803 People’s newspapers reappear

He looked at a group of people around him nodding and bowing. Now you two have had enough of your addiction. "You are quite well-informed. You are right. Xiao Letian is indeed competing with the court again. But this time it is not Xiao Letian's trouble in advance. It is the court's initiative to provoke it. he……"

"Originally, Lotte Bank issued accounts bonds using the tax notes owed to the imperial court by local governors. It was formed by splitting the big ones into small ones. The account department gave Xiao Letian a 10 million note, and Xiao Letian issued 10 million bonds... "

"Some people will say it. What's Xiao Letian's plan? There is an extra cost for printing bonds... You don't understand this. The Ministry of Accounts gives Xiao Letian bonds at a discount. I don't know the specific discount. But there’s still no problem with 15%…”

"You should understand after this. The imperial court gave Xiao Letian 10 million taels in white paper. Later, Xiao Letian gave the imperial court 8.5 million taels in cash. Of course, he could also use the materials urgently needed by the imperial court. For example, the foreign troops needed by the Xishan New Army A gun or something..."

"This is actually a happy situation. The court's white notes have turned into money. Lotte Bank has made money. Hundreds of officials have received their salaries... Don't talk about the run. Since it is the local governor who owes taxes to the court, then they have to Accept the account. Therefore, these bonds issued by Xiao Letian can be collected as tax money..."

"It's like Boss Tian's teahouse. With the bonds, you can go out to buy food. You can also go to the south to buy new tea. You can also use it as tax money to pay to the court. In this way, there is no difference between the bonds and silver. What do you think? .”

The teahouse couldn't help but nodded, "That's right. When people first took out these bonds to spend, I didn't dare to ask for them. Later I saw that the grain merchants in Nancheng were accepting these bonds. I was not afraid of people selling grain. I What are you afraid of? I just collected it now...not to mention. It's really easy to use. At least you don't have to use scissors to twist the silver scraps back and forth..."

"Right... It was a good thing at first. But then someone came to blame. What the court did this time was really a bit unethical. They actually bribed a Ryukyu official who can print bonds. The technology of printing money was changed. They've all been stolen. The imperial court just wants to steal the seal for itself."

"You all know. The bond itself is a piece of paper. It is not silver. Why do people believe in him? That is because they believe that this thing can be exchanged for silver in a few years. And the court can accept this thing as tax money..."

"If there is no silver coins in the imperial treasury and they print as much money as they want, what will happen? Sooner or later, they will end up like the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes..."

"Bao Chao. What is Bao Chao..." someone in the crowd asked.

Mr. Ding squeezed out the last bit of ink in his stomach. Only then can I roughly explain it to people. When people know that the purchasing power of the bonds in their hands is likely to decrease sharply. All of a sudden he became angry.

"How good is this? It's easy to feel relaxed now. Why did something go wrong again..."

Mr. Ma sneered and said, "Now you know why we ate and drank so much in Laba. We can't keep the bonds in our hands. Although we can't exchange them for real money and silver now, we can at least exchange them for food and things." …”

"Let me tell you this. I have spent more than half of my family's bonds. The food saved is enough to last until next fall. The New Year's goods have been prepared early... God knows what the bond market will be like in the future."

"No. I have to go shopping too. The second master is right. I can feel at ease when I put something in my hand..."

Just when the shopkeeper urged the waiter to go to the street to spend money. Suddenly there was a burst of noise in the street. Many people jogged all the way to the street entrance to gather. People in the teahouse didn't understand what was going on. One by one, they looked outside the cotton curtain.

"Niuzi... what's wrong? Are you rebelling..."

"Second Master Ma. Stop drinking tea...go to the street corner and take a look. The Qing Min Bao from that year has started to be printed again."

People went crazy when they heard it. The Great Qing Min Bao was an indelible memory in the hearts of people in Forty-Nine Cities. When the imperial court and Xiao Letian went to war in Tanggu. The sky was full of small leaflets and Qingmin newspapers all over Forty-nine cities.

Later I heard that the court and Xiao Letian had reached a reconciliation. The first condition of the imperial court is that Xiao Letian is not allowed to print such deceptive things anymore.

"It's broken. Xiao Letian is going to fight back. I said he is not easy to bully. How could he suffer the loss of being dumb?" A group of people rushed out without even paying for tea.

All market entrances in Sijiucheng were crowded with people. There was a literate man in the middle who read loudly, "...the imperial court is the ruler of the Qing Dynasty and all the people. However, it carries out insidious and petty tactics... On the surface, it is to clear the debts of the household department. In fact, it secretly wants to steal people's wealth... The disaster of Yuan Ming Bao Chao is not far away..."

"After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the people of the Central Plains were in dire straits due to the wanton enclosure of land. The people were miserable... How did the Rebellion of the Three Feudatories arise? It had something to do with the harm caused by the Qing Dynasty's enclosure of land... Now the Manchu Qing tried to encircle money again but failed. There is no collateral of physical gold and silver. What is the difference between issuing banknotes indiscriminately and being a robber..."

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The Qing Min Bao is really full of firepower. As soon as he stretched out his hand, he tore open the old scars from when the Manqing entered the customs. No matter how the Manchus try to whitewash it. The root cause of the San Francisco Rebellion. It is also closely related to the previous excessive taxation and extortion by the imperial court.

Land enclosure meant that all the interests of the Han landlord class were taken away. No wonder San Francisco dared to cause chaos. At that time, a large number of the victimized landlord class took refuge in the environment. Without that popular support, Wu Sangui and others would not dare to actually cause chaos.

Of course there are many interpretations of history. Major decisions made by historical figures also had very complicated reasons. But this does not prevent people's newspapers from taking quotes out of context. Anyway, the money trapping and the land trapping are connected. The people must be afraid.

as expected. This half-text, half-white newspaper style is so down-to-earth. After reading it once, even the illiterate old man next to me could understand it. This is a big deal. There was chaos in Sijiucheng.

The yamen servant of Shuntian Mansion rushed in from the crowd and said, "Get out of here. Get out of here... Whoever looks at you again will get the blame. Get out of here and go home. Don't make it difficult for yourself in the twelfth lunar month..."

It's being bombarded. Suddenly there was a crashing sound in the sky. A large sheet of flyers flew down like snowflakes. The big four words "enclosure of land and money" on it are shocking.

The entire Sijiu City was in complete chaos. The people dared not believe such rumors. Everyone who had bonds in their hands began to rush to buy goods. From grain to cloth to oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. The atmosphere of the wonderful Laba Festival was suddenly ruined.

Prices in the capital skyrocketed. Food prices rose by 30% a day. Meat prices have soared to 50%. Other daily necessities such as cloth also experienced increases of 30% to 40%. It seems that this quiet and peaceful year is no longer going to last.

There was an impromptu meeting in the Forbidden City that afternoon. The two queen mothers had a rare agreement. He condemned Xiao Letian’s behavior of arbitrarily demagogueing people. He also sent an order to put up notices all over the city to refute the rumors. It was said that the imperial court had never stolen the formula from beginning to end.

Make an urgent appointment with Ryukyu officials stationed in Beijing. But the answer I got was that I didn't know all the questions. And that night, this civilian newspaper had already begun to spread throughout Gyeonggi Province.

The whole Zhili was in an uproar.