The heavens start from saving Daming

Chapter 134 National Debt

Teach or have to teach.

From the basics of how to arrange a march, to how to choose a location to set up camp.

From maintaining military discipline to boosting morale, from arranging food and supplies to checking astronomy and geography.

Every bit, every drop is knowledge.

Thousands of tens of thousands or even tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops, if you want to arrange it properly and lead them to march thousands of miles before going to fight desperately, it is not as easy as it is in the novel that you can just use your mouth.

Li Yunze has experience, but that's all.

This is the first time for truly systematic learning.

As a time traveler, he didn't think he was a plus.

What you don't understand is still what you don't understand, and what you should learn is still to be learned.

In the past, he was stealthy, watching how the generals did it, and learning secretly by himself.

In terms of Li Yunze's real command ability, it is better than someone who 'moved the machine gun position five meters to the left', and he can command thousands of people like he can.

But once the number of people is huge, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people, it is purely relying on inertia to do things, relying on generals at all levels to take charge, and coupled with the inability of the opponents, they can do their best.

Now, it is a very good opportunity to supplement.

Study in the morning, train in the afternoon, and go home in the evening.

While sleeping, Li Yunze also sighed, if he could work so hard when he was in school, he could have been admitted to a good school, and now he could be a lawyer or a doctor or something.

Don't mention character or anything, at least at the end of the year, banners can be hung in the department to distribute tickets.

It's not like now, I got a system I don't know, and I have to go to the parallel world to practice and take classes, and I'm exhausted all day long.

On this day, Li Yunze, who had finished his military training, returned to the East Palace on the horse Zhu Di had given him, but was hurriedly informed by the inner eunuch that the Emperor's Imperial Study Room had summoned him.

Needless to say, Tang Mu had to turn around and go to the imperial study before it was too late.

In addition to Zhu Di, the three brothers Zhu Gaochi were all there, and many important officials in the court were also here.

Li Yunze saw those master craftsmen sent by the inner government to Sado Island with the fleet, and immediately understood what was going on.

"coming."

Zhu Di, who was sitting on the dragon chair, crossed his legs and snorted, "All the people from the Inner Palace are back. There are indeed mountains of gold and mountains of silver on that small broken island."

Sado Island is actually not small at all, with an overall area of ​​over a thousand square kilometers.

It's just that in the eyes of Emperor Ming, this area is indeed a small broken island.

Little Broken Island doesn't matter, as long as there is gold and silver.

Several master craftsmen explained to Li Yunze that there is a lot of gold and silver there, and it is undoubtedly a big mine.

The only thing to worry about is that it is located in a remote place, and a lot of manpower must be invested in mining.

"Manpower is easy to talk about." Li Yunze looked at Zhu Di, "Although Japan is small, it has a lot of people. Use military supplies and weapons to replace people to open mines, just mine from the dead."

In the era without mechanized equipment, if you want to mine, you can only use people to fill it.

Those who are kind can live longer.

I am impatient and just want to mine as soon as possible. If there are more mines, then there is nothing to say, and I really want to change my life.

The three brothers didn't speak, they were indeed short of money, especially Zhu Gaochi.

If this is within the territory of Daming, he will definitely not agree to use the people of Daming to do such things.

But after all, who cares if it is the country of Wa?
The nobles don't care, they are very interested when they hear that they can get gold and silver.

Among the ministers, there are moral gentlemen, but it's still the same sentence, this is not in Daming.

After glancing at everyone's reactions, Zhu Di said calmly, "Then do it, third child."

Zhu Gaosui, king of Zhao Jian, immediately came out cheerfully.

"Choose a batch of ordnance and military supplies from the army, and send them to Japan on Zheng He's ship."

Speaking of this, Zhu Di looked at Yang Pu, "You have been to the country of Wa before, is there anything easy to get started there?"

"Yes." Yang Pu saluted, "General Ashikaga is the most powerful in Japan, but there are many people who refuse to accept him. As long as you give support and hint a little bit secretly, it will naturally stir up trouble."

"Leave this matter to you." Zhu Di unambiguously ordered Yang Pu's will, "No matter what method you use, just go to find mines and find people, and then transport the gold and silver back."

"Sir, lead the order."

As one of the famous three Yang, Yang Pu's ability is naturally there.

It is not difficult for him to do these things.

"All right."

Zhu Di waved his hand, "Since the gold and silver have been settled, then prepare to send troops to Mobei next year."

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Gaochi and the civil servants looked dignified, but Zhu Gaoxu and the nobles were all smiling.

The nobles love to fight, because only after fighting can they be rewarded for meritorious service and promotion.

Zhu Gaoxu loves to fight, that's because on the one hand, like Zhu Di, he likes to fight by nature.On the other hand, it is because it can strengthen the military power in its hands.

But Zhu Gaochi, the housekeeper, and the civil servants couldn't bear it.

It costs money to fight, it costs a lot of money.And it will consume countless supplies and food.

"Your Majesty." Yang Rong went out to salute, "I only went to war last year, and the gold and silver of the Japanese country have not yet been obtained, and many places have also suffered disasters this year."

"Don't talk about this." Zhu Di waved his hand very simply, "I will go to the prince for such matters. I just send troops. Let them go, and stay with Zhanji."

Everyone left with strange expressions, leaving only Li Yunze and Zhu Di behind.

The two were relatively silent, but Zhu Di sighed after a long time, "Do you know why I am so eager to send troops?"

