"This Tang Ziran's talent is really far beyond what you and I expected!"

After the dinner, almost as soon as he sat down with the study, the servant served a bowl of ginseng soup, and Li Hongzhang couldn't help but say a word of praise.

And the reason why he made such an exclamation was because of Tang Haoran's words in the banquet before.

Not to mention Li Hongzhang, it is since Xu Cai is responsible for five cars in Shimei, Ma Jianzhong, Zhang Peilun, Zhang Shiheng and others, who are familiar with foreign affairs, were all "surprised" by Tang Haoran's words, that is, the interests of the government are intertwined, this will listen to the sigh of Zhongtang, although it is not a taste in his heart, but he can only nod and want to praise.

In this way, it is not because of other reasons, but because Tang Ziran is indeed quite talented, and his talent is far beyond their reach.

After a sigh, Li Hongzhang picked up the ginseng tea and drank it slowly, his eyes were half-squinted, as if he was still recalling Tang Haoran's words at the banquet earlier.

"The North Korean money system is full of leaks and drawbacks, and if you want to implement a new policy in North Korea, you must implement a new money law! With the Western machine qì system as ten copper dollars, the implementation of the silver ......"

At the beginning, Tang Haoran said at the banquet that when he talked about "putting the money law first" when the DPRK implemented the new policy, although he knew that the DPRK's money system was leaky, Li Hongzhang did not care about it, but as the topic slowly spread to the dynasty, Li Hongzhang couldn't do it, especially when he mentioned the money shortage of the dynasty, Li Hongzhang listened to it word for word.

"The country spontaneously started the banditry, the provinces have stopped minting money, there is the danger of the small people in the same money shortage, now the copper price is expensive, the people destroy the silver, it is difficult to prohibit, the money shortage in the provinces is getting worse, the money is less and the price is getting higher, the department store is surging, the merchants and the people are in trouble, and there is almost no ...... to make a living."

Tang Haoran did not have a trace of exaggeration, since the Tongzhi period began the money shortage for decades, the reason is that Yunnan copper is not prosperous and foreign copper is expensive, and the other reason is that money merchants privately destroy money to make small money for profit, or collude with foreigners, smuggle money out of the sea, sell it at a high price to foreigners, and the foreigners destroy money to take copper, so as to make a profit. Since the early years of Guangxu, this money shortage has intensified, but no one can do it. The loss of a thousand dollars is three hundred yuan, so in the past, even the imperial court could not afford to lose, not to mention, the court and the local government did not have that silver to lose, as soon as the coinage stopped, the money shortage in the city naturally intensified. But during the banquet, Tang Haoran, who seemed to be a little drunk, ordered a way - copper yuan.

"The market money weighs one penny, and the copper dollar weighs two coins and seven coins," and when it is recast as ten copper dollars, it is said that the two coins can get the benefits of eight coins......"

A simple sentence seems to have nothing new, it is nothing more than "casting with big money", but Tang Haoran's method is different from others, and the method he proposed is "imitation of Western-style copper yuan" rather than a simple "casting with big money". Thinking about Tang Haoran's method of talking during the banquet, Li Hongzhang's brows were furrowed from time to time, as for his mention of "copper dollars", "silver dollars", gold standards, banks and the like during the banquet, he didn't really care, but what he was interested in was the "benefits of eight literatures" of "imitation of Western-style copper dollars", which was what he really valued.

Like other local officials, Li Hongzhang and even the rest of his shogunate had historically had poor financial knowledge. The investment loans needed to advocate foreign affairs were all instigated by the people below in his name, and Li Hongzhang never put forward his own financial proposition except for the imperial court to allocate funds or use local taxes.

After nearly 30 years of foreign affairs, Li Hongzhang, who has been suffering from a shortage of money, does not know where to open the source, this time after listening to Tang Haoran's "recasting when ten copper dollars, it is said that two coins can get the benefit of eight coins", how can he not be tempted, and even as early as the banquet, he has already calculated the money and benefits obtained by implementing the Zhili.

"Lord Zhongtang, Zi Ran's method is very good, if you go straight to the line, you can cast 300,000 yuan a day, and the daily profit can reach as much as 2,400 yuan, if you cast a million a day, the annual profit will not be more than one million taels!"

Speaking of the profits of making copper dollars, Zhang Shiheng was even more moved, and looked at his uncle and hurriedly said.

"Therefore, the shipcasting machine in this machine can't be sold to Tang Ziran! If it is sold to him, maybe he will take all the profits away! ”

What Zhang Shiheng refers to is that two years ago, in order to maintain the system of making money, the imperial court decided to use the machine to cast money, so Li Hongzhang purchased a full set of manufacturing machines from the Birmingham factory in the United Kingdom, and cast them first in the Tianjin Machinery Bureau.

