Those who visited Duke Zhao's mansion were Yongping Hou, Yichun Hou and others
In the capital, there are some such families. Although they are powerful, there is only one title left in the entire family. Apart from being able to receive some salary from the court every year, they have no real power. After a few years, the only title will be deprived of by the court again as the passing of a generation.
Marquis of Yongping, Marquis of Yichun, and Zhou family are all such families
The last period of time after that was ignited by them in the capital.
For these families, revitalization is already a luxury. When the family has no successor, they will eventually decline. However, even if they decline, there are two situations.
Some families have nothing after their decline, while others have accumulated enough wealth long before their decline. With the family's little family's wealth, they can still be free in the capital for many years.
Yongping Hou Yichun Hou and others have long had no hope of revitalizing the family. Over the years, they have followed the Zhou family and made a lot of money. Even if they have lost their titles, they can still live a life that is the same as they are now.
They only do one business over the years, that is, they send people to the Western Regions, plunder the beautiful Western Regions women and sell them to the powerful people in the capital at a high price.
These families used to have some small businesses in Kyoto, but none of them could compare to this unsolicited business. Over time, they only did this business.
Now that the court wants to ban their business, it means to cut off their way out
After hearing the rumor, several people gathered at the Zhou family to discuss countermeasures
We are arresting people from the Western Regions. What are the matters of Guan Tangning and King Huai? Is this good for them?
The last tax reform was their heads. The two of them cut off our financial paths again and again...
Duke Zhao, didn’t you come to the palace today? What did the Empress Dowager say?
……
In this business, they have always been headed by the Zhou family, and Zhou Wu, the Duke of Zhao, is naturally their backbone.
Zhou Wu was upset, waved his hand, and said: What else can I say? The whole court is one-sided now. This matter will definitely not be done openly in the future.
What?
So how much money do we have to lose?
……
One person's face changed drastically and said: I have collected 100,000 taels of deposit for the next batch of goods. Now I tell me that I can't do it, how can I explain to the buyer?
Zhou Wu glanced at Yongping Hou and said: The goods in the Western Regions have never been worried about buyers, who made you anxious to collect the money?
The Marquis Yongping looked gloomy. The buyers had already given him the deposit. He hired a lot of people with the money and was about to go to the Western Regions. However, the court prohibited them from going to the Western Regions to steal people at this moment. Wouldn't it be that he would cut off his financial path?
This is not the most important thing. What is important is that he has spent too much money in recent years. Every time he has money in his hands, he will bet all out soon. Now that his business is ruining, how can he repay those people's money?
Which buyers are not powerful and powerful? If he can't pay the people and can't pay their money, then he will definitely die at that time. It's very ugly.
Zhou Wudao: I have no choice but to do this, you can do it yourself... Zhou Da, take off guests
Marquis Yongping looked at him and hurriedly said: Duke Zhao, Marquis of Yichun, everyone is on the same boat, you can't ignore me...
Zhou Wu glanced at him and said: This is the trouble you caused by yourself. It has nothing to do with us. You can solve it yourself...
These powerful people came to the Zhou family worriedly and returned disappointed soon after.
If the court did not allow them to do this again, they would naturally not be able to oppose His Majesty and the court officials in the palace. At most, they would just turn the matter from open to underground.
As for letting them give up completely, it is certainly impossible
This is their only and most important source of wealth. Giving up this means that they will lose everything and the accumulated wealth will soon be ruined.
Compared to them, Yongping Hou is obviously more miserable
He likes to gambling and spends too much money. If the court bans this business, he will immediately fall into a dilemma.
This time, he collected the money from those people and had already raised all the people, but this happened at this time. Not only did he lose both people and money, but he also had to think carefully about how to explain to the big guys behind him.
Walking out of the Zhou family's gate, the Marquis of Yongping quickly caught up with someone and said: Marquis of Yichun, stay...
The Marquis of Yichun stopped, the Marquis of Yongping walked forward and said with a smile: I have been a little short of money recently, I don’t know if the Marquis of Yichun can…
The Marquis of Yichun looked embarrassed and said: This Marquis is not well-off either.
He knew the virtue of Yongping Hou again. If he borrowed this money, he would probably be a meat bun to beat a dog. If he went there, he would not return.
Marquis Yongping said: As long as Marquis of Yichun can help me overcome this difficulty, I will remember your kindness for the rest of my life!
Marquis Yichun looked at him and asked: How much do you want?
Yongping Hou said: 100,000 taels
Marquis of Yichun shook his head and said: One hundred thousand taels are too much, and I can't even get it if I lose everything.
