In the flower hall of the governor's office.

As soon as Zhao Hao took a Fuzhou fish ball and sent it to his mouth, he heard Lin Run's earth-shattering sentence.

There are some things that everyone tacitly does, but does not say. If you say it, how can you have fun together?

No matter how serious the gentry's private smuggling is, the officials can't admit it, and they can only rely on their hearts to maintain their lives like this—if they don't admit that there is smuggling, smuggling will not exist.

Behind the practicality of mind is a deep helplessness.

If officials admit the existence of smuggling, they have no choice but to declare war on the smuggling syndicates.

The tragic fate of these brave men has been vividly experienced in the past few decades.

Not to mention the officials below, just to talk about the level of supervision, from Zhu Kun, Zhang Jing, Li Tianchong, to later Zhou Xuan, Yang Yi and even Hu Zongxian, none of them died well.

Now, Lin Run once again said that taboo word - smuggling.

This made Zhao Hao have fish balls in his mouth for a while, and he didn't know whether to swallow them, but he still spit them out.

"Eighty percent of your Jiangnan company's goal is also here, right?" Lin Zhongcheng smiled and asked, "Otherwise, how could I digest so much silk?" ”

"Good question." Zhao Gongzi easily ate the fish ball, thumped his chest, and said lightly: "Yes, so much silk can only be digested by maritime trade." ”

"But the iron rule of Jiangnan Company is 'don't break the law, don't do evil things'!" As he spoke, he said:

"Based on this, Jiangnan Company has not, will not, and will never participate in smuggling in the future!"

Seeing what Zhao Hao said categorically, Lin Run couldn't help but be stunned, and said quietly for a while:

"I'm sure you think so, but what about the other shareholders? I'm afraid it may not be. As far as this court knows, the president of your company is the granddaughter of the owner of Wufeng, and several major shareholders are also deeply involved in the smuggling business. ”

"Wang Zhi is Wang Zhi, Xue Ying is Xue Ying, with Zhongcheng's wisdom and wisdom, he will not deduct the hat of a pirate for an innocent girl because of his grandfather who has never met!"

Zhao Hao's expression was solemn, and he looked at him with a sharp gaze that Lin Run had never seen before, and said word by word: "What's more, Wang Zhi was deceived into going ashore for the purpose of opening the sea ban and connecting trade." Of course, he died innocently, but the actions of the imperial court were equally stupid! ”

"Hehe......" Lin Run couldn't help but laugh and said: "This court didn't say that President Jiang is a pirate, don't be in a hurry with me." I'm talking about a few other shareholders. ”

"First of all, I can guarantee that they have never done anything illegal in Jiangnan Company." Zhao Hao still said righteously: "As for them outside the Jiangnan Company, I really don't know. Since Zhongcheng advocates this statement, please provide evidence. ”

"Don't worry." Seeing Zhao Hao's little face tense, Lin Run comforted him and said: "This is a small talk between the official and you during the banquet, not in the hall, no matter what it is, there is no need to provide evidence, right?" ”

"You are the governor, and you have the banner of the king's order. How many heads landed at the same time, can I not be in a hurry? Zhao Haoxin said that I was almost scared to death by you, he wanted to smile, and he felt his face tighten for a while.

"The royal flag is so easy to use, and it won't be folded so much before and after." Lin Run laughed self-deprecatingly and said: "What this court said that you don't have to be nervous means that there are as many people involved in smuggling in Jiangnan as the sand of the Ganges, can I still kill them?" ”

"It can only be like this quelling of the Suzhou rebellion, only the main culprit is investigated, and the rest are not asked." Lin Runyu sighed and said:

"Moreover, this court also believes that the sea ban is wrong. The people do some risky things for the sake of their livelihood, and the magistrates should not cling to the law and not know how to change it. ”

"But do you know who has been obstructing the opening of the sea ban?" As he spoke, he also looked at Zhao Hao with blazing eyes, and asked himself:

