No wonder they are not panic in this kind of thing. They are really scared and don’t know what to do.

After all, under such circumstances, everyone's situation is not very good. Now the Han family has fallen and the entire Yangzhou city has been sealed. In such a situation, it is impossible to run away. What's more, if you can run away, you can't run away from the monk or the temple, where can you go?

Cao Bang looked at Ye Chi deeply, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

Among the people present, if anyone is not so scared, it is probably Ye Chi. There is no one else except him.

If what happened today before Zhangjiakou, everyone might have some confidence; but what happened in Zhangjiakou has happened, so the confidence here is really gone.

The reason is also very simple. When the emperor went to Zhangjiakou, he directly cleaned Zhangjiakou.

How many businessmen were implicated? How many were arrested directly? How many were beaten to the head?

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 smile on his face.

Cao Bang's eyes did not leave Ye Chi, staring at him tightly, hoping that any clues could be seen from his face.

At this time, a little clue is very important.

After hearing this, the originally noisy room suddenly became quiet.

It was not the time to discuss matters, but now everyone is very nervous. When they hear such words, they naturally pay attention to them.

Everyone hopes to get some news. They are doing business and know very well what the news represents.

Ye Chi stopped playing with his fingers at this time, looked up at Cao Bang, and said with a smile: "This Yangzhou City is your territory. We don't have many people in Yangzhou, so it's useless for you to ask me about this. If you know something, you know, not me."

After saying that, Ye Chi leaned directly on the chair and no longer wanted to speak.

In fact, Ye Chi knew very well in his heart and knew what was going on.

To sum up, the emperor came to Yangzhou.

Compared to the salt merchants present, Ye Chi has his own channels. There is another thing he knows better than these salt merchants.

Although everyone cultivates personnel and allows everyone to become officials, some people do not have the knowledge of Ye Chi in many things.

After all, there are people in Ye Chi's family who are officials, which is different from the people in front of him; these people know how to make money and give money to others.

When it comes to political wisdom, they are far apart.

But Ye Chi is different. Not only does he have news channels, but he also has ideas and wisdom in this regard.

Everyone thought that the emperor had done something in Zhangjiakou that year was a case of smuggling in Zhangjiakou. But Ye Chi didn't think so. He only clearly realized one thing, that is, the emperor was looking for money.

Although the emperor is not old, since he ascended the throne, he can be said to have worked hard to govern. On the one hand, he cleaned up the court and strengthened his strength and promoted manpower; on the other hand, he trained the army, trained the emperor's personal army, promoted the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang, divided the court and controlled the power.

At first glance, you can tell that the emperor has very great ambitions, and the wise rulers of Zhongxing in history basically did this.

Look at Emperor Wu of Han back then, he faced much pressure, but he also resolved it one by one. How similar are the things the emperors do today?

Cultivate the emperor's personal army, promote the generals he likes, and at the same time use loyal civil servants to express his own thoughts in his thoughts. These things are very practical things.

Didn’t Emperor Wu of Han also introduced Confucianism to fight against Huang Lao?

At that time, the people in the court were all Huang Lao people, and after Confucianism had the support of the emperor, it began to suppress the people in the court. This formed a situation of division and governance, and the emperor could mediate in the center.

The same is true for the current emperor. At the beginning of his ascension, he proposed equality among the four people, and even promoted the people who were more extreme in the lineage of learning. He reused Xu Guangqi, who was not favored at the time, and began to manage the school, swept away the Donglin Party in the court, and left Han to comfort the people.

Under such circumstances, the emperor completely took control of the court. As a talented emperor, this is the first step.

After taking control of the court, there was a foreign war. So the emperor cleaned up Zhangjiakou, fought a war in Liaodong, took back Tieling and Qinghe, and occupied the three guards of Jianning.

At that time, someone had already analyzed that the emperor would make big moves.

Ye Chi knows it too.

It’s just that everyone is drunk and dreaming, and no one has seen it.

But the Ye family members are different. They communicate with each other and have extraordinary knowledge. They know much more than these salt merchants who only know how to spend money. They also have more staff in the officialdom, and the people in the family also have support from the officialdom, so the Ye family sees it more thoroughly.

In the next few years, the emperor stopped, but did he stop?

Isn’t that the emperor accumulating strength?

