Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 674, all the money is gone, people go to the empty building
In Shuxiangyayuan, Xicheng District, Beijing, recently, the people who bought a house in Shuxiangyayuan all had a rainstorm, and all of them laughed from ear to ear. Some even set off firecrackers in Shuxiangyayuan.

The government came forward and began to liquidate these Shanxi merchants.

The project of Shuxiang Yayuan was taken over by Jingcheng Professional, and the subsequent house construction and development were all done by Jingcheng Real Estate, which meant that their house was finally settled.

Jingcheng Real Estate is the number one real estate in the capital, and more importantly, the capital's occupation is the property of Mr. Liu Jin and Mr. Liu, and there is also the share of His Royal Highness the current Crown Prince.

The reputation of the capital industry has always been the best. The houses are completed on time and with high quality, and the follow-up property management also makes all the owners very satisfied.

Everyone is very happy that Jingcheng Real Estate will take over Shuxiang Yayuan.

Of course, this is not something that really makes them happy. What really makes them happy is that according to the notices posted by the government, it is to make an example of others and to ensure the steady development of the real estate industry.

Shanxi merchants have been severely punished, one of which is to use the money of these Shanxi merchants to compensate the common people who bought houses, ten for each!

This means that not only can they get the house they dreamed of, but they can also get ten times the compensation from Shanxi Merchants.

As soon as the news came out, the owners of Shuxiang Yayuan immediately celebrated wildly, not to mention getting rich overnight, and now they can get ten times the compensation, which means not only that they don't have to pay the mortgage, but also have extra money. The silver can be used to buy more houses.

"Emperor Shengming~"

The owners soon found out that the emperor of Daming attached great importance to this matter and made a special decree. Immediately, everyone couldn't help but knelt down and shouted in unison in the direction of the palace.

Some people even set up a longevity seat for Emperor Hongzhi at home.

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There was a long queue at the gate of Jinshang Bank in Beijing, a very long, very long queue, and a large number of depositors were waiting in line with their deposit certificates to get back their deposits.

Inside the smashed and dilapidated Jinshang Bank, the employees of the former Jinshang Bank were cashing out silver deposits for others. Next to it, boxes and boxes of silver dollars and bank notes were piled up together, all of which were from Shanxi. It was found in the lairs of several big Shanxi merchants nearby.

These Shanxi merchants are really rich. The silver in the cellars is piled up like mountains, and gold, silver and jewelry are piled up in one cellar after another. Jin Yiwei, who went to check the Shanxi merchants, was shocked by the wealth of the Shanxi merchants.

The houses of several major Shanxi merchants were ransacked, and the government began to settle accounts for these Shanxi merchants with all their wealth, giving priority to returning the funds of depositors of Jinshang Bank.

Well, this is an important point.

Because if the money of the depositors at Jinshang Bank is not returned, who will trust the bank in the future?

Who dares to deposit money in the bank.

In the past few days, the Daming First Bank has also been affected. Many reserves came to take back their deposits, and even a large number of people came to exchange silver dollars with bank notes.

If it weren't for the fact that Liu Jin had already made preparations, and the people who came to withdraw money were all small customers, otherwise it would have easily impacted the business and reputation of Daming First Bank.

Obviously, it was also affected by the collapse of Jinshang Bank, and everyone's trust in the bank has decreased.

Therefore, in order not to affect their own business, all the depositors of Jinshang Bank must pay a lot of money, and interest must also be calculated, so that everyone can continue to deposit their money in the bank with peace of mind. go.

Once this matter is over, the business of Daming First Bank can flourish rapidly again.

Only if the money is enough, this is not a topic that Liu Jin cares about.

The money dug out of the old dens of several major Shanxi merchants will be used first, and then the properties under the command of several major Shanxi merchants will be sold if it is not enough.

There are too many people who want to take over, and you can easily buy a good price. Now because of this, the government is dealing with low prices, and many people have made a lot of money to compare At a low price, some valuable properties under the command of Shanxi merchants were bought.

Boxes and boxes of silver dollars and bank notes were continuously brought out, and then quickly taken away by depositors, which made many onlookers couldn't help but sigh.

There are so many rich people in Beijing.

Those who deposit hundreds of taels or thousands of taels are small customers, and there are also many large customers who deposit tens of thousands of taels and hundreds of thousands of taels. A box or a box of silver dollars and bank notes is eye-catching famous.

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The Jinshang cement factory, textile factory, commercial bank, etc., are also being liquidated by the government. The wages, benefits, etc. that were previously owed to the workers have all been paid out in cash at one time.

At the same time, in order to reflect Emperor Hongzhi's concern for the common people, and of course to dissipate the huge wealth of Shanxi merchants, the workers can also get an extra sum of compensation this time.

