"No!" Luo Xin shook his head and said, "Letting the five great families participate at this time is to relieve the siege of the Xu family." With the participation of the five great families again, the Xu family can get out. After the matter passes, the Xu family will make a comeback, and the final result will be that the five great families will suffer. ”

"That'...... What are we going to do? ”

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

"How can I make the Xu family suffer a big loss?"

Lu Yi's eyes lit up, and he hated Xu Jie deeply at this time. As soon as his father died, the Xu family kicked out his family from Daming Haimao. Originally, after Lu Bing's death, the Lu family's financial resources had lost a lot, and Daming Sea Trade was their main source of wealth. Now he was kicked out by the Xu family. Taking people's money, such as killing his parents, how could Lu Yi not hate?

He wished he could knock Xu Jie down.

"Nothing needs to be done! I estimate that it won't be long before Xu Shixing and Zhang Juzheng will visit your uncle. Just ignore it. ”

Lu Yi thought about it and said, "My lord, your consciousness is that we are resolutely not involved. In this way, the city will not be able to collect the customs duties, and His Majesty will be furious. Tracing back to the source, it will naturally be traced back to the Xu family? ”

"Not bad!"

"But...... The Xu family kicked out the five major families at a low price before, which proves that they are still making money. If the Xu family still traded with the vassal state at the previous price, the city could still collect tariffs. ”

"No, it won't!" Luo Xin said with a smile: "Seventy percent of the silk, porcelain and tea in the southeast are in the hands of the five great families. Before, it was because those small and medium-sized businessmen still had some inventory in their hands, and in order to climb the Xu family's thighs, they sold the inventory in their hands to the Xu family with almost no profit. They expect that after the Xu family monopolizes the sea trade, they will raise the price, so that they will make a lot of money. Compared with the big profits in the future, the previous losses are nothing.

However, now the price cannot be raised, and they have no inventory in their hands. Organize the supply of goods again, and seventy percent of the supply is monopolized by the five major families, so naturally they will not sell to them. They had to go further afield to buy. Then the cost will come 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 the merchants of the vassal kingdom at all. Without trading, how does this make the city department collect taxes? ”

Lu Yi's eyes released excitement: "Will this involve Xu Jie?" ”

"There will be some involvement, but if you want to kick Xu Jie out of the cabinet, I'm afraid it's not possible. However, it will weaken his power in the cabinet a lot, and Gao Gong will not let go of this opportunity. Lu Gongzi, don't worry, officialdom is a process of stewing frogs in warm water. ”

"Smack!"

Xu Jie slapped the table fiercely and shouted angrily: "Son! ”

"Father's ......"

"See for yourself!"

Xu Luqing picked up the two letters on the table, one letter was from Zhang Juzheng, and the other letter was from his younger brother Xu Kun, and quickly read the two letters, the content of the letters was much the same, but the content of Zhang Juzheng's letter was much more than that of the guest officer, while the content of Xu Kun's letter complained too much.

Xu Luqing did not hesitate to believe Zhang Juzheng's letter, and his face changed slightly:

"Xu Shixing has already played for His Majesty?"

"Taiyue said it, and it was on it."

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

"Nope!" Xu Jie sighed and said: "It is his responsibility to fail to collect tariffs, I am afraid that he has a lot of resentment against our Xu family in his heart." Taiyue said that Xu Shixing also had a lot of resentment against him, and Taiyue would be impeached in the chapter. ”

"It's too much."

"Not too much!" Xu Jie said lightly: "I'm afraid Xu Shixing is no longer our person." ”

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

"My father suspected that Luo Xin had a conspiracy to recommend Xu Shixing."

"That'...... What are we going to do? ”

"You will leave for the southeast immediately tomorrow, and you must facilitate a trade with the vassal state, and let Xu Shixing collect customs duties."

"But...... At this kind of price, our Xu family will pay for it! ”

"That's going to have to be paid." Xu Jie said with a gloomy face: "Now that Your Majesty is old, maybe hold on for a few days, months, or years, which is when King Yu ascends the throne, and at this time, my father can't have an accident." ”

"The child will leave tomorrow morning."

Yuxi Palace.

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

"I'd like to see what kind of waves you want to make."

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

After Xu Luqing came, he went straight to see Zhang Juzheng, and then left the prefect's yamen, and then came directly to the city. 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 city. ”

"Brother Lu Qing, it's not that I'm embarrassed with my second son, it's about tariff ......"

"I understand!" Xu Luqing said apologetically on his face: "My two younger brothers are not sensible, and I have already reprimanded them on behalf of my father." So, Ru Mo, please summon those vassal merchants, and I'll talk to them. ”

Xu Shixing nodded, and a hint of relaxation finally appeared on his face. As long as the tariffs can be received, the clouds of the day will be lifted. At that moment, he sent people to invite those merchants of the vassal kingdom, and in less than half an hour, those merchants of the vassal kingdom came to the city. Xu Luqing didn't say anything long-winded, and said directly to those vassal merchants:

"Everyone, we can continue to trade, and the price will be based on the last price."

Joseph stood up and said, "No, we want a lower price." Otherwise, we won't be able to account to the pirates, and we'll have to give them more money. ”

Xu Luqing waved his hand and said lightly: "You are all businessmen, you should know that the price I give now is no longer profitable." Businesses that don't make money are almost no one to do, let alone businesses that lose money. So don't ask for any more. Even if you mention it again, it will be useless. I'm not going to go back. And you know I'm not going to go back. You have come all the way to Daming, if you are willing to spend here, I have no opinion. If you are willing to go back empty, I have no opinion. ”

Joseph and the others gathered together for a while, and then Joseph said:

"We need time to deliberate!"

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