Li Yunze thought for a while, and asked tentatively, "But the dragon's body will not change?"

"Recently, my bones have become more and more uncomfortable." Zhu Di was shocked and speechless at first, and was shocked that Li Yunze really dared to speak.Then he hesitated for a while, and still confided in his heart, "When it rains, I feel very uncomfortable. Thinking about it, time is running out."

At this time, Li Yunze naturally said some kind words that fit the occasion, such as long live long live long live.

Let alone Zhu Di, he didn't believe what he said.

"I have been a soldier all my life, and if I die, I have to die on the battlefield!" Zhu Di's expression gradually became dignified, "I still have a wish unfulfilled, and I must destroy the Mobei tribe and completely cut off the threat of the North!"

Aim big and have the ambition to do it all.

It's a pity that it didn't work out.

After finishing speaking, Zhu Di finally turned to the real business, "The imperial court is bankrupt, do you have any good ways to raise military expenses?"

Before Li Yunze proposed to 'borrow' the gold and silver from the Japanese country, Zhu Di was really impressed.

The problem is that you can't get it in a hurry.

After all, gold and silver are buried underground, and it takes time to mine and refine them.

At this time, what Zhu Di lacks the most is time.

He wanted to take care of all the big things before he died, but the court really couldn't afford the money.

As we all know, the fighting power of the Ming army under full payment and full payment can be called the number one in Asia.

But if they can't pay enough money, their combat effectiveness will be affected.
Zhu Di, who has been in the army for a long time, understands this better than anyone else.

Sending troops to Mobei, the soldiers and civilians paid and rewarded, the purchase of various military supplies, the treatment of the wounded, the compensation and burial of the dead, and so on.

The larger the scale, the longer the war lasts, and the goods needed are astronomical.

Zhu Di had no choice but to see if Li Yunze could come up with some good ways to spend some money.

Hearing this, Li Yunze smiled and nodded, "It's not easy."

His attitude really made Zhu Di a little stunned, "Think about it, this is not tens of thousands to 10 taels, at least it is a shortfall of several million taels."

"Three months."

Li Yunze raised three fingers, "It will not be difficult to raise 1000 million taels within three months."

Zhu Di simply got up, walked in front of Li Yunze, stared at him with his hands behind his back, "Say!"

"Sell national debt!"

Zhu Di has never heard of what national debt is, and the doubts on his face are even more intense, "Tell me carefully!"

"Use the taxation of the imperial court as the financial guarantee, and the guarantee in the name of His Majesty's reputation. Sell national bonds to the whole world, 1000 million two-year period, and you can get a three-point profit." Li Yunze talked eloquently. So it needs more time, after all, the south of the Yangtze River is rich. If it is only sold in Beijing, ten days will be enough."

Zhu Di frowned, "Is this a treasure note? Don't you know that no one cares about the treasure note?"

The Ming Dynasty also had banknotes, which were called Daming Baochao.

This thing could have greatly alleviated the shortage of precious metal currencies, but it was a pity that it was broken by Zhu Yuanzhang.

He and his civil servants thought that this thing could be exchanged for money infinitely, and they could exchange as much paper as they wanted.

As a result, the reputation of Baochao has plummeted, and now the Yiguan Baochao can only be exchanged for [-] Wen, but the face value is [-] Wen!

More importantly, basically no one wants to accept it.

"Of course it's not a treasure note." Li Yunze simply shook his head, "This is a loan, not something that is specially used to cheat money like a treasure note. So you have to use taxes as a guarantee, and your Majesty's reputation as a guarantee. Once you lose your trust, you will not be able to pay it when the time comes." That's right, it's His Majesty's face that's lost."

"After the national bonds are issued, they can be exchanged for silver at any time from the Ministry of Accounts or the Internal Government, but there is no interest. Those who have not come to exchange after two years can continue to hold them and can exchange them at any time."

Li Yunze sighed, "If the banknotes hadn't ruined their reputation before, it wouldn't be so troublesome. In order to issue them better, we have to ask His Majesty for an imperial decree."

Zhu Di walked around a few times with his hands behind his back, "Tell me about it."

"Your Majesty, please decree that national debts will not be confiscated."

Hearing this, Zhu Di suddenly turned around and looked at Li Yunze.

Li Yunze spoke frankly, "Those who can afford national debts are naturally wealthy people, especially the rich. If they commit crimes and their homes are ransacked, they can continue to hold the national debts if they are not confiscated. This will inevitably attract people to rush to buy them."

Speaking of this, Zhu Di has roughly understood.

In terms of methods, this is indeed a good way to quickly accumulate wealth in a short period of time.

There is a lot of price to pay.

Especially without copying.
In ancient times, when you ransacked a house, you even lifted the bricks on the ground.

Want to stash money?Go dreaming.

No matter how much wealth you have before, once the house is ransacked, you will be destitute.

But if the national debt is not confiscated, the wealthy family will indeed buy frantically to protect their wealth.

Zhu Di instinctively wanted to refuse, but when he thought that sending troops to Mobei would require a lot of money and food, he fell silent.

At this time, Li Yunze once again said, "National bonds can be sold every year, and the money borrowed this year can be used to repay last year's money. That is to say, you can live without money. As long as you can win the war, plus the continuous import of gold and silver from various places. When everyone gets used to it, credit is also established. , of course it can be revised again.”

Zhu Di, who wandered around with his hands behind his back for a long time, finally stomped his feet.

"can."

(End of this chapter)