Outside the gate of the Li Mansion,

Yan Chengjin stood in front of the gate of the mansion, and the salt was changed to official sales, and there would be no more salt policy reform in the Qing Dynasty.

Although it is good governance, it cannot be credited in this matter.

Han Wen, Liu Jian, Qin Hong and other ministers, as well as the officials of the six ministries and the chief eunuchs of the twelve eunuchs of the inner palace, do not know how much salt they hold.

Their salt may be begging for their own begging, or it may be rewarded by His Majesty on his own initiative.

After changing to the official after-sales service, all these salt guides will be turned into waste paper.

The merchants in the southeast who bought the salt leads, perhaps, will go bankrupt overnight.

I haven't seen anyone come for a long time, so how can I pat on the door, turn around and flatter: "Young master, why don't you invite Miss Li to the house?" The small one can send a message to the lady's personal maid Fengjiao. ”

"Something as stupid as a pig! Such a ruinous thing, Young Master Ben did it, wouldn't it be indecent? You can pass the message, don't say that it was instructed by this young master. Yan Chengjin said.

"......" how can he.

In an instant, the door of the mansion opened, and the door welcomed Yan Chengjin into the mansion.

When he came to the main hall, Yan Chengjin saw Li Dongyang sitting in the hall, as if he was waiting for him.

Li Dongyang snorted coldly and said reluctantly: "You just said that there is a way to stabilize the price of salt?" ”

Yan Chengjin took out a piece of paper from his arms: "If the lower official said it, Master Li can't reveal it, it was the lower official who said it, and ask the adult to sign the paper and make a promise." ”

Li Dongyang's old face twitched fiercely, and the old man asked you a word, are you like this?

I'm afraid I don't want to plot a rebellion, right?!

"If you don't say it, the old man won't sign it! Hugh come to this set! ”

Yan Chengjin pondered for a moment: "Lord Li can know that Wang Shu entered Beijing to find the official for this matter, and if Lord Li does not sign, the official will not reveal half a word." ”

I'm afraid that if I say it, the court will be disrupted, and the gentry will chase your palanquin with machetes.

Li Dongyang thought for a moment, although this son is timid, he is not deceiving.

"Bring it!"

Glancing at the paper, I made sure that there was no such thing as selling women on the contract, and then I signed it.

Yan Chengjin took out another copy: "In duplicate, please sign another copy of Lord Li." ”

Li Dongyang was so angry that he almost jumped up, and he couldn't help but beat this guy.

He took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and signed again.

Yan Chengjin put the contract away: "The way to stabilize the price of salt is to abolish the salt introduction. ”

Li Dongyang seemed to have been hit on the head with a blunt object, and he was stunned for a long time.

Salt introduction, is the imperial court to sell salt certificate, without salt introduction, the world will be in chaos, and the salt introduction will be abolished?

"Without salt introduction, how can a merchant sell salt?"

"Merchants no longer sell salt, but sell it officially, and the world's coarse salt and refined salt are supplied by the imperial court, so that no matter when, the imperial court can stabilize the price of salt, and the people can eat salt.

There will no longer be a habit of begging for salt in the DPRK and China, and officials will become incorruptible, killing two birds with one stone. ”

There were two major corruptions in the Ming Dynasty, one was to beg for land, and the other was to beg for salt.

In particular, the internal officials and eunuchs usually begged His Majesty for a large amount of salt when they were favored, and then sold it to the gentry.

Li Dongyang took a deep breath: "How many officials and gentry will be affected by this?" Do you know what you're talking about? ”

It can be determined how many officials will be hurt if they advise His Majesty to implement the world.

Yan Chengjin stood up: "If Gong Li advises, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will definitely second." ”

Li Dongyang gave him a blank look, is this official the one who seconded the proposal? I don't dare to mention it!

No wonder this son both signed and drawn.

Even he didn't dare to admonish His Majesty easily.

"Why don't you give advice to Your Majesty?"

"This official is just a small second-grade imperial history, and his deterrence in the court is far inferior to that of Duke Li."

The corners of Li Dongyang's mouth twitched slightly, it was right that the official did not marry his daughter to you.

Come out of the Lee Mansion.

