Chongzhen's poor management and the fact that he was deceived by the civilian clique could not even pay his full salary, resulting in some soldiers having to sell their blades and armor to the Qing army to make a living, and take a wooden stick to fight the Qing prisoners who were armed to the teeth.

The logistics of the Qing army was strongly supported by the Jin merchants and chaebols, that is, the later eight imperial merchants, what did the Ming army have? To fight a war is to fight for money and food, and a soldier who can't even fill his stomach will let people fight for you. In that era when there was only a court and no country, was it possible?

So the Ming Dynasty fell.

The front is tight, the rear is tight, the Jin merchants do not refer to Shanxi merchants, the so-called Jin merchants refer to the merchants who carry goods outside the customs, because they mostly go out of Shanxi Datong, so they are called Jin merchants.

Why is it said that Jin Shang is one of the main reasons for the death of the Ming Dynasty?

During the Ming Dynasty, the nomads outside the gate lacked medical care and medicine, and to put it mildly, they lacked everything, not even iron pots!

Therefore, the Han people in the customs felt that this business was easy to do, so they gradually formed caravans and exchanged goods with the outside of the customs, but the Ming Dynasty court stipulated that it was not allowed to trade prohibited goods, such as: weapons, individual special medicines, etc., so they smuggled it.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were eight Jin merchants, who provided intelligence, weapons, food, etc. to the Manchus, and the cannons used by the Manchus when attacking the Ming Dynasty were provided by these eight buddies.

The eight imperial merchants, not that Yan Changwu wanted to bend them, but that the Qing court appointed: "The eight merchants, all of whom are from the right side of the mountain, came to Zhangjiakou in trade at the end of the Ming Dynasty, saying: Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Fan Yongdou, Wang Dayu, Liang Guest, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, Huang Yunfa. This dynasty Longxing Liaozuo, sent people to the mouth of the city, all of these eight masters. After the Dingding, the people were summoned, the banquet was in the hall, and the food was given. Since it is done every year, it is submitted to the Department of Broadcasting and Storage of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. ”

Because the eight merchants contributed to the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, after the Qing Dynasty was established, Emperor Shunzhi did not forget to establish the eight merchants who had made great achievements in the Central Plains, set up banquets in the Forbidden City, and gave them clothes. Shunzhi also wanted to give them official rewards, and the eight major merchants were flattered and tried their best to refuse. As a result, Emperor Shunzhi named them "Imperial Merchants" (from the Ministry of Internal Affairs).

Therefore, after Yan Changwu reorganized the assets of the Ming Dynasty, he naturally had to settle accounts after the autumn, and they had to pay the price for their actions!

Mr. David was responsible for providing information on the Jin merchants, and Qi Biaojia was responsible for investigating the matter.

Qi Biaojia's status in the Southeast Mansion is very high, and the advantage is that he entered the Southeast Mansion very early under the recommendation of Sun Lao (Chengzong), he is shrewd and capable, loyal to Yan Changwu, and is deeply used, he is the deputy director of the camp, presiding over the affairs of the north, but he is actually in charge of the law in the Southeast Mansion, and he even has a part in the military law.

You have to understand that the army is Yan Changwu's forbidden body, and you can't touch it unless you are a confidant.

After the spring ploughing, the affairs slowed down a little, and Yan Changwu sent him out to handle a big case, which was very important, and Qi Biaojia had to do it.

I couldn't get the account books of the eight imperial merchants, but the Tatars got the account books.

The Southeast Army attacked the Beijing Division with lightning speed, causing the files of the Qing court to fall into the hands of the Southeast Army before they could be destroyed, so that the account books of the Tatars and the Jin merchants were clear.

The data shows that the Jin merchants smuggled the Manchus, smuggling various strategic materials such as grain, iron, gunpowder, etc. At that time, due to the material blockade imposed by the Ming Dynasty on the Manchus, the economic situation of the Manchus was very tense. However, the smuggling activities of the Jin merchants greatly improved the economic situation of the Manchus, and what they obtained was the huge amount of gold and silver obtained by the Manchus from plundering the Ming Dynasty.

The amount is huge, no wonder the Qing army has artillery to attack the Ming army's city and military town!

