.The third volume of Ming Blood, the recurrence of the Ming Dynasty, 123 (Chapter 24

In the sedan chair, Fan Yu took out a mirror. In the mirror was a small face. Under the straight and delicate nose was a peach and mouth. The delicate skin seemed to be watered when pinched. Only the gem-like eyes showed a trace of uneasiness from the owner.

Although Fan Yuer looked full of confidence when she was at home, she couldn't help but feel uneasy when she really wanted to meet the emperor. She was once glad to be born in the Fan family. She had been able to eat brocade since she was a child. Her appearance was far better than her previous life. She didn't have to go through the wars at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Because the Fan family was one of the winners.

As for whether the winner is civilized or barbaric, advanced or backward, whether the Fan family played the role of an accomplice. Fan Yuer did not consider so much. She did not have the ambition to change history. Since that is the case, it is naturally to let the Fan family continue along history.

But over the years, the original winner became the loser. The Fan family also ushered in the biggest crisis. As early as when the Duofeng army went south and destroyed, Fan Yu'er knew that history had changed. But even if she knew, she was a woman after all. The Fan family could not be decided by her. Besides, she could be the one who could be the one who could be the one who was already deeply involved in it. It was impossible for her to withdraw. She did not expect that the winners in history would be defeated so quickly.

Why are they doing so well when they are both time travelers? Fan Yuer couldn't help but envy this colleague who had never met before. If she could do this, she must be a person with a firm mind. If she wanted to impress the other party just by being a time traveler, she could let the Fan family go. It was too dangerous to think about this. Fan Yuer couldn't help but sigh.

"Dong." A soft sound came. The eunuch stopped and the eunuch said, "Miss Fan is here."

Fan Yu'er lifted the curtain and found herself standing in a garden. Although it was almost autumn and winter, the whole garden was still purple and red. A bright yellow figure was standing in the pavilion in the middle of the lake. Fan Yu'er knew that this person must be the emperor she wanted to meet. She took a deep breath and walked forward with as calm as possible.

When she was still more than ten steps away from the bright yellow shadow, Fan Yu'er stopped and stood quietly. Tian Cheng quickly reminded: "Miss, see the emperor quickly."

Yu'er was silent, as if she hadn't heard Tian Cheng's words. She made Tian Cheng jump straight. Fan Yu'er was beautiful, but she was not clear-headed and dared to put on airs in front of the emperor.

Of course, Yu'er was not unconscious before she had already thought about how to deal with the emperor when she met. The only thing she could rely on was the same time traveler as the emperor. If she could not show it, she would just be a normal visit. The emperor would definitely not take her seriously.

"Tian Cheng. You go down." The emperor's ordinary and strange words came.

"Yes, the emperor." Tian Cheng glanced at the emperor. He always felt that it was not the first time these two people met. He just left this idea behind. He knew the emperor's whereabouts and had never met Miss Fan in front of him.

"This poem was written by you." Wang Fu turned around and his eyes fell on Fan Yuer. He looked at him provocatively before asking. Fan Yuer's beauty was a bit beyond Wang Fu's expectations. However, Wang Fu did not shake the idea of ​​destroying the Fan family.

"Aren't you lonely?" Yu'er asked quietly.

"S" Wang Fu said dullly.

"The history has been changed with one's own strength. But no one understands it. Although they praise your achievements, you will become a famous king for all ages. But no one knows it. History is not like this. Your soul comes from hundreds of years later. The world is incompatible with you. You don't work hard to adapt. No one tells the secrets hidden in your heart. This feeling is very bad. In the end, maybe even you think that you are like this. The past may be just a dream."

Wang Fu listened to Yu'er talking with great interest. It seemed that Fan Yu'er had made a lot of preparations before coming to see her. Hundreds of years ago, it was really amazing to talk to a person who had the same thoughts as him. Kill or not. Is this a question?

"Do you write this poem and hand it over to me. Are you not afraid of causing death?" Wang Fu interrupted Fan Yuer's words...

"Don't the emperor plan to kill the entire Fan family? The disaster of killing has long been happening. If the little woman did not write it, I'm afraid she would be in a different place if she couldn't see the emperor."

"Is this your guess?" Wang Fu was somewhat surprised by the thought in his heart by being drunk.

Fan Yuer shook her head: "The little woman does not have this ability. This is the view of the two grandfathers of the woman. The Fan family did things in the past seriously damaged the interests of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and took it as his responsibility to expel Manchus. This time he conquered Taiyuan. Although the Fan family had minor achievements, it was not enough to resist the crimes he had committed before. The emperor did not let the Fan family go easily. The same was true for the other seven families. Perhaps tomorrow is the time for the emperor to take action."

