After the Rebirth of the Red Chamber

Mr. Li smiled maliciously, "Dong Weng, do we want to leak some news to the other companies?"

When Jia Jing heard this, a similar smile appeared on his face.But he didn't speak directly, but turned around and asked Mr. Sun, the leader of the staff, "I don't know what Mr. Sun wants?"

Mr. Sun stroked his beard, gave Mr. Li an appreciative glance, and said, "Yousan has always been clever and tricky, and he must have a countermeasure."

Yousan is Mr. Li's character, and Mr. Sun's words mean that he agrees.

Selling salt is a huge profit, so many people covet such a large piece of fat hanging there.

Xue Duan also wanted to take a bite of this piece of fat with the help of his own royal merchant's signboard.No matter how bad it is, a bowl of soup will do.

However, he tried several times, but all failed.

It is conceivable that no one who can enter the salt merchant industry, gain a firm foothold and grow bigger is a fool.

The reason why the Guo family and the Huang family were able to stabilize the other families, but they sold private salt secretly to reduce losses, was just because the heads of the two families were of high seniority and respected.

If the other families know that these two use their respect and trust to step on them to reduce risks and losses...

Hehehe, needless to say, it was a wonderful show.

******

Lin Ruhai was also discussing matters with his two aides while patrolling the Yan Yushi Yamen in Yangzhou.

"Are the people in the government offices still in peace?"

Mr. Wu said: "You and Mr. Jia have greeted each other one after another. On the surface, it's nothing, but secretly..."

He shook his head, and continued: "These salt merchants have already taken root in Jiangnan. How many officials in Jiangnan have not received their tribute?"

This is a fact.

Not to mention others, but Lin Ruhai. In his backyard, there are still two goddaughters of salt merchants.

These women are said to be goddaughters, but they are actually bought skinny horses.When they were given to big men as concubines by salt merchants, they would bring a generous dowry.

Of course, according to the law at this time, concubines have no private property.Those dowries brought by them were actually tributes given by the salt merchants to the officials.

It's a person, he has preferences.And these preferences, with a little guidance, can become their weaknesses.

There are four things people in this world can't escape: money, power, fame, and sex.

In terms of attractiveness to people, these four are ranked in no particular order.

But if you get the "power", then "money" and "sex" will become at your fingertips.

However, as long as one uses "power" to obtain "money" and "sex", one is at the risk of losing one's "fame".

Therefore, when the critical moment comes, it depends on how much this person cares about "name".

Of course, the above are all analyzes under ideal conditions.

In fact, people living in this world have to make compromises with the world.

If you want to live a comfortable life, you must either be so noble that ordinary people can't reach it, so that people don't dare to desecrate; or you have to be like the light, so that people won't reject you.

It is too difficult to do the former, and there are not many of them throughout the ages.

Therefore, the latter has become the first choice of the world.

In this regard, Lin Ruhai is not exempt, and neither are most officials.

This is not to say that they don't care about the world and don't want to benefit the people.

They just chose to protect themselves first.

--Being poor cares themselves, being wealthy cares the world.

Ever since Lin Ruhai was appointed by the sage to be the censor of salt inspection, he has been working hard to find a balance between the sage and the Jiangnan officialdom.

On the one hand, he had to suppress the hands of Jiangnan officials stretching out to Yanli, so that they would not go too far; on the other hand, he had to control his strength, so that he could not close both eyes All wide open.

To put it bluntly, the salt tax must pay the amount in the heart of the saint, but it cannot cut off the wealth of others.

And during this period, he himself couldn't help being like the light, accepting the filial piety of those big and small salt merchants, and reassuring them.

The two skinny horses in his backyard were brought back when he went to the banquet hosted by the salt merchants.

And a skinny horse like this is definitely not the only one in his family.

It can be said that in the entire Jiangnan officialdom, all officials with some weight have goddaughters presented by salt merchants at home.It's just that the quality is high and low.

The salt merchants relied on "wealth" and "color" to weave a net in the south of the Yangtze River, engulfing all powerful people.

As long as the benefits continue, the net will not be broken.

Lin Ruhai has struggled in this net for several years, and already feels physically and mentally exhausted.

No matter how fat and short this patrol salt censor is, he doesn't want to do it again.

However, there is no one who can replace him with the saint.

Originally, he thought that Shi Nai, who was good at managing money, would be the candidate.

But soon, he knew it was not.

Because Shi Nai is really picky.

According to legend, as long as the silver has passed through his hands, it will be very difficult to get it out again!

Even saints can't take out a penny from the treasury for private use. Are these officials and salt merchants in Jiangnan more noble than saints?

Sure enough, within a few years, Shi Nai was promoted to Minister of the Household Department, and his rank has surpassed Xunyan Yushi.According to the practice of promoting two levels outside, it is completely impossible for him.

Lin Ruhai had no choice but to continue to endure in this position.

It was at this time that his cousin Jia Jing was appointed governor of Jiangsu and brought him good news.

——Jingzhong intends to rectify the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River.Moreover, this time it is absolutely clean across the board.

