Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang
Chapter 410 Maritime Merchant's Voting Certificate!
Chapter 410 Maritime Merchant's Voting Certificate!
The reason why Jiang Fan came here so quickly was that an informant from Jin Yiwei had tipped off the news in advance, and then he brought his brothers over to inspect.
After controlling the entire port, Jiang Fan took a group of people off the boat and came to the port for questioning.
"Who is in charge of you here?"
Zhang Zhong and Zhang Tianyou looked at each other, and then stepped forward.
"This soldier is working hard!"
"The villain is in charge here, what orders do the military masters have?"
Jiang Fan glanced at Zhang Zhong coldly, seeing that Zhang Zhong was quite old, and at first glance he was not the Zhang Tianyou that the emperor's grandson said, so he became less interested in talking to him.
"Have you not received the emperor's grandson's law?"
"During the martial arts exercise, no merchant ships are allowed to enter the sea, let alone illegally trade with foreign merchants!"
Zhang Zhong stepped forward with a smile on his face, took out an ingot of gold from his sleeve, and quietly stuffed it into Jiang Fan's hand.
Seeing this, Jiang Fan threw the gold on the ground and cursed at Zhang Hu.
"Putting away your profiteering behavior, you will be as good as those dirty and corrupt officials when you are an official?"
"If you dare to bribe me again, believe it or not, I will send you to the Yamen and punish you for bribing an officer!"
Zhang Zhong was dumbfounded when he heard this, when did our Daming get charged with bribing an officer?
But since people say this, does it prove that they really don't want to collect money?
It was the first time Zhang Zhong saw a military master who didn't take money, and he really didn't know what to do for a while.
"Master Jun, we didn't trade with Fanshang, we just gave them some water and food!"
Jiang Fan looked at the neatly placed wooden boxes on the pier and asked with a sneer.
"Then what are these boxes?"
"Don't tell me, these boxes are empty!"
Zhang Zhong laughed when he heard the words.
"These boxes are indeed not empty, but there is no goods inside, only a pile of weeds and stones, which are used to help the sea merchants press the bottom of the box!"
Jiang Fan looked at the rows of boxes with some disbelief when he heard the words. He didn't believe that this group of people made such a big noise just to suppress the bottom of the boxes.
What's more, even if the sea merchants bet on the bottom of the box, they still choose porcelain and the like. I have never heard of anyone using stones to press the bottom of the box.
"Come here, open the wooden box and check!"
"promise!"
Following Jiang Fan's order, several soldiers of the Jinghai Navy came out with crowbars, prying wildly at the box.
Seeing that they were even carrying crowbars, Zhang Zhong immediately understood that the other party had come prepared.
But he still didn't panic, and looked at the other party leisurely, letting the other party's crowbar toss on the wooden box.
Not long after, a wooden box was pried open, revealing the goods inside.
Jiang Fan walked over to take a look, and saw that there were really weeds and stones inside, and he was a little confused on the spot.
What's the situation? Could it be that brother Jin Yiwei's information was wrong?
Or did they expose their whereabouts during this trip and let the other party prepare in advance?
The soldiers were stunned when they saw the contents of the box, which was different from what they expected.
Normally, shouldn't there be silk and satin neatly stacked in the box? How did it turn into weeds and stones?
Zhang Tianyou, who was hiding at the side, saw this situation, and when he was proud, he couldn't help but sweat in his heart.
What the woman said turned out to be true, they really had eyeliners in the palace, and they could know the layout of the court in advance!
Zhang Tianyou received a special guest a few days ago, a young woman wearing a mura.
The woman told him that the court's navy had been trained and would soon arrive at the coastal guards to stop smuggling, and advised him to make plans early.
He also said that he was willing to join hands with him to deal with the Ming court together.
Although Zhang Tianyou didn't have a deep conversation with the woman, he could roughly determine the identity of the woman through some details.
Apart from him, only the remnants of the White Lotus Sect hated Daming deeply.
He doesn't trust the White Lotus Sect, and even despises the White Lotus Sect a little bit.
Although he didn't believe the woman's words, he was a little more careful during this transaction.
He ordered people to prepare some fake goods in advance and put them on the pier, and only waited for the ship to be loaded here, and he would order people to bring the real goods over after the safety was confirmed.
However, he never expected that they were blocked by Jing Haijun just as they were about to load the ship, and they did not receive any warning from Taizhou Wei.
However, after this incident, he re-examined his cooperation with the White Lotus Sect.
Jiang Fan pried open a few more boxes and saw that there was still no goods inside, so he could only bite the bullet and lead the team back.
But it is still necessary to close the team and warn those sea merchants.
Jiang Fan asked the tonguemen on board to explain the Ming Dynasty policy to the merchants, and he took them away until they understood everything.
After Jiang Fan's fuss, Zhang Tianyou didn't dare to do business with the sea merchants anymore, and the sea merchants didn't dare to stay here any longer, and one by one they set up their sails and sailed towards other ports.
Some merchant ships sailed directly to Songjiang Port, intending to trade with the official shipping department of Ming Dynasty.
After all, Maritime Trade is extremely profitable, so it's no big deal to pay Daming some taxes.
When Zhang Tianyou's smuggling was blocked, several other big merchants also encountered similar treatment.
Some were stolen and obtained, while others saw that the wind direction was not good, so they went directly to the Shibo Department to surrender.
At this time, Lu Shiyuan, who was ridiculed by everyone, suddenly became a favorite.
