Chapter 162 The curve saves the governor of the country
Zhu Yihai made a clever move and asked Tu Guobao to pay a 30% down payment. When the down payment of 360,000 taels was received, he would withdraw his troops and save money and supplies.
The remaining 70%, 840,000 taels, will be given to you in ten-year installments without interest. You only need to pay back 84,000 taels a year.
"I'll give you ten points in return." Zhu Yihai raised a finger and pointed at Tu Guobao, Yan Wogong, Zheng Jiwu, Li Yuchun, and Wu Zhikui, "I'll give you five points, Governor Tu, and Yan Yao two.
points, and each of the other three generals will have one point. Each time you repay the loan, the points will be directly returned to you in the form of silver."
"You are also redeeming the city for the Tatars. I can't let your work go in vain. Everyone who sees it has a share."
1.2 million taels, ten points is equivalent to 120,000 taels. Tu Guobao takes five points, which is also 60,000 taels. This is a lot of money for Tu Guobao, although he thinks this is simply unbelievable.
But that's what Zhu Yihai said.
"There are too many. Suzhou City has been taken over by you, and we can't raise 360,000 taels of silver at all."
Zhu Yihai pointed at Mr. Yan and the others, "You can find a way to borrow from them first. If you have money, use it. If you don't have money, use war horses, armors, weapons, etc. as deductions. A war horse is worth fifty taels of silver.
A set of Tartar cotton armor can be discounted at twenty taels of silver, a set of cloth armor can be discounted at ten taels, and other swords, guns, arrows, blunderbuss, and even cannons and gunpowder can be discounted.
The price is clearly marked, so no one can be deceived!"
"With tens of thousands of you, you can always get a lot of things out if you evenly distribute them. When the time comes, you can report battle losses and so on, and you can get them from above."
absurd.
That's ridiculous.
Tu Guobao felt that Zhu Wu was simply crazy and could even think of such a thing.
"Three hundred and sixty thousand taels is really not much. If you just get two thousand horses, you can get one hundred thousand taels of silver. With thirty thousand people, you can get two thousand horses, right? If you get three to five thousand sets of armor, you can get a hundred thousand taels of silver."
It’s a hundred thousand taels off, and then it’s easy to buy ships, arrows, and grain.”
Tu Guobao really looked at Mr. Yan, Li Yuchun and others.
Li Yuchun's face twitched, "It's not that I can't help, but I'm taking a lot of risks. There are so many brothers down here, and keeping things confidential will cost a lot of money."
Tu Guobao gritted his teeth knowingly, "I'll borrow it."
"Isn't it the same as Admiral Zhu's loan?"
"I'll give you interest." Tu Guobao has now been led into a path of no return. He just wants to get this thing done urgently, and he can't care about other things. Anyway, he is not alone in dealing with Fake Ming.
Although with his cunning and shrewdness, he had already discovered that there was something wrong with this matter, but now he couldn't care about that. The most important thing was to deal with the immediate urgent needs first.
Tu Guobao directly negotiated with Li Yuchun, Yan, my father-in-law, Zheng Jiwu, and others about borrowing materials and silver taels to make up the down payment. Together, they shared some war horses, armor, guns, gunpowder, bows, arrows, food, carriages, and enough to get enough for the down payment of 360,000 taels to redeem the city. These things he borrowed
Yes, the monthly interest rate is three points.
"Very good. Once you deliver the various silver and grain materials worth 360,000 taels as agreed, Suzhou City will be yours again, and you can even get a cash rebate of 36,000 taels.
." Zhu Yihai smiled and clapped his hands, "Pay the money with one hand and the city with the other!"
"Of course, in order to ensure a smooth transaction, you still need to sign a few things."
When Zhu Yihai asked Tu Guobao to write a letter of allegiance to Lu Jianguo and sign it, his face turned white, black, green and purple. If these secrets written as required were exposed, he would die in the place of burial.
, and even inevitably end up being copied and killed.
"Don't worry, this thing is just a guarantee and a mortgage. As long as the transaction is completed, it will be returned to you. Of course, if you turn your back and deny it, then this thing will naturally be delivered to the people who should see it.
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Tu Guobao hesitated.
This is a deal with the devil, and it is impossible to go back on it.
