I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 479: Thug System
In the imperial garden, His Majesty the Great Xia was wearing a cyan-gold Taoist robe with a crane pattern. Amidst the falling snow, he was throwing the bait in his hand, teasing the sika deer. It was obvious that he was in a good mood today.

And he really deserved to be in a good mood. It was because he had been the head of a family that he knew how much of an impact the loss of Juma City would have on the current court and even the world if it was not handled properly.

The stock market is a confidence market, and the country is also a confidence market, especially when the country is vigorously promoting silver bills.

Even if the Emperor of Great Xia was asked to handle it himself, he never thought that these things were connected. Not only did they not cause the monkeys to scatter when the tree fell, but instead formed some kind of mysterious constraint, making people all over the world believe the false as the true. Therefore, the originally worthless silver notes doubled in value in Zhou Tieyi's hands, and the stock prices pulled up by the silver notes also rose. Now everyone believes that the stock will really rise.

Smart people have no way to refute why the stock market would rise if the front line lost. Stupid people only see that the silver bills are used to buy stocks, and the stocks sold can be exchanged for silver and silver bills. The silver bills exchanged can circulate smoothly in today's market and have no effect on prices at all.

It was as if Zhou Tieyi really had some kind of magical power that allowed him to borrow money from the future Daxia for people all over the world to spend. As long as he wanted, he could borrow countless money.

After feeding the fairy deer, His Majesty patted the food residue in his hands and returned to the pavilion. Su Xibi brought a golden basin for His Majesty to wash his hands. While wiping his hands with a towel, His Majesty looked at the Queen Mother and joked, "If he becomes a saint through business, I think I will have to be more cautious!"

The Queen nodded solemnly and said, "So newspapers, banknotes, and stocks can be used in this way. This is really confusing cause and effect, and confusing right and wrong. It's already a bit like a saint's method."

The Great Xia Emperor suddenly stopped talking. After a breath or two of silence, he spoke again, "Everyone thinks that supernatural powers are the best, but being able to achieve this without the help of supernatural powers is also a holy way. In the past, I was the only one in the world who could reverse right and wrong. After today, I don't know how many people in the world can reverse right and wrong."

Su Xibi, who was serving nearby, couldn't help but shudder. He knew that what His Majesty the Great Xia said was very serious, and at the same time he was very wary of this kind of tactics.

However, any discussion about dealing with Zhou Tieyi was difficult to achieve now, so the Queen said, "But fake is still fake. If you want the silver bills to circulate smoothly in the market, then there must be enough goods in the market."

"He's actually done a pretty good job on this. I heard that many small steel mills, the machinery factories of the Mohist and Gongshu families have already started operations. They have also developed a steam loom and steam tractor, which they plan to launch next year to help with farming."

The Great Xia Emperor pondered for a moment and said, "This is a good thing. You should set a good example at the Ploughing Festival tomorrow."

During the Great Summer Farming Festival, the emperor and empress would personally handle farm work to show their importance to farming. If the empress herself used the new steam tools, it would naturally be beneficial to the promotion of both things.

The Queen sighed softly, "It's really fast. I guess he will make a lot of noise again during the Ploughing Festival next year."

The Central Bank of Daxia.

When the exchange closed for the day, not only did the share price of the Railway Chamber of Commerce reach nine taels and five cents, not a cent more or less, but the prices of several other stocks also increased significantly.

The people are like forgetful goldfish. Two days ago they were complaining that the stock market had fallen too much and asked Zhou Tieyi to make the decision for them. Today they are complaining that the stock market had risen too much and they had not had time to buy, especially since they believed the words of the "traitor" in the morning. Now they are demanding at the Zhushen Yamen that those who spread the rumors of defeat on the front line be arrested.

When the two sides met, there were even many conflicts. In the end, it was discovered that the "smart people" were all powerful and accomplished people. Naturally, ordinary people were even more dissatisfied, because the position determines the mind. The people all thought that it was these rich people who deliberately spread rumors, so they could not buy it.

Once the news spread throughout the area, it was more effective than Zhou Tieyi's propaganda with newspapers. It made other people more convinced that rich people were bad people, traitors among the people, and that their stance was not the same as theirs.

Just as Zhou Tieyi said, many times the contradiction itself cannot be resolved. It can only be transformed from one contradiction to another, or from one contradictory subject to another.

At this time, only a small number of people can suffer the grievances. Of course, this grievance is not in vain. When Juma City is really settled down, Zhou Tieyi will hold Ke Anran accountable and bring Ke Anran to the surface for everyone to vent their hatred.

