In the Ming Dynasty, salt was a strategic substance controlled by the government, and the government generally paid 6 yuan and 4 cents of silver, or half a load of grain, to the stove household, in order to buy a guide of salt (about 300 catties), which is called Woben, so the cost of salt purchased by the government from the stove household is only more than 2 cents a catty. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In addition, 3 taels of silver are required for each salt draw, plus 3 taels of minister's silver, so that 6 taels of 6 taels of silver are required for each salt draw, which is apportioned to 2 cents and 2 cents of tax silver per catty (about 22 copper plates)

However, in contrast, the selling price of salt in the market was 1 yuan of silver per catty (60 copper plates in the Song Dynasty), so the price of salt increased 50 times from the stove to the final sales market.

Even after deducting the relevant taxes paid by the government, the price of salt is five times higher.

Illegal salt sales can also buy 60 copper coins in the world, and its price is only 60% of the official salt, but there is also a 200% profit.

Therefore, finding a way to obtain salt has always been the only way for dignitaries and local bureaucrats to make a fortune, as long as there is a way, each salt only needs to pay 6 taels and 6 yuan of silver (300 catties, the average per catty of salt is only 2 copper coins).

Due to the support of Shi Jinchen, Gou Weiyi is engaged in salt sales activities openly, and the salt retailed in various places is sold in the name of official salt, which is not a 200% profit, this is 10 times the profit.

In less than a few years, the Gou family became the largest salt merchant in Shunqing Province, the largest silk merchant, and in just a few years, the Gou family made a profit by smuggling illicit salt at a conservative estimate of more than 200,000 taels of silver.

In order to repay the prefect Shi Jinchen for his support, Gou Weiyi even gave the other party a benefit fee of 100,000 taels of silver.

At the last meeting to elect the prefect, Gou Weiyi forcibly came out, and his various abnormal behaviors attracted Yang Xuan's attention, and after confirming that he was the largest illegal salt dealer in Shunqing Mansion, Yang Xuan secretly arranged for people to enter the salt shop in the past two months to understand his internal situation.

This time, I saw the imperial historian Qian Bangxin going back and forth to Shunqing Mansion, and took advantage of the situation to let Qian Bangxin come out to conclude the case, which not only dealt a blow to Shi Jinchen and his supporters, avoided the formation of another faction, but more importantly, solved the problem of lack of military supplies and silver in one fell swoop.

Through the first day of observation, it was found that although Qian Bangqi was very annoying, he was still a decent imperial history, and if he found such a big corrupt official and a big profiteer, he would definitely be happy to complete the trial of the case smoothly and avoid hitting the bad reputation of political enemies.

Sure enough, during the trial, Qian Bangxin spared no effort, and in order to show that he was honest and honest, his methods were even more impressive.

This time, more than 10 salt shops and 8 silk shops were sealed, and more than 100,000 taels of silver were confiscated.

Although Shi Jinchen is an honest official on the surface, the 150,000 taels of silver obtained from the raid this time were quite angry when he saw Shi Jinchen hidden in the official office and boxes of silver hidden in his private house.

After the implementation of the new policy, the annual tax revenue of Shunqing Mansion was only 260,000 taels of silver, which was still theoretical, and in fact it was able to collect 200,000 taels of silver.

And the silver confiscated from the historians of the Gou family is more than 250,000 taels, which is really three years of Qing Governor's Mansion and 100,000 snowflakes of silver.

Watching Shi Jinchen and Gou Weiyi and other prisoners being loaded into a prisoner car and parade through the streets, I heard Shi Jinchen roaring endlessly, saying that because of different political views, Yang Xuan borrowed money to attack himself and slander himself.

It is said that Yang Xuan is arrogant and domineering, and his behavior is perverse, even if the rebellion of the Great Western Army is quelled in the future, I am afraid it will become a disaster for the imperial court.

Shi Jinchen and Gou Weiyi sat in the prison car and were escorted to the execution ground, seeing the people frantically throwing all kinds of miscellaneous pieces on the prison car, and seeing Shi Jinchen, Gou Weiyi and other prisoners fall to the ground, Yang Xuan felt that his palms were sweating.

Three years of Qing prefect, 100,000 white silver, what is said is that you are a clean official, but you can also embezzle more than 100,000 taels of white silver in three years.

