When these people on the painting boat heard Xu Youqi say that Liu Zheng was more ruthless than Zhang Juzheng, they all showed surprised looks. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Xu Youqi said unhurriedly: "There are many ruthless people in the world, but there are few who can become heroes, Liu Zheng is ruthless, but he will not only be ruthless, he will also be gracious!" ”

Seeing that Xu Youqi didn't talk about business, Li En suddenly said anxiously: "Okay, Brother Youqi, don't sell it, hurry up!" ”

Everyone also followed Li En, denouncing Xu Youqi, Xu Youqi saw that he was angry and said, "Okay, then I'll talk to you in detail!" ”

"When Liu Zheng raised his army, he was only quick to catch and was worth only a few hundred taels of silver, but why was he able to gather tens of thousands of people in just two years and conquer a province? The reason is that Liu Zheng has made a big article in the field! ”

"He led people to rob all the landlords and gentry in Qingzhou, confiscated their land, and then distributed it to the people, and used the stolen silver to recruit troops and horses to expand his power, and after having soldiers and horses, he began to attack places outside Qingzhou, and whenever he laid down a piece of land, he grabbed the local gentry and landlords, and he distributed their land to the poor people!"

When Xu Youqi said this, one of them spoke: "Hearing you say this, this Liu Zheng is just a bandit, why do you still say that he is a hero?" ”

Xu Youqi smiled and said, "Brother Guangyu, don't worry, wait for me to say it carefully!" ”

"If this Liu Zheng is only like this, I won't say that he is a hero, and he won't have today's achievements! His behavior is banditry, but he is not all the gentry and landlords robbed, gold and silver he only robbed those who are rich and unkind, bad reputation, land he robs regardless of good or bad, after listening to these, you may think that he is still just a bandit, just a little chivalrous, but what I want to say is that after he robbed those landlords with a good reputation and many good deeds, he will force them to do business, which seems to be still banditry, but in fact, it is not! ”

"Do you know what Liu Zheng asked them to do? He asked those reputable landlords who had been robbed by him to do the business of 'first sight wine' and 'fairy drunk', and not only that, but he also gave them the sale of refined salt and let them do it! ”

As soon as these words were finished, everyone's expressions were different, they were all businessmen, although they didn't put their minds on their family business, but they had been exposed to it since they were children, and they also knew a little bit about business, and the two kinds of business that Xu Youqi said, fools know how much money they make.

Others may not know much about it, Li En knows too much about it, his family is a big salt merchant, and all the refined salt sold in his family came in from Liu Zheng, and what surprised him the most was that the salt sold by Liu Zheng was all imported from the salt of the imperial court, which once shocked him, and then asked the old man to know, don't look at Liu Zheng as a thief, but Liu Zheng's ability is really big to the sky, and the reason why he has salt is completely because he and the entire Xungui Group are mixed together.

Seeing that these brothers were shocked that their mouths could be stuffed with eggs, Li En sighed and said: "I probably know something about this, what Youqi said is true, all the refined salt in my family is from Shandong, and now there are thirty or forty new salt merchants in Shandong, these people rely on the support of Liu Zheng and the nobles, and grab business everywhere, our salt merchants in Jiangnan had a conflict with them a few years ago, and it is said that many people died, and then it was my old lady who came forward and contacted these big salt merchants in Jiangnan, They sent people to Shandong to have a good talk with them, and then they agreed to sell the salt to us, and we sold it in Jiangnan, while they only sold it in Jiangbei. ”

Speaking of this, Li En turned his head to look at Xu Youqi and said, "Youqi, I seem to have heard that this wine is the same?" ”

Although Xu Youqi's family opened a restaurant, but the wine shop also opened a lot, he naturally knew about this, and there was nothing to hide, so he nodded and said: "That's true, originally we made our own wine and sold it, and then after we had this Qingzhou wine, our wine couldn't be sold, there was no way, so I found them to negotiate with them, and seven or eight companies united to act as an agent for the sale of Qingzhou wine in Jiangnan." ”

After Xu Youqi said this, there was silence in the small painting boat for a while, and it was still Xu Youqi who broke the silence after a long time.

"Having said this, I just want to tell you why Liu Zheng robbed the gentry and landlords in Shandong, and no one made trouble, those gentry and landlords who harmed the township for the rich and unkind were either killed, or they were thrown to the mine by Liu Zheng to work as coolies, and no one will come out to shout injustice to them, those who have benefited from Liu Zheng are now desperately expanding their business, and they have no heart to make trouble, they have been completely tied to Liu Zheng!"

After saying this, Xu Youqi continued without any pause: "It's just that these Liu Zheng can't be regarded as a hero, the new deal he tried in Shandong and Linqing not only completely made the people rich, but also made the rich richer, this hand directly tied the whole of Shandong to him Liu Zheng, this is the terrible thing about Liu Zheng!" ”

"As I said before, you can't make a voice if you don't care about current affairs, and the reason is here, Liu Zheng tied the whole of Shandong to him, one is prosperous, one is lost, if the court does something to Liu Zheng, no matter what the result is, I and other people who have business dealings with Liu Zheng will suffer a great loss!"

Everyone was completely silent, not knowing how to speak, Gu Xiancheng sighed and said: "I know a little bit about Liu Zheng's new policy, exempting the people from land tax and allowing them to have surplus grain, revitalizing industry and commerce to make the counties under his rule gradually prosperous, and promoting education so that the children of the people have books to read. What my Ming officials didn't do, Liu Zheng did, and he did it very well, alas, it's a shame for me! ”

After saying this, Gu Xiancheng stood up and bowed to everyone, everyone was slightly stunned, and then hurriedly got up to return the salute, and asked Gu Xiancheng why he did this?

Gu Xiancheng smiled bitterly and said: "I invite all my friends to come today, so what is going on, you all know in your hearts, I want to repair Donglin Academy not only to open lectures, but also to discuss the government from time to time, attract people with lofty ideals in the south of the Yangtze River, as well as officials who have been belittled for criticizing the government and politics, and gather these talented and ambitious people to make our own voices heard!" ”

Gu Xiancheng's sonorous and powerful voice fell, and Li En slammed the table and stood up: "Mr. Jingyang said well, for many years, the DPRK and China have been traitors controlling the government, and countless Qingliu have been belittled and even dismissed for daring to criticize their mediocre decrees, these people have no chance to make their voices heard after being belittled or dismissed, and now Mr. Jingyang's actions just give them such an opportunity." This move is very good, and I, Li En, donate 1,000 taels of silver! ”

"I'll also donate a thousand taels of silver!"

"I'll donate five hundred!"

“……”

For a while, everyone donated money one after another, and Gu Xiancheng's face suddenly showed a happy smile, and he glanced at Li En gratefully.

In fact, Gu Xiancheng didn't know that Li En had great selfish intentions to help each other, and the reason why Li En was so excited was because his clan uncle Li Shuo was reprimanded to Yunnan six years ago for embezzling Hegong silver, and he wanted to take this opportunity to whitewash his clan uncle.