blackstone code

Chapter 765 Borrowing Money to Live on
When the emperor said that he would use the treasury to deal with the current crisis, it was not the prime minister, nor the finance minister, but the defense minister who first stood up.

His Majesty the Emperor did not argue with him immediately, but looked at the others. He needed to find out if there was any change in the attitude and position of each of these ministers.

When his eyes touched the Minister of War, the Minister of War met his gaze with some hesitation, "Your Majesty, I agree with the Minister of Defense. The end of the year is coming soon."

"At the end of the year?" His Majesty's mouth twitched, "What happened at the end of the year?"

He knew that this was just an excuse, and he also felt a sense of urgency. Only the emperor who firmly grasped the power is the real emperor.

Those emperors who did not seize all the power were just puppets. Although he was not a puppet that could be manipulated by people at will, he was very angry when he saw that these people always opposed his ideas.

The anger didn't show on his face, neither in his expression nor in his tone, there seemed to be no anger.

A little indifferent, a little indifferent.

The Minister of War showed some embarrassment on his face, and he said softly, "In order to uniformly distribute the pensions for the soldiers who died in the second half of the year, the local troops need to change defenses with the local troops, and the ordnance also needs to be maintained, and some equipment needs to be replaced. Pack……"

In a word, His Majesty the Emperor, who was still thinking of refuting the Minister of War, shut up. He remained silent for a long time. There was not a single sound in the ruler's hall, and even his breathing was too weak to be heard.

Yes, a pension will be issued.

The number of soldiers killed in the Ameria region has now almost caught up with the number of soldiers they died in the World War. These wastes die as soon as they die. His Majesty the Emperor feels that they are a waste of food if they don't die.

Holding the most advanced standard weapons of the empire and enjoying the most complete logistics, they couldn't beat a group of armed civilians!
But no matter how much he hated these armies, he had to face this unavoidable problem.

Although they are trash, they gave their lives for the country.

According to the current pension system implemented by the Gafla Empire, they need to pay a one-time death pension of 500 yuan to the family members of each soldier who died in battle, and then pay an additional salary every quarter.

The salary standard is based on 80.00% of the salary of the current military rank. This money will be paid for three to six years.

This is not a small fee, and besides this fee, there are other military expenditures, which are a headache.

His Majesty's head started to hurt again, he resisted the pain, and looked at the others, "Who else wants to say something?"

He looked at the others to see if anyone else wanted to contradict him.

The result was very disappointing, or in his expectation, and some people had different views on it.

The one who stood up was the Minister of Construction. He bowed slightly to show his respect to the emperor, but standing up was the greatest disrespect to the emperor.

The emperor looked at him calmly, but he opposed the emperor's idea without hesitation, "Your Majesty, many reconstruction projects in the Ameria region are underway, and after the spring begins, there may be a need to raise a sum of money as soon as possible to deal with the spring sowing. .”

"In addition to these, the reconstruction of the city, the reconstruction and repair of important public facilities and military facilities all require a lot of money."

"If we use the remaining money from the national treasury, it is very likely that the development of the province of Ameria will be slowed down, and there may even be repeated situations on some policy issues."

"The local people are eager for some positive changes. If we can't make everything happen quickly, it may trigger a second round of confrontation."

The chancellor of the exchequer is not talking nonsense, the shift of the focus of the empire's development is also one of the core contradictions between the emperor and the aristocratic class, the privileged ruling class and the middle and lower classes of society.

Under such great pressure to develop Amélia, if the financial support to that side is temporarily suspended now, it is very likely that the situation that had already improved will start to deteriorate again.

Backwardness and poverty are the biggest incentives for people to take risks. Once the local development speed cannot keep up, people have no expectations for the future and are in a state of insufficient food and clothing. Some of them are likely to be affected again. Enticed by external forces, set up or join resistance organizations.

Besides, the investment in Amelia has been so large in the past few years, and it is impossible to lose the chain at this time. The words of the Minister of Construction are indeed factors that need to be considered.

His Majesty the Emperor knew that what he said was not wrong, but he was still unhappy.

He said in a half-true way, "There is also a lack of money here, and there is also a lack of money there. If it doesn't work, let's issue another batch of currency..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the prime minister raised objections. Whether it was the emperor's temptation or not, the prime minister had to step up at this time.

