Let us say that Yuan Shao called his three sons to the bedside and had a conversation between father and son.
It can be regarded as the last advice before death.
How could Yuan Shao not know that he was going against nature and would end up with his body and his family exterminated?
But no one could have predicted the situation at that time!
The Dong thief rebelled first in Jiangdong.
Then Li Thief led his troops south from Jinyang, and might have to cross the river to surround the capital.
At this time, wouldn't it be true that whoever reaches the capital first can hold the emperor hostage and order the princes?
He had been preparing for this for several years. In addition, the military commanders and counselors around him wanted to make progress and urged him to raise the banner. Yuan Shao could not refuse.
Who would have thought that not long after he raised his flag, he was directly suppressed by Xiao Zheng with strong methods.
It is true that the business collapsed before it was completed.
Due to the restrictions of Bai Qi's army, Yuan Shao had already lost several close generals one after another, and he could not help but become isolated and helpless in an instant.
People in Jizhou City were already panicking, and the Jiankang Dong thief in Jiangdong could not hold out for too long, and was directly killed by internal strife among his subordinates. This also had an impact on Yuan Shao, who now began to doubt his own family. , so he called his three sons to the bedside for a heart-to-heart talk.
A change happened unexpectedly, and the reunion ended in a hurry, because Yuan Shao never thought that all three of his sons had different intentions, and he was no longer afraid of his old and frail father.
Yuan Tan is the eldest son of the Yuan family, and was supposed to take over Yuan Shao to stabilize Jizhou City. However, Yuan Shao usually likes Yuan Shang, and Yuan Shang is relatively weak-tempered, so he is paired with Guo Tu. Having been chosen, such a lord is naturally easier to control!
If Yuan Tan were to take charge of the family, he would be even more irritable and willful than his father.
Shen Pei and others did not want to die in Jizhou City. After all, they were only in their thirties. How could they be buried with Yuan Shao at such a young age.
Therefore, Shen Pei secretly united with Yuan Shang and wanted to seize Yuan Tan's power.
Yuan Tan was not without support. After all, he was also the eldest son of the Yuan family. The two sides started a secret contest. When the food supply was about to run out, a food robbery incident occurred.
In this fight, Yuan Tan accidentally killed Yuan Shang.
When Yuan Shao heard this, he vomited blood and fell into coma. Finally, he made a fuss about executing Yuan Tan to avenge his son.
As a result, Yuan Tan was naturally disheartened and put Yuan Shao under house arrest.
To the surprise of Shenpei and others, they opened Jizhou City and surrendered to Bai Qi.
This way.
A rebellion by a prefect at the beginning of the 24th year of Zhenguan came to an end.
First of all, it was the Crown Prince who repelled the Jinyang Li thieves and now ensured the peace of half of Hedong Road.
Then King Xiao Zheng of Yan besieged Dong thief in Jiankang City, and finally Dong thief was killed by his own men.
Jiankang City returned to peace and returned to the embrace of Daqian.
And Xiao Zheng also started a liquidation operation in Jiankang City, removing some who were not obedient, unwilling to cooperate, those who did not support him, and some who could not see the situation clearly and wanted to pretend that they were from aristocratic families. Those who disobeyed orders and showed off their power before him had their families confiscated and their families exterminated.
This means that under the absolute military power, any aristocratic family is nothing more than a country dog.
Xiao Zheng is a person with such courage and determination.
Those who follow will prosper, those who go against will perish.
As a result, he quickly took control of the superficial situation in Jiangdong. As for truly controlling the entire Jiangdong, it would take some time to establish his prestige in Jiangdong and regain the hearts and minds of the people at the same time.
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In early June, Prince Xiao Yi started selling so-called "special national bonds" in the capital.
Regarding this matter, the Di newspaper gave a detailed and detailed explanation.
According to what the Di newspaper said, this kind of national debt is a serious national debt to cope with the current severe situation, and it is signed by the prince of the country. The buyer must enter the detailed household registration information of the buyer's household head, family composition, etc. into the Ministry of Household Affairs, and it is not allowed to be sold exclusively. , can only be delivered and exchanged with the Ministry of Household as a family unit.
As for the purpose of this national debt, it is also very clear that it is to be used for summer flood control, the Imperial Army's military pay, food and armaments, local summer planting, water conservancy construction and other daily summer affairs.
Moreover, Xiao Yi also plainly stated the reason for this "special national debt" in Di Bao.
