Chapter 399 Where is my immortal spirit?
Emperor Jiajing sat on the futon in the Yuxi Palace Abode with a blank look on his face. His face was full of shock. He couldn't calm down for a long time. He couldn't even believe that there was such a crazy thing in this world?
If this is true, then the story of him cultivating immortality must not be false either!
Emperor Jiajing took another look at the Dongchang secret report in his hand. Although Chen Hong was now in charge of the Dongchang, Huang Jin was still in charge of the situation on King Yu's side, so this secret report was naturally the responsibility of Huang Jin. Sent by Jin.
“Twenty million taels? Twenty million taels? Is this true?”
Emperor Jiajing felt that his brain was running out. He never dreamed that Zhu Zaijing would borrow a huge sum of 20 million taels from these businessmen in one fell swoop!
You must know that the current tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty is only six to seven million taels a year, and a large part of the six to seven million taels of treasury revenue is not cash, but grain and cloth. Other valuable items serve as exchanges.
So the actual silver tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty may only be around three to four million taels of silver a year.
But now Zhu Zaijing opened his mouth and borrowed 20 million taels of cash from those stingy salt merchants, Shanxi merchants, Hui merchants and other wealthy businessmen. How could this not be allowed? Emperor Jiajing felt that this world was strange.
Huang Jin replied from the side: "Yes, Emperor. When I saw this secret report, my whole body felt as if someone had knocked open the Tianling Cap. I couldn't believe it at all. But in After the slave confirmed it repeatedly, he had to believe that it was true.”
Emperor Jiajing sucked in a breath of cold air, feeling that the immortal energy he had cultivated for so many years would be washed away by this news that shook the world.
Emperor Jiajing asked: "How did you borrow San'er?!"
Huang Jin replied: "I heard that Prince Yu first united with major banks to form a An organization called the Ming Fed also asked Gao Gong to be the chairman of the Fed. Then Prince Yu borrowed 20 million taels from the Ming Fed on the pretext of rebuilding the north. "
"At the beginning, No one was willing. Later, I don’t know what method Prince Yu used, but these people actually agreed. Moreover, they tried their best to lend it to Prince Yu, for fear that others would give them too much and they would give less. "
Emperor Jiajing took another breath of cold air when he heard this. This really exceeded the cognitive limit.
He never thought in his life that there would be people vying to lend money to others. Isn't this mentally ill?
Which loaned money from ancient times to the present is easy to get back?
But how come they were fooled by Saner? Are you willing to lend so much real money to San'er?
Are they all stupid?
Emperor Jiajing asked again: "Why are they willing to borrow it?"
Huang Jin thought for a while and then said: "I heard that Prince Yu is going to establish a new Northern Construction Bank, but this bank is not directly controlled by Prince Yu, but is supervised by the Ming Dynasty Federal Reserve, and the internal management is decided by the shareholders' meeting. But Shareholders need money to subscribe. Whoever contributes more will be the major shareholder of Northern Construction Bank and can give priority to recommending the president and person in charge. "
"So, these salt merchants, Shanxi merchants, Hui merchants, and those from the capital. The local wealthy businessmen all made great efforts to become the major shareholders of Northern Construction Bank, so as to extend their business to the entire five northern provinces through Northern Construction Bank." Hearing what Huang Jin said, Emperor Jiajing didn't think so. Strange.
Emperor Jiajing praised: "San'er's conspiracy is really great! But why did he say it was a loan? Hasn't this money already been subscribed to the shares of Northern Construction Bank? "
Huang Jin replied: "According to Prince Yu, the shares subscribed by the big businessmen of Northern Construction Bank belong to Northern Construction Bank. Prince Yu said that since he is not from Northern Construction Bank, If he wants to use the money, he can only borrow it.”
"And the two million taels of silver were not loaned out at once, but divided into five years, four million taels per year. They were repaid in ten years. Interest was paid in the first five years, and the principal and interest were paid in equal amounts in the next five years. Therefore, Yu The prince lent out twenty million taels of silver. "
"At the same time, the prince also allowed the debt to be traded freely. When the time came to repay the money, he only recognized the debt and not the person. After some consideration, I agreed to Prince Yu’s suggestion without thinking, and started the battle for the shares of Northern Construction Bank.”
“Finally, I heard that it was Shanxi merchants. Eight million taels, bought 40% of the shares, became the major shareholder of Northern Construction Bank, and elected Qiao Wanjin, the head of Shanxi Commercial Bank, as president. As the vice president, Huizhou merchants served as supervisors. "
"In this way, Northern Construction Bank put on airs, and now they have chosen a new location, near the Temple of Heaven outside Chongwenmen, Prince Yu. A piece of land was bought in the planned guild hall area to build the headquarters of the Northern Construction Bank. "
After listening to Huang Jin's explanation, Emperor Jiajing also felt that his knowledge had been broadened.
Emperor Jiajing praised: "San'er's brain is still smart. I hope Yan Song, Xu Jie and others have no ability at all except to play tricks with me in the cabinet. They just look at the three melons and two dates in the Ministry of Revenue every day. Are you interested in scheming there? "
"Is it true that my Ming Dynasty has such a group of short-sighted trash? It seems that I have retained the title of San'er to supervise the country this time. Quan, you really did the right thing. Look at how San'er got me 20 million taels of silver in the blink of an eye. Can these people do this? "
Emperor Jiajing too? He proudly affirmed his own contribution.
He thought that Zhu Zaijing could accomplish such a big thing, and the most important thing was his contribution and support. Otherwise, Zhu Zaijing would definitely not be able to accomplish such an exciting thing.
Emperor Jiajing was excited and excited. He read the secret report in his hand again. The more he looked at it, the happier Emperor Jiajing became. Even the wrinkles on his face became more smiley, showing a bit of fairy spirit. His appearance was gone, and he felt like a little old man who had made a fortune.
Emperor Jiajing was excited for a while and then said to Huang Jin: "Since San'er has made Gao Gong the head of the Ming Dynasty Federal Reserve, I can't be stingy. According to the decree, Gao Gong was moved to the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue. , a full-time official of the Ming Dynasty Federal Reserve, not subject to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue. In addition, Zhang Juzheng was promoted to the rank of Shaoqing of Taichang Temple and took charge of the affairs of the Capital Special Administrative Region."
After making these arrangements, Emperor Jiajing thought for a while and said. , "Also inform the Supervisor of Ceremonies and the Cabinet that since King Yu is still the supervisor of the country, a copy of the memorial in the palace or the draft memorial in the cabinet must be sent to Prince Yu's Mansion so that Prince Yu can continue Participate in the political affairs, otherwise he would be too leisurely as a supervisor."
Huang Jin bowed his head and began to draft the decree according to what Emperor Jiajing had just said, and conveyed the instructions to the cabinet and the decree. The high-gong Zhang Juzheng et al.
(End of this chapter)