Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 796
The Nanjing Wharf became a place within the Ming Dynasty regime where all forces paid close attention. Whenever there was a disturbance, it would immediately spread to the ears of the leaders of various factions through the eyeliner.

In the mansion of Prince Tang, a group of supporters of the Tang faction gathered together to listen to the news from insiders and analyze the current situation.

After hearing this, Jin Shenghuan was a little puzzled and said: "The people from Jiangsu and Zhejiang have gone too far this time. The King of Chu has soldiers in his hands, so why don't they just go to jail, instead let them continue to make trouble like this, making Nanjing a mess."

After hearing what he said, Du Yinxi said, "If it was the Eastern captives, these people would not have to be tried. They would definitely be killed directly. But the king of Chu is the regent and represents the court's laws, so naturally he can't mess around. Although these people They should go to jail, but they can't be arrested without evidence. If the king of Chu arrested them casually today, could he also arrest us casually? The three families would have no basis for cooperation, so this rule still needs to be discussed. This is also the case between us and The difference between Eastern captives is that they are chaos and destruction, we are civilization and order, and the reason why we fight is to protect these things."

Tang Wang failed to ascend the throne, and Jin Shenghuan named Wang Mengsui. He had a lot of opinions on Wang Yan, "Then see how the chaos in Nanjing continues. Their Chu Party is not good enough. I think His Highness can come forward to calm down the situation in Nanjing!"

"How to calm down? In the current situation, there is no food, you will be calm, I will be peaceful, or let His Highness be peaceful?" Su Guansheng said angrily.

Tang Wang listened to what they were saying, but he didn't make a sound. He was in a rather awkward mood now. First, he didn't want to see the Zhejiang gentry benefit, and second, he didn't want to see Wang Yan get better. In short, he was very entangled.

"Then why don't you help the King of Chu? After all, Nanzhili can't go on like this forever!" Wanji said.

"If the king of Chu can't hold on anymore, he will naturally come to exchange things with us, but he hasn't had it yet, which means he is still under his control. You don't know the power behind the king of Chu. I'm afraid the people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are You will suffer." Su Guansheng sneered.

Most of the supporters of the Tang Dynasty had lived in Guangzhou, and they knew that Guangnan today was as wealthy as Jiangnan, and they also knew what Su Guansheng said was true.

Seeing this, the king of Tang finally said: "Tell our people, don't mix with people from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. We don't care if they fight against them. In addition, if you are sure that the king of Chu will win, you can prepare money to buy the bottom. The gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang I owe a lot of money to the court, so I should spit it out."

"The people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have stored up so much food, which has already exceeded the needs of Nanzhi. Once the price of food drops, it may drop to less than five renminbi. We can really make a small profit by fighting here. This is what I wrote down. The benefits of sending the letter back to Jiangxi cannot be monopolized by the Chu Party," Wanji said.

Tang Wang nodded, and then said: "Let's put aside the matter of the Chu Party and the Zhejiang Party. The key now is to restore Jiangxi and Fujian, and the trade in the South China Sea cannot be monopolized by merchants in Guangnan. Since Quanzhou also wants to set up a city Boss, then we have to manage well, and only when we have money can we achieve great things. Isn’t it because we have no money that I, Da Ming, and Yizong have nowhere to go? We have to learn this lesson.”

Looking at the current situation, Tang Wang also has something in his heart. If it were him, he might be played to death by these evil gentry from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and he would have to compromise in the end. Maybe the court would return to the situation of the Chongzhen Dynasty.He can see clearly now that if he wants to secure the upper seat, he must have the strength to be able to hold the scene.

Tang Wang's current strategy is to support the Chu Party on major issues, in exchange for the Chu Party not attacking the Tang-supporting faction, and to loosen the ground for Wang Yan on small matters, so that his position will not be too strong, and the most important thing is to let Chu Party The party and the Zhejiang party fought, and he made a fortune silently.

