Chapter 460 of Gui Zi Scroll: The branches and vines are entangled, and the roots must be removed if the weeds are cut.
Wang Wenyan felt a shiver in his heart and said subconsciously: "Sir, if we want to eradicate the economic foundation, the implications may be huge, and it will have an impact on many industries and fields."
"Haha, scrape the bones to heal the wounds. Labor pain is unavoidable, and the court is also mentally prepared for this." Feng Ziying lowered the corners of her mouth slightly, and her tone became more serious, "Besides, Wen Yan, you should understand that the court is facing difficulties at the moment. It must not only solve the urgent tasks, but also
With a long-term perspective, we have to get the best of both worlds, so we don’t want to make a big move against Jiangnan as a whole, but if these powerful families are too popular and have taken the wrong direction, then I can only say that they are unlucky.”
Wang Wenyan breathed a sigh of relief. Things had to be prioritized. Now that the court was in urgent need of cash, the four families should be the right ones to attack.
Especially the Zhen family, Taihe Yinzhuang, and the largest private salt general contractor in Jiangnan in the past two decades. If they don't touch you, who will touch you?
Even the king of heaven and I can't protect you.
Seeing that Wang Wenyan seemed to understand the secret, Feng Ziying smiled and said: "Wenyan, you don't have to worry about those people. Snakes have their own ways, rats have their own ways. They have no shortage of connections, and they will eventually find some ways."
Yes, the imperial court has set the general direction, and we operate it specifically. As for someone who comes to our door, we can also handle it as appropriate. The discretion is in our hands. What are you worried about? Just complete the tasks assigned by the imperial court. Strategy and means, the imperial court
I won’t care too much.”
"Well, let's start with the Zhen family?" Wang Wenyan nodded deeply. For this purpose, he also used all aspects of his original intelligence network and collected a large number of intelligence clues through various channels.
"In addition to Taihe Yinzhuang, the Zhen family has a wide range of private salt channels, and this is also competing with the imperial court for profits. The Ministry of Revenue has long wanted to take action, and it must be completely eradicated this time. Wen Yan, tell me
The situation of the Zhen Family’s private salt distribution channels.” Feng Ziying pursed her lips and her tone became gentler. Dealing with the Zhen Family requires peeling off the cocoon and peeling off its pillars layer by layer.
The salt class has always been the most important source of income for the imperial court. Private salt directly used the money of the salt class, which was equivalent to digging into the lifeblood of the imperial court.
If it were a private salt dealer from a small family, that would be fine, but as a general contractor like the Zhen family, he was simply a formidable enemy of the imperial court, and he would definitely want to get rid of him as soon as possible.
"The south of the Yangtze River has always been the hardest hit area for illegal salt. Among them, Jinling, Ningguo, Guangzhou, Changzhou, Huzhou, and Zhenjiang are all the areas of influence of the Zhen family's illegal salt. In the past few years, the salt policy crisis in Zhejiang and Zhejiang was involved in Huzhou, but Zhen Yingjia took action personally.
Intervening and mediating, his people in Huzhou basically escaped without much impact, so not only Huzhou, but even Jiaxing was captured by him afterwards..."
Wang Wenyan has a deep understanding of the private salt industry. After all, he came from the Yamen of the Salt Transport Department in Huaihe River and Huaihe River. He is very familiar with this area. He also maintained a large number of informants at that time and is still working for him to this day.
Serve.
"The Zhen family basically has subordinates in every prefecture. He is very smart and basically does not choose the most powerful wealthy families in each prefecture. Instead, he chooses some inferior second-rate wealthy families. This will allow the Zhen family to compete in this most important task.
He occupies a dominant position in the profitable private salt business and earns the most generous profits..."
Feng Ziying smiled and answered Wang Wenyan's words: "So the in-laws of the Zhen family, the Tang family of Songjiang and the Ding family of Huizhou are not involved in the private salt business?"
"Yes." Wang Wenyan responded.
"It's a bit interesting." Feng Ziying laughed, "The Zhen family's private salt channels cover several important prefectures, which means that each prefecture has one or two local tycoons as collaborators. Over the years, these tycoons have made a lot of money.
Of course the Zhen family will make more money, but at the beginning the Zhen family had to contribute part to Prince Yi Zhong, but even so, the fact that the Zhen family can become the leader of the new four families is enough to explain a lot of problems."
"Sir, who knows how powerful salt is?" Wang Wenyan rubbed his hands, "It's enough to make any family crazy, so this is also expected. The Tan family in Ningguo Mansion, the Chen family in Guangzhou
The Gu family in Changzhou, the Xu family in Huzhou, and the Lian family in Zhenjiang all have quite a lot of influence in the local area. If they are involved, the whole family needs to be carefully planned before taking action."
"Well, I also expected this. What about Taihe Yinzhuang?" Feng Ziying asked about another key point.
Taihe Bank is considered one of the top four in Jiangnan’s financial industry.
One Supernatural refers to the four major banks of Haitong Bank, Si Qiang, Wansheng, Xingda, Taihe and Jiangnan, which are basically the top of the entire Jiangnan financial industry.
Except for Haitong, these companies are facing the entire Zhou Dynasty. On the Jiangnan side, they only have branches in the core prefectures of Jinling, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Yangzhou, and Quanzhou. The other companies are deeply involved in Jiangnan and are involved in almost all Jiangnan economies.
More developed prefectures all have semicolons.
"The second largest shareholder of Taihe Silver Village is the Tang family of Songjiang, and the other two are the Ding family of Huizhou and the Yu family of Shanyang, Huai'an, who are tied for the third largest shareholder. Mr. Yu Chengxian of the Yu family should know that the former Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate Youqiandu censor, now
He was appointed as the censor of salt inspection in Huaihe River, and Ding Deju of the Ding family is now the right counselor of the Chief Envoy of Jiangxi Province."
