"How is that possible? Shouldn't it be a jade statue that cannot be sold?"
Many powerful people were no longer calm, and stopped in unison.
Chunyu Yue's body trembled, and when he saw the yellow-orange thing, he was stunned for a moment. Suddenly, his old body got the strength from nowhere, and ran towards the golden place.
He held the gold in his hands and kept turning it over and over, while his mouth uttered crazy words.
"Gold? How is it gold? How is it possible? Shouldn't it be a jade statue? I don't believe it, I don't believe it."
Shang Xin ignored it, maybe on purpose, and limped towards the other vehicles. Unintentionally, he stumbled again and tore the cloth on the other carriage, revealing the golden thing, which was still gold. .
Then, several carriages were opened, revealing ingots of yellow and orange things, which immediately lit up the entire palace gate.
"This..." Chunyu Yue felt as if he was being choked by drinking water, and his throat was swollen.
How could this be?
This is all gold!
"Impossible, absolutely impossible." Chunyu Yue was almost crazy and refused to believe it at all.
"Is this money from the treasury?"
"Tsk!" Shang Xin sneered and asked, "Do I have the right to move the treasury?"
boom!
Chunyu Yue felt that his heart was hit hard. yes! How can a eunuch use the treasury? Then...
His faith collapsed. Is this what you get from selling the jade statue? Apart from this, he could not think of the source of the gold.
At this moment, his entire body became rigid, standing there like dry wood in the wind.
This is the return from selling the jade statue, not Qin Banliang's return, but gold, cart after cart of gold.
In other words, all of His Majesty's jade statues have been sold. Needless to say, they must be sold at a very high price.
He seemed to be physically and mentally devastated.
It took a while to accept this fact.
Chunyu Yue really didn't want to ask about the price, but he couldn't hold back his desire. He wanted to know if it was ten times the price.
"Shang, Eunuch Shang, what's the price?"
"Ten times!" Shang Xin still staggered over, but his tone was not staggering at all.
ten times?
The more Chunyu heard this, his body became like dry wood in the wind again, and he almost fell down.
It was really ten times. He was wrong. The price did not fall as he thought. Instead, it soared to ten times. Li Zhao guessed right, but he was wrong.
At that time, Chunyu Yue didn't know how to stand. He no longer spoke arrogantly, no longer took it for granted, and he didn't have the nobleness of a great scholar. His whole person fell into a dead silence.
"Hey! Dr. Chun Yu, I am about to go to the palace to report, do you want to go?" At this time, Shang Xin glanced at Chun Yu Yue and asked in a sharp voice, "Didn't you say that His Majesty will regret it? Why don't you go and have a look? Your Majesty looks regretful."
"Actually, I also know that Your Majesty will regret it. He regrets that he ordered too few jade figures."
Shang Xin didn't know which muscle he was hurting, and his words came from the bottom of his heart.
But to Chunyu Yue's ears, it sounded so...
"You..." He felt pain in his chest, heart-breaking pain.
"Oh, by the way, His Majesty asked me to tell you something. This is economics. You don't understand it at all."
After Shang Xin finished speaking, he left with a smile of triumphant revenge.
When Chunyu Yue heard these words, he was heartbroken and in pain.
economy? What exactly is an economy? Are the people of heaven and earth wrong? Are the laws of nature wrong?
He began to doubt himself.
........
The ups and downs of the jade market have made many powerful people unable to bear it, and they have suffered heavy losses.
Especially when some people saw the price of jade soaring, they couldn't stand the torture in their hearts and rushed to buy it. When it reached a high level, they thought it would be even higher, so they didn't sell it. But at the end of the day, the price of jade was like a waterfall. After letting it go for thousands of miles, when I reacted, the price had fallen to the bottom and the loss was terrible.
Sad, sad!
The most unacceptable one is Gao Qiu, the assistant to the Shaofu, one of the nine ministers.
The assistant is an official under the Shaofu.
As an official of the Shaofu, Gao Qiu had a high status, but he was heartbroken when he gave birth to a disobedient son, Gao Fugui.
Gao Fugui has mediocre qualifications, cannot be recommended, and is idle at home. This time the jade market has become unstable, and no one knows who instigated him to buy a lot of jade when jade was at a high level in order to make a fortune. When everyone predicted that the price of jade would continue to rise, it quickly fell and he couldn't do it even if he wanted to.
It's a big loss if you get one.
When Gao Qiu found out, he was furious. That was half of his lifetime income, and this prodigal son was completely ruined.
Gao Fugui was also very discouraged. He felt that he would definitely make a profit this time, but he did not know that such a drastic change would occur. The price of jade fell sharply and soon reached the bottom.
