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Chapter 1102 Financial Turmoil Returns ([-])

"Qizou Your Majesty, Prince Zhuang, Prince Yu and all the ministers of military affairs have arrived at the front hall. Your Majesty please let me know."

Even though it was already dark, since Hong Qing issued an urgent summons, no one dared to delay, and not long after Hong Qing finished his meal, Li Dequan hurried over. Cautiously reported a sentence.

"Ah."

Hong Qing let out a soft grunt with no expression on her face, stretched out her hand, took a piece of wet white silk from the tray at the corner of the table, wiped her face vigorously, and eased the sleepiness after eating, then she got up and strode forward Go to the front hall.

"The Emperor is here!"

In the front hall, the old fifteen and others were exchanging opinions on the emergency situation in private, when they suddenly heard a shrill shout from the junction of the front hall and the back hall, they dared not take it lightly, and hurriedly pressed the button Standing in line high and low, waiting for Hong Qing's arrival.

"Come on and see Your Majesty!"

In the sound of footsteps, Hong Qing was surrounded by Li Dequan and others, and slowly turned out from the back hall. Seeing this, the old fifteen and others did not dare to lose their courtesy, and all hurriedly knelt down on the ground , Qiqi salutes incessantly.

"no."

Hong Qing walked up to the front wall slowly, lifted the hem of her robe, sat down on the dragon bed, looked around at the crowd, raised her hand, and called out in a peaceful voice.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Long En, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Although Hong Qing concealed it very well, all the people present were the top pillars of the country, and they could hear the haze in Hong Qing's voice, and their hearts sank unavoidably, but they didn't dare to show it to their faces. When he came up, he could only thank God in a proper manner according to the court rules.

"Wait back!"

Although angry, Hong Qing was not in a hurry to speak, but waved at Li Dequan and the others, and ordered in a calm voice.

"twitter!"

As soon as Hongqing Jinkou opened, Li Dequan and the others dared not delay a bit, they all agreed and filed out of the hall.

"Everyone should know that Chengquan Qiaozhao, the auditor of the central bank, sealed up the head office of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and forcibly detained the bank's president, Kang Wanming. It has been two days since the incident happened. If it is as expected If so, the financial order in Shanxi Province must be in chaos, and the wind of a run may already be spreading. If arrangements are not made early, the consequences will be unpredictable. If you have any opinions on this, let's talk about it."

All those present were people Hong Qing could trust, so he would not hide too much, and directly stated the subject of this urgent discussion.

"Your Majesty, I think that someone must be behind this matter. If not, Cheng Quan, a mere doctor, would dare to act in such a rebellious manner. I propose to investigate thoroughly to clarify the truth."

The matter was so important that the ministers of military affairs dared not speak up easily, but the old sixteen had no such worries, so he rushed out boldly and proposed a sentence filled with righteous indignation.

"Well, I have urgently issued an order to Shanxi governor Miao Cheng to arrest Cheng Quan and bring him to justice. The investigation must be thoroughly investigated, but there is no rush. The most important thing now is to ensure that the financial order will not be disrupted, especially the run on bankruptcies must be done as soon as possible. Calm down, if you have any thoughts on this, please tell me what you think about it, I will listen."

Old Sixteen's proposal is pure nonsense, nothing else, how could such a big incident not be thoroughly investigated, but Hong Qing did not dislike Old Sixteen's mindless proposal, the reason is only One, that is, Old Sixteen is Hong Qing's hard-core confidant, and he is unparalleled in loyalty. People like this can only be appeased, and must not be blamed at will.

"Your Majesty, I believe that at this critical juncture, I must make a decisive decision. I have three proposals. First, let the world know that Chengquan's seizure of the Industrial and Commercial Bank was an act of arbitrariness and not the original intention of the court. After passing the notices of the local government, it must be widely advertised in the "Jingshi Times"; secondly, the officials thought that since the run on has started, it will not take a day to calm down. There is an urgent need for silver, presumably the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China must lend a lot, and the reserve fund may be insufficient. Once the cash withdrawal request of the merchant cannot be honored, there will undoubtedly be a big trend. Banks and money houses are urgently needed; thirdly, local governments should also mobilize urgently to mobilize police and military forces to prevent the situation from getting out of control; if these three things can be guaranteed, I believe that the situation should be within the controllable range.”

Zhang Tingyu is usually cautious in his words and deeds, and never starts to shoot, but today he is uncharacteristically, the first one to stand up, and he has a long speech in one breath, nothing else, after being neglected during the Chengde years After that, Zhang Tingyu already had a strong sense of crisis, and he didn't want to be excluded from the decision-making circle anymore. In addition, he knew the situation earlier than the other ministers, and he had already thought of a way to deal with it. Don't worry about it now. Show it last time, and when will it be.

