People are knives and I am fish and meat, and it feels very bad to be knifed, but it is even worse if you stretch out your head and slash your head, shrink your head or cut your head.

The eleven families present, in order to raise the price of grain, they bought almost all the grain in Jiangnan, of course, a considerable part of them only paid a little deposit and did not pay the full amount.

Now that the price of food has collapsed, even if they sell all their family property, they will not be able to come up with the follow-up money, and there is only one way, and that is to repay the debt!

For the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, you can cheat or cheat, but you can't rely on it!

Businessmen value trust, without faith, who would dare to do business with you. Now, the biggest opponents of Gao Guifang, Ye Yongxin and others are no longer Zhang Ke, but those other wealthy businessmen who have been suppressed by them. These people will not let go of the heaven-given opportunity to die!

Just like a pack of lions, the old lion king is decayed and injured, and the new male lion will take advantage of the weakness and take his place.

Coincidentally, at this time, the Donglin Party in the capital collapsed, and they lost the protection of the imperial court, like a flock of lambs, surrounded by wild beasts with teeth and claws, wondering where to start!

Ye Yongxin was young, his brain turned the fastest, he knelt and climbed half a step, and said: "Grandpa Guo, the little one regrets it very much, he has no eyes, offending Grandpa Guo, he deserves death!" If Grandpa Guo can open up the net, the small one, also, and the Ye family is willing to follow Grandpa Guo before and after the saddle, there is absolutely no second word! ”

Zhang Ke smiled and waved his hand, sat on the Taishi chair for a long time, and said with a smile: "Benjue doesn't want to accept the younger brother, and I don't need you to follow. Benjue just wants to build a new order, an order that you and I can all accept! ”

"No matter what Grandpa Guo wants to do, the villain will definitely obey!" Ye Yongxin kowtowed violently.

Gao Guifang hesitated for a moment, and then kowtowed and said, "That's right, the villain is also willing to obey!" ”

The other families knew that the situation was not good, if Zhang Ke didn't come to their rescue. The creditors outside the yamen will be able to tear them apart. Everyone could only kowtow and beg Zhang Ke for mercy.

"The thing is very simple, Benjue went to Jiangnan, just to collect commercial taxes, as long as you agree to pay taxes, it is easy to say."

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, look at each other, and can't get an idea.

"Why, now. Is it hard to give up the good money? Zhang Ke's brows rose instantly.

"The villains don't dare!" Ye Yongxin explained: "Grandpa Guo, the villain is honest with you, don't look at us nominally not paying taxes, but in fact, the expenses are a lot!" From the small officials, to the governor's department, and even in the palace, the profits are divided layer by layer, and all we can eat is a small head. ”

"That's right!" The last Xu Zhongliang also said: "Grandpa Guo, if the commercial tax is increased. The court will collect one tael of silver, and when it comes to us, it may become five taels or ten taels. As soon as this opening is opened, even if the little ones have the ability to reach the sky, they are guaranteed to go bankrupt, and they are not lucky! ”

Zhang Ke did not speak. The others seemed to be encouraged, and complained of bitterness, and the officials of the court were brought from top to bottom. Scolded over and over again!

In the hierarchical society ruled by the Ming Dynasty, there are many costs that you can't imagine. For example, if you make a fortune in business, you need to build bridges and roads in the township, which is called benefiting Sangzi, and you must build a school for your family and subsidize scholars, which is called attaching importance to education. During the New Year's festival and the sacrifice to the ancestral gods, you also have to pay for it. Whenever a local disaster occurs, it is necessary to bleed heavily, otherwise it is for the sake of wealth and unkindness.

In this way, although there seems to be no tax pressure, the cost of exploitation is very amazing. In addition, after getting rich, they generally bought land and hoarded land, and these big families did not have more money to invest in business, let alone enter the era of capital!

Of course, Zhang Ke knows the general trend of the times, and the reason why he spent so much effort in Jiangnan was not because he was greedy for a little money, food, and talents, but because he had a bigger plan.

"Well, you all have a point, but...... It's all, too! Zhang Ke scolded: "You are the beneficiaries of the system, millions of taels of silver flow into your hands every year, although the surname of Jiangshan is Zhu, but you are the emperor of the soil in the south of the Yangtze River, who is not pleasing to the eye, you can get rid of whom, of course - except for Benjue!" ”

The noble side, Ye Yongxin and others were trembling when they were said, and they didn't dare to refute a word.

"Everyone, from this turmoil, you should learn a lesson, the past will not work at all!"

"Dare to ask Grandpa Guo, which set is it?"

"It's the collusion between officials and businessmen, and it's attached to the gentry group! Cultivating and reading heirlooms, collecting wealth at the end, and guarding the family with this is the idea of almost all the Ming gentry. After making money by running a business and industry, you can let your juniors study, and even sponsor other scholars, and once these scholars pass the imperial examination and get the privileges of the imperial court, they will turn around and protect your industry. Then with the support of officials, he let go of the courage to annex land and become a super-large landlord. The order of the development of different families may be different, but in the end, there are two foundations, one brain, the left leg of the business, the right leg of the field, and the top of the high-ranking officials. Almost all of your surnames are protected by people at the ministerial level, Ben Jue is right! ”

Zhang Ke deconstructed the situation of the gentry group clearly in a few words. Everyone present understands it in their hearts, but they can't figure it out, it has been like this for thousands of years, is there anything wrong?

