Chapter 164: Poor
Within three days, the eight imperial merchants headed by Fan Yongdou had 20 million silver withdrawn, Huang Yunfa couldn't bear it at first, he was suppressed by Fan Yongdou before, and he robbed a lot of silver deposits, and the money village could use less silver, and at this time there was no silver to deal with the turbulent withdrawals.
Huang Yunfa actually fled with his family, and this time, the eight imperial merchants, who were already in danger, became even more dangerous, and the people who had lost the silver deposited gathered around the gate of the capital Mansion Yin to ask for an explanation, and the matter became more and more out of control.
Fan Yongdou was so shocked that he didn't even settle the account, and ran to find Dolgon all night.
When he went to the study, Fan Yongdou, who looked haggard, saw Dolgon.
"Regent, something is wrong, Huang Yunfa actually ran away!"
Fan Yongdou looked anxious.
Dolgon was also anxious, and said angrily: "I know, this king has already sent someone to arrest him, I believe he can't escape from this king's palm, how is the account on your side?" ”
Fan Yongdou's face was full of bitter melons, and he said: "This account is too difficult to check, and it is roughly estimated that it will not be less than five million taels ......."
"What? Five million taels? ”
Dolgon stood up in shock, but he didn't expect that the money borrowed on the book was less than two million taels, and the actual sea trade loan actually reached as much as five million.
"Regent, these bad debts are not the most difficult to deal with at present, the key is that as soon as Huang Yunfa runs, the entire Qing Dynasty has lost confidence in the eight imperial merchants, and our Fan family has been withdrawn more than 10 million taels of silver in the past three days, and the remaining cash in his hand is less than three million, and he can't even survive tomorrow!"
Fan Yongdou is about to cry, as soon as Huang Yunfa's incident comes out today, don't think about it, tomorrow his money bank will definitely be crowded, and Huang Yunfa of the Eight Great Imperial Merchants has run away, who is not worried about who will run next?
This time, even Dolgon panicked, he had never encountered such a situation, and said, "Then what do you say we should do now?" The treasury is only 20 million, even if you take it for emergency, you may not be able to cope with it, if all the people come to withdraw silver, 20 million may not be enough, and the treasury has to maintain the operation of the entire Qing Empire, not without any silver! ”
Fan Yongdou already knew before he came that he was hopeless this time, but he couldn't run away, he had to stay and deal with the mess, even if he went bankrupt in the end, as long as he left a good impression on Dolgon, he was a responsible businessman, and he thought about everything for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, and he would have a chance to make a comeback.
Otherwise, running away like Huang Yunfa will be completely finished, not only will he lose his family property, but he will also lose his life.
"For today's plan, there is no other way, the initiator of all this is Yang Xin, we can only arrest Yang Xin and announce the world that it is possible to make the people stop panicking, otherwise it is useless to throw more silver into it."
Fan Yongdou knew that there was no solution, so it was better to pull Yang Xin into the water and muddy the water first, maybe he would have a chance to fish in troubled waters.
"Catch Yang Xin? Do you know what you're talking about? Catching Yang Xin is tantamount to declaring war on Daxing! ”
Dolgon is not easy to fool, in just a few days, he has found out the ins and outs of the matter clearly, and then said: "Don't think that the king doesn't know about the bad things you did, first, the reason why your Fan family money bank can have so many bad debts in sea trade is because you plagiarized the matching business of Daxing money bank, otherwise, these bad debts are now in Daxing money bank, why bother you and me?" ”
Fan Yongdou was so frightened that he was sweating profusely and immediately knelt down.
Dolgon gave him a blank look, and then said: "I haven't finished speaking, second, the news of the unsalable maritime merchants in Goryeo came, and you didn't want to resolve the matter at the source, but took the lead in collecting debts. ”
Fan Yongdou trembled with fright, and at this time, Dolgon's voice was so fierce that he didn't even dare to explain.
"Finally, Huang Yunfa's problem, you also have a great responsibility, it wasn't for you to suppress the Huang family with all your strength before, and he wouldn't be so bad, every step of the situation deteriorated was caused by your stupid behavior! This king has already decided, tomorrow to convene the remaining seven imperial merchants to discuss the court together, everyone work together to find a way to survive this crisis! ”
After the investigation in the past few days, Dolgon has also become impatient with Fan Yongdou, it is not that this person is insatiable, and it will not cause such a big storm at all.
