Chinese people have always had the habit of storing money and grain, whether it is a small person or a wealthy gentry, the family does not have enough food to save money, and their hearts are always unstable.

And what Li Ze is doing now is trying to hope that everyone will take out all the money in the family to spend. Money has always been flowing, in order to really play his role, tun at home to make him moldy and rusty, for a family, or can be at ease, but if thousands of families do this, for the country, it will inevitably lack vitality.

Over the past seven years, the economy of the entire Northland has been thriving on the whole, and compared with the past, it has completely changed dramatically.

Li Ze can actually be very proud, although he can't solve the problem of poverty now, he can at least proudly say that under his rule, the death of people by starvation is now extremely rare. Even in the poorest areas, they can at least barely survive now.

This is already a remarkable achievement.

As for the real solution to the problem of poverty, he did not think that he could do it in his lifetime, and what he could do was to get the majority of people out of this predicament.

Over the years, he has been trying hard to instill a truth in his officials and to those rich people, let the money turn, let the money run, let the money keep flowing above the market, in order to make more money.

Years of hard work have had some effect, at least in his core ruling area, where officials and wealthy people have begun to identify with this concept. The landlords of the past, having tasted the benefits, have begun to burst out with greater energy, hoping to grab more wealth.

Now, Li Ze hopes that the small people of Shengdou under his rule can also slowly come to this track.

Never underestimate the power of these small people. Or these small people, on average, each person only has a few savings, but if you multiply this number by the number of people in Dingkou, it is a huge stock.

One of the reasons why Li Ze carried out currency reform and minted coins of 100 yuan, silver coins of 10 yuan, and copper coins of 10 yuan was that a large amount of money was originally made and disappeared without a trace after entering circulation. They lie quietly in the wardrobes, or in the chests, or in the cellars, and do not see the light of day. The Minting Division of the Ministry of Household is busy minting money like a dog every day, but it cannot change the problem of insufficient circulation of money in the market, and the price of money is rising. And the more it rises, the more people collect it, and this is an endless cycle.

After the new money entered the market, it barely suppressed the problem of lack of money. But it did not solve the problem fundamentally, because these coins that were 100 cents were still not the main force circulating in the market, and the main force was still the copper dollar of 10 wen and the original coinage.

"Shenglong Qianzhuang has started the pilot work of saving money and paying interest in Wuyi, but as far as the current situation is concerned, the effect is not very good." Xia Ho Road.

"Take your time, it will take time." Li Zedao.

Shenglong raised a lot of money in a short period of time by selling his shares, but this amount of money was still a drop in the bucket for Jin Mantang's investment in Pinglu and his preparation to vigorously develop the Japanese state. Moreover, most of the people who bought these shares, on the whole, were still rich people and officials. So Li Ze gave him another idea, that is, to absorb the silver money scattered in the hands of the people. As long as you deposit it in Shenglong Bank, you can get an interest on time.

It's a huge change.

Before that, no matter who deposited money in the bank, not only did not have interest to obtain, but had to pay a storage fee, so except for those big businessmen who needed a lot of money to trade, ordinary people, no one would put their own small money in the bank, but now, Sheng Long finally took the first step.

The interest rate of one percent is not high, but as a tester, it is already very good. The reason why Wuyi was chosen as a pilot is because Wuyi is now the richest place in the north, and the people also have more loose money in their hands, and more importantly, the people here have great confidence in the current imperial court.

If you want the people to use the money in their hands bravely, the confidence of the court is an extremely important point, only if they firmly believe that the court is powerful, invincible, and trustworthy, then they dare to take out the coffin book in their hands to win more gains.

At the beginning of the spring of next year, the small loan business will be officially launched, targeting the peasants who have land and houses in Pinglu, and the loan amount will not exceed 10 percent, the loan interest rate will not exceed 3 percent, and the term will be one year. To help farmers where to buy seeds, farm tools, etc., if implemented smoothly in Binh Lu, it will be carried out on a large scale throughout the country. Xia He continued. However, judging from the specific situation now, I am afraid that there will be considerable resistance. ”

This is also a thing that Li Ze is very distressed about now, Pinglu has just been recovered, and there are a large number of old officials and gentry in the local area, especially in the vast countryside, the old forces still occupy a dominant position, the clan power is still strong, and the good policies of the imperial court can barely be rolled out in the city, but once they reach the countryside, they are greatly discounted, or even cannot be carried out at all.

