Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

In the entire city of Chang'an, and even in the entire Tang Dynasty, no one was optimistic about Li Shimin's troop dispatch.

People in Chang'an City were instantly panicked, and some timid people even started to pack up their belongings, waiting for the situation to go bad and ready to flee at any time.

In this atmosphere, the prices of various industries around Chang'an City dropped sharply again, and the streets were covered with for sale signs.

Just when the merchants were thinking about selling their properties, a "secret" news suddenly came.

That is, these shops cannot be sold normally, but they can be directly mortgaged by banks.

As soon as the news came out, everyone rushed to Datang Bank and Tianxia Bank.

As for the Jiuzhou Bank of the Chu Chamber of Commerce, Li Shimin had already sealed up everything in the bank when he wielded the butcher knife against the Chu Chamber of Commerce.

At first, the shopkeeper of the bank was not willing to take over these hot potatoes. He even said that his bank would close down in the next few days.

But how could the merchants just watch their last hope leave like this?

As a result, they all threatened that if the bank did not accept this business, they would convert all the banknotes in their hands into cash and transfer them to other banks.

In the end, after the bank manager was "reluctant" and after some bargaining, the merchants directly "mortgaged" all the property at a low price and signed an extremely exaggerated interest rate.

After the other party has mortgaged all the property, if he wants to redeem it in the future, he will not only need to pay the bank a large amount of liquidated damages, but also need to pay a huge amount of interest. The amount of interest even far exceeds the price of the store at that time.

Because most of the merchants who sold the property were not from Chang'an, they had no intention of getting the property back, so they signed the contract happily.

In this way, Datang Bank and Tianxia Bank joined forces to suppress the prices of properties around Chang'an. In the end, they even offered buy one, get one free, and took over most of the properties.

Of course, there are not without smart people among them.

However, after these people understood the intentions of the two families, they wanted to get a share of the pie. As soon as they made a few moves, they were approached by servants with the fifth surname and Qi Wang.

First, give a warning. If the other party recognizes the situation, then let it go, and no one will covet the benefits obtained before.

But if there is someone who doesn't understand, Wu Xing Qi Wang will take action directly and send the opponent to prison with the power of thunder.

As for the crime, it was participating in the previous riots in Chang'an City.

After several rounds of knocking, some well-informed people soon discovered the clues.

Although they despised the shamelessness of the two chambers of commerce and Wu Xing Qi Wang, they did not dare to stop them. They could only watch helplessly as a group of merchants were eaten up and wiped clean.

As for the people who occasionally discover that something is wrong and come forward to expose Chu Mo's conspiracy, they will all be guided by some thoughtful people to make everyone think that the other party wants to create rumors and persuade others to retreat, so that they can control the situation in their own hands. The property sells for a high price.

For such a person, all the merchants were very angry and wanted to beat him to death.

After being taught several lessons, even those who knew the inside story did not dare to come forward to clarify for fear of retaliation.

In the end, when the court had no time to take care of it, Chu Mo and Cui Yingying joined forces to acquire more than [-]% of the industry in Chang'an City.

As for the remaining [-]%, another [-]% belongs to local residents of Chang'an. It is impossible for them to sell off the property in their hands until the situation develops to an irreversible level.

As for the remaining [-]%, it is the property of the noble ministers in the court.

Although the current situation is chaotic and they don't know what kind of medicine His Majesty the Emperor is selling in his gourd, they are still somewhat confident.

I am confident that I can stand firm in this storm.

Finally, when Chu Mo and the others were almost finished harvesting, news came from the court again.

After several days of confrontation, Li Shimin finally made concessions and summoned his ministers.

However, what everyone did not expect was that Li Shimin's summons was not to surrender to the ministers, but to take the ministers to Henan Road and Luoyang City to jointly verify the identity of Chu Xin and Li Chengqian. Did they secretly train private soldiers, and did they regard Henan Road as their territory?

As soon as the news came out, the ruling and opposition parties were shocked.

Countless ministers knelt in Tai Chi Palace and begged Li Shimin to take back his life.

However, Li Shimin was like a bastard this time, determined to conquer personally.

Seeing that the situation was about to reach a stalemate again, finally, Changsun Wuji stood up again and expressed his support for His Majesty the Emperor, which made the ministers restrain themselves.

With the addition of Changsun Wuji, officials such as Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui also stood up to speak for His Majesty the Emperor, causing the obstructionist voices of the civil servants to gradually become quieter.

Finally, Li Jing, who was once again reinstated as Minister of the Ministry of War, also stood up and supported Li Shimin's personal expedition.

When the other generals saw Li Jing standing up, they all stepped down and began to support Li Shimin.

Seeing that the imperial commander's personal expedition was a foregone conclusion, the civil servants wanted to obstruct it, but they were powerless.

Just when everyone thought the matter would be settled, Cheng Yaojin, who had been delayed for several days on the road, was finally escorted to the gate of Chang'an that evening.

Seeing Cheng Yaojin in the prison car, who had grown from a fat man to a normal man, all the officers and soldiers guarding the door felt a little sad.

You know, the other party was one of the top people in Chang'an City before, but now he has ended up like this, which is really desolate.

Originally, according to Chu Xin's wishes, Cheng Yaojin was determined not to let the other party return to Chang'an City alive, so he should be stopped and killed on the way.

But Li Chengqian disagreed, thinking that if he killed Cheng Yaojin on the road, it would inevitably arouse the suspicion of his father and the ministers who were good friends with Cheng Yaojin.

Therefore, not only must the other party be safely escorted to Chang'an, but even accidents must not happen on the way.

As long as he arrives in Chang'an, Li Chengqian believes that his uncle Changsun Wuji will help him take care of everything and convince everyone.

It is precisely because of this that Cheng Yaojin was able to arrive in Chang'an in full.

When Li Shimin got the news that Cheng Yaojin had arrived in Chang'an, he immediately asked Qianniu Guard to bring people into the palace. He wanted to inquire about Cheng Yaojin's Henan Road overnight.

Also summoned into the palace together with Cheng Yaojin were Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Li Jing and other ministers.

Li Shimin wanted to let everyone know that his decision this time was right. Henan Road was now controlled by Li Chengqian and Chu Xin.

He wanted to get a reason for sending troops from Cheng Yaojin in front of all the ministers.