Chapter 297 There is no other way, we can only use troops abroad
Chapter 297 There is no other choice but to use foreign troops
Author: History turns to ashes
Chapter 297 There is no other choice but to use foreign troops
In the meeting hall of the General Affairs Department, several ministers were sitting on both sides. Xu Jingchang had his hands intertwined and looked at these people.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
Jian Yi said with a sullen face: "What I want to say is extremely urgent and very important."
After he finished speaking, he didn't continue speaking. What's important? What's important?
Xia Yuanji immediately took it, "What I want to say is also extremely important and must be dealt with immediately."
Lu Zhen even echoed: "Indeed, if it is not handled properly, there will be a disaster."
Listening to these people complaining, but refusing to speak directly, Xu Jingchang really laughed, "I guess you guys don't need to be so anxious, isn't it just a few dollars?"
Xia Yuanji was furious, "How much money? We are talking about things, things!"
"What happened?" Xu Jingchang asked.
Xia Yuanji was stunned, and finally said helplessly: "It's about money."
The meeting hall was silent for a moment. Fang Bin wanted to laugh, but was embarrassed, so he could only hold it in, which made him look weird and uncomfortable.
Xu Jingchang sneered and said: "Don't hold on to it. How much money have you lost? We can still solve it if we find a way."
When he heard that the money might be recovered, Fang Bin immediately opened his mouth to say something, but found that the others were indifferent and had to swallow it back.
Several people looked at each other in confusion. Xu Jingchang couldn't bear their silence and could only say: "Xia Shangshu, you are the Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue and you are familiar with the situation in Liaodong. Tell me how you were deceived?"
Xia Yuanji seemed to have been stepped on, and said sternly: "How could I be deceived? I am the Minister of Household Affairs and in charge of finance and taxation. How could I not even know this? Don't frame a good person?"
Xu Jingchang snorted: "You are a good person, so why are you in such a hurry?"
Xia Yuanji sighed helplessly, feeling very helpless, "Of course I wasn't fooled. However, there were too many people below involved. They all thought this could make them rich. I couldn't tell them clearly that this was a scam. What's more, when I found out,
By that time, many people had already been involved.”
Xu Jingchang rolled his eyelids and hummed: "How many people are there? Can you tell me?"
"There are a lot of people, including civil and military officials from the imperial court, wealthy businessmen in the capital, and businessmen from other places."
When Xu Jingchang heard this, he didn't care, "If there are only these people, they will die, and I won't bother to care."
"You can't ignore it!" Xia Yuanji suddenly raised his voice and said angrily: "If you ignore it, the national treasury deficit this year will not be able to make up for it. Things will be very serious next year. His Majesty will be in power for five years next year. How do you explain it?"
Xu Jingchang was greatly puzzled. Several officials lost money and a group of wealthy businessmen suffered losses. What could it have to do with him?
"I said Xia Shangshu, you wouldn't use the money from the treasury to buy gold, would you?"
"Nonsense! How could I do such a thing... It's just that there was a small mistake on the Ship's side."
"Shibo Division?" Xu Jingchang stood up in surprise, walked quickly to Xia Yuanji, and stared at him, "You must make it clear to me, Shibu Division manages the court's customs duties and controls the palace's money bag.
How could the Shipping Department be involved?"
Faced with the questioning, Xia Yuanji was very embarrassed, but it was difficult to hide it.
"It's like this. The Shibo Division only settles accounts with the palace treasury every three months. They have some spare money..." Xia Yuanji's voice was not high, but Xu Jingchang could also understand it.
"So they took out the money, thinking that they could earn 30% interest in half a month, and then they could just withdraw the money, right?"
"No!" Xia Yuanji argued: "Actually, the Shipping Department has been very vigilant. They only released three thousand taels the first time, and the big ones still put them in the bank."
"Then you get more involved the second time, right?"
"No! It's obviously the third time that I started to increase my investment... After all, the bank's interest rate is too low." Xia Yuanji said helplessly.
Xu Jingchang finally understood. The Shipping Company was cautious at first, once or twice. After the third time, it began to increase investment. Unexpectedly, it was suddenly sucked in.
"Lao Xia! Shibosi is just playing with money, but you ended up being fooled like this? You shouldn't have done it the first time! Don't you know?"
Xia Yuanji snorted: "It's useless for you to tell me. I was still in Peking at that time. When I come back, they will no longer be able to pull away."
No wonder Lao Xia dared to tell the truth in front of a few people. It turned out that he had a plan to escape.
Looking at the others, Xu Jingchang stared at Jian Yi and said, "Shang Shu, your boss is not a money-grubber, right?"
Jian Yi said: "Dong Guogong, I swear to God, I never bought any gold, even if I was thrown into prison, I would still say the same thing. But I am very worried, the imperial court advocates the development of Liaodong gold mines, if
Because this matter has affected the overall situation and shaken people's hearts, this matter will not end well."
Fang Bin also followed up and said: "Ding Guogong, let me tell you the truth. As far as I know, the military generals and many nobles were also involved, causing them to suffer losses, and the matter became even more difficult to handle."
Several people had sad faces and innocent faces.
