The beggar emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty - Chapter 562
“Your Majesty, with all due respect, we should find a way to solve the bank run as soon as possible, otherwise it will spread to the whole country, which is really unimaginable.”
“There are also businesses all over the world. The inventory is urgent. I’m afraid it can’t be replenished in time!”
“Ah! Why are those people so stupid? ”
“Your Majesty, according to my concubine, the bank simply doesn’t exchange silver, and let the firm take the treasure money and buy back the sold items. Can they dare to rebel and refuse?”
It was not until Qin Huan gave vent that several women dared to come forward to persuade him.
Zhang Yan, Wang Shi and Li Shi, as they have been in charge of business for a long time, all know how much the impact of this matter is. If they don’t handle it well, it will definitely cause serious consequences. Princess Kede fiercely suggested that it is obvious that their thoughts are still in the past.
“Nonsense, I have repeatedly announced that I want to establish a civilized society, a country ruled by law and protect private property. What’s the difference between being like you and bandits? Is this still a civilized society? Where is the rule of law? Didn’t you hit me in the face? ”
Qin Huan immediately slapped her on the buttocks. Zhang Yan and her three daughters turned their eyes and scolded. Princess De quickly begged for mercy.
“My concubine is ignorant. Please forgive me.”
“In the future, I have time to read more books, especially those compiled by the Government Council and the court. Don’t flirt all day. The emperor and imperial concubine say these words and let people and businessmen all over the world think about them?”
Qin Huan waved his hand and just taught a lesson. He thought about how to solve the run?
Several women dare not express their opinions again. Even Zhang Yan is in a hurry to show her eyebrows. She doesn’t know how to deal with this crisis, because it’s certainly not good to use strength and not exchange silver. Otherwise, the reputation established by the bank will be gone, and the treasure money will be reduced to the previous dynasty, which everyone can’t avoid.
After weighing the pros and cons, Qin Huan still decided to send Yuanbao from Nanjing to be exchanged everywhere. If the Yuanbao was not enough, he took silver, gold and jewelry. Anyway, the reputation of the bank must be firmly maintained.
It can be later, but it can’t be said not to exchange. Otherwise, if you start this head, there will be endless trouble. No matter how to make up for the bank’s reputation in the future, there will always be a trace of disagreement in everyone’s heart.
Moreover, if you want to develop economy and industry, you must have a perfect financial industry to support it. Therefore, the reputation of banks must not be damaged. For this reason, he will not hesitate to exchange all gold, silver and jewelry.
Moreover, everything has two sides. As long as the bank survives this time, I believe everyone’s confidence in the bank will be greatly improved in the future. It will never run like crazy if there is a slight disturbance like this.
“Your Majesty, do you really want to open it? In this way, I’m afraid the silver in the internal Treasury and the National Treasury will be exchanged out! ”
As the head of the harem and in charge of the Royal property, Zhang Yan was very distressed. She asked with a reluctant face. The other three women were also reluctant to give up.
After all, it is not tens of millions of taels of silver, but 10000 taels of silver, and there are as many as 20000 taels of silver in the Treasury.
“It’s all right. As long as the bank’s reputation is preserved, it will naturally take back the silver in the future!”
Although Qin Huan was distressed, he still gritted his teeth.
“All right!” Zhang Yan also had to nod helplessly, and then asked, “how to solve the supply of commercial firms in the north? What other people have no treasure money in their hands now, but there are still several months to harvest next summer. Do you want bank loans or? ”
“Loan a fart and starve to death.” Qin Huan hammered the table heavily. It was obvious that he was still angry about the foolish behavior of the people.
He couldn’t help but get angry. He gave people loans to maintain their basic livelihood, so that they could last until next summer’s harvest. With the money they earned from their work, they could buy some farm tools, pull some cloth and improve their lives.
Who would have thought that they would spend all their treasure money in just half a month. If they bought farm tools, ironware, or even some luxury goods, they could barely accept it, but they foolishly took it to buy high-priced food. As a result, it was cheap for those food vendors and restaurant owners, resulting in the current run.
In fact, not long after the beginning, he received the news and expected that bad things might happen. According to the current communication conditions, he can only watch those people do stupid things in Kaifeng.
“Your Majesty, everyone is hungry and afraid. It’s just wishful thinking. If you’re in a hurry and go to hospital, you can educate them slowly in the future. After the bank incident is over, you’d better lend them some more silver!”
Zhang Yan also smiled bitterly, knowing that what he said was angry.
“Sister Yan’s words are bad. It’s just the so-called emergency does not save the poor. If I give them loans again and again, it is bound to make them form the habit that the bank will give them loans as long as there is no money and grain. In the long run, the people will become lazy and don’t know how to cherish, so I won’t give them loans again this time.” Qin Huan waved his hand.
“Having said that, does your majesty have the heart to watch the people starve to death?” Zhang Yan was worried when she saw his serious face.
“Everything has a cause and a result. This time, they don’t believe my royal business, so they must pay for their stupid behavior. Only in this way can they learn a lesson.”
“But…”
“It’s nothing, but they can survive by selling their current grain, buying rice bran and wheat bran, digging some wild vegetables and working in winter.”
Qin Huan didn’t want to be soft hearted this time. He decided to let the people in the three northern provinces experience the days of hunger and recklessness in the past, and let them taste the price of distrusting the Royal firm.
Qin Huan then sent several orders to Nanjing, asking the Royal Bank and the central bank to send money to various places and let everyone exchange it. At the same time, he asked the managers of various banks to stabilize everyone first. The firm closed down temporarily and opened again when the money arrived, so as not to rush to buy it again.
Although Qin Huan’s order was only sent back to Nanjing in three days, Qian bin and Li Waner were not slow, they still spent more than a month trying to transport 3.4 trillion liang of silver to all counties, even if the government council had a mail department and the commercial bank had its own transportation team.
At this time, the run storm has basically spread to the whole country, many businesses that did not close in time were snapped up, the whole society fell into a panic and chaos, and the business was completely paralyzed.
Huguang and Jiangnan are fine, but the southwest and Guangxi, which have just stabilized, are instigated by local gentry and businessmen. Countless bandits, mountain bandits, local ruffians and hooligans take the opportunity to make trouble, and the people also make a big fuss in the county. They follow the coax and have the posture of smoke everywhere.
In particular, the chieftains in the southwest joined forces to start a rebellion. They took the opportunity to attack the county, kill officials and rob the Han people. Obviously, they were dissatisfied with the chieftain policy formulated by Qin Huan. Now they found an opportunity and broke out completely.
Although Qin Lihua has 30000 white spearmen, the southwest area is huge and there are many chieftains. For a time, she is also tired of running. Just after the suppression here, the county seat there was broken down again, and finally she was in a mess.