The crown prince asked for someone in person, such a glorious ordinary person would have already knelt down and agreed, although Qin Shouhua knelt down, he said with a raised face: "Your Highness, the grass people have something to say." ”

"Huh?" Although Zhu Cihong was surprised and didn't know what this rough man was going to say, he still nodded and said, "Of course, if you have something to say, it won't be uncomfortable to hold it in your heart." ”

As soon as the crown prince said this, Qin Shouhua felt a little more bold in his heart, so he knocked his head and said loudly: "The grass people want to tell His Highness that the people of Shicai are rioting, scoundrels, gangsters and salt merchants, and there are only a few. Most of them are ordinary salt people who have been deceived and dared to do so, so please forgive their sins. ”

"Hmm." Zhu Cihong glanced at Qin Shouhua with appreciative eyes, nodded, and said with a smile: "Why don't you say this?" ”

"Yes, the grass people are ignorant!"

The crown prince acted, Qin Shouhua only saw it with his own eyes at this time, and he was also very impressed in his heart, and his face showed a look of willingness to serve ...... death, but he hesitated for a while, and then continued: "There is no shortage of loyal people among the salt merchants, and the wealth is not necessarily obtained from the fish and meat village of the common people, if His Royal Highness takes back all the salt fields, the ministers ."

A small smuggler of salt dared to talk about the big politics of the salt class, and for a while, the atmosphere in the room cooled down.

Zhu Cihong pondered for a while before looking at Chen Mingxia again and asked, "Chen Baishi, what do you say?" ”

"The minister thinks it's ......" Chen Mingxia is also a real war between heaven and man in his heart. The power of the Jiangnan gentry, just from today's incident, can be seen how big, not once, there will be a second time, a third time, his family will also be implicated.

If you want to be a rich man in the future, it will be difficult.

But with his pride, how could he retreat?

If it weren't for the arrogance on his body, how could he be calculated by Ning Wan and others and lose his good surname?

The fate of a person's life is closely related to his surname, and that is absolutely not wrong.

He only hesitated for a moment, and then raised his head high and replied, "It is imperative to rectify the salt class." After the investigation of the ministers, if they can make the best of their benefits, they can not only ensure the needs of the Nanjing Ministry Treasury, but also the surplus salt will be sent to various places to extract silver profits, at least about five million a year! As for the wealth of salt merchants, as little as hundreds of thousands, more than millions, the minister thinks that the national disaster is at the head, and this generation is unwilling to donate for the country, which is wrong, and now since they dare to instigate the people of Yanding to besiege the officials, they might as well ask them to make a ruthless sum of money to set an example! ”

This number scared everyone in the room gasped.

Even Zhu Cihong was quite surprised, although he was a generalist, but the specific number of Yan Zheng had long been blurred, originally thought that it was about three million, but in Chen Mingxia, it could be doubled.

As soon as Chen Mingxia said, Qin Shouhua could only lower his head and sigh softly.

He used to be a salt farmer, and he also worked as a salt factory guard, and his friendship with a big salt merchant like Liu Yan was not bad. I also know in my heart that there are so many salt merchants, the good and the bad are mixed, and of course, there are also black-hearted salt merchants who deduct the salt people, and the money they earn is not only given to eunuchs and officials, but they are squandered and wasted.

A salt merchant, when he went to Jinshan Temple to worship the Buddha, turned 10,000 taels of yellow into gold leaf, and he didn't even blink his eyelids.

is so squandered and wasted, giving people the impression of tens of millions of dollars, and now he has been caught by the crown prince and hurt his feet, who will he kill if he doesn't kill them?

Even if some of them have a conscience, they can't keep it if they think about it.

"Chen Baishi's words are right and wrong," Seeing Zhu Cihong's gaze turn to him, Zheng Yuanxun groaned: "The minister is a middle-aged man, and if Baishi doesn't like to hear something, I'm afraid he is a little isolated from the situation of salt merchants." ”

"This is a fierce rival!" Chen Mingxia had been glancing at Zheng Yuanxun from the corner of his eye, but when he heard it, his heart sank, which confirmed what he thought.

The two directors and deputy directors of the Military and Political Department were originally friends of the Restoration Society. However, Zheng Yuanxun is enthusiastic about public welfare, the main alliance is restored, and Chen Mingxia is a young man, except for some close friends, he does not have extensive contacts with people in the society, so he can't talk about any friendship with each other.

At this time, after listening to Zheng Yuanxun's words, Chen Mingxia smiled proudly and said, "Chaozong has something to say directly, and it can be regarded as giving me some opportunities to learn from it." ”

"Nature is knowing everything, saying everything."

Zheng Yuanxun smiled, and said to Zhu Cihong: "There is a set of kung fu for boiling and drying official salt, which is actually similar to private salt, and even better quality." However, the salt farm has always been a fat sheep that everyone can slaughter, and the cost of this is much greater. Coupled with the official sale price, generally speaking, the official salt is more than four times that of the private salt, and the price is high and the quality is low, so the private salt is prevalent, the people eat more private salt, of course the official salt cannot be sold, and the businessmen have less profits, so they are already complaining about the hardships. If we thoroughly clean up the salt merchants who have salt nests to occupy them, I am afraid that such a popular uprising will be inevitable. ”

"If you don't get rid of the salt business, how will the great cause of Your Highness's Northern Expedition be restored?"

