At first, Lin Shijie was also frightened when he heard it, but then in Lin Tianyue's explanation, he realized that this official buyer is a little different, this is above board, and these official positions sold are all of the same type, a special group, of course, this has to be approved by the emperor, as long as the emperor approves it, it is legal.

And the tax problem in the land of Nanjiang, as well as the problem of some people filling their own pockets, Lin Shijie thought about it carefully, and secretly probed and observed carefully, and found that it was really a big problem.

Since Lin Tianyue crossed, Lin Shijie has been smooth sailing for too long, and he has forgotten why there is such a big problem, but no one has ever dared to raise it, and Lin Shijie was promoted by the emperor by the emperor because he said something that others dare not say and do not dare to do.

From the time the emperor began to speak, Wang Sheng began to think, just thinking, in fact, he didn't understand the officialdom, Wang Sheng's main role was to listen to others and observe by himself, Wang Sheng was worried that he didn't understand, and if he said something offensive to people, it would be bad.

After the emperor finished speaking, the people of the Hanlin Academy, including those big people, also thought about it, and it can be said that all the people began to ponder, but only Lin Shijie seemed to be contemplative, but he was a little excited and a little hesitant, as if he didn't know whether to say it or not.

The emperor naturally noticed that in recent years, this Lin Shijie has always had strange tricks, and some of his ideas are very novel and practical, and the emperor still values Lin Shijie very much, as soon as he saw Lin Shijie's expression, the emperor knew that he should have an idea, so he named him: "Lin Aiqing, what's the plan." Say it all! ”

Lin Shijie made up his mind and said slowly: "The emperor Rong Bing, Weichen thinks that this is nothing more than two aspects, one is the problem of taxation, and the other is the problem of war. Of course, everyone hopes that the war can end as soon as possible, and if everyone can avoid tax evasion and tax evasion, then why should the treasury not be rich? ”

In fact. Who doesn't know what to say, when everyone was muttering to themselves, Lin Shijie stopped talking, but looked like he needed to be secret, although Lin Shijie was a little arrogant. Fortunately, my brain is not really broken, and I talk about the salt tax problem in Nanjiang with great fanfare.

Wang Sheng thought of another question. The year before last, there was a big corruption case. The flood displaced everyone, and the war had already begun before that, and for the country, the lack of national treasury was a reason, and the main thing was the lack of food and grass, right?

The kingdom of the Holy Day is located in the south, and it is said that it is the season of spring and summer all year round. There wasn't even winter, and in this way, there were no floods like here. I think that there will be enough food and grass in the coming year, which will be beneficial to them for the prolongation of the war, so I will continue to drag out the wartime. If South China has the grain and grass of the Holy Day Kingdom, why worry about wartime?

However, Wang Sheng didn't raise this question, saying it so abruptly was not his style, he just thought about it himself, where did he know if he was right or wrong.

For the emperor, if this is proposed by someone else, the emperor definitely thinks that this is an insult, and you are still scruples about talking about something, and you are so hesitant, but the person who proposed this is Lin Shijie, and the emperor can also guess that the matter should be important, so he has no words, and asked others, what is the solution.

Everyone naturally expressed their own opinions, but they did not put forward any useful opinions, and Wang Sheng was able to think of the problem of grain and grass so quickly because he had worked in the yamen for so many years, so he had developed this keen intuition, and he could judge in an instant, and what problems were hidden, others did not have this experience.

Seeing that everyone didn't have a good way to say it, the emperor couldn't help but pin more on Lin Shijie's unspoken words, and couldn't help waving his hand to let people go down to discuss, if there is any good strategy, you can put it forward, and the emperor gave everyone an unlimited grade for this.

After everyone went down, Lin Shijie said: "Thank you for not blaming the emperor, it wasn't Weichen who refused to say it before, it was really important." ”

Waiting until the emperor bowed slightly, Lin Shijie said: "That day, in the court, the emperor raised this matter, Weichen thought about it day and night, and after some investigation, he found that the tax problem in Nanjiang is quite serious, and the amount is huge, even if there is a disaster, it should not affect the collection of salt tax, but why is the tax paid every year but not collected?" Wechen once heard the Ministry of Household Shangshu say that the salt tax can account for half of the national tax, which also shows the importance of the salt tax, and among them, the salt tax that should be responsible for the heavy responsibility, but it has shrunk little by little, even in previous years, when the harvest year, I have never seen the salt tax increase, among them, if there is no problem, it is also unbelievable! Moreover, there is another way, since ancient times, the rich have always been merchants, if merchants are willing to donate money to help the war, wouldn't it be very good! ”

