Lao Zhu was sitting in General Hai Meng's house, writing IOUs until he felt weak. However, one IOU could be exchanged for hundreds or even thousands of taels of silver, so he was still very motivated.
It has to be said that although King Zhu Yihai of Lu is very young, only twenty-six, he is really not the kind of dandy clan that raises pigs. He is good at firing guns and cannons, and good at writing poems and poems. Even his regular script is very elegant and smart.
, obviously has a solid foundation. Even Lao Zhu is very artistic, a master of playing the piano, and he is also very fashionable and can be a screenwriter and engage in drama creation.
The monthly interest rate is three cents. The annualized rate of overseas debt of a famous large real estate company before Lao Zhu's time travel was only this, and then it exploded. The monthly interest rate of three cents was also not low in the era of the late Ming Dynasty.
This made Lao Zhu feel that he was cheating on the pretext of high interest rates and engaging in a pig-killing fund market.
Looking at the sullen faces on the opposite side, who were unwillingly being 'escorted' by Wang Chuang's Yongwei battalion sergeants back to the house to collect money, you knew that in the eyes of those people, Lao Zhu was not cheating, but was actually cheating.
Rob.
But Mr. Zhao Qian's head has been brought in and is still on the corner of the desk. Just like "red sleeves add fragrance", the pay riot planned by Mr. Zhao Qian was quickly put down. Now not only the 120 people who cooperated with Haimen
Basically, the ten soldiers who can fight have joined King Lu along with Wu Kai's Niutou, who can kill a thousand swords, and there are also 500 Yongwei Battalion and Franji Shenji Battalion in the city.
King Lu smiled and told everyone to borrow money at three points of profit. Can everyone not borrow it?
Wang Chuangzi's hand was always pressed on the handle of the knife. They believed that as long as they said no, their heads would appear on the table next moment to keep company with Mr. Zhao Qian's.
In front of the swords of the veterans of the Yongwei Battalion, no official or gentry in Haimen Guard City would dare to play tricks on His Highness Lu Jianguo. Although the name of Lu Jianguo may not be taken seriously by many officials, today you are Lu Jianguo.
As a prisoner of the country, who knows whether he will be surrendered to the Qing Dynasty tomorrow or become a prisoner of the Qing army.
But after all, King Lu's soldiers almost had their swords on their necks, so the officials and gentry did not want to test the sword's edge with their own bodies.
"Your Highness, I didn't expect that the officials and gentry here in Haimen Guard City are so rich." Wang Xiang said with a smile.
Wu Kai's heart was bleeding. He took out ten thousand taels of silver. The old Wu family, who had lived in Haimen for nearly three hundred years, had to take out all the cash in each house, branch, and even shop and business to collect it.
Lao Zhu looked at Fat Bear's bitter gourd-like face and forced a smile. He also felt that it was not easy for him. Not only did he risk his life and property to fight against the Qing Dynasty and fight against the Tatars, but now he had to break the family to borrow money. He was really loyal.
He picked up his pen and swung it, "Loyalty and filial piety to the family!"
"Give it to Wu Qing!"
Wu Kai bent down and took these four words with both hands. He felt that each word was extremely heavy. Each word was worth two thousand five hundred taels of silver. How could it not be heavy?
"I and the Wu family have received the favor of the country and the emperor for generations. This is what they should do." Old Wu still said it very well in the scene. The sentence of "the world has been favored by the country and the emperor" came out as soon as he opened his mouth.
In a hurry, Lao Zhu's "calligraphy works" raised more than 20,000 taels of silver, which is already a lot of money.
You must know that from the Ming Dynasty to the present day, the court has become poorer year by year, and the people have become more miserable year by year. Only the officials, gentry and landlords are living better and better every year, and they are desperately poaching the old Zhu family and enriching their own family.
Before Chongzhen was hanged, the land tax in Zhejiang Province, measured in silver, totaled more than 1,148,000 taels, of which more than 800,000 taels were shipped and about 350,000 taels were retained. Among them, the summer tax was about 15
Sixteen thousand taels, while the autumn grain is worth about one million taels of silver.
