Cutting 1719

Chapter 421
"In addition to the benefits of trade itself, the central bank itself has some other preferential measures for the shogunate. Please let the governor of the central bank briefly introduce it."

After Ning Zhonghai finished speaking, he pointed to Deng Boran, the governor of the Central Bank of Dachu, who was next to him, and Deng Boran also bowed slightly to Tokugawa Yoshimune to show his respect.

In the eyes of the original shogunate, Deng Boran looked gentle and poetic, and seemed to be a young scholar, but he couldn't connect with such an important role as the governor of the central bank, and he felt somewhat astonished.

As the right-hand man of Ning Zhongxin, the former chairman of the Huguang Chamber of Commerce, Deng Boran is not as simple as it seems on the surface. In fact, no matter in terms of experience or talent, Deng Boran, who is now in his early thirties, has performed excellently in banking work .

"My lord, if the shogunate uses the current gold and silver coins in our country as the basis of currency, the Central Bank of Dachu will provide the shogunate with an annual seigniorage tax of 50 silver dollars, 100 million silver dollars a year after ten years, and 300 million yuan of unlimited money. interest rate loan amount.”

When Deng Boran said '50 yuan' and '300 million yuan', the eyes of the shogunate monarchs and ministers all widened. You must know that this is not a small number. However, it is only 450 million shi. Once this money is available, the financial situation of the shogunate will be effectively improved.

Although Tokugawa Yoshimune still maintained a calm look on his face, his fingers tapped his joints lightly, from which it can be seen that he is not so calm in his heart.

With such a sum of money, there will be an extra 50 yuan every year in the future, and after ten years, it will rise to 100 million silver dollars, which can completely improve the financial situation of the shogunate.In addition, there is an interest-free loan of 300 million yuan, which is a heart-pounding surprise.

"If this is the case, it's not that the right to issue currency cannot be given to you. It's just that the general is a little worried. If the Chinese government issues depreciated currency in the future, won't Japan be burdened by your country?"

Tokugawa Yoshimune is still quite capable, and he saw what was wrong in it all at once.

Strictly speaking, if Ning Chu really did this, it would indeed cause this kind of impact, but the problem is that the Japanese shogunate has been doing this all year round, so it is really shameless to talk like this.

Deng Boran smiled slightly, "It's not unreasonable for the general to be worried, but this envoy reminds the general that if the financial resources of the two countries are compared, which one is bigger and which one is smaller?"

"Naturally, China is big and Japan is small."

Tokugawa Yoshimune seemed to understand, and immediately answered honestly.

Deng Boran nodded, and said in a low voice: "Based on the financial resources of the two countries, it is natural that our Great Chu is ten times larger than the shogunate. After our Great Chu dominates the world, it may be twenty times or even a hundred times. If Great Chu depreciates the currency, How much the loss in Japan is, the loss in our Great Chu is a hundred times more."

Although what he said was such a truth, it still made the shogunate monarchs and ministers hear it a little strangely.

For Tokugawa Yoshimune, his greatest mission is not to prosper Japan, but to expand the Tokugawa family. Therefore, he needs to do everything possible to prevent the Tokugawa family from falling down. However, Ning Chu is now from another The angle provided Tokugawa Yoshimune with a choice. He did not need to make concessions in the affairs of the vassal state, nor did he need to make concessions in the national system and national character, but only handed over the right to mint coins.

It seems that this is indeed a very suitable business!

In fact, this is also what Ning Zhonghai is curious about. Ning Yu doesn't seem to care about these face-saving things at all. On the contrary, he is not willing to give in to the actual interests.

In Ning Yu's own words, it is to live life with real things, and no matter how well the face is done, it can't cover up the real problem.

Just like Tokugawa Yoshimune, he is thrifty and thrifty, loves the people like a son, and has a good reputation among the people-but what's the use?He can't change the shogunate without money. If he doesn't change it, he will still choose to follow the old path of the generals collecting money from the people in the future.

