Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 297 The Emperor of the Republic, the Debt Is Permanent! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
After listening to Li Zhongshan's suggestion of sending the new army to cooperate with the Northern King's army into Zhejiang, and then divide the two mansions under the direct control of the imperial court, Liu Jinzhong and Zhu Shunshui immediately felt that something was wrong.

He originally wanted to hold a group with Lu Sanhao and Chen Yonghua, and there was nothing wrong with Li Zhongshan.But now how did Lu Sanhao and Chen Yonghua take their army to join the new army of the general's mansion?
In this way, Li Zhongshan, Lu Sanhao, and Chen Yonghua became one, and there would be no independent "Zhongshan Army", "Three Good Army", and "Yonghua Army", only a unified new army of the General's Mansion!

As for the composition of the [-] to [-] new troops sent by the great general Li Zhongshan, and who will be the commander-in-chief, it is up to General Li to decide.

If he sent Li Zhongxian, Li Zhongren, and Li Zhongyi to oversee the army in the future, or Zhou Chang, Yao Qisheng, He Tianran, Wang Leiyong, Yu Haitao, and Luo Dawei to lead the army, Liu Jinzhong would not be able to object.

Liu Jinzhong felt something was wrong after thinking about it, and looked back at Zhu Shunshui again.

Zhu Shunshui also frowned, because he suddenly found out that Li Zhongshan's identity was a bit strange. He was not only one of the five elders (kings), but also one of the three officials (zhongtang), and one of the four gentlemen who led the political conference.Why does he have everything?

This is even more powerful than Ieyasu, the god next door in Japan. How can this be restricted?
Seeing Zhu Shunshui's frown, Liu Jinzhong's heart also tightened - no, they belonged to the same group, Mr. Nanwang and Yingwang were two fathers and sons, King Zhong was connected with them again, and there was a King Yi, Zheng "Jing", who was very fine and had always had a good relationship with the Li family and his sons. Maybe he had secretly colluded with them.

What two kings and two halls join forces to restrict the three kings. It seems that it won't work!
Thinking of this, Liu Jinzhong immediately changed into an easy-going and friendly smiling face, and said to Li Zhongshan with a smile: "Okay, I will be sure if I have the support of the new army from the General's Mansion! I don't know who you want to send to lead the new army, General?"

Li Zhongshan explained with a smile: "Northern King, the reorganization of the new army did not happen overnight. Even if it is carried out in batches, it will take a lot of time. After the reorganization is completed, the new army will have to train and adjust for at least three months, and all aspects can be relatively smooth.

In addition, the new army is still new in terms of armament and tactics, so it has to wait for Foshan to send a few more batches of flintlock guns, bronze cannons, and half-body plate armor.After changing clothes, I have to train for another month.This will take a long time. I am afraid that we will have to wait until the second half of the year before sending troops to deal with Geng Jingzhong.If you can't wait, King of the North, you can send troops with King Yi first, and fight first. "

Let's fight first?

Liu Jinzhong said: Isn't this just trying to consume my strength first?

Thinking of this, he frowned and said: "General, the king's soldiers and horses have been running continuously these days, and they are very tired up and down, and they also need to recharge their batteries.

In addition, my king has too few guns and can only rely on soldiers to fight with swords and spears before the battle, and the loss is too great. If the general's mansion can supply me with a batch of guns and ammunition, then I can take down the traitor Geng Jingzhong without having to work for the heavenly soldiers of the general's mansion. "

Li Zhongshan said with a smile: "It's easy to say, but the General's Mansion cannot replenish guns and ammunition for the Fan Army!"

"Can't? Why? Could it be that the fan army is not Daming's army?" Liu Jinzhong stood up suddenly, looking as if he was about to turn his face.

"Northern King please rest assured," Chen Yonghua saw that Liu Jinzhong was in a hurry, and quickly opened his mouth to explain for Li Zhongshan, "This Fangzhen has territory for the people to support the army. Unless you go abroad to fight for the imperial court, all expenses must be self-sufficient, and you can no longer ask the imperial court to pay for it. Therefore, it is no problem for Liu Beiwang to buy some good guns and cannons for his brothers, but the money must be raised by the Northern King yourself."

