The official road of the farmer

Ye Junshu clocks in on time every day. Since the king took over the government, Ye Junshu's life has gradually become difficult.

Even if the other party's target is not obvious, there is no shortage of people in this world who are trying to curry favor with Dai Wang.

So Ye Junshu encountered a little resistance in doing things.

But still within the range of tolerance, Ye Junshu did not take any counterattacks for the time being.

When he got home, he saw Li Yu with a serious face, and Ye Junshu could tell at a glance that he was stumped by something.

Ye Junshu asked, "What's wrong?"

Li Yu handed him the letter in his hand, "The matter of Luguan."

When Ye Junshu heard it, he immediately understood.

He took the letter and looked through it, "Is it difficult?"

Li Yu didn't hide the matter of Luguan from Ye Junshu, and the two discussed it, but because they couldn't go and see it in person, they didn't know what the situation was.

The two had the same opinion, and both believed that the Fuyan Transporter should not be in the same boat, and it was more likely that he had been wronged.

Just judging from the news from inquiring, the situation is very unfavorable for the Salt Transporter. All the evidence points to his corruption and bribery, and the corruption is huge.

"Can't find any evidence to prove his innocence?" Ye Junshu was also a little worried after reading the letter.

Although he hadn't had much dealings with Fu Yan, he admired such an upright official.

Although Ye Junshu was one of them who offended many people with his ignorant and stubborn temper, but Ye Junshu was very generous and didn't care about it at all.

Speaking of which, they didn't have any major conflicts, at best, they just had a disharmony in their aura, and Ye Junshu couldn't get used to it.

The two had nothing to do with each other.

"Difficult. Li Yu shook his head.

If you insist on continuing to investigate further, you may be able to find some evidence to prove your innocence, but the time is too short, and Li's people can't find any useful information.

Fu Yan's life in Luguan was not good, and he could not support himself alone.

As soon as he went to Luguan, before he had a firm foothold, he made several policies, which touched the interests of many people.

He acted too hastily, even if he saw something he didn't like, he didn't know how to be tactful. There was no one around him who could help him, so it was really difficult for him to move forward.

Since ancient times, the salt industry has been a huge profiteering industry. The imperial court has mastered the salt industry, and merchants naturally do everything they can to get the door of this salt industry. High-priced bribes and collusion between officials and businessmen are the norm.

And even if the profit-seeking salt merchants get a "salt introduction" and are qualified to sell official salt, they will not be satisfied with it.

In order to obtain high profits by all means, they did not hesitate to add impurities to the official salt, misleading them.

In this way, the quality of official salt is greatly reduced, and the common people are naturally unwilling to buy it.This has led to a phenomenon that private salt is more popular than official salt.

However, in fact, these salt merchants have acquired the management rights of private salt and official salt. They are happy to see this situation, because private salt is more profitable than official salt.

It is already the norm in the salt industry that officials and salt merchants who are enriching their own pockets raise the price of salt, shoddy good ones, and engage in monopoly buying and selling by force.

The high price of salt is mainly because of this reason.

It is understandable for Fuyan to touch the interests of others rashly as soon as he goes away.

If there is no evidence to prove innocence, it is likely to result in unjust, false or wrongly decided cases.

The salt transport envoy was isolated, framed by local officials, slandered by salt merchants, and with all the witnesses and material evidence, it was difficult to stand up.

Li Yu couldn't do anything in a short period of time, he could only order his subordinates to do things cheaply.

Ye Junshu thought about it, and felt that this matter was very difficult.

"Your Majesty shouldn't misunderstand, right?" Under such circumstances, they could only place their hopes on Emperor Tai'an's attitude for the time being.

It's just that Emperor Tai'an handed over this matter to Dai Wang.

Strictly speaking, Fuyan Yunshi can be regarded as a member of Emperor Tai'an, otherwise he would not be placed in such an important position.

It is estimated that everyone did not expect that Fu Yanyun would be so reckless.

Maybe it wasn't recklessness, but his refusal to go along with others made some people excited.

But even if Emperor Tai'an prefers to pay the salt transportation envoy, there is nothing he can do if there is sufficient evidence, right?

What's more, Emperor Tai'an still didn't trust Fuyan's transport envoy.

Ye Junshu thought about it, "Is Luguan the place where Dai Wang's money is held?"

Ye Junshu quickly figured out the joint.

If Dai Wang wants to do things, win people over, and support family members, money is essential.

Every prince has his own way of raising money, Ye Junshu can understand.

Even the Seventh Prince would give shelter to some merchants and receive some offerings.

But the difference is that the money itself is not clean.

The disciples raised under the Seventh Prince's name are all carefully selected. Although they may have some personal thoughts, they are generally good.

The Seventh Prince will never condone his subordinates to do bad things in his name.

Both Ye Junshu and Li Yu knew about it, but they didn't intervene, pretending they didn't know.

No matter how close the relationship between them and the Seventh Prince was, they would never go beyond what they shouldn't care about.

The Seventh Prince is not lacking in ability, on the contrary, he is very good at leadership.

This is their happiest.

If the Seventh Prince finds out that the people under him are committing crimes in his name, he will definitely punish him severely without mercy.

The reason why Ye Junshu knew it was because it had happened before.

On the other hand, Dai Wang, the people under him are not jealous of good or bad, they receive offerings every year, and they don't go to trace the source, and they don't care whether the money will be stained with other people's blood and sweat.

Most of the time, they turn a blind eye and close one eye, and what's more, they support those who do evil.

Because they can bring him huge benefits.

This is what Ye Junshu despises the most.

Even if Ye Junshu didn't take a natural stand, he wouldn't take the Dai King's side.

After all, the three views are inconsistent.

Li Yu nodded, confirming Ye Junshu's guess.

