The 619th section of the group of demons dancing (2)
In Chang'an, news spreads very quickly.
Especially when it comes to national affairs.
By sunset at the latest, almost all the big households in Chang'an had already gotten wind of the news.
"Today we have to innovate the money system and abolish the old money. This will cost my life, Wu Yan!" An old man in his fifties stood on the tallest building in Hua Street and looked at the prosperous Fengyue Resort, but his heart was filled with confusion.
Full of melancholy.
In Chang'an, the two businesses with the highest profits and the highest returns are money and brothels.
The two are interdependent and even live and die together.
Zi Qian's family lent money to the poor at high interest rates. Once the other party could not repay the principal and interest, they had no choice but to sell their houses, fields, children, daughters, wives, and themselves.
And loan sharks, whether in the East or the West, are the smartest businessmen and the best at discovering and extracting all uses from their 'customers'.
Therefore, in reality, the most prosperous and bustling Huajie and Liuxiang in Chang'an City, the two largest red-light districts in China before the Christian era, were divided between various rich merchant families in Chang'an.
A qualified brothel owner must be an excellent money merchant, and vice versa.
However, in the past two or three years, life has not been easy for Ziqian merchants.
The emperor forcibly stipulated the upper and lower limits of food prices in the form of decrees, and used five baht coins as the only designated currency for food policy, which almost eliminated the practice of profiting from the poor that most money merchants were good at in the past.
means and methods.
Moreover, because food prices are stable, neither the poor in Chang'an nor the farmers outside the city need "financing" help from Zi Qian's family.
As a result, the supply of goods in Huajie and Liuxiang decreased sharply. It was not because of Shu County that Cheng Zheng and Zhuo from Linqiong opened up the southwestern Yi market.
In the past, the price of expensive maidservants, which only appeared in Liehou families, has plummeted, and they have been accepted by Ziqian family, and they have become the current stars and main products of Huajieliuxiang.
In addition, Dongcheng Houyi destroyed North Korea last year. A large number of the wives and daughters of North Korean nobles, officials and remnants of the Wei family were sold at low prices by the government, and various money merchants also ate some of them.
This flower street and willow lane can continue to prosper.
But now, the news coming from Weiyang Palace is tantamount to cutting off the lifeblood of Ziqian merchants!
Even the Wuyan Clan cannot bear such a huge blow!
You know, money merchants make a living by lending money.
Almost every copper coin merchant has a large amount of various copper coins in his home.
In the past two years, although everyone has consciously exchanged the circulating coins in their hands for five baht coins to preserve their value and avoid suspicion.
However, the inherent greed of usurer merchants also caused them to continue to mint other standard coins.
Taking the Wuyan clan as an example, currently, the Wuyan clan owns at least 30 million coins. At least two-thirds of them are three-baht coins and four-baht coins, especially three-baht coins.
Such a huge amount of property could disappear overnight.
Then, the huge Wuyan clan will fall apart immediately, or even be reduced to bankruptcy.
Hundreds of members of the entire clan, as well as thousands of slaves, thugs, and rangers who serve the Wuyan clan, all face the tragic situation of having no food, clothing, and hunger and cold.
Therefore, after learning the news, the current head of the Wuyan clan was the most outstanding financier of the contemporary Han Dynasty who had successfully loaned a thousand gold coins to Zhou Yafu and Dou Ying who fought against the rebellion three years ago and recovered the principal and interest.
Wu Yanjin immediately became nervous.
It's a matter of life and death, so we have to be nervous.
The only thing that made Wu Yanjin feel at ease was that the relationship network among the Ziqian family was extremely complicated.
In the past sixty years, the Ziqian family has used various methods to maintain a huge network throughout Guanzhong, ranging from the palace to the pavilion.
In this network, almost all Han family nobles and grassroots officials were caught in one sweep.
The Han court, where corruption and bribery were rampant, also laid a solid foundation for the Ziqian family to expand their network of relationships and protective umbrella.
Who can ignore those yellow and orange cuties?
Even the former prime minister Shen Tujia, the Marquis of Gu'an, who was known for his gentleness, and the famous former court official Zhang Shizhi, the former court lieutenant who was known as a selfless man, were helpless against the Qian family.
Nowadays, all major money merchants have extensive connections and networks from all classes in Chang'an City.
Let’s just give a few examples.
At that time, Chao Cuo caught Yuan Ang, beat him up, drove him out of the court, and demoted him to a commoner.
Afterwards, Yuan Ang still lived in Shangguan, the most prosperous place in Chang'an. He was visited by all the ministers and princes, and his wealth was no less than before.
Among them, the people who acted as financial sponsors of Yuan Ang were the knight-errant giant Ji Xin in Guanzhong and the vast number of Ziqian merchants.
Also, Wei Wan, the current lieutenant of Jianling Marquis, was dismissed from his post for several years because of his crimes against the late emperor.
Who provided Wei Wan with funds for his activities and life in Chang'an?
The answer is money merchants.
Also, many of the scholars who took the exams in the past two years were in trouble after arriving in Chang'an. Who provided them with the money they needed to live?
The answer is still money merchants.
Although, in most cases, money merchants will wait for others to ask them to borrow money, and then take the opportunity to demand high interest rates.
However, there are also many situations where money merchants are willing to proactively provide interest-free loans, or even give away money for free.
Moreover, money merchants have always been very smart when it comes to lending money in the political arena.
After the loan recipient is successfully reinstated or obtains a key position, they will voluntarily give up the interest or even the principal and use the right as a sponsor.
