Some people may be really confused, and some people must be fake.

Since the night talk with Mr. Liu in the garden during the anti-plague period, Liao Daheng has consciously called the pulse of Zhu Pingjian.

Zhu Pingjin is a promising master who aims to be in the whole Sichuan and even the world, and his eyes will not be fixed on a few small places where money comes. Of course, there is oil and water in the salt tax, but if he gets a few taels of silver and makes himself politically passive, Zhu Pingjin will definitely not stretch out his hand. Long before Liu Zhibo's proposal, he sent Mr. Zhao to test it, and although Mr. Zhao tried his best to promote the benefits of the all-Sichuan package, Zhu Pingjin only agreed to implement the package in Yazhou, Luzhou, Tongchuan counties and other places actually controlled by the royal government, and to deduct the expenses he incurred because of the package.

Obviously, Zhu Pingjin believes that the conditions for the whole Sichuan to take over are not yet ripe, and the political risks are too great. Although Liao Daheng was the governor of Sichuan, he was the same as the more than 20,000 civil officials of the Ming Dynasty, and they were all Ming courtiers. If the local government and county officials resolutely oppose it, such as encountering opposition like Zhang Jimeng in Baoning, Liao Daheng cannot force the local government to accept it through an executive order. On the other hand, if local officials felt that Liao's actions were contrary to the imperial court's rules and regulations, they could directly write to the court and sue Liao.

Because of this, while accepting the package, Zhu Pingjin never gave up his dedication to Wang Zhuang. Even if it is a package, the palace is carried out by holding high the banner of the imperial court. The tax documents are stamped with the cinnabar seal of the government!

Liu Zhibo suggested that the prince should carry out the salt tax package, and did not give the prince a government name, so it is strange that the prince would agree! Liu Zhibo was deflated in front of the prince, and he can only blame him for not knowing the general situation and being too naïve politically!

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Taking advantage of Liu Zhibo's lack of plans, Liao Daheng pretended to sigh and walked around the hall with his hands behind his back.

"Since the beginning of the Apocalypse, the court's financial plans have become increasingly short. Uncle Zhang (that is, Zhang Juzheng, the word Uncle Da) has clouds, 'but the amount of income is out, and the meaning is modest.' If you have earned in three years, you will have more than one year. But now, the imperial court and the provinces are eating grain, and they are not used to seeing it! Now that Sichuan Province is tired, and it is necessary to use troops against the bandits in northern Sichuan, this money and grain are spent like flowing water. The food and salary of the palace must be borrowed, otherwise the army will be sent to northern Sichuan in December, and it will become a flower in the water and a moon in the mirror. If the prince insists on refusing, the old man will be barefoot, kneel under the true face of the Taizu of Duanlimen, and beg the prince to send food to the army! The old man thought that with the benevolence of the son of the world, he would definitely agree! ”

Liao Daheng's fist made Liu Zhibo very moved, and tears were about to come down again. He hurriedly patted his chest and said: If Liao Gong wants to go, he will definitely go with him, and he will also call many colleagues with lofty ideals to go together!

Seeing that his performance was in place, Liu Zhibo had already entered the hub, and Liao Daheng got to the point: "If you borrow the food and salary of the palace, you always have to pay it back, there is no fundamental way, and it is not a long-term solution." Lord Chen, you are in charge of the financial plan of a province, you can talk about it! ”

Liao Daheng wants to borrow the mouth of Chen Qichi, the feudal secretary, and Chen Qichi's duty is that he can't hide. For today's three-person meeting, he had discussed with Liao Daheng and Hong Qihui, the new copywriter from the palace, for an hour last night, with only one purpose: to let the plan that was most beneficial to the palace and Liao Daheng be supported by Liu Zhibo, the governor of the imperial history.

Chen Qichi's first way was to correct the name of the caravan and expand the army.

Chen Qiequdao, since the caravan is a volunteer soldier made up of the Shu Palace, the clan, the gentry, and the common people, and it is under the command of the government, then of course the larger the scale, the better. Now the caravan is known as a battalion, but there are only 1,000 people such as Chen Youfu, and it is difficult to take on the important task of one aspect, so it should be justified in expanding to 3,000 to 5,000 people.

If you want to expand the army, you naturally have to ask the court for approval, so the name of the caravan, which is easy to cause ambiguity, can no longer be used, and another well-known name must be taken. Lu Xiangsheng, the former military secretary and prime minister of the five provinces who was martyred in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, asked for an order to recruit a righteous army of about 20,000 people when he was the prefect of the daimyo army, called the "Tianxiong Army". Later, the Tianxiong army played a great role in the king of Qin and the suppression of thieves. This example can be cited when the Sichuan side asks for an edict. As long as it shows that the two Taiwan and the three divisions have made great efforts, they have won the help of the Shu Wangfu and the gentry and the people, and the government does not have to spend a penny. Then this fold is handed over together with the fold of Changpingshan's victory, and it is very likely that the emperor will approve it.

