"Master, Master Wang wants to see you." Jiang Guomao, Jiang Yan and his son were discussing countermeasures, and the housekeeper came to report.
"Wang Bie? He still has the nerve to come? No," Jiang Yan said angrily. The Jiang and Wang families are family friends, both leaders of Huizhou merchants, and have always been in the same spirit. But because Wang Rengao betrayed Jiang Yi, the relationship between the two families
It dropped to freezing point.
"Yan'er, sooner or later you will be in charge of the Jiang family. How can you deal with problems on your own terms?" Jiang Guomao shouted angrily.
"Please come in, Mr. Wang!" After all, he is a powerful businessman, and he firmly puts the interests of the whole family above the life of a bastard.
"Brother Jiang, I'm here to plead guilty. That little beast Rengao ignored the generations of friendship between the two families and did something extremely unscrupulous. He harmed his nephew, the Jiang family, and me! I really
I'm too embarrassed to see you!" Wang Biao burst into tears.
"My dear brother, you don't have to blame yourself. You and I have known each other for many years. Brother Fool naturally knows who you are. This matter cannot be entirely blamed on your wise nephew. He entered the government and was beaten into a trap. Naturally, any confession can come out. It was not his original intention."
Jiang Guomao said generously.
"No, how can a person forget his righteousness because he is afraid of death? I have already expelled that evildoer from the clan!" Wang Biao said angrily.
Jiang Guomao stared at Wang Bi thoughtfully and sighed, "Brother, this is a big deal! Even if you are expelled from the clan, it will be difficult not to involve the family! Maybe, you and I will end up with our families broken up!"
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"To be honest, brother, I have tried all the connections I can trust, but no one can help. You have a great reputation, can you ask Mr. Guan Ge to come forward to ease it? Your virtuous niece is the Empress An,
Can you say something kind in front of the Holy One?" Wang Bi's voice was full of prayer.
"Alas! How can Brother Yu dare not to do his best in such a matter of life and death? It's just a dispute in the court. It's extremely dangerous. Some people want to use this matter to deal with Guan Shoufu. As the chief assistant, his every move is watched, and he has more than enough intentions but no strength.
Ah! As for the little girl, she is not favored in the palace. I have asked her to smoothen the relationship, but this matter requires a huge sum of money!"
"Brother Jiang, don't worry, as long as you can keep your family, you won't hesitate to go bankrupt!"
"Well, dear brother, that's what I thought." Jiang Guomao stared straight at Wang Biao, "In the past few years, the Rakshasa attack had left the national treasury empty, so we had to issue Zhaoxin tickets. Now the first tranche of five million taels is coming soon.
It’s time. Zhaoxin, Zhaoxin, Zhaodaxin is all over the world! If it doesn’t come up, it will be very harmful to the dragon’s face. I heard that the Holy One is worried about this matter. If we can fill up this hole for the Holy One, the Holy One will definitely be happy!”<
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"Great, brother, if five million taels can survive this disaster, it will be a blessing!" Wang Biao showed a happy expression.
"Yes." Jiang Guomao nodded, "We should mobilize Huizhou businessmen to jointly plead with the court. We only say that the fraud in the examination room was the fault of the evil son of the family and has nothing to do with the family. If the court is willing to be merciful, the Huizhou Guild Hall is willing to donate five million in silver.
"Both are used to fund the national use".
"Wonderful! But will the Holy Father let us go just because we donated money?" Wang Biao was still a little worried.
"Brother, if you think about it carefully, the Supreme Lord ordered the three legal tribunals to examine the Beihai case of false citizenship, but in the case of leaking titles in Nanzhili, why did Jin Yiwei be used? Although the crime of leaking titles is more serious, it is probably not just for money. It is a major case.
A fortune brings gold and silver. For some things, it is more convenient to use royal guards than to use three methods. If we donate money wisely, there is no need for the Holy Spirit to destroy our clan. This is called spending money to eliminate disasters."
Wang Biao's eyes lit up after hearing this, "If you can save money and eliminate disasters, it will be the blessing of your ancestors!"
Jiang Guomao sighed again, "Five million taels are just for the Holy One. The rest of the expenses for smoothing various relationships, I estimate, will cost another two million taels."
