king.

The murderer was not found for a long time, and the atmosphere in the entire Canglan City became tense.The garrison guarding the capital has all been mobilized to arrest suspicious elements everywhere, and the prison is overcrowded.

It's a pity that no matter how many people are arrested, there are still no clues related to the assassination of the crown prince. Instead, a bunch of other bad things are involved.

The spies of the various forces, the underground evil forces, the illegitimate children of the princes and nobles, the white gloves of the bureaucrats... All kinds of messy things popped up all at once.

If he had dared to make such a fuss in the past, the gates of Caesar IV's palace would have been broken down.

Now that so many people have been arrested, those executed and exiled, no one dares to reach out to catch them.

For a while, the law and order in the capital was cleared up, the second-generation dandies disappeared immediately, and even the entertainment venues became depressed.

The deeper the investigation, the worse the situation becomes.It's not that no suspects have been found, but that there are too many suspects.

All major forces at home and abroad are among the suspects, including some core members of the royal family, who have become objects of suspicion.

Anyone who has the ability to bury nails in the royal family can now be regarded as a suspect, and the motive is too sufficient.

The generous dowry in the hands of the queen was the fuse.Once Caesar IV and the queen have no children, the ownership of the land of the six provinces will become the biggest thunder in the kingdom.

The interests involved are so great that no one dares to draw conclusions lightly. If they make a mistake, big things will happen!
There are too many suspects, and Caesar IV is also very helpless.Even if you don't need to find evidence for this kind of thing, you must at least know who did it before you can retaliate!
Where is it like now, there is not even a target to vent your grievances.If you want to avenge your son, you don't know who to turn to.

The nobleman in charge of protecting the prince was silenced as soon as the case happened.All those responsible are now dead.

Such a large-scale silencing without leaving any clues is obviously not something that ordinary forces can accomplish.

However, this is useless, and no one can guarantee whether the forces that will take action to silence the rumors are in collusion with the domestic dignitaries.

He was full of grievances, and Caesar IV had to restrain his emotions to appease the queen.If a prince dies, there can be a second prince.

If the queen is overly sad, tosses her body, and affects her fertility, it will be a real disaster.

……

The city gate caught fire and affected the pond fish.

Hudson, who is thousands of miles away, never imagined that as a melon-eating crowd, the storm could still sweep over his head.

With the deepening of the investigation, the news that a prince's attendant had borrowed a loan from the Near East Development Bank two months ago was also dug out by the investigators.

Suspicious clues +1, suspected that the economy is in trouble, and was threatened to take risks!
Regardless of how low the probability is, the Near East Development Bank, caught in the vortex of the storm, was still questioned.

Business damage is a trivial matter, the key is that the investigation team has to check the accounts.Bank accounts without any supervision, if there is no problem, is the biggest problem.

Since the founding of the Near East Development Bank, its main focus has been to "keep confidentiality for customers", never asking about the source of customers' funds, and not caring about the use of customers' funds.

This kind of institution with high privacy, convenient transfer of funds in and out, and the ability to launder funds on a part-time basis quickly became popular.

In less than a year, the Wangdu branch has become the branch with the highest turnover and the most lucrative profits among the dozens of branches in the Kingdom.

Making money is second, and the key is that through these business contacts, the Near East Development Bank has also established a relationship with a group of bureaucrats in the kingdom and has become the closest business partner.

Now that the investigative team is coming to check the accounts, why not uncover all the transactions that were hidden behind the scenes in the past?

At this time, it is time for the network to play a role.Before the investigative team took action, some bureaucrats reported the letter first.

After receiving the news, the person in charge of the branch didn't dare to make decisions without authorization, and directly fed back the news as quickly as possible.

……

"Duke, this is the basic situation. The investigation team has already focused on the Near East Development Bank, our partner, and has tried its best to help delay the time.

Judging from the current situation, it should not be delayed for a few days.The person in charge of the branch asked for instructions, whether to cooperate with the investigation team's investigation, or..."

