The civil servants fell into a strange collective silence, their activity level decreased, and they no longer criticized each other every day as before.
They also stopped expressing their opinions on whether to give head rewards and pensions to the allied soldiers who exterminated the Jin Dynasty. They expressed neither support nor opposition.
Anyway, it was a very vague attitude, even leaving it to the emperor to decide. No matter what the emperor decided, they had no opinion.
What's wrong?
By the way, what happened to the civil servants?
Could it be that Qichunnian poked a sore spot in them and really started to change and reflect?
They were still shocked by Xu Jiajun's powerful strength. Faced with this existence that was even more powerful, terrifying and unreasonable than the Jianzhou Tartars, the civil servants were frightened and jealous. They finally understood how much they weighed, so they wisely chose not to.
Provoke again.
Moreover, to convince people with virtue is the virtue of martial virtue; to convince people with reason, to study things to gain knowledge, and to make weapons and armor - this sentence has become popular in the capital recently, and has been refuted and denounced by countless scholars, but the majority of
Ordinary people's eyes lit up after hearing this sentence. They thought it was very reasonable and simply the truth. No matter how they heard it, they felt that there was no problem and could not find any loopholes in the logic.
But the most important thing that made the civil servants shut up collectively was probably Qichunnian’s final warning and deterrence.
Give it a try without paying!
This sentence is too powerful.
Not only the civil servants were uneasy, but also the millions of people in the capital began to speculate after hearing this warning:
"If the civil servants do not agree to give silver rewards and pensions, the anti-money coalition forces will definitely invade the capital, then cause trouble for the civil servants, chop off their heads, and confiscate their property. If there is no silver reward, they will directly take the money from the civil servants.
Get it from their homes.”
"Isn't this a rebellion? Doing such a treasonous thing for a little money?" the old man said with difficulty.
"What is a little silver? This is silver earned with life and blood. If I were a soldier fighting for the country and risked my life to kill the enemy, I would be able to cut off two heads, but there would be no silver reward.
Even if you accidentally die in battle, there will be no compensation. If the court treats meritorious soldiers like this, even if it is rebellion, it is necessary and necessary. Such a court is not worth working for!"
"That's right, the Jin-Destroying Alliance finally managed to defeat the Tatars, beheaded so many Tatars, rescued so many people, and avenged countless people, but the imperial court was stingy and refused to give any rewards. This is really too much.
It’s too much and it really can’t be justified.”
"I don't think we need to worry. Xu Jiajun is a mighty and civilized teacher. He has done nothing wrong to the common people. He doesn't even want a tender and beautiful girl in his arms. If the civil servants offend Xu Jiajun, the civil servants will definitely be the unlucky ones in the end.
All we have to do is stand aside and watch the show."
"I heard that Xujiazhuang had already mastered the property status of the civil servants. It was clear how much money and property was hidden in the cellar of each civil servant's home. The civil servants dared to stop the payment of silver rewards, so they confiscated the property of these civil servants.
Home! Take the money from the civil servants and reward them."
"Okay, okay, this is what you should do! I can help lead the way and help move the money!"
As the rumors in the capital that Xu Jiajun wanted to raid the civil servants' homes spread more and more, they reached almost everyone's ears.
There is even a ranking list of civil servants' wealth that comes from unknown sources. The first place is so-and-so, and the amount of wealth, the second place is so-and-so... The story is vivid and lifelike, and it seems like that.
This made some civil servants start to panic, worried that they would really be on the fat sheep list and become the target of Xu Jiajun.
Therefore, they released public opinions to the outside world, saying that they had never blocked the issuance of silver rewards and pensions. They must reward the meritorious ministers who protected the Ming Dynasty and shed blood for the Ming Dynasty. They must not let the meritorious ministers feel cold.
Secondly, for the safety of their personal property, they thought of a very clever way to deposit their money in Tianxiatong Bank and become the bank's savings users.
Or join the royal family's financial management account, which means you are firmly bound to the emperor and you can also get 3% annual interest dividend, which has a higher safety factor.
This resulted in Tianxiatong Bank gaining more than 300 new depositors in a short period of time, with an increase in deposits of nearly 5 million silver dollars.
Emperor Zhu Youjian's fund-raising and financial management account also quickly increased deposits of approximately 5 million silver dollars.
Under the potential threat of house confiscation, the world was allowed to open banks and deposit tens of millions of silver dollars in a short period of time. This shows that the financial power and resources possessed by civil servants should not be underestimated.
Since the civil servants were so understanding, had a strong desire to survive, and tied their property to Tianxiatong Bank's commitment and credibility to its depositors, Xu Jiajun naturally could not take any further action against them. There was no chance of using the plan for the house raid.
It's a pity, but this time I can only let the civil servants go.
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October 14th.
Xujiazhuang Tianxiatong Bank reached a fourth loan agreement with the Ming Dynasty royal family.
The contents are mainly these three items:
1. Tianxiatong Bank lent 4 million silver dollars to the royal family (there are 6 million more ahead), with an annual interest rate of 2%, and no time limit for the return of the principal.
Second, Xujiazhuang obtained the right to build roads within the Ming Dynasty, and local governments were not allowed to interfere, and Xujiazhuang was not allowed to collect tolls.
Third, Xujiazhuang has obtained unlimited rights to develop overseas, and Daming will provide certain cooperation and support.
And after the money arrives.
The head reward and pension promised to the gold-extinguishing coalition forces were quickly given away.
At this time, King Qin's army gathered around the capital, except for the nearly 100,000 gold-killing coalition troops.
There is also the army of Hong Chengchou in Shaanxi.
