"Puff puff!"

There was a knock on the door.

The courtyard door opened, and the house slave saw that there was an official outside, so he hurriedly asked, "What's the matter with the master?" ”

"To your master!"

The official messenger handed out a notice and said: "In the counties around Guangzhou, every big family must be obedient. The general town is afraid that the notice will be posted in the Lu Pavilion, and you will be blind and unable to see, so let it be delivered to the home of the big family in person. Hurry up and catch it, I'm going to the next one. ”

The house slave took the notice, but the official did not leave.

The house slave had no choice but to go back with the notice, and soon there was a more advanced house slave. The senior house slave took out a handful of copper coins and said with a smile: "The poor master took it to eat tea." ”

"Well said!"

The official took the copper coin, put it in his arms with a smile, and left the house immediately.

Guangdong's expansion was too fast, and only in northern and western Guangdong, officials, missionaries, and peasant associations were stationed. Moreover, the situation in those places is too complicated, and many things have to be done slowly.

As for the Guangzhou Mansion, Zhao Han has already transferred manpower and is coming one after another, and the Guangzhou officials are temporarily using locals.

The senior domestic slave went in with a notice: "Master, that Zhao Tianwang has an order to hand over all the firearms privately owned by the people to the yamen, and no firearms will be allowed to be made privately in the future." ”

"He said he would hand it in?"

Xie Shijun sneered: "There are many big families in Guangzhou Mansion, is it possible that he is still searching one by one?" ”

"That's right." The senior house slave laughed.

After a while, the house slave came in and reported: "Master, Master Deng invites you to drink tea." ”

"Prepare the car!"

In fact, it was in Foshan Town, not far away, but Xie Shijun still went in a sedan chair, and hundreds of people followed.

Sitting together today are all businessmen in the iron-smelting industry.

In the past, the largest iron-smelting family in Foshan was called the "Xixiang Li family", that is, the family where the household department Shangshu Li Zhiwen was located.

The rapid expansion of the Li family first stemmed from official orders.

Because since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial pot of the internal official supervisor, the military pot of the Ministry of War, and the official pot of the Ministry of Industry have been purchased in Foshan Town for a long time. Foshan pot is even exported to Mongolia, bumpy on horseback without damage, and is deeply loved by grassland herdsmen.

Foshan pot first went north by waterway, then went to Jiangxi along the Meiling Ancient Road, entered the Yangtze River through the Ganjiang River, and was transported to Beijing.

After Li became a big official, the imperial court only bought pots from the Li family. If other businessmen want to sell pots, they must also go through the Li family, and the Li family will naturally prosper.

Now, the Li family has been killed by joining forces, and the property under his name has been divided up by other businessmen.

Even the goods of the Guangzhou City Bosi were divided among these merchants, because Fei Ruhe was still far away in Huizhou at that time.

"Zhao Tianwang's notice, everyone has seen it, right?" Deng Yunqiu asked.

Deng Yunzhan, the director of the Guangzhou City Bo Division appointed by Zhao Han, is this Deng Yunqiu's clan. It's just that the two sides should have been estranged a long time ago, and it was Deng Yunzhan of the Deng clan who proposed to ban the private possession of firearms.

Huang Zhaoxiu said: "The arm can't twist the thigh, so do it." ”

Although the arms business comes in quickly, the number of orders is also small. If other businesses are delayed because of the illegal manufacture of arms, the gains outweigh the losses. Many businessmen who did not make firearms, or rarely made firearms, were very willing to carry out Zhao Han's orders.

Foshan businessmen can also be internally divided.

"No," Xie Shijun immediately objected, "It's not a question of money, nor is it a matter of firearms. It's that we worked hard to win the city, how can it be considered meritorious, right? This Zhao Tianwang first killed people in front of us, and now he wants to confiscate firearms, but he has not mentioned how to do business in the future. What does he want to do? I think I want to cross the river and tear down the bridge! ”

Feng Yangdong reminded: "I heard from a businessman from Jiangxi that this person has a good face and likes to talk about rules. Whoever obeys his rules, he is easy to speak. Whoever does not follow his rules will be arrested, and at worst they will be exterminated by their families and at worst they will be distributed to mines. ”

"He's making rules!"

