Chapter 840 Father and son talk at night!

Late at night, looking at Jiang Yuyan sleeping beautifully beside him, Ye Mingsheng revealed a trace of fear···················

Although Ye Mingsheng had expected that Jiang Yuyan, who had been widowed for many years, would finally have a blessing, the actual situation was even crazier than he had expected!

She was quite reserved at first, but after that one time she no longer hid it and almost ate Ye Mingsheng alive.

Although it was a little scary, but when thinking about what just happened, Ye Mingsheng's face showed satisfaction. This kind of beautiful young F was enough to satisfy him.

Looking at the ceiling, Ye Mingsheng fell into deep thought unconsciously. Ever since he heard Jiang Yuyan's report that day and knew her feelings, Ye Mingsheng wanted to taste this piece of delicious meat, but unfortunately, people like him are destined to be entangled in worldly affairs!

The first thing to be affected was Lin Huaiwu's matter. When Lin Huaiwu knelt in front of his house and apologized, although Ye Mingsheng did not let him in, he could not help but secretly glanced at him from a hidden place.

To be honest, Ye Mingsheng felt mixed emotions when he saw his old brother Lin Huaiwu kneeling in front of his door with his upper body naked and a bramble on his back. At this time, Zhao Han also delivered the opinions of the General Staff, and Ye Mingsheng naturally followed their advice.

Lin Huaiwu was dismissed from all his posts in the Fengwu Army, the stolen money and property were recovered, and he and his entire family were exiled to Fengzhou...
With the handling of Lin Huaiwu, the large-scale anti-corruption campaign in various departments of the Fengwu Army has come to an end. In order to appease the fearful hearts of the generals of various departments during the investigation, Ye Mingsheng specially approved the payment of three months' salary to all the generals of the Fengwu Army as a New Year's greeting.

This move immediately received a wide response, the hearts of the generals of various departments were appeased, and the morale of the army gradually stabilized.

After finishing all this, Ye Mingsheng immediately dealt with the bond matters. Under his guidance, Zhang Juning also held a grand repayment ceremony. Almost all the dignitaries from Yijing City and even the entire Youyan who could come came, and the scene was very grand.

In such a grand occasion, Ye Mingsheng made his final appearance and delivered an important speech. The content of the speech was a manuscript prepared by the Imperial Guards. The speech criticized Shangguan Hongyuan for disrupting the government and said that the Fengwu Army would soon clear the court and rescue the current emperor, and save the declining Great Zhou Dynasty.

In addition, Ye Mingsheng also talked about the achievements of the Fengwu Army, such as the capture of Anqing, Qilu and half of Huainan, and the construction of many roads and bridges for the people. At the end of his speech, Ye Mingsheng thanked the gentry for their support for the Fengwu Army and looked forward to their continued support for the Fengwu Army.

After the speech, at Ye Mingsheng's order, the highlight of the ceremony, the repayment, began. Under the chairmanship of Zhang Juning and in front of everyone, the Fengwu Army returned box after box of silver, including the principal and interest, to the creditors in accordance with the contract...
During this process, Ye Mingsheng was also observing the expressions of the crowd. Although the power of these gentry and dignitaries was no longer as strong as before under the continuous attacks of the Fengwu Army, which was like a blunt knife cutting meat, as the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, the accumulation of their families over decades or even hundreds of years was still very huge!
In order to allow the Fengwu Army to continue its rapid expansion, Ye Mingsheng has to squeeze out all of their remaining wealth!
When these gentry and dignitaries were forced by Ye Mingsheng to buy Fengwu Army bonds with real money, they did not think that Ye Mingsheng would return the money to them. Even when Zhang Juning said he would hold a repayment ceremony, they were still skeptical.

There were even some people who had bought bonds in small amounts at the beginning. In order to please Ye Mingsheng, they wrote directly to him and told him that they had donated the bonds to the treasury. However, Ye Mingsheng saw through their little tricks at a glance and directly told them that they must attend the repayment ceremony. The Fengwu Army would return the silver to them in full according to the contract.

