Beizhili's industry and commerce have always developed well.
After all, it was Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, who personally started the development in Peiping.
Even the businessmen who participated in the first wave of development were all selected by Zhu Gaoxu.
For example, Zhang Sijiao, Zhan Yuquan, Wang Wenxian and others are all wealthy businessmen who are proficient in businessmanship.
The first time they came into contact with the King of Han, Zhu Gaoxu, was at a new salt tasting event. They spent a lot of money to seize the salt monopoly of a certain place, thus gaining access to the eyes of the King of Han.
Such as Wang Fuguang who spent a lot of money to capture Yangzhou, Wang Wenxian who was ingenious and captured Yingtian, and another example was Zhan Yuquan who found a new way to capture Peiping.
After so many years of development, these salt merchants have gradually developed into real business giants!
Especially Zhan Yuquan and others, who fully supported the Han Dynasty King Zhu Gaoxu in developing industry and commerce in Beizhili, and thus made a lot of money. It is not an exaggeration to say that his net worth is "as rich as any country in the world"!
However, their base was ultimately in Northern Zhili. When Zhan Yuquan and others responded to the prince's call and came to the south to prepare for the development of industry and commerce, they encountered considerable obstacles.
After all, compared to the local merchants in the south, these people are out-and-out outsiders.
Even though the prince, the Buddha, was standing behind them and the government gave them the green light to go all the way, the obstacles were still huge.
After all, there is an ambiguous relationship between local officials and local merchants.
Although local officials dare not openly hinder Zhan Yuquan and others from developing industry and commerce, it is extremely easy to use some small means to suppress these outsiders and protect local merchants.
As a result, after so long, except for Nanzhili, which was under the jurisdiction of Zhou Chen, the industry and commerce in the rest of the southern region actually did not develop very well.
Zhan Yuquan had reported to Zhu Gaoxu more than once, hoping that the prince would help.
But Zhu Gaoxu didn't respond to him, but chose to sit back and watch.
First, this is a war between merchants, and it is inappropriate for the prince Zhu Gaoxu to intervene.
Developing industry and commerce is indeed beneficial to the country and the people, but local merchants have done nothing wrong. He, Zhu Gaoxu, cannot suppress uncooperative local merchants until their families are destroyed just to develop industry and commerce, right?
If Zhu Gaoxu really did this, it would go against his original intention of developing industry and commerce.
Secondly, merchants such as Zhan Yuquan have made a lot of money by developing industry and commerce over the years, and have become similar to imperial merchants.
Zhu Gaoxu did not want to concentrate the industry and commerce of the Ming Dynasty in the hands of a small group of merchants. That would only make them grow into behemoths and eventually become the financial oligarchs of the Ming Dynasty!
Although this situation is unlikely to occur, it must be guarded against after all.
Because of these considerations, Zhu Gaoxu never came to help.
Zhan Yuquan and others also understood the prince's attitude, so they gritted their teeth honestly.
Until now, these southern gentry and merchants have actively sought death, trying to control raw silk, tea and other goods, and put pressure on the royal family to allow them to participate in long-distance voyages and earn maritime trade benefits.
Since they were actively seeking death, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't bear it anymore.
The royal family seems to have made a lot of money by controlling the profits of maritime trade, but the royal family also has to bear all military expenses and support millions of soldiers of the Ming Dynasty!
This military expenditure alone determines that the life of the royal family is not easy!
Now you still dare to grab money from the royal family and try to shake the Ming Dynasty. Then don't blame the royal family for being unkind!
Zhu Gaoxu immediately summoned Nie Xing. The director of the taxation bureau had nothing to do. Anyway, deputy director Guo You was responsible for all matters. He only needed to take the secret guards to investigate and arrest people. The Jinyiwei still did the job. That's the same old business.
The new military system has just been established, which is a sensitive and critical moment, so those military attaches and honorable ministers did not dare to show up at this time, and were regarded as role models by the Military Inspection Department and the Taxation Bureau and were severely punished!
As a result, Nie Xing basically had nothing to do now. After hearing that the Crown Prince had a big quarrel with His Majesty the Emperor and ran away to Nanjing, he immediately chased after him.
"Nie Datou, are you bored lately?"
When Nie Xing heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Your Highness, are you planning to find something for me to do?"
"What kind of person still needs the help of our tax bureau?"
Come on, now you, Nie Xing, have to look at the quality of everyone, right?
Zhu Gaoxu couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this, and slapped him on the back of the head angrily.
"No class!"
"They are just some bold local gentry and merchants!"
Hearing this, Nie Xing curled his lips in disdain.
"Prince, what age are we in!"
"Why do some gentry and merchants bother you to figure it out yourself!"
It’s no wonder that Nie Xing felt bored. In fact, the people he had arrested and taken over the years were all well-known big shots!
Now that Zhu Gaoxu asked him to arrest some gentry and merchants, Nie Xing really couldn't arouse the slightest interest.
These gentry and merchants were like weeds in the field. Once they were cut, another crop would quickly grow.
Back then, the prince of Han Dynasty went to the south of the Yangtze River in anger and bloodbathed the entire gentry in the south of the Yangtze River.
It has only been a few years, and these gentry have appeared again!
After all, he has always followed his confidant, and Zhu Gaoxu can only dote on Nie Xing.
"These gentry and merchants hoarded and controlled the goods of the voyage trade, trying to put pressure on the imperial court and force the royal family to let them participate in the voyage trade to earn profits."
"Tell me, should this kind of audacious and reckless bitch be killed?"
Nie Xing's face changed slightly when he heard this, and there was a sneer at the corner of his mouth.
There are only two types of people he hates the most in his life. One is the corrupt officials who take bribes and prey on the common people, and the other is the evil gentry and businessmen who ruthlessly plunder the people's wealth for the sake of wealth!
So now when he heard that these gentry and merchants dared to hoard and threaten the court for the benefit of maritime trade, Nie Xing immediately became angry.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, leave this matter to me!"
"But I have a question. Do you want to inform Dongchang?"
Nie Xing spoke cautiously.
After all, the secret guards are only the secret guards of the Crown Prince. If His Majesty the Emperor is not notified in advance and the matter becomes too big later, it will not end well!
Zhu Gaoxu shook his head with a smile and said solemnly: "No need, the old man knows what he is doing."
"This time the officials in the capital will be left to him to handle."
"I will be responsible for handling these gentry and merchants in the south."
"They are all clowns, just deal with them casually."
When Nie Xing got the answer, his heart returned to his stomach, and he immediately led people to investigate.
After all, there are many gentry and merchants involved in this case, spread throughout the southern region, so it is quite difficult to investigate this matter.
However, the greater the difficulty, the more Nie Xing becomes interested.
After being bored for so long, I finally had some fun.
I just hope these merchants can hold on a little longer and not surrender so quickly!
