Chapter 120 My Big Brother's Insights

That is, his face turned red and his whole body was trembling, and he looked like he wanted to eat someone.

It must be said that Wang An had long experienced his younger brother's patriotic enthusiasm and was no longer surprised to see this.

Wang Chengen and Wei Zhongxian on the side also kept their heads down and said nothing, fearing that they would anger Chongzhen at this critical moment.

After being sullen for a long time, Chongzhen said indignantly: "Is there no one to stop these traitors from colluding with the Qing army?"

"Who cares?" Wang An sneered, "Do you know that in the 48th year of the Wanli reign, there were still local merchants from Shandong, western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning doing business with the Jiannu in Fushun? Why did it develop into a situation where Shanxi became the only one that dominated the market?"

"Didn't you say, brother, that four of the nine important border towns were taken advantage of by Shanxi merchants?" Chongzhen asked.

Wang An nodded and said, "That's one reason, but the most important thing is that these Shanxi merchants are very wealthy and powerful, and have already formed a chain of interests in the government and the country!"

"Whether it's the port supervisory officials or the cabinet officials in the court, there are people who speak up for them. Anyone who dares to interfere with this chain of interests will be in trouble with all the officials of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Moreover, these Shanxi merchants not only sold supplies to the Jiannu, but also sold the intelligence and movements of the Ming Dynasty to the Jiannu!"

"The Jian Nu entered the pass in the later period, thanks to these Shanxi merchants who provided them with food and the movements of the Ming army. Otherwise, how could these Jian Nu, who were unfamiliar with the place, come and go freely in the heart of the Ming Dynasty and make the Ming army officers and soldiers run around in circles?"

"Haha, throughout history, no foreign army has fought as smoothly as the Jiannu. Do you think it's possible that there were no traitors surrendering?"

"So, little brother, don't even think about doing border trade. Not to mention whether you can fit into this group, even if you do fit in, you'll die sooner or later with your personality."

Chongzhen stood there with a dark face for a long time. After a long time, he seemed to have caught Wang An's loophole and said, "But brother, didn't you say that the Duoluotu tribe and Huang Taiji are mortal enemies and it is absolutely impossible to sell supplies to the Jiannu?"

"In this case, even if the Shanxi merchants controlled the channels for mutual trade, they would not be able to sell their supplies to the Jiannu, right?"

Wang An looked at Chongzhen like a child again and said, "The Duolot tribe will indeed not allow Shanxi merchants to sell goods to Jiannu, but you forget that Jiannu never conducts business with Ming merchants through normal channels."

"Either they are pretending to be from the Mongolian tribe, or they are smuggling by land or sea."

"What Shanxi merchants needed was never permission from the government, but a legitimate channel to transport goods out of the country."

"As long as the imperial court allows mutual trade, these Shanxi merchants have been wandering around the nine borders for decades. They know exactly where there are small roads and checkpoints to transport goods out of the border and secretly sell them to the Jian Nu."

"All they need is to be able to transport the supplies to the pass smoothly along the way. As long as the court still has trade, they can openly purchase supplies from all over the Ming Dynasty and then sell them to the Jiannu."

Chongzhen's face turned slightly pale, and he said, "So as long as the mutual trade exists, these damn Shanxi merchants will have an excuse to transport supplies to the border in a legitimate way?"

"Does this mean that the imperial court can only put an end to trade?"

Chongzhen thought so, but if he did so, he would not be able to support Dorote smoothly.

Wang An shook his head and said, "We can't just stop eating because of choking. Moreover, if the imperial court completely cuts off trade, not to mention that it will not be able to support the Dorlots, the Mongolians will lack salt, tea and other materials that are vital to their survival. They will inevitably plunder the Ming Dynasty, making the border of the Ming Dynasty unstable."

"So, mutual trade is inevitable!" Chongzhen's face turned even paler. He suddenly grabbed Wang An's arm and asked, "Brother, do you have any ideas?"

Wang An touched Chongzhen's head lovingly, which frightened the newly arrived Wei Zhongxian and Li Yongzhen.

Then Wang Ancai said: "You are still so patriotic!"

After doting on Chongzhen, Wang An suddenly became murderous and said, "If we want to open up the trade and stop illegal merchants from sending supplies to Jian Nu, it's actually very simple. It's just one word - kill!"

Chongzhen suddenly realized that although the word "kill" was simple and crude, it was a simple and easy way to do it if you thought about it carefully!
Just as Wang An said, anyone who dares to have an affair with the Jiannu will be killed!

The killing was so fierce that the world was dark and the nine clans were wiped out!

There are also people hanging heads of smugglers in front of the gate of the foreign trade port. Even if it cannot completely scare away those greedy people, it can always greatly reduce the resources that the building can obtain from the merchants.

Wang An was murderous one second ago, but he laughed obscenely the next, "Little brother, you don't know how rich these so-called eight imperial merchants are. They have been supplying supplies and leaking intelligence to the Jian Nu for decades, and the wealth they have accumulated is already an extremely astonishing figure!"

"Isn't the imperial court short of money? Killing them will bring us a lot of money, and it can also serve as a warning to others, which is really killing two birds with one stone!"

"But it is not easy to get rid of the Shanxi merchants. They have already bribed everyone in the government and the public. If the emperor wants to move against them, it will surely lead to opposition from all officials. Given the temper of our emperor, he will definitely give up after a few words from Wencheng and others."

Chongzhen blushed and felt quite embarrassed.

Fortunately, because of the previous excitement, Chongzhen's face was already very red, so Wang An didn't notice anything.

At this time, Wei Zhongxian and Li Yongzhen, who were sitting in the main seats, were already stunned.

Although they listened to the conversation between the two from beginning to end, they still felt confused.

Although they could understand everything Wang An said, they were even quite moved.

But they could not understand why Chongzhen did not get angry when Wang An said that the Jiannu would invade the Central Plains in the future.

How did Wang An know that the Shanxi merchants were having an affair with the Jiannu?
There's even something called "Records of Qing Dynasty". What the hell is that? It sounds like a history book of some dynasty.

However, for thousands of years in China, there has never been a country called Qing.

Although Chongzhen was present, Wei Zhongxian could not help but ask, "How did you know these things, Wang An? Many of the things you just mentioned are about the future. Can you predict them?"

Wei Zhongxian did not dare to say directly that Wang An was talking nonsense, but only hinted at it.

But what Wei Zhongxian didn't expect was that before Wang An could explain, Chongzhen spoke up for his brother: "Eunuch Wei, you don't know that my cousin is the 32nd generation descendant of the Mayi Sect, and he is a man of extraordinary foresight!"

(End of this chapter)