"Stop pretending in front of me. Now I just want to solve this matter quickly. If you can't solve it, I will solve it for you. Tell me quickly, what should I do..."
Xu Chengzong shouted these words.
When the dry Xu Chengzong was talking, veins appeared on his forehead, which showed that he was extremely anxious at this time.
If it cannot be resolved quickly and delayed for one more day, the chances of the court knowing about it will increase...
And what Xu Chengzong said was not to scare them.
He can really do this kind of thing, and he has already started preparing to do it.
Ding Hong's face was ugly, and the others were also trembling, but it was a six to seven hundred thousand tael business, so it was somewhat difficult for them to choose to give up.
But Xu Chengzong was no longer willing to abide by the rules.
"If you don't want to say it, then let me tell you, listen, you are trying to be scheming. There are 580,000 taels of loans in the bank, and each family only borrowed less than 70,000 taels. So, you will suffer a loss, everything It won’t count anymore, the documents will be invalidated immediately, and you don’t want to get the money back.”
As soon as Xu Chengzong finished speaking, the people who had been silent all this time were a little helpless.
They all stood up.
"Mr. Wei Guogong, this, this can't be done, this is all real money and silver. You can't let us suffer such heavy losses with just one word."
"Yes, Mr. Wei Guogong, we are a small family and have saved money through frugality. This is not caused by strong winds. This is not acceptable."
"Wei Guogong, you didn't even say a tael of silver, you just stood talking..." When the speaker said this, he noticed the murderous look in Xu Chengzong's eyes and immediately stopped talking.
"My Lord, I am not here to discuss this with you, but to inform you. You must be aware of this."
"Businessmen go on overseas voyages, just making money with their heads. You sit at home and think about getting something for nothing. There is no such simple thing, even if you support the court."
"Wei Guogong, if you handle it here, we can only write to the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the capital..." Ding Hong looked at Xu Chengzong and said.
"Write a letter, you should write it, and send it to the court. It's not me who is dead, it's your family. Of course, you can't see it. Who is coming..."
Xu Chengzong shouted loudly.
Several soldiers entered the lobby directly.
"Bring all those boys here, and send them on their way one by one in front of these old guys..."
After the soldiers received the order, they walked directly outside.
After listening to Xu Chengzong's words, these people didn't dare to hold it anymore. They knelt down and begged continuously. They were forced to agree to Xu Chengzong's conditions, and the 580,000 taels of silver were wasted.
They dare not gamble with their family's future.
If those captured were all born to the little girl, they would really dare to have an extreme confrontation with Wei Guogong.
But now, Xu Chengzong is really going to take action. No matter how harsh the conditions are, they can only agree.
Of course, Xu Chengzong also knows that this matter is not over yet.
After these people agreed, Xu Chengzong did not let these people go. He first asked them to sign the documents, and then sent someone to hand the documents to Zhu Yi.
The fish has been killed.
Later, Xu Chengzong personally wrote a memorial to plead guilty and submitted it to the emperor. He told the whole story of the incident and took the initiative to bear the guilt he deserved.
Of course, Xu Chengzong was not stupid. He still didn't say anything about what he should have concealed. For example, he took 30% of Yuanhai Pass without paying a penny, and for example, the method he used later was replaced by good words and persuasion.
At this time, Zhu Yi was drinking with Cao Jixiang by the river.
The soldiers came to report and handed the receipt signed by Ding Hong and others to Zhu Yi.
After Zhu Yi read it, he chuckled: "The Duke of Wei moved really fast. It only took a few days to get it done."
After hearing this, Cao Jixiang sighed and said: "The nobles oppressed the merchants, and the merchants had no way to go, but the powerful oppressed the nobles, and the same was true. Therefore, as long as Wei Guogong is determined to do this They don't have the ability to resist."
In the past few days, Zhu Yi also informed Cao Jixiang about the distant sea connection.
"That's right." Zhu Yi nodded in agreement.
Cao Jixiang and Zhu Yi are destined to become benchmark figures in the Ming Dynasty's overseas voyages. They will be on par with Zheng He, and even surpass Zheng He's achievements in terms of aggressiveness.
