Feng Shiyuan lowered his head and thought for a while before raising his head and said, "Okay, I believe what you said for the time being." www.biquge.info It's just that there is no impermeable wall in the world, and this matter will inevitably be known to everyone in the capital. The provincial lord of the third division Xu has said many times that it is not allowed to lend money to the pledge treasury, and the violators will be severely punished! Although the Sprinkle family is not an ordinary person, how dare they tease the tiger whiskers of the provincial lord of the three divisions? It's a pity that a few years ago, Taishi Liu was not cautious in doing things, and he did something about the tea method, and he didn't know where to go ever since. If he were still here, he would barely be able to do this. “

Li Zhongtan said with a smile: "Taiwei thought badly, why hide this matter?" Reasonable and legal things, just do it generously! Now there is a lot of money in Jingshi Bank that can't be loaned, and I need the help of someone like Taiwei! ”

"I can think of a way to Jingshi Bank, but it's really difficult to do it in the third division!"

"Taiwei, if you say something that should not be said below, the affairs in the court, when will the third division be able to cover the sky with one hand? Although the provincial lord of the three divisions is known as the prime minister, he is still under the management of the prime minister in the political hall after all. As long as the ministers nod their heads, Jingshi Bank is willing, and what can the three divisions do? As for Kaifeng Mansion, isn't that Taiwei's own territory? ”

Feng Shiyuan was still hesitant, obviously fearing serious consequences and implicating himself. Liu Taishi's fate is a lesson from the past, he calls for wind and rain in peacetime, and when something happens, there are no bones. The identity of a public official, snatching food from the court is to fight big with a small one, and if you want to be cautious in the long run, you must be cautious, and if you are not careful, you will put your life into it.

Li Zhongtan sighed: "I know what the captain is worried about, so let's just make it clear." Why didn't the provincial lord Xu allow the bank to lend money to the pledge warehouse? Because he built banks and companies, he made money, and he also collected wealth from the rich people in the world. And how many rich people are there in the world? This dynasty is not like before, and there are no thousands of Zhuang guests in the rich family, countless servants, and nothing can happen. What really gave the court a headache was that the poor couldn't survive, as long as someone climbed to the top and shouted, they would gather and stir up the world. Therefore, the method that Xu Provincial Lord came up with with great effort is without exception not touching the people's jobs. And what is the easiest money in the world to make? Taiwei, naturally, is to help the powerful and rich to earn money from the poor people. Don't think that the poor people have no money in their hands, they have the largest number of people in the world, and they gather sand into a tower, which is the real big money. When we go to open these companies, we lend out the money of the imperial court and put it in the hands of powerful people, so that they can earn the money of the poor people. The house of power is like a wolf and a tiger, the money goes into their treasury, it is lent to the people, and it is a sure thing to collect interest, who dares not to repay their money? The only thing to worry about in this matter is that these powerful people are greedy, do not know how to restrain themselves, and finally make a big case, at that time, Taiwei was only afraid that he would be thrown out as a scapegoat. So if this matter is to be successful, the key is that the Taiwei should work hard in Kaifeng Mansion, and when there is no major event in front, all the cases in the quality library will be suppressed, and the big things will be turned into small things, and the small things will be turned into small things, in short, don't make trouble to the court, and everything will be fine. When the limelight is not right, shut down all these companies in time and get out on their own. At that time, the money was enough, and the quality bank didn't need to make money like this, wouldn't it be right? ”

Feng Shiyuan listened quietly, was silent for a while, and slapped his thigh suddenly: "Helping powerful people make money for the poor, this is clear!" Straight lady thief, isn't this the kind of thing the Sprinkle family has done all these years? Okay, this money grandpa earned! The two of you, as long as you help me do this, the glory and wealth of this life will already be in your hands! ”

Xu Ping sat behind the desk, his brows furrowed tightly, and said to Han Zong opposite: "It's been a few days since you returned to the capital, why hasn't a big project started in the Bridge Division?" How can you get that?! ”

Han Zong said: "Provincial Lord, the weather is very hot now, and it is not the time to work. Not to mention that the people can't stand the heat, it's just that so many people get together, and how to prevent the epidemic is a problem in this kind of weather. ”

"If you can't do a big project, can't you do a small one? There are so many streets in the capital, so that the people can repair the bad places, remove the dead trees, and make up new ones. By the way, where the road is wide, can you learn from the royal street, build two rows of narrow pools, and plant flowers and trees! Separate the road, walk where people walk, drive where you drive, don't you can? ”

Han Zong shook his head: "That's a matter of Kaifeng Mansion, I went to visit Governor Zhang's Mansion a few times, and he said that it was very hot and he was not suitable for working people." Provincial Lord, I've thought of all the ways I should think, but now is not the season to start construction. ”

Of course, Xu Ping also knew that this season was not suitable, but what could he do? In the past, whether the money was in the inner treasury or the left treasury, it was watched tightly, for fear of spending a copper coin to go out. Now that the money is in the bank, I am afraid that the money will not be spent. Especially now that it is time to exchange the old money for the new money, there must always be a channel to distribute the new money. The easiest way is to do a big project, recruit people from the society, and directly use the new money to settle wages. In this way, there are many people involved, and there is also a lot of money to scatter.

