After thinking for a long time, Emperor Wanli said kindly: "Liu Aiqing, please tell me in detail, how do you plan to fight this battle?"
Liu Haojia took out a pile of messy papers from his arms and said: "Long live my Lord, these are what I am writing, but I haven't finished writing yet, so I will just talk about it briefly."
Seeing that the head of the Wanli Emperor agreed, Liu Haojia took out a few pieces of paper and put them on the table and said: "First of all, I am afraid that the food and salary used for this expedition to the Japanese country will be a lot, so I plan to use the method of raising shares."
Emperor Wanli and Zhang Jia were no strangers to the word "stock raising," but they still didn't understand the relationship between stock raising and war. So Zhang Jia asked for Emperor Wanli: "Can war really make money?
?Does this stock offering mean that everyone pays money based on shares, and then distributes the spoils based on shares?"
Liu Haojia gave a thumbs up and said: "Zhang Banban is really smart, he can tell the truth at once, that's what he means! Suppose we need 1 million taels of silver for this expedition, and the royal treasury has provided 100,000 taels, then remove the war from all the spoils
After the cost, the inner treasury will get 10% of the loot!"
Zhang Jia said: "How can you be sure that you will make money? What will you do if you cannot make ends meet? Doesn't that mean that people who invest in shares will lose money?"
Liu Haojia said: "How can this be a loss? Those Japanese lords are very rich. As long as one of their cities is conquered, there will be countless gold and silver! And there are countless nobles and wealthy businessmen in the city. They
The money in his hands is no worse than that of a famous person in a place!"
Although Emperor Wanli didn't speak, it was obvious that his eyes were bright! At this time, Zhang Jia said: "If you cannot make ends meet, can you first ensure that the money invested in the inner treasury is returned?"
Liu Haojia shook his head and said: "There is no reason to do this in business! If you want to make money, everyone will make it together, and if you have to lose money, everyone will pay it together! And if we lose money this time, we might make money next time! Not to mention that we still have to be part of the captured trophies.
Leave a portion for the court. Just..."
At this time, Zhang Jia didn't need to say anything. Emperor Wanli had already spoken first: "How can we return the money to the imperial court? They are not willing to pay!"
Liu Haojia said: "Long live the Lord, you must always give some benefits to the civil servants. The next time the same thing happens, they will not obstruct it."
After saying that, Liu Haojia began to describe how to divide the money after getting the loot. He said it was just ridiculous! And Liu Haojia said so much, his real purpose is to distribute profits so that everyone can benefit, so that the generals overseas can
The action of Tutu continues.
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu, he threw a large number of livestock into Shanglinyuan. Except that the excrement made the land more fertile and his personal property increased, the court and the people did not receive any benefits.
Instead, they bear heavy taxes!
What would happen if Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty distributed the livestock, especially cattle, to the people of the world after his great victory over the Xiongnu?
The people who were allocated cows would be grateful to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for helping to purchase an important labor force for the family, and would strongly support him to conquer the Huns again! The people who were not allocated cows would look forward to whether they could give them to him during the next expedition against the Huns.
He also allocates a cow?
With the cattle, he can open up more land and grow more food, and the court can get more taxes. At that time, the officials in the court will also support him to continue his conquest!
Besides, when Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty went to the Western Oceans, such a huge fleet did not win any colonies overseas or obtain any benefits overseas. It is really disappointing!
But with such a huge fleet going out to fight and trade, where did the benefits go? The main benefits were taken away by the merchants and officers who followed the fleet! What's more, it's a pity that Zheng He had no idea of trade at all.
, missed this opportunity!
If Zheng He brought a large amount of goods for trade in his fleet and brought a large amount of rare treasures and a huge amount of gold and silver to the court when he returned, what would the officials of the court think?
The fleet went out to sea once, and not only did it not cost the court, but it also earned a lot of money. Does that mean we have to go to sea a few more times? If this really happened, where would there be the British Empire and the Empire on which the sun never sets?
matter?
That's why Liu Haojia thought that he must tie the imperial treasury and internal treasury, as well as more people, to the overseas tank, so that the navy can always exist and grow!
At this time, Emperor Wanli's mind was already confused by money. He just wanted to know how much money he could get back from this trip? How much more could he add to his inner treasury? Fortunately, he still maintained a little clarity, and he stopped the painting
Liu Haojia of Big Pie said: "Let's not talk about this for now. First, what is your plan?"
Liu Haojia spread out the papers he took out one by one, and roughly explained his plan to Emperor Wanli. After listening to Emperor Wanli in detail, Emperor Wanli felt that it should be possible! Especially since Liu Haojia had never failed in his work, this was even more impressive.
Gave him a lot of confidence!
So in the end he said: "In that case, Aiqing, just go ahead and do it! Anyway, the navy is under the direct jurisdiction of the royal family and has nothing to do with the court, so ignore them!"
Liu Haojia immediately said: "I have another suggestion! If those maritime merchants can expand overseas or donate enough money, can your Majesty give them a title? No need to be a Spyker, just a knight!"
Emperor Wanli said with embarrassment: "Would conferring a knighthood on a maritime merchant make my Ming Dynasty title too worthless?"
And Zhang Jia also said: "Will this matter cause opposition from officials?"
Liu Haojia explained: "There are some rules for expanding overseas territory. It doesn't mean that you just occupy a piece of land. This land must be productive! And it must be occupied for enough time, provide enough tax revenue, and finally transform
Only for the territory of the Ming Dynasty! As for money, the money must come from overseas, and the amount must be large enough to qualify for a title."
However, Emperor Wanli was quite resistant to this matter and refused to agree to it. Liu Haojia could only stop mentioning these matters for the time being. However, he believed that with Emperor Wanli's temperament, if the goods carried on a Spanish galleon were really
If it is sent to his inner treasury, he will definitely give it a title! But since he refuses to agree at this time, there is no need to worry, and he will just take it easy in the future.
Liu Haojia reported the matter that needed to be solved by Emperor Wanli, and the three of them discussed it for a long time before settling on it.