Your Majesty, the salt law is the foundation of the imperial court, the people's livelihood, and the wealth, and it must not be ambiguous. If someone sells illicit salt, he must be severely punished. It's just that the ministers are stupid, and no evidence has been found, so please make it clear to Your Majesty! ”

Xie Qian trembled, and there was unconcealed panic in his voice...... No one can clearly say how deeply involved the salt law is and how complex the interests behind it are, even if the cabinet ministers are unable to retreat from the whole body.

They never dared to touch the salt law, which is also the reason why they heard that Wang Yue was selling illicit salt, and they collectively jumped to their feet. But who knows, they made a start, and then hit their feet in a super double way.

Zhu Houxi sighed, and his eyes fell on Cui Shilin.

"Fu Guogong, do you say there is a problem with private salt?"

Cui Shilin laughed loudly, "Your Majesty, isn't this obvious!" Although the minister has not done many major things, he is still clear about how much food he ate and how much salt he consumed along the way when he went to the country several times. Generally, the minister is calculated according to one pound of salt a month, and the gap between the left and right will not be too much. ”

"Since the amount of salt a person eats is certain, it depends on the number of people who eat salt. The minister wants to ask Your Majesty, since the founding of Taizu to the present, has my Ming household registration increased or decreased? ”

Zhu Houxi chuckled, "Cui Shilin, you are wrong, I don't believe you ask Huang Jin, how is my Ming account?" ”

Huang Jin hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, according to the situation of land endowments in various places, Henan alone has lost more than sixty percent of the acres, and more than forty percent of the people, and other provinces are similar, or even worse." It can be seen from this that my Ming Dynasty is really a thousand miles of red land, the people are not happy, the people are killed and injured everywhere, and the country will not be a country! ”

Huang Jin's tone was exaggerated, and Zhu Houxi also cooperated: "Yes, I'm afraid that I'm not far from the king of the dead country, all the elders, I'm ashamed of my ancestors!" ”

Zhu Houxi and Huang Jin sang and harmonized, and even wiped their tears with their hands.

However, the people who want to cry are a few old men.

This kind of controversy is meaningless, because it has already been done once, that is, the debate between Yang Ting and the First Party and the Imperial Party, and the final result is that the Qingzhang advocated by Zhang Fujing and others can be implemented...... At least in Beizhili, it has been implemented.

And this time, Cui Shilin hooked the salt with the people, and the people were related to the fields and acres...... They are interlinked with each other, and in the case of land, for example, the land that is now registered is less than half of what it was at the beginning of the country, and the situation is very bad.

But the problem is that the salt tax is only half of half of the beginning of the country!

The drawbacks of the salt law lie far beyond the land.

Moreover, the land is implicated in all the gentry in the world, and the surface is very large, and the salt is a small number of salt merchants, so it is not difficult to guess that the interest groups hiding behind the salt have unimaginably large amounts of oil and water.

Need you say more?

For the cabinet, when it comes to the salt law, when it comes to private salt, they lose.

How much can Wang Yue sell? You let him go, and let him sell, and give him one million taels and two million taels a year, and send this kid away, and we still have the big head.

It's good now, if this matter is opened, the loss of benefits is tens of millions of taels.

It's really getting more and more confused, and he was actually tricked by Cui Shilin, and at this moment, several pavilion elders wanted to leave.

No way, they don't have a face anymore.

In addition to being ashamed, there is more of a panic, a fear of the future, and no one knows what will happen......

"Your Majesty, the old minister is the leader, he can't help the right and get rid of the evil, and the old minister can't be ashamed." Yang Yiqing first pleaded guilty, and his humble attitude finally eased the anger of some emperors.

"Your Majesty, the drawbacks of the salt law are so great that they have been deeply rooted for more than 100 years and have become a chronic disease. Although Lao Chen advocated a thunderbolt solution, after all, it was a major matter related to the people of the world eating salt. If it affects the supply of salt, in some places, it will cause chaos and provoke civil unrest, I am afraid it is not appropriate. All in all, the cabinet adheres to His Majesty's will, as long as His Majesty decrees, Lao Chen and others will not hesitate to make this head! ”

The old man is going to fight hard!

Not to mention whether it is true or not, this attitude is very comfortable.

