Chapter 69 Zhu Youzhen wants to rebuild the salt administration (ask for a monthly ticket collection)

...... Sun Chengzong is hereby awarded the title of Taibao and Jianjidian University Scholar into the Cabinet Auxiliary Government, the title of Secretary of the Military Department, and the Governor of Jiliao.

...... Cui Chengxiu was a young master from a first-class class, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion University to the cabinet auxiliary government, and the title of secretary of the household department.

...... Zhou Yingqiu was a young master from Yipin, a scholar of Dongge University, an assistant to the cabinet, and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites.

...... Qian Qianyi was a young master from a grade, a scholar of Dongge University, an assistant to the cabinet, and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites.

...... Wen Tiren served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

...... Liu Zongzhou served as the imperial history of the left capital.

...... Zodiac Zhou is the right to the imperial history. ”

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Sun Chengzong, Cui Chengxiu and others hurriedly stood up and shouted: "Your Majesty Shengming, the ministers obey the order!"

Qian Qianyi and the other Donglin Party had to stand up and receive the order when they saw this, although they failed to meet expectations, but there was still a pavilion elder, wasn't it?

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Three days later, the Temple of Heaven.

"Your Majesty,"

A salt inspector immediately stood up and said: "According to the reports of the promotion department and the transfer department in various places, the salt market was depressed last year, and the salt extraction was not as good as seven or eight out of ten the year before, so it is difficult to make up the salt tax. ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty suddenly began to discuss.

Although the salt tax has been lost, it still accounts for half of the Ming tax every year, and it is an iron tax, as long as the imperial court is short of silver, it is always the first to add from the salt tax.

If the salt tax can't provide the imperial court's silver, then the field tax is even more impossible, which is a real danger to the country!

At this time, Huang Liji's face changed, and he frowned.

Even Cui Chengxiu, who only thinks about power, is staring, not to mention Sun Chengzong and others.

But the salt tax is sluggish, this is the first time it has appeared, and they have no choice but to forcibly apportion, so there is a lot of discussion, but no one proposes anything to Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen inspected the salt imperial history with an expressionless face, and then swept his gaze over the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

The court hall quickly quieted down, and everyone lowered their heads, and no one dared to look at Zhu Youzhen.

Suddenly, an imperial historian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate stood up and said to Zhu Youzhen in a deep voice, "Qi the emperor, the ministers impeached the household department, colluded up and down, embezzled salt taxes, and embezzled salt farms for personal gain."

The salt farms, the lifting division, and the transshipment department colluded with salt merchants to buy and sell salt, and raised the price of salt.

As soon as these words came out, the court became quieter.

After a little quiet, he stood up in the middle of the matter and said loudly, "The minister seconded the proposal!"

Seven or eight people in a row stood up for the governor of the Imperial Palace, and they were all simple "ministers seconded".

None of the others spoke, even Cui Chengxiu, who was the most observant of words and feelings, Sun Chengzong, who was loyal to the country, and Qian Qianyi, who had a literary name.

The doctors of the Great Ming Dynasty all have a kind of ambition, and they want to elevate the emperor, and they will manage the housekeepers, and the emperor will 'do nothing'.

Cui Chengxiu stood there, hesitating whether to stand up and take part of the responsibility and relieve Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen squinted, and said secretly in his heart, "These people seem to have a lot of ambitions, and they should be given a little hardship." ’

"Tian Ergeng!"

Zhu Youzhen suddenly shouted.

The courtiers were all startled and looked up.

Tian Ergeng strode in from outside the door, knelt down on one knee in front of the hall and said, "The minister is here!"

Zhu Youzhen's face was cold and solemn, with a fierce murderous aura, and shouted, "Spread the decree, from now on, all the salt fields, the six transfer divisions and all the lifting divisions will be sealed, and all the cadres will be imprisoned in the yamen immediately!"

