Chapter 674: Dereliction of Duty by the Prisoner
Yang Biao, who is a commonplace, took the lead in speaking, and the high-ranking officials in the Manchu Dynasty all seemed to have the backbone of the backbone, and they all said that salt and iron could not be collected.
Yilang Wang Yun came out and said: "Your Majesty, since this dynasty, salt and iron have flourished among the people, benefiting all the people, how can the imperial court easily take it?" Is it not a competition with the people? In the eyes of the ministers, it must not be so, the lessons of the former Han Shizong Xiaowu Emperor are still in front of him, if it were not for his forcible collection of salt and iron, and the wealth of the people, how could there be the boiling of public resentment in the world, the rebellion continues, and the danger of the collapse of the society? Therefore, Emperor Shizong Xiaowu indulged in great martial arts, had a great defeat of the Huns, opened up the territory and expanded the territory of the world's great achievements, but under his rule, the household registration withered, the people were displaced, but it is an indisputable fact, this is the fruit of the people's profit, the minister implores His Majesty, never under the edict of the country! β
After Wang Yun finished saying this, the high-ranking officials present at the court, whether they thought of refuting Fuquan's reason or didn't think of the reason, their eyes lit up, and they all came out and saluted: "The ministers implore Your Majesty, you must not compete with the people for profit, forcibly collect salt and iron, and issue this edict to destroy the country!" β
I saw that above the court meeting, all the high-ranking officials were opposed, and only the court officials from the poor family who were constantly installed by Fuquan did not unite with those court officials from the powerful family, but most of them tried their best to take back the salt and iron official camp after they refuted Fuquan, and asked the emperor to issue an edict to implement it.
The scene was extremely stiff, and the emperor Liu Chong and the Empress Dowager Song, who were sitting at the top, were a little unresponsive for a while. However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Hanmen scholars among the court officials are obviously inferior to those high-ranking officials who are powerful in the world, and their reputation is very weak.
Looking at those who opposed him, Fu Quan was originally from the world, and he had already prepared for this, so he was not surprised, after all, his actions were sucking the blood of the world's heroes, how could these children of the world's heroes agree to this policy of opening the salt and iron official camp again?
His eyes swept over the opponents one by one, and finally stayed on his old acquaintance Wang Yun, and Fu Quan lingered on him for a long time before retracting his meaningful gaze.
Accompanied by a sneer in Fu Quan's heart, this old fox endured for so long, but he didn't expect that because Fu Quan hit the core interests of his family, he actually made Wang Yun jump out all of a sudden, and retorted himself like a lotus, I have to say that he is not only scheming, but also powerful.
It is said that Wang Yun can also endure these years, when the imperial court quelled the Taiping Dao Rebellion, Wang Yun first wanted to use Fuquan, through the letter of Zhang Rang's guests and Taiping Dao moth thieves colluding, ready to bring down Zhang Rang and other eunuchs, but Fuquan consciously took the lead in getting out of it, Wang Yun could only do it himself, the final result was that he not only did not bring down Zhang Rang and others, but later trapped himself in it, and was found by Zhang Rang and others, and was framed and imprisoned.
Later, if it weren't for Yang Ci and He Jin to help, his life would have been suspended, but fortunately, he was finally pardoned and escaped, but because the eunuch was powerful and his strength was limited, he was worried about revenge for the eunuch, so he had to change his name and surname, leave the capital of Luoyang, and die between Hanoi and Chenliu.
And as He Jin and Yuan Shao wanted to seize power for Liu Braid, recruit foreign soldiers into Beijing, and also recruit all kinds of talents they could recruit, Wang Yun was naturally among them.
As a famous scholar in the state, He Jin and Yuan Shao, of course, wrote to contact Wang Yun, hoping to get his help, and after Wang Yun got the letter, he knew that he would deal with the eunuchs, so he naturally readily agreed, and rushed to Luoyang at the moment.
It's just that he never thought that when he arrived in Luoyang, the overall situation of the Beijing division had been determined by Fuquan, He Jin was killed by Jian Shuo as a traitor, and Yuan Shao forcibly supported Liu Braid's ascension to the throne in order to turn the tide, but the matter was not done, and even he and his relatives died because of rebellion.
When he got these news, Wang Yunde immediately got the old fox nature, and immediately appeared, and chose to lie dormant without hesitation, until he heard that Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and other eunuchs were killed by Yuan Shao and others when they were in the Luoyang rebellion.
Originally, Wang Yun changed his surname and changed his name to die, just to be afraid of Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and other eunuchs, after all, his crime has long been pardoned by the former emperor Liu Hong, and now with Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others are dead, Wang Yun naturally used his real name to contact some old friends and old friends of Jingshi Luoyang, and then with their recommendation and help, he was recruited by the imperial court to worship Yilang and entered the official career again.
Such a bumpy experience made Wang Yun pay special attention to the court facing the power of Fuquan Duzhang, although there were many rebuttals to his own advice, but he had never been the first to be the first bird like this.
