Chapter 157 This is not a discussion, this is a notification! (First update)
The whole place was dead silent.
Ma Wenhua and other salt merchants were ashen as ashes.
The eyes looking at Xia Zhibai were full of fear. They originally thought that Xia Zhibai was here to scare them, but in the end, Xia Zhibai didn't do that trick at all, and directly wanted to 'claim his life' when he came up. Moreover, it was not only their lives that were taken, but also the military attachés of Prince Yan's Palace.
Is this what they are qualified to struggle with?
Xia Zhibai looked calm and tasted the tea with interest.
It leaves a fragrance on the lips and teeth, with a sweet aftertaste and a long aftertaste.
It is indeed good tea.
For many people in the world, the county magistrate is not in charge of the current affairs. Many people do not pay much attention to people who come from the court. This situation has been around for a long time, but many people have ignored it. Sometimes it is indeed worse than the current administration, but the county magistrate can kill the official who is now in charge.
As the saying goes, there is one emperor and one courtier.
If the current person in charge has changed, how can the businessmen who rely on the current management be better off?
It's just that the status of 'shi' in the past was too high. Even if something went wrong, they would not kill them all, but it would be enough. This also caused local officials and merchants to collude. There won't be too serious impact. At most, it will spit out some profits to protect itself.
But this situation has changed with Zhu Yuanzhang coming to power.
In Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, scholar-bureaucrats' tiger teeth are not important.
The scholar-bureaucrats are no longer important.
Not to mention the businessmen under the wings of scholar-bureaucrats? Landlord?
They are even less important, they can be replaced at any time, and supplements can be found at any time.
It's just this kind of fragmented change that many people in the world didn't react to, and they still followed the old ways, but now Xia Zhibai has exposed it.
Everything under the Qin system must first talk about politics.
The next step is the relationship.
Ma Wenhua's face was pale, and he looked at the others around him uneasily, feeling like a mess in his heart.
He felt like he had fallen into an abyss. He couldn't use any strength, couldn't even speak, and his mind went blank.
A long time.
Ma Wenhua said tremblingly: "Mr. Ma, you have to be merciful and merciful."
He lowered his head, with a flash of suspicion and a bit of uncertainty in his eyes.
Xia Zhibai remained unmoved.
He put down the tea bowl in his hand and said calmly: "Shopkeeper Ma, it's not that I don't want to let you go, it's that you yourself are unwilling to let yourself go. Collusion between officials and businessmen is a serious crime, not to mention that you are indulging in the things in your hands. I have already given you a way to survive if you slaves invade the fields of other military households."
Ma Wenhua smiled bitterly and shook his head: "My lord, you really think highly of us."
" How can we do this?”
“That’s a military household designated by the imperial court.”
"If the military attache hadn't spoken out, would we dare to attack these people?"
"You have never seen those soldiers and bandits doing evil. They can do anything, so why would we want to fight with these people?" Are you colluding? There is nothing we can do. There are dozens of people in my Ma family who rely on small business to support their families. If we don’t listen to these military attachés, everyone in my family will starve to death.”
< br>"They have powerful people, how dare we not listen?"
"And Mr. Xia, since you know that some things are related to military attaches, you should know what these military attaches look like. They all have bad tempers and beat people when they disagree. How can they be willing to spit out the money and food in their mouths? "
"If you ask us to persuade them, you are asking them to die. "
Yang Wensong also said: "Sir, you have not been in Peiping for a long time and do not understand the situation in Peiping."
"Who among us salt merchants does not have the support of people from the government? Many of them are in Prince Yan's Mansion. If you have an important position, my lord, you will suddenly cut off their financial resources, they will fight against you."
"My lord, I suggest you turn a blind eye."
Peng Jiasheng and other salt merchants also spoke one after another, but they were all trying to persuade Xia Zhibai to stop.
Xia Zhibai sneered in his heart.
How could he not know the thoughts of these salt merchants?
I just don’t want to hand over the fat I got, and I also want to drag down the military attache of Prince Yan’s Palace, so as to put pressure on myself to make concessions.
In their hearts, they didn’t believe that they dared to go against the people of Prince Yan’s Mansion.
Feeling like I'm bluffing.
Xia Zhibai said: "Masters, you don't have to play these little tricks in front of me. Maybe in your opinion, the officials behind you are all backed by King Yan, and they are even respected by King Yan. People, and this is in Peiping, in the fiefdom of King Yan, what can he do as an outsider? "
"If this is your idea, I advise you to give up as soon as possible."
"I have said it before."
"There is still a piece of sky above King Yan's head."< br>
"I came here under the orders of the imperial court, and I took the initiative to lead King Yan's strict investigation of corruption in the army. After these few days of investigation, I have obtained some evidence. Perhaps in If you think about it, even if I put this evidence in front of King Yan, King Yan may not really punish his generals."
"This is very possible."