And now, Li Ze can no longer be as he did when he first rectified Chengde Henghai and other areas, slashing and killing with a knife, as the area he ruled became larger and larger, there were more and more Dingkou, and the situation became more and more complicated, and the policy of the imperial court gradually became more moderate, and more of a gradual and moderate mode of advancement was adopted. Especially in areas like Pinglu, where the imperial court now needed stability in order to lay a firm foundation for the next large-scale southward offensive against the puppet Liang.

"There is a need for a strong official to advance the policies of the imperial court." Li Ze knocked on the table and said, the current Pinglu is still under military control, and the entire Pinglu has been divided into two, half of which belongs to Liu Chenglin and the other half to You Yong. With the bandits there being rampant, the rout was swept away by the two generals, and it became imperative to return it to normalcy.

In the afternoon of the same day, Cao Xin, the secretary of the ministry, appeared in Li Ze's office.

"I am going to change the name of Pinglu to Shandong Province. There is a need for a suitable officer, you have someone in your pocket, can there be a candidate? Li asked.

Cao Xin pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Li Xiang, there is a suitable candidate by your side!" ”

"Oh?" Li Ze said, "Who are you talking about?" ”

Cao Xin raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Xundao, who was making a record on the side: "Far away in the sky, close in front of you." ”

"Chapter Follow!" Not only was Li Ze taken aback, but he was also stunned when he followed himself.

"He has been by my side since he came out, and he has no experience in governing places!" Li Zedao.

Zhang Xun also arched his hand and said: "Cao Ministry's ministry is too elevated to me, and the lower officials don't have the confidence to govern Pinglu well!" ”

Cao Xin ignored the objections of the two, but continued: "Li Xiang, I don't think anyone will be more suitable than Zhang Xun. First, he has been by Li Xiang's side, and he has a thorough understanding of the policies of the imperial court, and where he goes, he can accurately implement the policies of the imperial court. Second, Zhang Xun's family history, Zhang Gong's reputation, which side of Pinglu is also a well-known card, Zhang Xun, can greatly alleviate the local gentry's psychological resistance to us. ”

Li Ze's heart moved, Shandong, that is the hometown of the sage, and Zhang Hui is a Confucian and Taoist master, where Zhang Xun goes, it can indeed effectively influence these people.

"The second point, Li Xiang, is now in Pinglu, which is the next Shandong Mansion, but there are two generals stationed. One is an old person from our Zhenzhou, the other is a new brave, the two are just afraid that they are also a little out of tune, and the people who go must also have the ability to coordinate the problems between the two generals, just ask, who is more suitable than Zhang Xun? He has been doing things by your side, he went, he didn't look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha, and the two of them would also give Zhang Xun some face, and if he changed to a person, he might not have such an effect. ”

"Makes sense!" Li Ze was persuaded that Liu Chenglin was his brother-in-law, and he was brave and brave, but such a person, too, was quite conceited. And You Yong, since his father's generation, has been an old courtier of the Li family, with deep qualifications and a wide range of contacts. In fact, there has been some friction between the two of them in Shandong Mansion that has reached Li Ze's ears, and where the two guards are located, there is also friction from time to time, and there will be some conflicts from time to time. Zhang Xun is not only Zhang Hui's son, but has always played the role of his personal secretary, wherever he goes, whether it is Liu Chenglin or You Yong, he will give him face.

Third, as for the lack of experience in governing the locality, this can be compensated by other methods. Li Xiang can equip him with a neat team, and send some experienced officials from all over the country to help him, and these people will do specific things, and deal with higher-level things by Zhang Xun, so naturally there will be no problems. ”

Hearing this, Li Ze was completely convinced, and turned his head to look at Zhang Xun: "How is it?" Do you have the confidence to go to Shandong Mansion? Don't worry, do it, it's really bad, come back to me. ”

Do you have the confidence to say two things first, but to be able to go from a secretary who handles cases all day to a big member of local governance, how can you not be tempted by the rules? It is said that it is the east of Shanfu, but in fact it is the original Pinglu Jiedu envoy, although it is said that the military power is gone, but governing such a large place, for anyone, is a great temptation.

Self-cultivation, family harmony, governing the country, and leveling the world are concepts that have been established since childhood for a reader like Zhang Xun.

With a red face, Zhang Xun stood up and arched his hand: "The lower officials are willing to go, if they don't do well, they are willing to be punished, where is the face to come back to Li Xiang." ”