Five years of county magistrate, 100 million catties of grain shocked Li Shimin

Chapter 466: The problems of the three major factories are exposed, and inflation follows
As we all know, the three major factories were originally owned by Fang Yuan.

In other words, the machines in the Red Brick Factory were moved away before Fang Yuan changed hands.

In this way, since Gao Shilian and Changsun Wuji took over, they did not have machines to work.

So, for more than a month, Gao Shilian and Changsun Wuji have been eating coptis?

At this moment, the expressions of the officials present changed again.

"Servant Fang, I have really been tricked by you."

"It turns out that you moved the machines and they couldn't work."

"For them to have a stable job and for the more than 3000 families behind them, I. I implore you to return the machines to the Red Brick Factory."

Gao Shilian suddenly said with sadness and pleading.

Things have happened, and it is inevitable to be laughed at.

So Gao Shilian wanted to take advantage of this incident to reduce the previous impact.

If he could force Fang Yuan to return the machine with justice, it would definitely be worth it to him.

There is no need for Fang Yuan to take the blame for the time being.

After saying this, everyone present looked at Fang Yuan.

"What Gao Shangshu said is wrong."

"Although I founded the Red Brick Factory, I had no control over it and I didn't know about the machines being moved away."

"Besides, there is a handover during the relocation process. If Gao Shangshu pays for the machine, the machine will definitely stay. It can only be said that Gao Shangshu is not willing to part with the money."

Fang Yuan shook his head, said calmly.

"How could I not part with that money for something as important as a machine? Mr. Fang, are you remembering it correctly?"

Gao Shilian frowned slightly.

He had never heard about the machine, and he would definitely not be reluctant to part with it if he knew.

"The factory director happens to be here, wouldn't it be clear at a glance if I asked him to bring over the handover list?"

Fang Yuan laughed.

He was well prepared before coming, and any rebuttal from Gao Shilian would be in vain.

Gao Shilian did not answer immediately, but frowned again, feeling that Fang Yuan must have been prepared if he dared to speak out.

But just because he didn't say it, doesn't mean no one else said it.

"What are you still doing? Why don't you go and get the handover list?"

Fang Qingping scolded the factory director.

He knew some inside information, so he dared to ask the factory director to get it.

The factory director smiled flatteringly, but still looked at Gao Shilian to seek Gao Shilian's opinion.

Although Gao Shilian felt that what Fang Yuan said was true, he did not receive the report from below.

And in the current situation, if they don't even dare to come up with a list, how will the officials of the Ministry of Revenue see themselves?
Losing is not terrible, but losing beautifully and magnanimously will make people speechless.

"Go."

The director immediately left quickly.

The handover list was in his hand, and although he wanted someone else to take over, he couldn't.

Not long after, the factory director came back with a not so good look on his face, and looked at Gao Shilian in embarrassment.

Needless to say, Gao Shilian also knew the situation, but the people below did not report it to him.

"Does Gao Shangshu still need machines now?"

"I'll make it clear to the people below and ask them to give me a discount."

After Fang Yuan read the list, he returned it to the factory director and laughed.

"Then there is the Minister of Labor."

The corners of Gao Shilian's mouth twitched slightly, but he said with an apologetic smile.

Under the gaze of everyone, he had to endure it no matter how aggrieved he was, and he still had to be polite.

"Come on, let's continue visiting."

Fang Yuan smiled slightly and walked to other places.

Later, after Fang Yuan and others visited the red brick factory, they went to the cement factory and steel factory one after another.

There are almost no accidents. There is a lot of inventory, there is no work, and it is all caused by the lack of machinery.

During the whole process, Gao Shilian's apologetic smile became more and more forced, and the eyes of everyone present looking at Gao Shilian became more and more weird.

For more than a month, including two months' monthly salary and other miscellaneous expenses, Gao Shilian and Changsun Wuji had been taken advantage of for nearly two months.

Two months, two months, no one else knows, I have to endure all these hardships. I am really dumb and unable to explain the hardships of eating Coptis chinensis, which is hilarious.

"Okay, that's it for today's visit. You can start thinking about it after you go back, and submit the solution to my desk within three days."

The last one to visit was the steel plant.

Fang Yuan warned the officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs at the door.

But because of Gao Shilian, except for Fang Qingping and a few others who dared to respond loudly, everyone else just made a little noise.

"Okay, let's go."

"Gao Shangshu, I have some personal matters to deal with. I would like to ask you for half a day's leave."

Fang Yuan waved his hand, signaling the end of today's visit.

It happened to be noon time, it was almost time to eat, and Fang Yuan didn't want to go back.

I wanted to say something to Gao Shilian and let him make it difficult for him.