Wang Fu's voice suddenly rose: "What you eight masters did not only harm the interests of the Ming Dynasty. You did not make accomplices for tigers. Manchus only had arrows made of bones and scimitars made of wood. Every day for life, they just kept hunting and fish. There was no time to train their troops. Such Manchus, let alone entering the Central Plains, even invading the Ming Dynasty, did it. The Eight masters were profit-oriented and imported iron and food into Manchu. Feed them.

The hungry wolf of Manchus was so powerful that he plundered the Ming Dynasty. After the eight masters dealt with, they fed the eight masters. From the Wanli period to the present, during the decades of the rise of Manchus, there were as many as six or seven million Han people who died in the Manchus. In Liaodong alone, there were no less than tens of millions of Han people who died at the hands of Manchus. The lives of tens of millions of Han people should be counted on your eight families? Why should I let the Fan family go?"

When Fan'er heard the emperor's words, she felt weak. She knew that she could not convince the emperor to let the Fan family go. She felt that she had been spinning before.

In the Fan Mansion, as Fan Yu entered the palace, Fan Yong and Fan Yongkang were not completely relieved. It was not until the sky was getting dark. The news came from the servants of the mansion that Fan Yuer stayed in the palace and refused to return. The Fan brothers were a little relieved. It seemed that the disaster had finally been avoided.

The next day, the emperor held a banquet as scheduled. The gate of Jin Palace, which had just been changed from King Pingxi, opened wide. Teams of guards stood on both sides. The hall was neatly decorated with various fine wines and delicacies. All the servings were served.

At that time, the emperor's guards were the ones. The entire mansion was full of masculinity.

In addition to the case in the hall, hundreds of tables were placed in the garden outside. These tables were also filled with various fine wines and delicacies. The emperor would have a banquet today. There were thousands of people. With hundreds of other soldiers and emperors who made contributions, they also specially allowed to participate.|There is no difference from a regular banquet.

"Mr. Qu."

"Grandman."

"Mr. Yan."

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Outside the palace, the civil and military officials who followed the emperor to fight came one after another. They greeted each other with a relaxed expression on their faces. They entered. Every time they arrived at the door of a minister of rank, they would shout their names loudly.

"Mr. Jiang Xiang, Lord Jiang." As the guards came first, Dada couldn't help but look at the door. The number one hero who captured Taiyuan this time was Jiang Xiang, but Jiang Xiang had just joined the Ming Dynasty. When he heard Jiang Xiang's name, everyone would naturally be curious.

Jiang Xiang walked over with a blushing face. Behind him, the old generals of Datong were many. Many generals couldn't help but look behind Jiang Xiang. There were Ma Bao and Guo Zhuang. Regarding Pingxi Palace, Ma Bao and Guo Zhuang were all guests before. At this time, their identities had changed. They had no embarrassment. They just entered with a bit of embarrassment.

Behind Bao, Guo Zhuangtu and others were the eight merchants including Fan Yongdou, Dengku Liangyu, and other generals. They were empty-handed from the generals in front of them. Behind these eight merchants was a long convoy, with dozens of carriages. These things were gifts given to the emperor again by the eight companies. The sum of these things was as much as million taels of silver as possible. The guards did not dare to collect them without authorization. One of them hurriedly asked the emperor inward. After a while, the guards who came back waved. The carriages began to drive into the door. Seeing the emperor accepting the gifts, the heads of the family smiled with confidence.

The Fan brothers also had a smile on their faces. They thought that the next seven families would probably be unavoidable. The feeling of sadness of the rabbit and the fox in their hearts was surging. The smile on their faces was a little false.

"Brother Fan. Look at your pale face. Could it be that you are feeling uncomfortable?" Huang Yongfa, the head of the Huang family, looked at Fan Yongdou and asked in confusion.

"Oh. Maybe it was caught cold last night." Fan Yongdou hurriedly covered up.

"I caught a cold last night. Brother Fan | It's Baodao Ma Lao." Huang Yongfa showed a man's understanding smile.

Fan Yongdou was just vague and confused. Huang Yongfa didn't ask any more questions. After all the gifts from the eight families were sent in, the people invited by the emperor had basically arrived. Fan Yongdou and eight others were led to several single cases in the hall to sit. Although there were nearly a hundred such single cases in the hall, it was also a difficult honor for the eight families to enter the hall where the emperor was as merchants. The other seven families thought that the gifts they had played a role in the previous part. They were even more at ease and laughed quietly in the hall.

The heads of several families took this opportunity to meet with the important officials around the emperor, hoping to establish a relationship. Unfortunately, these important officials of the Ming Dynasty ignored the smiles from the heads of each family. Everyone was neglected and didn't care. If they could easily establish a relationship with each other with their identities, they would have doubts.

"The emperor is here." A sharp voice of the eunuch sounded. The hall suddenly became quiet and looked at the entrance.

