Empress please be more ruthless

Chapter 69
Song Qingtong couldn't help being stunned, Shangguan Lianyue said: "Has the emperor asked Master Chu?"

Song Qingtong felt alarmed, Chu Tianmo?how come!Shangguan Lianyue shook her head slightly: "Chu Tianmo protected the emperor too well. The emperor probably doesn't know how critical the situation is now. During the emperor's wedding, more than 100 banks of the Ji family in Beiqin all closed down!"

"What did you say!"

Song Qingtong exclaimed in surprise, and at the same time, she slapped the dining table with her plain hand, and the dishes on the table were shaken into a "crash" sound, and her eyes were fixed on Shangguan Lianyue for a moment, is he scaremongering?She has sent Ji Yunhe to handle the business of Ji Mansion, she believes in Ji Yunhe's ability.

Under Song Qingtong's aggressive gaze, Shangguan Lianyue's expression remained unchanged, and she continued, "Lord Chu does not allow Lin Kuang to tell the emperor, and even blocks the news in front of the emperor. It seems that he wants to solve it by himself. However, there are a total of 2000 million yuan in various banks The two bank notes disappeared, and the people demanded debts and made troubles, and it was not easy to solve."

Shangguan Lianyue's tone was firm, her face was serious, and she didn't seem to be fake. Song Qingtong's head was buzzing, 2000 million taels!That's not a small amount, equivalent to Bei Qin's five-year fiscal revenue!

Song Qingtong didn't know how she got out of Jingde Palace, she folded her sleeves in her hands and meditated all the way, when she reached the door of the imperial study room, she told Fuquan: "Go to Ji's mansion and bring Ji Yunhe to me!"

After Fuquan received the order, Song Qingtong stepped into the imperial study room, and sat down in the seat suddenly. The bead string on the crown swayed slightly with her movements, making a crisp and pleasant sound.Song Qingtong held her forehead with her hands, her eyes were slightly closed, her mind was filled with the modern financial crisis, the soaring prices caused by the credit crisis and the economic depression. If that was the case, she would really be close to subjugation.

For more than 500 years since the founding of the Northern Qin Dynasty, there were the southern dynasty and the northern Liao Kingdom, so the military expenditure was huge, and copper coins and silver were always in short supply. In order to solve the financial deficit, the imperial court printed a large number of official bills. The official bills were issued by the White Deer It is made of leather, not too long, and painted around it. There are six denominations ranging from ten taels to 2000 taels. A series of social problems and various plans are summarized in my mind. If the imperial court starts the money printing machine and prints an additional 2000 million taels of silver bills, and then puts them in according to the bills held by the people, it is feasible, but I am afraid that Li Palace has ulterior motives. After printing the money before leaving the palace, take out the [-] million taels of silver bills and squander them wantonly. This will inevitably lead to a sharp depreciation of the currency, and people will be panicked at that time, making it even more difficult to deal with!

Footsteps sounded outside the imperial study room, and Song Qingtong looked up. Ji Yunhe was wearing a light blue gown, and walked into the imperial study room with his hands down. Although his back was straight, his face was pale and his dark circles were particularly conspicuous. The bank has a history of nearly a hundred years, how could it suddenly go bankrupt?Song Qingtong was full of doubts in his heart, and said, "Yunhe, come and sit." A row of grand master's chairs was placed neatly beside the Long Shu table.

Ji Yunhe's eyelids drooped, he didn't sit down, walked to the Longshu table and fell to his knees with a plop, his voice was hoarse: "I'm sorry Your Majesty."

Song Qingtong's head hurt more and more, she didn't want to hear this now, she rubbed her temples with her hands, and said in a gentle voice: "Yunhe, stand up and answer, what happened to the bankruptcy of the bank?"

Ji Yunhe's face darkened, he didn't get up, and knelt back and said: "When I returned to the mansion that day, I ordered the closed shop to reopen. At first, the common people didn't dare to visit. Later, the emperor released all the family members of Ji's mansion, and the common people dismissed it. Doubt that the shop is now in normal business, everything is just on the right track, but the day before the emperor's wedding, the shopkeeper of the bank came to the minister, saying that many people were blocking the door of the bank with bills to exchange bank notes, but there was no money in the bank to exchange !"

Song Qingtong frowned. To do business, you must have liquid funds, and a large business like a bank needs to reserve a large amount of funds.

Ji Yunhe said dejectedly: "Only after I asked, I found out that all the floating money in the bank had been taken away on the night when the emperor seized the rebellious party. Immediately afterwards, banks all over the country were in a hurry, and a total of 2000 million taels of silver bills were taken away."

"Who took the bank note?" Song Qingtong asked.The management of the bank is very strict, and only the owner of the Ji Mansion has this right.

Ji Yunhe said even more dejectedly: "The mother of the minister is over sixty years old and has eye disease. In recent years, she has given the decision-making power of the business, account management, and the seal of Jifu to the younger brother. The shopkeeper said that the younger brother's He personally followed Hoe He, and took the receipt stamped with the stamp of the Ji Mansion to pick up the bank notes. The shopkeeper did not suspect that it was a fake. As a result, the Ji Mansion was arrested by officers and soldiers that night and the bank was forced to suspend its business. Banks around the world were also like this Condition."

"Where is the hoe?"

"On the third day after he was arrested and sent to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he died of a sudden epidemic."

Song Qingtong frowned and pondered. It is very likely that Ji He was murdered and silenced. We should start from here. Chu Tianmo must be investigating, but where is Ji Xiangru hiding?The silver ticket must have fallen into Xue Rulai's hands now, Xue Rulai stood still, and now she is in a critical situation, and if she makes a wrong step, she will lose everything.

Ji Yunhe looked up at Song Qingtong, saw that her chin was sharp and thin, and her body was thinner than the last time I saw her. His heart ached: "Your Majesty, I have been selling property from the seller these days to buy antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and I have raised 300 yuan so far." Ten thousand taels of silver, if we sell all of them, we can still raise 200 million taels, and the remaining 500 million taels, of which 300 million taels are used by our Ji Mansion for turnover, now we need to raise another 200 million taels two."

"200 taels..." Song Qingtong repeated in a low voice, sighing silently. Although she didn't know how much military expenditure the Northern Qin would need to defend against the invasion of the Liao Kingdom, it was definitely not a small amount.

He ordered Fuquan: "Go and invite the Prime Minister, Prime Minister Lin and Master Qi of the Household Department." Fuquan took the order, just walked out of the gate, and walked into the imperial study facing Chu Tianmo, and took a look at Ji Yunhe, who was kneeling on the ground, walking as fast as the wind Before the Longshu case, Fuquan invited Ji Yunhe into the palace, and he already understood that the emperor knew everything.

Chu Tianmo knelt down on both knees beside Ji Yunhe, and said in a deep voice, "Please punish the crime of deceiving the emperor."

Song Qingtong stood up, walked around the Longshu case, stretched out his hands, and supported Chu Tianmo and Ji Yunhe from left to right, with a gentle voice: "Father Xiang and Yunhe shared my worries, what is the crime?"

Let the two sit on the Taishi chair, order the palace servants to serve tea, Song Qingtong sat back on the dragon chair, suddenly remembered the incident of Feng Lingxue's shipwreck, and took a look at Ji Yunhe, this kind of matter must be asked to Chu Tianmo alone, or to deal with it first. question.

(End of this chapter)