Winter is dark early, just after six o'clock, the sky is already dark, send Zhuo Bingtian away, Yi Zhizhi returned to the study to take out the written fold and carefully review, if Yuan Qi's issuance of banknotes can be discussed once a year ago, no matter what the result is, it is a gratifying thing, at least it shows that Daoguang is quite concerned about this matter, and what he is most afraid of is that this matter will be shelved indefinitely. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Previously, Zhuo Bingtian had said in a firm tone, Daoguang was not shelving the matter, but waiting for an opportunity, Yi Zhixiang was quite unimpressed, what opportunity were you waiting for? At the end of the year, there is a gap of five or six million, and it is even more urgent for the relief of the displaced people in Beijing, such a good opportunity, Daoguang did not take advantage of it, what opportunity are you waiting for? Now he can only hope that this excerpt can impress Daoguang and make Daoguang determined to support Yuanqi's issuance of banknotes.

He was holding a cigar and carefully reading the folds that would be presented tomorrow, and the chief manager Tang Youliang hurriedly walked to the door to report: "Sir, the senior father-in-law who passed the decree several times ago is here." ”

Daoguang still announced his entry into the palace at this time? Yi Zhizhi is content, at this time, the palace gate should have been locked, could it be that something big happened? After thinking about it, I felt that it was not right, even if there was something big, it would be enough to let him enter the palace at night?

He was surprised to himself, Tang Youliang continued: "Father-in-law Gao doesn't seem to have come to deliver the decree, he is dressed in casual clothes, and there is an old man with him, and his identity seems to be more noble..... ”

Could it be that Daoguang is coming? Yi Zhishu couldn't believe it, and hurriedly got up and went out.

The old man who came with Gonggong Gao was indeed the Daoguang of Weifu, he did not wait outside the door, but went straight into the house, Yuan Qi's issuance of banknotes, he attaches great importance to it, after all, this is the only way to completely solve the financial crisis of the imperial court, how can he not pay attention to it?

In the past few days, he has been pondering carefully and repeatedly, pondering Yuanqi's intention to issue banknotes, weighing the pros and cons, Yuanqi is not an ordinary local merchant group and business gang, monopolizing the local silver and money industry, opening a machine factory, running a stock exchange, etc.

Authorizing Yuan Qi to issue banknotes, the imperial court can smoothly issue a large amount of indefinite treasury bonds, but the larger the amount of indefinite treasury bonds issued, the larger the amount of banknotes issued by Yuanqi, and in the long run, Yuan Qi is very likely to control the entire Qing Dynasty's silver industry by issuing banknotes, which is what he is most worried about.

Will this happen? He didn't know much about finance and the issuance of banknotes, but he knew that England and Citigroup did not seem to have a similar situation because of the issuance of banknotes.

Yi Zhizhi came out of the courtyard, and met Daoguang a few people head-on, although the lights were dim, he still recognized Daoguang walking in front at a glance, and hurriedly stepped forward a few steps, "Weichen greeted the emperor, he was late, and he hoped that the emperor would forgive his sins." ”

Daoguang waved his hand and said, "I went out of the palace to relax, and I came to take a look, and I was flat." When the other party got up, he asked casually: "Is this house still satisfied?" ”

This mansion is a prince's specification, Yi Zhizhi is just a viscount, he just stood up, he quickly knelt down and said: "Weichen lives in this mansion, which is quite a bit ...... ”

"It doesn't hurt to transgress the slightest transgression of what I have rewarded." Daoguang smiled and said, "If you completely pacify Annan, you won't be able to cross it." ”

The meaning of these words is very clear, to pacify Annan, Daoguang will at least reward him as a marquis, Yi Zhishu hurriedly said: "Weichen will definitely do his best to completely pacify Annan as soon as possible." ”

"Go in and say." Daoguang said that he walked first, and when he entered the room, he sat down directly on the main seat, and then said casually: "No need to stand up, sit." After the other party sat down, he continued: "In just a few days, the relief of the displaced people in Beijing has been very effective, and I am very relieved, which is the work of the national city." ”

Yi Zhizu bowed slightly and said: "Weichen does not dare to be greedy for the merits of heaven, and it is the emperor's mercy that the exiles in Beijing can be relieved." ”

"Over the years, natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued, and the family funds accumulated by the household department and the internal affairs government for many years have been exhausted. Daoguang paused slightly, and then said in a deep voice: "Yuanqi's issuance of banknotes can completely alleviate the financial embarrassment of the imperial court, but I don't understand, what are the benefits of issuing banknotes to Yuanqi?" ”

Is this questioning the motive and purpose of Yuanqi's issuance of banknotes? It seems that Daoguang is still quite tempted to issue banknotes, otherwise he would not have Baba's micro-service to come to his house to ask this question, and he groaned slightly, and Yi Zhizhi said slowly: "The issuance of banknotes is conducive to promoting the development of economy and trade, which is the need of the Qing Dynasty itself."

