Chapter 666 Bonds
"Borrowing money from the people?" Lu Mengzheng jumped up suddenly, oops, when he met such an official, he would have to have a temper with Kou Zhun sooner or later!
Wang Dan saw that Lu Meng was jumping first, so he endured it first, estimating that he still had to jump in this matter, Lu Meng was tired of jumping, and he would go up again! Dealing with the official family is not only troublesome, but also laborious!
Ding Wei was also taken aback, but he quickly adjusted his expression, and his head was running rapidly, how should he cooperate with the official family in this matter?
"Do the officials know how the high debt came about?" Lu Meng was in a hurry.
Small eyes... Well, in the last years of the Warring States Period, Qin attacked Zhao and forced Luoyang, Zhou Tianzi and King Zhou listened to the minister's opinion, and asked the wealthy merchants of Luoyang to borrow money and unite the six countries to resist Qin, but the war did not start, and the money was almost spent.
The creditor scolded outside the palace gate every day with the bonds, and King Zhou Yu built a high platform in the palace and moved in, out of sight and out of mind.
Hence the word "high debt"!
This knowledge is not taught by Mr. Li, but by the enlightenment teacher!
The little eye said that his memory is really good!
"I'm not King Zhou Yu!" The little eyes looked at Lu Mengzheng's eyes were not good, he had a good character, borrowing money to repay the money, it was a matter of course, would he repay the debt? Will he repay the debt?
Even if you want to repay your debts, you will be scolded by the people and dare not repay your debts! The people of the Great Song Dynasty are even more powerful than the people of Luoyang during the Warring States Period!
Luoyang?!
Luoyang?!
The little eyes are not good, and they chose the capital for a long time, but they actually chose a place with strong folk customs?
"I take the Luoyang Palace as a mortgage!"
Although the people of Bianjing are powerful, everyone is still familiar with each other, they have been friends for decades, and there are some dispensable things, but the people of Bianjing will still turn a blind eye and raise their hands.
The little eyes haven't started borrowing money yet, and they are already thinking about simply relying on the account!
Lu Mengzheng and Wang Dan were both surprised, you know, in order to move the capital, Xiaoyan has been wrestling with the ministers for a long time!
Lu Mengzheng sighed lightly, "The officials love the people, and the ministers deeply admire it!"
You can't move to the mortgaged palace, right? The royal family still has to be face-saving! The relocation of the capital will certainly not be carried out as originally planned, and the treasury is now empty, and even if the tax revenue is collected and there are many places to use the money, it is impossible to use it all to repay the money!
Wang Dan was also moved by the good intentions of the little eyes, although the official family is still very unreliable, but the original intention is good, and he said at the moment: "The official, the matter of raising taxes, the ministers must carefully consider it, although this time it is a tax increase to businessmen, it must also try to reduce their burden!"
"Lend," said the little eye firmly, "Lend to the merchant!
Wang Dan reminded Xiao Yan that it is not easy to borrow money from rich businessmen! Everyone will be worried, if there is one, there will be two, and they will definitely not agree easily!
Ding Wei thought for a while, "The official, the minister has an idea, the court does not look for rich people to borrow, the court will divide the amount of IOUs into a small amount, the minimum amount is tentatively set at one or two, let's release the rumor of tax increases, businessmen will definitely subscribe enthusiastically, even if they are worried that the court will not pay it back, there will always be IOUs in hand, tax increases, that is for the imperial court! The merchants in Bianjing alone can raise a lot of money, and there is no need to send people to negotiate with the rich about borrowing silver!"
Little eyes slapped the table and said to Ding Wei: "I'll leave this matter to you!"
Lu Mengzheng and Wang Dan still wanted to stop it, and waved their hands with small eyes: "Don't stop the two Aiqing, if the borrowing doesn't go well, then consider raising taxes!"
Seeing that Xiao Yan had made up his mind, Lu Mengzheng and Wang Dan had to reluctantly agree to borrow money, but they did not agree to mortgage the Luoyang Palace, "The imperial court pays taxes every year!"
