Heaven's Martial Fate

Chapter 972 Sudden Conflict

Goryeo directly borders Dagan!
However, there are continuous mountains at the border between the two countries, making it difficult to walk.

It is also because of this that although Goryeo is a vassal state of Dagan, the private communication is not so frequent.

Mainly, it is because of the inconvenient land transportation.

But if you go by sea, it will be much easier.

It's also funny to say, but I don't know if it was intentional by Goryeo or for some other reason.

Every time the Korean envoys came to Daqian, they basically came by sea boat.

As a result, the ships they took did not directly arrive at the northern port, but went directly to the southern port, and then transferred to the official ship to go north along the canal.

If there is nothing tricky in it, Jia Rong would not believe it even if he was killed.

As a result, the sea trade was firmly controlled by the southern coastal clans, which were obviously closer to the Dagan North, and Koryo, which was connected by land.

This situation has continued since the founding of the country.

In the past, no one or force wanted to break it, or the strength was not enough.Or there is no awareness of it.

But now, the situation is different.

Since the development of Jinmen Port, there have been many founding nobles who have participated in it. They are not satisfied with the profits of short-sea transportation, but want to go to ocean transportation.

Although Jia Rong didn't mean to be a pioneer, she also pointed out the direction for these guys.

Don't go looking for the waterway of the Japanese country, after all, it is too unfamiliar, and I don't know how long it will take to find out.

After all, Koryo is bordered by Dagan, and along the northeast coastline all the way north, you can always find a reliable Koryo seaport.

After all, the history of maritime trade between the southern coastal clans and Korea began in the Tang and Song dynasties.

Although the mountains in the north of Koryo are very difficult to travel, but the south also has a lot of fertile land and produce, not to mention Korean ginseng is a good thing.

In fact, following Jia Rong's suggestion, the founding honorary fleet really traveled northward along the coastline of the Northeast region.

At this time, the Liaodong region was still firmly in the hands of Dagan.

The so-called Jurchens are still suppressed in the Baishanheishui area at this time, and it is not easy to break out of the harsh environment.

Last year, Dahan was raided by them, but their own personnel losses were much more serious than Dagan's garrison in Liaodong.

The founding honor group and the Liaodong garrison still have a very close relationship, and their fleets can naturally obtain sufficient supplies in the coastal towns of Liaodong.

It took almost three months, and the fleet of seagoing ships sent by several major families of the founding Xungui Group returned to Jinmen Port with a full harvest.

According to preliminary estimates, the profits of the fleet this time are at least 5 taels.

This is due to the lack of cargo carried by the fleet, and most of the hull space is used to load water and food, otherwise the harvest will be even greater.

Those few families who took risks and succeeded, naturally smiled.

After the rest got the news, the envious forces and businessmen were ready to move.

According to the captain of the fleet, after they crossed the mountains, they saw the rolling northern coast of Koryo, and the south of Koryo was the endless plains.

After going ashore, I realized that the soil and water conditions and climate in the south of Koryo are quite good, and millions of Koryo people live there.

Koryo is also a country with a long history. Although it is small in size, it has accumulated over the years and must have good resources and wealth.

I haven't seen that Korea and the Central Plains have traded for hundreds of years, nor have they hollowed out the other side's old background.Obviously, the family does have a lot of money.

So what are you waiting for, the maritime trade of the Koryo route, the founding Xungui Group and some commercial powers in the north will definitely take the lead.

As for what the boat boss said, he didn't take it to heart when he met representatives of the southern coastal clans in Koryo.

Just kidding, the power of the southeast coastal clan is indeed very strong, but what does it have to do with the founding Xungui Group, and everyone has no conflict of interest.

Besides, the big clans along the southeast coast are already used to eating alone, so it's really reckless if they want to show off their might in the north with this kind of eating.

Goryeo is obviously the northern region, and I have never seen the southeast coastal clans doing business with it before, and they have given enough respect and benefits to the northern dignitaries.

Based on these interests, Jia Rong has no intention of participating in the cooperation.

He didn't even have the idea of ​​sending a fleet to Goryeo to make a fortune in a hurry. He had better and more secure ways to make money.