Fan Yongdou dared to speak, and hurriedly agreed, saying: "Okay, but the slave will only stop all the money and silver tomorrow, and the last three million taels will be handed over to the regent for unified deployment tomorrow." ”
Dolgon nodded and said, "Okay, that's all, this king will send a team of imperial guards to guard the gate of your Fan Mansion in a while, in case someone is unfavorable to your Fan family." ”
Fan Yongdou didn't know the purpose of Dolgon's words, whether he was afraid that he would also learn from Huang Yunfa and run away, but he was no longer able to do anything at this time, so he could only rely on Dolgon, so he hurriedly said: "Thank you, master, but this Yang Xin is the reason for this incident, Haimao is what he did with all his might, and Fan Siqi, the old man's past work, can prove that he came to our Fan family from the beginning, and the regent must not let him go." ”
Fan Yongdou didn't forget Hei Yang Xin until he died, Dolgon frowned, and said coldly: "I know, this king has already sent a messenger to summon him three days ago, if he doesn't dare to come, it will prove that he has a ghost in his heart, and this king will not be polite to Daxing anymore." ”
Fan Yongdou was happy when he heard this, he was already a dead cow anyway, as long as Yang Xin was pulled in, he would divert everyone's attention, and he might be able to come back to life.
So he hurriedly said goodbye and went back, and as soon as he returned to Fan's mansion, he ordered all the cash to be moved back to the mansion overnight, and everyone was not allowed to go out, and there were royal guards guarding outside the door, Fan's mansion was at least safe, and there was no need to worry about someone coming to make trouble tomorrow if someone couldn't bring up the silver.
On the other hand, as the initiator of the matter, Yang Xin has been very low-key recently, accompanying Fan Yuxuan every day, leaving the major affairs of the court to the princess and the two to deal with, he will mention it from time to time, go to Daniel Zhang's military camp to have a look when he has time, recruit 10,000 new troops, expand the fifth battalion, and Daxing's regular army establishment has reached an astonishing 80,000 people.
Daxing also sent 10,000 trained sailors to Goryeo, saying that he was replacing the previous 10,000 mercenaries, because the mercenary army was sloppy, and had received many complaints from the monarchs and ministers of Goryeo, and there were even incidents of robbing people's daughters.
However, the army of 10,000 people who changed the defense has been transferred, but the mercenaries have not yet been transferred back, so at present, in Goryeo, the garrison of Daheung has reached an astonishing 25,000 people.
On this day, Yang Xin was accompanying Fan Yuxuan and feeding her grapes with his own hands, Fan Yuxuan's stomach had been more than eight months, rising high, happily eating the grapes that Yang Xin sent to her mouth, and suddenly her face changed, showing a painful look.
Yang Xin was startled, stood up violently, and said, "What's wrong?" Are you going to give birth? ”
Fan Yuxuan saw his nervous appearance, snorted and laughed, and said, "Husband, don't be so nervous, it's not full-term yet, it's just the baby kicking the palace in the belly!" ”
Yang Xin sat down embarrassedly, stroking Fan Yuxuan's belly, and sure enough, he felt a pair of little feet kicking, and he was actually kicking his hands at this moment.
Yang Xin was pleasantly surprised, and said with a smile: "Most of them are a kid, so dishonest, they are still competing with this king!" ”
When he said this, Kou Baimen and Fan Siqi, who were waiting on the side, also smiled, Fan Yuxuan's face was full of happiness, she naturally wanted to have a boy, if it was a boy, her position in Daxing would be stable.
The family was happy, and at this time, Kuroko came in to report in person.
"King Xing, the Qing Dynasty sent an envoy, saying that it was our Daxing sea trade that caused a big incident in the capital, and the people were running on the major money banks, and the regent wanted you to solve it, otherwise, he would order that we Daxing money banks were not allowed to carry out private matchmaking business in Daqing."
