"These news has not been reported to His Majesty yet?"

"No! Your Majesty rarely summons us Jinyiwei now. Only when your Majesty asks will we report to Your Majesty."

Luo Xin nodded and said lightly: "When reporting to Your Majesty, don't talk about the monopoly of the five major families."

"I understand!" Liu Shou nodded.

Luo Xin left Jiajialou and went to Maosheng Hutong, and only told Wang Cuiqiao one thing, asking people to support those who were bankrupt by Xu Kun and Xu Ying to come to the capital to file a lawsuit.

Hangzhou.

Climbing the Immortal Pavilion.

Xu Kun and Xu Ying held a banquet for small and medium-sized businessmen from Hangzhou. At the same time, Xu Luqing and Zhang Juzheng visited Hu Zongxian again.

In the Immortal Pavilion, after Xu Kun finished speaking, no one said anything. Xu Kun and Xu Ying sat there with gloomy faces and didn't speak when they saw each other. The two of them looked anxious.

"Bang!" Xu Ying couldn't help it first, slapped the table and shouted: "You guys are just a whistle!"

Everyone looked at each other, but no one spoke. Xu Kun reached out to stop his younger brother and said in a narrow voice:

"Everyone, now the five major aristocratic families are watching us die. Our Xu family cannot pass this level, so you don't think you will have a good life in the future. Do you think that once the five major aristocratic families turn over, they will let you go?"

Xu Kun stretched out his finger and pointed at the people, "We are just people on the boat. If the boat capsizes, everyone will die. Now we need to work together. Even if we lose this time, we will make a profit next time."

Seeing that everyone was not talking, Xu Ying slapped the table again and said, "If you want to jump to the pass, don't blame our Xu family for being polite."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's faces looked very ugly, and no one spoke.

"You can tell me any suggestions, let's discuss them." Xu Kun said in a deep voice. He pretended to be blushing, while Xu Ying pretended to be white.

After he said this, a businessman finally said, "Second Young Master, you just said that even if you lose this time, we can make money next time. How can we make money? The pirates are on the sea, unless they can be destroyed."

Xu Kun smiled faintly and said, "My eldest brother and Prefect Zhang have already visited Governor Hu. Governor Hu will definitely send a navy again to destroy the pirates."

"Governor Hu? Destroy the pirates?"

"What?" Xu Kun said with displeasure on his face: "Although the Ming Navy was defeated last time, it was just a lack of preparation. This time, Lord Hu will definitely send a more powerful navy to destroy the pirates."

"Mr. Hu has never destroyed pirates." Someone was muttering.

"Nonsense, Lord Hu has never destroyed pirates, so who destroyed Xu Hai and other pirates back then?"

"Second Young Master, you are also a native of the Southeast. You might as well know that they were all destroyed by Lord Luo, right?"

"you……"

"Second Young Master, we are all locals. We know very well about the Ming Navy and pirates. There is no one who can make trouble for the pirates who can sail on the sea. That is, Lord Luo Xinluo can destroy the pirates, but there is only one military god in the entire Ming Dynasty.

So, this time we won’t accompany the second young master. The second young master’s family has a great career and can afford to pay, but our small family has a small business and can’t afford to pay! I’m going to be guilty and say goodbye first.”

As soon as he left, people stood up and said goodbye. In less than half a quarter of an hour, only Xu Kun and Xu Ying were left in the entire restaurant.

"Bang!" Xu Kun finally couldn't help but lift the table.

"Second brother..." Xu Ying's face no longer had arrogance and became pale.

"Let's go back and see what the elder brother is going to visit Hu Zongxian."

Suzhou.

Governor's Office.

Hu Zongxian said to Zhang Juzheng and Xu Luqing: "The duty of this official is to prevent pirates from entering the Ming Dynasty. Now they are at sea and are not within the scope of my duties. And last time, for you, my official suffered serious losses, and you have not yet compensated me."

Zhang Juzheng said in a deep voice: "Master Master, as an official of the Ming Dynasty, how can you fear the enemy without fighting?"

"Bang!" Hu Zongxian slapped the table fiercely and said, "Rareless! Zhang Taiyue, don't think that I don't know anything. Xu Jie is really a good official, one is Xu Jie's favorite student, and the other is Xu Jie's Qiliner. You two actually greedily kicked the five major families out of the sea trade for some gold and silver, breaking the rules left by Lord Luo. As a result, there was no transaction to do, and the Maritime Bureau could not collect tariffs. You were desperate and came to ask for my official, but failed to ask for my official, and even scolded me. I will definitely impeach Xu Jie Yiben."

"Sir!" Xu Luqing hurriedly said: "We can sponsor the Ming Navy to send troops."

"I dare not ask for it! Come and see off the guests."

"Mr. Hu, you are in the southeast to eliminate pirates. This is your duty."

Hu Zongxian curled his lips disdainfully and said, "If you have the ability, please let Your Majesty issue an order! If you don't have the ability, just get out of here."

Maritime Department.

Half a month passed, and Xu Shixing was already in a state of trouble. All day long, the merchants of the vassal state gathered in the Maritime Bureau and asked Xu Shixing when he could trade?

Xu Shixing has also repeatedly visited Xu Luqing. Xu Luqing has no choice but to do so now, and he dare not make decisions, because if he wants to organize the supply, he will definitely lose money, and the compensation is not a little bit. The most important thing is that if he does not pay this time, he will have to trade at this price in the future. Even if the Xu family has money, it will not be enough to pay. Therefore, he has sent a letter to Xu Jie, and now he can only wait for the news.

He also visited the five major families one by one, but they were all turned away. Not to mention him, even Zhang Juzheng and Xu Shixing were forced to have no choice but to visit the five major families, but the heads of the five major families did not face at all. The butler told them that the heads of the five major families had gone to the north and opened up new trade routes.

Xu Jie received a letter from Xu Luqing and his hair turned white overnight. He knew that this was a big deal. Now the entire Ming Dynasty relies on the tariffs of the Maritime Bureau. If the tariffs are gone, let alone Emperor Jiajing, even those officials can tear him down.

The reason is very simple. Without tariffs, officials will not be able to pay their salaries again.

Do you think the high arch is a decoration?

Gao Gong will never miss this opportunity!

Moreover, even officials from the same camp as him would be extremely disappointed with him.

Your Xu family's two sons have lost the tariffs. If you say that your Xu family has not received huge benefits, who would believe it?

However, the Xu family cannot jump to this pit. If they jump, they can lose all their money in one year. Even if they lose all their money, the problem cannot be solved. When the Xu family does not have the ability to pay, the tariffs will be gone, and things will return to the starting point. Xu Jie will still welcome the anger of Emperor Jiajing and all officials.

what to do?

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