Wang Wenyan, who worked hard, has many family treasures.
"Oh, Shanyang Yu family, Yu Chengxian?" Feng Ziying was slightly moved. The appearance of the Yu family surprised him. Yu Chengxian was the same year as Huang Ruliang, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, and was also a political close friend. If he wanted to touch Taihe Bank, he would have to
Considering the Yu family, and the Yu family's reputation in Shanyang is quite good, then the disposal of Taihe Yinzhuang must be considered together with the Yu family.
"Yes, Yu Chengxian, his brother Yu Chengguang, is now the prefect of Chongqing Prefecture in Sichuan." Wang Wenyan looked at the information in his hand, "There are two Jinshis in the Yu family. Yu Chengguang was a Jinshi in the 30th year of Yuanxi, and Yu Chengxian was a Jinshi in the 33rd year of Yuanxi.
Jinshi of the Year."
"Haha, this is no longer an ordinary powerful family, it can be considered a scholarly family." Feng Ziying also knew that it is difficult to divide the family into pure powerful people and scholars. In many cases, the combination of the two is the strongest.
"You can say so, sir. The grandfather of the Yu brothers was born in Juren, but in his father's generation, only his uncle passed the imperial examination, so the family was in decline. However, in their generation, the two brothers passed the imperial examination and started their careers.
My younger brother Yu Chengyuan was also born in Juren, and is now the magistrate of Lechang County, Shaozhou Prefecture, Guangdong Province."
In Jiangnan, it is impossible to become a county magistrate. You have to be a Jinshi. It is also more difficult in Shandong, Beizhi, and Shanxi. But in places like Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Shaanxi, it is very easy. There is no such thing in Henan.
question.
"Then this family is really not simple. Two Jinshi, one person..." Feng Ziying nodded to indicate that she understood, and was also thinking about how to weigh and integrate the interests of all parties when dealing with Taihe Bank in the future.
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"The other ones are the Tang family and the Ding family. The Tang family doesn't have any strong official support. There is only one descendant of the family who passed the imperial examination and is now serving as a general magistrate in Shanxi. But another in-law of the Tang family is the Dong family.
..." Wang Wenyan paused.
"The Dong family of Huating?" Feng Ziying felt a headache again. The Dong family of Huating was the Dong Qichang family, and the Dong and Lu families had always been connected by the same spirit. They both prospered and suffered losses. The Lu family of Huating was not simple.
"Dong Qichang's second son Dong Zuchang married the legitimate daughter of the Tang family." Wang Wen's words were concise and concise. He also knew that this situation must give Feng Ziying a headache.
Songjiang Huating has always been a place where talented people are born. Among them, the heads of the Lu family, Lu Shusheng and Lu Yanzhang, plus Yuan Keli who studied in the Lu family and is now the governor of Shanxi, and Zhang who is succeeding him as the chief envoy of Shaanxi in Shaanxi.
Nai, together with Gao Panlong, the official minister, Xia Jiayu, a member of the Literary and Selection Department, and Dong Qichang, are the backbone of the Huating Township Party.
Yuan Keli and Lu Yanzhang both studied under Dong Qichang. With this relationship, the status of the Dong family is naturally not simple.
"What is Dong Zuchang's status now?" Feng Ziying asked again.
"Dong Zuchang is just a scholar at home now, but his reputation is not good and he has a reputation of bullying men and dominating women in the countryside." Wang Wenyan introduced.
Feng Ziying nodded and said nothing. Historically, there have been very different opinions on Dong Qichang, a master in the painting world. There is no objection to his painting skills, but there is a lot of criticism of his personal style. His family members also behaved similarly in the countryside.
It has been criticized a lot, but it seems that not much has changed in this era.
But the Dong family has a close relationship with the Lu family, and Dong Qichang is the teacher of Yuan Keli and Lu Yanzhang, and the Lu family has a close relationship with Zhang Nai and Xia Jiayu, so this involvement almost covers the entire Songjiang taxi family.
The crowd swarmed.
However, Feng Ziying has no intention of changing her mind. The Zhen family must be uprooted, and the same goes for the Tang family.
Although the Tang family was not a scholar, they were the leader of the powerful locals in Songjiang. They had colluded with Jinshan Guards for smuggling for many years, and were even said to have had dealings with Japanese pirates.
The imperial guards and even the Ministry of Commerce and Shipping Department responded that this cancer must be eradicated.
"Well, I understand. There is no need to mention the Tang family's affairs. I have my own sense of proportion." Feng Ziying thought for a moment and then left the Tang family's situation aside. "Let's talk about the Ding family in Huizhou. There is no need to say more about the Ding family in Yangzhou.
, If you are unkind for the sake of wealth, and do not tolerate evil, you will have deserved your death a long time ago."
"Okay, the fortune of the Ding family in Huizhou and She County..." Feng Ziying laughed as soon as Wang Wenyan spoke, "Wen Yan, this is a die-hard fellow countryman of yours. When a fellow countryman meets a fellow countryman, don't burst into tears."
Hearing Feng Ziying's joke, Wang Wenyan also laughed, "I'm afraid I won't burst into tears, but I'm afraid their family will burst into tears."
"Keep talking." Feng Ziying signaled.
"The Ding family was originally just an ordinary landowner in She County, but the legitimate daughter of the previous generation married the then Huizhou Prefecture magistrate and began to make a fortune. One branch went to Yangzhou and became the Ding family, a salt merchant. This branch is in Huizhou.
The local quickly became the largest landowner in She County and Qimen, as well as the largest tea merchant..."