"Please make it clear, Prince." Xia Shang replied, not hiding anything. Although he was confused at the moment, he really didn't know why he was recruited into the palace.
"Huh!" Li Xiangyang snorted coldly and looked to Li Zijin aside.
However, Li Zijin smiled calmly, stood upright, and looked relaxed with his young face.
Xia Shang had never seen Li Zijin go to court. To be precise, with his current grade and status, is it necessary to go to court? Is he qualified to go to court? It is uncertain.
But Li Zijin's appearance in the court really surprised Xia Shang. The calmness he showed in his appearance was completely different from what Xia Shang expected.
Now Li Zijin has really lost his childishness in the past, and is more like a prince, more like a prince, with royal majesty...
It's just that Li Zijin's appearance finally brought a little uneasiness to Xia Shang's heart, and he couldn't figure out what the problem was going to be.
While waiting, Li Zijin finally spoke: "Master Xia, you are the head of the national treasury. You should know the true situation of the national treasury now, right?"
"..." Xia Shang did not respond, but he took a breath in his heart. What did this boy mean? Could it be that he wanted to tear up a pile of bad debts from the government treasury and bring it to the court?
This is not a good sign. The government treasury has a lot of bad debts. Everyone knows this. Once it is brought to the surface, the implications of the matter will be too wide.
Let alone a young prince like him, even the prince above him might not have the courage to speak directly about the treasury in the Jinluan Palace.
What does the key issue of the national treasury have to do with Li Zijin? What does he mean by the national treasury?
"The National Treasury has always been a small treasury of Dahua. It controls all expenses in the capital, which is of great significance to the imperial court. I heard that the treasury of the National Treasury is tight all year round, and expenditures are shrinking every year. Not only does it affect
When it comes to the expenses of various ministries in the capital, it even affects the expenses of the palace from a side. I wonder if what I said is true?"
Xia Shang frowned and looked at Li Xiangyang above his head. Seeing his gloomy face, he didn't know what he was thinking.
Xia Shang hesitated again and nodded.
We can admit that the national treasury is tight, but we cannot admit that
It is recognized that the national treasury has been in deficit all year round, and all parts of it have been stolen.
These are issues of two natures. After hearing Li Zijin's words, Xia Shang felt a little relieved. At least the other party had no intention of making everything public.
After nodding, Xia Shang secretly looked back and found that many of the ministers present were wiping their sweat silently. It was estimated that they were indispensable for the bad debts of the national treasury.
"It's good if Mr. Xia admits it." Li Zijin's voice trembled and he suddenly became excited, "I just told His Highness the Crown Prince that I thought of a way to make money for the national treasury."
"How to make money?"
"I wonder if Mr. Xia has ever heard of lending national debt?"
"Lend national debt!" Hearing these three words, Xia Shang felt excited all over. He opened and closed his mouth, almost biting his own tongue.
Cold sweat suddenly broke out on his back. Xia Shang immediately turned around and looked for the fat man among the ministers.
Sure enough, the Minister of Hubu was at the front of the crowd, looking at Xia Shang with a smile, as if he was asking for credit from Xia Shang.
"National debt" is a noun, not a noun that should appear in this era.
If Li Zijin was really talented and thought of the same method as Xia Shang, then he should describe it as borrowing money from the people.
Rather than "lending national debt", a term that only appears in modern times.
In other words, it is clear that this method was not thought of by Li Zijin at all, but told to him by Jia Shangjie, the Minister of Household Affairs.
Jia Shangjie is Li Youlan's adoptive father, and Li Youlan is Li Zijin's first wife. The two are very close, so it is not impossible for Jia Shangjie to tell Li Zijin.
Moreover, Xia Shang remembered that when he first proposed the idea of "lending national debt" to Jia Shangjie, Jia Shangjie said that this was a big move and not something that ordinary people would dare to propose in court.
Although Xia Shang's idea was good, it took one person to withstand the pressure to propose it in court.
At first, Xia Shang thought that Jia Shangjie would come forward on his own. After all, he was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and all problems that occurred in the Ministry of Revenue were related to him, so even if there was pressure, he should be the one to propose the idea.
When they first discussed this matter, the two of them discussed that they could postpone the matter in the court, and they could carry out the operation secretly first, and then wait until the Ministry of Revenue has tasted the benefits, and then show enough results that no one in the court can refute.
so
Xia Shang put this matter on hold for the time being.
Moreover, Xia Shang had other matters to deal with. He had been entangled with the Japanese people these days and had not paid any attention to the affairs of the treasury. He had long forgotten about this matter.
But Xia Shang would never have thought that he was urgently recruited into the palace because of the issue of national debt, nor did he expect that the person who mentioned the word "national debt" was actually this kid Li Zijin.
The moment he saw Jia Shangjie's half-smiling expression, Xia Shang understood everything instantly.
Jia Shangjie did not dare to mention this matter in court, so he told Li Zijin everything.
Li Zijin belongs to the royal family and is the youngest prince. He has been protected and favored by the prince since he was a child. He is also a master who is not afraid of anything, so Li Zijin dares to mention it in the court.
Moreover, Li Zijin has been thinking about how to get the attention of the civil and military officials of the court. His Highness Prince Cheng, who wants to do something practical, needs such a major idea.
So the two people coincided with each other. Jia Shangjie came up with the idea, Li Zijin proposed it to the court, Jia Shangjie cooperated from the side, and finally got the support of Xia Shang, and then logically promoted the new policy of issuing national debt.
In this matter, everyone gets what they need. Jia Shangjie can use the new policy to quickly collect a large amount of funds for the Ministry of Household Affairs to alleviate the economic pressure on the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Li Zijin can gain everyone's attention through this incident, not only the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, but also the attention of everyone in Dahua.
At first glance, everything is very good. Not only has the goal been achieved, but there are also more unexpected gains.
But Xia Shang understood that this matter was not as simple as they imagined.
At this moment, Xia Shang understood why Li Xiangyang was so abnormal today, standing menacingly at half height.
This has nothing to do with the Japanese princess, but that he is angry about Li Zijin's appearance!
The policy of "lending national debt" is a strenuous policy that involves many things. Most officials are reaping the dividends of the old policy, so how can they take care of the court's financial problems?
When a new policy is adopted, the old balance will be broken. People who were originally profitable are worried that their interests will be damaged under the new policy, so they will naturally block it vigorously.
They may even hold grudges against those who proposed the New Deal.
Even if you are a prince, there will still be people who will fight you to the death for money.