Chapter 74: Counterfeit Money Turmoil
Fan Sanba had received a letter from his father, Fan Yongdou, a few days ago, saying that his Jin merchant Fan family had already surrendered to the regent, and asked Fan Sanba to sell all the properties in the south as soon as possible and then quickly evacuate the south and return to Shanxi.
And Fan Sanba, in order to covet temporary profits, thought about learning from the Daming Central Bank to open a bank, and withdraw after collecting a wave of gold and silver, so as to make contributions in front of the regent.
Therefore, when Yang Mingshen threatened him, he didn't think so.
"Fan Sanba, don't think that this official doesn't know about the activities of your Fan family and Jiannu, selling iron and gunpowder, and taking out the firearms drawings of the Shenji Battalion, and now you still want to take away the silver of the Ming Dynasty, your Fan family is really a good slave of the Dolgon family!"
After Yang Ming said angrily, Fan Sanba was not angry, but said with a smile: "It's all about making money and eating together, your Yang family recognizes the Ming Emperor as the master, our Fan family recognizes the regent as the master, Mei Xiang worships the master, they are all slaves, don't say anyone." β
"Okay, then don't blame me Yang for being unkind!"
Yang Mingshen turned around and walked away as he spoke, and at this time, Zhu Guobi, the Duke of Baoguo, walked out of the room: "Slow, Master Yang!" β
"It turns out that Grandpa Guo, you are also here", Yang Mingshen had to restrain his anger and put on a smiling face.
Zhu Guobi, the Duke of Baoguo, did not give Yang Mingshen face, and his language was full of anger: "Now you people are more and more disrespectful to our royal relatives, Lu Zhenfei that guy dares to ignore his own country, you are a small principal, and now you can also call here blindly, to tell you the truth, half of this Daming Bank is Mr. Fan's, and half is owned by the country's public, your master of ceremonies can open it, why can't your country make it public?" β
Yang Mingshen didn't expect that this Baoguo Gong Zhu Guobi had something to do with this Daming Bank, but seeing that this Baoguo Gong was very arrogant to him, Yang Mingshen didn't bother to say anything more, just arched his hand and said: "Whether it can be opened or not, it has to be the lower official who has the final say, and when the time comes, Grandpa Guo will find Han Gonggong, who is the master of ceremonies, and say it." β
With that, Yang Mingshen left here.
And the Duke of Baoguo also shouted angrily: "Han Shoujing, a dead eunuch who just climbed up from the eunuch in Nanjing, what is the Duke of China afraid of, you will tell him when you go back, believe it or not, the Duke of China is in a hurry, and he directly sent someone to smash his broken bank!" β
Zhu Guobi, the Duke of Baoguo, ignored the government and politics, and the currency reform has always been the chief of ceremonies and the pen of Han Shoujing, so he did not know that the central bank of the Ming Dynasty was led by the Ming Emperor Zhu Youzhen.
And here, Yang Mingshen remembered this sentence.
As soon as Yang Mingshen came out, he saw his close body and soul running over: "My lord, Jin Yiwei has come to the headquarters of the central bank, tell you to go over immediately?" β
"Jin Yiwei!"
Yang Mingshen replied in surprise.
He was already in a very bad mood because he was scolded by Zhu Guobi and Fan Sanba, the Duke of Baoguo, for a long time, but now he heard that Jinyiwei also dared to come to the door to find fault, and his mood was even worse:
"These people are really looking for death and don't pick a good day, even Jinyiwei also came to join in the fun, I really think that this bank is opened by me Yang alone, even if it is Gonggong Han, it is impossible to let the Wang family, a giant businessman in Ningbo Mansion, come forward, if you anger Your Majesty, see how you still explain!"
Yang Mingshen said and hurried back to the central bank headquarters.
As soon as Yang Mingshen came to the headquarters of the central bank, he saw His Majesty the Ming Emperor Zhu Youzhen sitting upstairs drinking tea in a private room with a solemn face.
