Chapter 25: Issuance of Great Qin State Bonds

The next day, Fusu told the ministers of his plan to issue Great Qin bonds, and proposed to start the trial issuance of Great Qin bonds from among the ministers.

After the ministers heard about Fusu's plan, except for a few people such as Li Si and Xiao He, they all expressed their opposition to the issuance of bonds of the Great Qin State, and the boat of friendship between the monarchs and ministers capsized in an instant. Fusu finally knows what it means to "talk about money hurts feelings". The reason why these ministers opposed the issuance of Great Qin bonds was that they were worried that they would not be able to recover the money and grain they had invested in the future. To deal with these old rich slaves, Fusu has a way.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since you don't agree to issue the Great Qin State bonds, then you won't issue them. It's just that there is still a very important matter that needs to be discussed with everyone at the moment," Fusu said to the ministers with a smile.

Looking at Fusu's sad and evil smile, the ministers panicked. But if you see Fusu with such an expression, it's definitely not a good thing.

"Why don't you look so happy, I have decided not to issue the bonds of the Great Qin State, why are you still sad," Fusu said to the ministers.

"Now that the land of Hexi has been recovered, I intend to set up a capital protectorate outside Hexi and the Great Wall, and set up a capital protection general, this position is listed as three dukes, and the Hexi capital protectorate has jurisdiction over all the affairs of Qinwei, Zhangye, Suzhou, and Dunhuang counties. The Yanbei Metropolitan Protectorate has jurisdiction over Yanbei County, and can withdraw the Jiuyuan garrison in the event of an invasion by foreign enemies. Since everyone is unwilling to help me solve the matter of the bonds of the Great Qin State, I will not choose the general of the capital protection from among you. After all, don't you want to help me solve the problem of money and food for the establishment of the capital protection, and I don't want to make it difficult for others. Fusu looked at the group of ministers below with a regretful expression.

At this time, many people have begun to regret it, isn't it just some money and food! Even if the court doesn't pay it back in the end, what can it do. And a position like General Du Hu can't be bought even if you get more money and food, so it can be ranked as the position of the third duke. Seeing that some of the ministers who had previously opposed the issuance of bonds of the Great Qin State were shaken, Fusu decided to add another dose of fierce medicine.

"You remember the 200 acres of fertile land I promised you before. Originally, I planned to send Meng Tian to lead the army to Hexi to reclaim 100,000 acres of fertile land first, so as to fulfill my promise to everyone. It's just that now my Great Qin is financially constrained, and I can't come up with money and food to support Meng Tian's reclamation for a while. I don't think about it yet, what do you think? ”

The ministers looked at Fusu with a dead face and did not speak. In his heart, he despised Fusu countless times: "How can there be such a brazen person in this world? ”

"Yu Gongzi, just now we didn't think about it well, I thought about it carefully, how could we oppose such a good thing as issuing bonds of the Great Qin State that benefits the country and the people? I'm confused. ”

"The subordinate also thinks that the issuance of national bonds is beneficial and harmless to my Great Qin, just now the subordinate did not think it carefully, and asked the prince to give the subordinate a chance to correct his mistakes."

"The subordinate also thinks that the prince's move is beneficial to the country and the people, and the reason why I approve of the son's issuance of national bonds is not because I covet the position of the general and two hundred acres of fertile land, but because the subordinate really thinks that the issuance of bonds of the Great Qin State is really good!"

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When everybody is mindful of face, everybody has to be mindful. If any of them were the first to break this tense state, they would definitely compete to see who was more shameless. At this time, the masses standing under Fusu were desperately practicing this wise proverb.

Later, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen begged hundreds of officials to donate money to save the country when the Ming Dynasty fell, and only asked for 5,000 taels of silver, which was donated by his father-in-law. When Li Zicheng put his knife on the necks of these people after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, they generously "donated" 30 million taels of silver. At this moment, what Fusu is doing is similar to Li Zicheng, but Fusu is on the neck of the ministers.

Half a month later, under the supervision of Fusu, Zhang Liang and others were ready to issue Daqin treasury bonds.

On this day, Xianyang's civil and military officials, wealthy businessmen and magnates gathered in Shanglin Yuan, just to witness the issuance of the bonds of the Great Qin State.

At the beginning of the morning (nine o'clock in the morning), Fusu came to Shanglin Yuan surrounded by guards. The arrival of Fusu is a common thing for hundreds of officials, but it is undoubtedly a great opportunity in the eyes of a group of wealthy businessmen. They all stepped forward to greet Fusu Shili. Originally, the guards wanted to step forward to stop these merchants from coming forward, but they were stopped by Fusu's eyes, so they had to let these merchants come forward to greet them.

In fact, Fusu also understands the worries of these guards, it is nothing more than that they are afraid of the people with evil intentions among these rich businessmen, in fact, in Fusu's opinion, their worries are completely superfluous. There will be no problems with this. No matter how many checks they have to go through to enter Shanglin Yuan, judging from the mentality of these rich people who are desperate for their lives, even if someone puts a knife on their neck, they will not choose to take risks. Isn't there a saying that "the richer you are, the more you save your life"? Since the Great Qin State bonds are to be issued, these wealthy businessmen and tycoons are the biggest buyers. If you don't give some benefits at this time, how can you be embarrassed to persuade these businessmen to buy a large number of Great Qin State bonds after a while?

