My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 235 All witnesses and physical evidence

  Hearing this, Zhu Di's expression became even more solemn.

   Zhang Anshi's words did reveal a terrible truth.

  If these people are a business, the scale of this business may be larger than Qixia's.

  From shipbuilding to going out to sea, and then to the entry and exit of a large number of goods, around this, how many people rely on it for a living.

Zhang Anshi continued: "It is said that taking money from people is like killing parents. Your Majesty, if this case is to be investigated, how many parents will be killed? Because of this, there may be more or less people in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty. Everyone knows some of the things, but the civil and military of the Manchu dynasty, either choose to keep silent, or choose to join in with it."

"And your Majesty wants to investigate thoroughly, how can the investigation continue? Whoever destroys so many people's jobs is a fatal matter, so... Once the court finds out, some people would rather commit suicide than be caught. Hold it, and you will never dare to speak."

  After Zhu Di listened, he nodded again and again, and he frowned: "Then Zhang Qing... thinks that the court shouldn't investigate?"

"Who said it shouldn't be investigated?" Zhang Anshi said: "On the one hand, in the court, they wantonly form cliques to prevent the people from going to sea. On the other hand, they rely on monopoly and monopolize huge profits. In the process, the profits, they and The ministers who colluded with it accounted for 90% of the money, and gave a little soup to the so-called million water workers. As for the imperial court and the national treasury, they could only tax the small people who cultivated the land. On him, Gang Ji has been corrupted to this extent, how can they not investigate thoroughly just because they have so many people under their control?"

  Zhu Di nodded: "In this way, it is not easy to thoroughly investigate this case."

  He pointed to the young master surnamed Zeng and said, "How do you know that this person is one of the masterminds."

  Zhang Anshi said: "It's very easy, Your Majesty. If you follow the previous method and follow the vines, you will definitely not be able to find out. After all, there are too many people involved and there are many obstacles, so I will use a small plan."

  As soon as he heard about the small plan, Zhu Di couldn't help but smile.

Zhang Anshidao: "On the one hand, let Chen Li go to Ningbo Mansion, pretending that he wants to investigate thoroughly. In fact, he wants these thieves to mistakenly think that Neiqian Households should use Ningbo Mansion as a clue to investigate thoroughly. Therefore, their attention is only on this Ningbo mansion, and even the whole Ningbo mansion is in trouble."

  Zhang An Shidao: "But in fact, I know that relying on this... can't solve the problem. So... I ordered Zhu Jin to secretly start buying a large amount of porcelain and silk."

   Zhu Di frowned when he heard this.

  Just now we were still talking about the Qin case, why did we switch to the business again.

  Even Hu Guang and others were greatly puzzled.

  Only Mr. Zeng buried his head even lower. At this time, he didn't complain, and seemed to be chewing Zhang Anshi's words carefully.

Zhang Anshidao: "Your Majesty... the biggest feature of sea trade is... the more scarce goods are shipped out, the higher the profit, and the loading capacity of a ship is limited, which means that if the same ship is loaded with grain, Or loading other low-value cargoes is far less profitable than loading high-value cargoes."

Zhang Anshi licked his lips: "If you understand this, then you can know...these smuggled thieves, the goods they mainly go to sea must be expensive, and they are silk, tea and porcelain unique to my Ming Dynasty. Knowing this It's easy to handle. Your Majesty, didn't you just say it? This is the job of countless people, and it is the food and clothing of millions of waterworkers..."

   "Then... the minister will dig their roots."

  Zhu Di suddenly realized: "You mean, there are many porcelain merchants, and there are also many silk merchants, and the smugglers are also their parents?"

Zhang Anshidao: "Yes, if you want to go to sea, you need to hoard a large amount of porcelain and silk, and purchase on a large scale. This must be supported by a large number of businessmen. But the minister sent Zhu Jin, also in the name of Qixia Trading Company, Starting to buy in secret, these people who master large quantities of porcelain and silk will definitely find a way to contact Zhu Jin."

  Zhu Di nodded: "What you said is not unreasonable."

"What's more, these merchants must also realize that the imperial court is suddenly investigating the smuggling case with great fanfare. Although the imperial court may not be able to thoroughly investigate the smuggling case, at least at this juncture, the smugglers will definitely be more cautious. In the past two years, The amount of smuggling will decrease on a large scale. It means that if they can't find new buyers, they may have a large amount of goods, which will be thrown into their own hands."

  Zhu Di couldn't help feeling distressed when he heard that he spent so much money to buy silk and porcelain in order to investigate the case.

