It's no wonder that they don't panic about this kind of thing, they are really a little scared and don't know what to do.

After all, in a situation like this, everyone's situation is not very good. Now that the Han family has fallen, the entire Yangzhou City has been sealed, and under such circumstances, they can't run if they want to. What's more, if you can run a monk, you can't run to the temple, where can you go?

Cao Bang glanced at Ye Chi deeply, with a contemplative expression on his face.

Among the people present, if there was anyone who wasn't so scared, it was probably Ye Chi. There was no one else but him.

If today's events happened before Zhangjiakou, everyone may still have a little confidence in their hearts; But the incident in Zhangjiakou has happened, and there is really no confidence here.

The reason is also very simple, when the emperor went to Zhangjiakou, he directly completed the cleaning of Zhangjiakou.

How many businessmen were implicated in the first place? How many people were arrested directly? How many people were beheaded?

At this time, if the emperor does such a thing in Yangzhou, then everyone is finished.

"Ye Chi, do you know something?" Cao Bang looked at Ye Chi and said with a smile.

Cao Bang's gaze did not leave Ye Chi, staring at him tightly, hoping to see any clues from his face.

At this time, the slightest clue is important.

After hearing this, the originally noisy room instantly fell silent.

Originally, it was not time for the discussion, but at this time, everyone's spirit was very nervous, and when they heard such words, they naturally paid attention to it.

Everybody wants to get some news, they're in business, and they know very well what the news represents.

Ye Chi didn't play with his fingers at this time, raised his head and glanced at Cao Bang, and said with a smile: "This Yangzhou City is your territory. We don't have much manpower in Yangzhou, so it's useless for you to ask me about this matter. If you know something, it's you, not me. ”

After speaking, Ye Chi leaned directly back in the chair and had no intention of speaking again.

In fact, Ye Chi knew very well in his heart and knew what was going on.

To sum it up, there is one thing, the emperor came to Yangzhou.

Compared to these salt merchants present, Ye Chi has its own channels. There was one more thing he knew better than these salt merchants.

Although everyone cultivates manpower, and although everyone also makes their own people officials, in many things, some people do not have such insight as Ye Chi.

After all, there are people in Ye Chi's family who are officials, which are different from these people in front of him; These people know how to make money, and they know how to give money to people.

When it comes to political wisdom, they are far behind.

But Ye Chi is different, he not only has news channels, but also has ideas and wisdom in this regard.

When the emperor made things in Zhangjiakou, everyone thought that a case of smuggling with the enemy broke out in Zhangjiakou. But Ye Chi didn't see it that way, he only clearly understood one thing, that is, the emperor was looking for money.

Although the age of the current emperor is not very old, since he ascended the throne, it can be said that he has made great efforts, on the one hand, he has cleaned the court to strengthen his strength and promote people; On the other hand, the army was reorganized, the Son of Heaven was trained to be pro-army, Jinyiwei and Dongchang were promoted, the court was divided, and the forces were controlled.

At a glance, you can see that this emperor's ambition is very big, and the Zhongxing Ming Lord in history basically did this.

Looking at Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty back then, he faced a lot of pressure, but he also resolved it one by one. How similar are the things done by the emperor today?

Cultivating the Son of Heaven to pro-army, promoting favorite generals, and at the same time using loyal civilian officials to launch their own ideas ideologically, these are all very tangible things.

Didn't Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also launch Confucianism to fight Huang Lao?

At that time, the people in charge of the court were all Huang Lao's people, and after Confucianism had the support of the emperor, they began to suppress the people in the court. In this way, a divide-and-rule situation was formed, and the emperor could mediate in the middle.

The same is true of today's emperor, at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, he proposed the equality of the four people, and raised a handful of Xinxue, and even carried the more radical people in the line of Xinxue; reused Xu Guangqi, who was not favored at the time, and began to study science, swept away the Donglin Party in the court, and left Han Yi to appease people's hearts.

In such a situation, the emperor was completely in control of the situation. As an emperor of great talent, this is the first step.

After taking control of the situation, it was a foreign war. So the emperor swept Zhangjiakou, fought a battle in Liaodong, took back Tieling and Qinghe, and occupied the three guards of Jianning.

At that time, someone had already analyzed it, and the emperor would make a big move.

Ye Chi also knows.

It's just that everyone is drunk and dreaming of death, and no one has ever looked at it.

But the people of the Ye family are different, they communicate with the north and the south, and they have extraordinary knowledge, they know more than these salt merchants who only know how to spend money, and they also have more people in the officialdom, and the people in the family also have the support of officialdom, so the Ye family sees it more thoroughly.

