Lin Mo's words are a bit heart-wrenching, but it is indeed a fact, the previous dynasty for the sake of taxation, regardless of official salt, private salt, black salt, and white salt, were strictly controlled, and then many poor people had no salt to eat, and had to rebel in order to survive, and there was such a situation after the founding of the country, and later Emperor Gaozu promulgated the "Salt Law" to crack down on private salt on the surface, but secretly relaxed the restrictions on black salt, so that many poor people had salt to eat, which stabilized the situation.

Du Shaofu understood a little when he heard this, but then said: "If you implement this method, there will definitely be more and more official salt, and the price will naturally drop, and then those poor people will be able to eat this official salt, wouldn't it be better?" ”

Lin Mo shook his head and said: "If this method is really used, it will naturally increase the official salt, but by that time, all the salt mines, salt wells, salt lakes, etc. will be controlled by the imperial court, and there will be no black salt, so you can only buy white salt, even if this official salt drops a lot, there will still be a large number of people who can't afford it, not to mention other places, this Longxi and other places are barren, and the people there may not be able to eat official salt for a while a year, if it weren't for the salt mines and some salt lakes that the imperial court did not send troops to garrison, I'm afraid there would have been a big mess a long time ago. At that time, all the big salt mines will be collected, and all the small ones will be filled, and only official salt will be allowed to be bought, and even if the price drops, there will still be a large number of people who cannot afford it. Moreover, the imperial court is bound to continue to vigorously crack down on the trafficking of illicit salt, and then some people will not even be able to buy illicit salt, so that although the salt is firmly in the hands of the imperial court, and the taxes for the imperial court are increased, the people will be even more miserable. ”

Du Shaofu was a little silent when he heard it, what Lin Mo said did make some sense, this salt blindly increased the official salt, which really made it more difficult for many people.

Then Lin Mo sighed and continued: "The adult's idea is good, the price of this thing will naturally drop, but we still have so many people who are not clothed and hungry, and the rich in Jiangnan naturally can't see anything, and those poor places are really falling, so we have to at least wait for the people to be richer before using this method." And the imperial court may not really be willing to lower the price of salt, now although stable but the north of the Xiongnu, the puppet dynasty, the south of the barbarians, the coastal area of the Japanese robbers, this all need money, if the price of salt is lowered, even if the small profits are quick turnover, I am afraid it will not bring more taxes to the treasury, in order to pay taxes, the price of salt may not be reduced. Saying this, Lin Mo subconsciously covered his mouth, Lin Mo was just a little boy, and it was not a small crime to talk about the government like this. Du Shaofu looked at Lin Mo and didn't blame Lin Mo.

After a long time, Du Shaofu got up and arched his hand to Lin Mo and said, "Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years, and I have been taught." ”

Lin Mo hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Adult, this makes the student very ashamed, I am just talking nonsense, the adult is already generous if he does not blame, how can he thank the student like this, the student department really deserves it." Du Shaofu said: "Your words are a thousand words to me, let me suddenly open my mouth, this salt is really not so simple, easy to move, I am afraid it will hurt the fortune of the country." ”

Lin Mo was a little helpless when he heard this, he just said the worries in his heart, in case the imperial court could solve this problem, it would naturally be better. Lin Mo said that the starting point is actually the people, although Lin Mo as a young man is not interested in entering the dynasty to serve the country as an official, but he still has the world in his heart, especially the ordinary people are very concerned, after all, the change of dynasty, what remains unchanged is these people, although they have been weathered but still full of hope, they are the most pitiful and lovely people.

Du Shaofu asked: "How should this salt be reformed to benefit the people?" Lin Mo thought for a moment and said: "The most beneficial thing for the people is naturally to release the salt to the people, there is no longer official salt, in the promotion of the method to the world, everyone can make salt, and then this salt will become something that everyone can afford, of course this is unrealistic." ”

Although Du Shaofu didn't speak, he also knew that this matter was unrealistic, and then Lin Mo said: "In fact, there is a compromise method is the joint venture between government and business, and the official salt is sold together with the commercial salt, and the official salt is still the official system, official transportation, and official sales as it is now, and the commercial salt allows the merchants to operate by themselves, and the government collects taxes, of course, the official salt still occupies the main part, for example, there are a total of one million quintals of salt in the world a year, and the official salt should account for more than half, that is, more than 500,000 quintals, so that even if there is a big businessman who controls a government or even a piece of commercial salt, As long as the official salt maintains the reserve price, plus the adjustment of taxes, so that the price of salt will not be raised, the price of salt will become extremely stable, and it will not skyrocket and fall because of the behavior of merchants. ”

Du Shaofu thought for a moment and then said: "I'm afraid it's still a little inappropriate for the merchant to take over this salt, after all, this merchant can't afford to be profitable early, and I'm afraid it won't be easy to control at that time." Lin Mo did not refute, this is indeed the truth, although the current dynasty is stable, the local area still has a lot of independence, there are feudal towns and rebellions, and the centralization of power is still not enough, so if the salt production and salt selling rights that are finally collected by the central government are easily released to the locality, I am afraid that it will set off a bloody storm again.

