Blackstone Code

Chapter 765: Borrow money to live

When the emperor said that he would use the treasury to cope with the current crisis, it was not the prime minister or the minister of finance who came forward first, but the minister of defense.

His Majesty the Emperor did not immediately argue with him, but looked at other people. He needed to find out if there was any change in the attitude and position of each of these ministers.

When his gaze reached the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Army met his gaze somewhat hesitantly, "Your Majesty, I have the same views as the Secretary of Defense, and the end of the year is about to come."

"The end of the year?" His Majesty's mouth twitched, "What happened to the end of the year?"

He knew that this was just an excuse, and he felt a sense of urgency. Only the emperor who firmly grasped the power was the real emperor.

Those emperors who did not grasp all the power were just puppets. Although he could not be mentioned as a puppet that could be manipulated casually by people, he was very angry when he watched these people always oppose his ideas.

These anger did not appear on his face, no matter whether it was his expression or his tone of voice, there seemed to be no anger.

A little indifferent, a little cold.

The Secretary of the Army showed some embarrassed expressions on his face. He said softly, “To uniformly distribute the pensions for the dead soldiers in the second half of the year, the local troops need to exchange defenses with the local troops, and the ordnance needs to be maintained, plus some equipment replacements. Pack……"

In a word, His Majesty, who was still thinking about rebutting the Secretary of the Army, shut his mouth. He remained silent for a long time. There was no sound in the ruler's hall, and his breathing was so weak that he could not hear him.

Yes, a pension is about to be paid.

The number of soldiers killed in the Anmerian region is now close to catching up with the number of soldiers killed in the world war. These wastes die and die. His Majesty feels that if they die, they are a waste of food.

Holding the empire's most advanced weapons of various standards and enjoying the most complete logistics, it turned out to be unable to defeat a group of armed civilians!

But no matter how much he hates these armies, he must also face the problem that he can't get around.

Although they are waste, they have given their lives for the country.

According to the current pension system implemented by the Gevlar Empire, they need to give a one-time pension of 3,500 yuan to the family of each killed soldier, and then pay an additional salary every quarter.

The salary standard is based on 80% of the current military rank salary. This money will be paid for three to six years. It can be regarded as helping these families who have sacrificed their families through the first hardest moments.

This is not a small expense. In addition to this expense, there are other military expenditures. These are all headaches.

His Majesty’s head began to hurt again. He endured the pain and looked at other people, "Who else wants to say something?"

He looked at the others to see if anyone wanted to refute him.

The result was very disappointing, or in other words, as he expected, some people have put forward different opinions on this.

It was the Minister of Construction who stood up, and he leaned a little to show respect for the emperor, but standing up was the greatest disrespect for the emperor.

The emperor looked at him calmly, and he did not hesitate to oppose the emperor’s ideas, "Your Majesty, many reconstruction projects in Ameria are underway. After the beginning of the spring, there may be a need to raise a sum of money for the spring planting as soon as possible. ."

"In addition to these, the reconstruction of the city, the reconstruction and repair of important public facilities and military facilities, all require a lot of money."

"If we use the money left over from the national treasury, it is likely to delay the development of the province of Ameria, and there may even be repetitions on some policy issues."

"The local people are eager to make some positive changes. If we can't make everything happen quickly, it may trigger a second round of confrontation."

The Chancellor of the Exchequer is not nonsense. The shift in the focus of empire development is also one of the core contradictions between the emperor and the aristocratic class, the privileged ruling class, and the middle and lower classes of society.

With such a great pressure to develop Ameria, if we temporarily stop the financial support there, it is very likely that the situation that has already improved will start to rot again.

Backwardness and poverty are the biggest incentives for people to be willing to take risks. Once the local development speed cannot keep up, people have no expectations for the future and are in a state of insufficient food and clothing. Some of them are likely to be affected again. The temptation of external forces to establish or join resistance organizations.

Moreover, the investment in Ameria in the past few years is so large that it is impossible to lose the chain at this time. These words of the Minister of Construction are indeed factors that need to be considered.

His Majesty the Emperor knew that he was right, and he was still unhappy in his heart.

He said plausibly, "There is also a shortage of money here, and there is also a lack of money there. If it doesn't work, let's issue another batch of currency..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Prime Minister raised an objection. Whether this was a temptation by the emperor or not, at this time, the Prime Minister must speak out.