In the wealthy land of Zhejiang, the annual land tax is only a million taels. The gentry represented by the Donglin Party are firmly opposed to the imposition of business tax, mining tax, etc. In addition, if the officials and gentry do not pay the grain, they can even exempt their families from all kinds of things.
Privileges have led to financial problems that are getting worse year by year, and tax collections are getting smaller and smaller.
Lao Zhu wrote a few notes and got more than 20,000 taels of silver, which was much faster than the government's tax collection.
Of course, Lao Zhu also understands that this is actually an extraordinary measure in an emergency, and it even has many sequelae. Except for Wu Kai, I am afraid that none of the creditors will be willing. If the Tatars come over in the future, what will these people do?
If not, he will immediately lead the way and get rid of him, Lao Zhu.
But now it's all too urgent, and Lao Zhu doesn't care about that anymore. There are still many guards soldiers outside who are asking for pay and food. They are still waiting to see the new Highness of the Supervisor.
If you don't pay for it, Lu Jianguo won't be able to use it.
"Commander Wu, come with me to meet the guards at Haimen."
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The Shenjiang Yamen is located in the east city of Haimen Guard City, near the Chenghuang Temple, next to the Qi Jiguang Temple, and behind it are Dongshan and Niutouneck.
There was a large open space in front of the Shenjiang Yamen, which was crowded with people.
Many of them were incited to make trouble, and some of them heard without knowing the truth that King Lu was coming and wanted to pay back wages, and some said that King Lu was going to give out rewards and everyone would have a share.
Not only the unpaid soldiers from the Haimen Association Camp came, but also many guards from the Haimen Guards, and even many ordinary people and merchants came.
Many people simply regard it as watching a show and enjoying the excitement. The more people there are, the more lively it is, even if it is June day, the crowd is so crowded that your shoes have fallen off, and you are covered in stinky sweat.
Even many old wives, daughters-in-law and little girls also come to join in the fun, and they are not afraid of getting pregnant.
"When will the money be distributed?"
"Where is Lu Jianguo?"
"Do you really have money and food?"
Everyone was waiting with eager anticipation. Those who squeezed into the front row could see the arrogant and powerful servants of General Wu in front of the General's mansion, as well as some unfamiliar soldiers. They were obviously more elite than General Wu's servants, especially
Yes, there are actually quite a few red-haired French ghosts.
Many people started to spread rumors that the red-haired barbarians had invaded the city.
Then when it spread to the people behind, it turned into Japanese pirates occupying the Shenjiang Yamen.
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"quiet!"
"Powerful~"
Wu Kai walked out of the general's house and shouted loudly, and his twenty servants immediately followed him and shouted "mighty", which was much more majestic than when the county magistrate came to the court.
Lao Wu was a coward in Haimen, and his prestige was quite high. The originally noisy crowd gradually became quiet.
By the time the voice in front of the Yamen was much quieter.
Lao Wu waved, so Wang Chuangzi, a guerrilla from the Yongwei Battalion, came out with his men, holding up a large box.
Box after box was carried to the door and then opened in public.
Silver light shines everywhere.
"silver,"
"A lot of silver!"
There was a commotion in the front again, and the people in the back became even more agitated when they heard that there was a lot of money being said.
The Ming Dynasty was a silver empire. Through foreign trade, most of the world's silver output was sucked into the Eastern Ming Dynasty. As a result, silver officially became the hardest currency. A whip method and other silver discounts were collected, which made silver become the Ming Dynasty.
The thing that people can't live without.
This is a little thing that people both love and hate.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, due to the reduction of silver imports from the Spanish East, it even triggered a silver shortage in the Ming Dynasty, exacerbating its financial collapse and becoming one of the important reasons for its demise.
"How much money does this cost?"
"Just one box of these costs over a thousand taels. With so much, it can't be tens of thousands of taels?"
Putting tens of thousands of taels of silver in your mouth and putting it in front of you are completely different concepts. Putting it in your mouth just feels like a lot, but putting it in front of your eyes is extremely impactful.
This is especially true for those soldiers in the Guards camp who have been owed wages for a long time, and even the whole family is trapped and hungry because of this.
Countless people’s eyes are shining and full of passion!
