readease Chapter 40
Chapter 40
I don't know how Kangxi's anger was appeased in the end, but Yinzhen was not punished substantially, but some money was only symbolically fined.
Yinfeng was even more surprised, but he was not discouraged and continued with his plan.Lao Jiu was a thorn in his heart, like a thorn in his throat, he would never get rid of it and feel uneasy.He has already realized that the reason why Huang Ama didn't punish Yinzhen this time is because Yinzhen's mistakes were just small troubles in his heart.Perhaps in the eyes of other businessmen, this is a big deal to lose their heads, but to Yinzhen and Huang Ama, it is just a sign of ineffectiveness.Ministry of Internal Affairs?What is that thing, it's just a group of servants serving the royal family.
So if you want to pull Yinzhen down, the most important thing is to let Huang Ama realize the hidden meaning behind Yinzhen's actions, just like the elder brother, who is too powerful and has a wrong mind.Now Yinzhen's strength has not reached the point where Huang Ama became suspicious, so he just needs to wait quietly, Huang Ama will not be able to sit still.
Without the instruction behind Yinfeng, the Ministry of Internal Affairs no longer reported Yinzhen's fault, but changed its attitude to praise Brother Nine.Kangxi was very happy when he saw this. He thought that what the Ministry of Internal Affairs was doing was instructed by the prince (Ling Pu, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was the prince's nanny), and could not tolerate Lao Jiu.Now it turns out that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is only seeking truth from facts and has no intention of targeting Lao Jiu.
Yinzhen was a little surprised why the prince did this, it was fine not to say anything about himself, why bother to praise himself hypocritically?But Yinzhen didn't struggle for long, he knew that what happened to the prince was only temporary, but since he provided himself with such a good opportunity to develop his strength, he had to take good care of himself, and the most important thing was to make a fortune secretly. .Anyway, the starling said that Yinreng would definitely deal with him in the end, and he would not be long as an imperial merchant.
After this incident, Yinzhen covered a wider range of fields. Basically, he did it when it was profitable. The transportation, grain, millet, and wine were exported to the west. He made a lot of money without knowing it, but because the accounts were tampered with , the profit on the bright side is only one-tenth, and what is shocking is that this one-tenth alone makes people jealous.
Yinzhen made a lot of money, but it was hard for his colleagues.The entire Qing Dynasty is still a small-scale peasant economy, self-sufficient, and the income of merchants is basically fixed. There are profits and losses, but the overall sum is not bad every year.It's like how many bowls can only be filled in a jar of water, but now Yinzhen took a big bucket and filled one-third of the water, and the remaining water was not enough.For a while, his colleagues complained, saying that this year's market is sluggish and he can't make money.
Businessmen's brains are the fastest, and they don't know that everything is because of a person they can't afford to offend, Brother Nine, the emperor.How dare they compete with him, how can they compete.A colleague who was jealous of Brother Nine almost monopolized the silk business, rushed a few words in a daze, what's the end?The family was ruined, the business plummeted, and the son was infected with bad habits by dubious people, addicted to gambling, and the family property was instantly lost, making the situation worse.In just a few months, it disappeared.Is there such a coincidence?When they were upset, they called Yinzhen a poisonous snake.You must know that when that person spoke rudely, there was no sign of displeasure on his face, as if he didn't hear it.
The dissatisfaction and jealousy of the people are constantly accumulating, and when it accumulates to a certain level, where will it reach?No one knows, but there is a saying that rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry.This statement will be confirmed shortly.
This year, the weather will be smooth and the harvest will be bumper everywhere.After paying the tax, the common people had surplus grain to survive the cold winter, and Yinzhen transported new grain to Beijing.Can't sit still, some businessmen can't sit still, they discuss must take action, otherwise there will be no foothold.
These people are nouveau riche who made their fortunes by chance, and they are short-sighted and come up with dirty tricks to deal with Yinzhen.Yinzhen saw through their clumsy tricks, but they did not expose them.Yinzhen just took advantage of this to stop and let them go.