Yang Xin frowned when he heard this, and said, "Concubine Fan is about to give birth, where can this king be separated?" ”
Fan Yuxuan, who was on the side, hurriedly said, "Husband, isn't this the result you have been looking forward to?" Now that it's here, let's talk about how your plan can be realized. ”
Yang Xin sighed and said, "Hey, it seems that I can't see that my son is born, and the hard-working father has to go to earn milk powder money for his son, Heizi, you go back to the messenger, and tomorrow the king will set off for Beijing." ”
Heizi hurriedly agreed, but did not leave, and continued: "The Qing envoy also specially explained that the king must bring his maid Fan Siqi. ”
Yang Xin was stunned when he heard this, and said with a smile: "How can Dolgon even take care of such a trivial matter? ”
Kuroko shook his head and said, "The last general also asked just now, but the envoy didn't say it, but just said that the regent specially explained it." ”
Yang Xin waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, this little request, this king has no reason not to meet him!" Go talk back. ”
Kuroko went as promised this time.
As soon as Heizi left, Fan Yuxuan's face was full of iron, and she glared at Fan Siqi coldly, and said, "Husband, there is something wrong with this Fan Siqi, otherwise how would the regent know that there is a Fan Siqi by your side?" ”
When Fan Siqi heard this, she was so frightened that she hurriedly knelt down and said, "Princess, the slave is wronged, this is really none of my business." ”
Yang Xin hurriedly walked over and helped Fan Siqi up, and said with a smile: "You, old!" The problem is made again, always thinking of people so badly, Siqi can be regarded as doing her best to accompany this king these days, and she worked hard last night for most of the night, how could she betray this king? ”
While talking, he also inadvertently patted Fan Siqi's buttocks, Fan Siqi felt that there was a hot current in the place where she was photographed, and her legs were weak that she couldn't stand it.
At this time, Yang Xin's face was red, Yang Xin was as strong as a cow last night, and he was almost tossed and scattered, but fortunately, Kou Baimen came to relay halfway, otherwise it would be difficult to even stand up today.
Fan Yuxuan saw that he didn't care, so she had to say helplessly: "Hey, you, you're always too soft-hearted, and one day you will be deceived." ”
Yang Xin sat down next to Fan Siqi with one hand, hugged Fan Yuxuan, kissed her lightly on the forehead, and said: "Don't think too much, give birth to the baby at home with peace of mind, this king will enter Beijing tomorrow, hoping to rush back to see the baby born." ”
Fan Yuxuan nodded, although she was full of wisdom, but now she has a big belly and can't move, and many things can only be arranged by Yang Xin, the most important thing at the moment is to give birth to a baby safely, she herself is always calculating others, and she is always worried about being calculated, and even suspected that the princess may send someone to attack the baby in her belly, and every day to prevent the Duanfei Palace from leaking, and she doesn't have too much heart to think about outside things.
Yang Xin briefly explained some things, and the next day he brought two hundred guards into Beijing, at this time, led by the kitchen knife Li Ren's personal guard, Wei Wu had been transferred out of the pro-military camp and went to the fifth battalion.
With Fan Siqi by her side along the way, she will not be lonely, and she will go on the road with a relaxed mood.
And Fan Siqi was entangled in his heart, it is said that Yang Xin is good to himself, his usual food and clothing are much higher than ordinary maidservants, and he is also kind to himself.
However, his family is in the hands of Fan Yongdou, and when he arrives in the capital, if he uses this to force himself to obey, he can only betray Yang Xin, and the two have been close to each other for a long time, and it is impossible to say that there is no emotion, after all, feelings are often slept out.
As soon as he arrived in the capital, Yang Xin felt the tense atmosphere, the city gate was already under martial law, and the Manchu soldiers guarding the city were twice as many as usual, and the inventory was very powerful, especially for those who went out of the city, they were waiting in line.
Yang Xin had the regent's decree, so he naturally entered the city easily, and when he arrived in the city, the carriage didn't go far, and he saw that the gate of a Fan family money village was closed, and there were a lot of people gathered at the door, all of whom couldn't mention the silver if they wanted to, and they were talking about the notice at the door.
Yang Xin laughed when he saw it, and said to the kitchen knife Li on the side: "Go and see what is written on the notice!" ”
The kitchen knife Li Yingnuo left, and came back after a while, saying: "King Huixing, the notice says that Fanjia Qianzhuang was ordered by Emperor Shunzhi to suspend the payment of silver tickets, please rest assured, don't spread rumors, don't believe rumors, don't come to mention silver if you have nothing to do, Qianzhuang will resume business soon, please be patient." ”
Yang Xin listened interestingly, and said: "This Dolgon is really interesting, in order to save the Fan family, even the emperor's face has moved over, I don't know if the people in the capital will buy it!" ”
Kitchen knife Li hurriedly echoed: "It shouldn't be, the people who were watching just now were very anxious." ”
Yang Xin nodded, lowered the curtain and continued to hurry.
