Shen Xin leaned against the door, looked up at the sky, slid down inch by inch, and collapsed on the ground, speechless and choked.
He never expected that instead of solving the problem this time, he would put himself in a more dangerous situation.
"I'm afraid... I won't live long!" Shen Xin's face was full of bitterness, and he couldn't help feeling sad and bursting into tears...
"Marquis Yongqing mistakenly made me...!"
He just wants to get rich, what crime is he guilty of...
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Qianqing Palace.
"What, that person surnamed Shen came to the capital?" Zhu Jianshen was greatly surprised, and then he became angry again and said: "He came just in time, this unscrupulous rich gentleman..."
"Okay, don't get a bargain and act like a good boy." Li Qing interrupted him and hummed: "You got three million taels for nothing, but you're still not satisfied and you have to kill the goose to get the eggs?"
Zhu Jianshen was dissatisfied: "What do you mean by this? What do you mean by killing the chicken to get the eggs? If he had not done anything illegal, how could I... huh?"
He came back to his senses and asked in surprise: "He complained to you?"
"It's not really a complaint. I didn't lie." Li Qing teased, "Whoever is wrong knows what he is doing."
Zhu Jianshen: "..."
It’s impossible to admit, how embarrassing!
"I received a report..."
"Okay, okay, come with me!" Li Qing said, "By the way, I'll let you know about business so that you can govern the country more efficiently after taking power."
Zhu Jianshen was suspicious: "Did you accept someone's favor and ask me to return the money to him?"
"...Guess!" Li Qing squinted his eyes with a dangerous look.
"Uh-huh... Yongqinghou Qingfeng will never do such a thing, so I'll just say it." Zhu Jianshen's aura weakened, "Hmm... OK, I really don't know much about merchants."
After a pause, Zhu Jianshen said gloomily: "Well, the ugly thing is up front. The money cannot be refunded. He evaded taxes and made friends with powerful people. Although there is no actual use of business to disrupt government, there are signs of using business to disrupt government. I just I fined him a small amount of money, which is generous enough."
Just kidding, how can you spit out something you put into your mouth?
Besides, isn’t refunding the money equivalent to admitting that you were wrong? How could the emperor be wrong?
What's more, I still admit my mistake to the merchant.
Li Qing was too lazy to talk to him about this and said, "Let's go."
"hold head high."
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"Ouch..." Shen Xin fell to the ground with a bump on his butt, and his bones were almost falling apart.
This was the seventh time he tried to jump over the courtyard wall and escaped. However, as he got older, his body could no longer support such a difficult move.
"Heaven is going to destroy our Shen family...!" Shen Xin cried out sadly, tears streaming down her cheeks.
'Kaka...squeak~'
Shen Xin trembled and turned his head towards the door inch by inch. When he saw the young man in bright yellow uniforms, his beard twitched in fear.
Then, he rolled his eyes and fell unconscious.
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"Hey, wake up..."
Shen Xin opened his eyes drowsily and smiled softly: "Fortunately, it was just a dream..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a voice:
"Your name is Shen Xin?!"
Shen Xin was stunned for a moment, then turned around with difficulty, and then realized that it was not a dream.
He scrambled to his feet, then knelt down quickly, "The common people bow to my emperor, long live long live, long live, long live, long live...!"
Shen Xin has never seen Zhu Jianshen, but he doesn't need to see him. Only one person can wear this bright yellow robe with five-clawed golden dragons embroidered on the sleeves.
Emperor Ming!
Zhu Jianshen said calmly: "I heard that you came to the capital to complain. Tell me what your grievances are. I will make the decision for you."
"The grassroots people...the grassroots people..." Shen Xin was trembling all over and couldn't even utter a single word. After mumbling for a long time, he managed to say in a trembling voice: "The grassroots people have no grievances."
Li Qing rolled his eyes: You're useless even if I give you a chance!
"Hmm...get flat."
"Yes, the common people obey the order." Shen Xin got up with difficulty, his legs were shaking and he couldn't stand firmly.
The fear in his heart was too intense, and his whole body was like a tightly wound clockwork that could explode at any time, but this explosion was not to the outside world, but to himself.
In Shen Xin's state, if he couldn't take a breath, he would die suddenly.
Li Qing didn't want him to die like this. The northern economy still relied on this guy.
"Boss Shen, don't be nervous. The emperor is here to uphold justice for you, not to punish you. Just relax."
"Yes, relax, relax..." Shen Xin responded with trembling lips. However, his mind went blank and he didn't even know what he said. He just instinctively agreed with Li Qing.
This is the emperor of Ming Dynasty!
Not only himself, but also the entire Shen family was at the emperor's whim to do something he could only say.
One thought of life, one thought of death!
Shen Xin wanted to beg for mercy, but sadly, he didn't even have the courage to beg for mercy.
Li Qing saw that Shen Xin was about to collapse, and the string in his heart was in danger of breaking at any time, so he had no choice but to give him a lift.
Shen Xin rolled his eyes and fainted again.
Li Qing said helplessly: "After all, he is also one of your subjects. Can't you be gentler?"
Zhu Jianshen looked innocent: "I didn't say anything. It's obvious that he has something in his heart."
"...I know you are short of money, but you can't do this if you are short of money. This person cannot be touched." Li Qing said angrily, "Have you forgotten the great economic river I told you last time?"
