Printing more banknotes will solve the problem? Yi Zhixiang glanced at Mianyu indifferently, and then looked at Lin Zexu, this is the real intention of the two of them coming to Shanghai?

Thirty or forty million banknotes, Yuan Qi really doesn't have the guts, after all, Yuan Qi's banknotes can be exchanged for cash at any time, once there is a large-scale run, Yuan Qi may collapse, the court is afraid that it is a dream to see Yuan Qi go bankrupt, this kind of thankless stupid thing, how can he do it?

Shandong seven million victims, he really wants to help, but he can only do what he can, he will never put Yuan Qi in danger in order to save these seven million victims, if Yuan Qi goes out of business, it is definitely no less than the natural disaster caused by the diversion of the Yellow River!

"Yuanqi's banknotes can be exchanged for cash anytime and anywhere, and an extra 40 million taels are printed, what is the consequence?" Yi Zhizu said coldly: "Shouldn't the imperial court look at the depreciation of Yuanqi banknotes and the official banknotes of the imperial court, and then go bankrupt?" ”

These words are not ordinary, Mianyu hurriedly waved his hand, "Where does Guocheng want to go, if Yuanqi goes out of business, our Daqing will really be helpless, and there is absolutely no ...... this idea." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"It's best not to have that idea." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "If Yuanqi goes bankrupt, the financial and economic collapse of the Qing Dynasty will collapse, and the harm is far from being comparable to the diversion of the Yellow River's embankment. ”

Hearing this, Lin Zexu had to explain: "The 40 million banknotes, the imperial court hopes that Yuan Qi can be used as an indefinite loan to the imperial court....... If such a large flood is not properly relieved, the number of deaths may be in the millions. ”

"Yuanqi's banknotes are issued in accordance with strict proportions, which is the fundamental guarantee for the normal circulation and value preservation of Yuanqi banknotes in the market, and it is impossible and dare not issue them indiscriminately." Yi Zhizhi said in a deep voice: "As for the indefinite loan to the imperial court, it is also fixed according to the total amount of the imperial court's annual income and income and expenditure, and in the current situation, Yuan Qi cannot and does not dare to continue to lend to the imperial court." ”

Lin Zexu sighed lightly, although he had long expected that this would be the result, but when he heard Yi Zhi's refusal, he still found it difficult to accept it in his heart, in the first year of Xianfeng, he let Yuan Qi donate six million to block the Fengbei Breach of the Yellow River with an old face, and this time he really couldn't open his mouth again.

Lin Zexu, who saw it, was also blocked from opening his mouth, and Mianyu hurriedly turned the conversation back, "Jin merchants have silver, but they are not willing to lend it to the imperial court at all, is there a way for the national city?" ”

Slowly lit a cigarette, and Yi Zhizhi said, "Why don't Jin merchants dare to lend silver to the imperial court?" It's worried about whether there is a loan or not, but with Yuanqi's guarantee, there shouldn't be a problem. ”

Yuanqi guarantee? Lin Zexu immediately reacted, Yuan Qi must have reached an agreement with the Jin Merchants during this time, otherwise he would not say so, he said with a happy face: "The Jin Merchants dismantled in large amounts, which can be regarded as a solution to the urgent need." ”

Yi Zhizhi said: "The scale of this disaster relief is unprecedented, it must be planned in detail, the imperial court's finances are not loose, try to borrow as little as possible, the interest of the Jin merchants is not high, but it is not low, and the annual interest rate is one cent." ”

The annual interest rate is 10%, which is equivalent to more than eight percent of the monthly interest rate, as far as usury is concerned, this is not interest at all, and in terms of small loans, it is indeed not high, but for large loans of tens of millions, this is a bit high, and the last time Yuan Qi gave a large loan to the imperial court, the annual interest rate was only five percent, which was twice as high.

Forty million, which means four million interest a year, will overwhelm the imperial court, Lin Zexu said with some embarrassment: "Can you let the Jin merchants reduce the interest?" ”

"This is the first time that Jin merchants have borrowed large amounts of money from the imperial court, and the interest rate cannot be low, otherwise it will discourage them." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "Considering the financial situation of the imperial court, within three years, Yuan Qi can share half of the interest, but Heilongjiang can't stop using troops!" ”

This is equivalent to Yuan Qi spending six million taels of silver to buy Heilongjiang soldiers, Lin Zexu can't be the master, glanced at Mianyu, Mianyu smiled: "Sending troops to Heilongjiang is a matter within the court's responsibility, and it should be no problem, but for the sake of prudence, it is better to send a telegram to the emperor." ”

It is indeed a lot more convenient to have a telegram, Lin Zexu nodded slightly, changed his words, and said: "The south flows to the north, what do you think of the national city?" ”

"Whether it is a southward flow or a northward stream, there are pros and cons, and it is difficult to weigh them for a while." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "The imperial court and Yuan Qi are also at the difficult point in the past three or five years, and the next view is to block the breach first, and then recruit everyone to control the water across the country, set up a Yellow River governance investigation team, conduct on-the-spot investigations on the water system, agriculture, economy and other aspects of the south-flowing and north-flowing areas, and come up with specific plans to alleviate the past few years, and then join hands to completely eradicate the Yellow River." ”

"With the words of the national city, the boiling dispute between the south and the north can also be stopped." Lin Zexu chuckled, but he sighed in his heart, this method is not only prudent, but also cautious and rigorous, and what is even more rare is this courage.