After thinking about it, Xu Ping could only say helplessly: "Okay, let's put this matter aside for the time being, and I'll go to Governor Zhang's mansion in two days to talk about it." By the way, you came back from Shaanxi Road, what is the situation there? Is there any change on the party side? ”

Han Zong said: "The party has been unstable in recent years, and there have always been things that disturb the border, but there is no big deal, and they are all confined to one state and one county. These barbarians in the northwest have been used to plundering in the interior for many years, and many officials are still in the habit of being party members, and they don't take it to heart. Of course, there are also many border officials who have decided that the party will be opposed within a few years. ”

"If you don't do anything with this dynasty, Yuan Hao's thoughts over the years will be in vain. The only thing to worry about now is that the war is together, and the army is gathered on the Shaanxi Road, and the supply of grain and grass is not enough. I have checked the accounts of the states along the Shaanxi Road in recent years, and there are no reserves in the treasury, and once the army arrives, grain and grass must be supplied from the mainland. In the past two years, there has been a lot of money and grain in the two capitals, and there is no shortage of it, but it is not easy to transport it to Shaanxi Road. ”

Han Zong said: "The Yellow River is transported, and it is not easy to have 500,000 stones a year, but no matter how hard you work, at most 700,000 stones will reach the top." If all of them are used, they can barely support the use of 100,000 forbidden troops, plus the local ownership of Shaanxi Road, it is not particularly lacking. If you reserve it a few years in advance, Caolu is still enough. ”

Xu Ping smiled bitterly: "It would be nice if I could prepare a few years in advance, but now not only do I not transport it to Shaanxi, but I also transport 500,000 stone of grain and grass from Guanzhong to Liangjing every year." I have already played it a few times, and I want to change it to the road to Shaanxi, but the court has not yet been decided. ”

"If the provincial lord thinks that Yuan Hao will be opposed, it is better to prepare in advance. As long as there are a few years of savings, plus the production of Guanzhong, there will be no great difficulty in supporting the war in the northwest for a few years. It's just that in the border states of Shaanxi, the difficulty is not here, but how to transport the grain and grass in Guanzhong to the border. Xiaguan walked a lot of places on Yanyan Road and Huanqing Road, where the mountains and rivers were broken, the ravines were criss-crossed, and there were no roads that could be driven at all, and the only way to transport grain was to use donkeys, mules and camels, or to rely on the people's backs. Xia Guan originally wanted to build a road out, but it was too difficult, and the road was not supported, so he did not succeed after all. Although Jingyuan Road and Qinfeng Road are also mountainous, they are not as broken as the other two roads, and there are large rivers flowing through them, one is that they can be transported by water, and the other can be built along the river valley, which is not so difficult. If there is a war in the northwest, it will be difficult to live on the two roads of Yanyan and Huanqing. ”

In the spring of this year, under the circumstance that many courtiers of Xu Ping kept talking about Yuan Hao's future rebellion, the governor of Qinzhou finally brought in charge of Qin, Long, Feng, Jie, Chengzhou, and Fengxiangfu Road to garrison military horses, Qinfeng Road officially became independent, and Shaanxi Road formed a pattern of four military roads of Yanyan, Huanqing, Jingyuan and Qinfeng. However, the officials along the border have different understandings, some people really think that Yuan Hao will oppose and actively prepare, while most of them think that Yuan Hao will make a big fuss and Yuan Hao will not make any big moves.

Guanzhong is fertile for thousands of miles, rich in products, and the Qin State relies on this to dominate the world. More than a thousand years have passed, and although the current environment there cannot be compared with that of the Qin and Han dynasties, it is not too difficult to support an army of two or three hundred thousand when it is well organized. Historically, the finances of the Song Dynasty could not be supported, and the bigger reason was efficiency, and the money did not know where to spend it.

The militaristic two-layered skin, this is a stubborn disease in the system, and it cannot be solved by cleverness. Xu Ping could transport grain and grass in, trade with new currency, and did not need to have to use iron money as in history, but if the efficiency of military spending was not solved, the war there would still become a bottomless pit of finance.

The Song army fought because in the military system, there were basically no logistics support units of all kinds, and the supply of grain and grass has always been a fatal point. The forbidden army system follows the five generations, and the five generations of warlords believe that the grain and grass needed by the army mainly rely on looting, and in fact it is similar to the logistics support system of the northern tribes to fight the war, that is, there is no guarantee, and what is needed can be grabbed just by going out to grab it. After entering the Song Dynasty, the army fought against its own people, how could it be plundered by the army? The military system could not be changed drastically, so it was tinkered with on the original basis, and the plundering of the column army was changed to purchasing from merchants. This is not a deliberate involvement of businessmen in the logistics of the army, but there is no way to do it, and there is no other room in the system.

Commercial operations could not have been as efficient as might have been imagined in the delivery of supplies to fighting armies, otherwise there would have been no wartime military control. Astronomical amounts of money were spilled all over the sky, and no one could tell who it was, and a large part of it went into the pockets of the invaders. As a result, the officers and soldiers on the front line did not eat or drink, the nearby state troops were looted and the people were miserable, a large amount of grain and grass rotted on the road, and those who had the road made a lot of money, and the state finances could not support it.

Xu Ping has a general understanding of this, but what about understanding? His authority doesn't control those things.