I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 478: National Affairs and Party Struggles

Qufu.

"The front line is lost!"

The merchant who was speaking suppressed his excitement, but when he looked around at the solemn young men of military honor, he lowered his voice unconsciously.

Qu Yi sighed, "What does Mr. Qin mean?"

The Mr. Qin in front of them is the businessman who helps Wu Xun buy and sell stocks. Although he has not made many achievements, he is very good at arithmetic, so he can accurately control the price. In the low-price battle in the past two days, he has been pressuring Hao Ren to sell.

The businessman surnamed Qin said, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Tomorrow we just need to send people to the market to spread the news, and then Hao Ren will have no choice but to sell the stocks. I have calculated that even if Zhou Hou does not move the stocks, at least 30% of the people in the market will sell them tomorrow. With our participation, Hao Ren and Qian Guangyun will definitely not be able to keep up with the price."

After continuous buying and selling over the past two days, the businessman surnamed Qin was able to calculate the approximate amount of cash in the hands of Hao Ren and Qian Guangyun.

Qu Yi took a deep look at the businessman named Qin and said calmly, "Stop, you will also buy stocks tomorrow."

The businessman surnamed Qin showed a look of surprise, "Master Qu, there is only one step left. As long as I lose a little more money tomorrow, I am confident that I can reach the price you set."

The reason why he was surprised was that he felt that Qu Yi gave up at this time because he was afraid of suffering too great a loss. He had already incurred losses by selling stocks regardless of cost in the past two days.

Wu Xun actually doesn't have much cash, so it mainly depends on the stocks he has.

Seeing that the other party still didn't understand what he meant, Qu Yi suddenly stood up in anger and slapped the businessman surnamed Qin to the ground with one sleeve, "Don't I understand what you mean?"

Qu Yi was the legitimate son of the Qu family who was carefully trained. His martial arts training had already reached the middle level. The businessman surnamed Qin was hit so hard that his internal organs trembled. He was a little confused as to why he had angered Qu Yi. These were obviously the tasks assigned by Qu Yi, and he had always completed them very well.

Qu Yi looked at the businessman named Qin who still didn't understand and ordered, "Carry him to the quiet room and let him think it through himself."

He was annoyed with the businessman surnamed Qin for two reasons. One was that the other party was stupid, and the second was that the other party dared to question his judgment at such a critical moment.

After the businessman surnamed Qin left, Qu Yi took a sip of his wine glass in frustration and sighed, "Businessmen are so useless."

"Brother Qu is worried about the war on the front line?"

A young man from a military family who was also in league with the Qu family this time asked in a low voice. From his perspective, he vaguely knew why Qu Yi did this.

Their power of military honors comes from military power. At this critical moment, even if they spread the news of the failure on the front line to make a lot of money for themselves, the older generation in the family is still alive. As long as they know that they are the ones behind this, given the character of the older generation, they may even send them to the death row camp on the front line. After all, most of the families with military honors have many sons and daughters, so they are not afraid of losing one or two useless children.

Qu Yi turned the wine glass in his hand and said, "I am not too worried about the war on the front line. Victory and defeat are common in the military. Even if we are really defeated and we are needed, at worst we brothers will go to the battlefield together. It's just that Qin Sheng was so stupid just now that he still doesn't know what we are fighting for."

The younger brother next to him was thoughtful, "Are you saying that Zhou Hou will take action?"

One of the prerequisites for them to bring Hao Ren down is that Zhou Tieyi will not take action, because once Zhou Tieyi takes action, it will mean that Hao Ren is incompetent. Just like Qu Yi said at the beginning, even if Zhou Tieyi sends a letter, the worst that can happen is that they will buy back the stocks. By then, Zhou Tieyi will not need to take action, and Hao Ren will be in that position in name only.

"Things are different now." Qu Yi nodded and poured another glass of wine. "Before, it was us who were fighting with Hao Ren, so Marquis Zhou couldn't get involved in our dispute. He would lose his manners and be accused of bullying the weak and favoring his friends. If we lose, it's an honorable defeat and it won't hurt us. But now it's a dispute between Da Xia and Yuan Meng. If we make trouble at this time, we can't blame Marquis Zhou for bullying the weak."

After he finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all, "Hao Ren is really lucky!"

Similarly, in the Railway Chamber of Commerce, Hao Ren had woken up after hearing the news. Facing the concerns of his subordinates, he sighed, "The Qu family is really lucky!"

