Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 411, use silver to pile them to death
In the East Palace, a team of officials transported the donation boxes full of money back one by one. In the huge hall, hundreds of accountants were crackling and counting the total donations for today.

Liu Jin accompanied Zhu Hou to look at the piles of silver, bank notes, copper coins, broken silver, etc. in the hall in front of him, and his face also showed a smile. At this time, although the imperial court of Daming had no money, it did not mean that the Ming Dynasty had no money. There is no money. On the contrary, Daming really hides wealth from the people, and the people are very rich.

This is only the first day of fundraising. Looking at the mountains of silver, copper coins, and bank notes in the hall in front of you, and looking at the people around who are busy counting, you know that Daming is actually very rich. the wealthiest country.

"How many have been counted now?"

Zhu Hou looked at the mountain of money in front of him, and he was very excited. Of course, he was not excited because he saw so much money, but because he could help the frontline and participate in this event through his own fundraising. In the grand battle of the war of the whole country.

"Returning to His Highness, the large donations that have been counted out so far have totaled more than five million taels."

It was Wang Shouren's father, Wang Hua, who was in charge of this matter at the Prince's Mansion in the East Palace, and he replied very respectfully.

"That's great~"

"Counting our donations, plus the donations of the ministers of the DPRK and China, the total is more than [-] million taels of silver. Even if we use the silver piles, these tartars will be piled up to death."

After listening, Zhu Houzhao also cried out excitedly.

Then he couldn't help but frowned again, thought for a while and said, "How should such a huge sum be used?"

"The money was donated by everyone to fight this war. How to use the money on the blade is the most important thing, but we must not disappoint everyone's trust in us."

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Wang Hua and Liu Jin looked at each other and couldn't help nodding. Zhu Houzhao, as a fundraiser, everyone is willing to donate to you because of you, the prince, and let you decide. The use of this sum of money is naturally to be worthy of everyone's new talents.

"Your Highness, we might as well hand over this money to the Ministry of Accounts, which will use it uniformly."

After thinking for a while, Wang Hua suggested to Zhu Houzhao that this suggestion is quite satisfactory. The household department manages the money, and the military department manages the army. Let the court decide the use of these funds. Zhu Houzhao, the prince, is worthy of everyone's trust.

"No~"

Upon hearing this, Liu Jin on the side shook his head and said.

Just kidding, it will be handed over to the Ministry of Households for use. With the appearance of that miser Zhou Jing, the fifteen million taels of silver will be considered good if he can use three million taels to fight the war. The remaining one thousand and two taels Most of the millions of taels of silver will be taken to the treasury to rust.

The three million taels of silver used were used to make weapons and armor, to buy food and grass, etc., coupled with layers of exploitation and corruption, and in the end it might not even be a million taels that could be used for war. At that time, it's okay to win this battle, but if you lose this battle, will you keep your money?

Liu Jin is very clear about the pissing nature of these civil servants, and they must not be allowed to manipulate this money.

"Old Liu, what good idea do you have?"

Zhu Hou took care of Liu Jin. Liu Jin was always resourceful and had a lot of tricks, and he could always think of something ingenious.

"This money cannot be handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs for the following reasons. First, these funds are donated by everyone to fight this battle that determines the life and death of the country. They are earmarked for special purposes. If If it is handed over to the Ministry of Accounts for use, it is very likely that most of the money will be withheld by the Ministry of Accounts and will not be used for this war."

"Secondly, these funds are collected in your name, Your Highness. Everyone donated money enthusiastically, which shows that Your Highness has high prestige, and everyone in Ming Dynasty trusts Your Highness."

"Your Highness, you must not disappoint everyone's trust and expectations of you. It is easy and convenient to hand over the household department to use, but it will make everyone feel that your Highness is perfunctory and not responsible for the whole process."

"So this money cannot be handed over to the Ministry of Households for use, but must be arranged and used by Your Highness, so that we can be worthy of everyone's trust in Your Highness, and this is also the first time your Highness has used His Royal Highness's It’s time to show your abilities to the world in name.”

"Third, if it is handed over to the Ministry of Households for use, there will inevitably be layers of deductions and interceptions. Maybe only a few million taels of the [-] million donations will be used for the war. It's okay if the war is won. If the war is lost, then everyone in my Ming Dynasty will lose confidence."

"Silver is small, but the confidence and arrogance of the people of Ming Dynasty cannot be lost!"

