The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Xiao Jing ordered factory guards to clear the road.

Half an hour later, he entered the Fengtian Hall to report.

"Your Majesty, you can leave the palace."

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang looked at each other and bowed: "I would like to go with your Majesty."

The capital is unstable, and I am afraid that Bai Lian and the remnants will sneak into the capital. At the critical moment, I can use my body to block His Majesty's sword.

Most importantly, I want to see what Yan Chengjin does.

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and agreed.

Go to the side hall to change into blue and white Confucian clothes and put on a warm cloak.

Leaving the palace from the side gate on the west side of the imperial city, two carriages drove quickly towards Liangxiang.

Along the way to the capital, there were hundreds of closed shops, deserted and quiet.

When they arrived at the official road, Emperor Hongzhi raised the curtain of the carriage and said, "There are 50% fewer carriages and horses than usual."

Liu Jian and the three of them sat in the carriage together.

Xie Qian comforted: "It's winter, the snow is buried in the knees, and it's difficult for cars and horses to move. There will naturally be fewer cars and horses. Your Majesty, don't worry."

Xiao Jing secretly blamed Yan Chengjin.

I didn’t even say anything. Fangshan was as big as half the capital, so where could I go to find him?

"Your Majesty, where are we going in Fangshan?"

Emperor Hongzhi was stunned and thought about it again: "Yan Qing's family was not mentioned in the letter."

Li Dongyang secretly thought that Yan Chengjin must have asked His Majesty to leave the palace in order to suppress Yan Yin.

"Go to Nankang in Fangshan. I guess he should be at the wine shop."

The wine making workshop in Liangxiang is the only place Yan Chengjin might go.

But why would your Majesty go to the winery?

An hour later, the carriage stopped in front of a wine shop.

Even before getting out of the car, Emperor Hongzhi could smell a stench.

Yan Chengjin stood in front of the wine shop and bowed slightly: "Your Majesty, Yan Chengjin, has met you."

Zhang Xian, Wang Shouren and others bowed one after another.

Emperor Hongzhi was displeased: "I came according to your letter, why did you ask me to leave the palace?!"

The letter said that he came to Fangshan to solve his doubts, so he left the palace.

In front of the Fengtian Hall, there was a mess, the gentry closed their shops, and the ballads and pieces of music piled up like mountains.

The salt policy is related to the imperial court and countless people in the world, and is related to the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty.

He really didn't have time to leave the palace for a brief visit.

There was nothing here except busy workers and a pungent smell, which made me feel disappointed.

Yan Chengjin said: "The answer your Majesty wants is right in front of you."

Regardless of whether it will infringe on the interests of the gentry, what Your Majesty wants is just a prosperous life.

Emperor Hongzhi looked up and saw the villagers pouring white flour and soybeans into the pot, and then adding firewood to the big pot.

There are many such cauldrons in the open space.

The cooking ingredients included wheat and white rice, white mist billowed up, and everyone was busy.

It can be seen that various soybean wines and liquors are being made.

"What did you want me to see?"

"In the prosperous times, the truth is contained in wine making."

Emperor Hongzhi looked over again and saw no reason.

Li Dongyang was puzzled. With just a few words like these, it was impossible for His Majesty to abolish the salt policy.

But Yan Chengjin never does anything unprepared?

Wang Shouren fell into deep thought and looked at Yan Chengjin from time to time.

Yan Chengjin said: “These villagers don’t have enough to eat.

Liangxiang built a winery and received half a tael of silver per month. They could buy cattle, grain and iron tools. "

The Ming Dynasty had plenty of land, but without farmers and iron tools, it was impossible to cultivate it.

They have long understood this truth.

"You let His Majesty venture out of the palace just to see this?" Xiao Jing complained.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "But what does this have to do with Yan Yin?"

"I can't explain it yet. Only after I go to Liangxiang can I explain it clearly."

Yanyin has been used for more than a hundred years. It is not easy to persuade His Majesty to abolish it.

To abolish it, His Majesty must fully understand it.

If His Majesty insists on banning it, all the officials will be unable to stop it even if they kneel for three days and three nights.

Although some salt merchants resisted.

However, Liangxiang had accumulated strength for two years and was able to stabilize the business situation of Ming Dynasty. It had some strength to resist the salt gang of Shanxi merchants.