In the eyes of a pair of wolf-like tigers, Lao Zhu finally appeared. He specially changed his outfit and put on the black Wing Shan crown and red Chilong robe that he wore when he ascended the throne to supervise the country in Taizhou. Because he ascended the throne in a hurry,
I didn't have time to make the imperial uniform, so I stuck with the royal uniform of King Lu.
However, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were less than thirty princes in total in the Ming Dynasty. Most people may never see a prince in their lifetime. After all, the Ming Dynasty usually treated the vassals like pigs and prohibited them from doing so.
They were not allowed to enter the capital after being separated from the feudal vassal, and they could only stay in the fiefdom for the rest of their lives.
Except for the people in the vassal fiefdom who have the opportunity to see the local prince, ordinary people have no chance to see him.
Lao Zhu, the King of Lu, originally had his fiefdom in Yanzhou, Shandong. Last year he hurried south and was granted the title of Taizhou by Hongguang. However, he usually stayed in Linhai and never came to Haimen Guard.
No one recognized this young man, but the robe he wore made everyone guess that this was His Highness Lu Jianguo.
"A thousand years old to supervise the country!"
"Greetings Chitose!"
"Greetings to the Supervisor!"
There were all kinds of shouts, and it felt like a crowd was embracing them. However, when Lao Zhu looked at the heads of those black crows, he knew that most of these voices were shouting at the silver coins, so that's why.
Not too sentimental.
He stretched out his hand and pressed softly.
"I am the tenth grandson of Emperor Gao, the great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, and the eleventh generation of King Lu of the Ming Dynasty. The two capitals fell, the Lie Emperor died for his country, Hongguang went hunting in the north, and King Lu surrendered after five days of supervising the country, and the national unity was no longer at an end. As a person, I
The vassals of the Ming Dynasty, descendants of Taizu, have no shirk to step forward. I ascended the throne in Linhai, Taizhou, to supervise the country. I came here today on a tour to the south. I heard that Haimen was in arrears of pay for a long time and the soldiers were in poverty. I was deeply shocked. I came in a hurry, so I called a special summons.
The wealthy officials and gentry in the north of Haimen asked them to borrow money, and first distributed a sum of money to everyone to meet their urgent needs."
Not too much nonsense, not too sensational.
Everyone was focused on the money, so Lao Zhu kept the story short. The money was already here, but how to pay it was also a problem. There was too much owed before and it was impossible to pay it all.
So this time, basically regardless of the original salary arrears, each person will be paid an amount first.
The specific distribution standard, Lao Zhu announced in public, is that the officers and soldiers of the Haimen Alliance Camp will each receive two taels, and the Haimen Guards will receive one tael each.
Of course, Lao Zhu also took the opportunity to recruit soldiers and offered good conditions.
For those who voluntarily join the army, as long as they meet the conditions and are selected, each person will be given two taels of housing allowance and one or two taels of grain and silver.
Finally, Lao Zhu announced to the countless people who were looking forward to it that from now on, all the taxes and food arrears of the soldiers and civilians of the Haimen Guard Station would be waived. The past sums would be written off and no longer levied, and this year's sums would also be waived directly.
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For Lao Zhu, he knew that even if the tax was levied, he might not be able to collect it. Now that the Tatar army was approaching, it would be better to be generous and exempt it from the tax.
As for raising troops and fighting wars in need of money, and looking for other methods, it turns out that the tax system since the Chongzhen Dynasty has been messed up for a long time, with countless debts accumulated, and it has become a confusing and bad debt. It is better to get rid of it and start over.
Countless cheers rang out from below.
The guardsmen and the officers and soldiers of the auxiliary camp can at least get one or two taels of silver first. If they are willing to apply, they can also get another three taels of silver immediately, which is four or five taels of silver inside and outside. This money is very helpful for the hardship.
For the soldiers, it was like rain from heaven. They could save a little food and even support a family for a year.
For other people, the tax arrears in the past are completely exempted, and this year's tax due is also exempted. This is definitely worth shouting a few long live or even kowtow a few times, shouting that the Holy King has come to the world.
"Everyone line up, come one by one, and collect money by name!" Wu Kai yelled and cursed at the top of his voice, helping to maintain order.
Lao Zhu was sitting on a chair on the steps in front of the door just like a holy king who had descended into the world, quietly watching the soldiers and common people being grateful to him!