Liu Jin thought for a while and said three reasons in one breath, and Zhu Houzhao and Wang Hua couldn't help but nod for each reason.

"Yes, it is true that this money cannot be handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs, it must be arranged by me, but how should the money be used so that it can be used wisely?"

Zhu Houzhao nodded solemnly, thought for a while and asked again.

"It's very simple. First of all, we can publish the list of donations through the Ming Morning Post, and list all important large-scale donations. In this way, it can be regarded as a compliment to individuals and organizations that actively donate. Second, it can also stimulate everyone to continue donating. Of course, the most important thing is to be open and transparent.”

"Tell everyone how much money we have raised in total, and then publish how to use the money. After the war is over, we will make a detailed list and tell everyone that the money donated by everyone has been used in those places, so This way, we will not disappoint everyone's trust and support for Your Highness."

Liu Jin explained some systems and concepts of donations in later generations. Many public welfare funds in later generations have done a good job in this regard. The total amount of donations and where they are used are clearly listed, so that donors Clearly know that your money is really used where it should be used.

"Well, that's how it should be~"

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao nodded in agreement. For him, he has plenty of money, and he is the number one richest household in Ming Dynasty. He would never think about withholding donations.

"With regard to the use of this fund, we can actually use the simplest and most effective method to stimulate the frontline soldiers to work hard to win this war."

Then Liu Jin thought about it and said slowly.

When Zhu Houzhao and Wang Hua heard this, they immediately pricked up their ears and listened carefully.

"His Royal Highness can set up a special war working group to arrange the use of this fund."

"In the final analysis, this money has only one function, and that is to use it to win this war. All the core points must be used around this point."

"So we can use a very simple method. For example, for the soldiers who died in this war, we will pay two hundred taels of silver as a pension for each soldier killed, and we will reward one hundred taels of silver for every tartar killed."

"This is for ordinary soldiers, because generals play a decisive role in the war, so we can also reward these generals accordingly. Taking the three-way army as an example, if each army kills [-] Tartars, then We will take out [-] taels of silver to reward the commander along the way and the thousands and hundreds of households at all levels below, and the more enemies we kill, the more rewards we will get."

"His Royal Highness only needs to send someone to the front line to collect relevant data and make statistics. After the war is over, we will distribute this reward uniformly."

"As the saying goes, if you have money, you can make ghosts turn the millstone. There are fifteen million taels of silver. Even if we use the silver, we can kill all these tartars."

"Moreover, this is just a fundraising in the Beijing-Tianjin area. This fundraising can be extended to the entire Ming Dynasty. At that time, more money can be donated. If there is any surplus after the war, His Highness can also set up a special war fund. To pay for the soldiers who died in foreign wars, and to reward the generals and soldiers who fought bravely against the enemy."

"This war gene can also be used for investment and management. For example, you can make money by depositing it in the First Bank of Daming, but this is just the simplest investment method."

"You can use the name of the war fund to invest and open factories, and the proceeds are included in it, which is specially used to support foreign wars."

Liu Jin finished all he wanted to say in one breath.

This is naturally a system and method for reference to later generations, and it is also the most effective method that Liu Jin thought of in combination with this era.

It is difficult to defeat the prairie people, but it is easy to do things if you have money. There is no need to worry about weapons and armor. The imperial court will buy and build them if they have funds. So how to mobilize the courage and confidence of the soldiers participating in the war is very important.

Talking about ideals, dreams, painting big cakes, etc. are useless. For these soldiers of the Ming army, the most useful thing is money.

Because the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who participated in the war this time, whether they were frontier soldiers or military households, were the lowest level of the Ming Dynasty, the poorest existence. For them, it is useless for you to talk to them about the righteousness of the country.

They can fight if they can, and if they can't fight, or they are very likely to collapse immediately when they encounter grassland people, so there must be something that can make them fight desperately.

And this thing is silver, only silver can make them red-eyed, regardless of life and death to kill the enemy, kill a tartar and reward one hundred taels of silver, and die to give your family two hundred taels of silver as compensation.

In addition, if the enemy is killed and won, not only the soldiers will be rewarded, but the generals and commanders in charge will also have huge rewards. This can stimulate everyone to kill the enemy with red eyes. The more kills, the more rewards There is a lot of money, and the silver is soft. I believe that no one can resist the great temptation of the silver.

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