In Tang Yi's view, war is launched to make profits. War can stimulate the development of the military industry, create demand, and after victory, it can obtain huge war dividends. He does not reject fighting for merchants. On the contrary, he believes that this is natural and unquestionable.

With Luzon's successful attempt to restore the country, Tang Yi felt that promoting lending and issuing war bonds was a natural result. As long as the Shanxi merchants were settled and a few people in the cabinet were persuaded, as for Longqing, no matter from any perspective, he would support himself without hesitation.

However, Tang Yi did not expect that when the plan was thrown out, it was questioned and even boycotted from all sides.

First of all, there are censors of the Kedao. They firmly believe that the court should save money and rest for the people. They should not start the war easily, especially when raising debts, which is even more unwise. Once defeated, it will cause terrible consequences.

People from Kedao have irresistible to spend money and fight, let alone the two are combined together.

Fortunately, neither Zhao Zhenji nor Ge Shouli had any objections due to different ideas. Two or three big cats were too much pressure.

The second objection actually came from within the Shanxi merchants, mainly 12 million taels were not a small amount, and they did not believe in the combat effectiveness of the Ming army. In fact, they even knew the Ming army's background even better than Tang Yi.

Taking the military workshops in the capital and Jiubian as an example, the quality rate of the fire guns produced is only 30% of the pity, and the rest of the swords and armor are all good things and cannot be used in actual combat. The empty salary is generally more than 30%, and some military towns even have as many as half, and the remaining people and horses are mostly farmers, who can only carry hoes and cannot play big swords.

There is a shortage of food and salary, and there is not enough war horses. The generals are greedy for life and fear of death. There are a lot of problems. Between more than 10 million taels of gamble on these people, which is a fool!

Even if they keep persuading or even throwing examples of small stations, they still don’t believe it.

Zhang Juzheng talked with them several times, but they couldn't continue. Until the fifth time, the person in charge of Shanxi merchants shyly proposed that the court hoped that the court would hand over the right to issue treasure banknotes and the power to mint silver dollars to them. No matter whether they win or lose, they would be willing to support the court.

The picture is revealed, and the fox's tail is revealed!

Zhang Juzheng quickly judged that this was the real purpose of the Shanxi merchants. Logically speaking, the treasure banknotes have become a piece of waste paper, and it is nothing great to hand them over. Instead, it is because of the casting of silver dollars, which seems to be a little troublesome.

Zhang Juzheng nodded in a hurry. He had negotiated with the Shanxi merchants several times. After constantly talking, Zhang Juzheng felt that he had been fooled, so he simply found Tang Yi directly.

"Sir, if there are these two, I will never sign them!"

When Tang Yi saw that they were the two most deadly items. He thought that Zhang Juzheng could not find it, so he asked him to discuss it. If he approved it in the name of the cabinet, he would not have anything to do with him then.

I really didn't expect that Zhang Juzheng was so keen. Tang Yi was secretly surprised and asked tentatively: "Brother Taiyue, is there any problem with these two?"

Seeing Tang Yi carelessly, Zhang Juzheng muttered in his heart, did Tang Yi really not know, or pretend to behave?

No matter what, as a prime minister, you can't watch the merchant steal the Ming Dynasty!

"Second Aunt, the imperial court issued treasure banknotes, because there was no collateral, and it was a piece of waste paper on the market. However, Shanxi merchants have strong financial resources and have been operating ticket numbers for many years and have outstanding reputation. When the power to issue treasure banknotes comes to their hands, the waste paper will immediately turn into white silver. What is silver? It is power!"

Zhang Juzheng's face was ferocious, and he said loudly: "Gold and silver have magical powers. They can buy anything at will. As long as there is enough gold and silver, they can buy all the things on the market openly. At that time, no matter the officials of the court, ordinary people, or soldiers in the army, they will become dolls in the hands of merchants, fiddling at will, life and death cannot be controlled by others! Lord Zifu, are you really going to sell the Ming Dynasty?"

After learning from one mistake, Zhang Juzheng has put in a lot of effort since the failure of the Jin Palace debate. Not only did he study Tangxue, but he also went to the market to observe and think.

When Zhang Juzheng saw that the Shanxi merchants were desperate to ask for these two powers, he suddenly realized that he finally understood the power of it.

"Let's talk about issuing silver dollars, one silver dollar, nine silver copper, that is to say, one liang of copper can be used for one liang of silver, and the extra part is profits made in vain." Zhang Juzheng became more and more excited, as if he had discovered a super gold mine.

"Tang Ge Lao, the imperial court issued silver dollars and made more profits in vain. If 10 million silver dollars were issued every year, he would make at least a net profit of 700,000... Uh no!" Zhang Juzheng suddenly realized, "It turns out that these two things are the same thing. They can turn treasure banknotes into silver dollar notes. In this way, a piece of paper can represent five taels, ten taels, one hundred taels, one thousand taels, and one thousand taels of silver dollars! There is less than one tenth of the profit, it is simply a hundred times, a thousand times, and ten thousand times..."

Zhang Juzheng was like a nervous person, walking back and forth on the ground, and the more he thought about it, the more shocked he felt. He even wanted to slap himself and ask himself, are you stupid?

What kind of whip method do you do? What do you do when you clear the land of a millet?

Starting from money, the court's finances will be resolved!

