Chapter 14: Chaos Emerges

Zhang Juzheng was in charge of the affairs of the family and the country, and he was bent on coming up with a specific charter as soon as possible to carry out his dream of purging the government officials, and there was no rest after being busy all day.

And in Jiangnan, the Wuwei Sect, under the leadership of the sect leader Zhao Wenyi, is also jumping up and down, and is very busy.

Some time ago, the imperial court implemented a new commercial tax law with ten taxes and two taxes, which also had a great impact on the business of Wuweijiao distributed in various places, and for this reason, Zhao Wenyi and others were also in a hurry, and they couldn't wait to go to Shen Chongming to ask why his Tongda Carriage and Horse Shop did not resist taxes. Now everyone who is harming is suffering a lot, and this is not a sin.

But when it came to the end, Zhao Wenyi was helpless, after all, those shops and workshops were all things on the surface, and it was natural to be under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and he, the person who was plotting to rebel, could only say that he was powerless about this matter at the moment.

Just when Zhao Wenyi was full of sorrow and thinking hard about countermeasures, a series of situations that appeared after the ten taxes and two made Zhao Wenyi ecstatic. A large number of small shops and workshops closed down, and the livelihoods of people who had already relied on work for a living were immediately lost.

In such a situation, Zhao Wenyi, who has been plotting rebellion for many years, immediately showed an opportunity hidden in the shadows!

"Two, now the streets and alleys are mostly people waiting to work to make a living, and I think this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me to teach nothing." Zhao Wenyi's face was full of spring breeze, and the frowning brows that were still frowning for ten taxes and two yesterday were completely relaxed.

"Opportunity?" Zheng Shanchuan frowned, puzzled: "The subordinates are stupid, dare to ask the sect leader where the opportunity is?" ”

Of course, he knew about this, and many of them were workers who had been dismissed after the Church's industries in various places were unprofitable, and it was worth worrying now about how to maintain such an environment and make a small profit.

"Sect Master, are you saying that you are taking this opportunity to recruit believers?" Zheng Shanchuan is getting older, and his brain has slowly been unable to keep up with the situation. But Cai Wenyuan was different, he was cautious, and after thinking about it, he understood Zhao Wenyi's thoughts.

Zhao Wenyi smiled and nodded: "Exactly, if the livelihood of so many people is lost today, if I don't do anything to take this opportunity to show favor, two or three out of ten people will become our believers, think about it, how big is this value?" ”

Saying this, Zheng Shanchuan also understood, touched the beard on his chin and nodded: "That's true, I don't do anything to teach carbon in the snow, once the army is raised in the future, these people will follow us with all their hearts." ”

But then the conversation changed, Zheng Shanchuan was a little worried: "But sect leader, now we are also in a difficult situation, we don't have such a big financial resources to support these hundreds of thousands of people, and my subordinates think this matter is not easy to handle." ”

Now Cai Wenyuan has no second heart, naturally he is bent on the big thing of Wuweijiao, and the heart of competing with Zheng Shanchuan has long disappeared, so he nodded when he heard the words and said: "Yes, sect leader, although the opportunity is rare, we don't have the strength to grasp it." ”

Zhao Wenyi had naturally thought about this, waved his hand lightly and smiled: "Hehe, don't worry, you two don't worry, this seat didn't say that I want to give them food for nothing." ”

Seeing him like this, the two of them didn't need to think about it to know that he had a plan, so they cheered up and prepared to listen carefully to Sect Leader Zhao's high opinion.

"Although the business is not good at the moment, it is not that there is no money to be made, but it is just that it makes more money and less money. Now so many people are running in vain for a living, if we open a few more industries with a large amount of labor, we will definitely be able to recruit a lot of people, even if we don't make money, this business can be done. ”

Zheng Shanchuan nodded, "What the sect leader said is very true, and it is true that the feet should be strong. It's just that at the moment, Shen Chongming's Tongda Carriage and Horse Dealer is dominant, and we want to intervene only for fear that we will have more than enough strength but not enough power. ”

"It doesn't matter, Shen Chongming doesn't have to be at the beginning now, without the imperial court as his backing, how can his accessible carriage and horse shop be as majestic as before? Perhaps, now that someone in the imperial court has begun to open up the attention of Dacha and Ma Xing, this is our shot and build a family, although it may not be comparable to Tongda Che Ma, but there is no big problem in gaining a firm foothold. As long as you can recruit more people, it is worth losing money and making money. Zhao Wenyi looked proud, if it weren't for such a thing, he really didn't expect it at all.

Cai Wenyuan only felt that his eyes lit up, and nodded: "Brother Zheng, junior brother thought this thing was done." ”

"Well, it's good." Zheng Shanchuan also nodded, "If it weren't for the reminder from the sect leader, my subordinates would have forgotten that Shen Chongming is now a phoenix that has lost his hair, even if someone else robs him of his business, he will be helpless." ”

Seeing that the two agreed with their ideas, Zhao Wenyi also became happier. "In this case, then without further ado, Cai Protector, you will go and plan, and in a month, this seat will see a car and horse shop with forces all over the south of the Yangtze River!"