"What?" Liu Jinzhong was taken aback, "I, I still have to pay for guns and cannons for the servants?"

Lu Sanhao nodded: "Yes, Beiwang, you have nine prefectures in Zhejiang Province, among which Hangzhou prefecture is called heaven, and Huzhou prefecture is a world-renowned production place of lake silk. Jiaxing prefecture is not only a land of fish and rice, but also rich in sea salt. It is not a problem to manage well and earn millions a year!"

Now there are eleven prefectures in Zhejiang, and after deducting Shaoxing and Ningbo, there are still nine left. Although the prefectures in western Zhejiang are not very rich, the three prefectures of Hangzhou, Huzhou, and Jiaxing are no less good places than Susong.

"But the land in Zhejiang is still in the hands of Geng Jingzhong, where can I collect the money?" Liu Jinzhong's face was livid, and he felt like he was being played like a monkey.

"Beiwang, you can borrow money first, and then collect taxes to repay the debt after you take Zhejiang." It was Chen Yonghua who made this reasonable suggestion.

"Borrow money?" Liu Jinzhong was so startled that he could barely speak, "Who should I borrow money from?"

"Ruiyintang, Zhongshantang, and Fuyintang can lend money to you, King of the North." Chen Yonghua said with a smile, "I happen to know the shopkeepers of these three major banks. How about asking them to talk to you in detail later?"

This Ruiyintang is actually a new bank account reorganized by Li Zhongshan, Chen Yonghua, and Lu Sanhao after taking over the dishes of Ruixintang in Jiangsu, Anhui, and Zhejiang. Although Yuan Linjing of Ruixintang ran away with the silver in stock, he did not take away the IOUs of the loan, the bank's account, and the bank's buddies. All the semicolons were not withdrawn, but were handed over to UBS.

After Ruixintang took over, it announced that it would assume the repayment responsibility for all private deposits and take over all the assets of Ruixintang. In fact, the private deposits absorbed by Ruixintang were mainly deposited by Yangzhou salt merchants. How could they dare to run on UBS?It's too late to report filial piety!
Zhongshantang is the original Guangdong Customs bank, and the customs bank, of course, relies on customs and overseas trade to carry out business.After the restoration of the southeast, Nanjing, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Songjiang, Dinghai and other places successively opened customs, and the Guangdong Customs Bank followed suit and changed its name to Zhongshan Bank.

This bank was founded by the father and son of the Li family. Li Zhongshan is the major shareholder. Li Jizhen, Li Jiyong (Zhang Xiaoyu), Li Fuchen, Li Fuhan, Zhang Xiaobao, Guo Jinbao, Li Zhongyi, Li Zhongxian, Li Zhongren, Li An, Li Quan, Zhou Peigong, Yao Qisheng and other core members of the Li Group are shareholders.Yao Qisheng once served as the head of Zhongshan Hall, and now Li Zhongshan's good brother Li Jizhen is the head of Zhongshan Hall.

Fuyintang is the property of Zheng's family. Zheng Jing saw that Li Zhongshan, Chen Yonghua, and Yang Qilong had made a lot of money by opening a bank, and he was very envious, so he opened one by himself.

In other words, the four major families of Li, Zheng, Chen, and Lu are actually four capital consortiums that are quietly developing. If Liu Jinzhong borrows money from them to fight in Zhejiang, he will most likely be manipulated by these capital consortiums!

After all, in this era, capital is still very scarce!If Liu Jinzhong wants to borrow money, he must have a mortgage, and the only thing he can take out as mortgage is the taxation rights of Zhejiang Jiufu.

At that time, the tax officials in the nine prefectures of Zhejiang will all be members of the four major families, and all the money of the treasury in Zhejiang will be stored in the silver accounts of the four major families. The soldiers of the Liu family army will all be paid from the silver accounts of the four major families.

However, Liu Jinzhong didn't know how powerful the capital was. He only felt that it didn't matter if he didn't pay back the money he borrowed based on his ability.So he nodded and said: "Okay, this king will be a debt commander!"