"What are you hesitating about, Admiral? You lost the city of Suzhou and the third battalion of Fubiao. Will the Tatar court let you go? What's more, once the city of Jiangning is lost, you have done all kinds of corruption and embezzlement.
You can't keep your affairs after you have stolen hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Can the Tatars tolerate you losing so much money and losing the city and troops?"
"Everyone on the right and left has been killed, or even cut into pieces by a thousand cuts. So, you have to think carefully about yourself. As long as you 'take back Suzhou City', then your bad things can be covered up, and your dereliction of duty can also be used as merit.
To atone for your sins, you can continue to be your governor of Jiangning. With your ability to make money, are you still afraid that you won't be able to settle the debt?"
"If you sign this, the governor will do what you say, and if you take the money, your life will continue to be smooth and comfortable. If you don't sign, you will be chopped into pieces with thousands of swords. How to choose, the local admiral can choose for himself!"
Cold sweat broke out on Tu Guobao's head.
These are not threats, these are facts.
Yan Wogong was talking supportively, "Futai, we are also serving the country in a roundabout way, that is, we meet Admiral Zhu who is easy to talk to. Otherwise, there would be no such opportunity in this world. Redeeming Suzhou City will also save the people in the city."
Zhu Yihai sat aside and pretended not to hear these words.
This business negotiation was actually not for money. It was just a matter of catching grass and hunting rabbits. The reason why he asked Mr. Yan to facilitate this meeting and negotiation was actually because of the benefits he had received from Li Yuchun before.
too big.
If he had killed Li Yuchun and annihilated the thousands of people in Zhujiazhuang, it would have only been a relief at the time, but it would have worsened the situation in western Zhejiang. Boluo in Hangzhou would definitely send a large army to attack, and the Northern Expeditionary Army would not be able to follow suit.
Opportunities for rapid development, not to mention going all the way north to Sanwu.
In the same way, killing Tu Guobao now is just killing a lost dog. For the Manchus, there were many surrendered generals like Tu Guobao, and one of them could be sent to take over at will.
So seizing Tu Guobao's handle, taking advantage of his current pain points, and using the guise of extorting money to redeem the city, is actually to copy the original strategy of Western Zhejiang.
If it succeeds, it doesn't matter whether the money is rich or not. What is important is that the governor of Tu Guobao can be used to strategically defraud the Qing court. After all, if a governor helps deceive the Tatars, then the situation in Jiangning will be completely different.
Li Yuchun in western Zhejiang allowed Zhu Yihai to taste too many sweet things. He even used Li Yuchun to raise a super-fat Yan Wogong and sent him straight to Beijing. Such a good thing, Zhu Yihai would definitely do it again if he had the chance.
In history, there were actually many generals who had such affairs with their enemies.
Whether it's one million taels or more than three hundred thousand taels, it doesn't matter. The point is that as long as he is willing to sign a secret agreement, then he will be dragged into the water. With this handle in hand, Tu Guobao will definitely follow him in the future.
Like Li Yuchun, he was slowly pulled onto the boat and it was difficult to turn back.
Three years to clear the prefecture, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver. A prefect can make one hundred thousand taels of silver in three years, but the governor Tu Guobao has made hundreds of thousands of taels in just a few months, so with his greed, cruelty and viciousness,
A million taels of silver is really nothing, let alone one who wants it all at once.
It's enough to plagiarize a few salt merchants and frame a few rich people.
Suzhou's official annual tax revenue is more than one million 100,000 taels of silver, while Jiangning's province is an important financial and taxation center, with prosperous industry and commerce, and many channels for making money.
What Zhu Yihai grasped was the serious dereliction of duty due to the loss of the city and the loss of land and the loss of soldiers and generals. Moreover, because Suzhou was lost, his various money-making activities in Jiangning would inevitably be exposed, so the only thing waiting for him was death, or even implication.
family.
Zhu Yihai did not directly recruit Tu Guobao to surrender. Unless it was a last resort, this kind of person was still unwilling to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. He stammered at every meal. When one day, he found himself sinking deeper and deeper and could no longer get ashore, it would be too late to regret. More
What's more, Zhu Yihai was unwilling to surrender him. Such domineering military leaders were everywhere in the late Ming Dynasty, but if a Tatar governor of Jiangning cooperated secretly, the effect would be much greater than recruiting him.
