Chapter 492: The Six Alliances Fight Back
Su Wenzheng continued.
"In these six leagues, De Ruixiang seems to have the largest stall and many business names, but in fact, in the six leagues, the strength can only be at the bottom, the hundred beasts hall is the demon hunting chamber of commerce, and also domesticates wild beasts, those cattle and beasts that pull goods around the country are domesticated by the hundred beasts, and the medicine king view, which belongs to the Taoist temple, but is good at refining medicine, and the medicine clinic opened is all over Liangzhou, even in Shacheng, there are several of their semicolons, to say comprehensive strength, this medicine king view should be the crown of the six leagues. There is also Longquan Temple, belongs to the Buddhism sect, the best at building weapons and armor, Liangzhou is also full of semicolons, some people say, Longquan Temple produces, is a boutique, not only the people, is the official, that is also the designated business name to build weapons, making money is not less than the medicine king. As for the martial arts gate, teaching people martial arts, opening martial arts halls, Qingyan Pavilion is selling cloth, silk and satin village is also open hundreds, and also doing rouge gouache business, basically, these six leagues include all walks of life. ”
"That's what the old man knows. After Su Wenzheng finished speaking, Chu Xian also understood a lot.
"In the past, the old man once heard such a story, saying that the government of a city was dissatisfied with the profits of the Six Leagues, so it was targeted everywhere, and thus resented, generally speaking, it was difficult for the people to fight with the officials, this is a well-known thing, I heard that the government order made the Six Leagues suffer heavy losses, so when everyone thought that the Six Leagues would surrender, guess what? The price of rice in the land under the jurisdiction of the government order suddenly rose, the people complained bitterly, the government order wanted to stabilize the market, as a result, the more stable and chaotic, and finally the people pointed the finger at the incompetence of the government order, and the government order was not vegetarian, knowing that it was the Six Leagues making trouble behind the scenes, so the suppression was even more severe, and troops had been dispatched, guess what? The rice shop belonging to the Six Leagues opened a warehouse for free to release grain, which attracted the hearts of the people, and some people secretly added fuel to the fire, and the people saw with their own eyes that the Nafu Order moved troops to seize the rice shop affiliated to the Six Leagues, and they all thought that it was a bully, so they wrote a petition for all the people and handed it to the Imperial History, and the above sent someone to take off the hat of the Nafu Order directly. ”
Chu Xian frowned when he heard this, if what Su Wenzheng said was true, then the methods of the Six Alliances were really powerful, and they were clever and secretive.
"What I said, no one can prove that the Six Leagues are secretly playing ghosts, it's all the old man's guess, but if the old man's guess is true, it means that the Six League's methods are very clever, because if it wasn't smart, the household department would have suppressed it a long time ago, and it was because there was no evidence, so it was powerful, Lord Chu, although you are now a thorn in history, but if you really have a bad relationship with the Six Leagues, the old man is afraid that you will suffer. Su Wenzheng's expression was solemn.
Chu Xian took a deep breath: "If it's true, then it can't be left alone, a chamber of commerce alliance actually has the ability to manipulate the market price, and it can also make the household department and the state government supervisor unable to find any mistakes, this kind of power must not be tolerated, and it is also a hidden danger to keep it." ”
Su Wenzheng stared at Chu Xian for a long time before he said: "When the old man was in power, he also had this idea, but there was nowhere to exert his strength, the Six Alliances did not violate the laws of the Holy Dynasty, and it was also a rule to do business, at least on the surface, there were other businessmen who complained, saying that the Six Leagues were bullying and dominating the market, but they couldn't get any evidence, so the official talisman couldn't take them." The most powerful thing is that the power of the Six Alliances in the official face is even deeper than you and I think, if you want to move them, first, you have to seize their handles, and second, you have to prevent them from retaliating. ”
Chu Xian smiled: "Master Su, you actually want Chu Xian to deal with the Six Alliances, yes or no?"
Su Wenzheng was stunned for a moment, and then smiled helplessly: " This is all seen by you, well, the old man admitted that it was under this idea, I secretly investigated, only to know the existence of the six alliances, and also saw that they may cause trouble, but unfortunately, the old man is incompetent, there is no way to take them, and then Guo Son-in-law took over the Liangzhou Assassin History, he came to visit me, and I also mentioned him, but he also had no way, even I am not as good, so I can only hand over this matter to Lord Chu, and there is a sentence, Lord Chu must listen, the Six Leagues have people to help them speak at the court meeting, and even, in the Shoufu Pavilion, there are also people who shelter them, this matter, once the lid is lifted, there will be unexpected things, let's just say that it is possible to shake the entire Holy Dynasty officialdom, you have to think about it carefully, maybe, it would be a wiser choice not to pursue this matter. ”
Until Chu Xian said goodbye and left, this sentence was ringing in his ears.
Su Wenzheng is very shrewd, when he was in office, he may have investigated the Six Alliances more than he said, and maybe Su Wenzheng suffered losses in this matter.
Otherwise, I wouldn't be so jealous of the Six Alliances.
