Looking at shopkeeper Kang Da, although he was still silent, his old face was extremely gloomy, as if water was about to drip.
Fan Sanba couldn't help but smile knowingly, then turned to look at the head of the Qu family, and said: "The Qu family has been running bank business all year round, and has always been respected by all the merchants in Shanxi.
However, the military tickets issued by Zhang Cheng's fellow at Beilu are really invincible!
Nowadays, not to mention the shops on North Road, but also the shops in the town, even the shops in Datong, Shanxi, and even the Gyeonggi Province, find it very convenient and are widely gathered by them for transactions with each other.
Does he think the bank in his hand can compete with it?
The ancestor of the Qu family, San Xingong, worked hard for decades. At the beginning, he went around the streets selling Luma and Yali. He worked hard all his life to build the current business.
Can everyone bear to see it destroyed? "
Sitting next to the head of the Kang family was a very rich, fair and fat businessman. His originally fair face was now black and red, and his buttocks were twisting uneasily on the seat, which seemed very unnatural.
Fan Sanba kept talking about the threats posed by Zhang Cheng, which made the shopkeepers and family heads in the hall turn pale and pale.
"Ahem..."
Kang Gongxu, the head of the Kang family, coughed and said slowly: "What my nephew said is not unreasonable, but we need to carefully consider how we should respond.
You have to know that even the Tatars were defeated by Zhang Cheng. How could I and the few men who were guarding the caravan be able to fight head-on with his brave army?
If we really get to that point, I'm afraid it's the same as seeking death. I'm afraid we will all die without a burial place! "
Although Kang Gongxu also hated Zhang Cheng, he did not lose his mind. Even Wang Dayu hesitated a little after hearing the words and said from the side: "What the Kang family master said is not unreasonable. We really need to consider the long term and not be too reckless."
Although the head of the Qu family, Qu Shikai, looked very ugly, he still said nothing. Like Kang Gongxu, he was like Kang Gongxu. Although the family's business territory spread all over the country, its main business was still based in Shanxi.
Although Zhangjiakou's border trade also has shares, it is just the icing on the cake for them. Even the shops in Xuanzhen are mostly like this. Even if they lose it, the loss is not big and it is not a big deal, so they don't want to take too many risks with Zhang Cheng. Head-on collision.
Wang Dayu's situation is slightly different from theirs. In recent years, he has gradually reduced the smuggling trade in Zhangjiakou, but he has tried his best to root and develop his main business in Shanxi, and has further expanded into Gyeonggi, Shandong, Henan and other places.
In addition, he was also influenced by Wang Pu, the general of Datong. After all, they, the businessmen, had only a superficial view of Zhang Cheng's true strength. Although Wang Pu was not good at fighting, he had been a general for half his life, so he still had a good vision.
As a clan relative, Wang Pu would naturally advise the Wang family to avoid becoming enemies with Zhang Cheng.
Although the Wang Dayu family provided great support to Wang Pu's career, they almost single-handedly sent him to the position of Datong's commander-in-chief with the help of their Wang family's financial resources.
But now Wang Pu is becoming more and more mature, and he and the Wang family have become a mutually exploiting relationship. Since he has made it clear that he cannot be an enemy of Zhang Cheng, there is no way Wang Dayu will not take it seriously!
Especially Zhang Cheng’s methods also frightened him!
Today's businessmen in the Ming Dynasty are almost all officials and businessmen. They rely on their family's strong financial resources to open private schools and hire famous teachers to educate the family's children. Therefore, almost every generation has been promoted and promoted, and even those with business backgrounds have achieved this. The chief minister of the cabinet.
Moreover, they made more friends with the powerful officials and nobles of the current dynasty, and tied their family interests with them by giving annual silver or even dry shares, making them a protective umbrella on their business path.
They have strong financial resources, as well as background and back-end support, resulting in the arrogant and domineering behavior of wealthy businessmen.
Regardless of the civil servants or military generals of the dynasty, as long as there are people who want to cause trouble for them, as small as possible, they only need to mobilize their colleagues to go on strike. These officials and generals often end up losing their official positions and titles.
Most of them use their background and background to impeach and criticize. Even those high-ranking officials and generals in the current dynasty will lose their official positions and eventually lose.
After all, which official and military general of the Ming Dynasty does not have some shortcomings and mistakes?
If you search carefully, you might be able to find a bunch of flaws and shortcomings. Even if he can be fair and selfless, doesn't he still have children and relatives?
In addition, there are clansmen, servants, even disciples, former officials, subordinates, officers, generals and soldiers!
However, the methods that had been tried and tested elsewhere were like kicking a piece of iron when encountering Zhang Cheng. They did not create a wave. They failed to encourage the North Road merchants to go downtown.
