September 26, evening.
The secret agent commander received the emperor's letter and began to deal with it.
First, Hancheng was notified to exempt autumn grain from taxes this year, and then the people involved were punished.
The people were cheering, and what was even more joyful was that the middle class, which had been suppressed by the powerful, could come forward without the suppression from above.
At the same time, many of their fields have not been flooded, so they don’t have to pay autumn grain now, so they can make a lot of money.
Yamazaki frowned upon hearing this. It is true that the emperor is kind, but being too kind to officials means being unkind to the people.
There should be a clean killing here so as not to encourage arrogance.
Of course, that will indeed make officials all over the world nervous, and it will force some officials who know that they have committed serious crimes to take desperate risks, cause a lot of chaos, and may even induce kings to revolt.
But those are all labor pains. If the kings dare to take the opportunity to cause trouble, it is nothing to worry about and they will be solved.
Because those officials had no popular support, the kings who took advantage of their rebellion would also have no popular support.
But now the emperor is putting the cart before the horse and would rather lose the support of the people.
Yamazaki couldn't help but sigh. The emperor's country and country were probably hopeless.
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at night.
The secret agent led the people to deal with the prisoners, live one by one, and report all the family property, especially the banknotes.
Take out all the deeds of the property and land, and later sell all the properties and exchange them for banknotes.
Finally, take half of all the banknotes and go to another place to start again.
You can't take anything with you except people. You can only wear prison clothes on the road, and you can change clothes when you go somewhere.
This is a common practice. Everyone knows it and cooperates honestly.
Anyway, families in other places are powerful and will be taken care of.
The money in his pocket was at least a few million taels, but at most it was tens of millions of taels, enough to start over.
You just have to wait for a while, after all, you have to wait for the storm to pass.
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On the other side, the Yamen issued a post inviting wealthy businessmen in the city to purchase properties through the accounts of taxes payable.
Yamazaki also received the invitation and decided to go see it tomorrow.
The next day, I called Shan Dai, selected some shopkeepers who were familiar with the situation in the city, and took Dong Fenglin to the Yamen for a meeting.
When they met, Yamazaki introduced Dong Fenglin to Shandai. Shandai curiously took Dong Fenglin to a deserted place, lifted the veil and looked at it.
Dong Fenglin heard what Yamazaki said and knew that this was her sister who disguised herself as a man and hung out in the archway all day long. She was quite wild.
When I saw him today, he was really capable and did what he said.
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Yamen, courtyard.
There were many wealthy businessmen attending the meeting, numbering three to four hundred households.
Part of me is really happy, and part of me is forcing myself to smile, not daring not to come.
Under the guidance of the yamen servant, Yamazaki waved the folding fan and led the veiled Dong Fenglin and the shopkeepers to their seats and sat down.
In front of you is a coffee table with tea and snacks on it.
Yamazaki drank the tea and tasted the snacks, and felt that he was okay, not a bad guy who was fooling people.
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Soon after, a knife and pen official came out to preside over the meeting and informed everyone of the basic situation and price of the property deed.
There are more than 400 large and small properties, hundreds of thousands of acres of fields, hundreds of thousands of acres of mountains, forests and mineral resources, and thousands of shops and workshops.
For example, a two-hundred-step mansion with some antique calligraphy and paintings, a number of servants, and some fine gold and silver would be priced at 800,000 taels of silver.
There is a bamboo forest, a paper mill, and a printing office. There is a certain amount of inventory, totaling 500,000 taels.
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Then, if you want to buy in bulk, please come in and choose first, indicating that it is a cash transaction of more than 500,000 taels.
In other words, if you don't have 500,000 taels of cash, don't go in.
Yamazaki stood up and led Dong Fenglin and others inside.
Some people followed one after another. If calculated by household, there were hundreds of households.
There was also a swordsman and penman presiding inside, who directly hung up the documents for everyone to read first.
Then quote prices one by one. If there is competition, bid to buy.
Yamazaki looked around and caught a lot of pictures.
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About half an hour later, the hawking started.
Yamazaki bid for some properties and did not compete with others. If someone raised the price, he would give up.
For properties worth less than one million taels of silver, more people buy them.
The price has reached one million taels of silver, so there are not many left to buy.
When the price reached two million taels of silver, there were fewer people buying it.
Yamazaki thought about it and raised his hand, indicating that he wanted to buy the property more comprehensively.
The swordsman and penman held up his hands and said, "Commissioner, what does "gengzheng" mean?"
Yamazaki handed over his hand and said, "That's the whole family."
"Their businesses are all in harmony, such as farms that produce grain and meat, restaurants and restaurants that sell food in bulk, and boat shops that sell in bulk."
"Dismantling them one by one like this will cause trouble in terms of supply, freight, and sales."
"Especially for an outsider like me, I can't figure out the way inside, and I don't want to pay attention to it. Just produce and sell it yourself."
"This..." The swordsman had a headache because he couldn't make the decision.
"Okay, but at least five million taels of silver." The secret agent came out.
The knife and pen official saluted and stepped aside.
Although everyone did not know each other, they all stood up and saluted.
Yamazaki's mind changed quickly, thinking that this was a way out for his adoptive mother, so he decided not to hide his identity from the spy leader.
Yamazaki stepped forward, cupped his hands, and spoke in his original voice, "It turns out it's your lord, please lend me a step to speak."
The spy leader was a little curious, and the voice sounded familiar, so he agreed.
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Side hall.
Yamazaki removed his disguise and paid homage again, "Shanjiabao Yamazaki, pay homage to the commander."
"It's you?" The spy leader was very surprised, "Aren't you in Luojiazhuang?"
"My roommate couldn't sit still, so she went out for a walk." Yamazaki handed over his hand, "I won't hide it from you, sir. We stole a lot of banknotes from bandits, water bandits, and green forest heroes all the way here, so we stopped here to buy property. "
"Ha." The secret agent commander was also dumbfounded, and immediately discovered the problem, "Why buy property here?"
Yamazaki handed over his hand, "The Tian family where my adoptive mother lives is nearby, and one day I can show off."
"Oh, I'm using the pseudonym Misaki, so I won't let them know it yet."
"I see." The secret agent commander said amusedly, "How much money did you get?"
Yamazaki said happily: "Ah, speaking of this, the southeastern area is really rich, and we were also very lucky. We made more than ten million taels of silver casually."
The spy leader nodded, "Okay, the money is yours now. It's up to you to spend it how you want to spend it."
Yamazaki held up his hand and said, "Yes, thank you so much, sir."
"You go ahead. I have something I want to talk to you about later."
"Can you tell me what it is first? Otherwise, I will feel uneasy."
The spy commander told the truth, "Do you know anything about Tongcheng?"
"I heard about it, but this matter is very simple for adults." Yamazaki smiled, satisfied that he finally found someone taking care of this matter.
The secret agent leader was surprised, "Oh, you should tell me."
Yamazaki handed over his hand, "I must be worried, sir. The government, spies, and Jianghu gangs are colluding and will be used by the kings in the future."
The spy leader nodded, "Go on."
"Actually, the spies are not very close to the Jianghu gangs. The Jianghu gangs have access to the government, and the spies are led away by local officials."
"I guess so."
"The reason why Jianghu gangs are strong and unscrupulous is because they are protected by the government."
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