But this matter is really difficult, and I really leave it to Xu Xi to do it. I don’t know if he can do it.

But now, there is really no other good idea. Xu Xi just came to him and handed over this matter to him.

If the matter is done, the credit will naturally be his own; but if the matter is done, then let him take the blame.

Zhang Weixian calmed down and felt that the Duke of Ding had asked him to do something here, but the one he did was doing was a matter.

Now that the Staff Office has been established, my position should be changed. In the past, I wanted to seek self-protection, but now it is different. I have to seek power.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Weixian has more things to think about and more things to do. In the past, he could have done some things himself, but now it is inconvenient. It is also a good choice to find someone to follow him.

So in this case, keeping Xu Xi by your side is also a choice. After all, today, there are always a few people under your command who listen to them and bite people.

Now it depends on whether Xu Xi has the courage. The things I handed over to him this time are to give the emperor an explanation, and the other is to give a letter of fame.

Xu Xi also sat aside and thought that although he came to ask for help, it did not mean that he had no idea. As a duke of the Ming Dynasty, he was very clear about some things. He knew better in his heart what could be done and what could not be done.

So Xu Xi really didn't dare to agree to the British Duke.

After pondering for a while, Xu Xi said, "Duke, is this matter too big?"

"The broken drum must be made with a hammer. Although it may be broken, it may also be deafening. At this point, if you still hesitate in your heart, then I don't think we need to continue talking." Zhang Weixian looked at Xu Xi and said in a faint tone.

What I want is someone who can follow me and is willing to rush up and bite people for me.

Duke Ding is a Duke and his identity is very special, so this is a very suitable candidate. But if he dares not do it, no matter how special his identity is, it will be useless.

"But Duke, you also understand that those salt sellers are not easy to mess with. Besides, there is a lot of money in this salt. Not to mention anything else, we only get a lot of money from it every year. You know what happened back then, and I also know that if you really make a fuss, you may get a bad debt."

After saying this, Xu Xi looked up at Zhang Weixian and said with a serious face, "If this matter really starts to churn, we may not be able to escape."

"What are you afraid of?" Zhang Weixian sneered and said, "This world belongs to His Majesty. Whoever you deal with or not, isn't that a matter of His Majesty's words?"

"If you do things for Your Majesty, Your Majesty will naturally protect you. What about King Fu? Isn't you still jumping in the capital now?"

"Look at Zhu Chunchen, Duke Cheng Guo, what is his current status? Are you really willing? If you are really willing, then just pretend I didn't say anything."

After hearing the British Duke's words, Xu Xi was silent for a while again, gritted his teeth before saying, "Duke, please tell me."

British Duke Zhang Weixian glanced at Xu Xi and said, "You'd better say it."

Xu Xi smiled helplessly. He also knew that Zhang Weixian was testing him, but at this point, he really had no other way, so he could only listen to Zhang Weixian.

After thinking about it, Xu Xi said, "Do you want to take the money?"

"Continue." Zhang Weixian looked at him and said,

The so-called occupancy of a nest is actually a secret that the nobles and relatives know together. When it was first developed, it dates back to the Hongzhi period, and the leader was the national uncle at that time.

At that time, Emperor Hongzhi only favored Empress Zhang, so the Zhang family was naturally at its peak.

Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, although this person is very intelligent and talented, he is really very good at making money for himself.

The so-called occupancy of a nest is actually the occupancy of salt.

Everyone knows that salt induced money is money, but this thing cannot be distributed randomly. Once it is distributed excessively, the damage caused will be very great.

But Shouning Hou didn't care about these things. He restrained the salt entries and even made hundreds of thousands of dan of salt entries through the palace. Naturally, the money fell into his pocket.

But these things cannot be turned into money, they have to go through those salt merchants. The biggest obstacle to their wealth when they are raising their food.

So with mutual cooperation, they changed the grain-raising and silver-raising to the silver-raising.

Although it is only one word different, it is very different.

When you are raising grain, what you need is grain; when you are raising silver, what you need is only silver. When you are raising silver, you no longer need to transfer grain. Salt merchants can buy salt intake with money.

At that time, Ye Qi, the Minister of Revenue, changed the grain tax to silver tax, which naturally increased the income of the court in name, and asked merchants to use silver to buy salt to increase the income of the court.

In fact, this is true. In the next few years, the imperial court was able to increase the amount of millions of taels of silver every year.

However, this policy gave Anhui salt merchants a chance to rise. From then on, they no longer had to redirect food, but just redirect money with money.

At that time, the nobles and relatives of various families also made money crazy. They made a lot of salt entries from the royal family and sold them to salt merchants. The salt merchants would buy salt entries from the nobles and relatives, so the price would naturally not be too low.

This kind of operation is to occupy a nest, and that time was a feast of wealth for countless people.

Whether it was civil servants, salt merchants, nobles and relatives, they all divided a large part of it, and the money could be inherited from generation to generation. It can be said that there were few oppositions at that time.

This policy has not been short for now. Everyone knows how much money there is, it is money from a sea of ​​gold and silver. But if this policy is used, there will be more people who will move it.

The first one is the honorary relatives, they will definitely object.

The second is the salt merchants. The salt merchants are not as powerful as before. These people are powerful and wealthy. Among the officials in the court, countless people were cultivated by them. It can be said that they have a deep foundation.

Once you move salt, it is equivalent to offending everyone. If you really develop from this perspective, it will probably be a dead end.

So Xu Xi directly asked the key question, is Zhang Weixian going to use the money?

After looking at Xu Xi, Zhang Weixian said directly, "Where can there be a complete egg under the collapse of the nest?"

After hearing this, Xu Xi slowly closed his eyes...
Chapter completed!