When they saw the huge sum of money being returned to them by the Fengwu Army, they were all extremely surprised and praised Ye Mingsheng for keeping his promise. Ye Mingsheng smiled with them on the surface, but he was smiling in his heart, thinking that they were too happy too early!
Ye Mingsheng was busy with these chores and couldn't take care of Jiang Yuyan for a while, but as the saying goes, good things are worth waiting for, and the same is true for Jiang Yuyan...
Although he had captured this beautiful young widow this time and became the little emperor's uncle for a while, it did not mean that Ye Mingsheng would let her enter the palace!

He doesn't lack a concubine named Jiang Yuyan. An ambitious woman like Jiang Yuyan would not be content to be a little woman who never leaves the house.

The best destination for Jiang Yuyan is to continue to be the wife of the Wang family, become Ye Mingsheng's extra-official mistress, and continue to lead Yuchuntang Trading Company and Rishengchang Bank. Ye Mingsheng will not look up to Rishengchang Bank just because of his special relationship with Jiang Yuyan. After all, the last of his three principles is irresponsibility!

As early as at the Dadongsheng Company, Ye Mingsheng had gained valuable experience. When you use official means to allow a company to gain a monopoly position in an industry, then all kinds of problems will arise for this company. For the development of the company, you must introduce market competition and use the market to force the company to develop.

Let the business gradually grow and progress in the fierce market competition. Only such a business is healthy and can stand the test of time. Therefore, this time, in addition to approving the Rishengchang Bank controlled by Jiang Yuyan to enter Qilu for development, Ye Mingsheng also prepared an extra gift for Jiang Yuyan!
However, based on Jiang Yuyan’s current way of looking at things, she probably wouldn’t understand his good intentions. However, Ye Mingsheng believed that sooner or later she would understand his...
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Just as Ye Mingsheng was hugging Jiang Yuyan to sleep, the lights in the study room of Cui Mansion in Yijing were still on.

Looking at his father who was reading the official document in front of him, Cui Zibo said with a smile:

"Dad, the 575,000 taels of silver returned by the Finance Department have all been deposited in the warehouse. Do you think we should keep it in Yijing or ship it back to our hometown in Liaoyang?"

The Cui family had been the Fengwu Army's biggest creditor since the army started its uprising. The silver and grain they had paid to the Fengwu Army amounted to about 500,000 or 600,000 taels of silver, which almost emptied the Cui family's entire fortune.

Although a contract and an IOU were signed, to be honest, based on past experience, not many people in the Cui family expected Ye Mingsheng and the Fengwu Army to repay the money. Everyone generally believed that this was like throwing meat buns at a dog, and there would be no return.
Therefore, even with Cui Shao's prestige in the Cui family, this incident caused Cui Shao to be criticized within the family, and even now some members of the Cui family still complain about it.

However, this time the repayment ceremony of the Fengwu Army caught almost everyone in the Cui family by surprise. But the huge pile of silver in the warehouse made the Cui family realize that this was really happening!
Even though this was only a small portion of the money that the Fengwu Army owed the Cui family, the Fengwu Army’s attitude towards repayment still made the Cui family ecstatic. Those clansmen who had previously accused Cui Shao of taking whatever he wanted from Ye Mingsheng now changed their positions one by one and loudly praised Cui Shao for his foresight...
Cui Shao was not surprised by this, but Cui Zibo was relieved and admired his father's vision even more.

At this moment, under Cui Zibo's gaze, Cui Shao spoke calmly without even raising his head:

"Just keep the silver in Yijing! Also transfer another 50,000 taels of silver from home!"

Cui Zibo was stunned when he heard this, and even thought he had heard it wrong. After hesitating for a moment, he asked in confusion:
"Dad, we don't have much money to spend in Yijing, what do you want to do with the 50,000 taels of silver you transferred from your hometown?"

Upon hearing this, Cui Shao put down the document in his hand and asked in a slightly disappointed tone:
"Zi Bo, you are the deputy director of the Legal Affairs Bureau and a senior official of the Central Government. You should have heard something about the current situation of the Central Government!" "It is no secret that the General Staff is preparing to make a big move in Yunbing, so in this context, do you really think the Marshal wants to return the money to us?"