When Shen Congxing came to Shibosi, when he saw Lu Shiyuan coming out to greet him, he was about to kneel down and salute on the spot.
Lu Shiyuan hurried forward to lift him up, and joked with a smile.
"Brother Shen, you'll pass it like this!"
"How many years have we been friends, is it unnecessary to engage in such tricks?"
Shen Congxing replied with a smile.
"Even so, courtesy cannot be abandoned. You are an official now, and the people below are the people. It is only natural for the people to kneel down and salute when they see the officials!"
Shen Congxing's words made the several patriarchs behind him very upset, and secretly scolded this person for being too flattering.
Although they came here to ask for help from Lu Shiyuan, they still wanted to maintain the high profile of the past.
After Lu Shiyuan led Shen Congxing in, he left them where they were as if he had forgotten them.
This made the two Patriarchs of the Zhao family and the Chen family very dissatisfied, and secretly scolded Lu Shiyuan for being a villain, who put on airs with them as soon as he became a corrupt official.
However, after learning that Haimao's share was about to be divided by the Luo family, the Shen family, and the Lu family, the two patriarchs panicked on the spot. went.
"Mr. Lu, a small profit is no respect!"
Since several of them were eating Haimao, the two didn't dare to fool Lu Shiyuan with things like glass, but brought very elegant calligraphy and paintings.
Lu Shiyuan really likes to collect antique calligraphy and paintings. After glancing at the calligraphy and paintings sent by the two, he secretly thought that the two of them had spent a lot of money, and even Yan Liben's paintings could be bought in exchange.
However, he is now an official of the imperial court, so there is no reason to accept gifts from the two of them anyway.
"What are you two doing?"
"We all belong to the family of merchants. If you have anything to say, just talk about it. There's no need to do this, right?"
The head of the Zhao family, Zhao Zhenting, said with a smile all over his face.
"They're all worthless things, and they should be used as decorations for niece Ling."
"Brother Lu, if you don't accept it, then you're looking down on me!"
When Lu Shiyuan heard the words, he could only accept them with a smile.
"Since brother Zhao said so, I am embarrassed to refuse!"
"Come here, accept the calligraphy and painting, and serve tea to the two of you!"
Not long after, Zhao Zhenting sat on a chair and sipped the fragrant tea, feeling secretly proud.
Without these two calligraphy and paintings, he and Chen Laizi could only stand outside.
But this Lu Shi's original score is quite big, how dare he call himself the official?
Tsk tsk, it's just a small official from the sixth grade, look at him...
Zhao Zhenting slandered sourly for a while, and then took the initiative to bring up the matter of the sea trade share.
"May I ask Mr. Lu, I heard that the maritime trade share of the Shipbuilding Department is almost over?"
Lu Shiyuan scratched his head when he heard the words.
"There is such a thing!"
"The two of you haven't come to the Shibo Department to register. I thought the two of you didn't care about this share."
When Zhao Zhenting heard this, he quickly waved his hands.
"no no!"
"How dare we look down on it, we're just too busy recently and haven't made time to come here..."
Lu Shiyuan knew that the two were talking nonsense, but he didn't bother to expose them.
He made the right bet this time. The emperor's grandson is indeed a person capable of great things. It took less than a year to organize and train the navy, blocking the way of smuggling.
In fact, from the very beginning, Lu Shiyuan was prepared for ten years, or even failure.
Because he is too aware of the difficulty of this matter, just the preparation and training of sailors is a big project, don't even think about it without a few million taels of silver.
Want to convince His Majesty the emperor to spend several million taels of silver to train a powerful navy so easy?
Even if the emperor's grandson is deeply loved by His Majesty the Emperor, it is impossible for His Majesty to spare a few million taels of silver to support the Emperor's grandson to do such an unreliable thing.
However, not only did the emperor's grandson succeed, but he didn't let the court pay a cent!
When Lu Shiyuan recalled the experience of the past year, he just felt like he was in a dream.
The grandson of the emperor can do so many things with only a small stock exchange and a Jinling Bank, which is simply a fairy trick!
Now it's time to beat these people's bamboo sticks for the emperor's grandson and help the emperor's grandson regain blood!
"Brother Zhao, Brother Chen, what are you two thinking now?"
"Do you want to register with the Shibo Department, or continue to do the business we did before?"
Zhao Zhenting patted his thigh angrily upon hearing this.
"Forget it!"
"What are you doing with the previous business? I was just confiscated for 200 million taels of goods this month. If I am confiscated a few more times, my whole family will drink the northwest wind!"
Chen Zhijian, who had been silent all this time, also poured out bitter water.
"You have only had 200 million worth of goods confiscated, and my Chen family has 500 million worth of goods confiscated..."
"Now the prefect of Shaoxing seeks trouble with my Chen family every day, and wants to arrest me for punishment. I..."
Zhu Yunxi's network collection operation covers all aspects this time, with the Jing Navy at sea and the cooperation of local governments on shore.
When encountering officials who were unwilling to cooperate, he sent sharks to surround them and stare at them.
If the Shark Guardians can't stop them, then replace the local officials with your best friends.
Now the prefect of Shaoxing Prefecture is temporarily concurrently held by Zhu Zhi, king of Liao Dynasty. The original prefect of Shaoxing was transferred to Beijing to take up a spare position by Zhu Yunxie for any reason.
Zhang Qinglai, the magistrate of Suzhou, also cleaned up the entire Suzhou mansion. Anyone who had contacts with the Zhang family in the official mansion was all removed from the ranks by him.
