Crown Tang emperor

Someone asked again.

Ma Fang was also a little embarrassed when he heard the words, and after pondering for a while, he said in a low voice: "Just now, the car was covered with a thick cover, and it didn't seem to come from a good way. Although there are guards who follow, if it is a serious mission, why not I'm worried that there are powerful people hiding traitors inside the platform, ah, you must not leak this matter, but remember, if something happens to me in the future... let's not talk about it, let's leave it at that for now, this time Don't get close to them easily in the future, but if they have any materials or personnel purchases, you must pay more attention to them!"

Speaking of this, Ma Fang already had a bit of generosity to sacrifice his life, rubbing the saber at his waist and sighed: "His Royal Highness Yong did not think that I was despicable, and personally ordered me to give me the magic saber. As a donation for His Highness, how can I be subjugated by strength! Although I, Ma Jiu, are sloppy, but even if I die, I will die with a strong heart and live up to the king's grace!"

At this time, Shangguan Wan'er was hiding behind the inner window of the hall, still circling in her mind the scene of the elite soldiers rushing out of the car and leaving quickly from the car, her face fluctuating, sometimes happy and sometimes sad, muttering in her mouth: "Sanyuan Li Tong, Sanyuan, Li Tong...you still want to play tricks on me..."

Liu Anzi did not return to the hall until the people outside the mansion had completely dispersed, turned his gaze to Shangguan Wan'er, and said with a stern expression: "My lady, even if you don't want to, you should tell your mansion about this matter! That Sanyuan Li Tong, Bah, that prodigal man is so powerful that even the county magistrates are not afraid of him. If he is really greedy for his wife, he can still be scared away by street gangsters this time, and come back another day with better preparations. We may not be able to handle it ah!"

"He comes and goes as he comes, and his residence is not outside the king's law. Since I have joined the king's religion, what will happen to me for the rest of my life? I am not at the mercy of others, and I have no complaints!"

Shangguan Wan'er took a deep breath, then turned around and said: "Go and get his manuscript, in retrospect, it's not so interesting..."

Chapter 0731 all sides prepare armor for Shangyuan

It was nearly November, and the World Expo, which had been noisy for many days, finally came to an end. Although the preparations were rushed, it could be called a successful conclusion.

When the gathering was first prepared, there was a lot of opposition within Xingtai. After all, business and trade matters are not fundamental to politics. Xingtai's promotion of material interests in such a big way may be biased against the education of the people.

However, when the final result was submitted to the Taiwan Bureau of Social Supervision and Statistics, seeing that the total amount of commerce and trade achieved in a mere gathering was as huge as tens of millions, the officials of the various departments in the Taiwan Affairs Office couldn't help but feel "really fragrant".No longer obsessed with the impact of the World Expo on the morality of the people, but started working overnight and stepped up the auditing of the budget for the coming year.

Li Xunyuan, Minister of the Ministry of Finance of Xingtai, was quite opposed to this matter at first, but after the end of the World Expo, he never mentioned the preface, and even began to review the gains and losses of the first meeting in person, and worked out a more detailed plan for the next year. Bigger and stronger.

Such a relatively satisfactory result of the World Expo is not only related to pure financial revenue, but also related to the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of households.If food and clothing are not enough, how can we talk about enlightenment?

Although the World Expo has achieved a transaction volume of tens of millions, after deducting the costs of various materials, labor, management, storage and transportation, the amount that can be used for expenses is only more than 300 million. cord.

But the more than 300 million yuan can be said to be money out of thin air, a new source of money opened up in addition to the original income and expenditure.Not to mention how much room for development there is in the future, just for the moment, the huge sum of more than 300 million yuan can greatly relieve the company's tight finances.

Among the various expenditures for travel and Taiwan, the largest proportion is the border affairs expenditure, but now the frontier farming has achieved initial results, and the recruitment and training of the Jiawu has also been carried out in an orderly manner.And right now the strategic advantages of the various borders are quite obvious. Tubo is blocked to the west of Qinghai, the Nine Songs of the Yellow River are once again incorporated into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the potential of farming and animal husbandry is gradually being developed.

