Zhu Hongsan was very surprised when he saw the details, he didn't expect these Shanxi vinegar jars to be so rich. Zhu Hongsan knew that merchants in the Ming Dynasty had a tradition of burying money into the ground, but those big businessmen and big landowners in Jiangnan used all their money to buy land, so merchants in Jiangnan were rich, but it was really rare to have so much cash.

The Ming Dynasty was in the Age of Western Discovery, so from the middle of the Ming Dynasty, a large amount of silver produced in South America flowed into China. According to later estimates, from the middle of the Ming Dynasty to the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the silver flowing into China from overseas was 300 million taels. Although so much money has entered China, Chongzhen's taxes in the country in ten years are only more than 7 million taels of silver, and so much money has gone there, of course, it has been buried in the ground of their homes by these large and small businessmen across the country.

Chinese like to save money for ancient times, and Zhu Hongsan also had a headache about this after occupying the whole country. The inflow of a large amount of silver caused prices to skyrocket, but because the wealth was in the people, the imperial court could not collect taxes, which further aggravated the financial crisis of the imperial court.

When Zhu Hongsan was in Guangdong, he formulated a policy to hope that the private silver would flow, for example, the use of silver was strictly forbidden and only the standard silver dollar could be used, but the function of this policy was very limited, and those landlords still hid the silver in their own cellars after exchanging silver into silver dollars, and did not participate in the market circulation.

However, because of the large decline in the country's population, Zhu Hongsan's occupation of rice-producing areas such as Luzon and Annam, and the cultivation of high-yield crops such as corn and potatoes, grain prices are very stable. Even in Shanxi, where the land is barren, the best Jiangnan rice is only five silver dollars and one stone, and the kind of unpalatable corn and potatoes are even more one silver dollar and two stones, so although prices are soaring across the country, grain prices are very stable, so Zhu Hongsan's situation is much better than Chongzhen's.

Now after Zhu Hongsan, who has been raided by Xuanfu, he found that there is actually a good way to make silver circulate, that is, to find a few big businessmen to raid his house from time to time, so that he has money to spend and silver can also participate in circulation, which is really the best of both worlds.

Zhu Hongsan looked at the list in his hand and thought in his heart: The eight families in Zhangjiakou are so rich, so aren't those famous big merchants in Shanxi even richer? What if their homes were raided?

Zhu Hongsan's head is sharply calculating the gains and losses of these Shanxi vinegar jars, and the gains and losses are very simple, that is, there is money to spend, Zhu Hongsan estimates that those Shanxi businessmen such as the Qiao family, the Chang family, the Cao family, the Wang family, etc., can at least make tens of millions of silver.

But the loss is a bit serious, Fan Yongdou and the eight families are too stinky, and the whole country knows that their eight families and the Manchu Qing Dynasty are not clear, and they are just doing the right thing for heaven to bring them down. But the other Jin merchants in Shanxi were different, although these guys were more or less involved in the Mongolian trade, but these Jin merchants did not speak for the Manchus as blatantly as Fan Yongdou.

Another point is that these Jin merchants are too powerful, and the gold lords behind the ministers of the imperial court in the middle and late Ming Dynasty mainly have two forces, one is the Zhejiang merchant group represented by the Jiangnan merchants, and the other is the Jin merchant group. The Jin merchants supported many big officials in the central government, such as Wang Chonggu in the Jiajing period, and Zhang Siwei, who succeeded Zhang Juzheng as the first assistant, these are all Shanxi people, so the Shanxi Gang was very powerful in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

Although there is a great turmoil at the end of the Ming Dynasty now, but

There are still a group of Shanxi people in Zhu Hongsan's court, although these Shanxi vinegar jars are not important officials, but after all, they still have a certain right to speak in the court.

If Zhu Hongsan cleaned up Fan Yongdou and others, these Shanxi officials would not say anything, because in their eyes, Fan Yongdou and others were just nouveau riche, and Fan Yongdou and others had a bad reputation, so no one shouted for them. But Zhu Hongsan's move is different from those Jin merchants, those guys have been deeply rooted in Shanxi for hundreds of years, if Zhu Hongsan raids them for immediate interests, it is estimated that there will be a big storm in the DPRK and China.

Zhu Hongsan has now been annoyed by the partisan dispute between the DPRK and China, and if Shanxi people are mixed in, this day will not be over, Zhu Hongsan thought for a long time and decided that it would be better not to move, and wait until there is no money in the future.

In fact, Zhu Hongsan is right to let go of the idea of cleaning up the Jin merchants, those Shanxi businessmen are rich, but the level of wealth is still incomparable with Fan Yongdou. Fan Yongdou was able to find so much silver at home, and a large part of this money was obtained by Fan Yongdou and others for the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty had a total of three Koubian, the farthest one of which reached Dezhou, Shandong, and took away a large number of people and a large number of gold, silver and jewelry. These things are not food that cannot be eaten, and the Manchu Qing also need to convert these things into food, iron tools and other materials. Therefore, Fan Yongdou and others made this kind of ill-gotten gains, and most of the silver and jewelry in their homes were obtained by the Manchu Qing Dynasty from Han landlords such as Guannei.

Now if Zhu Hongsan goes to raid all the Jin merchants in Shanxi, he can have money, but it is absolutely impossible to have more than Fan Yongdou. During the great development period of Shanxi Jin merchants, the Qing Dynasty organized some Han merchants to trade with the army when the Manchu Qing Dynasty used troops in the northwest. They followed the Qing army and penetrated deep into the Mongolian steppe, trafficking military rations, military horses and other military supplies, and at the same time doing business with the Mongolian people.

