Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

This is a wise statement.

You must know that although Huizhou people have always been united, that was when they were facing foreign enemies.

Normally, the internal struggles among Huizhou merchants are really not trivial at all.

Just a few decades ago, when Zhang Juzheng was in power, there was the "Silk Case"!

The reason is that Huizhou internally felt that the taxes paid by each county were different, and then a big melee broke out among the six counties in Huizhou...

This was the time when hundreds of thousands of people from all six counties in Huizhou were mobilized, and a major event broke out that swept the entire Huizhou government into chaos!

The six counties were beaten to death, and I don’t know how many Huizhou people fell!

However, what happens when the court investigates?

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The imperial court is an outsider, we Hui people can fight no matter what we do, but when outsiders come, let’s fuck them!

The Huizhou people who had been fighting for life and death just now united into a group...

In the end, the great turmoil that swept through the whole government finally led to the "peace" of the wealthy gentry and high-ranking officials, and a lawsuit stick named Cheng Renqing was introduced and sentenced to "prison and execution".

If you hold a bottle for the Hui people, going to jail should be enjoyable!

While he was in prison, not only did he have to enjoy all kinds of food and drinks, but he also published a book specifically recording this matter, called "The Complete Book of Silk and Silk".

Finally, under the operation of the Hui people, after Cheng Renqing was imprisoned for 20 years, he was transferred to the army. He also achieved military merit and went home to enjoy his happiness.

At that time, Hui people welcomed a great hero and even erected monuments and archways to record...

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There is a very peculiar thing about Hui people. No matter how they fight internally, when they meet outsiders, they can instantly respond unanimously to the outside world.

Jiang Yuan's words made Wu Chun, who had retreated, no longer feel embarrassed to mention the reconciliation with Fang Zhenghua.

Everyone agreed on the general policy, and all that was left was how to raise money.

Ten million silver, that's a lot!

Poor Emperor Patch, apart from being slandered by others, has never seen so much money in his life.

If you say it is less...

What a fart!

That’s not the only number of people left in Liaodong by the “public righteousness”!

Small money, that’s all small money!

Even though not every household in Huizhou is engaged in business, more than [-]% of them are doing business.

There are 16 households in Huizhou, and there are at least 12 shops across the country!

This does not include the situation where one household has multiple stores!

You have to know which big business like Bajia does not have hundreds or thousands of stores?

How powerful were the businessmen of the Ming Dynasty?

During the Jiajing period, Zou Wang, a wealthy man in Wuxi, demolished the ancestral home of Gu Kexue, the Minister of Rites, in order to celebrate his mother's birthday.

This is the Minister of Rites!

This is the No. [-] minister in the world. This is the minister of the Ministry of Rites who presides over the imperial examinations and selects scholars. He is both pure and noble, has students all over the world, and has disciples all over the country!

Gu Kexue gave an order and put Zou Wang in prison.

The Zou family ordered the whole government of Wuxi to suspend business and go on strike.

As the most trusted prince and eunuch of Jiajing, the personal seal Gu Kexue carried with him was lost at some point.

Gu Kexue, a member of the Three Dukes who was the crown prince's Taibao, was afraid.

Not only did he let Zou Wang go in despair, he even moved out of his hometown in Wuxi to another place overnight.

The Zou family owns 30 acres of land, and the account book for collecting rent from the shop has gone from 001 to more than 600!

There are more than 3000 servants in the family alone!

And this--it's just a wealthy man who shows his face.

Yan Song's son, Yan Shifan, once ranked a "Forbes" rich list in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and Zou Wang ranked 17th.

(Among these 17 people, 10 are officials and 7 are businessmen)

Of course, in the eyes of knowledgeable people, this is just a drunken joke.

You know, the rich people who have been put on the bright side in the past generations are nothing more than children!

Not to mention anything else, Xu Jie, who was his contemporary, could crush him in all aspects.

Throughout the dynasties, the truly wealthy have remained anonymous and hidden from the press.

The history of the Ming Dynasty and before the Ming Dynasty is a history that has been tampered with, smeared, and destroyed in all aspects.

The 250-year cultural destruction of the Qing Dynasty made most of the Ming Dynasty materials left behind unable to withstand detailed research and scrutiny.

You know, in the more than 150 years of the Literary Prison alone, we can verify that 530 books of eight categories were burned, as many as 860 books.

As for the actual number burned, it is impossible to verify...

The energy of merchants in the Ming Dynasty can no longer be verified...

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Although the prosperity of business in the Ming Dynasty cannot be studied today, through the records and restorations between the lines, we can still get a glimpse of the grand occasion at that time.

As for the Huizhou merchants, who were the most prosperous in the late Ming Dynasty, it can be seen how powerful they were at that time.

For Huizhou merchants, although ten million silver is a lot, the eight families still have to chip in, but it is just a sprinkling of water.

It's all small change!

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There are 12 shops. On average, one shop only costs a few hundred taels of silver.

The patriarchs of the Eight Great Families discussed with each other and decided to use the 300 million tax dollars from the Hongguang Dynasty first.

As a result, each family still needs to spend 1000 million taels.

The Wang family, on its own, took out another 700 million taels.

Although this amount of money is large, Zheng Hongkui is right when he says that 5000 million worth of goods can be sold for at least 5000 million in silver.

Although the total volume of goods is large, it is difficult to sell and realize cash at the moment.

However, for Huizhou merchants all over the world, it is nothing.

It's just a matter of spending some time to spread the goods throughout the Ming Dynasty.

Once it's done, it's amazing!

Everyone present is afraid that the assets of each family will increase a lot!

The eight families decided to take this risk!

It was agreed upon - eat it!

Although the Wang family had an extra 700 million taels, Wang Ranming did not dare to object.

He had already taken full advantage when he was offering sacrifices to Emperor Ming.

Besides, it was because of what happened to his family last year that no one dared to seek help from Founder.

At this time, there is extra money, which is reasonable.

Wang Ranming paid more, so he was naturally unhappy.

Immediately, he said with some dissatisfaction:

"Then what if the court pursues this tax money?"

Everyone laughed and naturally understood what Wang Ranming was worried about.

Zhu Dong said:

“Since I’ve given you extra money, I won’t let you share the tax money anymore.

That’s what I thought. Didn’t the imperial court want to exchange it for grain and grass to supply the soldiers?

Coincidentally, our Huizhou is right on the border, and the cost of transporting grain and grass is much smaller.

This amount of food and grass does not need to be provided by the Wang family anymore, and will be shared equally among the seven of us. "

Zhu Dongdao patted Wang Ranming on the shoulder and said with a smile:

"Brother Wang, can you accept my method?"

In this way, it is equivalent to your family only having 500 million more than us. "