Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Zhenjiang Chamber of Commerce.

The nine members of Jiangnan gathered together.

Although Lu Shiyuan is the leader of the Nine Masters, he doesn't like to manage things very much.

First of all, he has a calm temperament, and he has a bit of a Confucian businessman's character.

In his life, he had no intention of being a merchant, but because of being a merchant, he missed the imperial examination, so he had no choice but to inherit the family's billions of dollars of wealth.

The second is that there is no successor, and the current family business does not know who to take advantage of, so what is the use of tossing around?
Therefore, although the meeting was held in the Zhenjiang Guild Hall under the name of the Lu family, he, the leader, seldom spoke.Lu Shiyuan didn't want to talk, so naturally someone was willing to talk.

Zhang Tianyou in Suzhou was very active and active, slandering the Ming court while slandering Zhu Yunxi.

"Since Big Brother Lu doesn't want to talk, then I will say a few words on behalf of Big Brother Lu."

"Our Zhang family can be regarded as a half-way monk, not as good as your eight great masters with deep roots and leaves."

"The reason why our Zhang family can share a piece of the fat in Haimao is all thanks to the love of the elders and uncles, so that our Zhang family can beg for a meal at sea."

"Drinking water and thinking of the source, I, Zhang Tianyou, swear here that no matter which of your family the imperial court wants to deal with, my Zhang family will go through fire and water to help you!
When Zhang Tianyou said this, everyone's faces were a little moved.

In fact, the reason why they divided the Zhang family-Beiying was not because of Zhang Tianyou's face, but because of Zhang Tianyou's father Zhang Shicheng's face.

Although Zhang Shicheng was born as a private salt dealer, he treated merchants and common people well when he ruled Jiangdong, and accumulated a lot of prestige among the people.

Therefore, after Zhu Yuanzhang wiped out Zhang Shicheng, the people in the south of the Yangtze River spontaneously protected the Zhang family and took good care of them.

Zhang Tianyou also worked hard. Relying on the money and prestige accumulated by his father, he quickly opened up the situation in the Jiangnan business circle, and faintly became the number one in Jiangnan.

In terms of financial resources alone, the Zhang family may already be above the Lu family.It's just that the Lu family inherited from the Song Dynasty and experienced the Yuan Dynasty for a hundred years. It has been engaged in maritime trade for many generations and has a rich accumulation in maritime trade. It is not the Zhang family, a rising star, who can compare.

"Nephew Zhang Jiaxian's words make people listen to ironing posts!"

"Zhu Yuanzhang is different from your father, 1 people look down on those of us who do small business in the streets."

"It's nothing more than not allowing us to participate in the imperial examination. We are not even allowed to wear the silk woven by our own hands. How can there be such a reason in this world?"

After Gu Yuanqing complained, he drank his tea alone, with an indignant look on his face.

Others also felt sympathy, feeling that it was too difficult to be a merchant in Daming.

I thought that when Zhu Yuanzhang expelled Meng Yuan and was recovering, these businessmen would not have to be exploited by those corrupt officials of the Yuan Dynasty, and they could finally live a good life.

Unexpectedly, when Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor, he suppressed their businessmen wave after wave.

Prohibiting them from participating in the imperial examination is tantamount to cutting off their official career and their thinking.

However, this is more or less tolerable, and the most unbearable thing for them is Zhu Yuanzhang's humiliation to them.

Zhu Yuanzhang ranked them at the end of the four people among the scholars, farmers, businessmen, and stipulated that they could not wear silk, but only silk, cotton and linen.It is also stipulated that they must wear small hats, and even the shoes they wear are stipulated.

Such humiliation and suppression, who can feel no resentment?
If they are just not allowed to participate in the imperial examination, their status will be low. What makes them even more unbearable is that their family wealth cannot be preserved.

How much did their predecessor, Mr. Shen Wansan, contribute to Daming Jiangshan, and how much money did he pay?
After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, instead of thanking Mr. Shen for his generosity, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered his house to be ransacked and sent his whole family to Yunnan!
This incident completely chilled the hearts of merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, making them determined to fight against the court and Zhu Yuanzhang.Don't you Zhu Yuanzhang look down on merchants, then you don't even want to receive a penny of taxes from Haimao.

With the joint efforts of Jiangnan merchants, the several shipping companies opened by Daming were forced to close down.

There is no other reason, because the maritime business group headed by the nine masters all conduct overseas trade through smuggling.