In fact, Ning Yu’s prediction was not wrong. In the original history, Tokugawa Yoshimune, a well-known general, also chose to recast currency and plunder wealth from the Japanese people when the enjoyment reform was unsustainable. The policy of increasing the annual tribute was also implemented, which led to the intensification of civil conflicts.

Therefore, Ning Yu is unwilling to be such a good emperor on the bright side. Being a good emperor can't solve any problems. Only by choosing to expand his strength abroad and plunder resources can he really feed back to the people and truly change the situation of the people effectively. .

After hesitating for a while, Tokugawa Yoshimune finally chose to agree, but when he looked at the gold and silver coins in his hand, especially when the portrait of Ning Yu was on it, he euphemistically made a request, that is, Can you draw your own face on the currency issued by Japan?

After all, it is a currency issued in Japan, and the man on it is the emperor of Ningchu. No matter how you think about it, there is something wrong with it!
As for whether or not to draw the head of His Majesty the Emperor, Tokugawa Yoshimune had no such idea at all. If he painted the head of His Majesty the Emperor, it would be better as it is now!
However, this proposal still made Ning Zhonghai a little bit difficult. After all, this matter is related to the national system, and it is not so easy to make a decision. However, when Ning Zhonghai was hesitating, Deng Boran nodded and agreed, because this matter Ning Yu I've already vaccinated him, so it's okay if I really have this request, the actual benefit is the most important thing.

After the two parties finally reached an agreement, Ning Zhonghai, as a representative, formally exchanged credentials with Tokugawa Yoshimune, and signed his own name, which can be regarded as a preliminary agreement on cooperation. .

Capital, New Year's Eve.

Before the 59th year of Kangxi, every New Year's Eve, the inside and outside of the capital would become extremely lively. No matter what it looked like on weekdays, on this day, fireworks and firecrackers were everywhere, but it was a scene of prosperity.

However, after the 59th year of Kangxi, the entire capital no longer had the atmosphere of that year. The impact of the war spread from the court to the rivers and lakes. The life of the people is getting worse day by day.

Now it is snowing heavily, and there are few pedestrians on the road. Only in the alleys of the eastern suburbs, a man wearing an old cotton padded jacket has an extremely heavy face. He is carrying a small sack on his back, one foot deep and one shallow. Stepping on the snow with their feet on the ground, they made "creak" and "creak" sounds from time to time.

When the man walked into a small house inside, there was a little more smile on his face, and then he knocked on the door knocker. When the door opened, there were two young children aged six or seven, dressed in The padded coat, which was considered decent, threw itself into the man's arms with a cheer.

"Ama, Ama!"

"Ama is back!"

The man picked up the two young children, but his eyes were red. His name was Chang Ling. He was originally a man under the Xiangbai Banner. Later, after traveling south with Kangxi, he escaped with his life and joined the Eight Banners The new army, to participate in the training of the new army.

During the period of participating in the training of the Eight Banners New Army, although the other Eight Banners disciples were very idle, not to mention going home every day, they even sent people to come to Yingmao, but Chang Ling has always been extremely self-disciplined. When they were paid, they seldom returned home, which was a new thing in the Eight Banners New Army.

When Chang Ling carried the two children and the small sack into the inner room, a woman came up to meet her. She first took the sack, and after feeling the weight, she murmured, "Why are you getting older?" Come less and less."

Chang Ling's footsteps froze for a moment, but then he pretended he hadn't heard, changed his cotton padded coat, and walked into a room further inside. He saw an old man lying on the bed in the inner room, drooling from the corner of his mouth, his whole body There is an aura of decay and decay in people.

"Ama, my son is back!"

Chang Ling knelt down on the ground, kowtowed a few times towards the old man, and then, regardless of the old man's reaction, got up to prop up the old man's body, then went out to fetch a bucket of water, and began to wipe the old man's body.

