If the son of the Fan family had knowledge, he would have been praised by Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the Ming Cabinet, for his true talent and learning, even if he was tortured in the eighteenth layer of hell, he would definitely laugh miserably.

Chongzhen didn't know the price of the paper workshop, and he didn't know what price the Fan family could give, but he knew very well the ability of civil officials to rip off skins.

Those businessmen who rely on their mouths to eat, their ability to pull skin is not inferior at all, and the officials of the Donglin Party are not bad, but I didn't expect this Fan family to be able to convince all the businessmen within a month.

In the hands of the Fan family, all the papermaking workshops in the capital are in the hands of the Fan family, and this person is indeed as Wen Tiren said, and he has some talents.

Talented are talented, and Chongzhen also knows how it will affect the public opinion of the Ming Dynasty if a certain businessman masters all the papermaking workshops in the capital.

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty and even the emperors of all dynasties attached great importance to public opinion, because public opinion did not know how many people had been killed.

From the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprisings in the last years of the Qin Dynasty, to the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and even the Ming Dynasty's rule against Yuan Meng, they all started from demagoguery.

Until now, there are still White Lotus Sect criminals in Jiangnan in the Ming Dynasty, how can Chongzhen, as the emperor, not feel that the situation is grim on the issue of public opinion.

The fact that the Fan family controlled all the papermaking workshops in the capital at this time seemed to Chongzhen to be more harmful than the fake king of Kong Youde and the three.

Chongzhen still didn't have any expression on his face, but several important ministers present could feel that Chongzhen's mood at this time was very dignified because of public opinion.

Chongzhen usually summons his courtiers when he often looks back and forth on these ministers, and after hearing about this, his eyes all fall on Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet: "Aiqing continued. ”

Wen Tiren smiled a little bitterly in his heart, this offended Wang Chengen ruthlessly, he was not afraid of Wang Chengen, the governor of Dongchang, but no one wanted to make enemies casually, this enemy was still the governor of Dongchang of the Ming Dynasty.

Wen Tiren is not an immortal who can know everyone's thoughts, he can only make calculations based on the various situations in his hands.

This time offending Wang Chengen can be said to be an unwarranted disaster, and if he offended, he didn't think about it for the time being, and continued to say what he didn't finish: "The Fan family mastered all the papermaking workshops, and the first thing he did was to go to the house of the newspaper merchant Jia. ”

"The minister doesn't know what they talked about, and if the emperor wants to know what they said, he has to ask the prince."

"After leaving the house of the newspaper merchant Jia, the Fan family first sent a personal entourage to send a letter to Zhang Pu of the Restoration Society, preparing to visit the leader of the Restoration Society."

Before he finished speaking, Chongzhen already knew that the seriousness of this matter could no longer be described as serious, and it had already posed a great threat to the safety of Daming, and immediately said: "Wang Chengen, what did the Fan family talk to and Di Bao Shangjia. ”

Chongzhen called Wang Chengen's name, and the three important ministers knew that Chongzhen had moved the real fire, and the number one celebrity around the Son of Heaven was also implicated in this matter.

However, Zhu Shun, Wen Tiren, and Sun Chengzong were not a little nervous, especially Wen Tiren had a smile on his face.

If this matter really develops according to the Fan family's plan, where do they still have the leisure to talk here, long after the Fan family contacted the Fu Society, they would have to start breaking into the palace at night.

Although killing the Fan family, one of the eight great Jin merchants, is not so simple, it will definitely be coerced by the Manchus.

First, the Manchu Qing wanted to protect these great Jin merchants who transported copper, iron, saltpeter and sulfur for them, and secondly, they also bought horse bones for their gold.

Tell the merchants of the Ming Dynasty that as long as the goods are transported to the Great Qing Kingdom, the Great Qing Kingdom can guarantee the safety of their entire family and their wealth.

However, if he became dilapidated because of his poor ability, or even his family was ruined, no matter how much the Manchu Qing wanted to stand up for the Great Jin Dynasty, he could not find a reason to stand out.

Wang Chengen replied: "Your Majesty, the Fan family came to the newspaper merchant Jia for one thing, and sold the mulberry paper with three cents of silver and one knife to the newspaper merchant Jia at two cents and three cents of silver. ”

It was just a normal sentence to discuss the price of the goods, and the atmosphere in the warm pavilion was solemn again, and Chongzhen frowned tightly.

It is indeed a very common thing to raise the price, but when it comes out of the mouths of different people, it is extremely abnormal.

As a seller, the Fan family did not raise the price, but pushed the price even lower, which is enough to explain everything.

It shows that the Fan family is no longer satisfied with the military baggage of smuggling copper, iron, sulfur, saltpeter, etc., which is preparing to become a loyal dog leg of the Manchu Qing Dynasty who destroyed the Ming Dynasty.

It's really a house leak that happened to rain overnight, and before it was resolved, Kong Youde and the three of them judged Shanhaiguan to become the fake king of the Manchu Dynasty, and the Fan family, one of the eight great Jin merchants, was thinking about how to help the Manchu Dynasty perish the Ming Dynasty.

Chongzhen knew very well that the broken ship of Daming was riddled with holes, and there were leaking loopholes everywhere.

The sailors on deck were still fighting for the few gold and silver treasures on board, and none of them thought about how to fill the leaky holes.

When he heard that the Fan family controlled all the paper workshops, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness, and two months had passed, and the benefits that the Fan family should have given up must have been almost discussed.

The layout should be basically completed, if the Fan family really colludes with some celebrities of the Donglin Party who have a great influence among the people, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty threatens to suppress the territory with a large army, it is impossible to destroy the Fan family.

Chongzhen has always sat on the red sandalwood official hat chair with his waist straight, and after listening to Wang Chengen's narration, he felt powerless to return to the sky and leaned on the backrest with a slight hunched waist.

Who can save this Da Ming!

Wen Tiren, Sun Chengzong, and Zhu Shun looked at Chongzhen, who was still ruthless, and felt sad for no reason.

He is not afraid of all kinds of natural disasters, he is not afraid of rebellions everywhere in the Central Plains, and he is not afraid that the Manchu Chen soldiers may enter at any time at the border pass.

With the concerted efforts of the monarchs and ministers, we can overcome this difficulty.

But now the corruption of the Ming Dynasty is extremely serious, and how many people can really serve the country and take Kuang Ming as their lifelong ambition.

Wang Chengen, the governor of Dongchang, didn't seem to see Chongzhen's inability to return to the sky, and continued: "It's a pity that Zhu Shun, the industrial marquis, gave a lower price of silver. ”

"A knife of mulberry paper only costs six cents, and the Fan family and Di Bao Shangjia did not negotiate, so they could only give up for the time being."

"I went back to find Zhang Pu, the leader of the Restoration Society."

Chongzhen originally heard that Zhu Shun, the industrial marquis, gave a price of one cent and six cents to one knife, and he had one more hope in his heart, and he also saw a glimmer of hope to save the Ming Dynasty.

Who would have thought that the Fan family would go to Zhang Pu, one of the leaders of the Restoration Society, and think about it, since the Fan family dared to do this, they must have thought of a foolproof plan to deal with all kinds of unexpected situations.