After Lu Zhen raised this topic, he was also carefully observing the prefect's reaction. The update saw that he did not speak according to his own meaning, but fell into deep thought, and his heart did not feel tight.

But since the words have been raised, there is no possibility of such a stop, so after waiting for a while, he said: "Although the lower officials have a low position, they also want to do their part for Shanxi, and there are some shallow views on this matter. Moreover, Xia Guan also talked about this idea with Hu Zongbing, and he also felt that this law might work. ”

Regarding the discussion between himself and Hu Sui, Lu Jin did not mean to hide it. Because he knew that he couldn't hide this matter from the prefect in front of him, he simply took the lead in bringing it up, and in this way, it could also pave the way for the rhetoric later.

Sure enough, after hearing Lu Jin's words, Miao Guangtai finally focused his eyes on him: "That official is going to listen to your good strategy." If you can really solve the food problem here for Shanxi and for this official, this official will ask the court for Lu Zhizhou. ”

"The lower officials thought that with the strength of our government alone, it was obviously impossible to send grain from other places to all parts of our Shanxi border pass quickly and economically. Therefore, if you want to break through this point, you have to rely on the power of the private sector. In order to do this, it is necessary to give considerable benefits to those businessmen in the private sector. Lu Jin stopped going around in circles, and directly repeated what he had said to Hu Sui before.

At the beginning, Miao Guangtai was quite calm, but after listening to it for a while, his face changed slightly, with a little appreciation and some worry. This latter point is naturally rushed to Lu Jin's proposal to distribute salt as a reward: "Lu Zhizhou, is your method too hasty?" Salt and iron have always been strictly controlled by the imperial court, and even I, the prefect, dare not easily hand them over to ordinary merchants, and if you really implement this method, I am afraid that a large number of ownership of broken promises will fall into the hands of ordinary merchants. ”

Indeed, although salt as a necessity of life was not too expensive in this era, its role was quite large, and the imperial court naturally had to keep it tightly in its own hands. And Lu Jin's method seems to be a bit risky, and it is likely to lead to the disorder of the salt market.

Lu Zhen shook his head and said: "My lord, this is a little too worried, in fact, for the government, this is not really giving away the power to transport and sell salt, but just a different way to control it." In the opinion of the following officials, businessmen are very profitable, and since the government is willing to give such a heavy reward, they will naturally rush to it. In fact, the decision on how much grain to transport in exchange for how many catties of salt is still in the hands of the government, and things naturally cannot get out of control. ”

"Huh?" Miao Zhifu thought about it for a while, and this was really the case. He had bad thoughts just now, and to put it bluntly, it was because of his sensitivity to salt. Now that I think about it, it doesn't seem to be so bad that it can't be out of control.

But then, he shook his head slightly: "This matter is still not easy to handle...... but this time, he did not say his reason. Because the reason is not easy to say clearly, it involves many related interest groups, even including the gains and losses of people close to him in the Miao Governor's Mansion.

Lu Zhen naturally understood what he was worried about, so he spoke: "Actually, the people who are worried about the adults are just those who originally held the monopoly of salt transportation and monopoly will fiercely oppose it. But in the eyes of Xia Guan, this is not a problem at all. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Miao Guangtai narrowed his eyes, could it be that this young man wanted to persuade himself to be those people? Then he is too reckless, even if these people have no official position, but their local power should not be underestimated, not to mention that they have a good relationship with the government and themselves, there is no need to make enemies because of this.

Lu Zhen naturally couldn't make such a low-level mistake, so he just listened to him speak: "In the eyes of the lower officials, the reason why these people can get such benefits is mostly the result of friendship with the government. In that case, shouldn't they do what they can for the government? As long as the adults gathered these salt merchants and discussed with them that the salt would be distributed by the amount of grain transported in the future, they would not refuse for the sake of profit. Moreover, if foreign businessmen can be introduced, it will be able to revive the entire salt and grain situation in Datong. ”

Miao Guangtai's face changed several times, and he began to quickly calculate in his heart. According to Lu Jin, things are indeed a few points. Of course, it will inevitably attract some people's dissatisfaction, but compared to the benefits of this, this problem is not worth mentioning.

This is not only a matter of solving the problem of food shortage in the city, but also a lot of political achievements are waiting ahead. Once things can really be done, the initiative of the Miao Governor's Mansion is naturally indispensable, which is no less than the credit of military merit.

