After the first day of the Shoshin Bureau, the second day ushered in a wave of outbreaks, and the transaction volume increased suddenly, but most of them were internal purchases by the participating merchants, although the results were gratifying, but not sustainable, and after the first two days of busyness, the Shoshin Bureau returned to a cold situation again.

Zhou Kun saw that the businessmen could not open the situation for a long time, so he secretly reminded them that they could use the power of the recorder, as more and more people knew about the matter, the recorders of each group began to come to the stage, they helped the teams to adjust their strategies, and at the same time, they would also benefit the identity of the Ministry of Internal Affairs or the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and come forward to persuade some hesitant businessmen to stand up for some potential businessmen.

With the intervention of household and interior officials, as well as the implementation of subsidy strategies and various cooperation promises by various groups, the businessmen who had been eliminated were gradually convinced, and the transaction volume of government bonds increased day by day.

Zhang Jingyi and Wang Youxiang, two teams that received special care from Lu Jing, successfully solved most people's worries by using one-year and two-year repurchase agreements, and successfully closed many orders.

After this method was exposed, other groups quickly imitated it, and some businessmen who were not confident in the national debt and did not want to buy it, but did not want to offend people, signed such an agreement, although the silver was trapped in a year, and could not make money, but there was no loss.

Zhang Chengxin and Wang Youxiang saw that this method was spreading, so they quickly offered the second joint-stock company.

They carefully studied the information given by Lu Jing and found that the joint-stock company can not only win over everyone, gather everyone's advantages, but also spread risks, and everyone bears the responsibility if something happens.

The two of them each set up a company, secretly looking for powerful businessmen to join, and stated that if they became imperial merchants or nominal households, they would use this company as the main body to operate externally.

All the merchants who were found saw that they could also become imperial merchants indirectly through this method, and they joined in one after another.

After a few days, this method spread out again, and after everyone inquired about the specific operation method, they set up joint-stock companies and invited people to join.

Lu Jing was secretly happy when he saw the rise of the joint-stock company, and Zhang Chengxin and the two really lived up to their expectations, so they found Feng Yanji, and after some persuasion, the task of managing the company was assigned to the name of Zhaoxin Bureau.

Subsequently, all the established companies were allowed to register with the Zhaoxin Bureau, and a certain amount of registered capital was paid as a deposit, and the company's operation specifications, audit standards and precautions were announced.

In the days that followed, the merchants made their best efforts to achieve good results, such as promising more cooperation in other fields, marrying each other into alliances of interests, or inviting officials from later generations to come forward.

Of course, there have also been many conflicts between various groups due to unscrupulous competition methods such as snatching customers, tearing down each other's platforms, buying eyeliner, and intercepting orders halfway, and some have even sued the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

As long as it is not a particularly excessive means of vicious competition, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs only regulate after the fact and do not interfere too much, after all, these means are part of commercial competition.

Seeing this attitude of the imperial court, the various groups knew that the imperial court intended to let them compete, so they frequently used methods, and the confrontation and competition between them became more intense, and many groups formed alliances or engaged in hostility as a result.

Xue Pan's group also clashed with others many times, and under the promotion of Jia Yun and Liu Xianglian, they formed an alliance with Wang Youxiang, Zhang Chengxin and other groups.

Jia Lian, Jia Yun, and Feng Ziying frequently came forward for Xue Pan, either as Rongguofu, or as a force to win over people, or to win over with interests, and completed many orders for the Xue family.

Jia Lian also got more thanks, and without Wang Xifeng's control over him in terms of money, his life outside became more and more nourishing and wanton.

Liu Xianglian was finally able to meet Wang Suxiu, who she had admired for a long time, and then took advantage of the opportunity of the two groups to work together and had frequent contact.

Seeing this situation, Wang Youxiang quietly inquired about Liu Xianglian's family history, and learned that his ancestors had also been brilliant, but now he has declined, and now he is the only one left in the Liu family, and he is very satisfied with this situation, so he acquiesced to his contact with his daughter, and even intended to create conditions for the two to contact.

After more than ten days of frenzied sales, by the beginning of September, most of the merchants in the city had bought the treasury bonds to a greater or lesser extent, and the merchants gradually turned their attention to the gentry in Beijing.

Lu Jing, Zhou Kun, and Huang Yongzhong saw that the first wave of sales had passed, so they played Emperor Yuanyong and started a new plan.

During the early morning of the eighth day of September, Emperor Yuan Yong took out Gansu, Henan and other places to request disaster relief, and asked hundreds of officials to discuss disaster relief matters.

In July and August, many places across the country were hit by drought, and the people's harvest was poor, especially in Gansu, Henan and other areas where the disaster was severe.

This matter has become a rule, and it is enough to allocate funds directly from the household department, so there is almost no discussion, and the DPRK and China have reached an agreement, and some of the court officials are secretly surprised by the emperor's practice of bringing the matter to the court for discussion.