"Go."

Gao Shilian tried his best to smile.

Seeing Fang Yuan striding away, he felt very uncomfortable.

"Gao Shangshu, I'll take my leave now."

Liu Yichen and others saluted Gao Shilian.

She is from the Ministry of Punishments and it is time to leave.

If she didn't leave, Gao Shilian might turn his anger on her.

"Say hello to your grandpa for me."

Gao Shilian's smile is slightly prettier.

Not long after, both Fang Yuan and Liu Yichen left.

The remaining household officials were so silent that they didn't even dare to say anything.

"go back!"

Gao Shilian dropped the two words coldly and strode away.

On the other side, Liu Yichen accelerated to catch up with Fang Yuan.

"Fang Yuan, you are so cruel, Gao Shilian's face turned dark."

Liu Yichen walked to Fang Yuan's side and finally couldn't help but laugh.

An old fox with countless disciples in the court was actually tricked by Fang Yuan like this.

If you are fooled, you will be fooled. In the end, you have to laugh at Fang Yuan and pay a high price to buy Yuan Yuan's machine.

Speaking of machines, Liu Yichen also paid attention to them. The price was ridiculously high. No wonder Gao Shilian didn't buy it at that time.

Naturally, in Liu Yichen's view, it was not that Gao Shilian didn't know about machines, after all, he had been watching the three major factories for so long.

"Hahaha, when they stared at the three major factories before, their eyes were full of longing."

Fang Yuan laughed.

It's really fun today.

It was so refreshing to see Gao Shilian so frustrated but afraid to show off.

He suffered such a big loss the day after he came back to work. He was afraid that he wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.

Changsun Wuji probably already knows about this matter, and he is probably scolding his mother now.

Soon everyone in the three provinces and six departments will know about this matter, and the two of them will become a laughing stock.

Fortunately, Gao Shilian was well-educated just now, otherwise the joke would have been even bigger.

"you are so bad!"

Liu Yichen smiled and glanced at Fang Yuan charmingly.

"Okay, I'm going home, so I won't talk to Miss Liu any more."

Fang Yuan smiled and said.

"Hey, what's the hurry? I'm on my way."

Liu Yichen followed Fang Yuan and stood side by side with Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan smiled slightly and did not refuse again. The two of them walked and chatted.

As Gao Shilian and others returned to the household department, the situation of the three major factories slowly spread.

After the three provinces and six ministries learned about the situation, they all turned pale with horror and were extremely shocked.Now Gao Shilian and Changsun Wuji, one is in charge of the household department and the other is in charge of the official department, with overwhelming authority.

Under such circumstances, Fang Yuan was able to play tricks on them, which really made people laugh out loud.

Soon, this matter also reached Li Shimin.

Everyone thought that this incident would eventually become a joke and disappear.

But who would have thought that after the problems of the three major factories were exposed, terrible problems would arise.

First, there was some commotion among the employees of the three major factories, who were worried that they would be fired if they no longer had jobs.

Secondly, the dignitaries in Chang'an City began to worry about the inventories of the three major factories, worrying that the products they manufactured would not be sold.

So the powerful people issued orders one after another to reduce production and inventory of the things in their hands.

Once the inventory is depleted to a certain extent, items will become scarce.

Prices are rising again!

Inflation, which was suppressed by Fang Yuan and others not long ago, began to rebound.

Starting from Chang'an City, inflation seems to be about to start.

"Your Majesty, if the problems of the three major factories cannot be properly resolved, price inflation will not be suppressed."

Ma Zhou found Li Shimin and said solemnly.

He was promoted one after another, and now he is the secretary-supervisor. He often gives advice to Li Shimin.

And his advice was generally adopted, because the analysis was so accurate that Ma Zhou gained Li Shimin's favor.

"Inflation again?"

Li Shimin was shocked and said.

The recent inflation caused chaos in Jingzhou and almost affected the entire Tang Dynasty.

Fortunately, Fang Yuan dealt with it decisively and cruelly, so it did not affect other parts of the country.

Now if inflation happens again, the problem could be serious.

"Yes, the situation is about to change. Prices in Chang'an City have risen in the past few days."

Ma Zhou said in a deep voice.

He carefully investigated the market and discovered the problem.

Moreover, people are panicking about the issue of inflation and start panic buying.

Once panic buying reaches a state of madness, a vicious cycle will occur, eventually causing turmoil.

"How to deal with it?"

Li Shimin sat up straight and said in a deep voice.

"First of all, the problems of the three major factories must be solved from the root."

"Secondly, we must give confidence to the powerful in Chang'an City and other places that inflation will not occur again in the Tang Dynasty."