However, Xu Jingchang knew it very well. Whether he actively participated or failed to report the information, these people would not be able to escape their involvement.
But there is a big thing here, that is, the imperial court actually encourages the development of industry and commerce. Large gentry households, and even court officials, are encouraged to invest in business and develop mines, especially in places like Liaodong.
This group of people calculated that the court would not object. With their status, not many people would dare to deceive them, not to mention that they could earn 30% in half a month. In such a short period of time, nothing would happen.
Even if something goes wrong, they have a way to get their money back.
One wise man was like this, and two wise men were like this. I don’t know how many civil servants and military officers in the imperial court were involved.
Even if they didn't throw money into it, these few people must come to Xu Jingchang, otherwise, once it explodes, none of them will be able to escape unscathed.
At the end of the sentence, it was still Xia Yuanji who said: "Dong Guo, you should also know that there are so many merchants involved this time. If they can't get their money back, they will have to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall.
A run on the bank. Once the bank is run, something will happen to the banknotes. If the banknotes are unstable, we will have to go through repeated attempts to replenish the treasury. If we cannot explain to His Majesty, we will not be able to pass this test!"
Xu Jingchang rolled his eyes in anger, "You still have the nerve to drag me in? It's obvious that you are greedy and fell into it yourself, and now you want to drag the court into it. Believe it or not, I will tell your majesty directly. The worst is to kill you and your others."
Catch all the useless subordinates and write off the accounts together!"
Xia Yuanji's eyelids drooped and he remained silent.
Jian Yi was wandering in the sky and did not speak.
If we really can't escape, we will admit it.
These people can be regarded as having a finger on Xu Jingchang's pulse... If this thing really explodes, the courtiers will suffer heavy losses, which will inevitably shake their confidence in developing industry and commerce, and will also affect economic development, with disastrous consequences.
Economics is all about confidence.
To put it bluntly, strictly speaking, these people who invest money are much more advanced than the conservative gentry and landlords... This group of people can be regarded as half allies.
If they were all doomed, they would not be able to regain their confidence within a few decades.
This is like a bubble. Everyone knows there is a problem, but if it bursts suddenly, not everyone can bear the consequences.
"Now that the situation is here, I might as well tell you that Jin Yiwei has found out some clues. It is true that someone designed to deceive people. He did not get gold from Liaodong at all. As for the gold mines in Japan, it is even more deceptive. This
This thing is a scam, and the so-called gold mining stocks are just a pile of waste paper!"
Before Xu Jingchang could finish speaking, Fang Bin, the Minister of War, saw his eyes darkened and almost fainted. Fortunately, Lu Zhen supported him.
"You have to hold on!"
Fang Bin was heartbroken and struggled: "Ding Guo Gong, no matter what, we can't really become a piece of waste paper!"
Xu Jingchang hummed: "What can we do? Unless we can really get the gold mines in Liaodong, and then get the gold mines from Japan."
After Xu Jingchang finished speaking, Fang Bin seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and said hurriedly: "Then, let's find a way!"
Huang couldn't stand watching anymore, so he said directly without having to tell his son-in-law: "Fang Shangshu, don't worry about the Liaodong side. The gold mines of the Japanese country must be handed over to them, unless they use troops to fight!"
"Then use troops!" Fang Bin blurted out, which actually shocked him.
As we all know, this group of courtiers has always opposed the use of troops. When they heard that Zhu Di was going to fight, they were all frightened.
Fortunately, now, for their benefit, they actually took the initiative to start a war.
Did you hear that right?
After Fang Bin was stunned for a short time, he simply changed his mind and said, "Dong Guogong, the Japanese country has long refused to accept the king's rule, and there are Japanese pirates frequently attacking the coast. We punished the people and punished the disobedient, sent troops to destroy the Japanese country, and robbed the gold.
Mine is a matter of course!"
This is said with righteousness, righteousness and confidence, which is called impassioned.
If you don't consider the purpose of recovering losses, this person is really a qualified minister of the Ministry of War.
Huang Guanqi snorted and said: "You are crazy, you are crazy! Soldiers are such a big deal for the country, how can you be so ridiculous? I cannot agree to send troops no matter what. What's more, I will go to war for a liar. If this matter spreads,
We will become the laughingstock of the ages, and no matter what, we cannot do this."
Huang Guan's words were completely ignored by several people.
Xia Yuanji said: "Dingguo Gong, do you think if the imperial court sends troops to attack the Japanese country, what is the chance of winning?"
Xu Jingchang thought for a while and said, "The odds of winning are not small. With the elites of our fleet, it would be a waste if we just sailed to the Western Ocean, transported goods, and bullied small barbarian countries. If we could take the opportunity to attack the Japanese country and show off our power, it would be a waste."
It's not impossible...but we need to have a suitable excuse, and it's best to get Ryukyu, Korea, and others to submit a letter and we can follow suit."
Jian Yi immediately said: "This is easy, Ryukyu wants to come and obey."
Xia Yuanji also said: "Yes, the Ministry of Revenue can spend five million taels on the military, and this battle will be won!" Lao Xia said that the five million taels did not even frown, as if it was not his money...