"Well, I will listen to my elder brother's arrangements."
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"Salt is the best in the world for sacrificial wine." Yangzhou is extremely rich. The reason why it is rich is that it is located in a salt-producing land, next to the Grand Canal. The Grand Canal is great. "The world turns to canals and looks up to this canal." It has created many
The richest commercial city is undoubtedly Yangzhou.
Since it is a commercial city, there are naturally many guild halls.
Guild halls in Yangzhou generally have three characteristics: first, they are built along the water, so doing business is naturally convenient by the dock; second, they are built according to the region, such as Huizhou Guild Hall, Huguang Guild Hall, Lingnan Guild Hall, Jiangxi Guild Hall, Zhejiang Shao Guild Hall,
Xin'an Guild Hall, Shaanxi Guild Hall, Shanxi Guild Hall, etc., when fellow villagers see fellow villagers, they burst into tears; third, they are built according to industry. Those who run banks set up Qian Ye Guild Hall; those who are merchants (salt merchants who produce table salt) set up Salt Market
Guild Hall??
The Huizhou guild hall where Jiang Guomao and Wang Biao are located is not far from Yangzhou Pier. It is home to major Huizhou general merchants and powerful Huizhou merchants. It is actually the head of all the guild halls. It not only deals in salt, grain, wood, tea, cloth, but also
Silk??All made.
The director of the museum, Jiang Guomao, and the two deputy directors, Wang Biao and Min Xiangnan, came forward to convene the meeting. Wu Ziliang, Yang Yuanqing, Cheng Xiuru, Cheng Wenbo and other powerful businessmen all arrived as scheduled.
Before coming, everyone already knew very well what we were discussing today. The purpose of establishing the Chamber of Commerce was not to help people in need and to help each other. If the fellow villagers are in trouble today, you will not help them; if you are in trouble tomorrow,
Don’t even think about expecting help from fellow villagers.
"All township party members, Mr. Jiang, and Mr. Wang's family are unfortunately facing lawsuits. Please lend a helping hand and join me in writing to the court to plead for them." Min Xiangnan, the respected deputy director of the museum, was the first to speak. He
He was a famous big businessman and philanthropist in Yangzhou. There was an earthquake in Yangzhou and the top of Wenfeng Tower overturned and fell to the ground. He donated money for repairs without even looking down upon it.
Seeing him speaking, everyone agreed and signed the petition. Jiang Guomao was delighted, and Wang Biao repeatedly bowed his hands and thanked him.
"Gentlemen, we ask the court to show mercy, and we should express it. I heard that the first installment of Zhaoxin's five million taels is about to expire, and the national treasury is empty. The Holy One is worried about this matter. Donate money to the court, Jiejun
Father's concern is our loyalty to the imperial court. I will take the lead and donate one hundred thousand taels." Min Xiangnan spoke again. As expected of a good man, he donated one hundred thousand taels.
"I will also donate one hundred thousand taels," Wu Ziliang continued.
"Add me one more, one hundred thousand taels", Yang Yuanqing's voice sounded.
"I donate 70,000 taels!"
"I donate fifty thousand taels!"
"Fifty thousand taels"??
Jiang Guomao and Wang Biao were moved to tears by the generosity of the township party members.
In the end, the Jiang and Wang families each contributed two million taels, and the others contributed one million taels, and the five million taels were quickly collected.
In addition, Jiang Guomao and Wang Biao each gave another one million taels, forming a total of two million taels for the purpose of smoothing relations.
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Businessmen have a keen sense of smell! Zhu Hengjia ordered Jin Yiwei to try the Nanzhili leak case, and he indeed had the idea of making money.
There is no other way. The first issue of five million taels of Zhaoxin votes is about to expire. If it cannot be cashed in time, how can it be known to the world?
I remember that when he started to fight, he encountered a shortage of money and food, so he often held the banner of "eliminating corruption" and ransacked the homes of corrupt officials to supplement the state. Through the case of Beihai fake citizenship, he learned that there were two large salt merchants
Being involved in this, naturally people started to think crookedly.
Jinyi's personal troops are the emperor's minions. For such a shady matter as fishing for money, it is naturally more convenient to send Jinyi guards to do it than the Three Laws Division.
