Great Wei scholar

"Shouren, I really can't figure it out, what do you mean by making such a concession?"

Feng Jianhua knew that this thing was important, but he still couldn't understand why Xu Qingxiao gave in like this?

In fact, all the actions just now were things that Xu Qingxiao had discussed with him, otherwise, as the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, he still needs to talk to these gangs of merchants?

Arrest them directly to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to see if they dare to speak?

But Xu Qingxiao actually changed his style, pretended to be very angry, then let himself hold him back, and said some things that were not at all.

Why, His Majesty's birthday is approaching, and envoys from various countries are coming, and the higher-ups have issued an order to let everyone be more polite to these merchants.

There is no such thing at all, even if there is, it is impossible to be like this, the envoys from various countries come, at most they just entertain the envoys, what shit does it have to do with these fan merchants?

"Master Feng, there are many things I can't say directly for the time being, but I can guarantee that after this incident, the trend of strong buying and selling by Fanshang will no longer exist."

Xu Qingxiao said calmly.

After saying this, Feng Jianhua was surprised.

This group of fan merchants relied on being a foreign race and dominating the Great Wei. It was okay before, at least the Great Wei was able to suppress them, but now it is different. After the Northern Expedition failed, they became even more arrogant.

Zhang Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, once proposed this matter, and wanted to punish these fan merchants, His Majesty also agreed.

But in the end?There are many forces behind these fan merchants, which are intricate and involve the interests of many people, and there is even no shortage of princes, so this matter is ultimately more thunderous and less rainy.

In the end it was nothing.

But Xu Qingxiao actually had such confidence, which made him really curious.

"Okay! Shouren, you are reliable in doing things, so I will go back first. If there is anything, just ask someone to come to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to find me."

Feng Jianhua didn't ask any more questions. If this matter can be resolved, it would be a good thing for Wei, a great thing.

"Okay! Feng Shilang walk slowly, today is troublesome."

Xu Qingxiao smiled, while the latter nodded and walked towards the Ministry of Punishment.

Xu Qingxiao also returned to Shouren Academy.

After returning to Shouren Academy, Xu Qingxiao went directly to Yang Hu and the others.

"Yang Hu, Yang Bao, the six of you, you have been out for a few days to inquire about some news, mainly about fan merchants, observe them carefully, and you should not be impulsive when encountering anything, just report it to me."

"Also, spread some news, saying that His Majesty's birthday is approaching, and the higher-ups have ordered that these fan merchants are not allowed to be touched."

"And some..."

Xu Qingxiao suppressed his voice and ordered to go down, while in the kitchen, Li Guangxiao listened to all Xu Qingxiao's words.

He frowned slightly, but soon relaxed it again, as if he understood what Xu Qingxiao was thinking.

"Great talent."

Li Guangxiao muttered to himself, and then continued to cook.

And Yang Hu and the six of them nodded in unison.

"Yes, my lord!"

Although they didn't understand what Xu Qingxiao was thinking, the only thing they knew was that Xu Qingxiao's arrangement had its own uses.

That's it.

Soon, one piece of news spread throughout the entire capital.

Fan merchants blackmailed people, even injured scholars, and the people surrounded Xingyang Yamen, and even alarmed Xu Qingxiao and Feng Jianhua, the Minister of Criminal Affairs, to come in person.

They thought they would punish the fan merchants, but unexpectedly, Xu Qingxiao and Feng Jianhua chose to give in, and they took peace as the most precious thing, and compensated the fan merchants 500 taels of silver, and all participants were paid [-] taels of silver for lost work.

This matter spread instantly, the streets and alleys, restaurants and teahouses, almost all the people in Kyoto were discussing this matter.

Everyone was extremely curious, and really didn't understand why they should be afraid of these fan merchants.

How many common people cursed, and some literati even wrote poems insulting such things. The people of the Wei Dynasty were humiliated in the capital, not only were they not protected, but the yamen compensated them with silver taels.

This is simply a shame.

The public opinion was full of anger, and some people even scolded Xu Qingxiao for being cowardly, but finally gave in and went to curry favor with these fan merchants for the sake of official career.