Zi Qian's family is so knowledgeable, and the rewards from officials are naturally amazing.
It is natural to act as a protective umbrella, inform others, and even cover up evidence of crimes.
Wuyanjin is very clear.
His past investments could only allow the powerful to cover up some minor problems for him and act as a protective umbrella.
But if they want to jump out and confront the emperor, it is absolutely impossible.
Just like you have a cute cat, and the cat usually makes trouble at home and kills several flowers and plants you planted in the yard. As the owner, you think that the cat is usually well-behaved and understanding. For the sake of acting coquettishly, I will not punish it, and sometimes even get a few fish as a reward for its coquettish behavior.
However, if one day, this cat goes out to your parents and tries to poop and urinate on them, do you think you will slap this crazy beast to death?
This is the situation today.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s the Ziqian family or the powerful people in Guanzhong.
They are all just cats, dogs, cows and sheep in the eyes of noble relatives, kept for fun.
If you act coquettishly and act cute in a timely manner, your noble relatives will be rewarded and they won't care about your occasional outrageous behavior.
But do you want noble relatives to confront the emperor over their pets?
How can it be!
so……
"I need to contact more people and create momentum so that Weiyang Palace or East Palace cannot ignore our voices!" Wu Yanjin thought in his heart.
This time the emperor wants to waste the old money and make five baht.
Whose interests are harmed?
Wu Yanjin's brain started working rapidly.
As an excellent financier, Wu Yanjin's IQ and reaction speed are first-rate.
Soon, he sorted out the relevant aspects of this loss of interests.
Wu Yanjin first ruled out the possibility that his relatives might help.
The reason is very simple. A family of relatives and relatives share the same relationship with the country. Even if the emperor particularly hates and dislikes his mother's family, the Su family, the family of relatives, the Su family has also gained a feudal lordship and many rewards. Being far away.
were sent to the south.
In this way, the interests of the relatives and family will not be harmed at any time.
Even if the emperor wanted to harm them, it would be impossible!
The two queen mothers in the East Palace can always find ways to compensate them.
Therefore, the relatives would not and could not oppose the emperor. On the contrary, if the relatives could remain neutral, it would be a sign of mercy from the emperor and a manifestation of the gods.
Among the remaining princes, the chief officials of Jiuqing were also excluded.
Because, in the history of the Han Dynasty, there has never been any example of a Jiuqing who opposed the emperor and could still sit down in his position!
What was the political performance and reputation of Zhang Cang, the Marquis of Peking?
He has been in power for fifteen years and has made great achievements that even people today can still benefit from.
But so what!
If you disagree with the emperor and refuse to bow your head, you will have no choice but to go home and farm!
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for the Nine Lords to stand up.
Even Yuan Ang has no doubt that such a nobleman has deep entanglements with all classes in Guanzhong.
In fact, in order to show that they are only loyal to the emperor, these guys may in turn fight against the Qian family and powerful people.
So, as a result, there are not many powerful groups to unite with.
"Come here!" After Wu Yanjin sorted out these clues, he immediately called the servant: "Erlang, go to my study immediately, fetch the golden horse that I have collected, and send it to the prince's palace in Qili. Please
Prince, no matter what, please speak a kind word for me in front of the Emperor!"
Currently, there is only one family of dignitaries surnamed Wang living in Qili.
That is the kingly way of the great eunuch who is the confidant of the emperor today.
This is the backup plan Wu Yan left for himself.
If something cannot be done, having a close confidant of the Emperor speak for him will at least save his family's life.
Wu Yanjin’s idol is Jia Baigui, a great figure in the Warring States Period.
Bai Gui was a big businessman in the Wei state during the Wei Wenhou period. At that time, Li Kui presided over the reform in the Wei state and took "doing the best for the land" as the national policy to vigorously crack down on and suppress merchant activities.
But Bai Gui achieved great success in Wei State under such circumstances.
The secret of Bai Gui's success lies in "I take when others abandon me, and I take when others take me". At the same time, he cooperated closely with the government. He can be regarded as the founder of Chinese government-businessmen collusion for profit.
On the other hand, Bai Gui was also the first pioneer to apply the art of war in commercial warfare.
He himself once said: My management of production is the same as Yin Yi, Lu Shang's plan, Sun Wu's military use, and Shang Yang's law.
Wu Yanjin himself also knows the truth of the cunning rabbit's three burrows, calculating defeat before calculating victory.
Therefore, he must first arrange his escape route, lest things fail and the whole clan will die unjustly.
Perhaps I feel that just this is not safe.
Wu Yanjin sent several people to the Changle Palace to "connect with each other" at the homes of Empress Bo, Da Changqiu, Li Xin, and several of Empress Dou's cronies. He also sent someone to deliver a land deed to the manor to Tao Tao.
The princess's home.
After these things were done, Wu Yanjin let out a long breath. In this way, Wu Yan's wealth and life were guaranteed.
Therefore, Wu Yanjin immediately called his housekeeper and several domestic slaves to assign their tasks.
Wu Yanjin knew very well that such behavior was against the emperor.
It is extremely unwise and extremely dangerous!
If you are not careful, your whole family will die.
Therefore, no one from the Wuyan clan can participate in it. The only way is for the domestic slaves and servants to charge forward, contact others, and let others become cannon fodder for them.
In this way, even if the incident fails, it can still be blamed on the fact that the slave acted recklessly and did not know anything about it.
The most that can be done is to use one's own life to appease the emperor's anger. (To be continued.)
