Chapter II. 282. Debt repayment
Although Shen Gui was born in the 'rich second generation' who had seen and used silver, he was also stunned in the face of this 'magical account book'!
It's not that the 40,000 taels of silver had a great impact on him; But he never thought that Yan Day, a 'business genius', could be 'pitted' away with so much silver in just half a year! Even if he directly opened the inner and outer warehouses and let those Nankang people move them from the treasury at will, he wouldn't be able to move such a large amount!
This huge astronomical figure made Li Deng, a giant who is accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, also stunned! Their Li family has been in business for generations, and how can it be said that Yan Yan also has half of the Li family's bloodline, how can he make such a loss-making business that damages the reputation of his ancestors? Of course, as long as he is doing business, it is normal to make money and lose money, but how can he lose business? It's clearly a fool to fool you!
From this incomplete account book alone, we can clearly see the clues of this loss-making transaction: the cooperation between Yan Tian and Di Ting is clearly to buy 200,000 taels of 'goods' with more than 4 million taels of silver. But from this point, it is enough to prove that Yan Day's son has no ability to be an emperor at all!
When Li Deng was still in office as prime minister, he gave priority to the 'transformation and law-abiding' of all the shortcomings of the Youbei Third Road, seeking stability and smoothness, and taking advantage of the situation; How could he not know the truth that 'severe cases should be treated with fierce medicine'? But the ordinary people of Youbei 3rd Road are innocent. As the saying goes, 'Immortals fight, mortals suffer'. Therefore, Li Deng, who threw a rat trap, could only accelerate the shedding speed of those 'tarsal maggots', but could not swing a knife and cut off all the belt meat. But this is almost a few decades of 'raising self-respect', not only the total population of Youbei Sanlu has gradually declined, but even the living standards of the people are getting worse day by day.
Needless to say, the 'fool's account' of 3.8 million taels of silver will definitely fall on him in the end. Because this is a note written by Yan Tian himself, it is equivalent to a note written by the entire Youbei Third Road. Of course, Nankang is located south of the Huajiang River, and there is an old powerhouse in the middle, the Beiyan Dynasty, even if Youbei wants to get rid of this arrears, those Nankang people can't 'knock on the door' in a short time.
However, Li Deng, who has traveled all over the world to study, is of course well aware of the stakes involved. No matter what changes have taken place in the future of the current situation of Youbei Third Road, since this account has been personally recognized by the prince of the prison state, it can neither be relied on nor relied upon. Because Nankang merchants have always paid the most attention to 'contract and law', and now that the deed is clear, there is no possibility of turning over, who cares if you are caught by someone? If you want to repay the debt, then the Diting Organization will definitely tell the world, just say that the monarch of the Three Roads of Youbei has no faith and breaks the contract, and does not repay the debt.
When it really comes to that season, it is still a trivial matter to be embarrassed, but the poor thing is that all the merchants in the northern part of the country don't want to sell a single fur or a grain of grain again!
If it weren't for this confidence, how could Di Ting 'lend' so much silver to the prince without any basis or texture?
When Li Deng thought of this, he felt that his gums were arched by the 'false fire'. With such a huge debt, he didn't have time to resent his nephew who didn't make it, and the first thing he thought about was how to plug this big hole.
"Hey, the inner and outer warehouses have long been empty; The Dongyou Li family is also in turmoil...... The old man really can't take out such a large sum of money to plug the bottomless pit......"
Hearing the teacher's sigh, Wan Changning also added with a gloomy face:
"Not only that, if we don't plug this hole quickly, then the amount of profits and debts will also increase. At that time, even if the entire Dongyou Li family is exhausted, I'm afraid it will be a drop in the bucket......"
Hearing this, Shen Gui suddenly raised a 'somewhat off-topic' question:
"Can any of you tell me why the listeners ask for so much silver?"
The answer to this question seems obvious, but not to mention Li Deng, who has held up most of the three roads in Youbei, and in terms of Shen Gui's current 'net worth', silver is just a numerical problem for him. But Nan Kangdi's extreme thirst for money has gone far beyond the scope of 'accumulating wealth', so his question also made everyone present stunned on the spot.
At this moment, like them, there is also the crown prince Yan Tian in the East Warm Pavilion of the palace. He's not a fool, and he knows that there are some shady 'little flower accounts' that he showed him when Scar Man showed him the contract notes when he came. But it is also a matter of course for businessmen to chase profit and stink, and who can help anyone do things for free? As the prince of a dignified country and the future emperor of Youbei, in order to calculate these 'petty profits', he carefully broke with those 'foreign envoys' 'one copper plate and one copper plate', which is really too much of a loss of national body! I didn't expect these 'dog things' from Nankang to be so 'shameless', and they actually took the 'grace' they gave down as a weakness that they unintentionally exposed. It is obviously 400,000 'goods', and Shengsheng wants to blackmail '3.6 million taels of silver' out!
Where is this doing business? clearly wants his Yan Day's life!
