There weren't many options left for Jia Liu.

Either he will go back on his word and take back the Haikou he boasted of, continue to reach out to the finance, and ask for money in various names, and he will resolutely refuse to open the job if the money does not arrive.

Anyway, the military power is in his hands, he is really completely rotten, and the old rich and the old man can still set up another big general.

Either pay the project money out of your own pocket and let the major engineering teams who enter the site do it first.

At present, once this project money is advanced, there is basically no possibility of recycling.

Since ancient times, military disasters have been better than natural disasters.

The land of Huguang has been so troubled by the Xinghan army, and it will not be able to recover its vitality in ten or eight years.

The reason why Jia Liu is bent on resolving the incident peacefully is that he knows that the people cannot bear the suffering of the military disaster.

Although the Xinghan army has not caused much damage to the people since it invaded Huguang, hundreds of thousands of people have died due to the rebellion, and countless properties have been lost.

These objective facts are not subject to change by human will.

It's not something that you Gu Shidao can restrain with a word, and it's not something that Jia Liu's words can change.

Without a peaceful solution and the use of force, Jia Liu believed that even if he could not exterminate the Xinghan army in the short term with his years of deployment, half a year would be enough to restore local order.

But in that case, the cost would be the loss of at least a million soldiers and civilians, and the fate of hundreds of miles of red land.

Direct economic losses can be as high as hundreds of billions of dollars.

Because of the urgency, who is still in charge of military discipline, who is still in charge of disturbing the people, who is still in charge of the life and death of the people, and who is still in charge of whether the city has a future.

Your own life matters.

The unbearable deeds of the surrendered troops have already illustrated this fact.

The Qing army itself was no better.

If it weren't for Jia Liu's suppression, his second cousin Urshi Balan would have slaughtered the city on a large scale.

On this expedition to Huguang, Jia Liu did not judge his own fame and fortune, but took the survival of the people as the recovery plan.

The biggest difference between him and this era is that he always has the people in his heart, and everything he does is considered from the perspective of the people, not from his own perspective.

If you want to be selfish, millions or even tens of millions of lives in exchange for your royal robe, Jia Liu will do what he says.

Anyway, the Qing Dynasty now has a population of more than 300 million, and tens of millions of deaths are just a fraction of them.

Since he has been a human in two lifetimes, Jia Liu has harmed many people, but he has never harmed the people!

No matter where you go, you speak standard Mandarin: "Fellow! ”

Always carry a handful of candy with you.

In view of this, a political solution is naturally preferable to a military one.

The premise of a political solution is money.

Jia Liu didn't have such a large amount of money.

He can really take out tens of millions of taels of banknotes at one time, which shows that he has long been full-fledged, and has made substantial breakthroughs in industrialization and maritime trade.

The reason why Lao Ji and Accountant Li were silent was that they both thought that the prince might choose to lie down.

It's just that the court doesn't give money, and he won't fight this battle.

Sure enough, after pondering for a while, the prince said slowly: "Before the expedition, this king and the relevant staff formulated a military plan for the Battle of Huguang, which proposed three stages that the counterinsurgency should be carried out in three steps, and now it seems that the goal of the first step has not only been achieved, but even exceeded the target, so. This king thinks that's it, what's there to wait for the end of the year. ”

The implication is that Lao Ji's work here will be suspended first, and when he has money, he will continue.

Anyway, he has already recovered 29 county towns for the Qing Dynasty, and for this achievement, how many of the exploits of those portrait masters in the Purple Light Pavilion can catch up with him?

The top three Fu Heng, Zhaohui, and Bandi may still be able to play some, and the following ones are basically not enough.

Of course, there is a reason why Jia Liu thinks so.

After all, the New Year is approaching, and after the New Year, the Qing Dynasty will enter a new fiscal year, when the provincial taxes will be paid, and the old rich will be active at hand.

Rather than letting the financial funds of the new fiscal year be squandered by the old rich, it is better to come over and feed yourself.

In the current Qing Dynasty, is there anything more important than quelling the chaos?

"Dare to ask the prince what is the specific content of the first step?"

Lao Ji didn't know the military plan for the Battle of Huguang, and as a squire of the Ministry of War and director of the United Front Office, it was necessary for him to take a closer look.

Jia Liu said casually: "It is to be invincible first." ”

"Oh?"

Lao Ji seemed to understand something, and asked weakly: "If you don't gamble, you won't lose?" ”

Jia Liu happily praised: "This is the truth, in the end, the level of education is high, and the ability to understand is also in place." ”

"The prince is wise!"

Lao Ji and Accountant Li glanced at each other: I'll just say it, the prince is shameless again.

If you don't fight, of course you won't lose!

Jia Liu's sixth sense was relatively strong, and he couldn't help but look at the two of them suspiciously: "How do I think you two are a little duplicitous, saying that this king is wise in your mouth, but you are scolding this king shamelessly in your heart?" ”

"This"

Lao Ji and Accountant Li still have the same old saying: "The prince is wise!" ”

"Huh?"

Jia Liu was not happy, nor was he scolded, and he sneered half-loudly: "It's not that I'm shameless, as the old saying goes, the emperor is not a hungry soldier, and a good woman is difficult to cook without rice, I have no money here, what kind of war are I fighting?" ”

The situation is like this, but Lao Ji feels that it is not a good thing for the prince to choose to lie down, and the current situation is a good time, if he does not strike while the iron is hot to win Wuchang, I am afraid that the night will be long and dreamy.

