Datang: Get Xiang Yu's divine power at the beginning

Chapter 269 Li Wenxiang's Power
"Then I can't remember clearly!" Li Chengdao said, "I only remember that the commander of the Southern Army seems to be called Hao Jingzhong."

Zheng Baihu smiled and said: "Your Highness, the commander of the Longshan Guard is Hao Jingzhong. In fact, the South-to-North transfer is tricky. Generally, in order to prevent the court from seeing the flaws, the soldiers recruited from the South are all
Elites were recruited from various guards and formed temporarily, so what His Highness saw should be just a patchwork of southern soldiers! "

Li Chengdao was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and said bitterly: "It's really a good method. Other things are fine. It's just about military power. What they do is tantamount to self-destructing the Great Wall. Forbearance, since this is the case, Yuan Ziwei, I'm sorry, this king will talk to you first, wait for the murderous intention, and let the guards along the coast restrain themselves, Zheng Baihu, continue to collect relevant information, and don't startle the snake!
Hearing this, Zheng Baihu said enthusiastically: "I obey your orders. After talking about Yuan Ziwei, I will tell you about Li Wenxiang, the guard of the weaving tax supervisor. Your Highness must know that Suzhou and Hangzhou silk fabrics are famous all over the world, and here, the division of labor is also the same." There are a few strict, specialized craftsmen such as turners, yarn workers, satin workers and weavers, businessmen who open weaving workshops, and also employ a large number of female workers who are responsible for threading, dyeing, machine modification and flower picking.

"This Li Wenxiang is in charge of these things. This person is quite low-key, not arrogant, but Suzhou weaving is famous all over the world, and the benefits are huge. Li Wenxiang secretly pretended to be a businessman with his confidantes, and used his power to buy at low prices to make huge profits. Well, the merchants in the Suzhou and Hangzhou areas have suffered greatly from it, but because of Li Wenxiang's power, they dare not speak out."

As he said that, Zheng Baihu also took Songjiang Mansion as an example to explain what Li Wenxiang did.

It turns out that most of the people in Songjiang Mansion are engaged in weaving, and one horse is produced every day, while tens of millions of people can produce tens of millions of horses per day. Besides, in Jiashan area, the people there make a living by spinning yarn, and the output is also huge, so There has always been a saying that Songjiang cloth can't be bought and Weitang yarn can't be collected.

But after Li Wenxiang arrived, he monopolized the spinning of these cloths, bought them at a low price, and then resold them everywhere to make huge profits. Therefore, not only the wealthy businessmen here, but even the local people were made miserable by Li Wenxiang.

In addition to these, Zheng Baihu also found out something that was beneficial to Li Chengdao and others, that is, the relationship between Li Wenxiang and Yuan Ziwei had always been bad, and the conflict was deep.

Because the Huzhou area grows mulberry and silkworms, and most of the people in Shandong and Henan grow cotton. Manufacturing in Suzhou needs to purchase a large amount of raw materials from these places, and Yuan Ziwei is in charge of government taxes, which often hinders the delivery of these raw materials. For Li Wenxiang, it is Great disadvantage, therefore, the relationship between Li Wenxiang and Yuan Ziwei has not been good.

Li Chengdao nodded secretly when he heard the words. In fact, centralized procurement, transshipment, and sales naturally have his benefits. Too fussy with Li Wenxiang.

After all, although the power of tax supervision belongs to the inner court, the inner factory cannot personally oversee all parts of the world. In the end, they will still have to rely on these guarding eunuchs to do things for them. If the laws and systems cannot be fully stipulated, even if the people are changed, It's not necessarily better than these people.

Moreover, if the water is clear and there will be no fish, it will be extremely unfavorable for future tax payment.

Li Chengdao thought of this, and said: "Although this person is a bit greedy, his heart is not too dark. He can be regarded as a person who can win over. Let's put aside his affairs for now and talk about this Lu Zicong, how about this Eunuch Lu?"

Hearing this, Zheng Baihu said: "Speaking of which, among the three guarding eunuchs, the one with the best reputation is Eunuch Lu Zicong. The taxes on grain fields in the south of the Yangtze River are not collected in kind, but are converted into silver taels. The Supreme Emperor At the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was established that four stones of rice and wheat could be exchanged for one tael of silver."

"Nowadays, this ratio has changed. One liang of silver is levied for one stone of rice grain, which is equivalent to triple the tax. There is a saying among the people in the south of the Yangtze River, which says that one acre of official land is collected by seven buckets. , send six dou to Huangzhou first, and only keep one dou for the marriage, so that people will come to a dead end, which shows that the tax is heavy, if it is not for the prosperity of the south of the Yangtze River and the abundant harvest of fish and rice, the people would not be able to survive."

"Speaking of which, the food is converted into silver taels and handed over to the tax, and the loss in the middle is huge. In addition, Yuan Ziwei and others collect taxes layer by layer, and the common people can get back three buckets of grain for five buckets of money, which is considered good! "

Upon hearing this, Li Chengdao said, "In this way, the conversion rate is indeed a bit high."

Zheng Baihu nodded and said, "But since Eunuch Lu Zicong came here, Eunuch Lu will send official boats to buy at the autumn harvest every year. Although the price is lower, but considering the official tax and loss, the profit will be far greater. It is much better than transporting and selling it by yourself, so the common people are willing to sell grain to him, and Lu Zicong's reputation has become very good, and was once called a good man in the south of the Yangtze River by the locals!"

Li Chengdao was really confused at this time. He heard from Steward Liao that day, he just thought that Eunuch Lu was so bold that he even dared to drop the tribute tea that he paid tribute to the emperor. Unexpectedly, there are still such good deeds today, and he couldn't help but wondered: "According to what you say, this Lu Zicong is still an upright official?"

Zheng Baihu chuckled, and said, "Excuse me for being so humble, Your Highness, how can there be any upright officials in this world? Naturally, Lu Zicong is not one of them. In fact, he also has his own profit point in doing this. Jiangnan City is a land of fish and rice, so much food. , as long as you make a little bit of money on every stone of grain, the accumulation will be a mountain of gold!"

Zheng Baihu said, Li Chengdao heard the words, and said, "That's right, these people don't care if you are greedy or not, if they are greedy, they can think of the people and take care of the people, they will be grateful! "

Zheng Baihu heard the words and said: "What Your Highness said is very true. In addition, Eunuch Lu's discipline inspection committee is strict with tea, spices and medicines, which are priceless items. In this way, the silver taels are also very rich. Even so , but among the three guarding eunuchs, Lu Zicong is the most lenient, and every time there is a disaster, Eunuch Lu will often set up a shed to give porridge, saving many lives, and his reputation is very good!"

Li Chengdao stood up, took a few steps back and forth in the room, pondered for a moment, and said: "In this case, you will leave early tomorrow morning, still dormant in the dark, and send all your people to Yuan Ziwei. Ziwei is a breakthrough and opens up the situation. As for me, I will travel to the south of the Yangtze River, and I will leave the rest to you! Tomorrow, I will follow Mr. Lu Dashan to Shizi Village to taste this serious Longjing tea! "

Hearing this, Zheng Baihu said, "According to what Your Highness said, are you trying to beat Yuan and pull Lu Li?"

(End of this chapter)