On the vast Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, a huge water chestnut official boat was sailing slowly.

He Jin in the boat kept posing in front of a huge glass mirror. The look of his own eyes and was overjoyed, which made Shen Xiuer, who was a woman, feel ashamed of herself.

At this time, he was wearing a crimson official robe, a black official hat, and a black official boots with black foundation on his feet. Finally, he was wrapped in honeysuckle belt. The man in the mirror looked handsome and elegant, with bright eyes. In addition, his figure has been raised recently, giving people a noble and cool aura style.

"Xiu'er, look at this breeze robe, isn't it much better than the previous green robe?" After looking at it for a long time, it was not enough to just beautify himself, and he wanted to bring in the innocent Shen Xiu'er to agree.

Shen Xiu'er also knew that He Jin was burning money because he was promoted to the position.

According to regulations, only the official uniforms of the fourth rank and above of the Ming Dynasty were made of red robes, and the fifth to seventh ranks were worn in green robes, and the eighth rank was lower than green robes, which clearly divided high-level officials, intermediate and low-level officials.

But burning the bag again... She sighed sadly and said helplessly: "My husband, it's been nine days since the capital. You're wearing an official robe for nine days, why can't you calm down for a while?"

As he said that, he covered his smooth forehead and added sadly: "Last night, I heard that you were eating and laughing while sleeping, which scared me so much that I thought you had a crazy brain disease again..."

This is obviously not the answer He Jin wants.

He stared at Shen Xiu'er for a while, and then immediately felt irritated, and then he commented indifferently: "Hmph, I am young, but my eyes are no longer good... Do you know that the Ming Dynasty has been founded for more than a hundred years, but who are the people who become high-ranking officials at the age of sixteen?"

"Who?"

"No one, your husband is the only one!"

He Jin finished speaking stinkyly, then turned to the mirror and narcissistic, saying, "Also, he became the fattest fat man in the world. Both Huaihei transported salt to Si Tongzhi. Many people in this position have sharpened their heads and dreamed of getting along."

The Ming Dynasty established seven major salt departments, of which two Huaidushi transferred the salt department, which was in charge of the salt administration of the two Huaihuai.

The chief was the chief of the Ministry of Transportation and Transportation Commission, and the deputy envoy assisted him. The Salt Department was under the jurisdiction of the Three Branches, Taizhou, Huai'an and Tongzhou. The salt produced was sold in Yingtian Prefecture, Jiangbei Prefectures and Jiangxi, and the salt production accounted for one-third of the country.

Then when he got here, Shen Xiu'er couldn't help but retort: ​​"But no matter how tricky my husband tried, he didn't go to Yangzhou in the end?"

He Jin was a little depressed when talking about this: the general office of the two Huaihei Transportation Salt Envoy was located in Yangzhou, and Emperor Hongzhi asked him to investigate the actual drawbacks of the current Ming salt industry. Of course, it was impossible for him to have another mother-in-law on his head, so that he would sing the Legend of Zhen Huan first after taking office.

After thinking about it, He Jin was appointed as the Tongzhi of the Salt Transportation Commissioner of the Huaizhou Metropolitan Government, and then he was given the title of the Censor of the Censorate of the Censorate, and asked him to go to Huai'an Prefecture to take charge. In this way, the top leader and the second leader checked and balanced each other, He Jin could devote all his heart to the important matters.

"Don't care about these details. Anyway, Huaian and Yangzhou are not far away, and the prosperity is comparable..." Although he said this, his emotions were not so high.

Seeing this, Shen Xiu'er felt a little relieved and continued, "My husband, this time he entered Huai'an is extremely dangerous. This high-ranking official from the fourth rank is not so easy to be......"

Hearing that Shen Xiuer finally couldn't hold back and talked about the serious matter, He Jin sat down and nodded and responded: "Well, continue, I will work hard to cooperate with the performance..."

"My husband!" Shen Xiu'er was a little angry and said worriedly: "Do you know who is the biggest enemy behind the scenes to rectify the salt industry?"

As the helm behind He Jiaye Industry and under He Jin's subtle influence, Shen Xiuer, who knew the essence of power-striking in the court, was no longer the woman who only knew business in Cizhou Township, but a female president with unique business insights and political vision.

"My grandson's strategy of retreating is indeed wonderful, forcing His Majesty, the cabinet and other ministers have to agree to the grandson's release."

