As soon as Liu Jin came up, he operated on Yin Zhou Weilai of Yingtian Mansion and killed the chicken to show to the Jiangnan officials present.
Suddenly the scene fell into silence, and many officials did not dare to take a breath for fear of hitting Liu Jin's knife edge.
Everyone is very familiar with Liu Jin.
For a long time, the person Jiangnan Shilin wanted to overthrow the most was actually Liu Jin, so naturally he was the most familiar with Liu Jin.
There was an extremely bad rapport between this official and the officials from Jiangnan, and he had probably been looking for an opportunity to severely suppress the officials from Jiangnan for a long time.
Now that the opportunity has finally come, how could Liu Jin let go of such a good opportunity?
"Jiangnan River Censor Luo Xi~"
Seeing Zhou Wei being pushed down, Liu Jin read out another name.
"The official is here~"
When Luo Xi heard this, his whole face turned pale with fear.
He was very aware of the things he had done. Even without the incident in Nanjing, he, Luo Xi, took advantage of his position to embezzle and accept countless amounts of money. This alone was enough to lose his head.
What's more, he, Luo Xidu, has regarded the flower boat on the Qinhuai River as his official office. Everyone in the whole Jiangnan knows about his romantic and suave affairs.
In addition, he is in charge of the Yangtze River, the canal, and the ports of many coastal and riverside cities. The interests involved are really too great. In this position, he often makes profits for the family and power behind him.
He secretly supported and did many shameful things.
Now that Liu Jin called out his name, everything he had done suddenly appeared in his mind.
"Luo Xi, do you know your guilt?"
Liu Jin looked at Luo Xi coldly.
He is a typical official who uses his power for personal gain. He uses his power to target all commercial firms that want to do business in the Yangtze River, canals and ports such as Nanjing and Songhu, especially those involving transportation.
Without the consent of Lord Rosillo, there would be no chance of doing business on the water in this area.
The shipping companies of the Ming Dynasty, large and small, traveled all over the world and could sail across the four oceans, but they were unable to set foot in the Yangtze River and canals.
The Yangtze River is the most important river in the Ming Dynasty, especially the southern section of Zhili, which is the estuary of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. There are countless ships sailing on it at all times, traveling from east to west, south to north, and freight is extremely busy.
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Coupled with canals and ports, it can be said that half of the entire Ming Dynasty's economy relied on the Yangtze River water transport, the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, and the Songhu port was the most important port in the Ming Dynasty.
I'm afraid no one knows how huge the interests involved in controlling such an important river transportation are.
"I have always been loyal to my duties, self-denial and dedicated to the public. I dare not betray the trust of the emperor and the imperial court. I really don't know what crime I have committed, so that when Liu Gong comes, I will have an operation?"
Luo Xi is a tough talker and looks very righteous.
"Very good~"
"You are still loyal to your duties, self-denial and dedicated to the public, and you have a breeze on your sleeves~"
"Your loyal duties are on the flower boat on the Qinhuai River. Your yamen has already been moved to the flower boat, and you are still fulfilling your duty."
"As for self-denial and serving the public, and keeping the breeze on your sleeves, you didn't even blush when you said it."
"Let's not talk about where you spent the money on the flower boat. In Songhu and Nanjing alone, you have a total of 350 sets of real estate, more than 50 sets of shops, and three plantations in Nanyang. In addition, there are various
The stock price is at least more than two million taels of silver."
"And your family, the Luo family, holds the jurisdiction over the Yangtze River, canals and ports because you are the censor of river transportation. They have established river transportation and shipping companies to monopolize the transportation of goods in the Yangtze River Basin and make profits from it."
"Even the year before last, in order to crack down on competitors, you, the river transport censor, used your power over and over again to deliberately investigate and deal with other river transport companies."
Liu Jin told Luo Xi's story as if he were familiar with all the treasures in his family.
"Ah~"
When Luo Xi heard this, his jaw dropped immediately. Liu Jin seemed to have investigated him too clearly. He himself did not necessarily know how much real estate he owned or how much money his stocks were worth.
But Liu Jin found out everything clearly, even better than himself. This is really incredible.
"Hmph~"
"As a court official, guarding the shepherd's side for the emperor, he actually took bribes and perverted the law, used his power for personal gain, and monopolized the river transport business."
"Come on, take off his official hat, take off his official uniform, and put him in prison!"
