Daqin: I was overheard by Zulong

Chapter 304 Bank Crisis
The emergence of the Daqin Bank made the Daqin court become harmonious, but the aristocratic family could not be harmonious because of this.

In Xianyang City, in the Xun Mansion, Xun Zheng was walking back and forth quickly in his study like a trapped animal. The cigarettes in his mouth were burned out one by one, and the whole study soon filled with thick smoke. smoke.

The butler looked nervous, "My lord, things are more troublesome than we expected now. The emergence of Daqin Bank is obviously the court's next move against our family. The head of the family has already written to ask, how should we reply?"

Xun Zheng didn't talk to the housekeeper, he didn't know how to reply to Xun You, but at this moment, he was already tired of it.

Xun Miaoke had already gotten winks from the steward a few times, but Xun Miaoke turned a blind eye to them. He had been by Xun Zheng's side for so long, but Xun Miaoke didn't know that his great-grandfather was bothering him now. Whoever provoked him at this time would just wait. Bad luck.

Seeing that Xun Miao was silent, the steward could only bite the bullet and continued, "My lords, the tenants of our Xun family in Xianyang are not going to ask us to borrow grain this year. There is already a shortage of employment."

"From last year to this year, this situation has been deteriorating. The imperial court promoted the planting of potatoes, so that those tenant households had surplus food. Now the imperial court is promoting the low-interest loans from the Daqin Bank to ordinary people, winning over people's hearts. ..."

The housekeeper's words finally attracted Xun Zheng's reaction, and the calmness of the Xun family's third housekeeper returned. Xun Zheng even threw away the cigarette in his hand, pushed open the window of the study room, and stared fiercely at Xianyang Palace direction.

Although he couldn't see anything in Xianyang Palace, Xun Zheng seemed to have seen Ying Zheng's face that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

The actions of the Great Qin court this time really touched the sensitive nerves of the aristocratic family, even the bottom line.

Aristocratic families rely on nothing else to make a fortune, but land and population. They are the biggest beneficiaries of Daqin's land annexation today.

Although the laws of Daqin are strict, it is not without loopholes. If ordinary people are not military households, it is simply impossible for ordinary people to live on their own farming.

Once a natural disaster occurs, or even a man-made disaster intentionally caused by the family, the people will have to sell their land, and then borrow grain, money, and cattle to the poor people, so that the people without land can become their tenants or even slaves .

Therefore, the aristocratic family can squeeze these landless people and enslave them, so that their whole family has to farm for the aristocratic family forever, and the aristocratic family will only give these tenants a ration that is enough to maintain their livelihood.

Shang Yang's reform once touched the bottom line of the wealthy family, so Shang Yang was eventually torn apart.

Originally, the aristocratic families thought that there would no longer be a second Shang Yang in the imperial court. After all, the emperor was also the biggest land annexer, but now it seems that the aristocratic families were wrong.

Ying Zheng doesn't care how much land he owns. After all, the whole of Daqin belongs to him, and his current goal is the aristocratic family.

But he didn't want to use radical methods, so he used the hidden method of the money bank to give the family a bottom line.

"The one from Xianyang Palace wants to fight, so let's fight. Sooner or later, we're going to have to fight anyway!" When Xun Zheng said these words, the expression on his face was distorted, and the fierce light in his eyes actually made Xun Miaoke even more excited. shudder.

A few days later, in the imperial study, memorials piled up on Ying Zheng's dragon desk.

Ying Zheng just casually flipped through a few of the memorials, then fell to the ground and stepped on them hard.

"Damn it, hate it, do you really think I dare not kill people?" Ying Zheng was furious, with veins throbbing violently on his forehead.

In recent days, the memorials on the dragon case were all the content of the aristocratic family's participation in the Daqin Bank, which made Yingzheng very annoyed.

Feng Quji, Li Si, and the others stood at the bottom of the steps, looking silent. Feng Jie silently picked up a memorial that was thrown by Ying Zheng from the ground, and after a quick glance, his face suddenly changed. At that moment, Ying Zheng's roar sounded again.

"Tell me, what do those aristocratic families want to do? Are they forcing me to kill people? Do they really regard Daqin as their own family's private property? What do they want to do?"

"My Daqin Bank has only been established a long time ago, and yet they all say that the bank has affected the order of Daqin. When will it be their turn to dictate the order of Daqin?"

Seeing that Yingzheng was hysterical, Li Si had no choice but to stand up and cupped his hands at Yingzheng: "Your Majesty, but I have to admit that the influence of the aristocratic family has endangered the existence of the Daqin Bank."

"According to the account books recently provided by Mr. Zhang Cang, the bank's recent deposits are no longer as good as before."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I have just received news from Liaodong and Lingnan, where is the Daqin bank branch, and the current situation is the same." Feng Quji also added.

"Through the investigation, I found that those aristocratic families secretly ordered all the rich merchants to boycott the bank. The wealthy merchants were afraid of the aristocratic power of the aristocratic family, so they had no choice but to stop saving money in the bank. Died!"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Ying Zheng roared, "Since I have decided to start a bank, I will never die halfway!"

"I think so too." Li Si said tactfully: "Now the construction of the straight road from Xianyang to Jiuyuan has begun. In addition to the treasury, part of the expenditure is still paid from the bank, so the bank cannot die prematurely."

"If the bank dies now, what will happen to His Majesty's grand project, the construction of the straight road, and the money withdrawn by the bank?"

Li Si's words can be regarded as advancing with retreat, but the interests he stated made Ying Zheng's scalp tingle. Only then did he suddenly realize that the pressure caused by the aristocratic family's efforts would be so heavy.

Feng Quji and the others have nothing to do with the aristocratic families, because the influence of these aristocratic families is too great.

Almost [-]% of the world's wealthy businessmen succumb to the power of aristocratic families, and many wealthy businessmen are branches of these aristocratic families. This makes it easy for aristocratic families to target banks. After all, most of the current liquidity of banks comes from wealthy businessmen. .

But if Yingzheng had no choice but to compromise, and the little hope that the people had just seen was completely shattered, it would be a serious blow to the credibility of the imperial court. No matter what, Yingzheng would not want such a thing to happen.

"Okay, you guys, please step back." Ying Zheng waved his hand and motioned for Feng Quji and others to retreat. Leaving these people in front of them could not think of any way, but it only made them more bored.

It was only when Feng Quji and others left the palace that they dared to discuss in a low voice.

"You tell me, what choice will His Majesty make next?"

"How else can I choose, there are only two ways, either withdraw the bank, or stick to it, is there a third option?"

"The power of the aristocratic family is really too great. I can't share your majesty's worries. It's really..."

(End of this chapter)