Normally, this kind of thing is quite troublesome to do. Even if you dismiss a pawn, you have to alert the court and get approval from the Ministry of Officials before you can be dismissed.
However, when Zhu Yunxi was stationed in the Ministry of Officials, he held the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Zhan Wei, to talk about life every day. After talking about his ideals, the Ministry of Officials gave the green light all the way.
You can even resign first and then make up the ticket!
Under the pressure of Zhang Qinglai, the life of the Zhang family in Suzhou became more and more difficult.
Zhu Yunxi was also afraid that Zhang Qinglai would not be able to control the situation, so he directly sent a thousand Xingwuwei veterans to support him.
With these 1000 people, Zhang Qinglai has made drastic reforms in Suzhou, and has already grasped all of Suzhou in his hands.
When Lu Shiyuan heard Chen Zhijian's complaint, he felt even more relieved.
Fortunately, he had already taken refuge in the emperor's grandson, otherwise he would have ended up like the Chen family.
"Brother Chen, don't panic!"
"Our Daming has its own laws, and the prefect of Shaoxing will not mess around!"
Chen Zhijian cried "Wow" when he heard the words.
"Brother Lu, you don't know that the prefect of Shaoxing is now the King of Liao!"
"King Liao is His Majesty's own son, he doesn't care about any rules, he can do whatever he wants!"
"It is said that many members of my Chen family have been arrested, even my two clan uncles have been arrested, woo woo woo..."
"Also asked my Chen family to pay taxes, saying that we owe the imperial court tens of millions of taels of taxes!"
"You know, don't look at our family's great business, but no one can afford that much money!"
"King Liao is trying to force us to our death, woo woo woo..."
As soon as Chen Zhijian cried, Zhao Zhenting also cried.
What they were crying was not because of the arrest of their clansmen, but because of the "tax payment" decree issued by the imperial court.
If the imperial court really held on to the evidence of their smuggling over the years and forced them to pay taxes, then their families would really be ruined.
Now the two of them only regret one thing. If they had known that the court was so ruthless, they would have partnered with Zhang Tianyou to build a country overseas!
"Lord Lu, please introduce us for us, and intercede with the emperor's grandson for us!"
"As long as the emperor's grandson can forgive us, we can do whatever we want!"
After the two of them finished speaking, they sat down on the chair like a deflated ball, letting Lu Shiyuan slaughter them.
Seeing the miserable appearance of the two, Lu Shiyuan felt a burst of sadness in his heart.
This is the reason why he has been devoted to fame and fame. No matter how much money you have under the imperial power, you can't match the court's laws and regulations after all.
"The two are really willing to serve the emperor's grandson?"
The two were taken aback when they heard this, thinking that the emperor's grandson is still short of people, and they are willing to accept their votes?
Aren't they both fish on the chopping board now? The grandson of the emperor can rub it as he wants!
"May I ask Master Lu what you mean by this?"
"The emperor's grandson can really accept us?"
Lu Shiyuan smiled slightly when he heard the words, then stood up and cupped his hands in the direction of the capital.
"Emperor Taisun's oral order!"
When the two heard this, they jumped off their chairs and knelt on the ground respectfully.
Seeing how respectful the two were, Lu Shiyuan spoke up.
"Building a city ship alone to promote sea trade is not for self-interest, but for the foundation of the Ming Dynasty for generations to come, and the well-being of billions of people!"
"You were originally merchants and untouchables, and you didn't want to serve the court. You tried to fight against Gu several times, and Gu hated him deeply..."
"However Gu doesn't want to oppress people with power and oppress people with power."
"If you abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty in the future, I will still recognize you as the people of the Ming Dynasty..."
"After confiscating the goods and paying three times the fine, you can throw it away and return it to you..."
The two broke out in cold sweat at first, thinking that the grandson of the emperor should not put them in Zhang Tianyou's party.
Zhang Tianyou is a proper rebel, the two of them have never done any rebellion.
However, when the two heard the "fine", they froze on the spot and looked at Lu Shiyuan in disbelief.
"Lord Lu, the grandson of the emperor said to return the goods to us?"
"How is this possible?"
"Can you spit out the fat in your mouth?"
After hearing what the two said, Lu Shiyuan cupped his hands in the direction of the capital again.
"This is the place of Emperor Gaoyi!"
"To tell you the truth, I also persuaded the emperor's grandson to confiscate the goods of the two of you."
"However, the grandson of the emperor taught me a lesson. He told me that there must be laws in everything. Once he opens this hole and confiscates all your goods into the palace, then someone will use this hole to concoct others in the future. Evidence of smuggling, confiscation of other people's goods."
"Once this wind spreads, Daming Maritime Trade will be completely ruined!"
"Therefore, as the great-grandson of Emperor Ming, he must not set a precedent for this."
Zhao Zhenting was moved to tears when he heard Lu Shiyuan's words.
"Emperor Grandson Shengming!"
"Emperor Taisun Shengming, woo woo woo..."
"Damn me, I actually wanted to follow that bastard Zhang Tianyou against the grandson of the emperor, I..."
Zhao Zhenting slapped himself when he said this.
Chen Zhijian kowtowed his head "bang bang" to express his inner joy and gratitude to the emperor grandson.
Lu Shiyuan saw that the two of them had almost "expressed their true feelings", so he hurriedly helped them up from the ground.
"Get up, both of you!"
"The two of you have listened to the imperial grandson's oral order, and it's time for the two of you to express your views!"