In fact, as early as after the account of debts rolled up, Yan Tian already had the idea of repaying the debt in his heart. However, at that time, the two sides had not yet torn their faces, and each other was also a partner of 'hello, me, hello, everyone', and the accounts that had not yet expired were naturally treated coldly; But now that the two sides have torn their faces, and they know that they have been deceived, why do they force themselves to repay the huge sum? If you are the son of heaven and the prince of a kingdom, why should you be idle by foreign merchants?
It can be seen from this that Li Deng, as Yan Day's maternal uncle, really guessed the future emperor of Youbei. Yan Tiancai was not interested in re-checking how much 'flower work' there was in this account, so he directly found Liu Zhi of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, as well as a few newly promoted henchmen, and held a meeting together to discuss whether the money could be raised and whether it could be relied upon......
Liu Zhi, a little fat man, killing people and setting fire is a piece of material, and when it comes to fiddling and calculating, he will not be much better than Shen Gui; And those who have become the court because of their whiskers and speculations, how can they really care about how to deal with the affairs of the court? It's not that Yan Tian said anything, and everyone echoed and praised it.
Such a 'Singing Meritorious Praise Conference', even if it is held until the end of the world, it will not be able to solve the problem faced by Yan Tian at all!
He finally reacted after listening to the same praise and praise for three whole hours, and it didn't help at all. Although Yan Tian has no talent and no virtue, he still knows that in the three roads of Youbei, who can really help a lot, and who can only add to the chaos! Despite his reluctance, he finally sent Li Qing, the head of the Sipin Inner Court, to the Prime Minister's Mansion to summon Li Deng into the palace to discuss.
In Yan Tian's view, now that he is the king of the throne who has the power to seize the power and the chance to win, with Li Deng's outstanding knowledge, he naturally will not fail to see that he is already 'the trend of the times and the will of the people'; and the reason why he is still calling himself sick in the palace is nothing more than holding his identity as an 'elder' and being embarrassed to 'get back the official hat' from him; in this case, he might as well give him a step down. The reason why he sent the head of the inner court of the former king to invite him, the prime minister, in person was also to express his sincere attitude of 'treating him as if he were the former emperor'.
It's a pity that Li Qingzhen went fast and came back faster. According to his report: The chief housekeeper of the Prime Minister's Mansion refused to open the door to let him in, and he kept saying that Prime Minister Li was seriously ill and could not meet guests. But he clearly followed the crack in the door opened by Li Fu and secretly saw the figure of the little grandson of the prince of Zhongshan, Shen Gui.
"Shen Gui? Didn't he go to the Great Wilderness City? Why did you return to Beijing so soon? Is it still mixed with Li Deng? ”
When Yan Tian heard this, he looked at Li Qing in great surprise, wanting to find out about Shen Gui's situation from his mouth. Unexpectedly, Li Qing smiled embarrassedly, knelt on his knees and buckled his head:
"Long live the atonement, for many days, the servants have respected His Majesty's will and guarded the spirit of the first emperor in the Yongling Palace. For the big and small affairs that happen outside the palace, it is natural that there is no rumor of it...... However, according to the minion, perhaps Supervisor Liu Zhiliu, who is in charge of the Imperial Horse Prison, should know a little about this matter......
Li Qing's behavior of 'bringing disaster to the east' is an extremely taboo thing from the perspective of both internal and external officialdom. However, since Li Qing got the favor of the first emperor Yan Hunt, he gradually had some secret friction with his father-in-law and master Lu Xiangyin. So now that Lu Xiangyin is dead, it is reasonable for Li Qing to deal with their disciples and grandchildren. But now that he Li Qing has also fallen out of favor, it is obvious that this is not a good time to 'go to war'.
However, if you think of the current head of the inner court, Li Yu, who is his godson Li Qing; Then that's another story. From this point of view, Li Qing has followed Lu Xiangyin for more than ten years, and the only thing he has learned is how to ensure the continuation of his power.
The little fat man Liu Zhi looked at the ministers in the Dongnuan Pavilion who were singing along, and said in a rare way:
"Your Majesty, the slave has something important to report to you!"
After finishing speaking, he turned back and swept away the waste that would only be 'long live the mountain'. Seeing this, Yan Tian waved his hand casually, and personally handed Li Qing, who was reluctant to go out, a look, and then waited with great interest to hear what "secret" the report was in Liu Zhi's mouth.
"Your Majesty, at this moment, Li Deng and Shen Gui are getting together, and eighty percent of them are because a good thing is about to happen to him and Li Le'an. Once these two get married, the relationship between you and Prime Minister Li Cheng will not be closer than Shen Gui...... And now although Yan Chongwu is being ordered to rush to Yanjiagou, we can't be sure where his butt is sitting...... Of course, there is also Guo Yunsong's hometown on Zhongshan Road, has it been thoroughly cleaned? …… Therefore, from the perspective of the slaves, the marriage between Li Le'an and Shen Gui must not be allowed to be held smoothly! ”
Yan Tian frowned, half-grumbling, half-telling the truth:
"Of course I know that. But there is a Heavenly Spirit Vein in his house guarding the door, and it is really difficult for ghosts and gods to enter; What's more, even your master Supervisor Lu died at the hands of others, and how can you endure the heavenly spirit veins of others? ”