Great Song

The news that the national debts were sold out spread to the palace in no time.When Zhao Xu heard this, he jumped up from the throne in shock, and asked anxiously, "Is it really all sold out?"

Chen Shengzhi, the envoy of the third division, couldn't hide his joy at this moment, and said with a smile: "Report to the official family, the money has been counted, and there is no difference in the full amount of 20 yuan. All are sold!"

Zhao Xu supported the table case, only to feel dizzy for a while.This was far beyond his expectations.Didn't it mean that both the DPRK and China are not optimistic about national debt?Even those clansmen and relatives were timid, and few of them were willing to accept this matter.How did it take only one day to sell 20 coins?

"Exactly, who bought it?" Zhao Xu couldn't help but asked.

"It's all bought by the people in the city. There are countless people who bought one coupon and two coupons. There was a long line in front of the gate of the third department, and even the road was blocked. It was the servants borrowed from the Kaifeng mansion by the lower officials who managed to stabilize the situation." Chen Sheng Thinking of today's scene, one of them couldn't help sighing, "The benevolence of the official family can be used by the people!"

Isn't this what the people want?As the emperor, Zhao Xu naturally knew that the city of Tokyo had a population of one million, and it was a metropolis that even the previous dynasties could not match.But even he never thought that these millions of people would spend their wealth to buy national debt!After all, the first issuance of national debt has never happened in all dynasties.Even if it's just for the meager money, you have to trust the court, trust him as the emperor, and then take out the real money and return it with a piece of paper.

One person buys ten or fifteen treasury bonds. 20 guan, how many people are needed to buy it?Just thinking about it made Zhao Xu tremble all over.What is the aspiration of the people?This is what the people want!If this is the case, wouldn't it be possible to issue national debt without setting a pledge in the future?

Just when he was so excited that he was full of thoughts, Wang Anshi, who was standing beside him, said in a deep voice: "All the people trust the officials, and the officials should keep their promises. Don't let the people's hearts be damaged by small profits."

These words made Zhao Xu tremble all over, he came to his senses, and nodded his head: "Wang Qing is right!"

The trust of the people is not for squandering.The national debt should be returned to the people exactly as planned.Only by repaying all the arrears this time, the next issuance of national debt can attract more people's support and borrow more money.In this way, even if there is a sudden disaster, epidemic or military chaos, they will not fall into the dilemma of having no money to use.

After walking around the table twice, Zhao Xu said, "Qinzhou must step up its efforts to reclaim wasteland. And the 'Farmland Water Conservancy Law' should be promulgated as soon as possible!"

The "Farmland Water Conservancy Law" is a crucial one among the many new laws prepared by Wang Anshi.The purpose is to build water conservancy, silt and fertilize the land, increase the yield of the fields, and enrich the national treasury.This is also his philosophy of "the people don't add gifts, but the country uses them".And this idea coincides with the previous measures of improving farm tools, setting up an agricultural affairs department, and pioneering wasteland in Qinzhou.Now that there is good news about the national debt, it is not surprising that the emperor has made up his mind and decided to implement the new law.

However, upon hearing this, Wang Anshi sighed softly from the bottom of his heart.Although this decree is good, it should not be implemented at this moment.According to the original plan, the "Equal Loss Law" should be the first to be promulgated.

Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the taxes, purchases, and offerings collected by the imperial court are mostly real objects, which need to be escorted to Beijing from various places.However, there is no supervision for these items, and they should be collected regardless of season or distance.In this way, it is bound to happen that some items are expensive in the local area, but they become extremely cheap when they arrive in the capital;

In this way, even if the taxation is fixed, the money obtained will be greatly reduced.Not only was it a waste of people's resources and material resources, but the court could not get any benefits.Instead, let the wealthy businessmen control the market prices and make amazing profits.In this way, wouldn't the imperial court lose the right to restrain and disperse?

And the key to the "Equal Loss Method" is precisely "If you move the expensive, you will be cheap, and use the near and the easy to go."In places where the price of reduced grain is expensive, it can be changed to pay money when paying taxes.Then transport the money to places with high yields and low prices, so that more rice can be exchanged for greater profits.In Wang Anshi's view, this "equal loss method" is crucial.Not only can it control the price of goods and relieve the people's difficulties, but it can also use the power of collection and distribution to adjust materials from various places and curb the mergers of wealthy merchants.

However, such a good law cannot be implemented immediately.Just like the "Market Change Law", this method requires principal.However, Qinfeng Road's new frontier system has overwhelmed the "Market Change Law", offering the possibility of making profits without requiring capital.In this way, the emperor will naturally have to reconsider, at least wait for the results of Qin Fenglu before he can implement the "equal loss method".

At the same time, the "Farmland Water Conservancy Law" requires a large number of water conservancy projects and land reclamation.The money in the internal treasury will naturally be tilted in this direction.It is even more impossible for the emperor to spend a large amount of principal to engage in the "equal loss method".

In this way, Wang Anshi's plan was inevitably disrupted.But it is also a good thing to be able to promote a new law.The one-day short-selling of national debt made Wang Anshi even more confident.The will of the people, as long as you can treat the people well, are you afraid of those stubborn annexation houses, who will hinder it?

