The next day, an astonishing news circulated throughout the city of Beijing:

I heard that when the first auxiliary scholar of the dynasty (equivalent to the prime minister), the grandson of Yan Song and Yan Ge, the "little king of Yama" Yan Hong, was walking in the southwestern suburbs of the city last night, fell off the horse, and the brain melon seeds were opened on the spot!

Wow!!

All of a sudden, the entire Jingshi blew up. There are those who rejoice, and there are those who sigh.

The two most talked about are: retribution.

Speaking of this "little Yama King" Yan Honglai, no one in Beijing knows about it, and no one knows it. Although he is not as good as his grandfather Shoufu Yan Song, and not as good as his father Yan Shifan, the left waiter of the Ministry of Works, he is also a famous figure in Beijing.

You must know that Yan Song was the role of Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty at that time, and above 10,000 people, and he had monopolized power. And although this prime minister is a high-ranking lord, he is single-minded. Except for his old wife, a lady from the Ouyang family, he never took a concubine.

This is commendable, but because of this, the family is thin. In addition to the two daughters who have long since died, there is only one son, Yan Shifan.

This Yan Shifan is not a worry-free lord, he is lustful, and when he sees a beautiful woman, he puts peach blossoms in one eye. In addition to his wife Xiong, who died early, there are countless beautiful concubines in the room. But somehow, it's probably because the wine hurts the body, and in the end it's still thin. gave birth to two sons before, and died young.

Needless to say, this emotionally hit Yan Song's father and son, but no one has come to accept the grace of the Ming Dynasty to the minister's children.

There are three unfilial pieties, no queen is the greatest, after a hundred years of Yan Song, there is no grandson to inherit the incense, so what can it be done? In this way, on the one hand, in order to attack the official position, and on the other hand, in order to increase the blessing of the shade, Yan Song chose two handsome boys among the children of his clan to adopt according to the folk customs of the time, as his favored grandson, Yan Shifan's favored son, named Yan Hong and Yan Hu.

The two brothers, the eldest grandson Yan Hong and the second grandson Yan Hu, have been treated as their own grandsons since they entered the Yan Mansion.

A few years later, Yan Shifan gave birth to another son named Yan Shaoqing.

I don't know if the Honghu brothers recruited by Lu Dao really brought good luck, this Yan Shaoqing has been very strong since he was a child, no disasters and no diseases, and he is thriving.

This time, the Yan family is not worried, and Yan Song is of course even more fond of the two favored grandsons. And Yan Song's wife, Ouyang, treats these two hugs and a biological grandson equally, and cares for them like a baby.

It's just that these two brothers are not very competitive. Let's just talk about this eldest grandson Yan Hong, he has a good skin, and he has a good grandfather, a good father, three generations of standard rich officials, three generations of officials, a little bit of aggressiveness, if you don't say that you will enter the phase, it will not be a problem to mix with a high-ranking official, right?

But this son has not been able to write since elementary school, and he can't learn martial arts. Grandfather Yan Song is a first-class calligrapher in the world, and his father Yan Shifan is very talented, what about Yan Hong's son? Write your own words, like a crab crawling, and you can make more than half of the mistakes by memorizing a hundred family names; And a martial arts, it is still a fierce general when used to beat the bricks and fight the jungle, but if it really comes to boxing, sticks, bows and knives, it is really undesirable. In addition, when I get older, I cherish my handsome face more and more, and I am reluctant to play with my life like when I was a child.

Fortunately, in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, like many dynasties, it was also an era of fighting for fathers, and Yan Hong not only had a good father, but his father also had a good father. Relying on the big tree of Yan Ge Lao, the eldest young master Yan Hong first fooled a talent and fame, and then graced the official position of a scholar, which was barely considered in the system.

In addition, although Yan Hong is not a martial artist, in addition to being born with a good skin, he is a first-class handsome character, but he is not a pure vase character, but he is also a little outstanding. At the age of five or six, he lay on the counter and watched the butler settle the accounts, and when he was eight or nine years old, he sometimes looked at the account book in his eyes and reported the amount of money in his mouth, which was faster than the butler's abacus beads.

When he grew up, he heard and witnessed the intrigue between his grandfather Yan Song and his father Yan Shifan in the court, and he had a bad stomach. Yan Song simply handed over the Yan family's business to this eldest grandson to take care of, and it can be regarded as making the best use of his talents.

When the Ming Dynasty was founded, the great grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang had a clear order, and there were clear rules for the classification of farmers and industrialists, and even there were rules for wearing clothes. Officials are the first class, businessmen are the fourth class, of course, officials are not allowed to do business, how can there be a reason to stir the toilet with a jade spoon?

But it's strange to say, there are a lot of people who like to use a jade spoon to stir the toilet. And this Taizu system is the same as the system of stripping the skin and grass when Hongwu was greedy for sixty taels - if anyone still regards this as an iron law in the Jiajing Dynasty, it can only be said that the too young, too simple Tucson has broken. Just as it is said, if it is really to be carried out according to the "60 taels of corruption and skinning", then it is better to simply pull out the officials of the Ming Dynasty collectively and skin them, and it will save trouble, and the wronged ones will not exceed 1 percent.

In the same way, to say that officials are not allowed to do business is also on paper. On the one hand, officials naturally act as proxies through their own relatives or family members; On the other hand, there are many businessmen who make a fortune and will also spend money to buy a fame.

Therefore, the so-called system of officials not being allowed to do business really exists in name only, and even the emperor has to open an imperial shop, let alone others? The collusion between officials and bandits is not a strange thing, let alone the integration of officials and business?