Wang Fu surrounded more than ten guards and went down the hall. He glanced at everyone in the hall with a faint gaze. Finally, his eyes fell on Fan Yongdou Huang Yongfa and others. Except for Fan Yongdou, Huang Dafa and others had only seen the emperor from afar before. He felt that the emperor's eyes were as sharp as a knife. He quickly lowered his head.

Fortunately, the emperor's eyes only stayed for a short time|and then moved away and stepped back to the main seat in the center of the front. As soon as the emperor sat down, Qian Qianyi and Gao Jie and other civil and military officials, everyone hurriedly worshiped: "I will bow to the emperor. Long live my emperor. Long live my emperor."

"No gifts. Today is a celebration banquet. You don't have to be bound by the rituals of the king and the ministers. You can do whatever you want."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Everyone returned to their throne. After the emperor gave everyone three glasses of wine and ordered them to do whatever they wanted. The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became warm. Everyone was having a great time drinking and eating.

The emperor suddenly clapped his hands and said, "You are still a celebration banquet today. It's just that there is no singing and dancing to cheer you up. I'll tell you what happened?"

Everyone was surprised to hear it. Why did the emperor have the intention to tell everyone stories? It was because the emperor wanted to tell things. Of course, he had to ignore it. Everyone stopped chopsticks and looked at the emperor.

"It is a blessing for us to be able to listen to the emperor's stories."

"The emperor is a shameful minister - listen carefully."

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Everyone talked and said, "Fan Yongdou was conscious. I quietly saw that the other seven heads looked excited when they saw the seven heads, and sighed in my heart.

Wang Fu coughed and said: "On a vast land, there is a large tribe and a small tribe living. The big tribe is advanced in civilization and rich in life. All kinds of products are produced, but the people are gentle in customs and people do not like to fight. The small tribe is poor and their civilization is backward. All kinds of expenses are very short of all kinds. Many supplies have to be purchased from the big tribes for the sake of difficult life, which also leads to the small tribes being strong and windy.

These two tribes were originally peaceful. But the small tribe saw that the people of the big tribe lived a wealthy life, but they were poor and were extremely unbalanced. They always wanted to steal the other's things into their hands. But because the big tribe was too strong, the small tribe never dared to act rashly. Finally one day, the people of the small tribe could no longer help but be greedy. The people of the big tribe were weak and could be bullied. They brazenly launched a robbery of the big tribe. The two tribes had no choice but to go to war.

Although the large tribe was gentle in its people, it had many people and powerful people. It also had excellent armor and swords. As long as the opponent's iron weapon was cut off, it could withstand the attack of the small tribe. However, there were eight people in the large tribe who secretly bought iron weapons for the people of the small tribe for the benefit. Now the small tribe's weapons and armor caught up with the large tribe. Although the large tribe was a human, it was just a plate. It suffered natural disasters, resulting in the inability to concentrate its troops and was defeated one after another. A lot of property was stolen by the small tribe.

In addition to some of the snatched supplies, the tribe dealt with the eight scums of the large tribe at a low price to exchange for the iron and food they needed from them. So the small tribes became stronger and stronger as they fought, while the large tribes became weaker and weaker as they fought.

|The capital of this large tribe was also defeated by a small tribe. If it weren't for the concerted efforts to unite again under the new tribe leader and fight hard, this large tribe would have become a slave to the small tribe.

Although the large tribe finally won the victory, the losses caused before were irreversible. Dozens of times the population of the small tribe died in previous battles. The blood shed could form a big river. When ordinary people in the large tribes were bleeding, these eight people made a fortune by relying on the materials processed from the small tribes at a low price. Finally, they became. After the small tribe was defeated by the large tribes, the eight people suddenly felt regretful. They donated a piece of wealth and wanted to return to the large tribe. Everyone said, what if you were from this large tribe, what would you do if you took eight people?"

"Kill. You must never let go of such a traitor."

"Yes. It's too cheap to kill them. They should be cut into pieces."

"Not only will it be cut into pieces, but it should also be destroyed."

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Everyone is a fiercer person. No one here is fool. Naturally, he knows that the emperor has some meaning. This big tribe talks about the Ming Dynasty, and that small tribe is Man. As for the eight people, there is no doubt that they are the eight imperial merchants who were granted by Man. Some people have long been signaling the emperor. Those generals who did not have the emperor's instructions. Even if they didn't know what the eight imperial merchants did before, they heard what the emperor said, they hated the eight imperial merchants to the core. Naturally, they would not say mercy.

