After listening to Li Zhongshan's proposal to send a new army to cooperate with the Northern Wang's army into Zhejiang, and then divide two prefectures into the imperial court, Liu Jinzhong and Zhu Shunshui immediately felt that something was not quite right.

He originally wanted to be together with Lu Sanhao and Chen Yonghua, and there was nothing to do with Li Zhongshan. But now, how did Lu Sanhao and Chen Yonghua put their army into the new army of the General's Mansion?

In this way, Li Zhongshan, Lu Sanhao, and Chen Yonghua will become one, and there will be no independent "Zhongshan Army", "Sanhao Army", and "Yonghua Army", only a unified new army of the General's Palace!

And what is the composition of the 20,000 or 30,000 new army sent by General Li Zhongshan, and who will be the commander of the army, but General Li has the final say.

If he sent Li Zhongxian, Li Zhongren, and Li Zhongyi to supervise the army in the future, or Zhou Chang, Yao Qisheng, He Tianran, Wang Leiyong, Yu Haitao, and Luo Dawei were the generals of the general's mansion to lead the troops, Liu Jinzhong would have no way to object. After these people take the army and the Beiwang army to conquer Zhejiang, if they are stationed on the spot, won't the Zhejiang territory of the Beiwang be shared by the Beiwang and the General's Mansion?

Liu Jinzhong felt that it was wrong when he thought about it, and looked back at Zhu Shunshui again.

Zhu Shunshui also frowned, because he suddenly found that this Li Zhongshan's identity was a bit strange, he was not only one of the five elders (kings), but also one of the three commissioners (Zhongtang), and one of the four gentlemen who led the parliamentary assembly. How can he have everything?

This is more powerful than the god Ieyasu of Japan next door, how can this be restricted?

Seeing Zhu Shunshui frowning, Liu Jinzhong's heart was also tightened - no, they are a group of three middle halls and four gentlemen, King Ying of the South is two fathers and sons, King Zhong is connected with them, and there is also a winged king Zheng "Jing" who is very fine, and has always had a good relationship with the Li family's father and son, maybe he has secretly colluded with them.

What two kings and two halls join forces to restrain the three Li kings. It doesn't seem to work!

Thinking of this, Liu Jinzhong immediately put on an easy-going and friendly smile, and said to Li Zhongshan with a smile: "Okay, with the support of the new army of the Great General's Mansion, I will be sure!" I wonder who you want to send to lead this new army, General? ”

Li Zhongshan explained with a smile: "King Bei, the reorganization of this new army is not overnight, even if it is carried out in batches, it will take a lot of time. After the reorganization is completed, the new army will have to train and run in for at least three months, and it will be relatively smooth in all aspects.

In addition, the new army is still new in armament and tactics, so we have to wait for Foshan to send a few more batches of flintlock guns, bronze cannons and half-body plate armor. I had to train for another month after changing clothes. It's going to take a long time. I'm afraid I will have to wait until the second half of the year to send troops to clean up Geng Jingzhong. If you can't wait, you can send troops with the Wing King first, and then fight first. ”

Let's fight first?

Liu Jin said loyally: Isn't this just trying to consume my strength first?

Thinking of this, he frowned and said, "General, this king's soldiers and horses have been running for a long time these days, and they are very tired from top to bottom, and they also need to recuperate.

In addition, the king's subordinates have too few guns, and the battle can only rely on the soldiers to fight hand-to-hand with knives and spears, and the loss is too great, if the general's mansion can make up a batch of guns and ammunition for the king, then there is no need to work the heavenly soldiers of the general's mansion, and the king can also take Geng Jingzhong, a traitor. ”

Li Zhongshan said with a smile: "This matter is easy to say, but the General's Mansion cannot replenish guns and ammunition for the feudal army!" ”

"Can't? Why? Could it be that the vassal army is not the army of the Ming Dynasty? Liu Jinzhong stood up suddenly, looking like he was about to turn his face.