Even during the banquet, the reason why Tang Haoran mentioned the copper yuan was because he opened his mouth to ask for the equipment worth 123,000 taels, although Li Hongzhang was greatly moved by the benefits of the copper yuan during the banquet, but he still gave it to Tang Haoran at a low price of 40,000 taels.

"Shi Heng, you don't understand!"

Shaking his head, Li Hongzhang put the tea in his hand, no, it was really with Tang Haoran's words at the banquet today, he could be regarded as understanding the truth of "enriching the country and strengthening the army", it is not only difficult to focus only on the military and industry, but also to keep an eye on money.

According to him, the new Korean policy first implemented a new "money law", using copper dollars to make money, and implementing silver dollars, establishing banks for financing and issuing paper money, and then using the profits of making copper dollars to establish industries and train the new army.

According to him, "if you want to control North Korea, you must first control its economy," and whether it is a copper dollar or a silver dollar, it will eventually pave the way for the "Bank of North Korea" to control its economy.

"The country and the dynasty do things, dare to be the first, and may not be able to succeed, the country has been making money for thousands of years, how can it be abolished for a while? Directly under the important land of, if there is no precedent, how can this matter be done without permission? ”

There are some things that Li Hongzhang wants to do but can't do, just like the policy of banning smoking, with the precedent of Hubei, now Liangjiang, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Liangguang all want to "ban smoking." There are still disputes between the DPRK and China over this matter, not to mention the important matter of the national system involving the system of silver money.

"What my lord said is very much, the matter of the copper yuan involves the money system of the country, and it cannot be careless, and let it be done in North Korea first, if the North Korea thing is successful, the lord can serve the imperial court in the name of Beiyang, and this matter will be implemented in Zhili!"

However, Zhang Peilun understands Li Hongzhang's mind better, and the reason why he recommended Tang Haoran to North Korea in the palace is that in addition to digging the corner of Weng Changshu, he did not have the intention of soliciting, after all, North Korea is still handled by Beiyang. If all the affairs of North Korea are played by Beiyang, and Tang Haoran succeeds in North Korea, Beiyang can take credit for it, and if it fails, it can be pushed forward, after all, he Tang Haoran enjoys "full power" in North Korea.

"Youqiao is very right!"

Nodding slightly, Li Hongzhang, who slightly beat Weng Changshu in the "Trial New Deal" and won the fame and fortune of the New Deal, but did not have any disadvantages, was in a good mood, looked at everyone and said.

"In the past few days, Tang Ziran's affairs have been done, don't let others say that we bully the juniors, those few schools are sent with him, if he wants to train soldiers, he can recruit Yong from the Zhili Inspectorate, and send a letter to the yamen to all over the country to ask them to cooperate, as for the salary, we can't help, this weapon can help a little,"

Saying that, he specially instructed Zhang Shiheng again.

"Shi Heng, from the Ordnance Bureau, hand over to him the guns that had just been withdrawn before the war with the French a few years ago!"

As if he was a little uneasy, Li Hongzhang said seriously.

"This can't be done, understand?"

"The little nephew will never let my uncle down in this matter!"

Li Hongzhang's words were heard in Zhang Shiheng's ears, but they completely turned into a beating, which only made his heart tremble slightly, in the past few years when he presided over the Ordnance Bureau, he did not make less money, and the way to make money in addition to collecting repurchases, the more important thing is to resell the munitions, and the most important thing is to deduct the difference in the resale of munitions.

"It's good to understand!"

Nodding slightly, looking at Zhang Shiheng, who was sincerely afraid, Li Hongzhang sighed in his heart, this Beiyang curtain is far heavier than back then! It's just that this Tang Haoran is not from Beiyang yet, if not, he can ......

When Li Hongzhang sighed in his heart, a carriage over there was walking towards the East Bureau, sitting in an open-top Western-style carriage, the cool evening breeze was blowing, which made Tang Haoran, who had drunk a lot of wine, suddenly sober up a lot, and Li Guangguang, who was poured several bowls during the banquet, looked a little stern on his face with wine, he occasionally turned his eyes to Tang Haoran, and looked at it repeatedly, but he didn't say a word.

"Brother Chongshan, why is this?"

Tang Haoran, who was no longer much drunk, smiled at Li Guangguang, who wanted to speak and stopped.

"My lord, this, that copper yuan, wasn't it the root of our trip to North Korea?"

Li Guangguang can't figure out this, the implementation of copper dollars, minting silver dollars, and seeking money and profit, this is the idea made before coming to Tianjin, although Tang Haoran himself is found, but after all, he has to rely on silver dollars and copper dollars to lay the foundation, as for the machine of Bo Minghan in the Tianjin Machinery Bureau, it was originally to be bought with money. But now it's good, a drink of wine, but the door that is easy to penetrate is all to others.