"Ama, the thieves from the south have already conquered the southwest. I heard from your lord that the northern expedition will be launched next year."

Chang Ling was wiping the old man's legs and feet while chattering, and although the old man could hear and see, he opened his mouth, but there were only a few monotonous syllables, and he couldn't utter a complete sentence at all.

Changling looked as if he had long been used to it, and sighed in a low voice: "Ama, the emperor said that we will all go to the battlefield next year. We will fight for the Qing Dynasty, and we will also fight for the Eight Banners! My son has already made up his mind. I'm afraid this battle is destined to be shrouded in horse leather!"

The old man was a little excited when he heard Chang Ling's words, he made a ho-ho sound, but he couldn't say a word, but the corners of his eyes were moist, and a few tears flowed out.

"Hey, we men are not people who are afraid of death. I heard people say how terrifying those traitors are, but my son has thought about it too. When this gun comes over—snap!"

Changling made a gesture in front of his chest, "At most, the chest is just a hole. If you are unfortunately hit by that cannon, it will be a lot of fun, and the death will be clean and painless."

The old man just listened quietly, but slowly muttered a sentence from his mouth, but the words were still in fragments and did not form a sentence at all. Chang Ling had to listen carefully, just listening, but from the old man's mouth Li heard what seemed to be a saying that had been circulating for a long time.

"Eight and Eight Banners are not.full.ten thousand,full."

After Changling listened to it, he couldn't help showing a wry smile. My old man thought it was the time when he was flattening the San Francisco. Why? , or Chu Ni is dissatisfied with ten thousand and invincible!

Calculated according to the current establishment of the Fuhan Army, the number of a full-scale division is exactly 1, and the Qing army has never been able to get any advantage when facing a full-scale division of the Fu-Han Army on the battlefield. After repeated defeats, the phrase Chu Ni is dissatisfied and invincible is becoming more and more popular.

For the current generals of the Qing army, when they encounter a regiment of the Fuhan Army, they usually have a certain chance, but when facing a reorganized division, they often have to avoid the sharp edge—otherwise, once they wait until the Fuhan Army The tactics of the Han army encircled and unfolded, and a piece of meat was bitten off if they didn't pay attention.

After serving the old man, Changling kowtowed his head to represent his fulfillment of filial piety, and then he left the small room, changed into a suit of clothes, and had a sumptuous reunion dinner with his wife and children.

Although it is rich, it is actually just an extra meat dish compared to the usual vegetarian dishes. No one dared to move the chopsticks first with the few pitiful pieces of meat on top, until Chang Ling sandwiched them between two. In the son's bowl, they ate happily.

At night, after Chang Ling had put his two sons to sleep, he spent a moment with the woman and enjoyed the short warm time of these few.

"I got some money back this time, you should have seen it all."

"Well, 12 taels of silver."

The woman's face was somewhat puzzled, she had never seen her husband get back so much money, and she was somewhat surprised.

"That's my money, that's all."

Changling sighed softly, and said with a wry smile: "Tomorrow, you take the child and go to Shengjing. I have already told the adults, you can survive."

The woman didn't have any opinions, and she was a little startled when she heard this. She quickly understood, and her face became extremely pale.

Changling didn't intend to explain further, and said softly, "As long as you can support these two children, it's up to you if you remarry in the future. As long as you can support the two children."

"What about Amma?" The woman asked the first sentence.

There was a trace of pain on Chang Ling's face, "Ama is also suffering when she is alive, and I will solve it. You will take the child away tomorrow, and there is still time to leave now. Next year, I am afraid it will be too late."

With the sound of a loud cock crowing, the faint light from the sky penetrated the room, like a ray of silver spilled in, but at this moment, the warmth in the room was gone. In front of the table, there is a dagger with a cold light in front of him.

When the rooster sings, the world is white, and the third year of Yongzheng has come.

(End of this chapter)