"How is Lan Shi today?" The old lady of the Ming family looked at her son indifferently, caring about her grandson.
Ming Qingda narrowed his eyes and said, "That child knows what is important, and besides, he has treated her well in recent years."
"A man." The old lady of the Ming family sneered, "It's always like this after all."
After thinking for a while, the old woman shook her head and said, "Let Young Master Lan Shi go with everyone Yuan. A few days ago, I heard that the protégé of the Imperial Envoy was opening a brothel in the city. Lan Shi sold the bamboo house and went out. I felt a little uncomfortable. We are planning how to break up the imperial envoy's business with everyone, now that we have drawn up the regulations, of course we can't do the opposite."
She continued to say coldly: "Master Yuan is the son of the prince's woman, you can tell Lan Shi to drool less, besides, it's not like you don't know that the Fan family hates Yuan Meng to the bone, if Fan Xian notices that Yuan Meng Meng is in Suzhou City, I am afraid that she will be killed immediately, and Akashi will be more dangerous if he contacts her."
Ming Qingda nodded in response, and was about to leave the room, but the old mother still kept him behind. After a long silence, he asked anxiously: "Our arrangement is our arrangement after all. I always feel that little Fan Your lord shouldn't be so quiet after Iron Hands cleaned up the inner library."
Ming Qingda thought for a while and replied calmly: "Mother, don't worry, after all, our family is also a prestigious family in the world. Without real evidence, even if it is an imperial envoy, it would not dare to act recklessly."
The old matriarch Ming has white beard and eyebrows, and the wrinkles on his face are full of sophistication and indifference. He snorted coldly: "Don't dare? He doesn't even want four hundred thousand taels of white snow silver. He must want more. In this world, there is no one but me. Ming family, who else can give him so much silver?"
Indeed, the ability to raise 400,000 taels of silver in such a short period of time and deliver it to Fan Xian is enough to shock the world. The bribe money can already be recorded in the annals of history. Fan Xian didn't even want 400,000 taels of silver, so what he wanted was naturally bigger.
"Son, I've thought about it." Ming Qingda said calmly, "It's not necessarily a bad thing that the imperial envoy didn't collect the money. For example, in September last year, old Cui's family gave away 20,000 taels in Yishiju Mr. Fan accepted the money with a smile, but when he turned around, he wiped out the Cui family, so whether he received the money or not doesn't mean that this strange lord has any thoughts."
From ancient times to the present, it is a matter of course to receive money to handle affairs. It is quite rare for Fan Xian to collect 20,000 taels of silver from the Cui family without giving any benefits, and to bring down the Cui family with a thunderous blow. . This action completely destroyed Fan Xian's reputation in the bribery arena, and the merchants in Jiangnan deeply hated this matter.
The old matriarch of the Ming family had weak cheeks, and when she smiled, she looked extremely terrifying, and said mockingly: "The Cui family is also petty, and they can't see things clearly. His precious son offended Fan Xian when he went to Beijing in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and was fined to kneel in the middle of the night. Just want to use 20,000 taels of silver to smooth things over? Master Xiao Fan did not accept the money for the sake of the Cui family, but only to express that he no longer holds grudges about the matter of Shangjing. As for what happened later, who knows what happened."
Speaking of this, the old woman frowned and asked, "How is Huier?"
Ming Qingda replied, "I feel better."
The Cui Ming family was married under the secret arrangement of the eldest princess. The Hui'er mentioned at this time was Cui Zhihui, the wife of Ming Lanshi, the third generation of the Ming family. After the Cui family was overthrown by Fan Xian, although those top figures survived under the protection of Yan Xiaoyi, their families were broken up, and thousands of people fled away. The bride who married into the Ming family would inevitably feel panic. The day washes my face with tears.
After briefly talking about some family affairs, and bringing the topic back to the right track, the old matriarch Ming squinted his eyes and said, "The treasurer of the Taiping Bank said before that the money deposited in our family is almost ready this time, but a few days ago , You came to tell me about the China Merchants Bank... What is the origin? Why have you never heard of it?"
