His temperament is more straightforward and simple, and his competitive spirit is inevitably short-lived, so when he thinks of these tricky things, he immediately becomes anxious, and his interest in gossip is greatly reduced. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Shaoquan!" Prince Alcohol wanted to be calm but couldn't calm down, it turned out that after preparing the meal, he calmly discussed the business, and he couldn't help but talk about it in advance:

"It's better to be in a hurry! Now to build a navy, even if you run a Beiyang first, you will have to pay a huge amount of money. In the future, it will increase year by year, and the funds will be more and more, and if there is no long-term policy for financial management, it will be a big deal! ”

"The prince saw it, and Hongzhang thought so too. The way of financial management is nothing more than to reduce expenditure and open source, and strive to eliminate overflow, and the layer of throttling is entrusted to someone. As for the way of open source, Hongzhang's fold on the second day of the seventh month of July is very clear, and the prince always remembers it! ”

Prince Alcohol should be able to remember. In the past month or so, all the plans for the navy have been based on Li Hongzhang's recital, and King Alcohol has been thinking about it and almost reciting the original fold.

"You say, 'The way of open source should follow the example of Western law, open coal and iron, create railways, and develop business and government. Ore and iron are rich and beautiful, and the railway is really profitable; However, the official has nothing to help with the investment and stock raising; If it is used to borrow foreign money at light interest, although it is constant in all countries, it is shocked by the feelings of the masses. If it weren't for the Holy Ming presiding over it, who would dare to break the public opinion and take the risk? ’

It doesn't matter, as long as it is beneficial to the country, there is nothing that is not allowed from above.

However, far water can't save the near fire, open mines, build railways, and collect profits in ten or eight years, how can we raise millions of silver in front of us? ”

This question, in Li Hongzhang's "right mind", he thought for a while, and slowly replied: "The prince always remembers that there was a discussion of printed money on the original fold. In Western countries, banknotes not only pass through their own countries, but also have exchange markets in other countries, so why can't we print them in the Qing Dynasty?

If the household department imitates the foreign method of fine printing banknotes, and sends them to all provinces in Haiphong every year at a rate of 1 million, the most important thing is that the entry and exit are consistent, and all the taxes paid after the grain are paid are allowed to be collected in a number, and they are no different from cash. When the credit is established and the four seas are passed, the benefits are indescribable! ”

"This ......," Prince Alcohol said suspiciously, "isn't this the method used by the dynasties to issue treasure money?" I've talked to a lot of people about this method, but the explanation has never been successful. ”

This question, in Li Hongzhang's "right heart", he thought for a while, and slowly replied:

"The prince always remembers that there was a discussion of printed money on the original fold. In Western countries, banknotes not only pass through their own countries, but also have exchange markets in other countries, so why can't we print them in the Qing Dynasty?

If the household department imitates the foreign method of fine printing banknotes, and sends them to all provinces in Haiphong every year at a rate of 1 million, the most important thing is that the entry and exit are consistent, and all the taxes paid after the grain are paid are allowed to be collected in a number, and they are no different from cash.

When the credit is established and the four seas are passed, the benefits are indescribable! ”

"Shaoquan," Prince Alcohol said very carefully, "you can talk about it again!" I still can't figure out the reasoning. ”

"Prince, please think, if you issue a tael of silver bills and receive one tael of silver, these taels of silver can be exchanged for pounds sterling, and for the purpose of ordering ships and guns from foreign countries, isn't one money turned into two dollars?

This extra money is equivalent to borrowing from the people, and the money is like an IOU, but there is no interest to pay. As for the people, with this banknote, they can pay taxes on their food, and they can buy firewood and rice.

A tael of silver or a tael of silver, which is not short, is not harmful to the people and beneficial to the country? ”

"Ahh That's a good idea! Prince Alcohol was very excited, "Nowadays, it takes a lot of money to borrow foreign debts, and you have to guarantee and pay interest, if you send 10 million taels of banknotes and exchange 10 million taels of silver, you will borrow a huge amount of money in vain, which is wonderful." ”

"Yes!" Li Hongzhang said, "However, if the 10 million taels of silver are abused and squandered by floating expenses, it will be a large debt." If it is used to open mines and build railways, it will be used as capital to generate profits, and the money will be used as capital.

In this way, it will take less than twenty or thirty years to make the Qing Dynasty as rich and powerful as the Western countries! ”

Prince Alcohol was overjoyed to hear this, and decided to talk about this set of financial tricks. Li Hongzhang originally had a post, which was drafted by the chief tax secretary Hurd, and he had a long talk with the general manager of the British HSBC Bank, Cmiron, several times, and the clever plan was in the bag.

"Shaoquan," Prince Alcohol finally made a conclusion: "I would like to invite the military aircraft and colleagues of the General Administration to have a meeting, and we will talk about three major things: the navy, the railway, and the bank. What do you think? ”

"Listen to the king's decision." Li Hongzhang said, "However, foreign businessmen are called banks, so let's call them Guanyin." Lest the names be the same and confused. ”

This is in order to eliminate the suspicion of the defenders, and deliberately do not use the name of the foreigner, Prince Alcohol will understand, and he will say "yes" in a row.

At noon on September 28, the sedan chairs and horses were noisy, and the ceremonies were gathered, and the prime minister's yamen was never so lively inside and out.

On this day, Prince Alcohol presided over the meeting, and the meeting was attended by Li Hongzhang, Liwang Shiduo, Qingwang Yixuan, as well as the Minister of Military Aircraft Yan Jingming, Zhang Zhiwan, Erle Hebu, Xu Gengshen, Sun Yuwen, the Prime Minister Yamen Walking Household Department Shangshu Fukun, the Criminal Department Shangshu Xizhen, the Ministry of Works' Right Attendant Xu Yongyi, the Right Attendant of the Military Department Liao Shouheng, the Shuntian Prefecture Yin Shen Bingcheng, and the Cabinet Bachelor Xu Chang.

There is also a prime minister, Deng Chengxiu, the head of Honglu Temple, who was sent to Yunnan and Guangxi to survey the Sino-Vietnamese border.

The first thing is to discuss the navy.

Prince Alcohol first announced his decree and first set up a large branch in Beiyang. Actually, this is something that everyone has known for a long time. Moreover, when Li Hongzhang visited guests in the past few days, he had already talked with Yan Jingming, Xu Gengshen, and Sun Yuwen, and there was a discussion on what kind of method it was.

At this time, as long as the remaining branches can be properly arranged, they can be played.

However, there is an insurmountable system for governing and employing people, so although it has been decided to set up a special naval yamen, presided over by Prince Alcohol, Yixuan and Li Hongzhang will do it, and Shanqing and Zeng Jize will assist in it, but it cannot be written on the performance of the title, and it must be asked to be sent simply.

"The Holy Mercy is sympathetic to the virtues of his ministers, and for his subordinates, he naturally pursues prudence. According to my thoughts, now that I am under the order of Yi, I will first refine one from Beiyang. The Yangtze River Naval Division is inseparable from the South Sea, and has little to do with the North Ocean. ”

"That's right." Prince Alcohol happily made a decision: "That's it! Of course, Peng Xueqin doesn't have to open vacancies, just give him a few months off. Shaoquan, do you think it's appropriate to deal with it like this? ”

"Properly deserved." Li Hongzhang was deeply in his mind. If he were to give his opinion on the rectification of the sailors, it would be a big problem. (To be continued.) )