"You mean that, we're going to treasure ourselves?"

Leaning back on the chair, Tang Haoran looked up at the starry sky, but his face was full of pride.

"Even if we don't tell Li Zhongtang, as long as we implement it in North Korea, how can we hide it, rather than make it unhappy, it is better to be open, besides, if we want to do things in North Korea, we must first have a good relationship with Beiyang, after all, if we go to North Korea now, we have to rely on Beiyang, rely on Beiyang to support us!"

When it comes to Beiyang, the corners of Tang Haoran's lips are slightly raised, in addition to selecting people to recruit brave weapons and ammunition, what is more important is the way he took office - he went to Inchon to take up his post with the main force of the visiting Beiyang Naval Division, in other words, he took office with the fleet, which is the "gunboat diplomacy" of this era.

With the support of the Beiyang Fleet on the side, he could establish his prestige in the short term, and take advantage of the weakness of the Japanese to clean up the affairs of North Korea first, and in this process, he could not do without the support of Beiyang.

"But ......"

As long as the profits brought by the manufacture of copper dollars in the next few years will be tens of millions of taels, Li Guangguang will have a pain in his flesh, the copper yuan is ostensibly prepared for North Korea, but how many copper dollars can be absorbed by that place in North Korea? Speaking of the roots, the copper dollar is to return to the country along the land and sea routes to make money.

"It's a pity to make money!"

It's a pity, North Korea minted money and returned to the mainland, no matter what, there is no convenience for Zhili to mint money and redeem it by itself, and originally relied on this money to do big things.

"The benefits of coinage!"

The corners of his lips raised slightly, Tang Haoran just looked at the starry sky silently, Li Guangguang They only saw the benefits of minting money, but they did not see the traps behind the minting of money, just like the flood of copper yuan in the late Qing Dynasty in history - local officials who can sit back and watch the money and profits of Bawen are all competing to open the copper yuan bureau to make money day and night.

This copper dollar is not only a "stepping stone" for his own "defection" to Li Hongzhang, but it is not a "poisonous plan", this copper yuan is just a sugar-coated intestinal poison, once Li Hongzhang and other local officials are attracted by the copper yuan casting profit, it will inevitably be just like in history, and the provinces will compete for the copper yuan in pursuit of surplus profits, which will inevitably lead to the flood of the copper yuan.

In this process, the copper dollar will be completely reduced to the evil currency of the sick country and the sick people, but the damage is the most ordinary ordinary people, all year round hard gain, but in a few months can be taken for this evil government, if it is said that its tragedy, far worse than the fierce military disaster, it can be said that in the late Qing Dynasty, this copper dollar can also be regarded as "a little force" - exhausted the last bit of "prestige" of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

If it had been a few months ago, Tang Haoran might have had a lot of psychological pressure like a ban on smoking, but now he is even willing to see the occurrence of Tongyuan's "pit people", and is willing to add fuel to the fire, this change in mentality, even he personally did not realize it.

Although there is still a little bit of guilt, there will always be another voice in my heart - those who achieve great things are not informal.

"The profit of this money is just a small profit!"

casually said such a sentence, Tang Haoran's eyes narrowed into a slit,

"In the final analysis, whether it is a silver dollar or a copper dollar, it is just a temporary solution, and if you want to expand the source, it is still those four words - colonization and industry, and I don't want to make a fuss in these four words, and the rest are all empty talk!"

When he was talking, Tang Haoran didn't hide it from the coachman, who came out of the dart game and was Wang Wu's apprentice.

"This farming industry can use both our own money and the money of others, we have to look farther, Brother Chongshan!"

After a pause, Tang Haoran pointed to the money houses and shops on the side of the road and said with a smile.

"Not to mention other places, Tianjin is an important port for trade, and there are many national merchants, if it is effective in fundraising, just in this place, it can raise more than 10,000 taels, if you add the sea, Guangzhou and Nanyang, this money is naturally not a thing!"

Although it is still difficult to raise money in the bottom of his heart, Tang Haoran is not worried about the "colonization and industry", what the Chinese people lack in this era is not silver, but reliable investment channels, and this is exactly what Tang Haoran wants to do in North Korea!

"Ziran, can these people give you the silver for nothing?"

Li Guangguang asked suspiciously, he has the ability to expand the source, this is a well-known thing, but he can still let others take out the silver for nothing? Even Li Hongzhang didn't dare to shoot this chest!

Facing Li Guangguang's doubts, Tang Haoran just smiled slightly, looking confident.

"Brother Chongshan, this matter is not in a hurry now, let's talk about the things in front of me first!" ，