Lord of the House

Coincidentally, Song Bo came to Jiangning to report his work. Lin Fu intended to transfer Song Bo to the north, and Song Bo moved his wife and children from Quanzhou. On the Spring Festival, Song Jia also went back to the Song family's newly built mansion in Jiangning to meet Song Bo and his wife. After rushing Song Fu back from the Privy Council, Song Jia learned from his father that Lin Fu had just decided to advance the resolute battle against Shangrao to this spring and summer. Before returning to the palace, he specially passed through Chen Yuan to talk to Lin Fu.

The military situation between the north and the south is very tight. Even if he will go south to supervise the war soon, Lin Fu can't spare much time to accompany his wife and children.

It's just that the five little sons and daughters are not happy or quiet. At this time, they won't disturb Lin Fu by going in and out of Dongyuan at will.

Song Jia walked into Dongyuan and saw Lin Fu burying his head in his desk, leaning against the door and watching the light of the oil lamp fall on his face, which made his profile look cold and serious, showing that he was still suffering a great deal in his heart. pressure.

Lin Fu raised his head and saw Song Jia standing at the door. He smiled and said, "Why are you standing there?"

"I just met my father," Song Jia said. "Are you going south to supervise the battle?"

"Well," Lin Bie nodded and said, "Will you accompany me there?"

"Really?" Song Jia was originally reluctant to part, but when she heard that Lin Fu wanted her to go south with her, her eyes couldn't hide her joy. It was not like her usually resourceful and resourceful. Her face is as charming as a flower.

Knowing that the girls would also enter and leave the book hall at will, Song Jia was very happy, but she was not too close to Lin Fu, so as not to make the girls feel unhappy when they saw it, she sat down in front of the case and said to Lin Fu, "The Changshan Army is ahead of schedule. Going south, the military expenditure originally planned to be apportioned to the whole year will be consumed in a concentrated manner before the summer tax is paid. Not only can the Luzhou side not stop, but more resources must be invested to prepare for the loss of the western front - the shortage of money and food, how do you solve it ?"

"This time, I plan to officially print the registered bonds in the name of the Privy Council, and the bank will buy some of them, but more will be sold to Jiangning and Jiangnan gentry merchants to raise funds for the army," Lin Fu said. To generate a huge amount of expenses in a short period of time, it is necessary to borrow money to spread the expenses evenly over the next ten years, twenty years, or even decades. Whether it is borrowing money from the bank, or printing and selling bonds to borrow money from the gentry and businessmen, It can also increase the sense of responsibility of these groups to the country..."

The traditional central finance, when the income and expenditure is tight, can only raise taxes. The direct consequence of the additional levy is that the people are overwhelmed, and local production will be affected to a greater or lesser extent. The most serious, local production and order will collapse as a result.

The core of the new policy implemented by Lin Tie in Jiangning is to reduce the burden on the middle and lower classes. Even if the income may drop sharply in a short period of time, the restoration of local production must be the priority.

And the contradiction of the shortage of central finance can completely spread the war expenses to the post-war central finance by borrowing.

This model has long been widely adopted by modern countries in later generations, but it is still quite shocking in the current world. However, in the early days, the bank raised debts to pave the way. This time, the public printing of bonds will not provoke too fierce opposition.

When it comes to bonds, it means that the court borrows money from the people. Lin Fu has asked Chen Huazhang to write articles on the matter in the Dibao newspaper many times. He has long told the gentry in Jiangnan to understand this, and he will only wait for the official implementation this time.

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On the 18th day of the first month of the fifth year of Yongxing, at the Chongwen Palace meeting, Lin Fu invited him to go south to supervise the war in front of the palace. Quzhou war required.

The first issue of the registered interest-paying bonds was 4 million yuan (calculated at the equivalent of one yuan of silver for one tael of silver), and the Qianzhuang was responsible for selling it in the seven houses in the south of the Yangtze River.

