Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 226

"Are you a salt merchant, earning your fortune by selling grain?" Zhu Su sneered. "Just now you opened your mouth that His Highness is young, but closed your mouth that the prince doesn't know."

"Why, do you really think that this king is young and ignorant, ready to take chestnuts out of the fire?"

"How dare the grassroots, your highness is serious, your highness calm down."

Ma Fengsun kept bowing his head and begging for mercy, showing a look of fear, but his eyes hidden in the shadows revealed a bit of disdain and cunning. "Your Highness, Your Highness, Cao Min is a relative of General Yang, the Commander of Suzhou Guards."

"With us, the Ming court, but our own family!"

"...Yang Lu?" Zhu Su was startled, thinking of Commander Yang who was also smiling.

"Ah, yes, yes, yes, Commander Yang, who just had a banquet with His Highness a few days ago!" Ma Fengsun Mei smiled, with an imperceptible smugness in his eyes.

"Caomin is the uncle of Commander Yang in the guard. In fact, the lady Yang in the palace is also Caomin's biological niece!"

"Heh." Zhu Su laughed.Sure enough, there are people in the court who are good at doing things. This man surnamed Ma can handle the salt of a wealthy state like Suzhou, and he really has a certain relationship in the court.

Since ancient times, salt merchants are not easy to get along with. They belong to the fighting merchants among merchants, and they are the most difficult existence among merchants.This group often has a very high status in both black and white. The rich are not as powerful as him, the powerful are not as strong as him, and the powerful are not as strong as his thugs!
Not to mention other things, let's talk about the last batch, who was the most famous person among the Suzhou salt merchants decades ago?Zhang Shicheng!

Zhang Shicheng, who dominates Suzhou and fights for the world, is a dry salt merchant!

The salt merchants paid the salt tax to the yamen in exchange for salt to be transported and sold in all directions.However, when transporting salt, it is often necessary to add "private salt" that exceeds the number of salt imports.In order to market these private salts, salt merchants often have salt transporting arms loyal to themselves, which are called "salt sticks".Even some salt merchants themselves are experts in the world.

As a salt merchant in Suzhou, Ma Fengsun is backed by a powerful general like Yang Lu, and has a concubine Yang in the court. He is countless times more "lander" than other "lander snakes". No wonder, he is not very afraid of his own. "Strong Dragon".

Come to think of it, he also heard that he was polite to Yang Lu before, and that Yang Lu borrowed another thousand soldiers from him, which was regarded as "a kindness", so he dared to show this relationship in person, thinking that he would definitely forgive him Bar?

After all, it doesn't sound good to say things like hoarding, but in reality, it's not a big deal.After all, there is no such provision in the law for the time being.

Even if the magistrate of Suzhou and the others go to Beijing to sue, with Concubine Yang's face there, at most it will be fined some money, right?
In the lower compartment, Ma Fengsun looked at Zhu Su tapping on the armrest thoughtfully, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help raising a curve that he knew well.Sure enough, the young prince, as he expected, threw a mouse at himself and weighed the pros and cons.

Earlier, my nephew, who was the commander, said that this Prince Wu was just a child at heart, and now he just wanted to show his hand in front of his emperor Lao Tzu and support him.

The trick of "combining kindness and strength" has made so many people take out their food, which is enough to deal with business, and they will definitely not come to bite this tough hedgehog of themselves again.

Besides, even if the shipping of military rations is really profitable, with his nephew's relationship in the army, can he lose his place?
Why bother to pay such a high price to fill holes in King Wu's bottomless pit?
Ma Fengsun thought that Zhu Su would never do anything, but he didn't know that above, Zhu Su was already condescending, and he caught the smile in his eyes.

He is indeed weighing the pros and cons.It is true that I deliberately wanted to "kill chickens and monkeys" from the beginning, thinking of "forced against" a few disobedient businessmen.

But now, the upstart had an accidental relationship with Yang Lu, commander of the Suzhou Guard, which made him have to weigh it up.

It is harmless for a businessman to have resentment in his heart, and it can just be used to make a plan, and it can be used as bait for catching turtles in the urn.

