"This news hasn't been reported to Your Majesty, has it?"

"Nope! Nowadays, His Majesty rarely summons us Jinyiwei. Only when His Majesty asks, will we report to His Majesty. ”

Luo Xin nodded and said lightly: "When you report to Your Majesty, don't say anything about the monopoly of the five great families." ”

"Understood!" Liu Shou nodded.

Luo Xin left Jiajialou and went to Maosheng Hutong again, and only told Wang Cuiqiao one sentence, asking people to fund those who were bankrupt by Xu Kun and Xu Ying to come to the capital to complain.

Hangzhou.

Dengxian Pavilion.

Xu Kun and Xu Ying held a banquet to entertain various small and medium-sized businessmen in Hangzhou, and at the same time, Xu Luqing and Zhang Juzheng visited Hu Zongxian again.

In the Dengxian Pavilion, after Xu Kun finished speaking, no one squeaked, Xu Kun and Xu Ying sat there with gloomy faces, and when they saw that no one spoke, there was an impatient look in the eyes of the two people.

"Smack!" Xu Ying couldn't help it at first, slapped the table and shouted, "You guys squeak!" ”

Everyone looked at each other, but still no one spoke. Xu Kun stretched out his hand to stop his younger brother, and said in a condensed voice:

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the five great families are watching us die, our Xu family can't get through this level, and you don't want to have a good life in the future. Do you think that once the five great families turn over in the future, they will let you go? ”

Xu Kun stretched out his finger and pointed at those people: "We are people on a boat, the boat capsizes, and everyone has to die." Now we need to work together, even if we lose this time, we will earn it back next time. ”

Seeing that everyone still didn't speak, Xu Ying slapped the table again and said, "If you want to jump the pass, don't blame our Xu family for being polite." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces were very ugly, and no one spoke.

"If you have any suggestions, you can also say them, and we will discuss them." Xu Kun said in a deep voice, he pretended to have a red face, and Xu Ying pretended to have a white face.

As soon as he said this, a businessman finally spoke: "Second son, you just said that even if we lose this time, we will be able to earn it back next time." May I ask the second son, how do we make money? Pirates are on the sea, unless they can be destroyed. ”

Xu Kun smiled faintly and said, "My eldest brother and Governor Zhang have already gone to visit Hu Dudu, and Hu Dudu will definitely send sailors again to destroy the pirates." ”

"Hu Dudu? Exterminate pirates? ”

"How?" Xu Kun said with a look of displeasure on his face: "Although the Great Ming Water Master was defeated last time, it was just a lack of preparation. This time, Lord Hu will definitely send a more powerful sailor to destroy the pirates. ”

"Lord Hu has never exterminated pirates." Someone was muttering quietly.

"Nonsense, Lord Hu has never killed pirates, so who killed Xu Hai and other pirates at the beginning?"

"Second son, you are also a native of the southeast, you don't know that it was all destroyed by Lord Luo, right?"

"You ......"

"Second son, we are all locals, we know a lot about the Ming Sailor, and we also know a lot about pirates, and there is no pirate who can sail on the sea. That is, Lord Luo Xinluo can destroy pirates, but there is only one god of war in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, this time we will not accompany the second son, the second son's family has a big business and can afford to lose, but our small family and small business cannot afford to lose! The old man confessed and took his leave first. ”

As soon as he left, some people stood up and took their leave. It's just that in less than half an hour, there are only two people left in the entire restaurant, Xu Kun and Xu Ying.

"Bang!" Xu Kun finally couldn't help but lift the table.

"Second brother......" Xu Ying's face was no longer arrogant and became pale.

"Let's go back and see the results of the eldest brother's visit to Hu Zongxian."

Suzhou.

Governor's Palace.

Hu Zongxian faced Zhang Juzheng and Xu Luqing and said: "The duty of this official is not to let pirates enter the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and now they are at sea, which is not within the scope of this official's duties." And last time for you, the official suffered serious losses, and you haven't compensated the official yet. ”

Zhang Juzheng said in a deep voice: "Lord Ministry, as a Ming official, how can you fear the enemy without fighting?" ”

"Smack!" Hu Zongxian slapped the table fiercely and said, "Presumptuous! Zhang Taiyue, don't think that this official doesn't know anything. Xu Jie is really a good official, one is Xu Jie's proud protégé, and the other is Xu Jie's Qilin'er, you two actually greedily kicked the five great families out of the sea trade for some gold and silver, breaking the rules left by Lord Luo. As a result, there is no trade to do, and the market cannot collect customs duties. You are desperate, you come to beg the official, but when you can't do it, you even insult the official. This official will definitely impeach Xu Jie. ”

"Your Excellency!" Xu Luqing hurriedly said: "We can fund the Daming Water Division to send troops." ”

"Don't dare to ask for it! Come, send off. ”

"Master Hu, you are in the southeast to eliminate pirates, this is your duty."

Hu Zongxian pursed his lips disdainfully and said, "If you have the ability, you can let Your Majesty give an order!" If you don't have that ability, just get out of here. ”

City Division.

Half a month has passed, Xu Shixing has been anxious, and all day long, those merchants of the feudal kingdom have gathered in the city and asked Xu Shixing, when will he be able to trade?

Xu Shixing also went to Xu Luqing three times, Xu Luqing has no way now, and he doesn't dare to call the shots, because if he wants to organize the supply of goods, he will definitely lose money, and the loss is not a star and a half, and the most important thing is that it is not a loss this time, it will be traded at this price in the future, even if the Xu family is rich, it is not enough to lose. Therefore, he has already sent a letter to Xu Jie, and now he can only wait for news.

He also went to visit the five great families from house to house, but they were all closed. Not to mention him, Zhang Juzheng and Xu Shixing were forced to have no choice, and they both went to visit the five great families, but the heads of the five great families did not face each other at all, and the housekeeper told them that the heads of the five great families had all gone to the north to open up new trade routes.

Xu Jie received Xu Luqing's letter, and dozens of hairs turned white overnight. He knew it was a big deal this time. Now the entire Ming Dynasty relies on the tariffs of the city, if the tariffs are gone, let alone Emperor Jiajing, even those officials can tear him apart.

The reason is simple: without tariffs, officials will not be able to pay their salaries again.

Do you think the high arch is an ornament?

Gao Gong will definitely not let go of this opportunity!

And even officials who are in the same camp as him will be extremely disappointed in him.

The two sons of your Xu family have lost the tariffs, and if you want to say that your Xu family has not received huge benefits, who will believe it?

However, the Xu family can't jump into this pit, if they jump, in a year's time, they will be able to bankrupt Xu Jie. Even if you lose your money, you won't be able to solve the problem. When the Xu family has no ability to compensate, the tariffs will be gone, and things will return to the original point, and he Xu Jie, he will still usher in the wrath of Emperor Jiajing and hundreds of officials.

What to do?

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