Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

"Since ancient times, there has been no reform and new policy that has been smooth. According to what you say, is it a crime to do things, and it is an honor if you do nothing?"

"At this critical moment of reform, instead of trying to solve the country's worries and unite as one, you are fanning the flames. What is your intention?"

"Taizu's ancestral system, officials are not guilty of words..."

The speaker had a high fighting spirit and showed no sign of weakness.

"Speaking officials are not guilty of words, but what is the crime if words and deeds are inconsistent?"

This time, Li Xiu didn't wait for Sun Chuanting to reprimand him, and quietly uttered a word.

As soon as he said this, the faces of those officials who were still upright and dignified suddenly changed. Just when someone wanted to refute something, Li Xiu didn't give them the slightest chance to refute. He called out of the hall, and there were several people outside the hall. The big Han general carried a wooden box into the hall, and then handed over the dossiers to all the officials.

Immediately, Li Xiu waved his hand, and a team of Jinyi guards rushed into the hall, like tigers among wolves, directly restrained a dozen officials, took off their hats, and escorted them to the center of the hall.

Li Xiu didn't pay attention to the panic of all the officials, as if explaining a fact, he said slowly: "The salary of eating the king, not doing things loyal to the king, but colluding with foreign thieves, fanning the flames, disturbing the court, the evidence is convincing, how should we deal with it?" , I shouldn’t need to say more about it!”

After finishing speaking, Li Xiu waved his hand, and these dozens of officials were dragged out of the court without even a chance to speak. It was very clear what happened to them.

This sudden change undoubtedly made the court officials a little unresponsive. Sun Chuanting wanted to say something, but looking at the extremely conclusive evidence in the file in his hand, he finally suppressed the idea of ​​stopping it.

He can't be pedantic when he does extraordinary things in extraordinary times!

"The governor has sent troops to suppress the mutiny..."

"Tongzhou Dacang has opened a warehouse to transport grain to the capital, which is enough to maintain the capital's needs for more than half a year..."

"The Governor has ordered the Denglai Navy to go to the south of the Yangtze River, and has mobilized a large number of sea-going ships. The water transportation has been changed to sea transportation for the time being. The problem of grain and grass materials has been resolved by the Governor. The Ministry of Households will preside over the development as soon as possible."

After cleaning up those who should be cleaned up, Li Xiu changed the subject and pointed at the most concerned issue of the courtiers.

As soon as these words came out, all the officials were surprised. They knew clearly that water transport was changed to sea transport. After all, the Denglai Navy had been mobilized long before the reform. Looking at the current situation, it is easy to see the mobilization of this navy. Analyze it.

However, the problem of grain and grass is obviously not so easy to solve, although everyone knows that there is a huge amount of grain in the capital.

But sustainability, and sitting on a mountain to eat empty space, these are undoubtedly two different concepts.

But now in Jiangnan, a land of taxation, there are endless mutinies and rebellions, the water transportation is cut off, and it is difficult to protect the self-protection of various places, let alone there are people with ulterior motives making troubles. It is undoubtedly a huge difficulty to raise food and grass materials.

How could such a difficult matter be solved so silently?

Different from the astonishment and doubts of all the officials, Liu Qiyuan obviously already knew the inside story, and he clapped his hands and answered without asking any more questions.

After all, as the Minister of the Household Department, how could he fail to see the huge existence of the No. [-] bank in Ming Dynasty.

At the beginning, I thought that the Duke of Qin's government was involved in the affairs of merchants, and he personally promoted it, and he did not hesitate to bear the infamy for it. It was just for the sake of food, grass, money and money not to be controlled by these civil servants, so that these troops could complete the cycle of self-sufficiency.

But now, after this chaos, Liu Qiyuan suddenly understood the true meaning of such a layout!

If in the past, there were endless mutinies, water transportation cut off, tax delays, and gentry disturbances from all over the country, just an imbalance between supply and demand would be enough to easily overthrow the foundation of Ming Dynasty.

After all, in the past, important frontier towns were maintained by merchants transporting grain, and the imperial government’s grain storage system was almost in vain. In exchange for money...

There is no doubt that any link in this process is out of balance, which is a great disaster!

But now, with the existence of that huge bank, supply and demand are all in the hands of the Duke of Qin. Even if the gentry and wealthy businessmen from all over the place make trouble, they will not be able to damage the deepest foundation. This turmoil rapidly spread and expanded, thus making this foundation more stable.