"Debt masters are debt masters," Li Zhongshan said with a smile, "In fact, the imperial court now owes a lot of money to the three major banks, and also owes a lot of money to Yangzhou Yanshan, Foshan Iron Merchants, and Fujian and Guangdong Sea Merchants. By the way, brother three, how much debt does the imperial court owe now?"

"I already owe several million taels!" Lu San replied with a smile.

"What? Millions. That much?"

"Isn't that a lot of debt?"

Both Liu Jinzhong and Zhu Shunshui were shocked!
"Not much, not much, where is this going?" Lu Sanhao said, "After the reorganization of the new army is completed this time, there will be more than one hundred thousand new troops under the general's mansion, and it will not work without a few million just for a change of clothes!

In the future, the cost of these new troops will probably be several 10 taels per month, at least seventy-eight million taels a year!
This is the cost when the army is stationed. If you want to send troops to take Jiangxi, the cost will probably be doubled!
In addition, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces had to set up government offices, set up political councils, set up schools, check land, and repair water conservancy. The Huaihe River, the Yellow River, and the canal also had to be governed.

Adding all kinds of expenses, in just a few years, the imperial court might have to owe a huge debt of 3000 million yuan! "

3000 million!

Both Zhu Shunshui and Liu Jinzhong were speechless.

Why is the third prince Zhu's fortune worse than his father's?Although his father died of poverty, he died without any debts!If he owed 3000 million to the gentry in Jiangnan, he would die if he wanted to!

You owe someone 3000 million and you still want to hang yourself?How could it make you hang?If you hang up, the debt in other people's hands will not be a piece of paper?
Believe it or not, the Jiangnan gentry immediately selected a few "Guofan", "Zongtang", and "Hongzhang", and then purchased foreign guns and cannons made in Foshan from Guangdong, organized a regiment to train troops, and went north to defend the creditors together?

"I owe so much money, how can I pay it back?" Zhu Shunshui shook his head again and again, looking anxious!

Liu Jinzhong also sighed again and again: "The first emperor just had no money. Now that he is King Ding, why is he even poorer?"

"No rush, no rush," Li Zhongshan said with a smile, "There is no rush to pay back the money. The most urgent thing now is to finalize the "Original Law of the Ming Dynasty", and then select a general according to the original law. With a general, the ministers and workers of the Ming Dynasty can support King Ding and ascend the throne together!"

Enthronement to pay off debts?
Liu Jinzhong asked: "Will the debt be repaid when King Ding ascends the throne?"

"How is that possible?" Lu San laughed, "After the emperor ascends the throne, it will be easier for us to borrow money in his name. Otherwise, the third prince Zhu's borrowing money sounds unreliable. Wouldn't it be more reliable to borrow money from the Ming Dynasty Republican Lord?"

"What is the Lord of the Republic?" Liu Jinzhong was puzzled.

"Republic is the name of the year!" Li Zhongshan said, "It is taken from the 14-year republican administration after the riots of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Liu Jinzhong felt that it was not very good, they were republican, and the debts were high. Can the emperor be okay?
But he didn't understand politics, so he turned to look at Zhu Shunshui.

Mr. Shunshui was squinting his eyes and thinking. After thinking for a while, he finally thought clearly. He nodded again and again and said, "Okay, that's great! The Emperor of the Republic has a lot of debts, and the country is forever!"

"Debts are so high, can the country last forever?" Liu Jinzhong was stunned and stunned.

"Of course," Zhu Shunshui said, "it's not permanent, who will bear the debt?" He glanced at Li Zhongshan, Chen Yonghua, and Lu Sanhao again, "And the throne, which is heavily in debt, what is the purpose of usurping it? Help repay the debt?"

After all, this Zhu Shunshui has an international perspective. Knowing that the emperor of Japan does not have to worry about General Tokugawa thinking about his throne.
Hearing what Zhu Shunshui said, Liu Jinzhong had no choice but to nod, "That's it, don't worry about debts. Anyway, as long as the Ming Dynasty doesn't perish, the debts can always be carried down from generation to generation. Maybe the country will last forever, and the debt will be built forever!"

