Chapter 353: The Tree Falls and Scatters
Domineering, undoubtedly dealing with disobedient.
The royal road is to share the greater good with everyone!
In the impression of the salt merchants, Gu Zhenhua was just a victorious and domineering general with cruel methods, not only to treat the Tartars, but even the gentry who were not offended by the emperors in the past, he also killed them correctly.
But this stereotype was quickly broken by Gu Zhenhua.
After meeting with these salt merchants, Gu Zhenhua began to talk about business experience, which made these people have a ridiculous and unscrupulous urge to fall through their glasses!
"You have been in business for many years, and you are all experts in it. However, in the eyes of this king, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty are very sad. That is, you must cling to the officials and feed their greedy appetites with a huge amount of silver. I am sure you have all seen those Western merchants, who came from afar to admire the customs of the Celestial Empire. But when you think about it, their merchants can overcome obstacles and cross the ocean, which shows that their power is not to be underestimated, and even the merchants who want to pass the Celestial Empire, don't you feel sad? β
Most of the businessmen that Gu Zhenhua asked Wang Shouzhong to pull over are entrepreneurs of the second generation, such as the Ji family, which has been passed down for generations, and has long been integrated with the bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty, don't expect them to have any impulse to reform, only these latecomers, but also have enthusiasm and enthusiasm, which can be used.
Sure enough, hearing Gu Zhenhua's words, a young businessman stood up.
Wang Shouzhong said with a smile: "Lord Wang, this is called Lin Haitian, who has taken over the family's industry for less than ten years, but he has a good management, not only a salt farm. There are also a thousand looms, dozens of fleets, and amazing skills! β
Gu Zhenhua smiled slightly: "Mr. Lin." Just say whatever you want! β
"Yes, my lord, the villain has dealt with Western merchants, and most of them are not merchants, but a group of pirates and water thieves. But the villain also heard that they were trying their best to support them in China, and even sent out the navy. Help them open up trade routes, send officials to emigrate, and run business bases. For example, in Guangdong. They did everything possible to occupy Macau. In addition, the villain also heard that they were hungry and the king even encouraged them to rob, and as long as they grabbed the money, the king of Yi also conferred knighthoods on them......"
Listen to his introduction. The businessmen present all looked at each other. A look of horror and inexplicability. However, Gu Zhenhua is very calm, he is very clear about the beating nature of Western countries. In the era of the Great Voyage, supporting pirates was nothing, they did a lot of things like cutting off their children and grandchildren, and having children without assholes.
Of course, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty couldn't accept it, and Wang Shouzhong shook his head and said: "It's really a barbarian people, and there is no faith." Even the king is like this, what is the difference with a den of bandits! β
The others shook their heads and sighed. They all scolded.
Gu Zhenhua suddenly smiled and said, "Everyone, do you want someone to support you so much?" β
"Ahh
In a word, like a thunderbolt, it made the people present scorched on the outside and tender on the inside.
After all, Lin Haitian was young and reacted the fastest, and his eyes were straight. He asked in horror: "Lord Wang, you, are you going to help us like this?" β
"Hahaha, what the Yi people can do, why can't this king do it? Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, that is for his own people, and this king will never be soft on outsiders. To tell you the truth, Ann** has leased one-third of Ryukyu Island to serve as an overseas base, just for you! β
Lin Haitian was completely moved, his eyes were red, and he said loudly: "Lord Wang, do you really want to support overseas trade?" β
"Of course, if you don't make money, that's a bastard!" Gu Zhenhua said with a smile: "Not only to support your trade, but also to protect your interests, have you heard of the Senior Administration?" β
Fei Honglin hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, the villain heard from his friends in Henan that businessmen and elites from all over Henan can run for senior ministers, and once they enter the senior government, they can make suggestions to the imperial court, and there are officials who extort money, and they can also report to the upper peak, which also makes the villain envious!" β
"Hahaha, the Information Administration Yuan will be held in the future, and the next step will be to separate the judiciary from officials at all levels. You businessmen can organize chambers of commerce, you can rely on the Information Administration, once the officials infringe on your interests, you can appeal to the court, everything is decided according to the law, who is right and wrong, there is no ambiguity! β
Fei Honglin trembled with excitement, laughed and said: "Lord Wang, you are doing this, this is to put an end to exploitation, we can be regarded as blessed!" β
"Not only to put an end to exploitation, but also to put an end to tax evasion, you dare to play tricks, you must also act in accordance with the laws and regulations, what should be closed, what should be killed."
"That's it!" Lin Haitian gritted his teeth and said: "Lord Wang, the most important thing for us businessmen is to settle accounts with our brothers, in the past, the imperial court mixed everything together, and we had no choice, it was not appropriate to send more or less, if we could really put everything on the table and do it according to the rules." The villain said a crazy thing, give me another ten years, and the villain's fleet will be able to sail to the Western Ocean! β
"Good!" Gu Zhenhua laughed and said: "There is courage, a businessman like Mr. Lin, this king is fully supportive." What do you think of this method for the innovation of the salt industry with the unlimited benefits of the ocean? β
"Lord Wangming!" Even if these businessmen were unwilling, they were attracted by the picture depicted by Gu Zhenhua, and they all looked forward to the beautiful days when the businessmen turned over and sang.