"Are you planning to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, or are you planning to fight in the corner?"
When the two heard the words, they immediately said firmly.
"To Ming!"
"Must vote!"
"I will build a shrine for the emperor's grandson when I go back, and bless the emperor's grandson with a long life day and night!"
"I want to hang a portrait of the emperor's grandson high up, and burn incense every morning and evening..."
Seeing that the two of them were talking more and more unreliable, Lu Shiyuan hurriedly interrupted their words.
"You two, it's not enough to just talk about it, you two have to take practical actions!"
"Action?"
The two were a little confused when they heard this.
"Dare to ask Mr. Lu, what should we do to take practical action?"
Lu Shiyuan pondered for a while and said.
"First, pay the fine!"
When Zhao Zhenting heard this, he quickly patted his chest to express.
"no problem!"
"The grandson of the emperor said how much to pay!"
Lu Shiyuan shook his head and said.
"This is not what the emperor grandson asked you for. This is a fine, do you know?"
"Normally, the customs duty of the shipping department is [-]%, but you are fined three times, which is [-]% of the value of the goods!"
When Zhao Zhenting heard that he would have to pay a fine of [-]% of the value of the goods, his cheeks twitched in distress.
But thinking that the emperor's grandson didn't take all the goods away directly, it was already a great blessing, and it didn't hurt so much.
"it is good!"
"The second point is to pay the tax!"
"This……"
Loyalty is loyal, but when it comes to money, loyalty has to be discounted.
Zhao Zhenting and Chen Zhijian, who were crying so much just now, suddenly showed reluctance on their faces.
Seeing this, Lu Shiyuan hastily added.
"This is not aimed at the two of you, our Lu family, Shen family, and Luo family have all paid back!"
Seeing what Lu Shiyuan said, Zhao Zhenting asked anxiously.
"May I ask Mr. Lu, how much do you have to pay?"
Lu Shiyuan did not give Zhao Zhenting a certain number, but said ambiguously.
"It depends on the loyalty of the two of you. How much do you two want to give?"
This time it was Zhao Zhenting and Chen Zhijian's turn to tangle.
I feel sorry for the two more people, but I am definitely not satisfied with the lack of the emperor grandson.
The two struggled for a while, then looked at Lu Shiyuan again.
"It's better for Mr. Lu to set a number for us, and we can refer to it."
Lu Shiyuan was not polite, and immediately announced the amount of his family's tax payment.
"My Lu family plans to pay 1000 million taels of tax..."
"1000 million taels?"
The two almost fainted on the spot when they heard this.
"Master Lu, it is not easy for your family to withdraw 1000 million taels of cash, right?"
"We do sea trade to make money, but we also need to sell goods, prepare goods, and maintain daily store expenses. There is not so much cash at all..."
Lu Shiyuan laughed when he heard the words.
"I just forgot to tell the two of you that the emperor's great grandson, the emperor's kindness, promised us to make it up in ten years!"
"If you only make up 100 million taels a year, wouldn't it be much easier?"
The two of them secretly breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and thought that if it was divided into ten years, this matter would really be nothing.
It's just that the two of them were still a little unhappy at the thought of having to live a hard life for ten years.
"Our Zhao family can't compare to your Lu family, so let's give the emperor grandson 500 million taels of silver..."
"Our Chen family gave 600 million taels to the emperor's grandson, divided into ten years..."
Lu Shiyuan corrected the mistakes of the two on the spot.
"wrong!"
"This is not money for the emperor's grandson, this is the tax money we paid back!"
The two nodded quickly when they heard the words.
"Yep!"
"This is the back tax money!"
After the two said this, they hurriedly looked at Lu Shiyuan eagerly.
"May I ask Mr. Lu, did the imperial court let go of our previous smuggling by paying the tax back?"
Lu Shiyuan nodded.
"Of course!"
"And the grandson of the emperor also promised that we can allow our children to become officials!"
"What?"
Zhao Zhenting was so excited that his eyes almost fell out when he heard this, he never expected that there would be such an unexpected joy.
Chen Zhijian was also full of surprise and disbelief.
It is a great grace for a merchant to become an official!
After the two heard this, they didn't even feel the pain of paying taxes of several million taels, and even felt that it was worth thousands of dollars.
Seeing the expressions of the two, Lu Shiyuan hurriedly patched them up.
"It is stated in advance that the emperor's grandson Enzhun's official position is only limited to the official position of the Wenhua Palace, and it is not an official official position of the imperial court..."
"May I ask Mr. Lu, what is the official position of Wenhua Palace?"
"There is no salary, no power, but you can see officials without kneeling, and you are exempted from hard labor and other privileges..."
Although the official position has shrunk severely, the two are still very happy.Just the fact that they don't kneel when they meet an official makes them very satisfied.
"Row!"
"Anyway, the imperial court's salary is not much, if there is none, then there is none..."
Lu Shiyuan saw that the two accepted it, and then said the third point.
"The third point, you two need to submit a vote!"
"Nominations?"
Zhao Zhenting looked at Lu Shiyuan with a puzzled face, and wondered if the petition was for him to kill someone?
Chen Zhijian also didn't understand very much, and he didn't understand what a vote certificate was.
Lu Shiyuan explained with a smile.
"Zhang Tianyou hasn't been whereabouts yet, where his goods are stored, and what channels he can go to sea, the court doesn't know yet..."
"If the two of you can provide some information, or help the court arrest Zhang Tianyou, the emperor's grandson will naturally thank you both!"