After a while, after the merchants had finished greeting each other, Fusu walked up to everyone and began to sell the bonds of the Great Qin State.

"Ladies and gentlemen, as well as all the business heroes of Xianyang, today is the first time that my Great Qin State bonds have been issued, and I thank you here. The so-called national bonds are the vouchers that you lend money and grain to the imperial court. Negotiable and tradable. Presumably, there are many 'Ziqian families' (the name given to private money lenders in the Qin Dynasty) among all of you present, and you have long been clear about the matter of lending! You may not know one thing, my Great Qin Law is about to supplement and revise the criminal law related to the transfer of money and grain to the people, loans, etc. There will be regulations on the proportion of sub-gold for private loans, and it should not exceed the sub-gold ratio (interest rate) of government bonds. Rather than this, it is better to lend the money and grain in your hands to my Great Qin Imperial Court, and the sub-gold (interest) is calculated according to two percent of the principal, although the number of sub-gold borrowed is only half of the private loan, but it is safe! Now that there are locust plagues all over Daqin, ordinary people probably don't dare to risk forty percent of the money to borrow from you. Even if I take the risk of borrowing it from you, it is very likely that I will not be able to pay it back. Some of you may still have the idea that 'anyway, the percentage of private loans is twice as high as that of national bonds, so it is better to lend to the people, and if they do not repay the debts by force, they will still have 40% of the income?' I would like to advise you that the revised law will not be happy if it restricts the amount of money and the violent collection of debts. People in the business circles may not know that I, the hundred officials of Great Qin, have expressed their confidence and determination in subscribing to Great Qin's treasury bonds in the court. They have already expressed their willingness to take out half a year's worth to buy the bonds of the Great Qin State! Ladies and gentlemen, this is an opportunity not to be missed."

After hearing what Fusu said, the wealthy businessmen and tycoons turned their heads to look at the civil and military officials next to them, only to see that the civil and military officials nodded one after another, indicating that what Fusu said was true. Although the hundred officials were very resistant to Fusu suddenly telling the businessmen that they were willing to spend half a year's money to buy national bonds, they did not dare to speak out in front of so many people, so they could only nod their heads with a bitter face and acquiesce.

Seeing the officials nodding their heads, these businessmen no longer hesitated, and expressed their willingness to take out money and grain to exchange for the bonds of the Great Qin State. Fusu immediately assigned Zhang Liang and others to pull a group of officials and businessmen to sign the subscription deed, and then obtained a pile of state bonds. In the following months, the issuance of national bonds was quickly implemented in various counties and counties of Daqin because of the successful experience of Xianyang.

Two months later, at the court meeting, Li Si summarized the subscription of national bonds in various places and reported to Fusu and hundreds of officials;

"Yu Gongzi, ranking colleagues, this issuance of Great Qin State bonds raised a total of 70 million stone of grain and 4 billion money"

After hearing the data reported by Li Si, Fusu and the ministers were completely shocked. They didn't expect to raise so much money and food.

"This can be worth my five years of taxes in Daqin"

"I didn't expect these businessmen to be so rich," Shusun Tong sighed, but this product deliberately omitted officials from all over the country. Because half of the people who bought the bonds of the Great Qin State were county officials.

With this money and food, Fusu's heart began to get excited. Many of the plans that have been planned before to enrich the people and strengthen the country can be implemented; Reform the land grant system, establish the financial system of Daqin, and build the Hexi Corridor into a .......

Just when Fusu was looking forward to transforming Daqin into a world power, Yu Ji had already completed the task of patrolling the world for Fusu. I'm going to be back in Xianyang soon.

Since that day on the Fusu given the chariot, Yu Ji and the maid Lu Calyx two began to inspect the world for Fusu under the protection of two thousand elite soldiers, they first went south along the Qin Straight Road, along the way to inspect Hanzhong, Shu, Ba, Qianzhong four counties, Yu Ji in the inspection process has also been in the noble depth of the fields and villages along the way, carefully understand the suffering of the local people, and solve many thorny problems for the people.

After Yu Ji and his entourage left Qianzhong County, they turned to Changsha County. After arriving at Linxiang, the Changsha County Governor's Office, Yu Ji and the maid Lu Cao came to the Xiangjiang River, and Yu Ji looked at Jiangdong for a long time. Before leaving Linxiang, Yu Ji also made a special visit to Jiangdong, and then went north along the Xiangjiang River, and inspected Nanjun and Nanyang.

On this day, when Yu Ji came to the foot of Qingyao Mountain in the jurisdiction of Sanchuan County, she was attracted by the beautiful scenery of Qingyao Mountain outside the car, so she got out of the car with Lucalyx to enjoy the scenery. At this time, although it is winter, there are still many places on Qingyao Mountain that have a little greenery, which surprises Yu Ji and Lucalyx. So the two of them talked and laughed and walked into the depths of Qingyao Mountain.

When the two came to a corner, they were unexpectedly surprised. I saw a few fast horses rushing out of the dense forest on both sides, and the two of them galloped towards the mountain. When the guards heard Yu Ji's screams and rushed over, there was still a trace of Yu Ji.

Two days later, the news of Yu Ji's disappearance was reported to the Fusu Office of Xianyang Palace.