Wang Yinggeng knelt there. As soon as he listened to Zhang Chaoxin's instructions, he knew that the matter had been exposed and there was no room for compromise.
Wang Yinggen thought to himself that if he was captured, he might not be able to survive the physical pain. If the young master's information was leaked, he would not be able to escape the blame even if he died.
So Wang Yinggeng no longer hesitated. Suddenly he took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, pulled out the stopper with lightning speed, and poured all the potion in the porcelain bottle into his mouth.
Although Zhang Chaoxin said he was standing next to Wang Yinggeng, he did not expect Wang Yinggeng to make any moves. By the time he reacted, Wang Yinggeng had already drank all the potion in the porcelain bottle.
Zhang Chaoxin is also a person who has experienced symptoms for a long time. When he saw this situation, he knew that Wang Yinggeng had some terrible secret and that he wanted to commit suicide to save the people behind him.
So Zhang Chaoxin didn't care that he was an imperial envoy. He came to Wang Yinggeng in one step, opened his mouth with his hand, grabbed a branch from the ground, and stabbed him in the throat, just to let Wang Yinggen go.
Spit out all the potion you swallowed.
Wang Yinggeng did not resist and let Zhang Chaoxin do whatever he wanted. After a long time, although Wang Yinggeng vomited something out, his face turned livid.
Zhang Chaoxin was desperate now. He stood up again, glared at Wang Yinggeng and asked: "You just died like this, and you didn't care about the young and old in your family?"
Wang Yinggen used his last strength to shout at Zhang Chaoxin: "Raise an army for a thousand days and use it today."
After Wang Yinggeng said these words, he kept vomiting blood, then fell to the ground and started convulsing, and died in a short time.
Zhang Chaoxin's face turned livid when he saw this situation, "This is the imperial envoy's order, and all relatives in Wang Yinggeng's house will be put into prison."
After Zhang Chaoxin finished his instructions, he flicked his sleeves and got on the sedan again. Then the bearer carried the imperial envoy and shouted, and went to the house arranged for him by the Yangzhou prefect.
The subsequent house confiscation went very smoothly. After all, Wang Yinggeng was the leader of the salt merchants in Yangzhou, and more than four million taels of silver were obtained from his house.
Zhang Chaoxin finally breathed a sigh of relief now that he had received the money. Even though he was a little negligent this time, he could still give an explanation in front of the emperor.
This time, Zhang Chaoxin cut the knot quickly and directly dealt with the leader of Jiangnan salt merchants, which immediately shocked all the merchants in Jiangnan.
There were still some people who were ready to make a move at first, but now all the business gangs and chambers of commerce are honest. They are just afraid that if they stand out and get caught by Zhang Chaoxin, they will be killed and their clan will be destroyed.
When officials from all over the south of the Yangtze River saw that the imperial envoy was so resolute, and even the business leader of the south of the Yangtze River, Wang Yinggeng, was captured for opposing the imperial decree, they did not dare to neglect.
As a result, commercial taxes were implemented very smoothly in various places in the south of the Yangtze River. This time, no businessmen dared to take any action. These people all started paying taxes honestly with the intention of losing money and avoiding disasters.
As a result, the commercial policies decided by Jia Ke began to be implemented across the country, and the most important one, commercial tax, was carried out most smoothly.
Three months later, when Jia Ke received the business tax statements for the past three months from Jia Yucun, the Minister of Household Affairs, he immediately beamed.
It turns out that the tax revenue in these three months is already equal to last year's commercial tax. If this situation continues, the imperial court's commercial tax this year can increase four to five times. If other taxes are added, the imperial court will be able to earn at least this year.
Forty to fifty million taels of silver. This does not include agricultural taxes in spring and autumn.
Jia Ke has already planned the use of this silver. In addition to using most of it for national construction, disaster prevention and preparation, and water conservancy dredging, more than 10 million taels will be left every year. These silvers will be saved for several years, plus tribute from small southern countries.
With the food and grass he received, he could realize his dream of Northern Expedition against the Tatars.
Jia Ke has been fighting with the Tatars since he came out of the mountain. At the same time, the Tatars are also Jia Ke's lucky star. Every time he defeats the Tatars, Jia Ke can go one step further.
This time, Jia Ke planned to defeat the Tatars, then regain the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, open up land routes with the West, and recreate the prosperity of the Silk Road during the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Jia Ke was happy here, but some people were so angry that they flew into a rage.
This person is no one else, but the young master. This young master is no longer in Yangzhou, but in the capital.
It turned out that this young man also participated in Jia Ke's Enke, but he was too suspicious and would never expose himself unless absolutely necessary, so this time he felt that he did well in the exam and did not ask Sun Yan for help.
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As a result, this young man was too confident. Although he was on the list this time, he fell into the top three.
Now the young master has spent a lot of money to avoid being sent to the region to be a county magistrate. Now he is studying in the Ministry of Rites.
But since receiving the news that Wang Yinggeng was captured by Zhang Chaoxin, the young master has lost most of his financial resources. Now, relying on his previous savings, he can barely maintain the scale of his spies, but it seems that it is no longer sustainable.
