It's the last day of the month, ask for a monthly pass!

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The night was deep and quiet.

In a hall in the Governor's Palace, there were only four people here, except for Chu Huan, Du Fugong and Su Boju were all present, in addition to these three people, the other was calm and relaxed, wearing a long robe, and Huo Ran was Chu Huan's sworn brother Pei Ji.

"Today, I came to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Subo, and secondly, I also want to respect the eldest brother." Chu Huan picked up the wine cup and looked at Pei Ji, "Big brother arrived in time, the formula for dealing with the epidemic virus has been announced, if it weren't for the big brother, this big disaster would be inevitable." ”

Du Fugong also bowed his head and said: "Brother Pei is a master in the world, saving the people from fire and water, as the saying goes, saving a life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, Brother Pei saved the lives of tens of millions of people this time......!" ”

Pei Ji's expression was calm, and he said with a smile: "This is a matter of my life......!" He looked at Chu Huan and said with a smile: "Second brother, now the people of the whole city think that the gods have entrusted you with a dream and taught you the recipe for detoxification, and this matter will soon spread out, and the people of Xiguan must be grateful to you." ”

Chu Huan smiled bitterly: "This is not what my eldest brother taught me, in fact...... The little brother is really ashamed, this is all the credit of the eldest brother and Zhang Yisheng......! ”

Before he finished speaking, Pei Ji had already raised his hand and said, "Don't say that, in fact, I am also selfish." ”

"Selfishness?"

"At the beginning, I was looking for my senior brother to develop a formula, but I really wanted to be able to do my part for the refugees in Xiguan." Pei Ji stroked his beard and said with a smile: "But I know that the second brother came to Xiguan to take up his post, so I am bent on handing over the formula to you." ”

Chu Huan said gratefully: "Big brother wants to help me win the hearts of the people in Xiguan. ”

Du Fugong has already said with a straight face: "Actually, Brother Pei seems to be helping adults, and it seems to be selfish, but if you really want to talk about it, it is still the heart of the Grand Duke...... If you want to govern one side, the first thing is to reassure the people and win the hearts of the people, and the hearts of the people are the foundation. Brother Pei used the formula this time to make the people grateful to the adults, so that the adults also have a preliminary foundation, so that they can smoothly govern one side, in the final analysis, being able to govern one side in an orderly manner is also a good thing for the people. ”

Pei Ji laughed and said: "Mr. Du's words woke up the dreamer, it seems that Pei Ji's selfishness really contains the heart of the Grand Duke!" ”

Everyone immediately burst into laughter, and Chu Huan immediately sighed: "It's a pity that Divine Doctor Zhang and Master Xianyun Yehe can't thank them in person, and I don't know when I will be able to see them again." ”

"It's better not to see each other than to see each other." Pei Ji smiled: "They are all medical Taoists, where they appear, there must be diseases, according to my meaning, the less I see them, the better." He asked again: "Yes, second brother, you mentioned the matter of salt yesterday, but did you make arrangements?" ”

"Old Lady Su has sent someone to Xixia Mountain to survey the terrain, if nothing else, the first salt field will be built in Xixia Valley." Chu Huan explained: "Originally, I wanted the seven surnames of Xiguan to gather some silver money to build a salt farm, but Su Bo brought silver money from the customs this time, and the matter of silver money was solved, and there was no need to work the seven surnames of Xiguan." ”

"After the problem of salt production is solved, it is a problem of trade routes." Pei Ji stroked his beard and said: "If the war in the southeast drags on for a long time, the customs will definitely fall into a salt shortage soon, and the new salt will enter the customs, and the benefits will definitely be not small." ”

Du Fugong said with a smile: "I have also inquired in the past two days, the cold stone can be regarded as a specialty of the northwest, not that there is no cold stone in the pass, but compared with the northwest, it is not worth mentioning, and the cold stone collection in the northwest is seventy percent in the territory of Xiguan, the north side of the mountain accounts for two percent, and the Tianshan Road is less than one percent." ”

"Mr. Du, I happen to be here today, and I have something to ask you." Chu Huan looked at Du Fugong solemnly, "I have been thinking about it for the past two days, and this matter can only be handed over to Mr. ”

"Your Excellency, please command."

"I'm going to set up a new yamen." Chu Huan said: "Originally, the official salt transported from the customs was allocated by the official salt department, but I am not ready to use the official salt department now, although the official salt department is an inconspicuous yamen, but it is very important, Dong Shizhen's group has long been eyeing it, and they are already planted in it." Originally, I was going to find a reason to change the people inside, but after thinking about it, it would be better to spend effort to deal with those people, and it would be better to directly set up a new yamen. ”

Du Fu said fairly: "What do you mean by saying that the official salt department is overhead? He hesitated: "However, the official salt administration manages the salt, and the lord sets up another yamen, I am afraid that it will violate the law of the imperial court, and Dong Shizhen's cadres will not be able to give up, and they will inevitably report to the imperial court." ”

"Exactly." Chu Huan said: "The official salt bureau is the yamen for the allocation of official salt, and the official salt was previously directly transported from the yamen of the household department to various provinces, it belongs to the household department, and the salt tax is also directly paid to the household department. He smiled slightly, and said: "But the Holy Lord has personally decreed that the northwest will be exempted from taxes for three years, and the official salt administration in the final analysis, the purpose of managing salt is to collect taxes, and now they don't need to pay taxes, so naturally they don't need to manage salt." Within three years, the right to allocate salt from the official salt administration will be withdrawn, and the newly established local yamen will manage the right to mine and mix salt, and after three years, the right can be transferred back according to the circumstances. ”

Du Fugong and Pei Ji glanced at each other, their eyes showed a smile, although the imperial court only said that it was tax-free for three years, but there were actually many doorways here.

