Pan Jiao to Hue is not far away, 30 miles of road more than half a day to arrive, it is in the afternoon, the military camp outside the east gate of the state city into a piece, far away to see a group of Gyeongju soldiers outside the camp patrolling back and forth. Seeing Xuan Chongwen leading his troops approaching, he immediately stepped forward to stop him.

"This is a military camp, whose subordinates are you? Where did it come from? Can you have a waist token? Seeing that Xuan Chongwen was also an officer, the leader of the patrol stepped forward and asked.

"We're from Yanzhou, I don't know if the order is here?" Xuan Chongwen took off the bronze medal of the army on his waist, checked it for the captain, and handed over the official document to ask by the way.

"It turned out to be the person from Yanzhou Zhang's inspection, my handsome man has just returned to the camp from the city, come with me!"

The captain took them outside the barracks, told them to wait, and then went in and reported on their own. After a while, he ran out again and said that he was invited from Ruan.

Xuan Chongwen let the soldiers enter the camp to rest and wait, followed the gang commander to the front of the Chinese army's big tent, entered by himself, and saw a tall purple-robed old man sitting behind the case of the first handsome, so he saluted and said: "Yan and Qing are both inspecting the subordinates to promote the official Xuan Chongwen, and on the order of the inspection of the chapter, I will meet the Duke of Zheling!" ”

"No need to be polite! I heard that Gao Shaoji of Yanzhou has been escorted to Tokyo, and the matter is over, why didn't Zhang Patrol come in person? "Fold from Ruan's gray hair, about 60 years old, at the beginning of the Tang Zhuangzong Li Cunmiao's tooth general, later served as the Fuzhou Assassin History, Zhenwu Army Festival Envoy, but also the old minister of the Four Dynasties.

"Before, Gao Shaoji self-explained the Fu Festival and handed over the state affairs to the deputy envoy Zhang Kuangtu, but Zhang Kuangtu was born in the Yanzhou clan, and at this time when the old and the new are alternated, my family inspection naturally has to supervise the state affairs, and it should come when the end of the hand is clear." Xuan Chongwen is half vague, half truthful.

"Hmm...... I see! "The matter of Yanzhou, I have heard from Ruan, the Gao family and the Zhang family have always stood side by side, and now that the Gao family has fallen, Zhang Kuangtu's life may not be easy.

"Qing and Ning Erzhou have repeatedly invaded and suppressed the Tibetan Department, and they have been defeated repeatedly, and this time they have been defeated like a mountain, which has disgraced the court. The history of Gyeongju thorn raised the price of salt without authorization, causing the price of salt in all parts of Guanzhong to be chaotic, and I don't know how to deal with it? The greetings have ended, and Xuan Chongwen is straight to the point.

"In this war, Zhang Jianwu and Guo Yanqin can make up on their own, and Zhe is just invited to help in the war, I am afraid that there is nothing I can do!" From Ruan Ren's old age to refinement, he understood the meaning of Xuan Chongwen as soon as he heard it.

"Zhi Linggong only took office at the end of last year, and he didn't know the truth, so he didn't need to take responsibility for this defeat. But if the DPRK and China are truthfully investigated, I am afraid that the Duke of Zhi Linggong will be guilty of supporting the army and defending himself, right? Now that the war is unfavorable, if the two defeated assassins are not arrested in accordance with the law, when will they wait? Xuan Chongwen knew about this, and he had the confidence to speak.

"Although a certain has this authority, it is unreasonable, the state assassin has always been appointed by the DPRK and the central government, whether to arrest and withdraw, or transfer to another place, Zhe cannot make decisions without authorization. If the inspection of the chapter is in the name of Guo Yanqin raising the price of salt and causing trouble in the state, he can help. ”

It's not that Zhe Congruan didn't dare to arrest Zhang Jianwu and Guo Yanqin, but he didn't dare to act boldly when he was in a high position, for fear of affecting the emperor's trust in him. Of course, if he does this, he will have to report it himself, and it will be difficult to write this chapter. If Zhang Yue comes to report it, then the situation is different, he is an inspection envoy, this matter is within the scope of his authority, just mention the history of the assassination of the two defeated armies, and the DPRK and the central government will not pursue the matter of Zhe Congruan.

