In Chang'an, news spreads very quickly.

In particular, it involves the major politics of the country.

At the latest, before sunset, almost all the big families in Chang'an already knew the news.

"When today's son wants to reform the money system and abolish the old money, this is my life!" An old man in his fifties stood on the tallest building on Flower Street and looked at the prosperous Fengyue resort, but his heart was full of melancholy.

In Chang'an, the two most profitable and profitable transactions are Ziqian and brothel.

The two are interdependent, even living and dying together.

Ziqian's family lent money to the poor at high interest, and once the other party could not repay the principal and interest, they could only sell their houses, sell their fields, sell their children, sell their daughters, sell their wives and sell themselves.

And the usury merchants, both in the East and the West, are the most clever merchants, and the best at discovering and exploiting all the uses of their 'customers'.

Therefore, in fact, the most prosperous and lively flower street in Chang'an City, Liuxiang, the two largest red-light districts in China before the Common Era, were divided among the various merchant families in Chang'an.

A good brothel owner must be an excellent money merchant, and vice versa.

However, in the last two or three years, the life of the money merchants has not been easy.

The Son of Heaven imposed strict upper and lower limits on grain prices in the form of decrees, and used five baht as the only designated currency for grain policy, which almost eradicated the means and methods of profiting from the poor that most of the merchants were good at in the past.

Moreover, because of the stable price of grain, neither the poor in Chang'an nor the farmers outside the city need to get 'financing' help from Ziqian's family.

As a result, the supply of goods in Willow Lane in Flower Street has decreased dramatically. The fault is not that on the side of Shu County, Cheng Zheng and Zhuo of Linqiong opened the market of Southwest Yi.

In the past, the price of expensive servants who only appeared in the liehou family dived. It was accepted by the Ziqian family and became the current star and main star of Flower Street Willow Lane.

At the same time, last year, Dongcheng Houyi annihilated North Korea. A large number of Wei Korean nobles, officials, and wives and daughters of the remnants were sold cheaply by the government, and the merchants also ate a part of them.

This flower street and willow lane can continue to prosper.

It's just that now, the news that has never come out of the Yang Palace is tantamount to cutting off the lifeblood of the Ziqian merchants!

Even the Wuyan clan can't withstand such a huge blow!

You know, the money merchant makes a living by lending.

Almost every sub-money merchant has hoarded a large number of copper coins of all kinds in his home.

In the past two years, although everyone has consciously exchanged the circulating coins in their hands for five baht coins to avoid suspicion.

However. The natural greed of loan sharks led them to continue to mint other types of coins.

Taking Wuyan as an example, at present, Wuyan has at least 30 million coins, of which at least two-thirds are three-baht coins and four-baht coins, especially three-baht coins.

Such a huge fortune could be wiped out overnight.

Then, the huge Saltless Clan will immediately fall apart. Even, to the point of bankruptcy.

Hundreds of people from all over the clan, as well as thousands of slaves, thugs, and rangers who served the Wuyan clan, all had to face the miserable situation of lack of food and clothing, hunger and cold.

So, after learning the news. The contemporary head of the Wuyan family, the most outstanding financier of the contemporary Han dynasty who successfully lent 1,000 gold to Zhou Yafu and Dou Ying, who fought against the rebellion three years ago, and recovered the principal and interest. Immediately nervous.

It's a matter of life and death, and you can't help but be nervous.

The only thing that reassures Wuyan a little is that the relationship network of the Ziqian family is extremely complex.

Over the past sixty years. Through various methods, the Ziqian family maintained a huge network from the court to the pavilion throughout Guanzhong.

In this network. Almost all the nobles of the Han family and the grassroots officials were wiped out.

The Han court, where corruption and bribery were rampant, also laid a solid foundation for the Ziqian family to expand their networks and protective umbrellas.

Who can ignore those yellow-orange-orange cuties?

Even the former prime minister, the old An Hou Shen Tujia, who has always been known for his clean sleeves, and Zhang Shizhi, a former famous minister of the dynasty and known as the iron-faced and selfless former court captain, are helpless against the Ziqian family.

Nowadays, the major merchants have a wide range of contacts and networks in all classes in Chang'an City.

Here are a few examples.

Back then, Chao Cuo caught Yuan Ang and beat him violently, drove him out of the court, and abolished him as a commoner.

Afterwards, Yuan Ang still lived in Shangguanli, the most prosperous city in Chang'an, and he was all ministers and marquis, and his wealth was not inferior to that of the past.

Among them, the person who acted as Yuan An's gold lord was Ji Xin, the ranger giant in Guanzhong, and the vast number of sub-money merchants.

Also, the current Jianling Hou Lieutenant Wei Juan, was dismissed from his post at home for several years because he was convicted of the first emperor.

Who provided Wei Juan with the funds to live and live in Chang'an?

The answer is the money merchants.

Also, after the two years of examination scholars, after coming to Chang'an, there are many people who are in need of livelihood, and who provides them with the money they need to live?

The answer is still the money merchants.

Although, in most cases, the sub-money merchants will wait for someone to borrow money from them, and then take the opportunity to ask for a high interest rate.

However, there are also many cases where merchants are willing to offer interest-free loans, or even give money away for nothing.

Moreover, when it comes to lending in the political arena, the money merchants have always been very smart.

After the lender is successfully reinstated or gets a key position, they will voluntarily give up the interest or even the principal, and have the right to sponsor.

The Ziqian family is so knowledgeable, and the officials' rewards are naturally amazing.