He also encouraged Zhang Guowei, the deputy commander-in-chief of Xuanzhen, to suppress Zhang Cheng, but he was unexpectedly killed by Zhang Cheng. Even the various memorials impeaching Zhang Cheng by the imperial censor did not stir up any waves.
Zhang Cheng was ruthless and ruthless, killing and slashing at every turn. Wherever he passed, blood often flowed into rivers, which made people feel chilling and frightened.
Fan Yongdou and others also saw this, and then thought that Zhang Cheng must have noticed that he and others produced fake military tickets in the early stage. He took precautions and frequently changed the templates, so that they could not cause a big blow to his economy.
However, they shuddered when they thought of Zhang Cheng's thunderous methods and bloody brutality. In order to survive, they did not hesitate to risk their lives to ensure their long-term safety.
Now many people in the hall agreed with Kang Gongxu's opinion, and even those who were originally strong-willed were slightly hesitant. Fan Sanba smiled and said nothing, but looked directly at his father Fan Yongdou, gesturing for him to speak.
"cough……"
Fan Yongdou knew that he must not back down at this time. He coughed first, attracted everyone's attention, and then said tremblingly: "Everyone, shopkeepers, I am preparing for a rainy day!
As the saying goes, "If you don't worry about the long term, you will have immediate worries." If you want to continue the family business that you have worked so hard for, it is extremely necessary to nip problems in the bud.
Everyone, think about how Zhang Cheng made his fortune?
At the beginning, he was just a small general in the right-wing camp. With a little bit of merit as King Qin, he was promoted to the rank of general and went out to the north of the town to clear land. How many wealthy families were ruined?
Implementing the grain, salt, and iron official management, and levying commercial taxes, how many merchants on the North Road were killed?
Even Deputy General Zhang died under his butcher's knife, and then he took charge of the East Road and repeated the killings he did on the North Road. It can be said that Zhang Cheng is today only because of the blood of my Xuanfu merchants. The sea has come all the way! "
His words made everyone in the hall pale, and everyone fell into silence.
Fan Yongdou's stinging words did not stop there, and he continued: "You must have seen that Zhang Cheng is not only extremely ambitious, but also greedy. He has been looking to Shu, and he has deliberately planned to get the position of commander-in-chief.
Now that he has led his army into the town, it is inevitable to continue greedily squeezing the blood and sweat of our Xuanfu merchants. If we just follow suit, all the wealth that we have accumulated over the years will be lost to them like they are knocking our bones and sucking out our marrow. On his hands?
Moreover, as far as I know, Zhang Cheng’s men have already discovered the fake military notes. After he has established a firm foothold in the town, he will definitely use this as an excuse to attack us. And after we were attacked by him, The wealth you have worked so hard to save must go into his private treasury.
Even if someone speaks for us at that time, we have all become the souls killed by his sword, so what can we do? Everyone, we need to save ourselves now. If we hesitate today, we will regret it too late in the future! "
After listening to Fan Yongdou's words, even Wang Dayu remained silent and fell into deep thought. However, Kang Gongxu, the head of the Kang family, said solemnly: "How should we deal with it? Please give me some advice from Mr. Fan." Come up with a solid plan."
Kang Gongxu is very interesting. He not only wants Fan Yongdou to plan a plan, but also requires it to be safe. This shows that the Kang family is not prepared to take risks.
Fan Yongdou's expression was very cold, and he said: "Huh, we don't have to fight to the death with Zhang Cheng. You have to know that there are many ways to kill without blood in this world!"
He glanced at the people in the hall with a very sinister look, and said: "Our first priority is to mobilize all forces and spare no effort to discredit Zhang Cheng in the Xuanfu and the capital, so that the Ming Emperor no longer trusts him. It can destroy its foundation and eradicate it completely. There will be no future troubles!"
"Hey hey hey..."
He sneered like a drake: "Zhang Cheng is a martial artist after all. What kind of background and knowledge can a drunkard and a womanizer have? He only knows bloody killings, but he doesn't know that many times, killing is not enough. .
Moreover, since Zhang Cheng is so arrogant and domineering, he must have a lot of grudges. As far as I know, Zhencheng Guerrilla Wen Hui has an irresolvable grudge against him. "
Seeing that everyone in the hall looked very interested, he continued: "Bei Road is, after all, a remote and remote frontier place, how can it compare to Zhencheng?
There are seven roads in Xuanzhen. Even if Zhang Cheng controls the north and east roads, there are still five roads. Which of these five guard generals has not taken advantage of our tribute?
