"Okay, even if you're smart, of course, you don't need to beat the drum hard!"

Zhu Cihong also smiled with satisfaction, and said to Liu Yan: "Two things. ”

He turned a few steps on the spot, and seemed to be hesitating in his heart, but he quickly turned around and said to Liu Yan: "First thing, you hand over the salt factory business to a reliable person to take care of." I can't take care of the business myself, so I have to be idle. ”

As soon as he said this, Liu Yan was surprised and delighted, and his voice trembled: "Your Highness wants to ask the minister to manage the salt prison?" ”

"That's right."

This person is really smart, it seems that his talent is not necessarily limited to salt administration, first call him a salt administrator, learn administrative experience, and also raise prestige.

In the future, it is not impossible to be in charge.

Chongzhen often lamented that Wenchen misled the country, and also lamented that there was no talent.

In fact, among the grass and fields, where is there no talent?

Renjun has no talents in his hands, or he uses all mediocre talents, is it his own responsibility to be greater, or is he blaming others? Like Chongzhen doesn't know about ministers, even cabinet members can draw lots to appoint, dozens of political axes, and there are many people who are not famous and do nothing in the first assistant, not to mention ordinary ministers.

The person in front of you is available!

After thinking about it thoroughly at the moment, Zhu Cihong smiled and said: "The new salt class is to improve the shortcomings and wash away the old habits in the past." Therefore, it is necessary not only to manage, but also to manage well. If it's a mess, isn't it a big joke? I have long been prepared to find a knowledgeable person to take care of it, and I have observed your salt works here, and I have seen you, and it seems that you are the most suitable. Officials and paperwork, I will send it to you, they will give you a hand, you can also recruit some help yourself, the salt field has accumulated cheats, you know best, and you will quickly clean it up when you take office. If someone is not satisfied, it is easy to do, I asked Huai'an Town to allocate two garrison cavalry to you, beheading the following punishment, you can punish yourself at any time, if someone commits a crime, Feishu will report to me! ”

In this way, in fact, even if Liu Yan has the right to manage, he grasps human rights and kills human rights.

If it weren't for such a special period, how could we put all these powers in the hands of one person!

But now there is no way, in extraordinary times, and we can only do extraordinary things.

If he is conservative, Zhu Cihong himself has to stay in the East Palace to study honestly. Or, he died in Yanjing a long time ago and was beheaded by order of the Eastern Prisoner.

Facing Zhu Cihong's gaze, Liu Yan was also excited, he was born in a salt merchant family since he was a child, and he had no interest in making money and silver for a long time. With his personality and mind, he has long wanted to do more things to benefit the township.

Usually giving porridge when there is nothing to do and opening a good hall is the embodiment of this emotion.

It's just that the status of salt merchants in Daming is too low, and if they want to do things, there are only these two things, and if they want to do more, the gentry will come out with strange words, and the silver can't be spent if they want to, and they complain in vain.

At this time, the prince entrusted him with such a heavy responsibility, Liu Yan's eyes burned, and after half a sound, he solemnly saluted and replied: "The minister dares not to die?" Your Highness, please send someone to follow the minister, and if the minister does not do well, he will behead the minister. ”

"If you just agreed if you didn't want to, this official wouldn't be able to do it."

Finding a suitable helper, Zhu Cihong was also very happy. Under the system, the first thing is to win souls. Now the political axe in Nanjing has not improved much, or because a large number of Donglin Party controls it.

Infighting is an expert, and doing things is an outsider.

However, at this stage, it is absolutely impossible to put aside the Donglin Party to govern the southeastern half of the country. A businessman like Liu Yan, in charge of salt affairs, will definitely have someone to speak, but fortunately, Huaiyang is his own territory now, and the Donglin Party Whip is beyond his reach, otherwise, he will have to find another way.

He sighed in his belly, but he was very happy with a smile on his face, nodded to Liu Yan, and said with a smile: "I know your talents, family background, and connections." If you are more serious, you can be the official. As for how things are done, as long as you are out of public spirit, loyal to the Ming Dynasty, loyal to me, and then able to be honest and self-proclaimed, these three preemptively, can it be done, of course I will not blame you. Of course, if I choose officials, I will not use incompetent people. Liu Yan, you have already donated four products, and the salt administration department of the fourth product is just right, and in a few days, you will be ready to take over the printing work. ”

"Yes!" Liu Yan's voice trembled just now, but at this time, his face was solemn, his body was solemn and majestic, and his lips were thick beards, black and straight, adding a bit of solemnity.

At this time, kneeling and prostrating is considered to be a formal acceptance of the appointment.

"The second thing, as the secretary of the salt administration, entered Nanjing, accepted the questioning of the cabinet and the military affairs department, and the six ministries and nine secretaries of the court, and explained to the courtiers the painstaking work of improving the salt class and the new salt administration, and making sure that the court officials accepted it. I will send someone to follow you, and among the court officials, you must also meet some people first and prepare in advance, so that when people are in the court, they can speak freely and know how to support you. ”

"Yes, this matter is very important, and the minister must plan and prepare well."

At this time, Liu Yan also entered the state, and Zhu Cihong was very satisfied.

