This summer was really the coldest summer ever for the Manchus. On the third day of May, Fan Yongdou, governor of the Central Bank of the Qing Dynasty and director of supervision of the Shenyang Stock Exchange, routinely returned home to rest after lunch.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the two Ghosh came to welcome Fan Yongdou to the bank to run errands. Unlike the Ming Dynasty, the central bank of the Qing Dynasty did not belong to a joint-stock company, but to a yamen under the Ministry of Households, so Fan Yongdou was also a member of the Manchu system, and he was accompanied by Ghosh, who was rewarded by Huang Taiji, when he went in and out.

These Ghosh not only protect Fan Yongdou's safety, but also monitor the entry and exit behavior of Fan Yongdou's family. After all, this person now has the financial resources of the entire Qing Dynasty in his hands, and Huang Taiji naturally can't let him come and go freely.

However, since Fan Yongdou betrayed the Ming Dynasty and defected to Shenyang, he has always been loyal to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, not only trying his best to preside over border trade for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but also proposing to Huang Taiji to establish the Qing Central Bank and stock exchange, which solved the financial problems for the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, the Ghosh that Huang Taiji rewarded him with was indeed to protect the safety of his family.

After all, everyone didn't think that Fan Yongdou, who had betrayed Daming once, would let go of Shenyang's hot God of Wealth, and then run back to Daming to be his prisoner.

However, on the afternoon of this day, it was such an evil door, and Fan Yongdou, who had obviously walked into the house to rest in full view of everyone, disappeared like this. Fan Yongdou's family came out to reply, saying that the master was not found in the bedroom, and there was no trace of the master anywhere in the house, and he didn't know where the master went.

Ghosh, who led the team, didn't notice anything wrong at first, thinking that Fan Yongdou had gone to the bank or the stock exchange on his own, so he sent his men to two places to look for him. But both places could not be found, and there were officials waiting to find Fan Yongdou to do something. The leader of the team, Gosh, was in a hurry, returned to Fan Yongdou's mansion and rushed in regardless of it, leading people to rummage through the mansion, but there was still no trace.

At this time, he also knew that the situation was wrong, and immediately sent someone to report to the household department Chengzheng Ying Erdai. When the news of Fan Yongdou's sudden disappearance came, Ying Erdai was also taken aback, he quickly dropped the affairs in his hand, ran to Fan Yongdou's mansion to inquire about the incident, and ordered to count the personnel in the mansion.

After some questioning, Ying Erdai's subordinates came back to report to him, saying that no one in the mansion had disappeared except for Fan Yongdou's disappearance. When Fan Yongdou returned home today, he drank a cup of tea as usual before going back to the bedroom to rest, and did not see him come out again.

Ying Erdai then entered Fan Yongdou's bedroom again, and he looked around for a long time and did not find anything wrong. There was even a shadow of a person lying on the bed, and after thinking about it for a long time, he ordered all the furniture in the room to be moved to the courtyard. So I found that there was a secret door behind the wardrobe in the room, and through this secret door was an abandoned courtyard.

Ying Erdai immediately summoned the housekeeper in Fan Yongdou's mansion to inquire, and the ignorant housekeeper replied to him: "... This was originally Aunt Zhao's residence, but she somehow contracted a vicious disease last year, and the lord was afraid that others would not be allowed to approach here. In the autumn, Aunt Zhao unfortunately passed away, and the master simply sealed the courtyard. ”

Ying Erdai looked at the high wall in the courtyard with a gloomy face, and asked the housekeeper again, "Then who is next door to this small courtyard?" ”

The housekeeper thought for a while before he replied tremblingly: "It's also our family, the lord dislikes the family is too cramped, so he wants to take down the property next door and open it up." But not long after she bought it, Aunt Zhao fell ill, and the lord had no intention of running it, so he stopped the idea of expanding the mansion, and now there is no one living next door. ”

At this time, there was still something that Ying Erdai didn't understand, although he didn't know what was going on, but Fan Yongdou ran away obviously without doubt. He immediately called his men to climb over the wall to search next door, and asked people to take care of all the people in the Fan Mansion, including Gosh, who protected Fan Yongdou.

Soon, the subordinate who went to the next door to search for him returned with a set of clothes, and Yingordai asked the Fan Mansion and a few Ghosh to identify it, and determined that this was the clothes that Fan Yongdou was wearing when he returned home today. Ying Erdai stood in place and thought for a quarter of an hour, and finally did not dare to order the blockade of the Nine Gates with great fanfare, and openly arrest the fugitive Fan Yongdou.

As one of the few people who knew a lot about the economy in Houjin, Ying Erdai still knew very well that Fan Yongdou's escape and disappearance were two different things. Before he figured out what pit Fan Yongdou had dug for himself, he didn't want to make the city full of wind and rain, so that he would have no time to turn around.

Ying Erdai honestly reported according to the procedure, and at the same time personally rushed to the bank to seal all the accounts, and then closed the door and began to frantically find out the money that he and his relatives and friends had borrowed from the bank, as well as any written records left by Fan Yongdou, for fear that this benevolent brother would leave something to vent his anger before escaping.

Although he was born in the Zhengbai Banner, he was strongly co-opted by Huang Taiji, and regarded it as a reason for splitting the Zhengbai Banner. However, Yingordai has always been able to grasp the proportions, not only to complete the affairs assigned by Huang Taiji, but also to maintain the unity within the Zhengbai Banner, which can be described as a rare political talent in the Eight Banners.