Jia Rong set her sights on a series of places with port potential along the coast of Liaodong.

At this time, in the Liaodong area, the development of the hinterland is still in the beginning, but the coastal area is a desolate scene.

With the energy of the four major families in Jinling, it is not difficult to win the area along the coast of Liaodong where ports can be built.

In the early stage, it is only necessary to build some suggested docks first, so that sea-going ships can berthed and repaired.

After earning a lot later, you can slowly expand the port terminal. At that time, it will be safe and inconspicuous to do logistics supply business for ships.

Of course, Jia Rong's purpose is not only to make money, but also to take the opportunity to develop the land of Liaodong.

To put it bluntly, in his opinion, Dagan has too much to develop and boost national power, so why waste his mind and most of his energy on court struggles?
However, I don't know if they are used to being brave and ruthless, or they are used to domineering at sea. No one expected the reaction of the southeast coastal clan to be so fierce.

Half a month later, ten shiploads of food from Qiantang capsized directly on the Yangtze River channel, and all personnel and materials were covered in the water.

When the news reached the capital, the ruling and opposition parties were shocked!
In particular, when the results of the investigation came out, today's face is very ugly.

On the ten overturned ships, there was no food at all, and the cabins were full of irregular stones.

Damn, is this a robbery of a water transport ship?

In other words, officials from the Water Transport Yamen colluded with local forces to complete this operation that shocked the government and the public?

But no matter which item, it has aroused the wrath of today and the cabinet.

The wind can't last long!
Once the imperial court can't launch the thunderbolt to sweep the acupoints in the first place, and give enough shock to the secretly Xiaoxiao people, how can there be any stability in the water transportation in the future?

In addition, it is whether there are any loopholes in the Water Transport Yamen.

If there is a problem, it will be serious, and it may even affect the food price and stability in the north.

Don't forget that the south at this time is facing the possibility of flooding.

The imperial court continued to send imperial envoys to the south to supervise and inspect the dams and flood protection measures of various rivers.

The entire south is shrouded in a dull and depressing atmosphere.

If there is a little spark, maybe something big will happen.

At this time, the ship that transported the grain had an accident, and the present and the cabinet elders had to think a little more.

Things are not as serious as imagined!

Soon, a secret letter came from Jinling and was delivered to Jia Rong.

He opened it and saw that it was written by a rich family in the southeast coast to the founding Xungui Group.

The content is very domineering, and I just hope that the founding group will not make mistakes and end the maritime trade from Jinmen to Korea as soon as possible, otherwise the situation will only become more serious.

As for how serious the law is, the letter didn't mention it, obviously because they were afraid of being told the truth.

In connection with the major events that have happened recently, what else do you not understand?
As for the big clans in the southeast coast, why they acted so rampantly? In addition to warning the founding noble group, it also meant to deter the court.

Before, didn't you get a headache from the matter of silver now?
He dispatched many tax inspectors to Jiangnan in one go, preparing to search Jiangnan fiercely, at least to get enough money.

The purpose of the tax supervisor is naturally the special products in the south of the Yangtze River, such as mines, tea gardens, silk workshops, and porcelain kilns, to collect sufficient taxes to subsidize the insufficient treasury.

And the objects of these tax collections happen to be the lifeblood of the rich families in the southeast coast.

When they do overseas trade, there must be goods that can be exchanged for higher-interest goods from overseas.Silk, tea and porcelain, as well as special products such as rhubarb, are the best-selling products in foreign countries.

It can be said that every well-known southeast coastal clan has a huge and complete traditional industrial chain behind it.

There is no shortage of tea gardens, silk workshops, porcelain kilns, and even steel workshops, and the level may be quite good.

They rely on their own production, as well as some special products from the south, in exchange for amazing benefits from overseas.

Ordinarily, the wealth of any family in the southeast coast would not be less than 500 million taels, which should be enough for satisfaction.

In fact, existences like them have almost never been greedy for profit, and there is no such thing as satisfaction at all.

Today, the sudden dispatch of tax monitors to collect taxes is as unacceptable to them as being poached.

In the past, the tax inspectors dispatched today were blocked in Jinling by them and the southern gentry. Once they left the city, they would be a dead end.