Since he wanted to kill his opponent, he certainly knew who his opponent was and had prepared the means, which was the document of the Railway Chamber of Commerce's proposed bond issuance, and he was even prepared on how to operate after the document was passed.

There was nothing wrong with Qu Yi's business dealings, but he had a fatal flaw, which was exchanging shares for money while only calculating the cash he had in his hands.

But Qu Yi forgot to consider one thing, that is, Zhou Tieyi founded the stock market with the intention of getting more people involved from the beginning to the end.

Ordinary people hold less than 10% of the stocks, so Qu Yi and his team did not need to consider this variable before. However, Hao Ren was confident that he could use the name of the Chamber of Commerce bonds to allow more people to indirectly participate in the stock trading of the Railway Chamber of Commerce. By then, the funds raised would be enough to buy out all the stocks held by Qu Yi and other military heroes.

Unfortunately, before he could take any action, the incident of the Juma City occurred.

The confidant, on the other hand, looked anxious, "What should we do if the stock price plummets tomorrow?"

Hao Ren smiled and said, "Don't worry about the stock price plummeting tomorrow. There is only endless money to buy, but no stocks that cannot be sold."

The next day, at the snack street outside the stock exchange, the Tianjing News was still being sold as usual.

It was customary for everyone to have morning tea while opening the newspaper.

But before I even turned to the business edition, my attention was attracted by the news on the military edition.

Then there was the news of a large amount of tea being spilled. "How can this be so confusing right and wrong?"

A man was shouting loudly, veins throbbing on his forehead and a wave of red energy and blood was rising around him. The reason he was so angry was that he was an elite soldier who had just returned from the front line. He naturally knew how much of an impact the fall of Juma City would have on the battlefield at the front line.

But today, the Tianjing News lied with open eyes, saying that this was a strategic move on the front line, with the enemy being surrounded on three sides and one left, in order to lure the enemy into deeper territory.

If this is considered as luring the enemy deep into our territory, then wouldn't it be a great victory when Yuan Mengma releases Yujing?

"My dear warrior, my business is small, please take it easy."

The owner of the morning tea shop didn't know what a chevaux-de-frise was, nor did he know how to surround the enemy on three sides and leave one side open to lure the enemy into deeper territory. He only knew that if the warrior in front of him suddenly went berserk, his life would be in danger.

Xiang Rongzhi took a deep breath to calm his irritable blood. He read the article again and felt that his blood was still boiling. This was even more important than the stocks he had been concerned about recently. If the stocks fell, it would only cost him half a year's salary. But if the newspapers continued to make up stories like this, they might not even know how they died on the front line!

No, this matter needs to be discussed with someone. He stood up and strode towards the office of the Zhushen Division. This "Tianjing News" is a department of the Zhushen Division, so naturally it should be under the jurisdiction of the Zhushen Division.

A lot of such things happened this morning, but compared with the large number of people in Tianjing, they were only a minority after all. There were even some scholars who argued with these warriors.

But panic is indeed a real problem. The morning session of the exchange started as scheduled. Although the loss of Juma City did not actually have much impact on the Railway Chamber of Commerce, a defeat on the front line is never good news.

Therefore, as soon as the trading started, a large number of panicked small orders began to be sold, and the stock price also fell all the way from the initial eight taels of silver. Compared with the anxiety of the previous two days, this time the decline was very easy, and it was about to fall to the critical point of seven taels and five cents of silver.

Then, the situation turned around in an instant. In the trading disk that everyone was confused about, a large number of red buy orders continued to appear. The market was also bustling with people. Ordinary people who had just bought stocks couldn't help but come forward and said, "The front line has been lost, why are you still buying stocks?"

"Who told you that the front line had been lost?"

At this time, the people who bought stocks looked disdainful. "Didn't the Tianjing News understand? This is a three-sided encirclement, luring the enemy in. The right general has already selected the generals. This time, if we defeat the Heavenly Wolf God, we will move the sacred mountain of Yuanmeng back and engrave it on a stone for His Majesty to record our achievements!"

There are quite a few people who say this. Looking around, we can see that a large number of people in the exchange are buying stocks with cash bills, and they are full of talk about the overall situation and great victory.

For a moment, ordinary people who had just sold their stocks regretted it. Did I really misunderstand it?

