The Yi Kingdom's peace delegation will arrive in Jinling tomorrow.
As the instigator of this negotiation, Fu Xiaoguan naturally needs to communicate with the negotiation team.
As the deputy envoy, Minister of Rites Xu Huaishu certainly also has the power to express his opinion.
In the huge Ministry of Rites, many officials were looking at the scene in front of them in shock.
Fu Xiaoguan put one foot on the stool and rolled up his sleeves, looking ferocious.
"I am the official envoy! I am telling you now, there is no need to receive the Yi Nation delegation! Ignore them! Don't prepare any accommodation for them! Don't even bother with their food!"
Xu Huaishu's face flushed red. He felt that this nephew and he were in conflict. The two had different opinions on going to Wu Dynasty. Although the boy was not there, it was obvious that Bai Yulian was also under his instructions on going to Huangguo.
And now, this guy actually opposed the reception details that he had prepared these days again, and his opposition was so thorough that he simply denied it completely!
"My Great Yu is a great nation. The Yi Kingdom's envoys came to negotiate peace, but my country refused to receive them. Where do you put my dignity? If this gets out, how will the people of the world view my country? The Yu Dynasty is the birthplace of sacred learning and a country of etiquette. We should be a role model for the world!"
"What a bullshit example!"
Fu Xiaoguan did not give his uncle any face at all.
"There are over a hundred people here. How much money is it going to cost to entertain them? Wouldn't it be better to use that money to save the refugees in the slums?"
"I don't want to argue with you about the state of etiquette now. That's all fake stuff. What I want is real results. I want the Yu Dynasty to get the benefits it deserves!"
"If you insist, I will dismiss you from your position as deputy envoy!"
Fu Xiaoguan almost jumped onto Xu Huaishu's desk. Xu Huaishu's old face flushed red. "You, you, you little brat, how can you be so unreasonable!"
"I'm not trying to reason with you now..." Fu Xiaoguan retracted his leg, stood on the ground, and glanced at the shocked officials, "Remember this, everyone, if anyone dares to disobey my orders, I will report to His Majesty and have him dismissed from office!"
He stared at the officials fiercely and added, "Don't think I can't do it. I'm the emperor's son-in-law! In terms of background, you can't compare to me. In terms of official rank, I'm also a legitimate third-rank official. So, from now on, listen carefully!"
"Ignore the Yi Kingdom delegation, don't ask questions, don't accompany them, and leave them hanging. Remember, leave them hanging until after the New Year!"
"Hey, after the New Year, we'll discuss this slowly. Just listen and take notes. As for how to discuss it and to what extent, that's my business. Don't worry about it!"
Fu Xiaoguan shrugged his shoulders and ran away. "You missed an opportunity to make a fortune."
He left this puzzling remark, left the Ministry of Rites, and ran to the Ministry of Commerce.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites were still in shock. They looked at Xu Huaishu and thought to themselves that people say that one's mother's uncle is the most important, so it's a bit tragic that he is the uncle of the Shangshu.
"What are you looking at?"
"...Sir, what about now...?"
Xu Huaishu plopped down on the stool, puffing his beard and glaring. After a long moment, he finally let out a long sigh of frustration. "What else can I do? Let's just pretend this shit never happened. Let's see how he ends up!"
The officials came to their senses. The Shangshu had never messed with Fu Xiaoguan. It was just that Fu Xiaoguan said that he missed an opportunity to make a fortune. Could it be the stocks he issued today?
So the officials stopped discussing the reception of the Yi Kingdom delegation and started discussing the stock.
"I went to take a look at noon, and there were huge crowds of people. But after listening to what those people said, I felt that this thing was unreliable."
"Luckily you didn't buy it. Only a minor official would have the guts to exchange silver for paper. If it were someone else, I'm afraid the people in the capital would call him a liar."
"I did take a closer look at his promotion, and if you think about it carefully, it does make some sense."
"Master Ou, have you bought it?"
The gentleman surnamed Ou shook his head and said with a smile, "I still think it's safer to keep the silver in my own pocket."
Sitting in the corner of the Ministry of Rites, a middle-aged official named Ge You stroked his beard, then reached out and touched the subscription form in his sleeve pocket. Suddenly, a chill rose in his heart.
He was just a sixth-rank official. He passed by the Sitong Money House at noon today and saw so many people. He got carried away for a moment and bought fifty shares of stock with the one hundred taels of silver that his wife had given him as a betrothal gift for her son's marriage proposal... Damn it, after hearing what they said, this thing is a scam!
What to do now?
How am I going to explain this to my wife when I get back?
How about going to Sitong Bank after the court to return this thing?
I didn’t know if I could withdraw. There were so many people there that I didn’t even ask.
Ge You is really worried now. He doesn't have much family wealth, and this one hundred taels of silver was saved by living frugally.
The more he thought about it, the more scared he became. It was a cold day, and although there were several stoves in the office, he was sitting near the door. However, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"What happened to Master Ge?"
"Ah...it's okay, it's okay."
"I noticed you've suddenly turned pale. Could it be that you've caught a cold? Why don't you go sit by the fire? We don't have anything else to do anyway."
"It's really okay... Lord Ou, you said... these stocks are really useless?"
Lord Ou smiled and said, "Exchange silver for a piece of paper. Silver can buy things, but can paper be used as silver?"
"But if Xishan Industry makes money, these stocks will give you dividends. Also, didn't Sitong Bank say it would be listed next year... Listing means the stock can be traded. If Xishan Industry prospers, the stock price will go up."
"Do you really believe this? Putting aside whether Xishan Industries is profitable or not, this thin piece of paper isn't a painting or calligraphy by a previous dynasty. Why would its price go up?"
Ge You's heart skipped a beat and he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
"Master Ge, could it be that... you bought that thing?"
"Ah, no, no, I just feel a little uncomfortable in my heart."
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Fu Xiaoguan was standing outside the Ministry of Commerce's office. The craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry were still working hard. It looked like they would be finished in less than two days. He had to find some help quickly.
He had no hope for the officials in the court because their ideas were too old-fashioned. The Ministry of Commerce was a brand new department and needed people with brand new and unconstrained ideas.
So he only recruited Li Cai, and directly rejected some officials recommended by Yan Beixi and Dong Kangping.
He wanted to select a group of people from the autumn examination that had already ended. If there were not enough, he would go directly to the academy to select.
The Ministry of Commerce must be established next spring to draft various commercial laws, and he himself...
Fu Xiaoguan looked up at the sky. There were so many troubles!
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