"Beiwang is a little safe," Chen Yonghua saw that Liu Jinzhong was in a hurry, and hurriedly opened his mouth to explain for Li Zhongshan, "This town has a territory where people can raise an army. Unless it is to go abroad to fight for the imperial court, all expenses must be self-sufficient, and the imperial court can no longer pay for it. Therefore, there is no problem for Liu Beiwang to buy some good guns and cannons for his brothers, but this money must be raised by Beiwang himself. ”

"What?" Liu Jinzhong was stunned, "I, I still have to pay for the people below to buy guns and cannons?" ”

Lu Sanhao nodded: "Yes, Beiwang, you have the land of nine mansions in Zhejiang, among which Hangzhou Mansion can be called a paradise, Huzhou Mansion is the world-renowned lake silk production area, Jiaxing Mansion is not only the land of fish and rice, but also rich in sea salt, and the operation is lawful, and the annual income is not a problem!" ”

Now there are a total of eleven provinces in Zhejiang, excluding Shaoxing, Ningbo can still be left nine, although the provinces in western Zhejiang are not very rich, but Hangzhou, Huzhou, Jiaxing three provinces are no less than Su Song's good place.

"But the Zhejiang territory is still in Geng Jingzhong's hands, where can I collect the money?" Liu Jinzhong's face was pale, and he had a feeling of being played like a monkey.

"Beiwang, you can borrow money first, and then collect taxes to repay the debt after taking Zhejiang." It was Chen Yonghua who made this reasonable suggestion.

"Borrow money?" Liu Jinzhong was so shocked that he couldn't speak, "Who should I borrow from?" ”

"UBS Hall, Zhongshan Hall, and Fuyin Hall can lend money to you from the North King together." Chen Yonghua said with a smile, "Xiaguan happens to know the shopkeeper of these three silver numbers, how about going back and letting them talk to you in detail?" ”

This UBS Hall is actually a new silver number reorganized by Li Zhongshan, Chen Yonghua, and Lu Sanhao after taking over the plates of Credit Suixin Hall in Jiangsu, Anhui, and Zhejiang - although Yuan Linjing of Credit Suixin Hall ran away with the silver in stock, he did not take away the IOU for the loan, the bottom account of the silver number, and the guys of the silver number, and all the semicolons were not withdrawn, but handed over to the UBS Hall together.

After UBS became the owner, it announced that it would assume the responsibility for the repayment of all private deposits and take over all the assets of Credit Suisse. In fact, the private deposits absorbed by Credit Suixin Hall are mainly deposited by Yangzhou salt merchants, how dare they run on UBS Tang? It's too late to repay filial piety!

Zhongshan Hall is the original Guangdong Customs Silver Number, the Customs Silver Number, of course, relying on customs and overseas trade to carry out business. After the recovery of the southeast, Nanjing, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Songjiang, Dinghai and other places have opened customs, and the silver number of Guangdong Customs has also been opened, and it has been renamed Zhongshan Yinhao.

Li Zhongshan is the major shareholder, Li Jizhen, Li Jiyong (Zhang Xiaoyu), Li Fuchen, Li Fuhan, Zhang Xiaobao, Guo Jinbao, Li Zhongyi, Li Zhongxian, Li Zhongren, Li An, Li Quan, Zhou Peigong, Yao Qisheng and other core members of the Li Group are shareholders. Yao Qisheng also served as the head of Zhongshan Hall for a time, and now the head of Zhongshan Hall is Li Zhongshan's good brother Li Jizhen.

Fuyintang is the property of the Zheng family, Zheng Jing saw that Li Zhongshan, Chen Yonghua, and Yang Qilong made a lot of money by opening a silver account, and he was so envious that he couldn't do it, so he opened one by himself.

In other words, the four major families of Li, Zheng, Chen, and Lu are actually four capital consortia that are quietly developing. If Liu Jinzhong borrowed money from them to fight Zhejiang, then he would most likely be manipulated by these capital consortia!

After all, in this era, capital is still very scarce! If Liu Jinzhong wants to borrow money, he must have a mortgage, and the only thing he can take out as collateral is the tax right of Zhejiang Jiufu.

At that time, the tax officials of the nine provinces in Zhejiang were all from the four major families, and the silver of the treasury of Zhejiang was stored in the silver number of the four major families, and the soldiers of the Liu family army were all paid from the silver number of the four families. He just wants to fight "Sekihara", and he doesn't have that condition!

However, Liu Jinzhong didn't know the power of capital, he only felt that it didn't matter if he didn't pay back the money he borrowed with his ability. So he nodded and said, "Okay, this king will be a debt handsome!" ”

"The debtor is the debtor," Li Zhongshan said with a smile, "In fact, the imperial court now owes a lot of money to the three major silver numbers, and also owes a lot of silver to Yangzhou Yanshan, Foshan iron merchants, and Fujian and Guangdong maritime merchants. By the way, Brother Sanhao, how much debt does the court of the prison country owe now? ”

"I already owe millions of taels!" Lu San replied with a smile.

