Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

Chapter 321 In the name of patriotism, generous to others?
Feng Yibo thought that Li Shouzhong had finished speaking, and got up to leave.

After seeing the old one, he went to see the young one again.

He was going to tease his daughter Feng Xie.

I haven't seen him for half a year, and my daughter doesn't know him anymore.

Taking a quick glance when entering the mansion, Xiao Feng Ji didn't dare to look directly at him.

"That's right! There is one more thing, which is also related to this matter."

As soon as he got up, Li Shouzhong seemed to remember something.

He sighed first, then said:

"Hey! Speaking of which, what you worried about half a year ago still happened."

half year ago?
Hearing this, Feng Yibo sat down again, hesitantly said:
"Master refers to..."

Speaking of half a year ago, he felt a "thump" in his heart.

Obviously there are some bad guesses.

Sure enough, Li Shouzhong sighed again and said:
"Hey! Not long after you left, the imperial court issued a lot of new banknotes in response to the frontier army's demand for payment, so..."

As Feng Yibo expected, it was about the new banknotes.

For a moment, his mood was a little complicated, and he said with a wry smile:
"Is it really super hairy?"

Although he had already made corresponding preparations, he still didn't want this to happen in his heart.

Otherwise, Feng generally wouldn't have gone to school to show off his half-baked economics.

It's a pity that Li Shouzhong nodded when he heard the words, and responded with a wry smile:
"Currently, bills of exchange and new banknotes can only be exchanged in half, and it is still verbal. The Ministry of Accounts has suspended payment, and after discussion, they want to reduce it again."

What Feng Yibo told him back then.

What are the consequences of "reserve funds", what "over-issues" and so on.

Most of it has now been fulfilled.

The rest is probably just a matter of time.

If it weren't for the huge benefits contained in the terms of this negotiation, the court and officials would see hope again.

It is estimated that the new banknotes and money orders have long been as Feng Yibo predicted.

Become a piece of waste paper!
Li Shouzhong was quite remorseful sometimes, thinking that he had an inescapable responsibility for this matter.

He felt that he didn't take his apprentice's words seriously at the beginning.

Let Feng Yibo fight alone, and go to the school alone.

This caused the cabinet and the emperor not to pay enough attention to it.

Now that such a situation has been caused, he will inevitably feel guilty in his heart.

Therefore, he left this matter until the end.

It looks like he just remembered it, but it's actually because he's a little embarrassed to say it.

But this matter involves this conflict of interests, and Li Shouzhong has to mention it.

At the beginning, because he didn't believe in Feng Yibo, this situation was caused.

Now, he came back with a huge profit.

Li Shouzhong can't let him go to court in a daze and be eaten up, right?
"In just half a year, has it reached this point?"

There are not only new banknotes, but even bills of exchange have been exchanged in half.

Feng Yibo's heart was inevitably a little complicated.

I don't know if I should be thankful that I had already arranged it and sold all the money orders.

It's still time to lament that what I have done is limited and I haven't been able to prevent this from happening.

"Whether to depreciate depends on confidence, and the result of excessive issuance is evaporation."

In the end, his joy and emotion were all reduced to a sigh, and he said:

"As I said earlier, finance is a wild horse that runs wild."

In fact, this matter has nothing to do with him.

The money order in Donghai County's hands is not small.

In addition, Xue's family contributed to the flames...

The money of the Nanjing household department was almost run out by the two of them.

The number of money orders issued each year is twice that of taxes, which is already overissued.

Accumulated year after year, inflation is naturally inevitable.

If Fei Hong's original design had been followed, it might have slowly depreciated in value.

But now someone has run on it, and the bank of the household department has been emptied at once.

Then the next crash is inevitable.

Moreover, not only was the money order overissued, but the court also issued new banknotes.

This time, the overissued amount is more than doubled!

After Feng Yibo left, in order to let the frontier army send troops as soon as possible.

A large amount of new banknotes were used in Liaodong's military pay.

In other words, this year's taxes have not been confiscated, and they have started to issue paper money again!
For such a situation, the cabinet is helpless.

Even though Emperor Jingshun remembered Feng Yibo's memorial, it was already too late to make up for it.

Most importantly, there is no cash.

After passing the accounting of the Ministry of Households, in the end, they could only bear the pressure of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

Emperor Jingshun and the cabinet made a plan to halve the exchange rate.

Hope to temporarily ease the pressure of the run.

But, just like what Feng Yibo said.

Financial matters are often related to confidence.

Once the exchange was halved, the ruling and opposition parties immediately lost confidence in banknotes.

This time, let alone halving.

Even if it is [-]%, they are all scrambling to run.

Therefore, the Ministry of Accounts had to suspend the payment business.

