Chapter 820: Tariff War

It's broken, it's really broken!

The gold of the treasury was dropped?

Kou Zhun immediately ordered an investigation, and after a busy night, he only checked ten percent, but found that nearly half of them were fakes filled with copper! Fake gold!

That's the treasury, which contains the family funds accumulated by Da Zhou over the years.

Back then, Chai Rong made a bold statement that he wanted to build a yard with gold, and now Da Zhou really has so much gold! It's more than enough to get a quadrangle!

It is no exaggeration to say that these gold are the confidence of Da Zhou, and they are also the ballast stone of the entire financial market, and there is no room for error!

But why, the tightly guarded treasury will have problems?

What kind of gold, who stole it?

Could it be that there are gods and ghosts? Or is it really like folklore, that the gold gathers together, is able to fly away, and disappears on its own?

Okay!

Kou Zhun became superstitious...... He sat from dawn until the third pole of the sun.

"Go, invite Ye Xianggong!"

Not long after, Ye Xi appeared in the duty room, Kou Zhun briefly introduced the situation, and leaned over and asked, "Senior brother, what do you think?" ”

Ye Xi took a deep breath, "The treasury is heavy, of course, it is impervious to wind and rain, and it is as stable as Mount Tai. Being able to take gold out of it is not something that a thief can do! ”

"Senior brother Gao Jian, these people are simply national thieves!" Kou Zhun slapped the table angrily, and said, "Senior brother, do you know who did it?" Is there a clue? ”

Ye Xi shook his head, "I don't know at all, but I can give the prime minister a little advice!" ”

"Oh? Speak quickly! "The reason why Kou Zhun chose Ye Xi was because he believed in Ye Xi's talent, and he also knew that as the eldest son of the champion Hou, he would never have anything to do with someone who stole gold from the treasury.

At the moment of crisis, what he needs to listen to is slander, not Li Changling-style flattery!

"Prime Minister, as far as I know, gold is the most popular in futures trading, accounting for 20% of all futures...... Although the futures market is dominated by short buying and selling, gold delivery is also required...... Moreover, futures and the spot market have a deep connection, and it is not surprising that some people use the spot market to influence futures and make huge profits! ”

One word!

It's someone who secretly took out the gold from the treasury and sold it!

Real money is wealth.

But there's a lot of gold, and it's not of much use.

In particular, the gold in the treasury, as long as the economy of the Great Zhou Dynasty is normal, will not be used for ten years, eight years, decades, or even hundreds of years.

It's a complete waste of resources to just leave it dry. It's better to take it out and play a bigger role!

If you sell 10,000 taels of gold in the spot market, you may be able to suppress the price of gold and convert it into the futures market, which is a million, tens of millions of huge profits!

It's not hard to measure!

Originally, this was a seamless thing, as long as no one went to the treasury to survey the treasury and toss the heavy gold, they could hide it from the world, and after a long time, if they wanted to track it down, they couldn't find the object.

The disappearance of gold is a perfect embodiment of the darkness under the lamp!

The more strictly guarded, the more foolproof the place, the more likely it is to have accidents. It seems that a very healthy person, once he falls, it is definitely a fatal serious illness, but he always runs to the hospital twice in three days, and he is safe and sound, even if he has any disease, he will be solved in advance.

Kou Zhun is like the unlucky guy who never gets sick and dies when he gets sick!

"The theft of gold is a big case...... It must be investigated, and there must be an explanation. Ye Xi's attitude was resolute, but he also sighed, "It's just that such a big case may not be able to be investigated clearly in a moment or three, and time waits for no one!" ”

Kou Zhun immediately said, "What Senior Brother said is extremely ...... I asked my brother to come over for this purpose. Kou Zhun laughed twice, rubbed his hands and said: "The one who came to exchange gold this time is Tianzhu, I know that Senior Brother and Governor Zhao are very familiar, can I ask Senior Brother to come forward and persuade Governor Zhao to take a break for a while, and when I find out clearly, I will definitely pay him the gold in full." Of course, if he needs it urgently, I can transfer it from other places, but in any case, please keep quiet! ”

Kou Zhun's fox tail was finally revealed, he was asking Ye Xi to put pressure!

Zhao Er was so angry!

This is what a gentleman can deceive! The surname Kou is bad, he is sure that Ye Xi is a gentleman, and he can't ignore the overall situation...... As for the Zhao family, they owe too much to the Ye family, and they dare not give Ye Xi face.

The originally fatal move was easily dissolved in this way, which is really powerful!

"I said, junior brother, Kou Zhun may not know about this matter! I guess he already knew it, maybe he instigated it! Zhao Erqi snorted.

Ye Xi chuckled, "I don't think so, Kou Zhun is different from those people, he is just a little more selfish, but he doesn't dare to joke about military affairs." ”

"Humph!" Zhao Er said disdainfully: "He can support finance, connive at wealthy businessmen, and allow these people to monopolize the market and harm the public and private ...... There's nothing he can't do! Senior brother, you are so honest and kind! ”

In the face of accusations, what else could Ye Xi say, he could only smile bitterly. It wasn't until he was about to say goodbye and leave that he whispered: "Senior brother, the people who restrain you, let's not move, maybe someone will move!" ”

Zhao Er was stunned for a full three seconds, chewed Ye Xi's words carefully, and instantly understood, and couldn't help but give Ye Xi a thumbs up!