"I'm a little worried about the Taiping Bank." Ming Qingda frowned and said, "Shi Chanli mentioned earlier, I heard that he had transferred a few large sums of money in the bank. , I’m afraid something will go wrong.”
Seeing that his mother was silent, he continued in deep thought: "China Merchants Bank is a new one. It only started to appear in Dongyi City last year. As you know, most of the banks today come from Dongyi. The behind I asked someone to check the shares and background. There should be no problem. What my son thinks is that if the imperial envoy raises the price of the inner treasury bidding this time, there must be a guarantee for the future turnover. Outside the Taiping Bank, leave a note Road."
The old matriarch Ming opened his eyes, and said with a sneer, "What is the background that makes you believe so much? Our family is in the internal treasury business, and the money we need is like running water. How can a small bank turn around so fast? Fan Xian went to Jiangnan, and unexpectedly It just messed up your mind, so it's really not very promising."
Ming Qingda was slightly angry, but still kept a smile on his face, and explained: "The main reason is that the background is reliable. Guess who is behind that China Merchants Bank?"
"Don't make such mysteries with me." The old matriarch Ming stared at his son in disgust.
Ming Qingda coughed twice and said, "It's clear from the investigation that most of the shares in China Merchants Bank belong to the Shen family. Do this business."
"Shen family?" Ming old matriarch finally showed interest in his eyes, "Northern Qi town's governor's recruiting envoy is heavy?"
"Exactly."
The old matriarch of the Ming Dynasty pondered for a while and then said with a dry smile: "The Northern Qi court raided the Shen family, Miss Shen escaped alone, and there was a piece of property that was never copied. Back then, Zhong Zhong and the Cui family jointly controlled the smuggling of the inner treasury to the Northern Qi. How much money has been saved, if it is his family, this bank has some financial resources."
"The most important thing is that the real backer of China Merchants Bank is a very powerful family in Dongyi City." Ming Qingda said while the iron was hot: "The heavy was killed by the Northern Qi Emperor, and it should have something to do with Mr. Fan, so China Merchants Bank will definitely not communicate with the imperial court and Northern Qi."
In addition to the huge silver taels hidden in the fields and manors of the Ming family, the silver taels used for business are basically stored in the Taiping Bank, and the seal for transferring money from the Taiping Bank has always been in the hands of the old Ming Taijun. , Ming Qing Dakong has the name of the head of the Ming family, but he is actually just a puppet. Today, he strongly recommends China Merchants Bank to his mother. Who knows what kind of thoughts he has in his stomach.
I don't know if the old matriarch Ming noticed his son's thoughts, the smile disappeared instantly, and he said coldly: "How much money Shi Chanli can transfer from the Taiping Bank, didn't you find out?"
Ming Qingda felt a trace of cold sweat dripping from his back, and forced himself to say calmly, "I pushed Taiping a bit, and their old shopkeeper had to break the rules and gave me a real number. Shi Chanli can adjust it." The origin of that batch of money is unclear, it should belong to the Fan family, and the total amount should be around 50,000 taels."
The old lady Ming snorted coldly and didn't speak, just staring at her son.
Ming Qingda became more and more nervous.
I don't know how long it took before the old matriarch Ming sighed and said, "Don't be in a hurry to contact China Merchants. For one thing, Shi Chanli doesn't have much money to move, and it's not enough to pay for it in the bidding." We are causing trouble. Second, the old monster Sigujian is behind the Taiping Bank. The most important thing about this bank is reputation. You let them break the rules. It is because Sigujian needs our Ming family to deliver goods to Dongyi City. As soon as you turn around, you flirt with China Merchants Bank. How can they feel comfortable? Third, even if the money from the Shen family is behind China Merchants Bank, it is actually nothing, even if there is Dongyi City as you said The big clan... But Dongyi City is also in chaos, the so-called big clan is probably a thorn in Si Gu Jian's side, why should we offend Si Gu Jian?"
Ming Qingda raised his head, as if he didn't expect his mother to speak to him so gently.
The old lady Ming finally came to a conclusion: "China Merchants Bank can have some small contacts. As for the internal treasury, it must go to Taiping Bank, just to be on the safe side."
