"Mr. Pang’s father-in-law can rest assured that I have arranged this. I have arranged it here. The change of the ticket is just lane is bad to make too much noise, but there are also 5,000 tickets, and there are another 1,000 tickets for Nanjing Garrison’s father-in-law." After listening to 1,000 tickets, Pang Bao’s face changed a few times, as if someone had cut him a piece of meat with a knife.
Zheng Guobao laughed. "It’s not easy for Pang Gonggong to come once, and I have nothing to send. When you left, you pulled two boats along the way. I got it in Beijing to send friends and family to Yangzhou for nothing."
Pang Bao naturally knows what this Yangzhou specialty is, and Ma Zhuan can’t help thanking him. "Handmaiden knows that my uncle is the most sympathetic to the sufferings of us handmaiden. Please tell me that if you come to Yangzhou and don’t bring anything back to the palace, those big brothers will say that handmaiden can’t do errands. This time, with your two ship specialties, handmaiden has dealt with everything, so I thanked my uncle. My uncle came with us this time and a friend handmaiden also introduced you."
When I met the bearer Zheng Guobao, I quickly got up and saluted, "You are the first good man in Yangzhou City, Xu W, and the court has supported the salt class for many years. The former is lucky that you don’t Yangzhou, otherwise you will disturb your home when you catch the salt merchant, so I will be ashamed to see you, and I will rush Xu Sanfu and my father-in-law for friendship."
Xu Wencheng also knows that the good days of outline business have passed, and he dare not salute with the slightest arrogance. "The defeated army will dare not speak bravely and beg my uncle to spare my Xu family."
Chapter two hundred and ninety-nine Salt
Xu Wen-cheng, a relative of Xu Guo, knows this incident better than others. In addition to the huge amount of over 10 million taxes owed, it really touched the bottom line of the empire. Yang, Bozhou, was regarded as the second forbidden area for salt merchants.
Those commissions are the best evidence. Although salt merchants may not really take these commissions seriously, they immediately told the contrary after receiving them and hid them at home, which makes people wonder whether these salt merchants are reliable in their loyalty to the court.
When Xu Guo was leaving Beijing, he told him that if he failed in his position, the Xu family would not be really poor and hungry. On the contrary, if he was really involved in the rebellion case, it would be a thing of the past.
Xu Wencheng heard that the Seven Outline Businessmen had been swept away, and all of them were imprisoned in order. His family was imprisoned in Qiu Hao’s house. Apart from not being able to support salt, his life changed a little. He was also grateful to the imperial envoys for their kindness. He was very cooperative with Zheng Guobao, and even took out the letter from the Yang family to the Hui family.
Zheng Guobao took a look at the table. "How can the Hsu family collude with the Yang family in Bozhou to steal and sell official salt? This is the Yang family’s treachery. Can this fool me? These things are destroyed on the spot. "
The official word "two mouths open" and "two mouths open" have all these evidences, which made the other seven businessmen go to prison. However, Xu Wencheng was ill, and even the evidence was set on fire in the salt class. Zheng Guobao also said, "Mr. Xu is a good man and won’t do anything about defaulting on salt classes, but it’s hard for some housekeepers and servants to have a bad conscience."
Xu Wencheng also knows that an imperial adult has the skill to make money. He can be called an expert in financial management in China. Since the outline dealer was imprisoned, I don’t know how much food, quilt money, dozen money, cangue money, quilt money and bed money have been paid. Especially a few people’s wives have also been caught in prison. Those people’s darling daughter daughters-in-law and concubines are all beautiful and charming. They can’t treat their officials and offices.
In order to protect chastity and face, we have to pay an accommodation for the harem to move to the special security area set up by the prince’s maternal uncle. There are Qin Liangyu’s female caregivers who can’t run away and outsiders can’t get in. In addition to these daily incomes, Zheng Guobao joined dozens of old people in the salt class to burn the midnight oil to carefully review the accounts.
