The atmosphere in the Zichen Hall was always in a depressed state, Qin Jin rarely spoke after handing over the song, and Li Fuguo looked crying and crying. Only Li Heng's face was calm, and it seemed that this incident did not shock him very much.

"Qin Jin, five days later is the day of the wedding with the insect mother, so I can rest for a few days and make some preparations. ”

Li Heng asked Qin Jin to prepare, there was another reason, this marriage was the first happy event of the Li Tang royal family, which was difficult to come to Guanzhong, so he planned to hold a wedding of unprecedented scale with great fanfare, all the specifications exceeded the standard preparations, as long as it did not exceed the etiquette of the Son of Heaven, even if it was comparable to the crown prince and the vassal king.

If Qin Jin's wedding can be completed smoothly, it will have an immeasurable effect on stabilizing the hearts of the people of Chang'an. At the same time, Li Heng's throne will also be more stable.

Since Li Longji returned to Chang'an, although Li Heng never mentioned his worries, the sense of crisis has been with him. Because of this, he was also extremely cautious in dealing with various affairs involving Li Longji.

Qin Jin didn't have much expectation for the wedding, and this marriage given by the Son of Heaven a long time ago was more of a mentality for him to fulfill tasks and duties.

Li Heng's train of thought seemed to be very jumpy, and after mentioning the marriage between Qin Jin and Princess Shou'an, he even mentioned the matter of Fang Xuan's army urging grain and grass.

It's just that, compared to the expectation of the war, grain and grass are a problem that Li Heng has always been worried about, and he sighed and said:

"There is a shortage of grain and grass in Guanzhong, and the treasury money has almost been emptied, and I only know now what it is that a good woman is difficult to cook without rice!"

This made Qin Jin's heart move, and he suddenly remembered someone, so he suggested:

"Your Majesty, speaking of the lack of money in the treasury, the minister remembered a person. ”

Sure enough, Li Heng's eyes flashed with excitement, and he leaned over and asked:

"Qin Qing has any merit to recommend, just say it. ”

The person Qin Jin thought of, the name is very special, called the Fifth Qi, who once joined the army for the Beihai Record, after the complete fall of Hebei, he came to Chang'an, and he has been stranded in Chang'an for nearly a year, and has been nowhere to go, plus he has experienced the war after the Tongguan was broken, and he is even more poor. Later, this person once submitted a letter to Qin Jin with a try-and-see attitude, and said his own set of ideas for the imperial treasury to open up sources and reduce expenditure.

In fact, Fifth Qi's idea was not only cast to Qin Jin, but also Yang Guozhong, Gao Xianzhi and others were his targets, but they were all sunk in the sea.

When he arrived at Qin Jin alone, Qin Jin was immediately attracted by the "Salt Method".

The important ministers of the court have always focused on agriculture, and only the Qin and Jin dynasties understood the benefits of this trade. The so-called "Salt Law" is, to put it bluntly, just a method of monopoly by the government of salt, although the idea is not complicated, but he can see through the endless business opportunities at a glance.

If the power of salt and iron in the world can be returned to the imperial court, the profits will be incalculable.

Moreover, the reform of the salt law had already been done as early as the pre-Han Dynasty, but it was abolished after several changes. At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty entrusted the lonely minister, Sang Hongyang was famous for his financial calculations, but it is a pity that his people were destroyed in the hands of political disputes and his family was ruined, and the salt law he changed was naturally resettled with the death of people.

This Fifth Qi expounded in detail in the submission, and even many details were annotated, which also shows that his experience in serving in the local government is not general.

"Your Majesty, the Fifth Qi of Beihai Records has submitted a letter to his ministers, explaining the benefits of the 'Salt Law' to the imperial court. ”

"'The Salt Method'?"

Li Heng's expression showed a hint of suspicion: Is this Fifth Qi's suggestion to increase the salt tax? Now that the world is in chaos, and it is an abnormal position, winning the hearts and minds of the people is also one of the goals, and increasing taxes will only alienate the people from himself, and this is also a suggestion that is difficult for him to accept.

At this time, Li Fuguo also wiped away his tears, and asked in accordance with the words of the Son of Heaven:

"Could it be that Fifth Qi wants to suggest that His Majesty increase the salt tax?"

Qin Jin shook his head, and then said the idea of breaking the word in the salt law.

Rather than profiting from taxes, it is better to return the power of salt and iron to the imperial court, and the imperial court only needs to pay a certain amount of remuneration to the people engaged in the salt and iron industry, so that most of the profits lost due to the difficulty of collecting taxes and increasing costs can flow to the imperial treasury several times.

Li Heng and Li Fuguo both listened to thunder, and they didn't understand the incomprehensible causal relationship in Qin Jin's mouth at all, but at least they also understood one thing, that is, this Fifth Qi was a capable person, and the "Salt Method" proposed by him would increase unimaginable income to the imperial treasury!

Li Fuguo also arrived directly, and after listening to a general situation, he directly admonished Li Heng.

"Since this Fifth Qi has the talent to manage Zhong, why doesn't Your Majesty let him be a good Zhilang?"

