The matter of the Qianqing Palace began to continue to ferment, first the eunuch Li Guang committed suicide by drinking water because of fear, and then the factory guards searched a large number of gold and silver treasures from Li Guang's house, land deeds, house deeds, etc., of course, the most important thing was to find a list of bribes, which clearly wrote the civil and military ministers who sent money to Li Guang from top to bottom.

Emperor Hongzhi was furious and ordered a thorough investigation of the matter, and for a while, the entire capital was in turmoil, and everyone was in danger, especially those civil and military ministers who had bribed Li Guang.

Four-wheeled carriages were walking rapidly in the streets and alleys of the capital, and inside were anxious ministers of civil and military affairs, who were walking desperately.

In the mansion of the three cabinet elders, the mansion of Jianchang Boshou Ninghou, and the mansion of Ning Bo Zhou Yu, the mother of the Empress Dowager Zhou, there are a large number of visitors almost every day, and everyone comes for only one purpose.

That is to let the elders of Sange, the Zhang brothers, and Zhou Yu write a letter to Emperor Hongzhi, don't make a big deal about this matter, everyone has turned a big thing into a small matter, and it has been revealed this time.

Originally, Emperor Hongzhi in history did not thoroughly investigate the matter at the suggestion of the Zhang brothers, but it was over, because the involvement was widespread, and hundreds of civil and military ministers were involved, from Shangshu and Gonghou to local military and political dignitaries.

Wang Yue, the famous trilateral commander in history, was repeatedly impeached by the imperial history because of Li Guang's case, and finally died of depression and anger.

It can also be seen from here that these civil servants of the Ming Dynasty are a urine nature, and when they catch these generals and nobles, they are desperately trying to rectify themselves, even if this Wang Yue, he is actually a civil official, but he is in charge of the affairs of the three sides, so those imperial histories are like crazy, and they impeach Wang Yue every day.

As for those civil servants in Li Guang's case, these imperial histories were selectively ignored, especially when Emperor Hongzhi did not pursue them, which was even more so.

However, because of the arrival of Liu Jin, the crossing butterfly, and the case of Li Guang, Emperor Hongzhi did not follow the advice of the Zhang brothers, but continued to order Xiao Jing to continue to investigate the case very strongly, which made the entire civil and military ministers of the government and the opposition personally panic and worry.

No one knows what Emperor Hongzhi will think and do, the roster has already reached the hands of Emperor Hongzhi, and just by relying on this Emperor Hongzhi, he can rightfully clean up the people on the list.

And Emperor Hongzhi also followed this matter, and once again threw out the matter of privately opening a salt farm, this time, among the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty, although there were still people who jumped out to oppose it, but the voice was already very small, and some people came out to speak for Emperor Hongzhi.

What allows private salt farms, a salt farm can receive two million taels of tax silver every year, which is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and should be vigorously supported.

There are even more people who bitterly talk about the disadvantages of the salt government, and bluntly say that the original salt government court and the common people have not received actual benefits, but only fattened those salt merchants, thinking that Emperor Hongzhi's move is meaningful to change the existing salt industry situation, the court can receive tax silver, and the common people can also eat cheaper salt, and it is even more to Emperor Hongzhi to wear the eternal sage, comparable to Yao Shun's big hat.

Therefore, about the private establishment of salt farms, after several court discussions, it was officially announced to the world in the form of a newspaper, and the original situation that salt and iron were monopolized by the imperial court began to change.

The imperial court allowed private individuals to open salt farms, but it was a very hard rule, and anyone who opened a salt factory must pay a tax of two million taels of silver per year before it could be allowed to open a salt factory.

It can be said that this chess move, Emperor Hongzhi is extremely beautiful.

Using the matter of Li Guang's case, firmly grasp the handle of the Chinese military minister, smart people will know what to do, and their handle will fall into the hands of Emperor Hongzhi, and Emperor Hongzhi can clean you up at any time.

Therefore, at this time, if you still oppose the proposal of Emperor Hongzhi's side, of course, the proposal to allow the opening of private salt farms will definitely not be put forward by Emperor Hongzhi himself.

He can just ask an official to bring it up, but everyone knows that this is actually what Emperor Hongzhi meant.

Therefore, smart people know what to do at this time, and many officials from the Jiangnan area were the most resolutely opposed, because the opening of private salt farms has seriously damaged the interests of salt merchants and big families in the Jiangnan area.

Their favorite thing is to maintain the existing situation and maintain the existing order, so that they can rely on salt to eat with their brains full of fat intestines, and they can rival the country.

But now, even if they knew this, they had to agree to Emperor Hongzhi's proposal, because was their own black yarn hat important or the interests of the interest groups behind them important?

