Sun Yanqing's face stiffened, and he said, "Back to Your Majesty, the specific deficit cannot be counted." ”

The stock market has risen and fallen, and there is no way to say that it is short.

"However, since the Seventh Princess left the Ministry of Commerce, the number of new shares issued has surged, and it is currently counted that since the departure of the Seventh Princess, the Ministry of Commerce has raised a total of more than 400 million silver."

"Of the 400 million silver, it is impossible to determine how many of them are shell firms and how many are regular firms......

What? 400 million?

Hearing this number, there was an uproar in the court.

It is no wonder that the tax revenue of the DPRK is less than 30 million taels a year.

400 million, that is, more than 10 times, what a huge amount of money, all the officials were shocked.

Zhu Tianzheng also showed an incredible look on his face, and seemed to be shocked by this number.

"And where did all this money go?" He asked anxiously.

Sun Yanqing said: "Back to Your Majesty, according to the regulations of the Securities Regulatory Bureau, if the firm goes public to raise funds, they sell their equity, and the funds are naturally taken away by the firm, and then expand production and the like, thus forming a virtuous circle." ”

"In this process, the Securities Regulatory Bureau strictly controls and conducts various qualification investigations on the firms applying for listing to ensure that they have this ability.

"But after the Seven Princesses, the Securities Regulatory Bureau relaxed the restrictions, and all kinds of uneven firms were listed, resulting in many shell firms listing to make money, and chaos was everywhere, and it was difficult to find out for a while."

"This is the relevant account book seized by the Ministry of Commerce, which can give you a general idea of where the funds are going."

As he spoke, he handed over a ledger, and his expression became a little complicated.

Gonggong Huang took the account book and handed it to Zhu Tianzheng.

Zhu Tianzheng took a sip, his face became a little strange, and he became more and more ugly.

The courtiers below were arguing.

"The money must be recovered to bring justice to the people."

"Not bad! These are the people's hard-earned money, and they have worked hard to save half a lifetime, but because of the inaction of the Ministry of Commerce, they have suffered huge losses, and the court must investigate them to the end. ”

“……”

All kinds of noisy sounds.

The various Shangshu did not speak, and their faces were solemn.

Since Yan Zhenlin's resignation and Guo Wankai's death, the court has been headed by six departments.

But at this juncture, the six Shangshu obviously don't want to get involved, after all, this thunder is too big, and no one can hold it.

Zhu Tianzheng closed the account book, his face was gloomy, he looked at Sun Yanqing and said, "If the Criminal Department makes every effort to thoroughly investigate this case, how much silver can be recovered in how long will it take?" ”

Sun Yanqing's face showed embarrassment, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, after so much time, these funds have long been gone, and the accounts of the Ministry of Commerce are complicated, and it may not be realistic to recover the funds in a short time." ”

"Even if it is recovered, I don't know if it can be recovered."

As soon as these words came out, the ministers couldn't hold back even more.

Twelve out of ten? Shall not the rest of the silver be finished?

What's more, it can't be recovered in a short time, and I don't know how long it will take, even if it's one out of ten or two, it's an unknown.

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely not possible, the exchange has been crowded by the people, and it is easy for the court to cause chaos if there are no measures."

"Not bad! The people can't wait that long, and the top priority is to stabilize the people's mood as soon as possible. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal, please ask Your Majesty to be the master of the people!"

“……”

One voice after another, all of them were for solving the problem.

Zhu Tianzheng's teeth are faintly rattling, doesn't he want to solve the problem? But the question is silver, where to get so much silver?

400 million!

Even as an emperor, his scalp was a little numb when he heard this number.

But he still said: "Let's talk about it!" Do you guys have any good suggestions. ”

"Thoroughly investigate the Ministry of Commerce and fill the shortfall."

"I've been checking, but what's the use? It was found that more than 100,000 taels of silver were not a dime. ”

"They must have hidden the silver, and they must dig it all up, and the most important thing at the moment is the silver."

"How much can you dig? That's 400 million! ”

“……”

The huge court hall is like a vegetable market, and all kinds of noisy voices are noisy, but unfortunately, there is not even the slightest constructive suggestion.

It's no wonder they've never seen anything like this.

Zhu Tianzheng also had a cold face, looked at the various Shangshu and said, "You guys can talk about it too!" ”

He Donglai, the secretary of the Ministry of War, came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the top priority is to stabilize the emotions of the people, and the personnel involved in the case of the Ministry of Commerce should be severely punished to calm down the people's grievances. ”

"What about Lord Ho! What if all the people from the Ministry of Commerce were escorted to the vegetable market to be beheaded? The key is silver, silver! The people's life's hard work is all in vain, and it is useless to kill as many people as they do without money. ”

"Not bad! Silver is the key. ”

Quite a few officials chimed in.

He Donglai snorted: "At the beginning of the establishment of the exchange, the king of Southwest reminded that the stock market is risky, and you need to bear your own profits and losses. Now that something happens, the court will have to take care of it? ”

"How can this be confused, the normal rise and fall of the stock is understandable, but this time it was caused by the Ministry of Commerce's random issuance of new shares, what is the difference between this and grabbing money?"

"This kind of behavior is indeed too bad for the court to sit idly by and watch the people being ransacked."

"The minister seconded the proposal, the people reacted violently, and the number of people involved is incalculable, once it is not properly handled, there may be a big mess."

He Donglin said angrily: "If they dare, this official will take them down one by one." ”

"A group of ordinary people are naturally easy to suppress, but now I have a big invasion of the Jin Kingdom outside, the Red Lotus Sect is in turmoil, and the snow disaster in many provinces, if there is chaos again, it will be even more stormy."

"Not bad! Stabilizing the people's will is a top priority, and there must be no more chaos. ”

“……”

He Donglai was silent, this is indeed a fact, and he can't stand the toss anymore from the internal and external troubles of the court.

Although it is true that it is not difficult to clean up ordinary people.

However, once something like this happens in Kyoto at the feet of the Son of Heaven, especially at this moment, it will be a huge blow to the entire dynasty.

The inability of the imperial court to pay for it has already shown a big problem, and if it is done like this, the people will inevitably lose confidence in the imperial court.

Coupled with the countless officials involved this time, the Red Lotus Sect will inevitably make waves at that time, and it is unknown if it really makes trouble and shakes the country's capital, which can be imagined.

Zhu Tianzheng's face was gloomy and extremely ugly, and he said, "What else?" Who could have done better? ”

The ministers looked at each other, and it was clear that there was nothing they could do.

Zhu Kun originally wanted to stand up, but he was glared at by Zhu Tianzheng before, and his heart was inexplicably a little weak.

But at this moment, Zhu Tianzheng looked at him again and said, "Second brother, do you have any opinions!" ”

The voice was a little cold, and Zhu Kun suddenly had a bad feeling, as if as long as he couldn't solve this matter perfectly, he would be unlucky.

This feeling was very strange, which made him a little panicked, and he immediately tried to calm down his mind for a while, and then he spoke: "Back to my father, my sons agree with what your lords said, and the top priority is to calm the people's hearts. ”

"And the only thing that can calm the hearts of the people right now is silver."

……