Xia Xun left the shogunate in a hurry because something he had been looking forward to for a long time happened in Hada City: there was someone.【】
Xia Xun had long known that with the prosperity of Hada City and the massive accumulation of wealth, something would inevitably happen. He had been looking forward to it day and night, and finally he had been looking forward to this day.
The cause of the matter is very simple. Wurigeng's tribe is a large exporter of commodities. The commodities must be purchased through Hada City, and then transported to the coast of Jinzhou through Kaiyuan City. The manager of Hada City is Magu of the Jurchen Temur tribe.
Erhun and Magulhun are both managers and the largest operator.
In this way, the people of the Temur tribe both manage and operate, and must adopt different policies for merchants of their own tribe and other tribes. Therefore, when collecting "draw points", people from the two tribes clashed, and then the two tribes clashed.
A big fight.
The backstage of the Temur tribe is Pei Shitemur, the 30,000-strong guard, and the backstage of the Urigeng tribe is Qingertai of Tielingwei. In terms of power, they are evenly matched, but the Temur tribe has always occupied the identity of the administrator of Hada City.
The strength is stronger.
The Temur tribe both manages and operates, and is very partial to its own tribe, which arouses dissatisfaction from other tribes, large and small. When the two sides conflict, the long-simmering resentment breaks out, and other tribes side with Wuri one after another.
On the one hand, Geng Dalai denounced the Temur tribe, and some tribes directly participated in the war and were involved in this melee. The Jurchen tribes were inherently opposed to the managers because of Magulhun's status as managers, so
Not many people directly help him.
The conflict between the two tribes attracted the attention of Tieling Guard and Thirty Thousand Guards, because the soldiers of these two guard posts were mainly composed of people from these two tribes. How could they give up when their own tribe was bullied?
Fortunately, today is different from the past. Xia Xun, the governor of Liaodong, is becoming more and more powerful. Peishtmur and Qinggeltai dare not stroke his tiger beard lightly, so they suppressed their subordinates and sent people to report to Xia Xun and ask him to administer justice.
.If it had been in the past, Liaodong Capital Chief Shen Yong had always adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards the Kaiyuan area, the two guards would have directly participated in the battle, and the situation would have turned into a big melee among the tribes.
When Xia Xun and his people hurried to Hada City, they saw a mess in the market, with many goods thrown on the ground. There were many angry people holding weapons on the scene. These were all disheveled and injured. Behind them, on the ground
On top, there were still some seriously injured or dead tribesmen lying on the ground. Qingertai and Peishtmul, with the Tieling Guards and 30,000 troops, used gun formations to block these groups of people away.
The two of them suppressed the situation while insulting each other by criticizing each other. Although they had been ostracized by other Han people in the past and had a good friendship because of their sympathy for each other, their friendship was not enough when their own tribe was bullied by the other tribe.
When Xia Xun arrived, both parties breathed a sigh of relief. They immediately gathered around a group of people and complained to Xia Xun.
"Don't make any noise!"
Xia Xun roared, and the scene fell silent. Xia Xun glanced around and shouted: "Who made the first move?"
Magulhun immediately said: "They are from Wurigeng!"
Xia Xun turned to Wu Rigeng and asked, "Why do you beat people?"
Wu Rigeng immediately turned around and asked the person next to him: "Why did you hit someone?"
When Wu Rigeng arrived in a hurry, his own people had already taken action. Seeing that the situation was urgent, he drew his knife and attacked. He had not yet understood the whole story. When he saw Xia Xun asking with a sullen face, Wu Rigeng
He was also a little scared and hurriedly asked his nephew Amugulang who was sent to Hada City to purchase goods.
Amugulang had a knife on his arm. He had torn some cloth and wrapped it randomly. He was holding a bloody knife in his hand and said angrily: "Sir, ask them, how do they draw points? The official draws points.
A gelding costs six cents of silver, a mink skin costs two cents of silver, a pound of ginseng costs five cents, honey costs one cent, fungus costs one cent, a bushel of pine nuts costs three cents, fifteen catties of mushrooms costs one cent, and otter
A skin is worth two cents of silver..."
Liaodong currently does not have the conditions to implement treasure banknotes. It would be beneficial and harmless if economic matters were forcibly stipulated by the political power. Therefore, Liaodong's settlement of goods is mainly in kind and silver. This Amugulang has been doing business for a long time.
I know the Ming Dynasty's official tax rates by heart.
After he finished speaking, he pointed at the people on Magulhun's side and roared angrily: "The money that their tribe demands from us is more than double the official draw points. How can it be justified?"
"Um?"
Xia Xun's face darkened again, and he stared coldly at Magulhun, who quickly complained: "Master, we are appointed by the imperial court to manage Hada City on our behalf, but we have never dared to impose excessive taxes. The current situation is as follows
, the business in Hada City is booming day by day, and many business travelers from far and near come here to trade. Some people come from afar and cannot return on the same day, or they need to buy a lot of things to go back, so they have to stay here for several days.
Some people want to stay as brokers and do business, but they can't stay. Who will take care of these people? Those who drink, fight, sneak around, and molest women are making people unbearable. I have no choice but to hire them.