He was good at observing words and feelings, and he naturally guessed that maybe His Majesty already knew about this.
Thinking of the arrogance of Zhu Guobi and Fan Sanba, Yang Mingshen decided to exaggerate his demeanor, which made His Majesty Long Yan angry, and he also took revenge on the Fan family.
So, Yang Mingshen directly slapped himself in the face twice with a whip, and then slammed his elbow into the corner of the wall.
Yang Mingshen, who was in pain, cried with snot and tears on the spot, and the whole person fell to the ground, crawling and walking and crying:
"Your Majesty, Weichen is sorry for you, the Fan family deceived people too much, relying on the support of the Baoguo Gong, not to mention opening a bank privately against the will, and threatening to smash my Daming Central Bank, this is your bank, Your Majesty! They don't take you seriously. β
Yang Mingshen climbed up, and then prostrated in front of Zhu Youzhen, told Zhu Youzhen about the arrogance of Fan Sanba and Zhu Guobi, the Duke of Baoguo, and also reported the guilt of Fan Sanbali to build slaves.
Zhu Youzhen rubbed his forehead, feeling quite depressed, as soon as this kind of thing that went against his will and was obviously a crime came out, this Yang Mingshen actually thought of reasoning, instead of reporting to Han Shoujing and himself.
This made Zhu Youzhen speechless to Yang Mingshen: "Are you finished?" β
Yang Mingshen nodded.
"Come on, pull it down first, and give thirty lashes!"
Zhu Youzhen commanded.
Li Ruolian hurriedly beckoned the captain of the two brocade clothes to pull Yang Mingshen down, pressed him on the ground and began to fight.
Yang Mingshen was stunned for a while, although it hurt but he was very excited to beat himself just now, but now he didn't understand why His Majesty beat him, and he screamed in pain.
"You are not the eldest master of your Yang family now, you are the head of the household department, the deputy governor of the Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty, you are the official of my Ming Dynasty, you are my protΓ©gΓ© of the Son of Heaven, what qualifications does he have to talk to you, what qualifications does he have to talk to you when he encounters this matter in the future, if the matter is urgent, you can go directly to the palace to see me, who asked you to reason with people, you touched a nose of ashes, you deserve it!" I'm going to beat you lightly today! β
As soon as Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, Wang Chengen also ran over, panting and said, "The slave has seen Your Majesty!" β
"You are the same, give yourself a thirty slap in the face, someone on the market issues counterfeit money, disrupting my Ming trading order! What do you eat as the commander of the East Factory? β
Zhu Youzhen snorted as he spoke.
"Yes!"
Wang Chengen slapped himself thirty times, and then prostrate on the ground and explained:
"The slave maid also just learned that there are many official gentry who run private banks and mint silver coins privately, and the slave and maid are ready to write a letter to the Lu Ge Lao, who is also the governor of Nanzhili, and he will come forward to solve this matter."
"I don't know the rules, I have already said that the central bank of the Ming Dynasty is owned by the inner court, and you Dongchang is a full-time security and stability in the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, although overseas hoeing and intelligence collection are the business of Jinyiwei, but the eradication of Han 0 traitors and thieves in the Ming Dynasty is also the responsibility of your Dongchang, since this Fan Sanba is the son of Fan Yongdou, and he has long heard that there is a suspicion of building slaves in Litong, what are you doing in Dongchang, and he has made him arrogant until now!
There is also that Baoguo Duke Zhu Guobi, who is he a relative of the emperor, is Nanjing really his?
Last time, Lu Zhenfei mentioned the matter of his envoys and soldiers in the court, and you people in Dongchang didn't check it well, so it can be seen that it was a dereliction of duty!
For the sake of you just returning to Nanjing, you will not be punished with capital crimes;
But in the future, if I see these petty people disturbing the law and order in the Ming Dynasty, I will cut off your head first and then rectify the East Factory!
Don't think that if you are an old minister who goes south with me, I won't do anything to you! β