Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1351 National Debt

Yudu.

Mingguo Building, eighth floor.

"They went too far!" Liu Jin was a little aggrieved, patted the desk, and said, "Is this the only way the imperial court used it? It's the same for Yuan Shao, and it's the same for us. Could it be that they look at the other side?" If the princes are not pleasing to the eye, can it be defined as rebellion?"

In the past, when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao went to war, they also used this edict. If they did not accept the imperial edict, they would naturally be rebellious. There is nothing wrong with this.

"exactly!"

Hu Zhao looked cold: "They have such power now. The Son of Heaven is in the hands of Cao Cao. Naturally, Cao Cao said who is a rebel to the court. Now they say that our Ming country is a rebellion, and our Ming country is a rebellion. At least the people in the world, They are all willing to believe in the imperial court!"

The ministers were slightly silent when they heard the words, and they looked at each other, and they could see the bitterness in each other's eyes.

Dahan's 400-year background is too profound.

Although the princes of all parties are independent and the great Han is in name only, it has to be admitted that all the people in the world are Han people, and [-]% to [-]% of them respect the emperor.

The advantage of relying on the emperor to make the princes is fully reflected at this time.

Now the emperor is in Xudu.

Naturally, whatever Xu Du said, that was what it was.

Xu has to accuse Mujing of a crime, don't be too easy, the imperial decree of the emperor represents the supreme holy will, under the holy will, disrespect is not rebellion, what is it.

"All right!"

Mu Jing smiled, and said: "Don't blame people for using old methods. As the so-called strategy is, you are not afraid to use old things. As long as it is suitable, it is enough. Now they have used this method to deal with us. It is just right. We are now It is indisputable that as long as Gu does not go to Xudu, he will be rebellious no matter what!"

"The trick is good, but it's a little too disgusting!" Xi Zhicai was also very calm. This result had been guessed before, but now it's just confirmed.

"Let's discuss how to deal with it. I'm afraid you won't need a long time for the army to suppress the border. If we don't respond in time, the border will be breached. At that time, the people of Ming Dynasty will suffer, and the hearts of the people will definitely be turbulent!"

Qin Song said quietly.

"Although the imperial court is powerful, not all the people in the world are ignorant. There is still a redemption to this matter!" Cai Yan said coldly: "At least in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the common people still support the king!"

In his capacity, what he said already shows that he has enough ability to stabilize the people's hearts in the Ming country, and will not let the Ming country fall into a state of self-disturbance without going to war. situation.

"The mobilization of our army has already begun. It is not difficult to mobilize our troops. First, our Ming Dynasty is the best in the world in road construction. In recent years, a lot of people have built roads. Get up, it is equivalent to opening up the connection between our four parties in the Ming Dynasty!"

Huang Zhong finally spoke, and he directly made up his mind on the military: "If the Privy Council is willing, within half a month, the two armies of the Zhaoming Army stationed in the west and the four main forces of the Jingping Army in our territory can be directly Transfer to the battlefield, but..."

He changed his voice, slightly bitter: "Even if our main force can be dispatched, it will be a big problem if the logistics can't be replenished, and the battle will become extremely difficult!"

When everyone heard the words, they instantly became a little deeper.

Fighting wars is always about national power and the productive forces of a country.

One-on-four, in military terms, the Ming army is not afraid of them, even if they fight head-on, the Ming army will naturally have enough fighting power for the master.

But once the logistics can't keep up, including food, ordnance, and other things, it can't keep up, then there will be big problems.

The Ming army has a great advantage, and part of this advantage is concentrated on advanced ordnance. With the ordnance equipment surpassing many princes, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army can steadily exceed half of them, but the ordnance will be consumed. This advantage can easily be lost if supplementation doesn't keep up.

In today's situation, the Ming army is definitely at a disadvantage in terms of strength.

Once the advantage of arms is lost, it will be in jeopardy.

So Huang Zhong had already started to prepare the logistics before he considered dispatching the main force, but the speed of the logistics progress was really not fast enough.

"In terms of logistics, urge the logistics department and the military industry department. Similarly, in terms of the political affairs hall, make way for the war at all costs!" Mu Jing was silent for a moment, and directly dismissed it.

"No!" Liu Jin and others accepted the order, but their expressions were not very good. The consumption of the war was too great, and they were afraid that the Ming Kingdom could not hold on.

Mujing could tell a little bit: "Are you nervous at the Zhengshitang?"

