Chapter 30                                                                                                                             �

After hearing this, Wang Shu said in his heart: "So decisive."

He thought about what Lu Lin would say after he came, but he never expected that he would be so straightforward and treat Xu Chunshen as a victim.

To be honest, Xu Chunshen’s family fortune is really a piece of fat.

If the court could swallow it in one bite, it could cover several taxes. It could alleviate the urgent need.

However, compared with the long-term commercial taxation, the Xu family's wealth is nothing.

Besides, the court cannot keep raiding the house.

Wang Shu said: "Xu thief has today, which is the ecclesiastical practice and peace all over the world. Only then can this thief start a family. Not only is this thief unhappy and spends hardships with the court, but he embezzled the benefits of size and short-sightedness, he has caused the disaster today. Not only did he have the business of several generations, he has been entrusted with people, and even the heads on his neck cannot be preserved. Isn't it a pity? Mr. Lu, do you think so?"

Lu Lin took a deep breath, his lips turned a little white, and he said, "Yes."

Lu Lin could also hear Wang Shu's criticism with his heels. It was perfectly appropriate to replace the word "Xu thief" with "Lu thief," or other thief.

Even Xu Tie himself was a little inappropriate.

Although the Xu family has been doing business for generations, Xu Chunshen’s father is also a salt merchant.

However, the Xu family's father and grandparents were just ordinary businessmen. They were one of the most ordinary businessmen in the Ming Dynasty, and it was Xu Chunshen who became a big businessman.

Where did it take generations?

But these words were all the same for the gentry in Jiangnan.

Among the gentry in Jiangnan, most of them had some foundation, who had gained wealth in Suzhou and Hangzhou after the Jingkang disaster. Not only for several generations, but if the Lu family and the Jiangnan natives were there since the Han Dynasty, they had them for dozens of generations.

The naked threat is obvious.

Lu Lin even more understood that the soldiers of the third battalion in Suzhou City were sharpening their knives, making this matter not only a threat.

In fact, deep down, Lu Lin always felt that Wang Shu probably did not dare to kill the gentry, but he did not dare to take risks.

How could the foundation of our ancestors die today? It would be easy to win a bet, but what should we do if we lose a bet?

He can't afford to bet.

Lu Lin felt so aggrieved in his heart, but he said, "What the lord said is very true."

"We have received the emperor's kindness in the world, and now when the court has the help of us, we will naturally do our best."

Wang Shu said: "That's the business tax matter?"

Lu Lin said, "As soon as you follow the instructions of the Lord."

Wang Shu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Mr. Lu, he is indeed very wise."

Then the conversation below was less tense.

After Wang Shu sent Lu Lin away, he waited for Zhang Li to send Xu Chunshen's confession.

When Wang Shu looked at it, he was as high as a few fingers. After looking closely, Xu Chunshen was very particular and pulled countless people into the water. He said everything he should say and what he should not say.

From Beijing to Songjiang, whether it is official or local gentry’s black materials, they were told in detail.

Under the punishment of the Jinyiwei, what secret can Xu Chunshen keep?

Wang Shu was also indignant when he saw it, especially at Chen Yue's many black materials, and said in his heart: "The four palaces in Jiangnan are simply terrible."

Wang Shu also used a lot of effort to suppress Wang Shu's idea of ​​cleaning up the Jiangnan officialdom.

This is actually very normal.

The wealth of Jiangnan, with the power of these officials, can be filled with continuous money into their pockets with just a little move. How many people can stick to their true nature?

But Wang Shu knew very well, what he was here to do?

He is here to promote commercial tax.

The collection of commercial tax is the top priority. These things must be let go.

But letting go does not mean not to pursue the matter.

He summoned the Jinyiwei, sealed all these things and sent them to the capital. The matters could not be handled, but His Majesty could not be unaware of them.

