Huo Guang got up and asked Liu: "Your Majesty, in each county, there is already a salt and iron yamen of Dasi Nong, is it necessary to send a salt and iron order!" ”

Liu Xun replied: "The main task of the Salt and Iron Order is to allocate the quantity of various commodities in various places, and to reserve grain in various places, so as to collect commercial taxes and checkpoint taxes for the long of the world's unauthorized power!" ”

Hearing the answer of the Son of Heaven, Huo Guang carefully calculated the feasibility of the plan in his heart, Huo Guang knew that under the instruction of the Son of Heaven, Qi County had already started drying salt in the territory of Qi State.

Rely on firewood to boil salt, although the salt crystallization or anything is not as good as boiling salt.

But I can't stand the large output of dried salt!

The amount of salt produced by one acre of salt and iron in a month is comparable to the output of hundreds of workers who cook salt day and night.

As for the cost, it is almost infinitely close to none.

What did the merchants use to compete with the official products of the imperial court?

Even, as long as the government wants, he can destroy and defeat the merchants at a price lower than the cost of boiling salt in cast iron.

Therefore, the businessmen can probably survive for a few years.

But it's better that way.

Boiling frogs in warm water is the best strategy to deal with these guys.

The salt pans and blast furnaces that were waiting for the salt to dry had formed a scale, and under the leadership of the government, the army was used as bodyguards, and the salt and iron order yamen, guaranteed by the country's reputation, would crush all competitors.

The only way for the merchants to survive in such competition was to learn from the imperial court, and also use blast furnaces and salt.

It's just that the businessman in the world can have the background of Shaofu and the authority of the Son of Heaven, and can promote technological progress at any cost and at any cost?

If what the Son of Heaven said is true, then the salt and iron official camp is not only feasible, but also promising.

The Han court now earns 500,000 yuan a year.

But what is embarrassing is that 300,000 of them went into the private treasury of the Son of Heaven.

That is, only two hundred thousand dollars were credited to the treasury of the state.

This money was barely enough to sustain the operation of the imperial court, as well as military spending.

In the event of war, it is often necessary for the Son of Heaven to provide support and subsidies from the treasury of the Shaofu.

This man has no money, and his waist cannot be strengthened.

In the same way, the treasury has no money, and the ministers can't even speak in the face of the Son of Heaven.

At present, many yamen of the Han dynasty rely on the support of the Inner Treasury of the Son of Heaven to operate.

Under such circumstances, the Son of Heaven, who holds the money bag in his hand, can naturally take power.

And the decline of the prime minister's status is precisely because of this.

If the Prime Minister's Mansion can be rich and no longer need to beg the Son of Heaven for money, then the Prime Minister's power will naturally increase, and after having money, Huo Guang himself can transform the Han society according to his wishes.

Since ancient times, the soldiers and horses have not moved. Grain and grass come first.

As a veteran of the political arena for many years, Huo Guang certainly knows that financial power is the truth of status.

Liu Xun looked at Huo Guang and nodded with a smile.

Although Liu Xun is now full of promises, it will be set up under the yamen of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

But the crux of the matter is that without Shaofu, the salt and iron order can only hit the streets.

What's more, the Shaofu will not sit idly by and watch the Prime Minister's Mansion snatch food from their mouths, and it will be the fattest and most beautiful piece of meat as soon as they bite it.

When the time comes, Shaofu will definitely have a move.

You must know that in the power structure of the Han Dynasty, the Shaofu ostensibly only received orders from the Son of Heaven, but in reality, it was a complex yamen that accepted multiple leaderships.

In addition to the Son of Heaven, the Queen Mother and the Empress can interfere in the operation of the Shaofu. Order the subordinate officials of the Shaofu.

When the time comes, there will definitely be people who 'teach' the people of Shaofu to go to the East Palace to cry.

With the temperament of the Shangguan clan of the East Palace, he will inevitably intervene directly in this matter to prevent Huo Guang from becoming more and more big.