As for the northwest, the Turkic Khan has no definite whereabouts after his defeat. It is said that the Turkic tooth tent on Yu Dujun Mountain has set off a new round of power struggle, and there is no spare power to invade Hequ.Although there were some disturbances around Hequ, they were still under control.

As for the issue of the birth of Qiang in western Sichuan, after the existence of Xikang State, an entity regime directly attached to Xingtai, everything can be managed as a whole.

Therefore, the border affairs situation this year will be greatly eased compared to last year, and no more investment will be required. Therefore, in this year's expenditure plan, the plan proposed by the Ministry of Household Affairs is biased towards politics and people's livelihood.

But not long after the plan was submitted, King Yong beat him back and ordered it to be re-drafted, and he emphasized that he would continue to expand investment in military expenditures.

Li Yuanyuan was a little puzzled and dissatisfied with this, so he took the returned Duzhi plan and went straight to the Zhengshitang. When he came here, he found that a considerable part of the army, including Yao Yuanchong, Minister of the Ministry of War, Fang personnel were already in the hall, and there was even Shi Jiewan, the head of the Anbei Governor's Prefect who had just entered Beijing.

"Knowing that Li Shangshu must be upset, I and the other members have been waiting here for a long time."

Seeing Li Yuanyuan striding up the hall, Li Tong said with a smile.

Li Elementu couldn't help but blushed a little after hearing the words, but still cupped his hands and said: "Practice the platform, pay attention to both internal and external, there may be similarities and differences in the plan, and it needs to be discussed in a long-term way. The minister is indeed puzzled, but he dare not act recklessly. "

Li Tong got up and signaled Li Yuanyuan to take the seat, and said with a smile: "Only when you are dedicated to your duties, can you fulfill your duties. I joked for a while, Li Shangshu forgive me."

Seeing so many military figures gathered here, Li Yuanyuan already guessed that Xingtai's military plan is still grand this year, but he still said: "This World Expo is prosperous in business and material profits, but it can hardly be called a success. Xingtai can give The goods are far from enough to meet the needs of all parties inside and outside, and this difficulty has been clearly seen.

Nowadays, all kinds of industries are flourishing, especially around Chang'an, and the rest of the prefectures and counties are still to be developed.The newly attached people are unable to cultivate wasteland, and they still need to store agricultural tools and grains.In the east and west of the river, the power of salt and iron has not been exhausted.The people's livelihood is still difficult. If the people are still poor and the soldiers are rich, it will be useless for politics! "

Hearing Li Yuanxuan's statement, Yao Yuanchong also got up and said with a smile to him: "Li Shangshu, please be calm and don't be impatient. We are in the hall, and we are talking about this, but after the military plan is presumed, we agree with His Highness's plan."

Li Tong raised his hand to signal the staff to hang up a large map, then pointed to the northwestern part of Sichuan and said, "This year there are two major military plans for Taiwan. 2 people will be stationed here, one will be to consolidate the Longyou channel on the flank, the other will be a deterrent to the Qiang tribes in the region, the third will be to assist the Jiuqu land, the fourth will be to appease the Xikang vassal state, and the fifth will be the wall in the middle of Shu Defend."

Songzhou, Maozhou and other places are located in the south of Longnan and west of Sichuan, and are important passages from the south of the Qinling Mountains to the Qinghai area.The first large-scale military conflict between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo occurred in the vicinity of Gansongling in Songzhou. Songtsen Gampo entered Tuyuhun after unifying the plateau, digesting Sun Bo, and occupying the Minya party. Tubo withdrew from this battle. It ended with Tuyuhun.

In the next few years, Datang established the Songzhou Dudu Mansion here and maintained the garrison for a long time. However, due to various reasons during the Wu Zhou period, the army was abolished or disposed of, and its strategic value was not fully exerted, especially in the relationship with Tubo. In the confrontation, it is far less valuable than the Heyuan Army.

This time Xingtai intends to re-establish its army in the Longnan area. As Li Tong said, there are many reasons and the plan is very big.Even leaving aside these strategic values, they are extremely important to the business system initially formed by this World Expo.No matter how great the financial resources are, if there is no guarantee of sufficient force, it will also be impossible to achieve healthy and orderly development.

