Chapter 421 to the people of the Great Song Dynasty

I thought for a moment and said, "Master, the proposal for raising donations and issuing war bonds is very good, and I will accept it. Little Seven. ”

Xiao Qi outside the door entered the door and said, "Your Majesty, the little one is here." ”

"Xiao Qi, pass on my will, let Ruan Dengbing, the Great Song Yinzhuang, and Liao Yingzhong of the Ministry of Commerce come here for a meeting in half an hour. Minister, you will also stay after the military meeting, and consult with them with me. ”

Could it be Liao Yingzhong who started the war bonds? This thought popped into me. However, judging from what I learned next, it was indeed Jia Rudao's own idea.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the little one will go."

After Xiao Qi left, I asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any other questions?" ”

Lu Xiufu said: "Your Majesty, the minister still has this music." ”

"Yes, please."

"Your Majesty, the matter of setting up a forward command in Yicheng is inappropriate."

"Really? Is it too close to Xiangyang City? I looked at the map.

"Your Majesty Mingjian, very close to Xiangyang, this is one of the reasons, although Yicheng County has a long history, but the city is too low and dilapidated, and has not been repaired after repeated wars, which is not conducive to defense, and is easy to be broken through by the Mongolian cavalry. In addition, the original sailor base in the waters of Yicheng has basically been abandoned, if it is to be re-expanded, it is necessary to invest a lot of manpower and material resources, not to mention in terms of time, it is also a little late, therefore, the minister suggested that the forward headquarters be set up in Yingzhou Mansion (now Zhongxiang City) in the south of Yicheng County. The city of Yingzhou is relatively strong, and it is only one hundred and eighty miles away from Yingzhou to Yicheng, which is also on the edge of the Han River, which is conducive to defense and garrisoning. ”

"Chen Shi Yanzhi agrees with Lord Lu's proposal."

Chen Fan Wenhuan agreed.

Next, almost all the ministers in the apse agreed with Lu Xiufu's proposal, and I knew that Lu Xiufu and the others were mainly worried that the Mongol attack would be detrimental to my safety. I thought for a while and said, "It's okay, let's set the forward headquarters in Yingzhou." ”

Half an hour later, Liao Yingzhong and Ruan Dengbing followed Xiao Qi to the Yanhe Hall behind the Daqing Palace, which is commonly known as the apse.

"Minister Liao Yingzhong, Minister Nguyen Teng Binh see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live."

"Two Aiqing, please sit down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Two Aiqing, I asked you to come today to discuss with you about the issuance of war bonds."

Liao Yingzhong and Ruan Dengbing looked at each other and asked in unison, "War bonds?" Your Majesty, what is this? ”

I smiled: "The purpose of issuing war bonds is to alleviate the increasing expenditure on armaments, which is equivalent to the imperial court borrowing from the private sector. Master, you first explain to the two Aiqing. ”

Jia Yidao repeated what he had said in the previous meeting.

Nguyen Teng Binh said: "This is very similar to the fixed deposit of Silver Estate. ”

"Yes, in essence, there is not much difference between the two, for bonds, the interest paid by the imperial court will be slightly higher than the regular savings, and the other thing is that this money will not stay in the silver bank, but will be used entirely for military affairs."

Liao Yingzhong frowned and said: "Your Majesty, if it is used for war, it will be used without return, how to return it after it expires?" ”

"Liao Aiqing, don't worry about this, I think that with the speed of economic development in China, it is completely possible to cash out these bonds in the future. However, the burden of your commercial department is even heavier. ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will do his best."

"Well, Liao Aiqing, you do things, I don't worry. Next, let's discuss the details of the war bond. When I was resting just now, I initially thought about the following questions, first of all, the face value of the bond, because the war bond is aimed at all the people of our dynasty, therefore, this face value should not be very large, the second is the repayment period, I suggest that the two-year, three-year and five-year bonds can be issued starting with two years, the third is the interest payment period and interest rate, the principle of the bond interest rate is slightly higher than the interest rate of the same regular savings, the interest payment period I recommend that the bond expire and pay it together with the principal and interest, and the fourth is the issuer, in order to reassure the people of our court, The issuer of this bond is jointly signed by the royal family and Yinzhuang as the debtor of the bond, and the fifth is the liquidity of the bond, can this kind of bond circulate in the market like the Huaxia currency of our dynasty? ”

I finished talking about bonds in one go, which was an extremely ordinary thing, but to Jia Yidao, he seemed a little surprised and a little disappointed. Jia Rudao originally thought that the matter of bonds was the first thing he thought of, and others would not have a deeper understanding in a short period of time, but he didn't expect that I would think of so much in just a quarter of an hour after the end of the military affairs meeting, which was even more thoughtful than him, the proposer. Jia Rudao originally wanted to perform well, but I didn't expect that I had a deeper understanding of bonds than he did.

I continued: "I have already decided on the issue of war bonds, but the specific implementation rules need not be decided immediately. ”

"The minister is here."

