Joy of Life: I'm really not a saint

Looking back to the past, in the Kyoto Imperial Palace, Emperor Qing commented on the prince during a banquet that he was very pretentious, had been stiff since childhood, and was still a wooden man. You must know that this was born to the Queen of the Eastern Palace, and was the most ideal successor in Emperor Qing's mind.

However, Emperor Qing did not have a very high opinion of this successor and even belittled him in front of the Second Prince and himself.

Logically speaking, the prince would never have any specific entanglement with Li Yunrui, the crazy woman, let alone any subsequent interactions and sparks, not to mention that the two are aunt and nephew.

All in all, the news is quite explosive!

Logically speaking, as the crown prince of a country, there is no shortage of beautiful women around him. And the beauty that the crown prince likes can be played with however he wants, and he can just pull up his pants and leave without having to consider any follow-up or responsibilities.

If it was out of purely physiological needs, the prince would have absolutely no reason to play poker with his aunt.

The same goes for Princess Li Yunrui. When she was young, she was the favorite sister of Emperor Qing and could do whatever she wanted. It is rumored that she also has many handsome men around her. She doesn't need to keep an eye on her own nephew, who is a dull and a little sick.

But the reality is so magical. The reason why the two have come to this point today is that their considerations are completely different.

Li Yunrui was more concerned about power.

Crown Prince Li Chengqian is the future successor of Qing Kingdom. As long as the eldest princess makes good use of this and makes the relationship between the two closer, then after the crown prince ascends the throne in the future, she will be able to control Li Chengqian tightly, and even become a position above the queen mother and become the real ruler behind the scenes.

In addition, among Emperor Qing’s several sons, the prince looks most like Emperor Qing.

Maybe it's because Li Yunrui loves his own brother from the bottom of his heart, but he can't get him, so he looks for a substitute to satisfy his abnormal psychological needs?

Fan Xian thought with some malice.

As for the prince, he was relatively simple. Fan Xian wiped his chin, and some fuzzy beard emerged.

In order to sharpen the prince's mind, Emperor Qing suppressed and blamed him for many years. This failed education model turned the prince into a frightened bird. In order to vent his inner boredom, Li Chengqian even got syphilis, but he became even more frightened and timid.

At this time, his stunningly beautiful aunt took the initiative to send warmth, and his syphilis also happened to be cured. Li Yunrui only needed to use a little trick, and the two of them would be.

Fan Xian smiled slightly, his smile full of sarcasm.

This Li Chengqian is really a fool!

It seems that Li Yunrui supports the second prince!

Maybe it was exhaustion and despair, at least that's how Fan Xian felt.

After he had dealt with the Ming family, Fan Xian sneered and apologized to his blood brother.

The breeze blew away Fan Xian's thoughts.

Chapter 250 Spider Web.

Now it is almost the New Year, and more than two months have passed since Fan Xian was assassinated.

Over the past many years, the Ming family has been living and multiplying in the Jiangnan area of ​​Qing Kingdom.

Unlike other wealthy families, the Ming family has become the largest family in Jiangnan after more than a dozen generations of careful management by the family heads, using a variety of methods and endlessly squeezing out the market. It has not experienced ups and downs, and seems to have always been at the top.

But to talk about how the various ethnic groups in Jiangnan really followed the Ming family's lead, we have to start from the time when the Ming family climbed up the ladder of the eldest princess and became the royal merchant of the Qing Dynasty's treasury.

With the profits generated by cheap and high-quality goods from the inland, as well as a steady influx of silver, the Ming family's moves became increasingly larger. Not only were they not satisfied with Jiangnan Road, they also extended their hands to Jiangbei Road and Dongshan Road, an area along the inland river.

The Ming family owns countless pieces of land and real estate in Suzhou and Hangzhou alone, and controls countless ships, shops and car dealerships upstream and downstream. To this day, the Ming family has grown and expanded, with more than two thousand family members, deeply affecting the lives of the people in the south of the Yangtze River.

During these two months, Fan Xian learned about the various factions of the Ming family and also looked for a new candidate to disintegrate the Ming family.

Fan Xian understood that facing external forces would turn the already complex factions of the Ming family into a monolith. Not only would it fail to defeat the Ming family, but it would make it much more difficult to accomplish anything.

The Ming family has two branches and six sons. Although there is no clear distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children, the two branches have been promoted based on their talents for so many years. They take turns to take over the affairs of the entire Ming family, but people are always biased.

The old lady of the Ming family, who is nearly sixty years old, has always been loyal to the eldest son of the family, which has also made some capable people dissatisfied.

As for the other descendants of the side branches in more remote areas, they were only responsible for managing some mid- and downstream industries of the Ming family.