Good! There was a loud bang, and the tea cup next to Liao Daheng jumped suddenly. Liao Daheng didn't need to turn his head, and he knew that it was the easily excited patrol lord who was slapping the case with his palm.

Liu Zhibo shouted: "The military horn should be louder!" Let the people know when they hear it, it is not a thief army! ”

"The prince of the world first advocated the protection of the country and the people, and the peace of the world, and the women and children in Shu knew it, and even the silver money engraved with these eight characters was scattered. According to the old man's idea, it is called the Protector of the People's Army, referred to as the Protector Army. Liao Daheng said lightly.

"Protecting the country and the people's army, the subordinate thinks it is very appropriate!" Chen Qichi quickly agreed: "A thief is a national thief, and it is natural to get rid of thieves to protect the country." In this way, as soon as the people hear the military horn, they will know that it is the official army! ”

"It's a good name, it's just ......," Liu Zhibo muttered.

Liu Zhibo hesitated, and immediately Liao Daheng's face sank. Could it be that Liu Zhibo still wants to really accept the soldiers of the palace? However, the old fox Liao Tycoon was silent, he patiently waited for Liu Zhibo to say it, just to take a look at the roundworm in the stomach of this loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Zhibo groaned for a while, and finally spoke in the silence of the other two: "The name is not bad, it's just ...... There was only one battalion of five thousand people in this protectorate, and it seems that the number was smaller. If there is chaos today, there are thieves everywhere. It is said that after the thieves and Cao thieves joined forces, they claimed to be 500,000, but there were no less than 150,000 people. Fu Du has more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, and the whole army is wiped out in a battle, which shows the prosperity of thieves! According to this official, even 50,000 people are not enough! Why don't we compare with Lu Gong and invite five battalions of 20,000 soldiers first? The imperial court didn't spend a tael of silver and got 20,000 soldiers, why not do it? ”

Chen Qichi, who was sitting at the bottom, cast a surprised look at Liao Tycoon. Liao Daheng saw it, but without the slightest hesitation, he immediately made a decision. It's just that he asked for an additional time to become an army in the recital, which is at the end of next year or the middle of the year after. Liao explained to Liu Zhibo and Chen Qichi that the selection of generals and training equipment for an army of 20,000 people could not be completed overnight; Moreover, he was worried that if the war situation in the Central Plains deteriorated and the imperial court transferred these 20,000 strong soldiers away, wouldn't Sichuan have made wedding clothes for others?

Chen Qichi's proposal to protect the caravan and expand its army was passed without controversy. Chen Qichi's second method is still Liu Zhibo's previous idea - salt tax package, but Chen Qichi's contract, and the main body of the package has been replaced, not the Shu Wangfu, but the statutory salt monopoly agency under the Political Division: the Salt Department Lifting Division.

There was another loud bang, and the tea cup beside Liao Daheng jumped violently again.

"The method of opening in the middle has long been delayed; The law of salt is also damaged by the flood of private salt. The salt officials are rotten, the salt merchants are extravagant, the stove households are poor, and the people can't get half a bowl of salt water all year round! Liu Zhi stood up with a bang, his eyes wide with anger, "Lord Chen asked the Salt Department to raise the salt tax, which reminded the official of an Eastern Han Dynasty story: The jackal is in charge, and the fox is asked (Note 1)!" ”

The patrol has recently had a tendency to turn sexually, and he is impassioned at every turn.

Chen Qichi shook his head helplessly, and said continuously: "Lord Liu has misunderstood the official!" ”

It turned out that Chen Qichi believed that the imperial court's salt law was harsh, the market was very private salt, and the salt officials colluded with the salt merchants to embezzle salt profits. If the royal government wants to cover the salt tax, it must use salt to inspect the private salt. In this way, those salt officials and salt merchants must have impeached the prince on the grounds that the palace had broken the law of the country. At that time, if the court decrees to blame, the prince of the world will give out the silver, but it will not fall, so it will harm the nobles of the heavenly family. Therefore, the responsibility can only be borne by the salt tax collection agency, which is a genuine brand of salt tax collection agency.

"Since the law of the country cannot be tampered with, how can the royal palace collect the salt tax?" Liu Zhibo didn't have time to apologize, so he asked eagerly: "Could it be that the prince is noncommittal, just for this matter?" ”

Liu Zhibo asked this, which showed that he did not know much about the collection and management of the imperial court's salt tax.