He has mastered a certain amount of initiative. If he still doesn't say anything, does nothing, doesn't make a statement, like a mascot, then the nobles around him will be a little worried.

Worrying that the "prime minister's ambitions" in their own imagination is not the same thing as the prime minister's true "ambitions". This is a terrible guess that will bring even more terrible consequences.

So at this time, the Prime Minister knew what he should say.

"Your Majesty, it is not suitable for issuing additional currency..."

The emperor looked at the prime minister, who was expressionless, "tell me what you think."

The Prime Minister's face is tilted down, which is regarded as a kind of acceptance. "The current wave of runs has caused turmoil in our economy, and the reason for these turmoil is the shortage of currency circulating in the society."

"In fact, this problem was buried four years ago."

"When we fully take over the Anmelia region, we should first issue a batch of additional currencies to meet the needs of market circulation."

"A whole province, more than a dozen cities, and a population of 8 million. We forget that the shortage of space and people will affect the local economic order."

"If we now issue additional currencies in order to allow everyone to receive their deposits, rapid currency depreciation will aggravate market turmoil and destabilize the market structure, and people will also question us as a result."

"In principle, I very much agree with the issuance of additional currencies to cope with the new domestic and international situation. At the same time, we should also be more cautious about the issuance of additional currencies. At least, it is not suitable to do so under the external economic damage situation!"

Indeed, many of the raw materials of Gefola are currently imported. After the currency depreciation, people need to use more money to import the same amount of raw materials in the past.

It will have a great impact on some industries that rely on imported raw materials, and some of them may directly suffer losses from profits.

People's lives are also the same. If you want to print and distribute currency that is enough to cope with this run, prices on the market will inevitably rise rapidly. People who can have enough to eat will soon be able to eat a 70% full.

Those who are not considered hungry will soon start to be hungry.

The wages paid by the factory cannot support each family. If the factory owner pays too much, he will suffer losses. Therefore, the Prime Minister will definitely not agree to the Emperor’s plan.

If he wants to hold power, he can't be too "faint". The system of the Gevlar Empire will not allow a mediocre and stupid prime minister to be in phase.

This is not the same as the Confederation. In the Confederation, even if the president is a fool, it doesn’t matter. They have a whole system that allows the government to continue to operate in the same way as before, but Gefra can’t.

He wanted to oppose the emperor to show his "righteousness" in order to gain the support of the people.

Confronting imperial power is not a simple matter. Nobles and public opinion are indispensable.

"That's not okay, that's not okay, then you come and tell me what can be done and how can we quell this storm?", the emperor threw the question to the ministers.

The ministers were silent, and it was not easy to resolve the matter at this point.

But to say how complicated it is, it doesn’t have to be. As long as you have money, you can solve it.

In fact, there have been more than one runs in history, but the influence of previous runs was very small, and they were often targeted at banks opened by a certain nobleman or some commercial banks.

It's the first time it's such a big trouble as it is now.

But this "money" embarrassed everyone.

Everyone did not speak, and there was a mocking smile on His Majesty's face. He looked at the Chancellor of the Exchequer and said, "The Chancellor of the Exchequer, do you have any good ideas?"

After the chancellor was silent for a while, when the emperor was about to miss him, he suddenly spoke.

"Your Majesty, we can borrow money."

Uh……

His Majesty the Emperor looked at the Minister of Finance with some surprise, and the two of them thought of going together.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has absolutely failed. After losing in this struggle, who would have thought that the Prime Minister would rather bring him down if the empire’s economic order is turbulent, and face the already crazy prime minister~lightnovelpub.net~Finance The minister also has no way of doing it.

Just like those businessmen who face their own deaths and will lead everyone to die together, they can only retreat step by step.

Now that the defeat has been determined, the chancellor is not trying to find a way to stay, but to ensure that his family will have a chance, a very small possibility.

"Tell me what you think..." His Majesty the Emperor groaned a little, and said.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer stood up and owed his body to show respect to His Majesty. "The situation we are currently experiencing has many coincidences. We can't solve this problem internally. We can try to solve it from the outside."

"There is a lot of hot money in the world. Bankers active in various countries and even governments of other countries are all forces that can give us a certain amount of help."

"As long as we can reach some agreements with outsiders and get a sum of money, the situation will soon stabilize."

The emperor nodded noncommittal. He squinted at the prime minister who was clenching his brows and asked, "What do you think we should do?"