Maybe Li Qing likes children, or maybe the little guy is an old man, Li Qing is very rare little guy, very painful, and very spoiled.

The father and son walked around the street for a long time, and Li Qing bought a lot of messy things for the little guy.

It was close to noon before the two of them walked back.

While the little guy was happy, he was a little worried: "Godfather, don't you still have to do something, is Hong'er delaying you?" ”

"Don't worry," Li Qing smiled: "It's not too late to do it later, where to go at noon?" ”

"Go to my godfather's house."

"Hmm."

…

Not long after lunch, the little guy took a nap, and Li Qing left for the weaving bureau.

When Xiao Liuzi heard that Li Qing was coming, he immediately put down everything at hand and rushed to see him.

As soon as they met, Xiao Liuzi was extremely flattering.

He naturally knew about such a big thing as changing the emperor, and of course, basically the whole world knew about it.

The emperor is the king of a country, how can a new emperor ascend the throne secretly, and the court will not hide this kind of thing.

"Congratulations to Master Li for his ascension." Xiao Liuzi smiled and said, "My lord is the pillar of the country, and I heard that the new emperor is particularly dependent on you." ”

Li Qing said with a smile: "My father-in-law is well-informed. ”

"Our family eats food from the palace, so naturally we don't dare not care." Xiao Liuzi smiled, took it out of his sleeve, and handed over a stack of silver tickets.

Li Qing took a look, and they were all silver tickets with a denomination of 1,000 taels, which were enough for tens of thousands of taels.

"It seems that my father-in-law is very moisturized here!"

Xiao Liuzi's face tightened, and he hurriedly smiled: "Where is it, the adults have misunderstood, these are almost half of our family's wealth." ”

He said miserably: "Our family doesn't dare to forget the teachings of adults, it's always a business in big things, uh, hehe... These are all Boss Shen's filial piety. ”

"That's good." Li Qing thought about it, but still accepted the silver ticket.

Seeing him collect the money, Xiao Liuzi relieved his heart and smiled like Maitreya Buddha.

"Father-in-law, how is the business in Jinling during my absence?" Li Qing asked: He is very concerned about the economy, which is related to the national economy and the people's livelihood.

Xiao Liuzi smiled: "Okay, good, I made a lot of money." ”ωＷω.ＧoＮЬ.οrＧ

"I mean private business." Li Qing added.

"Well." Xiao Liuzi groaned for a while, and said: "It's not good at first, except for Shen Xin, who is almost losing money, and Shen Xin can't bear it at the worst, but in the past two months, it has been a lot better." ”

After a pause, he lowered his voice and said, "The main thing is the emperor...... The share of trade to the sea set by the Emperor Taishang is in name only, and some time ago the troops were tight, and the soldiers stationed in the port were withdrawn, and now there is smuggling everywhere. ”

"Smuggling?" Li Qing frowned, "Why didn't I ...... You didn't report to the court? ”

"Huh? This..."Xiao Liuzi sneered, "The Emperor Taishang is hunting in the north, and the new emperor is ...... We don't know if it's the meaning of the new emperor, and besides, ......"

paused, "Our family is also afraid of offending people." ”

Xiao Liuzi is really afraid, even Wang Zhen was beaten to death, can he not be afraid?

Everyone in the Taoist Bureau here knows that he is a eunuch, but he doesn't have much discipline, and he can't do things with selfless dedication.

Who can guarantee that even if it is really reported and passed to the emperor, a new emperor who has just ascended the throne will be able to settle down?

If it doesn't work out, in order to win people's hearts and consolidate his position, the new emperor will kill the person who reported it.

"Master Li, our family really treats you as their own, so they told you this!" Xiao Liuzi cried with a sad face, "You can't sell our family." ”

"Ang, don't worry, I know your difficulties." Li Qing nodded.

Such a situation is also reasonable, it was pressed too hard before, and now that the emperor has changed, it will inevitably rebound, Li Qing was not surprised, but he was very unhappy.

These individuals are so insatiable that they don't even pay taxes directly, which is simply unreasonable!

Xiao Liuzi saw that Li Qing's face was not good-looking, and hurriedly diverted Li Qing's anger: "Since the smuggling was prevalent, Shen Xin's family has not cooperated well, and he has been pressing goods, and he is now hoarding a lot of goods, but he just doesn't sell them to the imperial court." ”

After a pause, "I heard that he fell in love with a Beijing official, and he was secretly smuggling." ”

Li Qing nodded lightly: "I know." ”

Businessmen are always profit-seeking, and Li Qingben didn't expect Shen Xin to have much discipline, and the reason why he mentioned it before was also based on pulling him into the water by himself.