But soon there was news that the birthday of the Empress of the Great Wei was approaching, and envoys from various countries would come to the capital of the Great Wei. In order to prevent any bad things from happening, the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of War did not want to provoke these merchants.

As soon as the news came out, the people understood it because it was very persuasive.

If foreign envoys come to find these fan merchants being bullied, they will naturally be dissatisfied with Wei, and if they say something in front of His Majesty, everyone in the world will laugh at Wei.

The reason is to stand still, but the people don't agree.

"Damn it, after the Northern Expedition, we Dawei felt as if we had no backbone. Foreign envoys came as soon as they came. Is it possible that we are still afraid of them?"

"These envoys from foreign countries came to Great Wei to pay tribute, not to be their lords. Sometimes I really don't understand. They are my ministers of Great Wei. How come they act as if we are their ministers."

"Great Wei Yanmian, Great Wei Yanmian, the people are like pigs and dogs in the eyes of these fan merchants. What is there a saying? First-class Fans, second-class aliens, third-class literati, and fourth-class officials. We are the ninth-class people, really. His mother's bad luck."

"That's right, I left after a while. I used to do business in the capital, and it was pretty good at first. Later, these fan merchants did business next to me, and they deliberately placed some things at the entrance and exit. People dare not enter my shop. , I’m afraid that if I touch it accidentally, I’ll lose money if I touch it.”

"It's not bad for you, these foolish merchants. Two years ago, I just touched a piece of jade and extorted me 40 taels of silver. I took a look two days ago and he extorted me 20 taels. Just one glance, the problem It’s the government that doesn’t care.”

The common people talked a lot, everyone said something to each other, insulted Fan Shang, and also denounced the court's indifference.

Unlike the anger of the people in Jingdu of the Great Wei Dynasty, the fan merchants in Jingdu were completely laughing out loud.

"Hahahaha! This Xu Qingxiao, I thought he was so powerful? When he saw us, he just said something blunt. That Feng Jianhua, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment of the Great Wei Dynasty, was even weaker and incompetent. He almost treated us as his own father."

"Yeah, I thought that Xu Qingxiao was really that powerful. It turned out that he was bragging. He was just trying to scare people. I guess he is just a chess piece. They will pay as much money as we want them to pay." .”

"Everyone, I heard it with my own ears. They said that it will last for two to three months. Let's make a good fortune in these two or three months. If we make it, we will stop at that time. Maybe we can earn two dollars in two months here." year's silver."

Fanshang Hu people and foreigners gathered together, laughing happily, and at the same time teaching each other how to cheat people.

"I feel that there is a problem. If we do this, won't we be afraid that the people like Da Wei will turn their faces?"

A fan merchant opened his mouth and felt that this was a bit too much.

"Flip? How dare these inferior people turn against you? To put it bluntly, when the barbarian brothers came to Jingcheng, they almost wiped out Dawei. I'm afraid that Dawei will be gone long ago."

"That's right, that's right, to put it bluntly, we let this group of low-class people go. If not, they would have been our coolies a few decades ago, the women were our slaves, and those dolls were ours." Two-legged sheep."

"So what if I earn a little money from them? Dare to make trouble? If you dare to make trouble, let the Criminal Ministry, the Yamen, and the Military Ministry arrest them. These people are our loyal dogs. They are very good at bullying our own people."

"Yeah, besides, it's not like we don't have backers behind us. If something goes wrong, they will help us. No matter what, it's really a big trouble. Isn't it just to pay some money, and Xu Qingxiao dares to kill us? People from Dawei, Do you dare to kill us? If you dare to kill us, will our court tolerate it?"

Several big businessmen opened their mouths, and their words were outrageous, but they were completely unscrupulous.

This is the arrogance cultivated.

"Okay, when I go back, I will tell everyone to do something big and try to make a lot of money."

In the end, dozens of big fan merchants made up their minds, and in the past two months, they made money from death, cheated anyone they saw, and cared about his life or death.

And at the same time.

Inside Huaining Palace.

A man in black reported to Prince Huaining everything that happened in the Xingyang government today.

After hearing this, Prince Huaining couldn't help frowning.

