Chapter 524: Retribution is unpleasant
got into the carriage, and Huang Jin chattered along the way, telling Tang Yi about the matter from beginning to end.
It turned out that after Yan Maoqing wanted to redraw the salt area, he followed Tang Yi's example in the city and adopted bidding, targeting the existing two Huai salt merchants, whoever bids high can get the sales power of a province.
As soon as he threw out this plan, it caused countless storms, although the number of salt merchants in Lianghuai was small, but there were hundreds of large and small. These people worked together to form a powerful salt merchant group.
According to Yan Maoqing's method, the two capitals plus thirteen political envoys, at most, fifteen big salt merchants were given the right to sell, and the others were excluded.
Who goes up and who goes down is related to the life and death of the family, who can not be red-eyed and not desperate!
Yan Maoqing's abacus is very good, he takes out the strategy, there will be big salt merchants competing to meet him, rushing to send silver to him, and the next thing is to count the money until his hands cramp, and dream of a good day to wake up naturally.
But Yan Maoqing made a whimsical and fatal mistake, none of those salt merchants are vegetarians, they talk to each other, instead of us working hard, it is better to let Yan Maoqing get out!
They spread the news, saying that the imperial court was going to change the salt law, and the stove households that boiled salt would be abolished, and everyone would have no source of livelihood in the future.
Although the stove household, like the soldiers, has to be succeeded by the death of the father and the son, and has been exploited, and the harvest is very small, but it is a livelihood, plus he can get some private salt, so he can make a living. What would they be able to do if they changed the salt law?
If you don't farm, you can't work, isn't this forcing people to a dead end?
Therefore, the stove households in Lianghuai and other places were alarmed, and everyone simply went on strike together to resist the salt law. They stopped doing it, and the merchants immediately declared that they were running out of salt. The price of salt has more than doubled in a matter of days.
The local officials, as well as the people of the Jinyi Guard, saw that this was repaid, salt is a necessity for the common people's life, and they can not drink tea or eat oil. Only without salt!
If it goes up again, it will not be the stove households making trouble, but the people are going to revolt, and they have written to impeach Yan Maoqing for the sake of black yarn hats and regardless of offending the Yan Party.
Jiajing received a secret report from Jinyiwei, and he was even more angry and almost crazy. Got me in such a big trouble. He wanted to give an order immediately to arrest Yan Maoqing.
But when the words came to his lips, Jiajing swallowed them back.
His strange temper flared up again, Yan Maoqing went south to patrol the salt, no matter what he did, he made more than one million taels of silver for the palace, so that Jiajing could help the world, this is a great achievement.
And Shiomasa is a personal knowledge that there are many problems. Yan Maoqing's approach is at least courageous and loyal.
The more noisy it is. It shows that Yan Maoqing's method touches their interests.
The Zhu Kun incident taught Jiajing too much lesson, and he must not punish his ministers casually because of a local backlash......
Jiajing actually sympathized with Yan Maoqing, but it is an indisputable fact that tens of millions of people are facing the dilemma of lack of salt. Once the people are provoked, it will cause chaos in the world.
How to deal with it, Jiajing is a lawsuit. If you want Yan Song to discuss, Yan Song must protect Yan Maoqing and find Xu Jie. He will take the opportunity to fall into the well again, causing Yan Maoqing to die.
These two factions fought, and when the bayonet was red, there was no overall situation of the imperial court at all.
The more Jiajing thought about it, the more angry she became, and she couldn't wait to scold her mother!
The imperial court has raised a large number of officials, and when it comes to a critical time, none of them can share their worries and solve problems, just thinking about their own interests, they don't know how to think about the world of the Ming Dynasty?
In fact, Jiajing didn't want to think about it, since the Great Rites Discussion, he didn't have only himself in his heart, and as for Yan Xu's party struggle, it was also encouraged by him. This is called the bubble on the foot to walk by itself, two words: deserved!
Jiajing calmly glanced at McFu, who was waiting beside him.
"Above the court, who else has the ability and is not the Yan Party and the Xu Party?"
McFuy hurriedly said: "Emperor, how dare the slave judge the minister casually!" ”
"Then I don't want you to say it!"
McFook paused for a moment, showed a look of embarrassment, and thought for a while before he spit out two words: "Tang Yi." ”
Jiajing shook his head, "Tang Yi was not bad in the past, but now, the whole Xu Party is still a pawn of other people, a stupid dog who doesn't know what smells, and he was sold by Xu Jie, and he still helped him count the money......"
Dare Tang Yi to block the gun for Zhao Zhenji, and he left such an evaluation here in Jiajing!
McFuy relied on his courage and said: "Emperor, the old slave doesn't see it that way. ”
"Then you can tell me."
"Obey the order, the court discussed that day, and the old slave also listened, from beginning to end, Lord Tang was honest and seeking the country, and he said that he wanted to sort out the luck, which was also reasonable. Over the years, no matter what he does, Lord Tang has always put His Majesty first, which is different from those people. ”
After McFuy finished speaking, he quickly lowered his head. What a monster Jiajing is, if it weren't for the fact that Mai Fu had gained too many benefits from Tang Yi, he wouldn't have taken the risk!
Fortunately, Jiajing's impression of Tang Yi is really good, especially when it comes to economic issues, no one in the world can surpass Tang Yi.
