Wang Wenshao is also not willing to offend people, so he is in the office of Zhili and Guangtongchen, not seeking merit, but seeking no fault, things either push down, or send up, very few of them are in charge, so they got a nickname of "glass egg", there has always been only the wrong name and no wrong number, the name of this glass egg is appropriate, but according to Li Hongzhang's character, people like to seize power the most, although several governors are smiling, but how to hit the bucket in their hearts, That's what they know. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After a few gossips, Li Hongzhang asked everyone to disperse, these governors are still here these days, and they have a lot of time to chat and talk about their hearts, although they are new to the country, but they have to deal with things, not less.

Sheng Xuanhuai was also in the shift, but he didn't retreat, Li Hongzhang got up and walked towards the back of the hall, he followed, to the back hall, and followed Li San to help Li Hongzhang take off the outside of the supplemental clothes, he was wearing embroidered clothes all over the floor, and sat down on the sofa, in the end, he was a little old, he was lazy if he could be lazy, he nodded at Sheng Xuanhuai, "Xingsun, you also sit," and waited until Sheng Xuanhuai sat down, "You came to Tianjin early, and I know a little about the situation here, I mean, I told you in Beijing before, What kind of charter is it, I'm going to ask you," he beckoned to Li San, who handed over his pipe, lit a fire, and smoked it, "What should I do about the silver?" The Beiyang Sailor here, can't do without silver! ”

"The finances of Tianjin and Shanxi have not changed much over the years, they are all slightly surplus, this is still not counting the silver of the Beiyang Naval Division, the Beiyang Naval Division trains and builds the salary of the Lu Army, musket ammunition, this is another way to pay, these two were originally well water and not river water, but they were originally mixed together, and the amount was not mixed together, so this money is not easy to do."

Li Hongzhang shook his head, "I can't move here, the first one over there is not much, and the second one is also suspicious, the imperial historians are afraid that the first one will come to the door, we are in Zhili, of course, we are not afraid of things, but don't make trouble, for the sake of three or five taels of silver, to provoke a group of vicious dogs, it is not worth it." His vision was very broad, and the silver in the treasury of the provincial feudal divisions was turned into three or five taels of silver by him, "This method is not successful, cumbersome, and not worth it, is there any other way?" ”

When he first arrived, Li Hongzhang still thought about the funds of the Beiyang Naval Division first, "Next year's silver is about to stop, and the new warships are not available, my idea is that we still have to buy more small gunboats, mosquito ships, and the guns on several large warships must be replaced, the old ones will be replaced by the new ones, and the new ones will be put on the new ones. ”

"Yes," Sheng Xuanhuai nodded and said, "There are also these forts in Weihai and Lushun that need to be repaired again, although they don't pay much attention to the role of the forts now, but they need to be repaired in the end," he took into account Li Hongzhang's political achievements, after all, this fort tree is here, it is something that can be seen, Li Hongzhang shook his head, "I'm afraid those things are not of much use, the queen mother is the first to believe in the forts in the seaside port, and the sailors have no reason to hide on the edge of the forts, and the silver should be used on the blade." ”

"According to the method of the Ministry of Households, I think we can set up a few banks here in Tianjin," Sheng Xuanhuai was obviously prepared for a long time, and said confidently, "According to the regulations of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Daqing Bank, the China Merchants Bureau of Steamship can run one, and the Beiyang Yamen can run one, in this case, except for the official shares, the rest of the private shares are released for people outside to subscribe, and the bank will be able to have abundant money after it is done, otherwise the steamship China Merchants Bureau and the foreign affairs factory in Zhili have private shares in it. They were keeping an eye on it, and it was not easy to take the money. ”

"How much silver can be raised with this?"

Sheng Xuanhuai said a number, Li Hongzhang frowned slightly, obviously not very satisfied, "This is not in a hurry to raise one-time silver in place, handsome, the new currency is issued, foreign countries can't use it, foreigners will not immediately recognize our banknotes, so if you pay for foreign money, you probably need silver dollars, but our banknotes can be used in China." So the domestic steamship China Merchants Bureau, these foreign factories in Zhili place, the silver dollars, deposited in the bank, we can take it out to buy new things, as long as our bank is established, you are handsome, you have an official document, Zhili has to obey orders, here, there are only two difficult things, one is the Jin merchants, they want to run a bank, this is an inevitable thing, I am afraid that it is Hu Xueyan, and it is not as rich as the Jin merchants. ”

"Jin Shang," Li Hongzhang took a deep breath of cigarette and slowly spit it out, he pondered for a while, "These people are rich, and they are not afraid that Shanxi's silver dollars will not be collected, but they are afraid that the gold and silver mountains in Tianjin will also be sucked into by them, which is a little hindering to us, after all, you are the best in the world to do foreign affairs, but this ticket number, I am afraid that it is not as good as them." ”

"Yes," Sheng Xuanhuai smiled slightly, he was quite satisfied with Li Hongzhang's evaluation, "This first thing, we can't compare to the Jin merchants of Heshengyuan, Yongtaiyu, Baofenglong, and Rishengchang, but they also have things they are anxious about, and we can help with this matter." ”

"It's because of these rules set up by the bank, right?" Li Hongzhang's eyes were vicious, and he immediately saw what those Jin merchants were worried about.

"That's right, it's these things about setting up a bank," Sheng Xuanhuai nodded and said, "Hu Xueyan wants to have both public and private, declare personal vendettas, and return the mess in Shanghai in the past, so needless to say, the next two things, issuing new coins and running a bank, these old Xi'er are going to be unlucky, they know this very well, I don't have to go to them, they have to find the handsome man themselves." ”

Li Hongzhang shook his head, "They just want to get out of the control of the imperial court, this is not possible, don't have this thought," he put the pipe in the British Iron Lion ashtray, knocked it, and lit the cigarette of the pipe, "The imperial court wants to control these people, the first one, naturally, when the bonds were issued, one by one they talked nonsense and did foolish things, and followed the treasure to play those unfortunate things, and wanted to block the bond affairs back." (To be continued.) )