In other words, the salt and iron order yamen is actually just a big cake painted by Liu Xun to Huo Guang, and it is impossible to eat it in his mouth at all!

The so-called life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills, especially the emperor.

Liu Xun saw that Huo Guang was still pondering, and knew that this matter could not be decided in a few words, so he asked Huo Guang to retreat and leave Wei Xiang in the carriage alone.

Seeing Huo Guang get out of the car and leave, Wei Xiang opened his mouth and said, "Your Majesty, the minister respectfully listens to the teachings!" ”

Looking at Wei Xiang's performance, Liu Xun was very satisfied.

The Minister of Legalism is the only one who does everything, and after accepting the order, he goes all out, which makes Liu Xun very satisfied.

"There are two things that I let Qing stay...... "Liu Xun said unhurriedly, "the first thing. The gold offered by Zhuangwu Hou Song Yang this year is not in good condition, and there is a lack of ten gold......"

Liu Xun looked at Wei Xiang and continued, "Qing should know what to do about this matter......

Of course, Wei Xiang knew what Liu Xun meant.

If he just wanted to punish Song Chang with this, the Son of Heaven didn't need to personally explain to him, the imperial historian, and let Shang Shutai let out some rumors, and there would be an impeachment of the imperial history, and Tingwei Cheng would follow up.

The current court lieutenant Cheng Gongyu is young and full of energy, and since he has been in office for more than a month, this court lieutenant Cheng Cheng is simply holding a magnifying glass to look at every noble official.

So far, more than a dozen unlucky sons and nephews of the princes and eunuchs have been invited to tea and chat by this court captain.

But he still lacks a weighty political achievement.

And the political achievements of the court commanders of the Han family are calculated by how many princes or ministers of 2,000 stone have been overthrown.

Therefore, the court captain Zhang Shizhi can move the world, not because he changed many laws, nor because the Han family abolished corporal punishment in his hands, but because he was mad with the prestige of the prince.

Song Yang is not good enough to drink gold, and there is also a deficit in quantity, as long as this matter reaches Gong Yu's ears, that Gong Tingwei Cheng is afraid that he will wake up laughing when he sleeps at night!

Therefore, Wei Xiang immediately said, "The minister understands!" ”

Since the Son of Heaven did not go through Tingweicheng, but directly through him, the imperial historian, of course, he hoped to dig deep into Song Yang's affairs.

Pull out the radish and bring out the mud, and it's better to catch a few more lieges to do it together.

Because, if Ting Weicheng intervenes in this matter, then Song Chang is afraid that he will immediately take poison and commit suicide and apologize for his crime with death!

This is the unspoken rule of the Han family, and it will be a tradition that does not disgrace.

Not only will the emperor save face for his courtiers, but the courtiers themselves will also save face for themselves and preserve their dignity.

And through the Imperial Historian Yamen, it is possible

To take his time, first find another less sensitive excuse, invite Song Chang to the Imperial Historian's Yamen for tea and chat, and when he entered the Imperial Historian's Yamen, Song Yang couldn't help it.

Wei Xiang has been in the political arena for more than 20 years, and of course he is very clear about these tricks and methods.

Liu Xun saw Wei Xiang receiving the order and nodded, this matter depends on how Wei Xiang understands.

In other words, after Liu Xun gave the order, Wei Xiang could understand it as he wanted.

Liu Xun will only sit firmly in Diaoyutai and wait for things to develop.

No matter what the final outcome is, Liu Xun doesn't want his hands to touch this matter again.

Hypocrisy?

Hypocrisy, perhaps!

But the essence of politics is hypocrisy.

Liu Xun must maintain his image of being benevolent, approachable, shameless, benevolent and loving.

This is essential for domination.

The common people will love and support a man who is full of humanity and magnanimity.

But few people will honor a ruthless and selfless emperor.

Even if this emperor actually envisioned them for them.

