The third manager of Yunshang Qian Yun was the general manager of the Yangzhou accounting office of the Taigu salt merchant Qiao family, and was nicknamed "Iron Abacus Yun San". Of course he was also from Taigu, Shanxi, and was one of the famous Shanxi merchants.

Shanxi merchants were known as the Eight Imperial Merchants in later generations. However, during the Ming Dynasty, these Shanxi merchants who did smuggling business with the Manchus were not in the mainstream at all. The real Shanxi merchants were salt merchants! Two of the eight major salt merchants in Yangzhou were Shanxi merchants.

, one is Taigu Qiao, and the other is Pingyang Cao. The two great salt generals have become extremely wealthy since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty when China opened the law. After more than two hundred years of accumulation, they both have a net worth of several million taels. They are truly

The wealth is incomparable to that of the country!

Although Iron Abacus Yun San is only the accountant of the Qiao family, he has been managing the Qiao family's accounts for eight generations, and his accumulated wealth is around two to three hundred thousand taels! No ordinary rich man can compare with him.

However, although the Yun family of Taigu Qiao, Pingyang Cao and Yun Shangqian are known as Shanxi merchants, their children and property are all in the southeast. The children of the three families may not return to Shanxi in their lifetime.

Therefore, the chaos in the north did not have much impact on these Shanshan salt merchants in Yangzhou. It really made the third manager of Yun worried about the contradiction between the Nanjing nobles and the Xing Dynasty who had moved south.

In the view of Third Manager Yun, there is no way for the Xing Dynasty and the nobles of Nanjing to coexist harmoniously! This is because the emperor and the prince did not go south alone, but came with tens of thousands of people.

These tens of thousands of "heroes who overcame difficulties" and "loyal followers who overcame difficulties" who followed us are the heart and soul of the imperial court!

With them, Xingchao can take root in the southeast!

The so-called taking root means to let these loyal officials in the imperial court replace the nobles who stayed in the capital and the guards in the southeast to control the land and population of more than a hundred guards in the southeast, and of course the salt of the Huaihe River and the golden waterway of the Yangtze River.

With the land and population of the Weisuo, the salt interests of the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River shipping, the imperial court could live a good life after moving south!

Therefore, the nobles who go to court and those who stay in the capital will definitely fight!

And the general managers of the four mountains and Shaanxi provinces in Huaiyang became a piece of fat sandwiched between the nobles who stayed in the capital and those who went to court!

The four salt generals of Hui Gang may not be moved when going to court, but the salt generals of Shanxi and Shaanxi will definitely be moved! Because behind them are Donglin and Fushe. Although the scholar-bureaucrats of Donglin and Fushe also have a large amount of money in their hands.

Land and population, but there is no ready-made system that allows the court to control the land and population in the hands of scholar-bureaucrats. The guard system in the hands of nobles is a ready-made system, which can be carried out just like what the prince did in Denglai Seven Guards.

Thorough reorganization and mastery.

In addition, the military land is state-owned, and the court can legitimately organize it. But the civilian land is different. If the name is not legitimate and the words are not obeyed, wouldn't the forced consolidation become the second best to Li Zicheng?

"Dong Weng, we still have more than one million taels of silver and 70,000 taels of gold on hand. If we want to ship it, it will take at least a day."

Qiao Antu, the head of Taigu's Qiao family, had his eyebrows knitted together as he listened to Yun San's report on the company's accounts.

Qiao Dadongweng seemed to have gotten some news. He got up early in the morning and went to find Yun San. He asked him to sort out the cash on hand and then load it on a ship to Nanjing.

But there is so much silver and gold, how can it be transported away so easily? And the prince may have posted sentries on the docks and canals!

"Dong Weng," Yun San said, then paused and said, "Why don't you pack up some things?"

Old man Qiao was already anxious. When he heard Yun San's suggestion, he turned around and rolled his eyes: "Whose appetite can be satisfied by some soft food? Without 1.5 million taels of silver, can the Wei government let me go?"

"But"

"Nothing to worry about, go get ready!"

"Here!"

Yun San responded, and just as he turned around to leave, he saw Ding Fei, a servant of the Yun family, running into the study: "Master, Master, it's not good, the guards in golden clothes have surrounded the garden! Back and forth, back and forth,

The water is blocked!"

"So fast!" Yun San was surprised, then turned to look at his Dong Weng, "Dong Weng, what should we do?"

