Lin Bai felt a headache.
Something went wrong in Ezhou.
But it’s right to think about it. Such a big thing happened to the Ministry of Commerce, and the businessmen followed him to the southwest. He would be damned if nothing went wrong.
In order to do well in Ezhou, those in the court issued a large number of new shares to raise funds.
However, sometimes money cannot solve the problem, and industrial support is needed.
Unless there is a steady stream of money, but this is obviously impossible, how can it be possible to support Ezhou New City just by raising funds from the Ministry of Commerce.
What's more, where the money ends up is a question.
Forget it.
The key point is that this pot belongs to him. He was the one who facilitated the restart of the project. Now that it is like this, the talented man feels tired.
Yan Gang said: "Returning to my uncle, it's not available yet, but it may be soon. Countless people are looking for justice from the Yamen."
"According to the news we have received so far, the workers have not been paid for several months. The superiors have been delaying and asking the workers to work. They would be paid, but they have been delayed. Now there is a war in the north, there is a snowstorm, and there is a shortage of materials. Ezhou is also Not affected."
"And the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the workers have to celebrate the New Year, so this is causing a big fuss."
"In addition to the instigation of the Red Lotus Sect, the situation is not very good. According to the Yamen who took the lead in the attack, fortunately, they attach great importance to Ezhou New City. People from the Supervision Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce and Feilong Guard are stationed there, so there has not been too much trouble yet. movement."
"But if wages are not paid, there will definitely be big trouble."
The scale of Ezhou New City is huge, and there are countless people working there, not only in Ezhou, but also people from surrounding prefectures.
The Red Lotus Sect has made such a big noise in the north, and it is easy to be deceived, and once this happens, the consequences are not difficult to imagine.
Lin Bai asked: "What measures does the court take?"
Yan Gang said: "I heard that many of the leaders were arrested. They are from the Red Lotus Sect. They asked the people not to be deceived, but they didn't mention anything about wages."
Isn't this just throwing away gangsters?
The problem is wages. If this is not solved, even if a few leaders are arrested today to suppress the situation, someone will still come forward tomorrow. After all, they will not be able to survive, so how can they still have so many girls.
If the Red Lotus Sect continues to add fuel to the flames, arresting people will only have the opposite effect, maybe...
The great talent is truly speechless.
However, for the officials below, there is nothing they can do about it. After all, wages require real money. If they can't get money, they can only maintain stability.
The court also couldn't raise money. There was a war in the north, snowstorms in northern Shaanxi and Hedong, and the Red Lotus Sect was in rebellion.
These all require money.
There is also a huge hole in the Ministry of Commerce, and countless investors are trapped. Once the matter spreads, it will definitely be even more serious. I am afraid that Lao Zhu will not be able to sit still, right? Lin Bai thought to himself.
Everything was as he expected.
Go to Beijing.
Royal study room.
Compared with before, Zhu Zheng was obviously much more haggard, his eye sockets were deep-set, his sharp pupils were faintly covered with bloodshot eyes, and his face was as gloomy as water.
Eunuch Cao, who had always been watching over him, had also disappeared.
Down below, several cabinet ministers and Zhu Kun and Zhu Tai were all there, not daring to express their anger.
After all, so much happened.
The war in the north was over, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were unable to do anything about the disasters in northern Shaanxi and Hedong. They originally relied on the Ministry of Commerce, but the Ministry of Commerce made a shocking announcement, making the situation worse.
"Rice buckets, they are all just buckets, what do I want you to do with them?"
Zhu Zheng was furious.
All the ministers below were trembling, including Zhu Kun and Zhu Tai.
At this time, Zhu Ziyun walked in and said, "To inform my father, relevant officials from the Ministry of Commerce have searched the house for investigation, but the amount of silver collected is less than 100,000 yuan..."
What?
Zhu Zheng's eyes were twitching wildly, "It's unreasonable, it's simply unreasonable. The Ministry of Commerce raised so much money, where did all the money go?"
One hundred thousand taels of silver is indeed a lot, but compared to the amount of money raised by the Ministry of Commerce, it is not even a drop in the bucket.
Zhu Ziyun said: "This is the account book of the Ministry of Commerce that was seized. Please take a look at it, father."
The eunuch on the side quickly filled in the account book.
Both Zhu Kun and Zhu Tai's faces became a little nervous, and there was a faint sweat on their foreheads, but they were still calm on the surface.
Zhu Zheng's face also became extremely ugly, because looking at the account book, most of the money went to Ezhou.
There are also parts used for various other purposes.
Many of these are his own handiwork. He may have suddenly become rich and suddenly found such a way to make money. He also spent money lavishly. Before he knew it...
"Ezhou has spent so much money, why can't it even pay the workers?"
Qin Zhengyang said: "Your Majesty, everything is because of those businessmen. They ignored the contract, stopped work without authorization, transferred the contract, and let the court cover the bottom line. Because the court signed a guarantee agreement with them, in order to stabilize the situation, the Ministry of Commerce had to take over."
"good!"
Zhu Kun also said, "It's all because of Lin Qingfeng. He deliberately incited merchants to enter the southwest, and relied on Qinzhou to let merchants from the Jiangnan inland and other merchants sneak to the southwest, sucking out the merchants in the inland, resulting in a large loss of silver in the inland. .”
"Not only that, he also secretly trafficked a large amount of southwest goods into the inland, and the price increased several times, making a lot of money. He is a complete vampire."
Zhu Tai retorted: "Isn't the Second Emperor's statement biased? Most of the southwest goods entering the inland are imported from Changjin County. The reason why the price is high is because the Ministry of Household Affairs charges heavy taxes."
Zhu Kun said: "What does the Third Emperor brother mean by this? Are you thinking that heavy taxes should not be charged?"
"Lin Qingfeng is so cunning, shouldn't it be suppressed? It's just to collect more taxes. If Changjin County hadn't decided to open up as a strategy early in the morning, it would not be impossible to directly cut off the entry of goods from the southwest."
Zhu Tai sneered: "Suppressing Southwest? Has it worked?"
"Did the so-called tax increase by the Second Emperor Brother have any impact on the southwest in the end? No, it only increased the burden on the people, and it was all passed on to the people."
"As for directly cutting off the entry of goods from the southwest, is the Second Emperor willing to do so?"
Zhu Kun's face suddenly turned ugly and he said angrily: "What do you mean by this, the third emperor brother?"
Zhu Tai said: "This prince is not interested, I just want to know that the revenue of the Ministry of Finance in Changjin County has been increasing day by day during this period. Now that there are snowstorms in northern Shaanxi and Hedong, the Ministry of Finance cannot get out the money. Where has the money of the Ministry of Finance gone? ?”
Since the Yang family lost power, the household department has been controlled by the second prince and his family.
In the marriage of the Three Kingdoms, Zhu Kun had every advantage.
Zhu Tai had already fallen down. At this time, the spearhead was naturally pointed directly at the opponent.
Of course, this is also true.
But Zhu Kun obviously did not agree. The two supporters were also tit for tat, and the huge imperial study room suddenly became noisy.
"enough!"
Zhu Zheng was furious and swept the crowd with his cold eyes, "What do you think of my imperial study room? I don't want to hear this nonsense anymore. I just want to know how to solve the problem. Aren't you quite capable! How to solve the problem."
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