"The Holy Relatives are strong in recruitment, and their actions are like thunder and lightning, and the ministers can't wait to raise them, although the food and horses are safe, and the salaries and pensions of the soldiers are still poor. Today, the treasury is still abundant, but it is difficult to move it in order to prepare for the war in the northwest. The only way to aid the pacification of the three feudatories and the fortifications of the river is to recruit and serve ......"

Longting, Kaifeng Mansion, Henan, was driving in person, and Kangxi received the Beijing recital before rereading, and his mood was extremely complicated. This copy was handed by Ma Qi, the meaning is very simple, there is no money, hurry up and donate it to the emperor, otherwise the army will have to drink the northwest wind.

Not long after he left Beijing, the Council of Ministers of the Council, who acted as the state minister, frequently handed over the books, all talking about the silver. A bunch of mud tires Bodhisattvas can't be the master of this matter, and they all hurriedly push towards Kangxi's pro-Zhengluan.

From the time Li Shi raised the flag to the present, a year and a half have passed, and the northwest military affairs are still entangled in between, and the silver is flowing down like a waterfall. Originally, the treasury was a pile of bad debts, but when it hit this real situation, it suddenly leaked to the bottom. After the battle of Yizhang last year, the general Yinzhen reported that it was sold, and the original household secretary did not dare to refute the prince's account, but when he saw the figure of seven million taels, he was also frightened and quickly pushed it out.

The treasury is rotten, Kangxi doesn't have the energy to clean it up, and it's too late. had to adjust the money and grain of Sichuan, Jiangxi, and Hubei provinces, erasing the original reduction and exemption policy, and Yinzhen made careful calculations to shrink the sales to 5.5 million. The father and son worked hard at both ends, plus Li Xu and other internal affairs government coatings, which barely smoothed out.

Now that Kangxi is personally conscripting and the army is gathering in Hunan, the cost of this battle has to run more than 10 million taels.

But Li Guangdi's excerpt said more thoroughly, "The donation is troublesome, the case is cumbersome, if you start a quick journey, rely on it as a single tree, and fear of injuring the officials to cure ......"

The donation must be opened, but Kangxi is personally recruiting, and the battle situation has already turned, I'm afraid it's a little late. And it can't just be donated. Before Kangxiping's three feudatories, he donated nearly three million taels of silver, which was accumulated in two years. At that time, there was a shortage of Xu donuzhou County, the disaster was not shallow, and the government was in a mess, and it took more than ten years to roughly sort out the legacy.

Li Guangdi naturally objected to the miscellaneous roads blocking the right way, but it was true that the donation could not save the near fire from far water, so he said that several soldiers and horses gathered in Yuezhou, and the reward of silver was indispensable. Especially the Jingzhong Banner Battalion, which is the master who can't see the silver and doesn't step forward, although he didn't dare to disobey openly, but everything dragged on and slack, so angry that Kangxi gritted his teeth all the way, and even relied on them to fight the Great Wall for most of the confidence.

When the army first left the capital, the foot was still fast, but when it entered Henan, it was like an old ox pulling a broken car, and it was a god speed to walk twenty or thirty miles a day. At this rate, if you want to rush to the Hunan battlefield, I am afraid that it will not be after March or April.

Kangxi strictly ordered, the chief and deputy leaders of all banners are co-ordinating, and the commanders of all battalions are urging with all their might, but they still can't get up quickly, why? Because the money promised before the departure was not delivered...... This reward has always been a rule, and Kangxi can't erase his face and deny it. Besides, the flag camp was raised from childhood to adulthood by relying on the hardcore crops of the imperial court, and they didn't have the ability to find food by themselves, and the imperial court didn't feed them, so how could they let them do things?

The cost of the whole war is still secondary, and now Kangxi's headache is the one million taels of silver needed for the reward. Without this money, it would have been difficult for the Banner Battalion to reach Hunan in June. This amount is nothing to Kangxi, but at present, the accounts are going back and forth, and his internal money is also spending a lot on the Wanshou Festival, and if he wants to advance this million, he can't turn it over. The surrounding provinces were busy supplying military supplies, and even the treasury in Jiangnan was emptied, and they couldn't get it out in a hurry.

"The slave hates to return home to serve, but his net worth is shallow, and it is difficult to help big things. I heard that the Jiangnan Ticket Bank had a lot of money, and the slave persuaded him to serve the court. The shopkeeper of the ticket bank said that if the court is willing to borrow, the ticket bank can borrow and repay the service with money and interest......"

This is the fold of Suzhou weaving Li Xu, when Kangxi saw it for the first time, he was so angry that he wanted to tear it on the spot, he was the son of heaven, he ruled China, and he actually had to borrow money from a businessman? Ridiculous!

But now facing this urgent matter, Kangxi also has to seriously consider this proposal, Li Xu claimed that as long as he is willing to borrow, one million taels should be no problem.

The question is...... The Jiangnan ticket company, isn't the proprietor behind Li Shi? Kangxi felt unbelievable, that Li Xian could allow his own industry to borrow money from his own mortal enemy!? How did this person grow in his brain, is he really an evil demon?

This matter was too confidential, and Kangxi was not easy to discuss with others, so he called Zhao Hongcan, who was dismissed from the post of secretary of the military department and served in the army. This guy is very familiar with the affairs of Guangdong, and the relationship between Li Xi and the businessman is even clearer.

Zhao Hongcan's answer somewhat alleviated Kangxi's doubts, according to Zhao Hongcan, Li Shi is not the sole owner of the ticket bank, and he can not call the shots in everything. Jiangnan Ticket House does its own business in Jiangnan, and Li Xi may not be able to effectively restrain it.

Kangxi is familiar with this concept, isn't it similar to the Manchurians' previous Eight Banners Politics, even if Li Shi is the co-leader, he is not the same as everything.

Kangxi said disdainfully: "Sure enough, it is a greedy thief from industry and commerce!" Now it is said that he relied on this to establish his career, and it is said that he will also be destroyed because of it! The businessman is mercenary, and in order to invite favors under the rule of my court, he doesn't even distinguish between the enemy and me, so Li Xian ......"

He felt worthless for Li Xian: "If you hear that his industry is still honest with me and the bank, I don't know what a wonderful color will be on his face." ”

Kangxi shook his head and sighed, this Li Xi should have been held hostage by industry and commerce, and he couldn't even control such life and death matters, aren't you heavy on industry and commerce? Later, you will become a puppet of industry and commerce, this is your end, you deserve it!

This is the origin of Li Shi's expression in the Zhaoshan camp, which is indeed quite exciting.

Of course, Kangxi would not directly say that he would borrow, and the dignity of the emperor would never allow him to bow to the merchants. But on the one hand, it was an emergency, and on the other hand, he also had the psychology of "hitting" Li Shi, so he allowed this matter. Let Li Xu give a solution that can save the emperor's face and get money.

What plan Li Xu can have, he can't act on Li Xu's face. Through the Jiangnan ticket shop, Li Xu hurriedly reported to Peng Xianzhong's side, waiting for Li Xianzhong's reply.

Li Shi nodded very neatly: "Borrow, Kang Mazi's face, I still have to give it." ”

Peng Xianzhong was born as a businessman, so he didn't feel that there was much of a problem, if he was replaced by someone else, such as an ordinary Anglo-Chinese civil and military official, he would definitely jump three feet high, and Li Xian would be a "collaborator".

Why not borrow!? He didn't borrow it, Kangxi still had a way to solve it, but now he just didn't want to shake the foundation of the government too much. Besides, this is an excellent opportunity for Kangxi to take the initiative to send to the door, opening a side door for Li Shi to arrange the "Jiangnan Raiders".

Li Xian said leisurely: "And this money is lent out, I don't want him to pay it back, he has to pay me back......"