On the one hand, these old husbands have been rewarded handsomely, on the other hand, how dare they not work hard in the control of many imperial envoys? The problems of salt merchants’ accounts have been found out one by one. Zheng Guobao is not willing to relax. Are you crying for mercy or cursing him?
He also creatively founded the "late payment fee", saying that the method of collecting interest from the unit for defaulting on salt tax evasion is also to round up the arrears of a penny, which is calculated according to the ratio of one silver to two silver, which is more vicious than the Yan debt and printing money. It is a seven-point plan. If the merchant is so rich, he will be ruined.
Since Xu Wencheng, an imperial envoy, was merciful to himself, he gritted his teeth and stamped his feet and took out 602,000 silver to pay back the salt class, and Xu Jiakai’s Yangzhou shop didn’t pay taxes. This time, he also took the initiative to pay 102,000 silver in arrears and sent 50,000 silver to the Royal Guards yamen as compensation.
Zheng Guobao is also generous. Xu’s salt is exchanged according to the number, and you can get the ticket if you have to pay taxes. You don’t queue up to give priority to salt. In the past, compared with Xu’s family, it was less profitable to smuggle salt, but he was not damaged
The biggest smuggler in the Dynasty was the outline dealer, but Zheng Guobao’s severe crackdown on illicit salt has also disappeared in recent years. Xu Wencheng strictly told his family not to go out these days and not to provoke an imperial envoy to mix in the seven outline shopping malls.
His recognition of the small salt merchants in Yangzhou City completely panicked and even the Xu family bowed their heads. Are we a hairball again? This salt ticket is recognized by the hsu family. Don’t we recognize it? But when they want to buy salt tickets, I’m sorry, wait in line slowly. There are too many people to buy salt tickets, but it’s not your turn for a while.
These officials and clerks are all Zheng Guobao for one of their own, and those salt merchants can’t hand over the money. All acquaintances in the past are tired, so they are anxious to find the salt gang and the Cao gang to do something, only to find that the two groups are now fighting for their own turf and coveting other people’s turf. They want to get more iron tickets in the joint meeting and sit on the throne of the deputy Wang to help the salt merchants. Forget it, maybe it will offend my uncle. We don’t want to die. Now the two gangs are the characters in my uncle’s bag. Who dares to come out and compete with him?
In the past, the salt merchants in Yangzhou, a rich family, were hit in the mud pond from nine days, but they hated Zheng Guobao’s guts, but there was no way to make two more cards, one Zheng Guobao and one Shen Niang. If Zheng Guobao Shen Niang was caught by one person at the same time, the game would be over.
Nowadays, compared with the past, Yangzhou is a bit more lively. Dongting merchants and Zhejiang merchants all come to Yangzhou to seek gold. Even people in the Jianghu of Zhejiang Wulin have come to Yangzhou to find cheap Zheng Guobao’s room. Luo Zhengfang, the old master of "refining the green front", and a dozen leading figures in Tiantai Mountain’s Wulin have a ticket for salt.
"My uncle, we are a dog in long-standing friendship. Shaanxi helps you to fry Hetao shares. But I strongly support you. Even if the money of refining Qingfeng is tight again, if my uncle’s business is a big deal, there will be no two words. Look at this salt ticket. You must have preferential treatment for us."
"The poor monk took part in the banquet in Meizhuang. You see, it’s not easy for us to become monks. Tiantai Temple is no better than Shaolin. There are not so many monks, but we have contributed to history. When the Japanese were in trouble, we had monks and soldiers fighting against the Japanese in Tiantai Temple. The imperial court paid a great sacrifice, but we didn’t give a penny to support it. See if this policy has to be tilted towards our side."
"Guo JIU, I’m Pan Hou Xiao Pan from Haisha Gang. You’ve met me. Hengshan and I also fought a traitor together. Liu Ruguo, our Haisha Gang, at that time, never left your side to protect you. Look, we are in the salt business. If you don’t give us this salt ticket, how can you tell the gang when I go back?"
