To survive the run smoothly, the court's attitude is crucial. // Free e-book download // This is all clear, whether it is Lin Chunhong or Qian Qianyi.

In the plan of the Donglin Party, the disputes between the court were used to destroy the bills and occupied an important position.

On the tenth day of June of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Feng Yuanbiao and a group of Donglin generals, regardless of the wanton plundering of Jurchen cavalry outside the capital walls, resolutely submitted a memorial requesting Zhu Youjian to prohibit the circulation of bills.

Zhu Youjian was worried about the Jurchens outside the city, so how could he have the time to deal with this matter? He kept all the memorials.

Feng Yuanbiao and others expressed their perseverance and continued to make memorials, which finally aroused Zhu Youjian's interest. During the court discussion, they raised issues and asked the ministers in the court to discuss the pros and cons.

"Emperor, Lin Chunhong's name is used to facilitate transactions and reduce the transportation cost of silver, which is actually to make money! His mind is so sinister and his crazy money can be called a traitor for eternity. The emperor, I have calculated the account and Lin Chunhong made more than 100 million taels of silver through bills!"

"One hundred million taels?" Zhu Youjian ignored the emperor's majesty and was so proud that he could put down a goose egg. "How is it possible for 100 million taels? Feng Aiqing should not exaggerate."

Feng Yuanbiao bowed to the ground and argued earnestly: "Your Majesty, when Lin Xiaosan bought the goods, he took away real goods, and he paid only a piece of paper..."

Feng Yuanbiao and others had been preparing for a long time, and they were speechless for a while, talking about Lin Chunhong's reality of making money through bills, and also predicted that once the bills were cancelled, the bright prospect of tens of thousands of Jingzhou troops disappeared. The spits in their mouths almost sprayed several kilograms.

As a result, when Feng Yuanbiao and others took turns to fight and were talking happily, Wen Tiren said coldly: "From what I see, the possibility of the Jingzhou army disappearing is not high, and the possibility of becoming a bandit is almost aroused..."

One sentence made Feng Yuanbiao and others stunned and speechless.

The DPRK debate ended here and no resolution was formed.

However, in the eyes of the Donglin Party members, this matter can be discussed in the court discussion, it is a great victory in itself!

The Donglin Party members were greatly encouraged and immediately published Feng Yuanbiao's memorial in full text in the newspaper, claiming that the matter had been formally discussed in the DPRK and that the resolution to prohibit the circulation of bills would soon be formed.

Although the newspapers in the hands of the Donglin Party members were not very influential, and although the Yangzhou Times tried their best to refute, the Donglin Party members' deceptive remarks were very bad. After Li Duoyi launched a high-end exchange, the Yangzhou warehouse ushered in the most difficult moment. The silver exchanged in one day exceeded 800,000 taels, and there was a continuous increase trend!

The silver in the Yangzhou cargo warehouse was like a flood that broke the dam, and it accelerated to all parts of the south of the Yangtze River.

The trees were quiet and the wind continued. These rumors inevitably spread to the Jinghu area. Some small businesses with small capital and low profits and few contacts with Bangtai senior management finally joined the exchange ranks and went to the money house to exchange with hundreds of taels and more than a thousand taels of bills.

The exchange wind in Jinghu area is much more surging than in Jiangnan area!

Most of the notes issued in Jiangnan area are large denominations. If you want to exchange, you have to make an appointment at least three days in advance. At least the money bank still has a buffer period. However, the notes issued in Jinghu area have very many small denominations, so there is no need to make an appointment at all. They will be exchanged immediately, which puts great pressure on the money bank.

Moreover, unlike the only one money house in Yangzhou in Jiangnan, Bangtai opened a money house in every county in Jinghu area. Therefore, once the exchange wind was formed, it showed a rapid expansion. Within one day, the large circles flowed out of the money house were as high as 1.5 million!

The entire Jingzhou Group's cash bank was almost empty. Although the executives had plans on hand and were fully prepared for the difficulties they were about to face, they watched the truckload of big circles from Bailizhou Silver Deposit to the dock, the executives of Jingzhou Group's faces turned dark and their hearts were constantly sinking, and they felt like they had accumulated over the years of destruction.

Especially Qian Bingding, who is the temporary financial department, had sweat on his forehead and his hands and feet trembled unconsciously. He finally took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to his followers, and ordered: "According to the list on the paper, the next day, the meeting will be held at Xinggong Tower in Jingzhou..."

Unlike some small merchants participating in the exchange in Jinghu area, Zheng Zhilong made a big move and asked to exchange 15 million taels of cash! This is almost all the bills held by Zheng Zhilong, a Fujian-born maritime merchant!

Shipping 15 million taels of cash silver to Anping within ten days? No matter how you look at it, it is impossible to complete the task.

In fact, Zheng Zhilong had long disliked Anping's money house. Before Qian Qianyi arrived in Anping, he tried to completely destroy Anping's money house by taking advantage of the run in Yangzhou.

This move was strongly opposed by Zheng Cai. Zheng Cai's merchant fleet had formed a fixed trade route, first carrying a large amount of spices and Western luxury goods from Anping to Yangzhou, then purchasing raw silk, silk, handicrafts, porcelain and other products in Japan that were scarce in Yangzhou, and then returning to Yangzhou with a large amount of silver from Japan, purchasing huge amounts of Western favorites and selling them to Anping.

