"Mo Zhu, I called you here today because I have a big thing to entrust you with! You also know that our Ministry of Household Affairs is currently financially insufficient, right?"
"It is indeed insufficient. Master Mu has carried out many economic measures and the money available to the Ministry of Household Affairs has been almost consumed."
After Mo Zhu finished speaking, he silently added that it was rare for the previous ministers of the Ministry of Revenue to spend money quickly like Muchuan.
"Okay, Mo Zhu, the last sentence of yours is redundant... didn't I tell you?
There is no use keeping money in the Treasury of the Household Department; it is practical to spend it on the move!"
This is also one of the characteristics of the feudal era, because the entire environment is poor and prone to disasters. For this reason, both the court and the people have a "savings" mentality, saving money in their hands to prevent risks.
This is actually good, but if it goes too far, it will be detrimental to the entire economy.
At this time, Muchuan, Ouyang Bufan, and Mo Zhu were taking "economic theory classes," which is also one of the modern economic theories.
After some explanation, Ouyang Bufan understood it completely, but Mo Zhu didn't quite understand.
Mo Zhu lowered his head and said calmly for a while: "Master Mu is indeed an expert. He is very knowledgeable. The knowledge he possesses is far beyond what ordinary people like us can understand."
"Mo Zhu, don't belittle yourself too much!"
Mo Zhu came from a scholarly family and had a high status, but he was introverted and had low self-esteem, which was exactly the opposite of Ouyang Bufan.
Moreover, Mo Zhu is indeed a person trained by the "imperial examination system", and he takes the examination seriously to become an official. For this reason, his understanding of "modern knowledge" is relatively slow.
But it doesn't matter, Mo Zhu is not stupid, and he will naturally understand Professor Muchuan's "economic theory" if he slowly learns and masters it.
As for why Muchuan wanted to popularize modern economics to the two Ministers of the Ministry of Household Affairs?
Not only because the two of them are Muchuan's assistants, but also because Muchuan is going to make an epoch-making move next!
Issue treasury bonds!
The so-called national debt is a kind of debt certificate issued by a credible national government.
The role of national debt is to raise funds and pool excess funds from the private sector to carry out major projects, such as building transportation and railways, national defense, roads and bridges, etc.
At this time, during the Tang Dynasty, Muchuan was preparing to make the Tang Dynasty the first regime to issue national bonds!
Of course, neither Mo Zhu nor Ouyang Bufan knew what "national debt" was, so Muchuan explained it to them in detail.
After the two of them understood it, they showed expressions of sudden realization.
Ouyang Bufan: "So we just borrow money from ordinary people and return a certain amount of interest, right?"
Mo Zhu: "This is the opposite of Qianzhuang! This idea is particularly interesting. As expected of Master Mu, he could come up with it!"
In fact, "national debt" was not what Muchuan thought about, but no one in this era proposed this concept, so let's just assume it was what he thought about.
At this time, Muchuan entrusted Mo Zhu to help compile a letter and submit it to the emperor, explaining the benefits of "national debt" to the emperor and requesting that it be issued in the name of the imperial court.
"I understand, Master Mu. I will write a letter immediately when I go back and send it to the emperor as quickly as possible!"
Muchuan nodded. As expected, Mo Zhu was very efficient in his actions, without any delay.
Now that the clerical work is handed over to Mo Zhu, the practical work will naturally be assigned to Ouyang Bufan.
Ouyang Bufan understood it. When Muchuan's eyes fell on him, he nodded immediately: "I know, I know! Master Mu, you want me to raise funds, right?"
"Very smart."
"I'm afraid this matter won't be easy to handle..."
“How will you know if you don’t try?
Even if it doesn't work out, I won't blame you."
Muchuan patted Ouyang Bufan's shoulder heavily with his hand, smiling lovingly.
Although Muchuan smiled so warmly and tenderly, there was an air of majesty and oppression coming from him.
Feeling the intimidation coming from Muchuan, how could Ouyang Bufan dare to refuse? He nodded his head and bowed to the end.
At the same time, at the Imperial Palace in Chang'an City, the sun was shining brightly and without clouds.
In front of the palace, there is a wooden arena, paved with peony red cloth, surrounded by crowds of people.
At this time, in addition to a large number of civil and military officials gathered here, even the Emperor Li Shimin was also here.
What happened?
Today is the martial arts cultural exchange event between the Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo. The two countries sent warriors to each other to fight each other to determine the outcome.
Although it is said that cultural exchanges enhance feelings, all countries know that this is an opportunity to demonstrate their national strength, so naturally they will not really treat it as a game.
There were two people standing on the ring at this time, one of whom was Hou Junji, the representative of the Tang Dynasty.
Hou Junji, a famous general in the Tang Dynasty and one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, was in his prime at this time and was particularly brave.
As for the opponent sent by Goguryeo this time, he was a strong man, two meters tall, with muscles all over his body and obvious dark circles under his eyes.
Although Hou Junji is obviously inferior to the big man with dark circles in terms of body shape, but judging from the look and aura of this big man, he is particularly majestic, so he may not be Hou Junji's opponent.
Under the ring, all the civil and military officials began to whisper.
"This Goguryeo is so contemptuous of others, how dare it send such a big man to the scene?
Are you afraid that you will be punched to death by Chen Guogong?"
"Chen Guogong has a great reputation. He followed His Majesty on the battlefield when he was young. It is easy to defeat such a big Goguryeo man."
"Chen Guogong must promote our great reputation in the Tang Dynasty!"
The courtiers of the Tang Dynasty were in great numbers, and they were all waving flags and shouting, and their morale was high.
In comparison, the Goguryeo team on one side of the ring seemed weak, and they didn't even dare to breathe a word.
Leading the Goguryeo mission was none other than Jin Hexuanbin, the first civil servant of Goguryeo and deeply favored by the King of Goguryeo.
He was wearing a rich suit, a wide-sleeved coat, and stood elegantly.
Next to Jin and Xuan Bin, there was a man wearing black iron armor, with big tiger eyes and an obvious black mole on his face. This man was called Wangyue Yihu, the general who protected the country of Goguryeo. He was brave and had excellent martial arts.
Now I can hear the noisy and noisy courtiers of the Tang Dynasty, which makes Wang Yue Yihu unhappy: "These people still claim to be a great country, but it is just a martial arts exchange. It is really embarrassing to be so loud and noisy. Do they think they will win?"
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Jin and Xuan Bin: "Yihu, please speak softly. If people from the Tang Dynasty hear you, we will probably get into trouble."
"Hmph! What's so scary about this? When the monarch is ready, I will personally lead one hundred thousand cavalry to destroy this country!"
"Even if you want to fight bloody battles, don't forget the purpose of our coming here. If we are too high-profile, our plan will be exposed."