During the years when the old lady of the Ming family was in charge of the Ming family, the biggest arrangement she made was that, except for the eldest branch of the family, Ming Qingda, the children of other families only had the right to dividends.

This is the reason why the Ming family is so powerful, but it is also a huge flaw!

"This year, all the money that the Ming family earned has been consumed."

Fan Xian smiled and said, "In the previous internal treasury bidding, I had people compete with the Ming family in a vicious bidding war, which not only raised the price, but also made their profits thinner. In addition, they had to reserve four tiers of silver after winning the bid, which left them with little working capital. If I remember correctly, they bid on more than a dozen projects?"

"The Ming family has indeed shed a lot of blood." Wang Qinian, who came here from Kyoto, smiled obscenely and asked in a low voice: "But it seems that the adults are not very happy?"

“So many things were beyond my expectations.”

Fan Xian sighed helplessly.

Although the Cui family was squeezed out of the inner treasury bidding, it was unexpected that the big leader of the Jiangnan Water Stronghold who was invited to raise the price, Xia Qifei, who was well-known in the Jiangnan underworld, was actually a member of the Junshan Society.

Although it won't be long since I joined.

Wang Qinian looked at the file in his hand and said with a wry smile, "Sir, why don't you let a professional figure it out? I feel a little dizzy reading this!"

"Don't pretend with me!" Fan Xian said unhappily, "Aren't you most sensitive about this money? Hurry up, I have something else for you to do."

"Sir." Wang Qinian did not argue any more, but pointed to a place on the file and said, "We don't have much silver left. After helping Xia Qifei win several projects from the inner treasury, we have to prepare the rest of the silver for the Ming family. The Ming family is indeed seriously injured now, but they have a deep foundation. How can you be sure that they will borrow money from the Merchants Bank for turnover?"

"Who said we have no money?"

Fan Xian smiled slightly, took out a thick envelope from his clothes lining and said, "Here are seven million taels of silver. It is said that this is all the stock of Li An, the national teacher of Northern Qi!"

"this?"

Wang Qinian was shocked. What happened to you two?

It’s fine if they’re pulling each other’s strings and framing each other, but why are they either cooperating or on the way to cooperation?

"Then the Northern Qi Imperial Master isn't worried about losing all his money?"

"What does he have to worry about? Isn't he known for his ironclad judgment? He can always make up for it from somewhere else."

"But Xia Qifei is a hidden danger after all!"

"You're wrong!" Fan Xian laughed and said, "This is Ming Qi. Xia Qifei has ambitions. If that were the only reason, I wouldn't trust him. But you know that this river basin is connected to the seaport, and Xia Qifei is the big boss of the Jiangnan Water Fort. The biggest obstacle he encounters when he is doing business is pirates. And those pirates are all from the Ming family! Speaking of hatred for the Ming family, among those who want to get rid of the Ming family the most, Xia Qifei is definitely the first one!"

"Now several items from the inner treasury have been handed over to Xia Qifei. If he withdraws now, I'm afraid that our Majesty will be the first to take his life!"

"Similarly, the Ming family has made too much money over the years."

"If they earned it through legitimate means, then they deserve to be rich, instead of relying on the relationship with the princess to rob people!"

"This is also the reason why the Ming family must win more than a dozen projects this year even if it means vomiting blood. Although his family has thousands of acres of fertile land and countless properties, they are dead things after all! How can they compare to the money coming in faster and more quickly than the living water of the inner treasury? If they can't win the projects this year, how can they feed those royal family members in Kyoto?"

After listening to Fan Xian's analysis, Wang Qinian felt relieved.

While marveling at Lord Fan's handwriting, he was also worried about the huge sum of 7 million taels.

"But why would the Northern Qi Imperial Master provide this money? What do they want?" Wang Qinian asked curiously.

"This money must be repaid, and it's not seven million taels, but ten million taels!" Fan Xian curled his lips and sighed, "How wicked!"

Wang Qinian's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

What does "nine out and thirteen back" mean?

This is!

"Do you think he just wants to make a little money?"

Fan Xian kneaded the banknote in his hand and thought carefully: "Let's not talk about the commercial street in Shangjing. The fresh goods there can already bring him a huge amount of silver. Let's talk about the navy that he asked Yan Xiaoyi to form. Others may not know his thoughts, but how could I not know?"

"He helped me succeed only because he could gain more benefits from Jiangnan!"

As one grows stronger, the other shrinks. The economic strength of Qing is likely to fall behind that of Northern Qi.

The instigators of all this are precisely these parasites of the Qing Kingdom headed by the Ming family!

The Junshan Society has also changed its nature and has become a weapon in the hands of Princess Li Yunrui.

This is often the case with wars in politics and business.

Although they are two different fields, they actually have many similarities. The biggest similarity between the two is that it is impossible to tell who the winner is until the last moment.

