The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 186 Big Gamble

The name left on the post is Pu Shougeng, the patriarch of Pujia in Quanzhou, Fujian Road.

Yuan Ji also smiled and said, "It came quickly enough."

"Well, Junshi, you take Zhang Shijie and leave first. Xiao Tian, ​​let Pu Shougeng come up."

After a while, Xiao Tian took the two of them up to the second floor, gestured to me, turned around and closed the door and left.

This Pu Shougeng was tall and tall, although he was over [-] years old, but his face was rosy and he was full of energy.From the appearance, there are indeed many places that look like people from the Western Regions, with bearded hair, high nose and blue eyes, typical characteristics of people from the Western Regions.It was his son Pu Wenfeng who went upstairs with Pu Shougeng. Relatively speaking, Pu Wenfeng's appearance was basically the same as that of a Han Chinese.

That day when Pu Wenfeng returned to Quanzhou, he told Pu Shougeng what had happened in Fuzhou. Pu Shougeng panicked immediately after hearing this. According to Pu Wenfeng, he did not dare to discuss with others. After half a day of secret talks with Chen Xinshu, he took Pu Wenfeng and Pu Wenyong with him and set off northward to Lin'an.

Pu Shougeng got confirmation from Chen Xinshu that Mr. Huyan of Shifeng Trading Company in Beijing is the current emperor.Based on Pu Shougeng's knowledge, he felt that fortune and misfortune are unpredictable. It has been said since ancient times that merchants do not fight with officials, not to mention that Chen Xinshu also said that the current emperor has an extraordinary bearing and a keen mind, far better than the former emperor Lizong.After weighing the pros and cons, Na Pu Shougeng made a decision in a very short time, and went north to the capital to meet Mr. Huyan.

Pu Shougeng knew that whether it was true or not was only at the emperor's whim, and no matter how powerful the Pu family was in Quanzhou, they were far from being enemies of the imperial court.Instead of sitting and waiting, it is better to take the initiative to attack, so that there is a chance.Since the emperor gave Chen Xinshu a chance and released Pu Wenfeng, it showed that the emperor did not want to get rid of the Pu family.Pu Shougeng has galloped in the shopping malls and been in the officialdom for decades, so he naturally understands the importance and the current affairs.

According to the normal historical process, decades after the Pu family surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, the descendants of the Pu family actually maintained their huge power and competed with the Yuan court for profit. The Yuan court sent troops to invade Quanzhou, causing serious damage to the Hui people and Islam in Quanzhou. "Anyone from the Western Regions will be wiped out, and those with a high nose and a hufa will kill them by mistake. They will be punished behind closed doors for three days." The descendants of the Pu family thought they were right. If they had half the wisdom of Pu Shougeng, they would not have ruined their families.

After entering the capital, Pu Shougeng left Pu Wenyong near the Shifeng Commercial Firm, and warned that if he and Pu Wenfeng could not get out, he should let Pu Wenyong return to Quanzhou, Fujian immediately, pass on the position of Patriarch to Pu Shousheng, and end the business. No need to ask for any reason.

Pu Wenfeng met me when he was in Fuzhou, and when he entered the house, he pulled his father to kneel down together, kowtowed respectfully three times and said: "Caomin Pu Shougeng, Caomin Pu Shiwen (Pu Wenfeng's word Shiwen) pays homage to Mr. Huyan .”

"Pu Shougeng?" I sat on the chair and looked at Pu Shougeng.

"Young master, it is the grass-roots people."

Regarding Pu Shougeng, I didn't think about how to deal with it.

As one of the largest traders in the Song Dynasty, the Pushi Firm contributed to the revitalization of Quanzhou's economy and even the export trade of the entire Song Dynasty.The Pu family is a typical official businessman. Although Pu Shougeng has only served as the Quanzhou shipping secretary for three years, he has been "good at shipping for nearly 30 years." Quanzhou spices and other overseas trade for nearly 30 years.Later generations recorded that the Pu family "traveled to the sea with good merchants, resulting in huge production and thousands of children." This is enough to show the power of Pu Shougeng's family.