Liu Jin was too lazy to look at such people again. In later generations, there were many such officials. As the saying goes, the father is an official and the son is a businessman. As long as the father is still in his position, they are all elites in the business world. But once they fall, they will immediately
I can't survive anymore.
"Liu Jin, you also have a lot of property under your command. The money you earn every year is calculated in hundreds of millions. When it comes to using power for personal gain and monopolizing business, the first one should be you Liu Jin. I am just learning from you."
Luo Xi struggled and shouted with all his strength.
"Okay~"
"I have many industries under my command, but I have never used my authority to seek personal gain for my own industry, I have not suppressed competitors, nor have I established a monopoly, and I have never made it difficult for other people entering the industry."
"If your family operates normally and competes reasonably, I won't say anything."
"But your Luo family's Yangtze River shipping firm also transports a ship of goods. The price of your firm is several times that of other places. And if you want to do business on the Yangtze River, you must hand over a certain share of the goods to your firm.
The company will transport it, am I right?"
"Out of the Yangtze River, can your business firm do a business of one ship?"
Liu Jin stopped the soldiers dragging him down and replied.
Luo Xi is actually a typical salt merchant. He uses his power to conduct monopoly transactions. He is not actually trying to improve shipping technology or reduce transportation costs to gain competitive advantage.
Instead, they simply and crudely use their power to conduct monopoly transactions. Monopoly will naturally bring huge profits. In fact, they are doing things without any technical skills, and they also hinder the normal and orderly survival of other businesses.
The same was true for the salt merchants in the past. They took the salt field into their own hands, and all the salt from the salt field was under their control. At the same time, they strictly required the court to implement the salt and iron monopoly and did not allow everyone to do this business. In this way,
Let those salt merchants become rich enough to rival the country.
The principles are the same and the practices are the same.
"I, I'm not like you Liu Jin, I have strong capital and can do anything. I can only rely on this method to start a business."
Luo Xi suddenly had nothing to say and could only defend himself in this way.
"Hmph~"
"Pull it down, seal up the Yangtze River Shipping Company, and seal up the Luo family!"
Liu Jin looked at the other party and sneered, and ordered again.
"Liu Jin, Liu Jin, you won't end well either~"
Luo Xi roared angrily while being dragged down.
Zhou Wei and Luo Xi were dealt with, and all the officials at the scene were in panic.
In the land of Jiangnan, there are too many things like Luo Xi.
Almost every official is using the power in his hands to seek benefits for the family and power behind him.
Officials in charge of drinking channels used their power to obtain monopoly business of drinking channels for the families behind them.
The officials who are in charge of a state or a government provide a monopoly for their family's business in the state. Those who have tea will monopolize tea, and those who produce grain will monopolize grain production and sales.
In the entire Jiangnan area, all walks of life and various fields are almost monopolized by large and small families, gentry, big businessmen, etc., and outsiders cannot get in at all.
It is simply impossible for capitalists in the north to do business in the south. If you have money and want to set up a factory here, it will be difficult to get land. Even if you have land, it will be difficult to recruit workers.
It is difficult for workers to buy raw materials, and it is even difficult to transport goods.
This is the situation in the land of Jiangnan.
The entire south of the Yangtze River is like an extremely solid ice layer, blocking everything tightly. All interests are monopolized by families, gentry, and big businessmen, large and small.
Relying on monopoly to seek huge profits, they will not pursue technological innovation, innovation, cost reduction, etc.
The only thing they need to do is to continue to cultivate more children of their own family to study and become officials. In this way, they can gain more power, monopoly, control more businesses, and then give back to their family.
, to build private schools and academies, to train more children to take the imperial examinations and become officials.
Liu Jin knew very well that under such a model, the entire society was like a pool of stagnant water, without vitality and without progress. China's backwardness in history actually originated from this.
The traditional eight-part imperial examination limits people's ability to innovate to the greatest extent, and binds the smartest and most powerful people to the game of eight-part essay. Generation after generation is just repeating yesterday's stories.
There is always no progress and development.
In the end, as the annexation of land and resources becomes more and more concentrated, it becomes increasingly difficult for the people at the bottom to survive. As long as there is a slight famine, war will break out again and dynasties will change.
Therefore, it is necessary to break these monopoly businesses, break this stagnant water, and completely liberate the Jiangnan area, the richest and most populous area in the Ming Dynasty, so that the entire Ming Dynasty will usher in a moment of truly rapid development.