Lin Bai felt a headache.

Ezhou also had a problem.

But it's right to think about it, there is such a big thing in the Ministry of Commerce, and the businessmen have followed themselves to the southwest, and it will be hellish if there is no problem.

In order to make Ezhou better, those people in the court issued a large number of new shares to raise funds.

However, sometimes silver does not solve the problem, and industrial support is also needed.

Unless there is a steady stream of silver, but this is obviously impossible, how can it be possible to support Ezhou New Town by raising funds from the Ministry of Commerce alone.

What's more, it's a question of where the money ends up.

That's all.

The key is that the pot is his, and he single-handedly promoted the restart of the project at the beginning, but now that it is like this, the big talent feels tired.

Yan Gang said: "Back to my uncle, I haven't it yet, but it may be soon, and hundreds of people are looking for the Yamen to ask for the law." ”

"According to the news received, the workers have not been paid for several months, and the top has been dragged, let the workers work, it will be paid, but it has been delayed, and now there is a war in the north, and it is a snow disaster, and there is a shortage of materials, and Ezhou has not been affected."

"And the New Year is about to close, and the workers will celebrate the New Year, which is a big trouble."

"Coupled with the instigation of the Red Lotus Sect, the situation is not very good, according to the Yamen that someone took the lead in the attack, fortunately, the upper side attaches great importance to Ezhou New City, and there are people from the Supervision Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce and Feilongwei stationed there, and there is not much movement for the time being."

"But if you don't pay your wages all the time, there will inevitably be a big mess."

The scale of Ezhou New City is huge, and there are not many people who work, not only in Ezhou, but also in the surrounding state capitals.

The Red Lotus Sect made such a big move in the north, it was easy to be bewitched, and once it did, the result was not difficult to imagine.

Lin Bai asked, "What measures does the imperial court have?" ”

Yan Gang said: "I heard that many people who took the lead were arrested, it was the Red Lotus Sect, so that the people should not be bewitched, but there was no mention of wages. ”

Isn't this just a hooligan?

The problem is wages, this is not solved, even if a few leaders are caught today, there will still be people who will come forward, after all, they can't survive, how can they afford so much.

If the Red Lotus Sect adds fuel to the fire, arresting people will only be counterproductive, and it will not be good......

The talented man was truly speechless.

However, for the officials below, there is no way to do it, after all, if you have to take out real money and silver, you can't take out the silver, so you can only maintain stability.

The court also couldn't make up the money, the war in the north, the snow disaster in northern Shaanxi and Hedong, and the rebellion of the Red Lotus Sect.

All of this requires silver.

There is also a huge hole in the Ministry of Commerce, countless shareholders are trapped, once the matter spreads, it will inevitably be even worse, Lao Zhu is afraid that he can't sit still, right? Lin Bai thought secretly.

Everything was as he expected.

Upper Beijing.

The Imperial Study.

Compared with the beginning, Zhu Zheng was obviously a lot haggard, his eye sockets were deep, his sharp pupils were faintly covered with some bloodshots, and his face was gloomy as water.

Gonggong Cao, who has always guarded him, has also disappeared.

And below, several cabinet ministers and Zhu Kun and Zhu Tai were there, and they didn't dare to come out.

After all, there is so much going on.

The war in the north will not end, the disaster in northern Shaanxi and Hedong, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have no choice, and they originally counted on the Ministry of Commerce, but the Ministry of Commerce broke out a thunderstorm, which made the situation worse.

"Rice buckets, all rice buckets, what do I want you to do?"

Zhu Zheng was furious.

The ministers below trembled, and Zhu Kun and Zhu Tai were no exception.

At this time, Zhu Ziyun walked in, "Father, the relevant officials of the Ministry of Commerce have searched the house, but the silver collected is less than 100,000 ......."

What?

The corners of Zhu Zheng's eyes jumped wildly, "How can this be true, how can it be so reasonable, the Ministry of Commerce has raised so much silver, where has all this silver gone?" ”

100,000 taels of silver is a lot, but compared to the silver raised by the Ministry of Commerce, it is not even a dime.

Zhu Ziyun said: "This is the seized account book of the Ministry of Commerce, please take a look at it." ”

The eunuch on the side hurriedly replaced the account book.

Zhu Kun and Zhu Tai also became a little nervous, and their foreheads were faintly sweating, but they were quite calm on the surface.

Zhu Zheng's face also became extremely ugly, because he looked at the account books, and most of the silver went to Ezhou.

Some are also used for various other purposes.

Many of these are his own handiwork, maybe once he got rich, he suddenly found such a way to make money, and he spent the money a little lavishly, unconsciously......

"Ezhou used so much silver, why can't even pay the wages of the workers?"

Qin Zhengyang said: "Back to Your Majesty, everything is because of those businessmen, they ignored the contract, stopped work without authorization, transferred the contract, and let the imperial court take over, because the imperial court signed a guarantee agreement with them, in order to stabilize the situation, the Ministry of Commerce had to take over." ”

"Not bad!"

Zhu Kun also said, "It's all because of Lin Qingfeng, he deliberately instigated merchants to enter the southwest, and relied on Qinzhou to let merchants from the inland of Jiangnan smuggle to the southwest, sucking out the inland merchants, resulting in a large loss of silver taels in the inland." ”

"Not only that, but he also secretly trafficked a large number of southwestern goods into the interior, the price increased several times, and he made a lot of money, full of vampires."

Zhu Tai retorted: "Second Emperor Brother's words are biased, right? Most of the southwestern goods entering the inland are imported from Changjin County, and the reason why the price is expensive is also because of the heavy taxes collected by the household department. ”

Zhu Kun said: "What does the third emperor brother mean? Don't you think there should be heavy taxes? ”

"Lin Qingfeng is cunning, shouldn't he be restrained? It's just to collect some more taxes, if it weren't for the strategy set by Changjin County early on to open up, it is not impossible to directly cut off the entry of goods from the southwest. ”

Zhu Tai sneered: "Suppress the southwest? Did it work? ”

"The so-called tax increase of the second emperor brother has had a slight impact on the southwest in the end? No, on the contrary, it increased the burden of the people, and all of them were passed on to the people. ”

"As for directly cutting off the entry of goods from the southwest, is the second emperor brother willing to do it?"

Zhu Kun's face suddenly turned unsightly, and he said angrily: "What do you mean by what the third emperor brother said? ”

Zhu Tai said: "This prince is not interesting, I just want to think that the income of the household department in Changjin County during this period is increasing day by day, and now the snow disaster in northern Shaanxi and Hedong, the household department can't take out the money, where does the household department's silver go?" ”

Since the Yang family lost power, the household department has been controlled by the second prince and the first line of Zheng

The marriage of the three kingdoms, Zhu Kun took the advantage.

Zhu Tai had already fallen below, and at this time, the spearhead was naturally pointed at the other party.

Of course, this is also true.

But Zhu Kun obviously didn't agree, and the two Rao supporters were also-for-tat, and the huge imperial study room was suddenly noisy.

"Enough!"

Zhu Zheng was furious, and his cold gaze swept across the crowd, "What do you think of my imperial study?" I don't want to listen to this nonsense anymore, I just want to know how to solve the problem, aren't you quite capable! How to solve the problem. ”

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