One is that Longyou Road has indeed had good disaster relief effects. However, its disaster relief effect in the first three years was not good, so that the people were displaced. Only this year has some vitality been restored. In order to encourage spring plowing, summer planting, and autumn harvest, Longyou Road must avoid Go to a lot of taxes.
Secondly, Hedong Road also caused a lot of losses to the people because of Li Thief's rebellion. After Li Thief escaped, he also took away a lot of food. Hedong Road also needs to be managed, and similarly, Jiangnan Road and Hebei Road All the same, these also require money.
Thirdly, after the imperial army was recruited, there were naturally tens of thousands more soldiers, and these soldiers also needed money for their military pay, food and equipment.
The treasury still has some money, but after calculation, the treasury's money is not enough.
Xiao Yi thought of the "national debt" policy.
After discussions among the six ministers and nine ministers, the Prince of the Supervisory State agreed to issue a total of 10 million treasury bonds for a period of half a year or one year, and the annual profit would be calculated as three-thirds.
When the national debt of 10 million yuan came out, it naturally caused a great sensation, because the people did not understand or understand it!
What is a national debt? We don’t have much money in our hands, but we have to give money directly to the court?
What if afterward, the court no longer keeps its words?
But.
When the newspaper reported that officials, princes and nobles were buying national debt, and a special government bond office was established in Yefang in front of the imperial city for public sales, and the princes and nobles rushed to buy it, the common people Only then did I gradually understand what national debt is.
In other words, if I lend money to the court, this money also has interest. After one year, it is actually pretty good.
It's not as good as the mustard seeds from Xiangji Kitchen, but it still has its merits.
The saving grace of this is that the national debt is officially recognized, and even if you make a mistake and your home is searched or fined, the national debt will not be counted. In other words, when your home is searched, the national debt will not be confiscated. Inheritance is continued, and if the father dies, the son inherits; if there is no son, the daughter inherits.
In this way, nature is a very desirable mustard seed.
The popularity of the government bond market is therefore far beyond everyone's imagination.
Back to the following, to be honest, this time the national debt is still a passive and helpless move. Xiao Yi cannot raid his house every day. After cleaning up Longyou Road, he has indeed gained a lot.
However, in the battle of Phoenix Ridge, doesn’t it need to reward the three armies?
Don't we need to pay pensions to those soldiers who died in the war?
The key is that Xiao Yi abolished the prime minister system and began to solve the problem of redundant officials. He eliminated some false posts, which could be regarded as reducing the pressure on the treasury. However, in order to stabilize people's hearts, he increased the salaries of senior officials.
This salary is not like before, but is set according to the position and grade.
Moreover, professionals are also involved.
For example, the farming officers of Sinong Temple who have high-end agricultural knowledge, and the old blacksmiths of the Ministry of Industry who have high-end blacksmith skills, etc., the salaries of these people will also increase, and after they innovate, they will also be rewarded to stimulate More skilled craftsmen innovate.
For today's big cadres, national debt is definitely more attractive, more novel, and more popular than working-for-relief.
On the first day of selling, it was the officials above the court who were rushing to buy. They had first-hand information!
Everyone also knows the importance of this national debt. The money in your hands will always be a pile of rotten copper if it is placed in the cellar.
After buying the treasury bonds, not only will there be interest and you can get money every year, but you can also show your loyalty to the prince, which is also very beneficial for future promotions.
In addition, it is naturally the value of the national debt, which is really attractive.
There were many officials who supervised the confiscation of the prince's home and sent him into exile. They all witnessed it with their own eyes and even participated in it.
Who can guarantee that he will not make mistakes in the future, and who can guarantee that he will not be criticized by the same party in the future?
As for the regulation of national debt, is it directly written in the Daqian Law, or is it a system written and established by His Highness the Crown Prince himself?
If His Highness the Crown Prince refuses to admit it afterwards, wouldn’t it mean that his words are not true?
Without the honest Prince Supervisor, who would believe and trust him?
Without credibility, there will be no public support.
They also believed that the wise and mighty Crown Prince would never do such a thing.
Therefore, after buying this national bond, you will never suffer a loss.
And the next day, it was not just the princes and nobles who were buying, but the wealthy businessmen, they were rich!
Putting the spare money in the cellar is really better than buying national bonds.
Many times people who make loan sharks cannot get their money back. When they make loan sharks, they have an accurate target in mind and will not give money easily. If they really can't get their money back, wouldn't it be a huge loss?
Therefore, land annexation often occurs. A temple will own more than 100,000 acres for two days, which was obtained through usurious loans from Xiangjichu.