Gao Qiu was so angry that he went crazy, but this was his only seedling, and he couldn't beat him hard, so he was absent-minded when he was on duty, and his mind was focused on the jade.
...
In Zhangtai Palace, Ying Zheng was handling government affairs, and Feng Quji came to see him.
Feng Quji came over with a bamboo scroll and said with a frown:
"Your Majesty, this is the tax for this year. Please take a look at it."
After the annual taxes are sorted out by the Shaofu, they will be submitted to the Prime Minister for review.
Today, Han Shaofu submitted a tax data and found that there was something wrong with the tax revenue this year. It was obviously less. After he ordered someone to count it, he found that it was not that the tax revenue was less, but that there was a problem with the data.
He felt that this matter needed to be reported to the emperor, so he came.
Ying Zheng looked at it and couldn't see why, so he asked: "Hmm, the tax collection this year is not ideal this year, maybe it is due to drought!"
Yes, this year is not a good year. There have been many droughts, which has led to a reduction in food production. It is reasonable to think that there will be less taxes.
Feng Quji knew that the emperor had not seen the problem, so he handed over his hand and said, "Your Majesty, this is not the key to the problem. I just ordered people to count and found that the tax and the original data are not different, but this data is far different."
Ying Zheng frowned and asked, "Are you saying that some officials in the Young Mansion are not doing their jobs?"
"I think so." Feng Quji nodded.
When Ying Zheng heard this, he became angry. He took the bamboo scroll and smashed it, "Who dares to do this? The crime should be executed."
Failure to do one's duty in tax statistics will directly affect the country's decision-making. According to the laws of the Qin Dynasty, it is an unforgivable crime.
Feng Quji did not answer, waved his black sleeves, knelt down quickly, and said: "Your Majesty, please punish me for failing to supervise me well."
After a while, Ying Zheng regained his composure and helped Feng Quji up, "You will investigate this matter secretly, and those who fail to do their job will be severely punished."
This is the minimum solution Ying Zheng can take.
But Feng Quji still didn't respond, but said leisurely: "Your Majesty, this is not a good policy. The problem lies in personnel supervision."
"Yeah!" Ying Zheng frowned again.
Since Wang Wan resigned as prime minister, the position of prime minister has been divided into two. The left and right prime ministers are in charge of political affairs together, but there is also a division of labor.
The Prime Minister on the right, Feng Quji, is in charge of taxation, etc., and the Prime Minister on the left is in charge of personnel, etc.
"How do you say this?" When it comes to Li Si, he needs to understand clearly.
Feng Quji bowed again and said: "Since the unification of the Qin Dynasty, foreign troubles have gradually disappeared. The powerful and powerful people have relied on their outstanding achievements, so they have become lazy. In addition, in recent years, the personnel have been arranged by Prime Minister Li, and most of them are the sons of nobles. so......"
Indeed, Li Si is a representative of the powerful, and it is inevitable for all the descendants to make personnel arrangements. This is something that all the powerful officials in the dynasty know.
Feng Quji didn't say any more, but Ying Zheng understood. This meant that these powerful people began to pamper themselves and arranged for their children to enter major official positions.
And these children are used to living a comfortable life. How can they focus on serious matters? Even if they do, they are mediocre and lack ability, and they cannot do big things.
This is the drawback of personnel.
Ying Zheng frowned deeper.
"Actually, it's not just the people in the Shaofu who are like this, other ministers also have this phenomenon." Feng Quji told the truth.
"These people are so brave when they do one thing only." Ying Zheng slapped his hand on the desk, extremely angry.
"Your Majesty, please calm down!" Feng Quji quickly knelt down and continued, "Maybe this is just affected by the recent price changes in the jade market."
"In the future, maybe things will change in the future."
Speaking of this, Feng Quji's voice became weaker and weaker, and his words lost their confidence.
Indeed, recently too many powerful people have been fascinated by the ridiculous price changes of jade, and they all seem to be crazy. The final price collapse caused them heavy losses.
Maybe, this is the reason why they are slacking off!
"Change? Will they? A jade article can cause such a disturbance, what about the future? He deserves to be killed!" Ying Zheng was furious.
Yes, will there be no jade phenomenon in the future? No one can guarantee it.
For a long time, he sighed, thinking to himself that this was a shortcoming of the status quo!
Killing is endless, and it will shake the foundation of the country. This is already a trend. Killing a few people will only curb it for a while, but it will not last forever.
The root of the problem still needs to be reformed!
Li Zhao is right, innovation is the right way. The innovation of fertilizers makes the cyclamen full and gives hope for increasing grain production. What about the country? What about the market?
"Li Zhao? I have to go see you."
Recently, for some reason, whenever something bothers him, Ying Zheng thinks of Li Zhao.