It is not uncommon to see a ray of hope after a dark period, but more often than not, things start to go wrong and then disappear overnight.

"Use the Merchants Bank to send this silver to the Ming family! The silver given during the previous bidding in the inner treasury is not enough to lock the Ming family in."

Fan Xian stretched and took a deep breath. Now that all the preparations had been made, he would destroy the Ming family next year!

"As far as I know, in three months it will be the 60th birthday of the old lady of the Ming family?"

Chapter 251 The wisdom of the little emperor.

Seven million taels of silver, with the use of leverage, can completely destroy any so-called clan.

Naturally, the Ming family is also included.

"Are you going to go there in person, my Lord?"

"It's natural!"

How could Fan Xian not go to such a lively scene?

What a good day! Does it seem like a good day to go collect debts?

"With the newly acquired seven million taels, we are already well-off. If you only want to deal with the Ming family, why bother with so much trouble?"

Wang Qinian asked carefully.

There were many things he didn't understand, and since he had just arrived, he had better ask for clarification before taking any action. With such a large amount of money, he had to make sure everything was done properly.

"Our enemy has never been the Jiangnan nobles, but Northern Qi!" Fan Xian said meaningfully.

Wang Qinian did not respond, but waited silently for the adult to continue.

"This amount of money is huge. If it were you, where would you take it out from?" Fan Xian did not explain, but instead asked Wang Qinian a key question.

Wang Qinian was shocked, and then he realized the most critical issue!

Silver notes are not equal to silver.

Silver notes were only used to facilitate their circulation in the market. It was said that the Imperial Master of the Northern Qi Dynasty opened a people's bank and invented anti-counterfeiting paper money, which had the tendency to completely replace silver.

But what really has power is always silver, and silver notes only exist on the basis of silver!

Seven million taels of silver are not enough to be withdrawn, judging from the current situation of the banks in Qing State. Not to mention whether there is so much cash, just using the silver notes of Northern Qi in Qing State will require a very troublesome process to transfer the cash.

"But do we need to transfer silver from the Ministry of Revenue?"

"Have you forgotten so quickly what happened in Kyoto before?" Fan Xian asked unhappily.

He didn't believe that Wang Qinian was so stupid. The reason he said this was simply to wait for Fan Xian to give an answer.

Fan Xian simply stated the pros and cons directly: "This money will be taken from Taiping Bank."

Wang Qinian shook his head in disbelief and said, "But if we transfer such a large amount of money from Taiping Bank, the other party will definitely be aware of our intentions."

Fan Xian glanced at Wang Qinian with eyes full of smiles and deep thoughts, and said slowly: "This is the strength of the little emperor of Northern Qi!"

"Since the assassination on Niulan Street, the little emperor has been slowly injecting money into Taiping Bank through dozens of secret channels. This took a long time and was not noticed by anyone. I don't know how many detours it took, but the money has been transferred to Jiangnan Taiping Bank!"

Wang Qinian was stunned.

"But Taiping Money House was opened by Li Bohua, the second disciple of Si Gu Jian from Dongyi City. Such a large sum of money can be hidden from everyone, but can it be hidden from Li Bohua?"

"Of course!"

Fan Xian explained with a smile: "Several million taels of silver is a lot, but if the target is the world's number one bank, then it won't seem so impressive."

It was difficult to explain the intricacies of finance to Wang Qinian, not to mention that the funds were injected from dozens of channels. It was possible to act deliberately and unintentionally with the purpose of deceiving Li Bohua.

Wang Qinian felt afraid for the first time.

Is this how these upper-class people fight each other?

It is truly a far-reaching plan, and the killing is invisible.

Wang Qinian was still somewhat incredulous, and after a moment his expression became horrifying: "Niulan Street assassination? This means that this money has been transferred to Jiangnan through Taiping Money House more than two years ago? But how is this possible?"

"At that time, the Northern Qi emperor teamed up with the princess to kill you. How could he be so inconsistent and set up such a long-term plan?"

"This is also what amazes me!" A trace of vigilance and admiration flashed in Fan Xian's eyes. "At that time, Li Anke had not yet gone to Northern Qi. This means that all this was the young emperor's own idea!"

"Initially, the little emperor was just cooperating with the princess, and killing me was just a small matter. But the princess's eagerness made him discover something. After finding out my background, it was not difficult to analyze and judge that I would take over the Qing Kingdom Treasury in the future."

"Since I will take over the financial power of the inner treasury, I will be completely unable to coordinate with the princess. And in the Niulan Street incident, the little emperor also saw my potential and bet on me, which was just a gamble."

"Besides, even if he loses the bet, he won't suffer any loss. It's just that he won't be able to transfer the money in a short period of time."

"But if you win the bet, you can join forces with me and seize the marketing rights of the inner library."