Chapter 700: Pressure
Things turned around at the last minute, and in this way.
Until the day after the incident, Du Ruo still couldn't believe it when he knelt in front of the door of the south study, only to feel that this night was like a dream, too unreal.
He has been planning for a long time, wanting to fundamentally disintegrate the foundation of Xu Rui's existence through a business war, but Xu Rui immediately fought back fiercely after discovering the clues, and forced himself into a mortal situation.
But at the last moment, Xu Rui would rather give up the biggest fruits of victory and pull himself in turn, which is not normal in any case.
Du Ruo, who has been in the officialdom all his life, knows that there is no free lunch in the world, and he doesn't believe that Xu Rui will suddenly find out with his conscience, as the saying goes, there must be a demon when things go wrong, and Xu Rui is probably doing this for the greater good.
However, what Xu Rui wanted, Du Ruo didn't think of it all night, which made him very uneasy, but he had no choice at all in the mortal situation.
"All those raw materials have been handed over to Xu Rui?"
The King of Liao knelt beside Du Ruo and asked in a low voice.
Du Ruo came back to his senses, nodded, and said in a low voice: "Last night, all the raw materials were handed over to the Galaxy Group, and they also took out 100 million taels of silver to make up for the money in the household department according to the agreement. ”
The King of Liao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this: "In this way, we have finally passed this level, presumably seeing my father and emperor today, Du Qing should not be too dangerous." ”
Du Ruo smiled bitterly: "But in this way, we will be tantamount to admitting defeat in this business war, and we will lose completely." ”
King Liao sneered: "Right now, as long as the more than 100 million taels of silver come back, and then I can keep you from falling, the output is only tens of millions of taels of silver from the Chamber of Commerce.
What's more, the mess in front of him is still the same, Xu Rui resorted to extreme measures such as raising prices and overissuing silver tickets, causing the situation to get completely out of control, at most hurting the enemy by 1,000 and losing 800.
Early this morning, the chamber of commerce in Changxing City followed suit, and began to hoard Juqi, wanting to get a piece of the pie in this business war, and in just one hour, the price rose several times compared with yesterday.
Xu Rui is cocooned and self-bound, it is even more difficult to control the situation at this time, as long as he can't clean up this mess, then his father will definitely not be able to spare him, even if the king loses the business war, he can win the court! ”
Du Ruo nodded when he heard this, the King of Liao was right, the Liaowang Group had completely lost the business war, but the crux of the problem at the moment was not the commercial confrontation between the two groups, but the overall situation of the entire imperial court.
After Xu Rui fought a beautiful blocking battle, he had to pack up the battlefield within the acceptable range of Emperor Hongwei, but in a situation that was already out of control, how easy was this to say?
If it had been someone else, or a few days ago, Du Ruo would have been sure that the Liaowang Group would be the final victor.
But the person facing the dilemma right now is Xu Rui, I don't know why, Du Ruo not only has this confidence, but has some faint expectations in his heart, wanting to see what kind of miracle Xu Rui can create in the face of this situation.
Early this morning, Emperor Hongwei stopped the morning court as usual, but summoned a large number of courtiers to come to the south study to meet him.
However, when the courtiers came to the door of the south study, they were stopped by Wang Shun again.
Wang Shun didn't give any reason, just asked everyone to kneel outside the south study and wait for the will, thinking of the increasingly turbulent situation outside the palace wall in the past few days, everyone had to be worried, kneeling outside the south study and waiting.
Not far from Du Ruo and King Liao, King Yu knelt with Lu Hua, the secretary of the Criminal Department, silently waiting for the will in the south study.
Lu Hua is getting older, but his face is still righteous and awe-inspiring, even with a little anger.
"Lord, that kid has gone too far this time, in order to fight with the King of Liao, he disregards the life and death of the people and the overall situation of the country, this is a naked party fighting against differences, and bringing disaster to the country and the people!"
