After hearing Fan Xian's analysis, Haitang felt a little relieved, thinking that as long as he was sure of this point, with Emperor Qing's secret connivance, as long as he made a detailed plan and careful arrangements, the Ming family would fall sooner or later. No matter how dominant and deeply rooted local wealthy families are, they are still just the fragile egg next to the rock in the face of a powerful state machine.
"This year's goal is to eat up the Ming family's money to make money." Fan Xian said: "The internal treasury tender needs to be pressured by Ming silver, and after winning the bid, you need to reserve 40% of the bid price. This time when the door opens in the new year, I will let I bid with the Ming family, raised the price, and made the Ming family bleed a lot, and I can no longer compete with me for the vacant position of the Cui family. At the same time, I also raised some quick silver, and quickly filled it into the national treasury."
"How high are you going to lift?" Haitang asked seriously.
Fan Xian smiled and said, "As tall as you can, you know I'm a very greedy person."
Haitang frowned and said: "Since you don't plan to confront the Ming family head-on, you can only use the opening of the door for bidding to hit the other party, but things like raising the price are not like shouting the number to the dice cylinder in the gambling shop. The price is too high, and it was taken directly from the Ming family... Sixteen out of the three major workshops of the inner treasury, 40% of the silver deposits... Calculate how much silver you want, how do you get it out?"
"It's a clear sign." Fan Xian explained: "In order to prevent officials and businessmen from colluding secretly, the inner storehouse has always used a clear sign to open the door for the Spring Festival. It just so happened that this gave me a chance, since everything is on the bright side. Do it, I will naturally..." He thought for a while, without continuing to hide anything, he said softly: "I will let Xia Qifei mark a suitable price, and then let the Ming family know."
"Xia Qifei?" Haitang was slightly surprised: "The big boss of the Jiangnan water village, a well-known figure in the Jianghu, how could he listen to your arrangement to confront the Ming family? You must know that he is a native of Jiangnan."
Regarding Xia Qifei's life experience, Fan Xian will naturally not continue to explain, but after showing that Xia Qifei is already his own, he explained about the money issue: "As you said, the money we have raised is not enough to completely cover the money in our hands. Ku Shiliu swallowed all the items, so naturally part of it was reserved for the Ming family. On the one hand, it was to appease the other party, and on the other hand, it was also to use the huge sum of money to trap the Ming family in the south of the Yangtze River, so that they could not get out. .”
Haitang asked curiously: "How can you be sure that the Ming family won't break their arms by strong men? They have earned too much money over the years, and everyone with a discerning eye knows that you went to the south of the Yangtze River to deal with them. If you let Xia Qifei yell out a jaw-dropping If the old man Ming clapped his hands and stopped playing, wouldn't you suffer a terrible loss? If you can't get the fixed money, the Qing Dynasty court will definitely not make Xia Qifei feel better."
Fan Xian sneered and said, "Even if the Ming family vomits blood this year, they still have to bid for the inner treasury. Even if his family has tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land, so what? After all, they are just dead things, not as good as the living water fish and fat grass in the inner treasury." There are many, and it involves the interests of the royal family members in the capital, his Ming family wants to send money out, and to protect the face and interests of the eldest princess, he must continue to stay in the inner treasury."
Looking at the black smoke slowly rising from the forest, he narrowed his eyes and said, "A merchant is just a puppet after all. The Ming family produces pirates, robs the inner treasury, and then takes money from the court... He is ruthless, if he quits, those people in the capital will lose their income, how can they let them go when they are so embarrassing? When it is not my turn to do it, they will collapse."
Therefore, the Ming family must control most of the marketing rights of the internal warehouse products no matter what this year. First, it will be stable for a year or two, and then we will see what kind of trend will be in the bloodless but particularly dark struggle in Kyoto.
"The money, are you going to transfer it to Xia Qifei?" This was a question that Haitang was very concerned about.
Fan Xian nodded: "Partly, although my father also prepared some for me, when the inner storehouse opened, people all over the world were staring at me, in the storehouse of the household department. I'm afraid the eldest princess would have guessed what I said. A way of making money, if I really use the user's bank deposits to fight this battle with the Ming family... I am afraid that if I am not careful, I will lose everything."
He laughed at himself and said: "Misappropriating the treasury's money, this is a crime of copying and beheading, I am timid."
