The night of the Beijing Division, because of the curfew, it seems a little silent, the street at most only the footsteps of the infantry yamen soldiers patrolling, now the reason why the Beijing Division is implementing the curfew, nominally to avoid bandits from mixing, is actually to stabilize people's hearts, after all, the situation in the court is now chaotic.

But this curfew, the ban is also ordinary people. For the prince Baylor and the Manchu officials in the city, this curfew is equivalent to a can't help it, and when the patrol of the infantry yamen touches the lanterns of these slaves, they will also hide aside in fun, after all, they are just a group of minions.

However, there is also a difference between slaves and slaves, some slaves are just slaves that are not worth mentioning, even if they die, they are slaves who are killed, while some slaves are slaves that ordinary princes and Baylors cannot compare with, and of course there are some slaves, even if their status is not as good as that of Prince Baylor, but they can also associate with the princes and Baylors.

It is precisely because of this that in this city, sometimes, like such a minion, other minions are more respected, for no other reason - every minion has a dream of being a minion, they dream of one day becoming the best among the minions, becoming the best among the minions, and those who have succeeded are the "role models" of their lives, which is respectable and enviable. It is precisely because of this that those soldiers patrolling the streets, whenever they walk in front of such a servant mansion, always have a look of envy in their eyes. After all, they have now become masters and have their own minions......

Although it is a curfew, but in front of the Wang family's mansion, the lantern is hanging high, and there is a sedan chair parked in front of the door, and the servants on the side of the sedan chair are playing the lantern with the word "Jin".

However, at this time, at the time of the curfew, he still took the "risk" to come to the door, which is also very rare, and those who are bright must know that there must be something important, after all, for the eight "Hao slaves" of the Internal Affairs Bureau, they have always adhered to a cautious attitude. It will never be easy to leave a handle for others to participate in a book.

In the study of the Wang family, Wang Dengku, who was nearly eighty years old, sat there, his eyes narrowed into a slit, although it was summer, but there was still a leather cover on his knees.

"Hmph, did he Fan Wendou think he would be fine if he took out the silver?"

Jin Liangyu, who was holding a cigarette pouch, looked at Wang Dengku, who seemed to be old and did not have the slightest spirit, as his in-laws, he naturally knew that Wang Dengku might be old, but he was not confused. Not only is he not confused, but even in this world, nothing can hide from him, his eyes are poisonous, and his mind is also very transparent!

"Even if we take out the silver, in case the Qing Kingdom can't keep the pass, when the time comes, we can only escape from the pass with them, and if we want to live, we have to go out of the pass. Dude, do you think that's the truth......"

"Ahem......"

Wang Dengku opened his eyes, coughed, and said in an old voice.

"The south won't let us go!"

In this regard, no one will doubt that as early as a few months ago, news related to the eight houses had been published in the newspapers. It can be said that there is no mercy for the eight of them, and even the death of the Ming Dynasty and the murder of tens of millions of Han people by the Qing army are associated with the eight of them.

In this case, how can they be spared.

"Such as the Fan traitor Yongdou, the people of the Ming Kingdom, and the Miao descendants of the Han Dynasty, but when the national war was in the time, he did not seek to benefit the country and a dime, but he regained the trust of the people? Those who do not pay attention to the survival of the Han people, only care about the selfishness of the family, and forget the righteousness for small profits, there is nothing more than this, and the Qing people will rise so rapidly if they have no iron weapons? It is really to send sharp blades and enemies, the beginning of the three massacres in Jiading and the ten days in Yangzhou began in the hands of such traitor businessmen, although it is difficult to eliminate this hatred for eternity. ”

Reading the words he had read in the newspaper, Jin Liangyu looked at Wang Dengku, who had no spirit at all, and said softly.

"Now, in the eyes of the south, we are traitors who can't solve their hatred of the immortal clan, if we let the south win the world, when the time comes, let alone the side, it is still a question whether the lives of the nine clans can be saved......"

As a businessman, Jin Liangyu knew very well that since the south had made them public as hardcore traitors, it meant that they would never let them go, even if they took out the silver to atone for their sins, it would be difficult to atone for their sins. Because of this, these days, he has been trying to find a way to save the Jin family and save the lives of hundreds of people in the Jin family.