And national debt not only has interest, but even if you really make a mistake and your home is confiscated, you will continue to inherit it. Why not take advantage of this?
What Xiao Yi and all the officials did not expect was that the 10 million guan of national debt would soon be snapped up for more than 7 million guan. Even so, there was still a long line of people outside Jianye Square.
This also made many people realize how popular the prince is today and how wise he is.
The national policy of "national debt" is absolutely unprecedented and unprecedented.
At first, the officials were not very supportive. They always felt that it was unfair to compete with the people for profit.
How can a court and a prince who oversees the country lend money to the people?
Isn't this too embarrassing?
Many ministers would rather raise taxes and collect taxes directly from Longyou Road than issue any national debts.
However, when Xiao Yi showed the value of national debt, many people hesitated.
In the end, it was Zhang Jiuling, Yue Shan and others who came forward to support, because at this stage, national debt is a very safe way to receive money as quickly as possible.
The prince in prison used his own name as the prince to guarantee his reputation, and the Ministry of Revenue used the world's taxes as a guarantee of actual wealth. It is no wonder that these people are chasing after him.
Of course, as I said before, the reason why national bonds can be sold is because of the credibility of the prince.
If Li Linfu were in power, naturally few people would dare to buy it.
In the final analysis, it was the Prince of the Supervisory State who eradicated the treacherous prime minister Li Linfu and punished the corrupt officials in Longyou Road, killing them like rivers of blood, so that now the government officials are clean and honest, and it is rare for officials to protect each other and collusion between officials and businessmen.
After all the 10 million bonds were sold, there were still many people who wanted to continue buying.
Di Yan and others also hurriedly petitioned for the release of five million more strings.
This memorial was finally rejected by Xiao Yi.
Because the national debt of 10 million yuan is already a large number.
The national treasury suddenly had 10 million yuan, which was equivalent to getting rich overnight.
Now is not the time to continue selling. To really continue and persist for a long time is to truly compete with the people for profit.
What the court has to do now is to use the tens of millions of dollars to stabilize the situation and create more value. In the next year, it can eliminate more than half of the national debt of ten million dollars.
Otherwise, when the six-month period or the one-year period is up, and the people want to exchange money, they find that the court still has no money, wouldn't it be a slap in the face and embarrassing?
After the national debt, the court had money, so some messy things were immediately put on the agenda.
For example, the work-for-relief project in Long Duc Province, Ha Dong Road, includes construction of water conservancy projects, roads and bridges, etc.
Another example is the distribution of military pay.
After the military pay was distributed, the Ministry of War formulated a rest system.
Soldiers are allowed to go home in batches to visit relatives. The maximum leave in a year is ten days and the maximum leave in a month is three days.
Of course, some soldiers who have traveled far away cannot go back. However, there are still a few days of short leave. You can take a leave, get out of the military camp, and see the outside world.
In fact, this is a disguised form of stimulating consumption, because these soldiers have money in their hands!
Some of it will be sent home, and some of it can be used as your own expenses.
There are also some homeless people, of course they are from wealthy families in the military, and they can definitely take Pao Ze with them to Mingyue Tower for a few days of fun.
For another example, the circulation of Di Daily is much greater than before, and the paper is much better than before, and the layout has also been slightly changed.
For example, at the bottom of the Di newspaper, there were several small modules, which were not about recent events in the imperial court, but about where the sauce duck was delicious, and where the rouge gouache was used by even the prince's concubines.
This is obviously an advertisement.
It's just that people in this era don't quite understand it.
However, when the next day, there was a queue outside the sauce duck shop, and there was also a queue outside the rouge and gouache shop, many people understood the weight of those few sentences in the newspaper.
It has to be said that Da Gan Shang Xia, which was previously lifeless, was suddenly revitalized.
It feels like there is a vitality from top to bottom, and everyone's eyes are full of light.
On the third day's Di'an newspaper, several issues put forward by the Prince of the Supervisory State appeared, which seemed to have the intention of asking political questions, which completely made the entire Daqian Mainland agitated.
When the Prince of the Imperial Palace brought up these issues in the Di Bao, naturally countless officials understood it and wrote letters to discuss these matters. The enthusiasm of scholars to participate also increased, and they began to care more about national affairs, and they also knew more about national affairs. Quite a few.
"His Highness is becoming more and more skillful in his methods."
Zhang Jiuling sat on the recently popular recliner in the capital, reading the newspaper, with green tea beside him, and seemed very leisurely.
His son Zhang Jianzhi was making tea at the side, and there was also a Di newspaper on the table.