When the emperor heard this, he couldn't help but stand upright, and said with a solemn face: "Well, what Lin Aiqing said, I have also heard about the Nanjiang salt tax, this matter is really important, and I also hate it, but all along, no one is willing to take the lead, if Lin Aiqing is willing to take on this matter, it will be great!" Secondly, the businessman Lin Aiqing said has a lot of selfish interests, if it is for the sake of the family and the country, I am afraid that he will not be able to make voluntary donations! ”

Lin Shijie said: "This point, the emperor is not worried, after thinking about it, Wei Chen felt that there was a way to try, Wei Chen just said his opinion, after all, the thinking is not as good as the emperor's Zhou, if there is something wrong, please forgive the emperor!" ”

The emperor was slapped by Lin Shijie's sycophancy, stroked his beard and said, "Lin Aiqing just come!" ”

Weichen thinks that if this matter is to be successful, it is actually very simple, the status of businessmen is low, then, if there is a way to improve the status of businessmen, then these businessmen are not willing to contribute? Weichen feels that another business official can be set up, this business official, just a false name, that is, no real power and no practice, just one more name, as if for the official, and there is no rank, or can be set from the nine products, if there are businessmen donate to the top three, you can get this honor, and others, can also be based on the amount of donations, to reward, and in the future when doing business, you can give a little convenience, in this way, think about it, even if it is a businessman with heavy profits, will be willing to share the emperor's worries. Donate to the treasury! ”

The emperor was overjoyed when he heard this, but he knew that this matter was very important, if it weren't for the fact that the treasury was really not rich, if it was said before, he didn't even need to think about it, and he was worried that a large number of peasants and merchants would not plant, so wouldn't he put the cart before the horse. When the time comes, everyone is in business and can't eat, so everything else is false.

If you want to comprehensively enhance the status of businessmen. It's completely unworkable, but. If only it was to provide such a little convenience. It's okay, just like Lin Shijie said, there is no real power and no need to do things, just give them a name, it is useless, but. For low-status businessmen, this is an opportunity to improve their status, and more importantly, this is really a few people who can do this, and the rest. It's still the same as before.

However, even so, the emperor felt that he should analyze the pros and cons, whether this matter could be done or not!

After letting Lin Shijie retreat, the emperor thought about it for two days, but he didn't figure it out, whether it could be done, but this Nanjiang salt tax issue can also be called a stubborn disease, the emperor has always had a headache about this, and now seeing Lin Shijie himself put it forward, he can let Lin Shijie serve as the right imperial historian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and order him to go south to investigate the issue of salt tax.

When the emperor was about to write the holy decree, it happened that the three princes came over, it turned out that the three princes came to ask the emperor for peace, for this, the emperor is not strange, as long as he is in the capital, every day the three princes have to come to ask for peace, every time he looks at the faces of the three princes, the emperor always has to be depressed, but for the filial piety of the three princes, the emperor feels close in his heart.

The emperor thought of this problem and could ask the third prince what his opinion was, and after the third prince heard about it, he said quietly: "Father, this matter, the son thinks that it is okay, if the problem of salt tax can be solved, from now on, the benefits brought are not only at this time, the benefits are huge, the son feels that the father is very thoughtful, since Lin Shijie can raise this matter, I think he has a certain grasp of this, it is better to hand over this matter to Lin Shijie!" "The third prince has actually been blind to this matter, according to the previous temperament, he must have to bring it up, and then did it, but the third prince has not done it because this involves his two elder brothers, that's right, the third prince is aware that this matter is deeply involved with the eldest prince and the second prince, and the third prince is worried that it will cause the two elder brothers to fire because of this, and the third prince can't bear it, so he has not mentioned it, and now Lin Shijie can raise this issue, which is good, I'm just adding fuel to the fire.

Although he was happy in his heart, the face of the three princes was light, fortunately, the three princes have always had this expression, the emperor saw it, although he was depressed, he could only comfort himself, as long as the three princes felt happy in their hearts!

Of course, the emperor didn't know that the three princes of Lu Dao felt very happy now, otherwise, it wouldn't be this idea.

The emperor also thought so, and then, the emperor told the third prince another question raised by Lin Shijie, and after the third prince heard it, he pondered, for this question, the third prince was a little solemn, and said: "This, father, for a while, I don't know the pros and cons of this matter, why don't you take a look at it later?" Come to think of it, last year, our South China was smooth and rainy, and the grain and grass ahead should be able to support it for a while, right? ”

The emperor smiled wryly; "It would be good if this was the case, my father is just worried, what if it's too late?"

The third prince said: "Otherwise, father, you put this forward as an issue, let the ministers discuss whether it is feasible, if it is feasible, after the ministers discuss it, they will not object, the ministers are worried about some imperial history!" ”

Yushi has always been famous for daring to do and dare to speak, if this is a cold advice to you, the emperor will really be unable to eat and go around!