Okay!

It's a bit of a master's style!

In the case of the treasury gold being dropped, of course Zhao Kuangyi could not make a move, but the other party may not believe that Zhao Er can control his hands!

In order to reduce their losses, they will definitely sell and cash out aggressively and get out of the financial markets as soon as possible...... That is, the countdown to the crisis has begun!

Zhao Er really wanted to shout at the sky and let the storm come more violently!

As Zhao Er thought, sure enough, the storm came...... I don't know where the news leaked out, saying that Chaotian has been issuing currency indiscriminately for many years, and the reserves are seriously insufficient, and the real money and silver have long disappeared, and the vault is full of rotten bricks.

Such news was so unbelievable that everyone just laughed it off at first. But gradually, more and more, more and more real, people can no longer be silent.

Outside the bank, there was a run on the bank, and the pressure suddenly fell on the bank...... The banks are also in a bad situation, in the past, the economic situation was too good, the threshold for borrowing was also low, they released a huge amount of money to the outside world, and now in the face of a run, they have to withdraw money to deal with the run.

Banks have taken a series of measures, such as making it more difficult to borrow, reducing the amount of loans, and repaying loans early!

A few tricks were used, and the market was suddenly full of mourning!

Even the people at the bank didn't expect that the situation would be so bad!

In the past, most of the financial players, including many large factories, relied on loans for financing, and they were saddled with huge debt leverage...... The rupture of funds is equivalent to the aorta of the human body being severed, and the fate can be imagined!

Originally, there was money everywhere, drowning the surface of the feet. But in the blink of an eye, the money is gone!

Up and down, all looking for money, almost everyone is short of money......

"Smack!"

On the top of the iron tower, which symbolizes the industrial achievements of the Great Zhou Dynasty, within ten days, fifteen people have jumped down and ended their lives. The imperial court had to urgently close the tower and prevent it from climbing.

But the problem is that if you want to die, you don't necessarily have to go to the iron tower, where the loess doesn't bury people!

"Yesterday alone, seven corpses were fished out of Bianshui, all of which failed to speculate in stocks!"

Ye Xi hugged the back of his head and sighed deeply.

He, the deputy prime minister, can't do much, at the moment when the sky is falling, he still has to believe in his own people, no, Kou Zhun has already called Li Changling to discuss emergency measures!

"Kou Xianggong, the stock market has fallen by two percent, the futures market has fallen by three percent, just now the governor of Dashi and the governor of Rome sent an official letter together, asking for the withdrawal of gold ...... deposited in the Imperial Bank."

Before Li Changling finished speaking, Kou Zhun slapped the table again and again, "Forcing the palace, unabashedly forcing the palace!" Aren't they just trying to see my jokes? Tell them, wishful thinking! ”

Li Changling's eyes lit up, he was greatly encouraged, and immediately said: "Kou Xianggong, these people have fallen into the well, and their hearts can be punished." I propose that the governor be withdrawn at once and replaced by ours, and then nothing will be left!" ”

"Let go ......" Kou Zhun swallowed the last word, but his anger was irrepressible, and it was all sprinkled on Li Changling's head!

"Brainless thing, is the Governor so easy to replace? They are all heroes and generals, and they are arranged overseas, and they also have the intention of dividing the feuds, and they dare to remove the governor, are they not afraid of their rebellion? ”

Li Changling's face was flushed, and it was indeed not the right time.

"The prime minister is aware that the lower officials don't mean that...... I mean, can you refuse sternly, and at this time, you can't agree to their unreasonable demands! ”

Kou Zhun took a deep breath, "That's nature!" Suddenly, he became angry again, "Right now, the stock market is crashing badly, and many factories are losing a lot...... The next wave of layoffs is bound to come, and once the workers have no means of livelihood, they will make trouble. This point must be investigated, and the cabinet must come up with a charter to deal with it! ”

Li Changling immediately said: "Please rest assured, the cabinet has prepared 10 million!" ”

Kou Zhun's face darkened, "What can you do with such a little money?" That's millions of people unemployed! ”

"Prime Minister, if that's the case, the only thing is to raise taxes!"

"You! Crazy! Finish! "Kou Zhun yelled, the situation was already very bad, and the tax was raised, isn't that worse?

Li Changling hurriedly explained: "The lower officials are talking about tariffs!" ”

"Tariffs?"

"That's right!" Li Changling said with a smile: "Increasing tariffs is a source of revenue...... In addition, it can reduce the competitiveness of overseas products and give local factories a chance to breathe...... I think it's a good move! And the only move! ”

Kou Zhun pondered for a long time, increasing tariffs is not a trivial matter, isn't this blocking the connection between the Great Zhou and overseas territories? For a long time, the cabinet is neither willing to develop overseas territories nor willing to get out of control, these two goals are actually contradictory!

"That'...... How much should I add? Kou Zhun asked helplessly.