Then, in the name of the imperial envoy, he sentenced Xu Chunshen to harm his life, which was outrageous and sentenced to death. Moreover, he did not declare the Ministry of Justice, and he would not wait for the autumn to abandon the market.

This is also a reassurance for the gentry in Jiangnan and an end to this matter.

Xu Chunshen is still very connected.

So, before the day of execution was executed, someone put the news in the rice and sent it in.

Xu Chunshen was covered in bruises and looked dying, but he was not injured. If he could go out, he would only need to take care of him for a few days and he would be cured.

It just looked a little miserable. Xu Chunshen no longer had the opportunity to go out to cultivate.

He confessed one by one under the punishment of the Jinyiwei that day. In fact, he already knew that he had no chance of going out alive, and this ending was just a matter of time.

Even when he started his business, he had already thought of it.

Compared to those competitors who were physically destroyed by him by various means, his retribution did not come too early.

He called the prison guard and said, "If you have any work, I will send you some pens, ink, paper and inkstones."

The prison guards are now officials of the state, but they still cannot stop the Xu family's silver bullet attack. Although it is impossible to let him go, it is possible to put a little hand in other aspects.

A moment later, Xu Chunshen took the four treasures of the study and poured a little water into the inkstone alone, pinched the ink pillar with one hand and lifted the sleeves with the other.

Slowly grind it again and again.

For a moment, countless scenes passed through his mind, how he took over the family business of more than a thousand two houses from his father, how he bet on Songjiang's salt monopoly, how he used various means to feed officials of all sizes.

How to get to where it is today step by step.

He is famous all over the world, and he feels that he is not much worse than Shen Wansan.

But it ended up like this.

At the last moment of his life, he asked himself, do you regret it?

He does not regret most things. He does not regret using evil means to treat his competitors, regardless of whether he asks fewer people to intercept or bribe officials to frame them.

Because everyone who is hang out in the mall and who can really get bigger is better than who is cleaner?

If he unfortunately failed, the one who is locked up here is just Li, Wang, or Shen. There will be no change.

Just the same crime can be hung up.

But there is one thing that I regret now.

I just regret not studying.

I regret that the Four Books and Five Classics are pedantic words, and I don’t have the energy to study, but I just feel that I have a great understanding and look down on Zhu Xi’s clichés. I prefer the opportunity to fight in the business world and make money.

But at this time, he really understood.

An ordinary man is innocent and he is guilty of possessing a treasure.

The real ruler of this country is a scholar, not a businessman.

Even if he had a property worth tens of millions of taels, he would just die faster. If Wang Yue had not devoted himself to the Shaofu, Wang Yue's achievements in the shopping mall would definitely not be impossible.

But now the Wang Yue family is just the foundation left behind before, only hundreds of thousands of taels, but the Wang family is not much stronger than the Xu family.

Xu Chunshen sighed softly, only to feel wet on his hands.

But I saw that at some point, the ink was already full.

Xu Chunshen pinched the pen for a moment and left a suicide note to his wife and children.

When he met him, his property might be confiscated, but he would never let his wife and children be involved. Although Wang Shu was difficult to talk about human nature, he still had principles.

Only his wife knew the code word and told her about the few money he had left behind.

Not much, about 100,000 taels, as long as it is not too big, it is enough for the descendants to live for generations.

In the end, Xu Chunshen told them not to collect the body for him, leave Songjiang immediately, ignore Songjiang's family business, and go to Hebei to settle down.

From now on, we should not do business, and we should not do business. If future generations have business people, they will be expelled from the family.

You must study and must study to test your reputation.

Xu Chunshen became more and more excited as he wrote, and finally he left a line of words. This line of words was filled with sadness and anger, and jumped out of the paper, which seemed to be the condensation of Xu Chunshen's lifelong experience.

That is: everything is inferior to reading.

These ten words seem ordinary, but only those who truly understand them know that they are written in blood.

Those who know know their blood and tears, while those who don’t know only talk about their academic profession.
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