"Finally, develop industry, increase people's income, stabilize prices, stabilize banknotes, and stabilize copper coins."

Ma Zhou said three steps in a row.

But when Li Shimin heard this, he frowned in his heart.

"The root problem of the three major factories is the accumulation of too many banknotes, which affects underlying prices. How to solve this?"

Li Shimin frowned tightly.

The root problem of rising prices is that there are too many banknotes on the market.

The excessive number of banknotes was mainly due to the unfettered production of paper by the five surnames and Qiwang at that time.

It is not a simple matter to solve this problem now, and it will take a long time for the market to digest it.

"This subordinate has little talent and little knowledge. He couldn't think of a suitable way for a while."

Ma Zhou opened his mouth, shook his head and said.

He can identify problems and propose solutions.

But for the time being, he didn't have a suitable idea on how to implement it.

No one is perfect, and even though he thinks he knows a lot, he cannot claim to know everything.

"Is there really going to be inflation?"

Li Shimin took a deep breath and asked again.

He was still a little skeptical and couldn't believe that Fang Yuan would have these effects just by announcing the problems of the three major factories.

If this is the case, Fang Yuan, Gao Shilian and Changsun Wuji will not be able to escape the blame, and they must be held responsible.

"Really, Your Majesty can have someone investigate and make sure."

Ma Zhou said solemnly.

He didn't dare to say such terrible things.

I also have no objection to Li Shimin asking people to investigate.

"It is said that Gao Shilian, Changsun Wuji, and Fang Yuan will enter the palace immediately!"

Li Shimin thought for a while and said in a deep voice.

The eunuch below immediately left with Li Shimin's order.

Not long after, Fang Yuan, Changsun Wuji and Gao Shilian who were in the Sixth Department arrived.

When Fang Yuan arrived, he saw Ma Zhou here. He was surprised and nodded to him.

Ma Zhou was more proactive than Fang Yuan. When he saw Fang Yuan arriving, he took the initiative to salute, which made Changsun Wuji and Gao Shilian's eyes darken.

"Ma Zhou, tell them what you just told me."

Li Shimin said solemnly.

Soon, Ma Zhou revealed his guess.

"Inflation again?!"

"Ma Zhou, you can't make random guesses!"

Gao Shilian exclaimed and said in a deep voice.

Inflation is scary enough, but it’s still related to the three major factories?
Now that the three major factories are in the hands of himself and Changsun Wuji, the conflict actually points to the two of them?

"Gao Shangshu can send someone to investigate."

Ma Zhou said seriously.

Gao Shilian was not humbled by his status.

He is the secretary-supervisor, the person around the emperor, and does not need to look at the faces of the officials of the six ministries.

"Ma Zhou, do you think inflation was caused by the exposure of problems at the three major factories?"

Changsun Wuji looked much calmer and said slowly.

After saying this, the expressions of Fang Yuan and Li Shimin changed slightly.

Fang Yuan cursed Changsun Wuji as an old fox in his heart and was about to speak.

But Ma Zhou's political consciousness is not low, and he also understands Changsun Wuji's meaning.

"The exposure of the problems of the three major factories is a fuse, and it will be exposed sooner or later."

Ma Zhou said calmly.

Directly identify the problem as the three major factories, rather than who exposed the problem.

Changsun Wuji nodded and said nothing else. He just wanted to divert the conflict from the three major factories to the reason for Fang Yuan's exposure.

But unfortunately, it failed.

When Fang Yuan saw this, he smiled slightly, causing others to speak.

"I don't want to pursue this matter too much, but it can be said that it was caused by the three of you."

"You are also the Minister of Humerus in the DPRK. How do you think this matter should be resolved?"

Li Shimin glanced at Fang Yuan and Changsun Wuji.

He could also see that Changsun Wuji wanted to divert the conflict.

But the problem of the three major factories was caused by Fang Yuan, Changsun Wuji and Gao Shilian.

The main reason is the latter two, but the direct reason is Fang Yuan. Everyone is responsible and no one can escape.

"Your Majesty, I am not an expert in economics. I will cooperate with their plan unconditionally."

Changsun Wuji thought for a while, stood up and said respectfully.

Li Shimin said nothing and looked at Fang Yuan and Gao Shilian.

"Your Majesty, the root problem of the three major factories is actually the problem of banks and banknotes."

"Both the bank and the banknotes were created by Fang Yuan. I hope that Fang Yuan can take charge of this matter, and I fully support it."

Gao Shilian also stood up and said sincerely.

Li Shimin still didn't speak, but he frowned and then looked at Fang Yuan.

He did not refute Gao Shilian, but agreed with Gao Shilian that Fang Yuan was more suitable for economics.

(End of this chapter)