These people are determined to show their loyalty in seven words. The master of Tiantai Mountain is the most carefree to clap his thigh. "My uncle, just say the number. How much will it cost to rebate our Tiantai Temple?"
"kickbacks? Master, this kickback belittles my uncle. We Lian Qingfeng said that we should be able to bring the salt ticket. The old lady made an exception. You can make a three-port rainbow-cutting sword to ensure that it is better than all the rainbow-cutting swords. It is extremely extreme and excellent, and it is absolutely good to do it. "
"Woman! Yes, woman! If you want to give us the salt ticket, Haisha will help Xiao Pan, and I will pour my life to go to the famous woman in Zhejiang. I will get you whoever you want, even if you have a husband. "
Zheng Guobao waved them to stop and said, "It’s not that you want to do these two Huai salt. It’s not that you have limited financial resources and don’t eat much. In the end, you don’t want to smuggle salt. But this smuggling salt can’t be banned. But I can do it for you. If you promise me one condition, I will give you a note. This smuggling salt will be yours in the future."
"conditions? What conditions? We will never give you any discount if you say a word. "I heard that these Wulin tycoons have come to the spirit. If you can pack the salt from Huaibei, there is nothing you can’t do for the female Xia, not to mention that if you have a salt ticket, you are afraid that those female Xia will not release it."
"This condition is simple, that is, you should keep an eye on the sales of salt in Huai River and not sell it there. If anyone breaks this rule, I will invite him to sit in the imperial palace. Can you do that?"
Chapter three hundred Door
Seems to be worried that the price is not enough. Guo-Bao Zheng added, "If this errand is a monk, it’s natural to take all things off. It’s not difficult for you laymen to recommend a dozen jinyi futures. Do you know? Today, I am a four-year-old official, and three of the five wings have become military officers. I am a little younger, and the inspection of the inspection department is also a real grant. If you can give me this private salt, you will be given ten full-time positions in each sect every year, including your brothers, nephews and relatives. In the past, there were only six factions to enjoy the qualification. This opportunity is not many. "
Wen Jinbiao, the head of the Wild Goose Swing School, said before others spoke, "If my uncle trusted me, I would pick up this errand and let my uncle know that our two Zhejiang heroes means that the Jiangnan Wulin is not without heroes except for the five wings."
Pan Hou thinks that my uncle is an old acquaintance, so how can Wen Jinbiao take the lead and say, "My uncle, our Haisha gang is engaged in salt business, and we have many contacts with salt brothers from all walks of life in Dachao. If you want to get rid of salt villains in Bozhou, it’s not that there’s no way to get rid of them. Those people will be able to help my uncle."
"Wang Pan, it would be best if you give me a message to broadcast state salt. In the future, the court will strictly investigate it and it is a dead hand. If anyone wants to take his life to exchange it for broadcasting state silver, I can’t stop it, but if he knows that life is more important than money, don’t go to broadcast state elsewhere. I can turn a blind eye to a lot of things and ignore it. After all, it is not easy for everyone to come out to run around the country. There are also some disgraceful people who want to fish in troubled waters and stabilize Yangzhou for me these days.
With the influx of businessmen from Dongting and Zhejiang merchants into Yangzhou, the activities of the city fox rat have become rampant. Stealing, abducting and begging along the street are increasing. Beggars in Nanzhili compete for the share of begging in Yangzhou. Beggars in Fengyang have repeatedly clashed and invited friends to help each other. This beggar fight has gradually evolved into a Jiangnan Wulin festival.
Although the former salt merchants’ nursing homes were taken, they were not tortured. These Jianghu people were also very loyal. When they learned that their master’s family had fallen, they went out to take care of their wives. There was also an old acquaintance. This is also a matter of not forgetting the old feelings. It is a brother looking for a younger sister, a younger brother looking for a younger sister, a teacher and a mother. I don’t know how many comedies have been performed.
