Mingshi

Chapter 993

"You give so much money to my father every month, and you give so much to my father...what's the matter...yes...brainwashing is the way of brainwashing. Where is the face?"

"That's good!" Luo Xin pondered for a moment and said, "The generals who have not been recruited will have our people around them, in case of emergencies, so that we can control them as quickly as possible."

"Already installed!"

"That's good!" Luo Xin nodded and said: "There is no need to continue to develop, these people are enough. We must constantly find opportunities to brainwash them, and give them some money appropriately to make them more loyal. If it continues to develop, once it is exposed, it will be bad, and these people are enough."

"Is it enough?" Luo Ping was a little worried.

"Enough!" Luo Xin nodded firmly and said, "With this one-third, even if we can't pull it out during the palace change, it is enough to entangle the Fifth Army Battalion. Without the Fifth Army Battalion, Dongchang and Jinyiwei Power is enough."

southeast.

City ship division.

Xu Shixing sits in the play, Xu Jie's two sons Xu Kun and Xu Ying sit on the chairs on the left, and the heads of the five great families sit on the chairs on the right.The patriarchs of the five great families including Lu Ding had gloomy faces, while Xu Kun and Xu Ying showed disdain.

Xu Shixing swept across the two rows of people with a serious expression, and said in a concentrated voice: "I have called you all today to discuss the matter of maritime trade. You can speak out what you think. Today is to set a charter."

"Master Xu." Lu Ding said in a calm voice: "It's not that we are making trouble unreasonably. When we came in, we didn't complain. Everyone traded according to the previous regulations. However, the two sons of the Xu family have repeatedly lowered prices, which has damaged Daming's interests, and let a lot of profits be given to the merchants of the feudal kingdom. , This is different from betraying the country, I just want to ask, does your father know that you have no dignity to curry favor with the vassals?"

"Fart!" Xu Kun and Xu Ying were furious.

"I've done everything, don't you dare to admit it?" Lu Ding said disdainfully.

"Master Xu, can you explain?" Xu Shixing asked coldly.

"There is nothing to explain." Xu Kun glared at Lu Ding and said, "We have a lot of goods, and we just want to sell them at a lower price. We are happy. If you can't afford it, you don't have to."

"If you don't play, don't play!" Lu Ding stood up against the table, cupped his hands at Xu Shixing and said, "Master Xu, you have seen and heard it all. It's not that we don't want to contribute to the court, but that the two young masters of the Xu family don't care about it at all." Give us a chance. For the price they offered, we are already losing money. In fact, if it was for Daming, it would be fine for us to lose money, but the money we lost here was all earned by the merchants of the feudal kingdom. I don't know if the two sons of the Xu family have colluded with the merchants of the vassal state to harm the interests of Daming. However, we really can't continue. Starting today, the Daming Maritime Trade Company is closed, and we will not do this maritime trade. I will Write to my nephew and ask him to tell His Majesty. Farewell."

"Slow down!" Xu Shixing stood up and said with a wry smile, "My lord, aren't we discussing again?"

Lu Ding looked at Xu Kun and said, "Second Young Master, are you willing to restore the price to the original price?"

"Don't even think about it!" Xu Kun squinted his eyes and said, "Play if you can, and get out if you can't."

"Second Young Master..." Xu Shixing's face darkened, but Xu Kun waved his hand and said, "Master Xu, you just pay a share of the tax. Why do you care so much?"

"you……"

"Tch..." Xu Kun sneered and said, "Master Xu, now our Xu family has full contact with those merchants from the vassal state. Maybe they went to smuggle it, and at that time, you won't be able to collect taxes."

Xu Shixing's face changed, it was a blatant threat.What vassal states go to smuggle, it is the Xu family to smuggle.In the past, it was because the Xu family couldn't get in touch with the merchants of the feudal country, but now they have full contact with the merchants of the feudal state. If Xu Shixing really kicked them out at this time, they would smuggle with the merchants of the feudal state on a large scale.At that time, Xu Shixing really couldn't collect taxes.

what?
Time to crack down on smuggling?
Xu Shixing had no soldiers in his hands.

Looking for Hu Zongxian?

Will Hu Zongxian take care of it?

On the one hand is Xu Jie, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and on the other is his small secretary of the market, who will Hu Zongxian give face to?

Xu Shixing suddenly lost his mind.

Lu Ding flicked his robe sleeves fiercely, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, the five of us in Daming Haimao will not play. The old man left his words here today. If the imperial court wants us to participate again in the future, we have five of us." There is no Xu family if there is an aristocratic family."

"Hehe..." Xu Kun and Xu Ying laughed without concealing their disdain.Looking at the back of Lu Ding and the five families leaving, he said:
"You thought Lu Bing was alive!"

Lu Ding's back trembled, and then strode away.

Yuxi Palace.

Huang Jin walked in and looked at Emperor Jiajing who had just recovered a bit and was meditating there again. He didn't dare to speak, and stood quietly aside.

After a while, Emperor Jiajing opened his eyes, looked at Huang Jin and said, "What's the matter?"

"Lu Yi is asking to see you outside."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Jiajing sighed and said, "Let him in."

Lu Yi was led in by Huang Jin, knelt down in front of Emperor Jiajing with a plop, and cried:
"My minister, meet your majesty."

"Why are you crying? What's the matter? You look useless. This is the father and son of a tiger."

"Chen... a letter from home..."

"Home? What home?"

"My hometown!" Lu Yi handed Lu Ding's letter to Huang Jin, who took it and handed it to Emperor Jiajing.Emperor Jiajing opened the letter and read it from beginning to end.

In his heart, he wrote down all the actions of the Xu family in great detail, and Emperor Jiajing frowned slightly.This was the competition between the five great families represented by the Lu family and the Xu family for the dominant position in trade, so he could tell at a glance.Emperor Jiajing really didn't want to pay attention to this level of struggle.

Afraid of trouble!

And now that Lu Bing is dead, as long as the Lu family is not ruined, Emperor Jiajing is not willing to take care of him.If this matter is taken care of, why don't you bother him with everything in the future?So, he said:

"I see, you go down."

"His Majesty……"

"Go down!" Emperor Jiajing suddenly raised his voice.

"According to the order, the minister will leave."

Lu Yi left in despair, left Yuxi Palace, looked back at the gate of Yuxi Palace, and said in a low voice:
"Lord Luo, our Lu family has really quit. Can this really move Xu Jie?"

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