Although Lin Fu created this central support model of eating mao food, it had a great impact on the traditional thinking of officials and gentry, but the situation in Jiangning last year was able to maintain and not collapse, thanks to the total amount of Huaidong Bank. The fact that they borrowed as much as 5 million taels of silver is also difficult to deny for officials in the imperial court and the public.

It's always difficult to go to bed with a big girl for the first time, and things will be much easier after there is a precedent.

The nominal bond is printed and sold, and the annual interest is only half of the money borrowed by Qianzhuang. Cheng Yuqian, Zuo Chengmu and others felt that Lin Fu's proposal had never come before, breaking through the imagination of ordinary people, but it was all right to give it a try.

Not only is this kind of initiative easily accepted by officials from the government and the public, but Huaidong Bank has been raising capital for several years in the Jianghuai area. This time, the bonds are directly printed and sold in the name of the Privy Council, which is not much different from the bank raising shares. , but the carrier of credit is stronger and more worthy of the people's trust, and the people will not be particularly difficult to accept.

Counting the fundraising of this plan, plus Huaidong's previous borrowings from the bank, and last year's Jiangning government and the Ministry of Housing's fundraising from the bank, the total loan amount will be as high as 12 million taels of silver, which is about the same. It is comparable to the central annual revenue over the years.

The gold, silver and materials that Yanhu looted through the war may be more than 120,000 taels of silver, but after Yanhu invaded and established the dynasty, what he got was only a few scraps of land. Nearly five years have passed, and the Northland is still far from complete recovery. When the scale of the Yanhu army has increased to 400,000, it is difficult to continue to expand.

In contrast, Jiangning (Huidong) has been able to maintain frequent wars in the surrounding areas in recent years, and Jiangning City was once captured by the rebels, and eventually it did not collapse. In fact, it also depends on this support model to a considerable extent.

This model has minimal damage and impact on local production, and even enhances the central purchasing power by accumulating excess capital, allowing more gold and silver to flow into the commerce and trade field, and has an unimaginable role in promoting local production.

Of course, although the bank loan or bond model is good, it is based on a credit system and cannot be easily imitated by other forces.

In the early years, Lin Fu and Gu Wuchen jointly promoted the growth of the Dongyang Township Party in Jiangning. In the mid-term, they managed Jinhai Food Road and Chongzhou. They also received the support of the Haishang Group and local forces in Chongzhou. The original Huaidong Bank was established in these three places. over a force.

In the later period, with the expansion of Huaidong forces, the bank was able to gradually penetrate into Jianghuai, Fujian, Zhejiang and other regions, which laid a solid foundation. That's why Lin Fu wanted to print bonds directly in the name of the Privy Council this time, and asked Huaidong Bank to sell them on their behalf to raise money for the war.

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By the end of January, the main force of the Changshan Army stationed in Yijiang and Luzhou in the early days began to move forward one after another, and went south from Yuling Pass to participate in the war; Cao Ziang went out to Luzhou as a consolation envoy to supervise the military and civilian affairs of Luzhou and Yijiang.

Following Cao Zi'ang's westward march, there were two battalions of cavalry soldiers led by Sun Zhuang and more than 100 generals at all levels including Huang Zuyu, to supplement the money-defense vacancies formed on the west fronts such as Luzhou and Yijiang after the main force of the Changshan Army was transferred to the south. .

At the same time, the secret order of the Privy Council issued directly by Lin Fu was also handed over to the Chizhou Army's camp in Xiaocang Mountain, Zongyang.

"Lin Fu has a big tone, not to mention the order of the Privy Council, it is the imperial decree, and the 'will not grant the order of the foreign monarch', why is he a pig herd called the father commander and must capture Huangmei County before April The whole territory?" Yue Duming said angrily when he saw the order of the Privy Council issued by Lin Fu.

