Chapter 488 The Guo family’s choice

The Jinyiwei's case handling storms frightened the salt merchants in Huaiyang. Many people could not stand this pressure and came to Xu Ge Lao to donate their wealth in the hope of getting relief. This tormented life is really not something that humans can live.

In fact, most of the salt merchants in Huaiyang were warned by the "relationships", saying that this time, the salt merchants would never be able to pass the test. The emperor had completely grasped the initiative and had no choice but to deal with the emperor. What should the emperor do? The "relationships" had no choice. Let them think clearly early, see clearly, and do as soon as possible according to the emperor's wishes. Although it will definitely lose some family wealth, given that the "relationships" have compromised with the emperor, the emperor may not be able to kill him and will definitely be merciless. However, this matter is too big. If it is not dealt with, it will definitely not end. Therefore, a group of people will definitely be punished. So, let them think clearly and do it.

Many salt merchants are not unaware of the situation or what to do, but they are reluctant to give up their huge wealth and cannot give up their prosperous life. They always think that they can get away with it. There are dozens of salt merchants in the world, and maybe they won’t do it all. Perhaps, after a year or two, this matter has passed like this, and they fantasize about getting away with it.

After the Jinyiwei "crazy" case was handled by the Jinyiwei, the father and son of the Liang family also came out. This surprised everyone who thought the Liang family was completely ruined, and even more surprised was that after the Liang family came out, they were actually very happy and did not suffer any pain in losing all their money. It seemed that the millions of wealth were not theirs, and they also said hello to others and said laughingly, without any "awareness" of the prodigal family. After they came out, they quickly moved to Jiming Temple to accompany the Wang family. Eunuch Xi also sent someone to "maintain". Except for the Wang family, the only one who could go to Jiming Temple was his family. Most of the salt merchants who donated their wealth now live in temples, but different temples obviously have different treatments. The "treatment" of Jiming Temple is obviously the best. For this reason, many people are impressed by the Liang family.

After a few days of worry and fear, the other spring of life finally ushered in. Among the salt merchants, there are also many people with discerning eyes; there are also many people with enlightenment; there are also many people with courage. Seeing that the salt merchants have no way to go and have nowhere to escape, the daily report criticizes the salt merchants, just like a death talisman, which keeps coming from Beijing, making people suffocate and unable to live. The emperor has opened this convenient door and bumped into it without looking back, donating all his wealth, preparing to

If you die early and live earlier, you will be born early. Since the "relationships" can no longer be expected, they will not have to expect a few salt merchants to fight with the emperor. Since the "relationships" in the court have already made concessions with the emperor, or instead rely on the emperor, then I believe the emperor will not be too ruthless and do not show any mercy. Although the path the Wang family has made is a little harder, there is still a great hope for a life journey. The Wang family and the Liang family are so "happy", and this path may not be "happy".

We also benefited from the Liang family's affairs this time. Many salt merchants originally planned to keep some wealth quietly, so as not to retreat even if the road is not working. After seeing the Liang family, they were surprised by the means of the Liang family, and they also extinguished this thought, or adjusted the amount of wealth left behind, and dared not transfer the huge amount of wealth left. They would never dare to be too big. Otherwise, even if they passed the hurdle of Xu Ge Lao, they would probably not be able to pass the hand that could make money.

Since the Liang family went to Jiming Temple, Mr. Xi's life was as beautiful as one day. There were more and more salt merchants who came to deliver silver every day. What he had to do was to check cash, count the family wealth, take over the family wealth, and judge whether other people's family wealth was in line with the estimated ones. He was busy until late at night every day. Looking at the list of family wealth, Mr. Xi felt that it was enough to sleep for only two hours a day. Sleeping again was shameless, shameless, and could not get over anything, nor could he not get over money.

