Chapter 285 Gather their wealth and gather their strength

"This Li Ye is too ostentatious, and he scared Jin Yu Menghu away directly!"

Zhao Youju was a little angry, the general newspaper was slapped in front of Cui He, Cui You's eyebrows and eyes were smiling, he slowly picked up the military newspaper, put on reading glasses slowly, squinted his eyes and slowly slipped around, and then looked at it closely, and then put down the general newspaper: "Your Majesty, this is a good thing, why are you angry?" ”

"I want to solve all the Menghu and Jin Yu at once under the city of Xuzhou, the long pain is better than the short pain, there will always be deaths and injuries...... If you let the Jin people withdraw, I don't know how many times I will have to fight. ”

"Your Majesty, didn't it be said in the military report that Qin Dashi took advantage of the situation to send troops and caught up with Jin Yu in Yongzhou, and now Jin Yu is guarding Yongzhou?"

"So what, after all, it's a run away."

Hearing Zhao Youju complaining so unreasonably, Cui Heju smiled tolerantly. Of course, he knew that Zhao Youju was not unreasonable, and the recent winning streak had made Zhao Youju very excited, but he had always been cautious and self-controlled, that is, he never showed his ecstatic or angry look in front of his courtiers, even in front of close ministers, he was always calm and composed.

Only in front of him Cui and He, Zhao Youju sometimes complains, like an ordinary young man, saying something that is hairless and unstable. I thought that I would not seriously advise him about this matter, let alone spread these circumstances.

Thinking of this, Cui He looked at Zhao Youju with a hint of smile, not as if he was looking at a supreme emperor, but at a junior of his own family.

Although the Son of Heaven is a rare virtuous man, his heart ...... Actually, it's very lonely.

"Cui Qing, Cui Qing!" Seeing that Cui He didn't speak for a long time, Zhao Heju urged twice, and Cui He came back to his senses and sat up straight: "Your Majesty, the minister is old, his energy is low, and he has to ......wander from time to time."

"Every time I tease Meng Jun and Yinling, I don't see you wandering!" Zhao Youju muttered dissatisfiedly, and then was frightened by his own words, as if he was competing with his son and daughter for the attention of his elders.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised, but he never secretly held a grudge because of this. He felt that he could be like an ordinary person, with the seven gods and six desires of a normal person, which was better than being a lone star. At least you don't have to worry about when you will be psychologically distorted because of your power and say something strange about "who will care about the flood after I die".

"Cui Qing, now that Li Ye and Qin Dashi are besieging Yongzhou, and Meng Hui has invaded Nanyang, I am a little worried, how will Menghu ...... there" Zhao Youju shook his head, he didn't expect that after a night battle, Menghu would break his courage and ignore the alliance with the Jin State, and directly return to the army and flee north, leaving the Jin soldiers alone to face the anger of the Song army.

The siege of the city is unfavorable, the field battle is unfavorable, and the Jin people have no other way than to withdraw the army.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Your Majesty should now think about how to send the envoy of the Golden Man." Thinking of this, Cui He smiled.

After suffering this defeat, the gold lord Wanyan Shouxu must have understood the gap between him and the Great Song Dynasty, and the envoy who sued for peace should have been sent by Lianzhu.

Thinking of the envoys of the Jin State who sued for peace, Zhao Youju smiled slightly, and in the past few years, his anger because of Jingkang's shame has also faded. Because what he is looking at in his eyes is no longer the hundred years of the Great Song Dynasty, and what he wants to focus on is not just the homeland of the Central Plains.

Therefore, he had no intention of showing his high-spirited spirit in front of the envoy of the Jin Kingdom who was already at sunset, and instead of spending time on this kind of thing, it was better to think about the future development of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Then the messenger will be sent by the Ministry of Rites, Zheng Qingzhi likes to do this kind of thing." He smiled faintly and said, "I don't have time to play tricks with him, if Menghu moves quickly, or in July and August next year, he will be able to see him in Lin'an." ”

Cui Youyi was stunned, when he said this, Zhao Youju was no longer the junior in the clan, and he showed unparalleled self-confidence.

Cui He was about to answer, and Li Yunrui hurriedly came: "Your Majesty, Yelu Chucai arrived by train, and he just asked to see him in front of the palace gate. ”

For the construction of Jiankang Mansion, Zhao Heju has high hopes, so he also attaches great importance to it. It was just about to end the year, and Jiankang Mansion was very close, so Zhao Heju sent an envoy to summon Yelu Chucai back to Beijing to report on his work, and also wanted to know the specific situation of the Jinling Smelter. Coal and iron are the bones of the industrial revolution, and if the production capacity of coal and iron cannot catch up, it is almost impossible for the industrial revolution to be further promoted.

The beginning of the Great Song Dynasty was much stronger than that of Britain in the time and space from which Zhao and Ju traveled, with the accumulation of technology and financial support in demand, a huge population of tens of millions, and convenient canals and waterway transportation; If it is said to be bad, it is that the international market around the Great Song Dynasty is too narrow, and the main commodities still rely on domestic demand to solve market problems.

