Han’s Son is Not a Slave

There was such a large amount of oil and water when they raided Fan's house, which really surprised the interior minister E Bilong, who came to Shanxi on the order of the Queen Mother. wwΔw

At the meeting of the princes and ministers, although Bumubutai accepted Fan Wencheng's opinion and adopted this strategy of killing chickens and taking eggs, but considering that it should not be too cold for the hearts of the merchants who served for the Qing Dynasty, Bumubutai decided after the meeting. Summoning Er Bilong, let him choose three or five wealthy families to start, as long as he can solve the urgent needs of the national treasury, he does not need to exhaust the pond to fish. After all, the Qing Dynasty still owns northern China and southern Fujian, Zhejiang, Yungui, and the situation is still stronger than the southern Fuming forces, which is "orthodox", so some things can not be done too much.

Bumbutai gave the opportunity face-to-face and pointed out that he could not "acquit himself and be executed", and Ebilong understood it. After arriving in Shanxi, he immediately imprisoned Fan Yongdou, one of the eight imperial merchants, on the charge of "waiting Chahar".

The crime of "Waitong Chahar" is not trivial, and now the Prince of Chahar is the second son of Lin Dan Khan, Abu Nai. Unlike his elder brother Ezhe, who was close to the Qing Dynasty, Abner was deeply afflicted with the humiliation of his ancestors and hated the Qing court even more. Although he was the brother-in-law of the Qing emperor Fulin, he refused to go to Beijing after he became a prince. See you in court, secretly conspire against the Qing Dynasty. Abner has two sons, the eldest son Bourni, and the second son Luo Buzang are also full of hatred for the Qing Dynasty. His son Bourney is quite brave and won the hearts of the people.

Originally, the Qing court was going to use Chahar to force Abner to come to Beijing after the war in the south was settled, and then put him under house arrest. I never thought that the war in the south had been declining in recent years, and the energy of the Qing Dynasty had been dragged into the bottomless pit of the war in the south. Even the emperor Fulin led a large army to go on a personal expedition, and those with an empty treasury could run horses. Naturally, they could not free up their hands to solve Abnai. They could only block it from trade and weaken Chahar's strength as much as possible.

Now, Ebilong has accused Fan Yongdou of accusing Waitongchahar, that is, he had the intention of inspecting the Fan family from the very beginning. After he arrived in Shanxi, it was not that the local officials did not persuade the inner minister that if the imperial court really needed money urgently, they could order these imperial merchants to donate, so that they could get their money and avoid doing the heart-wrenching thing. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?

However, Ebilong dared not tell these Han officials in Shanxi that the Qing Dynasty was not in urgent need of money, but very, very, very desperately in need of money, not in small amounts such as hundreds of thousands or millions, but in tens of millions!

Can the royal merchants be willing to donate as much as tens of millions of money to the Qing Dynasty? It was definitely impossible, so Ebilong bypassed the Han officials in Shanxi and directly ordered the Manchu soldiers he brought to go to Zhangjiakou to first check the Fan family compound, and then check the Fan family's properties in various places.

After hearing that Fan Yongdou was ordered to be locked up by the imperial commissioner, the rest of the royal merchants were surprised, because they had never heard that the Fan family had an affair with Chahar, and at most they were secretly selling some supplies to them. This is a common occurrence, both in the past and now. The royal merchants can have today, which is not a family that makes a living by secretly and verbally? It was the Qing Dynasty. Didn't they secretly do business with the royal merchants back then, and the Qing Dynasty also rewarded the royal merchants for this matter when they entered the customs, but why are they suddenly arresting Fan Yongdou?

However, although the royal merchants of the various families were puzzled, no one stood up to speak for the Fan family, nor did they act for the Fan family. It is true that they are all imperial merchants conferred by the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Before the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, they were united together, but now, the eight families do not have much in common.

Markets are like battlefields.

The Fan family, relying on the privileges of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, has expanded its operations, which has already damaged the interests of the other seven families. Those seven families wished that the Fan family would be dumped, so that the court would eat meat and they would be able to drink soup. You must know that once the Fan family falls, the business that is vacated can scare people to death!

Therefore, Shanxi officials and shopping malls collectively kept silent on Fan Yongdou's arrest. Even the officials who had a close relationship with the Fan family before, had a lot of interactions and had a lot of stakes, also wisely chose to step aside and did not dare to be ashamed of the Fan family. The owners of several royal merchants even scolded Fan Yongdou for ignoring the favor of the emperor, with a wolf-hearted and dog-lung heart, and he had access to Mongolia outside, so he couldn't die.

Ebillon is naturally happy to see this situation. Although the exact number has not been obtained, there are still a lot of land, houses, antique calligraphy and paintings that cannot be sold temporarily, but from Fan's courtyard and various properties of his family, there are more than 500 cash that have been copied. Wanliang

This huge achievement made Ebilong unable to contain his excitement. He knew that the Fan family, as one of the eight imperial merchants, contracted all the trade between the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Mongolia, and had industries in all provinces in the customs. Gold and silver were like flowing water, but he never thought of it. This Fan family is really rich!

Just like the second-class bodyguard Haitong A who directly checked the Fan family, Ebilong hated the wealthy Fan family very much. When he thought about the other families, he gnashed his teeth even more, so he quickly responded with the same words. On charges of confiscating four royal merchants, including Lingshi Wang Dengku, Pingyang Jin Liangyu, Puzhou Wang Dayu, and Yuciliang guests, they confiscated more than 9.6 million taels of cash. Several families were frightened, but people's selfish nature made them lose the last chance to save themselves. They naively thought that the imperial court could not move on themselves, and it was impossible for the Qing Dynasty to slaughter all the imperial merchants. Someone must work for the Qing Dynasty!

Abillon didn't think so.

When a large number of silver chariots were escorted back to Beijing, Ebilong had two secret folds, one for the empress dowager Bumubutai and the other for the emperor in Yangzhou. The content of the secret book is to ask permission to continue to check the remaining royal merchants and merchants who are related to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so as to solve the problem of lack of money in the national treasury at one time. The so-called long pain is worse than short pain.

Bumu Butai was also stunned by the huge wealth of the Shanxi merchants, and her secret decree only required Ebilong to "act with discretion". The emperor did not come here, but the imperial guard quickly brought the emperor's oral order, only one word "ok".

With the consent of the emperor and the empress dowager, Ebilong became even more unscrupulous. He quickly expanded the search of his home, and continued to work hard, successively copying Xiutian Shenglan, Taigu Zhaitang, Pingyao Huangyun, Qingyuan Changshi, The Qiao family in Qixian County, the Qu family in Qixian County, and the Cao family in Taigu County, several Shanxi merchants, had a total of more than 16 million taels of silver and countless other properties.

"At first, when they raided Fan's house, I thought it would be good for me to fall, so I didn't say anything; then, they raided Lingshi Wang's house and Pingyang Le's house... I think the court didn't move my house, it means that my house will be of great use. , so I didn't speak; later, they copied Jiexiu Tian's family, Taigu Zhai's family, Pingyao Huang's family... I still don't speak, because I think all the eight royal merchants are dead, and my Qiao family can become a royal merchant. , what a rare opportunity! In the end, they came to my house, no one saw my jokes, no one sympathized with my family, and no one spoke for my family, I regret it, but it's too late. "

Before being killed, Cao Wanquan, the head of the Cao family in Taigu, regretted his bowels.