You personally stationed in the household department and made it clear to me! You are not allowed to leave the salt field without a grain of salt before you find out!

In addition, gather all the merchants in the capital who are worth 100,000 yuan, and I want to meet them!"

Tian Ergeng bowed down and said in a deep voice, "The minister obeys the order!"

With that, he turned around and walked away quickly.

When everyone came back to their senses, Tian Ergeng had already walked out of the main hall.

"Your Majesty, you must not!" The military department stood up and said to Zhu Youzhen urgently: "The salt tax is a big deal, if there is a mistake, it will affect the country's capital at the least, and the world will be in chaos at the worst, please take back the emperor's will!"

Please take back the emperor's will!"

"Please take back the emperor's will!"

"Please take back the emperor's will!"

In the main hall, dozens of people stood out in a few breaths.

They can't help but worry about it, the salt tax accounts for half of the Ming tax, if there is a slight difference in the pool can not be collected, not to mention the salaries of the courtiers, it is more related to the suppression of rebellions in various places, especially Liaodong, the border of the nine sides is stable!

There is no room for carelessness!

Even Huang Liji, Sun Chengzong, and Cui Chengxiu also stood up, although the words were not to ask Zhu Youzhen to take back his life, but they also asked Zhu Youzhen to be cautious.

Zhu Youzhen's eyes were cold, and he said categorically: "Everyone in the world knows that the salt tax is very important, how can I not know? The salt tax is related to the lifeblood of the Ming Dynasty, and I will never allow anyone to stretch out their hands!"

I will order Tian Ergeng to find out as soon as possible, it will not affect Xia Yan's appearance, what objections do you have to Qing and the others?"

Zhu Youzhen's words were reasonable and well-founded, so that the courtiers who were accustomed to the way of handling government affairs since Wanli were very unaccustomed to it, and they were all stunned, not knowing what to do, looking left and right.

Zhou Yingqiu was also surprised, but reacted quickly, stood up and bowed down and shouted: "Emperor Shengming, long live my emperor!"

Zhou Yingqiu reacted quickly, and Huang Liji was not slow, he also stood up and said loudly: "Emperor Shengming, long live my emperor!"

As soon as these two people stood up, the henchmen who came to their senses stood up one after another, shouting, "Long live the emperor, long live my emperor!"

"Emperor Shengming, long live my emperor!"

The sound shook the sky, like thunder, no less than when Zhu Youzhen came in.

Wang Chengen glanced at Zhu Youzhen, comprehended, stepped forward, and said loudly, "Everything starts, nothing to retreat!"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

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After going down, Zhou Yingqiu and Cui Chengxiu walked together, and before they got out of the stairs, they saw the eunuch running over and said sharply: "Lord Zhou, Lord Cui two stay together!"

Cui Chengxiu turned around and saw that it was Xu Yingyuan, so he smiled and said, "It turned out to be Father-in-law Xu, I don't know what to do with me?"

Xu Yingyuan said with a smile: "Two adults, Your Majesty summoned, if there is nothing else to do, go over with our family." ”

Zhou Yingqiu was puzzled: "I don't know why His Majesty summoned him?"

Xu Yingyuan smiled: "Hey, my Lord Zhou, is this something that our family can know?"

The emperor looks very happy, it should be a good thing, Your Majesty is about to wait, come with me. Xu Yingyuan looked around and lowered his voice.

Zhou Yingqiu and Cui Chengxiu saluted: "There are more father-in-law Xu this time, and there will be good rewards in the future." ”

Xu Yingyuan hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Where is it, it's just a trivial matter, why worry about it." ”

Xu Yingyuan said this, his heart was already happy, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that these two adults not only entered the cabinet, but also won the sacred heart, and it was a lot of benefits to be good friends with them!

Then the three of them walked quickly towards the imperial study.

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The Imperial Study.

Wang Chengen is conveying Zhu Youzhen's idea of reforming the salt policy to Cui Chengxiu and the others.

