For many years, the Ming family has been thriving in the Jiangnan area, and through the careful management of several generations of masters before and after, it has finally become one of the world's leading families. Later, after climbing the relationship with the eldest princess and becoming an imperial merchant in the inner library, with the help of the continuous infusion of silver and silver brought by the goods in the inner library, the Ming family's hands and feet stretched farther and deeper, not only in Suzhou and Hangzhou, but also directly controlled a large number of ships, car dealers and shops, and the family members also indirectly controlled many inconspicuous, but deeply related to the people of Jiangnan.

For example, grain and oil, food, Qinglou, and even someone once said that as long as the Jiangnan people open the door, they will definitely deal with the Ming family's industry.

With such a huge family, the factions within the clan themselves are extremely complex, but the highest part in power is still the two rooms and six sons of the Ming family, and the rest of the remote houses are only responsible for taking care of the middle and lower class business.

Because he deeply understands the harmfulness of the division within the family, the first arrangement that Ming Lao Taijun made after taking sole control of the Ming family was that except for the Changfang Ming Qingda, all the other five children of the Ming family only have the right to dividends, but they do not have any right to arrange and suggest the huge property of the Ming family, and they are strictly forbidden to participate in the family business.

This arrangement is undoubtedly wise, at least with this kind of forceful means to ensure the apparent unity and good cooperation of the Ming family, and there are no problems like other families, and the family is still relatively unified with the outside world.

But. Although they can't participate in the family business, the other five masters sit on the family every year to receive large dividends from their families, and it is impossible to cover so much silver in the quilt to give birth to small silver chickens, and they always have to invest in the periphery, and naturally they have done a lot of business in Jiangnan.

The Ming family uses this method to stretch their hands longer and thinner step by step, because the business of these houses is still attached to the big branches of the Ming family in the end, and if the Ming family falls, the business of the five masters will also have big problems. So they will inevitably use the strength in their hands to escort the long house.

So in Fan Xian's eyes, these nominally did not belong to the business of the Ming family...... Still surnamed Ming, it is natural that the Supervisory Yuan began to harass these businesses without discrimination.

Now, the five gentlemen are a little unbearable, thinking that they don't have much to gain from the benefits of their family, and they have to be implicated, and the business is getting more and more difficult. What can I do?

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"Open your dog's eyes and see, in front of you is the fourth master!"

The fourth master of the Ming family was born to his aunt. The status in the family is not high, so I have always only liked to walk birds for fun, so as not to offend the old lady and the eldest brother, and every year I relied on my own annual silver, did some business, and opened a vegetable and fruit trading house. Doing the business of pinching and leaking fingers in the middle of the company, life is naturally very smooth.

But recently, he has not been able to get up anyway, the business is checking every day, and the business is declining slightly, although there is no serious result, but the bad trend is clear. The officials, who usually nod their heads in front of them, are rarely willing to drink tea with them.

He understood that it was the Inspectorate that was frightened by the officials.

But it was not the turn of the person in front of him to provoke him, and a trace of cruelty flashed on the slightly pale face of the fourth master of Ming, and he slapped him. The southern barbarian in front of him turned around three times, and a red palm mark suddenly appeared on his face. A trace of blood flowed from his lips.

Ming Siye is the largest vegetable and fruit seller in Suzhou City, looking inconspicuous, but he monopolizes the melon and fruit business in Jiangnan Sanchengcheng, including the input matters in the palace, which is also taken care of by him, and there is no problem in calling him the king of melons. And he relied on the momentum of the Ming family, established his own guild, and took care of the entire Jiangnan sweet potato fruit market from the whole market, so many years, there has never been a strong person who dared to go to his field to pick some melons and fruits to eat.

But in the past few days, a merchant suddenly came from Lingnan, skipped the agreement between the Ming family and the Xiong family, and sold melons and fruits directly to Suzhou without the hands of the fourth master of the Ming Dynasty.

Lingnan is hot and fruity, as long as the problem of long-distance transportation is solved, it is naturally profitable. If the businessman knows the rules, after coming to Suzhou, he will first bow to the fourth master of Ming, maybe the fourth master of the Ming will also nod and give him some share to do, who knows that the businessman does not know whether he does not understand the rules, or what can be relied on, he actually relied on the goods in his hands to be cheap, and forced the price of melons in Suzhou and even Jiangnan to drop by two percent within ten days, and the businessman's business has also expanded rapidly.