Pulling one faction to fight another faction is the best way to envelop these hot-blooded businessmen. Gu Zhenhua's next step was to show the butcher knife.
Chen Qianfu personally led the troops and raided more than 30 big salt merchants in a row, and the people who were confiscated were mainly divided into three categories, one was the wealthy businessmen of the Ji family, which were intertwined and had evolved into a cancer, and they could not be removed. The second category is the guy who usually has a bad reputation and bad deeds. Then there is the one who rejected Gu Zhenhua's olive branch and clinged to his nest, and Gu Zhenhua was also unceremonious to these elm heads.
After copying so many houses in one go, Chen Qianfu specially brought from Henan did not have enough account owners, and he was so busy that he was in the dark, and he was constantly settling accounts.
Chen Qianfu hurried for three days before he found Gu Zhenhua with a pair of red eyes.
"Mr. Chen, how's the cleanup?"
"Lord Wang, these days my ears are full of the sound of abacus, I have just calculated about one-tenth, and the total property is six million taels of silver. If you count them all, there are at least sixty or seventy million taels. The wealth of the salt merchant is truly breathtaking! β
Gu Zhenhua smiled slightly: "I expected it, otherwise how could they have such a big power and let the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty speak for them!" β
Gu Zhenhua pointed to the side with his hand, raised a stack of folds, and said with a smile: "It was all sent by Father-in-law Dai!" β
"Ah, there are so many people who impeach the prince?"
"It's also one-tenth, and the big boss is still in the capital!" Gu Zhenhua said with a smile: "Lord Chen, you didn't find any evidence of a fatal move, otherwise it would be uncomfortable to be scolded like this!" β
Chen Qianfu smiled slightly: "Lord Wang, salt merchants have done a lot of illegal things, bribing officials, bullying the good, evading taxes, and taking advantage of the law. Their family is even more of a bad debt, there are all kinds of messy things, picking up ashes, and raising little uncles. Child prostitution is addicted, prostitution is commonplace......"
"Stop." Gu Zhenhua hurriedly waved his hand: "Lord Chen, I just sealed the throne, isn't it too tasteless to make a fuss about these things?" β
Chen Qianfu laughed: "Lord Wang, how about you take a look at this?" β
Gu Zhenhua took a letter from Chen Qianfu's hand, unfolded it, and immediately a smile appeared on his face, "This crime is good, they will definitely not be able to escape!" β
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"Ladies and gentlemen, there is only one way to go, and that is to break the net! Gu Zhenhua wants to raid the house and destroy the door, no one is noodle, let's stop the salt market, there is no salt to eat, those mud legs are guaranteed to make trouble, and Gu Zhenhua will have a lively look at it at that time! β
There were also people next to him who sighed, and said with a sad face: "Brother Ji, I'm afraid now that the net is not broken, the fish dies first, Gu Zhenhua has always been you cross, and he is even more horizontal!" If he takes the army with him and chops off our heads, there will be nothing left! β
"Hmph, coward, fighting a war with 10,000 people is not Gu Zhenhua's opponent, but when it comes to business, what do they know about a group of martial artists! Even if there are two white-eyed wolves, Wang Shouzhong and Fei Honglin, can they still turn the sky upside down! Don't forget that we have so many shops in our hands, and there are them in every county, how many days will it take for them to do the same? See who can afford to wait? β
Just when Ji Xueru was shouting, he suddenly heard a commotion outside.
They hurriedly looked out the window, only to see countless Dongchang fans jumping down from the wall, each holding a knife and gun, just now someone stepped on a piece of tile!
"Ahh
Frightened, these salt merchants looked at each other, and their souls were scattered.
Before they could tell, the people from the East Factory poured in and arrested them one by one.
This arrest was Dai Ying's personal tie, he glanced at Ji Xueru, and sneered: "You are quite capable, the criminals appointed by the emperor can escape, no wonder you don't look at the Ming Dynasty in your eyes!" β
"Father-in-law, father-in-law, you can spare the villain, give the little one a way to live, and the little one is willing to be loyal to the father-in-law!"
"It's useless to be loyal to our family, our family is all for the master, long live the master, who you should be loyal to, you know yourself."
Ji Xueru looked at Dongchang Fanzi who was like a wolf and a tiger, and he was completely scared.
"The little one, the little one listens to the King of the Mountains, and the little one must help him do things!"
"Hmph, it's late!" Dai Ying sneered and said: "Aren't you going to raise the price of salt, create panic, don't you want to do it against the King of Zhongshan, let's sue you, that's a dream!" β
As soon as Dai Ying waved her hand, someone dragged these fish that slipped through the net and escorted them to Dongchang to be imprisoned, so as not to escape again.
In fact, Ji Xueru and their calculations were good, and sure enough, after moving the salt merchants, the price of salt in various places skyrocketed, and there was no market for it, and the people were panicked all day long.
However, in troubled times, Gu Zhenhua immediately announced the division of the salt field and the public bidding, no matter who it is, as long as he can come up with 500,000 taels of silver, he can get a salt field with an annual output of 100,000 tons of salt. It is also possible to buy the shop pΓΉ of the arrested salt merchant very well.
After the news was announced, the merchants in the southeast were shocked in an instant, and a group of sharks smelling fishy all rushed to Yangzhou! (To be continued......)
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