Near the Mid-Autumn Festival, a torrential rain brought by a typhoon hit the south of North Korea, and Seoul also rained rain, such as the torrential rain, the streets of Seoul seem very deserted, when the newly renamed Muhua Street is one of the few streets in Seoul with street lamps, this is because it leads directly to Gyeongbokgung Palace, although the rainstorm is like a note, but from time to time you can see the police patrolling the street with rifles on their backs and wearing raincoats on Muhua Street.

These policemen in black uniforms were dispatched by the police station under the Seoul Local Affairs Department, and in Seoul they have completely replaced the status of the old government officers - the local officials are being trained by the police to serve as police officers to maintain law and order in Seoul, the appearance of the police has changed Seoul in a certain way, the police academy set up by the Unified Supervision Office has trained the police in a modern way, and the North Korean police have cooperated with the Chinese police to be very polite and work duty, which is a big step forward from the old system, and even together with the sewage inside and outside Seoul, The phenomenon of piles of garbage has also been improved by the presence of the police.

However, the establishment of the police, especially the health police, has only sent the environment of the city to the outside, and most of the streets in and around Seoul are still unpaved, dusty on sunny days, and mud up to the ankles when it rains, but at least in a way, Seoul is changing. However, this change was fundamentally linked to the full involvement of the Unified Supervision Office in Korea, and such intervention always caused dissatisfaction among the courtiers.

Unhyeonggung Palace in the north of Seoul is a building not inferior to Gyeongbokgung Palace, which is the private residence of the Korean regent Seonji Daewonjun, and in some sense, it is the center of power in North Korea compared to Gyeongbokgung Palace, which is why it is so. Outside the palace, there will be several groups of police officers standing guard with the North Korean guards. Maybe it's for safety. But isn't it a form of surveillance?

The sound of rain came into the Erlao Hall from time to time, and in the Erlao Hall, Li Yuying sat upright, his face was full of non-angry and arrogant looks, but in front of him, he knelt down to two officials, and one of them whimpered at this time.

"Eunuch, this Qing State Local Affairs Department is really rude, and its demands are not only asking for rice and grain. In addition, they also provided labor in the persecuted places for their drive, and the Israeli officials did not comply at all, and the lighter ones were reprimanded in public, and the heavier ones were removed from the black yarn and handed over to the unified prison office......"

When he spoke, Kim Pyeong-taek was full of heartache.

"For such a long time, North Korea will definitely not be a country, and I also ask the chief eunuch to negotiate with the unified supervision office for the sake of North Korea, and ask it to abolish the local affairs department!"

"Abolish the local affairs department, then how to maintain the Qing merchants in various places? In addition, the Office of the Unified Supervision Office established the Department of Local Affairs. It is for the purpose of exploiting the mineral deposits of our country, and if the local affairs office is abolished. Should the mines be handed over to the local government? ”

As soon as Jin Hongji, as the prime minister, heard Jin Pingze's words, he immediately retorted, completely ignoring the sudden change in Dayuanjun's face,

As the Korean prime minister, Kim Hongji didn't know about the endless pleas of the two classes and local officials for the merchants. The taxes to be paid by local merchants include the "official shares" to the local government, the "camp shares" to the barracks, the "dong shares" and "trade shares" to the low-level administrative units such as dong and li, and the filial piety fees to the king, princess, prince, Yihwagong, Yongdong Palace, and Zhuhyeon Palace, all of which are royal families. The two classes and officials often demanded money and goods from merchants in the name of "borrowing money", and if they did not pay their filial piety in time, they would be caught and tortured by the government. As vested interests, these people also oppose any form of reform of North Korea's internal affairs.

It is precisely because of this that Jin Hongji will support the establishment of the Local Affairs Department of the Unified Supervision Office to intervene in local affairs, and then gradually implement internal affairs reforms, of course, on the other hand, he knows that his backer is not the Daewonjun, but the one from the Nanbee Palace.

The rebuttal made Li Yuying's heart sink, and he didn't know that since the establishment of the Unified Supervision Office, the involvement in the national affairs of the DPRK has been far greater than in the past, and he does not care about the agency of diplomatic power, but from the establishment of the local affairs department to the acquisition of police power, it is the beginning of its full control of the DPRK.

Even so, he could only remain silent, after all, he needed the support of the Qing State, and North Korea also needed the support of the Qing State if it wanted to survive in this tiger and wolf forest.

