Xiao Jing ordered the factory guards to clear the road.

Half an hour later, he entered the Heavenly Temple to report.

"Your Majesty, you can leave the palace."

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang glanced at each other and bowed: "The minister wants to go with His Majesty." ”

The capital is unstable, and I am afraid that the white lotus and the remnants will sneak into the capital, and at a critical time, I can use my body to block a knife for His Majesty.

The most important thing is to see what this guy Yan Chengjin does.

Emperor Hongzhi bowed his head and gave permission.

Go to the side hall to change into a blue and white Confucian robe, and put on a warm coat.

Leaving the palace from the side gate on the west side of the imperial city, two carriages drove towards Liangxiang.

Along the way in the capital, there are hundreds of shops that have closed their doors, and they are deserted and quiet.

When he arrived on the official road, Emperor Hongzhi lifted the curtain of the carriage: "The carriage and horses are fifty percent less than usual." ”

Liu Jian and the three sat together in the carriage.

Xie Qian was relieved: "It's winter, the snow is buried in the knees, the carriages and horses are difficult to travel, and there will naturally be fewer carriages and horses, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry." ”

Xiao Jing secretly blamed Yan Chengjin.

Don't say a word, Fangshan is as big as half of the capital, where to find him?

"Your Majesty, where are we going to Fangshan?"

Emperor Hongzhi was stunned and thought about it again: "Yan Qing's family did not mention it in the letter. ”

Li Dongyang secretly thought to himself, Yan Chengjin asked His Majesty to leave the palace, it must be to ban salt introduction.

"Go to Nankang in Fangshan, Chen guess, he should be in the winery."

The liquor workshop in Liangxiang, this is the only place Yan Chengjin may go.

But what is Your Majesty going to the winery for?

An hour later, the carriage stopped in front of a winery.

Before he got out of the car, Emperor Hongji could smell a foul smell.

Yan Chengjin stood in front of the winery and bowed slightly: "Minister Yan Chengjin, I have seen Your Majesty." ”

Zhang Xian, Wang Shouren and others bowed down one after another.

Emperor Hongzhi was displeased: "I came according to your letter, what are you letting me out of the palace?!" ”

The letter said that he could solve his doubts when he came to Fangshan, so he left the palace.

In front of the Fengtian Palace, there was a mess, the gentry closed the doors, and the stamps and sparse music were piled up.

Salt politics is related to the imperial court and hundreds of people in the world, and it is related to the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty.

He really has no leisure to go out of the palace for a micro visit.

There is nothing here except busy workers, and the pungent smell of the smell, and I can't help but be disappointed.

Yan Chengjin said: "The answer Your Majesty wants is right in front of you." ”

Regardless of whether it will infringe on the interests of the gentry, what His Majesty wants is only prosperity.

Emperor Hongzhi looked up, and the villagers poured white noodles and soybeans into the pot, and then added firewood to the cauldron.

In the open space, there are many such cauldrons.

Wheat and white rice were put in, and the white mist was billowing up, and it was busy.

It can be seen that all kinds of soy wine and liquor are being made.

"What are you showing me?"

"In the prosperous age, the truth is contained in winemaking."

Emperor Hongzhi looked over again, but he didn't see any reason.

Li Dongyang was puzzled, just with such a few words, it was impossible for His Majesty to ban the salt policy.

But Yan Chengjin never does unprepared things?

Wang Shouren fell into deep thought, sometimes looking at Yan Chengjin.

Yan Chengjin said: "These villagers don't have enough to eat.

Liangxiang built a winery, and they could receive half a tael of silver a month, and they could buy farming cattle, grain, and iron tools. ”

The Ming Dynasty had land, but without cultivators and iron tools, it was impossible to cultivate.

They have long understood this truth.

"You let Your Majesty venture out of the palace just to see this?" Xiao Jing complained.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "But what does this have to do with Yanyin?" ”

"The minister can't say it yet, if he goes to a good country, the minister can explain it."

The salt has been used for more than a hundred years, and it is not easy to convince His Majesty to abolish it.

If you want to repeal it, you need to make Your Majesty understand it thoroughly.

If His Majesty insists on banning it, even if the hundred officials kneel for three days and three nights, they will not be able to stop it.

Although there are salt merchants in the market who resist.

However, Liangxiang has been accumulating strength for two years, which can stabilize the commercial situation of the Ming Dynasty, and there is a lost force to resist the salt gang of the Jin merchants.