But Shen Xin himself is not very glamorous, of course, Shen Xin is not an exception, most of the rich gentry of this era are like this.

"I'll go see him." Li Qing got up and said, "Father-in-law, you can go on your own business." ”

"Hey." Xiao Liuzi nodded and said curtly: "Please don't say that it was our family, these things, he is a little complicated." ”

How complicated it can be, it's nothing more than Shen Xin giving you money, but you stabbing you in the back...... Li Qing nodded perfunctorily, "Let's go." ”

"Slow down, adults."

……

Shen family.

Shen Xin saw Li Qing again, his face was full of surprise, he didn't expect that the emperor had changed, and Li Qing was still standing.

He is not like Xiao Liuzi, he doesn't know much about the situation in Beijing, and he doesn't know about Li Qing's upcoming promotion to squire.

"When did Master Li come back?" Shen Xin felt empty in his heart, he almost violated everything Li Qing explained before.

However, he is not too vain, and now he has a new backer.

"Boss Shen, I told you before that you will make a profit if you cooperate with the imperial court." Li Qing got straight to the point, "For the sake of past friendships, I will give you a chance to immediately stop the improper operation and return to the right path." ”

"Master Li's words, the grass people don't understand it!" Shen Xin smiled and greeted people: "Lord Li is coming to the cold house, why don't you hurry up and prepare the wine and food." ”

Then, he looked at Li Qing again, and accompanied him carefully: "Isn't it that the adults have heard some gossip?" ”

Li Qing smiled: "Boss Shen, you are a businessman, you should understand a word." ”

"Please give me advice."

"Merchants don't fight with officials." Li Qing said, "Originally, I have arranged a way for you to make money, as long as you do what I say, I will ensure that you will make a fortune, and your family assets will be several times better than in the past!"

But don't forget, rich to rival the country has always been just an adjective, do you think the imperial court will really tolerate a businessman whose wealth is far greater than the treasury? ”

Shen Xin froze, his face was difficult to look at.

Li Qing sneered: "Originally, you were directly connected with the court and the emperor, but you had to pull some middlemen, didn't you find fault for yourself?"

Those people are all vampire maniacs, and if you follow them, not only will you not make more, but they will share the benefits;

One day, they will suck the blood out of you, and then, holding high the banner of justice, will kick you away;

Wait, you just wait for your family to be ruined! ”

Shen Xin was dripping with cold sweat on his forehead, but he didn't fully believe it.

First, I don't think those people are as vicious as Li Qing said, and second, I think Li Qing is deliberately scaring him.

"My lord, Shen has always respected and thanked you." Shen Xin smiled, he didn't want to offend Li Qing, "However, the grass people really haven't done anything to be sorry for the court!" ”

"You know better than I know if you've done it." Li Qing said lightly, "It won't be long before I go back, you think about it, if you miss this time, bad luck will come when the time comes, don't blame me for not helping." ”

Say it, don't stop, go away.

~

As soon as he arrived home, Zhu Yunwen greeted him.

"Senior brother, someone from the Jingshi side sent you a letter." Zhu Yunwen handed over the letter sealed with fire paint.

Li Qing knew that in terms of his popularity, no one would write to him except Yu Qian.

There is still a long time before the two-month period, and Yu Qian is in such a hurry to write to him, obviously encountering a tricky matter.

Li Qing took it and immediately disassembled it.

The letter was indeed sent by Yu Qian, and after reading the content, Li Qing's face became gloomy.

"What's wrong, senior brother?" Zhu Yunwen said nervously, "Something happened to Jingshi?" ”

"Hmm... Sort of. Li Qing sighed faintly, "It seems that I have to go back early." ”

"Is it tricky?"

"It's tricky, but it's not unsolvable." Li Qing smiled, "Don't worry, I'm sure to solve it." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yunwen was no longer so nervous, "After dinner, will you leave tomorrow?" ”

"yes, okay." Li Qing nodded, "I'm not in a hurry for a while." ”

The content of the letter is very simple, there are only three articles, one is that the ministers demand that he be abolished as a military attendant, the second is that the ministers demand the abolition of the vehicle and vessel tax, and the third is that the country does not compete with the people for profit.

Li Qing was most angry about the second one!

In this era, the vehicle and vessel tax was, in a sense, a commercial tax.

After the abolition of the vehicle and vessel tax, the commercial tax on maritime trade was lost, which was too great to be allowed, and Zhu Qiyu, who had just taken the position, could not bear the pressure of that group of people.

Yu Qian could barely carry it, but he couldn't think of any other way except to compromise, so he asked Li Qing for help.