Whenever a subordinate or an imperial guard sent a new list to Xu Guangqi, saying how much money Xi received from his father-in-law Xi, Xu Guangqi always sighed and was amazed at his way of making money. He also sighed that he was indeed not the material for making money. When others pleaded for mercy, he felt a little softened and two million taels of silver slipped away from his hands. Whenever he remembered the situation where he ran for tens of thousands of taels of silver and was unable to get it, he could only laugh at himself. Xu Guangqi was impressed by the incident of the Liang family. His father-in-law Xi's pursuit of the wealth of the Liang family was swept away, which made Xu Guangqi have an indelible impression. He admired the steps and division of labor of the emperor for the emperor's salt merchants. If the salt merchants were all allowed to do it, God knew how much money they could receive. The salt merchants were too cunning and were no match for them at all.

Seeing Shi Kefa come in with another copy of "family wealth", Xu Guangqi knew that this family had passed the seal of Eunuch Xi, and had some feelings to read the "family wealth" after passing by Eunuch Xi's hands. That was the real family wealth of the salt merchant.

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More and more salt merchants were walking the Wang family's path, which made the Guo family feel more and more pressure. After the Jinyiwei passed the Liang family's affairs, he calmed down and began to handle the case in a civilized manner. He still investigated the case slowly. From time to time, he invited one or two salt merchants to have tea. His movements were very leisurely, and he was definitely not like he was handling the designated major case.

The news sent to the capital was already the ninth day, and it was the Lantern Festival soon. The Guo family didn't know how long the emperor's hole could last, and they spent every day in pain. The anxious Guo family finally waited for the news in the capital.

The Guo family was in the villa in Nanjing, gathering people from all over the country, all of the Guo family. When they heard that there was news from the capital, they spontaneously surrounded the main hall, waiting to reveal the final outcome of his family.

The head of the Guo family sat on the head with a serious expression. The people from each room sat down one by one. Seeing that everyone who should have arrived, the head of the Guo family pointed to the letter on the table at his hand and said, "The news has come from Beijing..." After saying this, the head of the Guo family could not continue to say anything. If there is no news, his family would not be able to take any other way. Apart from taking the emperor's path, his family had no other way to go. His expectation was that the emperor could open his family to his family for the sake of his "relationship" without having to walk the same path as others.

The people in the Guo family were silent and silent.

After a while of silence, the head of the Guo family sighed, picked up the letters on the table, and opened them. There were two more letters inside. The head of the Guo family looked at them, opened one of them, and read them carefully.

The people of the Guo family held their breath and looked at the fate of the Guo family.

"...Hisser Han said, let our family follow the Wang family, the sooner the better. With him, Your Majesty will not kill our family. Even if you destroy the family now and donate your family's wealth, it will not be difficult to turn over in the future. Let our family not hesitate. It is best to get the same treatment as the Wang family. Please ask Mr. Xu for more. In this matter, Mr. Xu is the one who can make the decision... The time of the opening opened by His Majesty must be limited. There are other important things in the court. Your Majesty will not let this matter be delayed for a long time..." said the head of the Guo family.

When the people from various rooms of the Guo family heard this, some looked pale, some were crying silently, some were angry, and some were unwilling to accept it, while others looked indifferent.

After the head of the Guo family said that, he looked at another letter, picked it up and looked at it for a while, and then put it back. The letter said "Zi Zi first opened his heart" and the envelope was sealed with hot paint. The head of the Guo family knew that this was for Xu Zixian, to the old Master Xu and the envoy Xu Qin. Seeing this letter, the head of the Guo family's originally quiet expression improved a little. With this letter, he was more courageous.

"...I won't say much. I'll go to the imperial envoy of Master Xu..." The head of the Guo family made up his final decision. Although this determination was not good, his heart hurts when he looked at the gorgeous main hall.

A housekeeper brought a pallet, and there were three lists of wealth lists on it, one list only listed a small amount of wealth; one list made half of the wealth list; and the other list made most of the wealth lists. This was what his family prepared to deal with different situations. The head of the Guo family looked at the three lists of wealth lists, hesitated for a moment, turned his head and looked at the two letters, especially staring at the letter "Zi Zi first to open his heart" for a while, sighed, and finally landed his hand on the book that made most of the wealth lists.

