More than five million taels of silver!
This was a huge sum!
If it was just a small sum, he really wouldn't have cared. Moreover, the Emperor had already prepared himself to suffer some losses for this matter. But if this five million taels were all wasted, the Emperor would really kill them!
With this thought in mind …
Hou Junji waved his hand and said, "Tell me in detail. What is the reason for this matter?"
"Yes!"
"Three days ago, this official was ordered to meet up with those wealthy merchants and families in Luozhou and explain the matter clearly. But when this official went the next day, this official only found that the money was gone. The account book recorded that the money the commoners had lent out while this official was here, but the money after that had disappeared without a trace!"
"Bastard! Absolute bastard! You're not even going to arrest this? Are you a bastard? "
"No!"
Wei Yujie hurriedly said, "Look at this account book!"
As he spoke, Wei Yujie took out another account book from his embroidered robe and handed it over to Hou Junji.
Hou Junji flipped open the account book and was even more dumbfounded.
"Luozhou's Water Moon Music House borrowed one million taels! Zhenguan began repayment three years ago, in installments, plus interest, thirteen thousand three hundred taels per month, spread over ten years! On the eighth day of the sixth month of the second year of Zhenguan, Zhang Dabao personally lent it! "
"Luozhou Bank borrowed two million taels …"
"Bastard! What is this? "
"Ten years?"
"Who gave them the courage to borrow money like this?"
Hou Junji exploded in anger.
Wei Yujie said, "Duke, you might not know, but these businesses are actually their own businesses! To put it bluntly, they just want to use this opportunity to gather all the money in their hands! "
"This …"
"Do you have any good ideas?"
Hou Junji was also anxious.
The Emperor had said that he wanted to lend the money to the commoners, but they were still considered commoners, right?
Didn't it matter who they lent it to?
But even if they took the money, the repayment account book was giving Hou Junji a headache.
How could the matter of the Great Tang wait a year?
Normally, they would have waited a year. In any case, the Tang Dynasty didn't lack that bit of money. But now, they couldn't wait. Moreover, the Emperor wanted to see results immediately. Now that this problem had occurred, wouldn't that mean …
But now, could the Tang Dynasty wait that long?
Moreover, he was clearly trying to take advantage of the situation, and not even Hou Junji could say anything about it!
"Duke, regarding this matter, what do you think …"
"What should this official do?"
"This lowly official only has a month's time. If this continues … not only will I not be able to get back the five million taels of silver, the commoners won't be able to get any benefits at all!"
"I beg the Duke to think of a way!"
As Wei Yujie spoke, he was about to kneel down.
Hou Junji frowned and said, "Governor, there is no need for this. This matter needs to be discussed at length. This is also His Majesty's experiment. You …"
Hou Junji thought for a long time.
Then he said, "How about this, you take out the taxes in Luo Zhou first. This time, you must personally supervise this matter and immediately write a letter. You must report everything that happened today in detail!"
"Will this … work? Duke, there's less than one million taels of tax left in Luo Zhou. Moreover, unauthorized use of taxes is a crime punishable by the execution of nine generations of the family!
"Right now, we can only do this. Old Man should also write a letter to report this matter to His Majesty. Be at ease and send this letter as well!"
As he spoke, Hou Junji wrote down a detailed memorial to the throne and handed it to Wei Yujie.
Wei Yujie thanked him profusely and left.
Once Wei Yujie was gone, Hou Junji called out, "Steward!"
"Master!"
"Immediately take out all the silver that the manor can take out, and then have Hou Jie personally deliver the silver to every citizen!"
"Master, this …"
The steward was dumbfounded.
The Duke Residence had less than ten thousand taels of silver in total, and this was clearly a bottomless pit. How could it fill the stomachs of all the people of Luo Zhou?
"Go and handle this matter!"
"Yes …"
Hou Junji did not return the account books to Wei Yujie, because he saw an enormous benefit in them!
Since the Emperor was in such a hurry to do this, and while the monthly profit of one tael of silver was only a few copper coins, if this continued, wouldn't all the money in the world end up in the Emperor's pocket?
If each person contributed one copper coin, how much would the hundreds of thousands of people in Luo Zhou be worth?
And this didn't even include the loans from the merchants. If the hundreds of thousands and tens of millions of taels of silver were added into the equation, then …
Hou Junji was no fool.
Although he could only see a vague shadow, he was a smart man and an ambitious schemer. From the Emperor's every move, he could see one thing.
The Emperor's butcher's knife had been raised high!
These idiots still dared to take advantage of this loophole?
Heheheh!
Hou Junji coldly chuckled, his hands held behind his back as he looked at the words on the table.
These words were bold and forceful.
The content of the words was the poem that Zhang Feng had written on the wall that day. …
"Zhang Feng, just who are you?"
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