Although Lu Hua's voice was not loud, the secretly suppressed anger in it was very obvious.
Hearing this, King Yu hurriedly persuaded: "The boss is angry, Xu Rui must have a reason to do this, if you endure it, there will definitely be a turning point in the future." ”
"What a turnaround?!"
Lu Hua said angrily: "In the past few days, the people in Changxing City have been harvested by him like leeks, and the ordinary rich families have become destitute overnight, and the money has been put into his own pocket, how is this different from those moth-eaten corrupt officials?"
No, he is more ruthless and greedy than those people, and he should be the number one moth in my dynasty!
I don't understand, why doesn't a wise young man take the right path? How did you become so vicious and greedy after staying in the DPRK for a few years, reckless of the consequences? ”
"Wait, sir, it is estimated that there will be results soon!"
Seeing that Lu Hua became more and more angry, King Yu had to persuade him bitterly.
"Wait, wait, the old man has been waiting for so many days, but the situation is getting worse day by day, if you hadn't been pulling the old man, the old man would have rushed into the harem to find the saint a few days ago!
You look at the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty kneeling in front of the south study, which one approves of what he Xu Rui did?
Now the situation is completely out of control, if I can't make it, the Great Wei Kingdom will be ruined in one fell swoop, I can't wait for what to say today, so I'm going to break into the palace to face the saint, if he doesn't stop Xu Rui, the old man will die in the south study! ”
After that, Lu Hua jumped up from the ground and walked towards the south study angrily, looking like he was really going to break into the palace.
King Yu was shocked when he saw this, and he didn't care about kneeling, so he hurriedly grabbed Lu Hua's clothes, for fear that he would make a big deal on an impulse.
A group of officials had their own positions, and when they saw the differences between the two, they immediately cast their eyes on this side, intending to watch a good show.
At this moment, a little eunuch rushed into the south study in a hurry, and he didn't look at the courtiers kneeling on the ground, this abnormal situation immediately attracted everyone's ideas, and even King Yu and Lu Hua stopped and looked at the south study in a daze.
After a while, Wang Shun walked out of the south study and said lightly to everyone: "Holy Lord's message, the crisis has been lifted, the secretaries don't need to panic, just wait for the decree with peace of mind!" ”
"What?"
Wang Shun's fluttering words were simply a stone that stirred up a thousand waves, and instantly made the ministers blow up.
What does it mean that the crisis has been resolved?
Could it be that Xu Rui has calmed down the disputes outside in one day?
Or did Emperor Hongwei make a move?
Or did Xu Rui simply dispatch the Apocalypse Guard to slaughter the people and forcibly suppress the rebound?
Everyone was blocked in the south study, and there was no channel to understand external information at all, but they were even more at a loss, and speculation was everywhere.
Especially the King of Liao, when he heard Wang Shun's words, his eyes suddenly widened, and he muttered: "No, this is absolutely impossible, how can Xu Rui calm down prices in such a short period of time?"
Impossible, impossible, even if he dispatched the Apocalypse Guard and forcibly suppressed the people, it would be impossible to settle the situation in such a short period of time! ”
Speaking of this, King Liao seemed to suddenly think of something, and said in shock: "I understand, it must be my father's father, it must be!" Only when the father and emperor take action, it is possible to help Xu Rui solve the problem with the power of the whole country!
I'm not convinced, why is my father so partial to Xu Rui?
I don't accept it, I want to see my father, I want to see my father! ”
King Liao was indignant in his heart, and he was about to jump up and break into the palace, but at the last moment, he was stopped by Du Ruo beside him.
"The prince calms down, the holy will is not clear at this time, we don't know what the saint is planning, once he is impulsive, it will be a failure!"
King Liao was shocked, and when he turned around, he saw Du Ruo's worried face, and his heart suddenly seemed to be poured with a basin of cold water, and he quickly calmed down.
His gaze fell on King Yu, who was also kneeling on the side, gritted his teeth, and finally clenched his fists and knelt down again.