For several days in a row, the sale of war bonds became the biggest topic of conversation in the capital, and every teahouse and restaurant you visited, you seemed to hear discussions about it; When the tea and wine guests who are familiar with each other meet each other, the way of greeting them has become: "Did you buy it?" What about bonds? ”

If you say you didn't buy it, the other party will immediately froth at the mouth and tell you, "Why don't you buy some yet?" Everyone is crazy, not to mention the profit of three percent in a year, this time it is said that they are going to fight to the hometown of the Tartars and completely recover the land of the Hetao, which is a very happy thing. ”

"Did the Tartars say they would beat them? Does the Hetao say to collect it? Someone will retort suspiciously.

Such words will immediately attract the contempt of a bunch of people: "Do you know who is leading the troops?" That's Song Nan, the prince of Zhenguo who has won a hundred battles, for so many years, have you ever heard of him having suffered defeat? Those generals in the imperial court, what Changning, what Lu Wan, what Xu Guangzuo, all of them are not effective. is not a small fame, as soon as he fights with the Tartars, he appears in his original form, and he is crazy and crazy. In the first battle of the Great Wall Pass of Zhenguo Gong Yanchi, with 20,000 against 100,000, he almost captured the little Tatar prince alive, and this time it was a sure victory. ”

All this, public opinion in the streets and alleys is boiling; With such discussions, the rush to buy war bonds in the White Paper Mill is also in full swing. Most people actually go out of the way, and only a few people carry some kind of patriotic feelings outside of interests. But no matter what the purpose is, as long as they are willing to pay for the money, Song Nan's goal will be achieved. In two days, more than 3.9 million taels of war bonds had been issued, which caught Song Nan off guard.

Song Nan knew in his heart that the more he issued, the bigger the hole would be in the future, but he still decided to extend the issuance time of the bonds, because of the idea that came after talking with Zhu Fengtong that night. He had already inquired clearly that the post-war reconstruction ministry in the northwest was going to contract the construction of the city defense houses and roads to businessmen, and most of the merchants who contracted these projects were the people of the Dingguo Mansion and the counts of the Five Armies Governor's Mansion such as Hui'an Bo Zhang Wei. They advance money, and the court repays the loan every year afterwards, and the delay time is still calculated with interest.

That is to say, the imperial court will always owe these people silver, and the hand that owes money is short, and in addition to their own huge profits, they have an additional means to control certain decisions of the imperial court; The major projects of the Ministry of Industry had to continue to be contracted to these people, and it snowballed.

Song Nan did not dislike this form, the imperial court had no money, and it was not surprising that he asked a merchant to advance money to do things, and it was not without precedent in later generations; But if you don't know these twists and turns, once you know these ways of profiteering, since you can't change them, you have to find a way to insert a leg and get a piece of the pie, and you can't let others specialize in the front.

In the end, the strength of the Song consortium is not strong enough, although it was said that the principal of 10 million taels was collected at the beginning, but once it was invested in more than ten industries, it immediately seemed that this money was stretched, because of this, Song Nan wanted to use the opportunity of this bond issuance to secretly finance the consortium, so as to have the strength to intervene in the above things, and this was also for the consideration of being able to pay off the principal and interest raised in full in the future.

In the autumn of the cabinet, the yamen of the cabinet office is quiet, and the persimmon trees in the yard are full of orange fruits, which is really a pity to look at. The second cabinet first assistant Yang Tinghe's public house is fragrant, this is Yang Tinghe's habit, he is used to reviewing the public. When he lit a box of sandalwood, he carefully considered things in the fragrance and tea, although his mind was clear at this time.

There was a sound of heavy footsteps outside, accompanied by a loud cough, Yang Tinghe frowned, he heard Fei Hong's voice at this time, this former colleague of the Hanlin Academy was grateful to himself after being pulled into the cabinet by himself, and he only looked forward to everything by himself, and became one of his closest comrades; But Yang Tinghe was not satisfied that he was disturbed by no one beside him, and the bad problem of coughing and spitting loudly could not be changed, and sometimes, hearing this coughing sound, Yang Tinghe even had the urge to rush out and give him a few mouths.

"Jiefu, you are still in the mood to sit here peacefully, there is a commotion outside, how can our cabinet take care of this matter, Song Nan is too much, and he wantonly collects money in the name of the imperial court, can he pay it back? There will be chaos in the future. ”

Fei Hong thinks that he has a close relationship with Yang Tinghe, and he is called by the word Yang Tinghe on weekdays, which seems to have an unusual relationship with Yang Tinghe, but he doesn't know that Yang Tinghe hates others like this the most, and he prefers people to call him Yang Shoufu.

"What's wrong? You're still so breathless. Yang Tinghe put down the gong in his hand. Wen, frowned, asked.

"What's wrong, you ask? What kind of war bonds did Song Nan issue to raise military spending, making the city full of smoke and miasma, attracting people to buy it with high interest, and getting up to the white-haired Weng Fei, down to the dog slaughterer and oil sellers, all took out their savings to buy what war bonds, how could this be done? Sanchengli, how can he afford it in the future? ”

Yang Tinghe smiled: "Fei Gong, do you mean to worry about Song Nan?" It's his business that he can't afford it, but you're more anxious than he is. ”

Fei Hong's excited face on the two big. Mazi became black and shouted: "Jiefu, you are confused, he used a bond issued in the name of the imperial court, and when he can't pay back the money in the future, he will let go of it, and this account will not be counted on the head of the imperial court?" Do you think you can let him toss like this? ”

Yang Tinghe waved his hand and said, "Sit down and talk." ”

Fei Hong stomped his feet and said: "What are you sitting on, let's hurry into the palace to see the emperor, this matter must be stopped, otherwise there will be chaos." ”

Yang Tinghe shook his head and said: "You are so short-tempered, I have already asked the emperor for his opinion on this matter, it is the emperor who allowed him to do this, let's go to see the emperor and it will be useful?" ”

"The emperor allowed him to do this? The emperor is really confused...... That one...... Blinded by him. Fei Hong wanted to say that the emperor was confused, but suddenly felt that this was disrespectful, so he quickly changed his words.

