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Chapter fifty-six through the south of the Yangtze River II

The two inspectors who went to Jiangnan were both very capable roles. Although they could not understand Zhu Ruisheng's arrangements, they felt that the other party's goal was not just to take over the Maritime Bureau and collect some transactions, or to make money to pay the Jinyiwei's military salary.

Zhu Ruisheng has always had a bad reputation in the capital. If he calculated carefully, he didn't have any bad things. Apart from this problem with Tian Liu, he was much better than the strange princes of the old Zhu family.

The most promising King Chu and King Zhao in the capital, the two princes bit each other for the throne. The main way to confront each other was the internal struggle between the cabinet and the six ministries, and did not involve actual government affairs. They also wanted to know whether Zhu Ruisheng would do something practical for the local people this time when he came to Jiangnan.

"Since Censor Jiang has started the topic, I will listen carefully!" Zhu Ruisheng said with a smile.

Speaking of which, his preference for these two censors is growing. After arriving in Ningbo City, he did not have a good rest for a day. He went out just after dawn and came back until dark. He worked tirelessly to understand the local situation.

The censors dared to advise the emperor in the court, dared to impeach the cabinet and the six ministries, and when they arrived, they could really do some practical things. In the future, they should put these people down to train for a few years before returning to the court to be censors.

"According to the practice of the four major maritime merchants, they load goods on ships and sell them all over the Southeast Asian region at the end of October or early November. Now it is the time to stock up. They dare not do anything to do large weaving workshops. They must have power behind the weaving workshops that can be built into large scale, but small and medium weaving workshops that do not have the ability to resist are almost all controlled by them."

"In the market, silk is six taels of silver, but they only buy three taels of silver. Some weaving workshops are not even enough for capital. In this way, they often default on payments for goods, forcing many families to die, and even sell their children to pay off their debts."

"If you don't agree to sell it to them at a low price, the four major maritime merchants will spend money to hire the Salt Gang and the Cao Gang, and go directly to the door to make trouble, forcing others to lose money to ship the goods. It is very common to kill and injure them. The government not only ignores it, but also helps them to coerce the weaving workshop." Jiang Baokun said.

"What makes people feel even more angry is that the four major maritime merchants not only occupy the source of silk, but also block others from going to Southeast Asia to do business. The more than a dozen large ships parked on Zhoushan Island are doing pirates. As long as they find that they are not their four merchant ships, they must be intercepted by force."

"The servants and thugs raised by the four major maritime merchants not only stole the goods of the merchant ship, but also killed the people on the ship to silence him. This kind of behavior also hindered the normal trading transactions between the Jiangnan region and the countries in Southeast Asia." Xiao Su said.

These two censors can be reused in the future!

Zhu Ruisheng had a very bad impression of civil servants in the Tianming Dynasty. He had serious land annexation, focused on agriculture and less commerce, and had low commercial taxes. He was full of etiquette and morality. If he was explaining Confucianism, he would quote the classics and speak very well, but he would involve his own interests and immediately ignore the interests of the country. Each of them was borer. The important reason for the weakness of the dynasty was that it came from the civil servant group.

However, from Xiao Su and Jiang Baokun, he also saw the glorious images of some civil servants, and in the future, he could develop a group of civil servants to join his team.

"I know what you said in my heart. I hope you know what you said next. The good days for the four major sea merchants to dominate Jiangnan have reached the end of madness as I come to Jiangnan. Before they go to sea, this matter will definitely be resolved."

"For me, the so-called four major maritime merchant forces are just ants that can be eliminated in the blink of an eye. The problem is that the officials and generals involved behind them are my ultimate goal. The Jinyiwei is secretly investigating the relevant personnel, so don't worry."

"The situation is so corrupt that it is impossible to hide it by relying solely on the local officials and generals in Jiangnan. There must be their protective umbrella in the capital. My strength cannot be able to overturn the table. This matter requires long-term planning. Without the support of allies, I may not be able to withstand it myself. I cannot do things recklessly, but what I need is wisdom." Zhu Ruisheng said.

Following the Qiantang River, we arrived at the southernmost entrance of the Grand Canal. After entering the Grand Canal, we went to Wulin Gate to get off the boat. Qian Zhaowu was already waiting here.

Last night, the Hundred Houses and Houses in Ningcheng had sent people to notify Qianhu. Qian Zhaowu disguised himself as a dress and brought more than 100 Jinyiwei to secretly monitor the place in the afternoon.

The address of this Class B training class is Sitong Inn, so Zhu Ruisheng naturally wants to live here. He came here in advance, intending to prepare for the lecture the day after tomorrow, and visit the scenery of West Lake and consider how to deal with the officials in Jinling.

That night, Qian Zhaowu ordered a table of famous dishes from Hangzhou, but the taste was relatively lighter, such as clear soup fish balls, Longjing shrimp, West Lake water shield soup, steamed anchovies, fish head tofu soup, etc.

Because Zhu Ruisheng will be on a pleasure boat to visit the lake tomorrow, and then big fish and meat will be eaten. After a day of boat ride, it is too greasy and unacceptable.

"Sir Luo, this long night is long, and there is no one around the prince who is talking with him. Should I make arrangements?" After dinner, Qian Zhaowu asked Luo Ming quietly.

"Forget it this time, now is not the time. The prince probably has no intention of having fun. After the appearance of Jinling, let the arrangements there!"

"I heard that there are several famous prostitutes on the banks of the Qinhuai River, who are full of charming love. I don't know if they can be liked by the prince. His taste is very unique." Luo Ming said with a smile.

Everyone in the capital knows that the favorite thing about King Song Zhu Ruisheng is not a lady, a daughter or a jass in the family, but he likes a beautiful woman with mature charm and a hot figure. She cannot be younger than him, so she has not even let go of a widow.

"These two inspectors and censors are doing their duty. They went out to visit the people after breakfast this morning, and they didn't even come to visit West Lake. It is rare for such a diligent civil servant to be there." Luo Yi said with a smile.

Qian Zhaowu arranged a pleasure boat yesterday. He was worried that he would alarm the snake, so he exposed Zhu Ruisheng's identity. He waited on the shore with tea. Those who were staying on the pleasure boat were Zhu Ruisheng, Luo Ming and Luo Yi, and a few guards of the royal palace with good water.

"I hope that the Tianming Dynasty will have more officials like them. The more detailed the information collected, the more beneficial it will be to us. Thinking of the civil servants who will be sprayed with dust in the court in the future, I feel particularly comfortable."
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