"What? Millions. So much? ”

"Isn't that a lot of debt?"

Liu Jinzhong and Zhu Shunshui were both shocked!

"Not much, not much, where is this?" Lu Sanhao said, "After the reorganization of the new army is completed this time, how can there be more than 100,000 new troops under the General's Mansion, just change their clothes, not a few million!"

In the future, the cost of these new armies will probably be hundreds of thousands of taels per month, at least seven or eight million a year!

This is still the cost of the army when it is stationed, and if you want to send troops to take Jiangxi, I am afraid that the cost will have to be doubled!

In addition, the localities of Anhui and Jiangsu provinces also have to set up government offices, set up councils, build schools, check land, and repair water conservancy. The Huai River, the Yellow River, and the canal still have to be governed.

Add all kinds of expenses, and in just a few years, the imperial court may have to owe 30 million huge debts! ”

Thirty million!

Zhu Shunshui and Liu Jinzhong were speechless.

Why is the third prince Zhu's fortune worse than his father's? Although his father died poor, he was debtless and light until he died! If he owes 30 million to the gentry in Jiangnan, he just can't die!

You still want to hang yourself if you owe 30 million? How is it possible to let you hang? You hanged, and the debt bills in other people's hands did not change the waste paper?

Believe it or not, the Jiangnan gentry immediately elected a few "national domains", "Zongtang", and "Hongzhang", and then purchased foreign guns and cannons made in Foshan from Guangdong, organized regimental training, and went north together to defend the creditors?

"I owe so much money, how can I pay it back?" Zhu Shunshui shook his head again and again, looking at it in a hurry!

Liu Jinzhong also sighed repeatedly: "The first emperor just had no money, and now that he is the king, why is he even poorer?" ”

"No hurry, no hurry," Li Zhongshan said with a smile, "There is no hurry to repay the money. The top priority now is to finalize the "Ming Original Law" first, and then nominate the general according to the original law, and with the general, the ministers of the Ming Dynasty will be able to support King Ding to ascend the throne together! ”

Ascend to the throne to pay off debts?

Liu Jinzhong asked: "When King Dingding ascends the throne, will he be able to repay his debts?" ”

"How is that possible?" Lu San smiled and said, "When the emperor ascends the throne, it will be easier for us to borrow money in his name. Otherwise, the third prince of Zhu borrowed silver, which doesn't sound reliable. Isn't it much more reliable to borrow money from the republican of the Ming Dynasty? ”

"What do you mean by Lord Republic?" Liu Jinzhong was puzzled.

"The republic is the name of the era!" Li Zhongshan said, "Taken from the 14 years of republican administration after the rebellion of the Western Zhou Dynasty, meaning the northern king of the national republic, Mr. Shunshui, what do you two think?" ”

Liu Jinzhong doesn't think it's good, they are all republican, and the debts are high, can this emperor be good?

But he didn't understand political matters, so he turned his head to look at Zhu Shunshui.

Mr. Shunshui was squinting his eyes and thinking, and after thinking for a while, he finally figured it out, and nodded again and again: "Okay, it's great!" The emperor of the republic, the debts are high, and the country is eternal! ”

"The debt is high, and the country can still be fixed forever?" Liu Jinzhong was stunned and stunned.

"Of course," Zhu Shun said, "If it is not permanent, who will bear the debt?" He glanced at Li Zhongshan, Chen Yonghua, and Lu Sanhao again, "And the throne with high debts, what are you usurping it for?" Help pay off debts? ”

This Zhu Shunshui has an international vision in the end, and he knows that the emperor of Japan does not have to worry about the Tokugawa general worrying about his throne The income of the emperor is only tens of thousands of stones, which is not as good as a medium feudal lord, whoever wants to take this throne will take it, seal a hundred thousand stones, and the emperor Lao Tzu will also find a katana on his shoulder and change his career to become a samurai!

