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The various performances of Huang Yourong and the Anhui and Zhejiang merchants were naturally just a performance.
Before this, most Hui and Zhejiang merchants made huge profits through smuggling, and everyone was unclean! Three people, such as Lin Yunpu, Dai Fengfu, and Bai Mingyu, are among the most powerful smugglers in recent years.
However, since the establishment of the "United Shipping Company", Huizhou and Zhejiang merchants have split into two camps. Some people have joined the "United Shipping Company" and plan to join forces with the court to monopolize the business of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and the Yangtze River Waterway. They will abandon their identity as smugglers and become smugglers. An official businessman! Another group of people are unwilling to join the "United Shipping Lines" for various reasons and still insist on their smuggling business. And because the emergence of the "United Shipping Lines" will threaten their smuggling business, they are full of concerns about the "United Shipping Lines". In order to express hostility, they indeed secretly made things difficult for them. The Hui and Zhejiang merchants from the two camps experienced a lot of open and covert fights.
However, Lin Yunpu, Dai Fengfu, Bai Mingyu and others are not easy people. In this series of overt and covert fights, neither side took advantage, so they are by no means as honest and pitiful as they described.
All their cries were just to give Huang Yourong a reason to allow the court's power to participate and help them defeat their opponents!
Once the power of the imperial court joins the fight and wipes out all the smugglers who are unwilling to join the "United Shipping Company", then the "United Shipping Company" will no longer have competitors in its shipping business, plus the court's preferential treatment Policies and the strong strength of "United Shipping Lines" can monopolize the shipping business of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and the Yangtze River Waterway in the shortest possible time. By that time, "United Shipping Lines" will surely be able to create unparalleled huge profits!
On the other hand, before Huang Yourong came to Nanzhili, he was told by Zhao Junchen to help the "United Shipping Company" punish those smuggling merchants who were unwilling to join the "United Shipping Company" so that the "United Shipping Company" could show results as soon as possible!
Therefore, long before today's founding ceremony, with Zhao Junchen's secret help, Huang Yourong, Lin Yunpu and others had already reached a tacit understanding, and then today's performance took place.
This performance was not clever, and many people smelled a conspiracy, but as long as it created a reason for the court to intervene, it was enough.
In fact, Huang Yourong was in an extremely excited mood at this time, quite contented.
Because he had successively confiscated the properties of twelve officials including Su Changzhen, Huang Yourong had made a lot of profits during this period. Now he was somewhat addicted to confiscation of properties. When he thought about the prospect of a large number of rich and powerful people in the country, The Zhejiang merchants were going to be prosecuted by him and their homes confiscated, and he could take advantage of the opportunity to reap a lot of benefits. Huang Yourong was extremely excited.
Huge wealth makes people intoxicated, but the feeling of being able to control other people's life and death at will makes Huang Yourong want to stop.
When Huang Yourong thought about it, the matter was not complicated. They were just some smugglers. Zhao Junchen had already ordered Lin Yunpu and others to collect conclusive evidence in advance. Wouldn't it be easy to punish them?
However, Huang Yourong thought he had the winning ticket and was in control of everything, but he didn't know that every move he made fell into other people's plans.
Zhao Junchen's plan is not just to punish some uncooperative smugglers!
In fact, Huang Yourong was still calculated by Zhao Junchen this time. After he agreed to the request of Lin Yunpu and others, it was not his turn to decide the subsequent development!
While Huang Yourong said impassionedly that he would uphold justice for the Huizhou and Zhejiang merchants of the "United Shipping Company", Zhao Junchen's chief aide Li Chuanwen stood in an inconspicuous corner in the distance, quietly watching the performance in front of him, the corner of his mouth A sneer flashed across his face.
"This Huang Yourong, fortunately he is still the former Pavilion Elder, but he is being played around by Master Zhao without even realizing it! It seems that a series of house raids some time ago made him a little paralyzed, and he completely ignored what these things will do. What kind of impact! As a result, from today on, Huang Yourong can only be tied to Master Zhao's ship and obey Master Zhao's orders! He has received so many benefits from Master Zhao, so naturally he wants to create something like this. It’s worth the price in return!”
Li Chuanwen's heart was filled with sarcasm, and he thought to himself.
While Li Chuanwen was thinking deeply, another aide of Zhao Junchen, Xiao Wenxuan, quietly came to Li Chuanwen and reported to Li Chuanwen: "Mr. Li, I just received good news. After repeated persuasion during this period, , that person finally agreed to our proposal and agreed to cooperate with us!"
After hearing Xiao Wenxuan's report, a glimmer of light flashed in Li Chuanwen's eyes.
Then, Li Chuanwen nodded to Xiao Wenxuan and said: "Master Zhao left you in Nanzhili some time ago. I was a little worried at first. After all, you are indeed a little inexperienced, and Master Zhao's plan is very large and complicated. I am inevitably worried that you will not be able to do it." Complete various arrangements made by Mr. Zhao... But now it seems that the future is formidable. It is precisely because of your secret preparation during this period that our plan can go so smoothly."
Having said this, Li Chuanwen had a smile on his face and said: "Master Zhao values your potential. He kept you in Nanzhili in the first place because he wanted to further hone you and give you a chance to stand on your own, but you didn't. Disappoint Mr. Zhao! When I return to the capital, I will tell Mr. Zhao your achievements in detail... Perhaps, you will be able to return to the capital soon and take over more important things."
Li Chuanwen knew very well how much Zhao Junchen valued Xiao Wenxuan, so he took the opportunity to close the relationship between the two parties, and his tone was quite gentle and cordial.
On the other side, after Xiao Wenxuan thanked Li Chuanwen, he looked thoughtfully at Huang Yourong in the distance and said, "However, Huang Yourong is the former Pavilion elder after all, and he is by no means stupid and ignorant. I'm afraid he will see it soon. If Mr. Zhao’s true plan is revealed, he will inevitably resist at that time and may not cooperate with Mr. Zhao’s plan. What should we do at that time?”
Li Chuanwen's expression did not change and he said slowly: "At that time, things will no longer be decided by Huang Yourong! If Huang Yourong's resistance is too strong, we can just ignore him! What's more, Huang Yourong is not an impulsive and reckless person. When making a decision, he will carefully calculate the pros and cons, and cooperation with Mr. Zhao is his only way out in the future!"
After saying that, Li Chuanwen stopped watching the clumsy performance of Huang Yourong and the Huizhe businessmen, turned around and walked into the distance, and said: "Let's go, the show is over, we still have a lot of things to do, we can't waste time here! "
Xiao Wenxuan nodded and quickly followed Li Chuanwen.
Indeed, there are still many things that need them to deal with. As Zhao Junchen's true spokesperson in Southern Zhili, they will secretly promote a series of changes. When the situation becomes clear, the situation of the entire Ming Dynasty will undergo huge changes.
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