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This young master was walking back and forth in his house in the capital, and she was really feeling a little uncomfortable now.
The butler standing next to him also had a frown on his face.
"Master, if the money is not transferred next month, many kites will be disconnected."
After hearing this, the young master became even more troubled, "What do you want me to do? After Wang Yinggeng was arrested, we will not be able to find such a large source of wealth for a while."
The butler rolled his eyes and then said: "Master, can we clarify our identities through Nanny Zhu and the young lady? And the young lady is now in charge of Jia Ke's inner palace. As long as we can leak a little bit, we will not be short."
This is silver."
After the young master heard this, his eyes immediately turned red and he turned to face the housekeeper and said, "Don't mention this matter again. This is our trump card and can only be used once. Do you think she can really cover the sky with one hand in the harem?"
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After hearing this, the housekeeper sighed and stopped talking.
"Start next month and cut off those unimportant threads, leaving only the hidden threads in the court."
After hearing this, the housekeeper could only go and make arrangements. After all, this was the last resort.
After the housekeeper left, the young master sat on the desk with a frown on his face. He originally had great ambitions and wanted to fulfill his father's wish and become the supreme leader of the 95th Five-Year Plan. Unexpectedly, reality slapped him hard.
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Time soon came to late spring and early summer, and during this time Jia's mother had already approached Jia Ke several times to discuss Jia Baoyu's marriage.
During this time, Jia Baoyu lived in the palace, and began to go crazy with his sisters again. Not only those sisters, but also there were many beautiful girls in the palace. This time, Jia Baoyu was really like a mouse in the granary, and he was so happy that he couldn't sleep.
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As the queen, Qin Keqing was very dissatisfied with Jia Baoyu's behavior, but with Jia's mother protecting her, she could only tolerate it for the time being. As long as Jia Baoyu didn't do anything too extreme, she would turn a blind eye.
Only one eye.
Although it is said that Jia Mu protects Jia Baoyu, Jia Mu has been a mature person for many years, so she can naturally see Qin Keqing's dissatisfaction.
In order to calm down the conflict, Jia's mother thought about asking Jia Baoyu to marry Lin Daiyu as soon as possible, and then asked Jia Ke to arrange a house for them, and then they would have to worry about it.
And Jia Ke naturally wanted to get what he wanted after receiving Jia Mu's order. He had long wanted to get Jia Baoyu out of the palace.
So Jia Ke issued an order that day to clean up the Nan'an County Prince's Mansion that had been nationalized before and give it to Jia Baoyu, arrange for maids and eunuchs, and change the brand name to Prince Fu's Mansion.
After Jia Baoyu got the news, he personally left the palace and went to the palace to see it several times. He felt very satisfied because after nearly a hundred years of construction, the scale of the Nan'an County Palace was far larger than that of many.
The Prince's Palace.
Then Jia Baoyu began to get mad. He ordered the eunuchs who followed him to remove all the plaques and couplets from Prince Fu's Mansion. Then he personally changed all the couplets on every door.
After finishing the modification, he immediately ordered the eunuch to go find someone to make it, and even announced that he would let everyone in the capital see his talent on the day of the wedding.
Jia Baoyu was also troubled by Jia Zheng, because although Jia Zheng is now the Supreme Emperor and enjoys boundless wealth in the palace, his Confucian problems have not changed.
When Jia Zheng was bored, he would invite the old Hanlin officials to his Kangning Palace to chat.
Another pleasure of Jia Zheng's was to summon his two sons, who had been divided into King Fu and King Kang, from time to time to Kangning Palace to test their knowledge.
As a result, there was no distinction between Jia Baoyu and Jia Huan.
When it comes to reciting poems and composing poems, Jia Baoyu is indeed talented, and many old scholars admire this very much. However, in the middle of the Four Books and Five Classics, he is not very good at it.
Although Jia Huan is not very talented and is far inferior to Jia Baoyu's almost photographic memory, he has one advantage that Jia Baoyu does not have, and that is perseverance.
Therefore, Jia Huan worked hard on the Four Books and Five Classics. Although it cannot be said that he woke up at midnight and stayed up until midnight, he still studied day by day without falling behind. He was not much different from Jia Zhu back then.
So the two of them had their own merits in the comparison. Although the old scholars thought that Jia Baoyu had gone astray, after all, he was the son of the Supreme Emperor and the younger brother of the emperor, so they could only pinch their noses and unconscionably think that these two
There is no distinction between people above and below.
Who is Jia Zheng? He is an upright gentleman. Although the old Hanlin scholars think that there is no distinction between superior and inferior out of conscience, he thinks that Jia Huan is ahead of Jia Baoyu when it comes to studying.
So every time at the end, Jia Zheng would reprimand Jia Baoyu several times. Fortunately, their family has reached its peak now, and there is no need for Jia Baoyu to study to honor his ancestors. Otherwise, Jia Zheng's fault would have been dealt with.