Section 15     Treasury Debts (2)

The emperor smiled and shook his head, "Yan Jingming, you guessed it wrong. How many of the national debts do you think are the first time issued can be convinced by the people and willing to pledge them?"

Yan Jingming was stunned and couldn't help but tell, "This is enough for officials at all levels of the court to tell the people seriously, and the people are grateful for the kindness of heaven. The emperor's love for the people for many years..."

"Even if you are grateful in your heart, do you need someone to take out the money? Besides, the court will exchange national debts for the people for three years. In addition to principal, there is also profit. If you say this, you must believe it. If you ask someone, 'How can you do such a good thing in the world? Is the court lying to us again?' How do you answer? Can you, Yan Jingming, go down one by one to explain it clearly?"

A series of questions made Yan Jingming speechless, "This is a confused person, please ask the emperor to tell me."

"The government bonds issued this time are not so much to raise funds for railway construction, but rather to take advantage of this to resolve the barbarians of Britain, France and other countries to make higher and higher trade surpluses for us!" The emperor picked up the teacup, took a sip, but no longer explained it. Instead, he asked Wen Xiang and Yan Jingming, "You two, one in charge of the General Administration and the other in charge of the Ministry of Revenue. They are all ministers related to this. What do you think I mean?"

Yan Jingming was not very good at understanding, but probably knew that it was related to foreign trade, so he had to carefully say, "This is the order of the Ministry, and there were five people in the old days, three people in the new days, and trade. Please forgive me for my lack of talent and wisdom, but I was unable to understand one or two of them. I hope the emperor will teach my subordinates and make me foolish and wise."

The emperor turned to Wen Xiang, who faced his gaze and shook his head with a wry smile, "I don't understand very much, please teach the emperor."

"There is a surplus, there is a deficit. I don't understand it very clearly, but what I mean is that the trade exchanges between the two countries, taking our Qing Dynasty as an example, when the amount of money sold to the UK in one year is higher than that of the UK's trade with China, it is a surplus; otherwise, it is a deficit."

These sentences are easy to understand and everyone can understand. "If the surplus is too large, it will be very unfavorable to the country's economy, so all kinds of unreasonable disputes, suspicions, or even forceful resistance are natural."

"I understand." Yan Jingming cheered, suddenly remembering that he was in front of the emperor, and hurriedly knelt down, "I roared at the king's father, please forgive me."

"It doesn't matter, you get up and talk."

Yan Jingming got up again, and his slightly ugly face was full of excitement, "The emperor's words will make me gain something. It's like in the seventh year of Xianfeng, Britain and France were sloppy in the sea. I originally thought that the British were so arrogant that they were difficult to tame and were not educated, so they made such offensive actions. Later, the emperor's guidance was enlightened, and it was originally for the word "interest." He bent over, sat on the sacred smirk, and said with a smile, "But I am stupid in nature, knowing that what the emperor said is all

The theory of the most rationality always feels difficult to understand - is it necessary to send troops to fight just for the sake of profit? This time I understood that it was after the ban on opium that the British had no other products that could flow into our heavenly dynasty. On the contrary, the heavenly dynasty was everything, and they were all scarce in the West. As one rose and the other fell, the trade surplus became increasingly increasing and could not be hindered."

"Of course, it is beneficial to our Celestial Empire, which is not conducive to the Yingyi and other countries. Therefore, there was a conflict between the seventh year of Xianfeng, southern Xinjiang and Shandong." Yan Jingming said loudly, "And the emperor issued national bonds this time..."

Seeing his words hindered, the emperor smiled, "I'll tell you what you have said below. Issuing national bonds and allowing Britain to purchase them, in addition to raising funds for railways, there are three other functions. One is to make profitable countries such as Britain, France and other countries, and suspend the disputes that may be caused by increasing trade quotas; Second, after the national bonds expire in three years, the people will see profits, and the country will issue them again in the future. With the previous situation, there will be no worries that no one will subscribe, but can promote construction for the court out of thin air and open up a way for the court to build another way; the last point is, I'm afraid you can't imagine it. I'll tell you here: if the national bonds are sold, issuing, and the British and French countries have purchased them in large quantities, it will become a kind of close relationship with our heavenly dynasty. Think about it, will there be a new idea in the future interactions between the two countries?"

Wen Xiang, Yan Jingming, Su Shun and others were truly convinced! They never thought that the issuance of tens of millions of taels of treasury bonds had not yet begun, and they actually thought of so many things for this master? Several people fell down and touched the ground with their heads, "The emperor is wise! The issuance of treasury bonds will kill more than one kill, and I am ashamed of it!"

The emperor smiled proudly. This was the benefit of his later experience. But he knew it himself. After Rong a few people sat down again, he said, "What I know is just a little bit of fur. It's still far from the Fang family's realm! What's going on in the future, Yan Jingming?"

"I'm here."

"You might as well go to the General Administration's office for a walk, especially those in various countries who have talented economic laws. If you have the best of your talents, you can ask others for advice. I said back then that there is no shame in being a student of other people. What is embarrassing is that you know that you don't know how to do it, but you can't give up the *** paragraph and ask wise people for advice; or you can't even do a good job in students!"

