Jin Yiwei's stormy handling of the case frightened the salt merchants in Huaiyang, and many people couldn't stand this kind of pressure, so they came to Xu Ge Lao to donate their family wealth, hoping to get a relief.

In fact, most of the salt merchants in Huaiyang have been warned by the "guanxi", saying that this time the salt merchant will never pass the test easily, the emperor has completely grasped the initiative, and there is no way to take the emperor, what should the emperor do with them, the "guan" people have no way, let them think clearly as soon as possible, see clearly, and do it according to the emperor's will as soon as possible, although they will definitely lose some family wealth or something, but in view of the fact that the "guanxi" has compromised with the emperor, then, the emperor will not necessarily make a dead hand, and will definitely leave some mercy. But this matter is also too big, and if you don't do some people, it will definitely not end well, so you will definitely deal with a group of people, so what to do, let them think clearly and watch for themselves.

Many salt merchants are not ignorant of the situation, nor do they know what to do, but they are reluctant to give up their huge wealth, unable to give up the prosperous life, always thinking that they can get through the chaos, there are dozens of salt merchants in the world, maybe they won't do it all, perhaps, after a year and a half, this matter has passed like this, and they fantasize about getting through the tricks there.

In the past three days, after Jinyiwei's "crazy" case, the Liang family father and son also came out, which surprised everyone who originally thought that the Liang family was completely finished, and what was even more surprising was that after the Liang family father and son came out, they were actually jubilant, without the slightest pain of losing their family wealth, as if the millions of family wealth were not theirs, and they also greeted people with laughter, and there was no trace of the "consciousness" of the loser. Those who can go to Jiming Temple, except for the Wang family, but his family, now the salt merchants who have donated their family wealth mostly live in the temple, but different temples obviously have different treatment, and the "treatment" of Jiming Temple is obviously the best, for this reason, there are many people who are impressed by the Liang family.

It is said that after being worried and scared for a few days, he finally ushered in another spring in his life, and there was no shortage of discerning people in the salt merchants; There is no shortage of enlightened people; There is also no lack of courageous people, seeing that the salt merchants have no way out, nowhere to escape, this daily newspaper is criticizing the salt merchants, just like a life-urging charm from the city of Beijing, people continue to suffocate, can not live in peace, and the emperor has opened this convenient door, so he did not look back into it, donated all his family wealth, ready to die early and surpass the life, since the "relationship" can no longer be counted on, they don't have to expect a few salt merchants to fight with the emperor, since the "relationship" in the court They have already made concessions to the emperor, or rather, they have turned to the emperor's side, then, presumably, the emperor will not be too ruthless, leaving no mercy, although the way out of the Wang family is a little harder, but there is still a great hope for a way to live. The Wang family and the Liang family are so "happy", and this path may not be able to be "happy".

also benefited from the Liang family's affairs this time, many salt merchants originally planned to quietly leave some family wealth, so as not to go through this road even if it is not possible, there is a way to retreat, after seeing the Liang family, I was surprised by the means of my father-in-law, and also extinguished this thought, or readjusted the amount of family wealth quietly left, and did not dare to transfer a huge amount of family wealth, and the part left behind would never dare to be too large, otherwise, even if I passed the old Xu Ge pass, I am afraid that I will not be able to pass the hand of my father-in-law who will only make money.

Since the people of the Liang family went to Jiming Temple, the days of the happy father-in-law, every day is as beautiful as a day, the salt merchants who come to send the silver, day by day, and what he has to do is to collect the cash, is to count the family wealth, is to take over the family wealth, is to judge the wealth of other people's families does not match the estimate, every day is busy until late at night and is also happy, looking at the list of family wealth one by one, Xi Gonggong feels that he only sleeps for two hours a day is enough, and then sleep, it is shameful, shameless, and what can not get by, and can not get along with silver. …,

Every time a subordinate or a guard sent Xu Guangqi a new list, saying how much silver he received from his father-in-law, Xu Guangqi had to sigh every time, marveling at his father-in-law's methods of making money; I also sighed that I really wasn't the material for silver, others pleaded slightly, I softened my heart a little, and two million taels of silver slipped away from my hand, every time I remembered that I used to run for tens of thousands of taels of silver, begging but couldn't, in addition to sighing, I could only laugh at myself. Xu Guangqi was deeply impressed by the Liang family's incident, and his father-in-law's stormy pursuit of the Liang family's family wealth was swept away, which made Xu Guangqi have an indelible impression, and he admired the steps and division of labor of the emperor's salt merchant.