Although it is a civil war between Weng and his son-in-law, it is not a good thing for his son-in-law to be too strong.

Even if the two sides still want to sit together and talk in the future, they have to knock out a few teeth of the old man.

For this reason, please think twice.

"Think twice? It's useless to think about it, if you want to do something, you have to have money, and you don't have money to do anything! You let me think twice, it's better to think twice, and find a way to solve this big problem for this king who has no money. ”

Jia Liu was unhappy that Lao Ji's thoughts could not be consistent with him, and they all said that those who were close to ink were black, but how to see that Lao Ji, the old color batch, was not yet black.

Lao Ji said that the law is not nothing, it depends on whether the prince is willing or not.

Jia Liu said in a sullen voice: "As long as you don't let this king sell himself, everything is easy to say." ”

Lao Ji said that there is only one way at the moment, and that is to make a big donation in Huguang.

There is a basis for making large donations, first, the imperial court has always been short of money, and will donate and sell officials; Second, after the Xinghan Army made such a fuss, the number of civil servants in Huguang was reduced by 80 percent.

According to conservative estimates, there are at least 30 provincial-level officials, 200 department-level officials, 1,000 department-level officials, 10,000 section-level officials, and 100,000 unit-level cadres.

Taking Hubei as an example, there is a shortage of political envoys in one province and two in command, and there is a vacancy in the two political participation in the following two political positions, and there is also a vacancy in the right political participation.

There is a shortage of senators below the political participation, and there is a general shortage of more than 60 percent in provincial-level units such as the Procuratorial Department and the Academic Affairs Yamen.

Not to mention Fuzhou County.

Hunan Province is the hardest-hit area, from the governor to the chief of the armor, none of them are in the Qing Dynasty, and they are all thieves.

On the side of the Yamen Huguang Governor's Office, the top leader of the two provinces, except for Governor Bo who was on the road, there was not even a ghost in the small and large teams below.

Therefore, at this time, let go of the big donations, and take out the shortage of provincial, government, prefecture, and county officials with real power to sell, and you will definitely be able to make a lot of money.

Moreover, at this time, a large donation can also be sold at a good price, after all, under the personal guidance of the prince, the Qing soldiers recovered 29 county seats, and achieved the best situation since the thieves, which greatly encouraged the gentry and wealthy families and local tyrants in Huguang.

"Director Ji's method is good, it can solve the urgent need of the prince!"

Accountant Li supports the proposal to sell officials, after all, the prince has done this in Beijing, and he is also handling the specific implementation, and he is very familiar with it.

As long as the prince relaxes, he will be able to handle it immediately.

When the time comes, pay the money in one hand and take the power of attorney in the other, a few million taels will not be a problem at all, and you can make some money from it, so why not do it.

I didn't want the prince to shake his head: "It's not good, what is the difference between this king and Qianlong if he does this?" ”

Lao Ji was stunned, and said in his heart, Lord Wang, you have sold the officials of the Ministry to Qianlong for 58 years, and this will be upside down.

ushered in the prince's questioning gaze: "In the future, if you are dissatisfied with this king, it is better to hang it on your lips, what's the matter if you are stuffy in your heart?" If you don't speak out, what will I do with you? ”

“.”

Ji Yun remained silent.

In fact, Lao Ji misunderstood the prince, the officials he sold in the Ministry of Officials were not real power officials in essence, and many of them were power and commissions, basically concentrated in the five, six or seven grade petty officials, and there were few real power officials at all.

Therefore, even if it is sold to the 58th year of Qianlong, the loss will only be the income from the future sale of officials in the Qing Dynasty, and there will be no harm to the local people.

However, if you want to take out the real power officials of Huguang and sell them according to Lao Ji, and auction them all at the provincial, prefecture, and county levels, it will be serious.

I also know with my ass that the people have just experienced a military disaster, and they will soon experience an official disaster.

Spend money to buy officials, and you can't earn back your investment?

They are all poor and white, and they still try to exploit the people.

Therefore, it is not advisable.

Moreover, Jia Liu also wants to build Huguang into another big Jia province after Sichuan and Zhili, where can he be so nonsense.

Just as he was hesitating, Lao Chen's people came.

It didn't come empty-handed, but also brought 300,000 taels of silver to Prince Rui.

Jia Liu couldn't help but be shocked: "Lao Chen is so particular? Why are you sending me 200,000 taels? ”

Accountant Li corrected: "Lord Wang, what people sent is 300,000 taels. ”

"Didn't I give him 100,000 taels, one minus and one deduction, isn't it 200,000 taels?"

Jia Liu thought to himself, whether you, the accountant, would settle accounts.

Accountant Li was speechless: "Lord Wang, your 100,000 taels is just a blank check, and I haven't taken the account yet." ”

"Really?"

Jia Liu was a little embarrassed, and was about to ask Accountant Li to take the account away, when he saw Lao Ji "oops", slapped his head violently, and his eyes lit up as if he had discovered the new world of America: "Lord Wang, it's wrong, it's wrong!" ”

"What's wrong? I was shocked. ”

Jia Liu was a little angry by Lao Ji.

Lao Ji hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, the lower official is saying that our past work method is not right!" It's not right! ”

"Huh?"

Jia Liu was puzzled, "Old Ji, you make your words clearer." ”

"Lord Wang, what the lower official means is that the current situation should not be that the prince spill money, but that the prince should have a wide range of money here!"

Lao Ji looked excited.

(End of chapter)