Xia Xun left the shogunate in a hurry because something he had been waiting for for a long time happened in Hada City: someone made trouble.
Xia Xun has long known that with the prosperity of Hada City and the concentration of wealth, something will inevitably happen.
The reason for the matter is very simple, the Mongol tribe of Wuyuegen is a large exporter of goods, and the goods have to be purchased through Hada City, and then transported to the coast of Jinzhou through Kaiyuan City.
The manager of Hada City is the Magurkhun of the Jurchen Temur tribe, and the Magurhun is both the manager and the largest operator.
In this way, the Temur tribesmen, who both managed and operated, inevitably adopted different policies for their own tribe and the merchants of other tribes, so that when the "points" were collected, the people of the two tribes clashed, and the two tribes fought.
The backstage of the Temur tribe is the 30,000 Weidu Si Pei Yishi Temur, and the backstage of the Wuyugen tribe is the Qinggeltai of Tielingwei, and the power is evenly matched, but the Temur tribe has always occupied the identity of the manager of Hada City, and the strength is stronger.
The Temur tribe both manages and operates, and has a lot of favoritism for their own tribe, which has caused the dissatisfaction of other tribes, large and small, as soon as the two sides clash, the long-accumulated resentment broke out, and other tribes have sided with the Wuyue Gengdara to denounce the Temur tribe, and some Mongolian tribes are directly involved in the war and are involved in this big melee, and the Jurchen tribes are congenitally opposed to the operators because of Magurhun's managerial identity, so there are not many people who directly help him.
The conflict between the two tribes attracted the attention of Tielingwei and Sanwanwei, because the soldiers of these two guards were mainly composed of people from these two tribes, and their own people were bullied, and they were not willing to give up Fortunately, Xia Xun, the governor of Liaodong, was authoritative, and Pei Yishit Moor and Qing Ge Tai did not dare to touch his tiger whiskers, so they suppressed their subordinates and sent someone to report to Xia Xun and ask him to uphold justice.
If it was before, Shen Yong, the capital of Liaodong, had always taken a laissez-faire attitude towards the Kaiyuan area, and the two guards and horses had already directly participated in the war, and the situation would have evolved into a big melee between the tribes.
When Xia Xun and his people hurried to Hada City, they saw that the market was in disarray, many goods were thrown on the ground, and there were many angry people with weapons in hand, most of these people were disheveled, with wounds on their bodies, and on the ground behind them, there were some seriously injured or dead clansmen.
Qinggeltai and Pei Yishit Mur took the Tieling Guard and the men and horses of the 30,000 Guards, and blocked these groups with a gun array.
The two of them pressed the situation on the one hand, and scolded each other on the other hand, although the two were excluded by other Han people before, and they had a good relationship with each other, but their own people were bullied by the other party's people, and that friendship was not enough.
As soon as they saw Xia Xun arrive, the two sides were greatly relieved, and immediately hulala surrounded a group of people and complained to Xia Xun in a gossipy manner.
"Don't be noisy" Xia Xun roared, the scene was abruptly silent, Xia Xun swept around, and shouted: "Who did it first?"
Magulhun immediately said: "It's the people of Wuyuegen."
Xia Xun turned to Wu Yue Geng and asked, "Why did you start beating people?"
Wu Yue immediately turned his head and asked a person next to him: "Why did you beat people?"
When Wu Yue arrived in a hurry, his own people had already started with people, as soon as he saw that the situation was urgent, he pulled out his knife and went on, he hadn't figured out the original situation, and when he saw Xia Xun asking with a calm face, Wu Yue was also a little scared, and hurriedly asked his nephew Amu Gulang who he sent to Hada City to buy goods.
Amu Gulang was stabbed in the arm, and at this moment he had pulled some strips of cloth and wrapped them indiscriminately, holding a bloody knife in his hand, and said angrily: "My lord, you ask them, how they draw points, a gelding is six dollars of silver, a mink is two cents of silver, ginseng is a pound of silver five cents, honey is worth one cent of silver, fungus is worth one cent of silver, pine nuts are one bucket of silver, fifteen catties of mushrooms are worth one cent of silver, and otter skins are two cents of silver."
Liaodong does not have the conditions to implement treasure money now, and if economic things are forcibly stipulated by the regime, it is beneficial and harmless, so Liaodong now settles commodities mainly in kind and silver.
This Amu Gulang has been in business for a long time, and the official tax ratio stipulated by the Ming Dynasty is very familiar.
After he finished speaking, he pointed to the people on Magulhun's side, and roared angrily: "What is the reason why the people of their clan have asked us for more than twice as much money as the official lottery?"
"Hmm" Xia Xun's face sank again, and he glared coldly at Magulhun, who hurriedly complained: "Lord Ministry, we were appointed by the imperial court to manage Hada City on our behalf, but we have never dared to extort violently.
Now the situation is that the business of Hada City is booming, and many merchants from near and far have come here to trade, and some of them have come from afar, and when they cannot return, or need to buy many things to go back, they have to stay here for a long time.
Some people want to stay as brokers and do business, but they can't stay.
