Before Guo Peng went on tour, Guo Jin and Guo Peng learned about the war between Rome and Anxu.

At that time, the winner and defeat of both sides were not decided. It took a while before Guo Peng set off to send news, saying that Anxi was defeated and the situation was very bad.

Guo Jin quickly gave this matter to Guo Peng. After Guo Peng knew about it, he urgently wrote back to Guo Jin and told him to make a series of arrangements.

Guo Jin didn't know what the economic crisis was. After receiving guidance from Guo Peng, he realized the terribleness of the economic crisis, so he immediately started to prepare and study countermeasures.

He called out Wang Can, Minister of Finance, and some experts in the Ministry of Finance who connect with the northwest to engage in economics, studied this matter together, and came to many conclusions based on the accounts of the court.

Guo Jin originally planned to rescue the market and stabilize the situation in the northwest, but the conclusions he came to were all pessimistic.

Everyone believes that before Rest restores peace, the Northwest can only live a life with a tight belt tighter, and no alternative can provide such a large demand for Rest to the Northwest, which stimulates the prosperity of business in the Northwest.

Although Anxi was not as big as the Wei Kingdom, he was very rich and was particularly willing to spend in the Wei Empire. Therefore, together with the Kushan Empire, he gave birth to the prosperous commercial scale in the northwest of the Wei Empire.

Therefore, if Guo Jin wants to rescue the market, the cost is too high. Let’s not talk about who will bear this cost. How long will it take is another question - what do you know when peace can restore peace?

Therefore, taking action to rescue the market is the worst way to reduce the scale of business as demand shrinks.

At most, pay some money to help the Northwest to avoid too many debts that can easily force people to a dead end, and limit the debt scale to the affordable range of the people.

Guo Jinsi thought about it and felt helpless, so he had to make a decision like this.

So he issued an order to the cabinet, and asked the Ministry of Finance to study and pass his decision, pay the money to the Northwest, and start action, and prepare for the crisis before it spreads and causes greater damage.

As a result, the Ministry of Finance started to make a fuss.

Many people expressed their opposition, thinking that such a large-scale debt relief will make the already tense finances even more nervous. Although it will not be too short of a stretch, the treasury will be overspent once there is an emergency.

The money in the treasury is useful, and annual expenditures must be budgeted. Exceeding the budget is not a matter of one or two words. It may cause a terrible chain reaction, so the emperor cannot make a rash decision.

Back then, Guo Peng was so arrogant that he would not rashly disrupt the Ministry of Finance’s budget according to his own ideas. No matter how arrogant he was, he would use his own internal treasury to bypass the court to do things, so that the court could only stare at him.

But now the emperor actually needs to use the money from the treasury to make up for the deficit in the northwest?

The Wei Empire had such rules?

And more importantly, how can the money from the treasury be used to benefit low-key karma?

Business is a low-key business!

How can the treasury money be used to save the market for merchants?

There is no such truth in the world!

When a crisis occurs, we should take the lead before the crisis spreads completely, killing these fat pigs to death, and letting the crisis stare. How can we rescue the market and help these businessmen survive the crisis?

Have you forgotten the traditional policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce?

The courtiers found it incredible.

Wang Can actually quite understands Guo Jin. He knew that Guo Jin would be very angry because of the opposition of his ministers, but what can he do if he alone?

When Wang Can touched the fundamental ideology of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce, he was powerless.

Helplessly, he could only grit his teeth and complain to Guo Jin, saying that it would be unrealistic to all exempt the commercial debts of the two prefectures of Yongliang and the three prefectures of the Western Regions.

Not only is it unrealistic, the Ministry of Finance also believes that agriculture is the main business and commerce is a low-key business. It is better to give preferential treatment to farmers in the northwest than to use the treasury money to provide guarantees for low-key business.

If this is done, all the unscrupulous merchants in the world will feel profitable and will do their own thing, which will soon make the national finances chaotic.

Before Guo Jin could get angry, the fact that he was going to use the treasury money to provide guarantees for merchants in the northwest spread throughout the court.

By the way, the war between Rome and Anxie broke out, and the news that Anxie's defeat was not good also spread. The news that this war result would affect the business in the northwest suddenly triggered great debate in the entire court.

The long-silent conservative forces climaxed collectively as Guo Peng expected.

The opposition flew into Guo Jin's Nan study like a bullet, and soon filled his entire desk, annoyed him and felt very difficult.

He was determined to save Northwest Business and gave Northwest Business a little help to the Northwest Business, so that they could stop being damaged and escape without causing any damage to their vitality or being depressed.

The fragile economic situation in the northwest requires them to maintain their vitality, otherwise the construction of the northwest will be destroyed in one ten years.

As a result, this idea was strongly opposed by the ministers. They were headed by Zao Zhi, Minister of Civil Affairs, and a large number of officials submitted their statements one after another, setting off a frenzy of opposition.

