The issuance of the "Dian War Treasure Banknotes" has been confirmed, but the matter is not that simple. The first big problem before us is that the imperial court's treasure banknotes have long lost any credibility. Even now in the name of special affairs, I'm afraid not many people dare to believe it. Zhu Yijun is very worried about this.
Although Gao Jingshi was sure of his decision and was willing to let Jinghua take the lead, Zhu Yijun was moved at the same time, but he was even more unwilling to let Gao Jingshi take such a risk.
Yes, Gao Jingshi is indeed very rich. Two hundred thousand taels, an amount that can even choke the imperial court under the current situation, may be just the cost of opening two new large mines for Gao Jingshi. Even if they are all in vain, It's not even a stretch.
But Zhu Yijun still doesn't want Gao Jingshi to "break up the family and the country" by himself - I, the emperor, are not happy to do this. If pragmatically does it, how much favor will I owe him?
Zhu Yijun did not doubt that Gao Jingshi had ulterior motives. He just favored himself and others, thinking that Gao Jingshi was willing to do this just for the sake of their unique friendship.
There are many people in the world who don't pay back money, but even the most shameless scum will have the mentality of "the debt must be repaid", and as the supreme person in the world, Zhu Yijun does not want to owe such a debt.
Because in other situations, he could find a very reasonable way to repay the "favor debt", but this kind of disguised borrowing made him feel embarrassed, so he thought hard and came up with several ways that he thought could be done. Methods to enhance the credibility of "Dian War Treasure Notes".
Unfortunately, Gao Jingshi dismissed them all in a few words. In the end, Gao Jingshi himself came up with a solution: Jinghua Bank, which was established not long ago, would serve as the agent issuer of the "Dian War Bao Banknotes", and Jinghua Bank itself would bear the risk of maintaining the value of the banknotes. .
After Zhu Yijun heard this at the time, he felt that this was simply unnecessary. Compared with the previous statement, it was just a change of soup without changing the medicine, and there was no practical difference at all.
However, Gao Pragmatic put forward a new "condition": if Jinghua Bank takes over this business, it will charge a service fee of "one hundred and fifty" - that is, five percent - of the war rights.
Zhu Yijun was startled for a moment, and felt that this seemed to be different from before. At least it was no longer a "favor debt", but a real business.
He became interested and asked: "The war rights you are talking about...are you referring to the Burmese 'Sui coins' we expect?"
"If Myanmar is willing to pay all war compensation in silver in the future, then as the emperor said, Jinghua's income will be one hundred and fifty 'year coins'." Gao Pragmatic said sternly: "However...I don't think Myanmar can afford that much. Most of the cash will be used to offset the account with other things, which is a bit particular, and Jinghua may need to send a special person to discuss with the household department."
Zhu Yijun said in surprise: "Why is that? You...I mean Jinghua, why don't you just get a hundred and five?"
Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said: "Jinghua may not need those things, and there may be trouble in reselling them, because some things may not be operated by Jinghua. If you also get a hundred and five, Jinghua will have to face discounts in the logistics, sales, etc. realization process." Damage, so this is what needs to be discussed.”
"Oh..." Zhu Yijun understood and said, "It means that if what is collected is not money but other goods, Jinghua will increase the proportion?"
Unexpectedly, Gao Pragmatic still shook his head and said: "It is not necessarily to increase the proportion. My personal attitude is that it is best to limit the supplies - for example, Myanmar took more than a dozen kinds of products to offset the debt, and Jinghua only chose one or two of them. Three types, but the total discount is still based on the ratio of 150.”
"I see." After all, Zhu Yijun was not a businessman. After hearing this, he thought it made sense. He nodded and asked, "What do you want?"
Gao pragmatic thought for a moment and said: "Teak and gold."
Although the word gold makes Zhu Yijun a little greedy, but looking back, how much gold can there be in Myanmar? So he quickly relaxed his brows and nodded: "Okay, there is no need to discuss this matter with the Ministry of Finance. I will agree to it now - what does the treasure note have to do with the Ministry of Finance?"
This time, Gao Pragmatic was taken aback and asked: "It has nothing to do with the household department?"
Zhu Yijun said slightly proudly: "Of course it doesn't matter! Since there is such a way to raise money, of course I will let the internal funds be responsible, and then allocate internal funds to Yunnan - what does the Ministry of Accounts have to do with this?"
Gao Pragmatic was just beginning to figure out the difference between the accounts of internal funds and the accounts of the account department. Zhu Yijun had already explained: "Pragmatic, although Da Sinong has a good relationship with you, there is one thing I have to say: This is The money allocated to the front line can be saved a lot more by transferring it from the internal funds than to the household department. If the two hundred thousand taels of silver are sent to Yunnan from the internal funds, there should be 1899000 left. If it is transferred from the household department, at most 1780 will be left. Ten thousand, at least there is a difference of ten thousand or twenty thousand."