In this era, maritime navigation is far from being safe. Once Anping’s money house is abolished, Zheng Cai’s maritime risks will double. How could he tolerate this?

Not only Zheng Cai strongly opposed it, but even Fujian-born maritime merchants jumped out to oppose this policy.

Zheng Zhilong was afraid of the mouse and was not willing to let it go, until Qian Qianyi arrived in Anping.

Qian Qianyi admitted that Wen Tiren was in the North and there was little possibility of banning the circulation of bills. This time the main purpose was to destroy the bills of Bangtai Business. After Bangtai's bills disappeared, it would be better to apply for bills by yourself.

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he was very moved and called Zheng Cai and other maritime merchants to discuss it. Zheng Cai was also very moved by the issuance of bills. Zheng Cai was good at business, so how could he not understand that bills were a huge profit industry with huge profits.

So, after careful planning, Zheng Zhilong gathered the maritime merchants holding a large number of bills and exchanged them for 15 million taels of silver at one time, and acted like a blow to the dog in the water.

Zheng Zhilong has been planning for a long time and finally gave up his killer weapon.

After Zheng Zhilong ordered Zheng Cai to lead a group of Fujian-born maritime merchants to the money shop, he was proud and couldn't help but hum a little tune.

No wonder Zheng Zhilong is so excited. Since the beginning of last year, Zheng Zhilong has been angry when he mentions Lin Chunhong. This time, he can take advantage of the power of the Donglin Party and yin Lin Chunhong, how can he not applaud?

Zheng Zhilong has been too depressed this year!

Lin Chunhong owned four super-large warships, and used the excuse of scaring the Dutch in Relanzha City to drive to the Taiwan Strait from time to time, occasionally setting off a few shots at Relanzha. Zheng Zhilong knew Lin Chunhong's plans very well, but he was just telling him: "I'm not afraid of the Dutch. Zheng Zhilong, you, would be better for me to be honest..."

All of this is fine. After all, Lin Chunhong did not dare to drive his main warship to the coast of Fujian, which did not pose a great threat to Zheng Zhilong.

What made Zheng Zhilong the most depressed was that his income was gradually decreasing!

Since the cancellation of the flag fee and the opening of fixed trade points in Anping and Xiamen, Zheng Zhilong was delighted to find that this move not only received strong support from maritime merchants, but also received unanimous praise from officials and gentry in Jiangnan, and his income also increased slightly. However, the good times did not last long. In just less than three months, the income gradually declined, even lower than the time-consuming time-consuming collection of flags.

Why are there many ships in Xiamen going to Anping, but their income is reduced? Zheng Zhilong, a big news, made people investigate and discovered that large-scale corruption occurred in his fixed trade points!

Although Zheng Zhilong built a fixed trade point according to his copy, he lacked a strict financial audit system and a specialized management talent. After finding out the routines of the trade point, his pirates all took advantage of the opportunity to manage the trade point to fill their pockets. Zheng Zhilong was furious and slashed the heads of more than 20 people.

However, corruption cannot be effective by cutting off one's head. The pirates engaged in management immediately moved their positions and began to blackmail merchants, and even colluded with them to evade the tariffs imposed by trade points.

Some extorted maritime merchants were unhappy and turned their trading points to Guangzhou, Huizhou and other places, completely leaving the coast of Fujian. Some maritime merchants took risks and re-engaged their old smuggling business. In short, no matter what choice the maritime merchants choose, they are trying their best to avoid the tariffs at the Anping and Xiamen trade points.

Under the influence of many factors, Zheng Zhilong's income is getting smaller and smaller.

Not only did his income get smaller and smaller, Zheng Zhilong found that his investment was also getting bigger and bigger. Fujian has many coastal bays and islands, which can be regarded as a hotbed of smuggling. Zheng Zhilong had to invest heavily in combating smuggling. However, his command lacked powerful weapons such as centipede ships, and the effect of combating smuggling was very average, resulting in the smuggling on the coast of Fujian becoming more and more rampant, almost reaching the point of shaking Zheng Zhilong's foundation.

Moreover, this type of smuggling not only affected Zheng Zhilong, but also had an adverse impact on Guangdong's designated trade.

So, Zhang Zhao sent an envoy to Anping to try to help Zheng Zhilong fight smuggling.

Where did Zheng Zhilong's old face be put? Zheng Zhilong was so angry that he refused Zhang Zhao's kindness and kept adding troops to pursue and smuggle. The expenses at sea were getting bigger and bigger, and it was almost impossible to maintain it.

Zheng Zhilong regretted it, regretted not following Lin Chunhong's footsteps and doing some bullshit targeted trade. It would be better to directly collect the order fees, which would save trouble and money.

Just as Zheng Zhilong was swaying left and right on maintaining fixed-point trade and re-extracting the order-based flag fee, a wind of banknotes broke out in Yangzhou, which made him see hope and his mood suddenly improved.

However, he was only half a day old, and Zheng Cai's report stunned him.

Zheng Cai said: "Anping Money House promised that it will definitely exchange the silver in ten days!"

Zheng Zhilong didn't believe that Lin Chunhong could raise 15 million taels of silver within ten days. He snorted and sneered: "Let's see how Lin Xiaosan generates more than 10 million taels of silver in ten days!"

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