[Comprehensive Wear] It's hard to be a princess

In fact, Lin Hai's situation in Jiangnan was not as dire as Jia Daihan thought. The former princes conspired against Jiangnan, and Jiangnan was not unaffected.Although there are no people here, but money has been paid!It is also speculative for these people to participate in it, but when the rebellion is quelled, the next step is to settle accounts after the fall.

After all, the amount of money spent by the rebel army to have such a scale is not a small number. Besides, half of the money can be used to raise soldiers. There are still a series of power-money transactions and party formation for personal gain.Many people have a bad habit of keeping accounts, like Tu Jingping and Tu Jingning. When the palace was confiscated, the accounts were found, and there were a lot of gift slips. What, it is vivid.

It's nothing more than giving things away. Those officials in Beijing who are clean and rumored still have ice respect and carbon respect. Living in Beijing is not easy. Relying on salary alone really cannot support the dignity of officials.Therefore, since the name was created in the previous dynasty, it has become a common practice.For example, some businessmen and officials promoted by the palace give gifts to the palace for three festivals and two birthdays, which is a matter of course.However, there is actually a limit to this. If it exceeds this limit, it is wrong!

People who are emperors are best at venting anger.Although he gave his son to death, deep down in his heart, Emperor Qianyuan felt that his own child was actually a good child, and was instigated by others. The officials, gentry and businessmen below encouraged and coerced his son to do it for his own ambition. Come up with something like this.Therefore, Emperor Qianyuan directly ordered that all the remaining parties of the two kings should be investigated to the end.

Tu Jingping and Tu Jingning used the salt tax in the south of the Yangtze River as their wallets. Naturally, a lot of salt merchants were involved.These salt merchants may have great influence in the local area, they want people and money, but they are also weak in the face of violent state agencies.

Emperor Qianyuan was furious and directly mobilized the garrison in Jiangnan.Jinling is the place where Laotu’s family started. The first imperial tomb and the ancestral tomb of Laotu’s family are also in Jinling. The first emperor and Emperor Qianyuan went south a lot. Therefore, the defense of Jinling has never been ignored. Therefore, there There are troops stationed all year round, even if they don't see blood as often as the frontier troops, but compared with the unorganized servants, the organized army is still far behind.

When the army comes to your door, what else is there to say.What Lin Hai can do to those salt merchants is to cut their flesh with soft knives and restrict them through administrative means. These salt merchants have backers behind them, but they are still untouchable backers. As a result, now, the backers have collapsed. Where can Lin Hai still be? scruples.

Lin Hai was very lucky. If there hadn't been a conspiracy in Beijing, in fact, many salt merchants who had lost their interests had already planned to jump the wall and attack Lin Hai.As a result, they are too busy to take care of themselves now, and they go to the doctor in a hurry, and some even ask Lin Hai. Of course, they are looking at the Rongguo Mansion behind Lin Hai.It's a pity that these guys are stinky meat now, who dares to contaminate them, isn't it afraid to make them feel fishy?

On the Jiangnan side, almost all the big salt merchants were involved, and the small and medium-sized salt merchants who were spared were like frightened quails, who dared to raise the slightest objection.Of course, those courageous ones have already become active. After all, the big salt merchants above are gone, and the vacancy left must be filled. In the past, those few companies joined forces and were only willing to give them some small and medium-sized salt merchants. Water, now that they are gone, the family can always eat big!

It's a pity that Lin Hai is planning to surrender to the East Palace, and is going to set up a salt farm to dry salt!In addition, he doesn't want to have those overly large salt merchants. Such big salt merchants come in too fast, and then they have to play the game of collusion between officials and businessmen, and even coerce public opinion. Lin Hai is a traditional scholar-bureaucrat He has always looked down on this kind of people, so he plans to open up the entry threshold for salt merchants, so that even small merchants can participate.As for the salt tax, it will be deducted directly when selling salt. In this way, it will not be easy for those salt merchants to use their size to control the price of salt and sell private salt!

Lin Hai knew that the method of drying salt was also obtained from Jia She. At that time, because Emperor Qianyuan wanted to be safe, he did not agree. Jia She saw the method of drying salt in the East Palace. In the letter, he said a few words to Lin Hai.Lin Hai felt that this matter was very interesting at the time. In the past few years, he has been trying to complete the new salt administration plan. Unfortunately, he had a good idea, but the timing did not allow it. Now, the interest chain in the salt administration is almost It was all destroyed, and it was the best time for reform.But correspondingly, if he wants to complete the reform, Lin Hai needs to stay in his current position for a few more years. With such credits, although he won't be able to go up to three levels after returning to Beijing, it's not much worse.

