"This imperial court still wants the Beiyang Naval and Land Division to suppress the bandits!"

Li Hongzhang sighed desolate in his heart, for the rebellion in Hangzhou, as far as his original intention is concerned, he does not want to interfere, Zhejiang belongs to Fujian and Zhejiang, although there are several battalions of Huai army, but as far as Li Hongzhang's original intention is concerned, he can accept the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Bian Baodi, and the governor of Liangjiang, Liu Kun, to be stationed in the Huai army in the two places, so that whether it is won or lost, Beiyang does not have to take responsibility, this kind of thing has no merit in winning, but if it is lost, the impeachment of the officials will be enough for people to have a headache. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Words such as mourning and humiliating the country seem to be impossible to kill, but Li Hongzhang, who has killed people with a pen and knife, naturally knows the benefits of this knife. Now the imperial court is all in a hurry, and even wants to transfer the Beiyang Navy Division to Hangzhou, what can the Navy Division do in Hangzhou? However, this revealed a message - the imperial court wanted a quick victory, and wanted to calm down the Hangzhou rebellion before the influence spread.

"Drag! Drag it first! ”

After thinking of this layer, Li Hongzhang felt a little more cheerful. He called Zhang Peilun, Zhou Fu, Zhang Shiheng and others to collude with them one by one, and everyone's views were the same as his.

"Quan Shuai, this muddy water, we can still not drip and not drip, at least not now."

Although he was a courtier of the Great Qing Dynasty, Zhang Peilun did not have the slightest idea of worrying about the monarch, not because he was affected by the "Proclamation of the National Telegraph", but because he had to take into account the interests of the entire Beiyang group.

"But the court is in a hurry!"

Li Hongzhang thought about it and said, even if some ideas are made in his heart, in the end, he still has to say it through the mouths of others.

"Quan Shuai. This guest army has always been inconvenient in a foreign place. Even if the court is urgent. In a few months, it will be difficult for the battalions to walk! ”

Zhou Fu said in a calm tone.

"It's the ...... of this fleet"

"Fleet, isn't the fleet in the Ryukyus? If the British don't let them withdraw, we have a way. ”

Zhang Shiheng echoed on the side, compared to others, his method is undoubtedly more direct, in fact, for him with limited talent, sometimes. Some of his suggestions may seem like a scoundrel in the market, but they can solve a temporary problem.

"Well, that's a good idea."

Li Hongzhang stroked his long beard and sat quietly, his mood had basically calmed down, and he had also made up his mind not to flow into the muddy water of Hangzhou for the time being.

"If this court asks about it, I'm afraid that the root will have to fall on this silver salary, how can this silver be raised?"

Li Hongzhang, who is in the officialdom, has experienced most deeply over the years that "money is in dire straits", and the silver treasury of the Qing Dynasty is full of rats. Naturally, there is no silver to allocate it, and this silver salary is nothing more than to let the local government raise it by itself. After suppressing bandits for so many years, Li Hongzhang didn't know the truth that the soldiers and horses went first before the grain and grass were moved.

"I'll talk to the foreigner's bank first, if I can borrow a sum of money!"

"It's still thoughtful."

Zhang Peilun said that he admired Li Hongzhang's sophistication in handling things from the bottom of his heart, and the simple words silver salary were actually the best excuse.

"However, I think that borrowing money from the bank can certainly solve a temporary need, but in the final analysis, this cannot solve the root cause, so I still have to find my own way."

Hearing him say this, Li Hongzhang glanced at him and asked with a smile:

"Youqiao, what do you think?"

"Copper Dollar!"

Zhang Peilun spit out two words straightforwardly, and even took out a copper dollar from his pocket. Put it in front of adults, and Zhang Peilun's words, but it made everyone feel excited, the year before last Tang Ziran opened a copper dollar in North Korea, in the past two years, the imitation of foreign copper dollars has become increasingly popular, and it is very popular with the people.

"Zhongtang, from the North Korean copper dollar, because of its exquisite pattern, neat style, coupled with the lack of domestic money, so once it is put into both by the people sought after, the year before last, the North Korean copper dollar just entered Tianjin, the price of the silver dollar is even higher than the set price of one to one hundred, the silver dollar one yuan exchange copper dollar is 90 in Tianjin, 88 in the capital, even now, it is 90-92 copper dollars can be exchanged for one copper dollar! In the past two years, the copper yuan cast by North Korea has been in Zhili, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Henan and other places, and it is unimpeded, and the North Korean Unified Supervision Office has made a profit of more than 10 million! ”

Looking at the exquisite copper dollar in his hand, Li Hongzhang couldn't help but praise again.

"Tang Ziran's skill in manipulating money is extremely good!"

This praise is heartfelt, maybe Li Hongzhang can't understand some of Tang Haoran's actions, or often sighs at his sometimes stabbing Lou Zi, but he has to admire his ability to manage money.

"In the final analysis, what he has done in North Korea in the past two years is still supported by the profits of this copper dollar!"

Zhang Shiyan answered with some disdain.

"Youqiao, you mean, let's mint copper dollars?"

Zhang Peilun's suggestion made Li Hongzhang think about it in his heart, the reason why he looked at the money and didn't move was not because he didn't want to move, but because of the attitude of the imperial court, after all, this copper yuan changed the ancestral system, and he had to be cautious in everything he did on the side of Zhili.