(End of this chapter)
The reason why Jiang Fan came here so quickly was that an informant from Jin Yiwei had tipped off the news in advance, and then he brought his brothers over to inspect.
After controlling the entire port, Jiang Fan took a group of people off the boat and came to the port for questioning.
"Who is in charge of you here?"
Zhang Zhong and Zhang Tianyou looked at each other, and then stepped forward.
"This soldier is working hard!"
"The villain is in charge here, what orders do the military masters have?"
Jiang Fan glanced at Zhang Zhong coldly, seeing that Zhang Zhong was quite old, and at first glance he was not the Zhang Tianyou that the emperor's grandson said, so he became less interested in talking to him.
"Have you not received the emperor's grandson's law?"
"During the martial arts exercise, no merchant ships are allowed to enter the sea, let alone illegally trade with foreign merchants!"
Zhang Zhong stepped forward with a smile on his face, took out an ingot of gold from his sleeve, and quietly stuffed it into Jiang Fan's hand.
Seeing this, Jiang Fan threw the gold on the ground and cursed at Zhang Hu.
"Putting away your profiteering behavior, you will be as good as those dirty and corrupt officials when you are an official?"
"If you dare to bribe me again, believe it or not, I will send you to the Yamen and punish you for bribing an officer!"
Zhang Zhong was dumbfounded when he heard this, when did our Daming get charged with bribing an officer?
But since people say this, does it prove that they really don't want to collect money?
It was the first time Zhang Zhong saw a military master who didn't take money, and he really didn't know what to do for a while.
"Master Jun, we didn't trade with Fanshang, we just gave them some water and food!"
Jiang Fan looked at the neatly placed wooden boxes on the pier and asked with a sneer.
"Then what are these boxes?"
"Don't tell me, these boxes are empty!"
Zhang Zhong laughed when he heard the words.
"These boxes are indeed not empty, but there is no goods inside, only a pile of weeds and stones, which are used to help the sea merchants press the bottom of the box!"
Jiang Fan looked at the rows of boxes with some disbelief when he heard the words. He didn't believe that this group of people made such a big noise just to suppress the bottom of the boxes.
What's more, even if the sea merchants bet on the bottom of the box, they still choose porcelain and the like. I have never heard of anyone using stones to press the bottom of the box.
"Come here, open the wooden box and check!"
"promise!"
Following Jiang Fan's order, several soldiers of the Jinghai Navy came out with crowbars, prying wildly at the box.
Seeing that they were even carrying crowbars, Zhang Zhong immediately understood that the other party had come prepared.
But he still didn't panic, and looked at the other party leisurely, letting the other party's crowbar toss on the wooden box.
Not long after, a wooden box was pried open, revealing the goods inside.
Jiang Fan walked over to take a look, and saw that there were really weeds and stones inside, and he was a little confused on the spot.
What's the situation? Could it be that brother Jin Yiwei's information was wrong?
Or did they expose their whereabouts during this trip and let the other party prepare in advance?
The soldiers were stunned when they saw the contents of the box, which was different from what they expected.
Normally, shouldn't there be silk and satin neatly stacked in the box? How did it turn into weeds and stones?
Zhang Tianyou, who was hiding at the side, saw this situation, and when he was proud, he couldn't help but sweat in his heart.
What the woman said turned out to be true, they really had eyeliners in the palace, and they could know the layout of the court in advance!
Zhang Tianyou received a special guest a few days ago, a young woman wearing a mura.
The woman told him that the court's navy had been trained and would soon arrive at the coastal guards to stop smuggling, and advised him to make plans early.
He also said that he was willing to join hands with him to deal with the Ming court together.
Although Zhang Tianyou didn't have a deep conversation with the woman, he could roughly determine the identity of the woman through some details.
Apart from him, only the remnants of the White Lotus Sect hated Daming deeply.
He doesn't trust the White Lotus Sect, and even despises the White Lotus Sect a little bit.
Although he didn't believe the woman's words, he was a little more careful during this transaction.
He ordered people to prepare some fake goods in advance and put them on the pier, and only waited for the ship to be loaded here, and he would order people to bring the real goods over after the safety was confirmed.
However, he never expected that they were blocked by Jing Haijun just as they were about to load the ship, and they did not receive any warning from Taizhou Wei.
However, after this incident, he re-examined his cooperation with the White Lotus Sect.
Jiang Fan pried open a few more boxes and saw that there was still no goods inside, so he could only bite the bullet and lead the team back.
But it is still necessary to close the team and warn those sea merchants.
Jiang Fan asked the tonguemen on board to explain the Ming Dynasty policy to the merchants, and he took them away until they understood everything.
After Jiang Fan's fuss, Zhang Tianyou didn't dare to do business with the sea merchants anymore, and the sea merchants didn't dare to stay here any longer, and one by one they set up their sails and sailed towards other ports.
Some merchant ships sailed directly to Songjiang Port, intending to trade with the official shipping department of Ming Dynasty.
After all, Maritime Trade is extremely profitable, so it's no big deal to pay Daming some taxes.
When Zhang Tianyou's smuggling was blocked, several other big merchants also encountered similar treatment.
Some were stolen and obtained, while others saw that the wind direction was not good, so they went directly to the Shibo Department to surrender.
At this time, Lu Shiyuan, who was ridiculed by everyone, suddenly became a favorite.
When Shen Congxing came to Shibosi, when he saw Lu Shiyuan coming out to greet him, he was about to kneel down and salute on the spot.