They had doubts in the past, but there was no evidence, and all kinds of transactions were hidden in the dark, and it was basically impossible to find out without special investigation.

Now it is confirmed that Dai Wang is supporting those salt merchants in Luguan.

Whether it's public or private, Li Yu doesn't want to see a good minister being framed and leading to a bad end.

He is going to send more people to Luguan.

By the way, Li Yu fed back the investigation results of the incident to the Seventh Prince.

For this reason, the Seventh Prince made a special trip out of the palace to meet with Ye Junshu and Li Yu to discuss this matter.

The Seventh Prince and Ye Junshu had the same opinion. They didn't want their loyal ministers to be framed. It was better to find out the truth of the matter. Knowing that they had sent more people there, the Seventh Prince felt relieved.

However, "The Luguan incident is not a special case. Salt, iron and tea are one of the imperial court's sources of income. Most of the imperial court's interests are sucked away by these leeches. I know that the water in these industries is extremely deep. Is there any way to break it?" This custom?"

It stands to reason that these profiteering industries in the hands of the court can make the court a lot of money, but in fact the court's income is only one-tenth, and most of the income is exploited by the officials and businessmen below.

Even though the imperial court already has another source of money, the imperial court cannot afford to lose too much.

When the water is clear, there will be no fish. If only a little is distributed, most of it is still in the hands of the court. They can still turn a blind eye, but in fact, the officials and businessmen below are richer than the court.

Ye Junshu asked: "The Seventh Prince thinks what should be done?"

Xiahou Xuanjing stared in thought, and then said: "Perhaps we can get rid of the cocoon and ask the bottom line, and stop the possibility of government officials and businessmen's corruption and profit from the source?"

The Seventh Prince looked at Ye Junshu, "Like starting with salt?"

In this way, this problem can be solved invisibly, instead of coercive policies to control violence with violence.

Ye Junshu said appreciatively: "That's right."

"In the final analysis, this matter is the problem of Yanyin." Ye Junshu was extremely relieved, he felt that he would not have to worry about the turmoil of the current situation in the next few decades.

The Seventh Prince already has the qualities of a Mingjun. If he succeeds to the throne in the future, he will definitely be able to push the Great Xia to another peak. Maybe the Great Xia's prosperity will be realized when the Seventh Prince is on the throne.

But what Ye Junshu can see is a peaceful and prosperous world, not a fragmented country.

It is so important to have a good leader!

Ye Junshu explained: "The reason why there is collusion between the government and businessmen to monopolize the trade is that the threshold for the salt trade is too high, which leads to it being in the hands of a few people. Because of the severe punishment for selling salt without permission, except for a small number of bold people who dare to risk their lives , most merchants dare not touch it easily."

Ye Junshu earnestly said: "If the salt law can be reformed, such as changing the system of purchasing salt by "salt quotation" and lowering the threshold for salt merchants, and people can sell official salt only by paying a certain amount of tax to the government, then the country will be eliminated. The monopoly position obtained by the salt merchants by virtue of the collusion between officials and businessmen was eliminated.

With the emergence of a large number of salt merchants, more salt will be supplied to the market, and the competitiveness will only increase. In this way, the price of salt can also be reduced, and ordinary people can also get benefits. "

The imperial court is currently implementing the Yanyin system, that is, merchants spend money to buy salt.Merchants use salt to bring salt to the salt field, and then sell salt in designated salt sales areas. This is official salt.

If the restrictions on sales boundaries were abolished and sales tickets were issued, as long as they wanted to sell salt, they could go to the salt bureau to take lessons and buy salt tickets.

Salt merchants must buy salt if they want to do legal business, and peddlers must pay taxes if they want to get a share of the pie.

Xiahou Xuanjing listened to Ye Junshu's more detailed analysis, and his heart became more and more admirable. His eyes brightened, "Brother Zizhou, what you said is also what I think in my heart."

To fundamentally solve the problem is to change the salt law.

However, every system change requires a process, and every step needs to be carefully considered, and the possible consequences of the reform must also be considered, and methods must be tried in advance to prevent them.

Every policy has advantages and disadvantages, and the imperial court has always held it, but when the advantages of this policy outweigh the disadvantages, it can be done.

"The Seventh Prince can go back and think about it carefully. We may be able to use the Luguan matter to implement it." If it can be successfully implemented, it will undoubtedly add another glory to the Seventh Prince's political achievements.

The reform of the salt law is a trend, and their steps have not been too big. Proceeding from reality, it is time for reform.

Xiahou Xuanjing nodded, "I see, when the time comes, Brother Zizhou, you have to help me."

Ye Junshu smiled and said, "That's natural."

The Seventh Prince left with enthusiasm and went back to ponder.

But soon they didn't have the energy to pay attention to Luguan and Yanfa.

The first two days were just a cold spring, but Emperor Tai'an's condition, which had almost improved, suddenly worsened, even worse than before, to the point where he couldn't recover.

Ye Junshu, Li Yu and the others heard about it, and only then did they face it squarely.

They all found it very strange that they were naturally very concerned about Emperor Tai'an's dragon body health, and it was precisely because they knew about it that they didn't worry much.

And seeing that Emperor Tai'an was about to get better, it turned out to be bad because of a sudden change in the weather?

Thinking of Emperor Tai'an's age, Ye Junshu also became anxious. The medical conditions here are not very good, and it is very likely that the illness will relapse!

Li Yu wanted to go into the palace to visit immediately, but he was blocked from outside and couldn't go in.

For a while, there was a lot of turmoil inside and outside the palace, and everyone was in danger.

The author has something to say:

Everything in the text that involves relevant ancient systems, such as the imperial examinations, official titles, salt law, etc., are all borrowed from previous dynasties. The specific dynasties are not accurate, and it is estimated that there are Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. . . .What a mess