Mingshi

Chapter 1004 Xu Jie's Fear

Luo Xin stretched out a finger and said: "First, the two masters of Mr. Xu Ge have completely broken the rules of the southeast, and need to restore the rules."

"Xu Jie, from now on, your Xu family is not allowed to interfere in Southeast Sea Trade." Emperor Jiajing said coldly.

Xu Jie breathed a sigh of relief, kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"No!" Luo Xin shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the Xu family, as someone who violated the rules of the Maritime Department, cannot allow the Xu family to intervene in maritime trade again. After this incident, if the Xu family intervenes again, Even if it is well-behaved, it will cause panic in the entire southeast, and they will evacuate one after another, which will definitely lead to chaos in the southeast again, so that the Shibo Department will not be able to collect a copper plate of tariffs."

Xu Jie lay on the ground and said secretly: "Zhuzi, you actually regarded our Xu family as a plague god. This time, the old man tolerated you. As long as we can pass this hurdle, the Xu family will stop intervening in Haimao."

Emperor Jiajing looked at Luo Daodao in bewilderment: "That's why I asked the Xu family not to intervene in maritime trade!"

"I'm talking about the future, but now the Xu family must intervene. The Xu family started this mess, so they must be responsible. Now the southeast merchants have made the Xu family no one to trade with the vassal state. At this time, the Xu family Who will trade if they don’t trade? Could it be that Daming’s treasury, or His Majesty’s internal treasury, will take the blame for what the Xu family provoked?”

"That's right!" Emperor Jiajing looked at Xu Jie with a cold gaze, and Xu Jie cursed in his heart: "If you are not a son of man, you want the Xu family to go bankrupt!"

"Your Majesty, even if I go bankrupt, I don't have that much money to keep trading!" Xu Jie cried.

Emperor Jiajing also suspected that this was Luo Xin's excuse to punish Xu Jie, so he looked at Luo Xin with a half-smile.Luo Xin said with a straight face:

"Your Majesty, I didn't want Xu Ge's old family to continue doing business with the feudal kingdom like this. I just want the Xu family to trade with the feudal state this time. There is a reason for this."

"Ok?"

Emperor Jiajing was a little surprised. Everyone in Ming Dynasty knew about the enmity between Xu Jie and Luo Xin. Emperor Jiajing really didn't think that Luo Xin would give up such a good opportunity. Could it be that Luo Xin is really a public and selfless person?
"Tell me why."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Luo Xinlang said: "First, no one can harm Daming's interests without being punished, so making the Xu family responsible for this transaction is also a punishment for the Xu family. After benefiting, not only did they not get punished, but they also benefited, and they all followed suit. Da Ming might be eaten up and collapsed in a short time. No matter how strong a giant is, it can't bear the bite of moths."

Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but sharpen his eyes, and he agreed with Luo Xin's words in his heart.Now that Ming Dynasty lacks a successor to the chief minister of the cabinet, he also needs someone to check and balance Gao Gong.In the period when Xu Jie's successor has not yet appeared, Xu Jie still has a role, so he cannot withdraw, but he must be taught a lesson, a profound lesson, and punishing Xu Jie is also a deterrent to others.

"Secondly, the minister needs to attract pirates through this transaction, and truly measure the strength of the pirates."

Emperor Jiajing nodded and said, "Xu Jie, do you understand?"

Xu Jie heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. He only traded with the feudal kingdom once. Although the Xu family would suffer losses, it would not be hurt.

"Your Majesty!" Luo Xin said again: "The punishment for the Xu family should be all-round. This is not only for the normal collection of Da Ming's customs duties, but also for the rectification of Daming's name, so that the people of Daming will know that as long as His Majesty is here, Da Ming will be bright and bright." Therefore, the property that the Xu family seized and looted must be returned to those merchants whose families were ruined, and the families of the merchants who caused the death must be compensated.”

Xu Jie's face turned green. Originally, he had plundered property, and more than half of the goods traded with the vassal state were settled. The Xu family is organizing some sources of goods. Although they will lose a lot of money, they are within the scope of the Xu family's tolerance. .No matter how low the transaction price is, there is still a range for losing money.

but……

Return the stolen property and make compensation.Not to mention such a loss, it also increased the gap in the transaction with the merchants of the vassal state. This is beyond the tolerance of the Xu family.

More importantly, after this matter was handled in this way, it could no longer be concealed, the Xu family's reputation was ruined, and Xu Jie's reputation was also ruined.

Just when he was sweating coldly, he heard Emperor Jiajing's cold voice:
"Yes! Liu Shouyou!"

"The minister is here!" Liu Shouyou hurriedly stepped forward.

"Go to the southeast in person to monitor this matter. Supervise the completion of this transaction between the Xu family and the vassal state. Supervise the Xu family's return of the family property that was plundered, and compensate the losses of those merchants. If the Xu family dares not cooperate, then directly ransack the house. "

"Observe the order!" Liu Shouyou responded immediately.

"Your Majesty, I will tell my family to cooperate." Xu's clothes were drenched with sweat.

Emperor Jiajing ignored Xu Jie, but looked at Luo Daodao: "You just said the first point, continue."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Luo Xin said loudly: "The second point is to persuade the five major families in the southeast to re-operate in the southeast, and to resume the business with the merchants of the vassal states."

Emperor Jiajing frowned slightly and said, "It's not difficult, is it? This is an opportunity for them to make money. Could it be that they will refuse the opportunity to make money?"

"No one would refuse an opportunity to make money!" Luo Xin said in a condensed voice: "However, if this opportunity is not to make money, but also to lose money, or if it is better to trade with others to earn more, will they still trade with the feudal kingdom? And it is very likely that there will be some unknown troubles, will they agree?"

"Why don't you make money? What troubles will there be?"

"Your Majesty, according to Mr. Liu's description just now, based on my experience in the Southeast Shipbuilding Department, after Xu Jie participated in the shipping department's maritime trade, he kept lowering the price, and the last price was no longer profitable. And later The Xu family even robbed some businessmen, which caused a very bad influence in the southeast. Even the five great families are afraid that the Xu family will grow bigger and finally rob the five great families. After all... the governor of Lu has already gone. "

At this moment Xu Jie wished to get up and tear Luo Xin to pieces, but what was more in his heart was fear.This is to further aggravate Xu Jie's crimes. At this time, he is already afraid that Emperor Jiajing will drive him out of the cabinet.

"So!" Luo Xin said calmly: "The five great families must have concerns, and the five great families have now been released to open up new business routes. It should be very difficult to persuade them to return to the southeast to operate maritime trade. After all, they are afraid that one day in the future, the Xu family will participate in the maritime trade again, and once again take advantage of it. And this time they went to the north to open up new business routes, because they were afraid of the Xu family, and they couldn't afford to hide. In their hearts, this is really offending the Xu family, and when the Xu family participates in the sea trade again, they will definitely regard them as enemies, how could they not be afraid?"

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