I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 561 Solution
In the small courtyard, Wang Mingyi and Zhang San sat and discussed.

Although things developed as they expected, Gao Wencan's action of arresting the storyteller did lead to Zhou Tieyi's counterattack against the Queen's power over the central bank.

However, when Zhou Tieyi's countermeasure came out, the two did not feel proud at all. Instead, they looked solemn and thoughtful.

It is not difficult to find problems, but it is really difficult to solve them.

Zhou Tieyi has already made his move, suddenly raising the silver-to-gold exchange rate in Tianjing. Wang Mingyi and Zhang San both know that this is aimed at the Daxia silver notes, but they can't think of a good solution for the time being.

Last year, the imperial court was finally able to balance its revenue and expenditure, but it was entirely dependent on the silver bills issued by the central government!

Once the door was opened to living on debt, dependence was naturally formed. Although neither of them was an official in the Ministry of Revenue, they knew that at the beginning of this year, the reason why the court had ample money and grain to avoid several wars and had spare capacity to promote disaster relief and reform was partly because the central banknotes were accepted by a wider range of regions.

It is equivalent to controlling the distribution of gold and silver in the world with a few pieces of paper. Which ruler would not be happy?

But the days of prosperity did not last long, and Zhou Tieyi cut off the source of the trouble. The destructive power of this can be imagined.

Not long after, the stock market opened in the afternoon. This small courtyard was adjacent to the Daxia Exchange, so naturally it received first-hand information.

The Railway Chamber of Commerce’s share price plummeted!

The reason is very simple. The last round of decline in the share price of the Railway Chamber of Commerce was because Zhou Tieyi wrote a short essay saying that he wanted to establish a railway corporation.

At that time, the China Railway Corporation will replace some of the functions of the Railway Chamber of Commerce.

As the stepmother of the Railway Chamber of Commerce, the China Railway Corporation will inevitably share the profits of the Railway Chamber of Commerce, resulting in a decline in the profits of the Railway Chamber of Commerce and therefore a decline in stock prices.

It’s just that the last time this news came out was because Zhou Tieyi wanted to suppress the shareholding of some powerful people and issue railway bonds at the same time, so he was prepared to provide a bottom line.

But this time it’s different, no one is ready to provide a bottom line.

And unlike the last groundless article, this time it was very detailed. Hao Ren, the manager of the Railway Chamber of Commerce, had been invited to the Pingzhang Palace for two days of discussions. It was said that he was unwilling to accept the "suggestions" from the palace, so he was still detained.

Not only is the Railway Chamber of Commerce going to set up a Railway Corporation, but even the eight major banks that were only listed not long ago are said to be renationalized!

This has really stirred up a hornet's nest.

Last time, it was just the stock price of the Railway Chamber of Commerce that caused panic among the people. This time, the eight larger banks had to be involved. There were also accusations that the silver bills issued by the banks might have variables, and the court had to recalculate the exchange rate between silver and silver bills.

Barely a quarter of an hour after the market opened, even inside the courtyard, Zhang San and Wang Mingyi could hear the wailing outside.

Fortunately, this Exchange Street was newly built not long ago, and there are no high-rise buildings like Youtianfang, otherwise the term "rooftop queue" would probably have been born.

As they wrote one short essay after another, neither of them had any intention of playing chess. They just drank tea and thought hard.

Zhang San sighed, "This is not just about keeping the people from speaking out, it's more about keeping the river out. The gully in people's hearts has been dug. Even if all the gold and silver in the world are poured out, it can't be filled. I finally understand why the Confucian sages were unwilling to take this path. If this path is used by people with ulterior motives, the country will no longer be a country!"

Although Wang Mingyi's expression was also solemn, his fighting spirit was undiminished. "A gentleman uses tools, not for the sake of tools. The method is good, but how to use it depends on the person. I want to solve this game!"

Seeing that Wang Mingyi had not lost his fighting spirit, Zhang San stopped sighing and smiled, "It seems that you have gained much more than you imagined from this experience. But please wait a moment. Now that things have come to this, a quarter of an hour is not a big deal!"

Then he said to the people next to him, "Go put up a sign outside saying 'Only Gao Wencan and dogs are not allowed to enter'!"

Wang Mingyi naturally knew that Zhang San did this to play the good guy, so he let him play the bad guy to negotiate terms. However, this made Zhang San completely offend Gao Wencan, and he was bound to be retaliated against in the future.

He spoke out to stop her, "He's getting anxious like an ant on a hot pan right now, there's no need to do this."

Zhang San waved his hands and said, "It's not official business, it's a personal grudge. He and I don't get along well, so there's no need to make a fuss about it."

When Gao Wencan's carriage drove out of the Zhushen Division, the first thing he wanted to do was to find someone who could analyze the key to the problem.

The only people in Tianjin who could analyze such a key problem and whom he could invite were Wang Mingyi and Zhang San.