Leaving such a big matter to himself, Cai Wenyuan was suddenly overjoyed, it seemed that the sect leader had really forgiven himself. "Please rest assured, if you can't do this in a month, your subordinates will come to see you!"

"Well, that's fine. Go now, and this seat will send someone to inform the earth branch altar and fully cooperate with you in this matter. Zhao Wenyi said with a smile, in the Wuwei Sect, Cai Wenyuan's ability is definitely among the top three, and this matter is left to him, and he doesn't have to worry about it at all.

"Yes, then the subordinate will retire." After giving a salute, Cai Wenyuan turned around and walked out, holding his chest high, and his momentum returned to when he was just serving as the protector of the Dharma a few years ago.

"Protector Zheng, there is one thing that you need to do right now." As soon as Cai Wenyuan went out, Zhao Wenyi said to Zheng Shanchuan.

Zheng Shanchuan, who was still a little lost in his heart, immediately came to his senses, hugged his fists and said, "Please ask the master for instructions." ”

"If the chaos is like this today, and the old opponent Shen Chongming is too busy to take care of himself, our old methods will be useful. You told the three hall masters and ordered them to use other names to preach in various places with confidence and boldness, and to recruit as many believers as they could. In addition, he sent people to spread rumors, saying that the imperial court had decided to abolish the land tax of 15 taxes and 1 tax, and that it would be levied according to 10 taxes from next spring. The commercial tax has doubled, and once this news spreads, many people will definitely believe that when the people's grievances are boiling, we will be able to raise troops again, which can be regarded as conforming to the will of God. A sneer appeared on Zhao Wenyi's face, with the help of the time, great things can be expected.

Zheng Shanchuan smiled, clasped his fists and praised: "Sect Leader Gao Jian, forgive the dog officials in the capital who can't imagine that they are digging their own graves like this, hehehe." ”

Some people are happy and some are worried, Zhang Juzheng, who is proud of the smooth progress of the law change, and Zhao Wenyi, who is happy with a bright future, are happy, but Shen Chongming, who lives in the Zhongguo Mansion in Nanjing, has no intention of enjoying the high-grade life that he spent a huge amount of money on at the time, and he doesn't want to worry about the future of the big tomorrow all day long.

These days, Shen Chongming always asks himself, is it because he has no ability to stop his misdeeds or does he not pull him for his own selfish interests? If it was the former, maybe Shen Chongming would feel better in his heart, but after thinking about it, Shen Chongming's final conclusion was almost all for his own selfish interests before he watched Zhang Juzheng mess up the world like this.

Every time he thought about this, Shen Chongming deeply blamed himself, he was simply doing evil, and he had harmed so many people.

"Brother Shen, this business can't be done." Just when Shen Chongming was worried about the situation in front of him, Xiao Ershao walked in with a sad face?

"Brother Shen, it's only been a month, and our business has shrunk by thirty percent, and if it goes on like this, we will have to go out of business." Xiao Ershao took out an account book from his arms and threw it in front of Shen Chongming, this day couldn't be lived.

Shen Chongming picked up the account book and flipped through it a few times, but he didn't look at it at all, sighed and put the account book aside, Shen Chongming smiled bitterly: "Involve the whole body, this time the incident is completely unexpected for my brother." ”

"Brother Shen, hurry up and think of a way. Don't you know, all the way back, in the prosperous city of Nanjing, you can see people with sad faces everywhere waiting to work part-time to earn money, but now every family is in a recession, and there are almost few people who come to hire. According to this situation, I am afraid that it will not be long before there will be children and daughters sold on the streets. Xiao Ershao frowned, this prosperity comes quickly, but it goes faster, everything that Brother Shen worked so hard to build was almost tossed by Zhang Juzheng in the blink of an eye.

When he heard that he was selling his son and daughter, Shen Chongming was even more worried. But now that the matter has been completed, it is impossible for him to persuade Emperor Longqing again.

"Peng Cheng, has our fleet been greatly affected by this incident?" Not wanting to talk about these things unhappily, Shen Chongming changed the topic. In fact, maritime trade is the middle of the heavy, as long as it is not affected much, then the matter has not reached the worst point. If you want to recover in the future, it will naturally be easier.

Brother Erdan shook his head, sighed and said, "The situation is also a little bad. Although the profits of this sea trade are large, but all those who go to sea to do business have to pay taxes through the maritime yamen, the taxes paid by the original windfall profits are high, and now they are doubling again, which is even more scary. In addition, many commercial banks in various places have closed down, resulting in a longer cycle of goods, and the profit is less than 30% of the original. ”

"So much?!" Shen Chongming was taken aback, the matter was much more serious than he thought.

"It's not, the little brother is afraid of tossing like this now, and someone has to risk killing his head to go to sea privately." Xiao Ershao was worried, but Brother Shen said to himself that the troubles that spread all over the coast back then gradually became bigger because of this.

If there is another trouble because of this incident, then Brother Shen's past achievements will really be in vain. Thinking of these, Xiao Ershao couldn't help but feel a little sorry for Shen Chongming's arrival, he had tossed in vain for so many years.

"Fuck." Silent, Shen Chongming suddenly scolded in a low voice.