"Xu Qingxiao is definitely not the kind of person who is willing to tolerate!"

"There's something strange about this."

Prince Huaining frowned, he was deep in thought, it was obviously impossible for Xu Qingxiao to swallow his anger when faced with the bullying of the common people, and even compensated these fan merchants with money.

"What is Xu Qingxiao thinking?"

Prince Huaining pondered.

After a while, his cloudy eyes suddenly revealed a bright light.

"Xu Qingxiao is inviting you into the urn!"

At this moment, Prince Huaining guessed what Xu Qingxiao was thinking.

Xu Qingxiao was deliberately showing weakness to make these fan merchants more inflated and arrogant. When the time came when the public grievances reached a certain level, he, Xu Qingxiao, would definitely take action and uproot them.

This is Xu Qingxiao's purpose.

"Decree that all fan merchants and foreign races related to the palace should stop for a while and do business honestly."

Prince Huaining spoke.

He guessed what Xu Qingxiao wanted to do, so he immediately issued an order to prevent Xu Qingxiao from being uprooted.

"Yes!"

The man in black nodded, then stepped back to convey the order.

Inside the palace.

Even though the order was issued, Prince Huaining was still a little uneasy for some reason.

The next day.

The Great Wei capital is as usual, but some places are different.

It is the east and west streets, no, it should be the entire Kyoto commercial street, which has completely changed. A large number of merchants have begun to sell things. People passing by have to buy them as long as they see them. If they can’t buy them, they have to lose money.

If the other party agrees to buy it, it will be a sky-high price, easily 100 taels, 500 taels, or 1000 taels.

The officials ignored them, and the people complained endlessly. All the restaurants were yelling at the officials for their inaction, but they could only scold them.

But the merchants were elated.

However, a group of fan merchants did not mess around and did business honestly.

the next day.

People don't go to these streets anymore, after all, they were blackmailed out of the shadows, and these fan merchants felt a little toothache, but they also thought of a way in an instant.

They bought jade, special delicacies, and even directly bought some local things, which were extremely cheap, and sold them directly on the street, wherever there were people, they would go there.

The method is very simple, call out, who will pay, who will not pay?If you don't give dozens of people, you will rush out.

Now the common people are completely overwhelmed. The yamen in every street are full of people, and the Ministry of Punishment has hundreds of people every day.

Later, the Ministry of War sent people, but they were not sent to suppress the Fan merchants, but to persuade the people of Wei with good words.

But there is a requirement, that is, the money of the fan business must be written for others. Although I don't know what this means, the common people don't want this thing at all, but the officials must leave written evidence.

The third day, the fourth day, the fifth day.

There are more and more such things, more and more exaggerated. In the end, some fan merchants simply came to the restaurant directly and put their own jade on the table. If anyone accidentally touches it and falls on the ground, he will lose money. The guest can't afford it, but the innkeeper will.

As a result, all the innkeepers scolded their mothers.

And on this day, those fan merchants who had been keeping their own place couldn't sit still anymore.

The income of all fan merchants has skyrocketed during this period. The income of 30 taels a day before is now less than 300 taels a day. It is embarrassing to say.

Facing such a profit, how can any fan merchant sit still.

Everyone started to join in.

Even though Prince Huaining issued three orders, these fan merchants could no longer hold back.

Everyone is making money, but if you don’t make money, who can afford it?Who can stand it?

Almost all fan merchants joined this money-grabbing moment. Anyway, the government will not take care of it, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice will help them anyway.

As for Xu Qingxiao?

He's just a coward, what can he do?Can you kill them?

In the palace, Prince Huaining was silent, he completely understood Xu Qingxiao's intentions.

These fan merchants could no longer control them, and Xu Qingxiao drove them completely crazy.

This trick is called human heart!

"Xu Qingxiao! You... You should never, never touch them."

Inside the palace, Prince Huaining's voice was a little cold, and there was already a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.

He has no power to recover from this matter.

"Pass down my order to sever all ties with these fan merchants, burn all letters, and not let them find any clues."

Prince Huaining opened his mouth and issued this order because he knew that the death of these fan merchants was coming.