Hearing that he admitted to being timid, Haitang shook her head noncommittally, and asked softly, "But the money was transferred from the Taiping Bank... The background of the Taiping Bank is Dongyi City, are you not afraid that they will notice something?"
Fan Xian glanced at her, and said slowly: "This is an arrangement of your Emperor, probably you would never have imagined that the money from the Northern Qi Neiku began to go through dozens of channels one month after the Niulan Street incident the year before last. Gently and unobtrusively injected into the Taiping Bank, and I don’t know how many turns in the middle, and then the silver was transferred to the south of the Yangtze River.”
Haitang was stunned and speechless.
Fan Xian continued: "I had the Overwatch Council and the Ministry of Households to help me, but I didn't notice the direction of these dozens of money, and although the money was huge, it was not a big deal in the Taiping Bank, the number one bank in the world. It's so eye-catching, I don't think Dongyi City must have noticed it."
Haitang shook her head in disbelief, and said, "Wait, you mean... His Majesty began transferring the money to Jiangnan two years ago? How is this possible? I only found out about it in September last year. And there has been no news in Shangjing City."
"That's right." A hint of appreciation and vigilance flashed in Fan Xian's eyes, "I checked the threads again after you had confessed to me, but nothing was found out, only faintly, the dozens of sums of money The time I entered Taiping Bank was just two years ago."
"Two years ago?" Haitang frowned and said, "You just entered the capital not long ago, how could His Majesty have guessed that you would be in charge of the inner treasury two years later, how could he have known that two years later, he would join hands with you and swallow the inner treasury Marketing rights?"
Fan Xian laughed at himself and said, "At that time, I was just an unknown illegitimate child in Sinanbo's residence."
He sighed faintly: "Maybe it's something about Niulan Street. Your little emperor confirmed that the eldest princess wants to kill me, and judging from all kinds of information, I will take over Qing's domestic treasury... As for the rest of the matter... , maybe it’s just his analysis, since I can’t coordinate with the eldest princess, then I must cut off the arm of the eldest princess, the Cui family? The Ming family? No wonder both of us cleaned up the Cui family so smoothly at the end of last year.”
Fan Xian frowned and said, "But your emperor...how could he have guessed that I would use this trick to deal with the Ming family? If it was calculated to this point, I can only give him a word."
Haitang hadn't shaken off the shock yet. She never imagined that the young emperor who grew up with her and often called out to her little sister-in-law and sister-in-law would be so far-sighted. The initial layout should be consistent with Fan Xian, or possible variables.
Listening to Fan Xian's words, she subconsciously asked, "What are you talking about?"
"It seems that the noble lord is so wise, but he is actually close to a demon."
Fan Xian said softly: "The planning started two years ago, and the development of the world did not deviate too much from his guess. Even if I decided to purge the internal treasury before His Majesty, it wasn't me, and it wasn't me who you can trust in Northern Qi." ...I'm afraid he still has a way to change the appearance of these silver and participate in the opening of the inner treasury."
It was not until today that Fan Xian admitted with some gloom that he really underestimated the young king in the north. As for the Neiku, the most glorious golden rooster in the world, due to the extremely strict guards of the Qing Dynasty, all countries have no way to do it. Stealing crafts has been done for more than ten years, but they have not succeeded... Who would have expected that the Northern Qi Emperor would have a clever trick, Played such a trick!
For the Northern Qi Emperor, since being a thief, he can't steal your treasures, and being a robber, he can't beat your guards, then I will change into a nameless capital businessman, and mix in your family to sell treasures During the process, although he couldn't earn a head of soup, he didn't just eat some remnant food—it's just that in the arrangement of the world situation, Fan Xian, a variable that surprised the people of the Northern Qi, appeared later, so the emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty became more and more obsessed. Be generous and calm.
Fan Xian sighed, there are a lot of smart and scheming people in this world, compared to him, an internationalist, he really has too much idealism.
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"Are you angry?" Haitang looked at his expression and asked tentatively.
Fan Xian smiled and shook his head: "If your emperor has kept this matter from me, of course I will be angry, but now he has to cooperate with me, why should I be angry. Now if he treats all the money as He took the hostage and handed it over to me, which... is enough to earn my trust in him."
Haitang sighed and said, "You are not a person who trusts others easily."
