Chapter 374: Tie a group of gentry to the chariot of Prince Yan’s palace
Ming Dynasty: Huddled in Beiping Dangzhi County Text Volume Chapter 374 and tied a group of gentry to the chariot of Prince Yan’s Palace "..."
All the gentry were stunned!
How could they not harm the interests of Prince Yan's palace when they were working for the emperor's grandson?
Seeing this, Guo An couldn't help but smile lightly.
He can probably guess what these gentlemen are thinking!
"Don't worry, everyone, His Highness has absolutely no intention of embarrassing or amusing you!"
Hearing this, all the gentry looked at Guo An expectantly.
"You are gentry, and your families have been passed down for hundreds of years. You all have a lot of rich experience in dealing with the officials and people in power in the current dynasty..."
Suddenly, Zhu Di couldn't help but feel a little weird when he looked at Guo An.
All the gentry also have strange faces.
Speaking so clearly in front of His Highness King Yan, is Guo Changshi trying to dig up the roots of these gentry like us?
Guo An ignored it and continued to say with a smile: "The capital is thousands of miles away from Beiping Mansion. That person doesn't know Beiping Mansion nor your situation.
Naturally, you have many excuses. For example, His Highness King Yan is very domineering. If you disagree, you gentry will have their families destroyed..."
"Moreover, His Highness King Yan is well-informed in Beiping Mansion, and nothing can be hidden from His Highness King Yan.
As for the lobbying by those merchants, His Highness King Yan knew everything as soon as those merchants left..."
"The one in the capital is just lobbying you, but he can't be so cruel. He must make you risk your family and your family to embarrass the Yan Palace, right?
Moreover, even if so many gentry unite, they still can't do it..."
"Anyway, you will all have your own reasons, so I won't give you an example. His Highness, King Yan, will not force you to have your families destroyed.
However, you cannot come to make things difficult for the Yan Palace just to protect your family.
Therefore, if you are forced to take action against Prince Yan's Mansion or the caravan under Prince Yan's Mansion, you can send a reliable person in advance to secretly inform His Highness Prince Yan...
If, the loss to Prince Yan’s Mansion is reduced to the minimum.
Afterwards, you will still have to compensate for the losses suffered by Prince Yan’s Mansion.
When necessary, Prince Yan's Mansion can also communicate with you and take revenge on your families..."
"I wonder what Your Highness thinks of Wei Chen's plan?"
With that said, Guo An asked Zhu Di for instructions.
Zhu Di nodded slightly, "We are not unreasonable people. That boy Zhu Yunwen is dissatisfied with us, so we will not implicate the gentry in Beiping Mansion."
Guo An looked at the gentry again.
"His Royal Highness, King Yan, is so magnanimous, and I am deeply grateful!"
"Yes, yes, we will never dare to be enemies with Prince Yan's Mansion..."
All the gentry nodded in response with gratitude on their faces.
Are you giving an example?
He is clearly threatening them gentry in a fair and just way!
"Since everyone agrees, then everyone is happy!"
Guo An smiled with great satisfaction.
All the gentry also quickly smiled.
Suddenly, Guo An didn't know what he thought of, and turned to look at Zhu Di.
"Your Highness, now our Prince Yan's Mansion is making every effort to govern the Yan Kingdom of Goryeo. I wonder if we can also involve all the gentry families?"
"Huh?"
Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, not knowing what he thought of, and his expression was a little strange.
And all the gentry could not help but tremble in their hearts, and their faces were full of pain.
As fellow gentry, how could Guo Changshi be so evil-minded and still not let them go even though he was like this?
Guo An didn't know that his kind words directly misunderstood Zhu Di and the gentry.
Still continued: "Your Highness, the Goryeo Yan Kingdom is so big, and the officials in Prince Yan's Mansion alone are far from being able to control the Goryeo Yan Kingdom.
And all the gentry have big families and great businesses, and there are also many talented people in their families.
They can be allowed to open shops in Goryeoyan State, or they can be allowed to purchase fields and real estate in Goryeoyan State.
They can even be allowed to trade with Goryeo and Yan!"
"Huh?"
Zhu Di's expression suddenly narrowed.
And below, the group of gentry were shocked for a while.
Immediately, his face was filled with ecstasy again.
Nowadays, as their children have entered the Goryeo State and become officials, they naturally have a certain understanding of the situation in the Goryeo State.
Compared with Beiping Prefecture, Goryeo Yan State was a little barren.
However, there are also millions of people.
Moreover, the most important thing is that in the Goryeo Yan Kingdom, except for the business of Prince Yan, there are no merchants from the Ming Dynasty.
According to their perspective, the land of the Goryeo Yan Kingdom was enough to double the family fortune of the gentry like them.
Compared with these gentry, Zhu Di's brows furrowed.
The Kingdom of Yan in Goryeo has always been the back garden and money bag of Prince Yan’s palace.
"Guo Qing, my father did not allow the Ming Dynasty to trade with foreign countries, let alone go to sea privately!"
Upon hearing this, the eyes of all the gentry suddenly dimmed.
Guo An smiled faintly, "Your Highness, Your Majesty does not allow the people of Ming Dynasty to go to the sea privately and trade with the outside world privately.
However, in this matter, it is still our Prince Yan’s Palace that conducts direct trade with the Yan State of Goryeo, and it does not violate His Majesty’s edict!”
"Oh?"
A trace of curiosity flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, "What good ideas does Guo Qing have?"
All the gentry looked at Guo An expectantly.
Guo An said quietly: "Your Highness, we can establish a chamber of commerce under Prince Yan's residence.
These gentry became shareholders, and in the end, they were responsible for the business with Goryeo Yan State.
However, the trade with the Yan Kingdom of Goryeo is led by our Yan Palace, and we still use our Yan Palace’s ships, and even need to use our Yan Palace’s guards, channels, and money..."
As he said this, Guo An couldn't help but be stunned.
"In this case, don't you, the gentry, have any advantages that can be used to invest in the Chamber of Commerce of Prince Yan's Palace?"