Chapter 335: The Great Economic Collapse
The wise men of the Ming Dynasty may not have had much of a clear understanding of finance, let alone the Tartars. Since Bao Shiqing founded the bank, he has attracted a large amount of silver by relying on the interest on his deposits.
The Tartars exchanged the silver in their hands for silver dollars, bank bills, and deposit receipts, and usually spent them casually in the store, and they could exchange them for real money when they got to the bank. The Tartars are not good at managing their finances, and following the Baylors into the bank is the best choice.
All the comforts and conveniences turned into shattered dreams after the loss of Eternal Life Island. The banks were the first to close their doors, and all the little silver in their stocks was robbed, but more than ninety percent of the deposit receipts in the hands of the Tartars still could not be redeemed.
These Tartars went crazy, and they ran frantically to the shops, forcing people to take over the bank bills. The shopkeepers are all shrewd people, and where they are willing to suffer, they will not accept it at all.
The red-eyed Tartars went completely crazy, they took weapons and looted on a large scale, silk, tea, leather clothes, porcelain, furniture, ...... Leave nothing behind. Robbed one shop after another, and some shops were even robbed three or four times in one day, and finally the shopkeeper and his companions were pulled out and hung from a tree, and tortured non-torture.
Along with the beginning of the robbery, a round of panic on an even larger scale was set off. After more dignitaries and dignitaries were involved in robbery, some Xiaobeizi Baylor and some Niu Lu Zhangjing, they took soldiers and robbed wildly.
When the shop was robbed, they rushed to the house of the landlord and merchant and began to rob frantically, taking everything they saw, even the women.
"Stop, ladies and gentlemen, I'm your man, don't rob it, don't rob it!" Wang Sen knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, he used to be the magistrate of the Ming Dynasty. The Tartars called, and went with a dozen gentry to meet the old slave. made a pot pulp to meet the ugly drama of Wang Shi.
The old slave lacked officials, so he promoted him to be a waiter in the Ministry of Works, some time ago Wang Sen was seriously ill and has been raising at home. I heard that there was chaos outside, and he didn't take it seriously, but he was an official of Dajin, would he grab his head?
But when he saw a couple of Tartars running from the backyard with their thirteen or fourteen-year-old granddaughters, the world collapsed.
"Let her go, let her go! I am an official under the command of the Khan. I'm loyal to Daikin! ”
"Phew!" A Tartar Zhang Jing lifted his foot and lifted Wang Sen out of the way.
"Old thing, you're a dog!"
Wang Sen watched the Tartars snatch all the family property, and his daughter, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter were all taken away, so he didn't have to think about it to know what the fate would be!
Wow!
Filled with shame and indignation, a mouthful of blood spurted out, Wang Sen fell straight to the ground, and muddy tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.
"I, for ...... What the...... Surrender...... Tartar. O Tartar! ”
Wang Sen is not the first Han to be robbed, and he is definitely not the last, as the scale of the robbery grows larger and larger, the wildness in Jiannu's bones has been stimulated. Even if there is no loss, I want to take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and make a big profit.
With a bunch of scum who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, the situation will become more and more difficult to control. From the initial robbery. When it came to killing, and then to arson, there were more than a dozen fires in Shenyang City every day. almost burned down the old slave's palace.
Now the old slave can't bear it, he is the largest slave owner of Jiannu, and he knows his subordinates very well. The king of his own khan must also meet their needs, otherwise the wolf will be hungry and will bite his master!
What's more, the old slave also wanted to sacrifice the big Han families in the city to make up for the losses of his subordinates, but he didn't want to have an uprising of the people outside, and his own people were in turmoil inside, and the taste of sitting in the crater was definitely uncomfortable.
"Go, get Dai Shan."
After a full hour, Dai Shancai ran out of breath and crawled in front of the old slave.
"Erchen to see the emperor Ama, long live my emperor, long live long live!"
"That's it!" The old slave glanced at it, and suddenly said faintly: "It's been a long time since you came, don't you follow those boys to grab money, right?" ”
The old slave was originally a joke, but suddenly found that Xianshan's face was wrong, and he was so angry that he stood up.
"Bastard, look at yourself, and if you still have the appearance of a big Baylor! Isn't it just a little silver? It's also worth robbing in person to make people think of you! Disappointed, I'm so disappointed in you! ”
The old slave scolded, and Dai Shan lay on the ground, not daring to say a word, but he was slandering in his heart. Is that a bit of silver? That's 200,000 taels!
How many years did he save it, and if he returned to the pre-liberation overnight, if he didn't rob a little, how could he make up for the shortfall......
The old slave scolded for a while, and he was tired, so he sat down on the dragon chair again and said, "This chaos must have been designed by the Ming people behind the scenes." They can't beat me in a war, so they play these despicable methods that can't be put on the table! I must teach them a lesson! ”
Dai Shan was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Is Huang Ama going to cut Ming?" ”
"That's right, but now you have to calm down the civil strife first, you go and do it immediately, catch a few of the most ferocious people, and cut off their heads, which can be regarded as an explanation."
"Wow!"
It's not a good thing to be an executioner, but how can you disobey the order of the old slave, and you must do it if you are wronged!
Dai Shan led the men and horses of the two red flags, and immediately searched the whole city to stop the looting, and all those who made trouble were arrested.
