The suppression of merchants by successive dynasties was not just because of the division of the status of Shinong industry and commerce.

When a person is rich, he often thinks about getting his hands on power.

Wasn't that the case with salt merchants?

These wealthy businessmen are like weeds, and after cutting one stubble, another stubble will soon grow, and they will never be able to cut it, and they can't suppress their thirst for power.

Jia Cong will not deliberately and infinitely suppress commercial development, but he will never allow businessmen to seize the power of the dynasty.

Because when the merchants seized the power of the imperial court, Daxia would be firmly controlled by capital, and then all walks of life would be monopolized by capital.

At that time, the land on which the people depend for their survival will be taken away piece by piece, food, medicine, education, ...... Everything will be controlled by capital.

A few generations later, Great Xia is no longer the Great Xia of the common people, but has become their chessboard, their blood bag, allowing them to fight on it, and letting them lie on the bodies of the common people to suck blood.

The ancestors may not know what capitalist politics is, but they can be very alert to the horror of the merchant when he takes power.

"The dynasty can encourage commerce, but it must not allow them to seize the power of the imperial court. Otherwise, they would even be able to sell the Forbidden City for silver! ”

Not to mention the Forbidden City, if the enemy country can afford it, they will even dare to sell it to the emperor!

Maritime trade is indeed an opportunity to promote the great economic development of the DPRK, but it has also created a number of new business tycoons.

When the official ship was heading south, Jia Cong began to investigate the industry and commerce of the state capitals along the canal.

I don't know if I don't check this, but it really scared him a lot.

The north of the Huai River is quite good, perhaps because of the geographical location and climate, the prosperity of industry and commerce in the state capitals north of the Huai River mainly depends on small workshops and small shops.

When the official ship arrived at Huai'an Mansion, Jia Cong found that the prosperous state capital, which was previously backed by the salt government, had now formed a group of wealthy families whose wealth was comparable to that of the state and county government treasury.

In the past, salt merchants spent a lot of money for Oiran was nothing, and the new business aristocrats were already competing to see whose ship was bigger and who had more gold and silver women to grab overseas......

Boom!

Jia Cong swept all the dishes on the table, furious.

The official ship stopped in Huai'an Mansion for three days, and the soldiers also collected all kinds of news in the city for three whole days.

The largest silk merchant in Huai'an Province, the Liao family in the early years, the head of the family had an ambiguous relationship with the English people, and exchanged the artillery equipped on the ship for the title given by the English royal family.

"Come on, take Ben Hou's order, go to the Caoyun Governor's Mansion to transfer troops, Ben Hou will kill today, let these people have a long memory!"

I don't care if you burn, kill and loot overseas, and I won't be angry when you make money.

But you must not collaborate with the enemy to commit treason and sell artillery to the enemy!

Although the artillery on the merchant ships was not as good as the equipment of the officers and sailors, it was enough to overwhelm the Xiyi.

The Liao family actually used the reason of accidentally destroying and losing it, and used silver to buy off the people of the city and deceived the imperial court......

Jia Cong asked Daiyu to continue south on the official boat, but he secretly went ashore and quietly entered Huai'an City.

……

The profits of sea trade are huge, far more than the original salt administration.

Huai'an Mansion is a transportation artery, the junction of waterways, land routes, and sea routes, not to mention the prosperity of commerce.

The Liao family was originally a small family that relied on salt politics, but when the imperial court opened the sea, they took the first step, pressed all the family industry on the silk to go to sea, and followed the first fleet of the imperial court to the Western Ocean.

The head of his family, Liao Wanyi, is a very shrewd person and bold enough.

After going to sea for the first time and earning several times the silver, he was not satisfied with a small fortune, but once again broke the family and gathered wealth, and invested the wealth of the entire family in building a fleet.

While everyone else was waiting to see the jokes of the Liao family, he had already purchased three sea-going ships from the Jiangnan Shipyard and equipped them with the castrated version of the artillery of the Ministry of Industry, and began the road of "trade" at sea.

I have to say that this person is ruthless enough, and his vision is poisonous enough.

He was not simply a trader, but became his cornucopia.

Burning, killing and looting were the norm, and in the name of maritime trade, he robbed many indigenous tribes overseas.

The vast and boundless ocean covered up his crimes, and in just a few years, the Liao family became a wealthy family in the south.

The most terrifying thing is that Liao Wanyi's ambition is getting bigger and bigger, he is no longer satisfied with being an outsider, but wants to be an outsider, and wants to be an official of the country.

