My uncle's name is Zhu Di

Chapter 297 There is no other way, we can only use troops abroad
In the meeting hall of the General Administration Department, several ministers were sitting on both sides. Xu Jingchang put his hands together and looked at the group of people.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Jian Yi said sullenly, "What I want to say is urgent and very important."

After he finished speaking, he didn't continue to talk, what's important, what's important?

Xia Yuanji immediately took it over, "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 catastrophe."

Hearing these people's constant complaining, but refusing to speak directly, Xu Jingchang really smiled, "I said 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 is it?" Xu Jingchang asked.

Xia Yuanji was startled, and finally said helplessly, "It's about money."

The meeting hall fell silent for a moment. Fang Bin wanted to laugh, but he was too embarrassed, so he could only hold back, making his expression weird and uncomfortable.

Xu Jingchang sneered and said, "Don't worry about it. How much money have you lost? Let's find a way to solve it."

Hearing that the money might be recovered, Fang Bin immediately opened his mouth to say something, but found that the others were indifferent, so he had to swallow it back.

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay. Xu Jingchang couldn't stand their silence, so he could only say: "Xia Shangshu, you are the Minister of the Household Department, and you are also familiar with the situation in Liaodong. Tell me, how did you get cheated?"

Xia Yuanji seemed to be trampled on the tail, and said sharply: "How could I be deceived? I am a dignified secretary of the household department, in charge of finance and taxation, how can I not even know about this, don't you want to frame a good person?"

Xu Jingchang snorted, "You are a good person, so why are you in such a hurry?"

Xia Yuanji sighed helplessly, very helplessly, "Of course I wasn't fooled, but the people below got involved too much, they all thought this could make them rich, and I couldn't tell them clearly that it was a scam. What's more, when I know By then, many people had already been involved.”

Xu Jingchang rolled his eyelids and snorted, "How many people are there? Can you tell me?"

"That's a lot of people, civil and military officials of the imperial court, wealthy businessmen in the capital, and merchants from other places."

Xu Jingchang didn't care when he heard this, "If there are only these people, they will die as soon as they die, and I don't care about it."

"You can't ignore it!" Xia Yuanji suddenly raised his voice, and said angrily: "If you ignore it, the national treasury will not be able to make up for the deficit this year. The following matters will be very serious. Next year, Your Majesty will be in charge for five years. Let me see how you explain it?"

Xu Jingchang was very puzzled, a few 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 side of Shibo."

"Shibosi?" Xu Jingchang stood up in surprise, walked quickly to Xia Yuanji, and stared at him, "Please explain clearly to me that Shibosi manages the court customs duties and holds the money bags in the palace. How could the Shibo Division get involved?"

Facing the questioning, Xia Yuanji was very embarrassed, but it was hard to hide it.

"It's like this. The Shibo Department only settles with the palace treasury every three months. They have some spare money..." Xia Yuanji's voice was not high, but Xu Jingchang could understand it.

"So they took out the money, thinking that they can earn [-]% interest in half a month, and then they can just withdraw the money, right?"

"No!" Xia Yuanji argued: "Actually, the Shibo Department is already very vigilant. They only released 3000 taels for the first time, and most of them were put in the bank."

"And then you put in more money the second time around, right?"

"No! It's obviously the third time that I started to increase investment... After all, the bank's interest rate is too low." Xia Yuanji said helplessly.

Xu Jingchang understood it. The Shibo Department was cautious at first, once or twice, and only after the third time did he start to increase investment. He didn't expect to be caught in it all at once.

"Old Xia! Shibo is just playing with money, but he still fell into this kind of trick? 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 Beiping at that time, and when I came back, they couldn't pull their hands away."

No wonder Lao Xia dared to tell the truth in front of several people, it turned out that he had already planned to escape.

Looking at the others, Xu Jingchang stared at Jian Yi, "I said Jian Shangshu, your boss is not a greedy person, is he?"

Jian Yi said: "Mr. Ding, I swear to God, I never bought any gold, even if I was thrown into prison, that's the same. But I am very worried. The imperial court advocates the development of the Liaodong gold mine. If Because of this matter, it has affected the overall situation and shaken people's hearts, so this matter will not end well."

Fang Bin also said: "Mr. Ding, to tell the truth, as far as I know, the generals in the army and many nobles were also involved, causing them to suffer losses, making things even more difficult."

Several people were frowning and innocent.

However, Xu Jingchang knew it well, no matter whether he took the initiative to participate or did not report the knowledge, this group of people could not escape the responsibility.