"But King Yan can't do it, it doesn't mean that the prince can't do it, it doesn't mean that your majesty can't do it."
"I, Xia Zhibai, have always been bold."
"The case of Guo Huan , to a certain extent, it was also caused by me, which also led to the arrest of all the Chief Secretaries of Peking, causing many of you to lose their background. Since I dare to reveal such a big thing, I am naturally not afraid to reveal it again. Bigger."
"As His Majesty's heir, King Yan will not be punished much. At most, his subordinates are incompetent."
"But Qiu Fu, Li Bin and other military attachés, But you may not be able to survive.”
"They are dead."
"I'm afraid you won't be able to survive, right?!"
"I am a businessman, and naturally I have some characteristics of a businessman. Let it go. ""If anyone blocks what I want to do, I don't mind tearing up everything in front of me."
"Then I'll clean it up slowly." br>
"I'm not here to discuss with you this time."
"But to inform!"
"You don't need to threaten me with 'opening the Chinese law'. If you can do it, I can do it, but if you can't, I can collect grain from Peking and use the post station to deliver it. How can this be lower than your expenditure?"
"I will also support your livelihood. "
"You are still responsible for transporting grain, but you have to work under me and take the road of the post station. As for the salt market, if you want to run it, you must become a member of my men, otherwise you will just I can find another place to go. Although I, Xia Zhibai, am ruthless and decisive in my actions, I will not leave others a way to survive.”
"I have monopolized the salt market in Yingtianfu."
"Many of the salt merchants around Yingtianfu are now being used by me."
"Although the income is lower than usual A lot, but the best thing is stability. Not to mention being rich, at least you can have enough food and clothing."
"Think about it carefully"
Xia Zhibai stood up and walked out of the house. .
When he was about to walk out of the house, he stopped again and said: "You can tell the military attachés for me that if they honestly return the occupied fields, they may still have a chance to survive. If they continue to cling to that little profit, If you don’t let go, then don’t blame the swordsman for being too quick.”
“The world is no longer the Yuan Dynasty.” The world has changed.”
“It won’t work to rely on the old methods.”
"The Ming Dynasty has a Ming Dynasty system. Military attachés are strictly prohibited from interacting with businessmen."
"There are not many people in the Ming Dynasty, there are 60 to 70 million people. With so many people, it is very easy to train some generals. As for the You businessmen, if Ming wants to grab a lot of them, I might as well remind you that you can pay more attention to the recent trends of the court."
"You should be able to judge something."< br>
“The businessman is in trouble!”
Xia Zhibai sneered and left resolutely.
He just came here to inform these salt merchants about something, and he didn't want to discuss it with them at all.
They don’t have the qualifications and ability.
Watching Xia Zhibai leave, Ma Wenhua and other salt merchants' expressions changed again and again, and finally sat down in their seats dejectedly.
They knew they were in trouble this time.
Xia Zhibai is a lawless and arrogant person.
How dare you ignore the people in Prince Yan's Mansion when you are in Peiping.
I even want to challenge King Yan.
If they had put this before, they would not have even dared to think about it, nor would they have thought that someone would dare to do this or say these words. However, what Xia Zhibai said just now also made them furious. The ground woke up with a start.
Yes.
There is a cloud on King Yan's head.
That is the current His Majesty, the current Crown Prince, and Xia Zhibai comes from Yingtian Mansion.
Probably came with a purpose.
Will King Yan really fall out with Xia Zhibai for a few generals?
No.
But Xia Zhibai really dared to turn Peiping upside down.
It's just that this is a battle between gods and gods. How can they, low-level businessmen, be qualified to participate in it? They don't even have the courage to peep. If they are not careful, they may harm the nine tribes.
Peng Jiasheng looked uneasy, no longer as relaxed as before, and said anxiously: "What should we do now?"
"On one side is King Yan, on the other side is the pressure from the court, on both sides None of them can be offended by us, either side can kill us."
"Looking at Xia Zhibai's attitude, I am afraid that he is willing to be cut off and drag down all the officials of the Yan Palace. Yes, we won’t be able to escape either.”
“What should we do now?”
Others also looked anxious.
This is the first time they have encountered such a arrogant person.
You are just bullying others.
But they had no way to deal with Xia Zhibai, and there was only boundless fear and panic in their hearts.
Ma Wenhua took a deep breath, suppressed the restlessness in his heart, and said: "At this point, we can only take one step at a time. These things are no longer up to us. What we have now is Xia Zhibai's backstage. , King Yan still has a strong fist, and now he can only tell the truth about these things."
"Let them make the decision."
"But prepare for the worst."
"No matter which side wins, we can't lose."
>"Xia Zhibai is coming with force. He may have made up his mind to take away the salt market."
"We have no power to resist."
"What is the imperial court thinking? Is it really not going to give us merchants a way to survive? Is it going to push us merchants to a dead end?" Ma Wenhua was extremely upset.
(End of this chapter)