But if he was forced to turn against Yifu Guard... Although he didn't want to rely on Suzhou Wei Yang Lu, who seemed unreliable.But if this person has a branch outside the festival, I really have to weigh it.

After much deliberation, Zhu Su still decided to single out the man surnamed Ma to teach him a lesson.First of all, Yang Lu looked like a selfish person. Although this Ma Fengsun and he were close relatives, but this person finally climbed to the position of commander, and he might not force himself to stand up for this mere uncle.

Second, I was thinking about the pros and cons at the top, and those businessmen who had agreed to "supply food" at the bottom had already expressed regret and heartache.If this horse salt merchant is allowed to roam free, I am afraid that these merchants who obediently served food will definitely have resentment towards themselves after they go back!

The lesser of two evils, besides, I really don't like this Ma.

"Di Meng." Zhu Su said.

"What's your Highness's order?" A soldier standing beside Zhu Su immediately turned around and knelt down to respond when he heard the words.The clacking sound of the armor when squatting down also caught Ma Fengsun, who thought the overall situation had been settled, stunned for a moment, and the rest of the merchants who were watching couldn't help but hold their breath and concentrate.

"Whether I am an official or a general in the Ming Dynasty, I will do my best to be honest and self-sufficient. There are also people in the palace who understand the righteousness and never interfere in politics."

"This salt merchant surnamed Ma dared to slander the general of the imperial court wantonly, and mentioned the taboo names of concubines in his father's palace in public, trying to overwhelm the king." Zhu Su said lightly.

"Huh?" Ma Fengsun was immediately stunned.This... Isn't this just talking nonsense?When did you accuse the general?As for Concubine Yang's name, I didn't even say a word!

"My lord did some calculations, and this man surnamed Ma must be relying on the name of General Yang and Concubine Yang to hoard. He must have committed many crimes on weekdays."

"Otherwise, as a salt merchant, how could he save so much food?"

"You go and check it out, you should be fined and fined. This is the first major case that this king has encountered since he came to Suzhou, so don't be ambiguous."

"Yes!" Di Meng suppressed a smile, trying to put on a dignified look with a straight face.The merchants below also all looked strange.This His Highness has a good mouth, and what's more, counting with his fingers?Your Highness, what brand-new method of framing is this?

"Your Highness...Your Highness, the Caomin is willing to donate! The Caomin is willing to donate [-] shi!" Ma Fengsun Jing's knees softened, and he immediately screamed.It never occurred to him that the prince would use the matter of hoarding food to put a hat on his head as "fighting for the names of General Yang and Concubine Yang".

Although there is no prohibition on saying it, when it comes to "virtue", no matter whether it is the concubine Yang in the palace or the commander Yang Lu, they will definitely not stand out for it.

If she gets ahead, she's betting on her official career and the favor of the emperor in the harem!
The family knows their own affairs.If it's related to these things, it's really hard to say whether my nephew and niece, who are already separated by a layer, will care about my "closest relative"!
"It's pretty quick to admit it. It's too late." Zhu Su sneered.For this kind of reactionary who only knows to be afraid at the critical moment, even if he stops at this time, he will still hate himself to the bone.That being the case, why not take the food from his family first?
Anyway, you have to hate if you take it, and you have to hate it if you don’t take it.The left and right are hated, so it's better to give the victims of Susong a little more confidence first.

"Your Highness! The grassroots are willing to donate [-], no, [-]..." The horse salt merchant continued to increase.I have to say that this person is indeed a ruthless person, once he understands the direction of the wind, he will spare no expense.It's a pity that Zhu Su had already made up his mind to take him into surgery, not only remained unmoved by this, but even raised the corner of his mouth, thinking of humiliating and teasing.

"Ah, this person has such a shrill voice!" I saw Zhu Laowu holding his heart with his hands and looking frightened. "Could it be that you want to violently hurt people?"

"This king is still young, so he can't stand this kind of fright. Di Meng, quickly shut up this person and drag him down!"

"The king is weak, and he will be sick in a short while!"

"Yes." Di Meng twitched the corners of his mouth. Fortunately, he had received professional training and managed to keep his serious face and walked on.In Ma Fengsun's frightened and unbelievable eyes, he was knocked out with a knife handle, and he was dragged out of the banquet hall.

(End of this chapter)