This made the workers in many industries under Shanxi Merchants start to cheer.

Been oppressed for too long.

These unscrupulous Shanxi merchants have done too many, too many immoral things, and now their retribution has finally come.

Well, the purpose of doing this is to calm down this matter as soon as possible.

The workers got the money, the grievances were resolved, the resentment subsided, and naturally nothing happened.

It is also telling other capitalists that there must be a bottom line in being a person and doing things. If you go too far, the fate of Shanxi merchants will be your fate.

Think about the industry of Shanxi merchants, what a huge industry it is.

Jinshang Bank, Jinshang Cement Factory, Jinshang Textile Factory, Jinshang Commercial Bank, Jinshang Ocean Trading Co., and many other industries in real estate. The huge wealth owned by Jinshang is beyond everyone's imagination.

Just from the cellar of the Shanxi merchants' hometown in Shanxi, tens of millions of taels of silver, box after box of gold and silver jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc., were pulled out.

But now, the entire family of several major Shanxi merchants has been arrested by the government, and all the wealth has been controlled by the government, and they are liquidated one by one.

The family business accumulated by generations of hard work disappeared in a flash, and all the money was gone.

But this is still the most important thing. The most important Shanxi merchants have been imprisoned, waiting for the government to review, judging from what has been found out now.

This Shanxi merchant colluded with the grassland people before, not only smuggling various materials to the grassland, but even tipping off the grassland people. This alone is enough to make these big Shanxi merchants punish the nine tribes.

This point is already known from the prairie people.

All the tribes of the Tatars have already belonged to Ming Dynasty, and there are leaders of these grassland tribes living here in the Beijing-Tianjin area. If you ask casually, you will immediately find out clearly, and the evidence is as solid as a mountain.

in the prison.

Fan Hanshi, Wang Wentian and Huang Liwen huddled together and read the latest Ming Morning Post, which clearly stated the results of the imperial court's handling of their Shanxi merchants.

"Haha~ The money is gone, the people go to the building!"

"The efforts of several generations have been in vain, and in the end is it not for nothing?"

After Fan Hanshi finished watching, he couldn't help laughing.

Huang Liwen and Wang Wentian next to him looked at Fan Hanshi, equally distraught, their tears were all dried up.

The prosperity of Shanxi merchants began when the Ming Dynasty was established more than a hundred years ago.

From the very beginning, the establishment of the Ming Dynasty was under the slogan of expelling the violent Yuan, so after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, whether it was the Zhu Yuanzhang period or the Zhu Di period, or the subsequent kings of all dynasties, they continued to attack the prairie people.

The means include strictly prohibiting trade with grassland people. Even if there is an occasional mutual market, it will not last too long, which also gives Shanxi merchants opportunities.

Because Shanxi is located on the border, it is extremely convenient to travel to and from the grasslands. These Shanxi merchants gradually made a fortune by smuggling, and became well-known Shanxi merchants in just a hundred years.

The Fan family, the Huang family, the Wang family, the Tian family, and other major Shanxi merchants all started their businesses based on this, and they all have a history of a hundred years, which is why they have the huge wealth they have now.

However, now, the centuries-old efforts of several generations have vanished in an instant, and the whole family is very likely to be exterminated. Thinking of this, I really can't cry.

Soon, after the imperial court liquidated these industries under the Shanxi merchants, it soon began to liquidate these Shanxi merchant families.

This time, not only these major Shanxi merchants were all arrested, but also some other Shanxi merchants were affected and implicated. The prairie people also made it clear that they were not the only ones who smuggled with them in the past.

All of a sudden, the big families and big Shanxi merchants in Shanxi began to fly like dogs, and even some Shanxi merchants who had not colluded with the grassland and had been doing business honestly all along suffered disaster.

When everyone heard that you were a Shanxi merchant, they didn't even want to do business with you, and closed down one after another.

Originally, everyone thought that the imperial court might punish the nine clans of Shanxi merchants, but what was unexpected was that the imperial court only sentenced a few family heads and key members to death, and most of them did not. Instead, he was sentenced to exile in Australia.

All the members of the several major families, including the elderly, children, and women, were all exiled to Australia, although until now, Daming has not yet opened a route to Australia.

But these people were all sentenced to exile in Australia, and all of them will be exiled to Australia with the fleet that is about to go to Australia. They will become the first group of Ming Dynasty people who actually settled in Australia.

Being exiled to Australia is even worse than being exiled to the Golden Continent, because Australia is a truly wild place, and even the route has not been opened up to now. They are not only exiled to Australia, but also follow to open up the route to Australia.

Seeing this result, everyone immediately accepted it. This kind of punishment is actually more uncomfortable than killing them, but at least it is a way of life, at least they are still alive.

　Is Australia a good place?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)