And it's no wonder that officials want to do business. The standard of commercial tax in the Ming Dynasty was 30 taels of silver, that is, only one tael of taxes were collected after selling 30 taels of silver. Considering the huge difference in prices between the north and the south at that time, this low tax rate can be said to be extremely favorable to merchants.

This kind of tax rate on the surface does not mean that the burden on businessmen is necessarily low. The principle is the same as before, one thing on paper, another thing in private. Local taxes and miscellaneous taxes, bad rules and regulations, and government exploitation can be added to you with your mouth. It's not a question of whether or not to pick off a layer of skin, but whether it can leave you with a layer of skin. Therefore, most small and medium-sized businessmen in the Ming Dynasty usually had a hard time if they planned to endure "exploitation outside the system" in a strict and law-abiding manner.

But once a businessman has official status, it's a different story. Not only is the loss of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes much lighter, but even legitimate taxes can escape a lot.

As soon as they enter and exit here, the "officials and businessmen" will of course make a lot of money.

As for the business of Yan Ge's hometown, let's ask, who is tired of daring to come and collect bad rules?

As for the eldest young master Yan Hong, he has taken over since he was 17 years old, and he has managed it well, keeping the Yan family's original shop and shop hall in good order.

Those shopkeepers, those who manage the accounts, and the business of Yan Ge Lao, who doesn't want to rub some oil on the big fat meat? Don't you dare! It used to be okay, but now Young Master Yan Hong is in charge of the account, and he doesn't rub sand in his eyes. Whoever dares to steal a tael of silver, you will wait to be choked to death by this tael.

Hong Dashao said clearly: you occupy the Yan family's shop, and the shop gives you a monthly salary, and also gives you shares, and the year-end dividend is indispensable when the business is good. My old man and old lady still have rewards in plain life, you buy and sell the Yan family, and there is a little oil and water over there when you buy the goods. It's all like this, who dares to hack the account book, don't blame Young Master Ben for having no conscience!

There is really a shopkeeper, and he made a small account of ten taels of silver on the account, and was ordered by Yan Hong to tie it to a chair, and ten taels of silver were converted into copper coins, and one by one he was forced to stuff them into his mouth! Stuffed one or twenty, already bleeding from the mouth, the gums were broken, the shopkeeper desperately resisted not swallowing, while struggling with tears, seeing that the people next to him were frightened, and knelt down one by one to buckle their heads and beg the eldest young master for mercy. Yan Hong saw that he was bluffing, so he was gracious and allowed him to spit out the copper coin, while leaving down the cruel words: "Forget it this time, whoever will be caught by Lao Tzu again, Lao Tzu will burn the copper money and pour it into his stomach!" ”

From then on, whoever dared to falsify the accounts was conscientious, honestly afraid, for fear that nothing would be right.

Yan Hong not only tidied up his shop with an iron fist, but he also snatched it by skill, swept around the city of Beijing, and took many shops and businesses under the Yan family. He is thoughtful and vicious, but at the same time, he will not act arbitrarily.

If there is another backer behind this shop, what is the big and high-ranking official who can't be provoked, Yan Hong will never provoke it, and even give three points of courtesy, so that everyone can get rich together.

If it is the protégé of the grandfather Yan Ge and the henchmen of the party, he only needs to invite the backer, say a few words, and even praise it, and then he will occupy the dry shares without moving, more than one point, less than five cents. And these officials and businessmen who are held by him do not feel that they have suffered a big loss, after all, with the banner of Yan Ge Lao, it is much easier to do other businesses.

If there are other officials who have no friendships, and who have no power, or even ordinary white merchants, it is very good: if you have ten businesses, I will take two; If you only have this place, my Young Master Yan only needs 30% of dry shares. And in other places, it also helps you get through some joints, and sell some cheap face, as the so-called chopping bamboo shoots does not hurt bamboo shoots, and they look good on each other's faces. But if the other party is really not on the road, and dares to be more serious with the eldest young master, then I'm sorry, I have to use means to make your business not open, and the silver can't be earned.

Just because he was ruthless and poisonous, the characters in the capital privately gave Yan Hong the nickname "Little Yama". The large and small merchants in the capital have eaten enough of him, needless to say. Even the ordinary people in the market, although they actually didn't have much chance to deal with him, they all spread the word of mouth, saying that the little king of Yan Ge's hometown, I heard that it was not the seed of Master Yan Shifan, he was fierce, ruthless, and couldn't be provoked, let's see him hide away!

Now such a powerful person, he actually fell from a horse and fell to the point where his brain blossomed, how can this make the officials and people of Beijing not talk about it?

At the Fulin Inn next to the Dongzhi Gate, the shopkeeper clasped his hands together in his bedroom: "Amitabha, Amitabha, retribution, retribution, blackmail me for three points, this little Yama was finally accepted by the Yama King!" ”

Before he finished speaking, his wife twisted her fat ears and dragged the shopkeeper to the sky. The wife gritted her teeth and scolded in a low voice: "Dead ghost, is it your turn to be proud now?" Xiao Yama has overtaken our family's three percent of the dry stocks, but this knife has already been slaughtered. If he really dies, someone else comes up and re-peels you again, can you stand it? ”

"Oh, yes, it's still Madame's opinion." The shopkeeper shuddered: "Looking at it this way, it's better not to die for the little Yama king, lest we be beaten with chickens and eggs." ”

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In a teahouse next to Desheng Gate, a scholar stroked his short beard again and again, chanting in a humming tune: "If you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, the heavens are clear, and the gods are unhappy." The heavens are clear, and the gods are unhappy! ”

snorted for a while, and spread out his hands with some regret: "However, Tianli will retribution, only kill the remnants of Yan Mansion, and don't rape Yan Song!" ”

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