"The core of this system is privilege! The privilege of the doctor! But have you ever thought that the officials will keep shuffling the cards, and if one generation falls, a new generation will come up. With the continuous change of officials, the family will not matter the ups and downs, but no matter how it changes, it is a pot of meat, but it is just constantly redividing, which family have you ever seen that can prosper forever? Besides, power always has a size, just take Benjue as an example! ”

Zhang Ke smiled playfully: "Benjue can cut off all of you now, confiscate all your family property, and guarantee that the people of Jiangnan will send Benjue an umbrella for all people, do you believe it or not?" ”

Letter! Can you not believe it!

In the month of soaring food prices, I don't know how many people have been offended, how many people want to drink their blood and eat their flesh!

"Grandpa Guo, you are so right, every sentence has reached the heart, but for thousands of years, it has been like this, and we have no other way!" Ye Yongxin cried.

"Yes and no!" Zhang Ke smiled slightly: "If it is placed at the beginning of the founding of the country, can you use tens of millions of taels of silver?" ”

Gao Guifang shook his head: "No, there was very little gold and silver at the beginning of the country, and officials had to pick up daylilies if they embezzled sixty taels." In recent decades, there have been more and more Western merchants, who have come with whole ships of gold and silver in exchange for tea and silk, and we have more silver in our hands. ”

"Well, it's not dead yet!"

Being taught like a grandson by a guy who is younger than his son, Gao Guifang really wants to cry without tears, and he doesn't know whether to be happy or angry.

Zhang Ke ignored him, but sighed: "Today's era is indeed different, the Westerners opened the Age of Discovery, they connected the world as one, commerce and trade were unprecedentedly prosperous, and hundreds of millions of gold and silver flowed in. As merchants, you have an unprecedented amount of wealth in your hands, and you are able to do whatever you want. But at the same time, your political status is low, and you have to hope for the protection of bureaucrats and doctors, and you have a net worth of tens of millions, relying on others to promote honor and disgrace, will it be safe? ”

Everyone present was extremely smart, and they gradually tasted the unusual meaning from Zhang Ke's words.

The economic giant, the political zhì dwarf, is a true portrayal.

Just imagine, if Zhang Ke does not fight economic warfare, but directly raids his house and destroys the door, although he may not be able to wipe everyone out, but who has the capital to fight!

Thinking of this, the big guy didn't seem to resent Zhang Ke so much.

"Your current situation is like that of a seven or eight-year-old child, who has no ability to protect himself, but has a sharp blade in his hand that is enough to kill, and it is strange if there is no problem!"

Ye Yongxin shuddered violently, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Grandpa Guo, what you said is all good words, and the villain has benefited a lot." I think you must have a solution, I'll hear from you. ”

"Yes, yes, Grandpa Guo, we are all convinced, you can give us a grace!"

"The food crisis is halfway through, and we don't know how to stop it, it's hard to ride a tiger."

……

"It's very simple, it's still two words: pay taxes!" Zhang Ke was like a bad uncle who was holding a lollipop and seducing children, and said with a smile: "As long as you pay taxes, the officials' salaries are yours, and the army's food and salary are yours. It's much better and more stable than you are counting on one or two officials. ”

"This ...... Grandpa Guo, what you said makes sense, but what if the officials don't follow the rules and don't do anything after taking the money? ”

"Then you have to find a rule-abiding official to help you build and run the system, and that's it, you decide." After Zhang Ke finished speaking, he stood with his hands in his hands and looked up at the sun that was about to fall.

A dazzling red glow, half of the sky stained with blood!

More than a dozen representatives of large households exchanged glances with each other. The situation couldn't be clearer, Zhang Ke was right, if they were as attached to power as before, their spokesperson would have fallen. There is such a big mistake again, and for them, it is a dead end.

can only count on Zhang Ke, if he can really establish the order he said.

Just by paying taxes normally, you can be protected, which is definitely a good thing that you can't ask for.

Everyone nodded, knelt down together, kowtowed solemnly, and asked Grandpa Guo to accept our knees, no, it was loyalty!

"Hehe, get up!" Zhang Ke smiled brighter than the sunset, and finally subdued these cunning and bold guys, and the big action just began!

"Once we were rivals, now we are allies! Benjue is happy! Zhang Ke waved his hand and said with a smile: "Come on, prepare a banquet." When I invited you to a banquet in the Tianfei Palace, you were reluctant to come, but now you don't want to get drunk and don't return! ”

Gao Guifang and the others were so embarrassed that their faces were flushed, they understood what it meant to be holding and not leaving.

"Grandpa Guo, from now on, your words are holy decrees, and the villains will obey them absolutely!" (To be continued......)