Li Xian sneered: "Give me back a Jiangnan." ”

The plan was quickly formulated, with a half-year term and an interest-free loan of one million taels, but the Qing court was able to use Linqing, Huai'an, Yangzhou, Hushu and Beixin Wuguan as collateral for one year.

Li Xu soon received a reply from the Jiangnan Ticket Bank in Suzhou, and when he saw this condition, he couldn't help but take a breath. It is natural to borrow money, but this collateral reminds Li Xu of the old incident in Taipingguan in Shaozhou. This million taels of silver suddenly became extremely hot.

Thinking about it carefully, if he got this money in a short period of time and solved the emperor's urgent need, how could the holy family increase a few more points, and be able to hold the fat land of wealth in the south of the Yangtze River more steadily. As for what evil intentions Li Xi harbored in this million taels of silver, as long as it was not to seize the state and occupy the county, confusing officials and rebelling, presumably the emperor didn't care. Even if the situation is bad, the emperor can collect the customs affairs with a letter of edict, and Jiangnan is the Jiangnan of the Qing Dynasty after all, not the Jiangnan of Li Shi.

Kangxi also quickly received the solution that Li Xu came up with, and he also understood the Jiangnan ticket bank's request for customs affairs for the next year. These five customs pay more than 600,000 taels of taxes a year, which doubles when you count the bad rules and miscellaneous income, which is exactly 30% and 6 cents of interest for a year of official loans, that is, more than 1.3 million taels. If the imperial court does not come up with this million taels, it will hand over these five passes to the Jiangnan ticket bank to operate for a year, which is precisely the face of businessmen, and it is no more "professional".

"It seems that this million taels does not need to be returned, and then the five passes will be temporarily handed over to the ticket management for a year......

Kangxi also set up a small abacus, the Jiangnan ticket store won five passes, and the court only paid more than 600,000 taels of silver. The direct repayment is one million taels, and everyone knows how to choose.

But Kangxi is not an ordinary person, he is the emperor who rules the world, and he always has to think about it. I went one layer deeper, and I didn't think there was anything wrong. He had no doubt that Li Shi had any idea for this million taels of borrowing through the Jiangnan Ticket Bank. Even if there is any evil intention, a decree, Jiangnan ticket stores will be closed, why are you so worried?

Kangxi was more concerned about how to get the money immediately, and at the same time not let himself get his hands dirty, he thought about it for a long time, and finally came up with a plan.

The emperor did not know the details of this matter, so he handed it over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Jiangnan Prefecture to urgently raise the million taels. The Ministry of Internal Affairs was represented by Li Xu, and the Jiangnan Prefecture was represented by Zhang Boxing, the governor of Liangjiang, and the two of them came forward to sign a contract with the Jiangnan Ticket Bank to borrow money, and at the same time gave the imperial court an inscription, vaguely saying that it was offset by customs duties. Note that it is tariffs, not customs affairs, and the imperial court will naturally not let the state affairs be in the hands of merchants, mmmm.

When this question book came up, he Kangxi pretended to be busy with affairs, did not study the details, drew a circle, and wrote "I know", which was very happy. He recognized the matter, but he didn't get into the matter, it was Li Xu and Zhang Boxing who "made an advocacy" to borrow money from the merchants, and the courtiers felt that it was too embarrassing for the court to borrow money from the merchants, and they made a big move, so they disposed of these two people.

Li Xu, who got the secret message, completed the relevant documents within a day, and then went to Zhang Boxing. Zhang Boxing also received the secret order, Zhengjue was puzzled, hearing Li Xu say this, his heart was cold, this is the emperor asking him to carry this black cauldron. But does he dare not carry it? I had to pinch my nose and sign the paperwork.

After such a trip back and forth, Li Shi's silver fell into the hands of Kangxi, and then was distributed to the hands of the generals of the banner battalion. Long live the crowd, morale was greatly boosted, and the feet were much faster, and they left Henan in early June and went straight to Wuhan, Hubei. At this time, Li Xi was already waiting at the foot of Zhaoshan until his bones itched.

(To be continued)