Of course, Chen Mingxia was not convinced, and retorted: "Your Highness uses silver like mud and sand, and now I'm afraid there is no silver money, right?" ”

Of course, this kind of thing is the matter of the Finance and Taxation Department that is being established in the Generalissimo's Office, but in the late Ming Dynasty, the literati who danced and wrote ink grabbed a lot of money, and it was extremely difficult to find a few who could manage the finances.

Now he has found a group of accounts who are familiar with Suzhou yards to manage, and Zhu Cihong is also paying attention to whether there are suitable talents to take charge of finance and taxation for him in the future.

In the future, the Quartermaster Department will still be in charge of munitions and withdraw from the current huge financial and tax affairs.

At this time, listening to the more the subordinates talked, the more unkind they became, they looked a little moved by each other, and when they sank their faces, they shouted in a low voice: "The matter of the salt class, there is already a success in the lonely heart." What are you arguing about? ”

After the words, everyone was convinced, only Qin Shouhua barely dared to support his arms, raised his head slightly, and looked at Zhu Cihong with longing eyes.

"You strong man, there must be people among the salt merchants that you respect." Zhu Cihong shook his head and smiled, and said, "The rectification of the salt class is imperative." However, what you have said is also in line with what I am thinking...... Behold, there will be a good plan to break the boring situation. ”

"Yes, I am willing to serve His Highness!"

At this time, although Qin Shouhua didn't know how Zhu Cihong would rectify the salt class, but seeing the prince's determined appearance, he didn't feel respectful in his heart, so he leaned down at the moment, kowtowed heavily, and bang, the sincerity of his heart was also very obvious.

Behind him, several salt sellers with good skills also kowtowed, and there was a bang, and for a while, the room became very festive and lively.

Gong Dingyu took a step forward and said jokingly: "Your Highness's luck is returned, and the strong man is here to vote, which is a gratifying thing." ”

A group of smugglers, even if they are strong in martial arts and courageous, are just the material of a sentry, and they should not be of great use. What Zhu Cihong likes is the change in people's sentiment in subtlety.

Recruit talents, and gradually form his own hope of being a king, and now everything he has, except for an inner piece that he made out in the East Palace, everything he got was given by Chongzhen after trust.

The power of these civil officials and the Generalissimo's Office comes from the extension of imperial power.

Once you lose Chongzhen's trust, you will lose it in the blink of an eye.

Only by slowly cultivating the army, cultivating talents, and winning the hearts and minds of the people is the first priority in consolidating the foundation.

After a while with Chen Zhilong, Zhu Cihong's heart, which had been hanging in the air, calmed down, and everything became calm and confident.

persuaded Qin Shouhua and others with one sentence, it was this kind of bearing that complemented the identity of the crown prince, so it was a great success in a few words.

"The most important thing is to completely solve the matter in front of you!"

After accepting Qin Shouhua and a few people, Zhu Cihong took away the smile on his face, turned around, and said to Chen Mingxia and Zheng Yuanxun: "One article and one martial arts, one piece and one relaxation, do you think so?" ”

Zheng Yuanxun smiled slightly, took a step back and said nothing.

Chen Mingxia said proudly: "Warriors, sweep away and arrest the chaotic party in the city, take the government and counties of Yangzhou, send the cadres to lead the way, and the list of texts will be requisitioned to the main envoy of the chaos today, and reward the scoundrels who sneak into the field, thunder means, and arrest them in one piece, so that no one can get out of the net!" ”

"Yes, this is martial arts, literati, it's the beginning and end of a few of you." The subordinates are quite competent, Zhu Cihong laughed, and looked at everyone: "Immediately write a chapter for me to my father, and know the twists and turns and deal with the aftermath, although it has not been carried out, but you may as well write it in advance." ”

"Yes, the ministers will immediately discuss it, and Chen Sizheng will write it!"

Chen Mingxia is a young jinshi, a high school tanhua, and although these people are not weak, they are the first to recommend him.

In particular, Chongzhen's surname is paranoid and impulsive, and he is prone to preconceived problems, Yangzhou is in chaos, and Nanjing must also have a large number of officials to send in the badges, but we always have to wait for the news here.

Now write immediately, not only send the experience, but also write the aftermath, Chongzhen's side, can take the lead.

"Elder Li Ge and Elder Zhang Ge, as well as several ministers of military affairs, greet me on my behalf. Inform Master Feng of the Guard's Office, Chang Hou of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and others, and the Beijing division should not be taken lightly. ”

After two turmoil, Zhu Cihong is also quite vigilant about public security defense.

When I was in Yanjing, I really couldn't imagine that there could be two major changes in succession. However, in Jiangnan, where the powerful feudal domain was rampant, ignoring the monarchy, and the people were relatively indifferent to the imperial power, it is really not surprising in hindsight.

The most urgent task at the moment is to build the defense of Nanjing at different levels according to the forbidden army of the guard office and the garrison army, and then the internal affairs bureau must step up its input and concentrate on secretly carrying out activities; like these few chaos, it can no longer be learned after the fact, and it is necessary to plan and move, and take advantage of other people's opportunities.

"Yes, the ministers have ordered His Highness to do things immediately."

The Lord has experienced great changes, not only has he not felt frustration, but he has worked hard, and he has not leaked a drop of water, and everyone has already confessed what they thought of and did not expect.

In this way, everyone also felt excited, and immediately found the table and chair pen and ink in the wing room, and ordered the officials to show paper and ink, and the three talented civil officials immediately worked hard to write!

(To be continued)