"Yes, the emperor's heavenly teachings, I will remember them and never forget them."

The emperor smiled without answering, turned to look outside, "What time is it now?"

"Reply to the emperor's words, it's already past the hour of the silence." Jingyu said in a clear voice, "Does the master want to pass on the meal?"

"Tell me, you guys don't leave at noon this day, use it with me."

As soon as he heard this, several people hurriedly knelt down and met to thank him. "I am so worried and terrified, thank the emperor for his kindness."

On this side, the emperor and his ministers were talking, and on the other side, the meal was prepared. The emperor took off the Taiwan crown and sat in the middle. Wen Xiang and Su Shun accompanied each other. Sun Ruizhen and Yan Jingming sat opposite each other, and Liu Fu and Jingyu stood in the corner of the table to serve. The emperor looked at the table. A hot pot in the middle rolled up flowers, which was stewed with bird's nest, chicken cake, wine, and duck. A little smaller than a hot pot next to it. After taking the bright yellow label, it was called fried chicken, fried meat, sauerkraut hot pot. The symmetrical pot was stewed with red and white duck.

Mixed faces, there are also sheep Xizhaner, chicken soup, steamed fat chicken, deer tail plate, and roasted roe meat. They are all palace dishes, small steamed buns around the world, silk spring rolls, buns, bacon, and pheasant feet. There are four silver sunflower boxes and four silver dishes at the corners of the table, but they are all local Shanxi flavors, all with high and low levels, and the colors are well matched. In an instant, the hot fragrance in the room was overflowing with the original ink fragrance.

The emperor smiled and ordered the dishes with ivory wrapped in gold: "This meal is just poured, it's better to be casual. This pot of roe deer meat, fried chicken and fried meat, Yan Jingming put it into use - exchange the plate of green celery and bitter melon in front of him for Sun Ruizhen. You are all hard-working people outside. Don't be stubborn today. If you are full, you will be a burial. Come on, come in! I will let go, don't pay attention to 'eating', you can chat..." As he said that, he picked up a sauerkraut and chewed it slowly, and smiled, "I have also used Yangzhou sauerkraut in Beijing, and thought there was nothing right in the world; but I didn't know that this Shanxi sauerkraut is another excellent flavor!"

The emperor said 'attention', but in this kind of scene, no one could do it, and "eating without saying anything" has developed a habit, and no one has ever chatted while eating. However, his few words made everyone no longer as nervous as they were about Daguan. So they met and thanked each other, sat in their seats, raised their chopsticks and ate.

When the emperor appreciates food, it is always a time when political affairs are smooth and in a good mood, but after a regular meal, it makes people feel unhappy. The reason is nothing but too dull! I used it quickly, put down my chopsticks, and saw that everyone was about to get up again, so I waved my hands first, "You use it for yourself, don't care about me." After that, Liufu, Jingyu served him, and turned around and entered the warmer pavilion.

After everyone used it, they entered the imperial front as usual and met for the second time to thank him. The emperor was tilting his body, half lying on the throne and half sitting on the throne to read the memorial. It was on the site of Jiangsu vassal Guo Songtao, called "Please set up a warship and practice the navy." Seeing everyone coming in, he sat up straight, "It just so happened that there is a memorial from Guo Songtao, Wen Xiang, you can recite it to everyone."

"Yes." Wen Xiang took the memorial from Liufu, opened it and looked at it, and recited loudly: "I want to set up a warship, train the navy to intercept it with me, and respectfully pray for the holy and the review of the matter."

"...I only have the method of marching. Those who are able to defeat the enemy and block the dangers of the mountain villages will directly stole the key points. Those who are also in the land and water will first break their boats. In the seventh year of Xianfeng, Britain, France and the barbarians of Britain and France moved from Hong Kong to Guangdong Province, and plundered the people's wealth along the way. They have been plundering millions of people. Humen is one place, and they rely on the sea on three sides to attack and siege. The bandits are rescued by water and land to restrain their troops. Later, they go north along the border, and the sea is thousands of miles away, and there is no force to restrain them. Since the officers and soldiers have no advantage in boats and oars, the sergeants cannot use them, and the defense is useless, so their momentum is becoming increasingly rampant."

"...I ordered the warships to be prepared early, and the artillery positions were installed, and the troops from Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang naval camps were intercepted to intercept the invaders. The soldiers of the camps were brave, blocked branches, and contacted the water camps with four separate routes, and used the power of blocking and suppressing the supporters to make achievements. Jiangsu Admiral Xiang Rong, and the commentators only said that the thief was strong and the battle was built and purchased. I was worried about whether to help the Qing Dynasty was in a hurry to settle the situation. I was foolish to think that if I had to use ships to settle the Qing Dynasty, I would not have to use ships. Instead of regretting it, how could I rush to build today?"