Second, Western countries all issue paper money, and will come to our Qing Dynasty treaty port to open a bank, those Western banks must be the paper money of various countries, not real money and silver, if the Qing Dynasty does not issue its own paper money, with real money and silver to trade with other countries, it is inevitable to suffer losses, and the southeast coastal provinces of the Qing Dynasty may also have a large number of Western paper money flooding, just like the previous foreign silver flood. ”

Hearing this, Daoguang couldn't help but say, "Can't you refuse to accept their banknotes?" ”

"I can't refuse." Yi Zhishu shook his head slowly: "For example, the British pound has a good reputation, and the banks opened by the British can exchange the equivalent value of gold and silver at any time, once it circulates in the treaty port, it will inevitably be very popular, and the imperial court cannot strictly prohibit the circulation of the pound, because we have to borrow a large amount of money from the British, and trade with the British will also be settled in pounds, after all, we are on the weak side."

In fact, Britain has been promoting the hegemony of the pound, that is, the implementation of the pound in all countries in the world, the establishment of the hegemony of the pound, once all countries in the world accept the pound, the economy of all countries will be clamped by the British, the emperor try to think, if the Qing provinces widely circulated the pound, what would be the result? ”

Paper money is paper after all, and real money can not be compared, if the Qing Dynasty is circulating up and down the pound sterling, it is equivalent to being choked by the English neck, this truth Daoguang still understands.

"If there is enough credit, paper money can replace real money." Yi Zhishu said slowly: "Just like the silver bills, bank notes, promissory notes and other negotiable bills issued by Yuanqi and various large and small silver banks, they are widely used in bulk commerce and trade, just because they have enough credit.

Compared with real money and silver, paper money has a very obvious advantage in commerce and trade, if we do not issue legal banknotes, the market will be occupied by Western banknotes.

In addition, if the Qing Dynasty issued legal banknotes, it could also follow the example of England and implement our Qing banknotes in the vassal countries, so as to achieve the goal of easily controlling the economy of the vassal states.

For other vassal states, we can also take various means to enforce the paper money of the Qing Dynasty, so that a large amount of real money and silver of the vassal states can be absorbed into the Qing Dynasty, and we can strengthen the political, economic and military control of the vassal states through paper money. ”

Can the issuance of banknotes have such great benefits? Daoguang really couldn't have imagined that there was such a big ambition hidden behind the issuance of banknotes, controlling the economy of a number of vassal states, and even merging a number of vassal states into the territory of the Qing Dynasty. ”

"Wechen obeys." Yi Zhiren was full of joy, and there was no doubt that these words moved Daoguang, and he was preparing to reconvene the ministers to discuss.

After pondering for a while, Daoguang spoke: "The importance of paper money is self-evident, Yuan Qi issues paper money, how does the imperial court control Yuan Qi?" ”

This is for him to come up with an idea to restrain Yuan Qi! In other words, it's for him to dig his own pit and jump on his own! Yi Zhixiang was secretly amused in his heart, but he also knew that if the imperial court could not effectively clamp Yuan Qi, he was afraid that he might not be willing to authorize Yuan Qi to issue banknotes, and he groaned slightly, so he said: "The imperial court can issue relevant bank management regulations to strengthen the supervision of banks and financial markets, Yuan Qi will not be the only bank in the Qing Dynasty, and all provinces or local business groups can form banks with a certain scale." ”

In addition, Yuanqi has many factories, mines, railways and other real estate, and moreover, most of Yuanqi's silver is gathered in various prosperous places of commerce and trade, and the imperial court's control of Yuanqi can be said to be everywhere at all times.

In addition, the directors of the core management departments of Yuanqi Bank, such as the permanent council, auditing, personnel, treasury, printing and other departments, can be divided into two parts, one part is appointed by Yuanqi himself, and the other part is recommended by the imperial court and appointed by the emperor. ”

Hearing this, Daoguang's spirit lifted, which is tantamount to letting the imperial court install half of the manpower into the core of Yuanqi! After a slight sigh, he said: "The royal clan is not suitable, why can't the Eight Banners Honorable Lord?" ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled, "Everyone knows that the banner man is the foundation of the imperial court. ”

The other party can make such a big concession, Daoguang is already satisfied, whether the officials and flag people can enter, he is already lazy to care, for him, the reduction of officials and dismissals, the reinstatement of officials, the flag for the people, and the promotion of nationality into the flag are just a matter of will, there is no point in fighting, it is just a nominal matter.