The emperor's eyes lit up, yes, isn't what he was worried about before was the reaction of the ministers, if the ministers agreed after discussion, even if the matter went wrong, it would not be a big deal, if he disagreed, even if he made a holy decree after the last, then, the resistance to this matter would not be so great, if it was discussed, the opposition was too loud, then there was no need to think about it.

After it was determined, the emperor immediately summoned Lin Shijie to meet him, and the three princes saw that the emperor was going to discuss matters, so he retreated, and before leaving, the emperor couldn't help but admonish: "Yun Shi, don't be too tired, do everything you can, you can't finish it today, and tomorrow, look at you are all thin, if your mother is still there, I can't bear you like this!" ”

The faces of the three princes were slightly moved. Said to the emperor: "Father, child, I know the way!" "It turns out that the three princes don't have only one expression, and they don't just break through, they still play the emotional card.

The emperor was very relieved to see that the third prince had listened to his words.

The next day, Lin Shijie really handed over this proposal, and as soon as he put it forward, he was bombarded by everyone, under the strong combat effectiveness of everyone. It is certain that Lin Shijie will become cannon fodder, and some old imperial historians even pointed at Lin Shijie's nose and scolded him for his bad intentions.

How could Lin Shijie ever be scolded like this? Just kidding, it's easy to think of an idea on your own, and immediately start a war with the other party, but it's a pity. No matter how sharp Lin Shijie's words are, he only has one mouth. In the face of the Manchu Dynasty, there were so many mouths. I can't say it at all.

Wang Sheng naturally didn't know anything about this, he only knew that within two days, Lin Shijie was appointed as the right imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he would inspect the magistrates throughout the country.

After Wang Sheng's deliberations that day, he thought about it for a long time. still found his big boss Ouyang Rui, naturally taking the opportunity of the Wang family to go to Ouyang Mansion as a guest, to talk to Ouyang Rui in detail.

Ouyang Rui except for the matter of the shop, he saw that Wang Sheng had been here. I haven't seen Wang Sheng here, I guess there is something, it is more likely to be something discussed two days ago, Ouyang Rui remembered that after coming out of the palace two days ago, Wang Sheng looked thoughtful.

Sure enough, as soon as Wang Sheng opened his mouth, Ouyang Rui's guess was confirmed, and Wang Sheng said: "My lord, two days ago, the emperor summoned me, and the officials had some ideas about what they said at that time, but they didn't know whether Lu Dao was suitable or not, can you help me refer to it!" ”

"Zixian and come!" Ouyang Ruidao.

Wang Sheng said slowly: "On that day, the saint said that the lower officials thought that the treasury was not rich, in fact, it was also related to the floods of the previous two years. Therefore, even if the treasury is abundant, it will not help if there is no increase in grain and grass, all that is needed is to increase grain and grass! ”

After Ouyang Rui heard this, he said: "What Zixian said is very true, I don't know what Dao Zixian has to say!" This is already a kind of intimacy with Wang Sheng, otherwise it is generally called by the name of the official.

Wang Sheng said: "The lower officials are just foolish, I hope the adults can help guide me." What Xia Guan thought was that since the grain and grass were not abundant, there must be no surplus grain and grass in the country, so we might as well buy it from other countries! Why can the Kingdom of the Holy Virgin fight our country for a long time without being defeated? It's just that because there is enough food and grass, I don't have to worry about the lack of food and grass, and the conditions of the warriors are relatively good, and it would be good if I could do the same. Moreover, Xia Guan also felt that perhaps, the Holy Age Kingdom had already noticed this! ”

"Well, what Zixian said is good, in the past few days, I have been thinking about it, trying to find a way to crack it, but I have been unable to understand it, Zixian is not ready to quickly bring what you think, one by one!" Ouyang Rui said anxiously.

Wang Sheng smiled at this moment, because Ouyang Rui's statement confirmed that what he thought was not wrong, so he said: "Does the lower official think that if you don't send some businessmen to buy grain from the Holy Day Country, and then ship it back to China in batches, won't this ensure that the grain and grass are sufficient, and also invisibly reduce the grain of the Holy Day Country?" ”

Ouyang Rui's eyes lit up, and he patted his thigh and said: "That's right, what Zixian said is really good, it is really a good idea, once this matter is successfully tried, then it will be a matter of eliminating the other!" "Ouyang Rui is very excited, this method is really wonderful!