This is also an essential skill for a leader. At this time, Ke Anran would most likely be demoted in public and promoted in secret. However, if party disputes are involved, the fake can become real. If Zhou Tieyi is a little ruthless, it is possible that he can force the Emperor of Daxia to give up Ke Anran. It all depends on Zhou Tieyi's thoughts. This is the charm of power, the charm of manipulating the hearts of the people.

“We must ensure food production.”

Zhou Tieyi spoke. In front of him were the managers of the eight major chambers of commerce and money houses in Beijing. They were extremely impressed by Zhou Tieyi's method of creating silver out of thin air and making everyone in the world believe that the stock market would rise sharply.

Originally, I thought Zhou Tieyi called them to the Central Bank because the stock market would continue to rise sharply tomorrow, but I didn't expect that they would talk about food.

Although Qian Guangyun did not understand the reason, he still said respectfully, "Please ask Lord Zhou for instructions."

Zhou Tieyi pondered for a moment, "Don't easily allocate food from the nine western provinces. Allocation requires a military order."

His first words surprised everyone. Everyone present knew that the disasters in the western provinces were serious and the situation was precarious. However, Zhou Tieyi did the opposite and asked them, the merchants, to take the initiative not to mobilize grain. Wasn't this intentional price-raising?
Zhou Tieyi did not look at the merchants, but at the map of Daxia in front of him. He certainly knew that the consequence of doing so would accelerate the disaster in the nine western provinces and make it even more difficult for the refugees there.

But he had to do this. Now Da Xia was like a forest on fire. It seemed that he was making plans today and could get money out of the future out of thin air.

Zhou Tieyi knew his own business. He dared to do this because Tianjing was rich and had sufficient food. The short-term panic did not affect the sale of grain, so he used stocks to divert people's attention.

However, it is an objective fact that grain production has decreased due to summer drought and autumn floods. Now the Great Xia court is opening the granaries, but according to Zhou Tieyi's understanding, the grain in the granaries can only last until next summer at most. But it is also an objective fact that there will be a severe drought next year, so we must increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

The only way to save money is to learn from putting out forest fires and learn to give up some trees. The nine western provinces are involved in the chaos of Buddhism. Not only will it be impossible to quickly reform and expand production next year, but the relief grain crisis will become deeper and deeper. Therefore, Zhou Tieyi, the person in charge of logistics, must make a decision this year.

At this time, Zhou Tieyi was like a dictator. Without waiting for others to discuss or refute, he continued, "All the major banks should separate themselves, prepare their own information, and submit it for listing."

This is good news for all businessmen. Everyone knows that once a product goes public, it will be a great opportunity to make money.

"The Chamber of Commerce will unify the land under its jurisdiction to form a unified plot of land like an imperial farm and establish an agricultural company. Remember, I am talking about all the land, no matter who is holding it behind the scenes!"

When the two messages were connected, the businessmen instantly understood what Zhou Tieyi meant. Even if the land in the hands of these chambers of commerce belonged to court officials, they had to be handed over. However, Zhou Tieyi would give corresponding stocks as compensation.

It's hard to say whether this will be a win or a loss, but those who disagree will definitely be subjected to thunderous measures. "Third, the bank will recruit thugs according to the previous rules of the money houses, but the number of people will be ten times."

Everyone knows about the thugs of money houses, but those are only the tactics used by some small money houses. When it comes to the level of the eight major chambers of commerce, people actually don’t want to use thugs anymore, because thugs will dirty their hands.

But now the bank has Zhou Tieyi, a great god, standing behind it. Even the hands of the officials in various departments have been cut off bit by bit. Why do they need to recruit thugs again? And the number is ten times that of before. This is enough to form an army.

Considering the current transfer of the guards, even though this possibility was very small, the merchants who had previously obeyed Zhou Tieyi could not help but whispered, "My Lord, I don't think it's necessary to use thugs. Now that you are watching from behind, who in the world dares to mess with the bank's business?"

Zhou Tieyi looked up and took a casual glance. The businessman who had just spoken hurriedly lowered his head.

"You think I want to rebel?"

The businessman who lowered his head staggered in fear and fell to his knees. This was still the government office of the Great Xia court. If they talked like this, Zhou Tieyi might be fine, but if his meaning got out, he would be in real trouble.

"My Lord, I shouldn't talk too much. I shouldn't talk too much."

