The officials and people of Daming were indeed very shocked and unacceptable by the final scale of bond issuance.

Like Xie Jie, many people have begun to denounce Liu Quxian because of this.

Because they found that Liu Quxian was more radical and bold than Wang Xijue.

After all, everyone knows that the cabinet originally set only 30 million taels.

However, Liu Quxian increased the debt for repairing the Beijing-Gansu Railway to 50 million taels!

Therefore, for a while, the impeachment of Liu Quxian flew into the palace like snowflakes.

But Zhu Yijun was indifferent to this.

Because he came from later generations, through his understanding of some countries in later generations, he actually only felt that Liu Quxian's degree of borrowing money from people in the world was still conservative compared to a certain country in later generations, and his desire to plunder the world was obviously not so great.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun disagreed.

But he can understand the resistance of people in this era to this kind of behavior that is not afraid of debt.

After all, thousands of years of agricultural civilization have long made them accustomed to a lifestyle of thrift and savings, and suddenly they find that their country is heavily indebted, which will naturally make them panic.

Thus.

Zhu Yijun didn't get angry about this, and he didn't pay much attention to it, he still only enjoyed his imperial life in the palace, and he had decided to go to the southwest in the next period of time to see the situation of changing the land and returning to the stream, and start the journey of inspecting the world again.

Although the emperor did not care about this, many officials and citizens could not sleep at night.

Guo Zhengyu, who returned to his hometown, was not in the mood to enjoy his retirement life, and after knowing this decree, he sat up from the collapse on the spot and asked his grandson Guo Youkai:

"What do you say, Wang Taicang issued a subscription coupon worth 50 million taels to raise funds?"

"Yes, Daming Bank has already purchased 10 million taels of subscription coupons in this."

"The post department has already used this silver money to attract investment and recruit railway soldiers, and I heard that they have received silver dollar coupons."

Guo Youkai replied.

Guo Zhengyu immediately stood up, stomped on the ground barefoot, and was eager to cry:

"How can this be done, how is this done!"

"The one who killed me will be his Wang Taicang, and he Liu Shangyuan!"

"They are all bad people for the country! It's not an exaggeration to divide the corpses of five horses! ”

Guo Zhengyu then looked up to the sky and cursed, and then said:

"No way!"

"The old man can't sit idly by and watch them bring disaster to the country like this, I want to write a letter to the friends of the DPRK and China, asking them not to let the government-run banks and commercial banks buy it, and not to buy it themselves, so as not to be poor and poor in the future!"

Guo Youkai replied: "But many people in the court have already bought it, the Imperial Bank under the inner court has bought 5 million taels, the major industrial banks in the local government that have been requested by the governors have also bought more than 10 million taels, and many other nobles of the clan, as well as the bureaucrats in the court and the gentry from all over the country have bought a total of about 3 million taels, and the Zhang, Shen and other scholars have also bought more than 2 million taels. ”

"What?!"

Guo Zhengyu looked at his grandson Guo Youkai in amazement, as if he didn't want to believe that this was the truth.

Guo Youkai said: "How can your grandson lie to you, and now they are rushing to buy it." ”

"How so?"

"Aren't they all opposed to the excessive issuance of bonds by the imperial court and the excessive debts?"

"Why are they still fighting to buy it, aren't they afraid that the court won't be able to pay it back?"

Guo Zhengyu couldn't help but say.

Guo Youkai replied: "They all said that they were loyal to the imperial court, although they were opposed, but the imperial court wanted to raise funds, how could they not bankrupt their families and assets to fund the country?" ”

"Fart!"

Guo Zhengyu burst into a foul language, and said: "This is to flatter those in power!" This is waiting to lend money to the imperial court, and then use the power given to them by the imperial court to collect money, a truly loyal minister should not listen to him at this time! ”

After hearing this, Guo Youkai asked, "So, we don't buy it?" ”

"What to buy?"

"Now to take the people's fat and people's ointment to him and squander it in Wang Taicang, it is disloyal to the country, it is not strong-willed, we can't learn from them."

"Even if he put the knife on our neck, we can't buy it! To be loyal is not to be loyal to this. ”

Guo Zhengyu said: "Save all the silver dollar coupons at home, save what you eat and spend, and try not to flow a cent to the market, so as not to let others lend it to the court and let Wang Taicang squander it!" ”

"Your marriage is also postponed for a year, tell your father, and let him go and talk to your future father-in-law's house!"

Guo Youkai was young and had little self-confidence, so he could only obey the arrangement of his grandfather, who had been a scholar, and really only deposited silver dollar coupons in the bank in the future.

However, because there were many people who bought subscription coupons, and a large number of silver dollar coupons flowed into the private sector by paying for construction projects and repaying bonds, for a while, the subscription coupons continued to rise, and the value of the silver dollar coupons themselves began to fall.

And this also allowed more people to buy subscription coupons and lend the silver dollar coupons, which were depreciating day by day, to the imperial court.

For a time, the subscription coupon rose faster, and the silver dollar also depreciated faster.

Many people are also becoming more and more panicked, and they are more and more reluctant to lend money to the imperial court to hold the imperial court's bonds.

"Gong Qiao, don't write a book to impeach Wang, Liu and others, it's useless to write it, hurry up and take the silver dollar coupon in your hand to buy a subscription coupon is serious!"

"Otherwise, if you don't buy it again, it's been in vain for the past few years!"

this day.

