Tangning herself didn't expect that this matter would be solved so easily.
Tang Yaoyao did not cry, make trouble, or hang herself, nor did she use violence. In less than a quarter of an hour, she accepted the fact that Su Mei became the fourth wife of the Tang family.
She didn't know what Su Mei had written to her just now. She closed the door and didn't know what she was doing alone in the room. Tang Ning looked at Su Mei and asked, "What did you just say to her?"
Su Mei smiled mysteriously and said, "This is a secret..."
Tang Ning was about to ask again when Su Mei stood up, waved her hand and said, "I'll go in and help her."
The two women were mysteriously messing around in the room. Tang Ning was sitting in the courtyard, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up.
Lao Zheng was carrying a new knife, squatting in the yard to sharpen it. He looked up at him and asked, "Is it ready?"
Tangning nodded: "Okay."
Lao Zheng looked at him and said admiringly: "I really did not misjudge you."
Tangning asked, "What did you see wrong?"
"It's nothing..." Lao Zheng shook his head and said while sharpening the knife: "Tsk, tsk, tsk, you are naturally charming. It's rare to find one among a million people. I'm taking advantage of you..."
The look on Old Zheng's face with flowers stuck in cow dung made Tangning feel very uncomfortable. What happened to the naturally charming woman? She was the first to confess her love to her last night. Although the man in the capital who wanted to marry her could go around the city, she wanted to
There are many women who married him.
She was born in Sanyuan, held a high position at a young age, had both military and political power, was a close minister of the emperor, and had Shang Fang's sword in hand... Is such an outstanding young man not worthy of being the most beautiful woman in the capital?
If she couldn't defeat him, Tang Ning would have had a serious discussion with Lao Zheng on this issue.
Liu Tong walked in from the outside, walked up to Tang Ning, and said with some shame: "Sir, those people from the Western Regions left Runzhou a day ago. I have sent people to notify the state capitals along the way to ask them to pay more attention..."
People in the Western Regions and Grasslands were waiting for Prince Qian's rebellion to succeed, but they left early. I don't know if they had foreseen something.
In fact, Tang Ning had people watching them for a long time, but she still let them escape quietly. But if the people from the Western Regions ran away, just run away. The overall situation in Jiangnan was decided. It didn't matter how many people ran away.
Bai Jin and the middle-aged man who escaped were not found. The Crown Prince of Guizhou was dead and they had no reason to rebel, so they just let them go.
Tang Ning waved her hand and said, "Ignore those people from the Western Regions for now. You first lead people to keep an eye on those gentry and wealthy families and follow up on the donation of silver."
"Yes, sir." Liu Tong bowed his hand and went down to make arrangements.
After Liu Tong left, Chen Zhou walked in from outside, looked at him and said, "Sir, leader Gongsun did not come back last night."
Tangning asked: "Have those country squires been cured of their poison?"
Chen Zhou nodded and said: "She left the Xiao Mansion last night after detoxifying the squire, but she has not shown up yet. Her subordinates followed her for a while, but unfortunately they lost her..."
Gongsun Ying's departure was also expected by Tang Ning. When he left Beijing, Tang Ning had expected this day to come.
With her strength, unless Lao Zheng is allowed to follow her all day long, no one can stop her if she leaves.
She didn't leave before because of what happened to Prince Qian. Now that Prince Qian is dead and Bai Jin's family's restoration plan has completely failed, there is no need for her to stay here.
Rather than return to the capital and become Emperor Chen's caged bird, with him squeezing out the remaining value, it would be better to take the opportunity to run away and continue to be busy with her plan to restore the country.
Gongsun Ying's roots are not in the Chen Kingdom, and Tang Ning doesn't have to worry about what trouble she will cause in the Chen Kingdom in the future. This time, the Crown Prince of Guizhou's major event has not come to fruition. I am afraid that the grassland and the Western Regions will also change their previous plans and dare not act rashly again.
Suddenly, Tang Ning seemed to have thought of something. She looked at Chen Zhou and asked, "Why are you following Gongsun Ying?"
Chen Zhou said honestly: "My subordinate saw her acting suspiciously last night and followed her for a while."
Tangning looked at him and said meaningfully: "You can play with ropes and whips, but it's best not to follow women in the middle of the night, especially young ones..."
Tang Ning didn't want his subordinates to have a lunatic, especially Chen Zhou, whom he admired the most. He also planned to give him a position as a general when he returned.
The dust has settled in Jiangnan, but the capital still doesn't know the news. Tangning walked to the study and said, "I'll write a letter and send it to the capital as soon as possible..."
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Although the rebellion was put down, Tang Ning initially estimated that they would stay in Runzhou for less than half a month.
Including the four major families, many wealthy gentry and wealthy merchants in Runzhou had to donate half of their family property. The imperial court wanted their shops and properties to be useless. Emperor Chen didn't like this either. He only liked white money.
Now comes the problem.
Almost all businessmen do not hoard a large amount of silver in their hands, and the amount of silver they can take out is not much. Tang Ning initially estimated that the four major families plus these wealthy families would need to donate their property, if converted into silver.
The value is probably more than 100 million taels.
Not to mention Runzhou, even the national treasury cannot produce so much silver. It is simply impossible to recover so much silver from Runzhou.
"What's so difficult about this?" Tang Yaoyao dismissed the problem and said, "Our family has a bank in Jiangnan. Their shops can all be mortgaged into banknotes, and then returned to the capital, and then exchanged for cash.
"
Tangning asked in surprise: "Does our family have so much money?"
According to his estimate, even if these people took out all the money, they would probably still have about 50 million taels that need to be mortgaged. Although Tang Ning did not have a clear understanding of her family's financial resources, she also knew that her family would not be able to come up with 50 million taels at once.
Ten million taels of silver.
Tang Yaoyao said: "I'll just write a letter to my father and ask him to transfer some from various banks."
Tangning looked at her and said, "That's your family's property, isn't it appropriate?"
"What belongs to your family and ours..." Tang Yaoyao waved his hand and said, "It's all the same. My father said, it will be ours sooner or later."
Marrying a Tang fairy was the most profitable thing he had ever done. Using the entire Tang family as a dowry, all the four major Jiangnan families would have to step aside.
If the wealthy businessmen of Runzhou really mortgage these shops to the Tang family, I am afraid that the first family in Runzhou will change owners immediately.
After the family property has shrunk, the four major families combined are not as good as the Tang family.
Tang Yaojing went to the bank to arrange the acquisition. Su Mei stood up and said, "Let me go over and help her."
Tangning held her hand and apologized, "I've made you feel wronged."
He was worried before that there would be discord between them, but now it seems that his worries are completely unnecessary.
With Su Mei's methods, Tang Yao Jing was no match for her. She could completely manipulate Tang Yao Jing at her fingertips, but she was willing to follow behind her and treat herself as her younger sister. This was something that even Tang Ning never expected.
She was already suffering enough, and he didn't want her to suffer any more grievances in the days to come.
Su Mei smiled and said: "I'm not aggrieved at all. I'm very content. Besides, it's first come, first served. She is my sister..."
"If you really feel you owe me..." Su Mei looked at him, blinked her eyes, and said, "How about sleeping with me tonight?"
Tangning thought for a while and suggested, "How about we go together?"
