"Comrade Emperor, you said that you want to create a money shortage in the north, although the Manchu Qing is weak, but after more than 100 years of accumulation, I am afraid that there is still no shortage of this money." Zuo Zongtang looked at Wei Ze with a look of deep suspicion, as a person who is active by nature, Zuo Zongtang finally decided to go to Nanjing to meet Wei Ze for a while. Another important reason is that Zuo Zongtang's subordinates don't want to fight anymore and are ready to go home to farm. Zuo Zongtang was no longer too worried about the Liberation Army's reputation for killing prisoners, but Zuo Zongtang also wanted to take responsibility and watch his subordinates return to their hometown safely.

A large number of ships from the Guangfu Army carried Chu Jun back to the Yangtze River valley along the canal, and this favor was actually big enough. In the previous era, transporting tens of thousands of people from the north of the Huai River to the south of the Yangtze River was expensive enough. The fact that the Liberation Army was able to provide special transportation for the captives was not an ordinary benevolence.

After Zuo Zongtang met with Wei Ze, of course, he also sincerely expressed his gratitude. Wei Ze would also get off the donkey, and he asked Zuo Zongtang to be his secretary for two years to repay this favor. Zuo Zongtang just came out as a staff member under Zhang Liangji. Now he is working as a secretary for Wei Ze, and in Zuo Zongtang's opinion, this is also the same position as a staff member. But after working for a few days, Zuo Zongtang found that he had to consult Wei Ze from time to time. For example, in this money shortage battle, Zuo Zongtang couldn't understand it at all.

Zuo Zongtang saw that Wei Ze was listening carefully, and he continued to ask: "Even if the Guangfu Army sells grain to the Manchus, it can't make the whole country fall into a crisis." ”

Wei Ze said indifferently: "Then it depends on how you look at the organization of the state." People say that the country has luck, but I don't agree with this ethereal thing. So I'm going to use faith as a noun for this explanation. Money shortage, it's not that I dig all the money to me. Rather, it just reduces the amount of money in circulation in the trading market. ”

Zuo Zongtang heard Wei Ze say that "money is an equivalent exchange", just listened to Wei Ze's statement, and watched the internal tutorial of the Liberation Party, Zuo Zongtang was truly convinced by Wei Ze. Zuo Zongtang knew that finance was a university question, and he had also run a business in Hunan, so he felt that it was really a difficult thing. On the side of the Liberation Party, the theoretical construction of the economy is only profound, beyond Zuo Zongtang's greatest imagination. He can't be convinced.

"The problem with the Manchus was that they didn't pay attention to transportation construction, let alone the concept of it. So their money is just hoarded in a few points, which is also the essence of traditional dynasties. The so-called strong capital and weak end refers to the concentration of a large amount of money and resources in a few key points, such as Beijing. Once these points go wrong, the whole economy will go wrong, and everyone will lose confidence. This kind of confidence is probably the so-called luck. Wei Ze admires the smart Zuo Zongtang very much, regardless of whether there is a problem with Zuo Zongtang's three views, but Zuo Zongtang's own intelligence and studiousness are real abilities.

"The capital is short of money, and the Manchus will transfer money from all over the country?" Zuo Zongtang somewhat understood the taste.

"That's right, when the Manchus transferred money from all over the country, they would give the impression that there was already a total shortage of money. In the feeling of a general lack of money, what do you think will be done in various places? Wei Ze continued to deduce Zuo Zongtang's views.

"This ......," Zuo Zongtang frowned, "If everyone feels that they are short of money, they will naturally not spend money." ”

Wei Ze smiled indifferently: "That's right." If everyone clings to their money bags, there will only be less and less money circulating in the market. The less money is in circulation, the less dare people spend money, the less dare they dare to spend money, and continue to let deflation, oh, let the less money is in the market. In addition to forcibly snatching money from everyone's pockets, the less his financial income will be. But the Manchus still had such a big burden as the banner people, they felt that the banner people were the foundation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and as the foundation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the banner people also had to eat and drink. They don't farm for themselves, they don't earn a living, they don't have money, they all starve to death. ”

Zuo Zongtang's eyebrows twisted a big pimple, and it was not too difficult to understand this logical chain. But out of the instinct of the surviving Manchu officials, Zuo Zongtang's first feeling was how to find a way to resolve this economic means. But on reflection, he found that unless the Manchus were able to maintain the means of self-sufficiency, there was no way to solve the problem. But the burden of the banner people could only make the Manchus more and more difficult, and they did not have the ability not to suck blood from the whole country, and only supported themselves on their own.

"What a poisonous plan!" Zuo Zongtang said half unconsciously, half deliberately.

Wei Ze didn't care about this evaluation at all, and he smiled: "I have a lot of disgust with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but putting aside the emotional point of view, I think the biggest sin in the Manchu Qing government is the word incompetence." Such a simple means could make the Manchu Qing collapse, and he Manchu had no reason to continue to exist. Mr. Zuo, it is not the government's benevolent government to build the country well, but the responsibility of the government. ”

Seeing how tolerant Wei Ze was, Zuo Zongtang was embarrassed, and he smiled: "If there is no money in the market, all industries are depressed, and the country will indeed not be able to sustain it." ”

"Now that the whole north is in turmoil, and after the circulation is completely interrupted, no one can hold on. It's not just the Manchu family. But in the era of war, everyone's bottom line is very low, and we have to eat and live first. Such a result continues to lead fewer materials into circulation. The economy as a whole is operating very inefficiently...... "Weeser continues.