"The flow of the south and the north is not the foundation of the Yellow River." Yi Zhixin said without hurry: "The governance of the Yellow River focuses on sand control, where does the sand come from?" Loess plateau!

The loess of the Loess Plateau is deep, loose and porous, the climate is arid, although the precipitation is less, but the precipitation is concentrated, and most of it is heavy rain, the sediment of the Yellow River is mainly from the two provinces of Shaanxi and Shanxi on the Loess Plateau.

In the past 100 years, with the growth of population, serious reclamation, the vegetation of the Loess Plateau has been seriously damaged, and more and more sediment has flowed into the Yellow River. ”

Returning farmland to forest? This meaning is not difficult to understand, Lin Zexu paused for a moment, and then said: "Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, with a population of nearly 30 million, how to return farmland to forests?" The national city should not be planning to relocate the people of the two provinces in large numbers. ”

"There is no need to move to the plains, which are mainly mountainous and hilly." Yi Zhishu smiled and said, "Doesn't the imperial court encourage immigrants to the Northeast, you can give priority to the mountainous and hilly people of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, killing two birds with one stone." ”

"It's not your average difficulty." Lin Zexu smiled bitterly and shook his head, then looked at Mianyu and said, "The prince will sit down for a while, and the lower officials will send a telegram first." ”

Yi Zhishu immediately got up and went out and instructed Lin Meilian to accompany Lin Zexu to send a telegram, since the breach was to be blocked, this matter could not be delayed, the longer the time, the wider the breach would be collapsed, and the more money and manpower and material resources would be spent.

When he returned to the room, he saw Mianyu leisurely holding a hookah and smoking a hookah, Yi Zhi couldn't help but smile, Shi Shiran sat down and said, "The prince's Pingkou General Seal has not been returned?" ”

At the mention of this stubble, Mianyu's brows furrowed, now that the Taiping army has been driven out of the borders of the Qing Dynasty, all the lost territory has been recovered, it is said that it should be a great success, but the imperial court seems to have forgotten this stubble and ignored it.

He took the initiative to hand over the excerpt of the general's seal letter, but it was also a mud cow into the sea, there was no news, not to mention how depressed he was, there was nothing left and right, Changsha had just experienced the war, and he did not want to stay longer, so he simply took a boat down the river to Shanghai, but in Jiangning, he received a telegram, and was temporarily assigned to an errand.

He was depressed in his heart, and it was not easy to vomit in front of Yi Zhicontentment with bitter water in his stomach, so he said: "The Taiping army has not been wiped out yet, what are you doing in a hurry to return the seal letter?" The king is still counting on the iron hat. ”

Yi Zhi's latte hat fooled him twice, and immediately stopped taking the stubble, and said with a smile: "Then wait slowly." ”

However, for most of the hour, Lin Zexu returned quickly, and said with a smile when he entered the door: "The imperial court agreed to continue to send troops to Heilongjiang and borrow 40 million, and also agreed with the suggestion of the national city to block the breach first, and then set up an expedition team to control the Yellow River." ”

Yi Zhixiang said with concern: "Is it Zhongtang to govern the river again?" ”

Nodding, Lin Zexu sighed lightly: "The imperial court lacks ...... talents to govern the river. ”

"There is no shortage of officials in the imperial court, and there is no shortage of talents in the Qing Dynasty, what is lacking is the use of talents in an eclectic manner." Yi Zhizhi said: "Zhongtang's governance of the river this time focuses on recruiting talents, cultivating talents, not bowing to everything, cherishing the body, is the blessing of the court and the people." ”

After a pause, he continued: "The selection and formation of the expedition team depends on the middle hall, and the expenses should be paid out in a strange way, and there is no need to be constrained by the imperial court. ”

Lin Zexu's heart was hot, and he arched his hand and said: "Don't worry, the old man still hopes to be able to see the Tao and cure the Yellow River in his lifetime." ”

Although during this period, the government and the opposition were arguing endlessly about the southward flow of the Yellow River to the north, but whether it was the imperial court or Yuan Qi, there was no delay at all in the relief of the victims of the Yellow River diversion in the prefectures and counties, and the imperial court took measures such as opening donations to raise funds, withholding water items, delaying the levy of levies, and stabilizing prices.

In addition, Yuanqi also ordered Yuanqi's shareholders and staff to donate money to help the victims, and purchased a large amount of grain from the two Nanyang provinces, Annam, Siam, Waguo, and North Korea and transported it to Shandong and Zhili, and also organized the victims to go to Dalian Port nearby for resettlement, and the Beiyang Navy Division and the East China Sea Navy also lost no time in sending a large number of warships to transport the victims who were willing to emigrate to Sakhalin Island, the Kamchatka Peninsula, and the area near the mouth of the Heilongjiang River. Not far behind, the imperial court actively organized the victims to emigrate to the northeast.

