Of course, Li Chenan did not return to Kyoto.

A group of seven of them were walking on the official road to Zhouzhuang.

He still rode the same horse with Xiao Baozi, and there was still one free, which of course surprised Su Ergongzi and Steward Liu.

But you can't ask about that kind of thing.

In Steward Liu's view, this is the relationship between the husband and wife.

I walked together for two days.

Every time he rested, Steward Liu would arrange the food and lodging of Li Chen'an's five people, and of course, he would inevitably talk to Li Chen'an more.

For Jiangnan officialdom, it is obvious that this Steward Liu knows a lot.

Compared with the information in the Imperial City Division, what he said to Li Chenan was nothing.

Li Chenan knows many things.

However, he still listened very carefully, and he deserved to corroborate the information.

In Steward Liu's view, this is the curiosity of this young man who has just come out of the hidden door about officialdom.

So he also has the right to say casually-

After all, people in the rivers and lakes walk in the rivers and lakes, and they don't pay attention to those officials in the temple.

Nor can it be ignored.

Because the relationship between those officials in the officialdom is too complicated, and you don't know who the big tree behind them is.

There was once a chivalrous man in the rivers and lakes, and a guy slaughtered a corrupt official in Hui County and the whole family, what was the result?

As a result, he was wanted by the entire Jiangnan government, and a reward of 10,000 taels of silver was offered, and he was finally sold by the people in the rivers and lakes.

It is said that the knight was stabbed a thousand times alive, and finally his body was hung on the city wall to be dried!

This is the meaning of killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys.

It is also a warning to people in the rivers and lakes to abide by the rules!

"The so-called rules of the rivers and lakes are that officials cannot be killed, even if it is a huge greed known to the world, if you want to move, the court will send someone to move."

Steward Liu shook his head, poured a glass of wine for Li Chen'an, and said with a smile: "This is to ask your own son to fight by himself, if others beat him...... That's disrespectful! ”

"Even if they flee to the ends of the earth, they will be punished!"

"So walking the rivers and lakes, you must not provoke those officials...... It is okay to take refuge in them, and it is okay to do what they are told, but you can't do anything wrong, because the authority of the officials is not to be offended! ”

Li Chenan grinned: "If you want to put it this way, the officials of our Ningguo country have such a tough spirit, and they should not be bullied by other countries." ”

"Childe's thinking is still too simple."

"Externally...... In fact, the Ning people are still extremely tough in their bones, otherwise the Western Regions Alliance would have destroyed the country a hundred years ago. ”

"It's just the officials in the temple today......"

Steward Liu laughed at himself, "Let's drink and don't talk about those things." ”

Li Chen'an and Steward Liu drank a cup of each other, and suddenly asked: "Now that there are people in our Ningguo Temple, those henchmen of Ji Tai have been eradicated, and I think it will get better after coming and going." ”

Steward Liu pondered for a moment, "Don't hide it from the son, the old man and the second son originally wanted to go to Kyoto, hoping to meet the regent." ”

"Oh, what are you looking for him?"

"Hey......"

Steward Liu sighed: "I shouldn't have said this to Gongzi, but when I walked with Gongzi in the past two days, I felt that Gongzi was a frank person, and he had the right to chat, and Gongzi heard it." ”

"That's the case, our Su family, in the land south of the Yangtze River, can be regarded as law-abiding businessmen...... After all, the Su family's family style is very strict, even if there have been many talents in the family, and some of them are officials in the court, but the Su family has never bullied the market just because there are people in the court. ”

"The Su family still adheres to a fair and reasonable business, and uses the money earned to provide the children of the Su family to do learning."

"It's been that way for hundreds of years."

"But since the Shang clan came to Pingjiang City...... The prime minister of Shang a hundred years ago was the one who saved the dying Ning Kingdom, and of course his contribution is indispensable! ”

"As a century-old family in Pingjiang City, the Su family welcomed the arrival of the Shang family very much, and even helped the Shang family a lot at the beginning...... For example, they were taught how to do business, how to start a textile workshop, and even how to cooperate with farmers to grow mulberry and silkworms. ”

"In the eyes of the patriarch of the Su clan at that time, Ning Guo could survive, the Su family could still do business and earn money in the land south of the Yangtze River, and the children of the Su family could still study and study with peace of mind, which was almost all the kindness of the prime minister of Shang."