As the supervisor of Houjin, he was able to coordinate the needs of Houjin with the conflict of interests of merchants from North Korea and Ming, so that these businessmen could break through the economic blockade of Ming and North Korea and deliver a large number of scarce materials to Shenyang.

Although the Ming State later used the Sihai Trading Company to monopolize the Northeast trade, so that Shenyang's trade had to be subject to the Sihai Trading Company, this is not because of the lack of ability of Yingordai, but because the resources in the hands of the two sides are too different.

After that, Huang Taiji ordered him to serve as the head of the household department to develop domestic agricultural production, first, he asked the household department to immediately announce the Tibetan grain home, sell the accumulated grain, and not allow the time to shoot profits; The second is to send orders to all subordinates, not to violate the agricultural time, to prepare for spring sowing.

Yingordai not only completed the work of stabilizing grain prices and organizing spring ploughing. In April of the third year of Chongde (1638), he personally led his subordinates to expand the old realm for hundreds of miles at a time in Phoenix, Gaizhou, Xiongyue and other places. It has made great contributions to the production and construction of Houjin.

However, although Ying Erdai is loyal to the country and can do his best for the Qing Dynasty, it does not mean that he can be a lonely minister. His family and his people also have to eat. In particular, as the head of the household department, he managed the bank and the stock exchange, and his family and people did not dare to touch the land that Yingordai had cultivated for the country, which did not mean that they could not make some hard-earned money.

Whether it is introducing others to the bank for loans, or inquiring about the inside story of stocks from Fan Yongdou, and then taking out loans to buy stocks by themselves, these seemingly non-illegal businesses, even if Yingordai's family can't think of it, there are naturally people who will help them find such a way.

Therefore, Ying Erdai quickly found the record of arrears accumulated by his family, and this incorruptible minister who even bribed the king of Joseon with 2,000 taels of silver to hand over to Huang Taiji, was stunned to find that the loans accumulated by his family and clansmen were as high as 2.34 million Qing yuan, ranking fourth in the amount of loans to relatives and nobles in the Qing Dynasty.

The first place in the loan is Mang Guzi Gege, and the loan in her name is close to 5 million Qing yuan. The second place was Belle Dorgon, the owner of the white flag, who borrowed nearly 3.84 million Qing yuan. The third place is Daishan Baylor, about 2.6 million Qing Yuan. Dozens of Manchu relatives and nobles lent a total of nearly 15 million yuan, which was almost one-third of the total amount of Qing yuan issued.

The first thought of Inordai when he saw the ledger was that it should be burned so that no one else could see it. But he quickly suppressed his impulse, he knew that he couldn't do anything about it, otherwise the black cauldron would fall on his head.

Therefore, Ying Ordai tried his best to behave as if nothing had happened, and gave orders to his subordinates: "Now it seems that there is no shortage of bank accounts, so the top priority is to count the treasury and find Fan Langzhong, these account books are sealed in this room, no one is allowed to enter or leave, and when I report to the king of Khan, I will check in detail, you all go down now to check whether there is any problem with the bank's vaults..."

When Yingordai walked out of the bank, he hoped that Fan Yongdou could escape from Shenyang as soon as possible. If he can't leave, many people in Shenyang City will not be able to sleep tonight.

Before going to the palace to report to Huang Taiji, Ying Erdai first returned to the household department and chatted casually with an official with a white flag, and then revealed the news of Fan Yongdou's escape, and hinted that the other party's banner owner, Belle Dorgon, might be eager to know the news. The official was very eyebrow-raising, and immediately took a leave of absence and hurriedly left the household yamen.

Ying Erdai slowly processed a few important documents, and then got up and prepared to go to the palace, when it was almost dusk, and it was about five or six o'clock in the afternoon. As soon as Ying Erdai walked out of the Yamen of the Household Department, he saw a young guard rushing over in a hurry, and when he looked at him from afar, he shouted: "Why are you still here, Lord Gushan Ezhen, Your Majesty is anxious to see you, and ask if you have found someone?" ”

Seeing that the other party was still paying attention to Fan Yongdou's whereabouts, Ying Erdai made up his mind, he immediately walked a few steps quickly, grabbed the reins of the other party's horse and said, "Without the will of the Khan King, how dare I claim the whole city." Now I can only send people to look around, but there is no news yet. ”

Ao Bai didn't get off the horse, so he said eagerly to Ying Ordai: "I have the token of the Khan King, so I will go to inspect the Nine Gates to see who is out of the city today, and please go to the Phoenix Tower to meet the Khan King as soon as possible..."

Ying Ordai didn't say much, so he let go of the reins of the horse in his hand, and then said to Aobai: "Okay, you go quickly, and I will go to see the king of Khan." ”

When Ying Erdai arrived at the Phoenix Tower, Huang Taiji eagerly summoned him upstairs and asked him about Fan Yongdou's disappearance. Yingordai unhurriedly told the matter from the beginning, and did not hide anything.

However, he did not mention the bank loan to Huang Taiji, but replied that he was also confused about why Fan Yongdou wanted to escape, and he didn't know why. After all, he has been outside to supervise the military and civilians in reclamation for the past two years, and he has not had too much contact with Fan Yongdou.

Huang Taiji couldn't ask a reason, and Ying Erdai's handling was also decent and there was no mistake, although he lost a Fan Yongdou, but now it seems that there is no problem, so he finally sent Ying Erdai back, preparing to deal with the matter again the next morning.

It's just that when he returned to the palace, there was a faint uneasiness in his heart.