Chapter 974: Salt Affairs
As the saying goes, you must be responsible, admit your mistakes, and stand firm when you are beaten.
But Dong Guofeng's attitude of admitting his mistake was also a little too sincere.
This made Mu Jing seem a little caught off guard, he looked at Dong Guofeng kneeling below, his face was sincere, and he was a little speechless in his heart.
It's really a first-class old fox.
When he used the strength to eat milk when he was fighting, he could still give his life out when he surrendered, and this alone made Mu Jing impressed.
"Feng Lao has already said that to this point, if I continue to hide it, it will be a little despised by Feng Lao!" Mu Jing tore open his hypocritical face, and this moment became very real: "Becoming a king and defeating a king, you lost, can you admit it?" ”
"Recognize!"
Dong Guofeng gritted his teeth and spit out a word.
"Just admit it!"
The corners of Mu Jing's mouth raised an indifferent smile: "Whether you kill Yu Zhen or kill Li Kui, it's all a good thing for me, I have paid a lot for this matter, and I must get what I want!" ”
"Does Elder Feng know what he wants?"
Mu Jing squatted down, looked down at Dong Guofeng, and asked in a low voice.
Dong Guofeng suddenly came to admit defeat, for Mu Jing, it was like holding back a big move, and before he could fight, the opponent had already surrendered, although it seemed a little aggrieved, but this was not a good result.
After all, on any battlefield, it is a thousand enemies who kill and lose eight hundred.
Minghou Mansion continued to fight against these salt merchants, and in the end they could only force the dog to jump over the wall, if people go crazy, they can really do anything, and then Qianwei will definitely be greatly injured, and the final damage is Yizhou after all.
Now that Mu Jing is the master in charge of Yizhou Qiankun, he has to change both the way he thinks about things and the means of doing things.
We must focus on the overall situation of Yizhou.
Impartial.
There must be no taking sides and creating an unfairness that will affect his fairness in the eyes of the public.
At the same time, no matter what you do, it doesn't matter if you win or lose, what matters is the stability of Yizhou and the peace of the people, which is a very important thing for the Minghou Mansion.
"Yes!"
Dong Guofeng raised his head, looked at Shang Mujing, and said softly: "The prince is making a big move, nothing more than wanting to reorganize the salt business, for a hundred years, the salt in Yizhou is in the hands of our salt merchants, and the prince wants to take it back!" ”
"It's best if you understand!"
Mu Jing said very calmly: "How to do it, I don't need to teach you anymore, the Dongguo family is also a century-old family, your ancestors back then, they were also a generation of heroes, and formulated my Han century-old salt law, although it has now withered, but it is not untraceable, the glory of the Dongguo family has never been salt, you have to remember this!" ”
"The glory of the Dongguo family has never been salt?"
Dong Guofeng's heart trembled.
Suddenly, in despair, he saw a glimmer of light.
Losing salt, in his mind, is equivalent to losing the future of the Dongguo family, so when Mu Jing came to the door and had a good talk with him, he made it clear that the carriage and horses refused, because he was unwilling to lose the future of the Dongguo family.
But in Mu Jing's words, he suddenly regretted it.
Who said that losing salt is equivalent to losing the future, perhaps, this will be the new life of the Dongguo family......
"The doctor has already told me just now, Feng Lao's body, the oil is about to run out, and he can't hold it for long, if he can, I also hope that Feng Lao can enjoy his old age in peace, but now it seems that it can't be done!"
Mu Jing patted him lightly on the shoulder and said, "There are some things that you can only do in person, if you give me what I want, I can give the Dongguo family a future, for the future of the Dongguo family, you can only bear some notoriety!" ”
"Thank you for the mention!"
Dong Guofeng stood up slowly, looked at Mu Jing, and suddenly smiled on his face, smiling very kindly and comfortably: "This time, the old man will not let the prince down!" ”
He leaned on his crutches and turned away, walking very slowly, his body a little swaying, but very determined.
"Did you already know he was going to surrender?"
"Surprise!"
"I think you were prepared, that is, after beating him, and then fooling him to use him as a bright knife, borrowing a knife to kill people!"
Hu Zhao came from the side hall very early, and he had been behind the screen, and after Dong Guofeng left, he walked out from the back and said in a deep voice.
"I fooled him?"
Mu Jing said with a sneer: "This old fox himself is a person who doesn't see rabbits and doesn't scatter eagles, it's hard for me to fool him, he is dying, so I want to give full play to the residual heat, at least I can add points to the Dongguo family!" ”
Saying that, he looked a little compassionate: "I'm also kind, it's sad to see people, it's still such an old man, just give him a hope!" ”
"Then he will become a knife for you to reform the salt business, the Dongguo family will make a move, this Yizhou salt merchant family, there are still a few who can bear it, and then our Minghou Mansion will clean up the mess, this is a good idea!"
