Stove households have been affected by the laborers, they have to stand up, they want to live better, they want to be able to eat enough, they want to reduce the squeezing...... The imperial court demanded a salt tax to ensure the supply of salt.

There is no contradiction between the two, and it is completely possible to sit down and talk about it and get a good result.

But the several salt merchants gathered in Yangzhou were stupid, they never expected that His Majesty the Emperor would be willing to talk to the lowly stove households, is there any respect for this?

Do you want to face the heavenly family?

In the face of this group of stunned people, Yang Bo just showed a disdainful smile.

It's all a bunch of fools!

If you want to be useful, you need the cooperation of the Son of Heaven, and you need the ministers around the emperor to indoctrinate you, so that the emperor can believe that the following crimes are wrong, and that the people are in turmoil.

But I'm sorry, with Master Wang Yue here, the Son of Heaven wouldn't see it that way at all.

He will only stand on the side of the majority of stove households, not so much as a change, but a thorough reconstruction of the country from the bottom up, and even to put it bluntly, it is likely to be a change of dynasty.

This is the conclusion that Yang Bo has come to through a long period of observation.

It was shocking, and when he came to this conclusion, he was almost so frightened that he couldn't sleep all night.

But if you think about it, it's really like that.

Let's start with it, equalizing the land, this is something that can only be done by changing the dynasty, otherwise any emperor who touches the land will either oppose it or die an unknown death.

This is not a joke, but in the history books, it is clearly written and clear.

Everywhere you look, it's all the same.

For example, what was the premise for the success of the so-called Meiji Restoration? It is the abolition of the knife order, the re-clearing of the acres of land, and the re-determination of the tax rate.

What is it?

This is not a reform, it is not a change in the law.

It's a change of dynasty!

Although it is a group of nobles from the southwest, replacing the original nobles, it cannot deny the fact of changing the dynasty, otherwise what is Li Tang replacing the Sui Dynasty?

Therefore, it is absurd to look at the Meiji Restoration from the perspective of the reform of the law, after all, there are too many measures that go beyond the connotation of the reform.

Although Yang Bo did not have the master's experience in crossing, with his clever head and years of observation and learning, he found that what the master and His Majesty did was a bloodless change of dynasty!

Zhu Houxi succeeded to the throne as a vassal king of the clan, and he did not have much historical baggage, and he did not need to compromise with those old ministers.

Zhu Houxi relied on Wang Yue and appointed Zhang Xuan and a group of people who were incompatible with the old bureaucracy to establish his own team. Then, relying on this team, first in Shuntian and other places, clear the acres of land, pay taxes evenly, and train people and horses...... What is this for?

Is this Wang Anshi's kind of change?

Is it a Shang Yang Change?

Not really!

Not at all!

This is exactly the same method as when Zhu Yuanzhang was based on Yingtian, built a high wall, accumulated grain, and slowly became the king!

Since this is the case, this time the Son of Heaven is on his southern tour, is it to see the scenery?

Not really!

Isn't this the Northern Expedition of Xu Da and Chang Yuchun at the beginning!

Although the direction is different and the goal is different, the meaning is definitely the same.

When Master and the Son of Heaven went south, what they wanted to overthrow was not the tangible Great Yuan Dynasty, but an invisible system that lasted for hundreds of years.

This system includes Caoyun, including Yanzheng, including the families of Jiangnan, including science, and everything from the old era...... As soon as he thought of this, Yang Bo felt a chill down his spine and broke out in a cold sweat.

At the beginning, Emperor Taizu established the country with iron and blood, created a great Ming, and how many people did he kill? Have you ever frowned? It doesn't matter who it is, as long as you obstruct Taizu, you will be trampled into powder.

I'm not that stupid!

Go to fight against the Son of Heaven, go to turn your face with the master, just for the sake of the so-called hometown, you can dream of it!

"The big guy came to ask me, I only have one sentence, you control the two Huai salt, you have eaten enough fat, which one is not worth more than one million taels? Compared to you, our Yang family is poor. My sister's money, minus the debt, there is nothing left. How can you compare with you people, not only do you have a huge amount of money, but you can also take out money and send it to the temple. You're so rich! ”

Yang Bo slapped the table and stood up angrily.

"Don't you all have hearts? So many temples in Xishan have been bulldozed by His Majesty, and you still dare to send money to the temple, you are slapping Your Majesty in the mouth! ”

Yang Bo can actually be old-fashioned and teach these people a lesson.

In front of him, there were three little old men, and these three people were the representatives of Jin Shang in Lianghuai.

When it comes to wealth, Jin merchants are not the first in the world, among which Su merchants, Hui merchants, and even Zhejiang merchants can wrestle with Jin merchants. But when it comes to the degree of organization and the close internal connections, other business gangs should be ashamed of themselves.

