After learning the news from Nanjing, Zhou Qiyuan, the governor of Susong, was taken aback, and never expected that the imperial court would send people to Suzhou so soon. Eight? 1. Chinese ≈.

Moreover, Cui Yingyuan actually brought the documents for the transfer of troops from the Ministry of War, and it is obvious that the imperial court is not ready to give up on the matter of Suzhou Sheng.

Therefore, Zhou Qiyuan immediately convened the powerful people on the ground in Suzhou to discuss the countermeasures, and the imperial court was obviously prepared to take action against the Suzhou tax change this time, so they had to control the development of the situation, so as not to implicate themselves in the pond fish.

After discussion, everyone unanimously decided to give up the car to protect the commander and hand over the "murderer" who killed the Jinyiwei sent by the imperial court in the Suzhou tax incident, so that they could give up their business to the imperial court.

As for the families of those "murderers", with the care of these powerful people on the territory of Suzhou, they will naturally have no worries about food and clothing.

Of course, the people who can become "murderers" are naturally people living in poverty, and they are willing to give up their lives in order to bring a prosperous life to their families, which is really pitiful and pathetic.

The prefect of Suzhou then ordered the arrest of the "murderers" who killed the Jinyi guards and threw them into the prison of the government office, preparing to hand them over after Cui Yingyuan came.

Because the "murderers" went to death voluntarily, the prefect of Suzhou instructed the prison guards in the prison to treat them well, and served them with wine and meat, which can be regarded as letting them live a drunken life and dream of death.

When Du Boqing learned that Zhou Qiyuan and others were discussing the results, he was playing against him in Liu Xingwen's study, Liu Xingwen was not out of the door in order to avoid the catastrophe in front of him, and stayed in the back house all day and night to play time, Du Boqing came to visit him from time to time, chatted with him and played chess to relieve boredom.

"It's dangerous!" Cui Yingyuan came with troops to make Liu Xingwen gasp, it seems that Li Hongyu guessed right, the Emperor of the Apocalypse wants to kill a hundred people and severely punish Suzhou, if he is not unconscious due to injuries, he will definitely fall into it.

"Their abacus is really good, they even thought of using a few substitutes for the dead to end this matter, and they underestimated the emperor, I heard the scholar say that the emperor is working hard to prepare for the Ming Dynasty, and just took advantage of this matter to establish his authority and solve the business tax matter."

Du Boqing sneered, and said to Liu Xingwen in a deep voice, "They are still stubborn until now, and if the situation is irreparable, it will be self-inflicted." ”

"Well, I'm afraid they're a little out of their own hands."

Liu Xingwen suddenly sighed, as one of the business leaders in Suzhou, he naturally knew the thoughts of Zhang Youhai and others, although Zhang Youhai and others didn't want to pay more business taxes, but I am afraid that more importantly, those officials in the government didn't want to spit out the fat in their mouths.

Once those merchants paid the full amount of taxes to the imperial court, then the officials of the local government would have to drink the northwest wind, and if they didn't nod their heads, how would those merchants dare to respond to the tax policy of the imperial court of the Apocalypse? At that time, they will not have to do business.

"The governor will not escape this time, and the officials of Suzhou Mansion are bound to be implicated, but unfortunately they have not realized the seriousness of the situation now."

Du Boqing knew what Liu Xingwen meant, shook his head helplessly and said, "I hope this matter can be resolved as soon as possible, and don't delay those goods for overseas trade." ”

Liu Xingwen frowned slightly when he heard this, now Daming's overseas trade is a thriving scene, and the trade volume is increasing year by year, and the suppliers who are responsible for supplying them have also benefited a lot, which is simply money falling from the sky.

Due to the bidding of that year, Daming's overseas trade was in charge of 20 imperial merchants, and there were a number of suppliers who supplied to them under the 20 imperial merchants, forming a huge production and marketing network, and Liu Xingwen was a supplier under Du Boqing.

The reason why there are suppliers instead of those imperial merchants who directly produce goods, this is Li Hongyu's meaning, in addition to the meaning of rain and dew evenly, it is more important to optimize production.

As the saying goes, instead of letting the imperial merchants invest money to produce the goods needed for overseas trade, it is better to unite those merchants in the market who can produce excellent goods to promote the exhibition of related industries.

At the same time, the strength of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce will also grow like a snowball in this business alliance, and its influence in the Daming business community will become more and more significant.

The first thing Cui Yingyuan did after coming to Suzhou was to send troops to surround the yamen of the governor of Susong, and let Zhou Qiyuan, the governor of Suzhou and Hangzhou, come out of the yamen with the gate closed.

At the same time, Cui Yingyuan went to the Suzhou Weaving Mansion to meet Li Shi, the central official of Suzhou Weaving, and learned some details about the Jinyi guard who was killed.

Then, Cui Yingyuan sent someone to the Suzhou Prefecture to inform the Suzhou Prefect to hand over the murderer, as the Suzhou Prefecture was responsible for the local security of Suzhou City, and now that such a big thing happened, he naturally looked for an important person in Suzhou Prefecture, which could be regarded as giving the Suzhou Prefect a chance to make meritorious contributions.

Cui Yingyuan's series of actions seem to be a bit aggressive, in fact, he is already a salute before the soldiers, otherwise he will directly send troops to break through the Yamen of the governor of Susong and arrest Zhou Qiyuan, and the officials of the Suzhou prefect will not escape the pain of imprisonment.

What Cui Yingyuan didn't expect was that after he sent troops to surround Su Song's governor Yamen, many people in the city rushed over and surrounded the soldiers he sent to prevent those soldiers from taking Zhou Qiyuan away, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense.

