0928 The feast begins
Both auctions were very successful and all lots were swept away! But interestingly, the Tianjin auction sold twice as much as the Jingshi auction!
The reason for this is simple, it is because the audiences on both sides are different! The Jingshi auction is full of high-ranking families, and they are all familiar with each other, and they are even in-laws! So no matter whether they meet something they like or not, when someone expresses a strong desire, they will not risk offending each other and pay a high price, and they both have a little affection for each other!
And the merchant is different here! Their status is already low, and the only thing that can show their identity is the amount of silver! So when they encounter something they like, they will not hesitate to put down a large amount of silver and bid for each other! Even if you offend the other party, you don't hesitate! After all, everyone is a businessman, and they only rely on silver to speak, which is why this kind of scene occurs!
This situation on the scene is also surprising, because these businessmen have donated a lot more silver than Liu Haojia's plan! And there is no doubt that all this silver will enter the household, but in the end, it is indeed Liu Haojia who will benefit! Look at the book
Because now Liansheng Bank has been rolled out in Daming, the remote exchange bills he issued have been recognized by the whole country! There are even some local governments that have transferred the matter of paying taxes to Liansheng Bank! They directly deposited the tax money into Liansheng Bank in their own jurisdiction, and then sent two people with silver tickets to deliver directly to the Jingshi Household Department! There is a handling fee, but the cost is much less than before!
Now that nearly 10 million taels of silver have suddenly appeared in the Jingshi, such a large-scale capital flow, Liansheng Bank must participate in it! As long as you can go to the first place, it will form a routine, and slowly you will control the flow of funds in the court! At that time, Liansheng Bank will be the central bank of Daming, and Daming's finance will be Liu Haojia's final say!
But his idea was met with strong resistance from some people led by Zhang Juzheng! Although they don't understand the truth, they rely on the instinct of officials to feel that there must be something wrong here! So the cabinet has always restricted the development of Liansheng Bank!
However, the imperial court did not have the funds and manpower to build a national bank, so it could only cautiously try to cooperate with Liansheng Bank to minimize the risk!
Now Liu Haojia is looking forward to completely embedding Liansheng Bank into the operation of the imperial court through this large-scale capital flow! But it takes time, it takes operation!
The first thing the court did after harvesting a large sum of silver this time was to make up for the arrears of officials, and also gave a lot of additional bonuses! This is naturally praised by hundreds of officials! Everyone said that the Cabinet had done a great thing!
Then Zhang Juzheng issued another order to approve all the water conservancy and road projects that could not be started due to lack of funds! Now it's not as simple as shaking the government and the opposition, but the entire officialdom is celebrating! It's time to celebrate their good days!
At the same time, many localities have submitted petitions without waiting for the approval of the cabinet, demanding that the rivers in their jurisdictions be cleaned up and roads repaired! And a lot of weird requests! Some officials sent confidants to the Beijing division to dredge up relations, and some people rushed directly to the Beijing division in person!
When they saw the elders, they all complained about the rivers, roads, and bandits in their own jurisdiction! One by one, they burst into tears, as if the cabinet would not give them money to deal with these things, and the country would not be a country!
Although the elders are annoyed enough by these people, they are all feudal officials, and it is not easy to look at them! And these people came to Beijing because of the heart of serving the country, and it is not good to snub everyone's blood, so they naturally have to be appeased and entertained!
If you can't say it, you have to drink tea together, listen to music, and learn about the actual situation in various places by the way. Let's talk about the friendship between the two sides and try to pull a few people into your own faction! So for a while, the value of the singer of the Jingshi rose sharply!
With silver, the cabinet is not stingy! Zhang Juzheng and several cabinet bosses waved their pens, and the things reported by the local government were almost seventy percent agreed! The remaining thirty percent is because just looking at the book knows that it is nonsense, a project set up specifically to make money!
And such an official has already been recorded in a small book by them, so don't think about promotion in the future! If you make a mistake, you will be dismissed immediately! After all, now it's clear that you're going to write a book to cheat money, and as a result, you can't even make up a story, this
What's the use of such people staying in officialdom? I'm afraid it's specially used to do bad things and drag your own feet!
However, although the cabinet agreed to their request, it also made its own request! That is, when conscription and conscription are issued, it is necessary to ensure that all the peasant households are fed and clothed, and if they are sick, they can see a doctor, and no one can die! Otherwise, you will be held accountable!
But even with such strict conditions, the officials below still happily agreed! The reason for this is very simple, anyway, there is enough silver sent down from it, so what if you can feed those mud-legged people? Not yet a large sum of money has flowed into their pockets!
The civil officials had a reason to ask for money, and the military attachés were naturally unwilling to be taken away by the civil officials in vain, so they also submitted their scripts, either sent their families, or personally went to Beijing to explain their reasons for asking for money, and the reasons were similar to those of the civil officials!
Although it is said that the arrears over the years have been made up, the cabinet must give a reward as compensation for all these years of hard work, right? And the equipment that has been lacking over the years must be made up, right? The guns need to be replaced, right? The side walls must be repaired, and the armor of the soldiers must be replaced! War horses are too old, and they have to purchase a batch! The reasons listed are so numerous that people can't bear to refuse!
In particular, these military attaches are often called vulgar by civilian officials, so this time they have completely let go and brought their characteristics to the extreme!
Honestly pulled the Shangguan, pleaded earnestly, and even burst into tears! It also depicted countless examples of the hard struggle of the soldiers to the officers! The eloquent ones can say that those civil officials have tears in their eyes, and they can't be moved!
The worse ones directly sprinkled and beaten, sat in the yamen and laid the floor, and rolled in the yamen, so that the civil officials could not work at all! What's even more confused, they actually directly claimed that I would give you as many kickbacks as you proportionate how much money you set aside, and they were directly kicked out by those civil officials!
But fortunately, the cabinet also knows the truth that a bowl of water is level, and it makes no sense that the civil officials eat with their mouths full of oil, and the military attaches look at it with their eyes! That's why I gave them a lot of money! It's just that unlike civil officials, the silver needed for general civil officials to report is basically not discounted, while military attaches have to be discounted!