Hearing Zhu Shunshui say this, Liu Jinzhong had no choice but to nod, "Then let's do it, don't worry about debts, anyway, as long as the Ming Dynasty does not die, debts can always be carried from generation to generation." Maybe it can really be fixed forever, and the debt will be built forever! ”

Li Zhongshan smiled: "That's it!" Now the King of the South, the King of Zhong, the King of Wings, and the King of the Wing, have all supported the "Original Law of the Ming Dynasty", and now with the support of the King of the North, you can vote for the original law today, and elect the general tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, we can invite His Royal Highness the King to ascend the throne together! ”

Enthronement?

Liu Jinzhong and Zhu Shunshui sighed, and said in their hearts: Is that the enthronement? It's obviously a debt-on-deck!

Tens of millions of debts. Take your time!

Liu Jinzhong and Zhu Shunshui felt sorry for the third prince of Zhu who was going into debt, but the third prince Zhu himself was looking forward to carrying these tens of millions of debts day and night!

He doesn't care what kind of "dedication to the emperor" or "debt emperor", as long as there is an emperor who can be the emperor.

Maybe the debt emperor is better than the emperor!

He has been mixed with the bottom, he has borrowed debts, and he has also saved money to pay off debts. I know that the life of debt is not easy, and I have also seen the means of debt collection. But he's not afraid! Because as long as he becomes the emperor, no one dares to force him to repay his debts by means, and he can always owe, ow, and owe, and maybe he will be in debt forever, for thousands of years.

If Emperor Xian owes tens of millions of taels of silver to the world's scholars, Cao Pi would not dare to usurp the throne. To usurp the throne is to be the enemy of the clan of the world!

Therefore, the third prince of Zhu is not afraid of debts at all, the more debts, the better!

If he can owe him hundreds of millions, then the third prince of Zhu is not worried that someone has usurped the throne for hundreds of millions, who will pay it!

Since it can't be repaid, it can only be carried by the Zhu Ming Dynasty from generation to generation. The more debts he carried, the more stable the Zhu Ming Dynasty became.

Whoever dares to overthrow Zhu Ming, then the creditors of the world will have to fight with him!

If the Apocalypse could leave Chongzhen a high-building debt back then, maybe Chongzhen's "Ming Debt Sect" has not yet been finished!

Therefore, the third prince of Zhu is not worried about having a lot of debts now, but he is afraid that he will not have a chance to go into debt

Therefore, during this period of time, the parliamentary meeting set the original law and elected the general, but the third prince of Zhu was in a hurry, and he put on a dragon robe every day and waited in the prison mansion, waiting to be embraced by the ministers and put on debt!

Wait, wait, wait, I almost suspect that Li Zhongshan wants to take on his debts. Suddenly, his beloved concubine Yang Ziyun cheered: "It's coming, it's coming."

"Who's coming?" Third Prince Zhu's heart also became excited.

Yang Ziyun's voice was also a little trembling: "General Li, Chen Zhongtang, Lu Zhongtang, King Nan, King North, the advisors of the Yiwang Mansion joined the army, the long history of the Zhongwang Mansion, and Mr. Lizhou, Mr. Chuanshan, and Mr. Tinglin. There are also a lot of political officials and officials from the General's Mansion and Shangshu Province, they are here together! ”

"Thank goodness!" The third prince immediately understood what these people were doing here, and came to him to take on debts! It seems that Li Zhongshan is still loyal to Daming!

The Ming Dynasty can finally be restored, and it can finally go into debt, and the country will be forever!

Thinking of this, Zhu Cijiong, who was circling in the main hall, hurriedly ran back to the throne and sat down, posing as a virtuous lord who "must pay his debts".

As soon as the third prince of Zhu took a pose, a group of loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty were already in place, all of them were wearing the most formal court clothes, and Li Zhongshan, the leader, was still holding a persuasion form in his hand. He saw that the third prince Zhu in the main hall put on the dragon robe, and even the yellow robe was exempted, so he strode into the main hall, raised the persuasion table in his hand, and said loudly to the third prince Zhu: "His Royal Highness, the Restoration of the Ming Dynasty today's political conference unanimously agreed, and after the discussion with the ministers of the General's Mansion and Shangshu Province, it was also unanimously decided to nominate you as the son of tomorrow." Please don't shirk His Royal Highness, and ascend to the throne as soon as possible, so as to comfort the loyal and righteous people in the world! ”

Then, Li Yat-sen took another sharp breath and shouted loudly: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

(End of chapter)