Liu Xun didn't want his image to become a skinning genius like Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty.

After talking about Song Yang's matter, Liu Xun continued, "I heard that there are people who disturb the Empress Dowager's Qingxiu the most, and Qing will also go to investigate, and I will ask Huang Xie to assist Aiqing!! ”

Liu Xun said leisurely, "Qing go and check carefully, see who is disturbing the peace of the Queen Mother, investigate to the end, and never tolerate it!" ”

Those guys in the East Palace who helped Liu Xu, the king of Guangling, speak, Liu Xun didn't want to let go of any of them.

It's winter!

The Winter Lord is slaughtering, it's a killing season!

"No!" When Wei Xiang heard this, he immediately bowed.

This is the advantage of Wei Xiang.

Not afraid of things, let alone death, as long as he accepts the order, there is no object he dare not start!

Your Majesty, Ting Wei Cheng Cheng has something important to ask to see......"

"Something important?" Liu Xun frowned slightly, "What's the matter?" ”

Huang Xie handed a piece of music to Liu Xun and said, "This is Ting Weicheng's Shangshu, please take a look ......at it Your Majesty."

Liu Xun took it and looked at it, and then shook his head disapprerovingly, "What else should I do?" Go and tell Ting Weicheng that such a trivial matter should not be reported in the future......"

Huang Xie nodded, and was about to go down to tell Gong Yu.

Liu Xun suddenly stopped him, "Wait...... Go and invite Ting Weicheng to come......"

Liu Xun pinched the paper, and sighed in his heart, slightly remorseful and self-blaming.

The things reported by Gong Yu are not big, but they are not small.

How to understand it specifically, there may be opinions of each period in each period.

Liu Xun was also anxious about the affairs of the salt and iron official camp, and he didn't turn a corner for a while at first, and used the thinking of later generations to understand.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly, otherwise he would have made a foreign appearance.

What Gong Yu reported was discovered by Tingwei Cheng Yamen that in the past month or so, many places in various counties in Guanzhong have openly gathered people to drink in the name of festive occasions such as faint ceremonies.

Some even married two concubines in a month so that they could drink with others.

This matter is really a small problem in the future generations.

China's wine table culture has a long history, and many things can only be discussed if they have to be at the wine table.

Even, bars in various cities often stay up all night, and countless men and women buy and get drunk in them.

It's just that in this pre-AD era.

That's a big problem!

First of all, in politics, if the folk drinking is prosperous, it is easy to think of the sound of wine in the city before the fall of Yin Shang.

Since the Zhou Dynasty, the general public opinion believes that the death of Yin Shang, in addition to the man who bears the blame, is the habit of alcoholism in his country.

The village drinking ceremony of the Zhou Dynasty was designed to guide the people to establish correct drinking values for the reason of the demise of the Yin Shang.

Secondly, the alcoholic society, before industrialization, was definitely the enemy of the state!

Even the later Mi Di, who had entered the era of industrialization, once banned all alcohol trade and trade.

Before there were drugs, alcohol was the most harmful soft drug to society.

Like Maozi, who can knock out tanks while pouring vodka, is there a second one in human history besides Maozi?

In addition, for an agrarian society like the Han Dynasty, where even food security was a big problem, a large amount of grain was taken to make wine, which in itself was an unforgivable sin.

Therefore, the Han family has always been strict against alcohol, and even the Han law forbade more than three people to drink together for no reason, and the magistrates pursued and attacked it fiercely, treating the capture of wine as a income-generating project.

However, Liu Xun issued an edict not long ago and let go of this ban.

The prayer, because of its importance and significance to the people, was allowed to gather and drink in the open, and the magistrate was not allowed to interfere.

This would have been a good policy.

But human beings can never resist the temptation of alcohol.

Especially for the people of Guanzhong, wine is simply their second life.

All classes were so addicted to alcohol that the Han army went out to fight, and rewarding wine and meat became a means of boosting morale.