Hu Zhao said with a smile: "You don't need to do the bad guys!" ”
"Nonsense, how can I be so insidious!"
Mu Jing waved his hand and decided not to agree with Hu Zhao to continue chatting on this topic, otherwise he would seem to be too insidious and cunning, which did not fit his own character image, he changed the topic and said: "Now that we have taken the first step, the rest of the things depend on the development, but the salt affairs department, to increase the strength, staffing, salt regulations, must be improved as soon as possible!" ”
He said carefully: "Don't set up salt officials in the local area, unify the business under the salt department, and don't need to directly make and sell salt officially, we don't have so much energy to work, and we can't compete with the people for profit, but this rule has to be established!" ”
"In addition to taxes, channels are also important and must be controlled!"
"Salt is also a strategic material, we can't give our own strategic materials to others, so those channels can be used, those can't be moved, we must be clear!"
"For the manufacture of salt, there must be a salt production license from the Salt Affairs Department, and salt sales need to have salt road guidelines, that is, salt introduction ......"
"This south study can be handled well, the key is that you fooled so many people into entering, you must give them some benefits!" After half a ring, Hu Zhao said: "Now these businessmen are already looking at the feast with red eyes!" ”
"In business!"
Mu Jing said indifferently: "I didn't invite them to enter, they mixed in by themselves, but ......"
He thought for a while: "You can also give them some sweetness!" ”
"The best way to disperse the power of these salt merchants is to separate the manufacturing and sales channels, in order to prevent them from rebelling, leave them the right to manufacture, and then take down the salt sales channels, you are going to hold a salt auction!"
"At the same time, notify the six doors, since the rules have been erected, then do it according to the rules, and severely crack down on smugglers, one copy the other, no need to be soft!"
"Lord, the key now is the position of the head of the Salt Affairs Division, and it can't be decided for a long time!"
"Anyone?"
Mu Jing scratched his head.
I have encountered the biggest shortcoming of the Minghou Mansion again, there are not enough people, no matter when, it is a big problem.
"But there is one, but the qualifications are too light!"
"Say!"
"Fa Zheng!" Hu Zhao said: "Fufeng people, the grandson of the famous man Fazhen, when he was in Hanzhong, he recommended himself as an official, and he stayed in Nanzheng County, and now he is engaged in Fa Cao, and he has the ability, but he is too young, and now he is only in his twenties!" “
"Fazheng?"
Mu Jing's eyes lit up slightly, and he asked tentatively: "Fa Xiaozhi?" ”
"The lord has also heard of him?"
Hu Zhao said with a smile: "It seems that the turmoil he caused in Jingping Wubei Hall at the beginning was not small!" ”
"Jingping Wubeitang?" Mu Jing asked, "What's the matter?" ”
"Don't you know?"
Hu Zhao analyzed: "At the beginning, he once entered the Jingping Wubei Hall in Hanzhong with his friend Meng Da, but he was the fastest student to be expelled!" ”
"Expulsion?" Mu Jing asked, "What's the matter?" ”
"Young and vigorous, unruly, on top of the military law deduction, there is a bit of ability, once again in the military deduction, and the martial arts instructor Huang Shao fought a lose-lose injury, and then the two didn't know a little quarrel, the fight was quite serious, in a fit of anger, he abandoned martial arts and literature, and recommended himself into Nanzheng County!"
Hu Zhaodao: "I personally inspected him, he is a talent, so I personally promoted him to Nanzheng as the chief bookkeeper, he did a good job in Nanzheng, and his research on Mingke was also quite profound, and the law enforcement was tough, and then I transferred him to Fa Cao, and let Fa Cao engage!" ”
"Do you think he can supervise the salt business?" Mu Jing squinted.
I met a big cow again, and I was in a good mood, of course, he didn't feel like pulling out the seedlings to help him grow, even if it was Zhuge Liang, he didn't dare to let it climb to the sky one step at a time, and the growth of people still had to have a ladder, one step at a time, in order to become a talent.
"I thought I could try!"
"Your tone tells me that I'm not very confident!"
"In the final analysis, he is still young, he is young and vigorous, too rigid, not necessarily a good thing, too much, afraid that it will be bad, but in terms of ability and principle, he can do it!"
"That's him!"
Mu Jing directly clapped the board and said: "The edict will be issued today, within three days, he must take office, and the Salt Affairs Department can't wait for a moment!" ”
"Don't you have to discuss it?"
"Special period, special talent, special treatment!" Mu Jing said: "There is nothing wrong with young people, they are full of vitality and enthusiasm, and the Salt Affairs Department needs an iron fist to control the overall situation!" ”