They strongly demanded that the emperor dismiss the Northwest business, end the Northwest's attempt, and bring the Northwest back to the "right track" of agriculture.

The Northwest Commerce was actually affected by the war between the Roman Empire and the Silent Empire. This is unheard of. It is simply to leave the country's economic development to others. How could such a thing happen to the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Empire?

Don't agree!

The wave of opposition began one after another. Guo Jin was holding a grand court meeting as the crisis approached and could no longer bear it.

Guo Jin angrily scolded Zao Zhi in court, and then deposed three officials who led the way to oppose his policies, and suppressed all the ministers with the authority of the real power emperor.

The ministers were hit head-on and still refused to compromise. They seemed to be working hard to fight Guo Jin to the death and never give in. In any case, Guo Jin would not let him use the national treasury to save the market.

Either you dismiss us all and choose our own people, or you use your own internal treasury to do things. If we don’t stop you, have you brought a lot of silver?

Although Guo Jin's inner treasury has a lot of money, he cannot squander most of it in one go.

He also needs to complete the currency reform, so how can he use the reserves of the inner treasury at this time?

The two sides are in a stalemate.

Finally, the cabinet chief Cao Cao and the Minister of Justice Guo Yi came out to smooth things out and acted as intermediaries, and proposed a proposal that both sides made some compromises.

It is to let the local finance and local governments work together, and the court will take a standard and close all shops that meet the standards to reduce the scale of business to cope with the economic crisis.

As for commercial loans, the court can also make concessions. According to the amount of the loan and the merchant's repayment ability, merchants are allowed to repay the loan in installments without having to pay it off at one time, so as to reduce the pressure on merchants and not force them to a dead end.

As for the rescue of the market requested by Guo Jin, the court has also made some concessions, which can squeeze out part of the budget. Of course, this number must be far from what Guo Jin asked for.

The rest depends on how much Guo Jin can take out from the inner warehouse.

Overall, the court was still timid in the face of imperial power, Guo Peng was still alive, and Guo Jin was strong enough. Even if his pressure was far inferior to Guo Peng, he was not able to confront the ministers head-on.

However, Guo Jin did not meet the initial demand.

But Guo Jin was not as angry as Guo Yi and Cao Cao expected, because he knew that the impact of the economic crisis had not yet been revealed.

When the impact of the economic crisis is revealed, especially when the two prefectures of Yongliang appear, the attitudes of the ministers must not be like the current compromise.

"If you don't take advantage of the money from the treasury now, and when the situation in the two states of Yongliang is turbulent, the ministers will not be as good as they are now. It is possible to carry the coffin in front of me and fight me against me."

Guo Jin privately summoned Guo Yi, Cao Cao, Lu Yi and Lu Yu.

He expressed his worries to them with a worried face.

"Now I'll take some money from the treasury. After that, I'll raise some more myself and send it to Liangzhou to Lu Qian when needed. Maybe it can save the overall situation. The situation in Liangzhou is too dangerous. This money must be used in Liangzhou. As long as Liangzhou can be stable, it can be stabilized in a few other places."

The four of them looked at each other.

Cao Cao stood up.

"Your Majesty, is the war between Lou Mo and Anxi really such a great impact?"

"It's quite large, and the entire northwest will be shaken. After this time, until the peace of the country restores peace, the northwest commerce will be sluggish for a while and will no longer be as prosperous as before."

Guo Jin took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, and said, "Now the ministers don't know the real impact. I just tried a little and the reaction was so great. Once they knew the turbulence in the northwest, their reaction would only be even greater."

The four of them lowered their heads and said in their hearts - Are you trying a little? Such a large sum of money is scary!

After complaining inwardly, Guo Yi took a step forward.

"Since that is the case, Your Majesty must prepare early. Zaobutang is old, but he is very persistent and very tough. What he believes will not change. If the situation in the northwest is turbulent, Zaobutang will inevitably submit a letter to the dismissal of the northwest business. By then..."

Guo Jin didn't finish his words, but Guo Jin knew exactly what it meant.

Zao Zhi is the leader of the opposition, but he is different from those opposition.

Other opponents always have some of their own little thoughts, either economically or politically, and have some demands, so they oppose it.

Zao made a fortune by making a fortune by relying on military farming. It simply dislikes business and businessmen to the extreme, believing that business can make people degenerate, so it is a lowly business, and businessmen should be bitches.

He is not for personal benefit, but just a pure political act. He criticizes businessmen from the traditional moral level, and at the same time criticizes Guo Peng's business policies, only for political ideals.

He was very clean and had no point to catch him. Guo Peng had caused four major political storms and could not do anything about Zao Zhi. Zao Zhi repeatedly criticized Northwest Business in the later period of Guo Peng's reign, and Guo Peng had no choice but to stay at most and ignore him.

It was Guo Jin's turn, and Zao Zhi's political qualifications became a big trouble for him.
Chapter completed!