Wang Guoguang, whose courtesy name was Ruguan, was from Yangcheng, Shanxi Province. He was a Jinshi in the 23rd year of Jiajing. Compared with Yang Bo and Ge Shouli, he could only be regarded as the middle-aged and prosperous dynasty of the Jin Party. His qualifications and status were not as good as Wang Chonggu, and he was a very marginal position in the Jin Party. Because of this, after Yang Bo and Zhang Siwei fell, Tang Yi did not hesitate and promoted Wang Guoguang to serve as the Minister of Revenue.

On the surface, this appointment was to appease the hearts of the Jin party, but in fact it was to dismantle the opponent and start a new mountain. Ge Shouli is now old and is not far from retirement. Naturally, everyone will turn to Wang Guoguang, which has a younger and more promising future. However, with Wang Guoguang's prestige and means, it is impossible to protect the foundation of the Jin party. In the next ten years, the Jin party's power will be in a crisis of collapse...

Of course, aside from the power and scheming, Wang Guoguang is indeed a good talent, especially in financial management. He started as a county magistrate, served as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the Governor of the Kurabaya, and experienced in Kyoto, North and South.

Unlike the mainstream of the Jin Party, Wang Guoguang supported the One-Whip Technique.

When he asked himself, he felt that he took over as Minister of Revenue and was responsible for financial management. He was the only one who could do his best to do his best and no longer had it appropriately.

But not long after he was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, Tang Yi played a beautiful debt replacement, exchanging new debts for old debts. Wang Guoguang saw it, and there was only a bone-bone coldness!

What a monster!

The Jin Party is known for its proficiency in finance, which is simply a terrible witch compared to Tang Yi.

Since the Ming Dynasty Savings Bank pursues a lower interest rate... it is actually not low. The average loan is 7% per year, which means that by the end of the year, it will have to pay back 107 to 110 yuan to 100 yuan, but this number is much lower than all bank bills.

Tang Yi borrowed money in the name of the court, with tax burden as a guarantee. Unless the Ming Dynasty fell, there was no need to worry about not being able to pay the loan, and there was almost no risk, so the interest rate suddenly reached 3%.

Without moving anything else, the annual interest expense of the Ministry of Revenue was reduced by 700,000 to 800,000 taels, which was exactly the same as the tax and silver in Shanxi for one year.

Besides being high, it’s still high!

Moreover, Wang Guoguang could see clearly that with the momentum of the Ming Dynasty's savings bank, if it continues to develop, in a few years, the bills, money shops, and pawnshops originally run by Shanxi merchants would be destroyed and even wiped out.

But they have no choice but to change their business model and lower interest rates than the Ming Dynasty Savings Bank, and they can barely make some money. For Shanxi merchants who are used to huge profits, it is better not to make any hard money.

There are constant complaints and even threatening to run the Ming Dynasty savings bank and bring them down.

After hearing this, Wang Guoguang just laughed.

Is there anything that stupid?

The royal family and government agencies at all levels deposited the money into banks, which was equivalent to endorsing the Ming Dynasty savings bank together. Running the bank is running, which is a run of the imperial court. Who has such courage?

"Duke Yupo, I had done all the work and tried so much to get He Shengyuan out. Why didn't you think of this trick?"

Wang Guoguang was both miserable and regretful. From beginning to end, they all underestimated Tang Yi's methods, but thought that this kid was more flexible and skillful. Now it seems that he did not use all his strength in the past, but was always acting, including the silver crisis. If he had taken action against Japan earlier and got the gold and silver from Japan, would He Shengyuan be so embarrassed?

There is no way to assume the past. At this time, Wang Guoguang only knew one thing: Those who follow me will live, and those who go against me will die. Tang Yi's general situation has been achieved, and there will be no good end to go against him. He can only surrender quickly and perhaps he can still have a place...

After thinking about it, Wang Guoguang came out of the Ministry of Revenue and headed straight to the cabinet. After handing over the sign, Tang Yi immediately invited him in.

"Wangbutang, there are some things to look for you."

Tang Yi asked him to sit down and said with a smile: "I just got a savings bank statement. In the past few months, they have issued 50 million silver dollars one after another, with 80 million silver deposits on the books. I urgently need to spend this money. Do the Ministry of Revenue want to borrow more money?"

Wang Guoguang's heart was bleeding. He Shengyuan had been busy for more than a year and achieved the achievements. It took less than three months for the Ming Dynasty Savings Bank to surpass it. It was so popular that people were so angry!

He was stunned for a moment and immediately smiled and said, "Yuanfu, who would think it's too much money? It's just that the Yellow River is going to be overhauled this year, and it's probably going to cost 5 million yuan. In addition, various places need to build warehouses for storing grain and roads, and the money needed is quite large. The Ministry of Revenue can only solve at most half of it. As for the rest..."

"Two ways!" Tang Yi said: "One is to borrow money, and the other is to authorize the savings bank to issue construction bonds, using the annual income of the imperial court as a guarantee. Raising 10 million yuan is not a problem. Don't just invest in the river industry, but also to build cement plants, steel plants, river embankments, warehouses, and roads. I just approved the urban construction plan of Nanzhili and Zhejiang. They are preparing to renovate the main roads in Suzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Changzhou, Yingtian and other places, and all use cement pavement. In addition, a ten-meter-high building has just been built in Suzhou, which attracted attention from all parties. I heard that many Western barbarians have gone to the front of the building to worship."