But now, the thing that worried him the most, although it happened briefly, was quickly subsided. Obviously, among them, it must be the direct intervention of Qin Guogong in the market with the help of money and merchants.

The news he has received recently also clearly proves that Duke Qin has not shown up during this period of time, and he is obviously busy with it.

Of course, what Liu Qiyuan cares most about is the terrifying role played by the merchant power under the control of the money house during the turmoil during this period of time...

Everyone in the world thinks that mutiny and rebellion are a great horror, but only when he is in charge of the household department and is familiar with the specific inside information, can he truly understand that the confrontation in the dark, or the competition for economic dominance that Duke Qin said is the most important thing. horror...

However, even though he knew the inside story, Liu Qiyuan still had too many puzzles about the twists and turns.

These……

It seems to be beyond his cognition of things, to an unprecedented level...

Chapter 281 Currency is the foundation, and oddities are the end

The court meeting continued, and Li Xiu methodically arranged the plan he had already made.

War situation, political situation...

Everything seemed to be under his control.

However, no one noticed that Li Ruolian, the commander of Jinyiwei who was originally standing on Wu Xun's side, quietly left the Huangji Hall.

"My lord, everything is ready."

As soon as Li Ruolian came out of the Huangji Hall, a Jin Yiwei came quickly.

Hearing this, Li Ruolian turned his head and glanced at the court that had stabilized. After a moment of silence, his voice slowly sounded: "Let's do it."

"As ordered!"

The Jin Yiwei responded and left.

And with the departure of Jin Yiwei, outside the court, in the capital, a storm that had been planned for a long time suddenly broke out!

Since the assassination of Chongzhen, Jin Yiwei, who had restrained his fangs, opened his fangs for the first time during the turmoil of the day.

Riders came out everywhere, officials and wealthy businessmen who had been watched by Jin Yiwei for a long time were directly ruined. From high above, they fell into the sky in the blink of an eye. The already empty imperial prison suddenly became overcrowded.

Just as Liu Qiyuan thought, the confrontation in the dark is the most dangerous.

In the past, rules and regulations covered the world, and even Li Xiu was inevitably bound by rules and regulations.You can only fight against those with ulterior motives within the rules.

But now, people with ulterior motives surfaced, or they themselves overturned the rules and broke the plate.

Li Xiu naturally doesn't mind using the same means to deal with people who don't obey the rules.

The world seems to have forgotten that the existence of rules is not only restraint, but also protection to a certain extent.

If you don't follow the rules, this kind of protection, naturally, doesn't exist...

The court discussion is still going on, and Li Xiu has never been stingy and tolerant to those who abide by the rules and can do things.

Today, it is the same.

Explain the facts, analyze the pros and cons, and finally, give this civil and military man a reassurance!

At any time, the center of the court is the foundation, and any place can be chaotic, and the center must never be unstable.

This is the tacit understanding between Li Xiu and the elders of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

The court is in charge, and he is in charge of the army, which is also a tacit understanding formed by inertia.

However, with the sudden turmoil in the world today, this tacit understanding was also suddenly disrupted.

In other words, in the midst of this turmoil, the affairs that cannot be resolved by the various ministries of the court can only be counted on Li Xiu, Duke of Qin, to resolve them.

Just like the matter of water transportation of money and grain, what the court can do is to replace the governor of water transportation, and urge the provinces to collect grain and resume water transportation as soon as possible.

But in the current situation, these measures undoubtedly have little effect.

Li Xiu could only cut through the mess with a sharp knife, start shipping with military power, and borrow money from the bank to collect food and grass.

Under such circumstances, although there is a tacit understanding, it is inevitable that Li Xiu's influence on political affairs is also growing.

This is like the change of the civil fortress back then. Yu Qian was loyal and courageous, supervised the Beijing camp, and trained elite soldiers. The starting point was good, but since then, it has also opened the curtain of civil servants in charge of the army. At the same time, it can also be said, Wengui Wubai, also began from this.

The same is true now, even though Li Xiu never intentionally interfered in political affairs, with the spread of the chaos in the world, even if it was just the beginning of the chaos, the court was somewhat powerless to resist and could only rely on him, Duke of Qin.

In the future, this kind of reliance will only become more and more serious. When the chaos is settled, he will also deeply imprint the imprint of Li Xiu on the political situation.

Of course, the premise of everything is that Li Xiu can always maintain absolute strength, be able to control the court, and win the world!

Li Xiu is extremely confident about this point.

The court discussion is still going on, and the storm in the capital has already set off, but in the Duke of Qin's mansion, it is full of hustle and bustle. One after another, famous and wealthy businessmen gathered in the Duke of Qin's mansion.