"Hengchen's three points are all right. I think it is feasible. The first and third points will be implemented tomorrow. As for the second point, I think it depends on the power of Ku Yin from the local government. If you fail to catch it, you need to be prepared, but in the end, the court still has to think of other ways, um, Uncle Fifteen, besides the normal expenses, how many spare silver taels can the 'Eight Banners Company' squeeze out?"

At the beginning of spring, it is the time when the treasury bank of each province is the least. Moreover, the deficit situation in all provinces is common. It is just a question of whether there is more or less. Hongqing actually knew about the possible financial turmoil, so she didn't dare to pin all her hopes on the treasury banks of the provinces, so she considered her tone and left the problem to the fifteenth.

"Returning to Your Majesty, if it is only necessary to adjust positions urgently, my 'Eight Banners Company' should be able to free up 300 million taels of cash. As for the follow-up, I can also plan to prepare roughly the same amount of silver taels for emergencies. "

Old Fifteen has controlled the "Eight Banners Firm" for many years, and he knows the current situation of the firm very well. Hearing this question from Hongqing, he gave a definite answer after a little mental calculation.

"Well, this should be enough, Shen Aiqing, how much money can the state-owned investment company transfer from you?"

Although the "Eight Banners Firm" is rich and powerful, it has a lot of money that can be mobilized. The problem is that in order to control the scale of the "Eight Banners Firm", Hongqing consciously limits the investment scale of the "Eight Banners Firm" in China. Most of the money in the "firm" is in the capital. Although there is a lot of money, it is obviously difficult to transfer it to various places. It can only be used as a backup, but it is difficult to use it for emergency. Because of this, Hong Qing can really rely on the Ministry of Industry The funds of the state-owned investment company here.

"Your Majesty clearly learned that the assets of the state-owned investment company of the Ministry of Industry are all over the country. It is difficult to calculate how much money can be mobilized. However, if the text is written, there will be no possibility of participating in the run on the partners in various places. As for the transfer of money to save money Well, within 3000 million taels, there should be no difficulty."

The Ministry of Industry is now a big business. In terms of scale and influence, it is even worse than the "Eight Banners Firm". Because of this, Shen He is very confident when he speaks.

"That's good, and let's make a decision first. Uncle Fifteen and Shen Aiqing will work together to adjust the position. Everything is based on stabilizing the financial order. Even if the price is higher, I think it is acceptable."

With the guarantee from the "Eight Banners Firm" and the Ministry of Industry, Hong Qing felt relieved a lot, and after a moment of contemplation, she made a final decision.

"Your Majesty is wise, and the ministers should do their best."

As soon as Hongqing opened his golden mouth, Lao Shiwu and Shen He didn't dare to neglect it, and hurriedly agreed in unison.

"You two love affairs, I am very relieved, and I will discuss the matter here first, and then I will talk about how to rectify the affairs of the court. I think the current affairs of the court are extremely unhealthy, just a doctor. If you dare to do such a rebellious deed, if there is no treachery behind you, why would you come to this? I think this wind will not last long. If you don't stop this unhealthy wind, how can you shake the court? What do you think about it? Just say it straight, and I'm listening."

The matter of dealing with the financial turmoil has been roughly agreed, at least in Hong Qing's view, with so many preparations, there should be no mistakes. Full of unconcealable murderous intent.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to be the presiding judge, and I will clarify the truth of the case myself, and I will definitely not let the traitor make trouble!"

Hearing Hong Qing's murderous words, everyone in the hall was startled, but the old sixteen got up his spirits, stood up first and asked for his life loudly.

"Your Majesty, I believe that this case must be thoroughly investigated. However, the most important thing at this time is to stabilize the financial order. Therefore, I believe that the matter of investigating the case should not be acted until the turmoil subsides."

Although Hong Qing didn't say who was the traitor, except for the old sixteen, everyone else knew that the person Hong Qing really wanted to deal with was the fourth master. , but none of them dared to step into it lightly, only Fang Bao obviously disapproved of Hong Qing's thoughts, so he reminded him from the side.

"Mr. Linggao's thoughts are just right, so let's just leave it at that, and wait for the reaction from Taiyuan to come back before making a plan."

Although Fang Bao's words were very cryptic, but Hong Qing knew what he really wanted to express. It was nothing more than saying that the fourth master still has strong strength in the court. If he can't be brought down in one fell swoop If it is said, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the court. Instead of getting rid of it in a hurry, it is not too late to cut off its party members first, and then slowly deal with it. The reason why she wanted to start earlier was because she was pissed off by the central bank's random actions. Now that Fang Bao reminded her, Hong Qing didn't insist any more.

"Your Majesty Shengming."

Now that Hongqing Jinkou opened, all the ministers and workers would not have any objections, and they just praised it together.

(End of this chapter)