Shen Wancong's mansion, at this moment, Shen Wancong, the largest salt merchant in Hangzhou, is sitting on his chair, wearing a splendid costume and drinking the best dragon well before the rain, and he can't tell that he is a merchant of the Ming Dynasty at all.

And under him, he was an official with a disgruntled face, this official was dressed in an official robe, and this person was the transfer envoy of the Salt Envoy Division, Yao Dongwang.

"You should go to greet His Royal Highness King Han today, everyone in Hangzhou knows that His Royal Highness King Han is here for the salt tax this time, now that the new dynasty has just been established, the court is short of money, and the common people can't scrape it out, so they can only start from us businessmen and officials."

After Yao Dongwang heard this, he hugged his shoulders and looked unhappy.

"What are you going to do, anyway, he came here for money, the taxes we should pay to the court have already been paid, and the officials of the Jianwen Dynasty collected the money and were beheaded, and they copied their homes, and they asked us for money?"

"I'm really aggrieved as a transfer envoy, and I didn't deliberately grab the money and send it to the court, why did you come to me in a rage?"

Shen Zhengcong put down the teacup.

"Let's not play this dumb riddle, everyone is a raccoon dog, in the past four years of Jianwen's reign, how much has the salt tax of the two Zhejiang and Huai been paid, everyone knows that when the Hongwu Dynasty, why did the officials not dare to be greedy? Aren't you afraid of cutting off your head? When Jianwen was the emperor, he improved the treatment of civil officials, civil officials went up and down, eating from above and eating from below, it naturally didn't matter if they were in front of us. ”

"But now it's not the time for Jianwen to be the emperor, it's now Yongle to be the emperor, is there no condition? Less than a month after the establishment of the new wave, all the new policies of the Jianwen Dynasty were overthrown and changed back to the old system of the Hongwu Dynasty. ”

"Because the eyes and ears of Jinyiwei are all over the world, and spies have been set up again in the homes of various officials, King Yan and King Han rebelled together, one became the emperor, the other held Jinyiwei, rewarded countless land, money and grain, and the power is in hand, and now is the time to settle accounts."

"We don't clamp our tails and behave in such an environment, and we get through this pass, you are still on the wind, and you just don't go by yourself, it's a big deal to find a reason for being busy with government affairs, but why don't other officials from the Department of Transit History go?"

Yao Dongwang was still unconvinced when he heard this.

"There are three adults from the Yamen of the Imperial Division, as well as Lord Fan, the prefect of Hangzhou, and I am the transfer envoy in front of them, that is an official the size of a sesame seed, although the official rank is from the third grade, who will take me seriously when I can't use salt or money?"

"Look at how good it was when the Jianwen Dynasty was built, a year casually handed over some silver to those adults to pay filial piety and full, so that they were full and full of food, and the emperor didn't ask, you see why you have to spend this unjust money again now, all the money in the past four years has been spent in vain!"

"Enough!"

Shen Zheng slapped the table and made Yao Dongwang tremble with fright.

Strange to say, the transfer envoy of the Salt Envoy Division is specifically in charge of Shen Zhengcong's salt merchant, but this Yao Dongwang is honest like a cat with its tail stepped on in front of Shen Zhengcong, which is really strange.

"In short, let me tell you, those officials under my command don't cause trouble, and my side will arrange to serve this highness as soon as possible."

"I heard that this His Royal Highness loves money as much as his life, and in Liaodong, he was reprimanded by Emperor Taizu for asking Emperor Taizu for money, if he can spend some money to feed him and send him away, let him cover for us in the current emperor, how to pay this tax in the future."

"He is the great hero of this Jingjing, and he is the first hero, if it weren't for the fact that the title is too high and I don't know what to reward, I'm afraid he is also a person from the Zuozhu Kingdom and has been crowned the Duke of the country."

"As long as he is greedy for money, we have a way, but it really doesn't work, I still have a hole card in my hand."

After Yao Dongwang listened, he looked up at Shen Zhengcong.

"You mean, Cheng Lou'er under your hands?"

Shen Zhengcong smiled slightly.

"Such a stunning beauty is placed in my place, I am not blessed to enjoy, if I can be a favor, provoke this prince in his early twenties, and in the future, he may be able to speak for us in the court, it is this highness."

Yao Dongwang remembered that the two of them said that other beauties, that appearance was really unforgettable, and he was full of emotion.

Yao Dongwang stretched out his tongue and licked his lips, only to feel that his mouth was dry.

"In that case, then I'll go back and tell those people under my command not to touch the moldy head of this King Han in the next few days, but if he comes to transfer salt and asks for money, how should I deal with it?"

Shen Zhengcong shook his head with a smile.

"The account books have been transferred, he can only go to Yangzhou to check if he wants to check, the account books we leave now are all fake, and they are not leaking, and the whereabouts of the silver can also be revealed to him more or less, let's just say that the officials of the Jianwen Dynasty, headed by Qi Tai and others, they have eaten these salt taxes to their heart's content, and the reason why the family did not copy out the silver, it has nothing to do with us."

"If he really understands people, he should know that the court, especially the palace, is full of ghosts, the king of Hades is better than the ghosts, and the fathers-in-law of the celebrant also want a piece of the pie."

"During the Hongwu years, 10 million salt taxes can be collected every year, which looks like a lot, but it has to be dispersed, the officials of the court eat some, and then the father-in-law and eunuchs in the palace eat some more, in addition to this ceremonial eunuch, there are so many prisons, after everyone eats once, there is basically nothing left."

"This time, we will scrape a large piece of meat from ourselves, honor him well, and give him a million taels of silver before leaving, so that the family can go back to pay the errand, and this level will be passed."

"Tomorrow, you go to the door, find a reason to say that there is something wrong with Yantian, I didn't have time to greet it, and I will leave all the rest of the things to me.

After Yao Dongwang heard this, he sighed helplessly, got up and said to Shen Zhengcong.

"In this case, everything is according to the will of the father-in-law!"

"Don't call me that!"

Shen Zheng smashed the water cup on the table with a snap, his face was red with anger, and his neck was thick, and he no longer saw the calmness and calmness just now.

Yao Dongwang was so frightened that he hurriedly made amends.

"My lord forgot about it...... I forgot about it, it's a new dynasty now! The identity of the adult is in the past, and the villain will never commit it next time! ”

Shen Zhengcong clenched his fists tightly, and because of the big movement when he smashed the cup just now, half of the fake beard on his face fell off.

That's right, Shen Zhengcong, the largest salt merchant in Hangzhou, was a eunuch.