There's no way, Shanxi is a poor place, and if the big guys don't hold together, they won't have any way to live.

It was this innate sense of distress that allowed Jin Shang to firmly grasp the windfall profits of salt.

It's just that the Jin merchants haven't completely eaten the salt profits, and it's impossible to think about it, if that's the case, the court would have joined forces to eradicate the Jin merchants a long time ago.

They control more than 70 percent of salt sales, but in the salt production sector, just over 30 percent.

The local merchants of Yangzhou, the wealthy merchants of the Jiangnan family, and the Jin merchants, the three-legged stand together, and jointly divided the salt production of the two Huai.

"The eldest prince, the little ones all know that they can't have a hard top with the court, but we are helpless and don't work if we are soft-spoken!"

Yang Bo snorted, "Waste! When did our Jin merchants rely on financial resources to oppress people? Won't you be reasonable? Aren't you going to tell these people that they're at the point of their survival? One step further and there is no place to die? Don't you know? ”

The three of them looked at each other, and to be honest, they really didn't know, and they always felt that it was a lose-lose situation at best.

"Eldest son, what do those stove households know? It's nothing more than a rabble! If they make a fuss, salt will not be produced, and without salt, the people everywhere will make trouble, and when the time comes, there will be smoke everywhere, although a few large salt merchants will not end well, and the court will also bleed heavily. ”

Yang Bo raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Is that so?" Since you have such a big grasp, why don't you follow those few families to toss together? And you want to run to me? ”

Of the three, the eldest stepped forward.

"The eldest prince, it is inevitable that both sides will lose and lose, and we are thinking that someone will come out and clean up the mess when the time comes. What we mean is that if the salt tax is restored to the time of the Hongwu Dynasty, can it be exchanged for the approval of the Son of Heaven? ”

"I want to eat it!"

Yang Bo was unceremonious, and scolded directly, "Do you think my master is a fool?" What is Xishan College busy with every day? How many people were there in the Ming Dynasty, can they not know? Even if it is conservatively estimated, the population of the current Ming Dynasty is twice as large as that at the beginning of the country! Double! And that's just the number of people, and the price of salt! The current price of salt is also much more expensive than at the beginning of the country. In addition, the imperial court has increased its investment in transportation, and the technology of salt production is also making breakthroughs, and the cost is going down......"

"With so many conditions superimposed, there is no salt profit of more than three times, let alone my master, even I will not agree!"

Yang Bo talked eloquently, and his words were absolutely extraordinary.

Several representatives of the salt merchants cried, "The eldest prince, of course the little ones know the benefits of this, but please also ask the eldest prince to understand, we also have to dredge the joints and give an explanation to all aspects." We can't get all the money we earn into our purses! ”

Yang Bo sneered, "That's it...... After all, you're not trying to completely change the salt law, you're thinking about re-distributing the spoils, right? ”

Several people were embarrassed, but they didn't dare to deny it.

Yang Bo stood up, put his hands behind his back, and sneered, "It's late, I'll tell you, it's all late!" Your Majesty personally saw the stove household, just to cut off your thoughts, look, the salt law reform, no one can stop it! ”

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"You have all dealt with salt all your lives, based on the current price of salt, how can the imperial court buy it, and the big guy can make money?"

Wang Yue smiled and said: "Or simply put it bluntly, the imperial court allowed you to open up production, at what price should you buy it, so that you don't lose money?" ”

Several representatives of stove households were asked by Wang Yue, if you want not to lose, at the beginning of the country, it was a stone of grain for a stone.

One lead to two hundred catties of salt, take it to Yingtianfu and sell it, almost two or five dollars of silver, almost four to five stones of grain, obviously, the difference in price is profit.

In fact, due to the squeezing of officials and salt merchants, once the salt was introduced, it was impossible to exchange for a stone of grain. The average price of salt in the market is also much higher than the price of Yingtian.

How much profit is in this, it is even more staggering.

Seeing that the stove was hesitant, Wang Yue smiled and said, "If you don't know it, then I'll tell you a plan...... For every time the court quotes, it collects a tax of two dollars of silver from you, and then it will be used as official silver, which can be sold everywhere for profit...... However, due to the control of the salt market, the imperial court will issue a guide price and will require the transportation area. At the same time, we will buy some salt to stabilize the price of salt, are you willing? ”

Hearing Wang Yue's words, the faces of several stove households turned red.

"I, we can also sell salt?"

Wang Yue smiled and nodded, "That's right, it's just that many people think that you are all poor sticks, you don't understand anything, and you haven't even been out of the house, and letting you be responsible for selling salt will only cause big problems." They are all waiting to see the jokes of the court! ”