Chapter 756 Episode
In the morning of the next day, when the autumn sun was shining, Song Nan led a thousand to replenish the rest of the Jinyiwei fire guard camp and left Beijing. Many officials came to see them off. Zhang Yong of the inner court came in person, and the princes of the regiment camp were all present under the leadership of Zhang Lun, and there were also many officials from the foreign court. However, the main officials of the outer court of the cabinet, such as Yang Ting, Liang Chufeihong and others didn't come, as if this battle had nothing to do with them.
Song Nan secretly sneered. These people have not even care about the face of the scene. The emperor took a day off in the morning, which was the time to see the officials off. They didn't even show their faces, and even sent someone to send them off their greetings. Obviously, they have shown their broken attitude, which is to thoroughly the contradiction between the two factions. The bottom is open in the sun.
Wang Yong's injury has not yet recovered. This time, the one who protected Song Nan was replaced by Wan Zhi. This gentleman has been the commander of Jinyiwei Dahan in the palace for many years. Watching Song Nan and Wang Yong galloping outside, he has asked Song Nan several times to adjust his position. Last night, Song Nan proposed to Zhengde to transfer Wan Zhi to fight with the army, and Zhengde also agreed. This time, Wan Zhi was finally able to go out of the palace to fight with Song Nan, and he was naturally in a good mood. Since he left the capital, his mouth has not closed.
The 1,000 soldiers led by Song Nan and Wan Zhi set out first on the road. Subsequently, 5,000 soldiers and horses escorted grain and materials. Yang Yiqing was also left in the capital. Song Nan asked him to be the general logistics officer of the Northern Expedition. More than 3 million taels of silver from the war bonds raised were handed over directly to Yang Yiqing. Take care of it, let it purchase grain and grass in the rear, and be responsible for the supply of logistics. Since this is a war that does not require the participation of the foreign court, Song Nan will never entrust the relevant departments responsible for the logistics of the foreign court. Song Nan does not believe them at all.
The horse ran, and more than a thousand rode on the westbound road. Song Nan rode a big black horse in the middle of the team. His mind was chaotic. Thinking of the news he heard from Zhengde last night, Song Nan faintly felt a sense of crisis. This sense of crisis does not come from the success or failure of the Northern Expedition, but from the potential crises in the court. In fact, a huge storm has been brewing in the calm court, and it is an unwise choice that I have to fight with the Taranzi leaving Beijing at this moment?
The autumn color on both sides of the road is thick and the scenery is extremely pleasing to the eyes, but Song Nan is not in the mood to appreciate it at all. In addition to the thrilling conversation last night, there is another thing that has been haunting in Song Nan's heart. Song Nan's thoughts returned to a farce in the white paper workshop the afternoon before yesterday.
That afternoon, Song Nan sat at the scene of the sale of war bonds as usual a few days ago, receiving the bustling people who subscribed. During the intermittent subscription, more than a dozen people in luxurious clothes came to power and took out hundreds of thousands to millions of silver tickets. The purchase of bonds stunned the teachers on the stage and the people under the stage.
Song Nanben temporarily rested and sat behind. Drinking tea in the pile of silver and hearing something noisy in front of him, he hurried out to check. Seeing that the chief master was bowing and explaining something to those people, the people shouted loudly, and the scene seemed extremely chaotic.
"What's going on?" Song Nan asked.
The chief master quickly turned around and reported: "These people came to subscribe for bonds and took out a huge amount of silver bills, some as much as a million, and at least hundreds of thousands of taels. The villain felt that it was not appropriate and was persuading them to be cautious; but they didn't listen and made a lot."
Song Nan was stunned and looked at the more than ten people standing at the entrance of the stage. Those people obviously felt a little embarrassed when they saw Song Nan appear. Song Nan came forward and said, "Are you here to subscribe for bonds?"
A middle-aged man with a pointed chin said in an unfamiliar official saying, "Yes, I heard that the Duke of Zhen is here to raise money to conquer the north to reclaim the river. I will make a special contribution."
Song Nan nodded and said, "I want to contribute, but what I advocate is to do it according to my ability. Can several people make such a large purchase after careful consideration? This is just a piece of paper."
The man with a sharp chin straightened his chest and said, "What's the matter? Didn't the Duke of Zhen promise to return 30% of the dividend for one year? I don't believe others, can the Duke of Zhen still cheat our people? If the Duke of Zhen doesn't believe what he said, wouldn't he be setting up a bureau to harm our capital, the people who are dedicated to contributing to the country?
Song Nan frowned and asked, "Who are you?"
The man with a sharp chin straightened his neck and said, "What? I'm here to subscribe for bonds, but I'm not here to be interrogated. Who are you? Is this bond still sold? If you don't sell it, just post a notice as soon as possible. It's unreasonable for us to wait for a fist and cooperation to be interrogated.
Zhao Dapeng, a thousand households in the guard camp beside him, shouted, "Presumptuous, in front of you is my Duke Song of Daming Town. How can you talk like that?"
The man with a sharp chin was shocked, and his eyes flashed with a trace of panic, but for a moment, he said, "It's better for the Duke of Zhen to come in person. The villain just wants to ask Duke Zhen, is my silver ticket fake? Why don't you sell me bonds? I'm also a Ming people, can't we make a part?"
