In the minds of these Confucian scholars, although money is good, it must be settled to benefit the country and the people. If it all turns into flying money and floats around in the market, it will definitely cause the world to deteriorate!
Money accumulates into acres of fertile land, turns into workshops, and turns into shops, which can create wealth for hundreds of years. Even if the earning is slow, as long as he is safe, it is still good!
Although everyone is opposed to the industrialization promoted by Xiao Letian, if you really can't resist it, you can only hold your nose and accept it!
After all, where is the investment in the factory? After all, it is a visible and tangible industry that is always producing wealth steadily year after year!
And what is the flying money in this market? Money can't be turned into real things, it's just a few pieces of paper being traded back and forth, and the promoters have hyped up loan sharking with compound interest rates.
In the eyes of Confucian scholars, isn't this just a casino? Money comes easily, and money is naturally spent happily. The hardworking and thrifty nature of housekeeping left by our ancestors has all been lost. Everyone has learned the bad habits of eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. What should we do?
Zuo Zongtang didn't take this problem too seriously at first, but after tonight's personal experience, he really started to face it.
"No, I will go to school tomorrow. We must let the court severely suppress this unhealthy trend. Otherwise, what will the world be like?"
"Haha... Brother, you have stayed in the Western Regions for too long, and you have forgotten how to be an official, right? Once this trend starts to spread, can you stop it?"
"Look at the rickshaws running all over the streets. This was not a new thing when you left! But now it's already past eight o'clock on the foreign clock!"
"They are still running, there are still people walking on the street, and the entire capital's curfew system is ineffective. Everything has changed. What did the court say?"
"It can't be changed, because the needs have changed. Now you are forcibly reinstating the curfew system, but you have offended many people!"
"Can you stop the Capital Exchange? Do you know how many people are counting on this exchange now? The emperor needs the exchange to finance the construction of the railway, and the nobles of the Eight Banners are all eyeing the original stocks!"
"Once new stocks are issued, they will definitely have a share of the original internal shares, and they will make sure profits without losing money!"
"In the secondary market, how many ordinary people want to gamble their luck and earn dozens of silver dollars to supplement their family income!"
"Businessmen from the northern provinces of the Qing Dynasty also brought huge sums of money to invest in the capital. The interest rates here are much higher than lending!"
"Not to mention these big businessmen, even ordinary people in the market can get a little bit of oil and water!"
"There's a lot of work pulling foreign trucks, restaurants and restaurants are packed every day, private kitchens are popping up like mushrooms after a rain... and there's also the half-open door that just stopped us!"
"These people are actually living on this flying money! Do you think you can stop such a large group of people from getting rich?"
"If this book of yours is played, haha... Brother, all your achievements in pacifying the Western Regions will be wiped out!"
"The emperor complains about you, the nobles of the Eight Banners hate you, the civil and military officials think you have too many things to do, and the people have to complain... Even if you are a rickshaw puller, once there is less work, they will blame you. superior!"
"Haha... You have offended everyone from top to bottom, from the court to the market, from the nobles to the common people... in one breath!"
"Don't wait until the end, where things don't get done and your own future is ruined..."
Zuo Zongtang stamped his feet angrily and said, "What kind of future do I want? The official has no future at my level. Does Han Chen still want to be crowned king?"
"At my age, I don't want to hang out in the court anymore. It would be better to exclude me. I will go back to my hometown in Hunan to farm. I will live a happy life in a few days!"
When Li Hongzhang saw that he was about to shout, he quickly pulled him to a secluded place, "Please keep your voice down! This is the street, be careful when people come and go and let people recognize you!"
"Is this your problem alone now? You are involved in the well-being of a hundred thousand border guards! If you stay in the officialdom for one more day, their lives will be easier!"
"As long as you are here, no one will dare to deduct their food and salary, and they will be able to win the court's policies... You can't ignore everything just for your own pleasure!"
This sentence touched upon a painful point. Zuo Zongtang sighed and looked at the night sky with tears in his eyes, "Could it be...can we just be so indifferent?"
"It's only been a few days of peace? Is there going to be chaos again? How many people will die, and will it be over?"
"Brother... fate is like this, and there is nothing we can do about it! Xiao Letian said that this is a major change that has not happened in three thousand years, and we cannot reverse it!"
"We can only say that if you save one, it counts. When the calamity comes, people can only suffer... Why should I engage in the Great Qingshui Division? Why should I fight for this position!"
"We have one more bargaining chip in our hands. When there is an accident in the future, we can save more people... I dare not say it is so great, but at least these brothers who follow us will be saved!"
Zuo Jigao looked up to the sky and sighed, "Let me think about it...let me think about it again! Think about it again..."
Three days passed in a flash. When Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang jointly presented the memorial to the imperial court, not to mention the civil and military officials, even the emperor was stunned.
This thing is really too big. This new type of navy is different from building a railway or a factory. This navy is a money-devouring behemoth, a top national project that only spends money but does not make any money!
Whether it is steel plants or railways, including the Beijing Stock Exchange, no matter how fiercely people oppose it at first, as time goes by and they see profits, they will be able to shut up.
Who would have trouble with Yin Zi? But once this great water division starts to operate, the short-term investment will cost tens of millions of taels of silver, and the long-term investment will cost hundreds of millions!
Moreover, this kind of weapon to protect the country can only indirectly maintain the safety of Qing Dynasty's coastal defense, and cannot be directly turned into money!
Who among the short-sighted court officials can understand this truth? Even if you understand it, who has such courage?
Of course Zai Chun wanted the navy, but he didn't dare to bring it up right away because he knew the resistance was so great that he even lost confidence!
However, he was still very happy about Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang's memorial. This memorial helped him cast a stone to ask for directions and test the court's reaction.
"The six parts of the memorial were discussed together, and two copies were copied and sent to the Queen Mother of the two palaces... Although I have taken charge of the government, but it involves such a fundamental policy, I still need to listen to everyone's opinions!"
Xiao Sixi said flatteringly, "Oh...Long live my Lord, you can just be dictatorial. Who in the world can't listen to you?"
"Haha... flatterer! What do you know? This is different from the ordinary military reorganization, where one extra battalion head and two more battalion heads are set up!"
"This is an extra branch of the military! How can it be so easy!"