Lu Shiyuan hurried forward to lift him up, and joked with a smile.
"Brother Shen, you'll pass it like this!"
"How many years have we been friends, is it unnecessary to engage in such tricks?"
Shen Congxing replied with a smile.
"Even so, courtesy cannot be abandoned. You are an official now, and the people below are the people. It is only natural for the people to kneel down and salute when they see the officials!"
Shen Congxing's words made the several patriarchs behind him very upset, and secretly scolded this person for being too flattering.
Although they came here to ask for help from Lu Shiyuan, they still wanted to maintain the high profile of the past.
After Lu Shiyuan led Shen Congxing in, he left them where they were as if he had forgotten them.
This made the two Patriarchs of the Zhao family and the Chen family very dissatisfied, and secretly scolded Lu Shiyuan for being a villain, who put on airs with them as soon as he became a corrupt official.
However, after learning that Haimao's share was about to be divided by the Luo family, the Shen family, and the Lu family, the two patriarchs panicked on the spot. went.
"Mr. Lu, a small profit is no respect!"
Since several of them were eating Haimao, the two didn't dare to fool Lu Shiyuan with things like glass, but brought very elegant calligraphy and paintings.
Lu Shiyuan really likes to collect antique calligraphy and paintings. After glancing at the calligraphy and paintings sent by the two, he secretly thought that the two of them had spent a lot of money, and even Yan Liben's paintings could be bought in exchange.
However, he is now an official of the imperial court, so there is no reason to accept gifts from the two of them anyway.
"What are you two doing?"
"We all belong to the family of merchants. If you have anything to say, just talk about it. There's no need to do this, right?"
The head of the Zhao family, Zhao Zhenting, said with a smile all over his face.
"They're all worthless things, and they should be used as decorations for niece Ling."
"Brother Lu, if you don't accept it, then you're looking down on me!"
When Lu Shiyuan heard the words, he could only accept them with a smile.
"Since brother Zhao said so, I am embarrassed to refuse!"
"Come here, accept the calligraphy and painting, and serve tea to the two of you!"
Not long after, Zhao Zhenting sat on a chair and sipped the fragrant tea, feeling secretly proud.
Without these two calligraphy and paintings, he and Chen Laizi could only stand outside.
But this Lu Shi's original score is quite big, how dare he call himself the official?
Tsk tsk, it's just a small official from the sixth grade, look at him...
Zhao Zhenting slandered sourly for a while, and then took the initiative to bring up the matter of the sea trade share.
"May I ask Mr. Lu, I heard that the maritime trade share of the Shipbuilding Department is almost over?"
Lu Shiyuan scratched his head when he heard the words.
"There is such a thing!"
"The two of you haven't come to the Shibo Department to register. I thought the two of you didn't care about this share."
When Zhao Zhenting heard this, he quickly waved his hands.
"no no!"
"How dare we look down on it, we're just too busy recently and haven't made time to come here..."
Lu Shiyuan knew that the two were talking nonsense, but he didn't bother to expose them.
He made the right bet this time. The emperor's grandson is indeed a person capable of great things. It took less than a year to organize and train the navy, blocking the way of smuggling.
In fact, from the very beginning, Lu Shiyuan was prepared for ten years, or even failure.
Because he is too aware of the difficulty of this matter, just the preparation and training of sailors is a big project, don't even think about it without a few million taels of silver.
Want to convince His Majesty the emperor to spend several million taels of silver to train a powerful navy so easy?
Even if the emperor's grandson is deeply loved by His Majesty the Emperor, it is impossible for His Majesty to spare a few million taels of silver to support the Emperor's grandson to do such an unreliable thing.
However, not only did the emperor's grandson succeed, but he didn't let the court pay a cent!
When Lu Shiyuan recalled the experience of the past year, he just felt like he was in a dream.
The grandson of the emperor can do so many things with only a small stock exchange and a Jinling Bank, which is simply a fairy trick!
Now it's time to beat these people's bamboo sticks for the emperor's grandson and help the emperor's grandson regain blood!
"Brother Zhao, Brother Chen, what are you two thinking now?"
"Do you want to register with the Shibo Department, or continue to do the business we did before?"
Zhao Zhenting patted his thigh angrily upon hearing this.
"Forget it!"
"What are you doing with the previous business? I was just confiscated for 200 million taels of goods this month. If I am confiscated a few more times, my whole family will drink the northwest wind!"
Chen Zhijian, who had been silent all this time, also poured out bitter water.
"You have only had 200 million worth of goods confiscated, and my Chen family has 500 million worth of goods confiscated..."
"Now the prefect of Shaoxing seeks trouble with my Chen family every day, and wants to arrest me for punishment. I..."
Zhu Yunxi's network collection operation covers all aspects this time, with the Jing Navy at sea and the cooperation of local governments on shore.
When encountering officials who were unwilling to cooperate, he sent sharks to surround them and stare at them.
If the Shark Guardians can't stop them, then replace the local officials with your best friends.
Now the prefect of Shaoxing Prefecture is temporarily concurrently held by Zhu Zhi, king of Liao Dynasty. The original prefect of Shaoxing was transferred to Beijing to take up a spare position by Zhu Yunxie for any reason.
Zhang Qinglai, the magistrate of Suzhou, also cleaned up the entire Suzhou mansion. Anyone who had contacts with the Zhang family in the official mansion was all removed from the ranks by him.