"Sort out what you just said in detail, write an excerpt and hand it in." Daoguang stood up and said, "It's best tomorrow, and in two more days, the government will be closed." ”

Sent Daoguang outside the gate, sent him to the sedan chair and left, Yi Zhizhi was relieved, and his heart was excited, no accident, there should be no suspense about the issuance of banknotes, however, the concession he made was also big enough, which was equivalent to giving half of the amount of Yuanqi's core management directors to the imperial court, of course, the reluctant child can't set the wolf, such a big concession is enough to make Yuanqi and the imperial court closely linked, and it is enough for the imperial court to relax its vigilance against Yuanqi, and Yuanqi will get a relaxed development environment.

As for monitoring, not to mention giving up half of the core management directors, that is, giving up two-thirds of the core directors, he has to play tricks and feet, and he still plays around, and he really doesn't worry about it!

After two days of repeated arguments, Daoguang finally couldn't bear it, tried his best to resist public opinion, and made an arbitrary decision, and issued an order to authorize Yuanqi Bank to issue banknotes, and Yuanqi launched banknotes as soon as possible! The Ministry of Household Affairs discussed with Yuan Qi to approve the amount of the first phase of indefinite treasury bonds and the amount of banknotes issued as soon as possible!

On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, the yamen of all sizes in Beijing were sealed and closed, and the officials of Beijing ushered in the most leisurely and comfortable annual leave of up to one month.

Negotiated with the Minister of Military Aircraft and the Ministry of Household Shangshu Qi Liaozao on the amount of indefinite treasury bonds and banknotes, Yi Zhizhi also became leisurely, wandering around the outer city of Beijing all day long, Bai Zhi He has sent someone back to Shanghai, after all, Bai Zhi's identity is not visible, staying in Beijing is always a hidden danger, and besides, this child, he also wants to keep it secret.

He didn't care about taking a concubine before he got married and gave birth to a child, after all, he was not young, and it was not a secret that he took a concubine, he had already accepted several concubines, and he couldn't hide it if he wanted to, and the reason why he wanted to keep it secret was naturally out of long-term considerations.

He wandered around the outer city of Beijing all day long, and finally something happened to him, on the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, outside the Xuanwu Gate of Beijing, he was touched by someone and blackmailed, and in a fit of anger, people broke the other party's legs, but the other party was actually a yellow belt - a child of the clan.

This time it stabbed the hornet's nest, the other party gathered a group of evil slaves to besiege it, Yi Zhizhi where is willing to suffer, several guards directly took out the Colt revolver they carried, wounded five people, and the rest saw that the situation was not good, and quickly snatched the owner of the discounted legs and fled in a hurry.

This incident caused a sensation in the entire Beijing Division, some people were bold, in broad daylight, using firearms to beat the group, and the beating was still a yellow belt, because the matter involved the clan and a legitimate red viscount, the commander of the infantry army, Shuntian Mansion, and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division dared to make a mistake, and hurriedly reported to the Zongren Mansion.

Zongren Mansion Zong Ling Zaiquan couldn't help but secretly complain, he also knew that he couldn't hide it, so he hurriedly entered the palace and wanted to report it truthfully.

After hearing that Zaiquan explained the cause and effect of the matter in detail, Daoguang was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Outside the first three gates of the capital, there are often people who claim to be idle clans, and they are in groups of three or five, and they are full of deceit...... The traitor pretending to be a clan has done a great job of law and order, and if it is a disturbance from the unscrupulous clan, it will not be a problem! The Zongren Mansion, the Infantry Army Commander, the Shuntian Mansion, and the Five Cities were strictly investigated and dealt with in order to set an example of deceit. ”

Traitors pretending to be clansmen? Zaiquan was stunned for a moment, just to protect Yi Zhizhi, and it would not be so obvious, but it was a serious sect disciple of eight hundred who was beaten! To be heard, 'If it is a nuisance from the clan, it will be a nuisance!' Only then did he react to this sentence, this is really protective!

Without waiting for him to come back to his senses, Daoguang continued: "The Yellow Flag Manchuria, the first-class viscount, the Nanyang Admiral is easy to be content, lawless, unauthorized use of firearms in the city, compensating the injured for the cost of soup and medicine, and carrying out the flag for the people, thinking that it is a punishment!" ”

Well, just a few days after I raised the flag and became a citizen, I was expelled from Manchuria with the yellow flag all of a sudden, which is really not worth it! Zaiquan secretly felt sorry for Yi Zhi's contentment, but after thinking about it, the use of firearms in the downtown area injured the yellow belt, which was already a very light punishment. (To be continued.) )