When the imperial court issued an edict, and Lin Zexu blocked the copper tile box for the ministers, and set up an expedition team to control the Yellow River to comprehensively investigate the area of the south and north flow of the Yellow River, the military and people of Shandong were boiling, and the military and civilians of Anhui in Jiangsu were depressed, but the formation of the expedition team to control the Yellow River was also a little bit of a comfort to them!

Just when the government and the opposition were busy with disaster relief, another major event happened in the imperial court - Prince Gong? He was dismissed from all his posts such as the Minister of Military Aircraft, the Zongren Mansion Commander, and the Zhenghuang Banner Commander, and ordered to return to his study to study.

After receiving the telegram, Yi Zhixiang's first reaction was that Su Shun instigated Yixun to carry out reform and failed, Xianfeng was killing chickens and making an example of monkeys, or should it be said that he was killing monkeys and impeaching chickens, after all, Prince Gong Yixun could not be regarded as a chicken, but should be a monkey!

Yi Zhixin still has a good impression of Yi Xun, who was later known as 'Devil Six', after all, Yi Xun can be regarded as the leader of the Westernization faction, and the time to compete for the throne is also a strong support for Yuan Qi!

Xianfeng Yuji ascended the throne, and for the younger brother of this adoptive mother, a strong competitor to the throne, not only did not suppress but also gave enough favor - in the first year of Xianfeng, he awarded Yixun as the fifteenth minister of good shooting.

In the second year of Xianfeng, Emperor Xianfeng pointed out that the original Qingjun Wangfu was given to Yixun as a mansion, which was originally the residence of the scholar and Shen during the Qianlong period.

In the third year of Xianfeng, Yixin was ordered to manage the affairs of the Central Hall and the Wuying Palace. He also acted as the Minister of the Interior of the Guard, and participated in the patrol of the capital. On the seventh day of October of that year, Yin Yixun was sent to the military aircraft department, breaking the ancestral system that the prince of the Qing Dynasty was not allowed to interfere in government affairs.

In the fourth year of Xianfeng, in March, Yixin was ordered to add a faction to manage the affairs of the three libraries, and to supplement the Mongolian capital with red flags. In April, he was ordered to make up the right Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion. In June, he was ordered to supplement the Yellow Banner and the Han Army. In September, he was promoted to the Sect Decree. He was also awarded the Minister of Military Parade and transferred to the Yellow Banner Manchurian Metropolitan Command.

In the fifth year of Xianfeng, he was ordered by the prime minister to conduct business affairs. In February, he was ordered to wear a yellow jacket.

was so favored by Xianfeng - Prince Gong Yixun, who can be called to the point of no return, was suddenly swept to the end and relegated back to the study to study, how could he not make Yi Zhixin frightened, this is when he asked Su Shun to instigate innovation and change, the so-called thief is weak-hearted, nothing more! After thinking about it, he went to invite Prince Hui Mianyu.

Mianyu, who lived near the Zhenhai Mansion, came quickly, and when he entered the Changle Study, he saw that there was a person in the study, so he smiled and said: "Guocheng is curious about Prince Gong's affairs?" ”

"Prince Gong has always supported Yuan Qi, but there was a sudden change, how could he not care about it." Yi Zhizu stretched out his hand as he spoke, and after sitting down, he continued: "The prince seems to know the inside story. ”

"This has nothing to do with Yuanqi." Prince Hui said slowly: "Prince Gong, Prince Gong, Yixun just didn't do the word "Gong". He didn't sell Guan Zi either, and said straightforwardly: "Prince Gong was dismissed because of the Empress Dowager Borzigit, the mother of Yixun and the emperor's adoptive mother, should now be called Empress Dowager Kangci."

Empress Dowager Kangci, the previous imperial concubine Borzigit, wanted to be canonized as the empress dowager, but the emperor has not been canonized, and Borzigit is seriously ill this year, and he still remembers the title.

It is reported that the emperor came out of the palace of the concubine of Kangci Emperor, and Prince Gong specially mentioned the title of the title, and the emperor replied casually, and Prince Gong immediately asked the Military Aircraft Department to handle the title of "Queen Mother".

In the end, the emperor conferred on the imperial concubine Borzigit as the empress dowager of Kangci, but after the collapse of the empress dowager Kangci, she was posthumously named 'Xiaojing Kangcibi Tianfu Holy Empress'. ”

He estimated that Yi Zhicontent did not know the rules in this nickname, and then explained: "Emperor Daoguang's nickname - 'Emperor Cheng', if the Empress Dowager Kangci does not add the word 'Cheng' to the nickname, she cannot be called "Queen Cheng", and the shrine is not a temple, emphasizing that Empress Xiaojing is different from other queens, and she cannot enjoy the incense of future generations, nor can she be recognized by the clan. ”

Hearing this, Yi Zhishu finally understood, although Xianfeng gave his adoptive mother the title of Queen Mother, it was in name only, obviously, he was persecuted, and he was not happy, so he sprinkled a belly of evil fire on Prince Gong Yixun, pushed him to the end, and relegated him back to the study to study, is this narrow-minded a little too narrow-minded?