Hou Yongping said: Then how much can you lend me?
Yichun Hou thought about it and said: One hundred taels
……
When Yongping returned to the mansion, he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart. He took out the 100 taels of silver notes that Yichun Hou had lent him from his sleeve and tore it to pieces.
He looked calm and said angrily: How dare you insult me like this!
He took a deep breath, calmed down, raised his head, but found a figure standing in the yard
The man looked back at him and asked: When will the twenty Western maids arrive?
The face of Yongping changed and he said: Listen to me, the court has recently...
We don't care about the affairs of the court
The man looked at him and said: "Calling money to do business is a rule. If you break the rules, it will be bad for anyone. Either you hand over the money we give you back twice. Otherwise, I will not be the one who comes to you next time...
Long after the man left, Yongping Hou stood in the courtyard, his face pale, as if he had been pulled away from his soul
It took him a lot of time to raise his head, his face was extremely gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said: Tang Ning, King Huai, the surname Zhou..., this is what you forced me!
……
Today in the imperial study room, after Princess Anyang left, what Emperor Chen said to him showed that he agreed to the proposals of Tang Ning and King Huai.
These gray industries have existed in Chen State for a long time and are hidden in the dark on weekdays, in places where everyone cannot see them
When these things were brought to the table, the Chen people who engraved the words "ritual" in their bones could not hold their faces very much
Tang Shui's case was completely calmed by Princess Anyang's trouble. Tang Ning turned his head and looked at the pavilion behind him, hoping that after this incident, Princess Anyang would not make any more money.
In the pavilion, Tang Shui looked at Princess Anyang and said: Thank you...
No need to thank me. Princess Anyang glanced at Tang Ning and said angrily: Your Majesty is more inclined to him, otherwise, this matter would not be so easy to end.
Speaking of this, she remembered Tang Ning's disdain for her in the palace, and felt a little embarrassed and annoyed, but when she thought of what he said later, she felt a little more balanced.
After all, in addition to being his cousin, Tang Shui is also his wife who has not passed away. She is indeed a woman who can compare with her, an outsider.
She looked at Tang Shui, then left Tang Ning not far away, and said: Don’t say, you two are quite like a couple...
Tang Shui glared at her and said shyly: Only you have it!
In the capital, there are some such families. Although they are powerful, there is only one title left in the entire family. Apart from being able to receive some salary from the court every year, they have no real power. After a few years, the only title will be deprived of by the court again as the passing of a generation.
Marquis of Yongping, Marquis of Yichun, and Zhou family are all such families
The last period of time after that was ignited by them in the capital.
For these families, revitalization is already a luxury. When the family has no successor, they will eventually decline. However, even if they decline, there are two situations.
Some families have nothing after their decline, while others have accumulated enough wealth long before their decline. With the family's little family's wealth, they can still be free in the capital for many years.
Yongping Hou Yichun Hou and others have long had no hope of revitalizing the family. Over the years, they have followed the Zhou family and made a lot of money. Even if they have lost their titles, they can still live a life that is the same as they are now.
They only do one business over the years, that is, they send people to the Western Regions, plunder the beautiful Western Regions women and sell them to the powerful people in the capital at a high price.
These families used to have some small businesses in Kyoto, but none of them could compare to this unsolicited business. Over time, they only did this business.
Now that the court wants to ban their business, it means to cut off their way out
After hearing the rumor, several people gathered at the Zhou family to discuss countermeasures
We are arresting people from the Western Regions. What are the matters of Guan Tangning and King Huai? Is this good for them?
The last tax reform was their heads. The two of them cut off our financial paths again and again...
Duke Zhao, didn’t you come to the palace today? What did the Empress Dowager say?
……
In this business, they have always been headed by the Zhou family, and Zhou Wu, the Duke of Zhao, is naturally their backbone.
Zhou Wu was upset, waved his hand, and said: What else can I say? The whole court is one-sided now. This matter will definitely not be done openly in the future.
What?
So how much money do we have to lose?
……
One person's face changed drastically and said: I have collected 100,000 taels of deposit for the next batch of goods. Now I tell me that I can't do it, how can I explain to the buyer?
Zhou Wu glanced at Yongping Hou and said: The goods in the Western Regions have never been worried about buyers, who made you anxious to collect the money?
The Marquis Yongping looked gloomy. The buyers had already given him the deposit. He hired a lot of people with the money and was about to go to the Western Regions. However, the court prohibited them from going to the Western Regions to steal people at this moment. Wouldn't it be that he would cut off his financial path?