Seeing that the other party had already moved, Lu Zhen opened his mouth again and added fire: "My lord, in fact, this is also a great opportunity for you to get closer to the army." Now the army is also stretched thin on food, if this method can be used to reverse this situation, then you will inevitably be grateful for the kindness of the adults, not to mention that even Hu Zongbing is quite in favor of this matter. ”

Miao Guangtai didn't take this previous sentence too seriously, how could he care about the opinions of those low-level Qiu Ba on himself - of course, if it really came to wartime, this concept would naturally have to change. However, the latter sentence made him heartbroken again, and now it is not more than ten years later, when the status of the civilian official is much higher than that of the military attaché, even he, the prefect, has to stabilize the general army. And now, the one who can really call the shots in Datong City is still the general soldier Hu Sui. So if you can get closer to Hu Sui through this, it will be an opportunity!

Under the heartbeat, Miao Guangtai's face also showed some expressions of wanting to agree, which also made Lu Jin's heart skip a beat, thinking that it could be done. Unexpectedly, this person was more careful than General Hu, and suddenly hid the words that came to his mouth again: "Shansi, you really know how to take advantage of the situation." Before, he took advantage of the power of the Wang family, so that the official promised to allocate silver taels for Ulzhou. Today, I took out Mr. Hu again, which is really clever. ”

"My lord's words are serious, the lower officials are just talking about the facts, and there is no deception, and I don't dare to use them to force the adults to agree to the lower officials."

"There are some things that I don't care about." Governor Miao lightly clicked on this, and then looked at Lu Zhen with some amusement: "It seems that you have put a lot of thought into this." Not only did he make a good statement in front of his own officials, but I am afraid that it was not too easy to say that General Hu Bing could be moved before, right? Tell me, what are you doing all this for? ”

Seeing that the other party suddenly pulled the conversation on himself, Lu Zhen did not panic, but was happy. Because he knew that this was the reaction of the other party to accept his offer, otherwise he would not have cared about his purpose at all.

Miao Guangtai did fight this idea, and in his opinion, Lu Zhen would not go to great lengths to persuade himself and Hu Sui to adopt this countermeasure just for any merit, after all, if it is successful, the credit he can obtain is also limited, and the vast majority of it will only be obtained by himself, Hu Sui, and other Datong officials. In this way, he must have another purpose.

Lu Zhen smiled for a moment, and then spoke: "Actually, the lower officials don't have any other ideas, but I just hope that if the adults really adopt this law, they will treat the merchants of Datong and the merchants of other provinces equally." ”

Miao Guangtai suddenly laughed, although Lu Zhen didn't say it explicitly, his intention was already very clear, he obviously used this to let his people get benefits from it. And this, in fact, Miao Guangtai doesn't have much opinion, with Lu Jin's identity, how much financial resources can the people around him have, even if they come, it won't have much impact on the whole situation.

So he didn't delve into it anymore, but nodded: "The official knows, you can go back." This time, he sent Lu Zhen away directly. If he doesn't say that, if he puts forward any ideas at this time, the Miao Governor's Mansion will have a headache again.

Lu Zhen said goodbye and retreated gently. This time, since both goals had been accomplished, of course he would not linger here any longer. Although the other party did not directly say that he would adopt it, he could already see some clues from his expression.

Next, all he had to do was to negotiate with his officials and the local salt merchants, and finally come up with a charter that was acceptable to everyone. Then, it will be submitted to the imperial court for the final trial.

Lu Zhen is not worried about this, because this method is played by two important officials of Datong, civil and military, even if there will be some clear streams in the DPRK and China who will complain about this, but an official with vision and courage like Hu Hu will still follow it.

Moreover, it is also a good thing for him that this matter drags on for a while, after all, it will take a long time for Lu Renjia and them to transport grain from Jiangnan.

Seven days after coming to Datong, Lu Zhen finally completed the purpose of the trip, and the next thing was to return to Ulzhou.

But before that, he also went to meet with Hu Sui, not only told Miao Guangtai's attitude, but also mentioned the matter of Yan Feng by the way.

As soon as he said it, Hu Sui couldn't cry or laugh: "This Yan Feng is a simple-minded person, so he will be used by others." This matter has been written down by the general soldier, so you can go with confidence. ”

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief." Lu Jin breathed a sigh of relief. In this pass, those Qiu Babing generals are not easy to offend, and it is naturally best to be able to talk about things.

In late November, Lu Jin finally left Datong and headed for Ulzhou. And at this moment, he was on the road, but he didn't know that a rather difficult case had happened there......

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