Zhou Tieyi and Wang Mingyi have a grudge over the murder of their master in the distant past, and a dispute over the Agricultural Corporation in the recent past. Gao Wencan is confident that he can easily convince Wang Mingyi to help him with words.

But when the carriage arrived in front of the courtyard, when Gao Wencan saw the wet ink on the words 'Only Gao Wencan and dogs are not allowed to enter', his face turned red with shame. He thought for a moment and realized that Wang Mingyi had always been a modest gentleman and would definitely not treat guests in this way. However, that kid Zhang San had a verbal dispute with him last time, so he would not miss the opportunity to mock him this time.

If it were any other day, he would have been furious, but then he thought, Zhang San was quite capable since he could predict his coming.

Gao Wencan snorted coldly and pushed the door open.

After passing through the moon arch, Gao Wencan had a clear view of the situation inside. Seeing that the chess game between Zhang San and Wang Mingyi was interrupted, Gao Wencan felt more confident.

When Zhang San saw Gao Wencan, he smiled and said, "Supervisor Gao is well-read, how come he can't even recognize a word from the outside world?"

Gao Wencan said coldly, "The only one who enters here is Gao Wencan, not Gao Wencan and the dog. If you are willing to be a dog, I will stay away from you!"

Celebrities are always as good as others in verbal disputes!
Zhang San pointed at the guards following Gao Wencan and said with a smile, "There are dogs everywhere. Look at these three vicious dogs, they are baring their teeth and claws, they want to eat me!"

After he said that, Gao Wencan was able to bear it, but the people below were furious, and became more and more like the vicious dogs in Zhang San's mouth.

Gao Wencan didn't have time to argue with Zhang San, so he said to Wang Mingyi, "If this is all you and Zhang San are capable of, you'll be dead soon after Zhou Tieyi takes care of me!"

The best way to unite enemies is to use another bigger common enemy.

Wang Mingyi pointed to an empty seat and said, "Please take a seat."

Gao Wencan sat on it, his expression relaxed a little, "You already know what happened. Now he is trying to use gold and silver to shake the country's foundation, do you have a countermeasure? If I go to arrest the merchants under him now, will it be too late?" Along the way, Gao Wencan also thought of a solution, but his thinking has always been simple. Arresting people will not solve the problem. That is, there are not many people to arrest. The court lacks gold, but the merchants under Zhou Tieyi have no shortage of gold.

Wang Mingyi shook his head. "I'm afraid it's too late. The sixth rank of the merchant path is 'moving'. Before the battle in the library, Hao Ren had already started to make arrangements. Qian Guangyun and other important people in the merchant path had already left Beijing. At that time, everyone's eyes were on the first and second rank bigwigs, and no one paid attention to the merchant path. Now it's too late."

Gao Wencan sighed unwillingly. Although it was only a few days ago, the situation was very different. At that time, he had not yet taken power and had no ability to arrest people. The Emperor was busy breaking through to the second rank, and the Queen Mother was busy stabilizing the situation. Neither of them cared about a few merchants fleeing Tianjing.

However, these merchants not only fled Tianjing, they probably also secretly took away all the gold they could. Now even if their homes were raided, not much gold could be found, and it would instead cause greater panic.

Zhang San heard that Gao Wencan was still thinking about arresting people, and sneered, "If arresting people can solve the problem, then the court should just build a prison in the sky. If you hadn't arrested those storytellers, there wouldn't be so much trouble today!"

Gao Wencan still wanted to argue, and said in a hateful voice, "If his wolfish ambitions are not exposed today, he will be a nuisance in the future. What did Gao do wrong?"

Zhang San threw a few transcribed messages in front of him to Gao Wencan. Gao Wencan hurried over and certainly didn't know about the chaos in Tianjing Exchange. "You are not wrong, but now he wants to dismantle the stage."

Gao Wencan took the message written above. Even without looking at the prices in the exchange, he could imagine how crowded the crowds were right now.

Zhang San stared at Gao Wencan's face and said in amazement, "But I am curious, why does he react so strongly to a cruel official like you? Is it because he doesn't think you are a cruel official?"

Wang Mingyi stood up and said, "Now is not the time to argue. The person who tied the bell must untie it. The stocks and government bonds on the exchange cannot be in disorder. This commotion must be stopped first."

At this point, Wang Mingyi's voice became more serious, "Before it really spreads."

Now everyone is just selling stocks, but it has not yet reached the point where silver notes are just pieces of paper. If it is not stopped, once people at the stock exchange start snatching silver, and the situation spreads to the people of Tianjing who also start snatching silver, and the silver is exchanged for gold and high-priced spiritual practice items, the consequences will be truly disastrous.

"what should we do?"

When Gao Wencan saw Wang Mingyi stand up, he was secretly happy, as long as the other party was willing to solve the problem.