Seeing Shi Kefa come in with a copy of "family wealth", Xu Guangqi knew that this family had passed the pass of Xigonggong, and he packed up his feelings, ready to see the "family wealth" after passing through the hands of Xigonggong, which was the real family wealth of the salt merchant.

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More and more salt merchants went to take the road of the Wang family, which made the Guo family feel more and more pressure, and after the Liang family's incident, Jin Yiwei stopped and began to handle the case in a civilized manner, still investigating the case unhurriedly, and invited one or two salt merchants to drink tea from time to time, and the action was very leisurely, and it was by no means like a big case.

The news sent to the capital is already the ninth day, and it will be the Lantern Festival soon, the Guo family doesn't know how long the emperor's opening can be opened, and every day is spent in torment, and the restless Guo family finally waited for the news in the capital.

The Guo family's courtyard in Nanjing City, gathered people from the Guo family's large and small houses, and when they heard the news from the capital, they all spontaneously gathered in the hall, waiting to reveal the final outcome of his family.

The head of the Guo family sat on the first seat with a serious face, and the people in each room sat down in turn, seeing that the people who should have arrived had arrived, the head of the Guo family pointed to the letter on the table in his hand, and said: "The news has come to the capital......" said this, the head of the Guo family can't go on, if the news doesn't come, his family can't go out of any way, except to take the emperor's way, his family has no other way to go, his expectation is that the emperor can look at the face of his family's "relationship", and can open up to his family. You don't have to go down the same path as everyone else.

The people of the Guo family were silent and silent.

After being silent for a while, the head of the Guo family sighed, picked up the letter on the table, and opened it. There were two more letters inside, and the head of the Guo family looked at it, opened one of them, and read it carefully.

The people of the Guo family all held their breath and watched what the fate of the Guo family was.

“…… Han Ge Lao said, let our family follow the Wang family, the sooner the better, with him, Your Majesty will not kill our family, even if you break the house now, donate the family wealth, and turn over in the future, it is not difficult, let our family not hesitate, it is the best to get the same treatment as the Wang family, we have to ask Xu Ge Lao more, this matter, Xu Ge is always a person who can call the shots...... Your Majesty opened this opening, time must be limited, there are other important things in the court, Your Majesty will not let this matter drag on for a long time...... "The head of the Guo family said.

The people in the Guo family's room, when they heard this, some turned pale, some wept silently, some looked angry, some were unwilling, and some had an indifferent expression.

After the head of the Guo family finished speaking, he looked at another letter, picked it up and looked at it for a while, and then put it back, this letter said "Zi Xian personally opened", and the envelope was sealed with fire paint, the head of the Guo family knew that it was for Xu Zixian, to the old Xu Ge and Xu Qincha, seeing this letter, the original face of the head of the Guo family was a little lonely, and it was a little better. …,

“…… Let's not say much, I'll go to Xu Ge Lao's Qin Mission......" The head of the Guo family made a final decision, although this determination was not easy to make, looking at this gorgeous hall, his heart was very painful.

A housekeeper brought up a tray with three lists of possessions, one of which listed only a small amount of possessions; One lists half of the family's wealth; There is also a book, which lists most of the family wealth, which is prepared by his family to deal with different situations, the head of the Guo family looked at the three family wealth lists, hesitated slightly, and looked at the two letters, especially on the letter that said "Zi Xian Qi" stared at it for a while, sighed, and finally put his hand on the book that listed most of the family wealth.