"...I secretly plan to ensure that each ship costs a thousand gold coins, about 100 ships and 100,000 taels of silver; each gun is more than 100 taels of fire, and a thousand cannons are required to call a thousand cannons, and also require 100,000 taels of silver. In addition to the official office, it is advisable to instruct gentry and merchants to donate, and according to the old rules of donation, they should reduce the discussion by 30% and make preparations, and quickly pay attention to the affairs. After the warships are set up, they will mobilize the troops of the Guangdong Navy camp to take into account the bravery of Guangdong, practice diligently, and guard dangerous passes. To suppress bandits, the camera will impact, and the strength will be more powerful; to block the camp, the camp will be based on the danger, and the momentum will be strong. It may not be useless in the direction of war and suppression."

"Whether there is any ignorant view, please beg the emperor to carry out the instructions and report it carefully."

Wen Xiang finished reading the memorial and returned it to Liufu, and submitted it to the imperial court. "Tell me, how much is the Chen memorial in Guo Songtao's memorial in this memorial?"

"I think that Guo Songtao's report is a plan to prevent problems from escalating. The emperor ascended the throne for more than ten years, and the world was peaceful, and national affairs were growing more and more prosperous. In the seventh year of Xianfeng, Britain, France and the barbarians came together, but returned in disgrace, which greatly increased the majesty of our Celestial Dynasty outside the territory and made all directions surrender. Therefore, I think that the military power of the Celestial Dynasty was enough to protect itself, and the strategy of purchasing ships and training troops was not a feasible method."

"Sushun, you are the minister of the Ministry of War, what do you say?"

"I think that if I mention military training, the wise and wise emperor is not better than the emperor. Since the early years of Xianfeng, the emperor has been eager to implement the new policy. He has been practicing new recruits in Beijing and Tianjin. After the battle of Anshan Lake in the seventh year of Xianfeng, as Master Sun said, the results of military training are displayed in front of the Chinese people, and then they are more widely implemented. In the green camps and Eight Banners army across the country, they use new tactics to train soldiers. Although the effect has not been through actual combat for less than three years, the military affairs of each province have changed the old and exhausted spirit of previous years, which is what the slaves have seen with their own eyes. I think that once the country has a policeman in the future, the new green camps and the Eight Banners generals will fight bravely, and they will definitely be able to achieve one hundred."

He first praised the saints and then said, "As for practicing the method of navy, I thought that once I used it, I would not be able to achieve success for more than ten years, so I might as well plan it slowly and try the navy in the two rivers. If it is like a green camp and has achieved some results, I will then promote other provinces to make our heavenly defense, which is as solid as a golden soup. I am foolish in my opinion, please choose the emperor."

The emperor nodded with a smile, "Well, Sushun has indeed grown a lot over the years!" He said, "What you said makes sense, but the way to govern is to be prepared for danger in times of peace. Britain and France are thousands of miles away from our Celestial Empire, and it is too inconvenient to travel between us. Therefore, if we say that we fight each other with Lao Liu, Zeng Guofan, Yan Jingming, and Sushun, it is unlikely to say that we have said that we were the ones who said to Lao Liu, Zeng Guofan, Yan Jingming, and Sushun. But apart from these Western countries, what is the case with our Celestial Empire? Needless to mention the distance, the Saint

During the reign of Emperor Zuren, Tsarist Russia launched troops to invade the border, fought fiercely in the bitter and cold places outside the border, Yakssa and other places, and signed the Treaty of Nibchu. Although it was to define the boundary range of China-Russia borders and both sides would abide by them forever, have you ever thought that such a treaty would naturally be followed and passed on to generations. But what about the country of Tsarist Russia? That country is a tiger and wolf. If it is a fierce battle in the future, if there is no strong navy on the Ergun River and Heilongjiang River, what should it be? Not to mention the Eastern Ocean..."

He spoke quickly for a moment, almost saying the words "There are words of the small country in the East" and quickly changed the topic, "I traveled to Shanxi, and the khans were thousands of miles away from each other. For Yili, there were many illegal merchants from Tsarist Russia who went to and from north to south of the Tianshan Mountains, disregarding the rules and regulations of the court, and smuggling was rampant. Cheng Gunzabu could not fight, but in the long run, Tsarist Russia would definitely regard our heavenly dynasty as no one, and covet. By then, if there were land that had been lost one after another, lost its care in the motherland, and abused by other people, his sorrow would be even worse than the seven sons of "Bifeng"! It would be too late for you and my king and minister to regret it!"

Wen Xiang and others felt that the emperor's words were wrong. As Sun Ruizhen said just now, as the people of the world were peaceful and the world was the heart of the people. Even if the merchants and the merchants were in harmony with their own country, they could be in harmony with each other and tolerated through consultation and handling by the ministers and general offices in Beijing. There was no possibility of causing major disputes. Why did the emperor say today that there seemed to be an imminent crisis and not seen by everyone? In the mind of the emperor's prediction, three of the four people did not agree! The warm pavilion was silent for a while, and for a long time, no one said anything.

Su Shun looked around and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, Guo Songtao's memorial?"

"Create it. When it's late in the year, I will see him in person."

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