Hangzhou.

Cheng Qian stepped down from the battleship, and Hangzhou gathered the generals and colonels preparing for the southern expedition to kneel to greet them.

Dock.

There was no atmosphere of war at all, and there was no sorrow among the generals.

It's calm.

The surrounding people and businessmen cheered without any worries.

They are cheering for the prince and cheering for Zhang Chao.

Liu Yi and other officials in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province were also coerced.

"I didn't expect the people to welcome us so much!"

Cheng Qian was very satisfied with the generals who had been attached, although if it had not been for their sudden arrival, these people might have set sail for the south tomorrow to conquer Guangzhou, or perhaps they should have met on the battlefield.

Liu Xun's face was pale, and he stood in the middle of the generals.

Swearing.

"Traitors, I don't know loyalty and filial piety."

Zhang Chao stepped forward.

"Liu Gong, we meet again. There is a sentence that I want to ask Liu Gong. The surname Yi changed to say that the country died, and the benevolence and righteousness were full and as for the beasts and cannibalism, it was said to be the death of the world. May I ask who said this, and what does it mean, I wonder if Liu Gong can answer it for someone? ”

Liu Xun didn't expect Zhang Chao to ask this sentence, and he was stunned.

Many of the generals next to him are mostly coarse, and they really don't know the meaning of this sentence.

"Who said that, and what do you mean?"

"Dead country? Dead to the world? ”

"Cannibalism at the rate of beasts? Who is this, and where is it a barbarian? ”

"Could it be the Americas?"

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Liu Xun just kept his mouth shut and didn't speak.

Of course he can answer the question asked by Zhang Chao, but he just can't answer it.

He understood what he meant, but he didn't know who said it. There is a bit of Mencius's meaning, which is still talking about the two concepts of the death of the country and the death of the world.

Zhang Chao means that the death of the country is a change of dynasty, a change of emperor, and a change of country name, in fact, this kind of thing only needs to be closed by the emperor and ministers and those who are vying for power and profit.

Just like right now.

The Civil War, the Tang Dynasty infighting.

But how many people really care, in their opinion, this is just a conflict between the royal father and son, and another Xuanwumen or Hanjing rebellion.

It's not even a change of dynasty, this kind of infighting, in the end, I don't dare to win, the world is still Datang. The lives of the people will not change much.

Therefore, Liu Xun saw Zhang Chao lead the army into Hangzhou, and his heart ached when he saw the soldiers in Hangzhou surrender.

But others didn't feel anything, and they didn't even think it was a surrender if they joined the prince.

If it is an alien invasion, it may be the death of the country and the species, or even the death of the world.

But at the moment, the death of the country is not counted.

In fact, no one knows that what Zhang Chao said was said by Gu Yanwu at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Gu Yanwu was an aspiring literati at the end of the Ming Dynasty, bent on opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, running in many directions, and even a thinker, he not only said these words, but also said that the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband.

The death of the country, in fact, has nothing to do with the horseman, it is a matter for the meat eaters.

The death of the world is the responsibility of the husband.

In Gu Yanwu's thoughts, in fact, the death of the world does not only refer to the invasion of foreign races, what is the real death of the world? What does it mean to be full of benevolence and righteousness and to lead beasts to eat people?

On the surface, it is full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but in fact, it is a great regression of the etiquette of cannibalism. For example, someone is full of benevolence and morality, and as a result, many people die of poverty and starvation, while his dog eats meat. This is equivalent to leading beasts to eat people!

Etiquette collapses, morality is decayed, and this is the most terrible.

Liu Xun kept saying that Zhang Chao was a rebellion and a rebellion, but the people had a completely different attitude of support.

Why?

First, this is just a power struggle between the upper echelons of the Tang Dynasty that should involve meat eaters, and it has little to do with them. Second, it is because many of the current policies of the imperial court are regressing.

The people are having a hard time, everyone misses the past, and the prince and Zhang Chao represent the Tang Dynasty fourteen years ago in Zhenguan.

There is another sentence for Liu Gong, water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat. This sentence was given to Your Majesty back then, and Your Majesty once took it as a warning, and then there were more than ten years of Zhenguan's rule. But now His Majesty has changed, look at his decrees, is this still the wise Majesty at the beginning? ”

"The subjects of the world can help His Majesty become the first emperor of the ages, and they can also make him fall off the altar."

Liu Xun was speechless.

I'm afraid of comparing things.

Originally, the prince rebelled against his father with his son, which was a rebellion. However, Lingnan is stable, and everyone is still living a good life. And what about the Central Plains?

But the people's resentment boiled.

Compare goods to throw away, people have to die than people.

50,000 troops surrendered and annexed.

The Southern Army smoothly entered Hangzhou.

The Chamber of Commerce played the role of the leading party, fully assisting the Southern Army in controlling Hangzhou and helping to restore order.

After Cheng Qian entered Hangzhou, the first decree issued was to restore the status of deputies at all levels in Daozhou County, Zhejiang Province, and to allow the parliaments at all levels to complete the election of new councilors.

The Privy Council and the Ministry of War, which followed the Prince, began to reorganize the 50,000 new troops that were annexed.

These people could not be dismissed for the time being, but they were dispersed and reorganized, and reorganized according to the military system of the Yugoslav Army.

The naval division was organized into the East China Sea Fleet of the Tang Navy, and the 30,000 infantry were reorganized into supplementary regiments to supplement the various group armies of the Southern Army.

On the same day.

The original Li Ji Qian Zhuang and Datang Bank in Hangzhou City have opened their doors again.

