Chapter 1157: The Fall of Financial Power
What is the roster left by Sima Guang that deserves such excitement from Dogya'er?
Not to mention the excitement of this thing, even if it falls into the hands of Wang Ningan, he can't help it.
Because the register records the property and shares of more than a dozen top families, as well as their methods and ways of controlling their wealth...... For a long time, everyone knew that it was the financial conglomerates that were causing chaos and doing things.
But when it comes to the specifics, who the financial syndicate is, who it consists of, how many forces it controls, how many officials it controls, and how do it control officials...... These key things, everyone just has different opinions, and no one can come up with something definite.
How to say it, the financial group is like a ghost floating in the world, knowing that it exists, but it doesn't know what form it is, just like amoeba, pervasive, omnipresent, in the face of them, no matter how much power there is, no matter how many soldiers, it will not work.
In a word, the tiger eats the sky, and there is no way to eat!
In fact, Wang Ningan also has the opportunity to become such a terrifying existence, after all, he is preparing to establish the Royal Bank, implement the gold standard, and implement paper money, as the initiator, there are too many people, holding cash in their hands, looking forward to cooperating with Wang Ningan and getting a piece of the pie.
However, Wang Ningan was afraid of financial forces from the beginning, for fear that he would become a monster and be uncontrollable. After he became the prime minister, he took the initiative to cut it several times and threw away all the family property.
Some were transferred to the Royal Bank and became all the assets of the imperial court.
Wang Ningan did this, in the eyes of many big families who play with money, it is simply a stupid hat behavior!
What about the imperial court?
There are thousand-year-old families, but there are no thousand-year-old courts.
Mastering tangible land is far less pleasant than mastering intangible capital.
As long as they control the money, let the dynasty change, and the wind and clouds, they are all the people who have the happiest life.
Just after Wang Ningan broke with the financial forces, these guys who played with money chose Sima Guang, and they cooperated with each other, took what they needed, and engaged in financial innovation.
Banking, Insurance, Stock Market, Futures, Overseas Trade, Gold and Silver Trading, War Bonds, Large-scale Infrastructure...... These things are quickly controlled by financial groups and become a tool for them to make money.
On the whole, the factory owners had a hard time, their profits were very low, the treatment of the workers could not be improved, the peasants were only fed and clothed, the citizens were full of complaints, and the imperial court was burdened with huge debts, and the interest expenses were staggering...... The huge Song Dynasty has played with the development of life, and no one is satisfied?
Where does the money go?
Where do the profits go?
As the helmsman of the empire, Wang Ning'an, the princes of the political hall, all know that in a word, these profits have been quietly taken away by the financial group.
They enjoy ultra-high and ultra-high return profits, and everyone else is naturally bitter, and there is no possibility of luck!
How to change?
The key is in this roster!
If Sima Kang had the slightest respect for his father, he could take down Sima Guang's body, whether it was taken away or buried, he would be able to issue a roster and get this terrible thing in his hands.
It's a pity that Sima Kang doesn't even have this conscience, and he also sounded the death knell for their group.
Dogtooth carefully wrapped the roster, stuffed it in his arms, and then without stopping for a moment, he quickly took the train back to Xijing, and didn't even dare to blink his eyes along the way.
Finally, the roster was sent to Wang Ningan.
Wang Ningan browsed from beginning to end, and finally showed a smile.
"Sima Jun can really leave this list, count his conscience is not clear, pass on my order, and allow him to be buried in the ground and buried on the spot!"
Of course, the people below did so.
After explaining, Wang Ningan's face was solemn and he let out a long breath.
"Call them all in!"
Soon, the ministers led by Lu Huiqing and Zhang Dian walked in one after another, and the big guys saluted the teacher together.
Wang Ningan also glanced at them one by one, and the scenes of the past kept coming to mind in his mind.
The Six Arts School, young and frivolous, they are masters and apprentices, and they are also friends.
Reading together, riding and shooting together.
It wasn't until later that he was admitted to the Jinshi, entered the dynasty as an official, and ruled the world.
The intimacy between master and apprentice and tacit understanding have led to today's good situation, but then again, who can guarantee that everyone can be the same from the beginning to the end?
Wang Ningan's gaze left on everyone's face for a different time, and the big guys also felt strong pressure, and even felt a feeling of suffocation!
"Master, could it be that Sima Guang's mansion was copied, what happened?" Lu Huiqing asked boldly.
Wang Ningan didn't deny it, nodded and said: "There is indeed a problem, Sima Junshi committed suicide by hanging the beam, he died, but he left one thing behind!" ”
As soon as these words came out, one of these people shook his hand, his face changed rapidly, and even his breathing became heavy.
"Hahaha!"
Wang Ningan laughed, and suddenly, he set his eyes on Zeng Bu's body, Lu Huiqing and Zhang Dian, as well as Su Zhe and Han Zongwu, several of them immediately changed color, and shouted together: "Master! ”
Wang Ningan waved his hand and didn't let them ask.
"Zixuan, what do you want to say?"
Zeng Bu's face was pale, the corners of his mouth kept twitching, and suddenly he grabbed the corner of his clothes and was about to stuff it into his mouth, Zhang Dun's hand was quick, and he grabbed Zeng Bu's wrist, and Han Zongwu also took a shot, grabbing his other arm.
