This question made Li Xiao secretly laugh. You guys are not willing to pay for it yourself, how can you expect others to generously help you pay for it? I told you a long time ago that there is no such thing!
But Baujani didn't believe it. He said: "Can the French government provide some loans?"
Li Xiao finally stopped laughing. He finally knew how bad these Hungarians were. Did he really think that he would defeat the French? But he is a fake Frenchman, and even if he is real, you
Do you think that the French government is the one who runs the charity and helps Hungary for nothing if they are not relatives?
What's more, the French are all shit themselves, so how can they have any spare money to help you tide over the difficulties?
Li Xiao is very clear about the attitude of the French government, which is to obtain maximum benefits with minimum effort. It is impossible to provide any substantive support to the Hungarian Revolutionary Party. At most, it is verbal and spiritual support, and nothing else.
So he asked rudely: "Loans are of course possible, but it is impossible for the French government to directly grant you loans. After all, our government has to take into account the relationship between Austria and Russia. At most, it can provide you with business through private channels.
loan!"
When Baojani heard this, he was overjoyed and immediately said, "Commercial loans are also available!"
Li Xiao immediately sneered and asked: "You should be very clear about the rules of commercial loans. Businessmen are all profit-seeking. Even if they give you a loan, the interest will be very high. And the most important thing is, what do you use as guarantee?"
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Baujani was in a daze. He had never thought about the guarantee at all, but Szechenyi interrupted: "Can't the French government provide us with a guarantee?"
Li Xiao really couldn't laugh or cry. How could the French government give you a state guarantee for these rogue parties who have no future today? Isn't this asking for trouble and throwing money into the puddle?
"Impossible!" Li Xiao denied it straight away, "I have said that the French government will not directly come forward to help you, so there must be a guarantee that makes those businessmen excited, otherwise it is impossible to give you a loan!"
Baojani and Széchenyi suddenly fell into deep thought. These two innocent children were really thinking hard about what they could use as a guarantee.
Finally, Baojani asked: "What kind of guarantee is needed for half of this kind of borrowing?"
Li Xiao replied seriously: "It's very simple, you can consider using Hungary's fixed assets or future taxes as guarantee!"
Fixed assets? Taxes?
Baujani and Széchenyi immediately looked at each other, because Hungary could indeed do both, but well, the problems were not small.
The first is fixed assets. Although the current Hungarian revolutionary government nominally controls the entire Hungary, it does not have any fixed assets in its name. Assets such as fields, properties, and mines across the country are all privately owned. They cannot take other people's private property.
Go get a mortgage! Those political elites won’t make a fuss over this.
As for taxation, it’s not that it can’t be mortgaged, but it doesn’t sound good when you say it. It always feels like pawning your property. And if the money is not paid in the future, wouldn’t the power of taxation fall into the hands of foreign businessmen?
What a pain in the ass!
Actually, Li Xiao felt that Baojani and Széchenyi really thought too much. Even if they were willing to use taxes as collateral, no foreign bank or businessman would be willing to accept it.
The reason is very simple. The Hungarian revolutionary government is not a particularly credible government. It will not be trusted at all if it is precarious. Any capitalist has to weigh the risks involved. If this group of goods goes out of business, what is the loaned government?
Who do you want money from?
In other words, even if Baojani and others are willing to pledge their tax revenue, no one would dare to take it. The risk is too great and it is simply a gamble.
Of course, Baojani and the others were not willing to pledge their taxes. For them, this was too humiliating and absolutely impossible to accept. So from the moment he put forward this suggestion, Li Xiao knew that they would not agree. It was just to let them know
Retreating from the difficulties gave up this wishful thinking.
It was obvious that the loan approach was unworkable. There would be no culprits willing to lend money to Hungary, so Baujani had to look for other solutions.
Li Xiao sighed and said: "You are neither willing to raise funds from the whole people, nor can you provide valuable collateral to obtain a loan. There is only one way left. You can only pay taxes. You can consider charging a special national defense tax or
Issuing patriotic bonds…”
Baujani and Szechenyi looked at me and I looked at you, and they looked at each other again. Because the method given by someone was still to scrape the ground, to try to scrape the oil from the people. To be honest, they were resisting.
But, obviously it is impossible for Li Xiao to give more favorable terms, so it is useless to ask someone. This makes Baojiani particularly frustrated, because he had expressed hope before coming, who knew he would despair so quickly
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"Thank you for your suggestion. We will consider it carefully. Thank you for your support of the Hungarian revolution. Goodbye!"
Looking at Baojani and Széchenyi who were dejected and leaving, Li Xiao felt a little upset in his heart. Objectively speaking, he sympathized with Baojani and others, and sincerely hoped that they could succeed, but his reason told him that he would really give them
Help is meaningless because they are not mature and qualified revolutionaries and cannot lead the Hungarian revolution to victory.
Why do you say that?
Because in Li Xiao's view, truly mature revolutionaries must possess certain qualities. For example, they must have a clear and firm revolutionary program goal, as well as the means and methods necessary to achieve the program goal, and finally, a firm will and flexible skills.
Look at Baujani and others, do they have clear and firm revolutionary goals? To be honest, the goals of Baujani, Széchenyi, Kossuth and others are not consistent at all. Baujani and others do not seek Hungary’s
To be truly independent and independent, I just want to seek a certain degree of autonomy, and I also want to be an obedient citizen of the Habsburg family.
Kossuth, on the other hand, is much more radical. Not only is he dedicated to independence, but he is at least alienated from Austria and the Habsburg family. Whenever he has the opportunity, he will engage in major events to seek complete independence.
The goals of this group of people are not consistent at all. Naturally, there is no way to form a joint force. They are fighting on their own. So you can see that they have many internal problems, all kinds of entanglements, and they go their own way. There is no unity at all as a revolutionary team.
What a future!
In fact, this is not the most serious problem. What is worse is that these people lack experience, not to mention organizational skills, and there are a lot of problems with strategies and methods...