In fact, the situation is far more serious than Li Zhi imagined, because he only saw the situation of Liangdu, and he still doesn't know about this place, otherwise, he is afraid that he will vomit blood and die, which will not affect his throne, if this is not done well, the country will collapse.

If it is only the deficit of the central government's finances and the local government is relatively stable, in fact, it can still be remedied, after all, it is still a small-scale peasant economy today, and it will not be like later generations, and the economic crisis in one place can spread to the whole world in an instant.

But it is a pity that Li Yifu adopted the suggestion of the mysterious Taoist governor at the beginning, and let the local states and counties collect taxes in advance, don't underestimate this decree, which is very, very deadly, which is tantamount to intensifying and accelerating this crisis, which directly leads to the state and county situation being worse than the two capitals, which is equivalent to messing up the whole country.

Because after the imperial court decided to establish an official constitution, the local government immediately became very corrupt, and this was not a personal problem, but a problem of the entire system. This Li Yifu he let the local government use taxes to pay expenses first, then this tax does not have to be paid, and it is for you to spend it, not for you to save, then the oil and water in this is conceivable, and Li Yifu does not have so many manpower to supervise the prefectures and counties, and the people he sent out are also some people with bad intentions, colluding with the local government to make money, there is no way, their boss is this virtue, this upper beam is not right, and the lower beam is crooked.

Therefore, the initial investment of local states and counties is actually very large, basically the money is used up, the reason is very simple, who will help the court save money, the money is in the warehouse, that is the court, use it is their own, and whoever will use it will use it. In fact, there is no need for so much money at all, but those officials all think that as long as the salt and wine arrive, the price is a little higher, and the money will come back soon, and it is impossible to be found, so they will naturally fish to death.

But what they didn't expect was that the price of salt had just begun to rise, and salt dealers had just popped up, and the people had bought private salt, and who still bought official salt, and the salt of the government was stored in the warehouse.

The funds can't be turned over, and they don't dare to report it, because they really have to find out, they are all difficult to protect themselves, and the financial deficit is so bad, just when there is no way, Li Yifu sent someone to hint that they can collect taxes in advance.

Li Yifu asked them to collect taxes, that was to make up for the debts of the central government, and the local governments themselves still had debts, and the governments of many prefectures and counties used chicken feathers as tokens to collect taxes for two years in advance, anyway, it was ordered from above, and he was not afraid. At the same time, preparations are also being made to crack down on smugglers.

But it is more difficult to be strict, the government of the Tang Dynasty is all small official mansions, and there are not too many people, because they didn't have much to do before, which requires manpower to crack down on smugglers, and they can't recruit so many people at once, so they ran to discuss with the gentry, let's fight smugglers together.

However, they didn't expect that those gentry and landlords had already been tied up with the smuggling group headed by Han Yi, because the imperial court did not expect smuggling before, so it did not issue laws in this regard, and it was still relatively relaxed.

Similarly, those gentry and landlords did not expect this situation at that time, they thought that those people were giving them money, and they didn't think it was a crime, so they were fooled into it by Han Yi.

Now the imperial court wants to crack down on smugglers, they are smugglers, that is, they have caused the government to not land at both ends, they want to get off the boat, it is impossible, there is only one way to go to the dark, which is equivalent to being kidnapped by Han Yi.

In other words, the government is discussing with smugglers how to crack down on smuggling.

How could this possibly work.

These people don't contribute to their work, but they also help to cover up, and they have a good time!

It is very ironic that Wu Meiniang used these landlords to fight businessmen, and now Han Yi also uses these landlords to fight Wu Meiniang's new policy, which is a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye, in fact, without the help of these gentry and landlords, the goods would not have been shipped so quickly, and Han Yi did not have so many people, because they are all local snakes, and they know the local situation very well, and they want to bulk locally, which is very fast. Han Yi's smuggling is equivalent to the countryside surrounding the city, because in the city, the government is still relatively strong, but the countryside is the gentry is relatively strong, and the illicit salt is poured into the city from the countryside, and there is no way to investigate.

However, when the imperial court began to crack down on smuggling on a large scale, Han Yi's smuggling team suddenly slowed down the shipment, and those landlords were very grateful, they made enough money, and they didn't want to commit crimes against the wind.