"Everyone cherishes materials, and it should be highly efficient, right?" Zuo Zongtang interjected and asked.

Weser patiently explained, "This has to be counted in the labor force. The price of labor becomes almost worthless as the scale of operations decreases. That's a huge operational waste. Yes, for a few catties of rice and a few catties of noodles, everyone racked their brains to squeeze out the maximum benefits. The economic benefits of expended effort are much higher if they are used elsewhere. If you look at the liberated areas, everyone no longer worries about a few catties of rice and noodles, and has gone to factories, construction, and transportation. Isn't it more efficient to earn money by doing anything than to live hard? ”

As one of the figures of the Jingshi faction, Zuo Zongtang also really wants to help the country through the world. Thinking about Wei Ze's words carefully, in the final analysis, it is still about the pursuit of thousands of years of peace and prosperity. I don't see anything special in this aspect at all, but the method proposed by Wei Ze is really shocking, and the reason is clear, and the process is straightforward. Where is this person who came out of the poor mountains of Baise, this is the stars descending to earth, this is the true destiny of the saint to whom the destiny of heaven returns!

"The Emperor...... 陛xià! Zuo Zongtang reluctantly followed Wei Ze and became a secretary's staff, but he was actually not convinced. Zuo Zongtang was initially convinced that Wei Ze dared to use a person like Zuo Zongtang, but he didn't care at all that Zuo Zongtang had the possibility of assassinating Wei Ze. Of course, Zuo Zongtang himself felt that he still wanted to be faced, Wei Ze spared his life, and he was also very benevolent to the Chu army, Zuo Zongtang couldn't assassinate Wei Ze no matter what. But the mustard in his heart made him find some psychological balance in his title, and now Zuo Zongtang has to change his title, and he doesn't respect Wei Ze enough, Zuo Zongtang himself feels a little unreasonable.

"Your Majesty, if the Manchu Qing Dynasty didn't buy grain, they only had to loot. Wouldn't it be able to support it? Zuo Zongtang asked.

"Yes, but how long can this practice of drinking to quench thirst last? And the world of flowers in the capital has been brought for hundreds of years, do you expect the flag people to really be able to endure hardships and stand hard work and run back to the northeast? The backlash provoked by this looting only strengthened the antagonism between the people and the Manchus, and the more the people were opposed to the Manchus, the more the Manchus had to emphasize their identity as bannermen. So the situation continued to deteriorate, and eventually the Manchus became thieves. What happened to the thieves, there are too many examples in history. Discussing this is just a waste of our time. Weeser said at the end, with a mocking sneer on his face.

Looking at Wei Ze's sneer, Zuo Zongtang felt a little chill in his heart. As the emperor of a political power, he can make such a high and deep strategic judgment, and such a person is afraid to look at his subordinates clearly. Whether it is a good thing or a bad thing to follow such a master, Zuo Zongtang does not understand. And he was still a little puzzled why Wei Ze's subordinates treated Wei Ze so much. Compared with Wei Ze, Zuo Zongtang's impressive Hei Chenggang is a decent person, how can a decent person have such reverence for a vicious figure like Wei Ze. Before coming into contact with Wei Ze, just looking at Hei Chenggang's worship, Zuo Zongtang always thought that Wei Ze was a moral person.

So Zuo Zongtang asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, tell you these things clearly, isn't it ......?"

Wei Ze smiled: "We are all comrades, and we have to be honest with comrades." Do things first put gold on my own face, am I taking my comrades for fools? Another ridiculous or shameful aspect of the Manchu Qing is that the Manchus did not tell the truth, and the Manchu system forced people to tell nonsense. ”

These words are bitter enough, and Zuo Zongtang's temperament is also quite scathing, and he couldn't help laughing out loud after listening to it. Zuo Zongtang suddenly realized one thing in his heart, he worked as a secretary for Wei Ze for a few days, why did his mood change for the better. The reason is that the top echelons of the Liberation Party are not the kind of people who like to talk nonsense, everyone speaks straightforwardly, and they are all working hard to get things done. Since we have to do things, the accumulated frustration, sense of failure, stress, anger, these negative emotions combined with physical fatigue are very remarkable, and it is great that everyone can maintain their work.

Therefore, the top level of the Liberation Party is not at all like the Manchu adults, and the Manchu adults have to take steps in all directions, what kind of demeanor they want to talk about, and what kind of style they want to talk about. The high-level speech of the Liberation Party may not be good, and the attitude often looks unruly. But this attitude has an indescribable charm.

And Wei Ze, who dominates these guys, if you look at it from a traditional point of view, is indeed a little unsatisfactory. But Wei Ze made Zuo Zongtang feel a real leader.

Recalling that when he was in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zuo Zongtang felt that his boss was incompetent all day long, and his subordinates were wretched, and Zuo Zongtang had to bear the burden, but he couldn't do it. Zuo Zongtang suddenly understood why a character like Hei Chenggang would worship Wei Ze. Wei Ze is not perfect at all, but Wei Ze can not use the sword soldiers, just make some seemingly simple decisions, and it can have the effect of beating the sword soldiers. And in every war, the Liberation Army is bound to win every battle, moving from one victory to another. There will be results with Wei Ze, this is the strong impression that Wei Ze has left on Zuo Zongtang now. For Wei Ze's "comrades", it is clear that there will be results for him to follow Wei Ze, and this is enough. R1058