Zhang Anshidao: "Qixia Commercial Firm has a great reputation and a good reputation. Most importantly, everyone knows that the background is not simple. Trading with private traders requires risk after all. You can do business with Qixia Commercial Firm, but there is a guarantee of safety. Your Majesty, you said that the business on that side has plummeted, but Qixia Commercial Bank suddenly has a huge business opportunity here, what choice will the merchants make?"

  Zhu Di said: "It must be trying every means to please Zhu Jin, isn't it?"

  Zhang Anshidao: "That's right, so I asked Zhu Jin to throw out a new so-called exclusive contract."

   "Exclusively for the contract?"

"It's the Qixia Commercial Bank, which can agree on a base price with the merchants to ensure that the merchants supply the goods, and never let them suffer. At the same time, it also agrees that they can continue to supply goods for many years in the future, but there is one thing, that is... They are not allowed to supply others, and all the goods produced can only be supplied to Qixia Commercial Bank."

  Zhu Di: "..."

Zhang Anshi said: "This is to give these merchants a choice, whether to continue to follow the private business and go to the black, whether their shipments will be stable in the future, and how much the imperial court will hit them is unknown. Just feel at ease, doing business with Qixia Commercial Firm will not only ensure their sufficient profits, but also ensure their safety.”

   "Businessmen are like this. As long as they are profitable, it will be natural... they will try their best to negotiate with Zhu Jin and reach an exclusive contract with Qixia Commercial Bank..."

  Zhu Di said: "How can you ensure that they will not inform the merchants at this time, so that those private businessmen will be alert in advance."

Zhang Anshi smiled: "Your Majesty, you forgot. Didn't the minister say that cutting off people's money is like killing their parents? In the past, it was the Fusi of Nanzhen. If they wanted to cut off their wealth, they would kill their parents. They had to work hard. But now, the offensive and defensive situation is different, but Qixia Trading Company has become their parents, if they go to inform the private businessmen and destroy Qixia Trading Company's business, they will also kill their parents."

  Zhang Anshi said earnestly: "Your Majesty, all dynasties have taught filial piety. The people of my Ming Dynasty put filial piety first. No one would kill their fathers and mothers."

Zhang Anshidao: "Not only that, Zhu Jin contacted many big merchants, but almost all of these big merchants chose to keep it secret. Because they know that not many people know about this matter now, they can borrow This opportunity, hurry up to talk to Qixia Trading Co., and once the news spreads, everyone will know that when Qixia Trading Co. is looking for suppliers of bulk silk and porcelain, for them, it is tantamount to increasing a lot of competition invisibly Opponents. Commercial secrets are sometimes more reliable than the secrets of the imperial court. The imperial court is like a sieve. If there is a slight disturbance, it will be known to the world immediately, but commercial secrets are different. This really affects personal interests. Why are the merchants shouting about something that is worthwhile?"

  Zhu Di: "..."

   Hu Guang and the others were really dumbfounded.

  At this time, if they don't admire Zhang Anshi, it's okay.

   This was forced. It turned the former mortal enemy into a community of interests bound together.

  Of course, the only disadvantage is that it costs money.

Zhang Anshidao: "In order to ensure that they can sign the contract, these big merchants will not hide it when they learn that Zhu Jin is inquiring about private businessmen. Anyway, once the contract is signed, private businessmen will be useless to them. What's more, they are big merchants. Although there are many private merchants, they act very cautiously, but after so many years of cooperation, even the cooperation of several generations, they will more or less know about some private merchants... They may not know the whole picture... But Every big businessman knows that...the minister connected these clues together, so he came to a conclusion..."

  This Mr. Zeng buried his head even lower, and he was unusually calm at this moment.

"That is, there is a brothel in the capital. These private businessmen are here to entertain officials. Not only that, they are also willing to do good things. In various states and counties, they spend money to repair prefectural and county schools. In addition Besides, the person in charge... surnamed Pu... in the capital, the one who deals with officials is called Pu Chengzhi."

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "As long as you have a goal, it's actually not difficult to find such a place. Since it is specially used to entertain ministers, if you want to come... this place must look very low-key, but it must be very luxurious inside. Its appearance will be very It's small, but the woman inside must be beautiful. So, just search for a day or two, in fact... you can know the exact location."

Zhang Anshi smiled and said to Mr. Zeng: "As for this person named Pu Chengzhi, in fact, it is very easy to find him. The Pu family used to be Semu people, more or less, with some characteristics of Semu people. They are no different from Han people, but as long as you pay attention, you can get a glimpse of them. Mr. Zeng, oh no, Pu Chengzhi, you are in that brothel, you have a small building where you live alone, and there are many servants who serve you. , high nose... now, do you still want to deny it?"