Du Shaofu also stopped talking about this salt, and asked Lin Mo not to leak the content of today's conversation, so he let him leave, as for going to visit Wanquan in prison, Du Shaofu originally did not agree, but Lin Mo pleaded repeatedly, Du Shaofu finally agreed to arrange privately, let Lin Mo wait until the evening passed, after all, now this is a soldier, and those people can't be allowed to seize the handle, which is also a means to protect Lin Mo.

After Lin Mo left, Du Shaofu sat on the chair alone and closed his eyes and pondered, for a long time, Du Shaofu's eyes opened, and then he came to the study and told his subordinates not to disturb, locked himself in the room, picked up the pen, and worked hard to write, unconsciously the sky had gradually darkened, Du Shaofu finally put down the pen, looked at the dozens of pieces of paper full of words on the case and smiled with satisfaction. Then Du Shaofu carefully dried the ink on these papers, then sorted them out, and finally wrote the word "salt theory" on a piece of paper, and then put the papers into a box, and then sighed and said to himself: "I hope this thing can be used in the future." ”

Lin Mo, who returned home, waited until it was late, and then set off to go to the prison, where the two brothers Wan Quan and Wan Peng were separated in two cells, and while there was no one around, the two began to talk. Wan Peng looked at Wan Quan and said with some concern: "Big brother, Du Shaofu has not announced the verdict in this case for a long time, do we still have a chance to overturn the case?" ”

Wan Quan shook his head and said: "Du Shaofu doesn't pronounce the sentence because he wants to get what he wants from my mouth, and if he can't get what he wants, he won't pronounce the sentence easily." Wan Peng's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Then big brother, let's shake things out, will Du Shaofu let us go?" ”

Wan Quan shook his head and said earnestly: "Let's not talk about it, he dealt with it fairly, it's a big deal to cut off my head and raid my home."

, You still have a chance to live, if we say it, Deng Yushi and those people will not let us and everyone in the family go, after all, this is how to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, after all, I know too many things. Wan Peng said in a panic when he heard this: "Big brother, why is Du Shaofu also a Fu Yin, can this still protect us?" ”

Wan Quan smiled when he heard it: "Fu Yin? This Yunzhou is clearly the chief official, but secretly he has long been hollowed out, most of the county orders and counties are from the Deng Yushi faction, Du Shaofu's decree still has some role in this Yunzhou City, out of Yunzhou City, just like the air, such as this private salt, he repeatedly ordered the county officials to strictly investigate, but the first grain of private salt has not been found all year round, officials at all levels are clearly respectful to him, and secretly who takes him seriously? Wan Peng nodded when he heard this, and then said, "Then what will happen to our case, big brother?" If Deng Yushi intervenes, will we be fine? ”

Wan Quan shook his head and said, "Can't you see it yet?" I have been abandoned now, this time the incident is too big, everyone knows it, and Du Shaofu is in charge, even if this matter can be covered up, but Du Shaofu will not give up easily, he is still the governor of Yunzhou, and Meng Wenzhao wears a pair of pants with him, Du Shaofu is not in danger, this Meng Wenzhao's hands behind his back can go all the way to the sky, and no one can afford to provoke him. Then he sighed and said: "If there is no Du Shaofu and Meng Wenzhao, even if they are openly selling illicit salt, no one in Yunzhou will dare to say anything." ”

Wan Peng looked at Wan Quan, and finally spoke: "Big brother, what's going on with the salt on the ship?" I still haven't figured it out? Is it really you, big brother? Wan Quan looked at Wan Peng helplessly: "If I really sell illicit salt, will I be stupid enough to lead Du Shaofu to check my own ship?" This salt is a trap deliberately set by someone to trap us. ”

Wan Peng nodded, he understood this, but he was still a little at a loss, and he didn't know who targeted Wan Jia like this. Wan Quan finally made things clear, he couldn't let Wan Peng know nothing all the time, and if he was really sentenced to beheading, he couldn't die in a daze.

So Wan Quan said: "There are two places of salt on your ship, one is your compartment, and the other is the cabin, and someone quietly put the salt in the compartment when you transported the goods, and that person must have bought our subordinates, so that he can hide from you." ”

Wan Peng said angrily when he heard this: "Who did the big brother when he arrived?" And that guy who eats inside and out, I won't let him go when I go out. Wan Quandao: "You know most things, who do you think is the most beneficial for our family to fall?" ”

"Could it be Du Shaofu and them? Let's take refuge in Deng Yushi, Du Shaofu broke one of Deng Yushi's arms when he beat us, which is the most beneficial to him. ”

Wan Quan shook his head and said: "Although it is beneficial to him, he will not do this, so he is not the same as Deng Yushi, if a person like him can really do such a thing, he will not be restrained by Deng Yushi." ”

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