For three consecutive days, the chaos in Shenyang City was suppressed by powerful bullets. Dai Shan found more than 20 scapegoats and put them in front of the public to appease the people.
However, in this riot, at least more than 3,000 Han people died, countless families were destroyed, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were lost, houses were burned down, and they were homeless in the cold weather, and I don't know how many people had to freeze to death.
Jiannu doesn't care about this, anyway, in their eyes, Hermes-Epitek is an inferior person, a slave, and when necessary, a fat sheep!
After settling down in the city, the old slave accelerated the pace of quelling the chaos, the two white flags were responsible for southern Liaoning, the two blue flags were responsible for the first line of the Yalu River, and the two red flags swept between Liaoshen and Shen.
The Eight Banners were dispatched, and countless villages were broken for a time, and the morale of Jiannu was greatly boosted.
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"My lord, I really didn't expect that Jiannu's ability is so strong!" Du Qing sighed, he thought that Jiannu would be in chaos for a long time, but he didn't expect to have the ability to fight back so quickly.
"Alas, all of them are war horses!"
Later generations were not only in the arena, in the zoo, but also in the remote mountainous areas. It is difficult to see horses, and they may not understand the role of war horses.
In fact, since the horse was tamed and used in warfare, the cavalry has been the king of the battlefield and has dominated for 2,000 years.
Having cavalry means having the most powerful mobility and the sharpest attacks. They can choose to play or not, and they can choose when to play.
No matter how tight the battle formation is, as long as the cavalry surrounds you, it will be constantly consumed. Keep luring, wait for a little slack, and then strike decisively, and most of them will win.
Many people are resentful of the two invasions of the Yuan and Qing dynasties, in fact, there are not many ordinary in human history, as long as the grassland gathers 100,000 cavalry, it will be a disaster for all civilizations, and countless once glorious civilizations will be annihilated under the iron hoof. If you count it, in fact, Huaxia has held the most times. That's why it lasted for 5,000 years.
Of course, far away, Jiannu is not a complete cavalry nation, they often fight with foot, but there are plenty of war horses as a means of mobility. They can be elusive, the militia and the people are no match for them at all, and the villages are broken wherever they pass. Most of the righteous people died, and the uprising was suppressed.
"My lord, follow this trend. Jiannu is about to put down the rebellion, and soon tens of thousands of troops will go south, and the hell of Changsheng Island is so small that it can't be opened at all. Is it to seize Fuzhou first, quickly build fortifications, and meet the Tartars? ”
Du Qing said as he said, his words won everyone's praise, and Qiao Fu and Yu Weiliang both stood up.
"My lord, a certain general is willing to play as a striker!"
"What are you robbing me of?"
"Is it you and I who robbed it?"
"Be reasonable, don't look at you as the champion, you can press me!"
"You're still the chief soldier, can't you let it go?"
The two guys quarreled like bullfights.
"That's it!" Zhang Ke waved his hand and said with a smile: "I haven't used up my tricks yet, Jiannu still has to toss, why are you in a hurry!" ”
This can shock a group of people, everyone thinks that just a bank, the Tartar is playing around, Zhang Ke is already almost the same as the gods in the sky, does he have other means, I'm afraid he has to give the Tartar a silent mourning again.
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After three days of calming down the chaos in Shenyang, an ox cart slowly entered the city, and on the cart sat a middle-aged scribe, dressed in a cotton robe and wearing a leather hat, with his head bowed, and his face could not be seen clearly.
The ox cart reached the depths of the Yangjiaojiao Hutong in the east gate and stopped in front of a small courtyard with two words written on the plaque: Fanfu.
This middle-aged man is Fan Wencheng, the owner of the mansion, he surrendered to the old slave four years ago, as one of the few scholars who took refuge in Jiannu, Fan Wencheng did not get too much preferential treatment, just assisted in sorting out and drafting documents!
However, Fan Wencheng is not in a hurry, he thinks that sooner or later there will be a time when he will soar, as long as he waits patiently. When the chaos happened, Fan Wencheng had a very smart nose and ran out of the city early to take refuge, and now returned home safely.
As soon as he entered the courtyard, Fan Wencheng first ran to the demolition house, moved a large water tank, cleaned up the floating soil under the water tank, and brought out a wooden box from below.
When I opened it, it was shining with silver, all of which were brand new silver dollars, three or five hundred taels!
"It's okay, it's okay!" Fan Wencheng said to himself and said with a smile: "Tartar is not knowledgeable, bank bills are just a piece of paper, and deposits are handed over to others, or silver dollars are real!" ”
He took out a dozen of them, and put the rest back in.
"Go, buy a table of wine and food for the master and come back."
Jia Ding took the silver dollar, turned around and ran, Fan Wencheng hummed a little song, sat in the main hall, waiting for dinner. In less than a quarter of an hour, the family ran back in a panic.
"It's not good, master!"
"What's wrong, the lord is very good!"
"No, it's the silver dollar that's bad!" Jia Ding said breathlessly.
"What?" Fan Wencheng stood up suddenly and asked in horror, "What's wrong with the silver dollar?" ”
"Master Qiyu, some people in the market say that there is no silver dollar at all, and it is made of copper and tin, and all shops do not accept it. You're probably gone! (To be continued......)