Having made up his mind, Zhao Xu excitedly discussed the details of the new law with Wang Anshi and Chen Shengzhi for a while.After both of them retreated, he suddenly remembered another matter. He called the servant with a smile and asked, "How many treasury bonds did Ling Xiaozi buy today?"

He had someone come to deliver the national debt in person, and he didn't know how much the trail bought.

The servant glanced at the emperor cautiously, and said cautiously: "Master Ling Xiao is concerned with state affairs and dare not disappoint the officials, so he spent all his family resources and bought [-] treasury bonds."

Of course, Ling Xiaozi didn't say this himself.But the words of Ling Xiaozi's husband-in-law should also represent his heart, right?

Zhao Xu: "..."

How many?Did he hear correctly?Six thousand?That's four hundred hectares of land!

His lips couldn't help twitching, and Zhao Xu suddenly remembered.He seemed to have promised Zhen Qiong before that he would give him farming tools and pesticides.If it's more than ten hectares of land, it doesn't matter.But four hundred hectares... how much money would it cost to buy all the farm tools? !That trail was intentional, right?No wonder he didn't think about asking for a reward when the treasury bills were printed, so they were all waiting here!

The sincerity of the bullshit, the heart of the country!Zhao Xu almost laughed out of breath.Next time, you can't reward him like that!

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The news that the national debt was sold out in one day spread throughout the court the next day, causing an uproar.

Who would have thought that the 20 bonds would be snatched up by the common people in a day?Those courtiers who considered themselves upright and did not want to "take the interests of the people" all changed their faces.Xun Gui, who insisted on his identity and refused to be looked down upon by others, was also dumbfounded, feeling that he had missed a good opportunity to sell himself in front of the officials.Those rich businessmen who plan to wait and see for two days and secretly buy national debt while the situation is changing are even more heartbroken.That's fifteen per hectare of land!Missing a good opportunity is no different from cutting flesh.

And this complaint is full of voices, and there is always an outlet.The people are so active in supporting the emperor, that is what the people want, and all are united.Where is it good to criticize?If you want to scold, you have to wait until you can't pay, right?

Therefore, the "Mingde Daily", which blindly advocated that "the national debt hurts the people", became the target of everyone venting their anger.Who told you to talk nonsense and make everyone lose face and lose money? !

Sitting at home, Cheng Yi frowned at the table of letters.How could he have imagined that even the head of Guizhou could buy short 20 yuan of national debt in one day.When did the people in Tokyo become so rich?

"Small people are ignorant. It's not surprising that they forget righteousness when they see small profits." Cheng Hao is more open than his younger brother.For them, five per cent interest is really the same as nothing.But for Shengdou Xiaomin, it seems to be a number worthy of attention.

"Aren't they afraid that the Son of Heaven will take advantage of it and issue national debts frequently, but be unable to repay them?" Cheng Yi really couldn't figure it out.The treasury is empty, how can anyone dare to lend money to the emperor?

"It should be a story in the newspaper, which is exciting." Now that I think about it, this statement by Zhitian really hit Xiaomin's mind.Without the "Ri Xin Bao" fabricating stories for many years, how could there be panic buying by the people?Although selling out the national debt in one day made people feel uneasy, Cheng Hao was more concerned about the failure of this debate.

People who have bought national bonds naturally pay more and more attention to "Ri Xin Bao".And those who didn't get the national debt and felt that they were losing money, I am afraid that they will have resentment against "Mingde Daily".

How could Cheng Yi not know what his brother meant, and sighed: "All the hard work these days have been wasted."

In the case of national debt alone, half of the subscription shares can be lost.Seeing that the accounts that could be balanced immediately, they were about to lose money again.It's nothing if you can't make money. How can you buy back the lost hearts with money?

Cheng Hao thought for a while, then suddenly said: "Maybe we might as well put some miscellaneous articles in the newspaper. We also value 'searching things to gain knowledge', how can we make "Ri Xin Bao" more beautiful than before?"

He could see that not everyone would like to read articles about politics.However, the column of essays in "Ri Xin Bao" has always been impressive.There are even arguments raised in the previous issue, which are refuted in the next issue.If this group of people read the article in the "Mingde Daily", they might also be interested in discussing it.After all, their essays must involve Confucian classics.Isn't it more valued by scholars than those simple small theories?

Cheng Yi was stunned, but also nodded: "That's fine. It's not appropriate to delve into the matter of the national debt now. Let's change the topic first and focus on Confucian classics."

"Investigating things to gain knowledge" and "natural principles" are closely related.Extending from the laws of all things to the legal principles that need to be followed is the essence of what they have learned.Since political affairs are temporarily unavailable, you might as well turn to Confucianism.This is an area that "Ri Xin Bao" has never covered, and it is also the key to their newspaper's uniqueness.

Cheng Hao nodded slightly: "The matter of the national debt will definitely make the emperor have other thoughts. Before it leads to new disputes, we can just run our own newspaper."

Now the road of admonishment is temporarily impassable.You might as well put your flag to rest and promote your own academics.All the money is spent, there must be some gains.However, the failure of the national debt may not be a bad thing.Gentlemen in the court, will they feel fear in the face of these ants like Guizhou heads?In the future, if the emperor implements new laws, more people will rise up to refute them.As long as they can wait until then, why can't they make a comeback...