While Chiang was worried about Deng Ming's infiltration of his army, Deng Ming was also secretly troubled by the bond apportionment imposed by the southeastern governor. In the first battle of Guazhou, the Ming army captured a lot of money, and after removing the spoils distributed to the allies and the special bonus of the national debt, the Sichuan army could also get three or four million taels of silver.

"Admiral, we've had a great harvest."

When Mu Tan and a few bankers came to report to Deng Ming in high spirits after completing the inventory, Deng Ming's interest was obviously not very high.

Deng Ming did not immediately ask the Sichuan army about the specific number of silver taels, but said: "No matter how much we get, it is less than we expected by 1.2 million taels." ”

This answer made Mu Tan and the bankers pause for a moment, and then they realized that Deng Ming was referring to the 10% special dividend on the bond: "Doesn't the Admiral want to give them this dividend?" ”

"Of course I don't want to give, let alone the silver, I don't even want to pay back the IOU." Deng Ming said sadly. Although the Ming army received a lot of silver, the price was to fight the Manchu Central Army when it was not fully prepared, not only not according to the time chosen by the Ming army, but even the battlefield was not determined by the Ming army: "Jiang Guozhu and they have apportioned our national debt, and if there are only a few of them, I have many ways to deal with them, so that they willingly do not want to pay me back; But now almost all the middle-level generals of the Green Battalion have bonds in their hands, and now the Manchu Qing Dynasty is still very powerful, and we can't offend everyone at once. ”

In the past, Deng Ming gave preferential treatment to prisoners and issued severance pay, just to make the green camp unable to survive the determination of a life-and-death match, so that not only was the Ming army safer, but also the southeast governor was even more unconfident when he negotiated with Deng Ming. Strictly speaking, Deng Ming's various preferential treatment to the green camp can be regarded as an investment, and when they lose their fighting spirit, Deng Ming can recover the cost from the governors in the southeast.

Judging from Wang Han's appearance, now the green camp generals already have a grudge against Deng Ming, and if they don't pay back the money in the future, the green camp generals in the four southeastern provinces will hate Deng Ming to the bone. If these people rekindle their fighting spirit against the Ming army, they will not only cheapen Beijing for nothing, but also make Jiang Guozhu's waist harder.

"If we don't pay back, the hard work of the past few years may be in vain, and if we pay back - it is tens of millions of taels of silver, what are we not doing with this money?" In order to alleviate the hostility of the soldiers of the Green Battalion a little, Deng Ming reluctantly issued this special dividend: "After the Qing army in Shandong comes along the canal, if the generals of the Green Battalion ask for dividends again, will I give them or not?" If it expires in a year, and the Qing army threatens the southeast again, should we pay back the money in full? Even if I wanted to pay it back, the silver was not enough to buy weapons at that time, so where could I use it to repay the bonds? ”

While waiting for news from the Qing army in Shandong, Deng Ming and the bankers studied countermeasures. Fortunately, Deng Ming had many ready-made examples to learn, and he knew more than just the British Empire.

After the dust settled, Zhang Dai found Zhang Huangyan again and told the other party straight to the point: "The old man has decided, and the family will move to Sichuan." ”

Zhang Huangyan didn't react for a while, just a few days ago, Zhang Dai was still talking about his old age, unable to withstand the bumps and displacement, afraid of dying in a foreign land, but he didn't expect a farcical battle to pass, Zhang Dai's attitude has changed so much.

"Doesn't this Deng Guogong like to call himself Henkel?" Zhang Dai showed a smile: "Does Zhang Shangshu know what deeds the old man reminded of the Han Taizu in this Guazhou dispute?" ”

Without waiting for Zhang Huangyan to ask a question, Zhang Dai asked and replied to himself: "It is Han Xin's battle to destroy Qi, and the old man feels that Deng Guogong must be imitating Han Taizu's handling afterwards this time." ”

After being reminded by Zhang Daiyi, Zhang Huangyan also suddenly realized, and after a little recollection, he nodded in agreement.

When Chu and Han fought, Liu Bang, Taizu of the Han Dynasty, sent an envoy to persuade Qi to ally with the Han Dynasty to jointly deal with Chu. The king of Qi hated King Xiang to the bone, and readily agreed to form an alliance with the Han Dynasty; And Xiang Yu's means of counterattacking was to send an unborn lobbyist to Han Xin to persuade Han Xin to betray the alliance and attack the King of Qi, and Han Xin did launch an attack on the Qi Kingdom in a daze as King Xiang hoped.

Originally, there was no injustice and no enmity between Qi and Han, and there was a deep hatred between Qi and Chu, if Han Xin did not betray the alliance, it is estimated that the Chu State, which was attacked by the enemy, would not even be able to hold out to the battle of Qixia. However, the sneak attack of the Han army made the shape of the state reversed overnight, and King Xiang also sent Long He to lead a large army to support the Qi state at the first time, ensuring that the Qi state would not surrender under the pressure of the Han army, and turned the Qi and Han alliance, which had almost become a foregone conclusion, into the Chu and Qi alliance dominated by the Chu state.

