Chapter 52 The National Debt

What Zhang Xuan is thinking about is the national debt.

In fact, Zhang Xuan also knew that this battle for Taiwan did not cost much money and food, after all, the big battles were all at sea, and the main battle was the Zheng family's background.

The imperial court made up some, and the Zheng family made some, which was probably enough.

Financial difficulties are difficult, but it is not impossible to get any money, after all, Zhang Xuan holds the power of several southern provinces, and in many cases, power can be turned into money.

But Zhang Xuan thought one level deeper than others.

The current battle for Taiwan is destined to be a local war. It can be solved by gritting your teeth, but in the future, the Northern Expedition will be an invincible hole.

Zhang Xuan thinks that it is best to succeed in one go. Because countless historical lessons show that the Northern Expedition could not be succeeded the first time, and it was not easy to succeed in thinking about it.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan decided that if there was no Northern Expedition, it would be enough, and once the Northern Expedition was made, it would be fought as a decisive battle. Once the war began. It doesn't matter what it looks like. It would be great if it could win and everything would go well.

But if it doesn't go well, then you have to do everything you can to fight it. Because once you breathe a sigh of relief, if you want to muster up the strength to go to the Northern Expedition, it will take at least ten years to recuperate.

But there are more than ten years in his life, Zhang Xuan is now in the prime of life, and he wants to go on the Northern Expedition in a few years. The Northern Expedition will also take several years, that is, if there is a chance for a second Northern Expedition, it will be thirty years later.

Thirty years is a time dimension that Zhang Xuan dare not imagine.

Even Zhang Xuan doesn't know if he can live for thirty years, even if he can live for thirty years, thirty years later, he will be a sixty-year-old man, is he really doing things day and night? In this way, would you give the responsibility of the Northern Expedition to Zhang An, a child?

So, he'd thought about it over and over again.

The Northern Expedition has only one chance for Zhang Xuan. Almost the only time.

Any preparation is foolproof.

Needless to say, military preparations, Zhang Xuan has been preparing. Zhang Xuan is more worried about financial problems.

The war is about money, but how much money is needed for a Northern Expedition, at least tens of millions of taels of silver. Even hundreds of millions, even hundreds of millions of taels.

In particular, most of the army has changed its firearms, and in terms of attrition, it is more expensive than that of cold weapons troops.

Military spending, pensions, and appeasing the people in the north, countless expenses swirled in Zhang Xuan's heart. During this period of time, Zhang Xuan has been paying attention to the work of the household department, and he is eager to replace Yao Qisheng as the secretary of the household department. It is to thoroughly understand the family background of the imperial court.

It made him understand one thing. Although the income of the imperial court is quite large, many expenses are fixed, even if Zhang Xuan's financial management methods are clever, and he can balance millions of taels every year, he is already quite clever.

Take Zhang Juzhengzhi

Yes, Taicang silver has eight million taels, which is already good. It's all balances.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to supply unlimited military spending with a limited surplus. Therefore, the method of temporary open source must be had.

And among the various methods. Zhang Xuan took a fancy to the method of national bonds. After all, the lessons of the previous Ming are still there. For the sake of military spending, what is the result of the tax increase in the end.

However, how to issue treasury bonds and how to make people believe in them, Zhang Xuan has to consider these issues.

The best thing to do is to try it out.

After all, the issuance of treasury bonds in the Northern Expedition was at least at the level of 10 million taels. Less is of no use at all.

It's just that Yao Qisheng can't understand, or he can understand Zhang Xuan's thoughts. But I think there are too many disadvantages in this matter. objected: "The court borrowed money from the merchants, I'm afraid that the people of the world will look down on the court?" ”

"Not really." Zhang Xuan said: "The country is based on trust, as long as this thing can be done well, it is easy to borrow and repay, why not." If the imperial court raises taxes, what will be lost is the hearts of the people, what is important between the two? ”

Yao Qisheng also knew that Zhang Xuan was a practical person, as long as it could bring him benefits, he was willing to do many things, so he didn't entangle with him on this kind of big reason, and said: "Your Majesty's intentions are good. However, when this matter spreads outside, I am afraid that some people will think that His Majesty intends to apportion, which hurts His Majesty's love for the people. ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly and said, "This matter will be handed over to Aiqing to deal with." I'm sure Aiqing will take care of it. ”

Yao Qisheng had a feeling of choking for a while.