After hearing this, Du Yinxi stood up and bowed to the king of Tang, and then said: "His Royal Highness, regarding the establishment of a shipping department in Quanzhou and the opening of sea trade, Zheng Guo's surname has just arrived today, saying that the Chu Party is in the South China Sea. After the war with the Heyi, the Heyi entrenched in the ships of the big officials in Penghu, and often harassed the merchant ships in the South China Sea. The Guangnan maritime merchants suffered a lot, and the Fujian merchants were also harassed. The surnames united to pull out Heyi's strongholds in Penghu and Dayuan to ensure smooth sea routes, and the surnames asked if His Highness could cooperate with the Chu Party?"

Tang Wang pondered for a while, but did not answer, but asked everyone: "What do you think?"

"Naturally, it is cooperation! Pulling out the nails of the Dutch in Penghu and Dayuan will be of great benefit to Quanzhou's development of the sea. Everyone, don't forget that the king of Chu's current momentum began with the opening of the sea in Guangdong." Su Guansheng stood up and said .

At the beginning, Su Guansheng was Wang Yan's close partner in managing Guangdong, and he knew very well how Wang Yan made his fortune and how to manage it.

Tang Wang thought, Wang Yan can achieve today's situation with one province, and it is unreasonable for him to have two provinces today, "Okay, according to the intention of Mr. Su Ge, let the surname Zheng Guo cooperate with Chen Zilong, and together pull out the Dutch in Penghu. , The nail of the big officials, let Guo Xing do a good job in maritime trade, his Zheng family has been doing this longer than the King of Chu, there is no reason why he can't compare with the King of Chu."

"Then I will write a letter to Zheng Guo tonight." Du Yinxi cupped his hands and sat down.

The faction of King Tang in the city did not participate. Zhang Kentang of the faction of King Lu was also closely observing the development of the situation. He wrote to King Lu to report the matter. It changes."

Among the eyeliners of various factions, the ones who were most concerned about the situation at the wharf were of course a group of Jiangsu and Zhejiang evil gentry headed by Xie Sanbin.

Many of them originally just wanted to make some money, but they didn't expect that the game is so big now, and the amount of silver invested has reached more than [-] million taels, and it is too late to get out.

The price of food at this time is really terrible, like a tall building built on wooden piles, without foundation at all, it will definitely fall to the bottom, but I don't know when it will fall, and who will be able to escape.

For them, the price of food is a sword hanging from the sky. They have already invested too much, and their hearts are extremely anxious, so they can only frequently send people to the dock to inquire about news.

During this period of time, their moods fluctuated according to the situation of grain ships on the pier.

After the second batch of grain ships ran out of food, they were about to celebrate, thinking they had won a big victory, but at this moment, almost a replica of the last time, the third batch of grain ships arrived in Nanjing again, and their darlings accepted it again. passed the test.

For a while, in order to prevent Wang Yan from buying grain, they had to continue to secretly buy grain in Huguang with money higher than the market price, but the strange thing was that the grain in Huguang seemed to be endless. Spent.

The evil gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang could not get rid of the tiger, so they could only continue to raise money. At this time, a group of businessmen with Fujian identities suddenly appeared in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and expressed their willingness to borrow money.

Xie Sanbin and his team judged that this is because the supporters of the Tang Dynasty also wanted to overthrow Chu, but they were afraid of Wang Yan's influence and fear of revenge, so they didn't dare to participate directly, so they wanted to use their hands to overthrow Chu, so Fujian businessmen suddenly appeared Give them a loan.

Under Xie Sanbin's maneuvers, the gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang could only bite the bullet and use land, shops, and houses for mortgage loans.

They originally thought that as long as they survived this period, they could sell the grain in their hands to the imperial court at a high price, but just when they expected the third batch of grain ships to run out, the fourth batch arrived again.

The nerves of these people were so tense that they were about to collapse one by one, and finally when the fifth batch of grain ships came to Nanjing, they couldn't bear it at all.

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