"Your Majesty, Cui Xiang." Yelu Chucai has been the chief official for a year, and his majesty is even more extraordinary, after meeting with Zhao and Ju and Cui He, he also glanced at Zhao and Ju, he has not seen him for a year, Zhao and Ju are not old, his eyes are as keen as before, and his expression is also very high-spirited, which makes Yelu Chucai very happy.

"Jin Qing, are you doing well in Jinling?" Zhao and Ju called his words very affectionately, and at the same time made a hand gesture, and the chamberlain, who would have figured out what he meant, came up and sent a chair to Yelu Chucai. Yelu Chucai thanked him, and then sat down steadily, which was different from the sincere panic and fear of ordinary ministers after they were given seats.

Cui He twisted his beard and smiled slightly, the Son of Heaven sent Yelu Chucai to know Jiankang Mansion, and the ministers could guess what the intention was. Not to mention anything else, Yelu Chucai's bearing now is on par with his current prime minister.

"The minister is very good in Jinling, and the places of interest near Jinling have been visited by the minister." Yelu Chucai is not very nervous in front of Zhao and Ju, this is the temperament he has cultivated for a long time, not afraid of hurry, not humble or arrogant, compared to him, Wei Liaoweng is cold, and Zhendexiu is excited.

He paused, and did not rush to answer the question that Zhao Youju was most concerned about, but first asked about Zhao Youju's body, as well as the situation of Yang Miaozhen and others in the harem and the princess and princess, and he was very focused when he spoke, not only a loyal courtier, but also a close family member. Zhao Heju was very useful to him for this attitude, although he didn't show anything on his face, his speed of speech slowed down.

"The first phase of the Jinling smelter has been completed, and steel can be smelted smoothly in the spring, and more than 12,000 workers have been recruited, and more than 20,000 people are being trained."

The Jinling Smelter was probably the largest plant of its time, employing tens of thousands of people at the beginning. Hearing this number, Zhao Youju couldn't help but speak: "There are too many people, right?" ”

"I'm afraid that there will be fewer people." Yelu Chucai is more confident than him: "These people are not only prepared for the first phase of the Jinling smelter, but the minister is thinking, Jinling will not only have this smelter in the future, and the rest of the factories supporting the smelter will also be built, like the cinder used up in the smelter, but it is a waste of landfilling, which can be used as raw materials for brick kilns, and then like vulcanization plants, as well as bicycle factories, the minister has sent people to contact Meng Xianyan to move the bicycle factory of Liuqiu to Jinling......"

He gave Zhao and Ju the same analysis, with the completion of the first phase of the smelter, how much iron can be produced, how much steel can be smelted, how much is used to lay rails, and how much is used for other industries. Listening to his every account is very fine, Zhao Youju was looking for what he was interested in at the beginning to ask, and in the end, it was completely Yelu Chucai who was talking, and he was listening.

Yelu Chucai said that he was upright, and simply took the Jinling planning map he made himself, which he and dozens of junior and junior high school graduates took a year to complete, and it is not complete at present, but there are already many layouts in Jinling City's future streets, factories, markets, tile shops, etc. Especially for the factory, in the layout of Yelu Chucai, it is very concerned about environmental pollution, all the waste generated by the factory, now can be used as much as possible to build downstream factories for processing and utilization, really can not be used, he also has proper landfill and incineration measures.

If all these factories are built, not to mention 20,000 or 30,000 workers, even 200,000 or 300,000 workers will be able to use them. It is estimated that there are more than 20,000 or 30,000 construction workers needed to build these factories and roads.

"What about the money, where does the money come from?" After hearing this, Zhao Youju finally discovered the most important question: "Is your strategy good, but I'm afraid that you can't beat it with 120 million guan, where does this lot of money come from?" ”

Without waiting for Yelu Chucai to answer, he said again: "I will make it clear first, there is no surplus food in my pocket, Cui Xiang and Wei Liaoweng are too good at scraping, and they have emptied all my money." ”

Yelu Chucai looked at Cui He who was smiling bitterly, and also smiled slightly, and then said with a straight face: "The minister knows that His Majesty and the treasury are not relaxed, if there is no war this year, Your Majesty may be able to support it with a few dollars, so the minister has thought about it, and it will all be carried out in the form of raising shares, and raising as much as he can raise, and raise money while starting work." ”

Zhao Youju's face sank, slightly disappointed, Yelu Chucai said the method, he didn't think about it, but last year the construction of Jinling Smelter has begun to raise shares once, although the enthusiasm of the powerful and wealthy businessmen and famous families is beyond his expectations, but this way of raising shares, if it is not returned, will make the credit of the imperial court bankrupt.

"How to raise shares?" Zhao Youju didn't wait to reproach Yelu Chucai, but asked.

"Chen Yuan had no other way, and after discussing with Chen Zicheng, he came up with a few solutions." Yelu Chucai didn't seem to see his abnormality, but smiled and said, "Your Majesty wants to hear it?" ”

"Say it."

"In the past few years, the merchants of Lin'an have made a fortune, and the workers have also earned a lot of money, so the minister wants to raise shares from them. There are two main ways, one is to 'draw the lottery'......"