These people come here to clean the streets and maintain order. Naturally, these people need to be paid for their work, so where does the money come from?"
Xia Xun touched his nose, smiled at Wu Rigeng and said, "What Magurhun said is also true. Since we need to hire people to manage it, we naturally need to pay some wages. Everyone comes here to trade, so everyone will naturally pay for it."
Wu Rigeng said: "Bu Tang, you don't know how much goods come in and out of Hada City every day. With such a large quantity, only a small amount is enough to pay wages. Why do you need so much? People from the Temuer tribe,
If you don't believe it, just ask the people of these tribes if this is true."
The tribes all around responded one after another. Of course, the managers of the Temur tribe could not have such a high level of ideological awareness. The power was in their own hands, and the taxes that should be collected from their own people were actually not confiscated. For other tribes, sometimes they would just give away points.
If it is increased by 50%, there will be many people enriching their own pockets and very few people who will be honest and self-reliant.
In the past, the business here was not very prosperous, so the extra taxes were not much, and everyone could tolerate it. Now the business is getting more and more prosperous, and their greed is getting bigger and bigger. The throughput of goods is large, and each piece of goods is more
If you take a few percent off, the total amount will reach an astonishing level. Who is willing to give up so much wealth to others?
After Xia Xun heard this, he turned to Magurhun again and said with a serious face: "All the tribes are talking about the same thing. Magurhun, is this possible?"
Magulhun panicked. Seeing this, one of his tribesmen hurriedly helped him, saying without hesitation: "Master Bu Tang, if we don't get more points, we can't do it! Now that there are more people selling goods, the Han merchants in Kaiyuan will
We took the opportunity to lower the price and buy goods from them at a low price! There was also a guard along the way who asked for a bribe. If he was not satisfied with the answer, the door would either not be opened or would be opened late. We also searched and inspected the incoming and outgoing goods, making it a mess and unable to deliver. We
…We are also forced to do so.”
Xia Xun secretly laughed: "Yes, more and more people are trying to get involved."
He turned to Zhang Jun, the commander of the Liao capital, and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Jun, are there any cases of extortion and bribery from the officers and soldiers of the guards?"
Zhang Jun immediately jumped out and gave his own explanation. Magulhun could not stop him just now. His own people had already told the story about the Han officials asking for bribes. In desperation, he simply changed his mind and argued with him.
, each had his own argument for two times, and the quarrel was red-faced. They quarreled back and forth, and pulled out the Han merchant who was responsible for the transportation operation from Kaiyuan to Jinzhou.
Han merchants had a shop similar to an agency in Hada City. The shopkeeper was happily busy nearby, and he was suddenly dragged in without warning.
These Han merchants are composed of Han aristocratic families from all over Liaodong and the families of Liaodong generals and military officers. They have strong backing and lack of supervision. How can they be so conscious and willing to operate in a law-abiding manner? Anyway, the sales channels are in their hands, so they keep prices low and buy at low prices.
Selling happens all the time.
However, it cannot be said that the people of the Temur tribe forcibly collected such high bribes from other tribes, all in order to pass on the losses they used to pay bribes and lower prices from Han merchants, but this is not the case. The boss of the Han merchants also has real evidence in his hands.
So he also argued hard and started quarreling with others.
This trap is like the inexplicable and unclear triangular debt. Various tribes are quarreling in front of Xia Xun like a revolving door. Each has its own objections. They argue back and forth, and everyone's buttocks are unclean. The more they dig out, the more smelly the excrement becomes.
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"Everyone shut up!"
Xia Xun roared again and shouted in a deep voice: "This governor has understood this matter. You all have your own problems. Come on, you have to rectify them. Otherwise, the great situation created by this governor will be destroyed sooner or later."
Destroyed by your hands.
Xia Xun pointed at the Han merchants and said in a stern voice: "The reason why you can arbitrarily lower prices and buy at low prices and sell at high prices is because you purchase, sell and supply under the same authority. Without you, no matter how much goods there are in Hada City, it will not become a tribe."
The supplies and property you want, so you are unscrupulous! It is easy to solve this problem. From now on, cancel your monopoly purchasing and marketing privileges. The ministries can hand over the goods to you for sale and transportation, or they can transport the goods to Jinzhou on their own.
Looking for export businessmen, everyone can make a living based on his or her own abilities!"
Xia Xun changed his tone and added: "Of course, since your privilege of purchasing and selling has been revoked, you can also collect goods from other tribes on your own, and then transfer and sell them."
The Han merchant was startled at first, but after hearing Xia Xun's second sentence, his mind came back: "The guards we passed along the way are all our troops. We have an inherent advantage over them in transportation, and then we are allowed to go to the tribes on our own."
There is no need to go through Hada City to purchase goods, and the profit may be even greater, so where will he come from?" So he nodded happily and agreed.
Xia Xun then said to Magulhun: "It is inevitable for your tribe to both run and manage, and use power for personal gain. No wonder you will be criticized by various tribes. Now I will give you a choice, or your tribe will voluntarily give up Hada."
I will give up the management rights of the city and focus on management from now on, or give up the management rights and focus on management. Which one do you choose?"