If it wasn't for Feng Yibo's terms of peace, they would have sent them back in time.

It is estimated that all banknotes will become waste paper at this moment!
Hearing his sigh, Li Shouzhong could only smile wryly and continue:
"So, besides the jealousy of many people, there are actually quite a few people who support your peace agreement."

Most people have only a half-knowledge about the terms of the peace talks, and didn't pay attention to the words "Black Dragon Coin".

Habitual people thought it was [-] million taels of silver.

Even if it is divided into 40 years, there are tens of millions of silver every year.

With such an endorsement of interests, it is possible for bills of exchange and new banknotes to be brought back to life.

Many people even regret that they sold a lot of banknotes at low prices before.

There are not a few conflicts for this reason.

Naturally, Li Shouzhong was a little bit emotional about the huge benefits of the terms of the peace talks.

It's just that he thought of the complicated situation Feng Yibo was about to face.

He couldn't help feeling a little headache for Feng Yibo.

"Because they hope that when the money arrives, they can pay the new banknotes and money orders normally."

Hearing Li Shouzhong's words, Feng Yibo was even more puzzled.

He frowned and murmured:
"Then why are people still impeaching me?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Feng Yibo suddenly realized again.

"Oh, I see!"

He couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, then said coldly:
"After all, it's not that they disagree with the terms of the agreement, but they are just thinking about Donghai County's money?"

No wonder, just now Li Shouzhong said that the New Party was thinking about Donghai County.

Feng Yibo thought they were the same as the founder of the country, and they were jealous of their interests!
After a long time, it turned out to be the meaning.

"That's right. The new party misses Donghai County, mostly because of this."

It was precisely because of this that Li Shouzhong was even more helpless.

Having said that, he couldn't help but sighed, and said:

"Speaking of which, they are also for Wei."

In the new party, there must be many people who are purely jealous of huge interests.

But as the leader of the new party, Zhang Songyue, the chief assistant of the cabinet, is definitely not just because of jealousy.

In his position, what needs to be considered is not only one party.

but global.

Of course, whether it is a party or the overall situation.

In the end it was those two words.

interest.

"Ah!"

Feng Yibo snorted coldly and said with a sneer:
"What a new party! What a good one for Wei!"

His eyes gradually became disdainful, and he sneered:

"This is 'in the name of patriotism, generosity to others', it is really calculating!"

Donghai County beat life and death, and gave half of the benefits to Wei.

Are these people not satisfied?
It's really for Wei, why don't they donate their wealth?
What's more, even if the interests of Donghai County are given up, in the end it will only be cheap to the bureaucratic class of Wei.

After all, money orders and new banknotes are large-value banknotes, and few of them are involved by ordinary people.

For the sake of Wei, what happened to these bureaucrats?
Why let Donghai County pay for them?

As I said before, Feng Yibo really has a sense of belonging to the Great Wei, the Central Plains dynasty.

But his sense of belonging, or "loyalty".

It's not a feudal dynasty with one family and one surname!

It's not a class that lies on the dynasty and sucks blood!
It is the Chinese civilization that has been passed down from descendants of Yan and Huang!
It is a diverse flower-growing nation!

If necessary, he can dissipate the wealth of the East China Sea!
If necessary, he can throw his head and shed blood!

He will do anything if need be!

But the premise is that when the entire nation is in crisis.

Rather than the crisis of those famous eunuchs and royal families, several families and several surnames.

The foundation of most ancient dynasties was small peasant economy.

This is doomed, most of the people at the bottom are self-sufficient.

Bills of exchange and new notes extended at most to merchants.

Further down, they may never earn a single note with the smallest denomination in their entire lives.

Even, to put it in a bad way.

Many people may not even have seen silver!
Although, it is said that the annual expenditure of ordinary people is about 20 taels.

But this 20 taels is just a valuation, not cash.

This includes the basic necessities of the family, including all food and clothing expenses.

Among them, food and clothing are the bulk, that is, rice and cloth are of the highest value.

The real cash you see may be a few strings of copper coins.

"Those who are all over the body are not silkworm farmers."

This sentence is suitable for all ancient dynasties!
Feng Yibo can't afford to sympathize with people who are "all over the body"!

Li Shouzhong saw that his murderous spirit was revealed again, and worriedly exhorted:
"In the court tomorrow, you must not have such an attitude!"

Although he didn't express his position in the court, he actually hoped that Donghai County would give up this benefit in his heart.

After all, Li Shouzhong was also a member of the bureaucracy of this era.

He is upright and loyal to Wei.

Of course, it will be for the sake of the Wei court.

Naturally, he wouldn't really divide his family, country and ethnicity so clearly like Feng Yibo did.

