"Although my brother is lonely and unheard, I also know that Brother Ruyue's Ma family is the head of the Eight Heavenly Kings, and it is a first-class family in Yangzhou, why do you still beg me to come?" Xue Pan hurriedly shook his head, "You are deliberately making fun of me." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Ma Song shook his head, "But it's not a joke, I really want to ask the virtuous brother for help." ”

"I heard that there was a proverb in Yangzhou City before: 'Liu and Ma, half the world' said that among the salt merchants, the Liu family and the Ma family are the most powerful, and the words say so, but the Liu family is divided into two salt merchants, the Liu family in Langya and the Liu family in Linqing, saying that it is the Liu family and the Liu family, but they are not together, they do not belong to each other, so to speak, it is the Ma family that is powerful." Xue Pan took a Fujian golden bamboo shoot and ate it carefully, and smiled at Ma Song, "If Brother Yue's family is so rich, although he is only the prince of Ma, he doesn't know how many eyes, no worse than the four King Kongs, how can he make any trouble in this salt introduction faction?" ”

"You're right, I admit all this, it's indeed the love of Yangzhou's fathers and elders that has the momentum of the Ma family in the past," Ma Song said with a wry smile, "This is also relying on the residual power of relatives, the virtuous brother must know, how our Ma family is rising, it is because of the former Hu Zhongtang in Yangzhou to run a salt government so prosperous, but unfortunately, now ...... Hu Zhongtang's many words are afraid that they will not work. ”

Xue Pan's eyes flashed, he drank a sip of warm longan honey soup, and lowered his head to think about Ma Song's words, Hu Guangyong was outstanding in his service as a salt envoy, and the atmosphere of this dynasty was a bit eclectic in the meaning of reducing talents, and the slaves who herded cattle served as ministerial-level high-ranking officials, although Hu Guangyong was born as a businessman, but he was talented, so he was promoted on the spot, and went to Anhui as a political envoy, Anhui Province is close to Gyeonggi, although it is the Huai River flood from time to time, but Hu Guangyong is in charge of Anhui, Anhui is thriving, Close to Gyeonggi, and simple in the heart of the emperor, it is naturally soaring, and the achievements are limitless.

He has always served as a political envoy, and it is possible to return to Beijing after two terms to serve as a scholar or as a minister of a certain province in Qincha, and become the head of a province, but he is in Anhui, the Grand Canal is very good, and he was suddenly promoted to the governor of Caoyun, and he was stationed in Yangzhou, originally Tang and Song dynasties, the Central Plains production was insufficient, and they had to rely on the southeast Huguang transportation, Hu Guangyong handled the Cao Yun properly, and there was never a shortage of grain and grass in Beijing during the five-year term, so the holy queen who listened to the government in the past has a reason to promote, After the expiration of his term, he was immediately allowed to enter Beijing to replace the former regent's confidant as the head of the household department, and immediately entered the cabinet to become the minister of the Government Council, and later added the president of Jihua Yuan, which is a serious "Hu Zhongtang".

Since Hu Guangyong has been an official in Yangzhou for a long time, handling the salt administration, and managing the luck, there is no reason not to stay his own people to share the glory and wealth here, this Ma family is like this, Ma Song's grandfather used to be in Hu Guangyong's business failure and loss of money, the giant eye knew the hero, and gave him three hundred taels of silver to help him revive the industry, so after Hu Guangyong gained power, he was very grateful, especially took a large part of the salt from the salt government and entrusted it to the Ma family, in order to repay the kindness of the past, manage state affairs and not govern the small family, which was done by the sages, Hu Guangyong is by no means a sage, so he naturally has to let the chickens and dogs ascend to heaven together.

This is what the market can inquire, the Ma family suddenly from the small rich man in the countryside of Yangzhou, to become the first family in Yangzhou City, although not the largest salt merchant, but the arrogance of the Ma family, even if it is the four King Kongs, do not dare to easily plunder its sharpness. Everyone praised Ma Song's grandfather's vicious vision, which can be compared with Lü Buwei's way of doing business with the whole world in the past.

Ma Song continued to explain, "Brother Xian knows, Long live the government, he is not very happy with the people who used the former saint queen, and in the ministries, there is nothing else, but this household secretary must not be let others hold it, Hu Zhongtang sent a letter to say that he can't be a household secretary for a long time." ”

"Thousands of miles to build a long shed, there is no banquet in the world that will not be dispersed," Xue Pan said, "Hu Zhongtang has been managing the household department for ten years as the prime minister of the Government Council, so naturally it can be changed, but I think that Hu Zhongtang continues to take care of the Ma family, it shouldn't be a problem, right?" After all, the land of Yangzhou is not in Beijing. ”

Xue Pan means that your Ma family is not a powerful family, and the salt industry is only rich in the eyes of the bigwigs, and it is nothing, and you probably won't care about you as a character, even if you want to reduce Hu Guangyong's power, but your Ma family is only afraid that it is not even a party member, besides, a prime minister wants to continue to cover you, is it difficult to cover it?

"This was originally fine, the gods fought, we little ghosts hid far away," Ma Song shook his head and said, "It has nothing to do with us, it's just that this autumn wind has not risen, the fallen leaves have fallen, and the autumn is known by one leaf, Hu Zhongtang has not yet stepped down as the head of the household department, and some people are thinking of attacking my Ma family." ”

Xue Pan hurriedly stopped Ma Song and continued, "I said Brother Ruyue, what you said has something to do with me?" Please forgive me, I spoke directly first, but let's talk ugly things in the front, there will be no contradictions in the future, what you said seems to have nothing to do with me, the situation in the court, I don't know as well as Brother Yue, you said this Hu Zhongtang, I haven't even visited it, do you think I can influence the appointment and dismissal of a ministry executive, right? ”

Ma Song is a very good person, it can be seen that these salt merchants are not fuel-efficient lamps, they actually know the truth of Ye Zhiqiu, and they also inquired about the situation in the court, changing the dynasty, once a son of heaven and a courtier, it was originally too common, everyone understands, but if he becomes one of the people who are replaced, then no one is happy.

"Brother Xian laughed," Ma Song said, "I don't dare to make such a joke, but there is a saying, it is said that the county official is not as good as the current management, and now it just happens that the salt is being reformed, and some people want to kick us out and give it to the rest of the people, although we have Hu Zhongtang's protection, but others, there are also people behind them." ”

So this is the status quo, there has never been a businessman who has done things independently, ancient and modern China and foreign countries are all like this, especially the monopoly industry of the salt industry, if the rest of the errands, such as the weaving of the Xue family, there are many unique weaving technologies in the sea, and the salt industry, that is simply a good errand to live a life in the gold mountain, feed the government, white salt is silver.

"Brother Xian and Lord Lantai are relatives, so they must be able to speak," Ma Song looked at Xue Pan with blazing eyes, "Lord Lantai is presiding over this reassignment." ”

I recommend my friend Sima Baishan's official article "The Age of the Great City", the only official document signed in the past two years, writing about the development of a small township into an international metropolis, which is very good-looking, take a look.