Chapter 432: It’s not okay to refuse in the field of making money
The first thing the new king does after he ascends the throne and is crowned is to check the palace’s accounts.
You won’t know if you don’t check, but you will be shocked when you check. At first, Rudolf thought that the luxury goods in the palace were too expensive, but the more he checked, the more problems he found.
According to the gossip, even Antonia received two slaps from Rudolf.
The Grand Duke of Nassau personally caught this case. He had never handled corruption cases before, but this time Frederick asked him to go to the Ministry of Finance to search the account books. He was shocked when he saw the final result, and he was implicated in it. Some of the problems can be traced back decades ago, and even a lot of the military rations that old Count Wesson protected with his life eleven years ago were moldy and mixed with sand.
He did not dare to make a judgment easily and left all the files to His Majesty the King.
There is another rumor, this time Antonia was kicked three meters away by Rudolf.
The people who work in the palace are the children of various noble families. Most of them have the right to inherit. They mainly focus on showing off their face in front of the king.
Now this case is so involved that even Count Rank, Count Shakespeare, and the Grand Duke of Mainz are also involved. The Grand Duke of Nassau personally interrupted his grandson's marriage in front of Rudolf. There were two legs, and the only one who remained aloof was Frederick.
So Rudolf summoned Frederick to the palace urgently and asked him to think of how to solve this problem.
Frederick read the files carefully for a day, with a gloomy face, and made a list of people who must be hung on the wall.
These people were all involved in selling military rations as substandard goods eleven years ago. When Frederick thought that the food that his father and the others had sacrificed their lives to protect were harmed by these people, he was so angry that he almost dropped his pen.
The corruption in this case has no technical content. It is just a layer-by-layer increase in prices. Everyone will make a profit, just like Guangxu's eggs cost several taels of silver.
Rudolf was angry, and now he was very calm. He laughed at himself: "The price of the air I breathe is normal."
Frederick did not answer the question and said to him: " To solve this problem without any trouble, we must first select some people to hang on the wall.”
"No matter how much others have swallowed before, they will pay five times the fine this year and let it go."
"You also don't publish the list and the amount, and you don't criticize by name from time to time some people who are lucky enough to not pay the fine or pay less." It’s better to catch one or two typical people hanging on the wall. The rest will know how to do it.”
Rudolph’s eyes lit up when he heard this. This is a good idea. The royal family has been corrupted over the years. It's a huge sum of money, and if you get it back five times now, you'll be making a lot of money.
Frederick also calculated in his mind and realized that the money was more than enough to repair the palace.
But if this money is really used to build the palace, it is not in line with his principle of being affiliated with the Rhine League to absorb nutrients and strengthen himself.
Frederick said: "With this money, we can use it to generate new money."
Rudolph's eyes brightened even more. Who in the world didn't know that Frederick would make money? What else was he thinking about? I persuaded him to help, so he said: "I will leave this money to you to invest, and we will split the profit half and half."
Frederick did not expect that he would say this, so he thought seriously.
Rudolph did not dare to disturb him and drank tea quietly. After drinking most of the pot of tea, Frederick said to him: "This money can be used to build the railway."
"Building a railway?" Rudolf was a little surprised. At first he thought it was to build a factory.
"That's right." Frederick nodded. "The revenue from the railway is actually not very large after deducting the cost, but it is like a spring that can steadily generate gold coins. It is a high-quality property left to future generations." Rudolf I thought that this is the truth. Now everyone knows that the railways of Wesson, Mainz and Bain have people riding and pulling goods every day, which means there is continuous income, even after a hundred or two hundred years, it can still be Make money.
Frederick continued to think and said: "This money will be used to build a popular main road first, and then use it to build new railways after making money, and finally connect the major cities in the country. Link up.”
“So I won’t make much money at the beginning, but I’ll have to wait for the money in the future.”
Rudolph nodded, he understood the logic and could accept it.
Frederick finally said: "Building the railway is beneficial to the local lords. Many people were fined because of this case, and they must be unhappy. They would feel better if the money was used to build the railway."
< br>Rudolph thought so, it would be nice to ease the conflict.
Then Frederick said: "I have a suggestion about the royal family's expenses."
"In fact, the royal family's food and clothing can be provided free of charge. Let the manufacturers bid once a year, and the selected ones Merchants provide goods free of charge and at the same time allow them to use the royal certification mark on their goods.”
Rudolf was completely convinced by Frederick and decided to obey him in the field of making money in the future, so Frederick followed. When Strike While the Iron Was Hot proposed establishing a postal system, it was approved without a second thought.
Frederick was snickering as he left the palace. Rudolf asked nothing about the postal system, leaving himself solely responsible for doing whatever he wanted.
The nobles in Cologne breathed a sigh of relief. The embezzlement of royal money was indeed unreasonable. Now, under the persuasion of Archduke Wesson, His Majesty Rudolf just hanged a few insignificant nobles. The military rations were used to offend the unfortunate Archduke Wesson and half of the attendants brought by the queen from Gaul. The others were only fined and there was no political reshuffle. This was the best result.
Not to mention His Highness Rudolf decided to use part of the money from these fines to build the railway, which is also good news among the bad news.
It’s just that some nobles didn’t have much cash and came to Frederick to borrow money.
Frederick asked them to bring some antiques to sell, and planned to take these things to the Ghazi Empire and sell them to make a fortune.
When the killer sent by the "Garden" pretended to be a down-and-out noble lady and arrived in Cologne in a carriage, he saw a row of corpses hanging on the wall, swaying in the cold wind.
"Cornflower" didn't know yet that the little Gaul nobleman who was scheduled to meet him was the one with the biggest show on the wall.
There was a long queue outside the city gate today, and everyone had to wait in the wind and snow for inspection and registration.
The only people passing through "Cornflower" were a coachman and an old maid, both of whom were her colleagues.
She bit her lip tightly in the car, feeling very nervous.
Anyone who faced the big devil as soon as they left the novice village would be like this, but before she set off, she learned that her brother was killed by Duke Wesson in June, which gave her the motivation to complete the mission at all costs.
It’s just that this is the city of Cologne. The local nobles have taken root here for hundreds of years, and Frederick has just done everyone a favor.
So based on his words, as soon as the killer entered the city gate and got off the car for examination, he received a solid blow to the back of his head, knocked him unconscious, tied him and gagged him, and delivered it to his door.
(End of this chapter)