"It's useless to deny it. Because the basis for your own survival is gone. Don't look at the countless people who depend on you for a living, and the many merchants who surround you for a living, and you use the huge profits you make to borrow money. This is to win over scholars and ministers to make them work together with you. But don’t forget that you can have today because you can give others more jobs. But by cracking down on private boats, I smashed your jobs. At the same time, Qixia Commercial Bank acquired When it comes to porcelain and silk, in fact, those tricks you call are completely useless."

"It's so-called that its prosperity is also vigorous, and its death is also sudden. Up to now, do you still think that you can fight Nanzhen Fusi with some reason? Do you have a hard head? You said you want physical evidence, but I will tell you the truth. Said, the people all over the world are witnesses and evidences.”

  Pu Chengzhi's body began to tremble, and he suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness.

  In the past, he felt that he was full of power, but now, the power that made him arrogant was slowly withdrawn from his body.

Zhang Anshi said: "At the beginning, those who depended on you for a living, defended you, and shared weal and woe with you, soon...all of them will become partners of Qixia Commercial Firm, and become the opposite **** who don't want to be born in the same year, the same month, the same day, but to die in the same year, the same month, and the same day Brother. As for you...you are destined to be abandoned, just like the stinky stones on the street, you will be kicked away without hesitation. What kind of evidence do you want now, and you want to deny it? Believe it or not , I, Zhang Anshi, spread the word, and there are hundreds of thousands of people, vying to come and identify you?"

  If Pu Chengzhi doesn't understand, he is really a pig.

  His already fair face is getting worse now.

  Zhu Di couldn't help being surprised, sometimes he has to admire Zhang Anshi, this guy... is especially good at taking surprises.

   Entering his mother, this is still like me.

  The so-called victory by surprise coincides with the art of war.

   "Pu Chengzhi..." Zhu Di stared at Mr. Zeng: "Could it be that he is still a descendant of the Pu family in Quanzhou? Hasn't the Pu family in Quanzhou been cut off?"

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty... For them, it is too easy to hide their identities. I don't know how many people want to protect the Pu family. It is true that many people in the Pu family were killed, but there are also many people who became The fish that slipped through the net, and this Pu Chengzhi, is the direct descendant of the Pu family. Emperor Gao, the great ancestor, issued the will. But whether the Pu family lives or dies, to a certain extent, determines the interests of many people. That's why... that's why the Pu family can be revived again and again."

  Zhu Di looked at Mr. Zeng coldly: "Pu Chengzhi, do you still need physical evidence?"

  Hearing this, Pu Chengzhi could only smile wryly; "No need."

  When Hu Guang heard this, he already understood something, and his old face blushed slightly.

   But... someone actually thought of a deeper layer.

  For example, Yang Rong, Jin Zhong, and even Jian Yi.

  These three people all looked at Zhang Anshi with strange eyes.

   It's just that they didn't show much.

  Pu Chengzhi said tragically: "The Pu family's management has been carried out for dozens of generations. Since the Song Dynasty, it has been engaged in sea trade. No matter who is the emperor, it is the same... The reason why it is big but not down is actually all due to this sea trade..."

  He talked about the pain, his eyes were full of sadness, he shook his head, and said: "It's ridiculous to say, but the hardest hit to our Pu family is Daming..."

Zhu Di was furious and said: "The biggest blow? You don't even think about it, who are you? Er Semu people lived in the Central Plains. Since the Song Dynasty, the imperial court did not reject you because you are from a foreign land, but gave you good treatment , taught you to live in Quanzhou, and even treated you as other people, and let your ancestors be promoted by the Shibosi."

"But what kind of nonsense are you doing? Turn your head and take advantage of the crisis of the Song Dynasty to hunt down and kill the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty. This killing is the three thousand officials who accompanied them. They used this to curry favor with the Mongols who went south. High-ranking officials and generous salaries. Emperor Taizu Gao rebelled, you don’t think that Meng Yuan was cruel and unkind, but colluded with him, and repeatedly funded Meng Yuan to fight against the rebels, like you and other disloyal and untrustworthy people dare to say strike.”

  Pu Chengzhi said: "I have one more thing to say, I can't say it quickly. Although my Pu family suffered the most in Daming, it is Daming who benefits our Pu family the most."