They know very well what to do, what Emperor Hongzhi wants to implement, if it was before, everyone can spray Emperor Hongzhi with a spit on his face, and then don't understand anything, only believe that Emperor Hongzhi of the literati will accept it obediently, and everyone can also get a reputation for daring to admonish directly.

But now it's different, Emperor Hongzhi activated the power of the factory guard, and also allocated hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to the factory guard to strengthen the power of the factory guard.

Emperor Hongzhi has a lot of information in his hands, and he has a gap with Wenchen, and he no longer believes in Wenchen as he used to, because he knows the true face of these Wenchen.

The matter of Li Guang's case has firmly grasped the small tails of a large number of officials in their hands, and at this time they still jumped out as before, which is simply looking for death.

There is no doubt that one's own life is naturally more important than anything else, and as for the interests of the interest groups behind it, it is no longer too much to take care of.

The last case of the theft of the official warehouse has not yet ended, and now there is another case of Li Guang's bribery, and the officials from Jiangnan can be said to have suffered a major blow, and there is a sword hanging over their heads, and they will take their own lives at any time.

That's politics!

In the past, Emperor Hongzhi trusted Wenchen, and he didn't need the power of the factory guard in his hands, so what he saw in his eyes was that the court and the opposition were all virtuous and virtuous, and he thought that all the princes in the court were upright and virtuous ministers.

So everything is based on the suggestions and arrangements of these ministers, plus he is weak and a good man, so he is properly arranged by these ministers, and the life of the ministers is very comfortable.

In particular, those officials in the Jiangnan area, on the one hand, relied on the existing system to desperately serve the interest groups behind them, so that those salt merchants were full, and on the other hand, they could continue to consolidate the power of Jiangnan Shilin in the court, which was also an important reason why the Donglin Party was able to dominate the court in the late Ming Dynasty.

Because of the influence of Liu Jin's crossing of butterflies, subtle changes have taken place.

Emperor Hongzhi, who reused the factory guard, obtained a lot of information, and any decision was based on a large amount of information, so he also saw a lot of things clearly.

No longer blindly believed in Wenchen, and began to slowly reuse military generals and nobles, so there were also huge changes in the following series.

Emperor Hongzhi, who didn't have much scheming, was able to play such a trick in seconds, and relied on Li Guang's case to successfully realize his original intention that was impossible to implement.

The news soon spread throughout Daming with the newspaper, and the salt merchants in the Jiangnan area were whining and wailing, and they had already seen that their good days were coming to an end.

The beginning of private salt factories means that the existing salt and iron system will slowly change dramatically, and they will lose the foundation on which they depend.

As for some people who have the strength and have not been involved in the salt industry, they are rejoicing and can finally insert their hands into the lucrative salt industry.

The military generals and noble groups, the gentry and wealthy families in the north have long coveted this, and they have been suffering from no chance, and now the opportunity has come.

However, the mandatory requirement to pay two million taels of silver a year for running a private salt factory also makes everyone hesitate, and this amount is too big.

This is also an important reason why the officials from the Jiangnan region agreed, because they felt that no one could do it, and they could still make money after setting up a salt factory and paying two million taels of silver, unless the salt sold for a sky-high price.

And once the private salt farm is sold at a sky-high price, it has no way to compete with the salt merchants behind them, the price is very critical, since the competition is erected, when it comes to the market level, it depends on whose price is cheaper, and the people will not care so much, they only care about the price.

This is also a political game, we can agree to Emperor Hongzhi's proposal, but the hard rules of these two million taels of silver are also conditions, and they are the conditions for them to fight for.

They believed that even if someone could get involved in the salt industry, they would not want to make a penny in it, and eventually they would be able to maintain their existing interests.

With the introduction of the policy, Liu Jin also applied to the imperial court for a private salt farm as soon as possible, and two million taels of silver were also sent to the treasury in boxes and boxes on the same day.

This made the salt merchants and officials in Jiangnan slightly dumbfounded, and then became nervous, Liu Jin, a-stirring stick, there is absolutely nothing good in the field with him, and everything that was originally going to be peaked.

Let Liu Jin enter the field of salt industry, and the ghost knows what will happen.

However, before they could recover from this incident, the news that Liu Jin and the crown prince Zhu Houzhao would privately pay for the construction of the Qianqing Palace for Emperor Hongzhi spread throughout the capital again.

On the one hand, everyone lamented that Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao had strong financial resources, but at the same time, there was a lot of discussion about the new Qianqing Palace that was announced, and the new Qianqing Palace would be built with cement and green bricks, which was completely different from the original Qianqing Palace.