After thinking about it, Fu Quan understood why Wang Yun was like this, the reason was very simple, the imperial court took back the salt and iron, which undoubtedly broke the roots of the Taiyuan Wang family, so it was no wonder that he was so impulsive.
After all, as a large family in the state, the Taiyuan Wang family is a famous family in the state, and has held important official positions in the state and county for generations, and has a great influence and high prestige in the local area. And the Taiyuan Wang clan can be so prosperous, in addition to the outpouring of talents in the clan, the bigger reason is that they have a large number of salt and iron interests in the state, which can be the current strong situation.
The biggest reason why the powerful people of this dynasty can rise is naturally that they have more resources and can support more talents, but in order to raise talents, they must need sufficient wealth supply.
This is like those who write and do literature in later generations, and there is no stable life, how many can write peerless good books?
Today, the rise of the world's powerful people is the same, most of the world's powerful people use the most common method of Chinese, relying on land annexation, accumulating wealth, and supporting the children of the family.
However, the Taiyuan Wang clan is different, or the whole state is different, the land is already barren, and because it is in a border county, there are often wars, and it is obviously too difficult to support the family by land annexation here. Therefore, these powerful families in the state naturally set their sights on the salt and iron of the state, and it is precisely because they control the private trade of salt and iron in the state that they can have a large amount of wealth to support the children of the family.
Now, as soon as Fu Quan opened his mouth, he took back the salt and iron official camp, of course, he wanted Wang Yun's life, after all, if this is really implemented, the Taiyuan Wang family may immediately drop most of the price, and it is no wonder that Wang Yun, the old fox who is the best at forbearance, will be the first to come out and jump his feet.
However, Wang Yun's reason for refuting Fuquan also made him speechless, because listening to the words "competing with the people" in his words, it was easy for him to think that the emperors in the late Ming Dynasty could not maintain the imperial court by relying on agricultural taxes, so they could only send mine supervisors to collect taxes everywhere.
From this point of view, the bureaucratic class has always been in this trait, and I wonder with whom these policies are competing for profit. Is it the bad government of the ruined country?
To tell the truth, Wang Yun's words, looking at Fuquan, are full of mistakes and omissions, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was limited by financial pressure, forcibly collected salt and iron, and relied on this to maintain military spending, how is it related to the boiling of public resentment and the withering of the world's household registration in the later period?
After all, in the early stage, when the Han army practiced warfare, there were no later evil results, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty forcibly collected salt and iron, but it really stabilized the finances.
The reason why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty collapsed in the later period was that in addition to the wealth he had accumulated for several generations of ancestors, he did not know how to recuperate, but also because he later stopped implementing the war to feed the war in order to save face, greatly increased military expenditures, and he did not understand the economy, he repeatedly came to some policies to destroy the economy, and finally various reasons combined, resulting in economic collapse, making the world of public resentment boiling, uprisings continued, if it were not for the face of his grandfather Emperor Wen of Han, a guilty edict was issued, it was impossible to say that the Han Dynasty was strong in his hands, and it also collapsed in his hands.
Of course, these words are not easy to say Fuquan, not because he does not dare to talk about Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the court, since Emperor Xuan of the former Han Dynasty ascended the throne, for the merits and demerits of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty is no longer like the silence of the literary prison during the period of Emperor Wu, and there is nothing to say about his merits and demerits.
The reason why Fuquan is difficult to say is because he can't come up with a convincing basis to prove whether the imperial court's forced collection of salt and iron will lead to the results of the later period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
He didn't study economics, and he could prove it with all kinds of theoretical knowledge, of course, Fu Quan felt that even if he had theoretical knowledge, I'm afraid these courtiers wouldn't admit it, after all, they could completely deny it with no facts about this matter.
For the sake of interests, as long as they want to, there will be nothing they dare not refute, if there is experience in later generations, Fu Quan now says that no one dares to refute this, however, isn't there no precedent to prove?
The salt and iron official camp was originally a wonderful chess, but unfortunately, this chess was completely made by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's other economic policies, and now it has become a strategy to fight for benefits with the people. Come to think of it, the Later Han Dynasty banned private salt and iron several times, but could not succeed, in addition to the powerful and powerful people of the world, in addition to the strong and powerful people and many resistances, there are also authorities for the forced collection of salt and iron, and the people to compete for profits.
This court meeting, in the end, failed to let Fuquan get his wish, the forced collection of salt and iron did not pass, and the powerful high-ranking officials of the family came out of the Chongde Palace, they were all extremely happy, in addition to being happy because they ensured the interests of their family, they were also excited to finally make Fuquan deflated.
After all, because of Fuquan's power and many of Fuquan's policies, they simply had no strength to oppose it, and they were naturally happy to be able to win Fuquan this time.