"That's good! The inspection of my house will arrive in a few days, and the public can prepare in advance. This is exactly what Xuan Chongwen meant, and he immediately nodded in agreement.

Four days later, Zhang Yue led his troops to arrive, assisted by Zhi Congruan, entered the city to arrest Zhang Jianwu and Guo Yanqin, and wrote a chapter, but Zhi Congruan refused to countersign, Zhang Yue suddenly had a big head, and persuaded angrily: "Everything is done, even if Ling Gong does not countersign, the court also knows that Ling Gong is involved in this matter, otherwise Zhang Moujie will inspect and inspect, won't the two assassins resist arrest?" ”

"It's different! If the public in the court sees that there is a certain name on the chapter, they will remember the previous things, and then they don't stuff their mouths with their fists? Fold Congruan said helplessly.

"Zhang Moujie's inspection actually arrested the four products, this is even more unreasonable, if the chapter is delayed for a long time, the neighboring states and counties will report the news, you and I will be even more embarrassed, I think you still countersigned!" Zhang Yue continued to persuade.

But even if he wore out his mouth, Zhe Congruan still disagreed, and Zhang Yue had no choice, so he had to change the chapter and report it himself, and the emperor couldn't take care of it for the time being. He also had to inspect the counties under the rule of Gyeongju, as well as the Tibetan tribes in the mountains on both sides of the Baima River and Malingshui, and needed to visit and pacify. But the key to this is the price of salt.

As long as this matter is negotiated, then the trade route of Shuofang Yanzhou will go south from Qinggang Lingnan and pass through the Malingshui River Valley in Huanxian County to Gyeongju. At the same time, the trade route from Yanzhou to Yanzhou through Gyeongju to Yanzhou can also be smooth, and there is no need to take the northern route of Youzhou, which avoids Youzhou charging heavy taxes and bypasses the roadblock of Li Yiyin.

Then Zhang Yue sent someone to report to Tokyo quickly, and at the same time put Zhang Jianwu and Guo Yanqin in prison and put them in prison to be guarded, and then make plans when the DPRK and China decreed. Bi Yi is the history of Zhongzhou under the fourth grade, although Zhang Yue knows that these two people are cocooned and bound themselves, and the responsibility is very great, but it is not good to escort them to Tokyo, and it is better to be low-key.

When the turmoil in Gyeongju was suspended, Zhang Yue began to suppress the price of salt, and first issued an official document stamped with the inspection seals of Yeon and Gyeongse, indicating that in the future, the salt price tax will still be the same: one stone of green salt is taxed at 800 wen and one bucket of salt, and the standard market price of sales is five yuan and one stone; One stone of white salt is taxed at 500 wen, and salt is 5 liters. The standard market price of wholesale sales is: three dollars and one stone.

The above small amount of wholesale sales according to the gourd painting, according to this example, a large amount of money in and out of the state, can go to the inspection and inspection office for salt introduction. Those who raise the price of salt without permission will be arrested and questioned once they are discovered.

As soon as this order came out, the large and small merchants who had gathered in Gyeongju and never left were amazed and ran to the state office to inquire whether this was true. As soon as the price of salt fell to the same level as the old price, so did the tax revenue, which was almost unbelievable.

The vendors rushed to tell each other and cheered. But the local gentry in Gyeongju hated it: if the price of this salt really fell, they would sell it wholesale, or even change hands from it, they would make a lot less money.

Immediately, some officials and gentry started to think about it, and they began to collude with each other, but someone had to take the lead in this kind of thing. Guo Yanqin, the assassin and defense envoy, was in prison, but Du Sixun, the deputy defense envoy, and Liu Jingye, the secretary of the military department, were still in the state office, and these two people were originally subordinates of Ruan, so they immediately became the targets of these people.

Zhang Yue didn't think of this, but it is not easy to do it for the time being, and the price of salt must be lowered first, this is not a temporary matter, and those unstable factors must be eliminated first. For example, the 21 tribes of the Gyeongju Fan tribe, among which the pheasant tribe and the cattle killing tribe are the two largest tribes, as long as they are appeased first, there will be an opportunity to clean up these self-contained and unruly guys who do not obey orders. As soon as this matter is resolved, everything will be solved.