"The commander of the Yangzhou Guards, Xu Yongji, has evil intentions and is now on the run in fear of crime. The Jinyiwei searched his residence and found that you salt merchants were closely associated with him, so the Jinyiwei invited you to the Grand Marshal's Mansion in this palace."

In the Daming Temple, in the mansion of the Generalissimo of Fujun, Zhu Cixiang was sitting in the main hall with a golden sword, looking at a group of salt merchants kneeling below, talking pleasantly.

"What an injustice! The common people didn't know that Thief Xu was plotting rebellion."

"It's unfair. The common people are just businessmen and they didn't conspire with Thief Xu."

“The common people are wronged”

"The grassroots are really unjust!"

Of course the salt merchants are treacherous, and none of them is willing to admit that they participated in the conspiracy! If they admit it, they will be wiped out!

"Oh." Zhu Cixiang smiled, "Whether you participated in Xu Yongji's rebellion, the Jinyiwei will find out. The Jinyiwei now is different from the past. It was rebuilt by me. I will not wrongly accuse good people. If you

If there is really no rebellion, there is no need to be afraid."

There are some good people in Jinyiwei who don’t wrongly accuse them, and they can’t be considered good people after all, right?

The salt merchants were also speechless, but they did not dare to talk back to Zhu Cihong!

Zhu Cixiang nodded: "You don't say anything, so you must be relieved. However, Jinyiwei did copy the account book from Xu Yongji's house. It has your names and the amount of gold and silver donated! The amount is huge! These gold and silver are obviously Xu Ni's.

Military expenses for rebellion! How do you explain it? What does your good salt merchant have to do with him, the commander of the Yangzhou Guard? Why should you give him so much money? Isn't it to fund his rebellion?

There is a mountain of irrefutable evidence! There are account books, the seized dirty money, and the confessions of the Xu family members. What else can you say?"

"No! Chitose misunderstood!"

"The reason why we gave him money is for"

A group of salt merchants don’t know what to say anymore? Xu Yongji took their money to rebel. How can they get rid of themselves?

How to say this?

Did you say that you bribed Xu Yongji and the Wei Guofu behind Xu Yongji in order to sell illegal salt? Did you say that Wei Guofu and Xu Yongji took their own secret shares and made huge profits? Selling illegal salt is a serious crime, and the punishment for a minor crime is also a rod.

One hundred, three years of apprenticeship.

Just the money they salt merchants gave to Xu Yongji, the amount of illegal salt sales would definitely be indispensable. At the very least, their heads would be beheaded and their homes would be confiscated!

This is really deadly!

On the one hand, they are participating in the rebellion and want to destroy the family!

On the one hand, a large amount of illegal salt is sold, and if the co-author wants to behead his head and confiscate his property, he will have no way to survive!

Zhu Cixiang's tone also became stern: "Whether you have conspired against me or not is not yet certain, but each of you has sent money to Xu Yongji, and the amount is huge! Why is this? Why did you send money? Did you collude with Xu Yongji?

Yongji is selling illicit salt? What does the "Da Ming Law" say? As a salt manager and salt merchant, you are selling illicit salt, and the amount is huge. This is a capital crime!

You choose, are you plotting rebellion, or are you bribing and selling illegal salt?"

Co-authorship is dead?

The four Shanshan salt managers present were shaking so hard that they could not speak. Kneeling with these salt managers were the general managers, shopkeepers, accountants, etc. of each family. They were all under special care of Zhu Cixiang and wanted to arrest them.

Come.

Prince Zhu is not the kind of master who only catches the culprit and never threatens him.

He even wants to be a coercion

Therefore, the big threat of Iron Abacus Yun San is kneeling down from now on, and the little abacus in his heart has been played over countless times.

His master must be in trouble. Whether he is treason or selling private salt, he must die! And the crime of being a coercion is not light. If he wants to be investigated, he will at least be spanked and exiled from the army!

But the question is, is the Crown Prince’s purpose really to kill everyone?

Thinking of this, Yun San knelt and walked forward until he was five steps away from Zhu Cihong before he was stopped by the guards.

"Caomin Yunsan, I have something to say."

"Okay!" Zhu Cixi nodded, "Detain him first and keep him alone!"

Two guards came forward and took Yun Shangqian out. Zhu Cixi looked at everyone in the hall with a smile: "How is it? Who else has something to say?"

Of course!

How could it not be?

The four salt bosses are facing death, and the subordinates below all think that they can survive! Not only can they survive, but they also have the opportunity to work hard for the new master!
Chapter completed!