Chen Qichi had a bottom in his heart, and he spoke calmly. He slowly explained that the method of opening the middle is the law of the ancestors. Now the Central Plains is full of beacon fires, road thieves are rampant, and even Sichuan is giving three salaries, and it can only be handed over to the household department in Nanjing, so it is no longer possible to transport salt from Sichuan to the border to exchange grain. The only feasible way to tax today is to pay taxes purely in converted silver. As long as the imperial court agrees to continue to pay taxes according to the original tax amount of 79,000 taels of silver in Sichuan, then Sichuan can completely redefine the salt policy.

In other words, Sichuan collected salt tax from the imperial court, and the Shu Wangfu collected salt tax from the Sichuan government. Everything on the bright side is led by the Sichuan Salt Science and Technology Division. Only in this way will it be possible for the prince to accept the proposal of a salt tax.

"Salt trafficking must be supported by salt introduction, but the salt introduction survey is supervised by the Nanjing Household Department. Now that the salt is congested, Fang Yao said that the Furong Salt Factory alone will have more than 100,000 leads that cannot be delivered......"

Liu Zhibo was in a hurry to put on a difficult position, but was rudely interrupted by Liao Daheng.

"Since the Nanjing household department is in charge of the salt introduction, those excess salt introductions will let the salt merchants find the Nanjing household department to cash in! The old man here, the salt is also recognized, but if it is not stamped with the seal of the Sichuan Salt Science and Technology Division, it is trafficking in illegal salt! If you are caught, don't blame the old man for using the law of the country! What bullshit gang salt, what bullshit residual salt, the old man doesn't recognize it!

Lord Chen, you have to make it clear to the imperial court in your recital. The old man's method is called unified purchase and sales!

What is the unified purchase and sales? All salt produced can only be sold to the government, which is called unified purchasing; The government will sell it after raising the price and tax, which is called unified sales. If you follow the new method of unified purchase and sales by the old man, the old man can pay 100,000 taels of tax and silver every year! If the imperial court does not follow, let the Nanjing household department itself send people to deal with the salt merchants! Sichuan's salt border uses the Sichuan salt method, and the Donglin Fushe in Nanjing has nothing to do. The country has reached this point, and these Donglin will come out and toss around! The old man wants to ask the Holy Judge to judge: is the old man's method of unified purchase and sales feasible, or is Donglin's method easy to use! ”

Liao Daheng's naked catharsis made Liu Zhibo agree very much. He said, with the soldiers of the palace, and see how those salt merchants and stove households rebelled. It's just that, the salt department has to be replaced! Those jackals, tigers and leopards, which one doesn't have thousands of taels of silver!

"Just let them resign themselves. Up to lift, down to the lowly, half of it is not left. If they are not sensible, they still want to fall in love with the stack and not leave......" Liao Daheng sighed twice, stroked his beard and sneered, "It's not too late to come to the national law again." ”

"Fu Chongqi is defeated, and there is a vacancy in the imperial history of Sichuan Salt Patrol. If Lord Fang is safe and sound this time, he can sign it temporarily. Lord Fang is like Lord Liu, honest as water, and does not take any mustard. The salt is like a muddy pit, and with the honesty of Lord Fang, he will be able to produce sludge without staining! ”

Chen Qichi made a key personnel proposal. Liao Daheng and Liu Zhibo glanced at each other and nodded in unison.

Fang Yaoxiang is still in the hands of the caravan! If he didn't agree to the way the prince took over, he wouldn't be able to return to the provincial capital alive. Liao Daheng is secretly happy, the two things entrusted by the prince have been completed! This good news, Master Zhao should be sent to the palace tonight to report it!

"This official proposes that today's events need to be reported to the world immediately! If the prince agrees, we can implement it while playing the report, so that this year's military salary will have a source! ”

Liu Zhibo stood up as he spoke, leaving Liao Daheng and Chen Qichi with big eyes and small eyes.

At this moment, Master Qian's figure flashed into the outer door of the back hall. He walked straight through the atrium, crossed the threshold, and appeared breathlessly in front of the three high-ranking officials.

Imperial Court Pond News! The three were taken aback.

Master Qian didn't wait for Liao Daheng to speak, and quickly handed over the Tang Bao: "Dong Weng! Lord Liu, Lord Chen! Liaodong is defeated! Lord Hong Chengchou's 100,000 army is trapped in Songshan! ”

Liao Daheng just brought the tea bowl to his lips and fell to the ground with a clatter. The icy tea splashed everywhere and seeped into the foundation along the brick joints.

Looking at the stunned Liao tycoon, Chen Qichi sighed to Liu Zhibo: "The world's strongest soldiers, only Zuoping thief and Qin Jun'er remain!" ”

Liu Zhibo's face is pale, and his son and daughter-in-law Zhang Ruoqi are still in Hong Chengchou's army!

Suddenly, Liu Zhibo roared angrily. The green tendons on his arms were prominent, and a cymbal-sized fist waved in front of Chen Qichi's face:

"False! There is still a Protector Army in the world! ”