readx; From the next day, the secret battles between the Wuzhou trading companies and the major business gangs gradually tended to be open. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

First of all, more than a dozen Donglin officials jointly played a concert, questioning why Jinyiwei interfered with the normal handling of the case of Shuntian Mansion. This hand really surprised Zhu Youzhen, thinking that these big business gangs are really hand-eyed, and they can actually bring the lawsuit to the court, and so many Donglin parties speak for them!

Later, he learned through the side that it turned out that these officials had nothing to do with the major business gangs, and their move was to give Yin Ruan Dacheng of Shuntian Mansion a head.

This Ruan Dacheng is not a simple character. He is a proud disciple of Gao Panlong, one of the founders of the Donglin Party, and he has a good reputation among the Donglin Party. During the Apocalypse, he served as a clerk in the middle of the matter, but later resigned and returned to his hometown for some reason.

After the fall of the eunuch party, the ministers of the Donglin department came back one after another, and Ruan Dacheng was no exception, and soon sat in the important position of Shuntian Mansion Yin. Shuntianfu Yin is equivalent to the mayor of Beijing in his previous life, and directly governs the local civil affairs of Beijing. Now that Ruan Dacheng has suffered the loss of Jinyiwei, the Donglin Party is naturally unhappy.

Zhu Youzhen thought to himself that this Ruan Dacheng was probably secretly colluding with several major business gangs, otherwise he would not have sent a head arrester to arrest people without doing any investigation. As for whether the Donglin Party members are all close to businessmen, he is not sure. If that's the case, then the severity of the collusion between officials and businessmen is terrible!

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen did not dare to deal with it rashly, but replied lightly: "This is a civil commercial dispute." The authenticity of the painting must be authenticated by a professional; Before the conclusion is reached, not only the Jinyi Guard, but also the government should not interfere too much. "This is tantamount to beating Jinyiwei and Shuntianfu with fifty boards each.

Although the officials of the Donglin Department were not satisfied with this result, Jinyiwei represented the emperor, and the emperor's criticism of Jinyiwei was tantamount to criticizing himself, so they didn't dare to hold on to this matter.

If you can't make a plan, you will have another plan. At present, in addition to Chen Yuanyuan's "Jinghua Times", there are several new newspapers in Beijing, including "Qingliu", which was founded by the minister of the Donglin department, and the political views are often-for-tat with the "Jinghua Times".

This time, many Donglin ministers published articles on "Qingliu", supporting Dong Qichang's judgment that "Xishan Travel Map" was a fake, in an attempt to overthrow the Wuzhou Trading Company from public opinion, and then achieve the goal of negating Jinyiwei and enhancing the influence of the Donglin Party.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen's side will not swallow his anger. At present, the circulation of the Beijing Times has reached 3,000 copies a day, which is far from the circulation scale of modern newspapers, but it is much more than newspapers such as Qingliu.

Because the Donglin Party members could not get rid of the habit of being scholars when running newspapers, they felt that the quality of movable type printing in the "Beijing Times" was too rough, and there were occasional typographical errors, which hindered the view; However, it was definitely too late for engraving and printing, so "Qingliu" was the same as the imperial court's copy, and it was copied by hand. Although it looks much more beautiful, it can only produce 200 copies per issue, and its influence cannot be compared with that of the Beijing Times.

Zhu Youzhen used the "Beijing Times" to create public opinion, not only described the whole process of the auction in detail, but also asked Xu Chuan to write an article to explain clearly the reasons why the "Journey to the Mountains and Streams" is genuine. Huang Zongxi and Wang Fuzhi, two witnesses to the auction, also published a commentary in the Beijing Times under pseudonyms, criticizing Shuntianfu's indiscriminate arrests without evidence.

For ordinary people, "Beijing Times" is obviously much more cordial than "Qingliu". "Clear Stream" not only has a low circulation, but also the articles on it are all in Chinese, and the people in the market can't read or understand it at all.

However, the "Beijing Times" is different, the articles are all in the vernacular, rarely talk about those empty truths, and the content is closer to the people. Although ordinary people are not consumers of antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and have little interest in these things, the coal stores of the Wuzhou Trading Company are still quite helpful to them. Therefore, emotionally, the common people were originally oriented towards the Wuzhou trading companies, and disgusted with those major merchant gangs who were unkind to the rich and often raised prices, especially the price of rice.

This time, as soon as the "Beijing Times" publicized it, the smart people naturally linked the Luliang Merchant Gang with the Shuntian Mansion. Without any hints, the common people immediately understood that it must be the Luliang Merchant Gang that did not hesitate to collude with the government in order to suppress competitors, and deliberately framed the authenticity of the Wuzhou Trading Company as a forgery!

As the saying goes: the people are not to be deceived. The common people are simple and kind, but they also have clear grievances and grievances. After figuring out that the Luliang Merchant Gang was so shameless, the common people's attitude towards the Jin Merchants changed greatly. Although they can't afford to provoke Shuntianfu, they still have a way to deal with merchants, that is, to vote with their feet and no longer buy their things!

This Luliang merchant gang is a bit self-defeating, not only did it fail to achieve the goal of suppressing the Wuzhou Trading Company, but all its store business was greatly affected, so Qiao Yuliang couldn't help but complain, complaining that the other major merchant gangs should not come out to deal with the Wuzhou Trading Company.

Taking advantage of this favorable opportunity, Wuzhou Trading Company resorted to another killer move: opening a grain store.

Almost overnight, the Wuzhou Trading Company opened more than 20 grain stores at once. Originally, the name of "Wuzhou Trading Company" already had a certain appeal among the people, and the measures of the grain store were even more pleasant: the price of rice was cheaper than that of other merchants, six taels and one stone!

It turned out that after several months of hard work, Zhu Youzhen finally moved Jingyang's strategic reserve to Beijing. After two years of reserves, there are now 500,000 stone of grain stored in the strategic reserve. Although these 500,000 stones are still too small compared to the huge volume of the Ming Empire, they can still play a considerable role at critical moments.

Now is the time when the price of rice is skyrocketing. The cost of grain storage in the strategic reserve reaches more than two taels and one stone, which is actually much higher than the cost of the major merchants. However, the current price of rice in Jingshi is seven taels and one stone, and Wuzhou Trading Company still makes money by selling six taels.

Moreover, with the experience of the Huanghai Merchant Gang in the Xi'an business war, Wuzhou Trading Company has become much more sophisticated. In order to prevent competitors from maliciously rushing to buy, from the very beginning, each grain store implemented ration sales, that is, the people who came to buy rice had to register, and each person was limited to buying a small amount per day, which was enough for a family to eat for three or four days. In this way, the speed of sales is also controlled, and the grain stock in the reserve is not consumed too quickly.

Originally, the price of rice in Kyoto was soaring, but this move by Gozhou Trading Company suddenly curbed the momentum of price increases. Of course, the common people were willing to buy bargains, and every day there was a long queue at the door of the grain stores of the Gosu Trading Company. However, the rice shops of other merchant gangs are full of people, especially the Luliang merchant gang, and when ordinary people pass by, they will spit fiercely to express their contempt for profiteers.

In the face of the unfavorable situation, several major merchant gangs could not sit still. They met again at the "Manting Fang" to discuss how to deal with the challenges of the Wuzhou trading company. Li Zicheng of the Shaanxi Merchant Gang was also invited to the meeting, but unlike last time, this time his entourage was replaced by a few young people with sparkling eyes...

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