The bank manager who was calling the shots outside immediately slapped himself in the face. Although Zhou Tieyi's tone was very light, even with a smile, and he did not mean to blame him at all, as long as Zhou Tieyi spread the news outside, he could easily kill someone with a borrowed knife. Even if he explained to the court, he would become the chicken killed to scare the monkeys. The so-called words are like knives, which is just like this.

Zhou Tieyi snorted coldly, "Put away your cleverness and little thoughts, I know what I am doing!"

He thought about it and felt that this matter really needed an explanation, and it would be a good idea to spread the word through the mouths of these businessmen.

"How much of the money in the world do you think the central bank controls?"

"Of course, the money in the world is managed by the central bank."

"I don't think it's possible. Even with the support of the eight major banks, the Central Bank can only manage less than 30% of the silver. I did set the tax rate for this year, but how many people will listen to me when they leave the prosperous areas such as Tianjing, Southeast, and Jiji City?"

Many businessmen pondered and thought. Indeed, Zhou Tieyi was extremely powerful and everyone had to give way to him when they saw him. But they had to meet Zhou Tieyi first, as there were too many places in the world where Zhou Tieyi could not be seen.

"There will be local disasters. The people will have to borrow grain and money to farm next year. The landlords and ruffians in small places will take the opportunity to raise interest rates and disrupt the policies formulated by the central government, so someone is needed to enforce them. This is why I asked you to recruit thugs!"

Zhou Tieyi's tone became more severe, and everyone understood what he meant. A thug is someone who can circumvent the court regulations and take ruthless action at critical moments.

Zhou Tieyi wants to use the eight major money houses as the core and slowly start integrating the business of local small and medium-sized money houses. Anyone who disobeys or dares to privately borrow money at interest rates higher than the bank's will be treated as having broken the money house rules and the thugs will take action.

There was such a system in the past, called the Federal Tax Police, but it eventually became a problem that was difficult to eliminate.

Zhou Tieyi thought about handing this matter over to the Zhushen Division alone, but the current situation of the Zhushen Division is not clear. The Emperor of Daxia has already issued an order to recruit more than 5,000 people. It can be foreseen that as the situation in the world becomes more and more corrupt, the number of people in the Zhushen Division will double. Although Zhou Tieyi wants to cultivate his own lineage in the Zhushen Division, he is now also conscious of controlling the power of the Zhushen Division.

Therefore, we should first establish the banking police, and when the time is right, transfer the commercial taxes of Tianjing, which are currently managed by the Zhushen Division, to the hands of the central bank. At the same time, we should ensure that the banking police is a "private institution" rather than an imperial court agency, in order to prevent central intervention.

Having done this, he also began to understand why there were so many private institutions in the huge empire of his previous life. This was the result of power struggles, not that everyone didn't know better ways of management.

They just used better management methods, and perhaps they couldn't even govern.

Hearing that Zhou Tieyi was not going to go against the imperial court, but was going to take over the local banks, the managers of the eight major banks breathed a sigh of relief, "We understand what the Marquis means, but many local banks are involved, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to resolve."

Zhou Tieyi glanced at it and asked, "Why is it difficult to solve it?"

"Some local banks are involved in grain transport, and the royal family is related to the emperor..."

Zhou Tieyi waved his hand and made a decision easily. "In troubled times, severe punishments should be used. Kill!"

"My Lord, I'm afraid we are not up to the task."

"After the New Year, when Shantong Prefecture is stable, I will transfer my personal guards back to Tianjing to be in charge of this matter."

Of course, the real insiders will be responsible for the most lucrative jobs. At that time, Senior Sister Miaoyu, A Da and others will be responsible for those third-rank figures, and the thugs of the money houses will be responsible for the small people in the countryside. Naturally, they will be able to quickly rectify the banking business in the world.

In this way, we can provide low-cost loans to farmers and ensure the promotion of farming machinery and stable production next year. Even if there is a drought at that time, advanced machinery will help, and the water conservancy facilities built in advance will at least stabilize the grain production red line. This is the foundation of currency and the foundation of reform.

Of course, this was just one thing Zhou Tieyi had prepared. He thought about it for a while and said, "After New Year's Day, I will attend the Luotian Grand Ceremony held in Xuandu Mountain to preach the way of earthly immortals. I will be away for half a month. If there are younger generations in your clan who practice Taoism, you can go to Xuandu Mountain with me."

This was a naked attempt to win over the people. Upon hearing such benefits, everyone present hurriedly said, "Thank you, Lord Hou, for your interpretation of the law."

In addition to steam technology, in this world, spiritual practice is also the primary productive force.

(End of this chapter)