Qiming 1158

Chapter 1251 No one knows better than me

When Jiang Fu was dragged away, it happened that Ma Yongkang and Wu Lin came to see Zhao Buxi together.

They watched helplessly as Jiang Fu fainted with blood on his face and was dragged away like a dead dog, sighing uncontrollably.

It can be said that Jiang Fu's end is not surprising, especially Ma Yongkang. Zhao Buyi even told him clearly that he would treat Jiang Fu as a consumable, and this matter itself is also dominated by Ma Yongkang. of.

He and Zhao Buxi sang a double reed, hiding from the sky and crossing the sea, and by sacrificing Jiang Fu, in exchange for temporary stability.

But Jiang Fu at least did his best for Zhao Bunxi. He did all the dirty work. Now Zhao Bunxi throws Jiang Fu out of the way when he encounters something, and makes Jiang Fu die. More or less, They still felt a little sadness in their hearts.

In the future, will there be people who will serve Zhao Buxi wholeheartedly?

Maybe it's not that Zhao Bunyi doesn't understand, but he has no choice.

Ma Yongkang and Wu Lin looked at each other, and saw the extremely complicated look in each other's eyes. The two of them sighed in unison, and then went on to meet Zhao Buxi.

The reason they met Zhao Buxi was simple.

Talk about the crisis facing the Chengdu court in the current situation of Jiaozi's collapse.

Ma Yongkang talked about the social crisis.

A large number of shops closed down, many people committed suicide, and the shops they opened refused to Jiaozi. Jiaozi has become a waste of paper, but many people have no iron money, only Jiaozi, and if they can't spend Jiaozi, they will die sooner or later.

Such people are found throughout society.

Landlords, merchants, handicraftsmen, and farmers all go bankrupt in large numbers and fall into a dead end. If the court doesn't do anything, they can only die, or, in other words, they will all rise up.

Can the army suppress the rebels in the entire Sichuan and Shu?

Is this bad?

Ma Yongkang asked the court if there was anything to do to save the market, such as ordering the official salt shop to accept and only accept payment from Jiaozi to buy salt. In this way, the crisis of Jiaozi can be alleviated to a considerable extent, and a little hope can be given to those who are in desperation. .

Anyway, for the imperial court, there is no crisis in salt at present, and it can be taken out to ease the current situation.

In the salt trade, the imperial court was able to make a steady profit without losing money. Salt that cost a few pennies could be sold for more than 100 yuan. The profit margin was huge, so the operability was also very strong.

With a little operation, turn the reputation of Jiaozi into salt Jiaozi, so that the financial crisis brought about by the collapse of Jiaozi can be hedged. Even if it can't be completely hedged, it can stabilize the situation to some extent, and don't let deflation destroy Sichuan and Shu. economy.

This is the winning magic weapon of the Chengdu court!
Not at this time, when?
Ma Yongkang's suggestion is very good and very feasible, but Zhao Bunyi does not view the problem in this way.

"Since Jiaozi is already a waste of paper and has lost public credit, then accepting Jiaozi at the salt shop will only make the court lose a lot of salt in a short period of time, and recover a large amount of worthless Jiaozi. Although the court is not short of salt, it is Don’t we need money to mine salt and make salt? Don’t we still need to pay for it with iron money?”

Just after sacrificing Jiang Fu to get through the crisis, Zhao Buxi was very unhappy, and his tone of voice was very bad.

"Jiaozi has been abolished, that is, it is abolished. No matter how the court adds value to Jiaozi, no one will dare to use Jiaozi in a short time. No amount of salt can change this situation, it will only make the court fall into Dilemma!

What is the use of being a waste paper in the hands of the imperial court?Instead, a lot of salt will be bought!The salt administration is still the financial pillar of the imperial court. Without this pillar, what do you want me to do to run the imperial court?
As long as the court has money, no matter how many rebels can be killed, if there is no money, they can only sit back and wait!Ma Xianggong, you are an important official of the imperial court, why are you so confused on such a big issue?Why do you not understand my pains?I am so disappointed in you! "

Zhao Buxi patted his desk and spit at Ma Yongkang.

Ma Yongkang just said so.

He felt that the anger of this wave of local factions was really fierce, and he thought about how to appease the restless local factions. If Zhao Bunyi really didn't want to, no one could force him.

He Ma Yongkang and Wu Lin are both people who want reputation, face and posthumous fame, and one is more than 50 and the other is more than 60, both in their twilight years, and it does not make much sense to pursue any power and status.

Of course, the use of salt politics to give Jiaozi the bottom line to alleviate the social crisis will of course not be approved by Zhao Bunyi.

Of course, Zhao Bunyi is not completely without consideration.

It’s fine if the people rebel, but the entire official ruling class can’t rebel. If they rebel, they are in particular danger.

Therefore, he plans to divide and disintegrate again. For the officials of Sichuan and Shu who did not attack Jiang Fu this time, he will use various reasons to reward them with a batch of property in compensation, in order to win over the moderates among the officials of the local officials.

As a result, the local faction was also disturbed, so that they could not get together to resist their next decree.

He felt that his move was a successful example of cheating.

After a wave of operations, he didn't lose anything. The Chengdu imperial treasury was full, the army was obedient, and he was able to clear up a group of people who asked questions. How good?

Ma Yongkang saw Zhao Buyi's appearance that "no one knows how to hide the sky better than me", and suddenly felt that he had nothing to say, so he kept his mouth and said nothing.

Ma Yongkang stopped talking, then Wu Lin was next.

What Ma Yongkang said was a topic of government affairs, so Wu Lin was naturally talking about a problem of military affairs.

Zhao Buxi also knew what Wu Lin was going to say.

"The collapse of Jiaozi is equivalent to a waste of paper. The morale of the army is unstable, and the morale has plummeted, so that the defeat of Zizhou and Suining is very detrimental to the court's pacification of the bandits. I also ask your majesty to be considerate of the army, be considerate of the soldiers, and appease more, otherwise the military situation It's not good, the minister is really uneasy."

After Wu Lin finished speaking, Zhao Buxi frowned.

If it was just a civil issue, Zhao Bunyi could still use a powerful army to maintain the rule of the system. After all, his regime was built on the support of the bureaucrats, landlords and gentry, and the escort of the army. In the most extreme case, the army was the The last possibility to keep everything together.

So Zhao Bunyi can bear the blow of many things, the only thing he can't bear is the unsupported and failure of the army.

This wave of his economic conspiracy was not aimed at the army at first, and even a little bit deliberately avoided the army and wanted the army to be on its own. Well, everything has settled down.

With so much iron money in his treasury, he can always use some to stabilize the military.

As a result, the situation unexpectedly changed.

(End of this chapter)