Although there were many salt merchants, they only accounted for a quarter of the economic pillar of the Ming Dynasty.

There were also silks, teas, and antiques, and these merchants would not resist.

Even if the salt merchants don't sell salt, Liangxiang still has the technology to make salt, so that people all over the world can eat salt.

Li Dongyang and the others thought hard, wondering what Yan Chengjin was going to say to His Majesty.

When we arrived in Liangxiang, the streets were still bustling with activity. Merchants happily called on workers to load goods onto carriages.

Yan Chengjin told the answer: "It was Yan Yin who prevented the Ming Dynasty from flourishing."

Emperor Hongzhi was confused. Li Dongyang and others were already a little angry. What on earth are you talking about?

“Look, Your Majesty and all the gentlemen, there are all kinds of businesses and goods in Liangxiang, which provide the needs of the people, so it is extremely prosperous.

Before the establishment of the workshop, Liangxiang was a wasteland, and the people had nothing to eat.

If the world is compared to a good land, what will happen to the world if there are too many businesses?

Yes, it is prosperous!

But the gentry and officials all over the world dominated the salt business and were unwilling to explore other commercial fields, which was why the Ming Dynasty was like this.

Whether it is to stabilize the price of salt or to hope for a prosperous age, the salt guide needs to be abolished. "

The gentry liked the business of selling salt.

However, there was no innovation and competition in this business, resulting in a very single economic structure in Ming Dynasty.

In the prosperous age, hundreds of schools of thought contended, each leading the way.

Although this economic principle is simple.

But the theory had not yet been formed in the Ming Dynasty, and Yan Chengjin only had to experience it in later generations to understand it.

Emperor Hongzhi's heart was pounding, as if he had been stabbed by a needle. Suddenly, he saw what a prosperous age was and was extremely shocked.

He also knew that Liangxiang gradually became prosperous because there were more merchants.

But he never reflected on the reason behind it.

Liu Jian and Xie Qian looked at the transformation of Liangxiang and widened their eyes.

This boy is a genius in business!

Wang Shouren looked as if he had realized something.

Yan Chengjin was thinking, should we encourage childbirth and increase the population in the next step...

Looking at the prosperous Liangxiang, Emperor Hongzhi made a decision in his heart.

Abolishing the salt permit will not only allow the court to collect silver, but also stabilize the price of salt and make the world more prosperous.

He took a deep breath: "Return to the palace."

Li Dongyang and the other two looked at each other and got on the carriage.

Forbidden City.

All the officials were still kneeling in front of the Fengtian Hall, their mouths dry and their tongues dry, and they were drowsy.

But they were muttering something in their mouths.

Zhu Houzhao strolled by, excited: "Masters, don't kneel, my father has left the palace long ago."

Ma Wensheng and Xiong Xiu looked tense.

All the officials looked at Zhu Houzhao, and Zhang Heling was anxious: "Houzhao, tell your uncle, what is His Majesty doing out of the palace?"

Zhu Houzhao thought about it and laughed: "Old Gao has come up with a plan. When my father comes back, he will abolish the salt permit."

All the officials smiled disdainfully, you want to lie again! How can Yan Chengjin abolish the salt permit?

Ma Wensheng and Xiong Xi saw deep fear in each other's eyes.

Yan Chengjin, this guy, will never give advice if he is not sure!

Could it be...

At this time, the door of Fengtian Hall opened.

Xiao Jing came out holding Fuchen: "His Majesty summoned all the officials to see him!"

A group of eunuchs rushed over, helped all the officials up, and dragged or carried them into the hall.

Yan Chengjin, wearing official clothes, stood beside Wang Shouren and Wang Yue.

Emperor Hongzhi sat in the main hall, and all the officials stood still.

A deep voice resounded through the hall:

"I have decided to abolish the salt permit!"

It was as if an invisible lightning struck the ministers' heads. They froze in place at first, and then some fell to the ground and twitched.

Ma Wensheng and Xiong Xi were at a loss and wanted to give advice.

"Your Majesty, are all the officials not as good as Yan Chengjin?!"

"Don't listen to one side!"

Yan Chengjin is innocent. The reason you dissuaded him is that it violated the ancestral system. The reason I advised him is that it can bring prosperity to your majesty.

Advising is really not something that can be decided by the majority.