Ordinarily, being able to achieve this step is not bad, if the persecution is too much, it will be a blatant reversal of the current situation.

Dagan at this time is not the middle and late Ming Dynasty in normal history, but he is holding a real knife in his hand today.

No matter how infiltrated the local garrisons on the southeast coast were, they would not be able to openly raise the flag of rebellion.

It's a pity that the big clans along the southeast coast have always been used to being domineering. They are the out-and-out emperors on the southeast sea, and their ideas are obviously different from those in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

It seems that the strength revealed is not enough, and this time there is another trick of looting grain, probably to deter the court.

Jia Rong was a little speechless, some people really couldn't understand what they did.

Ordinarily, the principals of the big clans along the southeast coast must be shrewd and powerful, otherwise they would not be able to dominate the sea.

There are not a few officials who are supported by them to enter the court and become spokespersons. There is even an elder in the cabinet who was born in the southeast coastal area.

In addition, Donglin Academy, which has a strong momentum in the southeast recently, is also an academy force supported by the rich families in the southeast coast.

They could have restrained the tax supervisors dispatched today through the power of the court and the people, and it may have unexpected effects over time.

But this time, the looting of grain grain directly made a big mess.

Jia Rong didn't hide it for them. He first informed the rest of the core leaders of the founding honor group about the contents of the letter, and then sent the letter to today's desk through Dai Quan's relationship.

"Audacity, really audacity!"

Today, he was so angry that his eyes burst into flames, and he almost exploded on the spot, and he was about to order the local garrison to ransack his family and exterminate his family.

There are other reasons for being so angry.

The consequences of the looting of grain were very serious. Today, competent personnel were sent to investigate, and the results have already come out.

Almost all the officials of the Water Transport Yamen in the south are in collusion with the local government, and they are completely rotten.

Such a result is difficult to accept today, and with the stimulation of the letter, can't you be mad?
But at this moment, Xia Shouzhong, the great eunuch from Longshou Palace, came over and invited the present in the name of the emperor.

No one knew exactly what father and son, the emperor and the emperor, said in the Dragon Head Palace, even Xia Shouzhong and Dai Quan didn't know.

However, after returning from the Dragon Head Palace today, his mood has completely returned to normal.

Naturally, he did not continue to yell and dispatch the local garrison, but dealt with the matter very calmly.

Since all the officials of the Water Transport Yamen in the south are rotten, they should all be replaced. There are not many other things to do, but there are a lot of officials who want to be officials.

There should not be too many quasi-officials waiting for dispatch in the capital.

As for the big clans along the southeast coast, it is obviously unwise to use drastic measures, especially when there is a possibility of floods in the south right now.

Then let the founding Xungui Group fight with them.

Today, I also know the actions of the founding Xungui Group in Jinmen Port. While being surprised by the huge profits of overseas trade, I also know that the Xungui Group has touched the interests of the southeast coastal clans. The two are already enemies.

If you are an emperor, you don't need to go into battle shirtless when you encounter something. If that happens, you will be inferior, so it's better to be a referee.

From Dai Quan, Jia Rong learned part of her thoughts today.

He smiled lightly, thinking that it is very good to do so now, is the founding Xungui Group still afraid?

It is actually very easy to shake the foundation of the big clans along the southeast coast.

He doesn't need to spend much thought, a novel is enough.

That's right, he once again thought of using novels as a tool of public opinion to deal a heavy blow to the wealthy families in the southeast coast.

Similar to today's state of mind, he doesn't need to step up to the stage and start a shirtless fight with the big clan in the southeast coast, as long as he makes good use of the resources in his hands, it will be enough to satisfy him.

In the Central Plains during the Little Ice Age, it can be said that natural disasters continued for decades, and the people of the Central Plains were tortured.

In addition, the surrounding grassland nomadic tribes were also affected by the weather and launched waves of offensives on the Central Plains, all for survival, so there is nothing to say.

The drought in the north is the most severe in Guanzhong, Hexi Corridor and other places. The refugees are everywhere, which has even shaken the foundation of the imperial court in the local area. The situation is quite severe...

(End of this chapter)