Dragon Soul in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 65

Li Qiaoxue tilted her head and thought for a while, and then said: "It has been almost 300 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Although Emperor Chongzhen was diligent and thrifty in his administration, the literati who supported the Ming Dynasty have completely rotted roots. Sooner or later. As for the Peasant Army, there is no sign of it yet, and it will go bad all the way. Although it has tossed the entire northwest, it has never grown stronger. It is just a mess. Two will be able to stand out, the Jurchens in the Northeast are a big threat, and the two invasions and plunders almost made Daming lose face, but if the Guanjin defense line is not breached for a day, the Jurchens will not be successful."

"I heard that Chongzhen was exhausted, the prince came out to supervise the country, and the queens of the two palaces were in power. Now this Empress Yi'an is a bit capable, turning her hands into clouds and rain. First, let the three major battalions of the capital come out to suppress Bailian Afterwards, they poured out their internal treasury, hurriedly formed twelve battalions, expelled the honorable forces, and completely controlled this army in their own hands. The city of Dezhou was destroyed, and the red army attacked in three directions, seriously threatening the foundation of Ming Dynasty. Whether she can pinch and count, or she is slow to react, sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, relying on food to defeat the encirclement and suppression of her by the princes of Beijing and China, if it is not God's blessing, it is the reincarnation of a monster."

"Therefore, I strongly disapprove of the Jiangnan Qian, Huang and Li families joining forces to deal with that Empress Yi'an. They will only hurt themselves." Speaking of Empress Yi'an, Zhang Yan, Li Qiaoxue's face flushed, She seemed extremely excited, and twisted her body otherwise, she was extremely admirable, and continued: "If you say that the Red Army is really a wonderful flower, the speed of its rise is unprecedented, and there are mysteries everywhere. I can’t see through it, and those gentlemen in Jiangnan can’t see through it either.”

Li Mingyang was lying on the wheelchair, tapping the handle of the wheelchair lightly with his hand. At this time, he didn't cough, and seemed unusually peaceful. He suddenly opened his eyes and wrote on the paper: "This huge Jiangnan, with countless parties, has always been Since then, the three families of Qian, Huang and Li have been the only ones to look forward to, and the Li family can't retreat, not only can't retreat, but also win the first place. I will explain to you how to make the Li family take the first place in this struggle."

Li Qiaoxue's clear eyes shone with a strange brilliance, dotted with stars, bright as crystal gems, blinked her slender eyelashes, and smiled slyly, that smile was like a little fox who stole a fish, He puffed his lips and said, "Brother, is this your birthday gift to me?"

Li Mingyang's reputation among the younger generation in the south of the Yangtze River is not very famous, but as long as someone mentions Yin's conspiracy to kill stars, it will definitely make the older generation feel terrified.

During the Tianqi period, the eunuch party headed by Wei Zhongxian was rampant. At that time, the eunuch party wantonly destroyed loyal ministers, framed good people, imposed heavy taxes everywhere, and collected money.

The Zhejiang chief envoy is a vassal of the eunuch party, and even shamelessly worships the so-called [-]-year-old Wei Zhongxian as his godfather, and writes poems on weekdays to praise the eunuch party. In his eyes, the children of the Qian and Huang families are intertwined in the court, so he can't move easily.

Although the Li family has huge assets, there are too few official children. There are only some former students of the old man who can help occasionally, but this is not enough after all. , The Li family chose to fully retreat, closed many stores in various places, and paid the full amount of taxes. I only hope that these eunuchs can be lenient.

Faced with the Li family's retreat, the once glorious Li family now has few children, and the head of the family is only one and a half males. How could such a big fat sheep be easily let go by the greedy eunuchs.

The Li family was driven to a desperate situation, helpless, and the 15-year-old Li Mingyang had to come out to turn the tide. He took out all the savings in the house, and then bribed the official's left and right people, and then closed all the stores. notice.

We must know that Qian, Huang and Li are divided into three parts of the world in the south of the Yangtze River. The huge property of the family is not exaggerated at all. They were all sold at a low price, and the silver they got was extremely terrifying.

The Li family spread all over the south of the Yangtze River with large and small textile workshops, farm tenants, and shop assistants. They became refugees almost overnight. A large amount of money in the market then flowed into the Li family and was hidden by the Li family.

In the Li family, regardless of whether they were up or down, they watched the shops being sold cheaply for only a small amount of money. Many complaints against Li Mingyang were extremely great. You must know that these shops are usually sold, at least for now. Ten times, or even a hundred times more than that.

