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Chapter 769 Your Highness, The Golden Phoenix Sends You Happy
There are not many choices left for Jia Liu.

Either go back on his word and take back his boast, continue to reach out to the finance minister, asking for money in various names, and he is determined not to open the job if the money does not arrive in the account.

Anyway, the military power is in his hands, he is really bad, the old rich and seductive uncle can still make another great general and king.

Or it is to pay for the project project out of pocket, and let the major engineering teams entering the site do it first.

At present, once the project funds are paid in, there is basically no possibility of recycling.

Since ancient times, military disasters are better than natural disasters.

The land of Huguang has been so troubled by the Xinghan army, and it won't be able to recover in ten or eight years.

The reason why Jia Liu wanted to resolve the matter peacefully was because he knew that the common people could not bear the suffering of war disasters.

Although the Xinghan army had not caused too much damage to the people since they entered Huguang, the number of civilians died as a result of the military chaos was as many as 10, and the property lost was countless.

These objective facts cannot be changed by human will.

It's not something that you, Gu Shidao, can restrain with a word, nor can Jia Liu change it with a word.

If there is no peaceful settlement and the use of force, Jia Liu believes that even if he can't wipe out the Xinghan army in a short period of time with his years of deployment, half a year is enough to restore local order.

But in that case, the price would be the loss of at least one million soldiers and civilians, and the fate of hundreds of miles in the red land.

Direct economic losses may be as high as hundreds of billions.

Because in a hurry, who cares about military discipline, who cares about disturbing the people, who cares about the life and death of the people, who cares about the future of the city.

Your life matters.

The unbearable deeds of the surrendered soldiers who surrendered have already illustrated this fact.

The Qing army itself was not much better.

If it weren't for Jia Liu's pressure, his second cousin Urshibalan would have massacred the city.

This time he went to Huguang, Jia Liu did not use his own fame and fortune as the criterion for judging, but the survival of the people as the recovery plan.

The biggest difference between him and this era is that he always has the people in his heart, and everything he does is from the perspective of the people, not from his own perspective.

If you want to be selfish, millions or even tens of millions of lives will be exchanged for your own imperial robe, and Jia Liu will do what he says.

Anyway, the Qing Dynasty now has a population of more than 3 million, and tens of millions of deaths are nothing more than a fraction.

In the two lifetimes, Jia Liu has harmed many people, but he has not harmed the common people!
No matter where you go, you always speak standard Mandarin: "Old fellow!"

Always carry a handful of candy with you, too.

In view of this, a political solution is naturally preferable to a military one.

The prerequisite for a political solution is banknotes.

Jia Liu did not have such a large sum of money.

He can really take out tens of millions of taels of banknotes at one time, which shows that he has long been full-fledged, and has made substantial breakthroughs in industrialization and maritime trade, so why is he busy with a hammer here and a stick here.

The reason why Lao Ji and Accountant Li kept silent was that they both thought that the prince might choose to lie flat.

Even if the court doesn't give money, he won't fight this battle.

Sure enough, after contemplating for a long time, the prince said slowly: "Before the expedition, this king and the relevant staff have formulated a military plan for the Huguang battle. The plan proposes three stages, that is, to counter the rebellion in three steps. Now It seems that the goal of the first step has not only been achieved, but has even been exceeded, so... this king thinks it’s all right, and we can wait until the end of the new year to talk about anything.”

The implication is that Lao Ji's work here will be suspended first, and he will continue when he has money.

Anyway, I have recovered 29 counties for the Qing Dynasty. With this feat, how many of the masters of the portraits in Ziguang Pavilion can catch up with him?
The top three Fu Heng, Zhao Hui, and Ban Di may still be able to play some games, but the following ones are basically not enough.

Of course, Jia Liu had reasons for thinking this way.

After all, the Chinese New Year is almost here, and after the Chinese New Year is over, the Qing Dynasty will enter a new fiscal year, when all provinces and taxes will be handed over, and the old rich will be able to move around.

Rather than let the financial funds of the new fiscal year be squandered by the rich, it is better to come and feed yourself.

In the current Qing Dynasty, is there anything more important than calming the chaos?

"May I ask the specific content of the first step of the prince?"

Lao Ji didn't know the military plan for the Huguang Battle. As the minister of the Ministry of War and the director of the United Front Office, it was necessary for him to find out carefully.

Jia Liu said casually: "It is to be invincible first."

"Oh?"

Lao Ji seemed to understand something, and asked weakly: "If you don't gamble, you don't lose?"

Jia Liu praised happily: "This is the truth. After all, a scholar has a high level of education and a good understanding."

"Your Highness is wise!"

Lao Ji and Accountant Li looked at each other: I'll just say it, the prince is shameless again.

If you don't fight, of course you won't lose!

Jia Liu's sixth sense is stronger here, and he couldn't help looking at the two suspiciously: "Why do I feel that you two are a bit duplicity, saying that this king is wise in your mouth, but calling him shameless in your heart?"

"This"

Lao Ji and Accountant Li still used the old saying: "The prince is wise!"

"Ok?"

Jia Liu was not happy, nor was he scolded. He said in a half-baked voice: "It's not that I'm shameless. As the old saying goes, the emperor does not send hungry soldiers, but a clever woman can't cook without rice. I have no money, so why fight?"

The situation is such a situation, but Lao Ji thinks that it is not a good thing for the prince to choose to lie flat. The current situation is at a good time. If we don't strike while the iron is hot and win Wuchang, I am afraid that there will be many dreams.

