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Chapter 523 Everything is ready
The New Deal is the enemy, which is already the consensus of the bureaucratic capital and the Shanxi merchant group. However, due to the fact that the emperor has grasped the Jin Yiwei and the Royal Horse Prison, firmly controlling the capital, and there is a navy stationed outside, no one can make a difference.

But they were unwilling to let it develop. Especially when the New Deal moved northward and entered Shandong and Zhili areas, the Shanxi merchant group and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang bureaucrats and gentry immediately felt a serious threat. At this time, as long as there is a way to hinder or delay the New Deal, you have to try it without thinking. If you don't resist, it will be too late.

After hearing the news from the housekeeper Fan Tian, ​​Fan Yongdou immediately left for Ningbo and met with the four heads of the Yang, Lu, Zhangtu and Tu families. He only asked a few detailed questions and immediately accepted the cooperation proposal after receiving a positive answer.

He returned to Shanxi in a hurry. He was very busy and organized. Among the well-connected Shanxi merchants, he attracted four people from Puzhou Wang Dengku and Liang Jiabin, Lingshi County Jin Liangyu and Pingyao Wang Dayu. He also summoned nearly a thousand people from all over the country. They gathered in Suzhou and Jiaxing, ready to take orders at any time.

According to the agreement reached between Lu Maolong and Liu Yuanzhen, Donglin Party members will gather thousands of people from Suzhou Prefecture south to Songjiang Prefecture on August 15th to attack local spinning mills and shipyards.

At the same time, Ningbo merchants will go north from Jiaxing Prefecture and attack the spinning mills and shipyards from the south, forming a pincer attack from the north and the south, and they must be captured in one fell swoop. In addition to destroying factories and killing new officials, it is also necessary to arrest as many master craftsmen in the factories as possible.

The New Deal was certainly bad, but craftsmen were still very useful, such as secretly opening spinning mills and shipyards using stolen machinery and equipment. As for whether it is embarrassing to openly oppose the New Deal and secretly use the New Deal to lose face, bah, this is called removing the dross and extracting the essence, using the new as the skin and the old as the bones. In order to make money, you are not shabby!

There are also some craftsmen who are going to be given to the Jurchens, which is also part of the plan. In order to prevent the emperor from becoming angry and sending the navy south to suppress the situation, the Tu family specifically asked Fan Yongdou to send someone to contact the Jurchens and ask them to send troops to threaten Shanhaiguan at the appropriate time and draw the court's attention.

The two people who have just returned are Fan An, Fan Wendou's most capable shopkeeper. They have been in charge of the Fan family's business in Ningbo and Japan, and have many contacts with Koreans, Japanese, and Jurchens. This time he crossed the sea to North Korea to negotiate with the Jurchens, and it was he and his cronies who took care of it.

"Shopkeeper Fan is very lively, but it would be a bit deserted to have wine and food without singing and dancing. Why not summon a singer to add to the fun?"

While the four of them were changing cups, Tu Benjiu suddenly walked in quickly and saw Fan Yongdou and two servants eating and drinking at the same table. Instead of showing any displeasure, he even wanted to add some entertainment.

"I've seen Mr. Tu, I'm going to leave..." Fan An saw Tu Benzhen and immediately got up and left, leaving only the butler Fan Tian to wait on him.

"Brother Tu, do you have good news to tell him?" Fan Yongdou did not stop him. There were many rules in Jiangnan literati's homes, and superiority and inferiority were particularly important. Although Tu Benjiu didn't say anything, he should follow the local customs. However, looking at Tu Benji's dusty appearance, his face was filled with spring breeze. He was obviously in a good mood, and he probably wasn't here to disturb the situation.

"Exactly! My brother has just received a notification from the government station in the Lu Mansion. The Hunjun will hold a birthday banquet for the Queen in the palace on the tenth day of August. The governors, governors, generals, soldiers, nobles and princes from all over the Yangtze River will all come to Beijing to congratulate me. Does this count? good news?"

Tu Benjiu was indeed very happy. He had been busy inside and outside for more than two months. He was always worried about leaking the news and not enough people were involved. Now he finally had some clues. As a result, God followed people's wishes, and good news came again. Does it mean that the plan will come true?
"Oh! God is really helping me. Hahaha, Hunjun is really going to be completely defeated now. I am also happy here. Fan An has just returned from the sea, and the conditions there have been negotiated. He only needs to provide the army departure fee plus fifty A famous craftsman, Jianzhou soldiers can come to Shanhaiguan at any time."

Hearing the news, Fan Yongdou couldn't help but beam with joy. If the emperor is busy congratulating the queen on her birthday, it will further weaken the monitoring strength and response speed. Now he wanted to add to his happiness and tell Tu Benzhen the result of the negotiation he had just learned. "That's very good. Come on, come on, fill up the wine. I'll drink two glasses first, and then go to the Lu Mansion for a trip. I won't come back until I'm drunk!" Tu Benjiu was so excited by the continuous good news that he forgot all the courtesy. , and pulled Fan Tianfei aside to toast together.

"Brother Tu, wait a minute, there is still a big gift that I haven't given out. This time Fan An met the Jurchen leader's cronies at Tieshan Port. According to him, in order to cooperate with our uprising, the Jurchen leader decided to issue a shocking decision in the near future, I don’t know what it is exactly, but it will definitely keep Hun Jun awake at night.”

Fan Yongdou thought the scene was not lively enough, so he dropped another piece of good news. Although he didn't know what big decision the Jurchens would make, now that it was all said out, it would definitely not be a small fight. Now, anything that is unfavorable to Emperor Jingyang is worthy of celebration.

"There is another matter... let's go, shopkeeper Fan will go to the Lu Mansion with my brother immediately, and while the Yang and Zhang families are both here, we can think about it carefully!"

As a result, not only did it not achieve the icing on the cake effect, it even failed to take care of the wine in the glass. Tu Benjiu frowned, thought for a moment, stood up, pulled Fan Yongdou and walked out without giving him any time to change clothes.

On the ninth day of August, as soon as the sky darkened, tens of thousands of red lanterns were lit up on the walls and towers of the Inner City and the Forbidden City. Each one was more than three feet high, making the towering red walls and golden tiles even more dazzling.

Red lanterns are also hung at the entrances of many shops in the city, but they are smaller and have various shapes. But whether it is a model uniformly produced by the imperial court or a spontaneous style among the people, they all indicate the same meaning, whether it is a happy event or a great event.

Yes, it is indeed a great event. Emperor Jingyang announced to the world for the first time since he came to the throne that he would celebrate Queen Guo's birthday. From an official point of view, the emperor has always been frugal, and this request is not excessive and must be taken seriously. Not only must it be done, but it must be done on a grand scale, with unlimited splendor.

For the people, it is also worth celebrating. After Emperor Jingyang came to the throne, he did a lot of things, some of which were quite beneficial to the people, such as using his own money to provide relief to the victims, setting up factories to absorb refugees, establishing a navy to clear the sea, and so on.

Since ancient times, ordinary people have been so easily satisfied. It doesn't matter whether they are wise or not, and they can't see whether they think long-term or not. But as long as they don't harm others all the time, they will be extremely satisfied and support it from the bottom of their hearts.

It's the emperor's daughter-in-law's birthday, and the common people can't join in the fun, so they can just cheer for the occasion and make the scene lively, which can be regarded as doing their best.

"Open the palace gate, Jin Yiwei is in a hurry..." Suddenly a horse appeared outside Donghua Gate. The knight on its back held a whip in one hand and a lantern in the other, shouting as he ran.

(End of this chapter)