As soon as he arrived at the head of Daxing Qianzhuang on Temple Street, the eunuch of the imperial court arrived and ordered him to go to court early tomorrow morning.
Yang Xin listened to it funny, this Dolgon simply regarded himself as the country of the Qing Dynasty, and he was like a thing in his pocket, and he actually called himself to go to court like an ordinary minister.
However, at this time, he didn't want to turn his face with Daqing, otherwise he wouldn't have come this time, so he could only do it.
Uncle Tian reported to Yang Xin what happened in the capital during this time, and during this time, Uncle Tian has been presiding over various affairs in the capital, mainly including the operation of Daxing's ten money houses in the capital and more than 100 shops of various types.
Yang Xin just listened lightly, without any statement, what happened was basically expected by Yang Xin, debts were being collected everywhere, all the money houses were closed, and the money houses that are still in operation today are ten Daxing money houses, so to speak, the financial market in the capital has basically been paralyzed.
"King Xing, because there are too many people in debt recently, they are in a hurry to sell their houses, and the house prices have fallen sharply, should we buy some at a low price?"
Uncle Tian suggested.
Yang Xin nodded and said, "This can be had, but don't buy too much, it can't exceed three million taels, more than two million taels of silver in the capital, this king is still very useful, don't move too much for the time being." ”
Uncle Tian didn't understand what Yang Xin was doing with the silver all the time, since the last time it was transported, it had not been touched, and it had been saved for several months, and the monthly interest loss was not a small amount.
However, this operation is too complicated, Uncle Tian is still in the clouds, I don't know why things happened, and I don't know how to end it, because in the past three or four months, Yang Xin has been fighting in Goryeo, and he has never taken care of the affairs of the capital at all, and he is just doing things step by step in the capital, and there is no big move, and then, the crisis in the capital happened, and it evolved very quickly, and it was out of control in less than ten days.
Therefore, he didn't dare to discount Yang Xin's order at all, for fear that doing something wrong would affect Yang Xin's plan, so he hurriedly promised, saying three million, then three million, and made up his mind that he would not buy more than one or two silver.
Yang Xin smiled and said: "This king has worked hard to create this crisis, of course, he wants to buy valuable assets in the Qing Dynasty at a low price, but the most potential investment in the capital at the moment is not a house, but other things, and this silver is prepared for this!" ”
Uncle Tian was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "King Xing, what is that?" ”
Yang Xin said mysteriously: "You will know soon, don't talk about it now." ”
There was nothing to do all night, and early the next morning, Dolgon actually sent the imperial guards to personally invite Yang Xin to the court, and the Manchu generals who executed did not say a word, and took Yang Xin to the Forbidden City.
Yang Xin found out that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was actually a big court meeting, and even the little emperor of Shunzhi, who was a few years old, was sitting on it, and the court was full of military officials, making it very formal.
Moreover, it is early in the morning, and it will be eight or nine o'clock in the morning in the future, and the key is that the Qing monarchs and ministers in the present seem to have been discussing for a long time.
Yang Xin came in and attracted everyone's attention, and Yang Xin's attention was on the child emperor Shunzhi on the throne, and the legendary Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang beside him, but unfortunately, Yang Xin couldn't see her face clearly.
"You are Yang Xin? What a bold man, when he saw His Majesty, he dared not kneel? ”
A middle-aged man in the clothes of a Manchu prince stood at the front of the ministers, and shouted angrily when he saw Yang Xin.
The Manchu Dynasty is a lot of princes, there are more than ten people standing in the court, Yang Xin doesn't know who he is, just said lightly: "Daxing is not the country of the Qing Dynasty, how can this king kneel?" ”
Good guy, as soon as you come, you want to give Ma Wei, is this the rhythm of Xingshi's questioning?
The man wanted to scold again, but Dolgon, who was sitting under Emperor Shunzhi, waved his hand and said, "Ji'er Harang, it's important to get down to business, don't get entangled in this kind of subsection." ”
Above the court, there are only three people with seats, except for the little emperor of Shunzhi on the dragon chair, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang who sits behind him and listens to the government, and there is only Dolgon who sits under Shunzhi, which shows Dolgon's high power in the Manchu court.