It’s just that there is one 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, and given their status, not many would dare to deceive them, not to mention that they could make a full [-]% of their profits in half a month, so nothing would happen in such a short period of time.

Even if something goes wrong, they have a way to get the money back.

One is so clever, two are so clever, the civil servants and generals of the imperial court, I don't know how many people have been involved.

Even if they didn't throw money into it, these guys had to come to beg Xu Jingchang, otherwise, once the explosion exploded, none of them would be able to escape unscathed.

At the end, it was still Xia Yuanji who said: "Mr. Dingguo, you should also know that there are a lot of merchants involved this time. If the big guys can't get their money back, in order to tear down the east wall and make up for the west wall, they will have to pay for it." Run on the bank. Once the bank is run on, something will happen to the banknotes, and the banknotes are unstable. If we want to fill up the treasury, we will inevitably repeat. If we can't explain to His Majesty, we will not be able to pass this test!"

Xu Jingchang rolled his eyes angrily, "Do you still have the guts to drag me in? Obviously you are greedy and fell in by yourself, and now you want to drag the imperial court in. Believe it or not, I will tell His Majesty directly, the big deal is that the net will be broken, and you and yours Trash subordinates, arrest them all and write off the accounts together!"

Xia Yuanji lowered his eyelids and remained silent.

Jian Yi wandered into the sky and did not speak.

If we really can't escape, we will admit it.

These few people can be considered to have grasped Xu Jingchang's pulse... If this matter really explodes, the courtiers will suffer heavy losses, which will definitely shake their confidence in the development of business and economic development, and the consequences will be disastrous.

The economy is a game of confidence.

To put it too exaggeratedly, strictly speaking, these people who invest money are much more advanced than those conservative gentry and landowners... These people can be counted as half allies.

If they are all ruined, there will be no decades, and confidence will not be restored at all.

This is like a bubble, everyone knows that there is a problem, but if it bursts suddenly, the consequences are really not something everyone can bear.

"Now that the situation is here, I might as well tell you that Jin Yiwei has already 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 The matter is a scam, the so-called dry stocks of gold mines are just a pile of waste paper!"

Before Xu Jingchang finished speaking, Fang Bin, Minister of the Ministry of War, was blinded and almost fainted. Fortunately, Lu Zhen supported him.

"You have to hold on!"

Fang Bin was heartbroken, struggling to say: "Mr. Ding, no matter what, you can't really just become waste paper!"

Xu Jingchang hummed: "Then what can we do? Unless we can really get the gold mines in Liaodong, and then get the gold mines from the Wa country."

After Xu Jingchang finished speaking, Fang Bin seemed to have grasped at a straw, and hurriedly said, "Then, then find a way!"

Huang couldn't watch it any longer, so he didn't need his son-in-law to say anything, and said directly: "Fang Shangshu, let alone the Liaodong side, the gold mines in the country of Japan must be handed over, unless they use soldiers to fight!"

"Then use soldiers!" Fang Bin blurted out, actually startling him too.

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 terrified.

Well now, for their benefit, they even took the initiative to start a war.

Did you hear it right?
After a moment of astonishment, Fang Bin simply turned his head, "Mr. Ding, the Wa Kingdom has long refused to obey the king, and Japanese pirates frequently raided the coast. We punished the people and punished the disobedient ministers, sent troops to destroy the Wa Kingdom, and robbed the gold. Mine is also a matter of course!"

This statement is righteous and righteous, and it is called impassioned.

If you don't consider the purpose of recovering the loss, this is really a qualified Minister of the Ministry of War.

Huang Guanqi snorted and said: "Crazy, you are crazy! Soldiers, how can you be so nonsense when it comes to national affairs? No matter what, I can't agree to send troops. What's more, for a liar, I will go to war. We will become the laughing stock of the ages, no matter what, we can’t do this.”

Huang Guan's words were completely ignored by several people.

Xia Yuanji said: "Mr. Dingguo, if the imperial court sends troops to attack the Wa Kingdom, what are the chances of winning?"

Xu Jingchang thought for a while, "The chances of winning are not small. With the elite fleet of our fleet, it would be too wasteful if we only sailed to the west to transport goods and bully small barbarian countries. It’s not impossible...but we need to have a suitable excuse, it’s best to let Ryukyu and Goryeo write a letter, and we can go along with it.”

Jian Yi immediately said: "This is easy, Liu Qiu wants to be obedient."

Xia Yuanji also said: "That's right, the Ministry of Household Affairs can provide 500 million taels of military expenditure, and this battle will surely be won!" Lao Xia said that the 500 million taels did not even frown, as if it was not his money...

(End of this chapter)