At the moment, as the main figure who made Fuquan deflated, Wang Yun was warmly sought after by many court officials, and he said that Wang Yun, who was impulsive this time, was fluttering, and then he gave birth to the ambition of uniting these court officials and having his own power among the ministers.
"Gentlemen, since Your Majesty ascended the throne, Fuquan has sat in charge of Ah Heng's power, with arbitrary intentions, extremely domineering, and all kinds of policies, all of which have damaged the foundation of my Han Dynasty. Wang Yun said this, and there was a lot of meaning in his words that the court relied on him, after all, the court really needed him now.
Just like Wang Yun said, "Fuquan sits in charge of Ah Heng's power", that Ah Heng, also known as Bao Heng, was originally a child who protected and raised naΓ―ve officials, and later referred to the person who assisted the monarch, and "was determined by will", according to his original intentions, and he dug up the strong foundation of the clan everywhere and promoted the Hanmen, this kind of person is their hostile minister, and must be targeted.
If there is no Wang Yun this time, once the court will pass Fuquan's proposal, and Fuquan has completely digested the situation of the world's soldiers and horses after several years, and then there is the righteousness of the court, even if they have a huge local power, it is difficult to make enemies with the powerful Han army, and they will not really lose this part of the salt and iron trade.
Therefore, everyone was not disgusted by this, but acquiesced, it really seems that they can deal with Fu Quan now, except for him, there is no one else, if Fu Quan really continues to destroy the foundation of their clan's heroism, then something will really happen.
With a sullen breath, Fu Quan returned to the Hussar General's Mansion, and suddenly there was a cangtou report, Jia Xu arrived, Fu Quan was surprised, why did this guy come, but let him in.
Jia Xu came to the lobby, and after seeing Fuquan saluting, he immediately reported his intention, but the purpose of his visit was to offer a plan for Fuquan's forced collection of salt and iron.
Hearing this, Fu Quan's face was quite bad, Jia Xu was now promoted to the position of Shang Shuling, and he was also one of the court officials, responsible for managing the documents of the Shaofu and conveying orders, and holding the center of power, which can be described as an important position.
And Jia Xu helped himself in the court just now, but afterwards, how to make him stand it. However, Fu Quan thought about it, with Jia Xu's temperament, only by doing so can he be worthy of his wise and self-protective temperament, and he will never stand out in doing things, even if there is a way to help the lord, he will say it in private, not to mention that this time it is against those high-ranking officials who are powerful in the world, with his temperament, of course, it is impossible to say it directly.
Thinking about this, Fuquan ventilated a little, sat him down at the moment, and asked him what his plan was.
After Jia Xu sat down, he said: "Hussars collect salt and iron hearts, it is really the right move, if the Han Mansion Treasury gets both, it will have several times the abundant capital, but it is too hasty." The hussars acted rashly, fearing that the world's families would be uneasy, and according to the opinion of the lower officials, this matter still needs to be considered in the long run. β
"How?"
Jia Xu said unhurriedly: "Gradually insert people to control the land of salt and iron in the world." β
Fu Quan shook his head and said, "This strategy is too slow, and I don't know when it will be effective?" β
"According to the lower officials, this strategy is the best, dare to ask the hussars, if the salt pond is taken back now, it can immediately make the court rich?"
Hearing this, Fu Quan's brows tightened, and then he shook his head, indicating that he couldn't.
Recovering the salt pond requires a lot of manpower and experience, who does it depend on? It is impossible for Fuquan to find so many people in one fell swoop and go to the Yanchi Iron Mine in the world to take over, in this way, in the end, he said that he had to rely on the local clan to draw manpower, and the imperial court took back the salt and iron trade, which was to draw their blood, and it would be good if they didn't resist, and they could still be expected to send people to support? This is tantamount to a fantasy, a fool's dream!
Seeing Fuquan's words, Jia Xu stroked his short beard and said with a smile: "In fact, the hussars are in a hurry, and the past dynasties of this dynasty cannot recover the salt and iron, so the tax system is established, and this tax is not light, on the contrary, the tax on salt and iron is very heavy, and the treasury of the imperial court is insufficient, but because of the dereliction of duty of the supervisor, the country loses......"
Hearing this, Fu Quan's eyes lit up, he already had a premonition of Jia Xu's next words, and sure enough......
"Therefore, the hussars only need to send another supervisor, and they can easily collect tens of billions of dollars in the world a year."
As soon as these words came out, Fu Quan stroked his palms and smiled, he was really in a hurry, and he didn't even think about such a simple thing. But then again. It's not the same to have such a smart person around, and it really makes you make fewer mistakes.
In fact, since it is impossible to recover the trade of salt and iron officials for a while, then directly block the trade tax, and learn from the mine supervisor set up by the emperor at the end of the Ming Dynasty, anyway, the commodity trade has to pay taxes, and this tax is determined by the imperial court, even though the majority of it is still in the people, but the imperial court does get more money.
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