"This private information is really well-informed. Is there really someone buying it?"
"Your Majesty, it was difficult to understand things like national debt in the early days, but now half a month has passed, what else can those people who make a living on mortgage loans not understand?"
You underestimate those loan sharks too!
The loan sharking in Daliang is also very rampant, with interest rates generally as high as three times. There are people behind the loan sharking, mainly wealthy businessmen from aristocratic families.
Zhu Youde understood this. It was his fault that he underestimated the ancients.
Loan sharking has a long history.
The matter of national debt is not unfamiliar to the people of Daliang. If you look through the information, you will know that it existed in the previous Song Dynasty, but it was not called national debt. During the Huizong period, the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Song Dynasty had borrowed money from the private sector.
In the past, the Ministry of Household Affairs and Private Lending in Daliang dared to do this because of such examples.
Zhou Chaozong continued: "The national debt is profitable, and it is guaranteed by the imperial court. It is guaranteed to make money without losing money. The wealthy families in the southeast must be enthusiastic about it. Your Majesty asked the Shaofu to stop the acquisition at this time. I predict that the people in the southeast must think that your Majesty has given in, and they will make a big increase."
Material prices.”
Then, this is easy to understand
If the emperor is easy to bully, of course he should take the opportunity to beat him to death.
Zhou Chaozong said: "Your Majesty, when the time comes when I sell national debts, merchants will definitely rob them. However, the money in hand is insufficient. Your Majesty can ask Shaofu to open a pawn shop at this time, and those merchants will definitely be willing to pawn."
"Your Majesty also needs to give certain benefits when purchasing materials, and the harvest from pawns has always been calculated based on only 30% of the goods."
Zhu Youde heard that Zhou Chaozong was definitely trying to trick those powerful businessmen from the southeast.
"Can you guarantee that I can receive these supplies at the lowest price?"
"I can guarantee that if I plan to release a small amount of national debt first, the people will rush to buy it and speculate. If the national debt has an interest rate of 10%, the private sector will dare to speculate and make a hundred times the profit. Those wealthy businessmen will definitely not be able to sit still, and I will release it later..."
Are you a modern person? This is hype.
Zhu Youde understood immediately after thinking about it, the pig killing plate, the typical pig killing plate, first creates a favorable situation, waits for the opponent to come in, and then smashes the plate.
Black eats black!
This move is too shady. The goods of those southeastern merchants have been mortgaged to me. I will definitely not have the money to redeem them when the time comes. As time passes, I can reasonably and legally purchase these materials at a price of 30%.
This time, the southeast merchant was deceived by Zhu Youde, and the supplies he brought exceeded 100 million taels of silver. At a price of 30%, he only needed to spend 30 million to get it done.
If you go back and sell it slowly, you will make a lot of money.
You can also make a lot of money from national debt.
You are the future exchange manager.
Sure enough, it is absolutely true that those who do not have business will not be traitors. By then, the people who fished out corpses in Qinhuai should also be able to make a lot of money.
But Zhu Youde is also very worried, will this affect people's lives?
What if the common people also get involved? Does he know the horror of nationwide stock trading?
Zhou Chaozong said: "Your Majesty's people don't have much money, how can they spend a hundred taels of silver to buy national bonds?"
The misunderstanding is that the people in Daliang are poor and have no qualifications to play this kind of game. As long as the denomination of the national debt is made larger, a threshold can be set for the people to watch.
"You have thought carefully and I am relieved!"
He is a talented person, so he must be praised vigorously. Zhu Youde is the emperor, so can the praise be of the same value?
This is Jane in the emperor's heart.
Zhou Chaozong was so excited that he jumped up and down when he went back.
After Wang Zhonghou brought tea to Zhu Youde and put it down, he heard Zhu Youde say: "There are so many talents in Daliang. If you use them well, it will be easy to dominate the world."
Not long ago, Zhu Youde had seen Liang Zan's memorial. This ruthless man killed 500 people in one go and requested to train 50,000 new troops in Hedong.
It's not that Zhu Youde doesn't want to, who wouldn't want to have 50,000 new troops, but there are not that many officers, and they can't afford to support them. Now, with 30,000 new troops, military expenditures will be nearly 5 million a year.
How much is Daliang's annual tax? It's only six to seven million.
It is normal for foreign dynasties not to want to raise new troops.
I really can't afford it.
Even if Liang Zan trains another 50,000 new troops, Zhu Youde will not be able to afford that much military expenditure.
In the end, Zhu Youdezhi gave Liangzan 20,000 new troops and recruited some traditional troops, which was enough to defend Beiyan.
The New Army is a pure firearms force. The sound of a gun is worth ten thousand taels of gold. If it launches a war to destroy the country, it is still unrealistic without 200,000 firearms troops. 200,000 is the bottom line.
What's more, Lao Zhu plans to build a navy, which is also a gold-eating beast.
"How many shipbuilding craftsmen can the Ministry of Industry mobilize?"
Wang Zhonghou knew that Zhu Youde was asking him, so he quickly said: "Your Majesty, there are about thirty thousand people!"
"Thirty thousand? Why is it so little?"
"Your Majesty, our government does not attach importance to naval forces. Most of the shipbuilders are in the Southern Tang Dynasty. This time General Wang Po attacks Xiangyang and will be able to capture many of them."
"Has Wang Po arrived in Xiangyang?"
"Not yet, it should arrive in three days. I estimate that there will be good news in a month."
So confident, don't capsize.
Didn’t the Southern Tang Dynasty have no capable and famous generals?
Boss, there are always one or two powerful people in a country.
Zhu Youde asked more about who was the general who defended Xiangyang in the Southern Tang Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, his name is Xiao Muyu. Some people also call him Monk Xiao, because he was a monk in a temple when he was young. He is brave and good at fighting and can hold a flag with one hand."
The flag Wang Zhonghou mentioned is the Chinese military flag, which usually requires more than a dozen people to protect it to prevent the flagpole from falling down.
Monk Xiao can hold the flag with one hand, which shows that the opponent is born with supernatural power, is brave and good at fighting, and is at least a fierce general.
"This guy sounds awesome."
Wang Zhonghou whispered: "There has never been a defeat, but this time I encounter His Majesty's new army, I am afraid it will fail."
You wait, you wait!
Never having a defeat means winning every battle?
Is this the general who defends Xiangyang?
Nowadays, Zhu Youde's views on the ancients of this era have changed. If there is no defeat, then Monk Xiao must have no defeat. An honest comparison between these ancients may even be modest.
Zhu Youde had a hunch that Wang Po's battle would not be good, but this time it was not a war to destroy the country, but just a shock. By the way, he would try the new army's combat effectiveness in the south.
Zhu Youde didn't have any regrets.
Zhu Youde picked up another memorial: "The Magistrate of Heyuan County reported that bandits appeared near Yixian Gorge and attacked the Yixian Gorge camp. Wang Banban, what do you think? The Yixian Gorge is only eighty miles away from the capital. It has never happened before.
There has been no banditry, where did these bandits come from?"
Wang Zhonghou took a look at the memorial, closed it and said, "Your Majesty, have you ever thought about whether these are actors? The magistrate of Heyuan County said that these people are skilled in bows and horses and come and go like the wind. They look like Beiyan cavalry."
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So shameless?
Zhu Youde believed Wang Zhonghou's words, and Beiyan was in trouble. He was talking about marriage with him, but he stabbed him in the back!
It's really heartless and unjust.
Zhu Youde suddenly had a headache. Being an emperor was not easy.