Time flies, and September is coming in a blink of an eye. The tiger in the north is still very powerful, especially in Sijiu City, except for the coldness that can be felt sooner or later, the hot dog sticks out his tongue.

In this kind of ghost weather, the six ministries and yamen are too lazy to handle the bad job, especially the Ministry of Rites, Tongwenguan, Lifanyuan, Taixue, Hanlinyuan... and other precious yamen. Even if the officials order Mao in the morning and leave, people will turn a blind eye, and no one is willing to make things difficult for everyone.

Not to mention that the officials of the six Qing ministries did not understand the rules, and the court did not do much better. The salaries of officials were already as high as 60%. Many poor officials have reached the point of borrowing debts to live. Not everyone in such a large court is corrupt. Many Qingshui yamen have no one to burn incense. In addition to relying on salary, many civil officials have fallen to the point of selling their characters.

The court's salary is not fully paid, and there is no work to do as a job. If you still spend time in the yamen every day, it would be a bit unkind and you wouldn't be allowed to find some foreign wealth.

But today it was strange that the hottest city in Sijiu was like a steamer, but the officials in the six ministries were actually full of 90%. They didn't dare to do anything, and just sat there drinking the unscented tea. There was a casual talk, and I didn't go home.

The foreign clocks on the table pointed at the eleven o'clock, and many people were so hungry that they were rumbling but no one was willing to leave the yamen.

"Brother Liu, Brother Liu... In the same year, you were the head of the Ministry of Revenue and the main owner in charge of the warehouse. Please reveal a real truth to us, can you make up for the owed salary?"

"That's right, Brother Liu, as long as you tell everyone the truth today... there is nothing else, let's get some money and invite you to the Bianyifang at noon..."

The official who was sitting in a group of people clasped his fists and said apologetically, "My colleagues, don't make things difficult for me. If I really knew the details, would I still use it to work with everyone? I would have gone home to rest. To be honest, I really have silver. The dragon-patterned silver coins cast by Ryukyu are all the ones that can be sounded with one blow. Three days ago, secretly escorted from Tanggu into Beijing in the middle of the night, and now they are in the Ministry of Revenue's warehouse..."

"Ah, four million, now it's good. We have to add a batch for all of us." People said angrily.

The official surnamed Liu shook his head and sighed, "Oh... it's difficult, it's difficult. Four million seems to be a lot, but don't forget that the holes in the court are too big. Don't say that our officials' salaries are owed, military expenses, river workers and even the Eight Banners' flag pay, that's not owed, there are too many monks and less porridge..."

"Damn it, those Eight Banner ancestors are too unreasonable. They don't have any salary, they can get rice on a monthly basis. They don't have silver, but they can eat enough... Can they be the same as us? We don't have silver, but we can't even afford to eat. We don't have any money, and we are not afraid of your words. I have owed rent for more than half a year..."

"Hey, it's all the same. Who made our Ministry of Rites have been a Qingshui Yamen since ancient times? If so, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Revenue, even if it is a poor clerk, Zhang Jing, that's not going to be dead..."

"If you want to talk about the richest things, you have to say that the Zongli Yamen. Good guys are special zones and telegraph lines. I heard that they have to train new troops to buy sea boats in the future. The money is like the water flowing in the sea. Just a drop of oil leaks is enough for us to swim in it."

People were talking all over the place, and the amount of silver they were talking about was the silver of the four million accepted bonds escorted three days ago in the name of Emperor Tongzhi.

The first person who learned about this news was of course the Zongli Yamen, because the first telegram room in the capital was built in the Zongli Yamen. When Fuqing saw this telegram, he laughed excitedly and shouted three times, shouting long live Your Majesty. Then at noon, he went to Quanjude to order a large table table by himself, and he was drunk.

Prince Gong Yi was completely stunned. At that time, he called his brother Yihuan and Lao Lin from the Ministry of Revenue, and several direct descendants in the yamen to discuss matters behind closed doors.

Of course it is a good thing to spend money, but how can money be obtained? The first thing people did not expect that Emperor Tongzhi would get so much money. Although it was Xiao Letian's final payment, the telegram clearly stated that the money was mortgaged by Zaichun with shares of Fusang Bank.

Who would have thought that Zaichun's little brat could get so many shares because of a shocking assassination. Fusang Bank could monopolize the mining business of Japan's largest gold and silver mine. Zaichun actually got 25% of the money alone.

Yi? He sighed and said, "If I had known this, I would have asked them to assassinate me once. Even if I was a knife, I would have accepted it... The reputation of Chu Chun is getting higher and higher."

The house is full of the most well-known direct descendants, so it is okay to say something. Yihuan sighed and said, "That's right, Zaichun De's country was just right, and no one can question his status. Now he is starting to train new recruits in Ryukyu, and even now he has solved the military pay by himself... He wants to cultivate his own power outside the court."

Everyone was sucking their teeth, thinking that this official was getting harder and harder to be a good official.

Lao Lin of the Ministry of Revenue asked in surprise, "Why is Xiao Letian so rich? He accepted 6 million yuan in Beihai Project, and now he has accepted 4 million yuan. According to the telegram, as long as the court unified the tax reform, he will accept 10 million taels..."

"Even if he has the ability to sell his debts, he will have to spend more than 10 million taels of cash on his working capital. That's a mountain of gold."

People whispered for a long time but couldn't figure out the story here. In the end, Yi? Wait, wait, after the money is really transferred to Beijing, let's see the limelight making decisions first.

Three days later, Yinzi really took advantage of the night to enter the Sijiu City. When the Ministry of Revenue and the Lotte Bank's cabinet hiding procedures were handed over and counted the silver boxes, the two princes and the Minister of Revenue finally found the flaw.

They pointed at a box, and piles of banknotes and bonds were filled with sneering, "This is the money you gave us. The debts of the Ministry of Revenue were obviously subcontracted for you to underwrite. You should sell these bonds. How can you go around and return to our Ministry of Revenue? This is the solution you gave us, search..."

With a command, all the silver boxes were opened. Only then did people realize that the real silver coins were only two million taels, and the remaining half were these beautifully printed bonds.

The second shopkeeper of the team leader had no intention of panic. He smiled and said to the prince and the adults, "Oh, sir, who can sleep on the silver mountain? Millions of taels of silver are not allowed to be transported by ship, and we cannot mobilize soldiers to protect them."

"These two million taels of cash were collected by us for the court to collect the entire Tanggu ground, and the remaining bonds are not waste paper. No matter what the court needs, you come to our Lotte Foreign Company to purchase them with the bonds, and you can guarantee that they can be used as money..."

"I heard that the prince has trained 30,000 new troops in the western suburbs. He is worried that there is no money to purchase military uniforms and clothes. Hahaha, when we are here, you will take these paper bonds and go to any semicolon of Lotte Foreign Company to purchase. I promise you can buy as much as you want, and give you a 20% discount."

"There is no shortage of new army bullets, rifles, and army artillery, hahaha... You don't need to buy it with cash. This bond is easier than silver notes. Just come to us to buy it..."

"Since paper can be replaced with materials urgently needed by the court, what else do you have to worry about?" This book was first released from 17K Novel Network, and you can read the genuine content as soon as possible!
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