Yelu Chucai's method of collecting money is not a new means, the Song people are good at gambling, and the things that catch the lottery are almost all in the big cities, and even when the Jingkang changes, Qin Huai still has people playing the trick of catching the lottery. Yelu Chucai estimated that as long as the rewards were appropriate, in Lin'an, Jinling, Quanzhou, Tamsui and other cities, the implementation of the official lottery can raise more than 2 million yuan, which is his first way of making money.

The second source of financing came from loans, but unlike the previous loans, this loan was not issued by a bank, but from a large bank in the Great Song Dynasty. Liuqiu Bank has now opened branches in all the important cities of the Great Song Dynasty, which initially had a huge impact on the money banks of the Great Song Dynasty. However, the businessman's adaptability is extremely strong, and when the rest of the means fail to work, many of the original money banks have also changed their ways, imitating the model of the Liuqiu Bank to start the storage and lending business, although their scale is far less than that of the Liuqiu Bank, but the large-scale loans of hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands or even millions of yuan, there is no problem at all. Yelu Chucai has already tried it, these money banks are very interested in investing in industry, and are willing to form a money bank group to be responsible for operating the investment in Jinling, and the intended investment amount is a number that makes Zhao and Ju staggering: eight million guan.

These two add up to 10 million guan, plus the previous contributions from all parties, the total amount is more than 20 million, but this is not the limit of Yelu Chucai's fundraising, Yelu Chucai has a third way to make money, that is, patriotic bonds. Chen Zicheng's investigation shows that the living standards of the people of the Great Song Dynasty have improved greatly in the past three years, and a new working class of more than 2 million has been born, who have stable jobs and incomes, and a large amount of surplus money is used as savings. In line with this, millions of citizens have also become moderately prosperous because of their service to these workers. Even those farmers who have switched to cash crops with fast brains are also increasing their income at a rate of more than 12 percent per year. As long as the newspapers publicized it properly, these classes that benefited from the reform policy were willing to use their surplus money to buy state-issued patriotic construction bonds, even if it was 5 guan per person, about 1/30 of each of their income, which meant that they would spend 10 million guan to support Jinling's industrial development. After discussion with Chen, Yelu Chucai and Chen Zicheng set the interest rate of such bonds at 6 percent per annum, and the duration was set at three categories: five-year, ten-year, and fifteen-year tenors.

"What a bold ......"

Zhao and Ju didn't expect that Yelu Chucai and Chen Zicheng would come up with such affairs as patriotic bonds only by relying on the half-baked financial knowledge they learned from him, plus their own practice, and multiplied by their ingenuity. He stayed for a long time after listening to this, and suddenly felt very uplifted and faintly sad.

In this era, it is like a train that has already been put on the tracks, even if it leaves his command, it can move forward by inertia. This is what he has always wanted to achieve, but it also means that his guiding role in this era is far less important than it was at the beginning.

This is only three and a half years, and the wisdom of the ancients and the self-adaptation of human society cannot be underestimated.

"What does Your Majesty think?" Yelu Chucai asked urgently, Fang Cai Zhao and Ju were not impressed, he had already seen it in his eyes, and after he put together his plan, he didn't know if he had changed the emperor's opinion.

"What does Choi Sang-gong think?"

Zhao Youju kicked the ball to Cui He, Cui He felt a little messy in his mind, he carefully recalled the three methods that Yelu Chucai said, hoping to sort out a clue, but after a long time, his mind was still a mess, which made him sigh.

"The minister is old, and he can't keep up with the ideas of young people. Your Majesty, this matter is not trivial, in the humble opinion of the ministers, it is better to summon Wei Liaoweng and others, and then give the ministers some time to think before making comments, I don't know if Your Majesty thinks it is okay? ”

This is Lao Cheng's move to seek the country, Zhao and Ju naturally will not object, he nodded.

Seeing that the Son of Heaven did not object, but did not clearly express his support, Yelu Chucai was not anxious, he changed his conversation and talked about the construction achievements of Jinling in the past year.

When he said this, both Zhao and Ju and Cui forgot the time, and it was not until Yang Miaozhen sent the palace maid to urge that Zhao and Ju were shocked to realize that lunch was originally to be eaten with the children. He said to Yelu Chucai a little apologetically: "Jin Qing, you are tired from afar, you should go to rest first, and after the lunch break, I will invite you to come again, and I will set up a family banquet to entertain you tonight." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yelu Chucai knew that Zhao and Ju had the habit of eating lunch with their families, and he was busy with government affairs every day, so it was rare to find time to care for his children, so this lunch time was generally untouchable. Cui He smiled when he heard this: "The minister has to come to nag if he can't say it." ”

"I knew you were indispensable, and I would tell the kitchen to cook some Cantonese food." Zhao and Ju laughed.

Note 1: Lottery is the Song Dynasty lottery, the scale was very small, mostly local, some of the crossing back to issue lottery tickets think very novel, in fact not necessarily. During the period of Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, there was also a vicious case in Changsha in which a scholar won a huge prize and became rich, and as a result, his wife in the family begged for a son in the temple and was favored by the evil monk, resulting in a vicious case of seeking wealth and sex and killing people.