Zhuo Bingtian glanced at the duty room, and saw a group of military ministers and several scholars, as well as co-organizers, and couldn't help but smile, "It's so lively, are you discussing the Yuan Qibao banknote?" ”

Jia Zhen, a co-organizer of the university, hurriedly sent the excerpt of Yi Zhicontent, "This is the excerpt just sent from Shanghai." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Zhuo Bingtian is not only good at economics, knows the money law, has been a scholar of the household department, and has also been in charge of the household department for a long time after being a scholar of the Jin Wu Yingdian University, and has high qualifications.

Yi Zhizhi bitterly reported the disadvantages of the imperial court minting big money and uncontrolled issuance of official bills and treasure banknotes in the excerpts, and asked the court to stop minting big money, stop issuing official bills and treasure banknotes, and close all official silver money numbers.

Seeing Zhuo Bingtian closed the fold, Mu Zhang'a slowly spoke: "The Yuanqi semicolon opened all over the inside and outside of the Beijing division in one day, launched the Yuanqi silver ticket treasure banknote, the officials and gentlemen of the city rushed to tell each other, the matter was boiling, Yi Guocheng This fold has just been delivered, the emperor occasionally feels the cold, the dragon body is not safe, the matter is big, you discuss it first, when Your Majesty sees it, it is also good to be concise and to the point." ”

As soon as the words fell, Manchuria was a white flag, and he was connected. Mu Yin was the first to speak: "This matter can never be allowed, Yuanqi wolf ambition, this move is to completely monopolize my Qing Dynasty money industry, if it succeeds, the whole country will be Yuanqi's banknotes." ”

Lin Kui immediately echoed: "Yes, who can guarantee that Yuan Qi will not issue paper money indiscriminately?" Yuan Qi must not be allowed to succeed, otherwise, the court will be subject to Yuan Qi! ”

"Ladies and gentlemen." Peng Yunzhang, a native of Changzhou, Jiangsu, who was a 15-year jinshi of Daoguang and studied to join the military aircraft last year, said slowly: "The silver banknotes of Yuanqi can be exchanged for cash at any time, and the whole country is full of Yuanqi's banknotes, which is inevitably a bit alarmist, even if there is such a possibility, this situation will not be formed in a short time."

Now you should have heard of the situation in Beijing, the people are extremely resistant to big money, or arbitrary discounts, or do not use it, each big money has dropped from seven or eight hundred Wen to two or three hundred Wen, and if there is more than a year, there will be no market.

The official banknotes are even more unbearable, one thousand banknotes can only be exchanged for one hundred dollars, and twenty-two official bills are only converted into two taels of real silver! One or two official tickets, only worth more than 400 yuan! Everyone knows that the official treasure banknotes will eventually become waste paper like the Ming treasure banknotes!

Now the price of Beijing has risen more than four times, and large and small businesses have closed down! Xiao Jia, a big businessman in Beijing, said that he had a lifetime of trade, and the accumulated baht became waste paper on a different day! You may wish to ask yourself, what will it be like when that day comes?

The imperial court is now stopping minting big money, stopping issuing official bills and treasure money, and it is difficult to reverse the situation, and it is rare for Yuan Qi to come forward and not hesitate to tear down a huge amount of silver to clean up the ..... Reverse this situation, but you look forward and backward, just imagine, once the excerpt of Yi Guocheng is published in the newspaper, what will be the consequences? ”

Everyone present was shocked, it was not that Yi Zhixiang had never done anything about publishing the excerpt directly in the newspaper to create public opinion to force the imperial court to comply, if the imperial court did not agree, Yi Zhixiang would definitely publish the excerpt in the newspaper, and once this matter was poked out, it was definitely the anger of the masses.

Nowadays, the big money is only two or three hundred yuan, and if it is two or three folds, Yuan Qi agrees to exchange four folds for Yuan Qi treasure banknotes, and the official ticket treasure banknotes are exchanged for cash and cash, which is currently only one fold, but Yuan Qi is all two folds for Yuan Qi silver tickets.

You must know that Yuan Qi's silver banknotes can be exchanged for cash anytime and anywhere, if the people know that the imperial court refuses Yuan Qi's request, then the consequences are chilling to think about!