Besides, among all the officials and generals in this town, from the masters of Futai, Liangtai and Xingtai, to the deputy commander-in-chief Lin Dengyou, as well as those generals and guerrillas, who has taken less of our money?
This place is intricately connected, how can it be compared to a small place like Beilu? "
Fan Yongdou became more and more excited as he spoke. He asked questions again and again, and everyone in the hall nodded frequently: "As far as I know, Zhang Cheng not only secretly opened and closed trade with the Northern Mongols, but also secretly accommodated Mongolian fugitives in the army. This is a crime of liaison outside the Great Wall. , could he escape?
And I am waiting in Zhangjiakou, but the government has approved the mutual trade between officials and families, not to mention that there are all the officials and generals from Xuanzhen behind, and Zhang Cheng dares to kill them all!
Does he still want to rebel against the imperial court? "
Hearing this, everyone in the hall tensed up. They seemed to hear an unusual meaning in Fan Yongdou's words.
Fan Yongdou was secretly happy when he saw everyone's expressions. He continued to sneer like a drake: "After all, he is a vulgar warrior and thinks things are simple.
snort. When it comes to trade with foreign countries, at the beginning it was the warriors who guarded the border. They wanted to have an affair with the Beilu, and it was not convenient for them to come forward, so it was up to me and other Shanyou merchants to come forward to maintain it. "
When he said this, he looked deeply at everyone in the hall, and then continued: "Then, seeing that we made money, what about the guard eunuchs, governors, generals, deputy generals, and even the elders in the court? , the father-in-law in the palace, and the royal relatives all came to share a piece of the pie.
Although we are currently trading with slaves, are we doing it for ourselves? Haven’t most of the money earned every year gone into the pockets of the emperor’s relatives, father-in-law, elders, and officials at all levels in Xuanzhen? "
Seeing everyone nodding in agreement frequently and their expressions becoming much firmer, Fan Yongdou knew that his words had an effect. Although he spoke a bit too much and was temporarily out of breath, his old face was so excited that even the wrinkles stretched out.
"snort!"
Fan Yongdou snorted coldly, and then said while the iron was hot: "He didn't even look at where Zhencheng is, who Zhangjiakou is, and Datong Taiyuan. How can it be compared to the bitter and cold frontier places like Beilu?
If he attacks us and all of you here today, how can those big shots behind us stand by and watch? His butcher knife of Zhang Cheng can kill Kai Pingwei and the commander of Qianshi, the deputy commander-in-chief of Xuanzhen, and the king of bandits on the East Road.
Can he still kill the entire military attache garrison in Xuan Town, kill the governor of Xuan Mansion, the Liangtai, the governor, the relatives of the emperor in Beijing, the father-in-law, the minister of the six departments?
After hearing this, everyone in the hall also let go of the big rocks that had been hanging in their hearts. The laughter and laughter rang out again, and the atmosphere immediately relaxed completely.
Fan Sanba also smiled at this time and said: "As Jia Yan said, you shopkeepers don't have to worry too much. Moreover, I also got news here that Zhang Cheng left the customs privately and started provocations. The Qing Dynasty's Bian is already mobilizing a large army to invade Xuanda.
Now all we need to do is to spread the word about Zhang Cheng's arrogance, domineering, lack of discipline, and contempt for the imperial court in the capital, and then impeach him through the memorials of the officials at the Yushitai and the officials in the town. .
When the time comes, what will the emperor think when these deeds are heard?
Then there are the ministers and ministers in the court and the father-in-laws in the palace who are attacking from the side. With such a push, even if the emperor does not punish him for the time being... I guess from now on, he will no longer have the favor of the saint, and the good days are coming to an end. ! "
Wang Dayu seemed to be a little worried: "Based on these rumors, I'm afraid it will be difficult to bring down Zhang Cheng, right?"
Fan Sanba leaned back in his chair comfortably and said leisurely: "Every word of mouth makes a fortune, everyone."
He smiled evilly and continued: "There are some things that the officials and the ministers can say whatever they want. How can the world know about it? How can the emperor know if he can't even leave the palace?
Could it be that the local officials and generals of the Ming Dynasty, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, the cabinet elders, and the eunuchs in the palace could all deceive our emperor together?
Back then, Yuan Chonghuan was still a very loyal minister. He guarded Liaodong for the Ming Dynasty and even bombarded the old slaves. In the end, didn't Ling Chi abandon the market and the people in the capital compete for his meat? "
Kang Gongxu tapped the table with his hand and said in deep thought: "In this way, Zhang Thief may be thrown into chaos and trapped in the mud. But these fears alone cannot kill him!"
Fan Yongdou shook his head and smiled: "Of course it's more than that." (End of Chapter)