In his thinking, it is the foundation of patriarchal society.

A family is a small country, a country is a big family, the father is the king of the family, and the king is the father of the country.

This is the so-called "monarch and father are of the same spirit, family and country are of the same structure".

This pattern cannot be said to be wrong, it can only be said to be the limitation of the times.

So what he is actually worried about is not the attribution of huge benefits at all.

It's about how far this apprentice will challenge the various forces in the DPRK and China for the sake of Donghai County.

I heard from him earlier that Donghai County may become independent.

Li Shouzhong was very troubled by this.

He was afraid that his apprentice would force his way, and he would no longer have a foothold in the court.

And I don't want Donghai County to be forced to rebel and leave the Great Wei ever since.

This kind of entanglement is also the reason why he emphasized "attitude" twice.

In fact, Feng Yibo's murderous spirit is indeed very heavy.

But it has nothing to do with the division of interests.

But if Feng Yibo's attitude becomes serious, it may be difficult to clean up in the end.

Numerous forces in the DPRK and China are concerned about the progress of this matter.

It can be said that, except for the upstarts.

Everyone is looking forward to sharing the huge benefits.

As long as they can all be returned to the national treasury, they will benefit in the end!

But Feng Yibo didn't seem worried at this time.

Hearing Li Shouzhong's advice, he smiled and said:
"Master, don't worry, I already know it in my heart."

Li Shouzhong stared at him for a long time, and finally couldn't help but said:
"If you don't climb a high mountain, you don't know how high the mountain is; if you don't face a deep stream, you don't know how thick the land is."

What do you mean?
Hearing this, Feng Yibo couldn't help frowning slightly.

Is this warning me not to be ignorant?

Fortunately, Li Shouzhong continued:
"It's good to experience everything firsthand, but you can't take a leap just to measure the height of the mountains and the depth of the land."

These words are connected, at first glance.

It's like telling him not to worry about everything.

I don't know how high the mountain is, so I go climbing.

I don't know how thick the land is, so I went to Linyuan.

But don't be in a hurry, jump down to measure.

But in fact, it is talking again.

I don't know whether the sky is high and the earth is thick.

But in order to measure the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth, it is unnecessary to put yourself in it.

No matter what kind of meaning it is, it is the teaching of the teacher.

When Feng Yibo heard this, he smiled and said:
"Being a person who 'knows what is impossible but does it' will live up to the Master's teachings."

"Those who know what can't be done but do it" comes from "The Analects", which is about a gatekeeper's evaluation of Confucius.

As soon as Li Shouzhong heard it, he knew that his heart was as strong as iron.

When he sighed and waved his hands, he said no more.

Sometimes, something.

Being as close as a master and a student can only go so far.

The last words of the master and apprentice sounded like they were playing tricks.

In fact, they just don't want the opponent to step down.

Li Shouzhong is a good teacher, so he naturally knows this truth.

All the information that should be said has been said, and all the things that should be persuaded have been persuaded.

Going on, it's not good for both master and apprentice.

Feng Yibo is also a good apprentice, so he naturally understands the painstaking efforts of his teacher.

Both of them had expressed their intentions, so he got up and said goodbye.

The secret conversation here ended, but Feng Yibo's heart could not be calm for a long time.

With his intelligence, he naturally recognized Li Shouzhong's implication.

He also understands that he will be in the hall in the future.

It is inevitable to face the turmoil.

The situation is not optimistic, and it is still within his expectations.

However, the over-issue of banknotes is linked to the terms of the peace talks.

It still caught him off guard a little.

Once these two things are connected, the possible consequences are.

There is also a high probability that the emperor and the cabinet will be biased towards eating all the benefits.

The cabinet is dominated by the new party, and it is obvious that they want to wipe it out.

Otherwise, the mentor would not have said so much to him.

I just don't know the weight of Donghai County in Emperor Jingshun's heart.

If he takes Donghai County, and Fatty Island, which was swallowed by this peace negotiation.

These overseas enclaves can be regarded as his great achievements in opening up territories and expanding his territory.

Feng Yibo felt that there was still a lot of room for manipulation in this matter.

It should be easy to come to an agreement in the end.

But if Emperor Jingshun would rather give up overseas, he would first eat all the indemnity from the Wa Kingdom.

Then it will be very troublesome to solve this matter.

However, he was only a little worried.

But no matter what Emperor Jingshun thinks, Feng Yibo will not sit still.

It doesn't matter whether he is over-issuing banknotes or simply coveting profits.

As long as you want to take food from your own mouth, you have to see if his teeth are in good shape!
While walking, I was still thinking about these bad things in my heart.

Before he knew it, Feng Yibo arrived at Second Sister You's nursery.

(End of this chapter)