This is not the most important thing. What is important is that he has spent too much money in recent years. Every time he has money in his hands, he will bet all out soon. Now that his business is ruining, how can he repay those people's money?
Which buyers are not powerful and powerful? If he can't pay the people and can't pay their money, then he will definitely die at that time. It's very ugly.
Zhou Wudao: I have no choice but to do this, you can do it yourself... Zhou Da, take off guests
Marquis Yongping looked at him and hurriedly said: Duke Zhao, Marquis of Yichun, everyone is on the same boat, you can't ignore me...
Zhou Wu glanced at him and said: This is the trouble you caused by yourself. It has nothing to do with us. You can solve it yourself...
These powerful people came to the Zhou family worriedly and returned disappointed soon after.
If the court did not allow them to do this again, they would naturally not be able to oppose His Majesty and the court officials in the palace. At most, they would just turn the matter from open to underground.
As for letting them give up completely, it is certainly impossible
This is their only and most important source of wealth. Giving up this means that they will lose everything and the accumulated wealth will soon be ruined.
Compared to them, Yongping Hou is obviously more miserable
He likes to gambling and spends too much money. If the court bans this business, he will immediately fall into a dilemma.
This time, he collected the money from those people and had already raised all the people, but this happened at this time. Not only did he lose both people and money, but he also had to think carefully about how to explain to the big guys behind him.
Walking out of the Zhou family's gate, the Marquis of Yongping quickly caught up with someone and said: Marquis of Yichun, stay...
The Marquis of Yichun stopped, the Marquis of Yongping walked forward and said with a smile: I have been a little short of money recently, I don’t know if the Marquis of Yichun can…
The Marquis of Yichun looked embarrassed and said: This Marquis is not well-off either.
He knew the virtue of Yongping Hou again. If he borrowed this money, he would probably be a meat bun to beat a dog. If he went there, he would not return.
Marquis Yongping said: As long as Marquis of Yichun can help me overcome this difficulty, I will remember your kindness for the rest of my life!
Marquis Yichun looked at him and asked: How much do you want?
Yongping Hou said: 100,000 taels
Marquis of Yichun shook his head and said: One hundred thousand taels are too much, and I can't even get it if I lose everything.
Hou Yongping said: Then how much can you lend me?
Yichun Hou thought about it and said: One hundred taels
……
When Yongping returned to the mansion, he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart. He took out the 100 taels of silver notes that Yichun Hou had lent him from his sleeve and tore it to pieces.
He looked calm and said angrily: How dare you insult me like this!
He took a deep breath, calmed down, raised his head, but found a figure standing in the yard
The man looked back at him and asked: When will the twenty Western maids arrive?
The face of Yongping changed and he said: Listen to me, the court has recently...
We don't care about the affairs of the court
The man looked at him and said: "Calling money to do business is a rule. If you break the rules, it will be bad for anyone. Either you hand over the money we give you back twice. Otherwise, I will not be the one who comes to you next time...
Long after the man left, Yongping Hou stood in the courtyard, his face pale, as if he had been pulled away from his soul
It took him a lot of time to raise his head, his face was extremely gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said: Tang Ning, King Huai, the surname Zhou..., this is what you forced me!
……
Today in the imperial study room, after Princess Anyang left, what Emperor Chen said to him showed that he agreed to the proposals of Tang Ning and King Huai.
These gray industries have existed in Chen State for a long time and are hidden in the dark on weekdays, in places where everyone cannot see them
When these things were brought to the table, the Chen people who engraved the words "ritual" in their bones could not hold their faces very much
Tang Shui's case was completely calmed by Princess Anyang's trouble. Tang Ning turned his head and looked at the pavilion behind him, hoping that after this incident, Princess Anyang would not make any more money.
In the pavilion, Tang Shui looked at Princess Anyang and said: Thank you...
No need to thank me. Princess Anyang glanced at Tang Ning and said angrily: Your Majesty is more inclined to him, otherwise, this matter would not be so easy to end.
Speaking of this, she remembered Tang Ning's disdain for her in the palace, and felt a little embarrassed and annoyed, but when she thought of what he said later, she felt a little more balanced.
After all, in addition to being his cousin, Tang Shui is also his wife who has not passed away. She is indeed a woman who can compare with her, an outsider.
She looked at Tang Shui, then left Tang Ning not far away, and said: Don’t say, you two are quite like a couple...
Tang Shui glared at her and said shyly: Only you have it!
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