"There is no need to worry about the Jin judgment, the establishment of the local affairs department by the unified supervision office is to handle the management of the Qing people and the business matters such as mining and mining, Jin Lingxiang, you can take a look at the negotiation with Lord Tang recently, and ask him to bind the local affairs department, as for this requisition, if the unified supervision office needs it, it can be directly proposed by the unified supervision office, and our country will fully cooperate!"

Li Yuying's words, not so much to appease, not to say to retreat, Baoding's house arrest career has not changed his big heart, and after returning to North Korea, in the face of Russia, the United States, foreign and Japanese Japanese invaders, he knows very well that the only thing North Korea can rely on now is China, and he may have some slight complaints about the unified prison office, but at least what he has done now can be tolerated, he has not directly intervened in North Korean national affairs, let alone talk about change, in a certain way, this may be his bottom line.

As for the reform of the money system, although there was a lot of opposition from the courtiers, the annual million yuan in money and profits could not be ignored, and this money and profits would be shared by the bank, the unified supervision office and the imperial court, and the DPRK could share fifty percent. If the mining in the north is smooth, North Korea can also get a million taels of banks every year, compared to these things are acceptable, as far as local affairs are restricted, so that they no longer blatantly interfere in local affairs.

"Yes, eunuch, after leaving the palace, the lower officials will go to the Nanbei Palace to ask to see Lord Tang!"

The guards in the Nanbetsu palace patrolled back and forth, Tang Haoran, standing in the corridor, looked at the heavy rain outside, and his eyebrows flashed with a little joy, this rain and the flood in the north came at the right time, North Korea is narrow and poor, since the opening of the port, all rely on the loans of the country and the DPRK everywhere, and now this rain - the autumn harvest may be in the soup, and smiled coldly.

"Ziran, this rain is just the right time, and it's time to work harder!"

Li Guangguang was still shaking his paper fan, looking at the torrential rain outside, he secretly admired Tang Haoran's serial scheme in his heart, and took advantage of his financial embarrassment to calculate step by step, using the Unified Supervision Office to influence the national affairs of the DPRK, and then pretending to be the hand of the local affairs department, and fully intervening in the locality. This results in a comprehensive intervention at the center as well as at the local level.

"This is just the first step. You said. If we really recruit more than 100,000 or 200,000 North Korean civilians to serve on the road, will the North Korean side really provoke a backlash? ”

"Road service", which is the construction of the Pyongyang Affairs Department, is also simple to say - the Korean people are recruited to build railways, and the Korean people have always brought their own tools and food to serve in the official service, and they are all like slaves and are driven by the government, since the North Korean government can drive them. Why can't the Office be driven?

Tang Haoran, who was standing in the corridor, asked with some doubts, perhaps because of the influence of the later "Korean Smecta", he never had much good impression of these Korean sticks, and even had a skeptical attitude towards their "big things", but they were just a group of things that had milk and mothers, so naturally they couldn't talk about trust. Although on the surface he preached "general sincerity", deep down he was wary of it, and it was this wariness that made him worry that the recruitment of the people would cause any trouble. Thus affecting his own great cause in North Korea.

"This ......!"

After a little groaning, Li Guangguang replied.

"Aren't we going to give them fifty dollars a day? The Korean government conscription is unpaid. But the enlistment in the house is rewarded, and I believe that the people will only be grateful for the grace of the house! ”

The remuneration in Li Guangguang's mouth is actually taking the opportunity to promote the copper dollar in North Korea, and then replace the old money in North Korea, and then collect the old money and cast new money to sell to the mainland.

"Don't be careless, it's better to be cautious in this matter, this move is a bit risky!"

As soon as Tang Haoran's words fell, someone reported it over there.

"My lord, Lord Jin asks to see you!"

"Let's go, come with me to meet this Lord."

Jin Hongji, who was wearing a North Korean official robe, just walked over, and hurriedly saluted when he saw Tang Haoran.

"The ministers of the lower country have seen the adults!"

"Jing Neng, please get up quickly!"

As he spoke, Tang Haoran personally helped him up, then asked him to sit down, and asked the servant to serve tea. At the beginning, the two talked about their own business, and the so-called official business, that is, the North Korean loan, for many years, North Korea's finances have relied on the support of borrowing, and Tang Haoran naturally thought about it for a long time or refused.

“…… At present, the imperial court is still extremely nervous, and in addition, the DPRK's borrowing over the years has reached tens of millions of taels, and I am afraid that the imperial court will not allow it to borrow again......"

The reason for refusal is naturally simple, and North Korea has borrowed a lot and has not repaid it is the best reason, but when refusing, Tang Haoran continued.

