Ming Dynasty: My Brother-in-law is Zhu Youxiao

"Your Majesty! Please the imperial court uphold justice for us. We have all been deceived by the royal stock. They have deceived my ministers so badly! Woohoo!"

At this time, outside the palace, Li Chengming, Marquis of Wuqing, began to cry first.

As a descendant of Emperor Wanli's grandfather Li Wei, he has a close relationship with Tianqi, so naturally he wants the emperor to get back the money he invested.

Tian Qi's uncle Xincheng Hou Wang Sheng even threatened directly: "Your Majesty, you must be the master of the minister. If the money cannot be recovered, the minister will not want to live!"

Bocheng Bo Guo Weicheng, the father of Empress Zhu Changluo, also cried and said at this time: "Your Majesty, the world is bright, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, that dog thief surnamed Wang is so defrauding people of money. It is obvious that he intends to raise troops to rebel. You can't ignore it." !"

Zhang Gui, Tian Qi and the others could also clearly hear the shouts from outside.

However, Zhang Gui didn't have much sympathy for these people. In his opinion, these people deserved to be tricked.

But in Zhang Gui's view, this does not mean that the court can ignore this matter.

After all, maintaining internal stability is also a very important matter for the Ming court.

The matter of Wang's stock has caused trouble for the imperial court, and it is impossible for the imperial court not to settle accounts with him.

As for the matter of the Wang family stock, Zhang Gui had to admit again that there are still smart people among the Han people who deceived their compatriots. defraud others of their money.

For this reason, Zhang Gui first said: "Of course we have to take care of it, but I believe that the main and accomplices who committed this scam can only be arrested and brought to justice. As for the money they defrauded, they may not be able to recover." Presumably these crooks have laundered the money they cheated, turned it into other property, or spent it. In addition, even if some are recovered, it is impossible to verify who the money belongs to. After all, many powerful bureaucrats who bought stocks It was entrusted to someone else to buy it, or even fabricated some identities, and if the court recovered it, it would be difficult to know who should give the recovered money based on the evidence on the surface, and because it is difficult to recover all the money, I am afraid It can’t stop everyone’s losses, only some people can stop their losses. But only some people can stop their losses, which is prone to accidents. After all, it’s human nature not to worry about shortages but about unevenness.”

"Your Majesty, I think what Uncle Guo said is that all the stolen money recovered can only be returned to the treasury, and he declared that it cannot be recovered. But as long as the fraudsters are brought to justice, it will be regarded as an explanation to the deceived."

Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Household Department, echoed Zhang Gui's opinion.

Tianqi nodded: "Anyway, this one may not be recovered, and even people may not be able to find it. Let's do it like this."

Zhang Gui said again: "Now that this incident has happened, in my opinion, it is just a good opportunity to issue an edict prohibiting private stock offerings to raise funds. Such a move is obviously suspected of plotting to rebel and disrupt the world, and it should be strictly prohibited." Only the Shiyi Division of the Imperial Household Department can approve which industries can issue stocks, and the Shiyi Division will issue stocks on its behalf. This can be regarded as being watched by the people of the imperial court and which industries are real, not fraudulent. After all, nowadays It seems that the matter of raising funds to benefit the whole people can only be presided over by the imperial court, and private individuals can never be relied on. But the imperial court is different, if the imperial court loses its trust, it means losing the world."

After hearing this, Tianqi replied, "Very good! Let's do it like this!"

"Follow the order!"

And then, Tian Qi still instructed Zhang Gui: "The mastermind behind the Wang family's stocks, you Xichang still have to investigate carefully, so as to save these royal relatives from coming to me to make noise."

"Your Majesty understands, don't worry, I will find out who is behind the scenes."

Zhang Gui agreed.

Tian Qi nodded: "Then you go to meet them, I won't go, I don't want to hear them arguing in my ears, I still want to continue to try the steam engine developed with Song Yingxing and the others."

"yes!"

Zhang Gui was also walking towards the outside of Xiyuan.

Just as soon as he left Xiyuan, Wu Qinghou and other dignitaries surrounded him and asked Zhang Gui in a hurry.

"Uncle Guo, what does His Majesty say? Does he care about our affairs?"

"Uncle Guo, you are in charge of the West Factory, and are responsible for investigating major cases involving money and taxes. This time, the stock fraud of the Wang family belongs to the West Factory. You have to be the master for us!"

"Yeah, Uncle Guo, don't look at anything else, just because my father and I are movie friends, you should help me get the coffin back for the old man, right?! Huh!"

...

Zhang Gui didn't speak for a while, and after these people finished speaking, he said: "Your Majesty has asked Xichang to investigate this matter immediately, everyone, don't worry! But..."

After Zhang Gui spoke earnestly for a long time, these people were willing to leave.

As far as they are concerned, they naturally hate people who deceive them like this, so they all expressed their support for Zhang Gui's statement that the imperial court will strictly investigate and strictly prohibit private stock offerings, and they only hope that Zhang Gui's West Factory will continue to be successful. Those who can find out the royal family for them and recover their money.

Zhang Gui first vaccinated these people, saying that he might be found out, but he might not be able to recover the arrears.

These dignitaries and bureaucrats also understand the truth of this, so they say it’s okay, even if they can’t get back, it’s okay, they can only admit that they are unlucky, and regret that they didn’t let the court end to investigate the truth of the matter first, but were only caught in the short-term. Attracted by the large dividends in the company.

It is actually not difficult for Zhang Gui to find out the mastermind behind Wang's stock.

Because Zhang Gui had asked Xichang to keep an eye on this Wang family stock, and also learned from Zhao Shichun that Zhao Shichun was the mastermind behind this Wang family stock.

It turned out that Zhao Shichun, after seeing his uncle Zhang Gui make a fortune by using the stock that discovered the Maoshan Iron Mine, followed the gourd and instigated a Shanxi native named Wang Bin to start making this kind of coal mine on the grounds that he discovered a large coal mine. He started a big fraud case, and took the opportunity to put more money into Zhao Shichun's pocket.

Therefore, Zhang Gui interrogated Zhao Shichun overnight and asked, "Tell me, where will Wang Bin hide?"

Zhao Shichun was shocked when he heard this, and asked, "Uncle Guo, why do you ask this? Didn't you say that you only want money?"

"Who told you that Grand Master Ben only wants money?!"

Zhang Gui asked seriously.

"This this……"

After hearing this, Zhao Shichun wronged himself, like a child who found out that he had been tricked, pursed his mouth, and cried: "Uncle Guo, don't take such a bully! I can give you a lot of money, but you can't let it go." Do we have a way out?"

"cannot!"

Zhang Gui replied loudly.

Zhao Shichun yelled outright, and said, "Uncle Zhang Guo! Why bother? Everyone is seeking profit. What good will it do you if you ask the bottom line like this?!"

"In order to let the imperial court swallow the large amount of stolen money you defrauded from the rich and powerful gentry more openly, so as to benefit the further opening to the outside world, is this reason enough?"

Zhang Gui asked.

Zhao Shichun asked puzzledly: "Don't you think about yourself?"

Zhang Guidao: "It's because I think about myself that I want Daming to prosper for a longer period of time."

After hearing this, Zhao Shichun knew that he could no longer persuade Zhang Gui, so he said, "Okay, let me tell you."

...

So, an hour later, Liu Zongmin from Xichang led people to surround a nunnery on the outskirts of the city, and walked to a meditation room, and asked several monks and nuns who were drinking and joking here: "Who is Wang Bin?"

At this time, a fat monk hurriedly pointed to the buttock under the table: "He is, he is about to get in!"