The people in each room of the Guo family all stared at the hands of the masters, seeing that they would fall on the book, and finally saw that they fell on the book with the most, and their faces were even different.

“…… Each room is also ready to move out,......" Looking at the faces of the people in each room, he thought about it, and said, "...... Be careful, don't bring any valuable gold and silver jewelry......" After giving the order, he gave a long snort, picked up the two letters, and got up to get ready to go out.

The people in each room watched the head of the house go out, and wanted to speak, but they didn't dare, the people who could control the fate of their family were not here, and the people who could decide the direction of his house were not them.

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Xu Guangqi was happily looking at the list of family wealth sent by his father-in-law, this family wealth that had been verified by his father-in-law was the real family wealth, looking at the stack of numbers on the list, Xu Guangqi smiled inexplicably, this father-in-law, he really has a hand in making money, although the reputation of the eunuch is not good, Xu Guangqi has always been interested in the eunuch, if he leaves, he is not cold, but Xu Guangqi also has to admit that the father-in-law is definitely a good eunuch who can be called a capable person, and his impression of the eunuch has also changed greatly. I'm afraid that now there is only a fraction of these family wealth lists.

"Old Yuge, Huaiyang big salt merchant Guo family head asks to see." Shi Kefa came in and interrupted Xu Guangqi's list of high-spirited looks.

"Hmm, it's Xianzhi who came just in time, this Guo family is also a big salt merchant, and now, I have finally taken this road, hehe, let's go and see with the old man." Xu Guangqi said with great interest, in the past few days, the silver money he has handled has far exceeded all the taxes paid in the Ming Dynasty in a year, including Tian Fu, this huge amount of property, to say that it can't arouse a trace of emotion from the person in charge, unless this person is not a person.

"Yes, Elder Ge." Shi Kefa immediately agreed, recently he knows what it means to be rich and rival the country, what it means to be rich, what is called flowers, has experienced immigration, and has a long-term contact with those people at the bottom Shi Kefa, these days, the whole person has undergone a lot of changes, especially the temperament, it seems more calm, the light in the glasses, no longer as floating and confused as before, the whole person seems to be a lot more capable, the original kind of polite, scholarly Shi Kefa, has gradually faded.

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After seeing the ceremony. If the Guo family is in charge, he immediately offered his own wealth.

“…… The Guo family heard about the salt merchants, felt that those salt merchants were shameful, felt that those salt merchants were hateful, and the Guo family would never do anything to trap thousands of Han family men as slaves, and was bent on drawing a clear line with those salt merchants, but as a salt merchant, and made a lot of profits from the salt industry, he knew that he could not easily wash away the suspicion, in order to clear himself, in order to show that the Guo family was loyal and patriotic, he could only donate all his family wealth to show that he had drawn a clear line with those salt merchants, in order to show his innocence, and ask the elder to call the shots. The head of the Guo family immediately presented this list detailing most of the Guo family's wealth.

Xu Guangqi looked at the Guo family with a smile, the backstage of the Guo family, he also knew who it was, and now he said these words, it was also a scene, if it wasn't for the emperor forcing them to the point of no retreat, they wouldn't have taken this road. …,

"Hehe, it's easy to say, the Guo family can draw a clear line with the salt merchants of Tongyu, and they can clear themselves, but they are also loyal and patriotic, and the official also believes that the Guo family will not do anything about Tongyu......" praised a few words like a program, and Xu Guangqi opened other people's family wealth books. After looking at it, I was very satisfied, this Guo family is worthy of being a big salt merchant on a par with the Wang family, and the family wealth is almost the same as the Wang family, and it is a little less, but there are as many as seven or eight million taels, looking at such a lot of property, even if Xu Guangqi is indifferent to fame and fortune, and is used to seeing money, he is even more accustomed to it, and he still has to beat his heart faster.

