Zhang Wen had just said something brilliant, but unfortunately, this was his weakness of dealing with the minor matters. At this time, Liu Chengfeng asked questions. He couldn't speak for a while, and his old face couldn't help but turn red.
At this time, the government minister Zhao Kang, who had just been tragic, took the opportunity to say, "This matter is easy. The most important thing at the moment is to scare the various vassal states first. Borrowing is a means, and displaying force is also a means. First show its power, but just demonstrations are just a demonstration.
It is not possible, and many benefits need to be promised. The way to control people is nothing more than to give kindness and virtue. To make them submit, they have to tell them the benefits of being obedient. I have several ways to ask Your Highness to take a clear understanding."
Zhao Kang coughed and continued, "One of this is to tell them that if they are willing to obey, the Ming and Chu will protect their ancestral temples and the country will be stable. For the vassal kings, they must share their power,
To make their stable position, now our great Chu wants to strengthen the army, deprive and weaken their military power, and even recruit warriors from their vassal states to establish vassal camps. They naturally worry that their status is not stable enough, so they promise to make them
It is essential to be able to be the king of this Qing Dynasty with peace of mind."
Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but nodded and said, "Yes, we must both cut off our power, but also ensure their interests. This is very appropriate."
With Liu Chengfeng's encouragement, Zhao Kang suddenly turned red and said, "The second is to provide financial subsidies. If you are disobedient, this bank not only does not lend money, but also needs to collect debts. But what if you are obedient?
Look, the Chu State treasury is abundant, and we can temporarily give the royal family annual rewards, and the rewards can be negotiated, which is enough for them to need."
A little money is nothing to Liu Chengfeng. And if he can seize the authority of various countries, Liu Chengfeng really doesn't care about that little money. After all, Nanyang is a waste of money to Liu Chengfeng, and he can give some benefits.
It should be.
Zhao Kang said again: "The second is before this. Our imperial court in Great Chu must be prepared to secretly make people move in various countries, make friends with some famous and powerful ministers and celebrities, and suppress those who are in love with me Great Chu.
Those who are dissatisfied can be handled by the Jinyiwei. Since we want to expand the army, we must also make preparations in advance. Now the refugees of the Celestial Empire are pouring in to the Chu area. As long as there is enough military expenditure, these should not be a problem.
In addition, military uniforms, weapons, and camps must be discussed by the household and military officials in advance, and the military officers required can also be drawn from the Chu Jun to speed up the training. In fact, this matter is purely a silver, and there is
Everything goes well, and everything goes well without money. Your Highness has just ascended the throne. Although there is still a lot of money in the treasury, the surplus this year is about seven million taels..." Speaking of this, Zhao Kang couldn't help but frown slightly
, said: "The tax on the Chu State's annual treasury is as high as tens of millions of taels of taels of silver. But the expenses are also large, such as building canals, building and maintaining roads, ports, and various expenses are not small, if there is no big expense
, It's nothing, but to expand so many military horses, I have to swallow Nanyang in one bite, I'm afraid that the surplus of more than 7 million taels is slightly insufficient. Therefore, I have two ways, one is to suspend the construction of some facilities.
The second is to encourage merchants to raise funds, but both of them have pros and cons. Just talking about the construction of this road and river channel, Chu is now overcrowded. If the road does not widen and the canal is not built, it is afraid that it will have a certain impact on commerce.
On the surface, it can save some money, but in the long run, it may not be beneficial to my Great Chu."
Zhao Kang smacked his lips and looked at Liu Chengfeng. Seeing that Liu Chengfeng looked relaxed, he continued: "Let's talk about the merchants raising funds. The merchants have money, but they can't stand it.
After all, this is a military matter. Although it is also a plan for long-term stability, the merchants may not admit it. If forced, some people will be disloyal. Therefore, the Weichen thought of an idea, which is to embezzle the construction of roads and transfer a batch of funds from the waterway to do it.
Military expenses, and some construction of roads and waterways allows merchants to raise funds. Of course, merchants naturally want to make profits when raising funds. They can set up roads on newly built roads and withdraw travel expenses from them to repay merchants.
Once the merchants earn money, they will probably be more keen on opening bridges and building roads. I wonder what Your Highness thinks?"
Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but smile bitterly. In fact, this kind of thing is already happening in setting up a road card, but Liu Chengfeng was not very willing. This is not how he hates setting up a road card to collect money, but because he has enough wealth. Liu Chengfeng
He smiled slightly and said, "Zhao Aiqing, you said it straight. If you recruit the official army in large quantities, how many deficits will there be?"
Zhao Kang was silent for a moment and said, "For the sake of caution, I can only count on the lot, but I am afraid that it is still less than five million taels of silver."