Ming Qingda didn't dare to say anything, always felt that behind his mother's gentleness was a knife that could kill without blood, but he was still a little dissatisfied in his heart. When doing business, of course, the capital should be a cunning rabbit. Everything is placed in the Taiping Bank. Where can this work
There was a little deviation in the judgment of the mother and son, and it was this deviation that led to those very troublesome things later.
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"If the imperial envoy can tolerate our family for a few years, then according to your wishes, let it go on like this. If he... must kill our Ming family, you know what to do."
Ming Qingda leaned forward, pondered for a while and said: "Junshan will open next month, I'm afraid it will be too late."
The old lady Ming looked at him coldly: "Killing people is not an urgent job... As for the Junshan Club, our Ming family has raised Jiangnan Wulin for so many years and protected them under the eyes of the court for so many years. Shouldn't there be some repayment?"
The killing in these words naturally refers to killing Fan Xian. And the Junshan Club is definitely not the martial arts conference that Zou Lei once wanted to use against Fan Xian.
There are so-called rivers and lakes in Qing Dynasty, but the real rivers and lakes are definitely not the ones on the Qingshiping beside the West Lake.
There are so-called masters in the grass, such as the level of masters of the old priests in Jiangnan Shuizhai, who are hidden in many places.
The so-called Junshan Club is the place where these so-called masters in the so-called rivers and lakes really meet. The Junshan Society has always been unknown, and no one knows how powerful it is.
If Fan Xian really wanted to drive the Ming family to extinction, a large family that had lasted for a hundred years would naturally have a way to fight back. Especially at present, the shadows and professional assassins from the Sixth Division are all over the south of the Yangtze River playing hide-and-seek games with the swordsmen of Dongyi City. The defense around Fan Xian is not as tight as it seems.
Ming Qingda obviously disagreed with this proposal, and said with a slight mockery: "I don't believe that Junshan will be able to kill people who can't be killed in Dongyi City. In addition, mother, don't forget that the imperial envoy himself is a very good expert, and there are still people around him. There are tiger guards sent by His Majesty, and the most important thing is... the Northern Qi saint Haitang should be by his side."
The old lady Ming looked at her son with pity: "Killing is desperate, not a game that pays attention to the success rate. If someone else is going to kill our whole family, and you are still thinking about whether you can kill him, then you will never kill him." Opponent's chance."
Ming Qingda responded with a wry smile, "So what if you can kill Fan Xian? Your Majesty is furious, and the world is shocked. Can my Ming family still survive?"
"Naturally, we have to do it without leaking water, and we must give the people of the world a convincing answer." The old matriarch Ming said indifferently: "If Fan Xian can be killed, it will naturally be done by Sigu Jian of Dongyi City. What does it have to do with our Ming family? Relationship? Anyway, Si Gu Jian has taken a lot of scapegoats these years, so it doesn't matter if there is one more."
Ming Qingda said mockingly: "This excuse may only be able to deceive ourselves, but it cannot deceive the people in the world, let alone the Overwatch Council and His Majesty."
"If Fan Xian can be killed." The old lady Ming said expressionlessly, "Of course, it would be best if peace can be maintained. But if there is such a day, I believe that our wise Majesty of the Daqing Dynasty will definitely not Because of a dead illegitimate son, the entire Jiangnan will be shaken, and the foundation of his rule will be shaken. If the matter can be kept to a minimum, His Majesty will definitely suppress it."
"A living Fan Xian is worth more than ten Ming families, but ten dead Fan Xian are not as valuable as a dilapidated Ming family. Your Majesty doesn't like our Ming family, but you can't destroy our Ming family." , so His Majesty just hopes that this time Fan Xian can take our Ming family into the hands of the court intact... If you understand this, I can hand over this family to you with confidence."
A trace of hatred appeared on the face of the old lady Ming: "I will fill in my life when the time comes."
Ming Qingda had mixed feelings, wept and said, "Mother is saying something unkind."
He sneered secretly in his heart, the old lady is really old, and she looked confused like this, if you really killed Fan Xian, how could His Majesty give life to the Ming family? Fill your life? Do you think your old life is really so valuable