When the fleet docked at a certain ferry in the canal at night, a group of black shadows lurked around the ship at night when everyone was sleeping soundly. Below, rub, rub.
It was too late when the sleeping people were awakened by the coolness. The clothes full of rice were all submerged in the river, and they were washed away by the river to nowhere. Pale, but unable to return to heaven, he can only swim back to the river bank with all his strength to save his life, but how long will this life have to be his own decision?
This matter soon spread to the capital, and Kangxi once again summoned Yinzhen to the palace to face the saint.It was the same little eunuch, but this time the little eunuch's expression was not gloating, and Yinzhen went directly to the palace just like the last time when he came out of the gentle village.
The only difference from last time was that Yinzhen did not come back that day, but was left in the palace.Food is the most important thing in the name, and Kangxi has always taken the people's living affluence as his mission since he came to power.It was cultivated day by day by the people facing the scorching heat. If the grain had not been handed over, the people could live a good life this year.But it just disappeared. If this matter is not dealt with, how should the people treat themselves.It took so many years for Manchu and Han to coexist peacefully. If the Han people feel dissatisfied because of this incident, it will not disappear, so this incident must be taken seriously.
After a wave of unrest and another wave, Guo Xiu made another memorial (who is Guo Xiu? He played a big role in bringing down the elder brother), in which he impeached the ninth elder brother for being arrogant and unreasonable. Putting pressure on, buying at low prices and selling at high prices to earn the price difference, this is one.The second is that Yinzhen used poison schemes in the south of the Yangtze River to force his colleagues to death, in an attempt to monopolize the family.The third is that he is ineffective in handling affairs, has a negative attitude, neglects his duties, and always lists Yinzhen's seven major crimes.
The notes on Guo Xiu let Kangxi see the seriousness of the matter.Especially in one of the items he listed, Yinzhen used his status as the prince to suppress people in the same industry in the south of the Yangtze River. In this short period of one year alone, the money he earned accounted for eighty-nine out of ten. Exaggeration, but it coincides with the amount in the account books where he sent people to Yinzhen's mansion.At the beginning, he also thought about this problem, but he looked at it from the perspective of a beneficiary. Yinzhen will do his best in this position because of his own reasons. A lot of expenses, even if he made two mistakes.But now it seems that he was negligent. Yinzhen saved the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but he can earn so much, where did he come from?
From the businessman who couldn't compete with him for profit, and the worker who produced the product.This involved conflicts between the Manchu and Han ethnic groups. Most of the Han people relied on their own manual labor to support their families. Yinzhen’s strong and low-priced purchases made them suffer. In the long run, the people became more and more dissatisfied with the imperial court. At that time, they will be used by the anti-Qing and Fuming desires who still have ulterior motives, and taking the opportunity to make trouble is bound to lead to catastrophe.But how to deal with this problem is another big matter. Is it clearly stipulated how much price Yinzhen must buy?This is not a wise move, and it is likely to hurt Concubine Yi's heart.
When Kangxi was thinking hard about what to do, someone pushed him to make a decision.Yinzhen came to report that all the grain and millet had sunk into the canal, but the dry weight of the grain and millet was two to three hundred catties, even if it was drifted away by the current, it would not be too far away, and the river section where Yinzhen's boat sank was not turbulent.Some people were reluctant to let the food disappear like this, so they secretly played and dived into the bottom of the river, trying to tie the cloth bag containing the food with a rope, and then a few people on the bank worked together to drag the food up.This method has been mentioned by the savages, but it is not suitable for the imperial court, because the grain has to be transported to the capital for storage, and the grain soaked in water will not tolerate it and will become moldy, so it goes with the common people.
But the thing is strange here, no one has found a bag of millet, no one in the upstream and downstream.What's even more strange is that many people found that there were a lot of stones in the river.Stone?The canal is dredged every year to prevent the river from being blocked by silt and affecting boating. There cannot be large pieces of stones.Someone has guessed, why?Is it because the river is not cleared every year, or is someone throwing stones into the river on purpose?