the court. Many people criticized Liang Teng, the Minister of Revenue, saying that he had a place of corpse, said that he had a ridiculous position, said that he ignored the ministry's affairs, and only knew that there were some people who were doing it. When it comes to impeaching this man and even asking him to leave to Nanjing, everyone doesn't say anything.
The bond was proposed by Liang Teng, but it was agreed by the cabinet. Now that the bond has been released, everyone found that they are very poor in their knowledge of this bond. As for how to pay the money, they absolutely have no idea. , there is no feasible solution. This kind of thing is not something Liang Teng can do.
The cabinet was so confused about this matter that he simply didn't think about anything. The money was borrowed anyway, and it was borrowed in the name of the court's military service. You had to distribute it, so you had to spend five hundred. Ten thousand taels of silver were sent to the border town, and they were ordered to purchase military supplies, leaving one million taels, and temporarily making long-term plans for the interest rate next year and the following year.
A letter was quickly passed to Hangzhou.
The letter was written by Liang Teng to Xu Qian, which was a private message. After reading the letter, Xu Qian showed joy.
The old-fashioned machine of the imperial court finally had to move slowly under its own push. New policies and new policies, they all said that the new policies were not good, but if they wanted to pay off their debts, they had to have the new policies, or even change the tax system and not reform them. After the year, there will be no one to be done, but once reform is needed, the only way to be ready-made is the new policy.
In fact, it is a last resort to doing this, but the court ordered officials to taste the taste of landlords who lost their land. Will they be willing to move forward obediently?
Although this is just the beginning, the court would not surrender so quickly. It only took this step, which laid the groundwork for Xu Qian to enter the court after Xu Qian stepped down as governor in the future.
"Sir." Wang Gen, a friend of the letter, also read it. Wang Gen looked puzzled and said, "Sir, who has arranged this matter so carefully, where is the sword pointing to it?"
Xu Qian smiled faintly and said, "When you see a cow and he refuses to move forward, what will you do?"
Wang Gen pondered: "Teel it with benefits, or hold a bullwhip in your hand and intimidate it."
Xu Qian nodded and said, "Zhejiang's new policy is profit. We must let everyone see the benefits of the new policy. However, it is not enough to see the benefits. After all, the new policy has never been seen in ancient times, and this court has also There are many people who are old and can't help but whip them, so they have to use whips. These bonds are whips. If they have the ability, they will be stolen. At that time, there will naturally be people who settle the accounts with the cabinet ministers. But if you want to be stolen, you can rely on Now, I am afraid that the benefits of the treasury will not be clear in my life. What should I do if I can’t pay them back?"
Wang Gen said: "I will increase the taxes."
Xu Qian nodded: "It is not easy to increase taxes. The country has been in a century. Which prime minister does not want to increase taxes, but when will it succeed, there are many obstacles. In fact, there are the easiest ways to solve the problem of the treasury.
It is the new policy, which uses the new policy to re-customize the tax system and formulate laws. There is no need for us to discuss these things in depth at the moment. It is still early, so let’s take care of your own land first."
Wang Gen smiled and said, "It is said that five million taels of silver were escorted to the border town. The Tianjin Manufacturing Bureau is afraid that it will be in trouble again."
Xu Qian also smiled and said, "Yes, Xu Jie has already written a letter saying that the current production scale of Tianjin Manufacturing Bureau is three times that of last year. Even so, it is still not enough to solve the current demand. Many merchants,
We are all expanding production, so we can't be left behind in Zhejiang. Zhejiang is a model of the new policy. Naturally, we must maintain our advantages over Tianjin."
Wang Gen said: "This is true. There is another thing. The Governor's Office has sent a letter out. It is the end of the year. Many officials have set off. I am afraid that they can gather here within half a month. As for some remote areas,
The place where he ordered Tongzhi, county magistrate, chief clerk, etc. to set out to observe the new policy. However, the envoy who claimed to be Spain's Franchise had arrived in Hangzhou and had always wanted to see the adults, why didn't he see him?"
The special envoy arrived a month ago. This matter was related to when he was in Shuangyu Port. The prince of Luzon came to ask for help, hoping that the Ming Dynasty would send troops to restore the entire territory of Luzon. After the Spanish heard about it, if it were a few years ago,
Maybe it can be ignored, but as half of the Jiangnan River gradually began to look at the ocean, I gradually realized that the Ming Dynasty's attitude may affect their established policies to the Far East. For this reason, they chose to contact and negotiate, hoping to resolve it as soon as possible.
This question.
Xu Qian said indifferently: "Don't pay attention to him, let's hang it out again. Yes, can someone be sent to follow Zhou Tai?"
Wang Gen said: "Zhou Tai came back to the yamen yesterday and told me about this matter, saying that the envoy was very unwilling to be lonely, and was in Zhejiang for information everywhere. He even went to the near the Xinjun camp, and seemed to want to touch it.
Clear our background.”
Xu Qian smiled and said, "Then let him touch it, it's okay. The clearer he touches it, the more beneficial it is for us. The sea road pacifier said that the Spanish Francs are in Luzon and Taiwan, at most, the troops in Taiwan are
Eight thousand people, only when they have a fear will they realize their power and will they sincerely talk to us.”
Wang Gen said: "It's just a group of barbarians, why should you do this?"