"Then for the descendants of Prime Minister Shang, of course, we have to help."

"This help is a big mistake!"

"The Su clan never expected the rapidly rising Shang clan, but raised the butcher knife to the Su clan!"

"When Ji Tai became the prime minister, the Daotai of Jiangnan Province was replaced by the current Yu Wanzhi...... The original Daotai fell and was slaughtered by bandits on the way to Beijing! ”

"The first thing Yu Wanzhi did after taking office was to convene the entire Jiangnan businessmen and hold a so-called Jiangnan market rectification ......"

"Jiangnan is rich in silk, and there are many silk workshops, among which Su's silk workshops are the largest and largest."

It took hundreds of years for the Su clan to establish, but at that conference, Yu Wanzhi took all the silk workshops under the umbrella of Jiangnan Weaving...... Now the weaver Cao Fa in Jiangnan Weaving is Yu Wanzhi's cronies. ”

"After all, the people can't fight with the officials."

"The head of the family handed over all the huge family property to Jiangnan Weaving, and it was originally said that Jiangnan Weaving would share the silk share of Su's thirty percent...... Of course, this is much less than the output of his own workshop in the past, but the owner of the family can still make a profit, and the matter is stopped. ”

But two years later, that is, almost the sixth year of Zhaohua, Jiangnan Weaving's share of silk to the Su family dropped to 20...... In another two years, there is only one percent left! ”

"Those who share the profits are all in the hands of the Shang family."

"Then the head of the family heard from the mouth of his old friend that all this was the idea that the Shang family gave Yu Wanzhi, and the Shang family had been peeking at the Su family's business for a long time!"

Li Chen'an frowned, and interjected and asked: "I heard that the Shang clan mainly relies on luck to make money. ”

Steward Liu didn't realize the suddenness of Li Chen'an's words.

"Cao Yun is a matter of the last ten years."

"After the Emperor of our Ning Kingdom ran to the Dao, Ji Tai ...... It's not that he is dead and then speaks ill of him, many businessmen in Jiangnan have complained about him for a long time, but they dare not speak out! ”

"Ji Tai, where does he know how to govern the country!"

"He just knows how to play with power!"

He had no idea how important business was to a country, and all he wanted was to consolidate his power and use it to make more money! Use the money you have fished to feed the dogs he raises! ”

"As for the life and death of the merchants, the lives and deaths of the people ......"

Steward Liu drank a glass alone and smashed his mouth, "Who cares about Ji Tai and the corrupt officials he promoted?" ”

"It's not that Ji Tai has finally fallen, and the policies that the regent has issued now, especially the emphasis on boosting industry and commerce, are absolutely correct."

"It's just that this wind doesn't seem to blow out of Yujing City...... At least the land south of the Yangtze River is no different from the past. ”

"The old man and the second prince intend to go to Beijing to meet the regent, what they think is, I'm afraid the regent doesn't know the situation in Jiangnan or the whole country."

"If the regent is really that enlightened, we should complain to him about the maladministration of Jiangnan, which is also the maladministration of the whole country!"

"Otherwise, all that the Lord Regent did...... The decree does not come out of Yujing City, but it is just a change of soup and not of medicine. ”

Steward Liu shook his head and sighed, and said:

"The Su family...... Don't hide it from the son, the Su family has now sold his property to make a living. ”

"But those corrupt officials, as well as the Shang family, have made a lot of ill-gotten gains, they have not been punished, and they are still happy ......"

"It's not fair!"

Li Chenan nodded, "Well, that's not fair!" ”

"Come on, come on, let's have this drink...... This day, after all, will be bright. ”

As soon as Li Chen'an's words fell, a bird entered through the window and landed on Xiao Baozi's shoulder.