On the fifth day of the first month of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Taiyuan Mansion, Shanxi.

In a huge mansion, the decoration is gorgeous, and the maids and ladies who come and go in the courtyard with dishes come and go, today is an important day for Master Fan to feast on the seven masters, and no one dares to slack off for half a minute.

In the main hall of the Fan Mansion, an extremely luxurious banquet was being held, and on the first seat sat a middle-aged man in a black fur coat, scanning everyone's eyes with a fine light, at a glance, he knew that this person was not simple, he was Fan Yongdou, the head of the Fan family of the Eight Great Jin Merchants.

The heads of several families present here are Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Liang, Tian Tian, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yunfa.

They were all dressed in thick mink furs, and their eyes looked at Fan Yongdou on the main seat with a little respect, and the Fan family was the leader of the eight families.

Fan Yongdou took a sip of tea, looked at the other seven family heads and said, "I don't know if you have heard that the imperial court sent a general soldier of the Beijing battalion to take over as the chief soldier of Shanxi. ”

"I heard it, it's called Wang Wannian, right?"

"The surname Wang is from a noble background, and I heard that he has won the trust of the emperor, and I don't know if the emperor has other arrangements for sending him."

"It's possible, didn't our emperor send a few brocade guards some time ago!"

"Hehe, even those dogs dare to trespass on our territory, I really don't know whether to live or die."

Everyone in the hall was talking, and there was no trace of awe for the Ming court in their words.

The Eight Great Jin Merchants mainly operated grain and all kinds of materials in Zhangjiakou, and smuggled more to Mongolia and the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Liaodong, and the trade with the Manchurian and Mongolian Dynasty was very profitable.

Not only the eight Jin merchants, but also the merchants of the nine sides also smuggled on the side, and a huge interest group had already been formed, and it was extremely difficult for the imperial court to do it.

Wang Dengku, the head of the Wang family, was faintly worried, and said, "I'm worried that the imperial court is determined to deal with us!" ”

Fan Yongdou said calmly in his eyes: "Don't worry, we have raised so many people in the imperial court, they will not let the emperor touch us easily, and the emperor's secret visit to Jinyiwei is the best proof." ”

His words caused a burst of echo among the people.

Huang Yunfa, the head of the Huang family, said: "Yes, Yang Sichang, the first assistant of the cabinet, entered the cabinet from our Xuanda, and the court doesn't have to worry too much, you must be clear that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty can not do whatever he wants, didn't two princes die some time ago, I believe he will teach a lesson." ”

Tian Shenglan, the head of the Tian family, said: "I heard that the prince is back? That little killer is not easy to mess with, he has a guy in his hand, and he is an insatiable person! ”

Thinking of Prince Daming, several people couldn't help but feel their hearts skip a beat, remembering the scene when he bloodied eight industries in the capital, and the eight suffered heavy losses.

Fan Yongdou's heart trembled, but he pretended not to care, and said, "He doesn't dare to touch us." ”

Jin Liangyu, the head of the Jin family, said worriedly: "According to the news from the Jingshi, this surnamed Wang once followed the prince to fight the Manchurians a few years ago, and their relationship is not bad, I am afraid that this surnamed Wang will not know what to .......do when the time comes."

"The emperor is far away, they want to meddle in our territory, we will let them die without a place to bury!"

"That's right! Who is afraid of whom, is it difficult for the court to send troops to exterminate us? If Chongzhen really dares, he, the emperor, will be the end! ”

Everyone shouted again, obviously full of confidence.

In the late Ming Dynasty, due to lax supervision, many landlords and businessmen have purchased firecrackers to defend themselves, and some also build a small workshop, and the quality of the production is better than that in the guard.

With these armed forces, the ordinary forces in Shanxi did not dare to provoke the eight Jin merchants, not only that, but many civil officials and generals in Shanxi were bought by them, although Chongzhen has slowly changed a batch in recent years, but they can't stand them spending money to smash.

It is obviously unrealistic for the local army to deal with the Eight Great Jin Merchants, so they can only transfer troops from other places, but after a hundred years of development, the Eight Great Jin Merchants have also appeared in their respective families as officials, and they have already developed into the gentry class.

If the imperial court used the army to suppress them, it would offend the gentry class in the world and cause turmoil, not to mention that Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang has always treated the gentry well, and later emperors did not dare to touch them easily.

Fan Yongdou said: "Our family is after a hundred years of accumulation to have today's scenery, it can be said that both prosperity and loss, now the Qing Dynasty is defeated, and Monan Mongolia is also held in the hands of the Zhu family, our survival has reached the most difficult moment." ”

He stood up and said: "Fan Mou invited you shopkeepers to come today, just to hope that all families can continue to unite together and deal with various emergencies, if we are not united, then Fan can only move his family to Daqing!" ”

"Defecting to the Qing Dynasty? Fan Ye, the Qing Dynasty is weak now, I'm afraid it's not the best choice! ”

Fan Yongdou said: "The Qing Dynasty has not been weak before, it has not become bigger step by step, although the battle of Liaodong was lost, it does not mean that the Qing Dynasty is not good, the former Tianrui Prince also wrote me a secret letter, he said that we will be the imperial merchants of the Qing Dynasty!" ”

"Lord Rui? Wasn't it Fan Wencheng who contacted us? After that guy died, he would have finished me, why did he write to us? ”

Fan Yongdou paced a few steps with his hands in his hands, came to the front of the hall, and said, "Maybe the family members of the Qing Dynasty will change in the future......

He had a keen sense of politics and had many eyes and ears, and although he was in Shanxi, he was able to strategize, and based on the information he had gathered, he judged that there might be a great upheaval within the Qing court......

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As Fan Yongdou judged, the top of the Manchu Qing Dynasty underwent earth-shaking changes, and after Huang Taiji retreated to Fushun, he continued to retreat and returned to the former capital city of Hetuala.

On the first day of the first lunar month, Dolgon took advantage of the imperial meeting held by Huang Taiji to launch a mutiny, killed Huang Taiji and Haoge, killed the emperor and established himself as emperor, and sent a large number of bloody drops to assassinate a large number of civil and military officials who opposed him.

Dolgon's thunderous means shocked the Manchu nobles, and the always discerning Zilharang fell to Dolgon at that time, resolutely supporting him as the emperor.

Dolgon occupied several wives of Huang Taiji, and also received a few blessings from Haoge, and he couldn't wait to go to Da Yuer Mubu Mutai that night, and accepted Fulin as his godson, and it was a mess.

The internal chaos of the Manchu Qing Dynasty made Hong Chengchou excited, and immediately raised troops to Fushun in an attempt to take the opportunity to recover Fushun.

However, in Salhu, the Ming army of the hasty army was defeated again, and Hong Chengchou, who had been beaten with a stick, had to retreat to Shenyang, adopting the strategy of focusing on defense and recuperating in order to fight again in the future.