Li Zhongshan said with a smile: "That's fine! Now the King of the South, the King of Zhong, the King of Yi, and this king have all supported the "Original Law of Ming Dynasty". Now that the King of the North supports the original law, we can vote to pass the original law today. We will elect the general tomorrow, and we can invite His Royal Highness King Ding to ascend the throne the day after tomorrow!"

Enthroned?

Liu Jinzhong and Zhu Shunshui sighed, and said in their hearts: Is that enthronement?It's obviously going to debt!

Tens of millions of debts. Take your time!

Liu Jinzhong and Zhu Shunshui feel sorry for the third prince Zhu who wants to go into debt, but the third prince Zhu himself is looking forward day and night to pay the tens of millions of debts!
He doesn't care about "dedicated emperor" or "debt emperor", as long as there is an emperor who can be the emperor.

Maybe it's better to be a debtor than to be a god!

He has been at the bottom, he has borrowed debts, and he has lived frugally to pay off debts.I know that life in debt is difficult, and I have also seen the means of debt collection.But he is not afraid!Because as long as he became the emperor, no one would dare to use means to force him to repay the debt, and he would be able to owe and owe and owe, and maybe the debt would last forever.

If Emperor Xian owed tens of millions of taels to the nobles in the world, what would Cao Pi dare to usurp the throne? To usurp the throne is to be an enemy of the nobles in the world!
So the third prince Zhu is not afraid of debts at all, the more debts the better!
If you can owe him a few hundred million, then the third prince Zhu will not worry about someone usurping the throne for several hundred million, who will pay it back!
Since it can't be paid, it can only be memorized by Zhu Ming Dynasty from generation to generation.The more and more debts, the more stable the Zhu Ming Dynasty.

Whoever dares to overthrow Zhu Ming, all creditors in the world will have to fight him desperately!

If Lord Apocalypse could leave Chongzhen with a high debt, maybe Chongzhen's "Ming Debt Sect" has not been finished yet!

So the third prince Zhu is not worried about having too much debt now, but he is afraid that he will not have the opportunity to be in debt
Therefore, during this period of time, the political conference was slow to determine the original law and select generals, but the third prince Zhu was so anxious that he wore a dragon robe every day and waited in the Jianguo Mansion, waiting to be swarmed into debt by the officials!
Waiting, waiting, waiting so long that I almost suspected that Li Zhongshan wanted to pay his own debts.Suddenly, his concubine Yang Ziyun cheered: "Come, come!"

"Who's here?" Third Prince Zhu was also excited.

Yang Ziyun's voice was also a little trembling: "General Li, Chen Zhongtang, Lu Zhongtang, Nan Wang, Bei Wang, counselors from Yi Wang's mansion to join the army, the long history of Zhong Wang's mansion, and Mr. Lizhou, Mr. Chuanshan, Mr. Ting Lin. There are also a lot of political officials and officials from the General's Mansion and Shangshu Province. They came together!"

"Thank God!" The Third Prince Zhu immediately understood what these people were doing here and came to pay him a debt!It seems that Li Zhongshan is still loyal to Daming!
The Ming Dynasty can finally be restored, it can finally be put on the debt table, and the country will be forever!

Thinking of this, Zhu Cijiong, who was wandering around in the hall, quickly ran back to sit on the throne, and put on the appearance of a virtuous lord who "pays all debts".

The third prince Zhu had just set his posture, and a group of loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty had already arrived. They were all dressed in the most formal court clothes, and Li Zhongshan, the leader, was holding a persuasion form in his hand.He saw that the third prince Zhu was wearing the dragon robes in the hall, even the yellow robe was removed, so he strode into the hall, held up the persuasion form in his hand, and said loudly to the third prince Zhu: "His Royal Highness Jian Guoding, today the Fuming Conference unanimously agreed to recommend you as the son of the emperor. Gentleman!"

Then, Li Zhongshan took another deep breath and shouted loudly: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

(End of this chapter)