Fourth Master Ming stared at the Lingnan businessman who was knocked to the ground by his own slap with a dark smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Now everyone has bullied my Ming family?

In fact, he knew in his heart that when his own business began to be suppressed by the Supervision Yuan, no matter how much the Supervision Yuan could really play, but once this kind of rumor spread, the trend would become a trend, and countless businessmen who had been suppressed by their own family in previous years would begin to move, wanting to take advantage of the Ming family's anxiety to take advantage of the opportunity to obtain some benefits.

But...... Fourth Master Ming didn't have any way to take Fan Qincha, I'm afraid it would be too late, but how could he let a southern barbarian do anything on his own territory!

"Educate with sticks. Fourth Master Ming looked at the Lingnan melon merchant who was crying and begging for mercy on the ground, and a trace of disdain flashed on the corner of his lips.

As soon as the words fell, the screams in the courtyard started again, and the men of the fourth master of Ming smashed the Lingnan melon merchant with wooden sticks, and the beating was thumping, and the poor merchant's bones did not know how many were broken, and the screams gradually decreased, and the whole person was covered in blood and was knocked unconscious.

The henchman next to him watched this bloody scene,

His heart trembled, and he leaned over and said, "Fourth Master, this person ...... It should be from the Xiong family. ”

"I know. Fourth Master Ming said sharply: "Xiong Bailing, the old king, wants to use this melon merchant to test it, if I don't fight back, he really thinks that my Ming family can be bullied." ”

The bookkeeper smiled bitterly and said, "Fourth master." At this time, you can't cause trouble at home. ”

Fourth Master Ming thought of a thing, his expression darkened, and said: "The old lady has begun to doubt me, I don't act impulsive at this time, what should I do?"

The bookkeeper also had countless complicated emotions in his heart, and he didn't know how to speak.

Fourth Master Ming stood up from the chair, looked at the Lingnan businessman covered in blood on the ground, and said in a dark voice: "It's not that you are not allowed to do business, but doing business is not bullying." You can't bully me. ”

The Lingnan merchant had already woken up, and when he heard this, he was very frightened, and quickly nodded desperately.

"Pay 10,000 taels of silver, and at the same time adjust the price back, let's compete fairly. Fourth Master Ming smiled, and his laughter was extremely gloomy, "You don't bully me." Naturally, I won't bully you. ”

After rectifying this person, Ming Siye called someone to fork the merchant out. Looking at the blood stains on the floor, he took a mouthful of saliva, gritted his teeth and scolded: "Fan Xian bullied me, I don't care, which onion is *** in your Xiong family?"

Back in the house, Fourth Master Ming washed his hands. He rolled up his sleeves, took the birdcage from the porch, and began to tease, but with a whistle in his mouth and a little drifting away from his eyes.

The tent man cowered behind him and whispered, "Fourth master." You mean...... The matter of meeting Xia Qifei was known by the old lady?"

Fourth Master Ming's body stiffened, and he suddenly scolded angrily: "It's not your bad idea! With the support of the Qincha, the property of the public school will always be taken back by him...... I want Lao Tzu to meet him. Speak first!***, I was called by the old lady to be trained the next day, and I almost didn't come out alive!"

He was extremely angry, and finally calmed down the emotions in his chest, and said coldly: "The Supervision Yuan has been targeting our family recently, I am not cruel today, what will the old lady and the eldest brother think of me?"

Mr. Tent was scolded by the owner and didn't dare to come out, and said with a sad face: "But I want to meet you on the day of the Xia Dangjia, and it won't be possible if you don't see you, Fourth Master...... You really don't want to hear what Boss Xia has to say?"

"Seventh brother, seventh brother......" Ming Siye thought of the younger brother who suddenly appeared, and felt very strange, about Xia Qifei's mother and son being harmed by Ming Lao Taijun, he only heard about it occasionally, but he and his mother were clean, so they were not as afraid of each other as Changfang, when he thought of Xia Qifei's words conveyed by Qin Cha that day, the look in his eyes flashed, and he sighed helplessly: "I'm afraid of Lord Qincha, but I'm even more afraid of Old Taijun...... And after all, the Ming family is now the Ming family's people, and if you really want to listen to your words and join forces with Xia Qifei, there is such a terrible Qin Cha watching from behind, and the Ming family will ...... The Ming family that became the imperial court. ”

Fourth Master Ming smiled miserably and said: "No matter how domineering Changfang is, but after all, after so many years, my surname is still Ming." ”

The bookkeeper did not dare to persuade him again.