"Last year, I probably didn't think that this year would be such a big battle for the country. In many places, a lot of money was consumed. In addition, the establishment of Ming Dynasty was short, and during this period, we have been carrying out reforms and implementing the New Deal. Therefore, the Ming Kingdom has invested a lot in this area, but it has not yet reached a harvest season, so our treasury of Ming Kingdom is not as full as imagined, but rather empty!" Liu Jin told the truth, what he was doing was all for Zhaoming The cabinet's participation in politics is the decision-making level of the Ming Dynasty. There is nothing to hide. He said bitterly: "Partial wars can be fought, but wars that can destroy the country will not last long, and the treasury will be empty!"

"Kong Ming, what do you mean?" Mu Jing's eyes flickered when he heard this, and finally landed on Hu Zhao.

"There is no solution, it depends on whether the king is willing!"

Hu Zhao said.

"Say!" Mu Jing narrowed his eyes slightly, a little sharply.

"Mingfeng Bank!" Hu Zhao said: "As far as I know, the signboard of Mingfeng Bank alone is worth a year's tax revenue. If the king is willing to take out Mingfeng Bank, then we can easily Get through this financial crisis, and have enough money and food to support this battle!"

Over the years, Mingfeng Bank is like a rolling snowball, getting bigger and bigger, and even has enough power to shake the government, but it stays outside the court.

This already made Hu Zhao jealous.

The key point is that Mu Jing is on the bright side of taking charge of Mingfeng Bank, but secretly he knows that it will be Cai Yan in the future, and thinking that Cai Yan is in charge of Mingfeng, he feels a little restless.

But he never had a chance, and he didn't dare to act recklessly. After all, if this giant moved, the entire Ming Kingdom would be shaken.

Mu Jing also understood Hu Zhao's thoughts.

This person is dedicated to the public, but he doesn't have much selfishness. He joined forces with Cai Yan to persecute him before, but now he is on guard against Cai Yan. Everything is for the future development of the Ming Dynasty.

However, his vision is still a bit too short-sighted.

"Killing chickens to get eggs is not a good thing!" Mu Jing shook his head lightly.

At this juncture, many people are actually in turmoil. They don't even know whether the Ming Dynasty can hold on, especially the merchants. Merchants are very sensitive and have a strong interest in interests. Sometimes they are better at seeking good luck and avoiding bad luck.

The entanglement between Mingfeng Bank and merchants was too deep. Most of the large transactions were witnessed by Mingfeng Bank, and most of the funds went to Mingfeng Bank.

If Mingfeng Bank was brought back when people's hearts were unstable, no matter what happened in the future, this signboard would definitely be destroyed.

In Mujing's mind, Mingfeng Bank is equivalent to supporting the entire financial system of the Ming Dynasty. It will be a sharp knife for the development of the Ming country's economy in the future. How could he do such a thing.

"But Your Majesty, our Ming country is now in danger. If we can survive today's crisis, even if the Mingfeng Bank is destroyed, we can still rebuild a Mingfeng Bank in the future, but relatively speaking, it will take a little more time. But if you can't make it through, everything will be suspended, I think it is worthwhile to kill the chicken to get the eggs!"

Hu Zhao said forcefully.

"Not yet!"

Mu Jing shook his head: "Although our country is difficult, it has not yet reached this point. Financial crisis is a normal thing. It is inevitable that a country will face the whole world with its own strength. How can it not be difficult!"

"Then, does your majesty have a solution?"

Liu Jin stood up and eased the atmosphere between the two.

In the past two years, there was not much atmosphere between the monarch and the minister, and there were not many occasions where tit for tat confronted each other. Although everyone knew that Hu Zhao was a public servant, including Mu Jing, he also knew it.

But going on like this made Liu Jin a little worried about Hu Zhao, after all, Mu Jing is the king, if you beat him to death in everything, sooner or later, resentment will turn into hatred.

"There is a way!"

These days, Mujing put up his pillow and thought about it. For him, there are not many means of financing. He can even raise a large amount of funds in a short period of time.

However, these methods have flaws, commonly known as cheating and deception. After all, fighting is paying, not profitable work, and what is consumed is real materials.

So after much deliberation, he only thinks that one method is the most effective.

That is to spread it out.

A little less routine, but a little more sincerity, which may be more useful.

"Your Majesty expresses it!"

Everyone looked at Mu Jing.

"Borrow money!"

Mu Jing faintly spit out two words.

"Borrow from whom?"

This is the key, Hu Zhao asked directly.

"Ming people!"

Mu Jing said lightly.

