At this time, if you want to protect yourself, you must contact King Chuang...
No one knows how Dorgon will treat himself!
Thinking of this, Fan Yongdou frowned tightly.
Fortunately, he was not without a way out. Otherwise, when he was in the capital, he should have gone to the palace to confess his crime and explain himself.
But now, I obviously have a choice!
It’s just that such a choice will make you uncomfortable!
The Shanxi merchants were not completely powerless among the bandits. Businessmen like them, and wealthy merchants like the Shanxi merchants, would be useless if they stayed in one place.
If you want to develop, you must have their influence everywhere.
Store business must be in collusion with local local forces, otherwise there will be no way to do business normally.
Shanxi merchants were actually very powerful. They not only had enough power in the Qing court, but also had an extremely large network of relationships in other places.
Moreover, the Qing Dynasty does not have an absolute advantage at the moment. It is not possible to say how loyal Fan Yongdou is to the Manchu Qing.
It's just that the interests on the Manchu and Qing side were relatively large.
This is also an important reason why Fan Yongdou ran back to Zhangjiakou. Anyway, Fan Yongdou was sure that the Manchu Qing Dynasty would not fall out with him!
But if he had continued to stay in the capital at that time, the Manchus might not have turned against Shanxi merchants, but they might have placed themselves under house arrest!
Fan Yongdou didn't want to be put under house arrest, so he immediately ran back to Zhangjiakou.
As for the explanation, it also needs to be done!
These thoughts flashed through Fan Yongdou's mind.
At this time, he had arrived at the main entrance of Fan's house.
"Master, we're home!"
The sound of nursing home came from the side. Fan Yongdou slowly opened his eyes and got out of the carriage.
"Master, you are back!"
The people who came to greet Fan Yongdou were mainly some old housekeepers at home. The old housekeeper had a respectful look on his face and said to Fan Yongdou in front of him.
“Where are the third and fifth children??”
As soon as Fan Yongdou arrived home, he frowned and asked the old housekeeper in front of him.
Fan Yongdou had six sons in total, the youngest of whom was still young and infancy.
The other five sons, the eldest and the second, all had some talent, and were assigned by Fan Yongdou to study with big shopkeepers in various places to see if they could take over the family business in the future.
The third child is a second-generation ancestor who spends all his time doing nothing, eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling. As for the fourth child, he is a dull-witted man who is too stupid to study and can't fight.
The fifth child and the third child are almost the same. They basically keep company with each other every day.
Therefore, Fan Yongdou, who had just arrived home, asked the housekeeper in front of him about the whereabouts of his two sons.
"Forehead……"
The old housekeeper had a hesitant look on his face.
"Okay, you don't need to say anything!"
Fan Yongdou looked very unhappy and said to the old housekeeper in front of him.
"What a disgrace! When they come back, let them kneel and wait for me in the study!"
"Yes! Master!"
The old housekeeper quickly replied to Fan Yongdou in front of him.
After saying that, Fan Yongdou walked into the mansion.
Returning to the mansion, Fan Yongdou quickly asked the nurse to find his confidant.
"Help me find out the news in the capital and see what the court's reaction is! By the way, let Shopkeeper Wang enter the palace and tell His Highness the Regent that there must be someone behind this matter, and there is a trap! I hope His Highness the Regent can exercise restraint.
, Shanxi merchants are always the best partners of Qing Dynasty!"
"Then, explain to His Highness the Regent that the reason why I am so anxious to go home is because something happened at home, so I am anxious to come back, even at the cost of hurting Commander Song!
When the time comes to return to the capital, I will definitely come to Commander Song to apologize!"
Fan Yongdou said to the confidant in front of him.
"Yes! Master! I will do it now!"
The confidant quickly said to Fan Yongdou in front of him.
"By the way, help me check out the shopkeepers in the capital and see how they react. If there is anything wrong, report it all to me!"
Fan Yongdou said to the confidant in front of him.
"Yes! Master!"
"Okay, go ahead!"
Fan Yongdou said to the confidant in front of him.
The confidants left the mansion respectfully.
Looking at the back of his confidant, Fan Yongdou frowned slightly.
He wasn't sure whether Dorgon would listen to his explanation, but the cracks had already appeared! It would be even harder to make up for it!
Thinking of this, Fan Yongdou sighed with a look in his eyes.
What should the Fan family and even the entire Shanxi merchants do next???
There was hesitation in Fan Yongdou's eyes.
There is a rift with the Qing Dynasty now. If the Qing Dynasty unifies China, will Dorgon take action on himself and others?
It’s really hard to say!
As for Prince Zhu Ming...
Fan Yongdou frowned. He had heard a lot of bad rumors about Prince Zhu Ming, such as the confiscation of his house and the extermination of his family.
But he also heard a lot about Prince Zhu Ming.
That is that Prince Zhu Ming himself has no prejudice against merchants, and even supports the development of merchants to some extent.
It’s just that taxes will definitely be collected.
And the taxes are actually not low, but Prince Zhu Ming protects the interests of businessmen and does not make businessmen any different in status from other people.
Many Shanxi merchants also opened shops in Shandong, and they all made good profits.
Moreover, His Royal Highness also supports the development of maritime trade.
Maritime trade is so profitable that even Shanxi merchants have always done it privately.
His Royal Highness not only verbally supported maritime merchants, but also organized a navy to escort the Ming Dynasty's merchant ships.
Of course, these all need to be taxed.
It seems that being under the banner of Prince Zhu Ming is actually the best plan for Shanxi merchants.
After all, at the moment, business development under Prince Zhu Ming is the best.
For Shanxi merchants, as long as there is business, they can make money. Of course, Prince Zhu Ming does not seem to give some privileges to Shanxi merchants who are used to relying on privileges to make money.
This may not be a good thing!
Thinking of this, Fan Yongdou frowned slightly.
Moreover, Prince Zhu Ming himself has a very high moral standard. If he attacks Shanxi merchants...
Let's see if we can join Chuang Wang!
Thinking of King Chuang, Fan Yongdou's face relaxed slightly.
If it were King Chuang's side, the situation would be different.
Shanxi merchants have always been involved in King Chuang's side. In fact, the Qiao family has a lot of business in Taiyuan and Datong, and has connections with several important generals under King Chuang.
It is relatively simple and reasonable for Shanxi merchants to board the ship of King Chuang!
Thinking of this, Fan Yongdou had a headache.
In fact, it was not that he had a headache because he had fallen out with Manqing.