After listening to Rudolph's report, Hudson suddenly had a headache.His intuition told him that this investigation was not only because of the involvement in the case, but also because of the fact that it was so popular.

During the rise of the Near East Development Bank, it attracted a group of interest groups, and also violated the interests of many people.

Now that they have an opportunity, these people will definitely take advantage of it.Even if there is no relationship at all, they will be involved.

Once the bank's accounts are made public, countless problems hidden in the dark will be brought to the surface at once.

Not only the gang of cooperating bureaucrats can't stand it, the Near East Development Bank can't stand this kind of shock either.

In essence, banks rely on their reputation for food. It would be fine if they didn't promise to keep it secret in advance, but in order to attract savings, the main thing was keeping it secret.

This is not because the staff made a mistake and made a promise to the outside world indiscriminately, but that none of the laws of the Alpha Kingdom required the disclosure of bank accounts.

"You can do whatever the law says!"

In order to attract customers, it is obviously not the bank staff's fault to focus on private publicity.

With capable subordinates, Hudson is too late to be happy, so naturally he will not shirk responsibility downwards.

"Transfer the account as soon as possible, another accidental fire, destroy all traces!"

Hudson said with a sigh.

At other times, he could resist the investigation, even if it caused a political storm, he would be able to withstand it, but not now.

The murder of the crown prince was neither an ordinary crony corruption case nor a pure internal factional strife, which had already touched the bottom line of the king.

Anyone who dares to hinder the investigation on this is a challenge to Caesar IV's monarchy, and once they meet, they will never die.

With the constraints of the monarch's title, if the courtiers and the monarch face each other, basically there will be no good results.

Those aristocrats who showed their chariots and horses to the king's hard fight are indeed majestic, but after the glory, the fate of the younger generations is usually not very good.

It's fine that the family has been strong and unabated. Once there is a trend of decadence, it will soon usher in a catastrophe.

Even if there is a change of dynasty during the period, don't even try to please.No monarch likes such restless courtiers.

It can be said that it was cool for a while when he was strong, and he went straight to the crematorium afterwards.

Smart people put themselves where they should be, even if there is a conflict of interest with the monarch, they must put themselves on the side of the passive counterattack.

In the continent of Aslant, as long as they occupy the righteousness and fight against the king within the scope of the rules, they do not belong to the category of rebellious officials and thieves.

At this moment, creating an accidental fire and pretending to destroy the bank accounts is an explanation from Hudson to all parties.

"Duke, if you do this, the investigation team may not let it go, and it is very likely that they will further focus on the Near East Branch.

We are afraid that our business in the capital will be severely damaged.If His Majesty the King is allowed to turn his anger on you, the follow-up troubles may be serious. "

Rudolph persuaded with a solemn expression.

Confronting the royal power, which is the exclusive patent of the great aristocrats, is undoubtedly beyond his cognition, and fear is inevitable.

"Don't worry, there are so many shareholders in the Near East Development Bank, they won't watch the investigation team run amok.

At least judging from the current situation, all the businesses carried out by the bank are within the scope permitted by the Kingdom's legal framework.

We are not ordinary merchants, we can be slaughtered by others.As long as it operates legally, no one can do anything to the Near East Development Bank.

If things get serious, the investigation team can't help it.This incident was mostly just a trial.

If you really want to take action against the Near East Development Bank, the investigation team will directly bring people over to forcibly check the accounts, so how can there be news? "

Hudson said pretending to be calm.

The more this time, the more need to reassure people.Knowing that things won't end like this, he can only bite the bullet now.

If you earn this money, you have to bear the corresponding pressure.The most important thing to open a bank is reputation. The Near East Development Bank is the largest commercial bank in the Kingdom, but it is not the only bank.

All major chambers of commerce in the country are preparing their own banks, and many local nobles are also ready to move. It is only a matter of time before banks are flying all over the sky.

The Near East Development Bank, which has a first-mover advantage, must establish its own reputation if it wants to consolidate its current dominant position.

If there is no promise to keep the account confidential from the beginning, then there is no harm in letting the investigation team check the accounts.But since the promise was made, it must be fulfilled.

