Liu Zhi'an gently fiddled with the tea foam with the tea lid in his hand. He was silent for a while when he heard Liu Mingzhi's somewhat confused question: "Why do you ask this? Do I look like someone who is colluding with the White Lotus Sect bandits?"
“Isn’t it like that? Isn’t Uncle Ling the best proof?
He became the leader of the White Lotus Sect by chance, and he is your sworn brother. With the combination of these factors, it is not particularly unbelievable that you have some entanglement with the White Lotus Sect."
“Just because of this? I don’t deny that I have a deep relationship with your third uncle, but just because of this, is it too arbitrary to think that I am involved with the White Lotus Sect?
Don’t you forget? The White Lotus Sect caused chaos in Jiangnan several times many years ago, and the business of our Liu family’s major trading houses also suffered a big impact!
If I had something to do with the White Lotus Sect, how could I just watch them harm our own business?
Damage the foundation of our family?”
Looking at Liu Zhi'an's strange expression, Liu Mingzhi stood up, rubbing his temples, pacing gently in front of the desk with his eyes slightly narrowed behind his hands.
Liu Zhi'an sipped the tea and looked at Young Master Liu with interest. He was extremely curious about what kind of wisdom the eldest son could say.
I don’t know how long it took, but Liu Mingzhi stopped, frowning slightly and looking at the calm old man sitting on a chair sipping tea.
“Although there is no direct evidence that you are involved with the White Lotus Sect, some things happened that were extremely coincidental and somewhat bizarre.”
“What coincidence? Is there anything more bizarre?”
“Before I became a white person, I naturally didn’t think much about the White Lotus Sect.
After entering the temple over the years, and getting to where we are today, with a little thought, we can feel that there is something wrong with the White Lotus Sect's rebellion.
As you said, every time the White Lotus Sect causes chaos, it will cause chaos and affect the business of our Liu family firm.
But not only our Liu family, the businesses of many trading houses were also robbed, and a lot of killings were left in other companies' shops.
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But if you think about it carefully, our Liu family is the only one who has lost a little money and goods.
Not one of the shopkeepers, waiters, servants, and guards of the trading company was attacked by the White Lotus Sect.
Once is a coincidence, twice is a coincidence, and even three times can be a coincidence.
However, the White Lotus Sect has caused chaos dozens of times, and as far as I know, our Liu Family Trading Company has not harmed anyone.
On the contrary, other people’s businesses were brutally slaughtered.
Let’s talk about the White Lotus Rebellion in March of the 26th year of Xuande’s reign. I happened to go to Dangyang Academy to study at that time, and I accidentally learned about the White Lotus Rebellion from Yun’er.
After meeting my father at Dangyang Academy, I received a letter from you asking me to return home to discuss my marriage to Yun'er.
Our business was attacked by White Lotus sect bandits. It is impossible for me not to pay attention to this matter at all.
According to what I learned at the time, the Chai family silk shop was not only looted, but also the whole family was wiped out by the White Lotus sect bandits. Although the Shen family cloth shop suffered slightly smaller losses, it was also far away from Jinling, and I don’t know where it ended up. at.
The Zhou family, the Gu family, the Feng family, and the Ding family all suffered losses.
However, although Shen and Chai are engaged in cloth business, they are somewhat inferior to the Zheng family business.
The Zheng Family Silk Trading Company, which held more gold and silver jewelry and was located in a wealthy location, was safe and sound. However, the Shen Family and the Chai Family's two trading firms, which were less prosperous and located in a slightly remote location, were attacked by the White Lotus Sect.
It is somewhat unjustifiable both emotionally and rationally.
The Zhou family and the Gu family run the jewelry business, but the largest jewelry merchant in Jinling is our Liu family, followed by the Ge family.
The Ge family business was safe and sound, but the Zhou family and the Gu family were attacked.
Old man, do you think this is a coincidence? Or is the purpose of the White Lotus Sect's rebellion actually intentional?