Yang Tinghe smiled and said: "Fei Gong, I can understand your feelings, that morning the court showed the attitude of the outer court, Song Nan insisted on fighting this battle, and the emperor was extremely fond of him, all we can do is to control his military expenses and dispel his thoughts." As everyone knows, he insisted on going his own way and came up with war bonds to raise military expenses, I have to say that he has a lot of ideas; What war bonds, I've heard of for the first time, really have him. ”

"You still praise him? I really don't understand how you managed to hold your breath. Fei Hong pouted.

The smile on Yang Tinghe's face faded, shrouded in a faint majesty, and said quietly: "Fei Gong, how can you take on a big responsibility when you are in a panic, don't forget that you are now also a cabinet scholar, one of the backbones of civil officials, and your panicked and unstable problem can never be changed." Is this really that scary? How much do you know? Have you ever thought about what this will bring? Have you thought about it seriously? I'm afraid you just heard these things, and then heard someone say something in your ear and came to me in a hurry, do you know that I have already thought clearly about the whole thing, not today, not yesterday, but the night before yesterday when Song Nan began to sell the war bonds, I had already thought about the direction of this matter, and you can be regarded as an afterthought. ”

Fei Hong was stunned, and then a smile appeared on his face, not annoyed by the reproachful tone in Yang Tinghe's words, and he leaned over and rubbed his hands and said, "It turns out that Jiefu already knows everything, no wonder I said that I didn't see you speak about such a big matter, it turns out that I already have a countermeasure." Tell me, what do you think? ”

Yang Tinghe sighed, Fei Hong's arrogant temper makes it impossible to investigate him, in fact, it is he who Yang Tinghe wants to use, and it is much better to have this person to start in case of trouble than to come out and speak in person.

"This official has found it clear, although the emperor agreed to him to sell this kind of fund-raising bonds, and agreed to his request, the future spoils of war will also belong to him Song Nan, but the condition is that the money must be borne by himself; This is why Song Nan signed his name on each bond and stamped it with the big seal of his town and country. Do you think this was Song Nan's will? That was what the emperor asked him to do, otherwise with Song Nan's shrewdness, how could he do this? ”

"Huh? That wasn't Song Nan's willingness? I thought that Song Nan deliberately did this to make the bonds more credible and fool the people to buy them, but it turned out to be forced. ”

"Hehe, the emperor is shrewd this time, and I don't know who taught it, and the emperor is also worried that this confused account will end up on the head of the court; Song Nan was anxious to recover the Hetao and make contributions, and even used a high interest rate of 30% to attract private money, everyone can see that this is an extreme move, and I think the emperor must also see that this move is inappropriate. It's just that since the emperor promised him to settle the military expenses by himself, it is not easy to refute his face. Let him toss this matter, the account can't be counted by the court, those bonds are all his Song Nan's name, he can't afford to pay back the silver in the future, and the people are looking for him Song Nan, and the court can be inferred that it is his personal behavior. If it was an order from the imperial court, why was the seal of the household department not stamped, and the holy decree of the imperial court was not promulgated, this time Song Nan made a mistake. ”

"You're saying it's inappropriate?"

"Of course it's not proper, not to mention the outcome of this battle, no matter whether he wins or loses, his silver will be returned, I'm afraid that the people who want silver will break through the threshold of his town and country, hehe, I really want to see this scene. If he only raised two or three million taels of silver, it would have been fine, but the military expenses were sufficient, and he was still raising money, and according to the estimates that several adults had secretly sent people to observe, by this evening, the amount he had raised would reach five and a half million taels. The notice he posted said that he would extend the sale of bonds for three days, and the next three days would be like a snowball, and in six days, at least more than 10 million taels of silver would be raised. The interest alone is three million taels, what will he pay back? ”

"Oh, I didn't expect that? Do you think this Song Nan is crazy, what is he doing to raise so much silver? Are you planning to run away? ”

"Hey, your brain is hopeless, Song Nan will leave for this 10 million taels of silver? Do you think he cares about money? What he likes is power. Although I can't guess why he sold bonds so wildly, I don't care about the future, maybe he really has the ability to afford it. I wondered, since he's doing this indefinitely, should we help him? ”

"Jiefu, what do you mean?"

"Hey, I'm just talking about it casually, I wanted to say that if some big investors rush to buy his bonds, such as buying a few million taels or tens of millions of taels, and suddenly multiply the amount raised to him, how will this Song Nan repay it in the future? I'm looking forward to someone doing that. It's a pity that my family is surrounded by walls, and I only have a few hundred taels of silver in my family's savings, and it won't do much to buy this thing. However, my family is about to rebel, and the first assistant of the dignified cabinet has interrupted the cooking, and it is not good to hear this thing go out. ”

No matter how stupid Fei Hong was, he could hear the hint in Yang Tinghe's words, his eyes were wide open, his mouth was round, and his mind turned rapidly, and he instantly understood what Yang Tinghe meant.

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