In the old years of the Wu Zhou Dynasty, there was already an issue of opening the Songpan Mountain Road to crusade against Zhusheng Qiang and Tubo. Chen Ziang, a Sichuan guy, had fiercely opposed this. sufficient effect.

But the current situation is not the same. Even if the added value brought by commerce and trade is not considered, the eastern region of Tubo is now divided into Xikang Kingdom, which belongs to Xingtai in name, and opening the way to garrison here can connect the whole Jiannan into one piece and gain The strategic situation that echoes with the Yellow River's nine bends and even Longyou and Xikang is formed in the horns, thus blocking the way for Tubo to infiltrate and open up in central Shu and Jiannan.

During the middle Tang Dynasty in history, the Tang Dynasty had already lost control of Longyou. Although under the management of Jiannan Jiedushi Wei Gao, the strategic value of this territory was highlighted, but because of the incoordination of the general trend, it still failed to Restore the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

In the autumn of last year, Lun Qinling once again made noise in Qinghai. This is also because the Tang Dynasty still had not fully gained the strategic initiative in the confrontation between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo. prepare.

But if the strategic line of defense in Longnan is established, the troops of the Tang Dynasty can go directly to the belly of Tubo through Xikang. If you dare to mess around, I will explode you if you see the opportunity!It depends on my mood whether to fight or not, you are not qualified to beep beep blindly.

After listening to this idea, although Li Yuanyuan is sloppy in military affairs, he can also understand that such an arrangement will benefit the strategy of Taiwan. Indeed, the sooner it can be arranged, the sooner it will benefit.

After talking about the western Sichuan and Longnan defense lines, Li Tong pointed to Xie Wan and said, "As for the defense in the north, let Xie Changshi tell the story."

Xie Wan got up when he heard the words, drew a line outside the Hetao, and then said: "The minister returned to Beijing to report the matter, and it was also inspired by His Highness's original ideas that I deeply felt that such a defensive plan is really beneficial..."

What Xie Wan said was naturally the offensive and defensive system of the three surrendered cities.Listening to Xie Wan's narration, Li Tong couldn't help but glanced at Zhang Renyuan who was still meticulous and sitting in the hall.

In history, Zhang Renyuan, as the initiator of this kind of prevention, was the pioneer after sitting in Shuofang and deeply integrating the situation and geography.But right now Zhang Renyuan has not gone to Hequ to work, and this time he came to Beijing as the person in charge of a group of traitors in the Xihe Society to discuss this matter, so naturally there is no establishment.

The background of the establishment of the three surrendered cities is that the Turkic Mochuu became more and more difficult to control in the middle and late Wu Zhou Dynasty, and the second is that the later Turkic people went to the western Turkic homeland to attack, especially the fierce battles with the Turkic cavalry to compete for the hegemony of the Western Regions.Taking advantage of the failure of the Turkic forces in Monan to take care of both, Zhang Ren was willing to build the three surrendered cities. Since then, he has blocked the Turkic way to the south and turned defense into offense to ensure the safety of Heshuo.

Now that the three surrendered cities are being built, if it is said that the Turks are used as an imaginary enemy, it is actually a bit of a big deal.With the defeat of Hequ, the Turkic power has been extremely sluggish.If it weren't for the division of the country, and there was such a strong enemy in the west as Tubo, the Xingtai armored soldiers could even go out and force them directly, directly extinguishing the East Turkic spark of national restoration, and sealing the wolf and living in Xu.

However, even if the Turkic forces are not a threat in the short term, the settlement of the East Turks in the Six States of Hequ and the Tiele tribes south of Yinshan also need a deterrent and strict control.Once the Three Sentences City is established, it will also deter and control the surrounding area of ​​Hequ.

Earlier, the imperial court sent Murong Zhong, king of Tuyuhun, back to Xingtai, and he has been in prison all this time. Li Tong planned to use Murong Zhong's head to lay the foundation for the Sanshou City. Those who die must die!

Moreover, although the Eastern Turks are nothing to worry about at the moment, their whereabouts have been unknown since Mochuo's defeat. It has been more than a year so far. It is not within the control of the platform, and it is difficult to obtain a conclusive sound track.

