Fang Zheng said unhurriedly: "What are you saying, father? The affairs of the country are the affairs of the ministers. Besides, Xihai trade may not necessarily suffer losses. The current situation of the court is very good, and there will definitely be profits in the future."
"That's not possible. The stock price is unpredictable. Who knows how long it will take to get a return? I asked you to pay for it today. What should other ministers think?" Emperor Jing objected.
Fang Zhengyi said sincerely: "My son, I am sincere and not just pretentious."
"You have always been honest. I naturally know that you are sincere, so I should not spend your money to solve the problem. Besides... five million taels may not be able to bear it." Emperor Jing was worried.
Fang Zheng nodded: "Yes, your Majesty is right, five million will definitely not be able to bear it."
"Many large investors in the market are also waiting to sell. Yichen sees that in addition to Chen's five million taels, tens of millions of taels of funds are needed to stabilize the situation."
Emperor Jing's expression gradually became stiff: "Ten million taels... is it possible for me to use the money from the treasury? But this year's arrangements have been arranged, and this money cannot be moved."
Fang Zheng smiled mysteriously: "Your Majesty forgot, Jingxing Bank... still has a lot of money."
Jingxing Bank?
Emperor Jing woke up suddenly and immediately fell into worry again.
Jingxing Bank indeed has countless money, but most of it is people's money.
The people in the capital deposited it one by one, what if something goes wrong?
People flocked to withdraw money, so the bank was overwhelmed?
"Is this possible..."
Although he had countless concerns in his heart, Emperor Jing still wanted to struggle when faced with the opportunity to save his internal funds and the money of countless investors.
As soon as the words came out, Fang Zhengyi felt stable.
If Emperor Jing didn't agree, he wouldn't have asked this question.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. I will order someone to carry out this matter in a low-key manner. The operation of the bank has always been strictly managed and will not be discovered. This money will definitely stabilize the situation."
Emperor Jing frowned: "Are you sure?"
Fang Zhengyi said confidently: "I am not sure that I will not come up with such a method. Once this money is put into the stock market, I and His Highness the Crown Prince will enter the market with a high profile, and the people's panic will be eliminated."
"This..." Emperor Jing frowned for a long time and finally relaxed.
"That's all we can do. We must proceed with caution."
I have never encountered this kind of problem before, so I can only get over it like this.
"However, I'm afraid the prince won't be able to stay with you because he doesn't have much money." Emperor Jing's face looked a little strange.
Fang Zhengyi was surprised and said, "How could His Highness have no money?"
Li Yuanzhao has many properties under his control. Newspapers and restaurants are only part of his income sources. In addition, he has given this boy some money from time to time to invest. He has accumulated a lot of money in the small treasury in his hand. It is absolutely impossible to have no money.
Emperor Jing waved his hand feebly: "He really has no money. You can go to the East Palace and see him. I'm tired. After you start taking action, remember to order someone to report the news to me in time."
"Your Majesty, don't worry. I'm leaving." Fang Zheng said goodbye with a fist in his hand.
Turn around and rush directly to the East Palace.
This kid Li Yuanzhao doesn't even make a draft when he lies. He can't be without money even if he doesn't have money?
The maids and eunuchs of the East Palace were already familiar with Fang Zhengyi, and when they saw him coming, they naturally led him to the bedroom.
When they arrived outside Li Yuanzhao's bedroom, the room was dark. Fang Zheng turned to look at the palace maid and asked, "Is His Highness asleep at this hour? If so, please tell me that I will come to visit again tomorrow."
The palace maid shook her head gently and said: "Back to the Marquis, His Highness is not sleeping. Just now he said he was hungry and gave him dinner."
Not sleeping? Why don't you light the lamp when you haven't slept?
Fang Zheng felt something strange, so he stepped forward and knocked on the door: "Your Highness, are you in there?"
"Enter."
Fang Zheng opened the door, took the lantern from the palace maid's hand, and carefully opened the door.
There was only the sound of sniffing in the house.
"Your Highness, why don't you light the lamp at night?"
Before taking two steps, Li Yuanzhao's figure appeared beside the table against the backdrop of the lantern.
Fang Zheng froze on the spot.
Li Yuanzhao was lying on the table, slurping noodles, and tears were dripping down his face.
His face was expressionless.
Fang Zheng was shocked: "No, what are you doing! Why are you eating noodles in the dark? Why don't you light a lamp?"
Li Yuanzhao stopped moving, as if he was bereft, turned his head to look at Fang Zhengyi, and forced out a smile that was uglier than crying.
"Save fuel."
"..."
Fang Zheng was speechless and quickly stepped forward to light the oil lamp on the table.
Li Yuanzhao wanted to reach out to protect him, but was a step too slow.
The oil lamp was lit, and the room immediately became much brighter.
After seeing Li Yuanzhao's decadent image clearly, Fang Zheng took a deep breath.
"Your Highness, are you possessed? Why is this happening?"
Li Yuanzhao first glanced sideways at Fang Zheng, his face twitched a few times, and his emotions finally broke out.
"Old Fang!! I'm done for...the stocks! Xihai Trading has lost everything!"
"The franchise fee I just collected last month...all the money went into it!!"
Li Yuanzhao burst into tears.
Fang Zhengyi fell silent: "When did you buy it? Why didn't you tell me?"
"I bought it when it reached its highest point..." Li Yuanzhao suddenly gritted his teeth, "My business is going well, and my father kept asking me to talk about stocks! He tried to persuade me to buy Xihai Trading."
"He swore to me that it would definitely rise and make a lot of money in the future! I was so excited that I invested everything in!"
"The result! I went to him tonight to ask for an explanation, and he actually beat me! He beat me to death!!!"
"I am already so old, yet he has tricked me because of his own incompetence and wants to vent his anger on me?! What a foolish king!!"
Li Yuanzhao beat his chest and stamped his feet.
I accidentally knocked the noodle bowl away and immediately stopped complaining.
He looked at the face on the ground with great treasure and murmured: "No money, not a penny... I was so stupid, I believed his lies."
"..." Fang Zhengyi was silent.
No wonder, no wonder His Majesty mentioned that the Crown Prince looked uncomfortable.
It turns out that he was tricked by his son and was beaten violently.
This is not something ordinary people can do...
"Your Highness, don't be anxious. I came here today to discuss this matter with Your Majesty. The public opinion outside has reached a point where we cannot ignore it."
Li Yuanzhao suddenly felt hope in his eyes: "Do you have a solution?"
Fang Zheng sighed and said: "The only stupid way is to use Jingxing Bank to solve the liquidity problem. Just stop there and stabilize the situation. Let's see what happens on the West Coast later."
“Any time there’s good news coming back over there, that’s a big plus for the exchange.”
Li Yuanzhao felt lost again: "Who knows what the situation is over there? I heard that they also have firearms, and the church is very powerful."
"Your Highness, please don't forget that although the opponent has firearms, firearms cannot be compared with firearms. I believe that this battle still has a great chance of success!" Fang Zheng said.
Gunpowder weapons sound powerful, but it took a long time in history for this weapon to become widely popular.
The firearms developed in Taoyuan County were aimed at this goal from the beginning!
Practicality, stability, cost-effectiveness.
The ratio of gunpowder and the operation of firearms, after so many years of iteration, are definitely not comparable to those of other countries.
He is sure of this.
However, the Dajing Firearms Upgrade Plan should be on the schedule in advance...
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