"Does Mi Shizhong know what happened to the previous salt and iron official camp?"

"This, private salt, and then official purchase, transportation and sale. And then the iron words, it seems that the imperial court is all in charge, and I don't know what the specific situation is, after all, it was a long time ago......"

"But my idea is that the imperial court will set up a salt production department, which will be responsible for salt production, and private merchants will be responsible for purchasing, transporting and selling. Of course, the price of the sale must be uniformly set by the imperial court, and it can only be increased by 20% at most. In the case of iron smelting, the imperial court set up an iron smelting department, which is responsible for the transportation and sale of iron smelting, which belongs to the big Si Nong. ”

"Salt is purchased, transported and sold by the people......" Mi Fang was stunned, thinking about the gains and losses, she didn't understand that boiling salt requires a lot of manpower and material resources, so the previous imperial court let the people make salt, and the official was responsible for transportation and sales.

Chu Yi looked unwavering, and smiled faintly: "Of course, the establishment of the Salt Production Division naturally requires someone to be responsible." I don't know how to make salt, so I'm afraid I have to rely on Mi to serve in this matter. The salt division set up an order for one person, six hundred stones. Salt-producing counties have salt officials under the jurisdiction of the salt production order, which in turn controls salt and sells salt to private traders. ”

"Salt Order...... Me? Mi Fang pointed to herself.

Chu Yi smiled: "That's right, who else in addition to the millet servants can be familiar with the process of making and selling salt?" ”

Mi Fang's face showed a hint of ecstasy, and she could think of the benefits of this with her eyes closed!

"Of course, the official system and the private income are also temporary. After a year, it will return to its original state, and it will still be collected by the civil government. In addition, the functions of the Salt and Iron Division will also change. ”

Mi Fang thought about it and couldn't help but say, "Why...... Please be forgiven for saying that the official system of private revenue will lead to many problems, such as raising the price of salt, for example, the decision will be in the hands of merchants. And the imperial court is also that salt production requires a lot of manpower, so the people were allowed to make salt for sale in the imperial court before, but now how can the imperial court find so many people to make salt? And I feel that the profit of the private government sales should be greater than the official and private sales......"

"Generally speaking, that's true, but what if I know of a special salt production method that can be very cost-effective?"

"What......?"

Chu Yi smiled slightly: "Salt drying method, have you heard of it?" ”

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In his previous life, Chu Yi had read "Heavenly Works", which was a comprehensive work of science and technology in ancient China, and also the world's first comprehensive work on agriculture and handicraft production. In the "Heavenly Creations", there are records of the manufacturing methods of seawater salt, pool salt, well salt, and so on.

"Tiangong Kaiwu" was compiled in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, so the methods recorded in it are quite mature, more than 1,000 years more advanced than the traditional salt making methods of the Han Dynasty.

This is also the reason why Chu Yi decided to "collect money from the government and the people", which is nothing more than to quickly collect money for the imperial court.

In fact, there are many drawbacks in the official system and private collection, and it would be better if all of them were operated by the government, but in this way, it is really forcing some powerful people to rebel.

Therefore, Chu Yi could only pinch his nose and hand over the power of sale to those businessmen and heroes.

After a year, Qingzhou will officially get on the right track, and it will be enough for those businessmen to secretly learn the method of salt making, so the salt production rights will be handed over to them at that time.

Although Chu Yi doesn't like businessmen, as a person who has crossed over from modern society, he still knows that the development of the social commodity economy is inseparable from businessmen.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Zhuangtian economy has always been dominant, but now that Juntian is out, the excess world is confiscated, and the Haoqiang family will be forced to shift from the Zhuangtian economy to the commodity economy.

The reduction of land contradictions, which will lead to the gradual prosperity of commerce, is also an excellent opportunity to develop the productive forces of society!

"The room of the wealthy, hundreds of buildings, anointed fields, thousands of slaves and maids, in vain. Boats and cars are hawkers, and they are all around; Abandoned dwellings and storage. Full of the capital. Qi bribes treasures, and the giant room cannot be tolerated; Horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs, and the valley cannot bear it. The demon boy and the beautiful concubine fill the room...... The flesh of the three animals is stinking and inedible; The mellow liquor is defeated and cannot be drunk. ”

Chu Yi smiled slightly bitterly, this is someone in the Three Kingdoms period lamenting the sharp expansion of the gap between the rich and the poor caused by the troubled times, the merchants are rich and luxurious, and the poor people have no place to stand.

This is also something that Chu Yi is afraid of, so the chains around the necks of Haoqiang and businessmen cannot be completely released, and the salt and iron must be official! Merchants must be strictly managed!

Although later generations have criticized the official affairs of salt and iron, thinking that this is a serious blow to the commodity economy in ancient times, Chu Yi is a little disapproving, except for salt and iron, the rest of the clothing, food, housing and transportation, including wine, will not implement the official monopoly, and even participate very little!

There shouldn't be any problem...... Chu Yi thought about it, as long as the military power was firmly in the hands of the central government, there would be no big surprises. If the merchant dares to be dishonest, where is the means of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to calculate and tell him!

Many people in later generations believed that the calculation and sue were one of the stains of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, because of the heavy blow to the development of commerce, as soon as the sue came out, there were almost no merchants in the four seas.

But Emperor Wu of Han was not a fool or an extremist, and he was disgusted by Shang Jia by doing this. These businessmen exploited the peasants internally, concealed their true property externally, and refused to pay taxes. Even when the country's finances are on the verge of collapse, they have no sense of worrying about the country.

In this regard, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used various methods, and even erected the leader of the "Bu style", but the merchants were still indifferent, and their lives were more comfortable than the emperor's, so they were easy to be fluttering, thinking that they had backers in the court, and they forgot who was the master of the country.

So these people don't die and stay for the New Year, do you want Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to become Chongzhen in advance?

Although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't know who Chongzhen was, his wrist was much stronger than Chongzhen, so he sued him and cleared the world.

I don't know if those businessmen who were originally happy like immortals will regret why they didn't honestly hand over one-tenth of their property to solve the country's difficulties after they went bankrupt.

Of course, the damage to the country's commodity economy is too great, and we must not turn the table so much as a last resort.

But this policy must become the "sword of Damocles" hanging over the heads of all businessmen! We must always remind these businessmen that they must have a conscience in doing business, and that the end of exploiting the peasants and even evading taxes is not good.

In Chu Yi's previous life, it was often said that one of the most dangerous things in the world was tax evasion in the United States...... Well, all tax evaders are dead, and we still have to learn from the US imperialists!