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Chapter 175 Huang Taiji's Means

Huang Taiji was sitting on the three-story Phoenix Tower reviewing memorials and handling military and political affairs. Hearing that Fan Yongdou was brought here, Huang Taiji did not raise his head and said, "Bring it in!"

"Zhe!" The eunuch retreated.

After a while, Ying'erdai took Fan Yongdou and Guest Liang into the Phoenix Tower. The three of them climbed to the third floor and reached a high threshold. The three of them crawled on the ground. Ying'erdai bowed and said, "Khan, Fan Yongdou and Guest Liang have been brought here."

"Come in!" Huang Taiji's voice came from inside.

Ying'erdai stood up and crossed the threshold. But Fan Yongdou and Liang were kneeling on the ground, climbing over the threshold like two dogs, climbing into the hall, crawling on the ground, not even daring to raise their heads.

Huang Taiji put down his pen, his eyes were like a torch, looking directly at Fan Yongdou who was lying on the ground like a turtle. After a while, he slowly spoke: "Fan Aiqing, you are the great hero of my Great Jin Kingdom. In the most difficult time of the Great Jin Kingdom, you father and son came to Liaodong with a caravan, providing us with food and iron tools. The Great Jin Kingdom will always remember your contribution."

Fan Yongdou looked down at the floor tiles. Although Huang Taiji said that just now was very gentle, every word was heard in Fan Yongdou's ears, like poisonous snakes drilling into his heart. Fan Yongdou hurriedly replied: "The Khan is a great talent and a great strategy. He can serve the Khan, which is a blessing for the slaves."

Dorgon, who was standing aside, snorted coldly: "Serve for the Khan? The Han people say that merchants are profit-oriented! Whoever gives the merchants benefits will do it for whom! If the price given by someone one day is high enough, I'm afraid you, Fan Yongdou, poison us food, you will do it, right?"

Fan Yongdou was so scared that his clothes were all wet. He quickly defended: "Master Beile, I wrongly accused my slave! The slave will always be a slave of the Great Jin Kingdom. How could he do something unfavorable to the Great Jin Kingdom?"

Dorgon sneered repeatedly: "It is impossible to do something unfavorable to the Great Jin Dynasty? Then Mr. Fan, please explain why you ordered Kang Siding to trade with our Great Jin Dynasty's enemies? Do you know that Lin Danhan lacks food, salt, cloth and iron. Every commodity transported to the Chahar people has strengthened Lin Danhan's strength?"

Fan Yongdou dared not take over the topic, but just kowtowed repeatedly: "Sweet your life! Sweet your life! Only the servant knows his guilt..."

Huang Taiji looked at Guest Liang who was also lying on the ground without saying a word and said, "Liang Aiqing, let's talk about it."

Guest Liang was shocked. He sued the news this time, with the purpose of defeating Fan Yongdou, so that he could embezzle the Fan family's property. Although the Fan family suffered heavy losses in the past year and a half, the lean camel is bigger than a horse. The Fan family still has a lot of assets, and those assets have become their own. If they monopolize the trade in Liaodong, it would be so wonderful to think about it.

But the whistleblower can only live in the darkness. This made Guest Liang say it in front of Fan Yongdou, but he felt very scared. Because he knew that once the words were spoken, he and the Fan family would be enemies from now on. If Fan Yongdou was lucky enough to die this time, the unlucky person would definitely be himself! What he knew about Fan Yongdou's methods could be said to be cruel and ruthless in attacking the enemy.

"What?" Huang Taiji looked at Guest Liang and asked in a gentle tone, "Liang Aiqing, you have told me everything you know in front of Ben Khan. Now that Fan Yong is here, why don't you dare to confront him in person?"

Guest Liang knew that if he didn't make the words clear this time, he might not be able to get out of this hall. If he said it, maybe Fan Yongdou would be pulled out by Huang Taiji today, and the Fan family's property would be his own. So he gritted his teeth, made up his heart, and said, "Da Khan, Fan Yongdou is indeed a deal with Lin Dankhan! He was afraid that Dahan would know that he would not dare to come forward, so he found a guy named Kang Siding. In order to win the market reward management rights, Fan Yongdou also paid 10,000 taels of silver to Kang Siding to make him connect. All 10,000 taels of funds were invested, and our Liang family was forced to invest. If he didn't invest, Fan Yongdou would not let us go! Dahan, you know that Fan Yongdou was cruel and ruthless, and those who didn't listen to him would be solved by him. Finally, Fan Yongdou promised us that as long as you make money, we would have our share."

Guest Liang took the initiative and pushed all the blame on Fan Yongdou. Anyway, the more harsh Fan Yongdou is, the more beneficial it will be to him. It would be better for Huang Taiji to slash Fan Yongdou with anger, otherwise Fan Yongdou would survive and he would die.

Huang Taiji asked calmly: "Fan Yongdou, what else do you have to say?"

Fan Yongdou didn't even dare to raise his head and knelt on the ground to defend himself: "Khan, the matter of the slave has attracted the attention of the Ming Dynasty. Zhangjiakou has set up a thousand-household office for the Jinyiwei, which is specifically focused on the slave. The slave can only detour to Liaodong. This time, he came to Liaodong to admit to the Khan's trade. Khan, the slave suffered heavy losses because of the horse thief named Li Laoer. The caravan transporting food in the pass was robbed by the horse thief, and the caravans that transported food in the pass were robbed by the horse thief, and the caravans that arranged for the Jinyiwei were attacked by the Jinyiwei, and more than 80% of the manpower were lost. If the slave wanted to turn around, he had to take the right to operate the market and reward, and trade with Lin Danhan for the time being. Only when he earned money could he serve the Khan."

"Raise your head and look at Ben Khan! Fan Yongdou, since you want to make a comeback, why don't you go to Liaodong a few more trips? You are our friend of Dajin. If you have difficulties, Dajin will naturally help you." Huang Taiji asked with a smile. But this smile made Fan Yongdou shudder in Fan Yongdou's eyes.

Ying'erdai bowed to Huang Taiji sitting on the high platform and said, "Khan, the slave has already negotiated with North Korea. Our Great Jin Kingdom can obtain food from North Korea in the future. Fan Yongdou is useless to us."

Fan Yongdou was so scared that he could no longer defend himself, so he had to admit it: "I know I was wrong. Since I was wrong, I should be punished by the Khan."

Huang Taiji pondered and pointed at Fan Yongdou: "Fan Yongdou, do you admit your guilt?"

"The slave confessed his guilt, and only hoped that the Khan could see what the slave had done for the Jin Kingdom over the years, as well as the news of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom and the deployment of troops in various places, were also passed on to the Jin Dynasty." Fan Yongdou confessed his guilt on one hand, and on the other hand, he showed what he had done for the Hou Jin over the years. He knew that begging for mercy or defending him was useless. The only thing he could do was to let the Hou Jin know that he was still useful.

Huang Taiji suddenly laughed: "Fan Yongdou, you have three mistakes! You shouldn't have hidden the deal with Lin Danhan from my Dajin! This is one! You didn't see through Lin Danhan is a jackal who eats people and does not spit bones. You and Lin Danhan won't get the money to trade with you! So much so that you think of us again today, which means you are not loyal to us. This is the second; as for the third mistake, it is..."

Huang Taiji stretched his tone and pointed his finger at Guest Liang, saying to Fan Yong: "You have been smart for a lifetime, but you can't even know people!"
Chapter completed!
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