Luo Xin stretched out a finger and said, "First, the two sons of Xu Ge Lao have completely broken the rules of the southeast and need to restore the rules. ”

"Xu Jie, from this moment on, your Xu family is not allowed to intervene in the Southeast Sea Trade." Emperor Jiajing said coldly.

Xu Jie's heart breathed a sigh of relief, and he kowtowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

"No!" Luo Xin shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the Xu family, as a person who destroys the rules of the city, will not be able to let the Xu family intervene in the sea trade in the future. ”

Xu Jie lay on the ground and said secretly: "Zhuzi, I actually regarded our Xu family as a plague god, and this time the old man put up with you." As long as they can pass this level, the Xu family will not be involved in maritime trade. ”

Emperor Jiajing looked at Luo Xin in confusion and said, "That's why I let the Xu family not intervene in the sea trade!" ”

"What the minister said is the future, but now the Xu family must intervene. This mess was started by the Xu family, so they must be responsible. Now that the southeastern merchants have made the Xu family have no one to trade with the feudal state, at this time, who will trade if the Xu family does not trade? Could it be that the gains made by their Xu family should be carried by the treasury of the Ming Dynasty or the inner treasury of His Majesty? ”

"That's right!" Emperor Jiajing's cold eyes looked at Xu Jie, and Xu Jie scolded in his heart: "Not a son of man, this is to want the Xu family to go bankrupt!" ”

"Your Majesty, even if the minister is bankrupt, he doesn't have so much money to keep trading!" Xu Jie cried.

Emperor Jiajing also suspected in his heart that this was Luo Xin's excuse to rectify the steps, so he looked at Luo Xin with a smile. Luo Xin said with a straight face:

"Your Majesty, the minister didn't want the Xu Ge family to continue trading with the vassal country like this, the minister just wanted the Xu family to trade with the vassal country this time, and there was a reason for this."

"Huh?"

Emperor Jiajing was a little surprised, the grudge between Xu Jie and Luo Xin, there was nothing that the Ming Dynasty didn't know, Emperor Jiajing really didn't expect Luo Xin to give up such a good opportunity, could it be that Luo Xin was really a public and selfless person?

"Tell me your reason."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Luo Xin said loudly: "First, no one can damage the interests of Daming without being punished, so letting the Xu family be responsible for this transaction is also a punishment for the Xu family, otherwise after others see the damage to the interests of Daming, not only will they not be punished, but they will also benefit and follow suit. No sturdy giant can withstand the bite of a moth. ”

Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but look at him, and agreed with Luo Xin's words very much in his heart. Now Daming lacks a successor to the first assistant of the cabinet, and he also needs someone to check and balance Gao Gong. In the period when Xu Jie's successor has not yet appeared, Xu Jie's role is still played, so he can't be withdrawn, but he must be given a lesson, a profound lesson, punishing Xu Jie, and deterring others.

"Second, the minister needs to attract pirates through this deal and truly measure the strength of the pirates."

Emperor Jiajing nodded and said, "Xu Jie, do you understand?" ”

Xu Jie breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he only traded with the vassal country once, although the Xu family would lose, but it would not hurt his muscles and bones.

"Your Majesty!" Luo Xin said again: "The punishment of the Xu family should be all-round. This is not only for the normal collection of tariffs in the Ming Dynasty, but also for the Ming Dynasty to correct its name, so that the people of the Ming Dynasty know that as long as His Majesty is here, the Ming Dynasty is Lang Lang. Therefore, for the property that the Xu family snatched by skill, it must be returned to the businessmen whose families were ruined, and the families of the businessmen who caused the death must be compensated. ”

Xu Jie's face turned green, he originally had the property of cunning and plundering, and more than half of the goods traded with the vassal country were solved, and the Xu family was organizing some supplies, although it would lose a lot of money, but it was also within the scope of the Xu family. No matter how low the price of the transaction is, there is a range of losses.

But......

Return the looted property and make restitution. Not to mention such a loss, it also increased the gap in trading with the merchants of the feudal kingdom, which is not within the scope of the Xu family's bearing, it is absolutely broken, and it needs to be sold to be able to do it.

What's more, through this treatment, this matter can no longer be hidden, the reputation of the Xu family is ruined, and the reputation of Xu Jie's reputation is also ruined.

Just when he was in a cold sweat, he heard Emperor Jiajing's cold voice:

"Exactly! Liu Shouyou! ”

"The minister is here!" Liu Shouyou hurriedly stepped forward.

"You personally go to the southeast and monitor this matter. Incomparable supervision of the Xu family and the vassal state to complete this transaction, incomparable supervision of the Xu family's return of the stolen family property, to compensate those merchants for their losses. If the Xu family dares not to cooperate, then go straight to the house. ”

"Yes!" Liu Shouyou immediately responded.

"Your Majesty, I will inform my family to cooperate." The Xu family's sweat soaked through their clothes.

Emperor Jiajing ignored Xu Jie, but looked at Luo Xin and said, "You just said the first point, continue to talk." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Luo Xin said loudly: "The second point is to persuade the five great families in the southeast to re-operate the southeast and resume trading with the merchants of the vassal countries. ”

Emperor Jiajing frowned slightly and said, "There's nothing difficult about this, right?" This is to give them the opportunity to make money, will they still refuse the opportunity to make money? ”

"No one will refuse the opportunity to make money!" Luo Xin said in a condensed voice: "However, if this opportunity is not to make money, it will lose money, or it is better to make more money by trading with others, will they still trade with the feudal kingdom?" And most likely, there will be some unknown troubles, will they still agree? ”

"How can it not be profitable? What's the trouble? ”

"Your Majesty, according to what Lord Liu just described, with my experience in the Southeast City Shipping Division, after Xu Jie's participation in the sea trade of the Municipal Shipping Division, he kept lowering the price, and the last price was no longer profitable. And later, the Xu family took advantage of some businessmen, which caused a very bad impact in the southeast, even if it was the five great families, they were afraid that the Xu family would become bigger and bigger, and finally took advantage of the five great families. After all...... Governor Lu has already gone. ”

Xu Jie couldn't wait to get up and tear Luo Xin apart at this time, but there was more fear in his heart. This was to further aggravate Xu Jie's sin, and he was already afraid that Emperor Jiajing would expel him from the cabinet at this time.

"So!" Luo Xin said in a condensed voice: "The five great families must have concerns, and the five great families have now been released to open up new business routes. It should be very difficult to persuade them to return to the southeast to operate maritime trade. After all, they are afraid that one day in the future, the Xu family will once again participate in the sea trade and once again take advantage of it. And they went to the north to open up new trade routes this time, they were afraid of the Xu family, and they couldn't afford to hide, if they came back to re-engage in sea trade with the merchants of the vassal country, in their hearts, this was the real offense to the Xu family, and when the Xu family participated in the sea trade again, they would definitely regard them as enemies, how could they not be afraid? ”

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