With the in-depth investigation of the crown prince's murder, there are now countless cases involved.

The last time the Royal Government took such a large-scale action was the assassination of Caesar III.The status of the crown prince is naturally inferior to that of the king, but he died, and he died of poisoning!

After a little hesitation, Hudson added: "It's too abrupt to set fire directly, so let's use the excuse of escorting gold coins as an excuse to transfer the bank guards.

Find a few more unlucky drunks with good strength, lure them to fight in a restaurant near the bank, and then accidentally set off a fire, spreading to..."

Conspiracy, not to Hudson's liking.But there is no way, sometimes this thing is really easy to use.

It is 100% problematic to set fire to the accounts.But if it caught fire by accident, everything would be different.

No matter how in-depth the investigation team investigates, an accident is an accident.As the victim, you are not responsible for this.

If the account is burned, the past transaction records can only be retrieved when the customer comes to handle the business with the magic crystal card.

And these records are limited to the transfer-in and transfer-out time, and with whom the transaction was made, it is still a muddled account.

……

In Da Pest City, a debt restructuring negotiation kicked off at the fastest speed.

When it comes to small money, everyone's response speed is very fast.Except for a very small number of creditors who personally sent people over, most of the creditors directly entrusted the Minister of the Principality of Moxi to handle it on their behalf.

Anyway, creditors from all walks of life come to discuss together, and the final solution must be unified, otherwise those who suffer will definitely not agree.

Interests can unite people the most. Representatives from all walks of life took the lead in kicking out the elves. The reason is very simple: the two parties have not signed a formal treaty and cannot constitute a legal debt.

There is no way, the debt repayment ability of the Principality of Moxi is only so great, if some people take more, some people will inevitably take less.

Everyone is a human race, and it is politically correct to work together to eliminate the elves first.

The angry Doris almost overturned the table, making it impossible for everyone to play.But in the end, rationality prevailed. It doesn't matter to bully the Principality of Moxi, but it's not worth offending a group of people and powerful forces.

The elves are self-sufficient, and they are not short of supplies.The main purpose is to suppress the neighbors, and the countries of the human race collect debts from the Principality of Moxi, which in essence also achieves the effect of weakening the neighbors.

After witnessing the downsizing of the Moxi people's army, the elf delegation was no longer obsessed with indemnity, and turned to seek other interests.

In this regard, the Principality of Moxi is extraordinarily generous, and there is no problem with privileges. Anyway, most of the elves are dead houses, and they will not go to the Principality of Moxi to live.

Even if a few elves come here occasionally, they are still innocent children.It is simply unrealistic to expect them to do evil and harm the Principality of Moxi.

It is also possible to exempt trade from tariffs, and the elves are not an industrial country, so they are not afraid of being hit if they open up the market.

The most famous magic equipment, the water of life, is in short supply in the human world.If it wasn't for the fear of being exposed, George would have said: Just sell it, and open the acquisition!

Even if you don't use it yourself, you can make a fortune if you resell it to other countries for sale.

As a result, Doris couldn't find the slightest sense of accomplishment even though she was victorious at the negotiating table.The Moxi people's cooperation directly made her feel angry and had no place to vent her anger.

In contrast, on the other side of the debt restructuring negotiations, the quarrel is much more intense.

The representatives of all parties not only fought with the representatives of the Principality of Moxi, but even within the delegation, there were endless disputes.

The loan faction and the bond faction are even more arguing. For the limited payment ability every year, all parties are not giving in to each other.

Borrowers believe that the priority is to repay the principal of the debt, and as for the interest part, after all the principal is repaid, a second repayment will be made.

The implication is that the interest paid earlier is converted into the principal, and after paying off all the principal, just wait!

The bond faction naturally disagreed, interest is interest, how can it be counted as principal?
Even if the ability to pay is insufficient, it must be paid in proportion.It's impossible for everyone to lose together, anyway, let them bear the loss alone.

More people means more things. In addition to these mainstream debates, there are also various weird repayment theories that have been brought up one after another.

