At the court meeting the next day, Fusu told the ministers about his plan to issue Daqin bonds, and proposed that the ministers first start issuing Daqin bonds on a pilot basis.
After hearing Fusu's plan, all the ministers, except for Li Si, Xiao He and a few others, expressed their opposition to the issuance of Daqin bonds. The friendship between the monarch and his ministers instantly overturned. Fusu finally knew what "talking about money" meant.
"It hurts feelings." The reason why these ministers opposed the issuance of Daqin bonds was simply because they were worried that they would not be able to get back the money and food they invested. Fusu had many ways to deal with these old misers.
"Everyone, since everyone does not agree with the issuance of Daqin bonds, we will not issue them. But there is still a very important matter that needs to be discussed with everyone at the moment," Fusu said to the ministers with a smile.
Looking at Fusu's sinister and evil expression, the ministers panicked. Whenever they see Fusu showing such an expression, nothing good will happen.
"Why do you all look unhappy? I have decided not to issue Daqin bonds. Why do you still look sad?" Fusu said to the ministers.
"Now that the land in Hexi has been taken back, I intend to set up a Protectorate in Hexi and outside the Great Wall, and set up a Protector General. This position is listed among the three public officials. The Hexi Protectorate has jurisdiction over the four counties of Qinwei, Zhangye, Suzhou and Dunhuang.
Affairs. The Yanbei Protectorate has jurisdiction over Yanbei County, and can command the Jiuyuan garrison when foreign enemies invade. Since everyone is unwilling to help me solve the bond issue of the Great Qin State, I will not choose the Protector General from among you. After all, everyone
Aren't you willing to help me solve the problem of money and food for the establishment of the Protectorate? I can't force others to make things difficult for me." Fusu looked at the group of ministers below with regret.
At this time, many people have begun to regret it. Isn't it just some money and food? So what if the court doesn't pay it back in the end. And a position like the Protector General can't be bought even with more money and food. That's not a good position.
Lie Sangong's position. Seeing that some of the ministers who had previously opposed the issuance of Daqin bonds were wavering, Fusu decided to add a strong dose of medicine.
"You all still remember the two hundred acres of fertile land I promised you before. Originally, I planned to send Meng Tian to lead his army to Hexi to reclaim 100,000 acres of fertile land in order to fulfill my promise to everyone. But now our Daqin State is financially strapped.
I can’t come up with money or food to support Meng Tian’s land reclamation. I think I’d better not consider this matter for now, what do you think?”
The ministers looked at Fusu with dead expressions and said nothing. They despised Fusu countless times in their hearts: "How can there be such a shameless person in this world?"
"Sir, I just didn't think it through well. I thought about it carefully. How could we object to something as beneficial to the country and the people as the issuance of Daqin bonds? I was just confused."
"I also believe that the issuance of national bonds will be of great benefit to the Qin Dynasty. I just didn't think carefully about it. I would like to ask you to give me a chance to correct my mistake."
"I also believe that the young master's move will benefit the country and the people. The reason why I agree with the young master's issuance of national bonds is not because I covet the position of the Protector General and the two hundred acres of fertile land. It is because I sincerely feel that the issuance of the bonds of the Qin State is a fact."
It’s good to be here!”
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When everyone cares about face, everyone should care about it. If one of them is the first to break this tense state, they will definitely compete to see who is more shameless. At this time, the people standing under Fusu
I am trying my best to put this truth into practice.
Later, in the late Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen begged officials to donate money to save the country when the Ming Dynasty fell. He only got five thousand taels of silver, which was donated by his father-in-law. When the Ming Dynasty fell, Li Zicheng put a knife on the necks of these people.
At that time, they actually generously "donated" 30 million taels of silver. At this moment, what Fusu was doing was similar to that of Li Zicheng, except that Fusu was putting interests on the necks of his ministers.
Half a month later, under Fusu's supervision, Zhang Liang and others were ready to issue Daqin treasury bonds.
On this day, Xianyang's civil and military officials, wealthy businessmen and businessmen gathered in Shanglinyuan just to witness the issuance of bonds of the Qin State.
At the beginning of the hour (9 o'clock in the morning), Fusu arrived at Shanglin Garden surrounded by guards. Fusu's arrival was an ordinary thing for officials, but in the eyes of a group of wealthy businessmen, it was undoubtedly a big deal.
Taking the opportunity, they all stepped forward to salute Fusu and say hello. Originally, the guards wanted to stop these merchants from coming forward, but they were stopped by Fusu's eyes, so they had no choice but to let the merchants approach to say hello.
In fact, Fusu also understands the worries of these guards. They are just afraid that there are people with ulterior motives among these wealthy businessmen. In fact, Fusu thinks that their worries are completely unnecessary. There will never be any problems in Linyuan here.
Regardless of how many rounds of checks one has to go through before entering Shanglin Garden, judging from the life-saving mentality of these rich people, even if someone puts a knife on their necks, they will not choose to take risks. There is no saying that "the richer you are, the more you cherish your life"
? Since Daqin bonds are to be issued, these wealthy businessmen are the biggest buyers. If we don’t provide some benefits at this time, how can we have the nerve to persuade these businessmen to buy a large amount of Daqin bonds later?
A moment later, after the merchants had finished greeting each other, Fusu walked up to everyone and began to sell Daqin bonds.