"Jing Neng, now Fuzhong in addition to the establishment of a special zone in Incheon, want to explore and mine coal and iron along the Datong River, if a qiē shun lì, the mine shun lì out of the mine, every year alone, North Korea can get hundreds of thousands of taels of tax silver, to the Emperor Li invited to open the mine, the annual tax relief amounted to tens of thousands of taels, if the mining is smooth, the embarrassment of financial resources, can be solved!"

Holding the teacup, Tang Haoran persuaded and induced the other party tactfully, just like Li Hongzhang persuaded the North Koreans to open the port, while Jin Hongji nodded again and again.

"This, the villain knows it, he knows it, but the court and the central government are not enough, and the Tianshang merchants in Fuzhong have explored the mining deposits along the Datong River, and the coal still needs to be taxed, and it will take time, how can it solve the current urgency?"

Jin Hongji looked at Tang Haoran anxiously, although he, the prime minister, said that his backer is the Unified Supervision Office, but after all, he still needs to do some things for North Korea - for example, the loan between the DPRK and China needs the help of the Unified Supervision Office, so that he can prove his ability to others, compared to other things, in his opinion, the borrowing is even related to whether he can continue to be the prime minister.

If the loan fails, and there is no money to live in the court at the end of the year, someone will naturally impeach him at that time, and maybe Dayuanjun is also waiting for the impeachment of others, after all, for Dayuanjun, using himself as the leader is just for the heart of Lord Antang.

"My lord, if the loan does not go well, I am afraid that the minister will be impeached by others at that time, and he will ...... at that time."

Without waiting for Jin Hongji to finish speaking, Tang Haoran's brows furrowed slightly, staring at Jin Hongji and asking.

"What is the attitude of the courtyard king?"

Chen Shutang sneered in his heart, this Jin Hongji said it simply, but it is true, at least for the time being, there is no more suitable "dog" than it, a few years later, after the Japanese took control of Korea, didn't they also use big parties such as Jin Hongji?

"Back to the adult's words, the current deposit of the household is only 10,000 taels, after the rainstorm, the autumn tax is also difficult to refer to, however, the courtyard Jun thinks, if there is no loan, can the Beiyang Industrial Company temporarily borrow 500,000 taels to offset his daily rent tax, convenient, it will ......."

Saying that, Jin Hongji lost his confidence, originally, according to the special approval of the government, Beiyang Industrial Company enjoyed the right to reduce and reduce taxes for ten years when it established a mine, but there was no tax deduction.

"Hmm!"

Eyebrows raised suddenly, Tang Haoran looked at Jin Hongji, his face was full of dissatisfaction, and just when he was about to have a seizure, Li Guangguang, who was standing on the side, interjected.

"It's not that this silver can't be borrowed!"

What the? Tang Haoran looked at Li Guangguang but was stunned, what did he mean by this? Doesn't he know how embarrassed Fuzhong or the so-called Beiyang Industrial Company is now? I was worried that I didn't have enough money, and I wanted to squeeze some money on the North Koreans, how did I get here, I could borrow money with one mouth.

"Leader, adults value you, so naturally they won't let you fall into the hands of others!"

Xiang Tang Haoran glanced at him, and Li Guangguang continued.

"However, it is not appropriate for this money to be borrowed by Beiyang Industrial, after all, this industrial company is only a company registered with the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry and Commerce of Fuzhong, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to make a ...... of borrowing."

What does he mean by that? Li Guangguang's self-assertion made Tang Haoran feel a little suspicious in his heart, but he knew that he was not usually a self-asserted person, so he waited for him to continue.

"Adults love the ministers, but the ministers don't know, but if they don't borrow from the industrial company, where can they borrow from?"

In Jin Hongji's doubts, Li Guangguang said with a smile.

"Isn't there a newly established North Korean bank in Seoul? Since it's a loan, it's better to take a loan from the bank, don't you say that's the reason? ”

Li Guangguang's smile was heard in Tang Haoran's ears, and he immediately understood his thoughts, Bank of Korea! That's right, this is an opportunity to take control of North Korea's finances through banks.

"This ...... My lord, the bank ......."

Jin Hongji looked up and saw Tang Haoran, did the bank that had just been established have so much silver? As expected, this bank, like the industrial company, is run by the unified supervision office, and compared with the industrial company, the bank is still insufficient—it is completely funded by the government, and the life of the unified supervision office is not much better than that of North Korea.

"At the bank, I'll say hello! You can rest assured! ”

"My lord, this, this ......"

After thinking for a moment, Jin Hongji looked at Tang Haoran as if he had made up his mind.

"In that case, the minister will visit the bank these days! In addition, the minister has another matter to discuss with the adults. ”

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