Not only did the Shibo Department not receive a single penny
Instead, they have to deal with harassment from small countries such as Java, Malaga, and Ryukyu.These small countries pay tribute to Ming Dynasty every year by reason, sometimes they bring some corals, sometimes they bring some local products, and when they come to Daming for a walk, they can always get rich rewards.

Even a stingy emperor like Zhu Yuanzhang, facing the "voluntary contribution" of overseas vassal states, is embarrassed to put his cold ass on others' hot faces.Over time, Zhu Yuanzhang thought it was too costly, and stipulated that the overseas vassals should not always pay tribute, but changed it to once every few years.Even so, Zhu Yuanzhang still felt annoyed, so he simply shut down the Shibo Department, cutting off the path for those small countries to come to Ming Dynasty to fight the autumn wind.After Gu Yuanqing finished complaining, the atmosphere in the hall became a little dull.After a while, Luo Guancheng, the contemporary head of the Luo family, spoke hesitantly. "Zhu Yuanzhang is indeed too much to us merchants, but I heard that the emperor's grandson seems to be different.
"Emperor Taisun himself was engaged in the way of merchants, opened shops and workshops, and now he opened a stock exchange, taking out the two most profitable chambers of commerce under his name, so that merchants in Ming Dynasty can share a share.

"It can be seen from this that the grandson of the emperor seems to be different from Zhu Yuanzhang, and he should not be so repulsive to us merchants, right?
When the people in the hall heard this, they all showed thoughtful expressions.

Let them shout slogans and curse Zhu Yuanzhang behind closed doors.But they are still very nervous about asking them to raise the flag to rebel and confront Zhu Ming's court.

Otherwise, it would not be necessary to hold a meeting and hide in such an inconspicuous Zhenjiang guild hall.Therefore, some people were moved when they heard Luo Guancheng's words.

Like Lu Shiyuan, they all planned to buy the shares of the chamber of commerce issued by the emperor's grandson.It's just that they can't compare with Lu Shiyuan in terms of quantity, and each of them only bought a few thousand shares for fun.

A few 10 taels of silver is not a big deal to them, after all, the value of a random shipment of goods can reach 30 to [-] taels.Buying three thousand shares is only a lot of money.

But if they can get a clear view of the character of the Great Ming Emperor's grandson through this matter, then it will be of great significance to them.Just when the Patriarchs were a little moved, Zhang Tianyou knocked on the table with a sneer and said.

"Brothers, uncles and elders, do you really believe that the old Zhu's family can produce any good seeds?"

"Then how old is Zhu Yuntong, he dared to go to sea to kill Japanese pirates, and he even dared to go to the Northland to fight prostitutes."

"Such a ruthless master, if he becomes the emperor in the future, he will be a militaristic and rejoicing person."

"Although my little nephew doesn't read much, he also knows how miserable the people's life was and how difficult it was for merchants during Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

"You guys want us to produce a Ming Wu Emperor?"

Luo Guancheng hesitated again and said.

"The emperor's grandson is fighting Japanese pirates and policemen. These are our great enemies in Xia. Could it be that he killed the wrong one?
As soon as Luo Guancheng said this, everyone sitting there started playing tureen in embarrassment, even the good old man Lu Shiyuan couldn't help but come out to smooth things over.

"Nephew of the Luo family, be careful!
"On this point, what Brother Zhang said is quite reasonable." Hearing what Lu Shiyuan said, everyone's faces looked better.As a matter of fact, which one of them who do maritime trade doesn’t deal with Japanese pirates? Even the strongest gangs of Japanese pirates at sea are the dogs they raise! Otherwise, why would those ronin warriors come to the land of Daming to fight and shout? ?If it weren't for someone who responded on land and pointed out the direction of attack for them, they would have lost their way just by hurrying.Although the Lu family did not raise Japanese pirates, they also had their own armed forces.It's just that it is hidden relatively deep, hidden in the rivers in the south of the Yangtze River.Relatively speaking, the Zhang family has the strongest sea power.Zhang Shicheng was defeated, and many of Zhang Shicheng's old troops fled to the sea and became pirates who robbed their homes.By the way, many ronin warriors were recruited, and they became the largest force in Daming sea area.It was only since last year that Daming formed a regular navy, which made their life not so easy, which made the Zhang family take the initiative to move closer to them.Otherwise, with Zhang Family's strength on the sea and on land, they would have been able to get rid of them and go it alone, so why bother to discuss countermeasures with them? After Zhang Tianyou finished speaking in Lu Shiyuan, he stood up excitedly and added.