Among the military generals, Jiang Xiang was only in front of him, and he was blushing and was like sitting on a felt. However, Wang Dengku Liangyu Wang Dayu Liang family Bin Tiansheng Lan Zhaitang Huang Yongfa heads were almost slumped in his seat. Fan Yongdou was also panicked and wondered what was wrong. Why did the emperor say about the Eighth Family instead of the Seventh Family? Didn’t Yu'er stay in the palace last night? Didn’t Yu'er not?

"Oh, no. The emperor didn't let Yu'er come back last night. He just stabilized the Fan family. The Fan family is over this time." After figuring it out, Fan Yongdou's body also softened and he collapsed in his seat.

"My dear, tell me what to do?"

".Haha." Jiang Xiang's teeth trembled. But at this time, no one laughed at Jiang Xiang. As the general of Datong, although he did not participate in the trade with Manchus, he did not collect any bribes and allowed goods to pass. Strictly speaking, Jiang Xiang could not escape responsibility. Moreover, Jiang Xiang had close ties with these eight families. The emperor had only a change of thoughts and Jiang Xiang was in trouble.

"Report. Report. The emperor. These eight families have made money and bought the interests of their own tribe members, causing heavy casualties and injuries. It is just that pigs and dogs are worse than that. I think I should be in the final punishment." Jiang Xiang finally said it later and said more and more.

Wang Fu nodded gently: "However, Jiang Aiqing said so. That's right. Someone came. He dragged these eight pigs and dogs out as well as the head of the family. He took them to prison and waited for the disposal."

"Yes." The guards waiting on both sides responded. They lifted the heads of the Eight Great Family like an eagle catching a chicken and dragged them out the door. The heads of the Yu Qi family were like dead dogs. Only Fan Yongdou struggled fiercely. He shouted as if he had grabbed a straw: "Emperor. Before the city was broken, you promised that as long as the Fan family general Wu Sangui was captured alive, you would give the Fan family a chance. As the emperor, he was the emperor, and he could not go back on his word."

Hearing Fan Yongdou's words, the two guards who seized him could not help but stop and looked at the emperor. The ministers also turned to look at the emperor. Emperor Guan's name could not be easily shown. Wang Fu nodded: "Yes. I said I would give the Fan family a chance, but I didn't say that I would give me any chance. Don't worry. I would treat the Fan family with Wu Sangui in special treatment. If there were any injustice in the Fan family, I would tell them in the hall. As for the other seven families, they would not have this opportunity. I would deal with them in Taiyuan."

"Puff." Fan Yong-blood attacked the heart. A mouthful of blood spit out of his mouth. He tilted and fainted.

"Prepare." The emperor waved his hand in disgust and raised his cup again: "Everyone, don't worry about them. Today's celebration banquet continues."

"Thank you, the emperor." The hall became lively again. He also said to the Ming generals. These eight people were like pigs and dogs. No matter how the emperor dealt with them, they would not affect their emotions. Only the surrendered generals such as Jiang Xiang, Ma Bao, Guo Zhuangtu were quite uneasy. They were simply unwilling to accept it.

Seeing Jiang Xiang's appearance, Wang Fu comforted him: "Jiang Aiqing. You don't have to be uneasy. I have already written off all the past. As long as I strictly discipline myself in the future, I can protect you."

"Yes. I thank you for your kindness." In an instant, Jiang Xiang felt like drinking sweet rain. He finally let go.

When the eight people were dragged out of the hall, Fan Yongkang stood up on a table outside, but was immediately pressed down by two guards. In addition to Fan Yongkang, hundreds of nephews who were arranged by each family to give gifts were also taken away.

At the same time, the gates of the eight families were quietly surrounded by large troops. After the small resistance, the eight families were defeated. Soon, the army occupied the eight families and the officials at all levels basically did not escape. At the same time, the army in the city was dispatched. According to the guidance of the Jinyiwei, they began to seize the shops related to the family in the city. At the city gate, teams of cavalry drove out. They were about to seize the fields of the eight families in various places.

The seizure in the city is inevitably a little confusion. Many people find that the army is out and are afraid, and quickly hide in their homes. This makes the seizure in the city more convenient.

At night, when the emperor's banquet ended, the seizure in the city was basically over. As for the farms outside the city, it is estimated that it will take at least seven or eight days to complete the inspection.

The next day, the residents of Taiyuan City discovered that the eight largest merchants in the past were seized. As for the other small and medium-sized merchants, they were not guilty of any crime, and there was no robbery. Then they felt relieved. However, they soon discovered the inconvenience. These eight shops accounted for more than 50% of the city, and pharmacies accounted for 70% to 80% of the rice, flour, grain and oil. They were seized together, which would naturally have a great impact.

Fortunately, the court quickly sold those shops. The court was eager to take them off. Most shops were only half priced. Instead, they made small and medium-sized merchants who had been under the eight companies before pick up a bargain, making them smile. More than ten days later, everything in the city had returned to normal.
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