Although it is a civil war between the son-in-law and the son-in-law, it is not a good thing for the son-in-law if the father-in-law is too strong.

Even if the two parties still want to sit down and talk together in the future, they still have to knock out a few of the old man's teeth.

For this reason, please think twice.

"Think twice? It's useless to think twice. If you want to do something, you must have money. If you don't have money, what to do! You tell me to think twice, why don't you think twice, and think of a way to solve this big problem of no money for this king."

Jia Liu was not happy that Lao Ji's thinking could not be consistent with him, and they all said that those who are close to ink are black, but how can you see that Lao Ji's old-fashioned critique has not yet reached the point.

But Lao Ji said that there is no way, it depends on whether the prince is willing.

Jia Liu said in a muffled voice: "As long as I don't let the king sell himself, everything is easy to talk about."

Lao Ji said that there is only one way right now, and that is to make a big donation in Huguang.

There is a basis for large donations. First, the imperial court has always been short of money and will sell officials. Second, after the Xinghan Army made such a fuss, Huguang's civil servants were reduced by 80.00%.

It is conservatively estimated that at least 1 provincial-level officials, [-] department-level officials, [-] department-level officials, [-] section-level officials, and [-] unit-level cadres have vacancies.

Taking Hubei as an example, there is a shortage of the second-in-command political envoy in the first province, and the two political officers below Li accountant concurrently have one, and there is still a vacancy for the right to participate in political affairs.

There are vacancies for all the senators below the political participation, according to provincial-level units such as the Procuratorate, Xuezheng Yamen, etc., there are generally more than [-]% of the vacancies.

Not to mention the prefecture and county.

The province of Hunan is the hardest-hit area. From the governor to the chief of Baojia, there is no one from the Qing Dynasty, and it is completely thieves.

On the side of the Governor's Office of Huguang, the highest leader of the two provinces, except for Governor Bo who was on the road, there was not even a ghost of the following large and small teams.

Therefore, at this time, let go of large donations and sell the provinces, prefectures, prefectures, and county officials with real power, and you will definitely earn a lot of money.

Moreover, a large donation at this time can also be sold at a good price. After all, under the personal guidance of the prince, the Qing soldiers recovered 29 county towns and achieved the best situation since the bandit rebellion, which greatly encouraged the gentry and rich in Huguang. Households and local tyrants.

"Director Ji's method is good, it can solve the urgent need of the prince!"

Accountant Li supported the proposal of selling an official. After all, the prince had done this matter in Beijing, and he was also responsible for the specific implementation, and he was very familiar with it.

As long as the prince lets go, he can immediately handle it.

At that time, paying the money with one hand and taking the letter of appointment with the other hand, several million taels is nothing to worry about, and I can also earn some from it, so why not do it.

Not thinking about it, the prince shook his head: "No, what is the difference between this king and Qianlong if he does this?"

Lao Ji was taken aback, thinking that you have sold the officials of the Ministry of Officials until the 58th year of Qianlong, and this will be reversed.

What greeted us was the prince's accusatory gaze: "In the future, it is best to talk about your dissatisfaction with this king. What's the matter if you are bored in your heart? If you don't say it, what will I do to you?"

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Ji Yun remained silent.

In fact, Lao Ji misunderstood the prince. The officials he sold in the Ministry of Officials were not officials with real power in essence, and many of them were power committees.

So even if it was sold until the 58th year of Qianlong, the loss would only be the income from selling officials in the Qing Dynasty in the future, and there would be no harm to the local people.

However, as Lao Ji said, if the powerful officials in Huguang were to be sold, and the provincial, prefectural, and prefectural and county-level packages were auctioned off, the nature would be serious.

Even if you think about it with your ass, you know that the people have just suffered from military disasters, and soon they will suffer from government disasters.

If you spend money to buy an official, you can't earn your investment back?
They are all poor and white, why don't they try their best to exploit the people.

Therefore, it is not advisable.

Moreover, Jia Liu also wanted to build Huguang into another big Jia family province after Sichuan and Zhili, how could he be so nonsense.

Just as he was hesitating, Lao Chen's people came.

They didn't come empty-handed, and they brought 30 taels of silver to Prince Rui.

Jia Liu couldn't help being shocked: "Old Chen is so particular? Why give me 20 taels so well?"

Accountant Li corrected: "My lord, the gift is 30 taels."

"Didn't I give him 10 taels, one reduction and one deduction, wouldn't it be 20 taels?"

Jia Liu wondered if you, an accountant, would settle accounts.

Accountant Li was speechless: "My lord, your 10 taels is just a bad check, and I haven't paid it yet."

"Is it?"

Jia Liu was a little embarrassed, and was about to ask Accountant Li to take the account away, when Lao Ji said "Oops", slapped his forehead fiercely, and his eyes lit up as if he had discovered the New World of America: "My lord, it's wrong, it's wrong !"

"What's wrong? I was surprised."

Jia Liu was a little annoyed by Lao Ji.

Lao Ji hurriedly said: "My lord, I'm saying that our way of working in the past was wrong! It's definitely wrong!"

"Ok?"

Jia Liu was puzzled, "Lao Ji, please explain clearly."

"My lord, what I mean by this official is that the current situation should not be spent by the lord, but that the lord should have a lot of money here!"

Lao Ji looked excited.

(End of this chapter)