Feng Yanji saw that the results had come out, and hurriedly said: "Qi Song Sheng, since the budgets of various ministries were allocated in March, the treasury has been almost empty, and now the taxes from various places have not been delivered, and the treasury has not been able to take out enough silver for disaster relief. ”

Emperor Yuanyong's face sank when he heard this, and he asked, "How much silver can the household squeeze out right now?" ”

Feng Yanji hurriedly said: "The minister checked the accounts a few days ago, and even if he made up his efforts, he could only barely come up with 500,000 taels of silver, but it was just a drop in the bucket and could not meet the disaster situation in the sixteen counties!" ”

Emperor Yuan Yong said with a cold face and a deep voice: "I will hand over the household department to you to be in charge, you must solve this matter, no matter what method you use, you must make up the disaster relief money within a month!" ”

Feng Yanji hurriedly pleaded guilty and said: "The old minister has failed the Holy Long's grace, please punish the Holy Lord!" ”

Emperor Yuanyong's face softened after hearing this: "I also know the difficulties of the household, the current treasury is empty, but the current disaster situation is urgent, the affected people are waiting to be fed, waiting for the imperial court to transport grain over, they are all my people, I can't care, I will explain to the palace to reduce expenses, save some money for disaster relief, and you can think of a way to do the rest." ”

Feng Yanji replied: "If the expenses of the ministries are reduced and the official salaries are issued a few months later, the ministers can allocate some silver and barely cope with the disaster." ”

As soon as Feng Yanji's voice fell, the court immediately discussed, and everyone saw that the situation was not right, there was no need to discuss this matter in the court, the emperor and Feng Yanji sang and harmonized, and deliberately mentioned the matter of Yulu, I am afraid that they wanted to retreat into advance, and let them take the initiative to donate silver for disaster relief.

Li Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Fu Chuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Wang Zhushan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Jiang An, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, hurriedly stood up to oppose it, saying that their respective ministries had already reduced their expenditures several times, and that if they continued to do so, it would affect the normal operation of the yamen.

After hearing this, Emperor Yuan Yong quieted everyone down, and continued to ask Feng Yanji: "I remember that when you proposed to issue treasury bonds, you said that you would use treasury bonds to raise funds for disaster relief, and now this part of the funds can be used for disaster relief?" ”

Feng Yanji hurriedly said: "Back to the Holy Place, the treasury bonds issued by the household department are set up for disaster relief, but at present, the treasury bonds have just been sold, and they have not yet raised enough silver taels. ”

Emperor Yuanyong said in a deep voice: "It is urgent to help the people in the disaster, and the cabinet intends to make it my will, if the purchase of national debt exceeds 100,000 taels, I will be rewarded, and explain to the people that the imperial court does not let them donate silver, but the imperial court borrows money from them, and the imperial court will return the national debt when it expires!" ”

After finishing speaking, he said to the hundred officials below: "Now that the household department is using national bonds to raise disaster money, you also have to make some efforts, I don't want you to buy it, but you can also help the household department to strengthen its momentum." ”

When Feng Yanji heard this, he hurriedly said: "The minister will raise the silver taels as soon as possible, and the minister is in charge of the household department and is responsible for the issuance of treasury bonds. ”

Li Qian stood up and echoed: "Now that the imperial court has borrowed money for disaster relief, the ministers are deeply favored by the country, so naturally they also have to contribute to the imperial court. ”

Wang Zhushan, Yan Sheng, Shen Ji and others also stood up and spoke out one after another in support of the national debt and contributed funds to solve the national difficulties.

Although they knew that the imperial court was going to issue treasury bonds, they knew that it would be difficult to avoid it, but they were still a little caught off guard when it came to the end, and whether they wanted it or not, they could only express their stance in the court first.

Emperor Yuanyong had been paying attention to Xungui's reaction to this matter, and seeing that although they were extremely reluctant on their faces, they did not say anything against it, and at the same time they were a little relaxed in their hearts and secretly vigilant, worried that they would make some small moves behind their backs, so he ordered people to keep an eye on their movements at all times.

After the next dynasty, Li Qian, Feng Yanji, Wang Zhushan and other six ministers and nine secretaries sent their families to the Zhaoxin Bureau to buy treasury bonds to support disaster relief.

Seeing this, the subordinate officials of the various ministries had no choice but to respond and follow, and after inquiring about the amount purchased by the bigwigs of each ministry, they purchased it according to their official positions.

The rest of the yamen saw that their colleagues had already bought it, and the emperor spoke in the court again, although he was unwilling in his heart, he had to follow the purchase.

The trend of government officials purchasing treasury bonds spread to the people, and it led to the gentry in Beijing.

These people heard that the imperial court issued treasury bonds to raise disaster silver, especially after the imperial court's proclamation came out, the emperor said that there would be a reward, so they responded to the national policy and went to the Zhaoxin Bureau to buy treasury bonds.