The vast majority of these Mongolian merchants were Shanxi merchants named "imperial merchants" by the Qing court, and some were Han merchants from Zhili and other places. They ensured the logistical needs of the Qing army's military operations. Of course, the Qing government also granted these merchants exclusive privileges to do business, so that they could benefit greatly. This is the golden age of the development of Shanxi businessmen, and now those Shanxi businessmen are also very rich, but it is only the second Fan Yongdou, if Zhu Hongsan goes to stab the hornet's nest in Shanxi for one or two million silver dollars, it is really worth the loss.

After Zhu Hongsan made up his mind to let go of the Shanxi merchants, he ordered that all adult men of the eight merchants in Zhangjiakou be beheaded, and the men under the age of 12 were castrated* into the palace.

Zhu Hongsan made a fortune in Zhangjiakou, and was naturally very satisfied, and after the Xuanfu was prepared, he sent people to transport all the money and property from the house to the inner treasury of Beijing, and then Zhu Hongsan continued to go north with the Praetorian Guard.

Zhu Hongsan's original calculation was very good, the money was all obtained by Lao Tzu himself, of course, he had to enter his own small treasury, but he thought that as soon as the money was transported to Beijing, it was confiscated by the cabinet that got the news.

When Zhu Hongsan received the news, he had already arrived at the Zhangjiakou Pass, and Zhu Hongsan was half dead when he saw the letter from the cabinet. Feng Ziyong made it very clear in the recital that Fan Yongdou, a businessman in Zhangjiakou, and others colluded with the Manchu Qing Dynasty

Selling supplies, the circumstances are serious and very hateful, and now they are being exterminated by His Majesty the Emperor and your own troops, which is really immeasurable. However, their illegal gains are all the people's fat and ointment of the people of the Central Plains, and they should be handed over to the national treasury, so I ask Your Majesty to forgive me.

Zhu Hongsan stood up angrily when he saw this and scolded: "Feng Ziyong, you bastard, if Lao Tzu hadn't saved your whole family in Hengyang back then, you would still be the first assistant here?" has long been a ghost under the knife of a rogue! Zhu Hongsan scolded until the end, and took Jinyiwei's waist knife and slashed at the furniture in the tent.

After Zhu Hongsan finished getting angry, he personally picked up a pen and paper and wrote a letter to Feng Ziyong, which was written by Zhu Hongsan himself, and Chen Mingxia did not work for him, so it can be seen that Zhu Hongsan was really angry.

Of course, Zhu Hongsan is angry and has to respect his identity, and he can't scold his grandparents in the letter, Zhu Hongsan explained in the letter that he has legal possession of the silver. At that time, you Feng Ziyong said that the Northern Tour country did not pay for it, and the emperor had to pay for the money himself, so naturally the benefits obtained in the Northern Tour should also belong to the emperor, and the cabinet could not illegally occupy it.

After writing the letter, Zhu Hongsan ordered Jinyiwei to immediately send it to Beijing with 800 miles of expedited, and Feng Ziyong's reply was also sent back quickly. In the letter, Feng Ziyong completely played ten percent of the unreasonable face of the scholar, Feng Ziyong said that at that time he said that the treasury had no money, and let the emperor use his own internal funds. But Feng Ziyong felt very unbearable in his heart after returning home, the emperor, you work so hard for the country, and we ministers can't divide the advantages for the emperor, so after the decision of the cabinet, the cost of the emperor's northern tour will be paid by the treasury.

Zhu Hongsan was even more angry when he saw it, all the good things he said to your cabinet, and you still brought it back to sit down when you? In the second letter, Zhu Hongsan began to play scoundrels, either give money, or Lao Tzu will quit, your cabinet is so powerful, you can choose an emperor yourself!

Feng Ziyong was dumbfounded when he received this letter, he didn't expect Zhu Hongsan to be so shameless, can such an important matter as the throne be used for negotiation? Feng Ziyong thought about it for a while and decided to say some soft words, it must be not good to really make the emperor anxious.

Feng Ziyong said in the second reply letter, Emperor, please also understand the difficulties of the cabinet, the country is so big, you have to use money everywhere, this country is the emperor, you don't care about this country, what do future generations think?

Zhu Hongsan was also very helpless after receiving the letter, and Zhu Hongsan had no choice but to take a step back and ask the cabinet to keep 10 million for himself, and the rest of the money would go to the treasury. In this way, the emperor and the cabinet began to quarrel, but it was difficult for Jinyiwei, who sent letters back and forth, to run between Beijing and Zhangjiakou eight times in less than half a month.

In the end, Zhu Hongsan and the cabinet reached an agreement to leave 3 million silver dollars for Zhu Hongsan's internal funds, but the state treasury had to bear all the expenses of this northern tour, so most of the 20 million silver dollars that Zhu Hongsan had scrapped for most of the month went into the cabinet's pocket, and Zhu Hongsan just drank some soup and water.

But Zhu Hongsan can't help it, these bastards in the cabinet were all selected by himself at that time, and their rights were also given by Zhu Hongsan himself, and now these bastards are in turn to balance Zhu Hongsan, he can only break his teeth and swallow in his stomach. Zhu Hongsan finally received the letter from the cabinet, looked at it and sighed, crumpled the letter and threw it away, and then left Zhangjiakou with the army and officially entered the Mongolian region.

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