For the sake of so many wealth, Xu Guangqi deliberately chatted with the head of the Guo family for a while to show his attention, but they are all not salty and indifferent, Xu Guangqi will not easily guarantee it now, as soon as he relaxes, he is soft-hearted, and millions of taels of silver will be gone.

After chatting for a while, the Guo family suddenly said: "Tell Elder Xu Ge, there is still a letter from the grass people here, which was handed over to the elder by the old man of the pavilion. ”

Someone immediately took the letter to Xu Guangqi.

Xu Guangqi looked at the envelope for a while, and saw that it was "Zi Xian personally opened", which could be commensurate with his own words, Xu Guangqi knew that this must be a letter written to him by someone of his own generation and official position. I looked at the fire paint again, and carefully identified the fire paint seal back and forth, it was indeed the letter written by the one to himself.

Tearing open the letter, Xu Guangqi looked at it, this letter was indeed written by Han Yi, but it was not a naked plea, but praised his sweet potato national policy, claiming that this is the best national policy for thousands of years, the national policy that pays the most attention to the people of the world, and is a national policy that makes everyone in the world full. will decide the cabinet with the results of sweet potatoes, so as a cabinet minister, he is a university scholar, he must fully support this national policy, except for this, there is no more, there is no word of pleading for the Guo family.

Xu Guangqi finished reading the letter and smiled at the letter, this Han Yi is the backstage of the Guo family, although there is no word pleading in this letter, but this letter has only one meaning, that is, pleading, I hope that for the sake of his face, he can give some preferential treatment to the Guo family, in exchange or thanks, he will definitely make efforts in the national policy of planting sweet potatoes, well, there is no mention of the Guo family's word, but this letter was taken out of the Guo family's pocket, what does it mean, it has been overflowing.

"Hehe, the Guo family's affairs, this official will do his best, the Guo family is so well aware of the righteousness, this official will not let the Guo family be too wronged, by the way, now the Guo family has a place to live?" Xu Guangqi asked kindly.

"If you go back to the old pavilion, since the Guo family has donated their family wealth, they will naturally not leave anything, and they are also ready to learn from the Wang family and find a temple to settle down temporarily." The people of the Guo family immediately mentioned the Wang family, and the letter had been handed over, so naturally they asked for the same treatment as the Wang family.

"Oh" Xu Guangqi was obviously stunned, this Guo family's sense of smell is also quite smart, and he feels that the Wang family is different, Han Yi is really an old fox, I am afraid that he has seen something. also smiled: "It's good to say, the Guo family is also the same as the Wang family, there are a number of big salt merchants, they can set an example, and they are all loyal and patriotic......"

"Xianzhi, you personally go to Gonggong Xi's place, let Gonggong Xi take care of the Guo family more, they are all good salt merchants who are loyal to the monarch and patriotic, don't treat others badly, the Wang family should have, and the Guo family also has ......" Xu Guangqi agreed with a smile, this salt merchant who Han Yi wants to shelter does have to give some face, this old fox suddenly turned around and leaned on the emperor's side, and he also contributed to this matter, not to mention the Guo family's family wealth worth seven or eight million taels.

"Yes." Shi Kefa said with a serious face.

The head of the Guo family breathed a sigh of relief, the letter of his own "relationship" was really useful, and when he took it out, it was easy to say anything, and the treatment was directly on par with the Wang family.

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Similarly, since it was sent by Shi Kefa, and he was instructed by Xu Ge Lao, when his father-in-law saw the family wealth of seven or eight million, he immediately sent someone to send the Guo family to Jiming Temple, and also sent someone to "take care" of it, which was exactly the same as the treatment of the Wang family.

The Guo family is also a large number of salt merchants, and the background is extremely hard, which is the wind vane of many salt merchants, and some people take his family as the head of the horse, seeing that his family has taken this road, they have also followed this road, and so many people in front of them have "jumped" into this pit without hesitation, even if it is deep, I believe, it can fill him, many salt merchants are considered like this......,