Jinling Wharf.

In the densely populated Jiangnan area, there is no shortage of people.

It is often possible to see merchants coming and going from the south to the north, loading and unloading goods at this Jinling wharf, and recruiting coolies to work hard.

Since ancient times, Jinling has been prosperous, and Jiangnan is even richer.

The imperial court imposed many restrictions on the types of goods and geographical restrictions on the merchants traded.

Small merchants often do not travel such long distances to do business, and most of them are big merchants who form factions to monopolize the bulk of the profits of this trade, and the rest of the residue will end up in the mouths of these small merchants.

Therefore, most of the merchants who can come and go regularly at the Jinling Fu wharf are big businessmen of the business alliance.

For example, the four famous Jin merchants, Hui merchants, Zhejiang merchants and Guangdong merchants.

Jinling Mansion belongs to the base camp of Zhejiang merchants.

Therefore, Zhejiang businessmen are the most active in this region and are also the main force of business.

In the whole world under the jurisdiction of the four seas and eight wildernesses, except that the coastal areas in the east are not allowed to trade with foreigners, and the tiles are not allowed to go to the sea, and the strict maritime ban policy is enforced, there is nothing else.

Jia Yun looked at the prosperity of the Jinling Mansion wharf in front of her, and couldn't help but think about the chaos in the sea and the affairs of those business alliances.

These merchants were extremely bold, and for the sake of high profits, they would not take the decrees of the imperial court into account at all.

The root cause of the maritime turmoil lies in smuggling.

Since the imperial court did not allow transactions with foreigners by sea.

However, after the discovery of the New World, gold and silver production soared.

When foreigners have more silver in their hands to buy silk, porcelain, spices and other valuable things produced by the imperial court, and sell them for a second time to earn the difference in the price of the middlemen, then the private smuggling trade will flourish.

In the past, there was also a land Silk Road opened up by the ancients, leading to the West and trading with Westerners.

Now that there is a war going on on the western sea, trade on land is not feasible.

These merchants were forced to go by sea.

In particular, the implementation of the maritime ban policy has directly turned this underground smuggling road into a golden waterway.

A single trade can make many people rich overnight, and then turn over and become rich.

The crazy profits have made the smuggling crime in the coastal areas continue to rise.

Moreover, these merchants had their own alliances of interests, and bribed the local court officials to collude with them, which turned into an increasingly fierce maritime and border chaos, and even most of the coastal pirates had the economic support of coastal smugglers, so they could come and go like the wind and be chic and free.

Without the support of these coastal merchants, the problem of chaos in the sea and frontier could at least be eliminated a lot.

However, these things are all issues that Jia Yun needs to deal with personally after becoming emperor.

Now Jia Yun is planning to check the smuggling problem in Jinling Mansion and get some silver by the way.

Smuggling is a violent industry.

Once so many big families are involved, it is not a problem to rob the family and destroy the clan, and get rich overnight. Xiushu.com

Jia Yun doesn't dislike having a lot of money.

Hard work is undoubtedly too slow compared to the benefits brought by raiding homes and exterminating clans!

Murder and arson of gold belts, repair bridges and repair roads without corpses.

As the minister of the military aircraft department of the imperial court, he naturally has the means to make these people obediently confess their crimes and enrich his small treasury.

Another point is that Jia Yun needs to use this action to get a bribe from Zhengda to satisfy the appetite of Emperor Yongtai and Queen Dugu in the harem.

Only by satisfying the appetites of these two people can Jia Yun be able to temporarily stabilize the situation in Jiafu, so as not to quickly turn against Emperor Yongtai and others, fight each other, and cause a mess.

Jia Yun doesn't want to be like Wang Mang.

Peel off the cocoon, kill chickens and monkeys, raid homes and exterminate the family...

For a while, all kinds of thoughts appeared in Jia Yun's mind, and she decided to make good use of this opportunity.

Re-establish its own banner in Jinling Mansion to make up for the weakening of power deterrence that occurred after the investigation of the Zhen family.

When Jia Yun was pondering his future plans, Xu Jing, the prefect of Jinling outside, had already brought his own people.

Xu Jing looked at the people in front of him, looked at Prince Zhongshun and Jia Yun respectively, saluted and greeted, and said, "Jinling Prefect, Xu Jing, meet Prince Zhongshun and Lord Jia."

The rules of the imperial court are strict, and the lower officials cannot talk to their superiors.

Therefore, in front of Jia Yun and Prince Zhongshun and others, Xu Jing also lowered his eyebrows and was humble, and he didn't dare to mess around.

Jia Yun looked at Xu Jing in front of him and said, "Excuse me! We are all working for the imperial court, and we need to cooperate more in the future."

After saying that, Jia Yun turned to look at Prince Zhongshun beside him and asked, "Prince Zhongshun, please!"

Prince Zhongshun also smiled and said, "Please!"

Even though both sides are superficial, and everyone knows that the relationship between the two sides is not good, but at this moment, no one can see that the relationship between Jia Yun and Prince Zhongshun is not harmonious.

This is the cultivation of officials.

Even if the person in front of him is an enemy, he is a smiling tiger who greets him with a smile and hides a knife in his smile.

When Jia Yun and the others entered the yamen of Jinling Mansion, everyone in the entire Jinling Mansion was shocked.

There are no secrets in the yamen. Xiushu.com

Up and down is a network of relationships, and the intertwined human feelings are sophisticated.

Therefore, soon the Zhen family learned the news of the arrival of Jia Yun and Prince Zhongshun.

At this moment, the Zhen family's mansion is also arguing about this matter.

"Otherwise, let's escape!"

Someone opened his mouth to suggest.

Some people even mocked, "Escape? Where to flee? Now that there is chaos outside, there are many robbers and bandits, and there is no court as a backer, where do you think we can escape? Amusing! Stupid!"

For a while, everyone was talking, and no one could convince anyone.

It's just that most people are panicked, and they seem to have a premonition of a catastrophe, but they are helpless.

That's life!

The big sword of the imperial court fell, unless they ran it out now, otherwise, it would be difficult to escape, and it would be impossible to escape.

However, in the feudal society of this era, the difficulty of trying to run out is too high and too high, and there is almost no possibility.

Especially since they are still in Jinling Mansion.

If it is in the coastal area, there is still a chance to escape to the wild area of the southeast region to survive, start anew, and reopen the world.

However, the location of Jinling Mansion is located in the middle, so naturally there is no way to leave.

Therefore, even if the Zhen family wants to escape, it is impossible.

At this moment, the wife of the Zhen family stood up, looked at everyone, and said, "I went to the capital once before, and I also visited the old lady of Rongguo Mansion, and the old lady and the wife both nodded and took our silver.

Presumably, they will help us when we are guilty.

This problem of the lack of money in the imperial court has been around for a long time, and it is not our family that has this problem.

And this sin is not a capital offense.

I hope Your Majesty will see that our Zhen family used to serve the royal family in the past, and don't embarrass us!"