Chapter 103: The Court Controversy (II)

Yinzuo and Suo Etu are "old friends", they often deal with each other on weekdays, don't see the face is all giggling and harmonious, but in my heart I understand that if I don't completely overthrow the opponent, I won't have a good life of my own, and the big guy has fought a few times across the mountain, and Suo Etu has not ended up well, but this does not mean that Suo Etu is a benzene egg, in fact, as the first minister in the study, Suo Etu still has two brushes, or the old man Kangxi would not let him be the minister of power for nearly 30 years.

Strategically, you can despise your opponent, but tactically you have to value your opponent. Lao Mao's words are not wrong at all, Yinzuo still attaches great importance to Suo Etu, the old fox, and has done enough homework, at this moment, when he saw Suo Etu jump out, there was a trace of puzzlement in his heart - as the chief minister, how could he be so unbreathable and come out so early, could it be that there is some special magic weapon to win? On his face, he said with a smile: "I don't know if Lord Suo has any questions, this king is trying his best to explain." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, King Yijun's excerpt is really well written, the old minister has seen it, but there are some questions that I don't understand, and the old minister's heart is uneasy." Suo Etu said with a sincere face.

Can't? Aren't you old fox daring now? Hey, long insight? If there's a fart, let it go. Yinzuo scolded the old fox in his heart, but the smile on his face did not change: "Lord Suo, please speak." ”

"Well, okay, the old minister does have a few questions, the plan on this fold is huge, and there are a lot of silver taels to be used, and now the situation of the treasury wants to come to King Yijun, I don't know where King Yijun plans to find so much silver to do such a big thing?" Suo Etu rubbed his beard and smiled, looking like an old fox.

Depend on! The old guy's vision is really vicious, the first question is the fatal wound of this fold, yes, the funds to be used in this full plate plan are terrifying, just the start-up capital has to have three or four hundred taels of silver, and the follow-up investment is even more astronomical, until the entire plan is completed, there is no thirty or forty million taels of silver can not be done at all, even a few years ago when the treasury was abundant There is a certain degree of difficulty in operating this plan, not to mention that the treasury is empty at this time, and the old man is still thinking about conquering Geldan again, It's really difficult to get a lot of money to do sea freight.

Hey, businessmen don't have any status these days, if you put forward a shareholding system, attract businessmen to buy shares or something nonsense, it is definitely looking for death - grain is the lifeblood of the country, how can it be handed over to private hands, a big hat that is grandiose will be buttoned down, and there is no place to be hit by the old man's board, but let's change another way to say it.

Yin Zuo said happily: "What Master Suo said is very true, nothing can be done without money, this king has calculated the account, the whole plan needs a total of 30 or 40 million taels of silver, even if the start plan is to say the least, there must be 400 taels of silver, it is difficult to be difficult, but it is not impossible to solve." According to the plan, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Qingdao, Tianjin, Jinling will each set up a wharf, these five places originally have wharves, although small but also available, the plan began to slightly repair and use for the time being, and then expand in the future, this part of the cost is about 500,000 taels of silver. Although the formation of the fleet takes a little longer, it can be put into use while building ships, and it is not necessary to wait until a complete fleet is formed, so that it can also train sailors by the way, and the cost of this part is higher, and it is about two million taels of silver, which means that the start part of the plan only needs two and a half million taels. ”

"But the imperial court can't come up with so much silver for a while, and even if the shipbuilding drawings are available, who will build them? Could it be that Lord Cheng Yi will play tricks? Suo Etu pressed forward step by step, and did not relax in the slightest.

"Master Suo doesn't need to worry, this king has a way - to exchange donations for salt. There is nothing more important in the world than salt and iron, so the two things are exclusively sold by the imperial court. If the private sale of salt and iron is opened, it will inevitably disrupt the financial revenue, but this king has no such worries in this law: first, to limit the qualifications of participants, the first must be the imperial merchants. Secondly, the number of participants is limited, no more than five, and participants must pay a deposit first. Third, bidding, the highest price wins, fourth, the time limit, the imperial court sells salt is only an expedient measure, and the time limit is two years. Fifth, it is stipulated that those who possess salt quotations are not allowed to transfer salt quotations privately, and can only sell them separately according to the areas divided by the imperial court.