Although the Privy Council has not given Chizhou generals and generals a particularly deep sense of presence, Deng Yu ignored Yue Duming's full of complaints, but looked at Yue Lengqiu to see how he made up his mind.

"In his memorial on January 18, Lin Bie also clearly stated that one million taels of silver would be used to pay for the construction of the defense zone in Luzhou from the money raised in the first phase of the bond printed and sold by the Privy Council. His intention is self-evident. "Yue Lengqiu sighed lightly.

Deng Yu nodded and said, "Huaidong's intention to manage Luzhou on the western front is actually to prevent the situation on the western front. If the Cao family abandons Guanzhong and retreats to the two rivers, Hezhong and Nanyang will soon fall one after another. Luo Xiancheng I have been in a relationship with Yanhu for a long time. Yanhu soldiers and horses went south from Suizhou. In the end, it was Chizhou army and Yanhu soldiers and horses who fought first. Now Lin Fu manages Luzhou so diligently, if we can't stand firm in Shannan, Huaidong We will never let us go back to Luzhou..."

Listening to the analysis of his father and Deng Yuyi, Yue Duming's irrational mind gradually calmed down, and after thinking about it, he realized that Lin Bie had set a time limit for the Chizhou army to capture the entire territory of Huangmei, and he had his own confidence.

Even if the Chizhou army is thinking of its own safety, it must take the entire territory of Huangmei County as soon as possible, so that it is possible to build a solid line of defense at the southwestern foot of Huaishan Mountain, hold the key point, and connect with Jinghu Lake, forming a corner of each other.

Otherwise, when Yanhu takes Guanshan and Luo Xiancheng joins again, hundreds of thousands of enemy troops will directly attack the unstable Chizhou army.

Lin Bie is dedicated to running Luzhou, and Luzhou has always been a sharp blade behind Chizhou's waist.

When the situation on the western front collapsed, if the Chizhou army could not retreat to the Luzhou line of defense, and could not establish a stable line of defense at the dangerous point at the southwestern foot of the Huai Mountains, there would be no other choice but to destroy it—even if Lin Fu agreed to the retreat of the Chizhou army in the future. Going to Luzhou ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ will obviously take the opportunity to cut off his Yue family's military power.

Yue Lengqiu tapped his fingers on the table, frowned and said, "The Huaidong troops assembled on the southern front will reach the number of 100,000 in early March, and the attack on Shangrao will probably not be later than late March. Lin Fu forced us to attack the ruined city of Huangmei and attack Huanglongling, in order to achieve the purpose of containing the troops and horses of Jiangzhou. It should be earlier than the decisive battle of Shangrao... Do I predict that the decisive battle of Shangrao will be earlier?"

"I also thought that the preparations for the Huaidong Army's full-scale offensive in Shangrao would be completed before mid-March," Deng Yu said. "Before everything is ready, the confrontation between the two armies in Shangrao will last for half a year. There is no need to delay the attack for more than a month, unless Huaidong arranges otherwise..."

"Do you think the pig herder will have any other arrangements?" Yue Lengqiu asked.

"Will Huang Binghao repeat?" Deng Yu asked.

Yue Lengqiu shook his head and said, "Chen Hansan is an odd number, but before the mountains and rivers are exhausted, Huang Binghao will turn around and turn to Jiangning, what's the benefit?"

"Anyway, we should conquer the whole county of Huangmei first," Deng Yu said, "If the Huaidong Army can really destroy the luxury family and recover the whole territory of Jiangxi at the turn of spring and summer, even if Luo Xiancheng rate is 20 Wan Changle bandits cast Yan Hu, the situation still has room for recovery."

Yue Lengqiu nodded and took the first step to destroy the extravagant family. Only when Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian in the south of the Yangtze River are connected can they have the strength to fight against Yanhu. Even if the entire Jinghu Lake becomes a battlefield in the future, at least it can control the Yangtze River waterway, at least Jiangnan With the land as a backing, at least there is no need to worry about being attacked. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter