Chapter 233 War National Debt, Part 1

This is Zhang Hao's second visit to the imperial capital. The last time I recommended Xu Jie, Yan Qing, and Zheng You, I recommended myself by the way. But this time, it's for "reform"!

But compared to the last time, the current imperial capital is a bit more chaotic and flustered.

The Kingdom of Jinyang is known as the "three million legions" and wants to "destroy the Kingdom of Qixia in one go". Such slogans somehow spread in the imperial capital of Qixia Kingdom.

The officials are also actively dispelling the rumors, and using several major victories, as well as the elimination and capture of more than 500,000 troops of the Jinyang Kingdom as a gimmick, but with little effect.

Zhang Hao could see the anxiety on people's faces, and even the faces of the soldiers who refuted the rumors were not so firm - such rumors are even worse!

Zhang Hao slowed down and walked through the crowd step by step, listening to the voices of the people. Gradually, a smile appeared on Zhang Hao's face.

Zhang Hao walked through the outer city, walked to the inner city, and then walked to the palace step by step. Then she waited quietly at the gate of the palace, and after a while Hu Yinglan came out and took Zhang Hao in. The eyes of the palace guards looking at Zhang Hao changed instantly, a little flattering.

Hu Yinglan looked around, and suddenly asked Zhang Hao: "These guards didn't make things difficult for you, did they?"

Zhang Hao smiled: "They have fulfilled their responsibilities. If it was in the Zhang family, I would reward them and encourage them to continue to maintain this attitude."

Hu Yinglan looked at Zhang Hao in surprise, and finally nodded slowly, "I will mention it to the regent. But your brother, please go to the side hall to rest for a while."

Feng Zhiling didn't say anything this time, he followed the guards and left naturally.

After entering the palace, this time Hu Yinglan took Zhang Hao to the side of the conference hall. Zhang Hao glanced at the meeting hall. The plaque on the top was "Qianyuan Hall".

Hu Yinglan pointed at Zhang Hao and passed by the main meeting hall, and after walking for a while, she came to a courtyard with beautiful scenery. There was a new plaque hanging at the door: Baihuayuan.

"It's not the Royal Study Room?" Zhang Hao muttered softly.

Hu Yinglan said lightly: "The Imperial Study Room is used by the Great Emperor. His Highness is now living in Baihuayuan, reviewing memorials, etc."

There are not many flowers and plants in Baihuayuan. It can be seen that this is a newly opened place. The few flowers and plants can be counted with fingers. On the contrary, there are more officials here than flowers and plants.

As soon as Zhang Hao arrived, he saw Ouyang Si walking out of the house in a hurry. When passing by Zhang Hao, he simply nodded and left quickly.

Under the leadership of Hu Yinglan, Zhang Hao went directly into the main room, but saw Liu Xinyu sitting behind the table with two piles of documents on the table, and several officials in the room were performing their duties.

Also, Zhang Hao saw Xu Jie, Yan Qing, and Zheng You. The three of them were still wearing plain clothes, standing aside and listening. Seeing Zhang Hao coming, the eyes of the three of them flashed a little, but they just nodded.

What is being discussed at this time is the issue of war supplies. Because of the previous accidents in Qixia Country, domestic supplies are already very tight. Some people suggested increasing taxes, some suggested raising donations again, and some suggested forcing those big families to wait for their contributions.

Liu Xinyu refuted one by one.

After discussing for a long time, Liu Xinyu suddenly turned to look at Liu Jie and the three of them: "The three of you have been listening for so many days, do you have any suggestions?"

Xu Jie was the first to speak: "Your Highness, I think Qixia Country lacks a consistent law. Common people, practitioners, nobles, aristocratic families, etc. all have their own rules of conduct, and the country has different requirements for everyone.

Therefore, the law should be sorted out now, and the rewards and punishments should be clearly defined, especially the rewards for small nobles, small families, ordinary people, and some casual cultivators should be increased, so as to guide them to serve the country instead of being wooed by big families and sects. "

Yan Qing said: "The so-called name is not correct, and the words are not smooth. I think we should guide the public opinion and arouse everyone's sentiment to protect the family and the country. As long as this matter is successful, why not worry about the uncertainties of the country!"

Finally, Liu Xinyu looked at Zheng You. Zheng You thought carefully and said: "Your Highness, the people have blood in their hearts, I think that the blood of the people should be stimulated through reasonable rewards.

The so-called great heroes serve the country and the people, and let all the people know that no matter how capable they are, as long as they are willing to fight for the country, the country will not forget them.

Your Highness, please allow me to govern the land of the three towns, and gather 10,000 elites in one month! "

Liu Xinyu listened, smiled and said nothing. But her Yingying eyes turned to Zhang Hao: "You are late! At least one day late!"

"It's not too late!" Zhang Hao said confidently and calmly, "I used this day to make detailed plans and personally surveyed the public opinion.

In my opinion, popular support is available! "

Liu Xinyu snorted coldly: "It's very skillful to change the subject. Then tell me why the people's hearts are available!"

Zhang Hao said solemnly: "After my investigation, I found that the people are of course afraid of war. But at the same time, everyone hopes that their country will win.

Many people want to do their part for the country, but they don't know how to do it.

I think this is the perfect time to launch a national bond. "

"do you have any plans?"

Zhang Hao took out a notebook and began to explain one by one: "First of all, it is aimed at ordinary people. Most ordinary people do not have much wealth. It is difficult and unaffordable to sell bonds to them. Therefore, ordinary people The people, with a village as a unit.

In our hands, there should be more than 200,000 prisoners now; and guarding the prisoners requires a lot of manpower. In fact, these captives can be sold to the village as slaves.

Most of these captives are above the sixth level of Qi Refining, and one person can stand up to three or five ordinary people.

As for the control of slaves, there is no problem. I checked some of the materials of Nine Suns Sect, and also asked my senior brother and the people in Yeyue Building, they can be controlled by curses. For example, we often say: Tie the villain.

As for the price, considering the affordability of the villagers, it is no problem for every five households to afford one slave. The price of a slave starts with 20 spirit stones. The cultivation base increases by one layer, and five spirit stones are added.

The common people are allowed to pay with food and so on.

In this way, the people supported the country, gave the people a labor force, and let the people help guard the prisoners. And the most important thing is to let the people know that war can be profitable! It can be said to kill four birds with one stone!

Also, selling captives in large quantities can also suppress the current rumors among the people! "

Liu Xinyu nodded, this is indeed a good idea.

Yan Qing couldn't bear it anymore: "It's a bit... inhumane for us to treat the captives like this!"

Zhang Hao didn't turn his head back, and didn't respond to Yan Qing's words at all, and continued: "In addition, there are some captives whose cultivation base is above the foundation establishment stage, and they can be sold to commercial companies and so on.

The price starts at 100 spirit stones. Moreover, these captives are only sold to business firms, families, etc. that "support the country and buy bonds". Simply put, it is a bundled sale.

Then there are the war bonds we discussed earlier. My preliminary plan is to issue national bonds with a total value of 5 million top-grade spiritual stones, which are divided into various types of elixirs, war materials, magic weapons and spiritual materials.

The bond value is at least one high-grade spirit stone, and the maximum is one thousand high-grade spirit stones.

Purchase is unlimited. Initial bonds are divided into one-year, three-year, and five-year terms, and the returns are 1.15 times, 1.3 times, and 1.5 times, respectively. The ratio of the three is 2:2:1 respectively. After one-year recovery, the second tranche of treasury bonds will be issued.

The issuance of one-year treasury bonds is mainly to build confidence. The second tranche of treasury bonds starts in three years.

In order to increase the credibility of the bond, the state should use the corresponding items as collateral. Such as regional taxes, land, etc.

For better management, a special agency needs to be set up for national bonds. I suggest temporarily naming it the "Administration of Industry and Commerce", which will be responsible for related matters in the future, including but not limited to bonds and prisoners of war.

The headquarters is set up in the palace, supervised by the regent himself; the rest of the counties set up branches, and the branches make actual plans according to the local conditions.

Because the plan involved is too huge, I asked for help from relevant personnel. In addition, the first plan of the Administration for Industry and Commerce was tentatively scheduled to issue bonds of 500,000 top-grade spirit stones and all slaves. "

Liu Xinyu stretched out her hand: "Let me see your plan."

Zhang Hao sent the book, and Liu Xinyu flipped through it for a while, with a smile on his face: "Yes, time waits for no one, let's start now.

The Administration for Industry and Commerce will be established here.

Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Su Ming, you lead relevant personnel to assist Zhang Hao. "

As he said that, he turned to look at a female guard beside him: "Jiang Xiaoxiao, you represent the king, the Supervision and Administration Department!"