In addition, the imperial court suddenly sent Dou Xiaochen to Youzhou, which made Li Tong feel inexplicably uneasy. Instead of having a headache and temporarily fighting the fire, it is better to plan ahead and build the three surrendered cities first to ensure the safety of the northwest. Changes occur, so we don't have to take care of the dilemma and start a war on multiple fronts.

Of course, there is another factor, which is a bit metaphysical. It is already late winter and November, and it is not far from next year's Lantern Festival.

Even if he could come to this world, Li Tong really didn't dare to pat his chest to promise that he wouldn't believe in evil. In short, no matter who will stop him from going to the Lantern Festival this year, he will die.I have all the fucking trumpets open, just see which bastard still stops me from copying poems!

Chapter 0732 The Duke of the People's Republic of China, Two Taxes Trial

The garrison of troops in Longnan and the construction of the Three Surrendered Cities are both major events related to the military strategy of Xingtai.Especially the latter, because it is necessary to build city defenses in the Monan area north of the Hetao, and the construction period is not low. It can be said that it is a change in the military structure of the entire Northwest region. The initial input of people is a very amazing figure .

In history, Zhang Renyuan spent two months building the three surrendered cities in Hewai while the Turks were silently conquering the west.One of the basic backgrounds is that during the Jinglong period, the Tang Dynasty and Tubo once again resumed their peace, and the bilateral relationship eased to a certain extent.

Therefore, in the late Wu and Zhou Dynasties, the Turks, who took advantage of the Khitan rebellion and grew stronger, became the main strategic opponent of the Tang Dynasty, and the figures and soldiers gathered in Heshuo.

But now, Xingtai's external military center is still on the Longyou line, surrounding Qinghai, and the investment in Hequ is insufficient, and it only maintains the offensive and defensive posture since Wu Zhou.Therefore, in order to build a system of three surrendered cities in a short period of time, we need to continue to invest more.

In terms of personnel, this year's open border households will mainly be sent to the Hequ area, and the scale of reclamation in Fengzhou, Shengzhou and other places will be restored as soon as possible.At the same time, increase the control and expropriation of the Hu around Hequ. For example, Huihe, which has grown up, will move its clan land several hundred miles eastward this time as punishment and suppression.

The tribes of Tiele are also divided into various small circles, and the process of Huihe's growth is a process of selling teammates.At first, his tribe was not considered strong among Tiele's tribes. At first, he followed Xue Yantuo to help Datang conquer the Eastern Turks, and then joined other tribes to carve up Xue Yantuo.

During the Chuigong period, the Tongluo and Pugu tribes among the Tiele tribes rebelled, and Huihe actively responded to the call of the Tang Dynasty, cooperated with the suppression of the rebellion, and divided a large number of rebellious tribes into the population, so that later the Uighur Khanate moved westward. The Pugu tribe accepted by the tribe replaced the original leader of Huihe and became the royal family of Huihe.

In short, after eating a few meals of human blood steamed buns, the power of Huihe today cannot be underestimated.Moreover, as the power has grown, Huihe's own ideas have also increased. The reason why Turkic Mochuo was able to invade the Hequ states before has a lot to do with the indulgence of these Juji tribes.

Previously, Qibiming led the army to the north, originally intending to relocate Huihe as a whole, but then there was an incident that Murong Zhong, king of Tuyuhun, did not follow the order of Taiwan and fled to Shendu privately. In order to ensure the stability of the Hequ, this matter was not implemented for the time being.

Now that the west line of Xingtai has stabilized, more power must be exerted on Hequ, combined with a deeper understanding of Hequ Huqing, Li Tong plans to dismember Huihe.

There are nine major clans in Huihe, the most powerful of which is the Yaoluoge clan, the leader of the Hanhai Governor's Mansion, and the later Huihe Khan Guli Peiluo was born in this clan.

Now Li Tong plans to abolish the Hanhai Governor's Mansion, and the Anbei Governor's Mansion will directly lead his department, and the Yaoluoge clan will move in, and another big clan in his department, the A-Dianshi, will replace the Yaoluoge clan to take charge of the department.