Almost the whole of Jiangnan regards Li Mingyang as a dizzy dude. Jiangnan's economy is prosperous, and the chief envoy is also shaved, and because of the flattery from his subordinates, he temporarily let Li's family go. The more you come to the Li family to sell, the more money you store, and the Li family will be ruined by then. It just so happens that you find someone to clean up the Li family, and you can get all the money here at once, and he is also Every day, he looks forward to that day, but he didn't wait for the Li family to be completely ruined, but he waited for his own death.

In those days, Li Mingyang's reputation was at the bottom of the valley, and those who were sincere in the Li family were full of ineffective curses, while those silverfishes with plans were full of sarcasm, thankful that they were able to leave the Li family and head for a bright future , During that time, almost everyone was watching the Li family's jokes.

But then, after the Li family collected the huge amount of silver, the disadvantages gradually became apparent. There were too many new shops on the market, and the management was in chaos. There are also many more things than usual.

At this time, everyone felt that something big was about to happen, and the silver in their hands no longer flowed out, and a large number of copper coins appeared on the market. For a while, copper coins were flooded, and the value of copper coins continued to depreciate. In the 46th year of Wanli, Nanjing silver was worth ten cents. Wen copper coins, and now one cent of silver is worth a thousand Wen, which has increased almost ten times. The money in his hands has not increased at all, whether it is farmers, merchants or officials, they have all been exploited once in obscurity, and it is miserable, but these are not problems.

The number of refugees is increasing, the public security is unstable, the economy is depressed, and the goods of merchants cannot be sold. No one knows why such strange things happen. People with a little sense in the Qian and Huang families can see the mystery, but they are just watching from the sidelines Well, a lot of their money flowed out, which was used to buy the property of the Li family, and they used enough money to feel distressed, and they didn't plan to spend any more.

As for the catastrophic consequences, this is not something they need to consider. They never thought about it, let alone it would affect themselves. They only realized their stupidity after the disaster, but now the money in their hands is more valuable , that's a good thing, I just hope that the silver is more valuable, and they can buy more things.

There is a law in economics that bad money drives out good money. The extra counterfeit copper coins on the market drive out silver and make silver more and more valuable. People are reluctant to buy and sell with silver, and counterfeit copper coins also create bad A sense of trust, poor buying and selling, and more confusion in the market.

Gradually, disasters began to appear. Because the people had no money, a large number of newly opened shops lacked skilled personnel, management was chaotic, and they had to close their doors because they were losing money.

As the economic center of Ming Dynasty, Jiangnan accounted for [-]% of the national economy and taxes. At this time, Jiangnan was in chaos, and the whole world followed. Can cope.

The White Lotus Sect Uprising by Xu Hongru in Shandong led people to revolt in the west of Juye, the south of Dancheng, Fan County, and Cuiyang. In Knee County, plundering monk boats on the canal and attacking Qufu was like throwing sparks in a barrel of explosives. The news spread to the south of the Yangtze River, the route to the north was blocked, and a large amount of grain was piled up. May the food be sold at a low price and stored like this.

The White Lotus Rebellion was the last straw that broke the camel's back. The economic depression in Jiangnan had reached its peak, and many people began to sell their shops at a lower price.

But without money to rescue the market, more and more people went bankrupt and became refugees, and the whole Jiangnan was in mourning. In the end, those scholars were also forced to do nothing. They took the lead in rioting, rushed into the residence of the chief minister, and beat him alive Died in the bedroom.

After the event was over, many people wrote poems and odes to record the situation. The article never mentioned the matter of the Li family. He couldn't stop violently making decisions for the people and beating the thief to death. This is another masterpiece of justice defeating evil.

Almost most of the money is in the hands of the Li family. This is the so-called buying cheap and selling high. It is only a small part of the money that is used to buy back the lost shop at a low price. It is more than ten times more than before.

And the Li family only released the silver slowly, not only bought back the former shop and fields, but also multiplied the Li family's property, until the silver price returned to its previous value, then they stopped.

After this baptism, the silverfish hiding in Li's house were eliminated, not only did not hurt the vitality of Li's family, but there was a faint tendency of nirvana rising to the sky.

Such a huge and unconstrained conspiracy made Li Mingyang's reputation completely spread in the south of the Yangtze River. Qian Huang and Li San's family, although the Li family's strength in the government is a bit weaker, but the wealth is the largest, as long as Li Mingyang is still alive One day in the world, these old foxes dare not touch the Li family in the slightest, which shows how shocking what he did back then.

Now that Li Mingyang plans to come out again, what kind of situation will be stirred up.