Chapter 1 National Debt (II)

The most unconscionable group in the world is businessmen!

Whether it's a guy from Wenzhou or a guy from Quanzhou, as long as they are not doing business in Jiangnan and Shandong, one or two pretend to have no idea what is about to happen or even happening in the Great Song Dynasty! Although the Han Dynasty faced the crisis of financial bankruptcy after the war, the people of southern Liaoning were able to preserve their vitality. The stability of the Northeast Plain, as well as the honesty of the Japanese rogues temporarily shown under the pressure of the Han Dynasty, made the businessmen who ran these two roads very happy! After the Anpo mining technology and purification technology flowed into Japan and Mayi, the output of gold, silver and copper in these two places increased greatly, silver flowed into southern Liaoning to be processed and minted into silver coins, and copper was shipped to the Ryukyus by master craftsmen sent by southern Liaoning to cast imitation Song money, and the increase in hard currency greatly stimulated the economic development of the East China Sea.

"On this sea, it's all money!" Lin Ling pointed to Haitao and said. She is now sitting with Yang Yingqi, who asked her to borrow money, sitting in a loft by the sea on the outskirts of Jinmen. Nowadays, the Lin family has more and more industries in southern Liaoning, except for Lin Ling's father who is still staying in Quanzhou as a symbol, the Lin family no longer has much taste of Great Song Dynasty merchants.

"What are you telling me all this for?" Yang Yingqi felt a little depressed - just like the depression when Chen Zhenghui wanted to pick out his private money just now, he felt how could Lin Ling be so stingy (and he didn't want to think about himself): "That money is not mine!" ”

Lin Ling smiled and said, "Seventh General, you are so restrained, and you don't issue decrees indiscriminately to rob our merchants' money, it seems that our merchants in the East China Sea are blessed." ”

As soon as Yang Yingqi said this sentence of the Seventh General, she knew that it was not good, it seemed that Lin Ling was planning to talk about business.

Sure enough, Lin Ling said: "I have a way to make money, can you do it?" ”

"Oh?" Yang Yingqi's eyes were full of vigilance: "Let's talk about it first." ”

"Now our credit vouchers are very hard! Why don't you send more? ”

Yang Yingqi's face sank when he heard this, and he shook his head and said: "How much should be issued every year, this is quantitative!" Our deficit is even included in the income from this additional issuance. If you want to increase the issuance - once or twice is nothing, but to form a habit, it is to bury the hidden worry of the destruction of the Han Ministry! ”

China's traditional economics was quite underdeveloped, and although the technology was mature and the economy was active in the Song Dynasty, the economic principles were still stuck in the Warring States Period and the Han Dynasty, and there was no obvious progress at all. However, the study of goods and colonization has made great progress after being designated by Yang Yingqi as the basic discipline of Guanning Academy, and now the business and political circles have a common understanding and vigilance of concepts such as inflation - Lin Ling, a female fox, of course, will not understand, but she still continues to tempt Yang Yingqi: "Having said that, this year is a good year!" If you issue some more, it won't have a bad effect. ”

Yang Yingqi frowned and said, "This matter will be discussed at the Jiaoyuan Ministry's Meeting." ”

"What to discuss!" Lin Ling said: "If you look at you and say a word, everyone will not object." ”

"No, no, no!" Yang Yingqi waved his hand and said: "I'm here to borrow money today, don't talk to me about these digressions!" ”

"How is this off-topic!" Lin Ling said: "Our Lin family is a businessman, not a good church!" You can't make a loss-making deal! ”

Yang Yingqi said: "How can you lose money? It's not like I won't pay you back! ”

Lin Ling said: "Even if you pay me back, I'm afraid I won't be able to pay it off next year, right?" At present, the business in the north and east is just doing well, and a sum of money invested in it may be doubled in a few years. If you borrow a small amount, forget it, but if you suddenly want such a large amount, if you really borrow you, we won't have to do any business until you pay us back! What is it that is not a loss-making transaction? ”

Yang Yingqi thought for a while and said, "Otherwise, you can borrow less." ”

Lin Ling asked, "Borrow less?" How much less? ”

