Doubts are questioned, but the eyebrows are burned, and the court really can't come up with a more feasible way, so the court finally issued a debt.

The issuance of bonds is the responsibility of the household department, and the specific number of debts issued is very in line with the style of the Ming court.

This is exactly the same as their idea of printing silver tickets, 10,000 taels of silver should also be printed on a small piece of paper, and as a result, the banknotes are overflowing, so that now, people simply refuse to accept silver tickets.

As a result, who knew that the debts released by the household department turned out to be on fire, and all of a sudden, they actually attracted panic buying, and in a few days, they sold more than 6 million silver bonds.

In fact, in the Beijing Division, some are very rich, for example, during the Chongzhen period, the annual income of a year was only so small, but later Li Zicheng entered Beijing, copied the ministers' homes, and searched for 70 million silver, and the silver money found in the treasury and the inner treasury was almost not enough to worry about.

It can be seen that the Ming Dynasty is rich in the official 'people', and to what extent is it deformed.

As soon as more than six million taels of silver arrived, the confidence of the imperial court was suddenly sufficient, and even the cabinet was also overjoyed, six million taels of silver, this silver was so light and easy to get it, now that I think about it, it was really funny to quarrel over the expenses of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in the past.

Now the question is, how to use this silver, and some people even propose that we should continue to lend money, not only in Beijing, but also in all provinces in the world.

Of course, some people have questioned that money lending can get real money, but what should be done to repay the debt in the future? Now the six million silver in his hand, the annual interest paid is 300,000 taels, and in three years, it is a full million, and the principal will be repaid at that time.

But for some people, the big deal is to borrow again when the time comes, the so-called food is to eat the grain, and after three years, put more bonds out, and pay off the debts of three years ago, and there may be a surplus in their hands.

So some people are short-sighted, some people think long-term, and they are arguing.

In fact, those ministers who borrowed heavily were short-sighted, but they wronged them, they had already thought about it, who are they, they are the imperial court, the imperial court borrowed your silver, you dare to urge the debt? Moreover, if you really want to repay these bonds at that time, it's a big deal that the imperial court prints a few silver bills of one million taels to pay you back, don't you want it? Don't just leave you alone.

There are many people who think this way, and in their opinion, there is no need to talk about credit, and now that the treasury is short of money, it is natural to make a fortune.

It's just that Liang Teng took out the account books of the bonds, and everyone was dumbfounded.

Many were wide-eyed, incredulous, and some were even dumbfounded.

King Fu, King Lu, King Jing, King Huai, King Xiang, there are twenty-nine princes of the clan alone, and then there are various side branches of the clan, which has reached as many as 100 people, and these people are tens of thousands, and the few are thousands, and everyone has a share.

In addition, there are also Huang Jin, as well as many princes, and even some court ministers, and some local wealthy families, who have also bought a lot.

These people have a characteristic, that is, they are not easy to mess with, and they can't pull down their faces to buy and sell, everyone is doing business to make a fortune, they are sitting on empty seats, and at this time, the people who peddle bonds appeared, naturally it is said that the sky is falling, as if you don't buy this bond, you will regret it for the rest of your life.

In addition, everyone has said that the court is in trouble, and you have to get through the difficulties, you always have to mean it, these people have a lot of floating wealth at home, and they will be idle if they are idle, and they will buy a little more or less, and some people threaten that this is just a test of the waters, if it is really as good as it says, the floating wealth in the family will be smashed in the future.

After all, the silver is put in the jar, and it is still the silver for ten years and a hundred years, but since the court has released debts, it is money that makes money, and profits are rolled, as for the debts owed by the court? This is not the problem they are considering, why there are many clans and wealthy families who sell bonds, but there are few merchants, the reason is very simple, the merchants are afraid that the court will not admit the accounts, but if these people can't collect the accounts, they have to find someone to settle the accounts, whoever is in power will find whom, fool the uncle, don't you die yourself?

The civil and military officers of the Manchu Dynasty were dumbfounded, and many people even felt that they had been pitted by Liang Teng, the head of the household, but now, it seems that the money has been borrowed, even if you return it to others as it is, people will also ask for interest, and the state affairs are difficult, who can take it? If you can't take it out, you can only spend it first, but how to pay back the silver, you can only survive for a while now.

There was a very ridiculous phenomenon in this court, many people criticized Liang Teng, the secretary of the household department, saying that he had a vegetarian meal in the corpse, that he was ridiculous, that he ignored the affairs of the ministry, and only knew that there were also those who engaged in three or four things, but when it was mentioned that he wanted to impeach this benevolent brother, and even let this benevolent brother go to Nanjing, everyone was silent.

It is right that Liang Teng proposed the bond, but it was also agreed by the cabinet, and now that the bond has been released, everyone finds that they are very poor in their knowledge of this bond, and as for how to repay the silver, they absolutely have no idea, and they can't come up with any feasible way, this kind of thing, Liang Teng must come.