"That makes sense!" Shao Canlang said loudly: "The imperial court minted a lot of money and issued official bills and treasures, which really outweighed the losses, but the court took on the notoriety but the benefits were not large, suffering the people, but fattening a bunch of corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

The collection of taxes from Chongwenmen, the collection of donations from the firearms camp, the collection of land rent from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the collection of land from the Shuntian Mansion either do not collect banknotes at all, or only collect one or two percent, and after receiving them, they buy banknotes with silver, and pay them at fifty percent. This matter is about to be reported in the next excerpt. ”

"Yuan Qi can exchange big money and official bills with four or two folds, which can quickly reverse the current chaotic situation, which is a benefit!" Zhuo Bingtian said slowly: "But in this way, Yuanqi banknotes will inevitably be quickly circulated and popularized to form a monopoly, and the imperial court will completely lose control over the money industry, and it will no longer be able to balance Yuanqi, which is a disadvantage!" Weigh the pros and cons, the pros and cons are in the present, the disadvantages are in the long run, which is more important, you may wish to weigh it carefully. ”

Qi Liaozao added, "Printing treasure banknotes costs a lot of money, and the cost of exchanging large amounts of official bills on the market is even greater. ”

"It's not hard to stop Yuan Qi." Mu Yin said smugly: "Just continue to issue big money and official bills." ”

Qi Liaozao glanced at him with disdain, his eyes were like looking at an idiot, and then he picked up the teacup and sipped the tea silently, disdainfully refuting him, Mu Yin hesitated, and said, "Isn't it possible to stop Yuan Qi like this?" ”

"Naturally, I can't." Zhuo Bingtian stroked the long beard under his chin and said slowly: "How can Yuan Qi exchange indefinitely, there must be a time limit, as little as three or five days, as much as ten days and a half months, after the time limit will not be exchanged, otherwise Yuan Qi will not be able to afford to lose, after the exchange period, the copper money may be able to circulate in two folds, and the official notes and treasure banknotes are tantamount to waste paper, and no one agrees." ”

After a pause, he continued: "The only feasible way to stop Yuanqi is to ban all the semicolons of Yuanqi Bank. ”

Ban all the semicolons of Yuanqi Bank? None of the people present dared to think so, that was tantamount to forcing Yuan Qi to rebel, and now Yuan Qi's troops on the face have exceeded 100,000, God knows if there is anything in secret? If you really want to force Yuanqi to rebel, the Qing Dynasty will not be far from the country!

Mu Zhang'a also understood at this time, what is the purpose of the more than 10,000 troops stationed in Qingniwa, Yi Zhishu has obviously been prepared for a long time, the imperial court dares to ban the Yuanqi semicolon, Yuanqi is afraid that he will immediately turn his face, more than 10,000 navy in Qingniwa, tens of thousands of troops in Henan and Shanxi, will advance into the Beijing division from both land and sea.

Thinking of this, he felt a chill in his back, Yuan Qi was simply planning and then acting, and he was also determined to achieve this, groaning slightly, he slowly glanced at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "Since it is impossible to stop, it is the only one who agrees, Yuan Qi's move is also a move to benefit the country and the people." With that, he stood up, "All of you will come with me into the palace to meet you." ”

The next day, Xianfeng Ming issued an edict that the Beijing division and the local government should stop minting money, close the household bank, stop issuing official bills and treasure banknotes, and the issued money and official bills can be exchanged for Yuanqi silver bills in accordance with the exchange regulations promulgated by Yuanqi Bank.

As soon as the edict came out, the whole Beijing division was sensational, the newly opened Yuanqi Bank was immediately surrounded by water, crowded with people who came to exchange Yuanqi silver bills, at the same time, hundreds of silver cars banged gongs and drums into the Beijing Division, attracting countless people to watch, and a group of businessmen who were elated set off firecrackers to celebrate, for a time the sound of firecrackers inside and outside the Beijing Division sounded together, and the city was celebrating.

In the Yellow Sea, four steam gunboats flying the flag of the Beiyang Naval Division drew several arcs on the sea surface and sailed into the Qingniwa sea, on the bow deck, the commander of the Beiyang Naval Division, Yi Zeng, and the head of the household division, Su Shun, stood side by side, looking at the dozens of sail warships moored in the harbor in front of them, and both of them had mixed feelings.

After a while, Su Shuncai sighed, "The separation of the Beiyang Naval Division is a huge mistake in itself. ”

Yizeng glanced at him and said, "How do you say that?" ”

"If it is not separated, the imperial court can also use the excuse of increasing Tianjin's defense and dispatch a fleet to garrison Tianjin with the Nanyang Navy." Su Shun said softly: "This separation not only puts the Beiyang Naval Division in the opposite position of the Nanyang Navy, but also seriously drags down and limits the development of the Beiyang Naval Division. ”

"The establishment of the Beiyang Naval Division was not also out of helplessness." Yizeng said with a wry smile.