Normally, this kind of thing is quite troublesome to do. Even if you dismiss a pawn, you have to alert the court and get approval from the Ministry of Officials before you can be dismissed.
However, when Zhu Yunxi was stationed in the Ministry of Officials, he held the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Zhan Wei, to talk about life every day. After talking about his ideals, the Ministry of Officials gave the green light all the way.
You can even resign first and then make up the ticket!
Under the pressure of Zhang Qinglai, the life of the Zhang family in Suzhou became more and more difficult.
Zhu Yunxi was also afraid that Zhang Qinglai would not be able to control the situation, so he directly sent a thousand Xingwuwei veterans to support him.
With these 1000 people, Zhang Qinglai has made drastic reforms in Suzhou, and has already grasped all of Suzhou in his hands.
When Lu Shiyuan heard Chen Zhijian's complaint, he felt even more relieved.
Fortunately, he had already taken refuge in the emperor's grandson, otherwise he would have ended up like the Chen family.
"Brother Chen, don't panic!"
"Our Daming has its own laws, and the prefect of Shaoxing will not mess around!"
Chen Zhijian cried "Wow" when he heard the words.
"Brother Lu, you don't know that the prefect of Shaoxing is now the King of Liao!"
"King Liao is His Majesty's own son, he doesn't care about any rules, he can do whatever he wants!"
"It is said that many members of my Chen family have been arrested, even my two clan uncles have been arrested, woo woo woo..."
"Also asked my Chen family to pay taxes, saying that we owe the imperial court tens of millions of taels of taxes!"
"You know, don't look at our family's great business, but no one can afford that much money!"
"King Liao is trying to force us to our death, woo woo woo..."
As soon as Chen Zhijian cried, Zhao Zhenting also cried.
What they were crying was not because of the arrest of their clansmen, but because of the "tax payment" decree issued by the imperial court.
If the imperial court really held on to the evidence of their smuggling over the years and forced them to pay taxes, then their families would really be ruined.
Now the two of them only regret one thing. If they had known that the court was so ruthless, they would have partnered with Zhang Tianyou to build a country overseas!
"Lord Lu, please introduce us for us, and intercede with the emperor's grandson for us!"
"As long as the emperor's grandson can forgive us, we can do whatever we want!"
After the two of them finished speaking, they sat down on the chair like a deflated ball, letting Lu Shiyuan slaughter them.
Seeing the miserable appearance of the two, Lu Shiyuan felt a burst of sadness in his heart.
This is the reason why he has been devoted to fame and fame. No matter how much money you have under the imperial power, you can't match the court's laws and regulations after all.
"The two are really willing to serve the emperor's grandson?"
The two were taken aback when they heard this, thinking that the emperor's grandson is still short of people, and they are willing to accept their votes?
Aren't they both fish on the chopping board now? The grandson of the emperor can rub it as he wants!
"May I ask Master Lu what you mean by this?"
"The emperor's grandson can really accept us?"
Lu Shiyuan smiled slightly when he heard the words, then stood up and cupped his hands in the direction of the capital.
"Emperor Taisun's oral order!"
When the two heard this, they jumped off their chairs and knelt on the ground respectfully.
Seeing how respectful the two were, Lu Shiyuan spoke up.
"Building a city ship alone to promote sea trade is not for self-interest, but for the foundation of the Ming Dynasty for generations to come, and the well-being of billions of people!"
"You were originally merchants and untouchables, and you didn't want to serve the court. You tried to fight against Gu several times, and Gu hated him deeply..."
"However Gu doesn't want to oppress people with power and oppress people with power."
"If you abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty in the future, I will still recognize you as the people of the Ming Dynasty..."
"After confiscating the goods and paying three times the fine, you can throw it away and return it to you..."
The two broke out in cold sweat at first, thinking that the grandson of the emperor should not put them in Zhang Tianyou's party.
Zhang Tianyou is a proper rebel, the two of them have never done any rebellion.
However, when the two heard the "fine", they froze on the spot and looked at Lu Shiyuan in disbelief.
"Lord Lu, the grandson of the emperor said to return the goods to us?"
"How is this possible?"
"Can you spit out the fat in your mouth?"
After hearing what the two said, Lu Shiyuan cupped his hands in the direction of the capital again.
"This is the place of Emperor Gaoyi!"
"To tell you the truth, I also persuaded the emperor's grandson to confiscate the goods of the two of you."
"However, the grandson of the emperor taught me a lesson. He told me that there must be laws in everything. Once he opens this hole and confiscates all your goods into the palace, then someone will use this hole to concoct others in the future. Evidence of smuggling, confiscation of other people's goods."
"Once this wind spreads, Daming Maritime Trade will be completely ruined!"
"Therefore, as the great-grandson of Emperor Ming, he must not set a precedent for this."
Zhao Zhenting was moved to tears when he heard Lu Shiyuan's words.
"Emperor Grandson Shengming!"
"Emperor Taisun Shengming, woo woo woo..."
"Damn me, I actually wanted to follow that bastard Zhang Tianyou against the grandson of the emperor, I..."
Zhao Zhenting slapped himself when he said this.
Chen Zhijian kowtowed his head "bang bang" to express his inner joy and gratitude to the emperor grandson.
Lu Shiyuan saw that the two of them had almost "expressed their true feelings", so he hurriedly helped them up from the ground.
"Get up, both of you!"
"The two of you have listened to the imperial grandson's oral order, and it's time for the two of you to express your views!"
"Are you planning to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, or are you planning to fight in the corner?"