Afterwards, he went to the newspaper counter of the stock exchange and quickly bought several other newspapers. Although these Taoist, Buddhist, and Legalist newspapers did not talk about the overall situation theory of surrounding three sides and leaving one side empty, they all promoted the great victory on the front line. A single scout could kill over a hundred enemies. Yuan Meng could not withstand the heavy snow this winter, so he could only take risky measures.

"That warrior hurt me this morning!"

One person cried out, "It's obviously good news, but he insisted on saying it was a loss of sovereignty and a humiliation to the country. He is such a villain!"

The second floor of the exchange.

As the news spread in Tianjing, Hu Wenlang, who was beside Zhou Tieyi, could not stop talking nonsense. He turned black into white and described the defeat that affected the fate of a country as a victory. He then made tens of millions of people believe it, and it was not surprising that he even influenced hundreds of millions of people through newspapers.

This method of making the fake look real was enough to allow ten novelists to be promoted to the third rank. At this time, all the feedback was focused on Hu Wenlang. Hu Wenlang even had an unexpected gain. That was that through this incident and the accumulation of his previous life, he was even able to slightly affect the changes in Daxia's national fortune, making the national fortune show a false prosperity or decline. However, after figuring out his own magical power, Hu Wenlang decided to hide the matter and not even tell Zhou Tieyi.

“You are confusing right and wrong.”

Mei Qingchen sighed, his voice revealing helplessness and fatigue. He knew the whole cause and effect of the matter, so he couldn't judge whether what Zhou Tieyi did was right or wrong.

From the perspective of a scholar, what Zhou Tieyi did was definitely wrong, but from the perspective of governing the country, this is indeed the best solution at present. It just set a bad example for people all over the world.

"How are you going to explain this matter in the end?"

Mei Qingchen asked solemnly, with a hint of hope in his tone.

Zhou Tieyi withdrew his gaze from the transaction data on the screen and estimated in his mind that he didn't care how much silver he spent today to support the bottom, just as he had explained before in the imperial study.

The stock market itself is a pool that collects the country's over-issued currency.

This is only the first round of flooding, and it is far from the limit that the stock market can bear. No matter whether you buy 10 million taels or 100 million taels today, as long as it remains in the stock market pool in the end, there will be no problem.

On the contrary, those who sold today, when they cashed out the 10 million taels of silver that they injected today, they also got silver bills. In today's deflationary market, the silver bills they cashed out will actually alleviate market monetary deflation from another angle.

We can even draw a conclusion that through the fall of Juma City, Zhou Tieyi further promoted the country's monetary dominance, consolidated stock market confidence, and began to work hard to alleviate market monetary deflation.

Reality is so bizarre.

"What explanation?"

After the calculation, Zhou Tieyi rubbed his nose. The small orders sold today could only be said to have made little profit. If they were not greedy, the money they took out would be enough to set up a small stall. If they were far-sighted enough and started to build a shop now, there would always be a place for them to make money.

For example, outside the exchange now, more than ten days have passed, and some people have already started buying land deeds and preparing to build high-end restaurants. It all depends on personal choice.

Mei Qingchen emphasized, "This matter!"

"Isn't this the newspaper's boss's responsibility?"

Zhou Tieyi asked back, opening his eyes with a teasing smile, "When did Mei Shigong think that I could really solve the world's problems? The vast majority of contradictions in this world are not solved, but simply transformed from one contradiction to another, from one contradictory subject to another. I, Zhou Tieyi, have never been a perfect person!"

Hu Wenlang gradually restrained the feedback of his own Taoism. Today, he made people all over the world believe the false as true. The dreams he collected could confuse Emperor Wu of Wei even more. As the reincarnation of Emperor Wu of Wei, he had never thought that the hearts of the people could be manipulated in this way. Naturally, his fixed thinking in his previous life could hardly distinguish between truth and falsehood.

"Zhou Hou's high opinion."

Hu Wenlang smiled sincerely.

Who will be in charge of this newspaper fraud in the end? Of course it will be Ke Anran from the Newspaper Department, but he will definitely take the blame because it is impossible for Ke Anran to undermine the Great Xia court at this time!
But this handle is real. After the matter of Juma City is over, Zhou Tieyi will hold on to this matter and let the "sober people" who are already resentful today vent their resentment on Ke Anran. He will make the decision for them and it will be easy to bring Ke Anran down.

Zhou Tieyi was innocent from beginning to end and was a capable minister who devoted himself to the country.

This is killing two birds with one stone, as he did not interfere with both state affairs and party struggles. Although he was not a perfect person, he got the job done, which was naturally extremely smart.

(End of this chapter)