"Damn, who does this Li Xu think he is? A small Huai'an Mansion knows that he dares to say that he is not ashamed to ask me to give up the land by the Huaishui River! ”

Liao Wanyi was just sent to the government office today by Li Xu, the same governor of Huai'an Prefecture, saying that the government was going to renovate the Huaihe River waterway and planned to buy back the Liao family's 200 acres of land by the river at a flat price.

The key is that the Liao family's land by the Huai River is not only 200 acres on the surface, but his family has cultivated more than 300 acres of new land in the sediment accumulation brought by the river erosion.

It was the most fertile land, whether it was growing grain or mulberry hemp, it was a first-class upper field.

However, the government issued an order to recover the coastal land, saying that it was to plant trees to fix sand and build some cement embankment.

Isn't that killing him?

Thinking that he Liao Wanyi now has a family fortune of millions of yuan, he was reprimanded by a small Wupin Tongzhi in front of so many people, forcing him to sign the deed, Liao Wanyi was furious.

Still have no power in your hands!

If the merchants of Great Xia could have the status of Western wealthy merchants in their country, what was Li Xu? Maybe he can also buy a Hou Ye to be a minister, but it is not impossible to be a cabinet minister......

He pulled out a small silver badge from the hidden compartment of the bookshelf, with a lion engraved on it.

That's what he got in exchange for two cannons, the viscount of the Kingdom of England.

"It's a pity, why isn't it from the Celestial Empire? No, you can't just swallow this breath......"

Liao Wanyi is a very cunning person, although he is angry, he is still rational and does not directly go to Li Xu for trouble.

The viscount of England is not as good as an unpopular official of the dynasty.

"Someone is here to prepare the car, bring the box of jewels, and go to Jinling City with me!"

……

When Jia Cong appeared in the Huai'an Mansion again, he startled Li Xu, a fellow acquaintance who temporarily presided over the government affairs of the Mansion.

Four days ago, the official ship docked at Huai'an Wharf, and as the temporary chief, Li Xu personally took the officials of the government to the wharf to welcome Jia Cong and Daiyu, the two nobles, into the city to rest.

At that time, Jia Cong was also very satisfied with Li Xu's work since the beginning of the spring, especially Li Xu's ability to abandon some conventions in officialdom and carefully plan the governance of the Huai River, which Jia Cong greatly appreciated.

For example, Li Xu proposed to expropriate the land on both sides of the Huai River, plant trees to consolidate the sandy soil, use cement to build a dam to prevent the river from washing the soil, and rectify various phenomena that occupy the river......

Of these three things, none of them are actually simple.

Not to mention that he is a five-grade acquaintance, even the political envoy of Nanzhili, he has a headache for those wealthy families on both sides of the river.

Those who can reclaim hundreds of acres or thousands of acres of new fields in the river, which one is not behind the family gate?

The private waterwheels in the river, do you really think that ordinary people can build them?

Li Xu can have the courage to shoot at these big families, no matter what the result is, it is this thought, Jia Cong also feels that this person is worth saving.

That's right, he came to Li Xu on purpose, just to save people.

"Master Hou is saying that someone wants to do something to the lower officials?"

Li Xu can be born as a third-class jinshi, and he has been promoted to six levels in a row for several years, so he is naturally not a fool.

Jia Cong only mentioned what happened to Master Lin in Yangzhou at the beginning, and he guessed the meaning of Jia Cong's words.

Master Lin will already be a Zhongshun doctor of the fourth grade, leading the Jiangnan salt class and Yangzhou to patrol the salt imperial history.

The most important thing is that his wife is still the dignified Ning Rongjia family, but he was still almost ruined by the calculations of those salt merchants.

Now he is a small five-grade acquaintance, but he wants to go to the tiger's mouth to grab food and fight against those wealthy families......

Li Xu first felt that death was so close to him, if it weren't for the fact that Marquis Yongfeng had come back to warn, he would have been carried away by the strong deterrence of the national dynasty in the past few days.

It is true that the power of the imperial court is getting stronger and stronger, but under the interests, this group of ambitious and retributive people will never let go of anyone who has cut off their financial route.

No matter who this person is!

Li Xu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and bowed deeply to Jia Cong.

"Thanks to the reminder of the Hou Ye, it is the lower officials who are less vigilant and guarded, and underestimate their desire for benefits and ruthlessness."

"That's right, in the eyes of these people, they can do anything for the sake of profit."

These people don't know the dangers of taking up the river, but do they care?

As long as they can bring them benefits, even if the Huai River is blocked, they can do it.

Jia Cong sat on the main seat without giving up, waved his hand and said, "Okay, you just know these things in your heart." Today, Benhou has something to do for you......"

"Master Hou, please say, the next official will never give up!"

"You can't talk about ...... who don't die"

Jia Cong's fingers clicked on the table, and Li Xu waited silently.