During the Ming Dynasty, corruption was rampant, just like the corrupt officials in the previous life often calculated hundreds of millions, Shi Jinchen was corrupt, and Gou Weiyi's collusion between officials and businessmen may not be serious, but because of political needs, or because of his rich family background, he was judged, and finally ended up beheaded.

Although according to the laws of this era, Shi Jinchen and Gou Weiyi deserve their crimes, perhaps according to the laws of this era, Yang Xuan did not wronged the other party.

But will the invisible political opponents of the future also pay attention to the rules of the game?

Also, one's words and deeds may have been normal in previous lives, but in this era, is there no problem?

Yang Xuan felt so scared, he felt that he was in the dark night, and he didn't know where he was coming from?

After Shi Jinchen and Gou Weiyi subdued the law, Yang Xuan initially thought that he would become a little better, but sometimes he felt so cold, and he didn't have the excitement he used to have.

Qian Bangqi sat down and stared at Yang Xuan all the time, Yang Xuan felt quite flustered in his heart, squeezed out a smile, shook his head and said, "Qian Yushi, you, why are you looking at me like this, is there a problem?" ”

Qian Bangxin shook his head and sighed: "My lord, you, you already know about Gou Weiyi's sale of illicit salt, and even more about the corruption and bribery of the former prefect Shi Jinchen?"

Everyone understands people, and there is no need to hide this kind of thing, Yang Xuan nodded heavily, and sighed: "What is it, but the other party has always criticized my governance, if there is no person like Qian Yushi to preside over the trial, some Xiaoxiao will slander me again, saying that I attack political enemies." ”

Qian Bangqian nodded, expressed his approval, and suddenly asked rhetorically: "My lord, although the results of the new deal are very different, there are many problems, and you can't avoid medical treatment." ”

After thinking about it, Yang Xuan nodded and said, "Yes, I need objective and fair criticism and correction, not unfounded accusations."

The snow is white and flawless, but if it is melted, there may be many blemishes inside, and the sun shines on the earth, and there are places that cannot be blocked.

Everyone says that there are three emperors and five emperors, and Confucius is a saint, but Taoists will also arrange scandals such as Confucius meeting Nanzi to hit the reputation of Confucius sage.

Anything, if we think it is right, if it is the general public who ultimately benefits, we should do it, although there are many flaws in it, but we still have to do it, and of course, in doing it, we want to minimize the harm. ”

Qian Bangqi nodded, squeezed out a smile, and replied: "My lord, Xia Guan is a scholar and a disciple of Confucius, no matter what the adults are happy about in the future, the shortcomings in the implementation of the new policy will be pointed out." ”

Yang Xuan looked quite happy, nodded and said, "Qian Yushi, not only do I not object to this, but I also support the adult's approach."

You are older than me in terms of age, you are richer than me in terms of social experience, I hope that in the future we can be honest with each other, and I hope you can point out my shortcomings. ”

Qian Bangqi arched his hand, stood up and said, "My lord, then the lower official will ask you a question." Now that the war in eastern Sichuan is raging, Lord Xiaguan has gathered all the best generals of each battalion in Shunqing Mansion to open an officer training camp.

My lord, I'm afraid it's not quite right? ”

Yang Xuan showed a smile and explained, "Qian Jianjun, it's true.

Although the Loyal and Righteous Army has developed quite rapidly in recent years, generals at all levels not only have low cultural quality, but also have very poor tactical qualities.

I Ming Dynasty initially implemented the guards, since the Jiajing Dynasty began to recruit troops, the recruitment and the guards are different, is the implementation of the elite strategy, but the quality of generals at all levels is uneven, so in the process of suppressing bandits, although there are brilliant examples in the battle against the northern Tartars, but failed to do the full work. ”

Qian Bangqi looked quite incomprehensible and said: "My lord, the quality of my Ming army is uneven, since the founding of Emperor Gao, does your lord want to solve this problem and establish an invincible hero?" ”

Yang Xuan stood up and mentioned the Qi family army to Qian Bangqi, talked about its brilliant achievements, talked about the military book "Records of Military Training", and talked about his plans to learn from Qi Jiguang's "Records of Military Training", "New Book of Records and Results" and the Mandarin Duck Formation, and conduct unified training in the aspects of loyalty to the monarch and love the people, formations, ordnance, tactics, etc., so as to improve the combat quality of middle and lower-level officers and defeat the enemy on the battlefield.

Qian Bangxin listened carefully, especially when he heard about the education of loyalty and love for the people, he was even more interested, and asked again and again.