The army of Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces.
The army of Changping Army General Zuo Liangyu.
The white pole soldiers of Qin Liangyu, the chieftain of Shizhu, Sichuan.
King Qin's troops from Shandong, Southern Zhili, Henan and other places all arrived.
The total number of people is as many as one hundred thousand.
But these troops all arrived too late. The battle had already been fought and there was no chance for these troops to perform.
However, the departure fee promised to them by the court still had to be paid, and the Ministry of Household's money and food had basically been emptied. In the end, they could only pay from Zhu Youjian's internal funds, at the standard of ten silver dollars per person.
, and was given a million yuan of silver.
As a result, I could only borrow an extra million from Tianxiatong Bank, and this was still barely enough to spend. If I really paid it according to the standard, I would have to prepare another two million in money and food.
pauper.
In short, the entry of Houjin this time turned Emperor Zhu Youjian into a pauper again, and the total amount of loans owed to Xujiazhuang reached 10 million.
even so.
The Qinwang troops from various places who arrived later were still extremely dissatisfied and full of complaints. They even launched a clamor and asked the court to give them some compensation:
"All the meat was eaten by the Jin-Destroying Alliance forces, and we couldn't even take a sip of the hot soup."
"Each person is compensated with ten silver dollars to send the beggar away. This little money is not even enough for travel expenses."
"It's not fair, it's not fair!"
"We are not afraid of death. If we have the chance to fight the Tatars, we will definitely be able to chop off more heads!"
"Yes, we traveled a long way to the capital to kill the Tatars, not to drink from the northwest wind!"
Jealous.
These King Qin's troops, who arrived late, were all jealous after learning about the record of the Jin-Destroying Alliance Army.
Jealous to the point of distorting his face.
If they had known that Jiannu was so easy to fight and could behead tens of thousands of people in a single battle, they would have rushed there quickly and would never have missed this opportunity.
The head reward is 2.8 million taels.
Except for Xu Jiajun's 8,000 men, they will not participate in dividing the silver reward.
In the gold-eliminating coalition, each person received an average of 30 silver dollars.
They also got most of the departure fee previously paid by the Accounts Department, which was equivalent to 20 silver dollars on average.
The total is 50 silver dollars per person.
These troops, who came late, only received 10 silver dollars per person.
The difference is a full five times.
It is also the imperial army. How can the subsequent armies be convinced and how can they feel balanced?
So they vent their dissatisfaction every day.
Make noise every day.
They even took the initiative to provoke and cause trouble for the Jin-Destroying Alliance, wanting to test their abilities. There was an air of hostility everywhere.
Seeing this, the Xujiazhuang Film Projection Team took action.
A large open space was immediately designated, and an open-air cinema was set up to screen a movie for these dissatisfied King Qin's troops.
And after watching this movie.
All the subsequent troops of King Qin stopped making noises, put aside their dissatisfaction, calmed down the hostility in their hearts, and had to express their submission.
This movie is "The Battle of Daxingzhuang"!
That is to say, the battlefield record video was played in the Jinluan Palace a few days ago and shocked the civil servants to the point where they dared not talk about it anymore.
And these past few days.
The video of "The Battle of Daxingzhuang" has been copied into many copies and is being taken to various parts of the Ming Dynasty for free screening by multiple Xujiazhuang film screening teams. The main audience is ordinary people, gentry, nobles, and scholars in the Ming Dynasty.
Naturally included.
The main purpose is to spread the word widely, vigorously promote the combat effectiveness of Xujiazhuang, and enhance the influence and cultural soft power of Xujiazhuang.
The impressions and concepts such as "Xu Jiajun is the best in the world" and "Xu Jiajun is invincible" must be deeply rooted in the people of the world, forming a fixed cognition, and even engraved with ideological stamps. As long as the Xu Jiajun is thought of, "Xu Jiajun is the world's best" will immediately be established.
"One" related cognition, so that we dare not have thoughts and ideas that are hostile to it.
As for the effect after the movie screening.
It can only be described as far exceeding expectations.
For example, today's internal screening was attended by many generals.
Hong Chengchou, the Governor of the Three Borders of Shaanxi, turned pale after watching the movie and murmured: "With such a strong army, only thirty thousand, no, twenty thousand, can wipe out everything. The few border troops in my hand cannot be used for anything."
You must not be an enemy."
Cao Wenzhao was also shocked and said: "Among the strong men in the movie, among my three thousand cavalry, there are no more than a hundred people with similar physiques, and the equipment is far inferior. If we meet on the battlefield in the future, we will only end up worse than the Eight Banners elites."
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Qin Liangyu, chieftain of Shizhu, could not sit still: "Such an invincible and powerful army, even if there are 100,000 white-armed soldiers, it can't be harmed at all. If the world is full of such an army, the white-armed soldiers can go back to their hometowns to farm." She said.
There was a deep sense of loneliness in his words, as well as a hint of despair and unwillingness.
"Don't worry, old lady, as long as you have money and silver, your white-armed soldiers can also be made into such an invincible and powerful soldier." Shi Yong comforted the female general.
"The land in Shizhu Mountain is thin, so I don't have any money." Qin Liangyu smiled bitterly.
"There is an opportunity now. As long as the old lady's white soldiers are willing to go to Shanxi with the Xu family army and earn 1.8 million taels, there will be no problem." Shi Yong suddenly said.
"How do you say this?" Zuo Liangyu, who was sitting back and listening with his ears upright, asked immediately with his eyes lit up.
"Eight Families of Shanxi Merchants..."
Shi Yong came up with a word and introduced a project that could make a fortune.