He has already mastered a certain degree of initiative. If he still doesn't say anything, do nothing, or make a statement, like a mascot, then the nobles around him will be a little worried.

Worrying that the "prime minister's ambition" in their own imagination is not the same as the prime minister's real "ambition". This is a terrible guess, which will bring even more terrible consequences.

So at this time, the Prime Minister knew what he should say.

"Your Majesty, it is not suitable to issue additional currency now..."

The emperor looked at the Prime Minister with a blank expression, "Tell me what you think."

The Prime Minister tilted his face downwards, which was a kind of promise, "The current run on bankruptcies has caused turmoil in our economy, and the reason for these turbulences is the shortage of currency in circulation in society."

"Actually, this problem has been buried four years ago."

"When we fully take over the Ameria region, we should first issue a batch of additional currencies to meet the needs of market circulation."

"A whole province, more than ten cities, and a population of 800 million, we forget that the shortage of space and people will affect the local economic order."

"If we now issue more currency in order to allow everyone to receive their deposits, the rapid depreciation of the currency will exacerbate market turmoil and undermine the stable market structure, and people will also question us."

"In principle, I very much agree to issue additional currency to cope with new domestic and international situations. At the same time, we should be more cautious about issuing additional currency. At least it is not suitable to do so under the current economic damage outside!"

Indeed, at present, many raw materials of Gefla come from imports. After the currency depreciation, people need to spend more money to import the same amount of raw materials in the past.

It will have a great impact on some industries that rely on imported raw materials, and some of them may directly suffer losses from profits.

The same is true of people's lives. To print and distribute enough currency to cope with this run, the price of goods on the market will rise rapidly, and people who can eat enough to eat will soon only be able to eat seventy percent full.

Those who are not hungry will soon begin to starve.

The wages paid by the factory cannot support each family, and the factory owner will suffer losses if he pays too much, so the prime minister will definitely not agree to His Majesty's plan.

If he wants to hold power, he can't be too "stupid". The system of the Gefla Empire will not allow a mediocre and stupid prime minister to be in the phase.

This is different from the Federation. In the Federation, it doesn’t matter even if the president is an idiot. They have a whole system that allows the government to continue to operate in the way it was before, but Gefla can’t.

He wants to oppose the emperor to show his "integrity" in order to gain the support of the people.

Fighting against the imperial power is not a simple matter, nobility and public opinion are indispensable.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, so tell me, what can be done, and how can we calm this storm?" The emperor threw the question to the ministers.

The ministers were silent. It is not easy to solve the matter at this stage in one go.

But to say how complicated it is, it may not be necessary, as long as you have money, you can solve it.

In fact, there have been more than one runs in history, but the previous runs had very little influence, and they were often aimed at banks opened by a down-and-out nobleman, or some commercial banks.

This is the first time that there is such a big commotion like now.

But it was this "money" that stumped everyone.

Everyone was silent, and a mocking smile appeared on His Majesty's face. He looked at the Minister of Finance, "Minister of Finance, do you have any good ideas?"

After the chancellor was silent for a while, when the emperor was about to miss him, he suddenly spoke.

"Your Majesty, we can borrow money."

Uh……

His Majesty the Emperor looked at the Minister of Finance in surprise, and the two of them thought of going together.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has absolutely failed. Losing in this struggle, who would have thought that the Prime Minister would bring him down even if the economic order of the empire was in turmoil. Facing the already crazy Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer is not the slightest bit Method.

It's like those businessmen who are facing their own death and the chancellor of finance who will lead everyone to die together, they can only back down step by step.

Now that the defeat has been confirmed, what the Chancellor of the Exchequer is fighting for now is not to find a way to stay, but to ensure that his family still has a chance, a very small possibility.

"Tell me what you think..." His Majesty the Emperor said after a moment of pondering.

The Minister of Finance stood up and bowed to show respect to His Majesty the Emperor, "The situation we are currently experiencing has many coincidences. This problem cannot be solved internally. We can try to solve it externally."

"There is a lot of hot money in the world, and those bankers who are active in various countries, and even the governments of other countries, are also forces that can help us to a certain extent."

"As long as we can reach some agreements with outsiders and get a sum of money, the situation will stabilize soon."

The emperor nodded noncommittally. He squinted at the Prime Minister who was frowning tightly, and asked, "What do you think we should do?"

(End of this chapter)