Although there were many salt merchants, they accounted for only a quarter of the pillars of the Ming economy.

There are also silks, tea, and antiques, and these merchants will not resist.

Even if the salt merchants do not sell salt, Liangxiang also has the technology to make salt, so that the people of the world can eat salt.

Li Dongyang and the three of them pondered hard, curious about what Yan Chengjin wanted to say to His Majesty.

When they arrived in Liangxiang, the streets were still bustling with activity, and merchants happily called for workers to load goods onto horse-drawn wagons.

Yan Chengjin told the mystery: "It was the salt that prevented the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Emperor Hongzhi was confused, and Li Dongyang and the others were already a little angry, what are you talking about?

"Your Majesty and the princes see that the good country has all kinds of trades and goods to provide for the needs of the people, so it is extremely prosperous.

Before the establishment of the workshop, Liangxiang was a wasteland, and the people could not wrap their stomachs.

If the world is compared to a good country, and there is more buying and selling, what will happen to the world?

Yes, it's prosperity!

But the gentry and officials of the world dominated the salt business, and were unwilling to open up other commercial fields, which made the Ming Dynasty so.

Whether it is to stabilize the price of salt or to hope for prosperity, it is necessary to abolish the salt introduction. ”

The gentry liked to be in the business of selling salt.

But there was no innovation and competition in this business, which led to a very homogeneous economic structure of the Ming Dynasty.

The prosperous era is a hundred schools of thought, each leading the way.

Such an economic truth, although it is superficial.

But before the theory was formed in the Ming Dynasty, Yan Chengjin had also experienced later generations, so he could understand a little.

Emperor Hongzhi's heart was pounding, and he seemed to have been stabbed by a sharp sword, and he was shocked beyond measure.

He also knew that the prosperity of the good country was due to the increase in the number of merchants.

But he has never reflected on the truth behind it.

Liu Jian and Xie Qian combined with the transformation of Liangxiang and widened their eyes.

This son is a genius in business!

Wang Shouren looked abrupt.

Yan Chengjin was thinking in his heart, should the next step be to encourage childbirth and increase the population......

Looking at the prosperous good country, Emperor Hongzhi made a decision in his heart.

The abolition of salt will not only allow the imperial court to collect silver, but also stabilize the price of salt, making the world more prosperous.

He took a deep breath: "Go back to the palace." ”

Li Dongyang and the three of them glanced at each other and got into the carriage.

Forbidden city.

The hundred officials were still kneeling in front of the Fengtian Temple, their mouths dry and drowsy.

But there are words in the mouth.

Zhu Houzhao walked by, elated: "Don't kneel, masters, my father has already left the palace." ”

Ma Wensheng and Xiong Wei looked tense.

The hundred officials looked at Zhu Houzhao, and Zhang Heling was anxious: "Houzhao, tell your uncle, what is Your Majesty doing when you leave the palace?" ”

Zhu Houzhao thought about it and was happy: "Lao Gao has thought of a plan, and when my father comes back, he will abolish the salt introduction." ”

Baiguan smiled disdainfully, you want to deceive people again! Is Yan Chengjin saying that he will be wasted?

Ma Wensheng and Xiong Wei were both in each other's eyes, seeing deep panic.

Yan Chengjin, this guy, is not sure, he will never admonish!

Could it be ......

At this time, the door of the Fengtian Temple opened.

Xiao Jing walked out with the floating dust in his arms: "Your Majesty summons hundreds of officials to come in!" ”

A group of small eunuchs rushed over, helped the hundred officials up, or dragged or carried them into the main hall.

Yan Chengjin was wearing official clothes and stood beside Wang Shouren and Wang Yue.

Emperor Hongzhi sat upright on the main hall, and the hundred officials stood still.

A deep voice resounded through the hall:

"I am determined to abolish the salt introduction!"

It was as if an invisible lightning bolt struck the minister's head, first froze in place, and then someone fell to the ground and convulsed.

Ma Wensheng and Xiong Wei were at a loss and wanted to admonish.

"Your Majesty, isn't it as good as Yan Chengjin alone for a hundred officials?!"

"Don't listen and believe!"

Yan Chengjin is very innocent, the reason for your persuasion is to violate the ancestral system, and the reason for the official's advice is to give His Majesty a prosperous life.

It's really not a matter of people who have the final say in admonishing this thing.