"Don't cast, this money and profits are bound to be all obtained by North Korea, now since the imperial court has asked us to raise our own silver, how can we raise our own money, no more mistakes, and then donate, add li, this is not a way after all, so, only open copper dollars! Supply military supplies with the benefit of copper dollars. ”

Supply of military supplies? Perhaps, for the time being, Li Hongzhang has not considered wading this pool of troubled waters, but he knows better than anyone that if he sends troops, the small chaos in Hangzhou can be pacified in two months at most, but he doesn't want to, to be precise, as the minister of Beiyang, he doesn't want to take any risks, Hangzhou's credit is just an inch, in case of failure, it will be a big disaster, so let the local government do it first, and he will watch it from the sidelines.

If it is necessary to intervene in the future, and the land and water division will not be sent out to suppress it, and it will naturally be peaceful for a few months. If the name of military supplies is used to mint copper dollars in Zhili, then the future money and profits are inexhaustible, for the Beiyang Yamen, with this source of wealth, they can run all kinds of foreign affairs, and not like now, completely foreign affairs are completely trapped by financial resources.

"Youqiao!"

Li Hongzhang put down the teacup in his hand and said kindly as an elder.

"It's also thanks to you that you can think so far!"

Li Hongzhang, who knew that Zhang Peilun came up with this idea for the future of Beiyang, said categorically after weighing the pros and cons.

"This copper dollar must be minted, and the silver dollar must also be minted, and Ziran cannot be allowed to take all the money! To tell the truth, in the past two years, looking at his boatloads of silver, I, the minister of Beiyang, have been so red-eyed! ”

After speaking, Li Hongzhang burst into laughter again, this is just a joke.

"Nakado-sama's words are true."

Zhang Peilun said seriously,

"However, this copper dollar is to solve the difficulty of the lack of money in the people, most of the people cast in North Korea are ten copper dollars, rarely five copper dollars, in the opinion of the office, I should cast a large number of five copper dollars, so that the people can use, although the money is a little less, but it can solve the difficulties of the small people! It's not just for money like North Korea! ”

"What Youqiao said is very true!"

Li Hongzhang did not object, after all, the ten copper yuan is imitated with a lot of money, and it is still a little inconvenient for small people to use it. However, at this time, he obviously forgot that the copper yuan bureau was still pursuing profits in the end, compared to a ten copper yuan that could get five wen profits, the reduction of five copper yuan money and profits was naturally not what the copper yuan bureau was happy to see, but some decent things still had to be said, as for whether to do it or not, that was another story.

"We are in charge of the place, and we should seek benefits for the people."

Li Hongzhang said with a serious expression:

"In the future, the copper yuan bureau should cast copper yuan with more than three percent of five copper yuan, for the convenience of the people."

After the decision was made to build a copper yuan bureau to cast copper yuan to raise military salaries, and after everyone discussed a series of issues, the staff left, but after the members left, Zhang Peilun, as a family member, stayed.

"I have a letter to you, and I just arrived this morning."

Zhang Peilun took out the letter from his backpack and handed it to Li Hongzhang with both hands.

As soon as he saw that it was his son's letter, Li Hongzhang was stunned, and then realized that he was in the capital these days, and the letter naturally went to Zhang Peilun first.

"This Tang Ziran ......"

Saying that, he handed the letter to Zhang Peilun, seeing that the adult's face showed a little unhappiness, Zhang Peilun took the letter, and was immediately taken aback, it turned out that the content of the letter turned out to be that someone in Incheon actually raised money for Hangzhou's "rebellion", and raised tens of thousands of yuan in silver in just one day!

"My lord, if this is spread to the court......

It is passed to the court, and his official position of Tang Ziran will come to an end!

"When the time comes, if the imperial court strictly orders the investigation, he Tang Ziran ......"

"This Tang Ziran, he didn't stop it, it's really ......"

In his heart, Li Hongzhang was even afraid of Zhang Peilun's words, afraid that Tang Haoran would have something unexpected at that time. Although the Korean Unified Supervision Office is a feudal country, after all, it is also a member of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, if the imperial court does not know how to think twice, with Tang Ziran's temper that can poke the sky out of a hole, it may cause a big turmoil!

"Youqiao, you immediately send a telegram to Tang Ziran in my name, telling him to investigate this matter thoroughly immediately, at least ...... At least before someone stabbed this matter to the imperial court, he gave this matter, and he must not be given the truth! If you want to know the benefits and disadvantages with him, if you let someone know about this matter, the court will definitely order a thorough investigation, and when the time comes, there will be no dozens of heads, I am afraid that it will be difficult to explain, and it is better to investigate it yourself now than to let the court force it to investigate. This Tang Ziran is really not worrying at all! ”

"Your Excellency!"

Zhang Peilun smiled bitterly,

"Since he went to North Korea from Tang Ziran, he has always found some trouble for the DPRK every once in a while, even if he Tang Ziran has gone to investigate and do it now, if there are still people in the DPRK staring, staring at it and asking him to give an explanation to the court, adults think, whether Tang Ziran will cut off dozens of heads to give an explanation to the court!"

Zhang Peilun's words made Li Hongzhang stunned for a moment, and then was silent for a while, and finally said:

"Now, we can only do our best!" (To be continued.) )