No matter what group you are in, the second child is always difficult to mix.As the Huihe clan whose internal power is second only to the Yaoluoge clan, the situation is the same.At present, there have been constant disputes between each other. In history, Yao Luoge continued to grow and established a khanate, and the Ah Dang clan was forced to enter the court to seek asylum. Li Guangjin, a famous general after the mid-Tang Dynasty, was born in the Ah Dang clan.

Of course, Li Tong also understands that such an arrangement will definitely cause a lot of shock in the Hequ area. After all, Huihe has used the Yaoluoge family as the leader since the medicine Luoge Bodhisattva. The crowd is terrified, and it will even be used by those with intentions to cause greater panic and turmoil.

Therefore, on the one hand, Xingtai supported the Asang clan in Huihe as the opponent of the Yaoluoge clan;For example, the Xihe Xingshe, which is most suitable for recruiting traitors, entered the Hequ area through Qikou and served as a backup for Xingtai's foreign aid.

In short, if Luo Geshi is willing to obediently obey the Xingtai arrangement and enter the hostage, then everything is easy to talk about. If you still want to continue to make troubles, then you can solve it on the spot.

Sick to shallow Chinese medicine, Huihe is the main labor force for the construction of the three-surrendered city system this time, presumably the Tiele tribes will also be happy with such an arrangement, after all, the dominance of Huihe is objectively squeezing their respective living spaces.

Qi Biming is not only a general of the Tang Dynasty, but also the leader of Tie Le Qi Bi's tribe. The father and son have been loyal to the king for two generations, and Li Tong has great confidence in him.

What's more, Li Tong planned to use Yao Yuanchong to personally oversee the construction of the three surrendered cities.As for Zhang Renyuan, on the one hand, he led a group of traitors from the Xihe Company to assist in this matter, and on the other hand, he also put him in the Hetao area for further training. If he performed well, Li Tong planned to put Zhang Renyuan in Hequ to replace Qi Biming.

After listening to the plans for the two major events in the north and the south, Li Yuanyuan was silent for a while, and then said pitifully after a while: "The support for border affairs and construction is hard to reduce. How much of that can be left for people's livelihood and politics this year? You can't just leave it alone for business and business matters..."

Hearing what Li Yuanyuan said, Li Tong signaled Yao Yuanchong and other military subordinates to retreat to discuss the details, leaving Li Yuanyuan behind, and summoned several other civil affairs officials to continue discussing people's livelihood matters.

Now Taiwan's finances have only improved slightly, and because the two military affairs are carried out together, it can be predicted that the financial situation will become more tense in the coming year.

Since the beginning of this year, the situation of the expansion of nationality in Zhuzhou and counties has been good, which has led to a surge in the number of registered households that can be controlled by Xingtai.However, most of these newly added household registrations are extremely poor. Even if the land is granted, there is not enough capital to cultivate it immediately.

Farm tools, grain seeds, etc., in the case of a surge in registered households, it is also a very heavy burden for Xingtai to satisfy all of them.

In response to this situation, Li Tong put forward an idea, that is, for new household registrations, Xingtai will not be directly granted to Kouda, but centralized production in Guantun.The government issues land, farm tools and other resources, and recruits tenants for farming on a large scale. First, let the people put in as much production as possible, and then gradually grant the land to private households in the next three to five years.

When Li Yuanyuan and others heard this idea, they were also very interested. They stated and discussed the advantages and disadvantages of this method, and most of them agreed with it.

Shengmin is newly attached, and it is not easy to enter the government. Once any government order fails, it is very likely to cause a large number of escapes.Right now, Xingtai can't focus on internal affairs, and in addition to border troubles, it is also facing a tear with the court.The production is organized by the government, which can avoid large-scale loss of people and land. At the same time, it is more resistant to pressure, and the overall planning of water conservancy can be maintained.

If it is the previous Xingtai, it still faces the dilemma of insufficient officials in a state and county.But now that the examination and selection system has been established, talents can continuously join the Xingtai and be sent to the prefectures and counties to organize reclamation, and it is also easy to discover a group of officials who follow the officials.

Of course, this concept is not entirely beneficial. Once the government organizes reclamation, it will inevitably have a certain impact on the original farming and weaving environment.Low grain prices will harm farmers, and if things go on like this, it will accumulate into a serious social problem and shake part of the originally stable social foundation.

