readx;

Zhang Wenfang's words shone brightly, but it was a pity that this handling of trivial matters was his weakness, at this time Liu Chengfeng questioned, he couldn't speak for a while, and his old face couldn't help but turn red. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, the disgraced Minister Zhao Kang took the opportunity to say: "This matter is easy, the most important thing at the moment is to scare the vassal states first, borrowing is a means, showing force is also a means, show it first, but the demonstration alone is not enough, and many benefits need to be promised, the way of the emperor is nothing more than kindness and kindness, to make them comply, you have to tell them the benefits of being obedient." Weichen has a few methods, and he also asks His Highness to learn from it. ”

Zhao Kang coughed and continued: "One of them is to tell them that if they are willing to obey, the Ming Dynasty and the Chu State will ensure that his temple will not be lost, and the society will be stable. For the vassal kings, it is necessary to divide their power and allow them to maintain a stable position, and now that our Great Chu wants to strengthen the army, to deprive and weaken their military power, and even recruit warriors from their vassal kingdoms to establish a feudal camp, they are naturally worried that their position is not stable enough, so it is essential to give them a promise so that they can be the noble vassal kings with peace of mind. ”

Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but nod and said, "Yes, it is very appropriate to reduce power but also ensure their interests." ”

With Liu Chengfeng's encouragement, Zhao Kang's old face suddenly blushed slightly, and said: "Second, it is to give subsidies in financial resources, and if you are disobedient, this money bank not only does not lend, but also collects debts, but what if you are obedient?" From the perspective of Weichen, the treasury of our Chu State is abundant, and for the time being, we can give the royal family an annual reward, and the reward can be negotiated, which is enough for their needs. ”

A little money is nothing to Liu Chengfeng, and if he can win the authority of various countries, Liu Chengfeng really doesn't care about so much silver, after all, Nanyang is silver for Liu Chengfeng, and it is also appropriate to share a little benefit.

Zhao Kang said again: "Secondly, before that, our court of Great Chu must be prepared, we can secretly let people operate in various countries, make friends with some famous and powerful ministers and celebrities, and suppress those who are dissatisfied with my Great Chu, this matter can be handled by Jinyiwei." And since you want to expand the army, you must also prepare in advance, now the displaced people of the Celestial Empire are pouring into Chu, as long as there is enough military spending, these should not be a problem, in addition, military uniforms, weapons, and camps must be discussed in advance by Hu Cao and Bing Cao, and the required military attachés can also be drawn from Chu Jun and step up training. In fact, this matter is still silver, and with silver, everything goes well, and everything goes wrong without silver. His Royal Highness has just ascended the throne, although there is still a lot of silver in the treasury, and this year's surplus is roughly more than seven million taels ......" Speaking of this, Zhao Kang couldn't help frowning slightly, and said: "The annual tax silver in the treasury of Chu is as high as tens of millions of taels, but the expenses are also large, such as building canals, building and maintaining roads, ports, and all kinds of expenses are really not a small amount, if there is no big expenditure, it is nothing, but to expand so many military horses, and to swallow the South Seas in one bite, I am afraid that the surplus of more than seven million taels is slightly insufficient, Therefore, Weichen has two ways, one is to suspend the construction of some facilities, and the other is to encourage businessmen to raise funds, but these two have pros and cons, just say that the construction of this road and river, now Chu is overcrowded, if the road is not widened, if the canal is not built, I am afraid that it will have a certain impact on commerce and trade, on the surface it can save some silver, but in the long run, it may not be beneficial to my Chu. ”

Zhao Kang smacked his lips, glanced at Liu Chengfeng, and saw that Liu Chengfeng looked relaxed, so he continued: "Let's talk about businessmen raising money, businessmen have money on their side, but letting businessmen raise money is a little untenable, after all, this is a military matter, although it is also for long-term peace and stability, but businessmen may not admit it, if it is forced, some people will inevitably deviate from morality." Therefore, Weichen thought of an idea, that is, to embezzle a batch of funds for the construction of roads and waterways to do military spending, and some of the construction of roads and waterways for the merchants to raise some funds, of course, the merchants raised funds, naturally to make profits, you can set up road cards on the newly built roads, from which to extract the road fees, to repay the merchants, once the merchants earn silver, they must be more enthusiastic about opening bridges and building roads, I don't know what His Highness thinks? ”

Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but smile bitterly, in fact, this kind of thing of setting up a road card has long been done, but Liu Chengfeng is not very willing, this is not how he hates setting up cards to collect money, but because he has enough net worth, Liu Chengfeng smiled slightly and said: "Zhao Aiqing, you say it directly, if you recruit officers and soldiers on a large scale, how much is there a deficit?" ”

Zhao Kang was silent for a moment and said, "For the sake of prudence, Weichen can only count more miles, but I am afraid that there is at least five million taels of silver missing." ”

Liu Chengfeng pursed his lips and said with a smile: "This money, the inner treasury is out, and the lonely king has some private money, and he will let people move 10 million taels of silver in a few days." ”

Liu Chengfeng is wealthy, he only thinks that he is rich, and his waist is a little harder than others, he even thinks evilly, when the first emperor is here, he will never have such a pride as himself, sure enough, silver in this world is the most wonderful thing, not to mention that it is an ordinary peddler pawn, it is the body of the emperor, but this silver money is also indispensable, Liu Chengfeng has silver, if Zhao Kang dares to open his mouth and ask for 30 million, 40 million, Liu Chengfeng will never frown.