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The fourth master of the Ming Dynasty officially rejected Fan Xian's kindness through Xia Qifei, so Hua Yuan's reaction also arrived at the mansion he bought in the south of Suzhou very quickly.

The official of Suzhou Mansion pushed the door in, and under the watchful eyes of the Ming family's thugs, he came to the Tang house tremblingly, took out the ticket, and asked the fourth master of the Ming Dynasty to return to Suzhou Mansion with him for a hearing.

"Hearing?" Fourth Master Ming didn't expect that he would also be arrested and interrogated on the day he yelled at the officer: "I see if you are confused? Who sued me?"

That official also had to be a last resort, otherwise, under normal circumstances, where would he dare to offend the fourth master of the Ming family? Usually he would like to kneel on the ground and lick the other party's boots...... The official smiled bitterly, gave the fourth master of the Ming Dynasty a look, signaled that there was someone behind him, and then lowered his voice and pleaded: "It is a Lingnan businessman who told the fourth master of the Ming family to bully the market, hurt people, and indulge in murder. ”

Ming Siye was stunned for a moment, his brows furrowed, he didn't expect that the Lingnan businessman would dare to sue him, let alone that Suzhou Mansion would actually take over the case...... It has been many years, and the Ming family is so special in Jiangnan, and the relationship between the Suzhou Mansion and his own family is so close, how could he accept the pleadings of that Lingnan businessman? Although the Supervision Yuan has been blocking the Ming family recently, the biggest problem of the Supervision Yuan is that it cannot interfere in local government affairs, nor can it directly interfere in civil affairs, and the Supervision Yuan cannot take the lead in such criminal lawsuits, so when he committed the murder of slaves before, he did not have too much worry.

But the Suzhou government actually sent someone here!

His gaze passed over the officer's head. I saw a court official with a very unfamiliar face standing behind several officials, and the official uniform was not of high rank, and it did not look like a court official systematically dressed. His eyes narrowed, and he guessed the identity of the other party - it turned out that since the Lingnan merchant entered the courtyard, all of this was stared at by the officials of the Supervision Yuan, no wonder the other party reacted so quickly!

Ming Siye's eyelids jumped, knowing that he had miscalculated one thing, although it was impossible for the Supervision Yuan to interrogate him directly, he could stare at Suzhou Mansion to do things, if Suzhou Mansion really ignored him...... I'm afraid that the Supervision Yuan will go to arrest the officials of Suzhou Prefecture and go back for questioning. With such a strong deterrent here, it is no wonder that Suzhou Mansion dares to come to take it today.

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He sneered, looked at the official and said, "What if I don't go?"

The official was so anxious that he was about to cry,

begged: "The fourth master should give Lord Zhizhou a face." ”

The subordinates of the Ming family all clamored, holding wooden sticks in their hands to surround the officials, and their cold eyes stared at the official of the Supervision Yuan at the end of the crowd, intentionally or unintentionally.

The officials from all over the Supervision Yuan smiled and said, "Brother Official, what are you going to do? There seems to be someone here...... Ready to rebel. ”

Beat the officials and did not listen to the orders of the imperial court. What is the difference between rebellion and rebellion?

Hearing this, the Suzhou government official knew that this person had to be arrested today. Otherwise, the people of Zhizhou would not be able to report to the Supervision Yuan, and the tragic situation of the Lingnan businessman had already been seen by someone in the court, and at this time, someone from Huayuan also came, drinking tea in the tea shop opposite the court. It was impossible for any of his actions to escape the eyes of Lord Chincha.

The official sent his heart to the side, looked at the fourth master of Ming and said, "Fourth master, please!"

He kept signaling to the other party with his eyes, so that the other party understood that this time is different from the past, and he should be soft when he should be soft. As for being taken into Suzhou Mansion, there is naturally a chance to turn things around.

