The Lone Sovereign

"Lin Qi...?"

The Minister of Finance sat in his chair, reading the reports from his subordinates. He already knew what had happened.

The nobles surrounding the Prime Minister had begun frantically borrowing money from the banks. At first, the Minister of Finance had not realized what they were trying to do. It was only when he calculated how much money he would need to stabilize the current stock market that he realized their purpose in borrowing from the banks was to completely cut off his "source of funds."

It was impossible for him to use the money in the National Treasury for this. It was not yet time for the Empire to step in and take over the losses, and Your Majesty the Emperor would never agree to it.

That meant he had to find a way to handle the situation himself.

He had already begun summoning the heads of listed companies with Weighted Stock, but the results... had not been very good.

At the end of the day, those company heads were only tools. The true shareholders and nobles behind them might not be willing to risk taking over the losses for a Minister of Finance at a time like this.

According to those people, they merely respected the free fluctuation of market prices. It was the same as saying nothing.

Aside from one or two companies agreeing to buy back shares, reducing the number in circulation to drive up prices, the results of his negotiations with the other listed companies had been unsatisfactory. The only thing he could do now was find another way to halt the fall in stock prices.

This time, he had made up his mind. Since these people did not care in the slightest whether he remained in office, they could not blame him