Issuing bank dollars and using silver dollars as a guarantee. Issuing bank notes can represent a lot of money in one piece of paper, training troops, paying wages, repairing water conservancy, building projects... Do whatever you want, what a wonderful thing!

Why should I give it to Shanxi merchants?

Zhang Juzheng suddenly rushed to Tang Yi, with red eyes and said hurriedly: "Sir, I will hand over the silver dollar to the Ministry of Revenue for three years... No, it will be two years, two years, I will make Taicang rich and the Ming Dynasty rich and strong! Please support me!"

Zhang Juzheng paused every word and tried his best. He felt that he could do this and die without regrets.

But he was destined to be disappointed, Tang Yi shook his head directly.

"Why, did you accept the benefits of Shanxi merchants?"

"Zhang Taiyue!"

Suddenly, Gao Gong came in with a dark face from outside, came to Zhang Juzheng, and glared at him fiercely, "Don't you apologize to Lord Jufu!"

Zhang Ju's face turned red, "Please forgive me by Ge Lao Tang, I was reckless just now..."

"Old Zhang Ge, you don't need to apologize." Tang Yi's face was solemn, his fingers kept knocking on the table, and after a while, he said: "I thought of the solution you thought of, but it's a pity that it won't work."

"Why?" Zhang Juzheng was stern again.

"It's very simple, because the credit of the court has gone bankrupt, and issuing it again is just the second treasure banknote."

Tang Yi stood up, stood with his hands behind his back, giving only one back to the two cabinet masters.

"There is very little silver in the hands of the imperial court, but it is nothing more than the summer and autumn taxes. Even if they are cast into silver dollars, it is not enough to be widely circulated on the market. Instead, it will cause all parties to follow suit, causing the quality of silver dollars on the market to be uneven, seriously affecting the value of silver dollars, and the people will soon abandon it. As for issuing silver dollars notes?" Tang Yi asked lightly: "Brother Taiyue, ask yourself, can you not issue it more?"

A thin piece of paper with messy pictures and texts on it can be used for money, and it is almost cost-effective. This is an attraction that no one can resist.

The treasures of the Ming Dynasty and the Jiaozi of the Northern Song Dynasty were inevitably sent indiscriminately and turned into a piece of waste paper.

Even if Zhang Juzheng is in charge of issuing money, it will end up being a matter of money and will even go bankrupt faster. His intention is to use paper pieces to make up for the deficit, just to deceive people. Who is the fool in the world can easily be deceived!

Having Baochao a lesson is not enough, and you have to be deceived again?

Once a credit goes bankrupt, it will be difficult to recover it.

As long as you hand over the issuance rights of the Baochao to the Shanxi merchants, with their strong financial resources and a century of accumulated gold signs, you can play silver dollars and financial games.

After thinking about it, Zhang Juzheng had to admit that the court could not issue silver dollars, but he finally figured out the power of the currency!

Zhang Juzheng suddenly burst into laughter, "Sir, thank you for your advice. This time I finally know how to bid."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and left, hurriedly went to negotiate with the Shanxi merchants.

"Oh, Zhang Taiyue is still a clerk." Gao Gong praised: "After this, don't be worried about the past. There is something wrong with him. He always has to endure the country and revive the Ming Dynasty together."

It’s rare that Gao Beizi knows how to compromise, although he is trying to persuade others.

Tang Yi sneered: "Mr. Zhongxuan is worried too much. I know that I will not depose my public because of my own selfishness. Zhang Taiyue is talented, so I let him let go. It's all for the sake of the Ming Dynasty."

"That's right!"

Gao Gong smiled happily and said, "When the talks on Taiyue are over, let's have a drink and have a good time to have a good time."

...

Ten days later, Zhang Juzheng returned to the cabinet again and changed to someone similar. He was full of spring breeze and smiled happily. Facing the cabinet masters present, he took out a document that had been negotiated and put it in front of everyone, and said proudly: "Please take a look!"

Starting from Zhao Zhenji, it was circulated one by one. Everyone who had seen it was overjoyed, and the sound of breathing kept ringing in the cabinet. These cabinet masters felt like a poor man had won the top prize, and were dizzy and were about to fly to the sky.

Zhang Juzheng believed that the right to issue treasure banknotes and silver dollars alone was enough to be worth 12 million taels of silver. As for the court's dispatch of troops, attacking Altan, restoring Hetao, and Shanxi merchants would also make a lot of profits. How could they take all the good things in the world?

Zhang Juzheng asked to remove the interest, and 12 million taels were considered as the purchase fee, and the account of the Northwest Army was calculated separately.

The Shanxi merchants were not stupid either. They issued treasure banknotes and silver dollars and had to deal with the old banknotes that the court had issued. This was not a cost. If they didn’t have a single word of the eight characters, they would give the court more than 10 million taels. The Shanxi merchants did not have such a strong family background. As for the restoration of Hetao, the court was just saying that they could not draw cakes to satisfy their hunger!

After talking about the tit-for-tat, both sides finally didn't want to waste their time. The final agreement was that the Shanxi merchants paid 12 million taels, which was still considered a loan, but the profit was suppressed to two cents and paid off in ten years.

At the same time, Zhang Juzheng also sold a three-million taels of bond, which was subscribed by the Shanxi merchants at a low interest rate.

The two add up to 15 million taels of silver!

Compared to the estimated 10 million gap, there is still five million taels more than the 10 million gap.
Chapter completed!