Now, these guys have grabbed this opening from Liu Xun and opened the era of drinking.

Whether it is for law and order, social order, or politics, this is not a good thing.

"Your Majesty, this is the first time that the counties in Guanzhong have reported the drunken brawl and armed fight incident of Tingwei Cheng since July......" Tingwei Cheng Gongyu knelt and presented a bunch of documents, official letters and reports.

Liu Xun took it and swept it slightly.

Boy!

Sure enough, they are worthy of being the children of Sanqin, and in just over three months, these guys have committed at least 300 drunken brawls, of which more than a dozen ended up being armed fights.

It's not fun to fight in the Han Dynasty!

Especially Guanzhong!

In Guanzhong, almost every household has soldiers, and the most hung on the walls of the house are not hoes and farm tools, but bows and arrows, long swords and even long knives.

Some of the more developed villages even stockpiled high-powered weapons such as armor, crossbow machines, and halberds.

Since Shang Jun changed the law, Guanzhong is a soldier for all the people!

Even the gray-haired old man has combat power!

Therefore, compared with the fighting in the countryside of Kanto, it is not at the same level at all.

In the Kanto fight, only a few people died.

But if the people in Guanzhong are on top, it is not a matter of how many people die, and it may cause an uncontrollable mess at any time.

Fortunately, whether it is the Qin Dynasty or the Han family, they know the temper and personality of the Guanzhong people very well.

The garrisons of the Han dynasty spread all over Guanzhong, and the county towns of Guanzhong counties also had county soldiers.

Therefore, these fights were stopped in time and did not cause a large-scale tragedy.

However, even so, in the past four months, dozens of people have died in armed fights in Guanzhong, and hundreds have been seriously injured and disabled.

As for the minor injuries, it is impossible to count them at all!

After reading these reports, Liu Xun rubbed his temples.

It can only be said that the people of Guanzhong are not only powerful in external fighting, but also experts in internal fighting.

"Do you have any opinions?" Liu Xun looked at Gong Yu and asked, in the face of this matter, Liu Xun was completely a layman.

After all, this kind of problem in the civil affairs system can only be dealt with by officials who are close to the people, and if a layman pats his head, he will give an order. I'm afraid the result will be worse than not giving orders.

"The Evil God"

Such an example, the third generation is a human being, and Liu Xun has seen too much.

And Tingwei Cheng Yamen is undoubtedly an expert in this kind of matter.

When Gong Yu heard this, he hurriedly sorted out his thoughts in his heart again, and of course he slandered Liu Xun by the way.

In Gong Yu's view, everything was caused by the instructions issued by the Son of Heaven in July to officials of more than 1,000 stones in counties and counties in the world.

Fortunately in Kanto, the content of the instructions is basically known only to the prefectural order and the prefectural governor, and as for the people, in the spirit of 'the people can make it.' No one will take the initiative to tell the people, and only the landlords who are close to the government know the specific content.

But Guanzhong is different.

The dragons and snakes on the ground in Guanzhong are mixed, and the three sects and nine streams gather in one place.

Even what happened in Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace, if the Son of Heaven did not issue a gag order, it might spread to the whole of Chang'an the next day.

So, now, basically in the entire Guanzhong, there is almost no one who does not know that the Son of Heaven allows everyone to drink and gather on such a festive occasion as the Dusk ceremony.

And the love and pursuit of wine in Guanzhong is almost unstoppable!

Qin and Han. All of them resolutely control private brewing and drinking.

But the problem is, the effect is small.

The hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit.

Because of the government's control and strict restrictions on winemaking, the price of wine remained high, which gave many landlords and powerful merchants the motivation to sell wine.

Anyway, now that the Han family is relaxed about Guanjin, except for the stricter inspection of entering and leaving Hangu, at other times, the government actually doesn't care about the merchants who come and go.

In this way, the folk prohibition of alcohol is more and more prohibited.

Even the government itself is involved in the ecological chain of the liquor trade.