"It's not the imperial court, it's the powerful families involved in smuggling! Last year, the imperial court originally planned to open markets in Hangzhou, Quanzhou, and Guangzhou at the same time, but they lobbied desperately and obstructed them, and in the end the three provinces became one province, and only opened a small opening in Yuegang. ”

Zhao Hao naturally showed a shocked expression, and asked cooperatively, "Why are they doing this?" Isn't it beneficial for everyone to open the sea ban? ”

"You underestimate the greed, shamelessness, and meanness of man." Lin Run showed an angry expression, slammed the table and said: "When the sea ban is made, only they have the ability to bypass the sea ban, and they can naturally monopolize all trade. In addition to enjoying huge profits, you can also control all aspects of Jiangnan. ”

"Once the sea ban is opened, merchants can trade directly with maritime merchants without having to go through their hands. They can no longer parasitize on the sea trade, nor can they call the wind and rain as before, and decide the life and death of others. Of course, we have to strongly oppose it. ”

"That's right." Zhao Hao picked up the freshly squeezed sugarcane juice on the table, took a sip and said, "That's really damned." ”

"Not bad!" Lin Run bowed his head and said: "The opening of the sea and the ban on trade and trade will benefit the country and the people, and this matter has been publicly discussed." Since Jiangnan Company is also inclined to this, this court will not repeat it. But if you want to accomplish this great thing, you have to overturn those selfish and powerful houses first! ”

"This is also in the interests of Jiangnan Company, and I am willing to persuade the company to help Zhongcheng." Zhao Hao's statement does not need to have any taboos.

"I need your help!" Lin Run said angrily: "Lin Mou's long-cherished wish in his life is to suppress Jiangnan Haoqiang, and if he doesn't beat them down and beat them honestly, this Daming can't do anything!" ”

"But what if there are too many heroes and can't beat them? My strategy is, whoever takes the lead to fight whom! The Yan family back then, the Lu family later, and the current Xu family, if they are all defeated, Jiangnan's influence and control over the imperial court will be reduced to the lowest point! ”

"Oh......" Zhao Hao's eyes suddenly brightened, and he finally grasped the dark line lying under the surface of history.

The history of Longqing for 20 years before and after is different in his eyes.

It turns out that all the major events do not exist in isolation, but are strung together by a main line of struggle, and together they are constructed into a hard war that spans the four dynasties of Zhengjialong and Wansi and lasts for nearly a hundred years!

On the two sides of the war, on the one hand, are reformers who are worried about the society and want to renew the life of the Ming Dynasty.

On the other side are the conservatives who represent the powerful forces in the southeast and Shanxi.

Since Jiajing, or even earlier Zhengde, the two sides have begun to fight each other for life and death.

Most of the time, idealistic reformers are no match for the conservatives who are complicit.

But as the struggle continued, the reactionary face of the conservatives was finally exposed.

In particular, Emperor Longqing has always supported the reformers with a clear banner, and finally completely defeated the conservatives after Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, two famous ministers through the ages, came to power.

However, the conservatives only temporarily restrained, they were secretly licking their wounds, accumulating strength, and looking for opportunities - they waited patiently until Zhang Juzheng died, and used Wanli, an idiot, to liquidate the most hardcore royalists!

When Zhang Juzheng, who was the son of the Ming Dynasty, was whipped in the coffin, the eldest son hanged himself, and the whole family starved to death, the banner of reform completely fell to the ground and was wantonly trampled into mud.

Since then, there has been no Zhang Juzheng in the world, and only the pasteur with thin mud and the shameless villain with inflated selfish desires are left in the court.

The heroes of the southeast who celebrated with the crown were completely relieved to live a life of drunkenness and gold, and it was not until the moment of the death of the country that they repented, began to contribute money and desperately resisted.

But it's just a mansion that has collapsed in vain, and it has been smeared with a shocking layer of blood......

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