But the people cried, this smuggling is actually beneficial to the people, although it is much more expensive than the previous price of salt, but it is still cheaper than official salt, after all, Han Yi wants to run on official salt and make money by the way. But now, the government has raised the price of salt and iron very high for the sake of money, and suddenly there is no private salt, and the price of salt has risen as it seems.

After the price of salt went up, the price of goods went up, and everything became more expensive.

In fact, the smuggling group is only slowing down the shipment of salt, but the smuggling of other commodities is still continuing, Han Yi is just taking the lead, and there are many people who are smuggling, and the goods from Namuzhou are still sold all over the country, their smuggling is actually just to avoid taxes, and the officials have let them buy it, which is why the tariffs cannot be levied, but they are also starting to increase their prices now, and smuggling is also buying and selling, not drug trafficking, the price of salt and iron has risen, and the risk is much higher.

The problem is that the government still has to collect taxes in advance, and in some places it is a two-year tax, and the people are facing a double blow.

This can't survive, the people either refuse to pay taxes, or they flee, and this uniform land system of taxation, you have to let the people fix on the land, so that it is easy to collect, the people have fled, this is impossible to collect, and the government has to rely on the gentry for taxation, of course the gentry do not agree, two years of tax in advance, why do you? The country is not at war, and I want to help you collect taxes, so I, a gentry, will not be able to do it.

If the taxes cannot be collected here, there are still conscripts to crack down on smugglers, and they have to pay salaries to recruit people, and the financial burden is getting heavier and heavier, and the central government can no longer take care of them, and they have become a mess.

But there are two exceptions.

One is Yangzhou and the other is Muzhou.

Not only did these two places not be affected at all, but also became very wealthy as a result, and the funny thing is that Yangzhou Hemuzhou was the only state and county to be praised, because they paid all the taxes and did not owe a penny, including a part of the salt tax, which was given by Yangzhou to the imperial court.

Since Yangzhou and Muzhou have paid all the money, there is no need to send people to force Yangzhou and Muzhou to pay taxes, because there is no reason.

As everyone knows, in fact, the entire smuggling syndicate is moving around for these two states, one is responsible for production, and the other is responsible for transit, and the government of Yangzhou and Muzhou is wearing a pair of pants, which is very tacit, and the goods of Muzhou are turned around in Yangzhou, and then sold to various places, and all the smuggling leaders are hiding here, including Tan Dong, Peng Jing, and Zhang Jianbo, the three major smuggling leaders.

In a mansion, the three of them were sitting at the dining table and talking, and in the face of the delicious food on the table, none of them were very interested, this thing is eaten every day, and it is just that taste, they are more interested in this game.

"The proprietor, what a clever calculation! Don't you know, now those landlords and gentry are terrified when they see our younger brothers, for fear that we will force them to sell salt again. Ha ha! It's so exciting, it's so exciting! ”

"Don't be too happy just yet."

Tan Dong said quite seriously: "The proprietor's plan is only halfway through, and now the prices have been raised by us, and the states and counties are also collecting taxes in advance, under this double blow, the people can't support it for long." We now have to take the lead and suggest that the landlords have to hurry up and annex the land, and this opportunity must not be lost. ”

Zhang Jianbo said: "This shouldn't be a difficult thing, even if we don't remind them, they will do it, these landlords are all very black-hearted." But I wonder why the proprietor did this, these landlords and squires have been working against the proprietor all the time, but the proprietor's whole plan, they have benefited from it, we smuggled salt, they made a fortune from it, and now they are instigating them to annex the land, they have made another profit, I really can't understand it. ”

Peng Jing said: "If you can figure it out, then you don't have to mix with us." ”

"That's right."

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In a luxurious estate on the outskirts of the city.

"Tut-tut! Old money, you've made a fortune! ”

Zhao Sijia, who had just arrived in Yangzhou, sat in this manor, eating delicious food, and was envious and jealous in his heart.

With the character of Qian Dafang, if he hadn't made a fortune, where would he have invited them to a big meal.

Peng Wanjin and Xu Ke on the side were also very envious and looked at Qian Dafang.

Qian Dafang smiled: "What kind of wealth you make, it's just a little money." ”

"Look at this manor, this is not a small amount of money!"

Peng Wanjin sighed.

