Caobang collapsed, and the speed of collapse was unexpected.
Uncle Xue bluntly stated in the letter that the imperial court took action and turned the Caogang gang into a loose gang alliance with the power of thunder.
That is to say, just like the operation in the novel "The Grand Canal", each branch of the Cao Gang stands on its own mountaintop and respects the gang leader as its leader, but it has great autonomy like a feudal town.
And every branch has the support of the local government behind it. This is the main reason why they dare to stand on their own.
Those who were disobedient were thrown directly into jail and died suddenly and inexplicably in the cell on the same day. The method was extremely crude and simple.
But this is the case, but it is full of deterrence.
Once the imperial court and local officials really use their strength, the senior officials of Caobang will not be able to withstand the pressure, let alone this time it is the work of today.
Don’t forget, this was the period when Daqian was at its peak, and the prestige of the court and government was no joke.
Of course, the Caobang did not completely fall apart, but maintained a very weak alliance. This was also for the sake of the tranquility of the Grand Canal.
Otherwise, the water transportation managed by the government will be fine, but private shipping will suffer huge setbacks. Today and the imperial court do not want to see such a thing happen.
Think about it, if there are gangs along the Grand Canal, and civilian ships have to pay protection fees every time they reach a new section of the river, no one can bear it.
Second Uncle Xue wrote a letter, naturally not only telling Xue Baochai and Aunt Xue that Caobang suddenly suffered a major blow.
The most important information is that the Xue family's shops in the towns along the Grand Canal can reopen without being disturbed by the Caobang crowd.
This is the most important event for the Xue family.
Xue Baochai and Aunt Xue both breathed a sigh of relief. The price paid by the Xue family in this incident was quite acceptable.
Although Uncle Xue did not mention what kind of rewards Jia Rong of the Ning Mansion would give to the Xue family, the mother and daughter were looking forward to it.
Right now, what the Xue family needs is an improvement in status, rather than expansion of business territory. They hope that the rewards given by Jia Rong of the Ning Mansion can fulfill their expectations.
Naturally, Jia Rong will not ask the Xue family to pay in vain. There will be enough rewards to surprise them, but it is not suitable to take them out at the moment.
Doesn't the Xue family just want the head of the family, Xue Pan, to become a serious official and completely break away from his identity as a businessman?
He can still do this.
With Dai Quan's relationship, Jia Rong doesn't even need to pay for it personally.
As long as he reveals a little bit, the Xue family may be able to spend one hundred thousand taels in one go to help Xue Pan improve his status.
Moreover, the route of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is consistent with the situation of the Xue family.
But one thing is that Xue Pan himself must have certain abilities and be able to establish a firm foothold in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, otherwise everything will be vain.
Money alone is not enough. Among the officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there is no family that is not wealthy, and some families are even richer than the Xue family.
Being able to do things under the royal banner can easily earn astonishing benefits.
In fact, all the imperial merchants are subordinates of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the amount of commercial resources and money they can mobilize is absolutely huge beyond imagination.
What the Xue family wants is real official position and authority, not a superficial and flattering official title.
For example, when Lian Er got married, he bought a fifth-grade Tongzhi for the sake of good looks and had an empty title. Who in the officialdom would care?
Jia Rong naturally knew the news about the incident in Caobang much faster.
He was also a little surprised, he didn't expect the current actions to be so quick and decisive.
Thinking about it, it should be that he and the courtiers have reached a tacit agreement to jointly divide some of the interests in Caobang's hands.
It is not difficult to understand that Caobang was quickly rectified this time.
Jia Rong smiled softly. Although it was a bit unexpected that things went so smoothly, it was also a good thing.
Originally, he thought that there might be several bloody conflicts, and he was even prepared to personally deter them.
Not only Jia Rong, but also all the powerful people who heard the story of the novel "The Grand Canal" felt incredible about the current situation.
This world is changing too fast!
What is most difficult for them to understand is that Jia Rong lit the fire, but now and the court took the torch.
Afterwards, the instigator did not receive much interference, but the Cao Gang who was targeted suffered great misfortune.
All we can say is that Jia Rong's good luck is truly enviable and jealous.
Of course, although Jia Rong found it funny, she also felt a lot of pressure.
A novel said that the Cao Gang was almost split up. With such propaganda and agitation capabilities, which court official would not be frightened?
Coupled with Jia Rong's good luck, I feel a bit invincible.
Many courtiers are quite worried. If Jia Rong sets the next target on himself or officials on the same mountain, won't he be in trouble?
Whenever there is such a possibility, they will nip it in the cradle, just like Jia Rong did against the Caogang.
As time passed and what happened to the Caobang, many powerful people realized why Jia Rong deliberately targeted the Caobang.
Ask yourself, if it were them, they would learn the same thing as Jia Rong.
However, if they take action, they may not be as cunning as Jia Rong writing novels to encourage publicity, and luck may not necessarily be on their side, so the effect is naturally unclear.
But no matter what, we must limit the frequency of Jia Rong writing novels.
As for completely restricting him from writing novels, that is impossible. Neither the current emperor nor the emperor has such ability.
Jia Rong is not a vegetarian. He is not only the head of the four major families in Jinling, but also the core boss of the Founding Group. He is not an easy person.
If he were pushed into a hurry, even the current emperor and the emperor would dare to use insinuations in novels to rant.
This is the good thing about the Han dynasty. The emperor basically has a reputation, he pays great attention to his posthumous reputation, and generally he will not offend others with his words.
Jia Rong didn't have the intention to continue struggling. It wasn't like he had a brain problem.
If he hadn't really encountered something, he wouldn't have played such a trick. If he wasn't careful, he might capsize in the gutter.
Fortunately, my own luck is indeed getting stronger and stronger, even Caobang was easily punished, and the previous worries can be temporarily put aside.
Next, it’s time to wait for the delivery.
He did not participate in the fight for some of the interests of the Caogang, and naturally the four major families of Jinling did not participate.
However, without the possible interference from Caobang, the development speed of Jinmen will be faster and faster. I believe it will show its performance now.
After all, it was Jia Rong who first proposed the idea of drying sea salt, and it was also the four major Jinling families under his leadership who took the initiative to bear the risk of preliminary experiments.
This is an extremely risky endeavor. If the news is leaked in advance, given the current business style, the four major families of Jinling will probably be blamed.
Fortunately, the experiment went smoothly, and the sun-dried sea salt also circulated smoothly throughout the country, adding millions of taels of income to the current internal and state treasury every year.
As time goes by, I am afraid it will be able to replace the previous boiled salt and become the bulk of the national treasury's salt tax revenue. The amount of money it can provide by then will be even more amazing.
With the status and energy of the four major families in Jinling, those who have meritorious service must be rewarded. If you are stingy and don't give rewards nowadays, I am afraid it will lead to quite serious consequences.
If nothing else, who will dare to work for today with confidence in the future?
Currently, Shi Ding, who is in charge of the sea salt drying experiment, has been promoted and has become a third-grade high-level military general with real power.
The rewards from Jia Rong and Wang Ziteng are estimated to be during the Chinese New Year.
Before this, he had no thought of bothering at all.
With the continuous expansion of the scale of drying sea salt and the rapid circulation of cheap sea salt, he clearly noticed that the national destiny of Daqian had increased to a considerable extent.
It feels a bit sad when I think about it. Salt, which is inconspicuous in modern times and will not be in short supply, can significantly enhance national power after being sufficiently diffused and circulated.
In fact, it's not difficult to understand, it just feels ridiculous.
Jia Rong is definitely a good man in Daqian Capital.
Apart from attending gatherings of the founding fathers and nobles, he almost never went to entertainment venues such as brothels and Chu Guan, which was quite rare.
It's not like there aren't rumors about him outside, and there are all kinds of unpleasant things about him.
Ning Rong's Second Mansion is not just free money, so not everyone likes it.
Among them, there are rumors that Jia Rong is not capable in some aspects.
Jia Rong herself was fine, but Qin Keqing was so angry that she couldn't eat for several days.
Seeing that his wife was angry, it was impossible for him to not react at all, and then the rumors in the city suddenly began to fill up.
Others can only use some baseless and untrue rumors to slander Jia Rong, but the people Jia Rong wants to target are basically people with all five poisons.
Once the news of what they have done is revealed, the people in the capital will definitely be able to talk about it for half a year.
Disgusting people and disgusting things, as long as you can't think of them, there is nothing that some beings can't do.
Jia Rong just made a slight move, which made some people sleep and eat uneasily, and they didn't even dare to go out in the face of the turbulent rumors.
It is unbelievable to say that half of the people affected by the rumors were civil servants with good reputations in the past.
But no one knows that they are secretly male thieves and female prostitutes.
Ahem, Ning Mansion’s information network is not that well-connected yet.
For his own personal affairs, he would not be able to use the power of the Founding Group.
On the contrary, Dai Quan provided a lot of useful information to Jia Rong.
According to him, the reason why he was so active in helping Jia Rong, without even collecting money, was just to vent his anger.
Jia Rong also listened to Dai Quan's complaints and realized that all the civil servants involved in the rumors were not good people.
Before, they had been looking for various reasons to target eunuchs, as if the existence of eunuchs was a stain on the court, and the best choice was to kill them quickly.
Most of these guys had been in Yushitai, and they were all professional trolls. Dai Quan was harassed frequently.
However, Dai Quan has mastered part of the secret agent system that he is directly under, and he knows what these guys are doing in private, and he has already suppressed enough anger in his heart.
However, without the current approval, even as the dignified Minister of the Ming Dynasty, he would not be able to act rashly and cause trouble for himself.
These civil servants who dared to target eunuchs had their backgrounds. Once they were deliberately targeted, it would easily lead to internal strife in the court, which Dai Quan could not afford.
The situation is different now. Jia Rong was the first to be slandered, so she naturally wanted to take revenge.
Dai Quan provides some small information support, as a friend there is no problem.
I'm sure I knew about it now, but I didn't say anything about Dai Quan, so it was obviously acquiescence.
By the way, today's society is not as trusting as the civil servant group in the story of Red Mansions.
Although both the Founding Group and Taizong's legacy faced the embarrassing situation of having no successors, they were not really useless.
Since the founding of the Xungui Group, under the organization and coordination of Jia Rong, went to Shanxi Province to mine coal to make money, without the severe financial pressure, several Xungui families have changed from their previous sluggish atmosphere and have many ideas to rise again.
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In addition, the Jia Clan School has continuously cultivated talents, and today's original prejudice against nobles has been greatly improved.
Not to mention, Jia Rong's past setbacks have also allowed him to see clearly some of the true face of the civil service group.
Even if you rely on him as always, you won't really trust him too much.
It has to be said that the effect of Jia Rong's twists and turns is quite obvious.
Almost all the rumors about him were covered by other hot rumors, and the others who saw his displeasure did not dare to act rashly.
Qin Keqing was very satisfied with Jia Rong's approach. Some guys should be treated so cruelly, otherwise they would not have long memories.
On the other hand, many of the powerful ladies in the capital showed envy and jealousy when they saw Qin Keqing.
They don't care what rumors are outside, they only believe what they see.
Not only does Jia Rong of the Ning Mansion seldom go to the land of fireworks and willow lanes, when she has free time, she either stays in the mansion to accompany Qin Keqing, or sits in charge of the clan school as the teaching director.
Although such a simple and unpretentious life is incompatible with the extravagance of the powerful people in the capital, it is a life that many powerful ladies admire and yearn for.
Now that I have descendants of blood, I have more excuses to decline some unreliable invitations.
The interests involved in Jia Rong are quite astonishing, and there are not just one or two people who want to take advantage of him.
A large coal mine in Shanxi Province alone is enough to provide him with a steady stream of astonishing income of more than one million taels per year.
In The Story of the Red Mansion, the living standard in Rongfu is so high that it is considered quite high-end when looking at the entire capital.
But the annual operation and maintenance cost is only tens of thousands of taels of silver.
If you save a little bit, thirty thousand taels a year will be enough, and the living standards of the old lady and you ladies and gentlemen will not be affected at all.
Not to mention, there is the Polo League, which is very popular in the capital and is popular throughout the North. It is also a source of great wealth that continuously lays golden eggs.
At this time, coupled with the rapid development of Jinmen Port, the annual cargo throughput is millions of taels in silver...