Fan Xian lowered his head, and said slowly: "Trust is mutual. I'm just curious why your emperor trusts me so much? You know, if the two countries become hostile in the future, or if I have other thoughts, then I can always After eating his money and cutting off his cargo path, he has no chance of turning over."
He raised his head, looked at Haitang's eyes as bright as a lake, and said softly: "I have some doubts about this sudden great trust."
Haitang thought for a while in silence, then suddenly smiled and said: "When I mentioned this money to you in my letter...it seems to be the time when rumors about your life experience will surface in the world."
"Huh?" Fan Xian looked at her suspiciously, "What's the connection?"
Haitang smiled and said: "Perhaps in His Majesty's opinion, since you are a descendant of the Ye family, you must not be satisfied with being an official of the Qing Kingdom, and your vision will definitely not be limited to the borders of the country. I can give you everything I have given you, I'm afraid His Majesty has other meanings..."
He didn't finish his sentence, but Fan Xian had already understood. He shook his head mockingly, and said, "Thank you for your emperor's kindness. I don't want to be cold-hearted."
Haitang smiled and said, "It's rare to have the interest to write poetry."
"I will not bow my head and be willing to be a coward." Fan Xian said flatly: "What's more, your emperor should know that I am also a genuine Qing prince..."
"There are many princes in this world, and the descendants of the Ye family, but... you are the only one." Haitang said softly, but made it clear what Beiqi meant.
Fan Xian laughed and didn't continue this topic anymore. He was at a good time in the Qing Dynasty. Although there were several women in the palace and two princes in the capital, it was a little difficult for him to deal with it, but in good conscience, the emperor Currently playing the role of that loving father is not bad, he can't find a convincing reason to consider Bei Qi's invitation.
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"Let's go back to the beginning." Fan Xian said, "Why can't you like me? I can't like you?"
Haitang was a little silly, a little angry, thinking why this person was always obsessed with this matter, and said coldly: "Duoduo has never cared about the matters of men and women, there is no difference between big and small, but there is a difference between up and down. They don’t seek to exterminate their emotions, but they don’t consider this issue.”
Fan Xian understood that the girl's family was expressing the meaning of putting the people of the world first, and said with a slight mockery: "Worry about the world first? Isn't it too boring to live like this for a lifetime, your emperor still has a hat to play with..."
He didn't say what color the hat was, but suddenly he grinned and said, "Duoduo."
"Huh?" Haitang stopped in her tracks, turned her head to look at him, but was dazzled by the gentle smile on Fan Xian's delicate face, couldn't help but sighed, and asked, "What's the matter?"
"It's also possible that barbarians don't kill people." Fan Xian said seriously.
Haitang knew that he was talking about the words she had gagged Sisi in the carriage earlier, so she couldn't help being bitter, but she still replied quietly: "Really? Maybe neither the Northern Qi nor the people of Nanqing would believe it. "
Fan Xian said softly: "Of course the barbarians may not kill people, if they are all turned into dead people by us."
Haitang was taken aback, and laughed inexplicably.
Fan Xian said softly: "The same reasoning proves that I may also like you, and you may also like me."
Haitang mocked and said, "Wait until we're all dead?"
"No." Fan Xian explained seriously, "Wait until everyone else in this world is dead."
Haitang had no choice but to say: "Everyone is dead, just the two of us standing by the river and blowing the wind?"
Fan Xian raised his head, thought for a long time, and then nodded: "It really doesn't seem to be interesting."
Then he stretched out his hands from his pockets, took Haitang's hand, rubbed it lightly under the slightly astonished eyes of the girl, smiled gently, and said: "Since it's something boring, don't think about it, the weather is still cold Come on, you're wearing a maid's clothes again, I'm afraid your hands will get cold."
Clasping four hands, firmness and tenderness blended in the warmth, the sound of the wheels of the carriage came from behind the two of them.
There was a funny smile in Haitang's eyes, she didn't pull her hands out, but turned her head slightly, looked at Fan Xian and said, "Do you mean to be seen?"
Fan Xian lowered his head halfway, blinked his eyelashes slightly, and replied softly: "I want to convince my emperor that there is a reason for me to bring you in the south of the Yangtze River, and I want to make the mutual trust between your emperor and me stronger. foundation, we all have to get closer."
Haitang looked at him with a half-smile.
Fan Xian finally said seriously: "Of course, your hand is still very comfortable to hold. You often do farm work, but... no calluses."