"Everyone, we should be able to see Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude towards us merchants over the years, right?"

"I advise you to stop having illusions about Daming, and don't have illusions about the grandson of the emperor.

"The so-called securities
In my opinion, the exchange is just trying to cheat the merchants out of their money and fulfill the selfish desires of his Zhu family.

"Salt and iron is an official business of the imperial court. The imperial court can just use paper official documents to turn our shares into waste paper!"

"Comparatively speaking, coal is better, but isn't it up to others whether to give us money or not, and how much money to share?"

"Even if we hold the shares in our hands and they don't give us any money, how dare we go to the palace to ask Zhu Yuntong for it!"

As soon as Zhang Tianyou said this, the people present became even more silent.

People who originally wanted to buy a few 10 taels of silver to try the water also retreated in their hearts.

Although a few 10 taels of silver is not much, it was not brought by the strong wind, so let’s save some if we can.

Luo Guancheng felt a little unhappy when he saw that his words were all rejected by others.

"So what do you say we should do now?
"Emperor Taisun's shipping department in Songjiang Mansion will open soon. We will engage in maritime business in the future. Should we follow the clear account of Songjiang Mansion, or continue to think about it as before?
Zhang Tianyou interrupted Luo Guancheng's words, and said with a sneer.

"Are you stupid!"

"We can't earn the vain money ourselves, so why should the imperial court share a cup of it?"

"Furthermore, Zhu Yuanzhang's greed is obvious to all. I'm afraid that if we pay taxes honestly, we will be targeted by the court in the end, and we will end up in the end of ransacking our family and exterminating our family!"

As soon as Zhang Tianyou said this, everyone's expressions were terrified.There were still some people who were sitting on the fence, but they supported Zhang Tianyou overwhelmingly and gave up the unrealistic illusions in their hearts.

Some people looked at the head of the Shen family, Shen Congxing, with regretful eyes.

If it hadn't been for the old man of the Shen family being ransacked and exterminated by Zhu Yuanzhang, the title of the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River would definitely not have fallen to the Lu family and the Zhang family.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Shen Congxing couldn't help but wryly smiled.

"You don't need to look at me, uncles and brothers. I'm just a watchdog. I eat with you and feed the hundreds of members of the Shen family."

Shen Congxing spoke humblely, but no one dared to underestimate him.

Shen Wansan started from scratch and built a huge business empire that was so powerful that even the imperial power would be terrified, so there must be a lot of cards in his hand.

Otherwise, the Shen family had been confiscated and distributed, so why did they prosper again in just a dozen years and become one of the nine great families in the south of the Yangtze River?
The foundation laid by Mr. Shen back then, and the contacts he made, will make the Shen family prosperous for three generations without any problem!
Shen Congxing said with a self-deprecating smile.

"However, I think what Brother Zhang said is reasonable. Let's wait and see first, and don't rush to follow the clear path of Shibo."

"In case you reveal your wealth."

"Isn't the end of my Shen family miserable enough?"

When everyone heard Shen Congxing's words, they all felt the sadness of a rabbit dying and a fox in their hearts.

But who would be willing to be a traitor if the imperial court gave them a way out?
They are also forced to do nothing!
Seeing that everyone had reached an agreement, Lu Shiyuan immediately got up and made a decision.

"Since you don't plan to go to Songjiang Shipyard, let's continue to trade in the usual way.

"Let's talk about how much share you want this year, and let's study the specific strategy.

The following negotiations will not be as united as before, because every penny is money.

As for the group of businessmen, as long as they talk about money, they don't have much emotion to talk about.As the saying goes, don't come out to do business when talking about money.When the nine members of the Zhenjiang Guild were studying this year's maritime trade share, Zhu Yunxie also encountered a problem.As for the officials in charge of the Shipbuilding Department of Songjiang City, since the beginning of this year, they have not yet recruited a decent maritime merchant.There was only one overseas fan merchant who came to seek refuge because he was forced to go to the shore due to a storm.And the purpose is very strong. He hopes that the Ming court can help him repair the merchant ship, so he is willing to trade in Daming.When Zhu Yunxi saw this memorial, he was so angry that he wanted to tear it up.

