Farmer’s Little Girl

  Chapter 3152 Protection

  The emperor waved his hand: "The rich of the people is the wealth of the country."

He thought very openly, "The people have money. Even if the treasury doesn’t join hands for a while in a disaster or disaster, they can save themselves. It is the same effect as putting money in the treasury and using it for the people, so you don’t have to care about salt. The price is too low, and it's a big deal if I don't charge this salt tax."

  The emperor said so, what else can others say?

   knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

  Kong Jijiu slightly raised his head to look at the prince who was diagonally opposite. Seeing that there was no dissatisfaction on his face, he nodded slightly in his heart, and was more satisfied with him.

  Actually, Bai Shan was also the prince’s companion, and the reform of the salt administration was also the first to agree with him.

  Kong Jijiu's mouth is slightly raised, and he feels that the prince finally has the grace and mind to be a prince.

  Since the emperor doesn’t even care about taxes, then...

  Lord Tang eagerly suggested, "Why don't it be as good as the salt and iron monopoly?"

  He said: “Establish a salt transportation department to be responsible for operating official salt? In this way, the national treasury can not only make profits, but also control the price of salt, so that the benefit of the people is not better than letting the merchants earn another layer?”

  Liu Shangshu lifted his spirits and nodded one after another, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks this is a good idea."

  Wei Zhi frowned. He didn't want to set up a salt transportation department. He wanted to sell it to merchants. The merchants were profit-seeking. They knew better than Yamen how to save costs. And as the emperor said, the wealth of the country is not as good as the wealth of the people, and merchants belong to the people.

  Wei Zhi has no prejudice against business, and is even willing to strongly support their development.

  Lord Tang is just the opposite. He believes that many crimes in the world are caused by profit, and merchants are the most profitable. Although Lord Wei said that the government will suppress the salt price, Lord Tang still does not believe in the morality of merchants.

  Each of them explained their opinions and their strengths and weaknesses, then looked at the emperor and others, waiting for them to make up their minds.

The emperor groaned: "What do you think of Aiqing?"

Kong Jijiu said: "Just count the money. If it is a salt and iron monopoly, what is the price that can be offered now, and how much money can be stored in the warehouse after all costs? If it is handed over to the merchants, what is the price they can accept, Will prices increase significantly in the future, and what part of the money they make?"

  They must ensure that the merchants make enough profits from the salt, otherwise this policy will definitely not be carried out. In the end, they will find a way to make up for it from other places, which they absolutely do not allow.

  The prince sat aside slightly, and chose one of the two. In other words, they all agreed to reform the salt administration, but they have not yet determined how to change it.

  The prince picked his lips, and felt that Jiangnan’s affairs were settled.

  Sure enough, at the next day's dynasty meeting, Wei Zhi again raised the salt policy reform. There were few opponents, and some people panicked when they saw it.

  Before they heard the news, the emperor convened a meeting of the Hundred Officials and mentioned the establishment of salt transport divisions in various places to sell official salt.

The hundreds of officials were shocked, and they were stunned for a while. I didn’t expect the salt administration reform to be so big. Before they could come back to discuss it, the emperor asked them to move out a pile of zucchini, and said with a calm face: "This is the impeachment of the Jiangnan Salt Administration. The zucchini."

"Salt is related to the people's livelihood. As a result, Jiangnan Salt Field did not prepare for it last year. This year, the official salt in each county should be temporarily broken..." , Asked Gu Zhong to take out the zhezi and read one by one, and all the sitting officials came out with cold sweat.

   Even the unrelated Master Tang felt terrified, and sat motionless in his position with his head down.

  But the emperor clicked his name.

  Master Tang's heart was stagnant, and after a pause, he got up from his seat, got out of the queue, bowed and said, "The minister is here."

  The emperor said with a sullen face: "You will go to Jiangnan again to find out why the Jiangnan Saltworks neglected their duties and escorted all the criminals back to the capital. Associate with the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple and Yushitai."

  The bosses of the Ministry of Punishment and the Yushitai of Dali Temple came out and bowed in response.

  The emperor got up and flung his sleeves and left.

  Gu Zhong hurriedly yelled "retreat" and hurried to chase the emperor.

  As soon as the Great Dynasty Meeting ended, all kinds of news flew out of the capital and went in all directions.

  The reform of the salt administration is a major event, and the Jiangnan shaking is not a trivial matter. None of them is trivial.

  Even Mrs. Tang and Mr. Zhuang hurriedly wrote to Bai Shan and Zhou Man, telling them about the capital, and urged them to pay attention to safety.

  Master Tang wrote and reacted. Now he and Yang Heshu seem to be the most dangerous, especially Yang Heshu.

  Master Tang hurriedly ended the letter, and after handing it out to his servants, he hurriedly went to Yang's house.

  Yang Houye also sent the letter out. Hearing the concierge said that Tang He is coming, he gritted his teeth and said, "Hurry up and invite him in."

  Although he had political disagreements with his son, he was old, and the Yang family had to hand it over to Yang Heshu in the end, and looking at today’s general trend, his choice was undoubtedly the right one.

  So he has to try his best to keep his son first.

  Yang Houye put Tang He in, and the two of them locked up in the study for a long time and discussed, and finally Tang He took away the long accompanying Yang Houye when he left.

  At this time, Bai Shan, who was still ignorant, was sitting in the lobby of the county government, looking at the kneeling people. He patted the gavel and asked: "Does the county need to be tried sentence by sentence?"

  The kneeling two shook their bodies, and repeatedly kowtowed and said: "My lord, the low-ranking class knows that I was wrong, my lord forgive us, and we will not dare to commit it again in the future."

  Bai Shan took the gavel and turned and asked, "Come and tell me in detail what you committed?"

  The two lowered their heads for a long time without speaking. They glanced at each other quietly, and finally the human kneeling on the left said: "We should not be drunk and reveal the secrets of the county government."

   "Yes, yes, but we didn't mean it," the one on the right said: "At that time, the merchants were drinking too much, and I went out after talking bald."

  Bai Shan raised his eyelids to look at them, "Does this county look so foolish? How do you know that the county's finances are empty?"

  "We occasionally heard Fang Xiancheng talk to you."

  Bai Shan turned to look at Da Ji who was standing not far away.

Daji looked at their faces carefully and shook his head at him, saying, "Unless their ears are better than mine, it will be impossible to hear."

   Although Bai Shan is worried about money, he rarely mentions it to his men. After all, he wants to calm people's hearts, right?

  Fang County Cheng is also his subordinate.

Therefore, Bai Shan didn’t mention this matter to him face to face. Every time I was lucky, because it was confidential, they would pay attention every time. Even if they didn’t look for a hidden place, at least they wouldn’t mention it casually. , So that anyone can hear it.

  Bai Shan stared at them for a long time, and saw that although they were trembling and sweating on their faces, they were bitten to death by accident, not deliberately...

Bai Shan recruited a servant and said: "Let Dong County Lie check the people they have contacted in the last three months, especially those from other places. By the way, check if there are more people in their homes recently. Money or things."

  (End of this chapter)