"I didn't say anything to him." Zhu Jianshen shrugged, and then said pointedly, "This guy is still in awe of me, unlike some people who can't distinguish their own position..."
"Who is it?"
"It's okay not to mention some disobedient ministers." Zhu Jianshen accepted it and changed the subject: "You asked me to come just to see him faint?"
Li Qing was too lazy to argue with him, and checked Shen Xin's pulse, and then said: "Stop scaring him. If he is really dead, it will be Ming's loss."
"I'm just a businessman, that's all?"
"As for that." Li Qing said seriously: "In terms of contribution alone, none of the big men in the court can compare with him. Do you know how big his industry is and how many people he has made a living?"
Zhu Jianshen curled his lips: "If he dies, those properties will collapse?"
"Indeed... it may not fall, but without him as the old patriarch, his family members and heirs will only think about fighting for the inheritance. Who will have the heart to run the industry?" Li Qing snorted, "At least we can't let him die. here."
Zhu Jianshen was speechless and said in a low voice: "Okay, I won't scare him this time."
"Um…"
Li Qing held Shen Xin's back and quietly channeled his energy into him.
Not long after, Shen Xin woke up quietly. Although he was still scared, he was not so excited.
"Long live the emperor, the common people." Shen Xin bowed again and quickly explained: "The common people have no grievances. They came to the capital only for business. I happened to meet Yongqing Hou and chatted for a few words. Nothing else... nothing else. .”
"Well, that's best." Zhu Jianshen nodded, "Get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shen Xin stood up and said bravely: "Since the Emperor and Marquis Yongqing want to discuss state affairs, the common people should leave first."
"Don't leave in a hurry." Zhu Jianshen smiled and asked, "I am very interested in business and want to know more about it with you."
"The common people don't dare, please give me the emperor's orders." Shen Xin complained secretly and looked at Li Qing as if asking for help.
Li Qing smiled and said: "You don't need to be nervous. The emperor has no ill intentions towards you. Just answer truthfully."
There was no malice and he fined me three million taels of silver... Shen Xin couldn't believe it, but the emperor wouldn't let him go, so what could he do?
"I wonder...what does the Emperor want to know?"
Zhu Jianshen asked: "What properties do you have in your name?"
Shen Xin suddenly thought: Sure enough, there is no way to escape this knife.
"Your Majesty, Cao Min really has no money left, Cao Min..."
"Understood reply!"
"Yes... there are a total of eighteen workshops and shops under the name of Cao Min, including five for silk, three for furniture, three for rouge and gouache, three for antiques, two for leather goods, and two for herbal medicine." ΟиЪ.ōΓＧ
Shen Xin didn't dare to lie. These workshops and shops couldn't be hidden from anyone. Jin Yiwei would know it once they checked.
Zhu Jianshen had never seen these workshops and shops, so naturally he had no intuitive experience.
Li Qing interjected: "How many young men are there?"
"This..." Shen Xin didn't know the exact number, so he could only make a rough estimate, "There should be... more than three thousand people."
"So much?" Zhu Jianshen looked surprised and thought to himself: This guy is indeed rich.
Li Qing said, "I'm afraid it's more than that. Forget about those who supply you with raw materials and transport items to and from you?"
"Uh...if it all counts, then ordinary people don't know." Shen Xin said truthfully, "Not to mention anything else, the total number of people in the cooperating horse and carriage agency and the escort agency is no less than two thousand. If Including those who supply raw materials..."
"About how much?" Li Qing asked.
Shen Xin really couldn't calculate it, so he had to say: "It should be around 10,000 people."
"What?" Zhu Jianshen was shocked.
After being taught by Li Qing, he now has a certain understanding of the economy and a deep understanding of what it means.
Tens of thousands of workers means tens of thousands... at least several thousand households of ordinary people have made money from Shen Xin and improved their livelihoods.
It's... unimaginable that one person affects so many families.
Zhu Jian said in a deep voice: "Do you know what will happen if you deceive the emperor?"
"The common people don't dare, every word of the common people is true!" Shen Xin knelt down again and nervously explained: "Actually, if we really want to count, it is far more than ten thousand;
I won’t talk about the complicated silk process. Let’s take rouge as an example. Just to supply me with blue and red flowers, the main raw material of rouge, there are hundreds of households. For any product, from scratch to sale, a large amount of money is needed in the process. of manpower. "
Shen Xin defended himself: "The grass-roots people obeyed the instructions of Marquis Yongqing and tried to provide as many people with jobs as possible. After the grass-roots people came to the north, they did not annex an acre of land. They just let the people grow it themselves, and the grass-roots people paid for it..."
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After Zhu Jianshen listened to his explanation, his face looked much better. At the same time, he truly realized the importance of business.
"Tell me about your properties, in detail."
"Yes, the common people obey the decree." Seeing that the emperor no longer had a straight face, Shen Xin felt much more relaxed and began to explain one by one.
Silk industry, furniture industry, rouge and gouache... Shen Xin was familiar with many treasures. Perhaps he was involved in the field he was best at. The more he talked about it, the smoother he became, and he was even a little excited...
Blah blah blah blah blah...
Zhu Jianshen became more and more frightened as he listened. This business is really... the best choice for strengthening the country and enriching the people!
