"Grandpa Guo, what are you doing with those people?" Mao Yilu asked in surprise, and said in his heart that this grandfather of the country is not afraid, he wants to compromise with the southeast clan, if there is no Yizhou soldier as a backer, he, the governor, will be finished, and the chaotic people can rush to his mansion and make him the second father-in-law of Li!

"As the saying goes, a strong dragon doesn't suppress the head snake, when you get to Jiangnan, you always have to meet the real master of Jiangnan, burn incense and don't worship the righteous god, isn't this lord very faceless."

If you do, you will lose face even more!

Now the gang of people in the southeast who mention Zhang Ke is not gritting his teeth, eager to swallow it alive, who let Zhang Ke have thousands of tigers and wolves to protect him, there are garrisons in Liujiabao, there are sailors to protect him, like plotting against him, it is bound to be difficult to reach the sky!

"Grandpa Guo, with all due respect, you still don't see you."

"Why, isn't Benjue not qualified enough?"

"This ...... Grandpa Guo, when you arrived in Suzhou, you have already arrested Zhou Shunchang and others, and the popular uprising in Suzhou has also been suppressed. The lower officials are stepping up their investigation, and I am thinking that as long as I arrest dozens more, gather a hundred heads, plus Kou Shen, the prefect of Suzhou, and others, it is enough to give an explanation to the above, and the dignity of the imperial court will be maintained. If the investigation continues, I am afraid that the implication will be too great, and the big clans in the southeast will not eat dry food. ”

Mao Yilu said with courage: "Grandpa Guo, how many nails are beaten with iron all over his body, the southeast clans are all hundreds of years old, such as the Taicang Wang family, the Huating Xu family, and the Gao family in Wuxi...... They are all high-ranking officials who have been officials for several generations, and even out of the ministry and even university scholars, and their prestige is incomparable in the southeast Shilin. You, you still don't offend them! ”

Zhang Ke laughed and said: "Mao Zhongcheng, what do you mean is to stop in moderation, kill a few petty officials, behead a few grass people, and the matter will pass?" Benjue asks you, what was the cause of the rebellion in Suzhou? ”

"Yes, it was the ceremonial supervisor who dispatched the tax supervisor and the mine supervisor, and the Su Hangzhou weaving Li Shi Li Gonggong encountered a mob during the tax collection and was scared crazy......"

"Hahahaha, you still know that the imperial court has issued an order to withdraw the tax supervisor and the mine supervisor."

Mao Yilu said in embarrassment: "Grandpa Guo, this is naturally not there, it's just that Suzhou is making such a fuss, I'm afraid no one will dare to do it!" Many policies of the imperial court have not been resolved, there are policies above, and there are countermeasures below, it has always been like this......"

"Mao Zhongcheng, you should really be happy."

Mao Yilu asked stupidly, "What are you glad about?" ”

"I'm glad you weren't in the army, so I rushed at your attitude, Benjue would have cut off your head a long time ago!"

As soon as these words came out, a cool breeze came out of Mao Yilu's neck, and a layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Grandpa Guo, humble and incompetent, please punish the country!"

"It's not that you're incompetent, it's that the strength in your hands is too weak, and you don't dare to argue with those local snakes!"

Long live understanding, Mao Yilu almost cried.

"Grandpa Guo said that although he is a feudal official, he is just a third-grade official. How to confront the scholars and the six books, even if it is Zhishi. Besides, there are six more departments in Nanjing, and there are a bunch of mothers-in-law on the head of the lowly position, and it is difficult for the angry little daughter-in-law to do! ＂

Mao Yilu said and spoke, and sad tears flowed from his eyes.

As the governor of Yingtian, he couldn't move the army, because Nanjing had a military department, and he couldn't command the magistrates, because the magistrates listened to the big households, offended the superiors, and at most dismissed the officials, but if he offended the big households, don't think about it for the rest of his life!

"Grandpa Guo, with your support for the lowly position, no one is afraid of the lowly position, but I also ask the grandfather of the country to know himself and the enemy, and the big clans in the southeast are not lightly subservient. If they are hard, they will come soft, play yin, open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to defend, you must know in your heart! ”

To put it bluntly, Mao Yilu still doesn't believe that Zhang Ke has the ability to wrestle with the southeast clan. Not to mention Mao Yilu, others are not optimistic about Zhang Ke, after all, except for Grandpa Tai and Grandpa Cheng, the Ming Emperors of all dynasties were helpless in the face of the southeast gentry group.

What the emperor can't do, can Zhang Ke do?

In fact, when he was in Shandong, Zhang Ke was thinking about this problem.

Successfully detonated the struggle between the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party, and then the two sides did not fight for two or three years, and it will not come to an end.

However, Wei Zhongxian sent Wang Tiqian to come, and Zhang Ke found an excellent opportunity in front of him. The reason why the Ming Dynasty was in financial difficulties was that it was unable to tax the industry and commerce that flowed from the oil.

However, taxation is equivalent to cutting meat from others, and the difficulty is absolutely beyond imagination.

At present, under the banner of Wei Zhongxian, the taxation has been implemented. If you want to scold, scold Lao Wei, anyway, Jiuqian-year-old has done enough bad things, and he is not afraid of this one!

As for Zhang Ke, he just hid behind to make huge profits, and extended his tentacles to the rich Jiangnan......

The wish is good, but the southeast clan is deep-rooted and powerful, and there is no complete certainty, fighting with them, even if they are as strong as Zhang Ke, they will be discouraged.

But the so-called fortresses are broken from the inside, Zhang Ke not only has a strong Yizhou soldier in his hands, but also a southeast master like Bao Shiqing, and more than half a year ago, the Liaodong Bank opened to Jiangnan, and the silver dollar was popular as soon as it was launched. The commercial development of the southeast is countless times that of Liaodong, and almost everyone covets the windfall profits of silver dollars.

Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, there are bargaining chips for negotiation, and there is also a strong army, with carrots in one hand and a big stick in the other, this is the capital of Zhang Ke and the southeast clan!

"Mao Zhongcheng, take my name card and invite the southeastern families to send representatives to the Tianfei Palace for a banquet. It doesn't matter how many people are invited, tell them that if they are willing to come, they can discuss the matter of taxation, if they don't come, Benjue will immediately send troops to collect taxes, and the consequences will be borne by themselves! ”

I think you're at your own risk!

Mao Yilu thought disapplausively, but Zhang Ke was resolute, how could he dare to object, not to mention that it would be a good thing to let those big clans lose face, so he hurriedly went to arrange it.

……

Suzhou Mansion, Bao Mansion.

Above the main hall, Bao Youding sat upright, on the left sat four or five guys dressed in gorgeous clothes, and on the right hand sat Bao Shiqing, who had just come back from Shandong, covered in dust, but his momentum was undiminished, and several people on the opposite side stared at each other, and did not give in at all.

The fat middle-aged man on the first on the left sneered: "I heard that your Bao family and Zhang Ke have a very close relationship, and the business is very big?" ”

"That's right!" Bao Shiqing smiled calmly: "Gao Guifang, do you also want to participate, I will definitely help introduce you." Grandpa Guo has always been generous and generous, wouldn't it be better to have money to earn together! ”

"Phew!"

Gao Guifang took a sip and sneered: "Master Bao, we came to make it clear that Zhang Ke killed our people and couldn't get along with us." Your Bao family only has two choices, either run to the black with Zhang Ke, and don't want to maintain your industry in Jiangnan! Either stand with us, stop sending food and vegetables to Liujiabao, cut off the supply, so that Zhang Ke can't hold on, and obediently go back to Liaodong! ”

Gao Guifang is the cousin of Gao Panlong, the right capital of Yushi, representing the Gao family, and several other people represent the Wang family, the Ye family, and the Xu family, all of whom spoke together.

"Bao Gongzi, on our side, without your loss, we can give up some share of silk to make up for your losses in Liaodong."

When Bao Youding heard this, he peeked at Bao Shiqing.

In the past two years, the Bao family has expanded rapidly, and Bao Shiqing is of course the first hero, and he has the final say on major matters. But falling out with the southeastern clan is a major matter related to life and death, and Bao Youding can't be cautious.

"Shiqing, what do you mean?"

"Hahahaha, uncle, do you really want to ask what I mean? That's whose food is eaten towards whom! Bao Shiqing looked at the other party contemptuously and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, my Gao family monopolizes half of the woolen trade, and makes a profit of one million taels a year. After making money, he took it to Japan and exchanged it for gold, and then sold it in Jiangnan and exchanged it for silver. Twice a year, the profit of one million taels becomes two million taels, or even three million taels! ”

Suck......

Several people on the other side all gasped, knowing that the Bao family was very good at making money, but they didn't expect to earn this Cheng dù! It's not a business at all, it's a money grab!

Bao Shiqing said nonchalantly: "Envy? Don't look at how many high-ranking officials you have bought, they can't help! Can you sell some tea and silk, and you feel satisfied? You're frogs watching the sky! ”

"You're the frog!"

Gao Guifang was so angry that he blushed and his neck was thick, pointed at Bao Youding and said, "Brother Bao, your nephew is so rude, don't you care?" ”

Bao Youding's face sank, and he said angrily: "Shiqing, these are all distinguished guests, don't wait for them." ”

"Uncle, with all due respect to my nephew, they are simply dead stars! The way of the world has changed, the ocean is the source of real wealth, the court does not understand, you don't want to understand, but the truth will face you sooner or later. If you can't grasp the opportunity, no one can help you...... ＂

"Shut up!"

Gao Guifang really couldn't stand it, and was scolded by a junior pointing at his nose, it was the first time in his life, and he almost fainted.

"You Gao family has a kind, let's see!"

"Hehe, sit and watch!"

……

Ten days after the invitation was sent, five tables of high-quality shark fin banquets were set up in the Tianfei Palace, but none of the guests came. Zhang Ke sat in the middle, Shen Qingyan on the left, and Fang Yunqing on the right.

The two beauties peeked at Zhang Ke from time to time, for fear that the grandfather would be so angry that he would smash the table.

Shen Qingyan came to Jiangnan to purchase medicinal materials, just in time for Zhang Ke to come to Jiangnan. She was full of enthusiasm and came to see her lover, but she didn't expect to meet such a time.

"As the saying goes, if the general runs away from the horse in front of his forehead, the prime minister can hold the boat in his belly. Zhang Daogong is big-hearted and won't care! ”

Fang Yunqing smiled like a flower, and echoed: "That's right, Grandpa Guo, it's because they're stupid if they don't come!" ”

Time passed minute by minute, and near noon, Governor Mao Yilu and Bao Shiqing came, and Bao Shiqing also brought five or six medium-sized businessmen, who were originally not allowed to be on the stage. But the big family didn't come, so they had to make up the numbers.

But even so, everyone added up, and one table was not satisfied. Mao Yilu felt that his face was hot, and when he peeked, he found that Zhang Ke looked indifferent.

"All the brethren who are standing guard at the door, come and sit down! Such a good dish can't be wasted! Zhang Ke picked up the wine glass, looked up to the sky and laughed, everyone was terrified, don't be crazy!

"Brothers, since someone toasted and refused to eat and drink, the big guy followed me to make this drink! Starting from Suzhou, immediately check the tax, whoever dares to stop it, there will be no forgiveness! ”

Guogong was angry and killed people like hemp, Bao Shiqing couldn't help but mourn silently for those people...... R1152