As for the construction of ships, there is no need to worry, the existing shipyards of the Ministry of Industry are indeed not enough to undertake this heavy task, but this king has been interested by chance a few years ago, but there is also a shipyard that is not small, and it is enough to recruit more people to undertake this task, and the imperial court can purchase ships in installments. Specifically, the imperial court only needs to pay a deposit of 30% in advance, and the shipyard can start construction; When the ship is halfway built, the imperial court will pay another forty percent; After the completion of the ship, the final payment will be paid when the acceptance is qualified. As a result, the imperial court invested no more than 1,000,000 taels of silver in shipbuilding in advance, about 800,000 taels of silver for repairing the old wharf and building a new wharf, and no more than 500,000 taels of silver for the establishment of customs and even the training of sailors and officers and soldiers. Do you still have questions? ”

Yinzuo's tirade is not unusual for future generations, but it is just those tricks such as installment payment and public fundraising, but it will be fresh when it is brought up at this time, as soon as Yinzuo finished speaking, the court ministers below immediately began to discuss, and the buzzing sound was loud.

Suo Etu frowned when he heard this, he didn't believe that Yinzuo's move was all out of public intentions, but he couldn't find the loophole in Yinzuo's words for a while, and he couldn't understand the intention of Yinzuo's actions, so he continued after a while: "Whether this method can be done or not, regardless of whether this package is feasible or not, it involves a wide range of things that I have never seen before, if there is a slight discord, I am afraid that it will have a great impact, and I must not be careless, the old minister thinks that this matter still needs to be pondered, Even if it is really to be implemented, it must be in charge of the court officials who are old and serious, I don't know what King Yijun thinks? ”

Depend on! This damn old fox finally showed that big tail, hehe, old and heavy? Damn, isn't that just yourself? If you want to grab the class and seize power, there is no way, it is difficult to become Lao Tzu who has been busy for a long time, and your old boy picked the peaches with a word. But I think about it in my heart, I can't say it, Suo Etu's words sound high-sounding, it's really hard to answer, Yinzuo's eyes rolled, and he said happily: "Lord Suo is reasonable, but this king thinks that who will be in charge of this matter is not the key, the key is that this matter is trivial, the affairs are complicated, in short, people in charge must not only be familiar with the overall plan, but also have strong energy, otherwise it is difficult to bear this heavy responsibility, I don't know what Lord Suo thinks?" ”

"Hehe, what King Yijun said is, reasonable, reasonable." Suo Etu had a smile on his face, and there was no embarrassment at all after the trick was discovered.

Suo Etu just retreated, and the old man Miao Tong jumped out again, this old man was a little too square, his knowledge was good, but it was not a good material for being an official, he had been a Hanlin all his life, and he couldn't tolerate anything contrary to the ancestral teachings in his eyes, and he began to make trouble at this time: "The old minister thought that the king of Yijun was against the ancestral teachings, grandstanding, ingenious and obscene, and contrary to the way of the sage to govern the world, it was not the blessing of the court, and the old minister thought that the saint was fooled to reject this fold." ”

The old man Kangxi looked at Yinzuo with a smile and said, "What is Xiao Liu'er's explanation for this?" ”

Alas, what kind of fun did this old master run out to join, it's really antique, mother, an old antique. Yin Zuo scolded secretly in his heart, but he didn't dare to say anything on his face, after all, although this old master is a young official, he is the teacher of all elder brothers, and he still has to talk about respecting teachers. Yin Zuo groaned slightly: "Back to Emperor Ama's words, Erchen thinks that although Master Miao's words are reasonable, Erchen has another opinion. But where the holy monarch rules the world is not to the people, now a stone of grain from the place of origin to the capital of the country, its price is more than four times the place of origin, in order to pass on the endowment, the quota of one stone, often levy 3 to 4 stones, and even as high as 7 to 8 stones. The resulting arrears of grain, prison lawsuits, and "warehouse troubles" have emerged one after another, which is really a major malpractice. If you follow this fold, a stone of grain will be transported from the production area to Beijing, and its price will only be twice as much, which greatly reduces the Cao endowment and is reasonable with the people. In addition, the development of river canals and water conservancy can not only benefit the original fields for irrigation, but also give them an additional tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, which can not only resettle Caoding, but also increase the income of the state treasury. ”

At this point, the second and eldest factions have made moves, but they have all been easily resolved by Yinzuo, although the third is a master of black boxing, he can get benefits, and he will be happy to make a fortune at this time, his family of people and horses are watching the excitement without moving, and the old eight and the gang saw that the old man Kangxi had already moved, and he would not come out to stir up trouble, just like that, there was a strange silence in the court.

Although the old man Kangxi said that he was moved, but after all, this matter is not small, and it is not something that can be done by debating in the court, and after arguing for a long time, it has long passed the time for lunch, and the big guys are also tired, and the old man passed down the will, so that the courtiers each wrote a letter to suggest, and he also retired from the court.

Success is in sight, Yinzuo is very proud, on the way back, he laughed in the big sedan chair, not to mention how happy, but after returning to the palace, Yinzuo couldn't laugh......

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