Chapter 363

"As soon as you open your mouth, it's 100,000 taels of silver?" Cui Keyin tapped her fingers on the table and said, "Delay him first, and find out from this person's mouth how many people in Beijing have invested in his so-called money bank." ”

Mama Geng responded and went to handle it herself.

Rebellion takes money, lots and lots of money. Zhou Kang has been preparing for seven or eight years, and for these seven or eight years he has been secretly preparing weapons and forming an army in the name of forming an escort. The prince could only have 3,000 to 5,000 guards, and he had recruited 50,000 or 60,000 men. But that's not enough.

The rumors in the capital that the nursery had told him with a flying pigeon, and speculated that Zhou Heng was very likely to be suspicious.

He hoped to usurp the throne by attacking Zhou Heng, launching a coup d'état, and seizing power. So he sent people to operate in Beijing and bribe courtiers. Now I have no choice but to make a move.

His fief was in Luoyang, and he was well taxed. Over the years, his ambitions have swelled, and he has also invested in many shops, but if he really wants to do something, the silver accumulated over the years is far from enough. This time, Jiang Yi accompanied Ren Manjiang to Beijing, thinking that the capital was a land of rich flowers, so he first let the Beijing officials become shareholders in the name of Kaiqian Zhuang, as long as the Beijing officials had the documents for the shares, he could only stand on his side when he launched a coup d'état in the future. Once he succeeds and Zhou Heng dies, he will sit in this position as soon as possible.

I didn't expect things to change in the worst direction, but fortunately, in order to pull more officials into the water, Zhou Kang sent Jiang Yi to Beijing in advance for activities. After receiving the letter from the nursery, he immediately sent a letter ordering Jiang Yi to increase his efforts to raise silver.

Jiang Yi parted ways with Ren Manjiang on the outskirts of Beijing and was not pursued. These days, he has been leisurely traveling in and out of the mansions of officials at all levels. His target is officials below the fifth rank in Beijing, and he selects people with roots or real power.

If the officials at all levels from top to bottom are a pagoda, these officials below the fifth rank are the base of the pagoda, and as long as Zhou Kang can ascend to that position, these officials can quickly ensure that the capital will not be in turmoil.

In Zhou Kang's view, the capital is his, and the people are also his, how can he want to see the turmoil in the capital?

Before Jiang Yi entered Beijing, he had some understanding of the situation in the capital. If it weren't for the rebellion, it would be like a bottomless pit. The silver can never be filled, and Zhou Kang has a short time to raise for him, and he doesn't want to fight the idea of Fusheng Building.

Fusheng Building is the largest silver building in the capital, and it is rumored that it has something to do with the queen's mother. It is even rumored that it is the queen's mother's house. The property of the Cui family in Qinghe. The reason why he didn't want to find Fusheng Building was not this. Rumors can't be taken seriously after all. What made him jealous was the shopkeeper Meng of Fusheng Building, who was notoriously shrewd among businessmen. But if you can convince him. There must be a lot of money, because he is a good match among the merchants.

Jiang Yi promised to give some benefits to the Jiang family, and introduced him to the shopkeeper Meng as a brother and sister.

The new law improves the status of merchants, merchants can wear silk and satin, and the shopkeeper Meng is more magnificent than the Wupin Beijing officials.

As the shopkeeper, but he took away the light of the owner, this person must not be simple. Jiang Yi thought to herself.

Sure enough, Shopkeeper Meng suddenly became suspicious.

Jiang Yi also knew that 100,000 taels was not a small amount, so he was very patient. Instead, Jiang Shi heard it spit out from Jiang Yi's thin lips: "One hundred thousand taels." "Three words, I almost fainted.

One hundred thousand taels of white flowers! How many trucks do you have to transport?

Shopkeeper Meng didn't blink his eyes, and said: "This is not a small amount, the old man can't be the master, so he needs to ask the owner to show it." It's just that there are many owners of our shop, and I can't immediately reply to the shopkeeper Jiang for a while. ”

The shopkeeper Meng is old and sophisticated, and he knows that there is something wrong, so he first stabilized them, and then made up a number of owners to find a reasonable excuse for delaying time.