The cabinet was very troubled by this matter, and in the end Suo didn't think about anything, the silver was borrowed anyway, and it was a debt borrowed in the name of the imperial court's army, and you couldn't help but allocate it, so five million taels of silver were sent to the border towns, and they were ordered to buy military supplies, leaving one million taels, and temporarily making long-term plans for the interest of the next year.

A letter was also quickly delivered to Hangzhou.

The letter was written by Liang Teng to Xu Qian, which was a private letter, and after Xu Qian read the letter, he showed joy.

The new deal, the new deal, they all said that the new deal was not good, but if you want to repay the debt, you have to have a new deal, or even change the tax system, without reform, three years later, sure that someone will be finished, but once you want to reform, then the only feasible way is the new deal.

In fact, this is a last resort, but if the court officials are not allowed to taste the taste of the landlords, are they willing to move forward obediently?

Although this is just the beginning, the imperial court will not be caught so quickly, but it has only taken this step, which can be regarded as laying the groundwork for Xu Qian to enter the court after Xu Qian stepped down as governor in the future.

"Your Excellency." Wang Gen, a friend of this letter, also read it, and Wang Gen looked puzzled and said, "My lord has arranged this matter so deliberately, where is the sword pointing?" ”

Xu Qian smiled faintly: "You see a cow, he refuses to move forward, what will you do?" ”

Wang Gen muttered, "Tempt it with profit, or hold a bullwhip and intimidate it." ”

Xu Qian nodded and said: "Zhejiang's new deal, this is the benefit, let everyone see the advantages of the new deal, but it's not enough to just let people see the benefits, after all, the new deal is unprecedented, and in this court, there are also some people who eat the ancients, then, you have to whip them, these bonds, that is, whips, they have the ability to rely on the debt, when the time comes, naturally someone will find those ministers to settle accounts." But if you want not to pay off the debt, with the current income of the national treasury, I am afraid that I will not be able to pay it off in this life, what if I can't pay it off? ”

Wang Gen said: "It is a tax increase. ”

Xu Qian nodded: "It's not easy to raise taxes, in the hundred years of the dynasty, which one of the Zaifu doesn't want to raise some taxes, but which one can succeed, there are many obstacles." In fact, the easiest way to solve the problem of the national treasury is the New Deal, which redefined the tax system and enacted laws. We don't need to talk about these things in depth at the moment, it's still early, so let's take care of our own one-third of an acre first. ”

Wang Gen said with a smile: "It is said that five million taels of silver were escorted to the border town, and the Tianjin Manufacturing Bureau is afraid that it will be on fire again." ”

Xu Qian also smiled and said: "Yes, Xu Jie has written a letter, saying that the production scale of Tianjin Manufacturing Bureau is now three times that of last year, even so, it is still not enough to solve the current demand, many businessmen, are expanding production, we Zhejiang here, can not be willing to lag behind, Zhejiang is a model of the new deal, naturally, to maintain the advantage of Tianjin." ”

Wang Gen said: "This is true, there is one more thing, the governor yamen has sent an official letter out, it is now the end of the year, many officials have already left, I am afraid that within half a month, they can gather here, as for some remote places, I also ordered the governor, the county officer, the chief bookkeeper and so on to set off to observe the new policy." However, at present, the envoy who claimed to be the Spanish Francois had arrived in Hangzhou, and he had always wanted to see the adult, why didn't the adult see him. ”

The envoy arrived a month ago, and when it came to this, it was related to the port of Shuangyu, the prince of Luzon came to ask for help, hoping that the Ming Dynasty would send troops to recover the whole territory of Luzon, after the Spaniards heard about it, if it was a few years ago, they might be able to ignore this matter, but as the half of the south of the Yangtze River gradually began to look at the ocean, they have gradually realized that the attitude of the Ming Dynasty may affect their established policy towards the Far East, for this reason, they chose to contact and negotiate, hoping to solve this problem as much as possible.

Xu Qian said nonchalantly: "Don't pay attention to him, let's dry it again, yes, Zhou Tai's side, can you send someone to keep an eye on it?" ”

Wang Gen said: "Zhou Tai came back to Yamen yesterday, and he told the old man about this, saying that this envoy was very unwilling to be lonely, and he was looking for news in Zhejiang everywhere, and even went to the vicinity of the new army camp, as if he wanted to find out the details of us. ”

Xu Qian smiled: "Then let him touch it, it's okay, the clearer he touches, the better it will be for us." The pacification envoy of the sea route said that the Spanish Francos in Luzon and Taiwan had no more than 8,000 men, and only when they were afraid did they know how powerful they were. will be sincere and talk to us. ”

Wang Gen said: "It's just a group of feudal lords, why should your lord be like this?" ”

Xu Qian just smiled and didn't squeak.

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Chapter 2 is delivered. (To be continued.)