Chapter Ninety-Eight: Collusion between Officials and Businessmen
The bidding for the project has received the support and response of more than 20 of the most powerful businessmen in Daqin, and Li Yang is finally relieved.
In this matter, the Ba family can be said to have played a great role, if it weren't for the Ba family to maneuver and liaise in it, and take the lead, it is estimated that these businessmen would not have believed Li Yang so easily.
After all, everyone knows that the Ba family is Li Yang's cronies, and the business that the Ba family is willing to participate in will naturally not be a loss-making business.
Since the matter has the support of the merchants, it is natural that the sooner the better, after all, one more day of delay means that countless victims will starve for one more day, and countless people will starve to death on this day.
Without further ado, Li Yang decided on the spot to officially hold the bidding two days later, and at the same time let these more than 20 top businessmen take the lead and publicize the project bidding to other businessmen.
Although it was only two days, driven by these more than 20 businessmen, the bidding for the project detonated the entire business community in two days.
The 120,000 wealthy businessmen in the entire Xianyang City almost all know about the bidding for the project, and everyone is talking about the bidding for the project.
Especially when I learned that the more than 20 top wealthy businessmen were keen on this business, this made the businessmen below even more red-eyed, and they were ready to get a piece of this cake.
All of a sudden, the entire business community was full of energy and eagerly waiting for the bidding conference!
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Two days, in a trance......
On this day, it is finally time for the bidding meeting to be held.
The bidding conference is responsible for the Development and Reform Administration, and tens of thousands of businessmen have signed up.
The project is divided into more than 100 projects according to the bidding section, so the bidding conference is also divided into 100 sessions, but even so, there are hundreds of businesses participating in each session.
The originally large council hall of the Development and Reform Agency was now full of more than 100 businessmen, who reported their bidding prices, and more than 100 people competed for a project.
The whole conference was so lively!
At the same time, the Qilin Hall was the time of the early dynasty.
The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty applauded when they learned that Li Yang planned to solve the problem of famine by bidding for projects.
Originally, everyone thought that he was planning to collect donations from merchants.
How much money can be used to raise donations, and the 120,000 wealthy merchants in Xianyang City can solve the disaster victims in a county, which is not bad. However, there are more than 30 counties in Daqin, which can be described as a drop in the bucket.
However......
Who knew that he Li Yang actually used the project bidding to let the businessmen hire the disaster victims, so that the businessmen would naturally be willing to invest all their family resources in order to make a profit. This is a brilliant plan!
Above the court, everyone looked at Li Yang with admiration, why can this guy always be so unexpected? And every time I think of a ghost idea, it's so novel and amazing? I can't help but applaud.
What a genius!
To tell the truth, everyone present, whether they were civil servants or military generals, asked themselves that it was really impossible for them to think of using project bidding to solve the problem of famine.
This is something that everyone has to convince of.
Of course, after Emperor Yingzheng learned of this situation, he was also full of praise for Li Yang.
This guy can really surprise him every time.
He can think of what others can't think of, and what others don't dare to think, he dares to think.
Belch...... Although a few days ago he spoke a little arrogantly.
However......
His method is really good, and it deserves the word "color".
Ying Zheng happily praised: "Li Yang, if the problem of the victims can be solved, I will definitely remember your great merit!" ”
Li Yang smiled happily: "Thank you, Your Majesty, the ministers eat the king's money, share the worries for Your Majesty, and seek the safety of the people, it is the duty of the ministers, and they don't dare to ask for credit." ”
"Haha, the credit must be yours." Ying Zheng laughed twice, and then suddenly said with a little worry: "But are you really confident, will these businessmen be willing to take over these national projects?" ”
Li Yang nodded, and said confidently: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, this is a matter of benefiting the country and the people, how can a businessman not even understand this kind of truth." The minister believes that today's bidding meeting will be very lively, and everyone will strive to be a patriotic businessman and relieve the worries of Daqin. ”
As soon as Ying Zheng heard this, he rolled his eyes a little, if a businessman had this awareness, he would not be called a businessman, and a few years ago, he would not have to forcibly move 120,000 wealthy merchants into Xianyang City for surveillance.
Isn't this because the merchant is treacherous, and the word Eli is the head?
For the country and the people, striving to be a patriotic businessman, no matter how you hear this, it feels awkward.
At this time, Feng Quji immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty, as long as the merchants see the big profits, they will naturally compete one after another. However, when I heard that the bidding price of this project was set by the National Development and Reform Administration at a very high price, with such a huge profit in it, businessmen would definitely compete to earn money and grain from the state treasury. ”
"Oh? Is the price high? Ying Zheng was stunned and curious.
Feng Qujian held a bidding charter in his hand and said: "In this bidding charter, there is the bidding price of various projects, such as this Qinling, which is close to completion, and according to 300,000 people, it is expected to be completed in half a year." In this way, 900,000 gold, labor costs are enough, plus wood and masonry, a total of one million gold is enough. However, the bidding price of the National Development and Reform Agency for Qinling is as high as 2 million gold, which is twice the normal cost. ”
Speaking of this, Feng Quji looked heartbroken, and choked up: "Your Majesty, this is ...... They want to send all of my Great Qin treasury to these profiteers. ”
At this time, Feng Qujian and his party admonished in unison: "Your Majesty, if you bid for such a bid, the treasury will be empty, and then it will definitely be the fruit of a poor country and a rich businessman, and Daqin will suffer!" ”
Yes, in later generations, this kind of behavior will be called a waste of state-owned assets. even put a cover on you, the big sin of colluding with businessmen.
Sure enough, after seeing the emperor's face sink, an imperial historian said: "The minister heard that the Ba family and the prime minister of the middle have too many contacts, and even the second head of the Ba family, Ba Mi, has a marriage contract with the prime minister. ”
A group of officials from the Imperial Historical Observatory, as well as Feng Quji's party, petitioned one after another: "I hope Your Majesty will order the Imperial Lieutenant to conduct a thorough investigation!" ”
Suddenly, the rest of the officials were in an uproar.
When Li You heard this, he couldn't get angry at the moment, this was not only participating in Li Yang, but also in his father Li Si, so he pointed at this group of ministers and reprimanded angrily: "The prime minister of China has worked hard and painstakingly to come up with such a perfect strategy, and the ministers of the ministers have wronged and slandered the prime minister of China so much, which is really the heart of the loyal and virtuous ministers!" ”
He Zhang also hurriedly said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the prime minister is brave and loyal, and will never collude with officials and businessmen to do corrupt and pervert the law, and I hope Your Majesty will not believe it." ”
To tell the truth, Li Yang is also very congested, Yu Shitai is his subordinate, and he is in charge of the law, but now it is good, his subordinates are all involved in his collusion with officials and businessmen, this kind of fact may rarely appear from ancient times to the present.
Of course, this also made Li Yang understand even more that he was in charge of the law, in fact, he was a prime minister, and the court lieutenant and the imperial history platform in his hands would listen to him in compiling and revising the new law, and in other matters, everyone only listened to Meng Yi and Feng Zheng.
Ying Zheng was also a little stunned, this situation also surprised him.
is in charge of the law, but as a result, the person in the law has to participate in this central prime minister, and this central minister is quite a failure, right?
However, Ying Zheng is indeed a little angry, what can be done with one million gold, you actually spend two million gold, even if you are not greedy for the money, but this kind of generosity is equivalent to giving the treasury to the businessman.
Ying Zheng still can't stand this.
At that moment, Ying Zheng asked with a calm face: "Li Yang, what Feng Xiang said about the price, but is it true?" ”
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