"Take the Luoyang Palace as a mortgage!" The little eyes were very resolute, "The palace is really there, and the imperial court pays taxes, and everyone can't look at it!"
Lu Mengzheng and Wang Dan were moved, and turned their heads and began to study with Ding Wei, how much to borrow is appropriate, how much money should be set, and you must not borrow more!
The three of them stayed up all night with Xiaoyan, and finally worked out a charter, the imperial court bond issuance is for the people, regardless of the farmers, industry and commerce, everyone can subscribe, and the interest rate is lower than that of the money bank loan - this is for sure, otherwise you can't borrow it directly from the money bank-- but for the little people, the money can't be put at home, and you can earn a few copper plates, which is also earned!
Ding Wei believed that this kind of profit was still very attractive to the ordinary people! Therefore, in the end, the scope of subscription was expanded from businessmen to all ordinary people.
Morning upward, will, full of surprise!
Borrowing money?! Isn't it borrowing from rich households? Let the people subscribe voluntarily?
You must know that the state treasury only bears half of the construction costs of the Luoyang Palace, and the other half is given by the private treasury of the small eye!
Even Kou Zhun was so shocked that he couldn't jump, and it took a long time before he came out of the ranks, and kowtowed to the little eyes, "The official family is benevolent, and the people will not let down the official's love for the people!"
His little eyes and chin were about to fall off, but Kou Zhun didn't spray himself fooling around, turned his head and lowered his voice and asked Zhang Jingzong, "Where did the sun rise today?"
Zhang Jingzong... Can you still speak of the West?...
"The minister subscribes 20,000 taels!" Kou Zhun knelt on the ground and gave the little eyes another startle.
The little eyes squinted and looked at it for a long time, it was indeed Kou Zhun! I had to ask Qin Tianjian when I went back, there was a vision recently...
Under Kou Zhun's leadership, the ministers subscribed one after another, and the bonds were quickly claimed by a third.
The little eyes are so touched, I tell everyone to do what they can, don't be reckless, this is borrowing silver from the people, not robbing the minister!
The imperial court is rich, although the officials from the poor family have a heavy burden, but they can afford to subscribe to ten taels or eight taels, and they can afford to grit their teeth.
At a glance, the people who subscribed a lot were all rich in the family, so they were also relieved and happily made an impromptu speech, thank you for your support!
As soon as the subscription here ended, Kou Zhun said again, the rest is still a hundred and two, "One or two confessions, involving many people, in case there is a stubble in the middle, the official family, beware of civil change!"
For rich people, one hundred taels of silver, one thousand taels of silver, ten thousand taels of silver, if you lose, you will lose, and it will not hurt your muscles and bones, but for ordinary people, one or two silver may be life-saving silver, if the court defaults, the people will find the court desperately for one or two silver!
Ding said: "This is voluntary!"
Kou Zhun jumped up and said, "The people like to follow the trend the most!"
The little eyes said: "There is a mortgage!
Kou Zhun was in a hurry, using the Luoyang Palace as a mortgage, this is only symbolic, could it be that the imperial court still hasn't paid the money, and really sold the palace? The imperial court dares to sell it, who dares to buy it?!
Other ministers also chimed in.
Lu Mengzheng and Wang Dan nodded vigorously, they had already raised this point last night, but Xiaoyan and Ding Wei were worried, rich families cherish money, one hundred taels, ordinary people can't take it out! Don't be embarrassed when no one subscribes! So I didn't agree with Lu Mengzheng and Wang Dan's opinion.
Seeing this, the little eyes agreed today, everyone is so enthusiastic to support themselves, and they have raised one-third of it in the early dynasty, and the household book can sleep for a few days, and he has to repay the peach, so he approved Kou Zhun's proposal, with one hundred taels as the minimum subscription amount.
After the dispersal, the little eyes still went back to the office, after staying up late, the head was a little dizzy, but if I really wanted to fall asleep, I couldn't sleep, and the little eyes didn't skip work, ready to slip away at noon.
At noon, the little eyes yawned, and was about to go back to sleep, when he got the news that Kou Zhun was surrounded by the people of Bianjing!
Small eyes...