Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Now Wang Mi is quite a headache.Although Wang Mi is an experienced and older shopkeeper in Qijia, it is the first time for him to be in charge alone, so Wang Mi really wants to manage the salt sales area well.

Therefore, when the relationship between Wang Mi and Wu Shigong completely froze, he used Qijia's influence to prevent Wu Shigong from obtaining any salt goods in the surrounding areas, including Jining Prefecture.From the perspective of a businessman like him, as long as he exerts such pressure and gives Wu Shigong some gifts in the future, the two parties may continue to cooperate.

But what Wang Mi didn't expect was that instead of giving in, Wu Shigong still turned a blind eye to Wang Mi.When Wu Shigong didn't get any salt goods in Jining Prefecture, Wu Shigong paid a high price to get scattered salt from nearby salt sellers, plus some of Wu Shigong's stocks and some salt goods seized from bandits, Wu Shigong unexpectedly The sale of salt goods is maintained in the mountainous area in the north of Runing Prefecture.

Wang Mi immediately became a little restless.Because he has not completed the sales of salt goods in his own area for several months.Wang Mi did not dare to confess this situation to Qi's family, otherwise, it is very likely that Qi's family will replace him with someone else.

You must know that except for the northern area of ​​Runing Prefecture, the sales of salt products in other areas of Runing Prefecture are also owned by the Qi family.Therefore, the most convenient way for Qijia is to ask the direct descendant of Qijia who is in charge of the sales of salt goods in Runing Prefecture to be responsible for all the sales of salt goods in these two regions.

In order to break the deadlock, Wang Mi began to entrust Yu Zilian, a county official and gentry, as a middleman, hoping to make up for his relationship with Wu Shigong again.However, the news of Wu Shigong's discord with Qi's family has already spread, and Wu Shigong's killing spree in the latest stage made those officials and gentry afraid to be this middleman.

Wang Mi was at a loss, and in a desperate situation, he sent someone to contact the bandits like Li Yaozi, hoping to open up the salt sales channels in the mountainous area in the north of Runing Mansion through Li Yaozi and the bandits.

But Wang Mi's behavior has actually violated the Qi family's business rules.You must know that as a long-term salt merchant family, the Qi family basically does not deal with people with several identities.And bandits are one of them.

Also, Qijia would not allow officials to serve as salt sellers in his area of ​​office.Because the Ming Dynasty implemented the system of passing officials, and all officials would be transferred. Therefore, it is possible to give officials certain routines and require them to be protected. All the hard work and money spent by officials will be thrown into the water.This is also one of the reasons why Wang Mi wanted to squeeze Wu Shigong out of the salt seller in the first place.

The Qi family's favorite salt sellers are the local official families or gentry families. They believe that such a cooperative relationship can last long.

But what Wang Mi didn't expect was that Wu Shigong used powerful force to wipe out Li Yaozi's bandits completely, and Li Yaozi was also beheaded.But at this time, anyone who is sensible can know that Wu Shigong has completely controlled the mountainous area in the north of Runing Mansion.

Wang Mi panicked now, so he couldn't bear it alone, so he went to Runing Mansion to find the direct descendant of Qi's family to discuss a solution.

But at this time, Wang Mi didn't want to let the head of the Qi family in Yangzhou know about his predicament, and wanted to solve this problem in private.However, Wang Mi's qualifications in the Qi family are very old, and the direct descendant of the Qi family also betrayed Wang Mi's three-point face. With his appearance, the direct descendant introduced several officials of the Runing Mansion to Wang Mi. .

However, after inquiring about Wu Shigong's situation from these officials, Wang Mi discovered to his surprise that in the minds of those officials, it seemed that they had no impression of Wu Shigong as the guard of the Runing Mansion at all.Even a few who have an impression think that Wu Shigong, the guard of the Runing Mansion, is a very strange and stupid person.

Because although Wu Shigong has been in the Runing Mansion for several months, Wu Shigong has never been to other officials, and he has never socialized with other officials outside.

Moreover, Wu Shigong basically didn't stay in his official office, he either led troops to suppress bandits, or went to Runing Camp to train soldiers.What made those officials even more laughable was that Wu Shigong actually took out his own money to build the big camp of Runing Camp.And these officials also found out that the big camp of the Runing Camp has been built like a city.

Those officials all laughed at Wu Shigong's stupidity: With so much money, why don't you enjoy it comfortably?How could such a strong camp be built for the imperial court?

What those officials didn't know was that now Wu Shigong wished to let his life wait, so what spare time would he have to make friends with those officials?

But the silly behavior of the officials made Wang Mi foolish.After a long time, in the officialdom of Runing Mansion, is there no official who can talk to Wu Shigong?

There is no way, use the true nature of a businessman.Money can make officials grind.Wang Mi immediately prepared a generous gift and sent it to Guan Kesong, the prefect of Runing Prefecture, hoping that the prefect of Guan Kesong would come forward and ask Wu Shigong out.

In Wang Mi's opinion, it would be a great honor for Wu Shigong to invite Wu Shigong, a low-status military officer, with the largest civil servant in the Runing Mansion.But what Wang Mi didn't expect was that when Wu Shigong learned about Guan Zhifu's invitation to come from the mouth of the person who sent the post, Wu Shigong immediately rejected Guan Zhifu's invitation very tactfully and resolutely.Wu Shigong's refusal suddenly made Guan Zhifu lose face.

Needless to say, a wealthy businessman like Qijia has a comprehensive approach to dealing with officials.When he felt that it was difficult to continue the way of wooing, Wang Mi immediately thought of another way, which was to transfer Wu Shigong away from the Runing Mansion.Therefore, Wang Mi immediately prepared another generous gift and came to the yamen of Runing Mansion.

Seeing his master, after sending Wang Mi out of the gate, Guan Zhifu immediately called his master to the study to discuss.

Guan Zhifu asked the master: "How do you think about this matter, sir?"

"There must be a reason for the transfer of officials. There are only two ways: promotion or dismissal. It depends on what Dong Weng thinks."

"This is the same as I thought about it. The reason is ready-made. For promotion, Wu Shoubei finally wiped out the bandits in the northern mountainous area, and even killed the bandit leader Li Yaozi; for dismissal, Wu Shoubei killed innocent people indiscriminately, resulting in a dozen The tragedy of the village."

"Although this is the case, the students think that the reason for the promotion is too far-fetched just to kill a group of bandits. The Ministry of War will definitely not approve it. Even if the Ministry of War approves it, maybe Wu Shoubei will still be stationed in Runing Mansion after he is promoted. "

Guan Zhifu shook his head and said: "Sir, what you said is reasonable. But it's not good to offend Wu Shoubei to death just because of those ah-dumbs."

"Dong Weng, the student has an idea. Dong Weng simply wrote the reasons for promotion and dismissal in a memorial, and let the adults in the court choose for themselves. It also seems that Dong Weng can distinguish right from wrong."

Guan Zhifu clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Wonderful! This is a great idea! Sir, I will send a message to that Mr. Wang again, saying that I have already used my means. In the court, I will let that Mr. Wang do it by himself." Do your best. Also, when you have time, sir, you will also disclose the news of my official memorial to Wu Shoubei. There is no need for this official to offend a merchant."