When Jiang Yi first arrived in the capital, no matter how detailed the information he collected, it was still a little inadequate. I heard that there are many owners in Fusheng Building, and I can't help but be surprised. It is no wonder that Fusheng Building can emerge in less than ten years, and the century-old silver building Sijijin is overwhelmed.

I readily agreed, and said that I would come back in three days.

Coming out of Fusheng Building, the two went to the Four Seasons Brocade. Now that the matter is urgent, we can only start with these big consortia.

Soon three days came, and Jiang Shi and Jiang Yi came to Fusheng Building again, and the reply they got was naturally that most of the proprietors were skeptical. Of course, the shopkeeper Meng asked Jiang Yi to show the situation of the silver village in preparation, and to ask how many peers in Beijing had joined the shares, even if there were no peers, even if it was a slightly famous businessman, as long as he could convince the owners.

Jiang Yi was not suspicious, and mentioned a few officials who thought they had weight, and two well-known officials in the capital.

Meng Tang Cabinet was very embarrassed and said: "Shopkeeper Jiang, what you said are officials below the fifth grade, what can you do?" There are also Wang Yuanwai who opened a silk village in the east of the city, and Chen Yuanwai, the owner of the medicinal herb shop in the north of the city, can these be compared with our Fusheng Building? It's not enough to see. ”

Jiang Yi patiently explained: "Shopkeeper Meng, don't look at these officials who are all fifth or sixth grades. Although their officials are small, they are a family. Although this Tian Hanlin only has seven grades, he is an official in the family for many generations, and although Zhou Yuanwailang only has one share, he is the sibling brother of Zhou Yushi, which is of great significance. These people are not simple. ”

Cui Keyin was immediately furious when she learned that Zhou Quan's younger brother, Zhou Xuan, a foreigner, gave Jiang Yi five thousand taels of silver.

Since Zhou Heng ascended the throne and she became the queen, Zhou Quan has been looking for trouble with the couple every day, in addition to impeachment or impeachment. Now his younger brother is colluding with Zhou Kang, what does this mean?

"Thoughtful? Is there a shareholding? Cui Keyin came out of his teeth.

Mama Geng asked, and the shopkeeper Meng said: "The surname Jiang said that Zhou Yushi did not have a share, and he did not know about this matter, and Zhou Yuanwailang did not dare to go to him." also said that Zhou Yushi was so poor that he was so poor, where is the money. ”

5,000 taels per share, and all the belongings of the whole family don't even have 50 taels.

Cui Keyin snorted, if it weren't for not startling the snake, she would definitely let Zhou Heng arrest Zhou Quan in prison.

Mama Geng said: "Niangniang, now the surnamed Jiang is urging the shopkeeper Meng to reply every day, you look at this, what should I do?" ”

"Rejecting him on the grounds that many owners are opposed." Cui Keyin said.

Jiang Yi has fallen into the sight of the secret agents, and Cui Keyin is worried about how many people sent by Zhou Kang are operating in the capital in addition to Ren Manjiang and Jiang Yi. As long as these people change the clothes of the common people, the spies will not be able to tell. For the sake of the security of the capital, in order not to panic the people, all the secret agents can only act in secret.

What Zhou Heng wants is Zhou Kangming's rebellion with a knife and a gun, but it is not that the capital is full of spies, spying on military intelligence, winning over officials, and even businessmen who have made outstanding contributions to taxes.

It was precisely because Zhou Heng was keenly aware of the power of the merchants that the new law elevated the status of the merchants to the same level as the peasants. In this way, the businessman has money and status, and his enthusiasm will be higher. In the long run, the people will be prosperous and the country will be strong and prosperous.

Now Jiang Yiran attacked the merchant and tied the merchant to Zhou Kang's chariot in the way of running a bank, which is unbearable!

As a result, Jiang Yi, who had not been happy in the capital for a long time, was soon put into a dark cell. (To be continued.) )