For Liu Chengfeng, he loves money but does not hesitate to make money, there are many channels to earn silver, and it is useless to keep tens of millions of income every year, it is better to take it out to relieve the treasury, which is also for his own net worth.

The three ministers of parliament saw that Liu Chengfeng was willing to take out the silver, and they smiled one by one, they didn't know the price of firewood and rice, they didn't think it in the past, but now everyone knows why the cabinet is calculating the use of silver every day, the so-called ministers of parliament, in fact, is to discuss how much tax is collected, and what aspects they plan to use the silver from the treasury, but sometimes, the silver is limited after all, and the investment in which places needs to be slowed down, which ones must be valued, which has become the most difficult thing for everyone, Now that His Royal Highness the King of Chu is willing to pay money, this kind of worry will naturally be gone, and even Li Dongdong is thinking at this time, whether the silver money invested in the school and the construction of the river this year will be increased, after all, the logistics cost of the river is the lowest, and if one more canal can be developed, it will also be a matter of merit.

Liu Chengfeng snorted, obviously tired, he smiled slightly and stood up and said to the three of them: "Leave the rest of the things to you, the charter for debt collection must be drawn up, this is called falling into the well and forcing people to comply, this thing can usually be talked about, but when it comes to the interests of the family and the country, there is nothing to talk about, the lonely king still has something to go out of the palace, you are busy." ”

Liu Chengfeng was just about to leave, when a eunuch outside said: "Your Highness, Jinyi Wei has a secret report." ”

Liu Chengfeng raised his eyebrows and said, "Present it and take a look." ”

This eunuch was given by the Empress Dowager Zhang, all the way from Beijing to Lianzhou, some time ago it was said that because of the water and soil not adapted, so he raised a few days of body, these two said that the body is good and began to be an errand, the people cultivated in the palace are different, at least they understand the rules very well, he carefully bent his waist in, handed a secret report to Liu Chengfeng, Liu Chengfeng took it with a big grin, looked down, and then couldn't help sneering, and said: "Jumping beam clown!" ”

Li Dongdong heard it and asked, "Who is Your Highness scolding?" ”

Liu Chengfeng handed the secret report back to the eunuch and said, "Naturally, it is that Li Hui, the news from Jinyiwei, that Li Hui secretly began to contact King Zhenla." ”

Li Dongdong suddenly frowned, and said: "The loan has a great impact on all countries, especially Annan, Zhenla and other countries have the greatest impact. This time, Qian Zhuang suddenly stopped lending, which is tantamount to drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle, presumably this Annan Wang Lihui is really urgent, he is now looking for contact with the King of Zhenla, I am afraid that there will be a secret conspiracy to fight against Qian Zhuang's intention to stop the mortgage. ”

Liu Chengfeng smiled slightly, and said: "Don't worry, they have been fighting for so many years, each with a ghost, and if they want to reconcile as before, I'm afraid it's not so easy, and if they want to be together, it's even more foolish." In fact, he did this as a gesture, telling King Gu that if Great Chu put any harsh conditions on them, they would rather call off their troops and deal with Chu together. This is wishful thinking, and he inevitably played too well. ”

Li Dongdong said: "Annan and Zhenla are both big countries in the South Seas, if they really abandon their previous suspicions, the countries will be dissatisfied this time, and they are only afraid of ......."

"Are you afraid they'll be strung together?" Liu Chengfeng pouted and said: "Actually, what you said also has some truth, although the lonely king doesn't believe that they can really abandon the previous suspicions, but no matter what, being prepared is the most important thing, and the decree is out, just say that the money bank is not to completely stop lending, but to evaluate the ability of various countries to repay debts, and then appropriately release some money after screening the good and bad, according to this king, this Nanyang can continue to give loans will not exceed three vassal states, well, just release this news, the lonely king wants to see, this Annan Wang Lihui still has a law." ”

Li Dongdong chewed Liu Chengfeng's words for a while, then his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but say: "Your Highness's move is very good, this news is out, I'm afraid that Li Hui will touch his nose." ”

Liu Chengfeng didn't have much interest in this matter at this time, and asked the eunuch what time it was, and then left in a hurry.

(To be continued)