Chapter 302 Civil officials exclaimed: My money!

  Kong Zhenyun really couldn't accept this reality.

  Because he was stimulated by seeing Chen Zizhuang earn so much before, he really went bankrupt this time and bought a lot of high-priced stocks, and even borrowed a lot of usury to buy them.

  But Kong Zhenyun didn't expect that when Li Ling was stunned, he would ignore the variable of being a slave!

"impossible!"

"This is impossible!"

"how so!"

   Wu Zongda also fell into a trance at this time, and also fainted on the ground.

   Although people like Kong Zhenyun and Wu Zongda have no experience of later generations, as the elites of this era, they can quickly realize the consequences behind Jiannu's siege of Maoshan.

  Before this, they ignored Jiannu, but they were temporarily stunned by the current enthusiasm for speculating in Maoshan stocks.

   But now, when the news came that Jiannu surrounded Maoshan, they could still realize it quickly.

  Qian Shisheng also collapsed on the ground for a while, feeling lost.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng also suddenly stood up and added: "Your Majesty! The 30,000 soldiers who built slaves surrounded Maoshan must have known the news of our mining in Maoshan in advance, and had already made preparations to march into Maoshan. There may be someone here Disclose the news to Jiannu, or there are secret agents of Jiannu working in the pass."

   Tian Qi said after hearing this: "The factory guard must investigate this matter strictly!"

   "Follow the order!"

Then, Bi Ziyan said again: "The incident happened suddenly, and as far as I know, the number of troops stationed in Maoshan has increased to 500, so the situation in Maoshan may be very critical. In addition, because of this, I am worried that there will be a large number of troops." A situation where stocks depreciate in value and will likely become worthless."

"ah!"

  Even the minister who hadn’t realized that Jiannu’s siege of Maoshan would affect the stock price at this time, he was awakened by Bi Ziyan’s words at this time, and he understood.

  More conservative ministers fainted on the ground, or collapsed on the ground, crying without tears.

  Because many of them, like Kong Zhenyun and Wu Zongda, bought a large number of stocks at high prices, and even many of them also borrowed usury loans, and even pawned all valuable things at home.

   "How can this be done!"

  Some conservative ministers couldn't help wiping their tears with the patched sleeves under their official robes.

   There were also conservative ministers whose hands began to shake in patched clothes.

The main reformist ministers did not lose their composure, because they had already recouped their capital in the first batch of dividends, and later, in order to practice the purpose of the New Deal to benefit the people, they followed Zhang Gui and others to cash out when the stock price was high. Therefore, even if all their existing stocks are turned into blank paper, it is not considered a loss.

  It's just that the conservative ministers who really want to speculate and profit are about to go bankrupt at this time.

   "What's going on, do you still have the ministerial demeanor!"

   "One by one either fainted or fell to the ground."

   "They are all ministers who say they are poor and don't buy stocks!"

   "Since this is the case, what does what Bi Aiqing said have anything to do with you?! Why did you lose your composure like this! Those who actually bought stocks haven't panicked yet!"

  Tian Qi reprimanded at this time feigning anger.

Qian Shisheng had no choice but to stand up at this time, and said in a dejected manner: "Your Majesty, forgive me! Mr. Kong Ge, Mr. Wu Ge and the ministers all lost their composure for the sake of the people who bought stocks in the world, not for themselves. Mr. Kong Ge and Wu Ge The elder Ge fainted because of them, which shows that he sympathizes with the sufferings of the people, so please don't criticize them harshly for this."

   "My silver!"

  But at this moment Wu Zongda suddenly cried out in a daze.

   made the scene extremely embarrassing for a while.

  Qian Shisheng blushed for a moment.

"snort!"

Tianqi did not pursue further, because military affairs were important, and Maoshan Iron Mine was indeed related to the next stock price, so he also ordered: "Except for the policy ministers of the policy department, all retreat from the court! The policy ministers stay. Afterwards, go to the Policy Division with me to discuss whether there is any modification to the current stock issuance system, and the next countermeasures."

   "Follow the order!"

  So, Zhang Gui, Han Yu, Wei Zhongxian, Yuan Keli, Chen Zizhuang, and Bi Ziyan followed Tianqi to the Department of Planning and Strategy.

  Qian Shisheng supported Wu Zongda and woke up Kong Zhenyun, and left the hall with other courtiers.

   "Second elders, tell me, Your Majesty, will they stop stock trading and steal our money for buying stocks?"

  At this moment, Qian Shisheng spoke up quite worriedly.

Different from Bi Ziyan's way of thinking, Bi Ziyan's first thought is that the stock price will fall, which will affect the major event of the imperial court raising funds to open mines; while Qian Shisheng is worried that the imperial court will directly eat up the money they bought through buying stocks. Way to hand over the money to the Ministry of Households.

  Kong Zhenyun also has this kind of worry at this time.

  No matter what you say, the imperial court is now the most powerful violent institution in the world. If they really want to forcibly swallow the money and stop stock trading, they have nothing to do with the imperial court.

   What's more, their money was secretly handed over to the court through others, and they couldn't directly identify the money as theirs, so that they couldn't argue with the court if they wanted to.

  Kong Zhenyun therefore said: "If the imperial court really wants to swallow the world's people's wealth by force, the servant can only lie down and die!"

   Wu Zongda also said: "That's right! If that's the case, the servant will definitely remonstrate to death!"

  Qian Shisheng said after hearing this: "Since that's the case, why don't we go to Fuque now and ask the emperor to issue an order to allow stocks to continue trading?"

  Kong Zhenyun thought for a while and said, "Tomorrow."

  Qian Shisheng glanced at Wu Zongda: "Mr. Wu Ge, what about you?"

   Wu Zongda suddenly rubbed his temples: "I suddenly have a headache! Go home and rest first!"

"this…"

  Qian Shisheng didn't expect the two cabinet elders to shrink their heads so quickly, so he had to leave with him for a while. After all, there were no two cabinet ministers going to Fuque together. He was worried that he might become a rafter and be treated seriously.

  …

  Department of Production and Strategy

  Tianqi first asked Zhang Gui, Han Yu and others: "As Bi Aiqing said, Maoshan was surrounded by slaves and the stock price of Maoshan Iron Mine would be greatly affected. Regarding this matter, what do you think should be done?"

Wei Zhongxian said at this time: "My lord, from the humble opinion of slaves and servants, needless to say, the siege of Maoshan will naturally have to send troops to rescue it. However, there is no need to worry about the impact on the stocks. After all, almost all stocks have been sold at high prices now. , The imperial court got a lot of money, and almost devoured most of the wealth of the people. At this time, it is better to stop the stock trading, or terminate it. Forgive the people in the world and dare not say anything."

"Your Majesty, I don't think this is right. The government can't use all its wealth to make money. If we terminate the transaction this time because we are worried about the impact on the stock price, we may lose the trust of the people. If this is the case, how can we raise funds from the people in the future to make the country prosperous and benefit the people? After all, in the future, there will be more than one Maoshan Iron Mine that will require the imperial court to gather all the financial resources of the world to mine it, so at this time, among the ministers, they would rather sit back and watch the stock plummet and a large amount of silver be exchanged, rather than terminate the transaction."

  Bi Ziyan refuted Wei Zhongxian's proposal at this time.

   Tian Qi also agreed very much: "What Bi Aiqing said is true, everything should be considered in the long run."

  Then, Tianqi said again: "I decided to conquer personally! I personally lead the troops to break the siege of Maoshan and destroy Jiannu!"

   "Your Majesty!"

  At this time, one person stood up.

  (end of this chapter)