Song Nan laughed and said, "Sell it, why not sell it? If you have this intention to serve the country, how can I not give you this opportunity? Master, I have accepted it all.
The chief master whispered in Song Nan's ear in panic, "Your Majesty, the silver tickets in their hands are as high as 8 million taels. If this is collected, they will be given more than 2 million taels a year. Didn't you tell me in advance that if the silver is more than 100,000 taels, you need to find out the source. The total amount of bonds sold must not exceed 6 million taels. Now it has come 8 million taels at once. How can I accept it?
Song Nan also hesitated for a moment. At the beginning of the issuance of war bonds, Song Nan thought that there would not be many people responding, so he was attracted by 30% of the high profits. However, anyone with a little vision knew that 30% of the profits was too exaggerated, and it would be returned within a year. Ren Song Nan had three heads and six arms unless he found one Jinshan, otherwise where does the profit come from?
Song Nan's original plan was only to raise two or three million taels of silver. If the profit after a year is only hundreds of thousands of taels, there is no problem; and Song Nan did this not only to raise this money, but also to create a momentum to escort the anti-war remarks spread by the foreign court. Later, even after Zhu Xiufu's reminder to raise silver in this form to participate in the post-war reconstruction of the profiteering business, Song Nan still controlled the risk, allowing people to control the total amount of no more than 6 million taels, so that these usurious silvers could be amortized among the large amount of consortium silver, so that they could be digested calmly.
But now, when the money raised is close to the limit, suddenly there is a huge sum of 8 million taels of silver, and 2.4 million taels of interest alone has to be paid, which really caught people off guard. Almost in an instant, Song Nan understood one thing. The arrival of these people was by no accident; it was rare in the capital to take out so many cash money; and these people did not look like people with a huge amount of money, and they were probably instructed to come. The purpose is very simple. Take advantage of the huge profits you said and buy a large amount of bonds. When it comes to the return of principal and interest, you will be in trouble. If you can't return the principal and interest normally, it will be troublesome. You will be stinky overnight and will be characterized as the crime of defraud. The court will not sit idly by such a huge amount of fraud. In particular, these instructions behind people will definitely add fuel to the flames and mess themselves up.
This is a well-designed bureau.
"Will it be sold or not? Is the Duke of Zhen afraid that he will have no money to return it in the future? If you don't have this ability, why do you want to give people a 30% profit? The sharp-chin man was a little impatient when he saw Song Nan muttering with his master.
"Isn't it actually a scam? I'm afraid that the amount of the town is too large, so I dare not accept it? The bonds subscribed by the people add up to several million taels. How does the Duke of Zhen plan to end it? Another person began to incite the people under the stage.
The people looked at the stage silently and muttered in their hearts, weren't they really hit by these people? Are dozens of taels of silver lost? If dozens of taels of silver are cheated, he will not have to file a lawsuit with the Duke of Zhen. The Duke of Zhen must also think so. Hundreds of thousands of millions of silver will be sent to his door, which must be a rich family, but the Duke of Zhen is afraid.
"Let's break up. If they don't accept it, we can't do anything about it, but I have to remind the people who have subscribed to the bonds to get back the silver quickly. I think it's a three-profit war bond. I think it's a way to raid the land to deceive the people to take out their savings and squander it. At that time, they are the prince, but they don't give money back to the people. It's difficult. Can the people still jump to the sky?
"That's right, I see it the same."
More than a dozen people on the stage shook their heads loudly and waved their hands to walk down the stage.
Song Nan shouted, "Hold."
Several people turned around and said, "What?"
"Master, I'll sign and stamp their silver."
"Grandpa...this..."
"Don't talk nonsense, my men." After Song Nan sat on the desk like a whirlwind, he was ready to stamp his signature. The chief master had no choice but to wave his hand and say, "Receive it, fill in the amount."
Several masters took the silver bills in those people's hands, filled in the bond amount according to the amount, and sent them to Song Nan. Song Nan picked up his signature, stamped it with the seal of the Duke of Zhen, and handed it over to those people one by one. The more than ten people in their arms turned around and left the stage without saying a word.
"Is that how you go?" Song Nan shouted.
"I have other personal matters. The Duke of Zhen has arranged a banquet, and I don't have time to eat." The sharp-chin man became more and more presumptuous, and he turned around and smiled.
"The people came and slapped each of them 20. Just now, these people wantonly slandered the issue of war bonds promised by the emperor. They should have been taken into the Jinyiwei government for interrogation, but this official website opened one side, and the bamboo board slapped 20 to show punishment. As for disrespect to the public in their own country, I have always been kind and have been exempted from their disrespect. People came to be executed." Song Nan shouted.
Zhao Dapeng smiled. He had wanted to do it for a long time. Lord Song didn't say anything. He also planned to arrange his brothers to keep up with these dozen guys and beat them halfway. Now it's even more natural for adults to speak.
At present, dozens of brocade guards rushed up and knocked down more than a dozen people including the pointed chin man at the mouth of the stage. The dozen people panicked and shouted, but were controlled by their hair. However, they saw the large bamboo boards wrapped in red silk coming from the air, and it was crisp like a New Year's cannonball. After a while, these dozen The man's mouth is full of blood, his teeth are loose and his teeth are in danger, and his face is swollen like a pig's head.