It’s much more efficient for the Jianghu people to maintain public order than the army and the chief officer. Zheng Guobao simply brought in the Wulin in Zhejiang Province, which finally stabilized the situation in Yangzhou. At this time, there were not many businessmen in Yangzhou, and the main business was the type of economic structure. There were other local specialties such as thin horses, and the original seven-outline merchants collapsed that day. However, it was later discovered that Dongting helped the rich men, and the former Western merchants and Huizhou merchants needed help, servants and leisure.
On the contrary, because a large number of businessmen came to Yangzhou to buy salt tickets, people in Yangzhou were better off than in the past. These people couldn’t help talking about Zheng Guobao’s Ende Inn, building cleaning and business booming day by day. It is said that even distant businessmen are holding back to Yangzhou to make a fortune.
On this day, Zheng Guobao is arranging the distribution of salt tickets. Who will be given this ticket first, and then who will be given a big event? Someone took the special post to report that Suzhou Xu Jin requested Zheng Guobao to see this special post and ordered him to come in as soon as possible.
This Xu Jin is a juren in terms of fame, but in terms of identity, he is Shen Shixing’s cousin and his elder Zheng Guobao. How dare he neglect him? When Shen Shixing’s grandfather adopted Xu’s uncle’s family since childhood, they all changed their surname to Xu from that generation on. Later, when Shen Shixing won the Jinshi Jindian palace examination, Jiajing purport restored his surname to Shen.
Shen Xu’s two families are as close as one. This Xu Jin doesn’t take the official career path of the imperial examination, and he is at ease in doing business and buying property. It is said that others are very kind, so the people are embarrassed to owe him food and taxes, and the Suzhou government officials are also embarrassed to check his land and levy taxes on him. He is also willing to contribute to the imperial court. No matter how hard it is to pay taxes after finishing the grain, he will contract himself to collect money from the court, and what the government will do in Suzhou will also push it to this Xu Lao. It seems that this figure is the biggest example of the landed gentry in the Republic of China.
Yu said that some foolish people in the countryside were disrespectful to Mr. Xu, and they cursed bitterly that there were conflicts between several young masters of the Xu family. God could not see the past. Either they broke their legs or the women in the family hung up the beam, or a skyfire burned his room. It was always wrong that good and evil were rewarded.
When Zheng Guobao went to Yangzhou to handle salt, Mr. Xu didn’t come to the door. The younger generation talked. Later, the seven outlines all took the Yangzhou diversion ticket. Mr. Xu was afraid that the younger generation wouldn’t be able to handle such a big thing firmly. At the first time, he took a boat to Yangzhou with his slaves. First, he got a ticket to the beach to support salt, and then he asked for 3 thousand salt tickets. The younger generation came to explore the road today, mostly because the salt pin could be needed again.
Wait until after the meeting, only to see Mr. Xu follow behind him a few people dressed up by Mr. Xu. I don’t know what the road is. Xu Jin and others sat down and smoothed their beards. "National treasure, you are too anxious to do things for this young man. It’s not enough for you to call for a salt lesson. How can you handle such a big event like you? My cousin believes in you, too. At least he should send some senior officials to do it. Tell me about such a large amount. Who will bear it if something goes wrong? I’m an elder. I don’t feel at ease if I don’t come to sit in the town. These are old friends who want to meet you. You can talk about this reminder. "
Those members spoke by name, but they were three Shanxi merchants. One was Ma Qianli, now the big boss of Huinong Bank, the other was Yang Wanzhong, the master of the Yang family, and the other was Wang Xiaoxiao, the director of the Wang family.
These three Shanxi merchants are also the first few top figures in the Shanxi merchants’ group. They can be called brothers and equals when they are sweating outside. I didn’t expect that the Yangzhou salt class would disturb these people, and also invited Xu to come in as a guide. Zheng Guobao, after seeing the ceremony, asked, "The three expensive people are busy at home, and they have to take care of their furniture for a moment. Is it necessary to protect those members in Yangzhou?"
Ma Qianli a hand "prince’s maternal uncle we had Hetao shares this matter is also a friendship today, I also won’t detour that a few people owe the court salt class and heard that there is collusion in broadcasting state affairs, we will not be guaranteed today. It is purely to help the prince’s maternal uncle to share the worries with the court after class."
It’s rare for Shanxi businessmen to be loyal to the Great Khan than to finish the class voluntarily. Zheng Guobao asked, "It’s a good thing to finish the class. I wonder how several foreign servants are going to help finish the class?"
Wang Xiaodao: "They have accumulated some furniture in business over the years, but many of them have been shipped back to their original places. If they go back to their hometown to recover the dirty silver, it will be difficult to disturb the poisonous places in the village for a long time. The three of us brought a sum of silver from home this time and asked them to sign the contract, so we will make up the tax for them, which not only saved the imperial court strength but also ensured the local peace. What do you think?"
Chapter three hundred and one Loyalist list
Shanxi merchants are rich, but they like to spend money to fight for wealth. Unlike Huizhou merchants, they are more accustomed to casting silver into a silver ball named Naida. These Shanxi merchants owe millions of salt lessons and have late fees. The money in prisons is spent like running water.
The person in charge of the property is Yingying. She is a first-class treasure of material resources. Several salt merchants treasure it. When she sees this, she also likes to watch that. She also likes to take it home and play with it slowly. She is responsible for keeping accounts. She is very conscious that the book has gone away. She wants to pay back the salt class. Is it really powerful to rely on Yangzhou industry?
Ma Qianli and others know that the old things in the imperial court are very clear about chasing dirty things. When Yan Song fell, he said that his family had millions of gold and silver. As a result, the money did not enter the library or Taicang. Whether it was suspicious or not, Jiajing asked, which result was the money? Xu Jie Xuge always said that it was hidden by Yan Song, and the people in Jiangxi, who knows what medicine Yan Song took, sent someone to send silver before the property was taken.
This sentence, the whole Jiangxi Province increased taxes for several years to make up for the investigation of Yanfu Cave. Later, the fall of Zhang Juzheng was the same rhetoric. Half of the Huguang people followed the unlucky Shanxi merchants and did not want the Royal Guards to go to Shanxi to implicate themselves. Secondly, I don’t want the Royal Guards to spy on their own weapons workshops or border trade. It’s better to keep it a secret after all. Just take the silver to Yangzhou to take the initiative to finish the class and keep the mulberry peaceful.
Ma Qianli also runs a bank and is proficient in the credit industry. Several Shanxi merchants are relatives and friends of their own clans, so the interest can be sloppy. Taking out the savings and land of these merchants is almost equal to the gold brought by several members.
Ma Qianli sighs, "They’re all relatives. There’s no way the world can’t be ruthless. This profit is a big loss."
Zheng Guobao, the signing notary, naturally needs to have a notarization. Mr. Xu’s deputy salt class also got a commission. This old man is generous. "Now the first thing in the court is the silver commission of salt class. Forget it and get the salt top."
However, Zheng Guobao frowned at the number of contracts. "I have also missed the number of taxes recovered by hundreds. Is it spread to Huizhou merchants?" It shouldn’t be such a way. "
Ma Qianli’s long-term experience in the money industry is very familiar with the staff, and he gives advice. "It’s not bad for the prince’s maternal uncle not to stand at the Huizhou merchants’ first ten million salt lessons and share them in two ways. It’s also a bad account to stand at this hundred million, but it’s nothing. Ten million silver is already a rare amount in China. If it weren’t for the opening of Haitong merchants in recent years, Tessie and Oriental silver came in, it would not be easy to make such a big job. It’s normal to float along the way. Besides, the prince’s maternal uncle not only pays attention to
The weights and measures in the Great Dynasty were very chaotic, that is, the two concepts were not unified everywhere. Even in some places, an area was different from the two concepts. The cashier was also in charge of the eunuch in the palace. Who dares to weigh and haggle with my uncle, and is not afraid to go back to the palace and be haggled over by Empress Zheng? Even if nothing is wrong, a few handmaiden Empress Zheng is in a bad mood and tells her to pull and kill the heavenly family, so she won’t ask any more questions.