Since the emperor set out from the capital, Ye Chi judged that the emperor was going south and the emperor was going to take action.

The north has been cleaned up, and there is no threat from Zhangjiakou, where it now provides the emperor with a steady stream of money.

Jiannu was crippled in a battle, and the Mongolian tribes did not dare to make trouble. They fought several times in the past two years, but because of the existence of the Ming Dynasty, they all died in vain.

And now the emperor has arrived in the south. Isn’t this the same as last time I went to Zhangjiakou?

Who is the emperor in the south?

In Ye Chi's opinion, there are two kinds of people.

One is that those who make salt are too rich and too unscrupulous, so the emperor deserves to deal with them; the other is those who engage in overseas trade.

Ye Chi came here today, rather than attending a meeting, it was better to say that it was cutting.

Cao Bang looked at Ye Chi deeply, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

Although I don’t know what Ye Chi is thinking, Cao Bang always feels that nothing is good. However, seeing Ye Chi’s appearance, he doesn’t plan to say it anymore. It’s impossible to ask anything from his mouth.

Cao Bang said, "Let's start. There are still people who haven't arrived. I think they can't come, so let's discuss it."

With his eyes swept across everyone's faces, Cao Bang continued: "The matter now concerns everyone, so we must unite. If anyone has any news, please tell me and don't be stingy at this time."

Everyone turned their eyes to Ye Chi.

Obviously, Cao Bang's actions just now made everyone have some idea.

Ye Chi frowned. He was indeed here to turn against each other, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

Cao Bang did attract a lot of attention to him, but Ye Chi also knew that if he didn't turn against him at this time, it would be over. Anyway, the opportunity has already come, so just be more enjoyable.

Ye Chi looked at everyone, stood up and said slowly, "You don't have to look at me, I don't know anything. I just came here to tell you one thing, that is, our Ye family will not participate in this matter, nor will they care about it."

"We are the people of the Ming Dynasty, and there is nothing wrong with doing business. But since we are the people of the Ming Dynasty, we cannot violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty. Doing business with peace of mind and being a person is what we should do."

"You are panic about the Han family. Are you afraid? What are you afraid of?"

"As long as we abide by the law and the current emperor is extremely wise, we will naturally not wrongly accuse us, nor will we lose our entire family and die without a place to bury us."

"I believe in the court and His Majesty. There is nothing to justify what the Han family has done. There is nothing to say about colluding with officials, bribing officials, doing illegal things, and even selling private salt. The Han family's people end up in this situation."

Ye Chi hugged everyone and said, "Everyone, I'm going to say that. Today I'm here to tell you that I won't do anything with you, and you don't need to get involved with me."

"Today's gathering is really a bit inappropriate. We used to drink tea and chat together and share our business experience."

"What are you going to do now? Gathering a crowd to fight against the court? I won't do such a thing. Our Ye family is loyal to the court and loyal to His Majesty. How could he do such an ungrateful thing?"

"Everyone, I've said goodbye."

After saying that, Ye Chi hugged her fists, turned around and walked outside.

The room suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Ye Chi with strange eyes.

What's wrong with this guy? Did you take the wrong medicine? What messy words are said at this time?

Cao Bang's pupils shrank slightly and his face became very ugly.

The man named Ye really knew something, but he didn't say anything.

However, Cao Bang had already heard some meaning. Ye Chi's words just now mentioned the emperor many times. Why?

As a shrewd businessman, Cao Bang knew that flattery had to be slapped in front of others, otherwise he wouldn't know that you would slapped the horse's legs; if they didn't know, they would also find a way to let others know.

Ye Chi is here to flatter the emperor, which means that this can reach the emperor's ears, that is, the emperor has arrived in Yangzhou.

After this idea came into being, Cao Bang suddenly arose.

He remembered another thing. If Ye Chi could let the emperor know what he said here today, it would prove that there were people from the emperor here.

Cao Bang was suddenly shocked. Is this possible?

The answer is yes, and it is very likely.

Although they are all merchants from Huizhou, who knows who is behind them? No one knows whether anyone has surrendered to the court in private.

People here today may not be reliable.

Thinking of the omnipresent Jinyiwei, Cao Bang felt a cool air starting from his body to the sky spirit cover.
Chapter completed!