The prefect of Suzhou was very interesting, and after receiving Cui Yingyuan's order, he sent a messenger to send several captured murderers, who were suspected of killing Jinyiwei in the Suzhou tax incident.

Cui Yingyuan immediately interrogated the murderers, although those people insisted that they killed the Jinyi guard, and also told the story of the incident, but he still saw at a glance that these poor guys were substitutes for the dead ghosts, and the Suzhou prefect was obviously fooling him.

If Cui Yingyuan was not clear about the cause and effect of the Suzhou incident at the beginning, after meeting Li Shi, he already understood what was going on, as was the case in the 29th year of Wanli, this was a conspiracy manipulated by the powerful forces of Suzhou City, and its purpose was naturally to force the imperial court to give up the supervision of Suzhou's commercial taxes.

In addition to the ordinary people who were besieged by the besieged Jinyi Guard, the plotters hiding behind the scenes were the culprits, and Cui Yingyuan's target this time was precisely at those magnates in Suzhou City.

In Wei Zhongxian's view, only by giving a profound lesson to the local forces in the Ming Dynasty, then they will no longer dare to disobey the yang and yin in the matter of commercial taxes, at least they will be honest on the surface, and the imperial court can charge an extra cent of commercial taxes.

But at the same time, Wei Zhongxian also knew that the Emperor of the Apocalypse did not want Suzhou's commerce to be affected too much, after all, Suzhou's taxes were among the best in the Ming Dynasty, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse wanted commercial taxes instead of a mess.

Therefore, Wei Zhongxian decided to salute first and then let Cui Yingyuan lead the troops to Suzhou, so that those powerful people in Suzhou could realize from this move that things could not be easily perfunctory, and then make them compromise.

In Wei Zhongxian's opinion, since Cui Yingyuan brought troops to Suzhou with great fanfare, how can I say that those powerful people in Suzhou should also choose a person of sufficient weight to be used by this black pot to calm down the situation this time.

But things made Cui Yingyuan feel disappointed, those powerful people in Suzhou Mansion only wanted to use a few ordinary people to carry this matter, did they really think that he was a fool and could be fooled so easily?

Although he was quite annoyed by the behavior of the Suzhou prefect, Cui Yingyuan decided to give him another chance, after all, Suzhou is the most prosperous and wealthy place in the Ming Dynasty, and he doesn't want to disturb the peace here.

The reason why Emperor Wanli did not kill the tax officials was to ensure the stability of Suzhou was also one of the very important reasons.

Cui Yingyuan knew that the Suzhou prefect couldn't call the shots in this matter, so he gave him three days to hand over the mastermind of the tax mutiny.

The prefect of Suzhou was quite troubled by this, and now Zhou Qiyuan's governor Yamen was surrounded by the soldiers brought by Cui Yingyuan, so he had to summon Zhang Youhai and other local leaders of Suzhou to discuss countermeasures.

"Lord Prefect, this person is not easy to make friends with, once he hands it over, won't he become a deliberate opponent of the court and fall into the mouth!"

After learning the reason why the Suzhou prefect summoned them to discuss the matter, a middle-aged man dressed in luxury clothes couldn't help frowning and said.

Like the situation in the 29th year of Wanli, the reason why the Jinyi Guard, who came to arrest Zhou Qiyuan, was killed by the people was explained by the magnates in Suzhou as the anger of the people, and it was because the people admired Zhou Qiyuan's personality and went to protect him, so as not to let Zhou Qiyuan be taken away by the Jinyi Guard's people.

But if the organizers behind the scenes are handed over, it will become a conspiracy against the imperial court, not only will they be charged with rebellion, but the nature of the killing of Jinyiwei will change.

As the richly dressed middle-aged man's voice fell, the people at the scene buzzed and whispered, thinking that his words were reasonable.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Commander Cui is not good at coming this time, and it seems that we can't fight hard, otherwise we will definitely suffer."

Seeing that everyone seemed to have scruples about making friends, Zhang Youhai, who was sitting under the Suzhou prefect, put down the teacup in his hand and said in a deep voice, "Since Cui knows that he wants someone to bear the guilt, then let's satisfy him and find him a 'behind-the-scenes main messenger' to let him settle this matter." ”

"This official also means this, if someone among the people wants to protect the governor, so he invites someone to stop the Jinyi guard from arresting people, and it turns out to be a big disaster, so it can be explained."

The prefect of Suzhou frowned slightly when he heard this, and agreed with Zhang Youhai's words, and now that the situation is critical, it is really not appropriate to confront Cui Yingyuan, it is better to meet his requirements, anyway, as long as the responsibility is put on the people.

"Okay, let's do it." The people at the scene echoed one after another, and with the arrival of Cui Yingyuan, everyone felt frightened in their hearts, so no one wanted the things in Suzhou to continue to make trouble.

Although the wishes of Zhang Youhai and others are good, how could Cui Yingyuan be beaten so easily?

At this moment, they didn't realize that the danger was approaching step by step, and they were still expecting Cui Yingyuan to calm down after catching the "mastermind behind the scenes", and then end the trouble in Suzhou City.

After all, in the twenty-ninth year of Wanli, Emperor Wanli turned a blind eye to the killing of tax officials, so this time Cui Yingyuan had ** thunder and rain, otherwise he would have found someone from the Suzhou prefect, and it was clear that he didn't want to make a big deal about it.

Wei Zhongxian would never have thought that the policy of "salute first and then soldier" formulated by him not only did not receive the desired effect, but gave Zhang Youhai and others a fluke mentality, in the final analysis, they were reluctant to benefit from commercial taxes.

(End of chapter)