The families I just mentioned who were attacked by the White Lotus Sect all have one thing in common.
The time they have settled in Jiangnan territory has not exceeded three years.
With this comparison, let’s extend it a little bit.
You said they were attacked by the White Lotus Sect bandits, is it possible that they were punished for crossing the border?"
Liu Zhi'an looked at Mr. Liu's shining eyes staring at him after he finished speaking, and raised a specious smile at the corner of his mouth.
“In March of the 26th year of Xuande’s reign, the White Lotus Sect launched a rebellion. It not only attacked commercial firms in major prefectures and counties in Jinling, but also attacked the government offices in various places. How do you explain it?
After all, this matter was a big deal at the time, and your father-in-law, Governor Qi Runqi, was quite troubled!
As for why they attacked the trading company, the White Lotus Sect was carrying out rebellion and rebellion under the guise that the dragon should die and the White Lotus should rise.
It is entirely reasonable to raid trading houses to accumulate gold, silver and jewels in order to recruit troops.
And why do you attack smaller and more remote trading houses? You should understand why Persimmon only picks out the weak ones!"
Liu Mingzhi put his hands on the table and looked at the old man quietly.
“Then the Liu family is a soft persimmon?”
Liu Zhi'an frowned slightly and shook his head noncommittally: "Go on! Go on!"
“Old man, you just said that the White Lotus Sect bandits not only attacked commercial banks to accumulate wealth, but also attacked the government.
However, given the extent to which they attacked the government and retreated immediately, no matter how you look at it, it is meant to deceive people and confuse the public.
The original intention is to cover up the White Lotus Sect’s attacks on major business houses in order to achieve the real purpose of eliminating dissidents!
The Liu Family Trading Company was also attacked, and its purpose was naturally self-evident.
It’s nothing more than an attempt to confuse the public.”
Looking at Liu Zhi'an, who was tapping the table gently and looking a little weird, Liu Mingzhi smacked his lips and sat on the chair, picking up some tea and gargling the smell of cigarette in his mouth.
"Furthermore, after I wiped out the White Lotus Sect, I learned that my third uncle was still alive. Maybe the old man still remembers the past meeting with my third uncle in a separate courtyard in Jinling City!"
"nature!"
“It’s good to have an impression. After Third Uncle explained to you that day, I told you the truth about why Third Uncle is still alive.
He was rescued by the original White Lotus Sect and escaped the disaster of being beheaded in public.
But why did the good people of the White Lotus Sect help the third uncle to escape the fate of being beheaded in public?
You say there is a lack of counselors.
However, the White Lotus Sect wanted to recruit some tried and tested counselors to advise them, whether through coercion or inducement.
It is not difficult for them.
Why take the risk of being exterminated by the imperial court to rescue an imperial prisoner who was beheaded in public by his father, Emperor Li Zheng?
Is it because the third uncle was a well-educated scholar who passed the Jinshi level?
Back then, the third brother Li Yunlong, the king of Shu, rebelled. His aide Lu Gongwang also failed repeatedly, but his overall view and strategy should not be underestimated.
He is just not good at imperial examinations, but he is talented in other aspects.
There is no shortage of well-educated people among the people.
The only difference lies in whether one has passed the imperial examination or not.
With Third Uncle’s reputation at the time, it was really not worth the risk of death for the White Lotus leader to encounter the imperial court.
Although Emperor Weihe was obsessed with alchemy at that time, he left a mess for his father.
But it was not the case that the White Lotus Sect at that time dared to have a head-on confrontation.
Anyone with a little bit of brains knows how to choose between the pros and cons.
But the White Lotus Sect unexpectedly rescued the third uncle.
In this case, there is only one possibility!”
Liu Zhi'an spat out the tea foam in his mouth: "What's possible?"
“The White Lotus Sect has reasons why it has to save Third Uncle.
What reason is there for the White Lotus Sect to have to save the third uncle from dying young?