After Han Taizu learned of the incident, he did not punish or blame Han Xin, nor did he explain to the Qi State, but ordered all the northern armies to march east to support Han Xin in attacking Qi. For this reason, Han Taizu would rather let the troops around him be empty than support Han Xin, and struggled to support Han Xin's main force until Han Xin defeated the main force of the Qi and Chu coalition forces and killed Long Ji. Of course, if Han Xin did not send troops, the Han army would not have been able to win the victory of Weishui so easily; But if there was no support from Han Taizu, why would Han Xin fight a decisive battle with the combined forces of Qi and Chu?

The problem Liu Bang faced at that time was that the alliance between Han and Qi was no longer possible, that is, to immediately order Han Xin to withdraw his troops, first, he might not be able to succeed, and second, even if he succeeded, after this breach of the contract, Qi would no longer trust Liu Bang. And Liu Bang quickly made the right choice, that is, to fully support Han Xin, not to do anything, not to stop, to use the advantage of Han Xin's successful sneak attack, to destroy the Qi State, which was already impossible to win over, is the most beneficial to the Han army. Liu Bang's full support not only helped Han Xin achieve victory, but also prevented Han Xin from monopolizing the state of Qi: after the fall of the Tian state of Qi, Xiang Yu again sent an envoy to persuade the state of Qi occupied by Han Xin to break the alliance with the Han army and instead ally with the state of Chu. However, Han Xin rejected Xiang Yu's request after thinking twice, on the one hand, Liu Bang made Han Xin the king of Qi to reassure him, and on the other hand, a large number of Liu Bang's cronies would follow Han Xin into the Qi State, making Han Xin's independence too risky.

"Compared with Han Taizu's methods, Baoguo Gong is of course still too tender, but the method is only in the middle, just know how to learn Han Taizu's heroic weapon, Baoguo Gong is thirty years younger than Han Taizu." Although the battle of Guazhou was short, Zhang Dai knew a lot about the inside story because he was in Deng Ming's army, so he added a lot of confidence in Deng Ming. Zhang Dai felt that Baoguo Gong was determined to innovate, if he could take advantage of this catastrophe to cut off the old evils, it would be equivalent to Guangwu Zhongxing, and the next catastrophe would be three hundred years later: "Today's Sichuan is equivalent to Guangwu Hanoi, and the Ming Dynasty will be able to prosper in the future." Even if the old man can't return to Jiangnan in his lifetime, he will definitely be able to return to his roots with Wang Shi in the future. ”

Zhang Dai said goodbye to Deng Ming and Zhang Huangyan, and after heading to Sichuan by boat, Zhou Peigong rushed to Deng Ming's army with the ardent hopes of Wuchang and Nanchang, and mentioned the issue of bond compensation as soon as he opened his mouth. Not only did the governors of Nanchang, Wuchang, and Nanjing not want to see Deng Ming directly handing out silver to their men, but even Anqing (the location of the Yangtze River to suppress the Yamen of Premier Deng) was also wary of this. Zhou Peigong wanted to see Deng Ming strong, but he also wanted to control his own army. If Deng Ming could bypass Zhou Peigong and directly manipulate the officials and troops of Prime Minister Deng's yamen, then Zhou Peigong felt that he was still a dispensable person.

Now that the Yangtze River Suppression of Deng Corps is being prepared, Zhou Peigong intends to take advantage of this opportunity of the unified opposition of the governors to prevent Deng Ming's possibility of completely controlling the Deng Corps in advance - Zhou Peigong does not object to Deng Ming's infiltration of his army, because he needs Deng Ming's forces to balance the forces of the Governors in the suppression of Deng's corps, but he cannot let Deng Ming's forces occupy an overwhelming advantage, just as Zhou Peigong cannot tolerate a certain governor completely controlling the Deng Corps.

After understanding the other party's intentions, Deng Ming immediately said that this was very easy to do, and he would not interfere with the governors to redeem the bonds in the hands of their subordinates, just as he would not interfere with the apportionment of the governors. But Zhou Peigong said that this was impossible, the governor did not have this silver, and their silver was forced by Deng Ming to buy it into the Ming War treasury.

"Did the Governor of Huguang and the Governor of Jiangxi want me to declare that in the future, the compensation can only be issued to them, and not to their subordinates?" Deng Ming immediately said that he was also willing to carry out such cooperation, which would be of great benefit to Deng Ming, and in the future, he would not have to worry about the resentment of the green camp and pay special dividends, and he could also deduct the black cauldron on the heads of the governors, claiming that they were the ones who deducted it.

