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Yixin in Beijing is now more and more aware of foreign affairs. In this, there are many things he really wants to thank Zhang Zuguang, the big checker of Tongrentang, and of course, there is also Fan Wenrui, the shopkeeper of Angel, who has been personally rewarded by Concubine Yi with the honor of the four products.

In the end, the businessman is different from those bureaucrats in the court, they have a more thorough view of foreign affairs, and they are more in line with the mind of him, the king of parliament.

It's not enough to just buy guns, build new ones, and build a few arsenals and the like. It is also necessary to build railways to facilitate the transportation of large quantities of military supplies in the future, and there are also good telegrams and telephone calls from foreigners, and it is very convenient to convey orders in the event of a war. In addition, the reason why the Taiping army was able to win a great victory in Jiangnan was that the sailors in the Yangtze River basin initially had the advantage, and now it has developed to the coastal areas of Jiangnan. We can't just open our eyes and watch like this, and we must hurry up to develop our future sailors. The foreigners' warships are powerful, so let's order them quickly in case we need them. If we want to be strong in the Qing Dynasty, the most fundamental thing we need is still useful and usable people, like these champions and role models are useless, we have to learn from the West.

Fan Wenrui's tirade called Yixin, and he couldn't help but nod his head again and again. The Qing Dynasty also owns most of the country, and if it can really be completely done in accordance with this kind of construction, the Zhongxing of the Qing Dynasty is just around the corner. Where can I bow my head to Longhair and some foreigners?

It's just a good thing to say, and it sounds exciting, but after all, it takes a lot of real money. As soon as he thought of money, Yixin's head immediately became one size bigger.

For the sake of money, as early as two years ago, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the emperor racked their brains.

With the continuous expansion of the war zone and the blockade of the south of the Yangtze River, the ruling area of the Qing Dynasty was shrinking day by day, and the annual collection of the original taxes was less than 45 tenths on average compared with the old amount, while the various financial expenditures of the imperial court were almost doubling. According to the grain donation, the allowance silver of one tael per field set up specifically for raising military salaries, as well as all the tricks of selling official beards and gold, etc., have been exhausted, and even the gold and bronze vessels hidden by the Internal Affairs Office have been melted down in large quantities and transferred as much as possible to official salaries. In addition, there are also techniques to replenish the capital, such as stopping officials to raise incorruptible silver, opening silver mines, raising books, collecting shop rents, and so on, but the ministry treasury is still ten thousand branches, and it has reached the point of exhaustion.

Under the unprecedented aggravation of the financial crisis, coupled with the fact that "Yunnan copper is also due to the stalk", the coinage materials for minting money are unprecedentedly tight. In order to raise military salaries, household ministers have come to an all-encompassing position, and they have put forward proposals for reforming the monetary system and accumulating social wealth. As a result, the imperial court regarded the issuance of banknotes, the minting of large amounts of money, and the implementation of inflation policies as an important means of coping with military financial expenditures. Indiscriminately minting inferior copper and iron money, indiscriminately issuing silver bills, treasure notes and other uncashable banknotes from top to bottom, and forcing the common people to use them.

Generally speaking, the greater the face value of the cast copper and iron money, the more benefits there will be. In terms of the comparison of the minting cost of copper coins and the legal value of the forehead, such as the 1,000 copper coins minted during the Xianfeng period, the forehead stipulates that each piece is equal to 1,000 Wen, and as a metal currency, the metal price is actually only equal to 38 Wen, which can force the value of 962 Wen, and each piece can increase the income of the household by 886 Wen, that is, the net profit is 7.8 times the capital. When it comes to casting iron money, because its metal price is low, the income from casting money is more. According to the calculations of the government at that time, after deducting the cost of iron charcoal materials and labor, each furnace could obtain a surplus of about 20,000 to 30,000 yuan per day.

Of course, this was not enough, and the Manchu government hastily decided to issue banknotes on February 26, 1853, under the pressure of a flood of demands for money from all over the country. Emperor Xianfeng ordered the Zuodu Yushi Huashana and the Shaanxi Provincial Yushi Wang Maoyin to discuss the regulations with the household department, and then after nearly a month of repeated discussions, the regulations for the issuance of official tickets were quickly released. In November of the same year, the charter of the treasure banknote was promulgated. "Official bills", also known as "silver bills", are banknotes in units of silver taels; "Treasure banknotes", also known as "money money", are banknotes that are made of money and money. The two are collectively referred to as "official bills" or "silver bills", referred to as "banknotes". Since then, in daily life, "banknotes" have become synonymous with paper money, and a new word has been added to China's economic dictionary.

