In fact, the Li family's industry is far more than this, and it is also involved in other extremely profitable industries, but Feng Xianzhang was afraid that he would say that the Li family's industry was too big and would make His Majesty have bad intentions, so he didn't say much. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

And what he said was the truth, there was no lie at all, even if His Majesty found out afterwards that the Li family's property was more than this, he had no problem. Jin Yiwei's local duties do not include statistics on the local merchants' industries, strictly speaking, Yun Xi asked him tonight about the Suzhou Prefecture merchants' industries completely mistaken Jin Yiwei's duties.

And the first thing Yunxi noticed was that Feng Xianzhang actually said that he 'should' know that there is Dongting tea (Biluochun) in Suzhou.

Yun Xi has a small hobby of drinking tea, and he also likes Biluochun, but he has never let the local tribute for tea, he always asks for Zheng Guogong's mansion, and he doesn't care where the tea from Zhengguo's mansion comes from. If the Xungui and Jinyiwei in the capital know that he loves tea, but the Jinyiwei in Suzhou also knows?

Then he thought: 'This Li family, which is mainly engaged in silk trading, occupies more than half of the silk business in Shanghai? Hangzhou, Huzhou, and Suzhou all produce silk, and there are also a small number of silkworms in nearby Jiaxing and other places, so their family can account for more than half of the shop? ’

Then he asked: "Are they partnering with other silk merchants in Huzhou, Hangzhou and other places, or are they partnering with the local snakes in Shanghai?" ”

Feng Xianzhang pondered for a moment and then said, "I have never heard of the Li family partnering with other silk merchants. ”

"Then there is someone in the Li family who is an official in the court?" Yun Xi asked again.

"Your Majesty, the Li family has no one as an official in the capital, but there is a family of people who are the magistrates of Ningbo Mansion in Zhejiang; There is a group of people who went to the capital to participate in the examination this year and did not succeed; There are also several people who have shown their talents. Feng Xianzhang said.

'The Li family's luck is good, at the end of last year, when the Jiangsu and Zhejiang plots against the party were investigated, there was no one in Beijing as an official, otherwise they would have been implicated. Moreover, a clansman is an official in Ningbo, maybe he has managed to get it by trying his best to move the Wenxuan Division of the Ministry of Officials. Ningbo is also an important coastal trade area, and most of the silk of the Li family was smuggled from Ningbo when it was sold overseas. ’

Besides, there is also a domineering thing about selling tea, and maybe someone has died because of it. Yun Xi thought.

However, Yun Xi will not punish their family because they are suspected of smuggling and selling tea overbearingly. There is nothing without bloodshed in the primitive accumulation of capital, and if we really want to blindly pay attention to fairness and justice and make decisions for the people, then wait for the developed Western countries to come to the door in a few hundred years.

Yun Xi thought about it again and said, "Do you have any contact with the Li family?" ”

"Your Majesty, as the person in charge of Jinyiwei Suzhou, the minister will never dare to show up in Suzhou in public, and the identity of the minister on his face is just an ordinary gentry, how can he have a connection with the largest merchant in Suzhou." Feng Xianzhang said immediately.

"You really don't have any contact with the Li family?" Yun Xi asked again calmly.

Feng Xianzhang listened to Yun Xi's tone, and felt that blindly pretending to be stupid must end up very miserable, and said: "Your Majesty forgives me, the minister does have some contact with the Li family. Most of the big families in Suzhou know the identity of the minister's brocade clothes, but it is just a gift for the New Year's holidays, and nothing else. ”

Yun Xi soothed his expression and said, "In that case, I have something to do with you." ……”

Feng Xianzhang listened to Yun Xi's instructions and agreed repeatedly.

After Yun Xi finished his instructions, he suddenly asked, "How much tea do you plan to serve to the Zheng Guogong Mansion every year?" ”

Feng Xianzhang said casually: "The minister buys thirty catties of tea in Suzhou every year for the Zheng Guogong Mansion. When he realized what he had just said, he immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Please forgive your majesty!" ”

"As a Jinyi guard, how should you buy tea for the Zheng Guogong Mansion every year? Besides, there is also a lot of corruption in the middle of this. Yun Xi said.

Feng Xianzhang didn't dare to speak, just kept kowtowing.

Yun Xi pondered for a moment and said, "For the sake of you being respectful just now and being familiar with the affairs of Suzhou Mansion, I won't deal with you on the spot, I will send a letter to Qin Song and ask him to deal with it according to the rules of Jinyiwei." Alright,. ”

Feng Xianzhang said: "Thank you, Your Majesty. Then he got up and 'rolled' out.

Yun Xi picked up the pen again and planned to write a letter, but after writing a few words, he stopped the pen and said to himself: "It's better to tell your uncles in person after returning to Beijing, and let the local guards and military generals help buy a little tea. And after going back, he also asked Qin Song to rectify the discipline of Jinyiwei. The local Jinyi guards rely on the forces to be greedy for a little money, and they can't put an end to it, and they absolutely can't collude with the officials of the DPRK and China. ”

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Yun Xi rested for a while, took a sip of tea, and shouted, "Huang Lu!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Huang Lu immediately drilled out and stood aside.

"This tea is already cold, go and make another pot of hot tea." Yun Xi commanded.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Huang Lu paused, and then said: "Your Majesty, the guards sent to the capital earlier have returned, but Your Majesty has summoned them now?" ”

"Chang Ruijiang has returned from the capital? Immediately announce his audience. Yun Xi blamed Huang Lu again: "Why didn't you tell me as soon as he came back?" ”

"Your Majesty, when the Chang guard returned, His Majesty was summoning the head of Suzhou Jinyiwei, and the slave could only let him wait; After His Majesty summoned the head of Jinyiwei, it was already the time of the Emperor, and His Majesty should rest in peace, so the slave thought about talking to His Majesty tomorrow morning. Huang Lu hurriedly argued.

"That's it, for the sake of your heart, I won't deal with you this time, but remember, in the future, you are not allowed to make decisions about such things without authorization, unless I have fallen asleep, otherwise I must report to me." Yun Xi said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Huang Lu agreed, and hurriedly summoned Chang Ruijiang to meet him.

After a while, Chang Ruijiang walked in and saluted: "Minister Chang Ruijiang has seen Your Majesty." ”

"Excuse me." Yun Xi said.

After Chang Ruijiang stood up, he asked, "Did you bring someone back from Guozijian?" What is Bai Wenxuan and Mu Tianyan's reputation in Guozijian? Has Mu Tianyan ever changed his name? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister brought an official surnamed Jiang from Guozijian, who has been an official in Guozijian for eleven years, successively serving as a scholar, assistant teacher, doctor, and supervisor, and is now a secretary." Chang Ruijiang said.

'I have been an official in Guozijian for eleven years, from the ninth grade to the sixth grade, and the officialdom is full of street goods, it is not easy to have such a person during the Hongwu period. Yun Xi thought.

"As for the wind evaluation, Bai Wenxuan and Mu Tianyan have good reviews in Guozijian, and they also graduated from Guozijian with relatively good grades and were elected as officials."

"Moreover, according to the archives of the Guozijian and the Ministry of Officials, Mu Tianyan was named the current name before he entered the Guozijian to study, and he has not changed his name." Chang Ruijiang said.