After some discussions, Li Yuanyuan and others made another proposal. In addition to imposing a clear deadline on this emergency official village, they should also give some compensation and appeasement to the original owner farmers.

Li Tong also deeply agreed with this, and detailed this compensation policy into two aspects of economy and culture. Specifically, when it comes to the implementation of Taiwan's government orders, it is to donate the title of the people and issue the right to the Ding.

Naturally, there is no need to say much about the nobles, as far away as the Qin and Han Dynasties, since the founding of the Tang family, and even during the Wu Zhou Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, many nobles have been bestowed.In modern times, the Duke itself is only an honorary title and does not include material rewards.

With the current financial situation of Xingtai, of course, it is impossible to achieve inclusive gifts, but it can impose a privilege on the public, that is, to no longer use the rent-yong adjustment as the form of tax collection, but to use the two-tax law for collection.

The rent and mediocrity system previously pursued by the imperial court was based on the land equalization system. The most ideal state was that the tiller would have his own land, if there were men, there would be mediocrity, and if there were households, there would be adjustment.

Even without considering the destruction of the land equalization system in the customs, the rent-yong adjustment firstly restricted the production mode of the households and stipulated the types of materials produced, so that after the people delivered the rent-yong adjustment, the output of farming and weaving only met their own needs. That's all, apart from this, it is difficult to carry out other economic activities.

The two taxes directly collect money, no longer specify the types of goods, and the economic needs of small households are released, and they can participate in different economic activities according to their own economic needs.Especially for a narrow town like Chang'an with a small land and a large population, it is undoubtedly a great liberation of people's power.

The people in the Guannei prefectures granted the general grant, and the production activities of those who originally had land could not be restricted, and other economic crops with higher returns could be planted on the land.And Guantun itself can ensure that the food production in the customs is maintained on a safe line, and they can complement each other rather than compete with each other.

As for Ding Quan, it is mainly the right to education and the right to homestead. Township communes generally set up primary schools, and all males and below in private households can enroll free of charge.After middle-aged men and above become adults, the government grants one mu of house land and exempts them from three years of forced labor. If they add children within three years, they will be exempted for two years.

Ding Quan has nothing to do with new households or old households. As long as you have completed five years of compulsory service in the state and county where you live, you will automatically get it.

Before Xingtai, there were many orders to benefit the people, encourage farming and encourage childbirth, but now it is a summary based on the previous ones.In particular, the initial implementation of the two taxes has brought Taiwan politics into a new dimension. As for whether it is good or bad, the facts are still to be tested, and further large-scale promotion will not be carried out until concrete results are seen.

Li Yuanyuan and others originally thought that the military affairs would be the focus of Taiwan's work in the coming year, but after a series of civil affairs discussions, they found that the civil affairs aspect of the coming year was equally arduous, and it was even more difficult than previous years. They didn't know whether to be happy or complain.

Chapter 0733 personnel entanglement, love is hard to stop

While the officials and subordinates of Xingtai were once again engaged in more busy military and political affairs, Li Tong was not idle.

Although the actual income of this World Expo is only more than 300 million yuan, the profit of more than 300 million yuan has not been kept on the platform for a long time, and some of them are only a record of storage expenses. It was quickly allocated to other aspects.

But it has to be said that the World Expo, with a transaction volume of tens of millions, also surprised the relevant personnel in the entire commercial and trade market in Chang'an City, and they had more ideas because of this.

Taking advantage of the enthusiasm of this business conference, Li Tong also met with a group of merchants from all parties who contributed to the top trade volume.Although the social status of merchants is not high, when the amount of wealth reaches a certain level, quantitative changes will naturally lead to qualitative changes.

Li Tong also didn't feel that it was detrimental to his prestige to meet merchants as a prince, especially when he still had to plot against the wealth held by these merchants.

It is true that the current Xingtai does not have more surplus financial resources to continue to expand the production scale, which is also what Li Yuanyuan feels deeply sorry for.Obviously, the relevant market channels, including labor, etc., are sufficient, but because the platform is carrying out multiple tasks at the same time, it has to make a judgment and make a choice, and miss an opportunity to continue to grow in vain.

