Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 310 Showdown

Xu Hongji couldn't restrain his desire.

Immediately said: "Mr. Gao Ge, you also know that our Xu family has a large population, so various expenses are also high. It is really difficult to live on the meager salary of the imperial court."

Gao Hongtu said: "Duke Wei, if you have something to say, please speak up."

"Okay, I'll just say it straight." Xu Hongji said in a deep voice, "My Xu family wants half of the shares in the Exchange and Daming Royal Bank. Isn't this request too much?"

Xu Hongji is more greedy than his younger brother Xu Yaoji.

Xu Yaoji just wants half of the shares of the stock exchange.

Xu Hongji still wants half of the shares of Daming Royal Bank.

"What did you say?" Gao Hongtu's face collapsed instantly.

This is too much, you, the Xu family, will take away half of the shares of Daming Royal Bank and the Exchange, how will we distribute the remaining profit?

Xu Hongji was actually a little guilty.

Seeing Gao Hongtu's complexion turned pale, he immediately changed his mind and said, "If Mr. Gao Ge thinks it's too much, then he can reduce it appropriately, but it can't be less than [-]%, and [-]% is the bottom line!"

"At most [-]%!" Gao Hongtu said with a dark face, "No more."

"What? [-]%?!" Xu Hongji said angrily, "Old Gao Ge, are you sending a beggar?"

"Wei Guogong, I advise you not to be too greedy." Gao Hongtu said in a deep voice, "You know better than this old man how much [-]% of the shares in the Daming Royal Bank and the Exchange are worth."

At this point, anyone with a discerning eye can see the value of the Daming Royal Bank and the Exchange.

It is conservatively estimated that the combined value of these two institutions exceeds [-] million taels, and [-]% of the shares equals [-] million taels of silver.
[Note: There was a unit of [-] million in the Spring and Autumn Period]

Xu Hongji is naturally well aware of this.

After laughing dryly, Xu Hongji said again: "Then thirty percent, no less."

"Thirty percent is absolutely impossible!" Gao Hongtu said with a dark face, "At most one and a half percent!"

Xu Hongji originally wanted to counter the price by [-]%, but at this moment, Xu Yaoji hurried in and whispered something in Xu Hongji's ear, Xu Hongji's expression changed immediately.

At that moment Xu Hongji said: "Then according to Gao Ge's intention, [-]% of the shares!"

Gao Hongtu wondered what Xu Yaoji said to Xu Hongji, but he didn't ask Xu Hongji because he thought it was impossible for him to tell him.

So Gao Hongtu said: "Since this is the case, Duke Wei please mobilize the Jingying soldiers to control the gates of Nanjing's inner city as soon as possible, and then send another brigade of Jingying soldiers to Nangong to stabilize the court."

Xu Hongji said: "Mr. Gao Ge, don't worry, the gates of Nanjing's inner city have long been under the control of the Jingying soldiers. In addition, I have already transferred a brigade of the Jingying to the Gongyuan. They can come to Nangong with just one order."

"Then please ask Duke Wei to dispatch troops as soon as possible." Gao Hongtu said and left.

As soon as Gao Hongtu left, Xu Yinjue and Xu Renjue followed.

The four brothers, nephews and nephews all celebrated the Xu family's huge profits.

There is no doubt that after today the Xu family will become the No. [-] wealthy family in the Ming Dynasty.

On the other side, Gao Hongtu, who had already returned to the direct room of the cabinet, was stamping his feet in annoyance.

Because Gao Hongtu had just returned to the cabinet, he received a message that Liu Kongzhao had successfully disarmed Jin Xuan's [-] cavalry. Even if Wei Guogong Xu Hongji fell to the princelings, the Donglin Party would not be afraid!
Because Wei Guogong Xu Hongji's [-] Beijing camp is like a silver-like wax gun, and it can't beat Caojiang Town at all.

"Damn it!" Gao Hongtu said bitterly, "Sincerity is true, why didn't you send the letter earlier."

Li Jinglian said: "Teacher, this matter is actually okay, let's wait until the new king ascends the throne."

The implication of Li Jinglian's words is that there is no basis for empty words. As long as the new king ascends the throne and the overall situation in the court is stable, Gao Hongtu can completely deny his account, and then Wei Guogong will have nothing to do with him.

"Well, Yi Zhou is right." Gao Hongtu admired Li Jinglian more and more.

After a short pause, he continued, "However, in order to ensure everything is safe, let Uncle Chengyi also dispatch a brigade of Cao Jiang soldiers to Nangong to frighten the court."

"As it should be."

Jiang Yueguang and others also agree.

They still couldn't trust Xu Hongji.

At that moment, Gao Hongtu sent someone to Caojiang Admiral's Office to transfer troops.

At the beginning of the year, it was expected that Liu Kongzhao had received the news, so Gao Hongtu and Jiang Yueguang brought Zhang Youyu, Lu Daqi and other Donglin Party officials to Nangong Jinluan Hall.

This is a showdown with the princelings.

……

Caojiang Admiral's Office.

More definite news has spread from Yangzhou to Nanjing.

And it was Li Ruolian, commander of Jinyiwei, who came to report the letter.

"The one who assassinated the holy driver was Du Hongyu, a Songjiang guerrilla under the Caojiang Admiral's Office."

"It's just that Du Hongyu didn't use the Jiang Jiang soldiers under his command, but hired pirates who spent a lot of money."

As soon as Li Ruolian finished speaking, Liu Kongzhao continued, "Your Majesty, Du Hongyu was originally a pirate off the coast of Songjiang. He made a living by plundering passing merchant ships all the year round. It was not until two years ago that I was recruited by my ministers into the account of the admiral's office in Caojiang. And received the Songjiang guerrilla attack, and never did any evil after that.”

