And this time, when Zuo Jigao heard Lin Yizhe's name, he didn't scold, which also made Zeng Boheng secretly surprised.

Lin Yizhe because he abandoned Zuo Jigao's shipbuilding idea of "dual-use military and business" during the period of presiding over the shipbuilding, and then bluntly said that Zuo Jigao had inappropriately selected the location for the shipyard, which deeply offended Zuo Jigao. As long as Lin Yizhe is mentioned, Zuo Jigao will inevitably scold.

And today's Zuo Jigao did not scold this "the worst and worst person in the world" that he wanted his granddaughter to remember.

"Lin Wenxiang has been dead for many years, and I can't imagine that Lao Liang still can't forget it!" Zeng Boheng laughed and teased Zuo Jigao.

"This man is hated, but he is capable, and he has done things that few people can do." Zuo Jigao sighed, "He is gone, and the matter of borrowing foreign debts has also been blown, and the source of the Western Expedition has been greatly affected." Outsiders say that I hate this person, who knows that this person has died, and the most regrettable person is also someone on my left! ”

Hearing Zuo Jigao's "heartfelt words", Zeng Boheng suddenly realized.

After the end of the Sino-Japanese Jiaxu War, the Daqian court felt bitterly that the coastal defense was insufficient and the country had been weak for a long time, and decided to "greatly promote foreign affairs" and "revitalize and accumulate disadvantages" and "seek prosperity and self-improvement." He also issued an edict to "set the country as an edict", and regarded the establishment of foreign affairs as an important principle and policy for national development. However, the country's financial resources were insufficient, so Lin Yizhe proposed to follow the system of the Western country, "borrow foreign debts" to set up foreign affairs, and use his personal connections to reach a huge interest-free loan of 5 million pounds with the famous European financial giant Rotchild family. After the news came out, the Western-style officials were excited, and the conservative officials rarely did not have too many people to oppose it (of course, there are still many Qing gossip officials who impeached this matter), because even Lin Yizhe's political enemies want to get a piece of the pie, and Zuo Jigao is naturally no exception.

Zuo Jigao took it for granted that since Lin Yizhe handled this huge loan with the national reputation of the Great Qian Empire as a guarantee, it was natural that he should have a share of the money he levied in the west!

And "borrowing foreign debts", in fact, he Zuo Jigao is no stranger.

Since the Western Regions were renamed Xinjiang during the reign of the Great Qianquanlong, the military expenses of the Xinjiang garrison and the Northwest have been mostly settled in the form of assistance. What is "Assistance"? Xinjiang was initially established, and it was difficult for the finances to be self-reliant, so the household department and the provinces allocated silver taels to maintain military and government expenditures, and because the expenditures were mostly used for military salaries, it was called "co-paying" for the transfer of silver taels. Beginning in the 25th year of Quanlong, the Daqian Imperial Court allocated 2 to 3 million taels of silver from the interior every year, but due to the anti-smoking war and the Shengping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, during the Xianfeng period, the salary was repeatedly reduced, and the amount dropped significantly, and in the early years of Tongzhi, the actual annual allowance was only 440,000 taels, and it was often in arrears. Among the annual contributions, 600,000 taels are allocated to Liangjiang, 1.44 million taels in Zhejiang, and 840,000 taels in Guangdong.

Zuo Jigao's westward expedition re-"activated" the co-payment system, but he was repeatedly trapped in arrears, and it was difficult to handle the co-payment. In addition, Zuo Jigao's popularity is too poor, and it is not as good as the "turbulence" of the southeast when Zeng Bohan used the army. In the sixth year of Tongzhi, when Zuo Jigao moved to the northwest and passed through Jiangxi, Liu Kunyi, the governor of Jiangxi at that time, also took the initiative to ask for an additional 20,000 taels per month. But soon after, Liu Kunyi excused himself with difficulties, and the salary increase and the co-ordination fund disappeared. Zuo Jigao has repeatedly asked the imperial court to urge all localities to provide timely assistance, but "the first letter is frequently urged, and the rate is not answered."

Whether or not the assistance can be coordinated originally depended on the central government's dispatch, but since the beginning of Fengtongzhi, whenever there is an emergency, the provinces have accommodated and borrowed from each other, and the household department has not asked about it, and it has lost the ability of the whole country to unify the financial planning. The loss of the central government's financial power will depend on the coordination of the contributors themselves. It's a pity to coordinate this piece, with Zuo Jigao's personality and way of doing things, he can't do it at all.

Although the coordination cannot be done, Zuo Jigao has another set of methods in terms of dunning.

That is, borrowing foreign debts.

The idea of borrowing foreign debts came from Zuo Jigao, and the person in charge was Hu Yulin. Zuo Jigao believes that by replacing the assistance with foreign debts and using the emergency needs, a huge amount of money can be quickly collected to make up for the lack of assistance. Zuo Jigao'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. Begging "borrowing foreign debts" with the co-payment system can be said to be a genius's generosity, which Zuo Jigao cannot do.

From the sixth year to the seventh year of Tongzhi, Zuo Jigao borrowed two large foreign debts through the hands of Hu Yulin, totaling 2.2 million taels of silver...... I have to borrow my hand and go to the plane as soon as possible". In Zuo Jigao's view, borrowing foreign debt is a good medicine to make up for the financial shortage, and he even thinks 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 Jigao used "borrowing foreign debts" as a means to collect the provincial salaries!

For Zuo Jigao's loan handled by Hu Yulin, the interest can be said to be ridiculously high. Some people put themselves in Zuo Jigao's shoes, thinking that this was his "last resort" move in order not to delay the military, Zuo Jigao 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?

In this way, Zuo Jigao doesn't need to ask for help, and the governors of the provinces will go to the road themselves!

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

Hu Yulin is a profit-loving businessman who lives for profit, and Zuo Jigao certainly knows it very clearly. Hu Yulin must be rewarded for doing these things for him, and without a return, how can Hu Yulin plan for him day after day, year after year?

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