Li Tong also didn't want to let go of this opportunity, so after the World Expo, he frequently met with wealthy businessmen from all walks of life and continued to sell.Previously, the World Expo sold commodities, but what will be sold next will be opportunities.

The trade volume of the World Expo will exceed tens of millions, which is definitely a data that can drive businessmen from all walks of life crazy.As a result, Xingtai has mastered detailed trade data and has more accurate judgments on the market, resulting in greater room for operation.

Therefore, when meeting merchants from various parties, he mainly did three things.

The first item is to sell bonds. Based on the transaction volume of this World Expo, one-year bonds will be sold to merchants from various parties. Merchants will pay a certain amount of money to buy bonds, and the bank will repay with interest from next year’s World Expo proceeds. debt.

However, merchants are not very enthusiastic about this, perhaps because the return period is too long, or perhaps because the people do not fight with the government, and they doubt whether Xingtai will pay the bond as promised when it matures.

Therefore, the sale of bonds was not smooth. Although he was flattered by King Yong's personal interview and promise, but it was not straightforward enough when buying bonds, and he was not very willing to buy a few pieces of paper for real money and store them for a while. Year.In the end, it was also for the face of King Yong, so it was really not good to just buy more or less.

In the end, the bond was only sold in a quantity worth 100 million yuan. This was already a result achieved under the double blessing of King Yong's face and the success of the World Expo.

However, although the sales of bonds were not satisfactory, merchants expressed great enthusiasm for another plan, that is, government-business cooperation and the establishment of factories.The government is responsible for providing workers and venues, and merchants provide financial support for the production of goods and mutual profit.

If the purchase of bonds is real money and the price is clearly marked, and merchants are worried that they are not strong enough to allow Xingtai to strictly abide by the agreement, then the joint factory has a taste of being close to Shangtai’s power, so they are very active.

With the participation of private capital, the most troubled financial problem of Xingtai has been solved, and the scale of production can continue to be expanded.Moreover, the government-run workshops are no longer limited to the surrounding areas of Gyeonggi, and have begun to radiate to Zhuzhou counties.

Of course, Xingtai has not completely opened up various industries for private capital to enter. Industries such as smelting, hammering, forging and weaving that are closely related to the military and people's livelihood will never allow private capital to intervene.However, other industries such as ceramics, printing and dyeing, coal, paper, tea, Danqing, garden flowers and fruits, etc., have all been opened to a certain extent, and there are still quite a lot of choices.

In addition, Xingtai did not ignore the folk crafts that emerged during the World Expo.

The millions of dollars obtained from the sale of bonds were not directly included in the government's fiscal budget, but were directly allocated to the Social Supervision Office, which operated and lent money to support private handicraft production.If the handicraft cooperatives want to continue to expand their production scale or refine their skills, they can negotiate with the Social Supervision Office for a loan, and the future production will be handed over to the Social Supervision Office for exclusive sales to repay the debt.

When it comes to the number of craftsmen, it is natural that the walking tables are the most, but the level of craftsmanship is not necessarily high or low.The so-called masters are among the folks. The advantage of Xingtai is that it has abundant manpower and material resources, and can organize large-scale centralized mass production. The products only need to meet certain quality standards, and there is no need to waste time and effort to pursue higher technical standards.

Folk craftsmen focus on the production of small workshops one by one, with higher technical requirements, and are also the main suppliers of some high-end products.Although they are encouraged to turn in their technology and join the row, it is not mandatory.

The financial support provided by the Social Supervision Administration is to recognize and encourage them to expand production, and to control certain high-end sources of goods, thereby exerting influence on and controlling the entire business environment.

In the final auction of the World Expo, various high-end commodities were auctioned, and the prices hit record highs repeatedly, accounting for a large proportion of the total transaction volume of the World Expo.Money touches people's hearts, and those producers who provide high-end products are naturally sought after, or they are hired with a lot of money, or even robbed.

After the World Expo ended, several related vicious incidents broke out, which naturally caused a great negative impact.In response to similar incidents, on the one hand, Xingtai is to prevent micro-debts and punish them severely, and on the other hand, it also needs to strengthen the personal control of these high-end commodity producers.