Xie Shijun slapped the table: "In the future, what should we do in this business on land and sea, set the rules as soon as possible." What are the plans for the delay? ”

Feng Yangdong said: "The confiscation of firearms and the prohibition of private manufacturing are making rules. ”

Deng Yunqiu's heart moved, and he suddenly came to his senses.

Yes, that's the rules.

And it depends on who follows the rules and who doesn't. Punish the unruly people severely, Zhao Tianwang's real intention is probably to lure the snake out of the hole, and then kill the chicken and make an example of the monkey!

Deng Yunqiu wanted to understand this, but he didn't say it.

Because Zhao Han is definitely going to kill a family, and if he doesn't kill a family, he can't stand up. That being the case, then wait for the fool to hit the knife, and the dead friends will not die in the poor way, anyway, the Deng family can quietly hand in the firearms.

Xie Shijun suddenly asked, "...... that Second General Zhao?"

"The surname Fei has been changed back to his real name." Deng Yunqiu reminded.

"Yes, it's that General Fei," Xie Shijun said, "A few days ago at the dock, this person didn't bow down, how unruly was his attitude?" In my opinion, General Fei and Zhao Tianwang must have a disagreement, and they don't even do it in front of everyone. And I heard that this Zhao Tianwang used to be a slave of the Fei family, just like the Lu family was to Liu Bang. Why don't you make more friends with Fei? Zhao Tianwang will definitely not stay in Guangzhou forever, and as soon as he leaves, let's befriend Fei's, won't we have everything? ”

(In the section of the wharf, saying that Fei Ruhe did not kneel was disrespectful to Zhao Han, purely from the perspective of a businessman.) Why do some readers say that the protagonist is hypocritical? Probably, the author did not write clearly. ）

Including Deng Yunqiu, everyone suddenly became enlightened.

That's right, you can make friends with Fei, and then how to play and how to play.

Just like what they did before, they superficially submitted to the court, co-opted and bribed the magistrates, and then disobeyed the yang and the yin, and flourished.

Why fight?

Only fools will fight against the government, and their consistent practice is to corrupt the government!

Xie Shijun said with a smile: "Last month, I gave General Fei five hundred taels of silver, and General Fei accepted all of them. ”

"I sent three hundred taels."

"I also gave a hundred taels to General Liu that he accepted."

“……”

Everyone reported the bribe figures, and immediately laughed, and their hearts instantly had a bottom.

So they discussed a countermeasure-

During this time, Zhao Han said what to do, and they all fully cooperated. As soon as Zhao Han leaves, he will use the power of the Fei family to continue to win over corrupt officials, and at most a year and a half, Guangzhou will be able to return to its old state.

They are too familiar with routines, and they have countless ways to corrupt officials.

Zhao Han's weapon is a knife, and their weapon is silver.

……

"All the firearms were handed in?" Zhao Han asked with a smile.

Fei Ruhe said: "Very positive, never hide privately, they dare not come hard." ”

To deal with these Foshan businessmen, Zhao Han doesn't need to use the knife at all, and there are two ways to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle.

First, there is no iron ore in Foshan, and the card is set up directly in the river, and iron ore is not allowed to be sold to Foshan.

Second, in addition to the iron pot, there are many other iron tools in Foshan, which need to be transported from Jiangxi to the north for sale, and Zhao Han can order that iron tools are not allowed to go north!

These two methods can put Foshan businessmen to death.

As for the bribes, Fei Ruhe handed them over. Not only Fei Ruhe, but also other officers along the way, as well as missionaries in the army, many of them received money.

After Fei Ruhe accepted the first sum of silver, he called the military judge and missionary officer, and said with a smile: "If someone gives the silver, they will accept it, and how much they receive must be recorded, even if the businessman donates money to help him." ”

There must be someone who will be corroded, but it will never be a high-level like Fei Ruhe.

Especially Fei Ruhe, just ask Zhao Han to do some business, and the family will be able to make money, and you can be greedy for a few hundred taels?