He ran back and forth, Huaiyang had already walked a few times, and he had to bow down to everything when he was training, whether it was cavalry or infantry, he also participated in almost all the training subjects, and in this way, he walked around Yantian for a few days, and the people were really tired, and his face was tired at the moment.

"Your Highness is sleepy, it is better to rest here for the night."

"No need!" Zhu Cihong waved his hand and said, "Let's go now." The camp is less than sixty miles away from here, and it took more than three hours to arrive, just in time to see the soldiers dying...... You're good here, but I can't afford to be happy. ”

"If Your Highness wishes to be happy, why is it difficult to exceed the minister's mansion by ten times?"

The crown prince's behavior in Qingjiang has long been known clearly in Huai'an. With the respect of the prince of a country, if you want to run a residence, are you afraid that you can't do it?

At this point in time, I am afraid that 2 million will be thrown out, and hundreds of thousands of dollars will be used to repair their own residences, who is qualified to say anything more?

In addition to living in a hard life, I don't know that the dog has any hobbies, that is, eating, there should be a particular dining room, and there should be drum music. In Huaiyang, there are too many salt merchants, and they like to fight for wealth with each other, even Liu Yan's family has several teams, some are girls, singing lightly, some are drumming, and the sound of silk and bamboo is endless when eating, which can be listened to help the wine.

Seeing that the crown prince had a dusty face, and the tiger's mouth in his hand had grown a thick layer of calluses from long-term sword practice, Liu Yan was also very moved in his heart, and his words were choked up during the conversation.

"It doesn't have to be this way, it doesn't have to be this way."

Zhu Cihong strode away, the sleepiness of Shicai had disappeared, he laughed as he walked, and said loudly: "The path I chose was originally difficult, if you want to be comfortable, there is probably a comfortable way." You don't have to be sad about this, but you can do your part well, even if you are worthy of me. ”

Walking and walking, Liu Yan also followed behind, and when he listened to it, he promised in a deep voice, but he only said yes.

Less than an hour after talking to Zhu Cihong, this middle-aged man who had just been a businessman seemed to be the minister of the country at this time.

Out of the backyard, Liu Zhaohui and other direct guards rushed over to protect them, and Qin Shouhua and other new direct guards also pressed their waist knives and were on guard on the periphery.

At this time, the lights and candles were wide open, and more than 100 direct guards all appeared in the Liu Mansion, and at this time, the Liu Mansion knew that the head of the Shicai family was called, but it was summoned by the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty!

At this time, a person is regarded as a master, and Jinshi is a Wenqu Xingjun, a dignified crown prince of a country, the son of the Son of Heaven, and a serious dragon species.

When a country's luck declines again, as long as it wins the country for a long time, it will develop an orthodox atmosphere, and no one can ignore it.

The Ming Dynasty has won the country for nearly 300 years, and the Meng Yuan has been expelled and the taxes are so low that the taxes of the Han and Tang dynasties and the Song Dynasty are no lower than those of the Ming Dynasty. Now that the silver is pouring in, Yuzi is a little sad, but looking at the entire Nanzhili and Huguang areas, as long as there are no military disasters, Yuzi will be quite happy.

Because of this, so the Ming Dynasty still has an immovable orthodox status in the hearts of the people, like the Qing Dynasty, first of all, the king of Yidi is difficult to enter the hearts of the people, and the early to mid-Qing Dynasty, the so-called prosperous era is just touting, in fact, the richest time, during the Kangqian period, the life of the people in the south is still far less than the Longqing Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and it can barely be compared with the last years of Chongzhen.

At this time, as soon as I heard that the crown prince was coming, the entire Liu Mansion was a big sensation!

Zhu Cihong has been using the pretext of buying salt every day, and he has walked around the salt farm, and there are many people who have seen him.

At this time, the candles are bright, the courtyard is surrounded by dense human heads, usually at this hour, ordinary people have already fallen asleep, at this time outside Liu's mansion, it is also full of people on both sides of the road, waiting for Zhu Cihong to come out of the backyard, around the main hall, Liu Yan's mother, regardless of the inner family or the man in the outer house, the black pressure is kneeling on the ground.

"Knock on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Your Highness Chitose Chitose Chitose."

The common people, as rich as the families of salt merchants, how can they understand the serious etiquette system? It's knocking and a thousand years old, and it's a mess for a while.

Liu Zhaohui and the other guards couldn't help laughing, but they just protected Zhu Cihong in the middle, but Zhu Cihong saw that there were a few elderly women, who were also wearing gold and jade, and knew that they were family members of the inner house, because they stepped forward to ask, and after Liu's mother revealed her identity, she held the hand of the old lady, and said with a smile: "Now that Liu Yan is serving the country and doing things well, he will definitely return you a gift from a first-class lady in the future!" ”

With this word, Liu's mother's whole face was glowing, and she was thankful.

Zhu Cihong smiled and waved his hand, and hurried in the crowd, with the sound of chanting and shouting Chitose in his ears, and when he went out, he turned over and straddled the horse, whipped the horse, and rode away in the thunderous Chitose.

Until tonight, after such a situation, Zhu Cihong was also like drinking alcohol.

The matter of salt politics can be said to be worry-free!

(To be continued)