It's just that after being excited, Ouyang Rui thought of the difficulty of operation again, Wang Sheng smiled slightly, and put forward what Wang Ya had taught Wang Sheng, the method of turning the whole into parts, and following the method of turning the parts into wholes, and said: "My lord, this is not difficult, even if the two countries are at war, if you want to come, there are businessmen who want to enter the Holy Day Country to buy things, and then sell them to us, or buy and sell things from our country to the Holy Day Country, in this case, we might as well break it into parts, call more businessmen, and let them go to the Holy Day Country to buy grain and grass in multiple places, and at the same time, You can also buy some of the items they need as a cover, of course, this matter should not be rushed, but carried out slowly, each time the purchase of grain and grass does not need much, as long as it is enough for a month of army needs, even if a caravan buys enough, ten days and half a month are good, so that if multiple merchants buy, the army will have enough food and grass for a year. ”

Ouyang Rui couldn't help but praise: "It's really a method, Zixian, how did you come up with such a good method?" In this way, no matter how shrewd the Holy Age Kingdom is, he can't see it, and if he can see it, the old man really admires them to death! ”

Ouyang Rui continued: "In this matter, you hurry into the palace to face the saint and tell the emperor!" ”

Wang Sheng shook his head and said: "My lord, this method is better for the adults, the reason why the lower officials proposed it was not for fame, but because they wanted to do things for the court and share their worries for the emperor, however, this matter was raised by the lower officials, but it was not enough!" If it is raised by an adult, this matter can give full play to his greatest effect! ”

Ouyang Rui listened to it, and appreciated Wang Sheng even more, for the meaning of Wang Sheng's words, of course, there is no lack of vague sycophants, Ouyang Rui who only listens is very comfortable, Wang Sheng's words actually mean that his weight is not enough, even if it is a matter, it is divided into who said it, what Ouyang Rui said and what he proposed, the effect is very different, who doesn't want to be more authoritative in the hearts of others?

Therefore, when Wang Sheng said this, although Ouyang Rui knew that there was water in it, he couldn't help but feel comfortable listening to it, and it was more pleasing to the eye to see Wang Sheng, of course, he was even more appreciative of Wang Sheng's ability to ensure a cool head after getting a good idea.

However, Ouyang Rui is not that kind of person, it should be the credit of others, and he will not be greedy, of course, if he takes Wang Sheng into the palace, then this is a win-win situation, Ouyang Rui can also give people the impression that he is good at discovering talents and cultivating talents, making people feel that Ouyang Rui has taught well, on the other hand, Wang Sheng can also show his face in front of the saint, killing two birds with one stone.

Therefore, after listening to Wang Sheng's words, Ouyang Rui said: "Without further ado, you and I will enter the palace to face the saint, oops, no, Zixian is dressed too casually today!" ”

If you want to enter the palace to face the saint, you naturally have to wear the most solemn, the official uniform used by the face saint, except for the kind of emperor suddenly summoned, other times, it is still this kind of person who takes the initiative to enter the palace to face the saint, if you wear too casually, doesn't this show that you don't respect the emperor, otherwise how can you dress so unsolemnly! If you think you have despised the emperor's prestige, then you will wait to be killed!

Ouyang Rui said: "Zixian, while it's still early at this time, you go back to change your clothes first, and the old man will also change his clothes, and after a while, let's go into the palace together to face the saint!" ”

Wang Sheng was stunned for a moment and said, "My lord, no need, let the adults talk about this matter!" ”

Ouyang Rui made a blank face: "Don't talk nonsense, who are you as an old man?" Why don't you go back and change your clothes? ”

Wang Sheng could only go back and change his clothes, and then half an hour later, he returned to Ouyang Rui, Ouyang Rui had been waiting for a long time, seeing that Wang Sheng had changed his clothes, he didn't say much, so he dragged Wang Sheng out, and he didn't need Wang Sheng's own carriage outside, but took his carriage.

Wang Sheng is still the first time to sit in Ouyang Rui's carriage, Ouyang Rui's carriage is the same as many official carriages, the layout inside is more atmospheric and simple, not like Wang Sheng's carriage, but it is specially for enjoyment, of course, this is not arranged by Wang Sheng, but arranged by Wang Ya, so that it can be arranged so enjoyable, if you are sleepy, you can lie down and sleep directly in it, and you don't need to bend your legs when sleeping, don't look at the length of the carriage is not long enough, in fact, if you want to sleep, As long as a bracket at the bottom is propped up, it becomes a slope, so that the length is enough, but there is a slight slope, it doesn't matter at all to sleep, and you can sleep very well, and the quilt under the bottom is pulled out, and it is covered with a simple bed, which can still be moved.

Not to mention that there are a lot of things in the carriage, and I don't know how Wang Ya got it, anyway, Wang Sheng was in that carriage, except for the three emergencies that can't be solved, you can even cook noodles and eat them inside, how advanced and advanced this should be.

At that time, when Wang Shengde heard what Wang Ya said, he was shocked on the spot, is this still a carriage? This is not a modern motorhome! Of course, Wang Sheng doesn't know the modern RV of Lu Dao, but he also knows that Lu Dao is too luxurious and luxurious. (To be continued......)