You must know that in order to get gunpowder, Yan Changwu had to maintain relations with the mainland of the Ming Dynasty and Hongmaofan in addition to self-control, and sent silver to those corrupt officials and corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty to let them raise their noble hands, so as to facilitate the smuggling of gunpowder in the southeast province.

It is true that not only gunpowder, but also the import and export of many commodities, but gunpowder has always been the bulk of the trade between the southeast province and Hongmaofan, and it is collected as much as you want!

After all, Yan Dashao was willing to train artillery to spare gunpowder, and it was often said that artillery was trained, and the quartermaster department was heartbroken for gunpowder.

The Qing army outside the Guan, overnight, had a large number of artillery, aimed at the Ming army, and the firepower was better than the Ming army.

These Tatars, know how to kill and drink, know how to make gunpowder? Don't be funny!

What Jin Shang got was blood silver!

It was the blood of their own people who splashed the silver on it, and they took it with peace of mind!

The information is very detailed, and it is even recorded that "on the 15th day of the seventh month of the sixth year of Tiancong, the grain, rice and property ransomed by the Ming Kingdom, Ashdarhan and Longshi, Dayaqi Tabu Nang, and Weizhai Sang, all took them privately, and did not distribute them to Bai Geyi, Ai Bari, etc., who were with them. The python satin bought by Long Shi for the official price of the private exchange, the pen post style Bai Geyi and the pen post style Ai Bari are known in sweat for their deeds. Then he ordered to seize all the property, grain and rice obtained by Ashdar Khan, Dayaqi, and Longshi, and still sat on Longshi for the crime of stealing, fined 100 taels of silver, and dismissed from his post. ”

This public case shows that some Tartars took property, grain and rice privately when they were engaged in trade with the Ming Kingdom, which was actually corruption, but the Qing court's handling was quite interesting, called "theft".

Grain and rice, the Ming Dynasty was not enough to eat, but the Jin merchants sold it to the enemy!

The evidence is ironclad and cannot be denied.

After Qi Biaojia read it at a glance, he closed the file and arched his hand: "The Jin merchants are extremely evil, they should be punished, the family is exiled to Southeast Asia, and the family wealth is confiscated!" ”

"Very good, you can do it!" Yan Changwu made a decision.

"Obey!" Qi Biaojia arched his hand.

The words of the two of them set the fate of Jin Shang!

Soon, Qi Biaojia set out from Beijing in the name of inspecting production, went to Huailai, Xuanhua, Zhangjiakou, Huai'an, Yanggao and other places, and finally arrived in Datong.

It was indeed to inspect production, inspect spring ploughing, government reconstruction, economic development, infrastructure construction, etc., and it took half a month to enter Datong.

Datong has been revitalized, and the people are healing the wounds of war and developing production.

He passed through the city and saw a deep compound, high-rise buildings, carved beams and paintings, very magnificent.

Someone has already taken the lead and found out the whereabouts of those Jin merchants, and those compounds are mostly their assets.

"Hehe, I saw him rise up a tall building, I saw him feast guests, I saw him collapse!" Qi Biaojia is ready to come to do something, and she is about to see those big guys unlucky, and she is quite happy.

He stayed at the Datong Mansion Guest House, except for the local officials, the rest of the people were nowhere to be seen, but an uninvited guest came that night.

"Fan Yongdou asks to see!" The accompanying officer reported.

Fan Yongdou!

Well done!

In addition to smuggling grain, grass and iron tools and selling looted property on behalf of the Jurchens, this gang also provided the Jurchens with various military intelligence and court information, contacted the rebels within the Ming Dynasty, and plotted rebellion, assassination, and rumor-mongering.

After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Fan Yongdou was appointed to preside over trade affairs and "give Zhangjiakou as a world business", and from then on, Fan Yongdou obtained political and economic privileges that other merchants could not enjoy. He not only procured goods for the royal family, but also took advantage of the situation to open up a wide range of financial channels and start trading all over the world. In addition to operating the salt industry in Hedong and Changlu, he also monopolized the market for ginseng and other valuable medicinal materials in Ussuri and Suifen in Northeast China, so he was also called "ginseng business" by the people.

In the blink of an eye, Fan Yongdou became a great imperial businessman with millions or even tens of millions of huge riches, and he was the best of the eight families.

"Let him in!" Qi Biaojia said indifferently.

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