"Nope." Zhou Peigong shook his head again. The governors hoped that Deng Ming would take on this responsibility, that is, on the surface, the governor asked Deng Ming to directly give the green camp money, but because Deng Ming was troublesome, the governor must deal with it on his behalf, and whether Deng Ming had dividends or not, he must keep it secret - so that the governor would not offend the green camp, and he would not have to worry about Deng Ming continuing to buy their officers.

The governor estimated that Deng Ming would not agree to this condition in vain, so he asked Zhou Peigong to negotiate the specific terms and asked Deng Ming what compensation he was willing to accept to reach this agreement.

I have to admit that the Governor and Zhou Peigong were very clever people, they quickly saw the danger, and took advantage of Deng Ming's threat from the Manchu Central Army to quickly eliminate it. At this point, Deng Ming might have met the demands of the governors, but he could not have come up with too harsh terms - the governors should have granted their wishes, if they were not dealing with an alien.

"I understand your concerns." Deng Ming nodded, he also guessed that it was impossible for the governors to jump into the obvious pit, so he had already discussed with the bankers and instructed these financial giants to design a more hidden trap.

"This Boss Yu of the Industrial Bank, Political Envoy Zhou Bu has already seen it." Deng Ming called the bankers and introduced them to Zhou Peigong one by one.

"In the future, the issuance of Daming treasury bonds will be the governor's yamen and the governor's yamen, and I will return the interest and dividends to the governor's yamen, but I can't sing this black face." Deng Ming first announced his bottom line, and then came up with his solution: "But these bankers in Sichuan will help the governor and governor to redeem all the lost bonds." ”

"Oh?" Zhou Peigong asked with some surprise: "Do you bosses plan to provide silver?" ”

"No, we don't have any money." Yu Youming replied that silver was hard currency and could not be returned to the governors: "We will help the governors to issue an IOU and use it to redeem the bonds." ”

"Is it printed on paper, too?" Zhou Peigong said with some concern: "Huguang and Liangjiang are all Diao people, but they are not as aware of righteousness as Sichuan Tongxiucai, and they may not be willing to accept the note in exchange for Guogong's bonds." ”

"Aren't Guogong's bonds also paper?" Feng Ziming asked rhetorically.

"But that's a bond from the national government." Zhou Peigong said in his heart that Deng Ming's credit was much better than that of the governors, and this credit was supported by the powerful Yangtze River fleet.

"But this IOU is also linked to Guogong's bonds," Yu Youming explained seriously: "For every Ming government bond purchased by the governors of the provinces, they will issue an IOU of the same amount of Huguang or Liangjiang...... In the future, I will send this kind of Liangjiang and Huguang IOUs as banknotes......"

Strictly speaking, Deng Ming's arrangement is not a trap for the governors, because the governors are most concerned about not the return of the bonds, but the military and the people not to be bought by Deng Ming, and Deng Ming does not want to pay back the money at all.

Therefore, with Daming bonds as collateral, Huguang and Liangjiang self-issued internally popular IOUs is a win-win situation for the southeast governor and Sichuan, and it is a way to get the best of both worlds. Deng Ming was given hard currency and unsecured loans, which could be used to buy various supplies in the Yangtze River valley, and the governor proved his usefulness to Deng Ming, making it easier for Sichuan to draw wealth from the southeast, and saving a large amount of wealth for himself in Sichuan as a way out.

"This time, Governor Lin is willing to deposit the 200,000 taels of silver he deserves in a bank in Sichuan, but he has heard that only those who have the status of Sichuan Tongxiucai can receive a full compensation guarantee from the government." Zhou Peigong quickly agreed to Deng Ming's request, agreeing in principle to the idea of issuing IOUs with Ming bonds as collateral, and then he asked a personal question on behalf of the governor of Caoyun: "Is this so?" ”

"Yes." Deng Ming replied frankly: "If Governor Lin is at war with the Imperial Government, then we can seize his deposits. ”

"Well, sure enough, I also heard that Sichuan has canceled the strain system." Zhou Peigong asked again.

"Yes." Deng Ming nodded, because the immigrants from Sichuan came from all over the world, it was difficult to say whose relatives did not serve in the Qing court or the Qing army, so it was imperative to cancel the Zhulian: "Fathers, sons, and brothers are not connected." ”

"Well, Governor Lin has a request, that is, one of his sons wants the whole family to go to Sichuan, and the 200,000 taels of silver should be deposited in the name of his son, but he needs Admiral Deng to give Lin Gongzi an identity as a fellow Xiucai. Otherwise, the silver should be transported to Yangzhou, and Governor Lin would rather transport it back to his hometown and bury it. ”

"Wrap it up on me," Deng Ming stretched out his hand to Zhou Peigong: "I immediately instructed the academy to study the specific terms and how to use investment to obtain the identity of Tongxiucai." ”

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