Judging from the development of the Pu family, they are taking a road of combining government and business, and combining government and business.According to later generations, his way of making a fortune was through wantonly bribing officials, colluding with officials and businessmen, and evading huge tariffs, forming a top-down relationship network, from the small inspection of the Quanzhou Shipbuilding Department to the multi-position management on Fujian Road. All of them were drawn into this net by the Pu family.On Fujian Road, it can be said that this network is the real "manufacturing envoy".Chen Xinshu confessed that a large part of the reason why he was able to obtain the high position of Fujian Road Deputy Chief Envoy came from the "care" of the Pu family.

"Hu Xueyan and Lai Changxing, who are well-known in later generations, may have learned from Pu Shougeng." I thought.

"Pu Shougeng, according to the laws of our dynasty, what should I do for bribing officials and evading taxes?" For the "bad guys" I want to recover, I usually adopt the approach of giving the stick first and then the carrot.

"Mr. Hui, if the amount is huge, you can be sentenced to death." Pu Shougeng said in a low voice.

"Then have you calculated yourself, is it worthy of capital punishment?"

"My lord, the grassroots are convicted." Pu Shougeng came to pay homage.

"Since you are convicted, you still dare to come to Beijing to see me. You are quite courageous."

Pu Shougeng bowed again and said: "My son is the son of the real dragon, and I have inherited the destiny. The grass people would rather know the death penalty, and dare to come to see him. Even if the son sentenced the grass people to death, the grass people would like to see the dragon face of the son before death. Listen to me. The teaching of the young master is so worthy of this life."

"Really? See me, listen to me say a few words, and die without complaint?"

"Yes, son."

"Pu Shougeng, do you think I will kill you?" I said with a straight face.

"My lord, the grassroots think you can't do it." Pu Shougeng said without hesitation.

Pu Shougeng remembered very clearly that before entering the capital, Chen Xinshu warned himself earnestly that the emperor is extremely wise and must not play tricks in front of him, whether it is right or wrong, even if it is a beheading, one must tell the truth, In this way, there is a chance of life.

I was slightly surprised and said, "Oh, why?"

Pu Shougeng seemed to be full of confidence and said: "My lord, please forgive the grass people, the grass people are still valuable to you."

I stared at Pu Shougeng expressionlessly, and laughed after a long time: "Haha, good you Pu Shougeng. Get up, sit down and talk."

"Thank you, Young Master." Pu Shougeng got up to thank him, and sat down with Pu Wenfeng.At this time, Pu Shougeng was already sweating profusely, and his underwear was almost completely soaked, but he was finally able to relax a little, this first hurdle was passed.

Although Pu Shougeng has a strong body, he is old after all. After kneeling on the ground for a long time, he also felt backache and back pain. After sitting down, he panted for a while before returning to normal.

"Pu Shougeng, since you have guessed that I will not kill you, then guess how I will deal with you?"

Pu Shougeng didn't speak immediately, but took out a light gray booklet from his arms, stood in front of me, raised his hands and said, "Young Master, this is the financial situation of my Pu family, please have a look at it."

Seeing me nodding my head, Xiao Qi walked up to it, took it and handed it over to me.

I immediately opened the booklet and read it.The booklet mainly records two aspects of content, one is the total income of the Pu family over the years as of the end of last month, and the other is the list of personnel who participated in the profit sharing of the Pu family.The total income of the Pu family is indeed astonishing. In addition to evading huge tariffs, it cannot but be said that the Pu family is well-managed, and the list of participation in the share shows Pu Shougeng's loyalty to me.

You must know that once this roster is handed over to me, there will be no turning back for Pu Shougeng, and any one of the officials on it will be able to crush the Pu family to death.Needless to say, the officials on Fujian Road such as Chen Xinshu and others, such as Xia Jing, who lived in Quanzhou for three generations and was the commander of the left-wing army of the three generations of martial arts, Sima of Quanzhou, Tian Zhenzi who was in charge of army mobilization, Lin Chunzi who was in charge of city defense, and Yan Bolu, a family from Quanzhou, etc. Not a tycoon in Quanzhou official circles.There are also Pu Shougeng's party members Sun Shengfu, You Yongxian, Wang Yu, Jin Yong, etc., which are all marked in this list in great detail.

Pu Shougeng was betting. This was the biggest and most difficult gamble in his life. He used all his belongings to gamble on the safety of the Pu family. This gamble, but he has no ability to influence the course of the gamble.

"If you don't gamble, you will die. If you gamble, you may have a chance." At this time, Pu Shougeng calmed down instead, waiting quietly for me to announce the result of the bet.