On the one hand, it is because of the development of the times. They all know that the imperial court has gone through some hard times. This is the bottom line for the two of them that they cannot allow the imperial court to engage in loss-making business. The second aspect is because the current emperor is also a man who does not want reputation. The beneficial monarch, under his promotion, whether it is Zhu Yi or Cao Jixiang, will become executioners and massacres with blood on their hands in the future.
"Eunuch Cao, when will you return to Beijing?"
"When I arrived in Jiangnan, I was busy with things ahead, but I didn't go to visit the Taibao. Before returning to Beijing, I still had to go to Qiantang." Cao Jixiang said.
"I heard that after Taibao Yu returned to his former residence, the door was closed, but he refused to visit. Before Eunuch Cao goes, he still needs to send someone to inform him."
"I have already informed you, and Yu Taibao also agreed. By the way, this official, when he was in the court, he paid attention to everything and stayed at home. It is still the same. Returning home in rich clothes has turned into a night walk in rich clothes."
Zhu Yi nodded. He had also stayed in Hangzhou for a while. He had been to Qiantang and Yu Qian's hometown. However, Zhu Yi did not take the liberty to visit him, but only took a few glances from a distance.
Yu Qian's old house has only a few rooms and looks very shabby.
In fact, Zhu Jianshen had already arranged for the Hangzhou magistrate and the Qiantang County magistrate to repair Yu Qian's houses and renovate the ancestral temple. After receiving the order, the Qiantang County magistrate did not dare to slack off at all and carried out forced demolitions and relocations in the most prosperous areas of the city. More than 200 households and more than 1,000 people were integrated into a large house on the original basis. It is also the largest and most completely repaired large courtyard with three entrances and three exits in the entire Qiantang.
But after Yu Qian returned to Qiantang, he did not live in the mansion prepared for him by the court. Instead, he returned to his old residence, a small courtyard with only four rooms.
And after Yu Qian came back, many people came to Yu Qian to complain. This also let Yu Qian know that the Qiantang County magistrate had oppressed the people when he built a house for himself. For this reason, Yu Qian wrote to the Hangzhou prefect and the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate. He wrote a letter to report to the Qiantang County Magistrate, and gave his own explanation of how to deal with it, and dismissed him from office...
This made the Qiantang County magistrate shout, "Barbie!" I built a house for you, but the people pointed at me and scolded me. My father's grave was full of feces and urine, disturbing the ancestors. I paid so much...
You are great and noble, but you can't report me. I just obey orders...
Of course, the Hangzhou prefect and the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate also knew the difficulties faced by the Qiantang County Magistrate, so they could not adopt them and forwarded their opinions to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
But they didn't dare not give Yu Qian face, so they immediately negotiated and came up with an idea to get the best of both worlds. They sold the new house to a wealthy family and received 130,000 taels of silver. Of course, although the house was huge, Qiantang was not as good as Hangzhou. Wan Liang was in trouble, but he was ordered by the emperor to prepare a house for the current dynasty's Taibao.
This house was not blessed, so Yu Taibao was allowed to live in it. However, those wealthy families who had money in their hands rushed to increase the price, hoping to get this courtyard and accumulate official status for their descendants.
The price has also soared from 50,000 taels to 130,000 taels...
After receiving this silver, Nanjing provided part of the silver and Hangzhou provided part of the silver, collecting enough 200,000 taels of silver to supply more than two hundred households.
Each family was allocated seven to eight hundred taels of silver, and some occupied a larger area, exceeding one thousand taels. At this time, a family of four could only consume 20 taels of silver every year, and seven Eight hundred taels of silver is a huge sum of money.
Because of Yu Qian's presence, no one of the officials below dared to do anything with the money. It can be said that all the money was spent in the hands of the people.
This is also the first batch of demolished households that became extremely rich in the Ming Dynasty...
After Yu Qian returned to Qiantang, officials from all over the country came to visit. What's more, three of the six ministers of Nanjing came, but none of these big shots had ever met Yu Qian.
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