In the next few years, the emperor stopped, but did it stop?

Isn't that the emperor accumulating strength?

Since the emperor set off from the capital, Ye Chi judged that the emperor was going south, and the emperor was going to make a move.

The northern side has been cleared, and Zhangjiakou is no longer threatened, and there is now a steady stream of money for the emperor.

The last battle on Jiannu's side was crippled, and the Mongolian tribes did not dare to make trouble, they fought several times in the past two years, but because of the existence of the Ming Dynasty, all of them died without a problem.

And now that the emperor has gone to the south, isn't this the same as the last time he went to Zhangjiakou?

Who in the south is worth the emperor's attention?

In Ye Chi's view, there are two kinds of people.

One is that they are salt makers, these people are too rich and too unscrupulous, and the emperor should clean them up; The other kind of people are those who trade overseas.

Ye Chi came here today, not so much to attend a meeting, but to do cutting.

Cao Bang glanced at Ye Chi deeply, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

Although he didn't know what Ye Chi was thinking, Cao Bang always felt that there was nothing good. But looking at Ye Chi's appearance, he didn't plan to say anything, and it was impossible to ask anything from his mouth.

Cao Bang said, "Let's start. There are still people who haven't arrived, and they can't come, so let's discuss it. ”

Sweeping his gaze over everyone's faces, Cao Bang continued: "The matter now is about everyone, so we must unite as one. If anyone has any news, please tell me and don't be stingy at this time. ”

Everyone's eyes fell on Ye Chi's body.

Obviously, Cao Bang's actions just now made everyone have some kind of idea.

Ye Chiyi frowned, he did come to turn his face, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.

Cao Bang did attract a lot of attention to him, but Ye Chi also knew that if he didn't turn his face at this time, it would be over. Anyway, the opportunity is already in hand, so just be happy.

Ye Chi looked at everyone, stood up and said slowly: "You don't have to look at me, I don't know anything." I just came here to tell you one thing, that is, our Ye family will not participate in this matter, and we will not care. ”

"We are the people of the Ming Dynasty, and there is nothing wrong with doing business. But since they are the people of the Ming Dynasty, they cannot violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty. Doing business with peace of mind and being a man is what we should do. ”

"The matter of the Han family, you are panicking. Are you scared? What are you afraid of? ”

"As long as we abide by the law, the current emperor is extremely wise, and naturally he will not wronged us, nor will he let us go bankrupt and die without a place to bury."

"I believe in the imperial court, I believe in Your Majesty, and there is nothing to justify what the Han family has done. colluding with officials, bribing officials, doing those illegal things, and even selling illicit salt, the people of the Han family ended up like this, and there is nothing to say. ”

Ye Chi hugged his fists at everyone and said, "Everyone, I'm done with that. I'm here today to tell you that I won't do anything with you, and you don't want to involve me. ”

"Today's gathering is really a bit nondescript, originally everyone drank tea and chatted together to exchange business experiences."

"What are you going to do now? Gather a crowd against the imperial court? I won't do such a thing, our Ye family is loyal to the court and His Majesty, how could we do such an ungrateful thing? ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, I take my leave."

After speaking, Ye Chi hugged his fists, turned around and walked outside.

The room was instantly quiet, and everyone looked at Ye Chi with strange eyes.

What's wrong with this guy? Could it be that you are taking the wrong medicine? What nonsense to say at this time?

Cao Bang's pupils shrank, and his face became very ugly.

This surnamed Ye really knew something, but he didn't say anything.

However, Cao Bang has already heard some meanings, and the emperor has been mentioned many times in Ye Chi's words just now, why?

As a shrewd businessman, Cao Bang knows that this kind of thing must be done in front of people, otherwise people will not know that your fart is slapped on the horse's leg; If people don't know, find a way to let them know.

Ye Chi slapped the emperor's sycophants here, which means that this can reach the emperor's ears, that is, the emperor has arrived in Yangzhou.

After this idea was born, Cao Bang suddenly came to mind.

He remembered another thing, if Ye Chi could let the emperor know what he said here today, then it would prove that there were emperors here.

Cao Bang was shocked, is this possible?

The answer is yes, and very probably.

Although they are all merchants from Huizhou, who knows who is behind them? No one knows if anyone has taken refuge in the imperial court in private.

Not all the people here today can be relied upon.

Thinking about the pervasive Jinyi Guard, Cao Bang felt that a cool breath began to rush to the Tianling Gai from his body.