"Instead, it wiped out a lot of pirates."

"The big bandit Gu Sanmazi has suffered a lot under his hands."

After a short pause, Liu Kongzhao said again: "This man can be regarded as a mighty general."

Chongzhen smiled, and suddenly asked: "The last time the person who pretended to be Caojiang Navy and robbed Zhan's caravan on the river near Dantu was the pirate that Du Hongyu was looking for, right?"

"Huh?" Liu Kongzhao stood there stupidly.

Chongzhen asked again: "There are also those pirates who 'colluded' with Zhan Yangzhi and Ma Minglu. They were captured by Du Hongyu from off the coast of Songjiang, right? Those are Gu Sanmazi, right?"

"Here, Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Liu Kongzhao broke out in a cold sweat.

Chongzhen said again: "But I also know that these have nothing to do with you."

"My emperor is holy!" Liu Kongzhao almost cried out, Holy Majesty, you scared me to death.

Li Ruolian on the other side said: "Du Hongyu is extremely greedy for money. He used to borrow a lot of high-interest usury from various banks to hoard bonds, but when the bond price avalanche, he lost everything. The banks repeatedly demanded debts but failed." So, he spent money to hire a banker to forcibly press the debt, and Du Hongyu's family was ruined, leaving only an old mother and a young son in his family of dozens."

"That makes sense. No wonder he didn't hesitate to use so many underwater mines to blow me up." Chongzhen nodded and said, "Did you catch this Du Hongyu?"

"Caught it." Li Ruolian nodded, then said again, "But he bit his tongue and killed himself."

"Did you commit suicide? It seems that you still have some skills." Chongzhen nodded, and said again, "However, killing the king is such a big matter, they can't leave a trace, you let me go and investigate, and I must investigate the case of killing the king to the end !"

"The minister leads the decree." Li Ruolian solemnly agreed, Jin Yiwei had been waiting for this sentence for a long time.

After investigating to the end, it means that they can even arrest the crown prince when it comes to the case of regicide.

But soon, Chongzhen added another sentence: "However, it is limited to the case of regicide! It must not be expanded indefinitely!"

Chongzhen is still very vigilant about Jinyiwei, a spy agency. Although this spy agency is very useful, its negative effects are immeasurable. In general, the harm outweighs the benefits, and it will have to be abolished sooner or later.

Secret agent politics will never come to the fore, nor will it be a major event.

As soon as Li Ruolian stepped back, Jin Xuan brought an old man in again.

Seeing Chongzhen sitting in the courtyard, the old man was instantly stunned.

"Your Majesty, this person is the old servant of Gao Hongtu, the second assistant of the cabinet." Jin Xuan reported, "At the order of Gao Hongtu, he came to the Caojiang Admiral's Office to transfer Cao Jiang's soldiers to Nangong to maintain the court."

"It seems that this drama is about to reach its climax."

After finishing speaking, Chongzhen stood up, waved his hand and said, "Let's go to the theater."

……

At this time, in the Jinluan Hall of Nangong, the two sides had already had a showdown.

"Gao Hongtu!" Shi Kefa was furious, and snapped, "Could it be possible that you really want to learn from Dong Zhuo, but you are arbitrarily arbitrarily doing things like abolishing the establishment?"

"Old Shige's words are absurd," said Gao Hongtu.

"The late emperor, we will choose one of the princes to inherit the great treasure, how can we talk about abolishing the establishment?"

Lu Zhenfei was furious and said: "The first emperor established a crown prince when he was still alive, but now the late emperor is just a dream, and he should support the crown prince to succeed him, but Gao Ge changed his name to Yongwang for his own selfishness. How is this different from abolishing the establishment?" ?”

"Shut up!" Gao Hongtu also said angrily, "The old man has told you many times that although the first emperor had a crown prince, the crown prince and King Ding are far away in Xuzhou, and my Ming Dynasty cannot be without a king for a day, so I have no choice but to Only then did King Yong be established, and besides, King Yong is also the son of the first emperor, so why not inherit the throne?"

Meng Zhaoxiang also said angrily: "Old Man Gao Ge's actions are really treasonous, the laws of the country are intolerable, and the laws of etiquette are also intolerable!"

"This old man's action is for the sake of my Ming Dynasty forever. If you have such a heart, the sun can learn from it!" Gao Hongtu cupped his hands against the blue sky outside the hall and said again, "I advise you, don't make mistakes!"

"Gao Hongtu, what do you want to do?" Shi Kefa scolded in pain, "Could it be that you still want to kill people?"

"For the sake of the great Ming Dynasty, for the sake of the ancestral temple and the society, why should I bear the infamy?" Gao Hongtu's expression turned cold, and he glanced at the officials standing by His Highness, and said, "If there are any more objections..."

"Gao Hongtu!" Lu Zhenfei shouted sharply, "Aren't you afraid of leaving a bad reputation?"

"Lu Zhenfei, it's up to you to judge merits and demerits." Gao Hongtu said solemnly, "What the old man has done today will be judged by future history books."

After saying this, Gao Hongtu waved his hand again and said, "Come here!"

As soon as the words fell, a large group of soldiers from the Beijing camp swarmed into the Golden Luan Hall with sabers and spears in their hands.

Seeing this, Xie Xuelong scolded sharply: "Gao Hongtu, it seems that you really want to learn from Dong Zhuo!"

"The old man said, for the sake of the eternal state of the Ming Dynasty, why would you spare your personal reputation?" Gao Hongtu paused, and then said sharply, "Now I will ask you again, do you support the succession of King Yong or the succession of the crown prince?"

(End of this chapter)