Fu Bi said with a smile: "President Cui, the day before yesterday, the old man came in disguise and failed to identify you, so please don't be surprised." ”

Cui Wenqing pretended to be abrupt, and sighed: "At that time, I felt that your husband was extraordinary, and today I learned your true identity, which is really extraordinary, and please forgive Wenqing for the crime of being rude the day before yesterday." ”

Fu Bi smiled and shook his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, those who don't know are not guilty, how can this official blame President Cui?" However, Governor Cui's remarks were really enlightening, and they really made the official think deeply. ”

Zhi Zhao didn't know that the two had a conversation, and asked slightly strangely, "I don't know what to say?" ”

Fu Bigan said: "President Cui believes that money is a dead thing if it is not circulated, and only circulation can reflect its value. This lawsuit has been in charge of the household department for many years, and it can be regarded as proficient in money and taxation, and I feel that I have benefited a lot from hearing this. ”

Zhi Zhao didn't understand these things, but she knew that Fu Bi was a well-known economic minister in the court, since he was so sure of Cui Wenqing's words, it meant that Cui Wenqing's understanding must be reasonable, and she was secretly surprised for a while, and she couldn't help but feel a sense of glory.

Fu Bi sighed lightly at this time, and said with regret, "Having said that, this official still can't approve of your bond issuance, not because this official has prejudices about it, but because the risk is too great, so big that it will affect the society of the country, and the court can't bear your misdeeds." ”

Seeing that Cui Wenqing wanted to refute, Fu Bi shook his hand to stop his words, and continued to speak: "Now the imperial court's money and tax expenditure are very tight, and the situation of making ends meet occurs from time to time, coinciding with Jiangnan Province suffering from a flood that has not been encountered in a century, and millions of victims are displaced and waiting for the imperial court to allocate money and food relief, so the imperial court's finances are already worse. ”

Hearing this, Cui Wenqing was suddenly a little unconvinced, and said: "Master Fu, I remember telling you the day before yesterday that the accumulation of wealth is by no means smooth sailing, and there will always be some risks, but I believe that Hedong Bank can operate properly and make profits, not only can it repay military debts and national bonds on schedule, but also have a surplus to enrich the treasury." ”

Fu Bi shook his head and said with a wry smile: "President Cui, the imperial court would rather miss this opportunity to make money than take a little risk, it is not that our ministers are timid and cautious, but the geographical location of Hedong Road is too important to have chaos, if the chaos on Hedong Road causes the Western Xia Liao people to invade the south, the entire Central Plains will be in danger." ”

At the point where these words fell, Tong Zhou and Zhi Zhao were silent for a while.

One of them is the governor of the border army and the Zhenwu army, and the other is the economic envoy in charge of the military and political affairs of the Hedong Road, and the importance of Hedong is very clear.

It is true that the imperial court does not dare to take this risk, so it is only afraid that it will be extremely difficult to obtain the consent of the imperial court, and perhaps it will end here.

Cui Wenqing pondered for a while, suddenly shook his head and said: "Fu Shangshu, you mean that the reason why the imperial court will not agree to the issuance of military bonds on Hedong Road is because it is worried that if there is chaos, there will be no extra funds to fill the hole, right?" ”

"Yes, that's what it means!" Fu Bi nodded.

Cui Wenqing asked again: "According to what you just said, the most critical reason why the imperial court is currently financially tight is because of the floods in the south of the Yangtze River?" ”

Fu Bi Xu explained: "Jiangnan has always been my big money and grain warehouse, the production of prosperity can be comparable to the Central Plains, but last year the flood of the river swept in, the entire Jiangnan flooded into a country, millions of people became fish and turtles, countless fertile land was destroyed, over the years as an important place for money and grain income is no longer exist, the imperial court also has to allocate a large number of banks for disaster relief, so it will be unable to make ends meet, at this time how can there be other chaos in Hedong!" ”

Cui Wenqing thought for a while, and suddenly raised his eyebrows and said: "Rich lord, if I have a way to solve the dilemma of money and grain in Jiangnan, then I wonder if the imperial court can allow us to continue to issue military bonds?" ”

"What do you say? Can you get out of the way? Fu Bi's old eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at Cui Wenqing in a daze, revealing a look of disbelief.

Tongzhou was also stunned by Cui Wenqing's sudden words, Cui Wenqing has a way to solve the dilemma in Jiangnan Province? How is this possible? Although he has the support of only a few civilians, after all, there are millions of disaster victims, how can it be easy?

Only Zhi Zhao listened beautifully, although she knew that it was ridiculous, but she was full of confidence in Cui Wenqing.

You must know that her husband really borrowed three million taels of silver out of thin air, not only to buy the military rations needed for the Zhenwu army, but also to do other things with a lot of surplus silver taels, and it seems that it is not difficult to solve the Jiangnan dilemma for the imperial court.

Fu Bi was stunned for a while, shook his head suddenly, and said with a smile, "President Cui, you haven't been in the temple, but you don't know the depth of it, and the problem that makes all the ministers in the political hall anxious, how can you solve it as a weak crown young man?" ”

Cui Wenqing said with a serious face: "Fu Shangshu, it's not a joke, but there is really a way." ”

Fu Bi smiled, raised his hand and said, "Okay, you can talk about it." Having said that, his expression was careless, and there was a hint of sarcastic smile on the corner of his mouth.

Cui Wenqing sorted out the general idea for a while, and said solemnly: "Here, I want to ask first, has the imperial court estimated how much food is needed to allow the victims of Jiangnan Province to survive the difficulties and return to normal life?" ”

Fu Bi is the head of the household department, and he has the most say in this, so he said without thinking about it: "It is estimated that at least 30 million taels of silver will be needed. ”

When Cui Wenqing heard this, he smiled quite easily, and said: "I thought it would be much, but I didn't expect it to be only 30 million taels, so my method should be able to work." ”

Seeing that Cui Wenqing swore so frankly, and his tone even expressed the meaning of not putting 30 million taels of silver in his eyes, Fu Bi was angry and funny, and felt that he didn't know the height of the sky, and asked: "Then tell me, what is the best plan?" Can we solve the problem that our ministers are anxious about? Don't tell me I'm borrowing money from the private sector again, that's not going to work! ”

Cui Wenqing said solemnly: "Don't worry, it's not a debt, in fact, my method is also very simple, that is, the imperial court can issue welfare lottery tickets, and profit from them to earn silver taels for disaster relief." ”

"What, what?" Fu Bi had never heard of this word at all, and he was directly confused.

"Welfare Lottery!" Cui Wenqing repeated again in an accentuated tone.

Fu Bi was still confused, looking at Zhi Zhao and Tong Zhou, they also shook their heads to say they didn't know.

(End of chapter)