This suggestion was in Li Heng's arms, he was originally disturbed because of Ma Yuan's incident, and he had no follow-up plans for the Fifth Qi's "Salt Law", but now through Li Fuguo's reminder, it was as if he had suddenly opened up.

Li Heng patted the imperial case lightly and said:

"Okay, then I will take the fifth Qi as the household servant, worship the supervision of the imperial history, the Jianghuai rent envoy, and the Shannan and other non-Taoist envoys. ”

As he spoke, Li Heng looked at Qin Jin and asked:

"What does Qin Qing think?"

Qin Jin was also a little surprised by Li Heng's series of official increases, he hadn't even seen the face of Fifth Qi, so he was added to the official position, which really made him feel a lot of pressure. However, as far as the truth is concerned, after nearly half a year of contact and observation, Fifth Qi himself does have the talent in this area, and Li Heng can entrust him with important tasks without sticking to one pattern, and promote him from a small official in the Beihai Sea to a powerful official in charge of the wealth and heavy land, and he will definitely get a double reward.

"Your Majesty Mingjian!"

After Qin Jin left the Daming Palace, he secretly said that he was lucky.

The first is to sell Li Fuguo a favor, and the second is to find a suitable opportunity to recommend Fifth Qi, a capable official with the ability to collect money. It is believed that the salt tax in Jianghuai and other places will soon bear fruit, and another quarter will enter the autumn, when it will be the day when the local government is responsible for collecting the rent and the adjustment of the rent, so that it can more or less fill the gap in the rent adjustment caused by the excessive number of households in Hebei and Henan.

When Qin Jin's generals heard what happened to him inside and outside the Daming Palace, they couldn't help but celebrate.

"It's a bad thing that turns into a good thing, and let that eunuch live more freely and happily for a while!"

Although Yang Xingben, the initiator of the Ma Yuan incident, was a little disappointed, he still expressed his support for Qin Jin's decision. After all, the wedding day of Qin Jin and Princess Shou'an is getting closer and closer, if you fight to the death with Li Fuguo at this time, wouldn't it be because of his own personal grudges that will affect him?

Although Yang Xingben was born a little narrow-minded, he is not a psychologically dark, unscrupulous person, after several hardships and setbacks, the narrowness in his character has become weaker and weaker, replaced by an indescribable calmness.

Originally, Qin Jin thought that Yang Xingben's temperament was not suitable for being a local official who was in charge alone, so he sent him to Fengyi County after the fall of Tongguan to assist Du Fu to defend the land and protect the people.

Qin Jin saw all this, especially today, when he can treat his family enemies generously and calmly, which proves that his political maturity has changed day by day. Qin Jin could see a hint of apology in Yang Xingben's eyes, but in fact, this was not necessary.

Others did not have the advantage of Qin Jin's foresight over historical figures, so naturally they didn't know which people had the root cause of the disaster, and they all thought that Li Fuguo was now friendly with the Shenwu Army, so it was not appropriate to turn his face at this time, but should instead enhance the relationship between them to achieve the effect of mutual assistance and mutual benefit.

In this way, even if Fang Xuan, who was full of words in the political hall, returned triumphantly, it would be difficult to have substantial restraint on the Shenwu Army!

However, how could those people have understood that Qin Jin's jealousy and worry about Li Fuguo had not relaxed for a moment, and the reason why they were living peacefully now was just an expedient measure, as long as there was a suitable opportunity, he still had to put it to death without hesitation!

Thinking of the big wedding in five days, Qin Jin actually felt a little afraid in his heart.

When he was in the Zichen Palace, he had already received clear instructions from Li Heng that the wedding should be held in a grand manner, so that everyone in the world would know that the wedding of the Li Tang royal family would dilute the perverse spirit of the thief with this kind of happy event.

All of Li Heng's reasons were above board and could not be excused, Qin Jin felt like a lamb that had been forcibly roasted on the fire, and he couldn't help frowning at the thought of all kinds of tedious and lengthy ceremonial links. Now it is the height of summer, the land of Guanzhong is very hot, and the dress is covered with three layers inside and three layers outside, so after being exposed to the sun all day long, people with slightly weaker physical strength may have to lose half their lives.

At this time, Qin Jin really missed the cool clothes of that era, but in the Tang Dynasty more than a thousand years ago, not only could he not show his limbs at will in front of outsiders, even when he was at home, people who paid a little attention to decency would not easily wear those cool clothes.

For example, now, Qin Jin is sweating all over his face, but he can't open his clothes and let the heat out as quickly as possible.

Otherwise, even those imperial historians would take advantage of this to attack him, write to impeach him for being untidy, disregarding the dignity of the officials, being rude in front of the public weapons, and greatly disrespecting the court......

All in all, these are all excuses and reasons for Qin Jin to laugh when he listens to them.

Coincidentally, Qingxuzi walked in, but he was wearing a strangely shaped shirt. The sloppy robe on weekdays is gone, and the clothes on the upper body are like a two-sleeved middle coat, and a pair of hemp rod-like arms are exposed......

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