This is indeed not a small amount of money, Qian Dafang has made a fortune, and he has now become the largest wine merchant in Yangzhou and Muzhou.

At that time, it happened that the imperial court imposed tariffs and banned winemaking, and the wine in Chang'an could not be sold, and Han Yi's winery was losing money for the first time. Qian Dafang brought enough money, he took advantage of this opportunity, and launched it all of a sudden, the key is that he is in Yangzhou, and there is no other place, he will not be able to make a fortune, because most of the smuggling groups are concentrated in Yangzhou, and the smuggling groups buy wine directly from him and sell it to various states and counties, he knows it in his heart, but he pretends not to know, I just sell wine locally, I don't need to pay customs duties, whoever gives money, I will sell it to whom, he also secretly built two sweat workshops, all of which are composed of slaves from Goguryeo, working day and night, Produces a large amount of wine, this person doesn't do it, he does it alone, can this not make a fortune?

Yangzhou has grain again, and the wine on the market now comes from his winery.

The wine of the imperial court must be expensive, after all, everything the imperial court does is costly, and the efficiency is slow, which cannot be compared with private ones.

Coupled with the relationship between the smuggling syndicate and the gentry, the gentry also had to buy their wine, and they had to cover their sales.

Zhao Sijia said tentatively: "Old Qian, is it that Brother Han has given you some clever tricks!" ”

"When I came, Brother Han was keeping filial piety, and he couldn't take care of his own business, so where could he take care of me!" Qian Dafang changed his words and said, "But I have always believed that wherever Brother Han goes, I will go, this must be right." So since Brother Han went on a trip, I felt a little uneasy. ”

Zhao Sijia They listened to it very badly, three years ago, they were almost all at the same level, but now they are not at the same level, they have not made any money in the past few years.

At the beginning, they were still reluctant to Chang'an, a big market, not the same as Qian Dafang, as soon as they saw that the situation was wrong, they immediately came to Yangzhou to find Han Yi, this effect was immediately reflected, people began to live in the manor, and they were very famous in Yangzhou, and the officials had to be polite when they saw him.

There is no way, Qian Dafang donated a lot of money to the government, because the wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou know very well that the government has secretly helped them a lot, so Yang Zhanfei is good, they are better, isn't it money, so what Yang Zhanfei does, the funds are in place immediately, there are eight Zhaoyi colleges in Yangzhou alone, all of which are free to enroll, very exaggerated, more than Chang'an, this is because there are too many rich people in Yangzhou, of course they want their children to be able to study, and there is no shortage of talents, a large number of talents run to Yangzhou.

Then the surrounding environment and facilities have to keep up.

An amusement park is also under construction.

Yangzhou's consumption has already broken Chang'an's consumption record, many people have made a fortune because of smuggling, in fact, Han Yi is just a leader, his subordinates are Tan Dong, and there are people under Tan Dong, it is layer by layer, and he does not monopolize this industry, Yangzhou has a lot of smuggling groups, these smugglers, the money comes too fast, and today I don't know what will happen tomorrow, if there is money, it will be spent, this has consumption, and the economy is of course good.

This economy is good, the talent, manpower are running here, those gentry around Yangzhou can no longer stop the villagers to run to the city, if I live too far, I don't know what it is, then forget it, but I am from Yangzhou, I go to the city to do a job casually, and I earn more than at home!

Even the raw materials in Lelang Prefecture are directly taken to Yangzhou by sea to Chang'an, who can afford Chang'an?

And when I go to sea, I don't even have to pay tariffs, and the Yangzhou government doesn't care at all, how can I have so many people on such a long coastline.

This leads to Yangzhou's productive forces, capital, and means of production.

It's developing very quickly.

Compared with Yangzhou, Muzhou is relatively low-key, Muzhou is actually very rich, after all, the workshops are concentrated in Muzhou, Yangzhou is just a gray market, but the people of Muzhou are working hard, they don't know that their goods are sold there, they don't care, they just want to make money, don't go back to the previous life.

Yangzhou government.

"Yang Tingshi, humbly summoned Han Yi to return to Chang'an immediately on the orders of His Majesty."

"Han Yi has been traveling a long time ago, and now he is not in Yangzhou."

"I don't know where Han Yi travels?"

"I don't know about this, because he just said that he wanted to see the magnificent rivers and mountains of my Datang."

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