There is only one general principle, to safeguard one's own interests.

The debt relief proposed by the Moxi people was directly ignored by everyone tacitly.Deferment of payment is fine, but debt relief is not.

Of course, there is no one to replace the subsequent interest on funds.Including the newly added creditor, the Near East Development Bank, the nominal foreign-related total debt of the Principality of Moxi is as high as 4.38 million gold coins.

Even if calculated on the basis of an 500% annual interest rate, the annual fund interest is more than [-] million gold coins, far exceeding their financial income.

When this number was calculated, everyone was shocked.For a principality to be able to owe such money in just a few years is simply a new record for human debt!
Combined with the reconciliation of the Moxi Principality's financial expenditures in recent years, everyone is speechless. They really spent so much.

Even the financial expenditure of the Principality of Moxi is more than the total amount of debts exposed.According to the explanation of the Moxi government: they still have internal debts.

Shocked, everyone looked at George differently.Having owed so many debts, and still being able to eat better and sleep better, this mentality is not usually strong.

Prime Minister Herceg's name also resounded across the mainland overnight.Under his auspices, the Moxi government was able to owe so much debt before it exploded. What a capable minister!
But if the wall is a little bit poor, you can't rely on tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall and filling the government's huge financial deficit.

Even if it is a financial explosion, it is still caused by external factors.If there is no conflict with the elves, causing the outside world to worry about the safety of the Principality of Moxi, this game of borrowing new things to return old ones can continue.

With a huge foreign debt of 4.38 million, creditors from all walks of life can only sit down and negotiate. If the snowball gets bigger, I am afraid that the whole continent will be kidnapped by debt.

Commissions are not easy to earn. As a creditor who joined later, the Near East Development Bank has also become famous passively in this wave.

The reputation of "being taken advantage of" directly resounded throughout the mainland.If it was left in the previous life, such a huge loan would explode, and a round of run crisis would be inevitable.

However, the current situation is special, and the cost of funds of the Near East Development Bank is approximately equal to zero.No matter how long the repayment period of the Principality of Moxi was, the loan could still be repaid after all, and the bank lost only time.

"Earl Powell, I didn't expect Marshal Hudson and King George to have such a deep friendship. Knowing that the Principality of Moxi has financial problems, he dared to issue a huge loan of 8000 million.

Even if the Principality of Moxi's finances went bankrupt, he, the big creditor, did not make a fuss. Instead, he called on everyone to reduce the debts of the Moxi government.

Do you think they have hidden transactions behind their backs, taking money from bank shareholders for their own personal gain? "

Earl Powell frowned at the words of the purple-robed old man.There are countless shareholders hidden in the Near East Development Bank, and it just so happens that their family is one of them.

If there is insider trading, it is harming one's own interests.Although he is not the owner of the family, it does not affect Powell's sense of belonging in the slightest.

"Marquis Algernes, you can't talk nonsense. The Near East Development Bank is making good profits, and Marshal Hudson is still running well.

Even if the loan business fails, as long as the Principality of Moxi can repay the principal, the loss to the bank will be some labor costs.

Considering the overall situation, the Near East Development Bank has successfully opened up a market in the Principality of Moxi, and this loss is still acceptable.

In business, you have to take risks.Just like everyone lent money to the Principality of Moxi before, no one would have thought that they would go bankrupt! "

He helped to defend with his mouth, but deep down Powell still had doubts.It's just that the Near East Development Bank is too profitable, and it must not turn against Hudson as a last resort.

Even if there is insider trading, as long as it can make money for the family, some small things can be forgiven.

Although there are endless banks on the mainland, due to regional protection, they basically stay in a corner.

Even the banks established by the four major chambers of commerce in mainland China are currently only operating in areas controlled by major shareholders, and it is difficult to break through geographical restrictions to conduct business.

Regional banks can only carry out simple deposit and loan business, and cannot play the role of bank exchange, which greatly reduces profit margins.

Coupled with the high cost of customer acquisition and the low market recognition of the Golden Ticket, its profitability is far inferior to that of the Near East Development Bank.