"Cough cough!"

During the hustle and bustle, accompanied by a cough, the hustle and bustle stopped suddenly. With the support of his servants, Wang Wu walked slowly to the front of the rich merchants.

"Old Wang!"

"Old Wang!"

All the wealthy merchants greeted him one after another, each with an extremely humble attitude.

"If there are too many words, the old man will not say more. You all know why you called Er to come here."

"The master will be back later, all of you keep your eyes open, and do what the master tells you..."

"The old man can't rub the sand in his eyes. If he is disobedient, if something goes wrong, the old man will not be able to save you..."

Just between Wang Wu's orders, on the street not far from Qin Guogong's mansion, Li Xiu and Sun Chuanting's ministers walked together, which was rare.

Similarly, a few people are also rare without discussing state affairs, walking along the street all the way, chatting happily about trivial matters on the street.

It's just that the galloping Jinyiwei Tiqi made several ministers feel a little more worried again.

When they walked outside Duke Qin's mansion and saw the dense row of carriages, Sun Chuanting and the others were obviously puzzled.

Sun Chuanting asked curiously, "Is this a visitor from Duke Qin's mansion?"

"There are some."

Li Xiu nodded, glanced at Liu Qiyuan who was frowning, and then said with a smile, "I'll find out later."

Immediately, Li Xiu didn't say any more, took a step, and walked into the mansion first.

Liu Qiyuan suddenly said: "It should be those merchants."

Sun Chuanting frowned: "Qianzhuang?"

Liu Qiyuan nodded, and several people looked at each other with serious expressions.

Mere merchants are naturally nothing to them.

However, the combination of merchants and Duke Qin's power, whether it is the change in the south of the Yangtze River or Duke Qin's response to the change, clearly highlights the horror of this force.

"Shanxi Shanxi merchants colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country, and now the Jiangnan government and merchants are colluding, causing chaos all over the world..."

Liu Qiyuan looked serious: "Businessmen, you must control them effectively!"

"In the final analysis, it was caused by the government's lax control."

Li Banghua shook his head: "If we can really recreate the universe this time, it's easy to say how and what to change, otherwise..."

Li Banghua didn't finish his sentence, but Sun Chuanting and the others couldn't hear the implication. They looked at each other, they were all silent, and then they walked into Duke Qin's mansion one after another.

At this moment, shouts rang out in the hall, and all the wealthy businessmen who were calling for the wind and rain from the outside world knelt down on the ground in the most humble way.

Among them, there are various stewards who are in charge of the property of the Duke of Qin, and there are also wealthy merchants supported by the huge wealth of the bank. Of course, there are more merchants from all over the world who have been subtly absorbed after the formation of this interest relationship.

In the face of real power, the so-called wealth and wealth are not worth mentioning.

"Get up."

Following Li Xiu's bland voice, a group of wealthy merchants got up one after another, and stood respectfully in the hall with their heads bowed, not daring to take a breath.

Li Xiu glanced at Sun Chuanting and the others standing outside the hall, then looked around at all the merchants present, and then said slowly:

"Businessmen, take currency as the foundation, and use vendies as the end!"

"This sentence, as a merchant, you should be familiar with it."

"It is only for this reason that you are called here."

"Cooperate with the governor's order, conduct business normally, and maintain market stability, and it will be regarded as meritorious service. Those who have meritorious service will have fame and fortune, and the governor will not be stingy."

"If you have evil intentions, ulterior motives, hoarding goods, disrupting the market, no matter how remote the world is, this governor will kill you!"

"and also……"

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Chapter 282 The Opportunity to Break the Game

"Using the power of merchants, or in other words, the imperial court directly intervenes in the market..."

At this moment, listening to Li Xiu's arrangement, Liu Qiyuan's eyes outside the hall were bright, but soon, his eyes dimmed again. The past historical lessons have clearly shown that this strategy is impossible!

In other words, as long as money is involved, it is difficult to ensure the implementation of the matter.

With unclear governance and lax supervision, this strategy has no chance of success.

After thinking for a while, Liu Qiyuan didn't think about it any more after he had a little charter in his heart. Qin Gong was able to unknowingly lay such a large net. There is no doubt that he must have already made a judgment on the matter of merchants, and maybe it has already been silent. It is not certain that the sound of the sound is planned.

Li Banghua spit out this sentence coldly. "Although there is no business and no evil, if it is used well, it will be a great help."

"Disaster."