People from all rooms in the Guo family stared at the boss's hands and saw that they would fall on that book. Finally, they saw that the book that fell on the most, and their faces were even more different.

"...Each room is ready, ready to move out,..." Looking at the faces of the people in each room, thinking for a while, and then said, "...Be careful, don't bring any valuable gold and silver jewelry..." After giving the order, he hummed a long and softly, picked up the two letters, got up and prepared to go out.

People from each room watched the head of the family go out, wanting to speak, but they dare not. No one who can dominate their fate is here, and no one who can determine the direction of their family is here.

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Xu Guangqi was looking at the list of family wealth sent by Eunuch Xi in a happy mood. This family wealth verified by Eunuch Xi is the real family wealth. Looking at the stack of numbers on the list, Xu Guangqi laughed inexplicably. This Eunuch Xi is indeed good at making money. Although the eunuch has a bad reputation, Xu Guangqi has always been close to eunuchs and does not catch a cold. But Xu Guangqi also had to admit that Eunuch Xi is definitely a good eunuch who can be called a capable person, and his impression of eunuchs has also changed greatly. Without such a master of making money, Xu Guangqi knew that based on himself, he was afraid that there would be only a fraction of these family wealth lists now.

"Report to the Master of Ge, the head of the Guo family, the great salt merchant in Huaiyang, to ask for advice." Shi Kefa came in and interrupted Xu Guangqi's excited reading list.

"Well, it's Xianzhi! It's just right. The Guo family has a lot of big salt merchants. Now, they have finally taken this path. Haha, let's go and have a look with me." Xu Guangqi said enthusiastically. In the past few days, the money he has handled has far exceeded all the taxes in the Ming Dynasty within a year, including land taxes and this huge amount of property. If it is said that it cannot arouse the emotions of the person in charge, unless this person is not a human.

"Yes, Master Ge." Shi Kefa immediately agreed. Recently, he knew what it means to be rich and rich, and what it means to be rich and blooming. After immigration, he had a long contact with the people at the bottom. In recent days, his whole person has undergone great changes, especially his temperament, which seems more calm. The light in his glasses is no longer as floating and puzzled as before, and he seems much more capable. The original gentle and scholarly Shi Kefa has gradually faded away.

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After seeing the gift, the head of the Guo family immediately offered his wealth.

"... After hearing about the salt merchants and the enemy, the Guo family felt that the salt merchants were shameful and the salt merchants were hateful. The Guo family would never do anything to trap millions of Han men as slaves. They were determined to draw a clear line with the salt merchants who were Tongzhe. However, as a salt merchant, he had made a lot of profits from the salt business. He knew that he could not easily clear the suspicion. In order to clear the truth, to show that the Guo family was loyal and patriotic, he could only donate all his family wealth to show his clear line with the salt merchants who were Tongzhe to show his innocence. Please make the decision." The head of the Guo family immediately presented this list of detailed records of most of the wealth of the Guo family.

Xu Guangqi looked at the head of the Guo family with a smile, and he knew who it was. Now that these words are just a scene, they would not have taken this path if the emperor had not forced them to a point where they had no way out.

"Haha, it's easy to say that the Guo family can draw a clear line with the salt merchants of Tonglu. They can be clear, but they are also loyal to the emperor and patriotic. I also believe that the Guo family will not do the Tonglu's business..." After praising a few words like a procedure, Xu Guangqi opened up other people's wealth. After looking at it, he was very satisfied. The Guo family is worthy of being a big salt merchant who is comparable to the Wang family. The wealth is almost the same as the Wang family, and it is a little less than the Wang family, but it is also as much as seven or eight million taels. Looking at such a lot of property, even though Xu Guangqi is indifferent to fame and fortune, and is used to silver and money, he still has to be accustomed to it.

For the sake of so much wealth, Xu Guangqi talked to the head of the Guo family for a while to show his importance to him. However, it was all non-savory and unpretentious, and Xu Guangqi would not make any guarantees easily now. Once he let go, he was soft-hearted and millions of taels of silver were gone.

