Whether or not the co-ordination could be made up originally depended on the central government's dispatch, but since Xiantong, whenever there is an emergency, the provinces have accommodated and borrowed from each other, and the household department has not asked about it, and there is no ability to coordinate the financial planning of the Qianlong period. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe loss of financial power of the central government depends on the coordination of the contributors themselves. It's a pity to coordinate this piece, with Zuo Zongtang's personality and way of doing things, he can't do it at all.

Although coordination can't be done, Zuo Zongtang has another set of methods in terms of dunning.

That is, borrowing foreign debts.

The idea of borrowing foreign debts came from Zuo Zongtang, and the person in charge was Hu Xueyan. Zuo Zongtang believes that by replacing the assistance with foreign debts and using emergency needs, a huge amount of money can be quickly collected to make up for the lack of assistance. Zuo Zongtang's method was: to use customs stamps, that is, to assist the local provinces to stamp customs defenses, in order to show their commitment instead of the central government's urging. In other words, the huge external debt has been replaced by a decentralized allocation. Bundling "borrowing foreign debts" with the co-payment system can be said to be a genius's generosity, and Zuo Zongtang can't do this.

From 1867 to 1868, Zuo Zongtang borrowed two large foreign debts through Hu Xueyan's hands, totaling 2.2 million taels of silver...... I have to borrow my hand and go to the plane as soon as possible". In Zuo Zongtang's view, borrowing foreign debt is a good medicine to make up for the financial shortage, and he even believes that it can be borrowed on a large scale, "The more you borrow, the lighter the interest consumption; The farther the vintage, the easier it is to refinance. Though I have gained much in him, I have consumed little. "Anyway, he doesn't need to pay back the money.

What's even more clever is that Zuo Zongtang used "borrowing foreign debts" as a means to collect the provincial contributions!

For Zuo Zongtang's loan handled by Hu Xueyan, the interest rate can be said to be ridiculously high. Some people put themselves in Zuo Zongtang's shoes, thinking that this was his "last resort" move in order not to delay the military, Zuo Zongtang only sneered after hearing about it, in fact, he was not "a last resort", but deliberately "high or low"!

Because what he wants to do is to "kill one stone and count birds".

Because high interest rates can not only quickly raise huge sums of money to meet the needs of soldiers, but also force the co-ordinating local provinces to quickly cooperate with each other, otherwise the principal and interest of borrowing foreign debts will have to be repaid by them!

With the whip of foreign debts whipped behind it, do the provinces still dare to default?

This time, Zuo Zongtang doesn't need to ask for help, the governors of the provinces will go to the road themselves!

In addition, Zuo Zongtang's "high or low", another purpose is to leave room for kickbacks for Hu Xueyan who is in charge of it.

Hu Xueyan is a profit-loving businessman who lives for profit, and Zuo Zongtang certainly knows it very well. Hu Xueyan must have a reward for doing these things for him, and without a return, how can Hu Xueyan raise military salaries for him day after day, year after year? What's more, in order to borrow foreign money for the western expedition, he also staked the Fukang silver number and his family fund, and deserved to be rewarded for his dedication and benefits, but there was no such item in the institutional arrangements of the imperial court. The so-called "saint can be powerful", and it is logical for Zuo Zongtang, who calls himself "Jinliang", to let Hu Xueyan eat the interest rate difference at a high interest rate in return.

In desperation, in order not to be the wronged boss of Zuo Zongtang's "usury", the governors of the provinces had no choice but to use various means to apportion the co-pay.

Pan Shicheng is like this, and became a victim of Zuo Zongtang's "high-interest rate".

Hearing that the officials in Guangzhou forced Pan Shicheng to pay 1 million taels of the Western Expedition Salary, Zuo Zongtang was of course very happy, but now the boiled duck is equivalent to flying away, so how can he not be angry?

"Profiteers' refusal to pay their contributions must not be tolerated! The old man is going to join him! Zuo Zongtang sat down at the table angrily, and the servant hurriedly waited for him. Zuo Zongtang took the pen and drew up a draft on the paper.

The staff members in the room looked at each other, and no one spoke. Some generals and officials had a deep look of fear in their eyes, but now they seem to be somewhat relieved.

Of course, they knew why Zuo Zongtang hated these businessmen who refused to pay their assessments so much.

As early as the beginning of the Western Expedition, Zuo Zongtang proposed that China could imitate the practice of foreign countries "lending troops to pay the merchants", "returning taxes, following business feelings, and collecting things easily", but the reality ruthlessly shattered his idea. Zuo Zongtang planned to negotiate with local merchants to borrow 2 million taels to support military supplies, but the merchants were only willing to borrow 800,000 taels of silver, not even half of it, and "the heart was still hesitant and could not be relieved." Zuo Zongtang was furious about this, and simply began a hard apportionment to severely punish the merchants who refused to comply. For a time, Shaanxi, Gansu and other western expeditionary armies passed through the provinces, and the merchants dared to be angry and did not dare to speak out.

After hearing that Zuo Zongtang was going to go to the fold to recover Pan Shicheng's apportionment, the so-called "dead friends do not die poor", of course they had to breathe a sigh of relief.

After a short time, Zuo Zongtang wrote the fold and handed it over to the post office, and Pegasus delivered it to Jingshi.