It is natural to act as a protective umbrella for it, to ventilate the information, and even to cover up the evidence of the crime.

Salt-free is clear.

His past investments can only allow the powerful to cover up some small problems for him and act as a protective umbrella.

But if they want to jump out and go face to face with the Son of Heaven, it will never be possible.

It's like you have a cute cat, and usually this cat is making trouble at home. Kill a few flowers and plants you planted in the yard as the owner. You read that this cat is usually well-behaved and knows how to be coquettish. It will not be punished, and sometimes it will even get a few fish as a reward for its coquettishness.

However, if one day, this cat is presumptuous towards your parents and tries to poop and pee on your parents, do you think you will slap this crazy beast to death?

That's the way it is today.

Whether it's Ziqian's family, or Guanzhong's Haoqiang.

are just cats, dogs, cows and sheep in the eyes of the noble relatives. Raised to play.

You are coquettish and coquettish, and you sell cutely in a timely manner, and your noble relatives have their own rewards, and they don't care about your occasional outrageous behavior.

But do you want your relatives to go face to face with the Son of Heaven for the sake of pets?

How can it be!

So......

"I need to contact more people to create a momentum so that Weiyang Palace or Donggong can't ignore our voices!" Wuyan thought to himself.

This time, the Son of Heaven wants to scrap the old money and line five baht.

Who are the people whose interests are damaged?

The salt-free brain is racing rapidly.

As a brilliant financier, Wuyan's IQ and reaction speed are top-notch.

Soon, he sorted out the relevant aspects of the damage to his interests.

Wuyan first ruled out the probability that relatives might help.

The reason is simple. The family of foreign relatives, resting with the country, even if today's son particularly hates and dislikes his maternal Su family, but the Su family has also won a prince's feudal country and many rewards. He was sent far away to the south.

In this way, the interests of the relatives will not be damaged at any time.

Even if the Son of Heaven wanted them to be damaged, it would be impossible!

The two queen mothers of the East Palace. There is always a way to compensate them.

Therefore, the relatives will not and cannot go against the Son of Heaven. On the contrary, it allows relatives to remain neutral. It is already Taiyi Kai Grace, and the gods have appeared.

Among the remaining princes, the chief officials of Jiuqing were also excluded.

Because, in the history of the Han Dynasty, there has never been an example of Jiuqing, who is contrary to the Son of Heaven, can still sit down in his position peacefully!

Beiping Wenhou Zhang Cang, what was his political achievements and prestige back then?

In his fifteen years in power, he has made achievements, even today's people, he still benefits immensely.

But so what!

With the Son of Heaven disagreeing to the left, and refusing to bow his head, he has to go home and farm!

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for the Jiuqing to stand up.

Even if it is Yuan Ang and Zhibu who are deeply entangled with various classes in Guanzhong.

Even, in order to show that they are only loyal to the Son of Heaven, these guys are likely to fight against the Ziqian family and the Haoqiang in turn.

Then, in this way, there are not many powerful groups to unite.

"Someone!" After Wuyan sorted out these clues, he immediately called his subordinates: "Erlang, go to my study immediately, take the golden horse I treasured, and send it to the prince's mansion in Qili, please prince, no matter what, in front of the Son of Heaven, say a good word or two for me!" ”

At present, the surname Wang who lives in Qili is noble, and he has only one family.

That is the royal road of today's henchman eunuch.

This is the back hand that Wuyan has left for himself.

Once nothing can be done, there is a cronie of the Son of Heaven who speaks for him, and his family can at least save his life.

The idol of Wushio is the Warring States Daika Baekyu.

Bai Gui was a great leader of the Wei State during the Wei Wenhou period, when Li Kui presided over the reform of the law in the Wei State, and took 'doing everything possible' as the national policy, and vigorously cracked down on and suppressed the activities of merchants.

But Bai Gui achieved great success in the Wei state under such circumstances.

The secret of Bai Gui's success lies in the fact that 'people abandon me and take me', and at the same time work closely with the government, and can be regarded as the founding patriarch of Chinese officials and businessmen colluding to make profits.

On the other hand, Baekyu was also the first pioneer to apply the art of war to commercial warfare.

He himself once said: I govern production, Yu Yin Yi and Lu Shang's strategy, Sun Wu uses soldiers, and Shang Ying's practice of law is also.

Wuyan is also well aware of the three caves of the cunning rabbit, and if you don't win, you will lose first.

Therefore, he must first arrange the back road, so as not to lose when he gets it, and the whole clan will have to 'die innocently'.

Xu felt that this was not the case.

Wuyan sent several people in a row to the homes of Li Xin and several cronies of Changle Palace, and also sent someone to send a title deed of the manor to the home of the eldest princess of Guantao.

After these things were done, Wuyan let out a long breath, so that no matter what, Wuyan's net worth and life were guaranteed.

So, Wuyan immediately called his housekeeper and a few house slaves and assigned their tasks.

Wuyan is very clear that he seems to be acting against the Son of Heaven like this.

It is extremely unwise and extremely dangerous!

If you are not careful, it will kill the whole family.

Therefore, no one from the Wuyan clan can participate in it, and can only be charged in front by house slaves and servants, contacting others, and letting others use them as cannon fodder.

In this way, even if the matter fails, it can be blamed on the audacity of the house slave and the fact that Yu Shi does not know.

At most, it is to use his old life to calm the anger of the Son of Heaven. (To be continued......)