Mingshi

Chapter 999 Xu Luqing Returns to the Southeast
"No!" Luo Xin shook his head and said, "The participation of the five great families at this time is to relieve the Xu family. With the participation of the five great families again, the Xu family can escape. After the matter is over, the Xu family will make a comeback , the final result is that the five great aristocratic families suffer."

"Then... what should we do?"

"The Xu family must suffer a big loss, so that they will never dare to participate in maritime trade in the future."

"How can the Xu family suffer a great loss?"

Lu Yi's eyes lit up, he hated Xu Jie deeply at this moment.Just after his father passed away, the Xu family kicked his family out of Daming Haimao.Originally, after Lu Bing's death, the Lu family lost a lot of financial resources, and Daming Maritime Trade was their main source of financial resources.But now he was kicked out by the Xu family.Taking people's money is like killing their parents, how could Lu Yi not hate it?

He wished to bring Xu Jie down as well.

"You don't need to do anything! I guess it won't be long before Xu Shixing and Zhang Juzheng will visit your uncle. Just ignore it."

While thinking, Lu Yi said, "My lord, your consciousness is that we are determined not to participate. In this way, the Bureau of Shipping will not be able to collect tariffs, and His Majesty will be furious. Tracing back to the source, it will naturally be traced to the Xu family? "

"Not bad!"

"But... the Xu family kicked out the five great families at a low price before, which proves that they are still making money. If the Xu family still trades with the vassal state at the previous price, the Shibo Division can still collect tariffs."

"No!" Luo Xin said with a smile: "The silk, porcelain and tea in the southeast are in the hands of the five aristocratic families. Before that, it was because there were still some stocks in the hands of the small and medium merchants, and in order to climb the Xu family's thigh, They sold the inventory in their hands to the Xu family with almost no profit. They expected that after the Xu family monopolized the sea trade, they would raise the price again, so that they would make a lot of money. Compared with the big profits in the future, the previous losses are not worth it. What kind of.

However, the price cannot be raised now, and the inventory in their hands is gone.Then organize the supply of goods, and [-]% of the supply of goods is monopolized by the five great families, so naturally they will not sell to them.They can only go further afield to acquire.Then the cost will go up.They don't make money at all, and they lose money.The more you trade, the more you lose.Therefore, the Xu family could no longer trade with merchants from the vassal state.Without the transaction, how will Shibo collect taxes? "

Lu Yi's eyes were filled with excitement: "Will this involve Xu Jie?"

"Involvement will involve a little bit, but I'm afraid it's impossible to kick Xu Jie out of the cabinet. However, his power in the cabinet will be weakened a lot. Gao Gong will not let this opportunity pass. Mr. Lu, don't worry , Officialdom is a process of stewing frogs in warm water.”

"Snapped!"

Xu Jie slammed the table hard, and shouted angrily, "You son of a bitch!"

"Father……"

"look by youself!"

Xu Luqing picked up the two letters on the table, one was from Zhang Juzheng, the other was from his younger brother Xu Kun, and quickly read through the two letters. The contents of the letters were similar, except that Zhang Juzheng's letter contained important points. There are many officials, but Xu Kun's letter complains too much.

Xu Luqing believed Zhang Juzheng's letter without hesitation, and his expression changed slightly:

"Xu Shixing has already presented it to His Majesty?"

"If Taiyue says it's up, then it's up."

"Xu Shixing didn't write a letter to his father?"

"No!" Xu Jie sighed and said, "It's his responsibility not to collect the customs duties. I'm afraid he has a lot of resentment towards our Xu family in his heart. Taiyue said that Xu Shixing also has a lot of resentment towards him. Taiyue will be impeached."

"Ma'am too much."

"Not too much!" Xu Jie said lightly, "I'm afraid Xu Shixing is no longer one of us."

Xu Luqing's expression changed: "Father, you mean?"

"My father suspected that there was a conspiracy in Luo Xin's recommendation of Xu Shixing."

"Then... what should we do?"

"You set off for the southeast immediately tomorrow. You must make a deal with the vassal state and let Xu Shixing collect customs duties."

"But... our Xu family will pay for this kind of price!"

"That has to be compensated." Xu Jie said with a gloomy face: "Now that His Majesty is old, maybe he will persist for a few days, months, or years, and it will be the time when King Yu ascends the throne. At this time, nothing can happen to his father."

"The child is leaving tomorrow morning."

Yuxi Palace.

Emperor Jiajing looked at the memorial in his hand, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.Xu Shixing's memorial was the last one sent to the capital. Emperor Jiajing looked at Xu Shixing's memorial, squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then put the memorial aside.muttered to himself:

"I want to see what kind of trouble you guys want to make."

After Xu Shixing sent the memorial, he has been waiting for Emperor Jiajing's will.However, Emperor Jiajing's will did not come, but Xu Luqing waited.

After Xu Luqing came, he went straight to see Zhang Juzheng, then left the magistrate's yamen, and then went directly to Shibosi.After seeing Xu Shixing, Xu Luqing said very simply:
"Ru Mo, I already know what happened. Our Xu family traded with the vassal state at the previous low price, and it will definitely not affect the tax revenue of the Shibo Department."

"Brother Lu Qing, it's not about embarrassing my second son and the others, it's about tariffs..."

"I understand!" Xu Luqing said apologetically, "My two younger brothers are ignorant, and I have already reprimanded them on behalf of my father. So, Ru Mo, please call those feudal merchants here, and I will talk to them .”

Xu Shixing nodded, and finally a trace of relaxation appeared on his face.As long as the tariffs can be received, the cloud of the day will be lifted.Immediately, he sent people to invite the merchants from the feudal kingdom, and within half an hour, the merchants from the feudal kingdom came to Shibosi.Xu Luqing didn't hesitate, and directly said to the merchants in the vassal state:

"Everyone, we can continue to trade, and the price is also subject to the last price."

Joseph stood up and said, "No, we need a lower price. Otherwise, we can't explain to those pirates, we can only give them more money."

Xu Luqing waved his hand, and said lightly: "Everyone is a businessman, you should know that the price I am giving now is no longer profitable. Almost no one does business that does not make money, let alone business that loses money. So you should stop I made a request. Even if you raise it again, it is useless. I will not regress. And you also know that I will not regress. You have come to Daming all the way, if you are willing to spend here, I have no problem. If If you are willing to go back empty-ship, I have no objection."

Joseph and others gathered together to discuss for a while, and then Joseph said:
"We need time to discuss!"

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(End of this chapter)