Chapter 434: Thirty million national debt
"Is this the finished product of the Treasury bond?"
Zhao Gou reached out and picked up a piece of paper money from the tray Zeng Ze held. He looked at the printing that was very different from Jiaozi and the watermark clearly seen in the air. He nodded with satisfaction.
"Not bad, not bad." Zhao Gou praised. The Mint was completed in a very good job, ink printing, watermarks, and micro-carving secrets at the corners, all of which were very good.
In this era, if these three anti-counterfeiting methods are available on a national bond, there is almost no forgery.
After all, ink is absolutely unheard of in China in this era. As for watermarks, this thing is somewhat popular. Don’t look at the fact that some people swear that the watermark was invented by the Italians or an Italian papermaker accidentally dropped a copper wire into the frame of the paper. After the paper was created, they found that there were translucent lines on the paper, which was the origin of the watermark on the paper. It was just nonsense. There was water-textured paper in the Tang Dynasty in China.
There are two types of water-patterned paper, one is the printing of bright flowers, that is, wood-carved watermarks, and the other is the printing of dark flowers, which is the watermark that is still widely used today.
In Jiaozi printing, the Song people already used the watermark method. The watermark on the top is very particular and is a silk mesh watermark.
With these two things, coupled with a micro-carved secret seal, almost no one can imitate the national bonds.
Although micro-carving is not very new in China. Many people have memorized the "Caring of the Boat" and have forgotten it, but there will be some impressions left behind. In China, there are micro-carvings in oracle bone inscriptions during the Shang Dynasty. Although the seals during the Warring States Period are as small as millet, the seals are divided into red and white.
But Zhao Gou has a magnifying glass in his hand. He was originally a master of micro-carving. With the magnifying glass, the secret seal made was not something that humans could imitate.
Zong Ze and others did not say anything. It was not until Zhao Gou put down the national bonds in his hand that he gave Liang Yangzu a wink.
The treasury bonds were made by the Mint, but it was the responsibility of the Ministry of Revenue to be issued. Liang Yangzu was the Minister of Revenue, and he must also give his opinions.
"King, this thing was indeed created, but the name of 'national bond' has been traced back to the ages and has never been heard. I am really worried about whether it can be issued to the world."
It’s okay if Liang Yangzu is not panicked, it’s a lot of things.
The court is fighting now, so he naturally has no ability to take into account the taxes in many places in the south. However, the war is progressing smoothly, and he is afraid that the world will be stable in more than a month. At that time, his subordinates, the Minister of Revenue, would have to spend a lot of more territory, and naturally they would have a lot of extra expenses and expenses. Among them, there are probably many shortages of money!
However, when he mentioned this to King Yan, the King of Yan turned around and took out this unheard of national bond. How could he put all his hopes on this "national bond" that he himself could not understand?
Looking back through the ages, some of the word "national debt" is invested. Before, King Nan of Zhou was heavily in debt, and later, Li Tang borrowed debts to quell the rebellion. The wealth lies in the wealthy businessman. Those who spend tens of thousands of yuan of money will keep tens of thousands of yuan for their careers, and the officials will use it to the army, hoping to get five million yuan. Although nothing happened.
But these were all raised by the state through direct administrative means, and the targets of fundraising were wealthy merchants. Or in the fifth year of Emperor Shun's Yonghe in the Eastern Han Dynasty, in order to raise military expenses, the central government "was the king and the marquis rented one year" and borrowed loans from the princes and princes who were enfeoffed, which was equivalent to the rent of the land for one year in the place.
This court directly printed banknotes to raise funds from all living beings in the world, which is unheard of. Can the people take out money, food and fodder to exchange for this thing?
Of course, Zhao Gou knew what era it was now. It was unrealistic to ask people to use real money and silver to buy national debts only by relying on the patriotism of the people.
But what if he uses the land as collateral?
"Jinghu Lake is deserted and countless vacant lands are vacant. Dangxiang in the northwest and Jinlu in the northeast, and the lonely generals are descending in sequence, and their land is also vast and thousands of miles away. Now, I will use the land of the three places as a deposit to issue 30 million national bonds. Do you think it is feasible?"
Zong Ze, Liang Yangzu and others blinked again and again, and they couldn't keep up with Zhao Gou's ideas for a while, but soon they understood the meaning.
Liang Yangzu's face was immediately filled with joy.
What was the Jinghu land like during the Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties, and what was the current dynasty? The gap was clear at a glance. With just one Jinghu North Road, you might be able to easily collect tens of millions of acres of wasteland. With the Dangxiang in the northwest and the Jinlu in the northeast, and the imperial army swept the two, there was also a large amount of land in the Hetao land and Liaodong land. Using this as a ban, it was calculated that it was only 30 million yuan.
In other words, if the court is willing to sell Jinghu land for a big sale, he can raise a sum of money that is enough for the court's expenses in a short period of time.
"The national debt is based on a three-year term. If the court cannot repay it, it can be exchanged for land acres. What do you think should the land acres in these three places be the fixed amount?"
A big sale of land?
Zhao Goucai is not stupid. How much money can you buy when selling land like this? It would be better to use three years to warm up.
As for the price of land acres, the price of land acres in the Northern Song Dynasty was far less expensive than that in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it was very thin. One acre of paddy fields should have a price of three to five jin without dividing north and south. However, dry fields were only in the outskirts of the capital, with only more than one hectares of land acres of land acres of one jin.
However, the three pieces of land that Zhao Gou took out seemed to be Liaodong. The Hetao land in the northwest was blocked by Jiangnan, and the Jinghu land in the middle was even more a place known to all the important officials present.
As early as the pre-Qin period more than a thousand years ago, the Jianghan Plain was the core of the Chu State, and the nine counties of Jingxiang at the end of the Han Dynasty were even more prosperous places in the world.
After a lot of debate, the land in Liaodong was set to be one acre of land and half a stake, the land in the northwest was set to be one acre of land and half a stake, and the highest land in Jinghu was set to be one acre of land and half a stake, which is definitely a price that can touch countless people's hearts.
Especially the land in the northwest and the land in Jinghu, it is a huge cheap.
"Don't worry, Liang Qing, I will ask someone to tell me the news in the newspaper." However, I will publish news in the newspaper and publicly promise the world that if the court cannot spend enough money to redeem the national debt in three years, the holders of the bonds can hold the bonds to the local government to sign the land.
As for how much money the court is willing to redeem the national debt three years later, it is counted as a thousand yuan per month of national debt.
Zhao Song always stipulated that it was 770 yuan. Now he was willing to pay it back with 1,000 yuan. The profit of 230 yuan was only 30% profit. To be honest, this condition is absolutely not high. No matter who he said it, it is not attractive at all.
Therefore, Zhao Gou's trick is to buy land in Jinghu and other places with treasury money, which can be used twice.
"With such temptation, don't say that all the people in the world will donate generously. Even if I want to buy a few thousand guan, I will make plans for my descendants." Zong Ze sighed while touching his beard.
He was not going to exchange money in three years, but instead stared at the land.
As a poor man, Zong Ze is also a poor man. Although he is now in a high position and power, it will only be a few days like this good life, right? His family has little wealth.
He could not do corruption and bribery, so he could only drink soup with King Yan.
Chapter completed!