"My lords, as well as all the merchant heroes of Xianyang, today is the first issuance of bonds of the Great Qin State. I would like to thank you all. The so-called state bonds are the certificates that you lend money and food to the imperial court. They can be circulated.
It can be traded. There must be many "Zi Qian Jia" (the name for private moneylenders in the Qin Dynasty) among all of you here. You must have already understood the matter of lending! You may not know one thing yet. I, Da Qin Lv, will soon
Supplementary revisions to the criminal laws related to private money remittances, lending, etc. There will be regulations on the principal ratio of private loans, which should not exceed the principal ratio (interest rate) of national bonds. Rather than doing this, it is better to use the money in your hands
If you lend it to the Qin Dynasty, the principal amount (interest) will be calculated based on 20% of the principal. Although the principal amount of the loan is only half of the private loan, it is safe! Nowadays, there are locust plagues all over the Qin Dynasty, and ordinary people may not dare to take the risk.
I borrow 40% of the principal from you. Even if I take the risk of borrowing from you, it is very likely that I will not be able to pay it back. Some of you may still have this idea: "Anyway, the principal of private loans is twice as high as that of national bonds.
Why not lend it to the people, and use force to collect the debt if it is not repaid when it is due? Isn't it better to still get 40% of the profit?' I would like to advise everyone, the supplementary and revised law will make the money count, and violent debt collection will
There will be restrictions on many matters, which will surely not make everyone happy. People in the business community may not know that the officials of Daqin have expressed their confidence and determination to subscribe for Daqin's national debt in the court. They have expressed their willingness to take the
Spend half a year's salary to buy Daqin bonds! You business elites, don't miss this opportunity."
After hearing what Fusu said, all the wealthy businessmen turned to look at the civil and military officials beside them. They all nodded and said that what Fusu said was true. Although the officials were surprised that Fusu suddenly told the merchants that they were willing to take
There were many objections to using half a year's salary to purchase government bonds, but they did not dare to object in front of so many people, so they could only nod in acquiescence with a grimace.
Seeing the officials nodding their opinions, these merchants no longer hesitated and expressed their willingness to exchange money and grain for the bonds of Daqin. Fusu immediately assigned Zhang Liang and others to pull together the officials and merchants to sign the subscription contract.
I signed and pledged my name and got a stack of treasury bonds. In the next few months, the issue of treasury bonds was quickly promoted in all counties and counties in Daqin due to the successful experience of Xianyang.
At the court meeting two months later, Li Si summarized the subscription of national bonds in various places and reported to Fusu and officials;
"Master, colleagues, this issuance of bonds of the Qin State has raised a total of 70 million shi in grain and 4 billion in money."
After hearing the data reported by Li Si, Fusu and the officials were completely shocked. They did not expect that they would raise so much money and food.
"This can be as much as the tax of our Great Qin for five years."
"I didn't expect these merchants to be so rich," Shusun Tong lamented, but he deliberately left out officials from all over the country, because half of the people who bought Da Qin's bonds were officials from counties and counties.
With this money and food, Fusu began to feel excited. Many plans that he had planned before to enrich the people and strengthen the country could begin to be implemented; reforming the land grant system, establishing the Daqin financial system, and building the Hexi Corridor...
Just when Fusu was looking forward to transforming Great Qin into a world power, Yu Ji had completed her mission of touring the world for Fusu and would soon return to Xianyang.
Since they got on the carriage given by Fusu that day, Yu Ji and her maid Lu'e began to inspect the world for Fusu under the protection of two thousand elite soldiers. They first went south along the Qinzhi Road, and along the way
During the inspection, Yu Ji visited the four counties of Hanzhong, Shu, Ba, and Qianzhong. During the inspection, Yu Ji also went deep into the fields and villages she passed along the way. She carefully understood the sufferings of the local people and solved many difficult problems for the people.
The problem.
After Yu Ji and her party left Qianzhong County, they turned to Changsha County. After arriving at Linxiang, the seat of Changsha County, Yu Ji and her maid Lu'e came to the bank of the Xiangjiang River. Yu Ji looked at the Jiangdong storehouse for a long time. After leaving Linxiang, Yu Ji
Before Xiang, he made a special trip to pay homage to Jiangdong. After that, he went north along the Xiang River and visited Nanjun and Nanyang.
On this day, when Yu Ji came to the foot of Qingyao Mountain in Sanchuan County, she was attracted by the beautiful scenery of Qingyao Mountain outside the car, so she got out of the car with Lühe to enjoy the scenery. Although it was already winter, Qingyao Mountain
There are still some greenery left in many places on Qingyao Mountain, which surprised Yu Ji and Lu E. So they walked into the depths of Qingyao Mountain, talking and laughing.
When the two came to a corner, something unexpected happened. Several fast horses rushed out from the dense forest on both sides, picked up the two and galloped towards the mountains. When a group of guards heard Yu Ji's words
When the screams came over, there was no trace of Yu Ji anywhere.
Two days later, the news of Yu Ji's disappearance was reported to the Fusu Office of Xianyang Palace.
The most difficult thing is to find information to calculate the taxes of the Qin Dynasty, because there is no exact information and can only be calculated from other information, which is much more difficult than coding. It is time-consuming and may not be accurate.