"The proposal for war bonds is very good, you have made a great contribution this time, and it can be said that you have made the first contribution to the battle of Song and Mongolia." I smiled and praised, "Master, I will reward him at tomorrow's court meeting, and in my opinion, you will be responsible for the preparation of the issuance of this bond." ”

Jia Rudao nodded, revealing a hint of a smile: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

"Ruan Aiqing, Liao Aiqing, the two of you assist, hosted by the Great Song Dynasty Royal Silver Village."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers obey." Liao Yingzhong said, "Your Majesty, can this bond method be promoted?" ”

"Liao Aiqing, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, for bonds, although it is the first time I have heard of it, but the minister has a vague idea, for example, the sales of the Chinese Imperial Liquid are very good, but because of the production capacity, the sales volume has been limited, and the minister thinks that it is possible to issue the bonds of the Chinese Imperial Liquid, borrow funds from the private sector, and use them to expand the production workshop, which can not only save the funds of the imperial court to support the military needs of the war, but also speed up the production of the Chinese Imperial Liquid."

"Of course, it is feasible that the issuance of bonds will not be limited to war bonds, but will form an economic instrument, and I will notify the Government Council and bring this matter into the government affairs system. However, I intend to divide the bonds into two categories, one is the state bonds guaranteed by the imperial court, such as war bonds, which have a higher interest rate than the same regular savings and do not have any risk, and the other is commercial bonds, such as the China Imperial Liquid bonds that Liao Aiqing just mentioned, the interest of which should be linked to the income of the Chinese Imperial Liquid, that is, according to the annual income of the Chinese Imperial Liquid, the return may exceed the interest of the national bonds, or it may be lower than or even no interest. There is a certain speculative nature of this type of commercial bond. Of course, the commercial bonds allowed by the imperial court to be issued will be the most profitable item. ”

Liao Yingzhong said: "It seems feasible. ”

"The feasibility should be very large, the above is just my general idea, and you still need to study it and think about it in the long term before you can draw conclusions. Bonds are a sign of economic development to a certain extent, and they are good deeds, and I agree with them. Well, that's all for today. ”

After lunch, I called Yuan Jian and Xiao Qi to come to the Red Cross.

In the Pu Shou Geng house, I told the three presidents of the Red Cross Society about my intentions straight to the point, and raised funds for the upcoming battle between Song and Mongolia.

"Childe, since it is from the people to raise military funds for the war, then in the name of the Red Cross Society, it is naturally better than letting the imperial court come forward, and the subordinates will definitely actively cooperate." After hearing this, Pu Shougeng immediately said.

Xiao Tiandao: "Son, the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, and his subordinates think that this move will definitely be supported by the people of our dynasty." ”

"Childe, when will it start?"

"President Pu, I plan to let the newspapers around the country first carry out propaganda, calling on me to unite with the people, have money to contribute, and make a strong contribution, stand with the imperial court, and win this upcoming war, this warm-up propaganda period will take about a month, during which let Shifeng, Pu's Commercial Bank and Suzhou Zheng's Commercial Bank as representatives of businessmen, take the initiative to ask for donations, and in addition, let the people of Longya ask for donations in their personal names to contribute to the country. By mid-July, the Red Cross Society will officially come forward again to raise funds from the private sector for war preparedness. ”

Fang Lingdao: "Brother, first publicize, then set up a model, and finally raise donations from all over the country, this way is very good." ”

"Really? Ling'er, you have seen through all of my routines. ”

"Haha, that's it."

In late June, the Great Song Dynasty Royal Newspaper in Lin'an City published a news that the Zheng Commercial Bank in Suzhou and the Pu Commercial Bank in Quanzhou had donated 100,000 Huaxia coins (Huaxia coins equivalent to the original most circulating Great Song copper coins) to enrich the armaments of the Great Song Dynasty, and both donations were transferred to the imperial court by the royal newspaper. As soon as the news was published, various newspapers reprinted it, and the people, while feeling that the war was approaching, were excited by the righteous deeds of the two firms.

A few days later, the Great Song Shou and the Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing, the Empress Quan Jiu, the Fu Wang, the Rong Wang and other royal family members donated their own gold and silver jewelry to support the War of Resistance against Mongolia, and the total donation was 300,000 Chinese dollars according to the calculation of the Great Song Yinzhuang. On the same day, Fuhua Daily published the news that Jia Nidao, the Taishi of the Great Song Dynasty, donated 100,000 Huaxia coins to the imperial court.

At the end of June, Shifeng Commercial Bank and Lin Zhixiong of Fujian Province donated 80,000 Huaxia coins and 30,000 Huaxia coins to the imperial court respectively.

Subsequently, many people went to the Great Song Dynasty Royal Newspaper and the Great Song Yinzhuang to ask the people how to donate, including the people of the dragon's teeth, there are also many people in Lin'an City, and even the monks of Lingyin Temple spontaneously came to the royal newspaper to donate the money of incense used by the thrift, hoping to contribute to the Great Song Dynasty.

On 7 July, all the big newspapers and tabloids in Lin'an City published an article signed by me in full on the first page, entitled "A Letter to the People of the Great Song Dynasty," which was also the first time that I had publicly published a signed article in a newspaper.

Of course, the wording of the article is not my forte, it was ghostwritten by Quan Jiu.