After all, Pu Chengzhi laughed out loud, as if he was about to burst into tears: "This... you must not have thought of it. If you hadn't banned the sea, how would the Pu family have been able to reap such huge profits of ten or a hundred times? A foot of silk is now ten taels, twenty taels, thirty taels..."

  Zhu Di was furious: "When death is imminent, how dare you speak hard."

Pu Chengzhi said: "Our Pu family is worth all the benefits. Fortunately, we have obtained so many benefits from Daming's sea ban, and these wealth have already been shared with my other branch. Clansmen, I brought Dashi back, so what if I must die? The Pu family can still continue. If your wealth is not in the hands of our Pu family, after a hundred years, Daming will perish like Song and Yuan. The Pu family is still wealthy, isn't it thanks to your father...Zhu Yuanzhang?"

  Emperor Gao, the Taizu, had killed many members of the Pu family, and opened the coffins of the ancestors of the Pu family to slaughter the corpses. This Pu Chengzhi obviously hated Zhu Yuanzhang very much, but at this time he still looked complacent.

  Zhu Di was furious: "Shut up, shut up."

   "Shut up." Pu Chengzhi laughed and said, "Why, did you touch the sore spot? You know, the Pu family is as rich as an enemy, but it's a pity...it has nothing to do with you..."

  Zhu Di said angrily: "Come... come..."

   Zhang Anshi said at this time: "Your Majesty... calm down."

  After hearing this, Zhu Di suddenly calmed down.

  Zhang An Shidao: "This person is deliberately provoking His Majesty, so that His Majesty can kill him immediately to avoid the pain of torture. And..."

Zhang Anshi paused for a moment: "I thought... the wealth of the Pu family is still in Daming, and his clansmen are also in Daming. He deliberately did this, on the one hand, he wanted to die, and on the other hand, he used this to cover up his clansmen. And their wealth. Such little tricks are not worth mentioning."

  As soon as these words came out, Pu Chengzhi's face turned livid.

Zhang Anshi sneered and said: "Pu Chengzhi, I expected that your Pu family is still in Daming, do you know why? You have been here for so many years, here...Although you can't see the light, you know very well that although the Pu family is seductive People, but it is absolutely impossible to settle overseas, because this overseas...is more harsh than Ming Dynasty, you are just rootless duckweed with huge wealth, why are there many tribes in that, everyone speaks with swords Survive somewhere? Heh... I know more about the situation overseas than you do, as for your clansmen, and the so-called wealth you talk about... Actually... it's easy to track down."

"Everything has traces. If I can find you, there will naturally be countless people who will provide me with other clues. Believe it or not, within ten days, I will find out your clansmen one by one. You Don't forget what I just said, those who depend on you for a living now rely on Qixia Commercial Bank for a living, those who protected you in the past, now one by one, wish to get rid of you and hurry up, you Pu family live longer One day, for them, is a huge hidden danger."

  Pu Chengzhi trembled. He only hoped that it would be fine if he lost, but at worst, he would lose his life.

  But... all games are lost.

   He gritted his teeth and looked at Zhang Anshi and said, "You...you..."

  Zhang Anshi said calmly: "There are some accounts, you can settle them slowly."

  Zhang Anshi immediately looked at Hu Guang and said, "Mr. Hu, dare to ask... is this case a Qin case?"

  Hu Guang blushed, but had no choice but to nod.

   "Does Nanzhen Fusi have full authority to dispose of it?"

   "I have to ask His Majesty."

  Zhang An Shidao: "As long as Hu Gong does not use the name of righteousness to exert pressure everywhere, your majesty is wise, how can he interfere?"

   These words really made Hu Guang want to find a crack in the ground and get in.

   Unfortunately, he found that he couldn't hate Zhang Anshi.

   You insult yourself by talking about the guy, after all, the other party has a reason.

What's more, Zhang Anshi still left him behind to deal with a criminal case, but it is no small matter. Once the news of what happened here today, many remnants may start to abscond, if he does not have enough trust, he will never let himself stay here.

  Zhang Anshi immediately said: "Your Majesty...the minister actually has one more thing to play."

  Zhu Di said: "Go ahead."

  Zhang An Shidao: "This matter is related to Qixia Commercial Bank, and it is a commercial secret. I'm afraid..."

   He draws out his voice.

  Hu Guang and the others stood up tactfully: "Your Majesty, I will take my leave."

  Zhu Di nodded: "The matter has been clarified, do you have any doubts?"

   This was obviously asked by Hu Guang. Hu Guang said: "I have no doubts. If the officials ask, I will guarantee for An Nanhou that this case is really involved."

  Zhu Di nodded: "Let's go back."