Both of them are shocked and furious!
Okay, you Zeng Bu, Master promotes you and reuses you, all the financial power of the court is in your hands, you dare to secretly collude with others, betray the master, betray the court, where is your conscience?
Facing the sharp gaze of the big guy, Zeng Bu silently lowered his head and said nothing...... In fact, even Wang Ningan didn't believe that there would be traitors among his cronies and disciples, but the facts were there, and he couldn't pretend to turn a blind eye.
I still remember that a few years ago, Zeng Bu was famous for his financial management ability, and Wang Ningan, out of consideration of the overall situation, temporarily pushed Han Zongwu to take over the household department and pressed Zeng Bu for a period of time.
From that time on, Zeng Bu began to combine with financial forces to find a way to squeeze Han Zongwu out, and later he got his wish and successfully took over the household department.
From that time on, his days in the household department were no shorter than Sima Guang's.
It's just that as Wang Ning'an's personal disciple, Zeng Bu knows the teacher's ability too well, and he doesn't dare to show his flaws at all, on the contrary, he is active, serious and honest, even if he is dealing with financial groups, he does his best and goes all out.
Finally, he successfully deceived Wang Ningan and gained the trust of the teacher.
In this chaos, Zeng Bu also played a role.
For example, Wang Ning'an asked for the major banks to be taken over by the imperial court, and Zeng Bu did so, but he only accepted the banks and took over the business, and as for the huge amount of gold and silver guarantees that existed in the banks, they disappeared.
Afraid that what he had done would leak out, Zeng Bu immediately pushed for credit money to cover up his negligence.
Not only was it released in the Great Song Dynasty, but it also took the initiative to get it overseas, and the number was very large.
Immediately afterwards, overseas places boycotted and trade reached a stalemate, and he took great pains to deal with it, and openly declared that the grain reserves of the Great Song Dynasty were enough for two years, and the imperial court could slowly figure it out without worrying about overseas rebellions.
It was also from this time that Wang Ningan became suspicious of this disciple.
Because Zeng Bu's words are really substandard.
When food prices rise rapidly, people panic, and even if they have enough food at home, they have to buy more spare, which is human.
In addition, there are people who don't care about the rise in food prices, but the problem is that there is less and less food, and there are runs everywhere, so what if you can't buy food if you have money?
These rich people will also join in the rush to buy, although they are not many, but they have a lot of money in their hands, and it is quite terrible to rush to buy.
Therefore, in the face of the rush to buy and run, it cannot be calculated according to the inventory at all, Zeng Bu claimed that the Great Song Dynasty could last for two years, but in fact, it would run out of food in half a year.
In fact, Wang Ningan did not do what Zeng Bu planned at all, he gave Gouya'er three months and asked for a counterinsurgency, and it was for this reason!
Fortunately, Gouya'er completed the task as scheduled, the overseas rebellion was suppressed, the grain flowed back in, and the market in the Great Song Dynasty finally stabilized.
Unconsciously, Da Song survived a crisis of collapse.
Don't look at the waves, the danger is even more than the sum of all the previous things!
Of course, I have to say that Wang Ningan is indeed calm and calm enough.
If it were someone else, who could still follow the steps and treat it as a nobody?
Once the family is in chaos, the following will be chaotic, panic will spread, how to clean up the financial group! At that time, it was not the petition group that came out, but the forces that opposed Wang Ningan and demanded that he be deposed!
The more I look back, the more scared I become.
Zhang Dian was furious, even the always elegant Su Zhe couldn't stand it, and when he raised his fist, he was about to hit someone, and Han Zongwu also wanted to know why Zeng Bu betrayed his teacher and acted as a lackey for the financial group!
"Leave him alone!"
Wang Ningan roared, and he threw the roster in his hand to Lu Huiqing.
"There are a total of 19 above, starting from the Zeng family, arrest them all! None left!! After Wang Ningan finished speaking, he turned around and walked back.
Zeng Bu suddenly stiffened his neck and wailed, "Master, Master! The disciple is not betraying the master, the disciple, the disciple has a hard time......" He cried out heartbreakingly, but Wang Ningan didn't bother to listen at all.
Even Lu Huiqing and the others couldn't listen.
According to Sima Guang's records, the Zeng family has more than 200 million wealth in their hands, and according to the complex cross-shareholding, the Zeng family can leverage more than 1 billion funds!
It's really rich!
But even with such strength, among the 19 financial giants, they can only rank 7th!
The strength of the financial group can be seen!
Sima Guang is indeed powerful enough.
Perhaps from the day he was held hostage by financial forces, he was brewing a counterattack, although when he was alive, he couldn't do it, but after he died, this fatal arrow was finally shot!
The arrest operation was launched, and from Liangjing to various places, one by one the deeply hidden families were uprooted without the slightest politeness. Sima Guang's roster is not accurate enough, but with a goal, he is not afraid that he will not be able to find out.
If one is raided, countless families will be implicated, and in this way, in the past few decades, and even more than 100 years back to the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, almost all financial forces have been swept away!