3452 One million pounds in military pay
"I... don't want to be the kind of incompetent and stupid monarch who only knows how to talk big!"
"I...not only ask my ministers to do practical work, but also to practice it!"
"How easy is to issue orders, how proud and ambitious are you in the chess game! But who will do it? All the big things in the world are composed of hundreds of millions of cumbersome little things!"
"Put your heart... I understand your difficulties, and I hope you can understand my difficulties!"
As soon as these touching words were spoken, all the officers and soldiers present knelt down. The emotions of ancient people were still very fragile because the ancients were simple!
Isn’t the emperor like this from ancient times to the present? He gave orders from above, and he had to work hard to break his legs. If things were done badly, he would be punished.
Today, it is worth it to hear such a heartwarming sentence from the king's mouth. Many officials such as Shen Baozhen burst into tears.
"Your Majesty... the state is difficult... This is not your Majesty's responsibility, it is the incompetence of the ministers! Your Majesty is sympathetic to the love of his ministers, and I will never dare to forget..."
"Please relax your mind. We will spare our life to raise all the military expenses for Long Live... Thirty thousand brothers will never have the same intentions because they owe some military pay... Woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo
Zaichun jumped off the stone and stood in front of the kneeling civil and military officials, "Do you don't believe me? Hahaha... I am no longer the yellow-mouthed child who can be controlled by others in the deep palace!"
"No one in the world can stop what I want to do... People come! Take out the money!"
Xiao Sixi had been serving him aside for a long time. He knelt on the ground and shouted, "Zha... I'm ready!"
"I'll listen to it... Long live my life to train and train hard, and it's not easy to raise funds. I'll raise one million pounds of military expenses... Lord Shen... You are the leader of the civil servants here, please accept this military expenses!"
"Haha... Long lively this is a saint king that is rare in the ages! I have heard from ancient times that the world worships the emperor, but today one by one has been lost. The saint king has offered to the army!"
"If you don't have the energy to die, don't blame God for accepting you!"
Ah! Everyone exclaimed, and Shen Baozhen even jumped up, "Long live, how much do you say? Wait... Is it pounds? Not silver and silver dollars?"
Xiao Sixi held a few pieces of gold-plated paper from her arms, just like she was holding her life, with all the English words turning around in the song and beautiful patterns.
"Each of the fixed-quota promissory note found by the Bank of England is 100,000... Lord Shen, you are optimistic, ten! A full million pounds, this is the master's hard work..."
"All the generals, come and take a look... Long live to raise funds for the soldiers. This is a blessing you have cultivated in life!"
Ma Ming and others also surrounded him. No one knew the promissory notes of the Bank of England, but it was just the exquisite style, and what Long Sui said in person, it was impossible to fake!
At that moment, everyone's nose and tears seemed to touch some mechanism, and a feeling of sourness surged up and tears fell down.
"Wuwuwuwu...Holy Lord...Holy Lord...Holy Lord...Where has anyone seen Mr. Long live to raise funds in person?"
"Your Majesty has not taken charge of the ruling power...Wuuu... Your Majesty has been worried about state affairs before he takes charge of the ruling power..."
"These are dead people in the court... Are there any human hearts... not even a tael of silver..."
This is a real ending that no one expected. An emperor who has not yet ruled has been able to raise three million pounds from Europe at the age of sixteen this year.
At present, the exchange ratio between the British pound and the Chinese silver dollar is one to eight. One million pounds is eight million Ryukyu dragon pattern silver dollars. It is worth more than six million taels to convert it into the Qing Dynasty Kuping silver.
"Enough...all are enough...Long live the master...our new army has all been replaced with equipment, we can also expand our army! We can expand our army..."
This is what Emperor Tongzhi wants. When you are in the poorest and most destitute, I appeared and solved the biggest problem for you. This is the real leader!
After learning from the master for so long, Zai Chun knew at least one truth. It is more inspiring to follow me than to give me a lecture!
It is certain that the loyalty of these civil and military officials present today will greatly increase their ability to themselves, and no one will doubt themselves in the future!
Using money to buy loyalty is a very old-fashioned method, but this is the most efficient method!
In fact, it is not because of their greed for money. Shen Baozhen, Ma Ming and others really dare not greed for this money. They only show their surrender and loyalty by accepting money.
More importantly, it is at least one thing that can take out money to buy people's hearts...that is, this lord has the ability, and only if he has the ability can he take out money!
Most of the people who use the name of the righteous and spiritual chicken soup to make you loyal to the world are liars!
Therefore, no matter how advanced human society develops, it is always the most effective way to buy people's hearts with money!
Zaichun enjoyed the scene of his ministers crying and being grateful, but when he looked at the soldiers from the corner of his eyes, he found a numb expression.
The soldiers all had a little happy expression. After all, the owed military pay seemed to be paid, but they were not particularly excited. Zaichun understood as soon as he thought about it.
This is too much money, and it is the pound of foreigners. The soldiers do not have the same experience as they empathize with... They seem to feel that the scene that happened in front of them has little to do with them.
The simple mountain people have never seen millions of silver flying around in front of their eyes. They only know the little happiness in their jobs!
"Well... dear friends! I have given you this military expenses... But I have a condition. You must work overtime tonight to exchange silver..."
"When the sun is born tomorrow morning, I will see the scene where my tigers line up to receive money... One is counted as one, not only will it make up for the owed salary, but each person will also give you ten silver dollars to meet and reward!"
"I want to hand over the money to the soldiers, and I must not let the soldiers down!"
Shen Baozhen sweated as soon as he heard this. The previous deficit was 700,000 yuan, but now, the emperor opened his mouth and added another 300,000 silver dollars to the meeting reward!
One million silver dollars! It was spent, but after looking at the bank note of one million pounds in his hand, his heart calmed down again.
This is pound, and it can be exchanged for eight million silver dollars. Why do I have any worries?
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will go back to Fuzhou tonight... to raise funds for Master Long live!"
Shen Baozhen led the civil servants to gallop towards Fuzhou City, and Zaichun started his performance of rewarding the army in the military camp.
I walked to the soldiers, chatted with them about family matters, had a sip of rice wine with them, and promised to make up for the military salary for everyone tomorrow morning.
"Not only did you make up for the owed salary, but no one would give you ten silver dollars a meeting reward... Long live to reward the army!"
In a moment, the entire camp cheered in unison. This was what the soldiers were most concerned about. They didn’t care about what one million pounds or not, just don’t owe money!
Chapter completed!