This treasury bond is easy to say, but it is difficult to do, so that people have real money to exchange for this white bar, who wants it, although it is said that there is interest. But most of the masters who can come up with real money are not bad for you with a few interest money. And most of the rich people are powerful people.

Without this strength, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep my money.

No matter how Yao Qisheng thinks, he feels that this matter is difficult to do. But when Zhang Xuan said this, he couldn't refuse.

And in his opinion, there may not be no way to do this thing.

There is a group of people left over from the former Ming Dynasty and have a lot of money, but they have no status in the new dynasty. It can be eaten alive at any time. Zhang Xuan's Qian Qianyi case has already scared these people terribly.

There are all sorts of ways to deal with it.

I feel that I am a scholarly family, and I strive to let my children get into the examination, so that they can get ahead in the new dynasty, but they are full of copper smell, but they also want to see their daughter marry the nobles of the new dynasty.

These people do not have a sense of security, and they want to come to the showdown to sell some national debts in the name of ensuring peace, and it is okay to think about it.

For the first time of the national debt, the total amount prepared by Zhang Xuan was not much, only three million taels. He wanted to find a way to sell a little in Nanjing and push it in Xijing

Sell a little, and then sell a little in Guangzhou, if you want to come to three million taels, you can still make up a seven, seven, eighty, eight.

But he was worried, and Zhang Xuan felt that this method was feasible. This is the solution when faced with financial difficulties.

At that time, it will not be a few million taels that will be sent out, and at that time, the situation will be out of control.

That's how hard it is.

Zhang Xuan saw that Yao Qisheng's face was embarrassed, and said: "There is still some silver money in the palace, so I subscribed for 10,000 taels of treasury bonds." will also let Wei Wang and others subscribe for some, but Aiqing must set the interest. The plan has been returned, and they must not be allowed to suffer, otherwise, I can not care, but it is impossible for King Wei and the others not to care. ”

Zhang Xuan had no choice but to do this, he turned his energy to the household department too much, which had already affected other things. After all, he is the emperor, so he can't really go beyond his authority and be the secretary of the household department.

Things always have to be done by Yao Qisheng, and Yao Qisheng's worries must be solved, one hand is soft and the other is hard, and that hand is indispensable.

When Yao Qisheng heard this, his heart suddenly moved, and he secretly said in his heart: "If it is an apportionment, Your Majesty will not pit the money of his old subordinates no matter what." Does Your Majesty really want to pay back? ”

The basis of Zhang Xuan's rule is the hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, and the representatives of these hundreds of thousands of troops are nobles at all levels. Zhang Xuan is not a fool, so naturally he will not do anything that damages his foundation.

Thinking of actually borrowing money to repay the money, Yao Qisheng was even more troubled in his heart. If it's just apportionment, it's just a one-shot deal. It's better to do some, design to borrow money to repay the money, all kinds of rules and regulations, must be carefully studied, at least in the interest, not too little, too little no one borrows, and there is no doubt about apportionment. But when you think of the interest on the market, multiply it by the figure of three million.

Yao Qisheng immediately knew that if he borrowed this money, he would lose at least tens of thousands of taels or even hundreds of thousands of taels of interest in the future.

This is not a small amount.

Yao Qisheng suddenly felt distressed, but when he raised his head to look at Zhang Xuan's appearance, he also knew that persuasion was useless, and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

Zhang Xuan also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

No matter what kind of decision Zhang Xuan makes, things still have to be done by the people below little by little. Yao Qisheng nodded no better.

Zhang Xuan said: "There is a Treasury Debt Department in the Ministry of Households, which is in charge of treasury affairs and has the title of Lang. Mr. Yao picked a good person to report to me. ”

"Yes." Yao Qisheng said: "The minister will definitely handle this matter properly. ”

Yao Qisheng's ability to do things, Zhang Xuan can still trust. He nodded and let Yao Qisheng go back to do his errands.

However, within three days, the news of the household department spread, causing a storm in Nanjing. And the center of this stormy city is the word "national debt".

The news also quickly reached Zheng Chenggong's ears.