Fourth Master Ming lowered his head slightly, muttered for a long time, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and knew what was going on today's situation. Nodding.

The official was relieved, sighed and said, "The fourth master is pitiful. ”

The young inspectorate watched from the back sneering.

Mr. Tent came to the side of Fourth Master Ming. Said worriedly: "Fourth master, what should I do?"

Ming Siye laughed and smashed the birdcage in his hand to the ground, the smashed birdcage shattered, the bird feathers flew wildly, and the bird's blood splashed everywhere...... He sneered: "Let's go, just go, over the years, I have only drunk tea in the back garden of Suzhou Mansion, but I don't have the opportunity to see the true appearance of Suzhou Prison, so I'll open my eyes today." ”

He lowered his voice again and said hurriedly: "Immediately send a message back to Mingyuan, and let the eldest brother bail me out...... Don't worry, the old lady will trust me more because of this matter. ”

After explaining the matter, the fourth master of the Ming family was invited back to the prison of Suzhou Mansion by the official for the first time in his life.

"It seems that the fourth brother ...... Nothing else. After the news was transmitted back to Mingyuan, Ming Qingda sent someone to open up the channel on the one hand, and walked into the quiet courtyard where his mother lived, and told the old lady who was sitting on the chair: "I'm going to take him back, although I injured a Lingnan businessman, Suzhou Mansion was forced to ask him to return to his house under pressure from the Supervision Institute, but after all, the matter is not big, there should be no trouble, and Lord Xiao Fan can't use this matter to bite the fourth brother to death." ”

The old lady Ming on the chair fell into silence, her eyes were closed and she seemed to be thinking about something, and she never answered Ming Qingda's words.

Ming Qing Da felt strange, and after a while, a chill swelled up.

Old Taijun Ming slowly opened his somewhat godless eyes, and said: "The Ming family is already in turmoil, the fourth child first met with Xia Qifei secretly, it was for disloyalty, and then he acted recklessly, causing the family to worry about him, is it for unfilial piety, such a disloyal and unfilial person, what can he do?"

Ming Qingda was sad again after being silent, and the Ming family's aggressive offensive against Fan Xian adopted the immediate policy of retreating and playing with pathos, so he knelt down in the inner library and fell ill afterwards...... Now the Supervision Yuan is extremely coercive, the Ming family trembles, and it does look extremely pitiful, and the meaning of the old lady of Ming is ...... It seems that he is preparing to cut a deeper blood wound on his own wound.

He took a deep breath and said steadily: "Now that the situation is still under control, Lord Xiao Fan can only go to the periphery, and he can't hold our real handle, so there is no need to sacrifice so much at this time...... After all, he is also the bloodline of the Ming family. ”

Old Taijun Ming glanced at him indifferently and ruthlessly, and said: "Lord Qincha will force him more and more ruthlessly, after all, we need to sacrifice a figure who can be taken in exchange for the sympathy of the people in Jiangnan, the tendency of the gentry in the world, and now that the fourth child is taken to prison, wouldn't this be the best opportunity?" If people know that Lord Qincha forced a master of the Ming family to death in order to ask for money, the court will be shocked, and we will get a lot of benefits and time...... The deal is a good deal. ”

Ming Qingda's face remained unchanged, and after thinking for a while, he said, "It's all according to my mother's wishes." ”

He knew in his heart that the fourth brother was the son of his aunt after all, and in his mother's eyes, he was a dispensable character.

Old Taijun Ming looked at him and said coldly: "Is the flow of water at home like this? Why do you often have to transfer money to China Merchants recently?"

Ming Qingda sneered in his heart, thinking that the seal of Taiping Qianzhuang has always been in your hands, if I want to really hold the Ming family in my hands, I don't want to have some other way, how to do it?

Old Taijun Ming nodded, and finally said slowly: "It's just the fourth, I'm afraid it's not enough to make the hearts of the people in the world fall to our Ming family...... Qingda, you have to be prepared, maybe you have to be forced to give up the position of the head of the Ming family, so that the people of the world can notice the tragic situation of our Ming family. ”

Ming Qingda was slightly stunned, bowed deeply, and withdrew from the courtyard.

Outside the hospital, he smiled at his son Ming Lanshi, who had been waiting for him, and said, "Did you hear it......?" The only thing she hurts the most is your sixth uncle. ”