Wang Mingyi looked at Gao Wencan, "Do you remember what was the first thing he did when Mei Qingchen's "Plea of ​​Guilt" forced him into a desperate situation?"

Gao Wencan's face was grim. "Exposing my chest to the sun."

As soon as the "Plea for Crime" was submitted that day, Zhou Tieyi first went to the Right General's Mansion to ask for help. The Right General was taking a nap, so Zhou Tieyi took off his Feiyu suit and stood in front of the General's Mansion for more than an hour before he was invited in by the Right General.

This incident has now become a famous story, and is called "exposing one's chest to the sun" and "when a veteran has been away for three days, he should be looked at with new eyes".

Wang Mingyi saw Gao Wencan's unwilling expression and his face turned cold. "If you can't stand the sun, tonight will be your death!"

Gao Wencan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

After talking about Gao Wencan, Wang Mingyi looked at Zhang San, "There are still places with gold and silver in Beijing today, and they are not places where his minions are, there are only a few brothels and gambling houses."

Don’t underestimate the flow of gold and silver in the gambling houses. Before the construction of the central bank, the Crown Prince’s Linshuixuan and the Seventh Prince’s Tianbao Tower and other places have always been the largest places for gold and silver circulation in Tianjing.

If we want to stabilize the gold and silver in Tianjing now, we can only let these places release the gold and silver first to prevent the people from panicking. This is not an easy task.

Because the gold and silver released are real, but what is exchanged for are stocks and silver bills. If Zhou Tieyi really cuts off the source of funds, the stocks and silver bills will immediately become waste paper. Therefore, this matter is risky and Zhang San is needed as a lobbyist.

Zhang San smiled and said, "Leave this to me. They are not fools. They can earn money again if they lose it, but if they lose the country, they will lose even their heads!"

Wang Mingyi nodded, "Then I will go to Pingzhang Palace immediately."

It was half cold and half hot in Pingzhang Palace, making everyone here feel very uncomfortable. Sweat seeped out of the foreheads of the clerks and palace servants. Before it dripped down the skin, it condensed into white frost on the eyelashes, like fine hairs.

Fortunately, the people here have all practiced cultivation and can hold on a little.

Zhou Tieyi, who was condensed by the southern Danling Qi, was calm and composed. The changes in the Daxia Exchange were led by him. Although the central bank was handed over, as long as the Daxia Exchange, which connected the whole country and was built with the Mingyue system, existed, it could in turn restrict the central bank. This was a reversal of priority, just like Wall Street influencing the decision-making of the Federal Reserve in the previous life.

As long as the Daxia Exchange is not destroyed, the Queen will not be able to bypass Zhou Tieyi and implement independent monetary and fiscal policies. This is another reason why Zhou Tieyi is so confident in delegating power.

Of course, if the Queen has the ability to buy all the stocks and government bonds, Zhou Tieyi is willing to accept the defeat.

But after buying stocks and government bonds?
That is something that even a saint might not be able to accomplish.

Everyone in the Pingzhang Palace seemed to be under a spell. The eunuch outside hurriedly walked in and reported, "Your Majesty, Lord Wang Mingyi wants to see you."

The Queen of Heaven said, "Xuan."

Wang Mingyi, wearing a red robe, entered the hall and first paid his respects to the Queen Mother. Then he said respectfully, "My Queen Mother, today the people are in an unusual situation and the stock market has plummeted. I have come to ask for your advice."

The Queen did not speak, but Zhou Tieyi spoke first. He looked at Wang Mingyi and said with a smile, "Aren't you in charge of farming? Why are you in charge of the stock market as well?"

This was already a huge overreach. The palace servants on both sides looked at Zhou Tieyi with murderous eyes, but no one dared to really scold him.

The Queen Mother spoke up, "The economy of the world is based on the mutual support of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans. Since Zhou Qing left the Central Bank, I have been temporarily in charge of this matter. Lord Wang was recommended by the Simin to lead the spring ploughing and discuss the economy. It is his duty. Zhou Qing is better. Even though he is thousands of miles away from the capital, he still thinks about the people of Tianjing. He is really worried about the country and the people. I just wonder if the people of the world will be happy if they know what Zhou Qing did today?"

Zhou Tieyi just smiled at the queen's ridicule.

He did do this, but can the people understand? In the end, they will only blame the court.

Wang Mingyi was temporarily authorized by the Queen to continue, "Now the people are spreading rumors about the Railway Corporation. Manager Hao of the Railway Chamber of Commerce has not appeared for a long time. I am afraid that the people will speculate and be taken advantage of by those with ulterior motives."

The Queen was silent for a few breaths before she said, "I asked Manager Hao to come into the palace to ask for advice, but I didn't expect that he would be used by someone with ulterior motives. Someone, go to the back hall and bring Manager Hao here."

(End of this chapter)