Yang Yingqi said: "Half." Seeing that Lin Ling's face was a little dark, he said, "Sancheng!" Couldn't be less! Otherwise, I'll borrow it from someone else. ”

Lin Ling still had a difficult face and said: "In this way, how much I borrow, how much do you borrow from private money?" ”’

This time, it was Yang Yingqi's turn to have a difficult face, and he was stunned for a while, and then said: "Forget it, you can borrow one percent." It's not difficult, is it? ”

Lin Ling was slightly surprised: "Yicheng? Is that enough? ”

Yang Yingqi smiled and said, "Enough, and I will give you interest." But ah, how can you borrow it, you have to listen to me. ”

Lin Ling was very interested and asked, "Do you have a good way again?" Come and hear it! ”

Yang Yingqi smiled: "What else can I do!" Issuance of bonds! ”

On the second day, the Tianjin government began to issue public bonds of varying amounts. When the citizens of Jinmen and the merchants of Hanbu heard the news, they all came to inquire about it, and they wanted to see what this bond was. When I inquired, I found out that it was an IOU from the Jinmen government to borrow money! However, this IOU has interest, how much interest is borrowed for three years, and how much interest is borrowed for five years, which is clearly written on the bond template posted on the bulletin board of Huabiaotan.

"Huh! What a novelty! ”

Many people were curious, but not a single one of them bought it - it was not that they did not trust the government, but in fact the credibility of the Jinmen government in the private sector was at an all-time high due to the Han's promise of compensation and reconstruction. However, the national debt is really unseen and unheard of, so you can't help but be careful.

About three or four days later, news began to come out again: the Lin family had bought a large number of these treasury bonds! The data that has been rumored on the market is also one percent of the financial hole in Tianjin this time -- although it is one percent, it is already terrifyingly big!

After Zhao Lumin and the others inquired about the news from Lin Ling, they also bought about half of the bonds purchased by the Lin family, which was a sensation, what Lin Ling and Zhao Lumin did, where would it be a loss-making thing! For a time, large and small merchants in Jinmen and even small people in the market have bought a few to try. After all, according to the promise of the Han government, this thing can be added value. In particular, businesses doing business in Shandong and Jiangnan are not optimistic about the prospects of their local businesses, and they are also about to transfer some funds as a guarantee. Therefore, the first issue of the treasury bonds issued by the Han Ministry was sold out not long after.

"Our people from the Han Department are really rich!" Yang Yingqi took the account submitted by Chen Zhenghui and blushed: "Zhenghui, do you say that our taxes are set too low?" ”

Chen Zhenghui was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Seven generals! Don't mess around! It's better to hide the wealth from the people than to fish in the dry waters! In fact, he was quite happy, and he secretly admired Yang Yingqi for being able to "come up" with such a clever idea. He calculated that with the financial revenue of the Han Ministry, if there was no accident, he should be able to pay off the money with interest in three years!

Yang Yingqi smiled after listening to his calculations: "You, everything is good, but you are too conservative!" This money, in fact, does not have to be repaid. ”

Chen Zhenghui was shocked when he heard this: "How can that be!" Shall we then lose our faith in the people? ”

Yang Yingqi smiled and said: "I'm not saying that I won't honor this bond, I'm saying that more new bonds can be issued next year, and more will be issued the year after next - use next year's money to fill this year's holes, and use the next year's money to fill next year's holes, and so on, wouldn't it be necessary to pay it back?" This is called: there are borrowed and some are repaid, no borrowing is not repaid to the middle people, and there is no borrowing but no repayment of the inferior. You're a medium man's tactic, I'm a superior man's strategy! ”

Chen Zhenghui was stunned for a moment and said, "But in this case, wouldn't we owe more and more money?" ”

Yang Yingqi said with a smile: "As long as our Han Department is prosperous, it is nothing to owe some money." The benefits and dangers are interconnected and subtle. Well, we'll discuss it slowly when we have time. ”

The two were happy to solve the matter in front of them, and suddenly a spy report came from the east: Zongwang has captured Yanjing!

Hearing the news, Yang Yingqi and Chen Zhenghui, who were originally very excited, looked gloomy. They also thought that Guo Yaoshi was not Zongwang's opponent, but they still didn't expect Yanjing to fall so quickly!

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