Jia Min is very supportive of Lin Hai's choice. After all, the most dangerous time has passed, and the next is the time to get results. If you want to return to Beijing now, at most it will be an initiative, telling others to pick the peaches. Besides, she also wanted to feel proud.Xunyan Yushi is a low-ranking but powerful official position, but it is only a sixth rank. If Lin Hai did not retain the status of a capital censor, this official position in Yangzhou is not as good as that of the prefect of Yangzhou. It's just an imperial order, and it's not very eye-catching in the officialdom on the Jiangnan side.Jia Min was born as the first daughter of the Duke of the Kingdom. Since she was a child, she has always been favored by others in the social arena, and there is no reason for her to favor others.Although Lin Hai is a rare young talent and a hero, his starting point is already very high, but if he doesn't make any great achievements, he can only slowly rise up.In this era, women really depend on their parents at home, and their husbands and sons when they go out.Jia Min wants to make his son successful, but he is not sure how long he will have to wait. All he can count on is that his husband will be prosperous and his wife will be noble.Lin Hai was able to accomplish this, and with such a foundation of merit, even if he did nothing afterwards, he would be among the smoothest group to be promoted in the future.That being the case, then it is nothing to delay in Jiangnan for a few more years.

After Lin Hai's booklet was delivered to Emperor Qianyuan, Emperor Qianyuan was taken aback for a moment. He could not help but suspect that Lin Hai had taken refuge in Tu Jingchen, and he signed the booklet under Tu Jingchen's instigation, but his face remained calm. He said with a smile, "Prince, you can also take a look at this notebook!"

Tu Jingchen didn't think much about it. Since Emperor Qianyuan recovered from his illness, he had the intention of delegating power. In the past, Tu Jingchen listened to Emperor Qianyuan in everything. Now Emperor Qianyuan began to let go and let Tu Jingchen be the master. Therefore, letting Tu Jingchen read the booklet is already a normal operation, so Tu Jingchen took the booklet, opened it, and a little surprise appeared on his face.

Emperor Qianyuan watched Tu Jingchen's expression carefully, seeing that Tu Jingchen's surprise did not seem fake, he was also relieved, having met with the betrayal of his two sons, Emperor Qianyuan was delegating power to the prince now, but, Deep down in his heart, even he had some doubts about this most beloved son.

However, Tu Jingchen's expression became more and more upbeat. He put down the booklet and said excitedly, "Father, Lin Hai is a capable minister! This time Jiangnan has been cleaned up, and now it is time to reform the salt administration." , will no longer be constrained!"

Emperor Qianyuan nodded, knocked on the table with his index finger, pondered for a while, and directly ordered, "Call the cabinet to discuss matters in the imperial study!"

Those who can enter the cabinet at least have a way of trying to figure out the holy will. Since Emperor Qianyuan summoned them to discuss this matter, it means that Emperor Qianyuan has already inclined to reform the salt administration.After seeing the blueprint of the salt farm, the elders felt that it was indeed feasible, but it couldn't be done overnight.After all, we have to take into account the climate of the seaside. The cabinet is always from the south, and the south is very rainy. It is definitely not possible to dry the salt on this rainy day. Besides, there are typhoons on the seaside. Therefore, the location of the salt field is just a problem. , you need to find a place with a relatively long sunshine time and not easily affected by typhoons. For these, you have to check the local chronicles of various places. In addition, there are not so many salt households needed for drying salt. Then, how to arrange these salt households is also a problem. You can't really ignore it and let them fend for themselves.

However, there is nothing to say about this point. This time, a lot of money was confiscated just by various house raids. What's more, the money from the raids on those salt merchants has not yet been brought back. Those salt merchants are really rich, and they saved money. The ability is also great, the gold and silver in the warehouse are cast into solid wax gourds, and there is no need to worry about thieves stealing them at the gate, because they are not easy to handle and may not be able to move them.In addition, there are still a large number of industries, and it will take some time to dispose of them.In any case, after two years of financial constraints, Emperor Qianyuan suddenly became rich again.In this way, it is not difficult to dismiss those salt households.

Tu Jingchen pondered for a while and said, "Father, I think that it is not an option to directly send repatriation fees to the salt households. They will not be able to buy much property after taking the money. I think that it is better to give people fish than to give them fish." Yiyu, according to Lin Yushi's statement, can allow small merchants to participate in the sale of salt, it is better to distribute salt to these salt merchants when they are dismissed, which can be regarded as a long-term business."

Emperor Qianyuan thought about it for a while. Although the number of registered salt households in the south of the Yangtze River is not too many, if each household is issued ten taels and twenty taels of silver, the sum is not small. Besides, the reason why Tu Jingchen I feel that it is inappropriate to send money directly, and I am also afraid that someone will do something to me. These salt households have no backers. In the end, before the money is received, most of them will be drifted away by officials and subordinates. At that time, they will not resent those officials, but only resent the court. .It is different when issuing salt quotations. These officials don’t care about the salt quotations.

Emperor Qianyuan nodded, looked at the elders of the pavilion again, and directly settled the matter, saying, "In this case, all aiqings will discuss a specific statement first, and then draft an order and send it to Jiangnan. Lin Hai has full authority to handle this matter, and if it succeeds, it can be promoted in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Qilu and other coastal areas in the future!"

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