After thinking about it, he still ordered Tang Yi to be called to Xiyuan, where the monarchs and ministers met and saluted.
Jiajing went straight to the point, pointed to the stack of notes on the table, and said angrily: "These are all the notes of the impeachment of Yan Maoqing, the crimes are extremely heinous and shocking, you say, what should I do?" ”
Tang Yi really wanted to blurt out, you kill him, but he held back, Tang Yi thought about it again and again along the way, especially when he heard Jiajing's words, he was even more sure. Jiajing is such a strong person, who he wants to deal with, and he will ask for the opinions of others, not to mention Yan Maoqing, even if he is much bigger than his official position, he will not be able to grasp it correctly, Zhang Jing, Li Mo, Zhao Wenhua...... The list goes on.
Asking for my own opinion now is mostly a temptation, so I won't be fooled!
"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know anything about this matter, and he doesn't dare to say anything."
"Okay, let you know, it's all folds over there, see for yourself!" Jiajing said coldly.
This is forcing himself to make a statement, Tang Yi picked up the song Shu and looked at it carefully one by one. In fact, Tang Yi has the ability to never forget, and these notes are all similar, so there is no need to worry about anything.
But Tang Yi was stunned and watched for half an hour, which made Jiajing impatient.
Tang Yi slowly put down his fold and arrived in front of Jiajing.
"I think there's something strange here."
"You say."
"Yes, the ministers thought that the income of the stove households was meagre and their lives were difficult, and if they opposed the salt law, they should gather people to go to the yamen to make trouble. If the stove households do not boil salt, they have no source of livelihood, can they afford it? In addition, salt merchants from all over the country have inventory, and Yichen's experience in Fujian and Zhejiang and other places will have at least two or three months of inventory. ”
Tang Yi broke the sky, and Jiajing also felt the problem, but he was used to being high and easy to ignore the details.
But as soon as Tang Yi said it, he suddenly became enlightened, his face was thoughtful, and his fingers tapped his thighs regularly.
"Yan Maoqing was framed?"
"Yes and no!" Tang Yi said in a low voice: "The minister thinks that Lord Yan has good intentions in reforming the salt administration, but the method is too impatient and rough, and he also underestimated the strength of the rebound, so he made a mess." ”
"Well, then what do you say should be done with Yan Maoqing?"
"This ......" Tang Yi's forehead was really sweating, he had just told his fellow department not to fall into the Yan Xu party dispute, but he was forced to express his position, but it was really unpleasant!
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is too early to discuss how to deal with Lord Yan at the moment, and the top priority is to stabilize the two Huai, stabilize the Cao Yun, and then it is not too late to hold him accountable."
Tang Yi's words, the essence is to shirk, although Jiajing doesn't like it, but there is nothing to be done, especially what he said is really reasonable.
It's not a pity for a Yan Maoqing, if he really made a popular uprising, that's the head of the people!
Jiajing thought for a long time and said: "Tang Yi, I appointed you as the Qin Mission, go to Huai'an, and solve the salt problem, two, the first place can not be chaotic, and the second is that the salt tax cannot be less!" After a pause, Jiajing added: "As long as it is done, I will have a lot of use when I come back!" ”
Obviously, Jiajing can see clearly, when it comes to tax collection, the Yan Party is greedy and incompetent, while the Xu Party is selfish and stands with the gentry. Only Tang Yi is the most intimate and sends him the silver, and everyone can be happy.
As the saying goes, there is a gap when there is a comparison, Yan Maoqing made such a big problem, and Jiajing missed Tang Yi's benefits more and more.
After all, he was also a governor who was transferred to Beijing, took over Shao Zhan's best errand, and coaxed the children at home every day, what kind of thing is this!
Jiajing has made up his mind, as long as Tang Yi gets the matter of Lianghuai right, he will be given a position of real power, no matter who opposes it, it is useless.
can be regarded as waiting for this, Tang Yi almost cried, although he also knew that he had to be steady and endure it, but as the saying goes, a husband can't be without power for a day, and the taste of sitting on a cold bench is who does it.
Even for the sake of his own future, he must do a good job in the affairs of the two Huai.
After Tang Yi received the order, he drove lightly, left the capital, and went straight to Huai'an. Along the way, Tang Yi can be described as high-spirited and very proud.
According to his calculations, it was very difficult to intervene in the salt affairs of Lianghuai, so when Yin Shidan proposed it, he refused without hesitation.
Unexpectedly, Yan Maoqing actually made a move for himself, his actions were equivalent to opening a hole, although it was not very big, but what kind of person is Tang Yi! As long as there is a chance of a star, he can take a hard bite.
In addition to the rich salt profits, what made Tang Yi even more excited, and even wanted to sing a song was that Yan Maoqing finally fell into his own hands!
Think about it, when he was in Quanzhou, this guy was a Qincha, and he was the prefect, and he was forced to burn the account book, and he almost ruined his career.
Now that the situation has changed, Lao Tzu is Qincha, it's your turn to Yan Maoqing on the chopping board, in front of Jiajing, I won't be stupid to impeach you, but when it comes to the locality, the uncle has a way to take revenge.
The cycle of heavenly reason, retribution is not happy, Yan Maoqing, you wait!
Tan Guang, who was following Tang Yi closely, peeked at the look of the adult, and was so frightened that he almost fell off the horse, it's over, someone is going to be unlucky. (To be continued.) )