In response to his father's question, Cui Zibo also felt something was wrong, but he had just seen all the silver being put into the warehouse, and he had had people check the silver one by one and there was no problem!
If Ye Mingsheng doesn't want to return their money, then what is the point of the silver in their warehouse?
Seeing Cui Zibo's puzzled expression, Cui Shao shook his head slightly and said:
"The Finance Secretary will issue a new batch of bonds in a few days. The total amount of bonds is expected to be one million taels of silver..."

Although Cui Zibo is not a genius, his IQ is still online. As soon as these words came out, he immediately realized and said subconsciously:

"He is playing hard to get. The repayment ceremony is to pave the way for the issuance of a new batch of bonds!"

Seeing that Cui Zibo finally understood this, Cui Shao nodded imperceptibly and continued:
"You and I are father and son. I am the Central Envoy, and you are the Deputy Director of the Legal Affairs Bureau. Everyone is watching us, so we must make great efforts. At least one hundred thousand taels of silver will be needed!"

Cui Zibo, who finally figured out everything, said in a very depressed mood:

“No wonder the repayment ceremony was so grand and even he attended. So that’s how it is!”

As he spoke, thinking about how ecstatic he was when he got the money back at the repayment ceremony, Cui Zibo wished he could find a hole to crawl into. At that time, in Ye Mingsheng's eyes, he must have been as funny as an actor.

After complaining to himself for a while, Cui Zibo seemed to have thought of something and asked his father:
"Dad, now all the bonds issued by the Fengwu Army combined are worth more than two million taels of silver, right?"

Cui Shao nodded and replied in a deep voice:
"Two million, nine hundred and seventy-three thousand, five hundred and sixty taels of silver!"

As the leader of the "Prime Minister" civil service system of the Fengwu Army, Cui Shao remembered such a sensitive number very clearly·······················

After hearing the answer given by his father, Cui Zibo hesitated for a moment and continued to ask:
"Add to that the one million taels of silver bonds that have been issued, and the Marshal will owe nearly four million taels of silver. The annual taxes from all provinces combined are only over one million taels of silver. Even if you do nothing, you will have to pay back the silver owed by the bonds for four years. Dad, do you think the Marshal is going to pay it back?"

Faced with his son's question that went straight to the heart of the matter, Cui Shao fell into deep thought. After a moment, he slowly spoke:
"I can't guess what the Marshal is thinking! But I have discussed this matter with Zhang Juning!"

Cui Zibo immediately became interested when he heard this. He knew that Zhang Juning did not want to return the money at first, but after reporting his work to Ye Mingsheng, Zhang Juning's mind changed completely. There was no doubt that Ye Mingsheng's instructions must have played a role in this.

Under his son's gaze, Cui Shao said in a deep voice:

"First of all, I want to point out a misunderstanding of yours. Although it is true that the total amount of silver owed by the Fengwu Army is nearly four million taels of silver, including the newly issued one million taels of bonds, this does not mean that the Fengwu Army has to pay back the four million taels of silver in one go!"

“Some of these bonds have a term of three years or five years, but most are medium- to long-term bonds of ten or twenty years. The Fengwu Army only needs to repay the principal and interest when the bonds mature, and only needs to pay the interest for the rest of the time…”

"When talking to me, Zhang Juning said that the Marshal emphasized one sentence, which is that if you borrow, you must repay, and it is not difficult to borrow again!"

"I didn't understand this sentence at first, but after this incident, I think I have some clues about it!"

Cui Zibo was stunned when he heard this, and seemed to understand something. He asked his father tentatively:
"Dad, what do you mean by that, borrowing new debts to pay off old debts?"

Upon hearing this, Cui Shao picked up the teacup and took a sip, then nodded slightly, indicating that his son was right.

Seeing this, Cui Zibo asked in disbelief:

"Dad, is this okay?"

Cui Shao heard this and said in a deep voice:

"I am also skeptical about this, but Zhang Juning said that as long as the interest can be paid on time and the government's credit can be continuously strengthened to ensure that new debts can be borrowed, this method is feasible!"

After saying this, Cui Shao continued to emphasize:
“This is just my guess, not the Marshal’s policy. Although four million taels of silver may seem like a lot, as long as we can take over Jiangnan and unify the world, this amount of silver is really nothing. It’s not a big problem to pay off Jiangnan’s taxes in one year…”

(End of this chapter)