How can we keep the Jin family?

If it weren't for the imperial court to borrow silver, maybe he would have hesitated, but now he no longer hesitates.

"Brother, don't you have any ideas."

Wang Dengku's voice was hoarse, and it was not loud, and there was a little shrewdness in his seemingly dim eyes.

"I can't talk about ideas, brother, now, our family and the Great Qing Kingdom can be said to be firmly tied together, one is prosperous, and the other is lost!"

This is true, no one will doubt this, the eight of them prospered in the Qing Dynasty, and if the Qing Dynasty died, the eight of them would naturally not be good.

"That's why Lao Fan will take the initiative to take out the silver!"

Wang Dengku naturally knew why Fan Wendou took out the silver, not because of how loyal he was, but because he had no other choice other than that, the eight of them had already formed a whole with the Great Qing Kingdom, and the south did not leave them a way to live.

"If we follow the practice of the south, once they win the world in the future, I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to find a way to live! That's why Lao Fan will take out the silver, and if he wants to exchange for the Qing Dynasty to be able to keep the world, only if the Qing Kingdom keeps the world, we will have a glimmer of life, even if we keep the world of the Central Plains, when the time comes, we can also withdraw to the customs with the emperor. ”

They have long since run out of retreat!

After the Qing army entered the customs that year, the little emperor of Shunzhi at that time began to reward the heroes who entered the customs under the Zhang Luo of the regent Dolgon. Since the day when the eight families were rewarded in a big way, there have been people in their hometown Shanxi who have poked their backbones in the back, and since then the eight of them have no way to retreat, since there is no way to retreat, then they can only close their eyes and go to the end.

"But even if we withdraw to the customs with the emperor, what can we do?"

Jin Liangyu looked at Wang Dengku and asked rhetorically.

"When the Great Qing Kingdom entered the customs, he invited a few of our brothers to the capital, and the reward was a lot, but don't forget, at that time, the regent asked us for silver, which was a full ten million taels of silver, although the silver was returned to us later, but we exchanged silver for ...... today."

It can be said that if they hadn't come up with 10 million taels of silver back then, how could they have the money to recruit the Ming army and recruit the green battalion when the Great Qing Kingdom entered the customs. Even they not only took out the silver, but also took out the connections they had accumulated from doing business in the mainland, so that those connections could work for the Qing Dynasty, which can be said to be very useful, which is also one of the reasons why their status as the Eight Great Emperors was prominent.

"In the eyes of outsiders, you and I are the imperial businessmen of the Internal Affairs Office, but in the eyes of the Great Qing Kingdom, what are we?"

Jin Liangyu couldn't help but sigh.

"In fact, it's just a royal minion, in the eyes of the royal family, we can have today, it's all their reward, it's their grace, as for us, hey...... I dare to say that if the Qing Dynasty loses the Central Plains and withdraws to Guanwai, when the time comes, in order to raise military salaries, the emperor will definitely take advantage of us, and in their eyes, they are just a fat sheep. At that time, even if we withdraw to Guanwai and Liaodong, it will be a dead end! ”

Jin Liangyu's words made Wang Dengku's shoulders, who originally seemed to have no spirit, tremble slightly, he opened his seemingly dim eyes, looked at Jin Liangyu, and was speechless for a while.

What is the greatest sorrow for a businessman?

When the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, they were invited to come to the capital, saying that it was a reward for meritorious deeds, but it was their silver, and at that time, they were willing to lend them their fortune, because they saw the general trend of the world. When they went out to do business, they were also willing to lend silver to Houjin, because Houjin started by plundering and built a city, and the looting income was more than millions.

If the Great Qing Kingdom loses China and flees to Guanwai in a hurry, what should be done at that time?

If the silver is red-eyed and the silver salary is insufficient, how easy is it for these imperial merchants to keep their net worth? When the time comes, let alone net worth, even life may not be saved.

Thinking of Fan Wencheng, who died before, a court official like that said that he died violently, and a slave like them, isn't it that if he wants to kill, he will copy?

When the time comes, what are the eight emperors, but they are just eight fat sheep, eight fat sheep that have been raised by the Qing Kingdom for many years.