Uh... well, the civil servants are indeed more ruthless than the eunuchs in "floating away". I am not the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, so I can't control this, so I'll just listen to you and use the internal funds.
When Zhu Yijun saw Gao Jingshi nodded in agreement, he became happy. He stood up in a very un-imperial manner, patted Gao Jingshi on the shoulder, and said: "Troops, reinforcements, food and wages, after you implement these three strategies, even if you have everything in place, I feel more relieved. Now I can only wait and see the performance of Liu Wei and Deng Zilong, hoping that they will not disappoint me."
Before Gao Pangshi could answer, Zhu Yijun had already continued: "Speaking of these two people, Liu Wei is too young and Deng Zilong is too old. If you hadn't persuaded me to transfer them both before, I would have wanted to The two have changed, and some of them are in their prime."
This is not nonsense. Liu Wei is twenty-five years old and is indeed relatively young among generals at the rank of general. Deng Zilong is fifty-five years old and is indeed a bit older.
However, under such difficult conditions in history, both of them were able to win. Of course, Gao Pragmatic did not believe that they would lose with the support of three strategies.
However, after all, Gao Pragmatic was a civil servant, and he had never personally commanded these two civil servants in battle. It was really inconvenient to jump out and give them a vote, so he had to say: "After the famous general Liu Wei, he was also ranked first among Wu Jinshi. He killed generals and captured flags at the age of four, and I think he is worthy of training; Deng Zilong has been a veteran general for many years, has fought against Japanese pirates, and has made many military achievements, so he is also someone who can be used."
Zhu Yijun nodded silently and said: "I understand the principle of employing people without trust. Besides, now that the war is approaching, I will not change the generals on the spot. What I just said was just spoken to you in private, and you don't want to spread it outside." "
Gao pragmatic smiled and nodded in agreement.
The two were silent for a while, and Zhu Yijun asked again: "Has Deputy Ambassador Huang from Annan returned to Beijing with you?"
Gao pragmatic nodded and said: "Here he is, he should be at the Annan Guild Hall now."
Zhu Yijun showed a playful smile and asked: "You have always been very good at predicting things. Can you guess my intention of letting her go back to Beijing with you this time?"
Gao pragmatic hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said, "This... I'm sorry for my stupidity."
Zhu Yijun laughed and said, stroking his hands: "I never thought you, Gao Longwen, could be 'dull' sometimes?"
Gao pragmatic originally thought that Zhu Yijun would go straight to the topic after teasing, but he unexpectedly miscalculated this time. Zhu Yijun sat down suddenly, crossed his legs in an unruly manner, and asked: "I have one thing that I am very curious about. "
Gao pragmatic looked at him doubtfully and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Although Deputy Ambassador Huang was born as a chieftain and is now in charge of Annan, she is still a woman who has not left the government after all. Aren't you worried about traveling all the way from north to south like this?"
Gao pragmatically said: "Of course I still have some worries, but..."
However, many girls in later generations traveled thousands of miles. Don’t Guangxi girls also have to travel when they are admitted to a university in Beijing? What's more, Huang Zhiting, as a garrison envoy, always carries elite wolf soldiers with him. Even if he takes a boat to go north, it is the best-conditioned ship mobilized by Jinghua, and it only takes the coastal route, so there is no problem with safety.
So...it doesn't seem like there's anything special to worry about, right?
However, it was obviously difficult to say this clearly, so Gao Pragmatic stopped.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Yijun misunderstood and thought that the reason Gao Pragmatic didn't mention it was "the situation was so limited that there was no alternative", so he smiled and said: "The thing you told me before, well... It's not that I can't do things like granting a marriage, but there has to be a reason. When she came to see her, I couldn't think of a reason after much thought, so I had to press the button first."
Gao Pingshi's heart moved and he coughed lightly: "Then the Emperor is bringing up old matters again..."
Zhu Yijun chuckled and said: "I do have an idea, but there are still two troubles in this matter. One of them is even quite dangerous, and you need to make your own decision."
Gao Pingshi took a deep breath and asked, "I understand, please give me your Majesty's permission."
Seeing this, Zhu Yijun also put away his teasing look and said seriously: "Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, we have always treated the respectful, loyal and brave chieftains kindly. This kind of kindness sometimes even reaches the point of breaking the rules, you should know this. "
Gao Pragmatic nodded. There is no doubt about this, and it can even be regarded as a unique feature of You Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yijun then continued: "This is worth taking advantage of - you know, with your background and current status, even I, the emperor, would find it difficult to find any suitable reason to marry Miss Huang to me at ordinary times. Your inexplicable forced marriage will only make the outside world suspicious, and some may even think that I am humiliating you, which is really not what I want."