Zhao Han sighed and said: "They cooperate like this, but I am a little worried. Especially in the soon-to-be-established city department, I am afraid that people will send money every day, and I don't know how many officials can withstand it. ”

Deng Yunzhan suddenly interjected: "This must be strictly investigated, more than 200 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, businessmen have been bribing officials with silver. Come and buy one another, ninety percent of officials can hardly resist the temptation. The remaining incorruptible and selfless ones either pretended to be deaf and dumb and confused officials, or they were transferred by them to buy officials and enforce the law impartially. ”

"Call a few of them."

The person who was called was an official who had just arrived.

Fang Shengchang, the prefect of Guangzhou, raised troops and took the land of the two counties to Zhao Han.

Guo Shunyu, the governor of Guangdong City, was the son of the gentry who took refuge in the Three Counties period. Before that, he served as a transshipment envoy in Jiangxi, responsible for the transportation of money and grain throughout Jiangxi.

Zou Guangdi, director of the Guangdong branch of the Department of Integrity and Integrity, a poor scholar in Anfu County, has been Xiao Huan's deputy before.

Tu Tingying, the magistrate of Nanhai County, was born and tied up with the chief soldier Yang Jiamo to defect to Zhao Han.

Fei Yu of Panyu Zhixian County, Fei Yuanjian's scholar.

Gan Dashou, the magistrate of Xiangshan County, was born as a man and tied up the chief soldier Yang Jiamo to take refuge in Zhao Han.

"Meet the Town!"

Six of them came together to meet them.

Zhao Han said: "You have also been in Guangzhou for three days, have the various official documents and files been sorted out?" ”

"It's a mess." Fang Shengchang replied.

Xiangshan County governed Zhuhai, Zhongshan, and Macao in later generations, and Gan Dashou did not go directly to the post, but cleaned up the Guangdong archives in Guangzhou together.

Zhao Han asked again: "How about the tariffs of Guangdong City?" ”

Guo Shunyu replied: "There are four major barriers in Guangdong. one in Nanxiong, with a tax amount of 43,000 taels; second, in Chaozhou, the tax amount is 58,000 taels; three in Zhaoqing, the tax amount is 41,000 taels; The fourth is the city shipping department, 40,000 taels per year, and it is often impossible to collect the full amount. ”

Nanxiong's banknote customs, tax collection business route for "Guangdong-Jiangxi".

Zhaoqing's banknote customs, tax trade route for "Guangdong-Guangxi".

Chaozhou's banknote customs, tax collection business route for "Guangdong-Fujian".

All three of them belong to inland river customs, and the tariffs levied are higher than the customs tariffs of the city!

What's even more nonsense is that the amount of customs tariff is so low that it cannot be collected in full every year.

Zhao Han sneered: "Give them a surrender, how did the Guangzhou businessmen win over and corrupt officials." ”

Deng Yunzhan arched his hand to the six people and said: "Every time a big man goes to work, the businessman will inevitably have a banquet." If the adults do not attend the banquet, they will inquire about their preferences. For those who like to chant poetry, businessmen will pay for local celebrities to hold literary meetings. For those who like the beauty of the wind and the moon, the businessman will recruit famous prostitutes, and even send beautiful women as concubines...... If the big man doesn't get in the oil and salt, the merchant will start with the entourage of the big man and the family of the big man. Four words, pervasive! ”

"Did you hear that?" Zhao Han asked.

Zou Guangdi straightened his waist: "The Department of Integrity will never be soft!" ”

"I believe in the Department of Integrity." Zhao Han said with a smile.

Officials of the Department of Integrity are promoted very quickly, and at this stage, they do not need to boil their qualifications, and they can accumulate political achievements by catching corrupt people.

Guo Shunyu reminded: "Beware of local officials. ”

With cross-provincial expansion, it is impossible to appoint all the officials from Jiangxi. Otherwise, it would be impossible to work in Guangdong, or even communicate with the locals, and Mandarin would not be widely spoken in those years.

Zhao Han instructed: "Local officials, how they used to be, they are not to blame in the past. In the future, once corruption and bribery are discovered, their old accounts will also be turned over and dealt with! ”

"Yes!" Zou Guangdi hugged his fists.

"Report !!"

"The general town, Zheng Zhilong, a guerrilla in coastal defense in Fujian, has arrived in Guangzhou with a fleet!"