For a while, Wang Dengku only felt a chill on his back, and his whole person was immersed in an unprecedented panic, although for many years, he had stopped asking about everything at home, but now, when Jin Liangyu said this, he suddenly realized that the Wang family had reached the most dangerous time.

"Old, brother, this, this...... What do you have in mind? ”

"Idea?"

With a sneer, Jin Liangyu said.

"Coexisting with the Qing Dynasty, that is tantamount to conspiring with the tiger, when the trend is homeopathic, we are imperial businessmen, and when the trend is against the trend, we are fat. If they go to the south, it is absolutely impossible, even if they are willing to keep us now, they will definitely not let us go in the future, so it is a dead word both horizontally and vertically! ”

It's all a dead word!

This death made Wang Dengku's heart suddenly tighten, he swallowed his saliva, and looked into the distance with some dim eyes and said.

"In the current situation, the imperial court really has no direction?"

In fact, he himself knows, but he is not sure yet, after all, there are too many variables in this world, just like Da Ming, who would have thought that Da Ming, a salted fish, would have a chance to turn over?

Jin Liangyu shook his head, his face was a little worried, and his expression looked very depressed, after all, he was unwilling to face all this if it was possible, but these things, even if he didn't want to, he had to face them after all, after all, this matter had to be faced, otherwise, his life would definitely be difficult to protect at that time!

"I don't know, even if we come up with two million taels of silver this time, but in terms of the imperial court, it is only enough for a month at most, even if we borrow again, how much silver can we borrow? Now the emperor is trapped in Jinan, saying that it is because of the obstruction of the adults, so that the emperor can not calmly go south, but in fact, because there is no silver, the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, and there is no grain and grass to naturally move the soldiers, this silver, that is, emergency, even if the emperor personally marched south, but there are still hundreds of thousands of Ming troops and other troops in the south of the Yangtze River, who wins and who loses has not yet known, even if the Jiangbei is defeated, when the time comes, what should I do with the Yangtze River natural insurance? Then Zheng Chenggong started from the sea, and what he is best at is water warfare, what about our Great Qing Kingdom? ”

Sneering, Jin Liangyu looked at Wang Dengku and said.

"When it comes to the water, it is not the master who can be slaughtered, on the Fujian side, tens of thousands of land and water divisions were all lost in Keelung, it is still the Fujian people, and the generals are also used, logically speaking, they should be good at water warfare, but the result is not the opponent of others, now if it is replaced by the Eight Banners, the Yangtze River will not be able to pass, even if it is to the Yangtze River, it is just the role of feeding the fish, why do the adults in the court stop the emperor, isn't it because they understand it? When the time comes, this situation! I can't see through it......"

Jin Liangyu's brows tightened, he took a puff of cigarette, and then said in a deep voice.

"Let's not talk about the court, let's just say that this situation is chaotic, what should we do? If it goes on like this, I'm afraid it won't last for two years, and a few of us will have to squeeze out the imperial court, and when the time comes, maybe the Qing Kingdom has not died, but a few of us will be loyal to the Qing Kingdom first, this time two million taels, how much silver will we get next time? ”

Listening to Jin Liangyu's worry, Wang Dengku nodded. This is the most worrying place, if this silver is in the eyes of the people, that is, when the court runs out of silver, it will also focus on them, and when it opens, they will squeeze them little by little, as they are now, and in the end, they will not swallow all their silver in one bite...... The family business earned in the past few decades may all be cheaper than the imperial court in the end!

This kind of thing, the Ming Dynasty didn't do it in the past, but the Qing Kingdom must be able to do it!

"We're just merchants!"

If it were possible, he would even want to say this to the south, they are just merchants, and the merchants are naturally mercenary, but the south will never listen to this, for the south, they are just a bunch of damned traitors. And for the Qing Dynasty, they are also businessmen who are not worth mentioning, and they are businessmen who can be mermaids!

"It's not a way to go on like this, so ......"

Looking at Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu lowered his voice so low that only the two of them could hear it.

"We have to find another way to survive this time, if it is not only the accumulation of several generations that is cheaper than others, I am afraid that even our lives will not be able to be saved......