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General Department of Customs, Beijing.

In the office, Hurd, who was 32 years old at the time, was working when a Chinese official hurriedly walked in, and Hurd quickly put down the pen in his hand and got up to meet him. Instead of sitting down, the Chinese official stepped forward to Hurd's side and whispered something to him, and Hurd's face showed a look of great concentration. After the Chinese official finished speaking, he hurried away as he had come, and Hurd returned to his desk, opened the drawer, and took out a statistical table of borrowings and looked at it.

"This Governor Zuo Zongtang looks like he's helping me realize my plans." Hurd said to himself, a happy smile appeared on his face, "If he continues to carry on these usurious goods, then the finances of this huge empire will finally be in my hands." ”

Hurd put down the form in his hand, and a grand plan began to come to his mind.

At this time, Heard didn't expect that at about the same time, in the Forbidden City, because of this incident, a faint storm was secretly brewing.

"Why did the salary of the Western Expedition still fall on the heads of the Guangdong merchants?" The Empress Dowager Cixi handed Zuo Zongtang's fold to Liu Chengyin and motioned for him to hand it over to Prince Gong.

"Chen Shi doesn't know what Zuo Zongtang means by compromise." After reading Zuo Zongtang's angry excerpt, Prince Gong shook his head, "The military needs of the Western Expedition have ordered the provinces to pay as much as possible, and allowed them to borrow foreign money temporarily. ”

When the Empress Dowager Cixi heard Prince Gong's answer, her face suddenly became gloomy.

These days, officials from Shaanxi, Gansu and other provinces have been playing, accusing Zuo Zongtang of apportioning military pay and conscription locally, but what the Empress Dowager Cixi did not expect at all was that Zuo Zongtang's apportionment could reach the southeastern provinces.

The Empress Dowager Cixi suppressed her anger and did not attack, she picked up a book of folds pressed under the bottom and looked at it.

This excerpt is from Lin Yizhe, she only glanced at the title, and she knew that this excerpt was also from the impeachment of Zuo Zongtang.

“…… Zuo Zongtang took the name of the vast number of military supplies for the Western Expedition, and skillfully set up a name, and all kinds of apportionments, to name and name a few. And the details of the military expenditure of the Western Expedition, no one knows...... He also forced the people of Ganshan to plant 'Dao Liu', which is the most difficult thing to plant trees in Hexi since ancient times, and he did not care about the people's strength, and where did the money for planting trees come from? ……”

After the Empress Dowager Cixi finished reading Lin Yizhe's recital, her face was already pale. She lifted the fold again, and Liu Chengyin understood, and immediately stepped forward to take it and forwarded it to Prince Gong.

After Prince Gong finished watching Lin Yizhe's recital, his face became very ugly.

"Sixth master, tell me, what should I do about this?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked.

"Now that the war in the west is in full swing, if you rashly send personnel to investigate, not only Zuo Zongtang is uneasy in his position, but the front-line soldiers should also be shaken by the fear of the army." Prince Gong muttered, "But if you don't investigate, a greedy person will act recklessly, and there will be great harm......

"The investigation is to be investigated, but it must not affect the morale of the army." The Empress Dowager Cixi saw that Prince Gong said that he didn't say anything, obviously a little dissatisfied, and without waiting for Prince Gong to finish speaking, she said categorically, "Send someone to Zuo Zongtang's army immediately to verify the accounts!" Then transfer all these folds to Zuo Zongtang and let him give an explanation himself! ”

"Commandment." Prince Gong hurriedly got up and answered.

"Also, the Military Aircraft Department drafted an edict to clearly tell Zuo Zongtang that it is not allowed to be apportioned at will! If you want to apportionment to Chinese and foreign merchants, you need to report to the imperial court for permission! Empress Dowager Cixi's voice was visibly raised.

"Command!"

The Empress Dowager Cixi easily suppressed the anger in her heart, gently rubbed her temples twice with her fingers, and took a fold to look at.

This excerpt is on Wang Jiabi, Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

When she saw the words "Please stop the garden work" on the title of this excerpt, a sharp light instantly appeared in her eyes.

“…… Overseas businessmen, all the people of the Heavenly Dynasty, for personal gain, do not hesitate to abandon the ancestral temple, stoop to work for years, the heart of loyalty and righteousness is completely abandoned, the etiquette and religion are all abandoned, from the foreign customs and abandon the king, almost no different from the beasts. …… As the old saying goes: If you are not of my race, your heart will be different. They serve the silver of their service, help to repair the garden, not solid naturalization, they really want to sow foreign poison to defile the court, and they want to go to the queen mother and the emperor and the ......place where there is no return."

With a "snap", the Empress Dowager Cixi threw the fold out, and the fold fell on the gold brick floor of the main hall, making a crisp sound, which frightened Prince Gong and Emperor Tongzhi.

A little eunuch who was close didn't know why, and was about to go forward to pick it up, but was pulled by Liu Chengyin. The little eunuch raised his head and saw Liu Chengyin's eyes flashing with anxiety and annoyance, as if he was about to eat himself, and couldn't help but retreat behind him in fear.

This little eunuch didn't know that he had really been walking around the ghost gate just now.

"The Queen Mother is angry!" Prince Gong looked at the fold on the ground, and only said this, but he didn't dare to step forward and pick it up.

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