Zhu Youjian stood in front of the desk, Cui Chengxiu and Zhou Yingqiu stood side by side opposite, after a little consideration, Cui Chengxiu said: "Your Majesty, the disadvantages of salt politics have been around for a long time, and it is not a day's work to change it. ”

Zhou Yingqiu also groaned and said, "Your Majesty, the minister agrees with Lord Cui's words, the salt policy is too involved, and if you want to innovate, you are afraid that it will be too wide, and the resistance will be like a mountain, and it will be difficult to implement." ”

Zhu Youzhen also nodded, the salt administration has been involved in the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, and it has penetrated to every minute. He had just seized the National Salt Works.

It won't be long before there will be a myriad of excerpts on his desk asking him to 'act carefully'.

The excerpt in his hand was the book of the Southern and Beijing Ministry of Industry recommending Liu Zongzhou as the elder, and Zhu Youzhen threw it down casually and said: "I don't want to reform, I want to rebuild!"

Both of them were stunned, looking at Zhu Youzhen first puzzled, and then frowning.

Cui Chengxiu's expression was solemn, and he said, "Your Majesty, if you rebuild, I'm afraid it will be more than a hundred times more difficult than reform!"

Salt politics involves all aspects, it is a major pillar of a dynasty, and if it is really overturned, it is tantamount to going against the whole world!

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "I know, so I have to have a shield and let all the sharp arrows shoot at him!"

Zhou Yingqiu's face moved slightly, and he said, "What does the emperor mean is to let Wei Zhongxian come forward and block the front, and we will secretly push it?"

Zhu Youzhen nodded appreciatively and said, "Next, I will talk about the reform of the salt administration." ”

Cui Chengxiu and Zhou Yingqiu didn't have enough time to think and object, so they could only suppress the apprehension in their hearts and listen respectfully.

Zhu Youzhen had already thought of the idea, and said simply, "It's actually very similar to the outline." The salt works in various places are still controlled by the imperial court, but there is no longer a need for salt introductions, and a few big merchants are found in each province.

Implement sub-regional supply of salt, and then limit their price to the area of sale.

If anyone violates the rules, they will be disqualified immediately. By the way, every salt merchant must have a deposit, and the deposit for violations must be deducted ......"

The two listened and pondered for a while, and Cui Chengxiu said in surprise: "Is the emperor going to abolish the transfer department, and is there still a hereditary salt household in the promotion department?"

Zhou Yingqiu also showed a different color, this is involved, but it is huge, and it is not an exaggeration to use the words 'chaos in the world'!

Zhu Youzhen did not hesitate, his eyes were cold, and he said in a deep voice, "Wait for the fields to be cleaned up, all the salt works, the household department, the official department, the Jinyi guard, and the account office of the household department, four lines will go in, and I will control it a little tighter."

Every chamber of commerce and local yamen must also install people to strictly control the price of salt, and I will never allow anyone to interfere in this matter!"

Zhou Yingqiu and Cui Chengxiu glanced at each other, Zhou Yingqiu looked up at Zhu Youzhen and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is too important, let us go back and plan carefully and comprehensively to ensure that nothing goes wrong." ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded slightly, and said, "Don't worry, Xia Yan still has two months, take your time......"

Before Zhu Youzhen's voice fell, Wang Chengen walked in from outside and said, "Qian Qianyi, Liu Zongzhou, two adults, ask to see you." ”

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and said, "No, let them do their own errands." ”

Wang Chengen agreed, turned around and went out again.

Zhou Yingqiu looked at Zhu Youzhen, his face did not move, but he was once again shocked by the seventeen-year-old emperor in front of him.

He didn't expect that Zhu Youzhen would not make a move, and as soon as he made a move, he would be a big deal, and he directly wanted to rebuild the salt administration!

Zhu Youzhen looked up at Cui Chengxiu again, and said, "This matter will be kept secret first, don't spread it, I want to see who jumps out." ”