Because of the printing of various denominations of silver bills and treasure banknotes, the cost of the work is particularly small, such as a treasure banknote, the work capital only needs to make 1 Wen 6 milli, which makes the banknotes make millions of profits, and make tens of millions of profits. This kind of "inexhaustible, inexhaustible" good thing is not only praised by the emperor, but even Concubine Yi also smiled crookedly, and the household received a special reward. The great hero Zuodu Yushi Huashana also squeezed into the ranks of the Minister of Military Aircraft and presided over the household department.

It's a pity that the ideas are all good, and the ideas are very optimistic, but when it comes to practical use, it's not like that.

In order to maintain the initial credit of the silver bills, the imperial court once moved the original preparation of 20% of the real silver to the official money bureau as the "capital" for redeeming huàn. However, the regulations only allowed the cashing of money (which could only be exchanged for large amounts of money that had depreciated in the future), and those who held silver notes were not allowed to go to the official money shop to exchange the huàn silver taels, but they were allowed to exchange the huàn silver taels and make money in private money shops. In fact, it is difficult to redeem even the money when holding the silver ticket to the official money bureau, because the official money bureau not only lacks silver, but also strictly does not make money. Because the official money shop claimed to be unwilling to redeem the huàn without the capital, the merchants waited and watched, and the users gradually decreased.

Later, the household department soon simply posted a notice on the front of the official money shop that the silver tickets did not have to be purchased by the official money shop. At this moment, the official ticket turned into waste paper almost instantly. The people who can get the official tickets in the capital, the powerful ones donate the official tickets, and there is not much loss; And those who have no power and no power, and have to live on money, have silver tickets in their hands, but have nowhere to exchange money, so they have to sell them at a cheap price to some unscrupulous merchants, who can then carry out illegal activities.

Thinking of this, Yixin's head is not big. He pondered for several days, but he still couldn't get the point. However, the reply from the Rehe side has returned. It is okay to set up a water division, a telegraph or a telephone or something, but it is just a railway that cannot be built, and I heard that it has to be excavated everywhere, and it cannot be dug up the dragon vein. And then it's a bit too much to send people to learn what to learn from the West, and the dignified China is omnipotent, so why spend money to go all the way? Especially if the tiger is not the opposite of the dog, and it is too late to regret it after spending money and then drumming up a bunch of nondescript guys.

Yi Xin smiled, don't think about it, this edict must be from the hand of Concubine Yi who just had a dragon. He gathered a few of his own think tanks to make a good calculation.

Minister of Military Aircraft and Ministry of Households, Shangshu Hua Shana, and personal staff Zhang Zuguang and Fan Wenrui. There are two more people that I would like to highlight about.

Rong Lu, the new army Xiangli, is not only recommended by Concubine Yi, but his own shrouded light is also quite good. For the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Rong Lu was a loyal martyr, and his distant ancestor Fei Yingdong was once the founder of the country who assisted Taizu Nurhachi to fight the world. His grandfather, Tasha, had served as the deputy minister of Kashgar, and was killed in battle during the rebellion of Daizhanger during the Daoguang period. Father Gansu Liangzhou Town General Soldier longevity, uncle Tianjin Town Chief Soldier Rui, Xianfeng first year in the siege of the Taiping Army Yong'an Breakout Battle died on the same day, father gave Qin Yong, uncle gave Wu Zhuang, and gave the repair of "Shuangzhong Temple" as a memorial, Rong Lu to get a shadow of life. At the time, this was seen as "a profession of loyalty". After the death of Changrui and Changshou, Xianfeng praised him for his "loyalty to the world", and he also personally summoned Rong Lu to inquire about the martyrdom of his father. Ronglu's generations of loyalty and martyrdom are beyond the reach of ordinary people, and the brilliance of his ancestors' deeds can naturally illuminate his career. Of course, there is also the special relationship between him and Concubine Yi that is said to be inexplicable.

Finally, there is another person, he is Li Hongzhang.

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