No matter what kind of battle it is, if you don't even know the real details and means of the opponent, you will suffer a loss, it is a taboo for soldiers, Su Wenzheng is afraid of causing a shock that he can't control, so he stopped in time and let the Six Alliances go, and at the same time suppressed to maintain a balance.
Officialdom and politics are all about balance, and sometimes in order to maintain this balance, they may have to compromise, or even do some dark and bloody things.
It's all about maintaining this balance.
But when I came, I obviously used too much force in the matter of corruption in Wacheng.
To say a simple word, he broke the original balance when he came up, so the party who suffered the loss must recover the interest, and Chu Xian himself is definitely not the kind of person who compromises easily, especially in this kind of thing, Su Wenzheng can see what kind of bloody wind will happen in the future, so he is taking this opportunity to raise himself.
These Chu strings understand everything.
Su Wenzheng's meaning can be boiled down to one sentence, if you can kill the Six Alliances, you can do it, if you can't die, it's best to compromise.
In Chu Xian's opinion, the most powerful thing about the Six Alliances is that they know how to use the rules and laws of the Holy Dynasty, and they may obviously be doing evil things, but no matter where they talk, they can say that they can be justified and comply with the rules, and there is nothing they can do with the official talismans.
Speaking of which, it was the first time that Chu Xian had encountered this kind of opponent, a civil force that abided by the rules, abided by the law, and even had great prestige and foundation on the side of the people.
Perhaps, this is the most tricky, even if Chu Xian is a state assassin, he may not be able to take the advantage, the other party is hidden in the people, if it is targeted, it will make people think that they are bullying the people, which is placed in the officialdom of the Holy Dynasty, it is indeed a taboo.
What Su Wen was worried about still happened.
Before Chu Xian left the boundary of Swallowing Yang City, he received the legend of the paper crane from the governor Shi Li Ji, and it was the kind of book that was urgent.
After reading it, Chu Xian didn't say a word, and directly ordered to rush back to the Shacheng Prefecture immediately, and the original inspection plan was suspended.
In the biography of Li Ji, the long history, it is said that in Shacheng, several silver villages suddenly collapsed, that is, they went out of business. In addition, in addition to the salt government in the city, which is controlled by the government and has not raised prices, other rice, oil, vegetables, and water have all been raised.
Don't look at it, it's just doubled, but for the people, it is equivalent to directly shrinking their property, and in the long run, the impact will be great.
As a history of assassination, of course this kind of thing has to be managed, and in this, Li Ji is also an expert, and he knows the subsequent harmfulness of this matter, so he urgently passed the book and asked Chu Xian to discuss countermeasures.
When Chu Xian and his entourage rushed back to Shacheng, the capital of Liangzhou, Chu Xian also did not stop, and immediately convened officials in the state capital, involved in internal affairs, and supervising the city to discuss countermeasures.
In the internal affairs department of the state capital, the state and city supervisors are explaining the incident this time.
"In fact, from half a month ago, the commodity prices involving the people's livelihood have fluctuated, and there are detailed records on the part of the lower officials, but similar to this situation often happens, just like in the storm season, it is difficult for foreign things to be transported internally, and naturally many things have to rise in price, and the so-called rare things are expensive. In addition, commodities such as qi blood stone and spirit stone, the land of Liangzhou, there are few production areas, and they have to be transported from the inner state, or directly from the surrounding subject countries into the customs for sale, but if there is any turmoil in the surrounding subject countries, it will affect the price of the state and city. Just like this time, the prices of various livelihood commodities have risen, which is nothing, but at this time, several silver villages in Shacheng are down, and they can't redeem silver, which is nothing, but the trouble is that the people panicked and went to run the silver two, among them, the official silver village was naturally the most affected, and now there is almost no silver to redeem. ”
The supervisor of this state and city has obviously been in power for many years and has a lot of experience, but at this moment, he is frowning and very worried.
Chu Xian asked, what would happen if it continued to develop as it was now.
"If there is no silver to redeem in the official silver village, causing the people to complain and spread to the top, even after this incident, the household department will be held responsible, and the lower officials, the elder Shi and the assassin will not escape punishment. Also, stabilizing the city and stabilizing the silver, that is the master of the internal affairs of the state capitals, the first thing, if the prices in Shacheng have been high, it is difficult for the state capital to do anything, and it will also have to be punished. ”
Speaking of this, this state and city supervisor has a bitter face.
Obviously, by now, it has been determined that he will be the one who will be punished.
That's why it's such an expression.
At this time, Chu Xian looked at the file of the record market price fluctuations submitted by the state and city supervisors, and his expression remained unchanged, after all, the matter had come to this point, and he could only deal with it with ideas, and there was no way to get angry in a hurry.
The most important thing is that although there is no evidence yet, Chu Xian knows that this is a counterattack by the Six Alliances.
They should have been planning since the Wacheng incident, and the Six Leagues are definitely experts in this kind of method of manipulating the market, even officials like state and city supervisors can't detect it.
In other words, even if they are perceived, they will not be able to find any evidence.