"It's nothing more than that the Han people can't be allowed to control the military power." Su Shun pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "A group of corpses are vegetarian, and they are blind!" ”

Listening to this, Yi Da Jue was unexpected, when the navy conquered Nanyang, Jingshi Zhenhaihou Mansion caught fire for no reason, Yi Zhi's parents were killed, and he had to return to his hometown to guard the system, and the expedition to Nanyang almost gave up halfway, that is, from then on, the relationship between Yuan Qi and the imperial court became more and more stiff, and the imperial court established the Beiyang Naval Division. ”

"After all these years, what news can I find out?" Su Shun said and pointed forward, "Someone is coming to welcome us." ”

Indeed, a few clippers sailed over, Yizeng glanced at it, and said, "Don't divert from the topic..... ”

"You don't know what kind of temperament those people in the court are full of relatives." Su Shun said in a sullen voice: "This matter cannot be confirmed yet, and I will not hide it from you if I have eyebrows." ”

For the arrival of Yizeng and Su Shun, Xiao Mingliang personally went to the dock to greet them, although the three of them had met a few times before, they were not familiar with it, but Su Shun was a self-acquaintance, and after meeting and saluting, he smiled and said: "Shibei should be impressed by each other for three days, Brother Xiao has been in the Wa Kingdom for a few years, and this fleet is about to catch up with the Beiyang Naval Division." ”

Xiao Mingliang said with a smile: "Although the country is a small land, it has a large population, and I am also forced to be helpless, and I am afraid that the deterrence will be insufficient if there are fewer troops." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and politely said: "When I saw the Di Bao, I estimated that the Yijun Gate would come, but I didn't expect Brother Yuting to come too, and he had already ordered someone to prepare a banquet. ”

The three of them entered the big tent of the Chinese army, drank tea and chatted for a while, and said casually: "The Japanese fleet has all come to the Yellow Sea, and the Japanese country will not take the opportunity to make trouble?" ”

"Don't worry, it's not messy." Xiao Mingliang said disappreliantly.

Hearing this, Yizeng was shocked, could it be that the other party planned to stay in the green mud puddle for a long time? Just as he was about to test it further, Xiao Mingliang said straightforwardly: "Lushun is a good place, suitable for building a military port and fort, you can withdraw the Lushun Navy Division Battalion." ”

Yizeng's heart is sinking, Lushun is located in the Yellow Sea, the Bohai Sea, the local geographical location is excellent, can directly hold the throat of the Bohai Strait, can be called an important gateway to Beijing and Tianjin, if the other party occupies Lushun, the Beiyang Navy Division is afraid that it will not be able to get out of the Bohai Sea in the future.

Su Shun said in a relaxed tone: "The principal has taken a fancy to Lushun's place?" ”

Glancing at the two of them, Xiao Mingliang said unabashedly: "The principal plans to connect Lushun and Qingniwa to build a large naval base and commercial port, which can be used for both military and civilian purposes, and is also convenient for the development of Liaodong." ”

"We can't be the master of such a big event." Yi Qiang laughed to himself.

Xiao Mingliang smiled and said, "Listening to the principal's tone, this naval base is for you Beiyang Naval Division, after all, that place in Tianjin is not suitable for becoming a naval base, if you are afraid of this or that, you don't need to be reluctant." ”

For the Beiyang Sailors? Yizeng and Su Shun couldn't help but be stunned, and there was such a good thing? Seeing the expressions of the two people, Xiao Mingliang smiled and said, "What's the matter, don't believe it?" Didn't the family background of your Beiyang sailors all be purchased for you by the principal? ”

This is the truth, the battleships and artillery guns of the Beiyang Naval Division are all given by Yuanqi, however, Yizeng and the two still can't believe it, connecting Lushun and Qingniwa to build a large naval base and commercial port, which requires a large amount of investment, Yuanqi is not a lot of silver and there is no place to use it, and there are many places that need to use silver for new construction in the two provinces of Nanyang.

"It's a great gift." Su Shun smiled, "However, the principal has always killed birds with one stone, so he has other plans." ”

"No wonder the principal looks at Brother Yuting differently." Xiao Mingliang quipped, stood up, walked to a map and said, "Let's take a look." As he spoke, he pointed to the area of Lushun and Qingniwa, and said, "What other role can a large naval base be established here than to protect Beijing and Tianjin?" ”

This is a large map, including Beijing and Tianjin, Liaodong, Korea, and the Wa Kingdom, and after a slight look, Su Shun hesitated and said: "North Korea? ”

Xiao Mingliang nodded and said with a smile: "Not bad, North Korea!" After a pause, he said: "The principal's attitude towards the vassal state, the two of you should know that the vassal state is separated by one layer after all, and the geographical location of the Korean peninsula is very important, and it must be incorporated into the territory of our Great Qing Dynasty, and it cannot give any opportunity for Western countries to take advantage of." ”

Su Shun frowned, "Annexation of North Korea at this time?" ”

"Of course not." Xiao Mingliang said: "It is estimated that we will have to wait for about five years, which is why the principal is eager to build this large naval base." Saying that, he smiled, "We don't need to hide it, to put it mildly, if the principal has the intention to raise troops to rebel and want to fight the Beiyang Naval Division, just start fighting, there is no need to be so troublesome." ”

This is not good, but it is the actual situation, Yizeng and Su Shun are well aware of this, and Yi Zhixin wants to forcibly occupy the generation of Lushun Qingniwa, they can only stare dryly, groan slightly, Su Shun said: "We will try our best to persuade the court to agree." ”