After reading this questionbook, Xie Qian's face also became extremely ugly: "This question book is to limit the salt merchants who operate the salt business, and the imperial court issues qualifications every five years, and each qualification needs to be bought with money, which is also to generate income for the imperial court, I have to say, generous, this is a good policy, once implemented, the imperial court's salt class will definitely increase significantly." ”

"The imperial court is now very tight on all expenses, and with this money, it can be alleviated to a large extent, and Your Majesty is afraid that it will be tempting."

After listening to Xie Qian's words, Liu Jian smiled bitterly: "Don't say Your Majesty, I'm all moved, the person who came up with this plan is really amazing, a ghost." ”

The three of them were all silent, and after a while, Li Dongyang spoke first: "The problem is that now Qi You is in control of the Salt and Iron Division, and it is the Salt and Iron Division that determines the number of salt merchants, which means that this decision is in the hands of Shou Ninghou, and when the salt merchant wants to run the salt business, I am afraid that he will have to send another copy to Shou Ninghou, otherwise he will not be qualified to operate salt no matter what." ”

"Once this policy is implemented, the salt road will completely fall into the hands of Shouninghou, and then these salt merchants will support Shouninghou behind their backs, and even those scholars."

"We asked the Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate other salt farms before, and according to this policy, we have done useless work, and the other salt farms will still fall into the hands of Shou Ninghou."

This is a good policy, but the problem is here, they don't want the power of the salt road to fall into the hands of Shou Ninghou, if this policy is proposed by other officials, or if it is the cabinet that can decide the number of salt merchants, this problem will be much better. Shou Ninghou was stuck in the Salt and Iron Division, and now they knew Shou Ninghou's intention of asking for the Salt and Iron Division.

Knowing this, no matter what, Shou Ninghou couldn't hold the salt and iron division, it was too critical, and it would kill him.

"I'm afraid it's hard for Your Majesty to refuse!" Liu Jian picked up the question book again, and then said: "The imperial court can control the salt merchants, and at the same time increase the income of the salt tax, there is really no reason to refuse, if we stop it, I am afraid that it will make Your Majesty dissatisfied with us, it will be even more worth the loss, we still have to think of something else." ”

"Unless you don't let the Salt and Iron Division decide the number of salt merchants, but since the Salt and Iron Division has been established, how can you let others interfere? If you pass the cabinet, I am afraid that it will give people the suspicion that the cabinet will seize power. ”

Xie Qian said with a calm face on the side: "This method and scheming are really terrifying, since the establishment of the Salt and Iron Division, it is estimated that the other party has been waiting for this day."

"Now, this matter is afraid that it is difficult to stop, it is better to start with the household department, let the household department Shangshu Tong Zhong decide the qualifications of the salt merchant, although the salt and iron division is in charge of salt and iron, but in the end, it must also belong to the household department, and it is not a bad rule for the household department to interfere." Li Dongyang spoke at this time, and the expression on his face was unprecedentedly solemn: "We must not let the salt road fall into the hands of Shouning Hou." ”

"The salt road is the salt road of the Ming Dynasty, and the salt class is the main source of income for the imperial court, once it falls into the hands of the Marquis of Shouning, the consequences are unimaginable."

Liu Jian and Xie Qian didn't speak, both of them knew the meaning of Li Dongyang's words, the dictatorship of relatives must be stopped, the imperial court will never allow relatives to become bigger, Yandao is very profitable, and it must not fall into the hands of Shou Ninghou, this is not only a battle of interests, but also a struggle for power, you can't retreat, once you retreat, then it will be difficult to get it back.

"Elder Pavilion, this inscription was just sent by the General Political Secretary, and it is the inscription book of the General Political Envoy Lord Shen!" The clerk took a copy of the inscription book in, and then respectfully handed it to the three elders.

The three of them were stunned, and the person who could serve as a clerk in the cabinet was naturally unusual, and it was naturally unusual to disturb the question book handed over by the three of them at this time. Of course, Liu Jian didn't let him take the question book, and after taking a look, Liu Jianzi shook his head, the expression on his face became even more ugly, and he said after a long time: "The bottom of the kettle is drawn!" ”

Xie Qian and Li Dongyang glanced at each other, both of them saw the disbelief and shock in each other's eyes, the three of them have worked together for many years, Liu Jian, the first assistant university of the cabinet, is stable, and it is the first time that he has made such a gaffe.

"Gong Liu, can you let me take a look?" Xie Qian couldn't help it on the side, and asked directly.

Liu Jian nodded, handed the question book to Xie Qian, and then said, "We really have to find out this for Shou Ninghou's advisor." ”

Xie Qian took the question book and glanced at it, his eyes almost didn't protrude, this question book was on Shen Lu, the general political envoy, and the content was not complicated, Shen Lu first questioned the question book system, this time the Yangzhou private salt case exposed the lack of the imperial court supervision system, the imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the imperial envoy of the provinces, the Qing Officials of the household department, what are these people doing?

The garrison eunuchs did nothing, the local officials protected each other, and the court became blind, such a big private salt case in Yangzhou lasted so long, and the destructive power was so great, the court actually knew nothing.

Liu Qi, the transfer envoy of Yangzhou, has justice in his heart, but if he wants to find out about the Yangzhou private salt case, he can only think of himself as a thief, and even can only be guilty of the same crime as a corrupt official and salt merchant, what is this? This is the sorrow of the loyal ministers, and the court cannot go on like this. In order to solve this problem, Shen Lu, the general political envoy, proposed a new policy, that is, the secret system.

Tantra is actually nothing new, Jinyi Weidong Factory has it, and the important ministers of the court can also present it to His Majesty.

It's just that this is only limited to important ministers in the court, these people can see the emperor, and they can personally inherit the inscription to the emperor, but others cannot.

In this script, Shen Lu proposed the secret music system, that is, to establish a new secret music channel, so that officials in the world can play the secret music directly to the imperial front. Of course, this doesn't mean that you have to go to the tantra for everything, if you want to go to the tantra, then you have to follow the topic book for the person in charge of your tantra, as if it were ordinary business.

In this, Shen Lu also put forward several examples, such as the case of illegal salt in Yangzhou this time, if there is a secret system, then Yangzhou transfer makes Liu Qi not have to suffer this great crime.

Although Shen Lu's writing is reasonable and well-founded, who are the three cabinet scholars, they can penetrate the essence of this secret music at a glance, which is the seizure of power. The essence of the secret music is to bypass the officials, bypass the procedure, bypass the cabinet, and directly submit the inscription to the emperor. Is this a good thing? It depends on who is right, and if there is a secret play, more than half of the power proposed by the cabinet will be abolished.

The secret music was directly submitted to the imperial front, and the cabinet didn't know, so what kind of vote was there to talk about? Officials play secret music with each other, and everyone is like sitting on a nail board, and they are impeached at the slightest mistake.

"It's really ruthless!" Xie Qian picked up the two notebooks and sighed: "This time we really have no way back!" “

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