These people, who are in charge of drinking and making trouble, and those who fight, or stealing chickens and dogs, or molesting women, are unbearable.
In desperation, I have to hire some people to clean up the market and maintain order, and these people naturally have to be paid for their work, so where will the money come from?"
Xia Xun touched his nose and smiled at Wu Yue: "What Magurhun said is also true, since you need to hire someone to manage it, you naturally need to pay some wages, everyone comes here to trade, and everyone will naturally pay for this money." ” Wu Yue said: "Ministry, you don't know how much goods come in and out of Hada City now, such a large amount, only a little bit is needed, enough to pay wages, why do you need so many people from the Temur tribe, take the opportunity to collect more taxes, and collect more than some of them for their own use, if the ministry doesn't believe it, just ask the people of these many tribes, is this the case?"
Of course, the managers of the Temur tribe could not have such a high ideological consciousness, the power was in their own hands, and the taxes they had should be confiscated, and for other tribes, sometimes the points were increased by fifty percent, and there were many people who filled their own pockets, and there were very few people who were honest and self-controlled.
In the past, the business here was not prosperous, so the extra tax was not much, everyone could still bear it, now the business is getting more and more prosperous, their greed is getting bigger and bigger, the cargo throughput is large, each piece of goods is more than a few percent, this total amount has reached an amazing point, who is willing to give so much wealth to others When Xia Xun heard this, he turned to Magurhun again, and said with a sinking face: "All the mouths of the people, Magurhun, can there be such a thing."
Magul panicked, and one of his clansmen hurriedly helped when he saw this, and said without hesitation: "Lord Ministry, we can't do it if we don't draw more points, and now there are more people selling goods, so the Han merchants who opened the plains took the opportunity to lower the price, bought goods from them cheaply, and there were guards along the way, asking for bribes, if he didn't answer to his satisfaction, the gate would either not be opened, or it would be opened late, and the goods in and out of the country were wantonly inspected, making a mess and unable to deliver."
We are also forced to do so. ” Xia Xun smiled secretly in his heart: "Yes, there are more and more people tearing in." ” He turned to Zhang Jun, the commander of Liaodu, and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Jun, the officers and soldiers of the guards can extort bribes."
Zhang Jun immediately jumped out, Zhen Zhen had a speech, and had his own explanation, Magul Hun couldn't stop it, his own people had already said about the Han official's bribery, and in desperation, he simply turned his heart sideways, tore his face and reasoned with him, and the two insisted on one another, arguing with red faces, arguing back and forth, and pulling out the Han businessman who was responsible for the transportation and operation from Kaiyuan to Jinzhou.
The Han merchant had a shop similar to an agency in Hada City, and the shopkeeper was watching the excitement with great interest, and he was suddenly dragged in without beware.
These Han businessmen are all composed of Han families and families of Liaodong generals and schools in Liaodong, they have a tough background, and lack of supervision, how can they be so conscious, willing to operate in accordance with the law, anyway, the sales channels are in their hands, so they lower the price, buy cheaply and sell expensively, that is often happening.
However, to say that the people of the Temur tribe forcibly collected such high bribes from other tribes were all to pass on the losses they used to bribe and the Han merchants to lower prices, but it was not, and the Han merchant boss also had real evidence in his hands, so he also argued with reason and quarreled with others.
This Luo circle is like the inexplicable, inexplicable triangular debt, various tribes quarrel like a marquee in front of Xia Xun, each has its own fault, quarreling back and forth, everyone's buttocks are not clean, and this dung is getting more and more smelly.
"Shut it all" Xia Xun roared again, and shouted in a deep voice: "This matter, the governor has understood, you have your own problems, it seems that you can't help but rectify it, otherwise the good situation created by the governor will be ruined in your hands sooner or later."
Xia Xun pointed to the Han merchants, and said in a fierce voice: "The reason why you can wantonly lower the price, buy cheaply and sell expensively, is because you can buy and sell the goods uncontrollably, and without you, no matter how many goods there are in this Hada City, it will not be able to become the materials and property that the ministries want, so it is easy for you to solve this problem unscrupulously, from now on, cancel your unified purchase and sales privileges, and all the ministries can hand over the goods to you for sale, or you can transport the goods to Jinzhou by yourself, and find export merchants by yourself, and everyone eats according to their ability."
Xia Xun's tone changed, and he said: "Of course, since you have canceled the privilege of unified purchase and sales, you can also collect goods from other tribes on your own, and then transfer them for sale. ” The Han merchant was startled at first, and after listening to Xia Xun's second sentence, his brain turned back again: "The guards that pass through along the way are all our army, and they have an inherent advantage over them in transportation, and then allow us to purchase goods from the departments on our own, without going through Hada City, maybe the benefits will be greater, I am afraid of where he will come" So he nodded happily and agreed.
Xia Xun said to Magul again: "Your ministry is both operating and managing, and it is inevitable to use power for personal gain, and it is no wonder that it will be criticized by all departments, and now this official gives you a choice, either your clan voluntarily gives up the management right of Hada City and specializes in management in the future, or, give up the right to operate and specialize in management, which one do you choose?"
To be continued: