Daxianguan

Chapter 494
Su Wen is continuing to tell.

"Among the six alliances, De Ruixiang seems to have the largest stall and many business names, but in fact, in the six alliances, his strength can only be at the bottom. The Hundred Beasts Hall is the Demon Hunting Chamber of Commerce, which also tames wild beasts. All the cattle, horses and animals are domesticated by the Hall of Beasts, and there is also the Yaowang Temple, which belongs to the Taoist school, but is good at refining medicine. The medicine practice halls opened are all over Liangzhou, even in Shacheng, there are several of them. Semicolon, in terms of overall strength, this Yaowang Temple is the crown of the Six Leagues. There is also Longquan Temple, which belongs to the Buddhist sect and is best at making weapons and armor. There are also many semicolons in Liangzhou. Some people say that Longquan Temple produced, It is a high-quality product, not only the folks, but also the government. It is also a designated company for making weapons. There are also hundreds of cloth and silk and satin shops, and they also do rouge and gouache business, basically, these six alliances cover all walks of life."

"That's what this old man knows." After Su Wenzheng finished speaking, Chu Xian also understood a lot.

"In the past, this old man once heard such a story, saying that the edict of a city government was dissatisfied with the profits of the Six Alliances, so he targeted them everywhere, and thus made resentment. Generally speaking, it is common knowledge that the people are in trouble with the officials. I heard that the government order caused the Liumeng to suffer heavy losses, and when everyone thought that the Liumeng would surrender, guess what? The price of rice in the land under the government order suddenly rose, and the people complained. The government order wanted to stabilize the market, but the result Well, the more stable the more chaotic, and finally the people pointed at the incompetence of the government order, the government order is not a vegetarian, knowing that the six alliances are behind the trouble, so the suppression is even more severe, and they have already sent troops. Guess what happened? Six The Mihang affiliated to the League, opened warehouses and released grain for free, this time won people's hearts, and some people secretly contributed to the flames, and the people saw with their own eyes that the government order mobilized troops to seal up the rice merchants affiliated to the Liumeng. They all thought it was bullying, so they Wrote the petition of the people, handed it to the censor, and sent someone to take off the official's hat directly."

Chu Xian frowned when he heard that, if what Su Wenzheng said was true, then the methods of the Liumeng were really powerful, clever and secretive.

"What I said, no one can prove that Liumeng is behind the scenes. It's all my guess, but if the old man's guess is true, it means that Liumeng's methods are very clever, because if they are not clever, the household department It has been suppressed a long time ago, and it is because there is no evidence that it is so powerful, Mr. Chu, although you are the governor now, if you really turn against the six alliances, I am afraid that you will suffer." Su Wenzheng looked serious.

Chu Xian took a deep breath: "If it's true, then we can't let it go. A chamber of commerce alliance has the ability to manipulate the market price, and it can also prevent the Ministry of Households and the state government supervisor from finding any mistakes. This kind of power is absolutely unacceptable. Appeasement, keeping it is also a hidden danger."

Su Wenzheng stared at Chu Xian for a long time before saying: "When the old man was in power, he had thought of this idea, but he had nowhere to use his strength. The Six Alliances did not violate the laws of the Holy Dynasty, and the business was well-regulated, at least on the surface. In this way, even if other businessmen sue, saying that Liumeng is bullying the market, but they can't produce any evidence. In this way, the official talisman can't do anything about them. The most powerful thing is that Liumeng's official power is stronger than you and I think It must be deep, if you want to move them, firstly, you have to grasp their handle, and secondly, you have to prevent them from retaliation."

Chu Xian smiled: "Master Su, you actually want Chu Xian to deal with the Liumeng, don't you?"

Su Wenzheng was stunned for a moment, and then smiled helplessly: "You have seen it all, well, the old man admitted that he had this idea. I only found out the existence of these six alliances when I investigated secretly, and I also saw that they might cause disasters. , but it’s a pity that they are old and incompetent, and there is nothing they can do. Later, Mr. Guo took over as governor of Liangzhou. He came to visit me. I will leave this matter to you, Master Chu, and there is a sentence that Master Chu must listen to. There are people from the Six Alliances who speak for them at the court meeting, and even in the Shoufu Pavilion, there are people who protect them. Maybe once the cover is lifted, unexpected things will happen, even if it shakes the entire Holy Dynasty officialdom, you have to think about it carefully, maybe, it would be a wiser choice not to pursue this matter."

Until Chu Xian said goodbye and left, these words were still ringing in his ears.

Su Wenzheng was very shrewd. When he was in office, he might have done more to investigate the Liumeng than he said. Moreover, Su Wenzheng might have suffered in this matter.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be so afraid of the Six Alliances.

No matter what the battle is, if you don't even find out the real details and methods of your opponent, you will suffer. Press again to maintain a balance.

Officialdom and politics all pay attention to a balance. Sometimes in order to maintain this balance, one may have to compromise, or even do some dark and bloody things.

Everything is to maintain this balance.

But he came by himself, and he obviously used too much force in the matter of corruption in Wacheng.

To put it simply, I broke the original balance when I came up, so the one who suffers must get back the interest, and Pan Chuxian himself is definitely not the kind of person who compromises easily, especially on such matters. Well, Su Wenzheng could see what bloody storms would happen in the future, so he took this opportunity to remind himself.

Chu Xian understands all this.

Su Wenzheng's meaning can be summed up in one sentence, if you can kill Liumeng, do it, if you can't kill it, you'd better compromise.

In Chu Xian's view, the most powerful thing about the Six Alliances is that they know how to use the rules and laws of the Holy Dynasty. They may be doing evil things, but no matter what they say, they can be justified and conform to the rules. no way.

Speaking of which, it was also the first time for Chu Xian to meet such an opponent, a civil force who obeyed the rules and laws, and even had great prestige and foundation among the people.

Perhaps, this is the most troublesome thing. Even if Chu Xian is the governor of a state, he may not be able to gain an advantage. , that is indeed a taboo.

What Su Wen was worried about still happened.

Before Chu Xian left the boundary of Tunyang City, he received the legend of the paper crane from the state governor Shi Li Ji, and it was an urgent transmission.

After Chu Xian finished reading it, without further ado, he directly ordered to rush back to the Shacheng state capital immediately, and the original inspection plan was aborted.

According to the biography of the long history Li Ji, several silver villages in Shacheng suddenly collapsed, that is, they went bankrupt.This caused a run on the people in the city. In addition, except for the salt government which is controlled by the government and did not raise prices, all other rice, oil, vegetables, and water in the city raised prices. , Even labor has also raised the price. To put it simply, things that could be exchanged for one tael of silver in the past now cost two taels of silver to buy.

Although it is only doubled, for the common people, it is equivalent to directly shrinking their property. In the long run, the impact will be great.

As the governor, of course this kind of thing has to be taken care of. Li Ji is also an expert in this matter, and he knows the follow-up danger of this matter, so he urgently sent a letter to discuss countermeasures with Chu Xian.

When Chu Xian and his party rushed back to Shacheng, the state capital of Liangzhou, Chu Xian did not stop, and immediately called officials in the state capital, involving internal affairs and city supervision, to discuss countermeasures.

In the interior hall of the state capital, the city supervisor is explaining this incident.

"In fact, since half a month ago, the prices of commodities related to people's livelihood have fluctuated. The officials have detailed records here, but similar situations often happen, just like in the season of storms, foreign objects It is difficult to transport domestically. Naturally, many things have to increase in price. The so-called rarity is more expensive. In addition, commodities such as blood stones and spirit stones are produced in Liangzhou, and they have to be transported from Neizhou, or directly from The surrounding countries enter customs and sell, but if there is any turmoil in the surrounding countries, it will affect the prices in the city. In short, all commodities are involved in deception, and a lot of literature is involved. Just like this time, the prices of various livelihood commodities have risen , It was nothing at all, but at this time, several silver houses in Shacheng were down, and they couldn't exchange money. Affected, there is almost no silver to redeem now."

The city supervisor obviously has been in power for many years and has rich experience, but at the moment he is frowning and worried.

Chu Xian then asked, what would happen if the development continues as it is now.

"If the official bank has no money to redeem, causing complaints from the people and spreading them to the top, even after this incident, the Ministry of Household Affairs will hold them accountable, and the lower officials, Lord Changshi, and Lord Inspector will all be punished. And , Stabilizing the market and stabilizing the bank, that is the master of the internal affairs of the state capitals, the most important thing, if the prices in Shacheng remain high, and the state capital is unable to do anything, it will also be punished."

Speaking of this, the city supervisor had a bitter expression on his face.

Obviously, up to now, it has been confirmed that he himself will be punished.

That's why he has such an expression.

At this time, Chu Xian looked at the dossier recording market price fluctuations submitted by the city supervisor, his expression remained unchanged. After all, the matter has come to this point, and he can only find ways to deal with it, and there is no way to get angry.

Most importantly, although there is no evidence yet, Chu Xian knows that this is the counterattack of the Six Alliances.

They should have started planning after the Wacheng incident. Liumeng is definitely an expert at manipulating the market, and even officials like the city supervisor can't detect it.

In other words, even if it is detected, no evidence can be found.

(End of this chapter)