"Then, General Guo Ye, may I ask if you encounter such a problem, how to solve this dilemma?"

Lincoln asked in a low voice.

Guo Ye shook his head and replied: "Mr. President, it's not that your country is without money now, in the private sector, there are things now, the issuance of public bonds is only one aspect, but sooner or later you will have to repay it, once the debt reaches a certain scale, even if you want to pay it back, you can't afford it, as high as tens of millions of dollars a year, or even hundreds of millions of dollars in interest, how can you afford it?" The government is facing bankruptcy, that's a certainty! How to solve this problem, there is only one way! That is to levy taxes, to raise your country's taxes on a large scale to solve the urgent need! ”

"Taxing?"

Lincoln hesitated for a moment and replied: "General Guo, there is no doubt that taxation can increase the revenue of the federal government, but those big capitalists and big farmers are severely opposed to the government's tax increases, even including Colt, and no one is willing to raise taxes, and excessive taxes will squeeze these rich people out of the United States!" Then the United States will lose a lot of capital! ”

Guo Yeshen smiled and said: "Mr. President, although I don't know how much your country's fiscal revenue is, but I know your country's national income, your country's national income is now around 5 billion US dollars a year, but your annual financial income is only 200 million US dollars, which is absolutely unreasonable, you can look at the British Empire, how much is their annual financial income?" Nearly 200 million pounds, when converted into dollars, has reached more than a billion dollars, or even more! Does the UK really have more national income than your country? Apparently impossible, the population of your country is not much different from that of the British Empire! Where does the money come from? Naturally, it comes from taxes, at the current level. Your country has increased its tax revenues fivefold. to reach the heights of the British Empire! Don't say five times. Even if your country is tripled, it will be seven or eight billion dollars! With such a high level of finance, coupled with the public bonds you have issued, it will be more than enough to support this war! ”

Lincoln smiled bitterly, "General Guo, are you kidding?" Three, or even five, and those big capitalists will use the power of Congress to oust me from the presidency as soon as possible! ”

Guo Ye nodded and replied, "Not bad." No one is willing to pay taxes, but compared with the huge losses caused by the issuance of additional currency, these big capitalists pay taxes but do the least harm, I think, these big capitalists, must also begin to pay attention to this problem, the collapse of the government and bankruptcy, for them have no benefit, the so-called death of the lips and teeth, they will never be stingy with the ...... of those taxes"

Lincoln gritted his teeth. He replied, "Well, as soon as I return to Washington, I will begin to prepare for these two things." First, the law of emancipation of black slaves was passed, which was originally planned, and then there was an increase in the amount of taxes! ”

Grant said abruptly: "Mr. President, I think we can form an army composed of Chinese and blacks, this army can be completely commanded by General Guo Ye, with the strength of a regiment under him as the backbone, and then send him an additional American brigade to jointly form the strength of an army!" If General Guo Ye is in full command of this army, I think we can definitely get twice the result with half the effort! ”

Lincoln's eyes lit up, what the Federation Army lacks most now is not the source of soldiers, but generals who can fight well, the so-called thousands of troops are easy to get, and a general is hard to find, this Guo Ye has almost become a legend on the battlefield!

Immediately, Lincoln's eyes dimmed, but Guo Ye was not an American after all, let him lead the American army, and if this spread, the whole of America would be disgraced!

Lincoln hesitated: "Grant, I admire General Guo Ye's ability and talent, but I am afraid that it is not too appropriate to ask him to command the army alone, after all, he is not an American, and the pressure of public opinion from the outside world is too great......

Grant shook his head and replied: "Mr. President, compared to the public opinion pressure from the outside world, the positive changes that General Guo Ye can bring to us are the most important thing, what we need most now is victory, it is continuous victory, only victory can bring the American people together!" Moreover, my suggestion is to ask General Guo Ye to form colored troops, which is still different from the federal government army! ”

Lincoln sighed, he also knew that what Grant said made sense, what the North lacks most now is generals with command ability, there are too few, not to mention command ability, that is, there are too few generals with command experience, many of them are even some political elites, who have been served as officers at all levels, and no one even has the experience of fighting before this! Is it possible for such a person to lead an army into battle?

Lincoln glanced at Guo Ye with difficulty, and said astringently: "General Guo, I don't know what you mean ......"

Guo Ye smiled faintly, it seems that the federal government is really in a hurry, in less than two years of war, the federal army has been defeated repeatedly, losing face, too, relying on the military support of the two old hooligans of Britain and France, although the Southern Confederate army is not strong, but there is no shortage of generals, both military generals trained by the US military itself, and military advisers secretly sent by Britain and France, it is hell that the federal government can take advantage......

Guo Ye muttered: "I don't have any opinion on forming a colored arms corps, but you must know that the formation of an army is not something that can see the results in a day or two, what I am worried about is that I can't stay in the United States for that long, after all, no one knows when our country will recall me back to China......

Grant said in a deep voice: "General Guo, this issue is put aside now, as long as you agree, the federal government's conscription order for blacks and even Chinese husbands will be issued in the near future, I hope you can build a high-level army for us before leaving the United States, I believe you have such ability, the weak Qing army can shine under you, let alone the American army armed with advanced weapons?" ”

Guo Ye frowned and replied: "In this case, I can agree to it for the time being, but I have one condition, that is, the right to appoint and dismiss personnel, the right to train and the right to decide on combat in the entire army, must ensure that in my hands, I have absolute power, otherwise, hehe, I will not be a puppet ......"

Lincoln took a deep breath and replied, "General Guo, either we won't use you, but as long as we make up our minds and use you, we will definitely give you the corresponding power to ensure that you can freely lead this army!" ”

(To be continued.) )