When the two heard the words, they immediately said firmly.
"To Ming!"
"Must vote!"
"I will build a shrine for the emperor's grandson when I go back, and bless the emperor's grandson with a long life day and night!"
"I want to hang a portrait of the emperor's grandson high up, and burn incense every morning and evening..."
Seeing that the two of them were talking more and more unreliable, Lu Shiyuan hurriedly interrupted their words.
"You two, it's not enough to just talk about it, you two have to take practical actions!"
"Action?"
The two were a little confused when they heard this.
"Dare to ask Mr. Lu, what should we do to take practical action?"
Lu Shiyuan pondered for a while and said.
"First, pay the fine!"
When Zhao Zhenting heard this, he quickly patted his chest to express.
"no problem!"
"The grandson of the emperor said how much to pay!"
Lu Shiyuan shook his head and said.
"This is not what the emperor grandson asked you for. This is a fine, do you know?"
"Normally, the customs duty of the shipping department is [-]%, but you are fined three times, which is [-]% of the value of the goods!"
When Zhao Zhenting heard that he would have to pay a fine of [-]% of the value of the goods, his cheeks twitched in distress.
But thinking that the emperor's grandson didn't take all the goods away directly, it was already a great blessing, and it didn't hurt so much.
"it is good!"
"The second point is to pay the tax!"
"This……"
Loyalty is loyal, but when it comes to money, loyalty has to be discounted.
Zhao Zhenting and Chen Zhijian, who were crying so much just now, suddenly showed reluctance on their faces.
Seeing this, Lu Shiyuan hastily added.
"This is not aimed at the two of you, our Lu family, Shen family, and Luo family have all paid back!"
Seeing what Lu Shiyuan said, Zhao Zhenting asked anxiously.
"May I ask Mr. Lu, how much do you have to pay?"
Lu Shiyuan did not give Zhao Zhenting a certain number, but said ambiguously.
"It depends on the loyalty of the two of you. How much do you two want to give?"
This time it was Zhao Zhenting and Chen Zhijian's turn to tangle.
I feel sorry for the two more people, but I am definitely not satisfied with the lack of the emperor grandson.
The two struggled for a while, then looked at Lu Shiyuan again.
"It's better for Mr. Lu to set a number for us, and we can refer to it."
Lu Shiyuan was not polite, and immediately announced the amount of his family's tax payment.
"My Lu family plans to pay 1000 million taels of tax..."
"1000 million taels?"
The two almost fainted on the spot when they heard this.
"Master Lu, it is not easy for your family to withdraw 1000 million taels of cash, right?"
"We do sea trade to make money, but we also need to sell goods, prepare goods, and maintain daily store expenses. There is not so much cash at all..."
Lu Shiyuan laughed when he heard the words.
"I just forgot to tell the two of you that the emperor's great grandson, the emperor's kindness, promised us to make it up in ten years!"
"If you only make up 100 million taels a year, wouldn't it be much easier?"
The two of them secretly breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and thought that if it was divided into ten years, this matter would really be nothing.
It's just that the two of them were still a little unhappy at the thought of having to live a hard life for ten years.
"Our Zhao family can't compare to your Lu family, so let's give the emperor grandson 500 million taels of silver..."
"Our Chen family gave 600 million taels to the emperor's grandson, divided into ten years..."
Lu Shiyuan corrected the mistakes of the two on the spot.
"wrong!"
"This is not money for the emperor's grandson, this is the tax money we paid back!"
The two nodded quickly when they heard the words.
"Yep!"
"This is the back tax money!"
After the two said this, they hurriedly looked at Lu Shiyuan eagerly.
"May I ask Mr. Lu, did the imperial court let go of our previous smuggling by paying the tax back?"
Lu Shiyuan nodded.
"Of course!"
"And the grandson of the emperor also promised that we can allow our children to become officials!"
"What?"
Zhao Zhenting was so excited that his eyes almost fell out when he heard this, he never expected that there would be such an unexpected joy.
Chen Zhijian was also full of surprise and disbelief.
It is a great grace for a merchant to become an official!
After the two heard this, they didn't even feel the pain of paying taxes of several million taels, and even felt that it was worth thousands of dollars.
Seeing the expressions of the two, Lu Shiyuan hurriedly patched them up.
"It is stated in advance that the emperor's grandson Enzhun's official position is only limited to the official position of the Wenhua Palace, and it is not an official official position of the imperial court..."
"May I ask Mr. Lu, what is the official position of Wenhua Palace?"
"There is no salary, no power, but you can see officials without kneeling, and you are exempted from hard labor and other privileges..."
Although the official position has shrunk severely, the two are still very happy.Just the fact that they don't kneel when they meet an official makes them very satisfied.
"Row!"
"Anyway, the imperial court's salary is not much, if there is none, then there is none..."
Lu Shiyuan saw that the two accepted it, and then said the third point.
"The third point, you two need to submit a vote!"
"Nominations?"
Zhao Zhenting looked at Lu Shiyuan with a puzzled face, and wondered if the petition was for him to kill someone?
Chen Zhijian also didn't understand very much, and he didn't understand what a vote certificate was.
Lu Shiyuan explained with a smile.
"Zhang Tianyou hasn't been whereabouts yet, where his goods are stored, and what channels he can go to sea, the court doesn't know yet..."
"If the two of you can provide some information, or help the court arrest Zhang Tianyou, the emperor's grandson will naturally thank you both!"
(End of this chapter)
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