Gao Pragmatic's eyes narrowed and he asked: "What kind of opportunity does the emperor want to find? Do you want me to make a great contribution and then publicly make a request to the emperor?"
Zhu Yijun laughed: "How come your magic tricks don't work when it comes to Miss Huang? Interesting, interesting."
Gao Pingshi's face couldn't help but stiffen, and he laughed dryly and said, "Did I guess wrong?"
"Wrong, wrong." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "You have gone completely wrong this time."
Gao pragmatically scratched his head and asked, "How do you say this?"
Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "The problem between you two has never been that your credit is not enough, on the contrary, it is that Miss Huang's credit is not enough - although this is a bit awkward to say about a girl, but how should I say it... ...It makes sense to treat her as a toast."
Gao Pingshi frowned: "Did the Emperor say that he wants Miss Huang to make a great contribution and then give her a 'reward'? Isn't this... even more awkward?"
Zhu Yijun slapped the table and fell down laughing. It took him a long time to stop laughing under Gao Pragmatic's strange eyes. He coughed hard and said, "Didn't I just say that your previous thoughts were 'completely opposite' - what?" What does it mean? To put it simply, you cannot propose to marry Miss Huang, but Miss Huang must propose to marry you."
Gao pragmatic frowned deeper and asked, "Why is this?"
Zhu Yijun sighed: "Think about it, logically speaking, your Gao family's family status is much higher than that of her Huang family. Under normal circumstances, if you want to marry her, you can just find a matchmaker. I'm afraid the Huang family is more anxious than you are. , Huang Chengzu might even want you to consummate your marriage as soon as possible.
But your current problem is also here. You can't do this regardless of the thoughts of the people in the clan, especially the thoughts of your father-in-law. That's why you came to me and wanted me to come forward to solve it so that your father-in-law can't object. But as I said just now, if I suddenly grant a marriage like this, it may cause unnecessary trouble.
So we have to reverse this idea, and let the person with the lowest status make the great contribution first. When the time comes, I will pretend to be overjoyed, agree to this person in public, and then let him propose the marriage... Naturally, I cannot go back on my words, so I have no choice but to make mistakes! "
Eh?
Your Majesty, you have a very open mind!
Gao pragmatic couldn't help but think about the feasibility of this matter. Zhu Yijun didn't rush him. He just looked at him for a while. Then he felt that he was too boring, so he picked up the map of the situation in southern Xinjiang that Gao pragmatic had drawn before and looked at it. stand up.
I don't know how long it took before Gao Pragmatic's voice slowly sounded: "Your Majesty, if this matter is to be said to be feasible, it should be feasible. But in this way, will Miss Huang's reputation be affected in some bad way?"
Zhu Yijun had been thinking about this matter for a long time. He had naturally considered this. Hearing this, he spread his hands and said, "To be honest with you, I find this difficult to say."
He put down the situation map, looked at Gao Pragmatic, and said seriously: "If Miss Huang is a Han woman, this incident will definitely have an impact on her reputation, but she is a child chieftain, so the situation is a little different. Everyone in the imperial court , civil and military officials, their attitude towards the chieftain is obviously different from that of ordinary women. After all, she is even a person who can lead troops on expeditions. How can she be treated with ordinary eyes? If this matter is handled properly, I think it may even become a good story. "
Gao pragmatic thought for a while and said, "Can your Majesty allow me to go and discuss things with Miss Huang?"
"Of course I can. I was just discussing with you." Zhu Yijun waved his hand magnanimously, and then said: "But I haven't finished what I said just now - making meritorious service is a prerequisite. Only if she makes great merit, I will This is the best place to create the scene just mentioned."
Gao Pragmatic smiled bitterly and said: "I understand the emperor's intention. For her, the best opportunity to make meritorious service right now is to go to Burma, right?"
Zhu Yijun coughed slightly: "Well, actually, it was only after you mentioned sending troops to Myanmar from Annan that I came up with the idea. Originally, I thought... forget it, just don't mention it."
Gao pragmatic let out a breath and thought to himself: It seems that one of the two troubles he mentioned is dangerous, and it probably refers to leading troops to go to Burma. As for another trouble, Zhiting must have taken the initiative to propose the marriage. Even though she was a chieftain and a virgin, this was still embarrassing. An ordinary woman would probably choose to "rather die than surrender."
However, this is the way to go after all...it's better than being frozen like this.
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