"Ming people?"

Everyone looked at each other, some couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Mujing's gourd.

If you talk to some aristocratic families, gentry and wealthy families, or even some merchants, they can understand. After all, the economy of Ming Dynasty has been prosperous in recent years, and there are not many wealthy people and wealthy families.

But ordinary people, how much money can they spend?

"In the past two days alone, I made a plan. You have a look, and then we will discuss it again. Is it possible to implement it!"

Mu Jing clapped his hands.

Huo Yu handed over a few proposals and put them in front of each case of participating in politics.

Some of the terminology written on it is somewhat complicated. Relatively speaking, it is a little difficult for a general like Huang Zhong to read it, but Mu Jing has tried his best to write it as simple as possible.

People like Hu Zhaoxi and Zhicai Liu Jin read it quickly and understood a lot.

"National debt is a very novel way!"

An hour later, Hu Zhao closed the plan file, looked at Mujing, and asked, "I have two questions, would your lord be willing to help me?"

"Speak!" Mu Jing grinned. When it comes to finance, that's what he is best at. In this field, he is at the level of a master. Don't fool these people too easily.

"First, the whole country is in debt, something that has never happened before. After this, the people of the country will inevitably know the current situation of the court, and they need to be in debt, which means that they can't make ends meet. Will a court that can't make ends meet make the people panic? , if the people’s minds are in turmoil, let alone foreign enemies, our Ming Kingdom has already cut itself off from the road to Huangquan!"

"That's a good question!" Mu Jing smiled and said, "It depends on how you understand people's hearts. People who believe in you will use a hundred ways to convince themselves to believe in you, and those who don't believe in you Humans can find a hundred reasons to doubt you. Now my country, Ming Dynasty, has become the enemy of the world, and there are not many people who can hide things in the court. If you want to fight, you must consume it. It is conceivable that if there is a financial problem, it is a matter of course. If there is no problem, they will doubt it. Therefore, our debts are a way to appease the hearts of the people. !"

"not understand!"

The ministers were at a loss, and they understood a little, but they couldn't understand a little.

"For example, General Han Sheng, if Xi Zhicai owes you [-] yuan, do you want him to die suddenly or live a long life?" Mu Jing looked at Huang Zhong beside him and asked.

"Of course I want him to live a long life. If he dies, who will exchange my money? Instead of crying and crying in front of orphans and widows, it's better to let him return the money to me steadily!" Huang Zhong didn't have to think about it. Said.

"That's terrible!" Mu Jing said: "If our Ming country owes money and silk to the people of the world, I am afraid that they are the ones who want us to stand up the most. Sometimes people's hearts can be very realistic!"

Those who owe money are all uncles. This point, no matter which dynasty it is, actually remains the same.

"All right!"

Hu Zhao was persuaded by Mujing's crooked reasoning, because he put this kind of example on himself, and he would make the same choice as Huang Zhong: "This makes sense to you, then I ask Your second point, how can you sell the national debt? Now that the border is closed, the whole world is in panic. Perhaps most of the people in Ming Dynasty agree that the Ming country can’t hold on at all. Will they come to buy national debt? "

"The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the chaos of the world is for profit!" Mu Jing calmly responded to Hu Zhao: "First, lure, there is interest on borrowing money, and I will set a higher interest rate on national debt. The temptation is often that someone will be desperate!"

"Secondly, the court of the Ming Dynasty will not handle this matter in person, but will use Ming's taxes for the next five years as collateral and entrust it to Mingfeng Bank to handle it. This is more fair and convincing, Mingfeng The Qianzhuang has a relatively deep foundation, I believe they will think so, even if we fail and the Ming Dynasty is over, Mingfeng Bank still has enough money to compensate them!"

That's the guarantee.

The money background of Mingfeng Bank is a guarantee.

It was once rumored that these years Mingfeng Bank was like a money-making machine, collecting money from all directions, including gold cakes, five baht coins, Tongbao, and other coins, and even had more than 100 million gold in reserves.

Although it was just a rumor, it also showed the economic influence of Mingfeng Bank over the years.

They are really more convincing to the people below than the court of the Ming Dynasty.

"And thirdly, build momentum!"

Mujing's speech is very clear and well-founded, and it doesn't come out of nowhere: "People are animals that live in groups, if you want them to do something, you have to guide them, as long as someone is willing to do it first As long as this momentum is achieved, I believe that the people of the Ming Kingdom will keep their trust in the Ming Kingdom and buy these national bonds!"

(End of this chapter)