Liu Chengfeng curled his lips and smiled, "This money has been released in the inner treasury. The Lone King has some private money. In a few days, someone will get 10 million taels of silver."
Liu Chengfeng is rich and powerful. He only feels that he is rich and his back is a little harder than others. He even thought evilly that when the late emperor was there, he would never have the kindness he was as heroic as himself. Sure enough, silver in this world is the most beautiful
Not to mention ordinary peddlers and pawns, even if they are precious emperors, the money is absolutely indispensable. Liu Chengfeng has some silver. If Zhao Kang dares to open his mouth, he will ask for 30 million.
Wan, Liu Chengfeng will never frown.
For Liu Chengfeng, he loves money but does not care about money. He has many channels to make money. It is useless to keep all incomes of tens of millions a year. It is better to take them out to save the treasury, which is also for his own sake.
Benefits plan.
When these three ministers of the government held the government saw that Liu Chengfeng was willing to take out the money, they all smiled. They didn’t know that the firewood and rice were expensive. In the past, they didn’t think that now, but now everyone knows why the cabinet is calculating the cost of money every day.
The so-called minister of state affairs actually discusses how much tax he has collected every day, and plans to use the treasury silver in what aspects. But sometimes, the silver is limited after all, and where investment needs to be slowed down, and what is necessary
Being valued has become the most difficult thing for everyone. Now that His Highness of the King of Chu is willing to pay for money, this trouble will naturally disappear. Even Li Dongdong was thinking about whether the money to invest in the school this year and build the river channel is not the
Add a little more, after all, the logistics cost of river channels is the lowest, and if one can open up more canals, it will be a success.
Liu Chengfeng beat him up, obviously he was exhausted. He smiled slightly and stood up and said to the three of them, "Leave the other things to you, the debt collection regulations must be drawn up. This is called taking advantage of others and forcing others to submit.
This thing can be talked about in normal times, but when it comes to family and country interests, there is nothing to talk about. The Lone King has something to do to leave the palace, so you can be busy."
Just as Liu Chengfeng was about to set off, an eunuch outside said, "Your Highness, the Jinyiwei has a secret report."
Liu Chengfeng raised his eyebrows and said, "Come on and take a look."
This eunuch was given by Empress Dowager Zhang. He came to Lianzhou from the capital. A few days ago, because he was not suitable for the local conditions, he raised his body for a few days. Once he was in good health these two days, he started to work as a job and was trained in the palace.
People are different, at least they know the rules very well. He came in carefully hunched over and handed a secret report to Liu Chengfeng. Liu Chengfeng answered it casually, looked down and couldn't help but sneer, saying, "The clown jumping!
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When Li Dongdong heard this, he asked, "Who is your highness scolding?"
Liu Chengfeng handed over the secret report to the eunuch and said, "Of course it was the news from the Jinyiwei that Li Hui secretly began to contact King Zhenla."
Li Dongdong suddenly frowned and said, "The loan matter has a great impact on all countries, especially Annan, Zhenla and other countries. In recent years, they have relied on their wealth to support their military and military service. Now the people's livelihood has withered and their income is not enough. This time,
The money bank suddenly stopped lending, which was like cutting off the firewood from the bottom of the pot. I guess King Annan Li Hui was really in a hurry. He is now looking for the contact with King Zhenla, but he is afraid that he will secretly connect with the money bank to stop the mortgage."
Liu Chengfeng smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, they have been killed for so many years, and each has his own ulterior motives. If you want to reconcile as soon as possible, it is even more terrible to let them be together. He is so crazy.
Doing is actually a gesture, which is to tell the Gu Wang that if Da Chu puts forward any harsh conditions on them, they would rather both sides stop the army and work together to deal with Chu State. This wishful thinking would make him fight too well."
Li Dongdong said: "Annan and Zhenla are both great powers in Southeast Asia. If they really abandon their past grudges, all countries will be dissatisfied this time, but they are afraid..."
"Are you afraid they will connect together?" Liu Chengfeng curled his lips and said, "Actually, what you said is reasonable. Although the Lone King doesn't believe that they can really abandon their past grudges, no matter what, being prepared or not is the most important thing.
The purpose is to go out, just say that the money shop does not stop lending completely, but rather evaluates the debt repayment ability of each country, and then appropriately allocates some funds after identifying the good or bad. According to my opinion, there will be no more than three loans that can be provided by Nanyang.
The vassal state, well, let’s release this news. The Lone King wants to see what kind of way is Li Hui, the King of Annan, to join forces.”
Li Dongdong chewed Liu Chengfeng's words for a while, then his eyes lit up and he couldn't help but say, "Your Highness's move is very wonderful. If the news spreads, I'm afraid Li Hui will be disappointed."
Liu Chengfeng was not very interested in this matter at this time. He asked the eunuch when it was time, and then hurriedly left.