"Ge Lao is loyal, I know it. The salt law is a matter of great importance, and it is true that this matter cannot be rushed. But I also have to make things clear. I can't blindfold myself and turn a blind eye to such a big maladministration. As for you, think about the righteous indignation you have against Wang Yue...... It's not a personal vendetta, is it? ”

These elders looked at each other, it was really a personal grudge, but unfortunately, we couldn't admit it, they were speechless.

Zhu Houxi smiled and said: "I also believe that it is not a personal grudge, since it is out of public intentions, I hope that you will come up with a strategy as soon as possible, how to solve the drawbacks of the salt law, increase finance and taxes, I want results!" Elders, you won't let me down, will you? ”

"The ministers did their best to live up to the grace of God!"

A rejuvenating action to ask the people for guilt turned out to be such a result.

Cui Shilin is a fight to fame.

In the past, in the eyes of everyone, the unscrupulous man dared to argue with the cabinet and won the battle, which was a record that Wang Yue only had in the past.

Now that Cui Shilin has actually done it, he really has the style of a teacher!

Wang Yue is also considered to be a successor.

Especially those nobles were even more ecstatic.

You must know that with the decline of the Duke of Chengguo and the Duke of England, among the nobles, the only one who can support is the unreliable Duke Xu of Dingguo.

Since their family is unreliable, not many people count on them.

Just when the big guys were leaderless, someone descended from the sky, with a thunderous momentum, and died with unprecedented strength, which was simply ecstatic.

Someone is going to ask, Wang Yue also has this strength, why doesn't the big guy belong to him?

You must know that Wang Yue is a person from the Hidden Mansion, and he is not all the way to Xungui.

Cui Shilin is different, his father is a colt, and he has been rolling in this circle since he was a child, and many people have watched Cui Shilin grow up.

It's great that the child is out of breath now!

These people were almost in tears, shouting that the heavens have eyes.

"Senior brother, junior brother really wants to congratulate you."

Yang Bo said: "Whether you are famous in the capital now, there are so many people who respect you, saying that you are an extraordinary young man, when you were born, the house was full of red light, and the fragrance was fragrant!" ”

Cui Shilin gave him a big roll of his eyes, "I'm not a great person, when I was born, I only had a fishy smell, unless my nose was broken, where could I smell the fragrance?" ”

Yang Bo laughed, "Senior brother, I think you're a bit powerful now." ”

Cui Shilin raised his head and looked at Yang Bo, passing through the grassland, this junior brother was also quickly shedding his youth and becoming mature.

"Senior brother...... I'm sorry, according to reason, I shouldn't have pierced the salt, but there is no way, if I don't do this, our master will be at a disadvantage...... Otherwise, how much loss your family has, I will find a way to compensate from overseas to ensure that you will not suffer! ”

Yang Bo smiled even brighter, he casually pulled a chair and sat opposite Cui Shilin.

"Senior brother, junior brother is beginning to admire you now." After a pause, Yang Bo said: "I'm not the same thing as my family, and don't forget, the younger brother also has the interests of the grassland in his hands, and this piece of oil and water is not under the overseas Japanese country at all!" Master's development of the northern realm is actually a good thing for the younger brother. ”

Yang Bo sighed and said: "If you want to say that you hate Master the most, most of them are those salt merchants in Yangzhou." ”

Cui Shilin's eyes rolled, "What they get is ill-gotten gains, not to mention damage, even if they die, they don't feel distressed." It's just a rare opportunity, what should we fight for Master, I haven't thought about it yet! ”

Yang Bo was taken aback, "Senior brother, don't you also want to advise on reforming the salt law?" ”

Cui Shilin scratched his head embarrassedly, "I have this thought, but I don't know much about the salt method, so I can only talk nonsense, junior brother, you can help the staff." ”

Yang Bo came to the spiritual head, "Senior brother, you just have to say, will it work if I listen to it?" ”

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"Senior brother, in fact, we all know that from the beginning of the country to the present, the number of people has increased exponentially, and the consumption of salt has also doubled. But at the moment, salt leads to the nest, and everything is still business as usual...... In other words, this part of the benefits fell into the hands of businessmen for no reason, and if this part is taken out, the opening of the Chinese law will be restored...... What do you think of handing over power to Master and asking him to prescribe salt to merchants in exchange for silver money to support the military? ”

Yang Bo's eyes widened, and he couldn't speak for a long time!

Cui Shilin was anxious, "You have something to say!" ”

"What are you talking about?" Yang Bowei shouted: "Senior brother, this is a big profit of tens of millions!" You've done Master a great favor! ”