After a few breaths, the study became even more solemn, and only Jia Cong mentioned a person, a person who Li Xu had just scolded in front of many people today.

"The Liao family, the Liao family who is engaged in sea trade, you go and take someone to copy all the shops and Zhuangzi of his family in Huai'an Mansion!"

Li Xu asked suspiciously, "Liao family? Did Liao Wanyi provoke Master Hou? ”

Jia Cong shook his head, and his tone became more and more cold.

"It's not that he provoked me, it's that he is treasonous. A good Celestial Empire is inappropriate, so he has to be a dog for Xiyi. Then there is no need to exist, Benhou hates the traitor the most! ”

……

Liao Wanyi can make the family bigger, and there can't be no one behind it.

When Jia Cong entered the city and went to the mansion, the Liao family's convoy had just left Huai'an Mansion.

Li Xu became Jia Cong's knife, and began to attack everywhere inside and outside Huai'an Mansion with the people of the government office, seizing all the Liao family's properties, including his family's large and small ships docked at the canal wharf.

And Jia Cong sat firmly in Diaoyutai, waiting for Liao Wanyi and the people behind him to take the initiative to send him to the door.

Sure enough, about seven or eight days or so, Liao Wanyi rushed back to Huai'an City from Jinling Mansion with his men and horses, and with him came Ma Daoyuan, the right political envoy of Nanzhili, and the eunuch Hui'e of Songjiang City.

Ma Daoyuan is from the third grade, and although Hui E is only the inner servant of the seventh grade, he is the eye of the palace sent to the place, and few people dare to underestimate him on weekdays.

As soon as Hui E entered the door, he pulled his sharp voice, and shouted at Li Xu with great dissatisfaction: "I said that Li Tongzhi Li, you are such a great official, the Liao family is a good family who has given the Ministry of Rites a plaque of benevolence and righteousness, what are you doing with this unwarranted seizure of the Liao family?" ”

Jia Cong behind the screen couldn't help but blush, this boomerang was pierced, and the Ministry of Rites gave a plaque of benevolence and righteousness to the businessmen who donated money to help the lonely and elderly, this was still his idea.

After all, it is impossible to give officials with so much money from other people, and rewarding others cannot show the importance that the court attaches to such righteous deeds, so the matter of giving plaques to improve his reputation is proposed.

It's a pity that now it's being pressured by this eunuch......

Li Xu was not afraid, and even faintly revealed a hint of sarcasm.

"How about this official, it's not your turn to be a eunuch barking in front of me."

"What about you? Li Xu, the imperial court has repeatedly ordered you not to suppress commercial development, and now you have no reason to seal up the Liao family, what is your intention? ”

is different from Hui E, Ma Daoyuan is a member of the imperial court, and the official is a first-class crushing person, not to mention that Ma Daoyuan is from the third grade, and he can be regarded as Li Xu's top boss.

After holding the righteousness down, Li Xu really felt that the pressure doubled.

Fortunately, he still has a trick......

Boom~

Li Xu slapped a thick pile of brand-new books on the table, flipped through them for a while, and suddenly read: "One hundred and twenty-nine articles of the Constitution and Criminal Law of Great Xia, anyone who illegally occupies the river and causes the river to be blocked...... Three years in prison...... To the patients of the rivers and rivers, they will be decided, and their family property will be confiscated! ”

"I'm sorry, Ma is involved in politics, this "King James Constitution" has just been implemented, and the lower officials are not very familiar with it......

Li Xu's face was full of respect and apology to Shangguan, but his hand patted and patted on the brand-new law, as if warning Ma Daoyuan that he was also a person to rely on.

And this dependence is the Zai Fu of the national dynasty, and he dares to go back.

"The Liao family occupies more than 400 acres of the Huai River, on which not only the fields have been reclaimed, but also five private waterwheels, resulting in the destruction of the original river embankment as many as more than 10 ......"

The smile on Li Xu's face suddenly dissipated, replaced with a look of indifference, slapped it on the table with a bang, and shouted at Liao Wanyi: "Liao Wanyi, you did a good thing!" If it hadn't been for the fact that the official had discovered the danger in advance, the Huai River embankment would have collapsed during the spring flood in March. ”

"This official has given your family a chance for the sake of donating money for education many times, but it's a pity that ...... Tsk, Ma participates in politics, what benefits did the Liao family give you, so that you disregarded the lives of hundreds of thousands of people on both sides of the Huai River and came to my Huai'an City to speak for his Liao family? ”

"Presumptuous ......"

Ma Daoyuan was about to scold, but he heard an angry shout from behind the screen: "In Benhou's opinion, it is you Ma Daoyuan who is presumptuous!" ”

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That's all for tonight, continue tomorrow, good night!

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