It's no wonder they weren't panicking about this kind of thing. They were really scared and didn't know what to do.
After all, in this situation, everyone's situation is not very good. Now that the Han family has fallen, the entire Yangzhou city is sealed off. In this situation, there is no way to escape. Besides, you can escape the monk, but you can't escape the temple. Where else can you go?
Cao Bang looked at Ye Chi deeply, a pensive expression on his face.
If there was anyone present who wasn't terrified, it was probably Ye Chi. There was no one else.
If what happened today had happened before Zhangjiakou, everyone might have felt a little more confident; but now that Zhangjiakou has happened, there is really no confidence left.
The reason is very simple. When the emperor went to Zhangjiakou, he directly cleaned up Zhangjiakou.
How many businessmen were implicated? How many were arrested? How many were beheaded?
At this time, if the emperor did this in Yangzhou, everyone would be finished.
"Ye Chi, do you know something?" Cao Bang looked at Ye Chi and said with a forced smile.
Cao Bang's eyes never left Ye Chi. He stared at him closely, hoping to see any clues from his face.
At this time, every little clue is important.
After hearing this, the originally noisy room instantly became quiet.
Originally, it was not time to discuss the matter yet, but at this moment, everyone was very nervous, and when they heard such words, they naturally all paid attention.
Everyone hopes to get some news. They are businessmen and know very well what the news means.
Ye Chi stopped playing with his fingers at this time. He looked up at Cao Bang and said with a smile: "This Yangzhou City is your territory. We don't have many people in Yangzhou. It's useless for you to ask me about this matter. If you know something, it's you who knows it, not me."
After saying that, Ye Chi leaned back in his chair, not wanting to say anything more.
In fact, Ye Chi knew very well in his heart what had happened.
To sum up, the emperor came to Yangzhou.
Compared to the salt merchants present, Ye Chi had his own channels. There was another thing he knew better than these salt merchants.
Although everyone is training personnel and everyone lets their own people become officials, but in many matters, some people do not have the insight that Ye Chi has.
After all, there are officials in Ye Chi's family, which is different from the people in front of him; these people only know how to make money and give money to others.
When it comes to real political wisdom, these people are far behind.
But Ye Chi is different. He not only has information channels, but also has ideas and wisdom in this regard.
When the emperor caused trouble in Zhangjiakou, everyone thought it was a case of smuggling and collaborating with the enemy. However, Ye Chi did not see it that way. He only clearly understood one thing, that is, the emperor was looking for money.
Although the current emperor is not very old, he has been working hard to govern the country since he ascended the throne. On the one hand, he has cleaned up the court, strengthened his strength, and promoted people; on the other hand, he has trained the army, cultivated the emperor's personal army, promoted the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang, divided the court, and controlled power.
It is clear at first glance that this emperor has great ambitions. This is what most wise rulers who have restored the country in history have done.
Look at Emperor Wu of Han, who faced far greater pressure, yet he managed to overcome it one by one. How similar are the actions of today's emperors?
Cultivating the emperor's personal army, promoting favorite generals, and at the same time using loyal civil servants to promote one's own ideas are all very practical things.
Didn’t Emperor Wu of Han also promote Confucianism to fight against Huang-Lao?
At that time, the people who ruled the court were all Huang-Lao people. After the Confucianists had the emperor's support, they began to suppress the people in the court. This led to a situation of divide and rule, and the emperor could mediate.
The current emperor is the same. At the beginning of his reign, he proposed the equality of the four classes, promoted the School of Mind, and even promoted the more extreme people in the School of Mind. He reused Xu Guangqi, who was not favored at the time, and started to promote the School of Principle. He swept away the Donglin Party in the court, and left Han Yu to appease the people.
Under such circumstances, the emperor completely controlled the government. As an emperor with great talent and strategy, this was the first step.
After taking control of the government, the emperor launched foreign wars. He cleared Zhangjiakou, fought a battle in Liaodong, recaptured Tieling and Qinghe, and occupied the three guards of Jianning.
At that time, some people had already analyzed that the emperor would make big moves.
Ye Chi also knew it.
It’s just that everyone was so drunk and dreaming that no one paid any attention.
But the people of the Ye family are different. They have connections between the north and the south and have extraordinary knowledge. They know much more than these salt merchants who only know how to spend money. They also have more people in the officialdom, and their family members also have the support of the officialdom, so the Ye family sees things more clearly.
In the next few years, the emperor stopped, but was that really the end?
Isn't that the emperor accumulating power?
Ever since the emperor left the capital, Ye Chi judged that the emperor was going to head south and take action.
The north has been cleared, Zhangjiakou is no longer a threat, and it now provides the emperor with a steady stream of money.
The Jiannu were badly defeated in the last battle, and the Mongolian tribes did not dare to make trouble. They did fight several times in the past two years, but because of the existence of the Ming Dynasty, all of them ended in failure.
And now the emperor has gone to the south, isn’t this the same as the last time he went to Zhangjiakou?
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