When the dynasty was dispersed, Wang Jiao, the official of the Ministry of Literature and Selection, couldn't help but persuade his friend Qiao Yunlai to come to the matter.

Geng Suilong, who was walking with Wang Jiao, also said: "Yes, now you can buy a Gaoli maid for a thousand taels of silver dollar coupons, but I'm afraid that you can only buy a widow maid next month!" ”

Qiao Yun sneered disdainfully: "I don't buy it, I'd rather watch the silver dollar coupons in my hand turn into waste paper than listen to the mercy of those who have brought disaster to the country and the people!" ”

"Why bother."

"Why bother!"

Wang Jiao just sighed, and as he spoke, he went out of the palace gate first.

Wuchang Jiangxia.

Guo Mansion.

Guo Zhengyu, who returned to his hometown in frustration, had not completely recovered from the anger of the 50 million taels of subscription coupons, and his grandson Guo Youkai came to him again to talk to him about the subscription coupons and silver dollar coupons, and said:

"Master, why don't we buy some subscription coupons?"

"Can't buy it!"

"We can't learn from those fools who are disloyal and unfilial."

Guo Zhengyu still insisted on not buying the subscription coupon, and rejected his grandson's proposal.

Guo Youkai had to say: "But, now the silver dollar coupon has been depreciating?" ”

"What do you young people know!"

"This is just a trick by him Wang Taicang and Liu Shangyuan to fool the people of the world!"

"Now it seems that the silver dollar coupon has fallen sharply, and the subscription coupon has risen sharply, but in fact, it is all paper in essence, they are deliberately manipulating it like this, sooner or later they will make the country completely chaotic because they can't repay the debt, and at that time, no subscription coupon can be worth the silver dollar coupon!"

Guo Zhengyu refuted his grandson.

Guo Youkai had no choice but to say yes.

Guo Zhengyu snorted, then looked at the north and sneered: "Everyone in the world is so crazy and restless, I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep now?" ”

……

"Motosuke didn't sleep well?"

On this day, on the way to the Imperial Division, Liu Quxian saw that Wang Xijue's eyes were bloodshot, so he asked him this.

Wang Xijue smiled and said, "It's not a gift from the father!" ”

Liu Quxian smiled: "What does this have to do with me?" ”

"The subscription coupon of 50 million taels has now been speculated to a price of more than 2 billion taels, even if my Wang clan is copied ten times, this price will not be honored!"

Wang Xijue asked, "I'm afraid that the silver dollar coupon has also been printed a lot more because of this, is it really no problem to go on like this?" ”

Liu Quxian said: "Yuanfu don't worry, I just got the news, Uncle Guo and they have returned from Europa, this time they brought back two million taels of gold, and then add the five million taels of gold that our central bank has shipped back from the Wa Kingdom and Luzon, so there is no need to worry about the problem of overprinting silver dollar coupons." ”

"Really?"

Wang Xijue asked.

Liu Quxian nodded: "I also just got the news yesterday, Your Majesty ordered me to send someone from the Central Bank of Daming to Guangzhou directly to deposit gold back to Beijing." ”

After hearing this, Wang Xijue said curiously: "Why does Europa have so much gold?" ”

"This can only show that the Tessians really mined a lot of gold in a place called Golden Island and went back, so we went to trade with them before we could exchange porcelain and silk for so much gold and come back."

Liu Quxian said.

Wang Xijue nodded, and read thoughtfully:

"Golden Continent!"

……

"At present, Jinyiwei, who is prospecting for minerals in various places, has reported that a large number of gold deposits have been found in Java, Papua and Cape Verde in the West."

"I was thinking that instead of these gold mines hanging overseas, which might be abandoned or ceded in the future by unscrupulous descendants who were too indulged in pleasure to make progress, it was better to mine them back quickly."

"What do you think?"

On this day, in the Imperial Division, Zhu Yijun also talked about gold mining.

In the world's mineral supervision and exploration, Zhu Yijun has always been in charge of Jinyiwei.

Even the talents of exploration mining and mining have been recruited by Jinyiwei system.

Including the training of mining talents, the school is also a Jinyiwei system.

Because according to the ownership system of the Ming Dynasty, the mountains and rivers in the world are the private property of the emperor, and the minerals in the mountains and rivers are naturally the private property of the emperor.

Therefore, although Zhu Yijun only prohibits mines internally and does not prohibit mining externally, the exploration of minerals outside is still under the management of Jinyiwei, and the monitoring of the mining situation and the statistics of ore vein reserves are also in the hands of Jinyiwei, a close minister of the Son of Heaven.

Arguably.

Jin Yiwei knew best that Da Ming could now determine how many gold and silver mines there were with gold and silver.

The conversation turned back.

After Zhu Yijun said this, Wang Xijue arched his hand and said:

"Your Majesty! It is to try to get all the gold mines out there back. ”

"Then it is still your cabinet to prepare for the new mines, Jinyiwei to supervise and provide the situation of the mineral veins, the central bank of the Ming Dynasty is responsible for issuing subscription coupons for the development of minerals, the Privy Council will do a good job of military assistance, and the three legal divisions will set new regulations that should be punished according to the situation of ocean mining."

"In short, don't be my gold and become someone else's gold."

Gold is linked to the fortunes of the country.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun does not want a large amount of gold to flow into the homes of the rich and wealthy.

(End of chapter)