  Hu Guang was so dizzy that he couldn't help sighing, and when he left the hall, he heard Jin Zhong cursing: "That kid should get rich and fall into his mother's house, this guy has so many eyes."

  Hu Guang pretended to turn a blind eye, but Jian Yi had already walked away quickly. As a minister of the Ministry of Officials, Jian Yi rarely dealt with people too much, and rarely commented on people.

  Yang Rong and Hu Guang have long been used to the temperament of these people.

  Hu Guang sighed bitterly: "Hey...I'm so confused."

  Yang Rong said: "Now is not the time to think about these things."

  Hu Guang was surprised and said: "Why, Mr. Yang...could it be...what else?"

  Yang Rongdao: "Prophet Chun Nuan Duck, we are the Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, that duck."

  He paused: "The national policy is about to change."

   "You mean..." Hu Guang looked surprised, as if he had thought of something, showing surprise.

  Yang Rong said: "Shh, be careful with your words."

  Hu Guangdao: "I am far inferior to Yang Gong."

  Yang Rong smiled: "Sometimes... Your Majesty doesn't need too many smart people. Honesty and honesty are also strengths."

  Hu Guang: "..."

  The dignified Wenyuange University Bachelor, was evaluated as honest and honest, but in fact he was no different from swearing.

  Today... was insulted again.

  ...

  Pu Chengzhi was not detained.

  Zhang Anshi didn't seem to want to hide from him at all.

  At this time, he hurriedly saluted Zhu Di, and said, "Your Majesty, in order to investigate the case... the firm spent a small amount of money."

  Zhu Di said: "How much is the small money?"

   "According to the contracts signed by commercial firms and major silk merchants and porcelain merchants, it is possible that each year, the purchased goods will require more than 800,000 taels of silver for a period of ten years..."

  When Zhu Di heard this, he couldn't hold back suddenly.

  Acquisition of 800,000 taels a year, ten years...

  You might as well sell me.

Seeing Zhu Di's complexion was very ugly, Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, there is always a price to pay for doing this. Besides, it is worth paying a little price to eradicate the traitors. I think it is worth it. Besides, if you can check Pu The wealth of the family, perhaps...can make up for the shortfall..."

  Zhu Di twitched his face. That's what he said, but Zhu Di had already counted the wealth of private businessmen into his internal funds.

  It may be that the business is losing money, but it is real.

  Zhu Di took a deep breath: "Forget it, take a loss, learn a lesson, and find a way to sell these porcelain and silk."

"These porcelains and silks were originally used to sell overseas, and they are all bulk commodities. If they are sold again, I am afraid that the prices of the entire porcelain and silks will plummet, and they will not be sold at a high price. Of course, There is no way…”

  Zhu Di stared at Zhang Anshi, and became a little interested: "You won't, I hope to replace him, and follow along in this private business. Who do you think I am, to smuggle in the palace?"

   Sure enough, the one who knows me is Your Majesty.

  Zhang Anshi was happy: "Your Majesty is missing."

  Zhu Di frowned: "Did I guess wrong?"

"You guessed it right, that is... If His Majesty's firm is doing this business, how can you teach smuggling? This is clearly because His Majesty saw that the overseas people were eager to obtain the treasures of the Great Ming, and couldn't bear to see them not being able to get what they asked for. I also learned that, Many soldiers and civilians in my Ming Dynasty depend on this for my livelihood, and I can't bear to see them starving. This is why I went to sea myself..."

  Zhang Anshi took a deep breath: "What I want is to return to the heart of the world, so that the people of the world can live and work in peace and contentment. Such acts of benevolence and righteousness are the rebirth of Yao and Shun, and nothing more."

Zhu Di listened: "Well...the porcelain and silk are ready-made, the boat... I copied all the private boats of the Pu family, and this boat is also ready-made. As for the overseas channels...they also use the Pu family's. ?”

Zhang Anshi said: "Everyone is looking for money. Overseas people, doing business with someone is not a business. As long as there is a need, they will naturally come to the door. But... Speaking of it, the Pu family is not useless. Over the past few hundred years , their entire family, in order to gain huge profits in the ocean, has worked hard, generation after generation, to maintain channels and promote the treasures of Ming Dynasty. What's more, His Majesty's benevolence and justice, rewards and punishments are clear..."

   Hearing this, Pu Chengzhi felt his eyes go dark, and a mouthful of blood surged in his throat, almost about to spurt out.

  ………

  The second chapter was delivered, but it was written in a hurry, and there may be typos, so please bear with me.

  (end of this chapter)