Yan Chengjin knew that Li Dongyang dared to second, but he might not dare to advise Emperor Hongzhi, this move involved too much and needed to be considered for a long time.

But the people of the southeast can't wait.

In the imperial court, there is only one person who is bold and not afraid to cut off his head.

Zhu Houzhao!

………

The East Palace, covered in silver, is empty and lonely.

The little eunuch supervised the transcription of the Emperor's ancestral teachings, and Zhu Houzhao reprimanded: "Something like a dog, can the words of this palace be written so well!" Recopy! ”

The little eunuch was so anxious that he took a new piece of paper aggrievedly.

Zhu Houzhao felt a little bored: "This palace wants to raise crickets in the palace." “

The little eunuch Zhang Xi sneered: "Your Highness, crickets are summer insects, how can they live until winter?" “

"Nonsense! Melons are summer things, but Lao Gao can eat melons in winter, and the main palace can also raise crickets in winter. ”

Zhu Houzhao thought beautifully, he could make a lot of money by selling it to gamblers in Liangxiang.

"Your Highness, Lord Yan asks to see you."

"No, if he hadn't asked his father for silver, the palace would have been punished a thousand times."

Without crickets, Zhu Houzhao felt a little bored: "How about building a greenhouse in this palace to raise crickets?" ”

Zhang Jinxi was frightened, but the more His Highness persuaded him, the more he liked Hu Lai.

At this moment, Yan Chengjin walked into the hall: "Your Highness will definitely be beaten by Your Majesty if you raise crickets in the palace, and the minister has a way to let His Highness raise crickets without being beaten." ”

How could you be so kind? Zhu Houzhao was a little proud: "What can't be solved, you need this palace?" ”

"Does Your Highness know that the merchants in the southeast are hoarding salt, and many people in the province have no salt to eat?" Yan Chengjin asked.

"What's the matter with Sekihongu? It's not the palace that asked them to hoard it. ”

Yan Chengjin ordered all the little eunuchs to go out, close the window and door, and whisper a few words in Zhu Houzhao's ear.

"It can't be said that the minister said it."

"The rules are all understood."

………

Xinuan Pavilion.

Emperor Hongzhi's eyebrows suddenly stirred, Shaanxi and Yansui passed back to the sparse music, and the price of salt spread to the northwest.

"The northwest has always relied on the salt merchants in the southeast, and now the salt merchants in the southeast have cut off salt, and the maladministration has come out."

Liu Jian was helpless.

The law of the Ming Dynasty stipulates that anyone who sells salt privately will be punished with 100 rods and three years' imprisonment.

Whoever violates the salt law, the buyer and the seller, shall be fined eighty rods each, and the salt money shall be incorporated into the government.

Although there are salt lakes and rock salt in the northwest, salt diversion is in the hands of a few gentry, and it is a felony to mine salt without salt.

Li Dongyang lowered his head and pondered, abolishing the salt introduction can make the people eat salt, but it will hurt the interests of officials and gentry, and the consequences are unimaginable.

At this moment, the little eunuch reported: "Your Majesty, Your Highness has finished copying the book." ”

Emperor Hongzhi was upset: "Let him copy it a thousand more times." ”

Zhu Houzhao was lying on the door of the palace, and when he heard this, he rushed straight into the hall, unhappy: "My father is worried about the salt administration, why do you want to punish his sons?" ”

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's voice, it was like a fly screaming in his ear, but he couldn't shoot him to death, and Liu Jian and the others showed irritability.

"Even if you know that I am troubled, you will still bother me!"

Zhu Houzhao showed his snow-white teeth and said with a smile: "Just a salt administration, the son has a plan, which is worth ten thousand taels." ”

There was silence in the hall.

This self-righteous guy wants to point out the country.

Emperor Hongzhi raised his hand and ordered: "Drive out." ”

Yan Chengjin often messed with His Royal Highness, and Li Dongyang's eyes moved slightly: "Your Majesty, you might as well listen to it?" ”

Seeing that the hall was quiet, Zhu Houzhao cleared his throat and was elated: "Salt introduction is a bad government, why not abolish salt introduction and sell salt by the imperial court?" ”

Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jian and others were stunned.

The big stone in Li Dongyang's heart is relaxed, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is occasionally virtuous.