However, this time, it was taken over by the Imperial Court of the Prison State, and Li Ji Qianzhuang also changed its name to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.

Datang Bank was changed to Minsheng Bank, which is state-owned. Zhang Chao's Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is privately owned. In addition, there are the Agricultural Bank of China and the China Construction Bank, which are joint ventures of public and private partnerships.

Hangzhou has four major banks.

"Look, it's a poster."

"From today, banks will accept deposits and loans from the people······"

"The four major banks are actually going to issue paper money again." Someone exclaimed.

"It doesn't seem to be the same, you see, in the future, all taxes such as the two taxes and industry and commerce can be taxed with new banknotes!"

"The new banknotes can also be exchanged for gold, silver and copper coins at any time in the four major banks."

"Cancel the ticket, lift the ban on owning money."

"The gold coupons in the hands of the people can be exchanged for new banknotes at the market price in the four major banks, and they are valid for one month."

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A new notice came out.

The businessmen and people of Hangzhou lined up in front of the four major banks.

They were in a hurry to exchange the gold coupons in their hands for new banknotes, even if it was at market price, they were willing. At the very least, after being exchanged for new banknotes, it can be used to pay taxes or exchanged for money.

"Is there so much money?"

"Who knows."

"I heard that the prince's fleet was followed by many gold and silver ships, and one ship was full of gold and silver."

On the wharf, there are indeed many horse-drawn carriages loaded with boxes into the four major lines.

What they didn't know was that many of the chests were empty, although they did bring a lot of gold and silver coins.

However, Zhang Chao is not worried that he will not be able to redeem it.

Because he had already sent someone to take out the money in the underground vault in Hangzhou, where the deposits of Li Ji's Hangzhou branch in the past were almost half of the money of Hangzhou merchants.

Now most of this money has been handed over to the imperial court of the supervising state, which is regarded as the court's funds. A small part of the prince was left to Zhang Chao, which was regarded as the capital and profit of Li Ji Qianzhuang in the past.

Originally, the money that the prince got should have belonged to the people, but after being manipulated by the imperial court a few times, it has now become the prince's prison court.

Only those who are able to present a deposit slip will still be recognized. As for those victims who took away the treasure money, and then were degraded again and again, and almost became waste paper, they can only be helpless.

Hangzhou Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The businessmen were excited.

The arrival of the crown prince also means the cancellation of the ban on the sea.

Without risking the interception of the sailors, the ship can finally be loaded with cargo and go south.

Many orders that had been stopped could finally be continued, and the factory was finally able to operate again.

Even the workers in Hangzhou were cheering.

They can go to work again and earn money again.

The prestige of the crown prince is constantly rising.

Especially when many people exchanged the court gold coupons for new treasure money, and then exchanged them for real money, they were even more happy to shed tears.

And when some businessmen and ordinary people took the past deposit slips to the new ICBC to withdraw money, they found that the ICBC really admitted that the original Li Ji's deposit slip had really been redeemed.

"Thirty-six times, according to the current gold coupons are not redeemed, but according to the exchange ratio of treasure banknotes and copper coins, gold and silver coins at the time of deposit, one gold coin is exchanged for two silver coins, and one silver is exchanged for five thousand copper. Thirty-six deposits, I was exchanged for three gold coins, one silver coin, and one thousand copper coins. The interest was also calculated, and it was said that it was exchanged in advance, and the term was not due, and it was only calculated according to the current account, and the interest was really repaid. ”

A middle-aged scribe, carrying a money bag, said excitedly.

I had already regarded that deposit slip as waste paper, after all, thirty-six yuan of money, which was exchanged for gold coupons, could not be exchanged for consistent copper coins.

But now, it has been exchanged for real money.

Many people looked at him dumbfoundedly.

How is that possible?

But immediately someone asked the counter, and someone asked the lobby manager on duty, and the result was confirmed.

A deposit slip is not the same as a gold coupon.

The deposit slip is based on the exchange rate of the money at the time of deposit, but at that time, there was no exchange rate, and a penny of treasure banknotes was worth a penny of copper coins. Therefore, the deposit slip is fully paid.

But the golden coupon is different.

The gold bills have been over-issued by the imperial court, and now the gold bills in the market have depreciated so much that the banks can only exchange them for new banknotes at the market price. And the new banknote is still a penny of copper money to pay for a penny.

"With this alone, the prince will also win the world." The middle-aged scribe was excited on the street for a moment, then resolutely turned back to the front of the bank and lined up again.

"Why are you back again?"

"I'll save the money." Scribe Road.

"Everyone is in a hurry to withdraw money, what are you saving?"

"The money is stored in the bank of the prince and King Zhao, rest assured!"

"You see, the interest on deposits has risen today." The scribe smiled and said that he really supported the crown prince and was willing to use this way to show his support. It's just a few dozen dollars, and it's worth it.

Many people and merchants who had originally exchanged gold coupons for new banknotes and were about to exchange them for gold, silver, or copper coins to take home also began to hesitate.

The chamber of commerce in Hangzhou is also calling on its members to deposit their money in the bank.

The four major banks have also lowered their approval requirements and given fast-track loans to businessmen who have suffered losses and have turnover difficulties in this turmoil.

"Can people trust our bank?" Cheng Qian asked Zhang Chao.

"Paper money has been broken, and it's not easy to restore credit now. But this is necessary, without treasure money, even if we take over the world, it will be a mess of the same. From now on, every time we seize a piece of land, we must step up efforts to restore the credit of the treasure money in that place. In this way, slowly, little by little, we can finally win everyone's trust again. Zhang Chao said.