The reason is very simple, many yamen rely on wine to generate income.

If there is no one under the jurisdiction who prohibits drinking and drinking, where will they go to generate income?

The previous strict control and restrictions at most made people dare not gather in groups to drink and have fun, but other people's neighbors secretly gathered at a table in the middle of the night, who cares?

And after the Son of Heaven opened an opening for the ban on gathering drinks, the people's long-standing thirst for alcohol was vented by the whole people.

Since Shang Jun changed the law, the people of Guanzhong have been holding back for hundreds of years.

Finally, I can drink happily and openly!

And this is the time when it is most likely to go wrong!

It's just that Gong Yu didn't dare and couldn't tell Liu Xun all these things.

That's it. It's a slap in the face of the Son of Heaven.

Even, Gong Yu could not make any criticism or suggestions for amending the instruction issued by Liu Xun in July.

This is not only about the majesty of the imperial court, but also about the sacredness of the Son of Heaven!

The Son of Heaven is supreme, shepherding and hunting on behalf of the heavens, and being born as a god, how can there be anything wrong?

Therefore, the only thing he can do is to wipe his ass for the Son of Heaven, put some patches on that instruction, tinker with it, and be able to maintain order.

This is also the job of a courtier.

Therefore, Gong Yu pondered for a moment and bowed, "Back to Your Majesty, the minister is stupid, and he can only think of two ways for the time being!" ”

"First, please order Your Majesty that in addition to marrying wives, it is illegal for the rest to marry concubines and have children, and it is forbidden to do so!"

Liu Xun nodded when he heard this, this is a good idea.

Gong Yu then said, "In addition, please authorize the ministers, and the ministers will mobilize the county soldiers to strictly investigate the illegal businessmen who return to wine and wine, and at the same time issue an edict to prohibit folk winemaking!" ”

After listening to it, Liu Xun thought about it, these two ideas are still very good, at least, they can stop the current trend of drinking in Guanzhong.

As for the future, it is inevitable that the effect will decline.

Liu Xun stood up and paced two steps.

Gong Yu's suggestion is certainly good, but it has not directly pointed to the root of the problem.

In Liu Xun's view, the root of this problem is that the people in Guanzhong are too idle!

Idle people can have time to drink and fight.

During the Qin Dynasty, I had never seen such a problem in Guanzhong.

As soon as he thought of this, Liu Xun said to Gong Yu, "What Qing said is good, and I am right!" ”

"Huang Xie!" Liu Xun turned his head and instructed Huang Xie, "Go and invite Jingzhao Yin Cao Zhen and Shaofu Ling Chen Wannian to come, and say that I want to discuss with them the repair of water conservancy facilities in Guanzhong!" ”

In Liu Xun's view, the people actually need guidance.

What the people can make it, but not let it be, that's an excuse for fools and slackers.

A truly strong country has always been good at guiding people's behavior and public opinion to pave the way for policy.

Like the Qin Dynasty, the remnants of the Seventh Fen Dynasty, more than 100 years after the Shang Dynasty, the whole country twisted into a rope, worked towards a goal, and finally swept away the six countries, and the United States became the hegemon.

Liu Xun did not expect the Han family under his rule to have the cohesion of the Qin Dynasty.

As long as we can achieve half of the mobilization and organizational power of the Qin Dynasty, it will not be a dream to sweep away the Xiongnu, swallow East Asia, and dominate Asia!

And how can the people be mobilized and guided?

Of course, it's to do what the people want.

Give benefits to the people and let them enjoy the dividends of national development.

The Qin Dynasty relied on the military merit lord famous field house system to achieve this.

The Han family now has no qualifications or ability to play like that, so naturally, they can only work people's livelihood.

Liu Xun believes that after repairing water conservancy facilities, building waterwheels, and popularizing new farming methods, the vast majority of ordinary people will probably not have time to get drunk like mud anymore, and those who are drunk like mud will definitely not be farmers.