Ma Qianli added, "These families are all looking like ladies. After selling, it is also an income to be sold to Fangsi. Every year, the court can earn a few more gold flowers and silver. To be honest, if there is no such a large number of floats, the court can’t lose at least 30%. But this time, the prince’s uncle sent someone to be responsible for keeping an eye on the silver along the way. It’s a great achievement for the officials along the way. I’m waiting for this visit. There is another important thing. The prince’s uncle discussed how to divide the salt class equally between the two Huai salt roads, When things happen, Huizhou merchants have been hurt for decades, even if it is difficult to get ahead. If the two Huai Salt Road Dongting merchants help a dominant family in the future, they will be afraid that it will be a big deal and they will be suspected of being a prince’s uncle. "
Zheng Guobao said, "It’s also a truth that Mr. Ma said. Why can’t one family occupy such a large market of salt industry in Huaibei? Mr. Ma doesn’t want to open a bank. Want to do this salt business? "
"Ha ha, the prince’s maternal uncle is joking. My horse’s family is the root of benefiting farmers’ bank. He is all a trail. Before Yangzhou, my family also opened a bank. This time, such a big event happened. The steward must change people to a new one, but my brother Yangzhou is in charge of so much silver in the bank, and he has to find a way out with this silver, right? I still hope that my uncle will become more and more. Ma Qianli is a person who values friendship and will repay my uncle. "
The energy of Shanxi merchants is no small matter, except that Jiubian does some international trade and exchanges for the court to help the people beyond the Great Wall. The Shanxi merchants also don’t want to let go, but this time, the two Huai salt cases are too big, even if the Shanxi merchants are strong, they dare not jump out to the court and fight hard, choose to lose their pawns and protect their cars, and sacrifice these key merchants to foster some new traders at the same time
Guo-Bao Zheng is very accommodating. "I thought that at the beginning, the horse owner was kind to Zheng, and I never forgot that you said this thing. I’m sure I can do my best to help repay the newspaper at such a time. I’ve heard that Jiubian has a military camp, but maybe it’s not too good. Some people are still starving. I don’t think it’s as good as this. If a few extra members can help the border army with some rations and equipment, they can also be discounted. When the time comes, they will arrive in Yangzhou with the receipt of mineral tax, salt tax and so on, and even the stamp
Ma Qianli Bai This is Zheng Guobao’s disguised practice of practicing French law, and the receipt is opened by the mining tax supervisor, not by the border army. The eunuch is selected by Wanli to make money for the emperor. The six relatives deny that they want to make a big difference by hand, but it is the salt case that makes the biggest noise. When the emperor makes an issue of the two Huai salt cases, he wants to make a dozen of the former treacherous court official lists. At this time, he and his uncle are not wise, so they are all the same.
When I got back to the salt policy yamen house, Lan Fenghuang looked unhappy. "How did my husband get a eunuch into the house? It’s really disgusting."
"Phoenix, you don’t know that this eunuch is terrible. That’s my sister’s confidant in the palace. I also have something to ask him, but it’s not easy to offend Yingying."
"What a fine person, Miss Big! She had gone back to her room to play the piano to calm down. She sent that woman, who waited on the eunuch and asked questions when she saw Qin Mei. Thanks to my pulling her away, I don’t know what an eunuch is going to do with a big girl."
Pang Bao saw that Zheng Guobao was busy getting up and giving a ceremony. When the two of them sat down, Pang Bao laughed. "The handmaiden also said that Zhongzhou Qinshi didn’t know what good luck he had taken. It turned out that this time, the handmaiden was only white. Qin Liangyu’s name is that men and women can’t see that it is such a Qin Liangyu Ministry of War. Those old noses must be out of breath."
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