Ten feet!

The height of a one-story house is less than ten feet long, which means that this tall building has more than ten floors? How is it possible?

The tallest restaurant in the capital is only six floors, and is supported by eight thick pillars. It looks like a huge and huge person.

More than a dozen floors, I really can't imagine it?

I'm afraid that only the pagodas in those temples can match them?

"Yuan Fu, what is the purpose of building this building?"

"Of course it is to show the scenery of the Celestial Empire." Tang Yi smiled and took out a drawing and handed it to Wang Guoguang.

Unlike the common high towers like chopsticks, this ten-foot-tall building is solid and solid, like an enlarged box. To be honest, Tang Yi felt that there was no beauty at all.

However, people don’t think so at the moment. The huge size itself is a kind of beauty, unparalleled beauty!

The base of this building is cement and stone, two meters deep, with a total of twelve floors, eight floors in the front, using a wet iron column and four floors on the top, using an outline frame. It took more than three years to complete the construction.

On the twelve floors, each floor has a zodiac as its theme, which displays the specialties from all over the country, the best silks, cloths, furniture, porcelain as thin as paper and as moist as jade... Thousands of commodities, covering the north and south of the Yangtze River, inside and outside the Great Wall, from the first floor to the twelfth floor, you can almost see the Ming Dynasty.

Just observing from exquisite drawings makes people feel excited and they can't help but want to appreciate the style.

Wang Guoguang's beard was trembling with excitement, "Yuan Fu, which one did he actually built such a magical building?"

"My junior brother, Tang Hezheng!"

After Tang Yi said his name, he was full of pride and his lips rose unconsciously. Tang Hezheng lived in the huge shadow of his father since he was a child. Although he passed the imperial examination, he had no interest in the officialdom.

I once thought about building ships in the past, and Tang Yi also supported him. Later, cement appeared and the steel production in the southeast increased rapidly. Tang Yi accidentally mentioned the concept of reinforced concrete when he wrote a letter with Tang Hezheng.

From then on, Tang Hezheng became interested in architecture. Before starting construction, he had built a three-story and five-story restaurant, which were all very successful.

However, Tang Hezheng was not sure how much raw materials and how much money it would cost to build such a huge building. He drew the drawings but did not start construction for a long time.

The crisis will indeed turn into an opportunity. When the silver crisis comes, the southeast's goods are unsalable. Everyone is trying to find a way. Some merchants think that although Spain imposed sanctions on the Ming Dynasty, there are still many barbarians who are unwilling to be led by Spain, and they still want to trade with the Ming Dynasty.

We must give them confidence, let them see the power of the Ming Dynasty, and to be completely captured by the Ming Dynasty's goods...

When the merchants had an idea, Tang Yi also encouraged labor-for-relief. With the three parties' promotion, Tang Hezheng came forward and used the power of the entire Suzhou to gather more than 100,000 people. He also hired the best construction craftsmen in the southeast to discuss design and construction.

Finally, no matter how much, day and night, a building that transcends the times, the world's first skyscraper appeared on the land of Suzhou.

"It's indeed a feat, amazing, amazing!"

Wang Guoguang gave a thumbs up, "Yuanfu, this first floor is enough to strengthen our country's power. By the way, can this building have a name?"

"Not yet, I'm going to ask His Majesty to go upstairs and name them."

"Your Majesty?" Wang Guoguang was stunned and thought to himself that Longqing was not in the capital, how could he run to Suzhou? Could it be...

"Yuan Fu, do you want to ask Your Majesty to make a southern tour?"

Tang Yi smiled and nodded, "That's true. The southeast is the lifeline of the Ming Dynasty's economy. As the king of a country, if you don't experience it personally, relying on the description of the ministers alone, it is a little worse. I am going to go south with Your Majesty in the golden autumn to go to Jiangnan. First, to examine the people's conditions, and second, to meet the envoys of various vassal states, and to ask them to open the country's doors and conduct free trade. And the Western barbarians continue to invade. How should they deal with it? The Ming Dynasty also needs to come up with an opinion... What does Wangbutang think?"

Wang Guoguang was ready to surrender with his gun, so how could he object? "Yuan Fu was very knowledgeable and the officials naturally supported him. However, the budget for this trip was probably inevitable. If there was no one million yuan, I am afraid he would not be able to leave?"

Tang Yi thought for a while, "Spend what you should spend. The Ministry of Revenue first draws up a order to see how much it will cost. I will discuss with His Majesty again."

"Sir, obey the order!"

Wang Guoguang agreed happily and chatted for a few more gossips. Tang Yi suddenly asked, "Is Mr. Yu Po good?"

"It seems not very good. I've been in the frontier for a long time and my body has collapsed. I heard that after I went back, I've been bedridden, so I'm afraid I can't hold on for long."

"Duke Yupo is a pillar of the court, and he is indispensable. The cabinet wants to send people to express condolences. I also heard that Mrs. Hu is dead?"

Mrs. Hu is Zhang Siwei's mother.
Chapter completed!