Chapter 444: Fiscal deficit

The newspaper seemed a little excited about this report. Because Shangwen has such a vocabulary as Mandate of Destiny in the topic of Shangwen. This vocabulary suddenly sparked a heated discussion.

"Our Chinese nation has a history of more than two thousand years from ancient times to the present, and our nation is also beginning to form in vagueness. Now there are only a few large and small countries in China. The trend of unification has become clearer. Our nation seems to have many disasters. We have experienced many disasters."

"The Emperor Zhou was in trouble, and our Qin ancestors sent troops to rescue us. The Emperor was grateful to us Qin, so he gave us this rich place in Guanzhong. We have assumed the responsibility of guarding the west gate of this nation. We Qin people for several generations The martyrs fought hard and drove away ethnic minority tribes in the West. They have kept this responsibility and obligation for us and for this nation."

"It seems that we have had this manifest destiny from that moment. The prime minister's speech was quite right. We, Qin State, came out of the world. For this is the manifest destiny."

"It is the call of this nation, it is the cry of this nation that made us take on such a manifest destiny." This is Qin's first magazine. A preface to "The Mandate of Destiny".

This magazine was ordered by King Qin himself. Distributed through Yingyu's newspaper. The title of the four characters of "Zhao Zhao Destiny" was also written by King Qin. King Qin finished reading all the newspaper reports on Shangwen's speeches. King Qin was so excited that he shed tears. that moment. King Qin was shocked by the national responsibility.

Everything that Qin Guo did before seemed to be something to accomplish in the dark. But now, the people of Qin understand it by themselves. This is a manifest destiny. It is a national responsibility. Such a great responsibility makes the people of Qin feel proud. Feel heavy.

The words Zhao Zhaoming Destiny repeatedly flashed in King Qin's mind within a day. He felt it. He must assume the responsibility of the Chinese nation. So he went to Yingyu himself and asked for a newspaper to be published. The newspaper named "Zhao Zhao Destiny" should be thick and big. The content is to record everything Qin has done for this nation. He wants to inspire the people of the country to inspire the whole nation.

Yingyu is also a descendant of the Ying family. The tradition of the nobility made her feel that she should shoulder this responsibility. So she talked about the idea of ​​publishing a small book brochure recently. Such a total. The first magazine "The Mandate of Destiny" was published.

Only a thousand copies of Zhao Zhao Destiny were printed for the first time. But it was quickly sold out. A few in a magazine are not cheap. The price is seventy-five cents. But many people buy it. So the printing machine rushed to print day and night.

Because the articles inside make Qin people excited. The article uses a large number of precious literature materials to tell what the Qin people have given. From that moment. Qin talent began to understand himself. Not only that. Many people from the Six Nations also bought this magazine spontaneously. They can offer two golds for this magazine. But no one wants to sell. I just want you to borrow it. Unwilling to sell.

Fan Zeng didn't have this magazine, but he saw something. The general trend. This young prime minister of Qin is not simple. In less than a year, such a change occurred in Qin State.

Think about his policy. Always avoid using force as a direct method of yielding. on the contrary. It took a kind of tolerance and openness measures that the people of Qin had never seen before. This will be the heart of the world. Such a mind. Fan Zeng himself felt inferior to Shang Wen.

There are a lot of such heated discussions. a lot of. It is exactly this kind of hot discussion. People in the Six Nations in Qin began to develop a new sense of belonging. Qin State is the final destination of this nation. Only the Qin talent has the ability to support this troubled nation.

National consciousness began to form the earliest in the heated discussion in Xianyang of the Qin State. As everyone knows, newspapers are also closely linking all ethnic compatriots. Such as text. Qin State uses Xiaozhuan. With the mass distribution of newspapers, Xiaozhuan began to spread wildly. In their spare time, some civilians in the Six Nations always took Qin's newspapers to teach their children how to write. The written word is Xiaozhuan. In order to understand Qin's newspapers, some scholars have unknowingly accepted Qin's small seals. Spontaneous acceptance is faster than mandatory. The effect is better.

This is the time when this "manifestation of destiny" discussion wave is set off one after another. Shang Wen was worried about his financial funds.

Military expenditures are still very large. The reason is that the military agreed to cut military spending and also agreed to large-scale disarmament. However, there are also resettlement expenses paid to soldiers for demobilization. This is a big expenditure. The scale of its expenditures will exceed one million gold. In addition, the royal family's expenditures, as well as a large number of engineering projects, and the government's usual expenditures. Funds have run out.

Taxation work has entered the review stage. The collection work is ongoing. Taxes are like dripping water. Come in little by little. However, Shangwen's expenditures flowed out like big rivers.

in this way. Shangwen's capital chain will soon be broken. At the same time, the loan from Yingyu Bank is easy to repay. Shangwen only borrowed for two months. It has been a month now. The repayment period for this month is approaching. Shangwen suddenly entered a state of fiscal deficit.

The money for the placement of the soldiers was gone all at once. If payment can be made in installments, it is estimated that Shangwen will still have a turnover. But now it is impossible. Even more frightening is that Shangwen actually paid a sum of 400,000 gold. Mainly used to build new public schools. This funding will popularize basic education on a large scale. All counties and prefectures in Qin will establish such public schools. Of course, this naturally attracts a large amount of private capital to enter.

The development of the commodity economy has entered an era with capital as the core. The issuance of banknotes, as well as a large amount of government spending, began to fully explore all the corners of the Qin State. Paper money circulates very fast. Because the development speed is also very fast. Construction is everywhere, development is everywhere, and the shadow of capital is everywhere.

And Shang Wen happened to be at this critical turning moment. The government often has to pay a lot of money to help society transform. The expenses are naturally huge. this problem. Historically, the government issued a large number of bonds and obtained funds through the rapid expansion of bonds. In the end, the bond depreciated and banknotes were issued to recover. The intermediate link allows the government to obtain a large amount of funds for operation. But Shangwen did not do so. So, soon, his government entered a state of fiscal deficit. The reason Shang Wen didn't do this was because of the expansion and devaluation of bonds to obtain funds. Somewhat improper. Damage to the image of the Qin government. Shang Wen rejected this idea.