After chatting for a while, Guo Jiajia said suddenly: "Report to Mr. Xu, Caomin has another letter here, which was sent to him by the old friend of the Gongmao."

Immediately someone gave the letter to Xu Guangqi.

Xu Guangqi looked at the envelope for a while and saw that it was "Zi Zi's first to be a relative of his own words". Xu Guangqi knew that this must be a letter written to him by someone of his seniority and an official position. He looked at Huoqi and carefully identified Huoqi seal back and forth. It was indeed the letter written to him by the one who wrote him.

After tearing open the letter, Xu Guangqi read it. The letter was indeed written by Han Du, but it was not a pleading for mercy, but a praise for his sweet potato national policy, claiming that this is the best national policy in thousands of years, the national policy that pays the most attention to the people of the world, and a national policy that will feed everyone. It will be worthy of the future and will be remembered for generations in the future. Han Du is quite envious and will fully support his national policy. He said that this national policy His Majesty attaches great importance to it and has ordered the cabinet to be fully responsible and will decide the cabinet's stay or departure based on the achievements of sweet potatoes. Therefore, as a cabinet minister, he is a Grand Secretary, and he must fully support this national policy. Apart from this, there is nothing, and there is no words to plead for the Guo family.

After reading the letter, Xu Guangqi smiled at it. Han Du is the backstage of the Guo family. Although there is no word pleading in the letter, the letter has only one meaning, that is, pleading. I hope that for his sake, he can treat the Guo family with some preferential treatment. In exchange or thank you, he will definitely make efforts in the national policy of growing sweet potatoes. Well, he did not mention the word pleading from the Guo family, but this letter was taken out of the Guo family's pocket. What is the meaning of it?

"Haha, I will do my best to do my best in the affairs of the Guo family. The Guo family is so wise and I will not make the Guo family too wronged. By the way, can the Guo family have a place to settle down now?" Xu Guangqi asked cordially.

"If you go back to the Ge Lao, since the Guo family has donated their wealth, they will naturally not leave anything. They are also preparing to learn from the Wang family and find a temple to settle down for the time being." The people from the Guo family immediately mentioned the Wang family, and the letter had been handed over, so they naturally demanded the same treatment as the Wang family.

"Oh!" Xu Guangqi was obviously stunned. The Guo family's sense of smell was quite good. He felt that the Wang family was different. Han Da was indeed an old fox, and he was afraid that he could see something. He also smiled and said, "It's easy to say, the Guo family is also like the Wang family. All the big salt merchants can set an example. They are separated from the salt merchants in Tonglu. They are all loyal and patriotic people..."

"Xianzhi, go to Eunuch Xi in person and ask Eunuch Xi to take care of the Guo family. They are all good salt merchants who are loyal and patriotic. Don't treat others badly. The Wang family should have, and the Guo family also has..." Xu Guangqi agreed with a smile. The salt merchant that Han wanted to protect must give some face. The old fox suddenly turned around and leaned against the emperor's side. He also made great efforts in this matter, not to mention the Guo family's wealth worth seven or eight million taels.

"Affect the order." Shi Kefa said seriously.

The head of the Guo family breathed a sigh of relief. The letter of his own "relationship" was indeed useful. If you take it out, everything would be easy to say. The treatment was directly comparable to the Wang family. It seems that this road is really safe and unsure.

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Similarly, since it was sent by Shi Kefa and received the instructions from Mr. Xu, Eunuch Xi immediately sent someone to send the Guo family to Jiming Temple when he saw the wealth of seven or eight million yuan, and he also sent someone to "take care of it", which was exactly the same as the Wang family's treatment.

The Guo family also has many big salt merchants, and the backstage is extremely hard. It is the wind direction of many salt merchants. Some people even follow his horse. Seeing that his family has taken this path, they all followed this path. So many people in front of them "jumped" into this pit without hesitation. Even if it is deep, I believe it can fill it up. Many salt merchants consider this way.
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