The so-called three-year tax exemption does not mean that the entire northwest agriculture and industry no longer have to pay taxes, but that the taxes are reduced, and some taxes still exist, but these taxes are included in the local finance and used for local construction.

In this way, the local finances will be adjusted by the local government, and the official salt administration belongs to the imperial court organs, and the collected taxes are paid to the household department, and then transferred to the household department, but now there is no need to pay taxes to the imperial court, and it is not unreasonable for the local government to set up a new yamen for the sake of financial management.

"Can the new yamen set up by the adults have a name?"

"How's the new salt bureau?" Chu Huan said with a smile: "What we mine is new salt, establish a new salt bureau, and the new salt bureau manages the cold stone mining in the entire Xiguan Road, in addition, salt production and sales need to be managed by the new salt bureau, and the financial income from the sale of salt is directly included in the new salt bureau." ”

Du Fugong thought for a while and asked, "My lord is saying that Du will take charge of the affairs of this new salt bureau?" ”

"It has to be Mr. Du." Chu Huan said with a straight face: "Except for Mr. Du, I really can't think of a more suitable candidate." ”

Pei Ji already smiled and said: "Mr. Du, you are now the account office of the Governor's Palace, and the second brother just asked you to manage it bigger, and it is not difficult for you to manage the accounts of the New Salt Bureau." ”

Du Fugong hesitated, not hypocritical, and said: "Since the adults can trust it, Du can give it a try." ”

Chu Huan laughed and toasted Du Fugong with a cup.

In the middle of the night, Su Bo took the lead in going down to rest, Du Fugong was also overwhelmed with alcohol, and retreated, leaving only Chu Huan and Pei Ji, the two brothers drank a few glasses, they were a little drunk, Chu Huan put down the wine cup, and said: "Big brother, this time you and my brother are here to get together, don't say anything and don't separate again, the eldest brother will stay with the younger brother in the future and help the younger brother." ”

Pei Ji looked at Chu Huan and said calmly: "Second brother, what is your greatest wish when you come to Xiguan to take up your post?" ”

"Wish?" Chu Huan was stunned for a moment, thought about it for a while, and then shook his head and smiled bitterly: "If you really want to talk about it, I just hope that the people can settle down......!" ”

"Brother knows that this is your wish now." Pei Ji sighed lightly: "But the second brother thinks that if you want to make Xiguan stable, it is an easy thing?" ”

"This ...... In fact, I am also taking one step at a time now. Chu Huan sighed: "The eldest brother also knows that the younger brother has only been an official in the court for two years, and by chance, he was suddenly transferred to Xiguan to serve as the governor, and everything is clueless, because of this, I need Mr. Du and the eldest brother to help you." ”

Pei Ji stared at Chu Huan and said slowly: "Second brother, do you know that the imperial court ...... Or, why did the emperor send you to Xiguan? The imperial court is not without officials suitable to serve as the governor of Xiguan, why did you come? ”

Chu Huan looked at Pei Ji and asked rhetorically, "What does the eldest brother mean?" ”

"One mountain needs two tigers." Pei Ji sighed: "The northwest is a mountain, the emperor does not want to see a tiger in the northwest to claim the king, since ancient times, the northwest is a place of chaos, the southeast is in chaos, of course the court can not let the northwest go, but with the current ability of the court, it may not have the ability to control the northwest." ”

Chu Huan frowned, and Pei Ji had already smiled and said, "Second brother, when you came to Xiguan, did you feel restricted everywhere?" ”

Chu Huan really regarded Pei Ji as his brother, and did not hide it, nodding and saying, "Big brother is talking about Zhu Dang?" ”

"Not bad." Pei Ji Zhengse said: "Of course, the second brother has already felt that although Zhu Lingyue is nominally the governor of Tianshan Dao, this person's hand is extremely long...... The three northwestern provinces, all over his forces, the so-called situation creates heroes, Zhu Lingyue is by no means an ordinary person, the governor of the three northwestern provinces, only Zhu Lingyue can take advantage of the opportunity of the war to quickly develop his strength. After a pause, he asked: "Second brother should know that Daqin has eight major horse farms, and the northwest will monopolize the three major horse farms......!" ”

Chu Huan bowed his head and said: "Junior brother has heard that there is a sunset horse farm in Xiguan Road, but it's just ...... This sunset horse farm is really sunset now, the horse farm is empty, and there are no horses left......! ”

Pei Ji shook his head, "There are two kinds of horses in the Qin State that can go into battle to kill the enemy, one is the Liaodong horse, and the other is the northwest horse, in comparison, the northwest horse seems to be better than the Liaodong horse...... At that time, the Great Qin Iron Cavalry swept the world, and the cavalry corps used the Northwest Horse. Staring at Chu Huan, he asked, "Second brother, but how many Northwest Horses do you see now?" ”

Chu Huan was thoughtful, Pei Ji had already smiled faintly: "It is said that the Xiliang people entered the pass, burned, killed and looted, and took away a lot of things, whether it was minerals or horses, the Xiliang people looted from the northwest...... But if you go to the pasture under the Tianshan Mountain to see, you will know that the northwest horses under the Tianshan Mountain, a large area of black pressure, although the northwest horses were robbed by the Xiliang people, but more horses have already reached the foot of the Tianshan Mountain! ”