"But my husband should also know that Your Majesty and those people are not fools. If the Ming Dynasty's salt industry had not been hopelessly corrupt, how could they have broken the rules of the court officialdom and made them rise to justice?"

Speaking of this, Shen Xiuer became more and more excited and said, "Especially looking at her husband's reaction over the years, she seems to have no idea who she is going to deal with? With such a frivolous mentality, I'm afraid even..."

Shen Xiuer was so scared that she didn't dare to say anything afterwards.

But He Jin listened, his heart was not fluctuating, and he couldn't help laughing, waved his hand and said, "Who else can you be? It's just those Shanxi merchants."

As soon as these words were said, Shen Xiuer's expression changed: "My husband, you are all?"

"Of course I know, even better than you. To put it bluntly, the profit of salt sales in Yangzhou is comparable to the annual income of the imperial court. What's more terrifying is that these Shanxi merchants even secretly invite people to buy people's hearts, and their power is solid and complicated."

The name of the Shanxi merchant was absolutely famous in the Ming Dynasty and was powerful and powerful.

They are actually Shanxi's business gangs, but in the north where farming ideas are absolutely dominant, Shanxi merchants are simply out of the ordinary. Their emphasis on business culture is even greater than that of the restless Fujian and Guangxi area.

Speaking of the rise of Shanxi merchants, it is actually quite difficult and helpless.

In the past century, the vegetation in Shanxi has been severely degraded and the land has become increasingly barren. In addition, the drought and rain are frequent, and the land that has always maintained the farming society has been unable to nurture the people of the Three Jin Dynasties.

If you leave the land, you have to survive by doing business. The best business opportunity appears before the people of Shanxi at this time: the opening of China and France of the Ming Dynasty.

In the business of selling grain and salt, Shanxi quickly formed a group of wealthy families. After getting rich, they trained their children to study, and thus combined officials and businessmen to further consolidate the status of Shanxi merchants.

So by the end of Hongzhi, almost all the salt merchants from Lianghuai were from Shanxi.

I think it is obvious that in a strict rank of monarchical society, it is not possible to squeeze other competitors out of the circle by commercial means alone—the Shanxi merchants rely on the scholars they cultivated themselves.

The shrewd and willing to spend money, the Shanxi merchants not only cultivate their own scholars after they have money, but also spend a lot of money to give alms to monks and Taoists, build buildings, donate funds to support education, and clear and prepare for the work.

It is easy to accumulate character in this way, gain favor from the people, and at the same time, make friends with officials through bribery, and make three-pronged approaches. Money plus power can open the way and exclude competitors from being eliminated. At the same time, because of this, the status of Shanxi merchants has become more and more stable and almost no one can shake it.

"These Shanxi merchants have very lush forces in the officialdom. For example, the royal relatives, nobles, eunuchs, and bureaucratic groups mentioned to His Majesty before are all behind the scenes. The root of the harm to the entire Ming Dynasty's salt industry is the people."

"But at the same time, they are very low-key, not showing off, and are neutral in almost all disputes. It seems that the purpose of their existence is to safeguard the interests of the increasingly huge Shanxi merchant group. But once someone touches their cake, they will not be ruthless at all, and will inevitably let you die without a complete body."

Hearing this, Shen Xiu'er's expression became strange and asked, "Since my husband knows how terrible these people are, why do you have to work hard to pierce the wolf's nest that eats people and doesn't spit bones?"

"Because..." He Jin couldn't help but raise his lips and said, "I just don't like them. They are doing business without technical content. When doing business, everyone makes money together. They are like a wealthy slave and eat alone. It's not in line with the original intention of business."

"The wealth first leads to wealth and then becomes rich, and ultimately achieve common prosperity is what businessmen should do. But when they are rich first, they will kill those who are not rich. What is the meaning of wealth achieved in this way?"

This sentence made Shen Xiuer confused.

She is also a mature little wife. Of course, she would not naively think that the world would be so beautiful, and everyone would help each other. But the meaning of this from He Jin's mouth is completely different.

Because this despicable and shameless guy with ruthless means always uses all the methods that others cannot think of, use both soft and hard, and insidiously force others to be a good person...

But just as Shen Xiuer was thinking about asking He Jin that there was something to be angry and hateful this time, the movement outside the ship was gradually noisy. A large number of officials and gentry who were welcomed by the new Yunsi Tongzhi outside had almost surrounded the huge dock.

I'm not a slander

I'm not a slander
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