"Your Majesty! Borrowing money from the private sector is a disgrace to the country and the government. We at the Ministry of Revenue will not lend this money." Fu Shuxun felt that there was no need to continue the discussion. You are letting the internal supervisors interfere in the national taxation in disguise. This matter cannot be done.
You open your mouth.
"Fu Shangshu, if you don't repay the borrowed money, it will be a disgrace to the country! There are still people who borrow money for emergencies when they can't move. Now that the government can't move, what's the shame in borrowing money temporarily? It's better than forcibly borrowing money from others.
Is it okay to raise taxes on the people? The country has even done things like raising three taxes, which is indistinguishable from robbing the people of their money, and they still say that normal borrowing is embarrassing? You are also people who have studied serious books, don't you say this?
Do you feel guilty?"
Killing people, beating people in the face, and paying three wages are things that the courtiers are not happy about. When the emperor mentioned it to their faces, the situation suddenly became embarrassing. The emperor took the lead in this matter! Why is it that we are now responsible?
Really? Stealing money is what you always wanted to do first. We are just the executors. If you want to cause trouble, go to your dead grandfather and Yang Wenruo who is already dead. What does it have to do with us?
Seeing that the situation had cooled down, Zhou Yanru quickly activated his brain and found another angle to retort: "Your Majesty, borrowing debt to live is a matter of living without food. This cannot be set as a precedent. Profits will make the court's tax revenue even more difficult to make ends meet."
"Yin eats Mao Liang? Can you find a way for me to steal money without raising taxes and not eat Mao Liang? Is the profit of six cents a year too much? Because the court has more money and the situation has improved, won't the taxes be too much? Even this account is taken into account
But come here? I am really out of my mind and chose you bunch of idiots to run the country!"
"Your Majesty! Now the court is short of more than 500,000 taels of money. Even if we borrow these 500,000 taels, we still can't solve the crisis at hand." Zhou Yanru was also a little angry at this time. What do you think we are stupid people?
?Only you can!
"Half a million dollars is not enough. Master, how much do you think we need to alleviate the current crisis?"
"At least one and a half million taels!"
One and a half million taels, what a big deal! Chongzhen thought he was going to quote how much, and he was already planning to cut it down a bit from the astronomical figure, but it turned out that this group of people only had so much ability.
"How can I borrow 1.5 million taels? I won't let Wang Daban work hard and get such a bad reputation. Borrow 500,000 from Minsheng Bank, and you can find the remaining one million from your own creditors. The money borrowed this time,
All according to the conditions mentioned before, people must receive the principal and interest, and the interest is still six cents a year. Don't play any tricks of nine out of nine and thirteen back. I want to see real money, and it must be a bank. I do want it.
See, what are your abilities to borrow money at such a low interest rate and alleviate the court's crisis!"
"Your Majesty! You have no words to say. We will go find someone to borrow money right away. I have your word first, and all the borrowed money will be paid by our court." Fu Shuxun was provoked and became confused, and actually bet with the emperor on the spot.
"Shan! I have approved it for you! Remember, you must pay it off in at least three years."
"There is no need to rush it in three years. I can find someone who can pay it off in five years."
Fu Shuxun came out of the palace angrily. As he walked on the royal road, Fu Shuxun felt his heart surge. Today he seemed to have done something quite awesome. He might be the only person in history who gambled with the emperor in court.
After leaving the palace, the rare cold wind in summer blew over him, and he was a little sober at this time. He suddenly remembered that he had opened his mouth and promised the emperor to borrow one million taels of silver. Was this a bit of a joke?
Already?
"Qimou, you are acting too ambitiously today. It's not easy to raise a million dollars, but I can't ignore you being in a crisis. After all, you are causing trouble with His Majesty on behalf of our courtiers today. So be it! I want to
I can use this old face to raise 100,000 silver for you. Then you can discuss it with His Majesty. The borrowed money must also be pledged with the prefectural and county taxes. This will put Your Majesty in a difficult situation."
There are still people with smart minds. Zhou Yanru understood the benefits here in the palace. As long as the mortgage is done, the loan business can be done. Although he himself can't come up with so much money, he can do it.
It's not difficult to raise 100,000 yuan from the contacts in Nanzhili, and they have to do a favor, so this deal is a good deal.
As soon as Zhou Yanru opened his mouth, other people also chimed in. They all shared the same hatred and quickly settled Fu Shuxun's share of more than 500,000 taels of silver.
When he got home in the evening, Fu Shuxun was still thinking about how to get another five hundred thousand taels. As a result, a group of people came outside the house to ask for a meeting. When these people came, they said they would help Master Fu. This one said thirty thousand, which one?
After saying 50,000 yuan, the money paid out soon exceeded 50,000 yuan. When Fu Shuxun saw this, he quickly stopped and let the group of people continue shouting. His one million quota was really not enough.
When did it become so easy for Ming Dynasty to borrow money? This is not one or two thousand, but a full one million taels. Are these people crazy?
Of course they are not crazy, and they do not have huge profits. Who would give you real money to play with? Anyone with a discerning eye can understand that as long as they can send money supervisors to prefectures and counties to supervise taxes, this transaction is equivalent to selling a mansion for money.
As a county official, you can not only earn interest, but also exert countless political influence. As long as you do it well, you will definitely earn a lot of money.
Three days later, the important ministers of the Ming Dynasty arrived at the Qianqing Palace again. This time they came to start the grand negotiation of the century with the emperor. As long as this negotiation was successful, let alone coming to the door on their own initiative, even if they were invited, they might not come.
"Master, you are here today! Have you borrowed the money?"
"Your Majesty, I am here today to talk about the loan that was discussed before, and secondly, to talk about what your Majesty discussed a few days ago. The cabinet has voted for it, and everything will be carried out in accordance with your Majesty's decree. However, I am willing to ask
Your Majesty, please do not raise any criticism in the future. All political discussions will come from the cabinet." Zhou Yanru said this very forcefully!
"Taifu Dashan! Let's talk about the loan first. All the articles of association are negotiated according to my wishes, right?"
"We all respect His Majesty's wishes. We have also discussed the prefectures and counties that the Minsheng Money Bank will be divided into. We have already communicated with Superintendent Wang and they have no objections."
"Okay, I agree! In this case, I will also give you the advice you gave me today. From now on, I will no longer mention the content of the court meeting. All court meetings will be initiated by the cabinet. But before it is implemented
, I raise the only issue again, asking the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry to each select a thousand tribute students to be imprisoned. For these two thousand people, I will set up a school in Long Live Mountain to supervise the studies of tribute students. In addition, Long Live Mountain will also set up a military examination general school.
All handsome men from all over the country who are interested in martial arts are encouraged to enter the school, and after three years of study, they will be awarded military attachés!"
"Your Majesty, if Gongsheng is imprisoned, can he be granted an official position? The imperial court does not have so many official positions to confer officers to Gongsheng."
"They are all appointed as officials, and the official salary comes from the inner treasury, which is comparable to the seventh-grade salary. As for the official position, I will figure it out myself."
"Thank you!"
The grand negotiation between monarch and ministers came so quickly, Chongzhen was indeed a little unexpected. But this is also a good thing. The ministers of the court and the central government had compromised on the previous arrangements. So what's the harm in giving them power? With these 150
The loan of 100,000 silver is enough for them to last for at least a few months, and I can just use this time to do some business. Otherwise, I have to focus on fighting with these guys all day long, which is tiring.
People are meaningless. Everyone is busy with their own things so as not to look at each other and react in disgust.