That is to say, Lin Ruhai will be free after finishing this job.

Lin Ruhai was naturally very excited when he first got the news.But after he calmed down, he couldn't help becoming suspicious.

After all, salt is an indispensable thing for people.No matter how poor the family is, they will buy some salt more or less.

Because if you don't eat salt, you will have no strength, and you can't hold it when the farming is busy.

Jia Jing had no choice but to reveal a little bit about Guangzhou to him.

Lin Ruhai finally made up his mind to work with them to uproot the malignant tumor of the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River.

It is also for this reason that Lin Ruhai is very generous this time, "Let our people keep an eye on it. When this is an extraordinary time, we should do extraordinary things."

But Mr. Wu disagreed, "My lord, it's better not to tear yourself apart with them. Although your lord is in charge of the salt administration, he has nothing to do with local affairs. If they retaliate in the future..."

"It's okay." Lin Ruhai stroked his beard and smiled very comfortably, "Anyway, I won't be an official in Jiangnan from now on."

The two staff members looked at each other, realizing something, and couldn't help showing joy.

"My lord means..."

"That's right. The saint intends to transfer me back to Beijing."

Mr. Li clapped his hands, "Then what do we have to worry about?"

For the sake of the overall situation, they have endured for so many years, and this time, they finally don't have to bear it anymore!

******

The governor's office in Guangzhou, Yanjin, has been crowded with people recently, and it is very lively.

There are also two local imperial merchants here, one family named Bai, specializing in paying tribute to the royal family for rare treasures obtained from overseas scouring;

Just like Xue's family in Jinling, Bai's and Sha's families also have a lot of status in Guangzhou.Even Yan Jin, the governor of the second rank, went to two banquets several times after arriving in Guangzhou.

——At that time, he had just arrived here, and it was really difficult to refuse invitations when he met local snakes.

There are no Yangzhou skinny horses in Guangzhou, but there are foreign women sold by Fanbang. All of them have fair skin, blue eyes, and blond hair, which are very different from the women in Daxia.

The Bai family and the Sha family also let these women serve the banquet during the banquet.Guangzhou people are no more reserved than Jiangnan people, and they don't hint at it, just say: whichever one you like, you can take it back.

The corner of Yan Jin's mouth twitched when he saw that heroic spirit, he didn't know how to answer the words.

But he still refused, saying that he doesn't like beauties, but only likes raw fish stew.

Then the head of the Sha family was very happy, and with the envious eyes of the head of the Bai family, he recommended a kind of salmon to Yan Jin, saying that this fish not only had bright texture, but also had an unusually delicious taste.

The Patriarch of the Sha family said: "It just so happens that my family got a few a few days ago, and I will ask someone to send two to the adults in a while."

Then, he told Yan Jin in detail where the texture of this salmon is the most tender, and which part is most suitable for raw fish stew.

The Patriarch of the Bai Family was unwilling to be robbed of the limelight by the Patriarch of the Sha Family, so he hurriedly said, "The fish in this sea are not as fishy as those in the rivers, and they don't have much fishy smell. You don't need to slice them too thinly. It's more enjoyable to eat thicker ones!"

Yan Jin's eyes lit up, "Oh? Master Bai also likes raw fish stew?"

Patriarch Bai looked intoxicated, shook his head and said: "The world is so beautiful, is there anyone who doesn't love it?"

The Patriarch of the Sha family curled his lips secretly, and said in his heart: Who doesn't know that your youngest Bai never eats raw food?

But there is no big competition between the two in essence. At this time, it is time to cooperate with each other and build a good relationship with the new governor. The Patriarch of the Sha family will naturally not demolish the Patriarch of the Bai family.

So, he also echoed: "That's right, seven out of ten people in Guangzhou like to eat fish stew. And each family has their own secret sauce, which is different. If you have time, you might as well taste them one by one."

Yan Jin felt that this Guangzhou was really a fairyland on earth for him.

After the Bai family and the Sha family took the lead, first the maritime merchants held a joint banquet in Yipinlou, inviting Yan Jin and officials of all sizes from Guangzhou.Then those powerful but not very big merchants gave gifts to Yan Jin.

The reason why these merchants wanted to establish a good relationship with Yanjin was the same as the Xue family wanted to establish a good relationship with the prefect of Jinling. They all had the mentality of "I don't expect you to be convenient, as long as you don't make trouble at critical moments".

At that time, these merchants didn't know that Mr. Yan was destined to cause a storm when he came to Guangzhou.

It wasn't until a large amount of table salt as white as snow and as fine as dust flowed out of Guangzhou that they suddenly realized that the governor, who doesn't care much and acts low-key on weekdays, really didn't come here to mess with his seniority.

作者有话要说：感谢在2020-01-0322:45:52~2020-01-0510:02:43期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who cast the rocket launcher: 1 idle girl;

Thanks to the little angels who irrigate the nutrient solution: 20 bottles of Ming Shiyin from Yuanlong; 10 bottles of bookworms;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!