When did he become so humble in Da Ming Dynasty and still ask overseas fan merchants to come to trade?
Shouldn't it be Daming who is holding tea in one hand and porcelain in the other, and a bunch of merchants rushing to beg for a deal with Daming?
Yang Xinlu is revising the memorabilia. He has written several editions, but he always feels

Unsatisfied, I feel that the old emperor may be annoyed, so I have been scribbling and changing.

Seeing Zhu Yunxi getting angry for no reason, he immediately stretched out his head and took a look.

Although Yang Xinlu and the other two masters had learned the right to help Zhu Yunxi draft their opinions, they did not have the right to read all the memorials.

For example, in terms of maritime affairs, they can only wait for Zhu Yunxi to deal with it himself.

Yang Xinlu glanced at it and saw that it was about the Shibosi, so he couldn't help smiling.

"Is the emperor's grandson really strange, why overseas fan merchants don't want to come to our Daming City Bosi?"

"yes!
"It's unreasonable, it's unreasonable!
"Obviously we are the imperial court, it is the most cost-effective to buy from us, why don't you come to us?
Yang Xinlu laughed even more mysteriously when he heard this.

"I would like to ask, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, do you think the imperial court is learning to hold tea, or silk, or porcelain?"

"This"

Zhu Yunxi had never thought about this before, he instinctively thought that these should be learned by the Ming court.

But since Yang Xinlu dared to ask such a question, it must not be what he thought.

"May I ask Mr. Yang, in whose hands did we learn to hold our famous silk, tea, and porcelain?"

Yang Xinlu dipped his finger in some tea and wrote "nine" on the table.

"As far as I know, the maritime trade of Ming Dynasty has long been monopolized by the Nine Families."

"What's the matter with the Nine?
"The Nine Great Masters have a long history, and some of them can even be traced back to the Song Dynasty.

"The reason why the Song Dynasty was able to fight against the Jin Dynasty and the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty with a mere land in the south of the Yangtze River for a hundred years was because of the rich profits of maritime trade.

"Otherwise, the Song Dynasty's finances would be dragged down just by years of wars and yearly coins.

Zhu Yunxi also attached great importance to maritime trade, and believed that maritime trade had huge benefits.However, he recently looked at the sea trade tax since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and the highest year was only 33 taels! This amount of money is not to say that Zhu Yuanzhang doesn’t like it, even Zhu Yunxi doesn’t like it!
What he wants is 3000 million taels a year! Even if there is not 3000 million taels a year, he still has to strive to reach 1000 million taels.

Anything less is an insult to Daming. The population of Daming is close to 2000 million people with household registration.Counting escaped households, hidden households, and those who are unwilling to register for household registration in the old, young, frontier and poor areas, the population can reach more than [-] million at least.

Daming has a vast land, rich resources, and a large population. If it can’t even collect 1000 million taels of tax revenue a year, it’s a shame!
"Where's the money?"

"Why did the Southern Song Dynasty rely on this to fight against the Jin Kingdom and the Meng Yuan Dynasty, and persist for so many years. When it comes to our Daming, it is only three 10,000+ taels of silver a year?" Yang Xinlu shook his head and smiled wryly.

"Actually, it's a long story. To put it simply, the people of Mengyuan are too stupid. They were fooled by the maritime merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. They collected a fixed tax of three or two million taels of silver every year and it was over. The rest were all maritime merchants. Earn your own money."

"Think about it, maritime merchants are used to doing business in the Yuan Dynasty, can they stand our Ming system?"

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he suddenly felt enlightened.

"understood!"

"You're talking about the tax package system of the Yuan Dynasty!"

"Emperor Sun Yingming!
Since the Yuan Dynasty learned the tax system in the Western Regions, it has been widely used in various fields of the Ming Dynasty.

Mines can be covered, commercial firms can be covered, and even land taxes can be covered.

In addition, many officials in the Yuan Dynasty were illiterate, and the management of household registration was in a mess, and they hadn't figured out the accounts for a hundred years.

In the most chaotic period in the later period, they even asked the people to write down the number of people and the number of acres of land on the door panels of their homes, so that they could collect taxes more conveniently.Therefore, the Ming maritime merchants, which had been active since the Song Dynasty, could not stand the system of Emperor Zhu after a hundred years of extensive management in the Yuan Dynasty.

Not to mention that Emperor Zhu must collect taxes, even if Emperor Zhu did not collect taxes, they would not dare to go.

Because Emperor Zhu's reputation was so bad that he didn't even recognize the Iron Pill Coupon issued by him, no one dared to take the risk.

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