"You're not me, how can I know that I know that you can't be like Li Gelao." Shou Ninghou is not too stupid, following Ye Guan's words.

"Hou Ye has a high opinion, the sophistry is really extraordinary, and the lower officials admire it." Ye Guan sighed and bowed his hands.

"Haha, I have long said that you are a yellow-mouthed child, how can you compare with Benjue. Now I'm smiling and generous. Shou Ninghou saw Ye Guan admit defeat and was quite proud.

Emperor Hongzhi and several pavilion elders also tightened their brows, feeling that Ye Guan had something to say, and Zhu Houzhao also looked at Ye Guan with doubts, he didn't believe that such a strong person as Ye Guan would admit defeat in front of everyone.

"The lowly is laughing and generous, because the lowly mind is not in the victory or defeat of these words. Since the lowly office saw the local illegal salt overflow in Tai'an Mansion, the lowly office has been thinking day and night, thinking that he can come up with a way to share the worries of the country and make a knot for the king. Whether it's true or not, at least I'm thinking hard for the country and relieving the worries of the saints. And Hou Ye, you, hehe, are either stuck in these words and alleys, or you will only think of ways to drill loopholes in the national law, Hou Ye, in this regard, you are willing to bow down. Ye Guan sneered and looked at Shou Ninghou, who thought he had won back a city.

Shou Ninghou's laughter stopped abruptly, like a duck pinched by the neck, his face was pale, he didn't expect Ye Guan to actually dig a pit and wait for him to jump in.

"Hahaha, Ye Guan, you are really smart, I didn't misread you. High, really high! Zhu Houzhao laughed when he heard Ye Guan ridiculing Shou Ninghou for being very ungraceful, no matter how green Shou Ninghou's face was, and he didn't care that the person being ridiculed was his uncle, he was really a child's character.

Emperor Hongzhi also shook his head and smiled bitterly, and several pavilion elders were also smiling. Regardless of whether Ye Guan's method is useful or not, at least others are indeed worrying about the country, and with today's words, Emperor Hongzhi will not suppress him too much, and it is even likely that it will be used again in a few days.

"Okay, Ye Qing, those who forget others are virtuous, you are still young, there is no need to worry about some trivial things, this Qing family should talk about your thoughts on the salt law." In the end, Shou Ning Hou was the brother-in-law of Emperor Hongzhi, and he helped him come forward in time to alleviate the embarrassment of Shou Ning Hou.

Ye Guan heard Emperor Hongzhi say this, and he was a little angry in his heart, when Shouning Hou was sarcastic, he didn't see the emperor come out to help, and when he fought back against Shouning Hou, the emperor was very diligent. This black whistle is no worse than what Nan Yong did. If he was the referee of the game in China in the 02 World Cup, it is estimated that the Chinese team will have three games...... Of course, don't think about scoring goals, but it's estimated that it can be 0-0......

Although Ye Guan didn't hear the voice of Emperor Hongzhi's words, those old pavilion elders could hear the changes in the emperor's words. Although the emperor helped his family members to speak, Emperor Hongzhi called Ye Guan "Ye Qing's family", which was an unusual old man. Is "Qing family" a word that should be used for a person who is weak in the age of the crown? Although the emperor may not have the heart to love talents, it is still very possible to be regarded as a fortunate minister, especially this fortunate minister is still friendly with the prince of the East Palace at a young age, and more importantly, he is still a person of Jinyiwei, will there be a situation where the new emperor will reuse Jinyiwei again in the future?

Thinking of this, except for one pavilion elder who didn't frown too much, the remaining two pavilion elders looked at Ye Guan with different thoughts in their eyes. In his heart, he didn't have the indifferent attitude towards Ye Guan just now, he was still quite good at talking and was deeply loved by the emperor, no matter how he looked at it, he was also a character who could be on the potential list of "The Legend of the Traitorous Minister". I paid more attention to Ye Guan in my heart...... If Ye Guan is a kind person like Mu Bin and Yuan Bin, then it is okay to make him a bridge between the Son of Heaven and the courtiers. If it can be seen now that Ye Guan is a traitor like Ji Gang and Ma Shun, then the two must persuade the emperor to stay away from such traitors.

Just when several old ministers were thinking about it, Ye Guan had already said his thoughts.

"Your Majesty, there is a cloud in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty: it is not appropriate to ban and protect it by razing. The corruption of the salt law is due to the malpractice of casting spells and the improper intentions of officials in our dynasty over the years. However, the most important thing is that the current salt law cannot meet the requirements of salt merchants and the needs of the people, so it is imperative to reform the salt law. ”

"Hmph, who doesn't know to reform, who doesn't want to reform, still use you." Shou Ninghou is also a cautious person, and he has never forgotten that Ye Guan humiliated him just now, so as soon as he found an opportunity, it was like a sarcasm hitting him.

"There are many people who know that reform is needed, and many upright ministers, such as several elders in the imperial court, are thinking about how to reform. There are very few people who want to reform, such as Hou Ye, how those profiteers can cover the sky in Tai'an Mansion, I think Hou Ye is the most clear. Ye Guan knew very well that the essence of striking at one faction and co-opting the other faction and uniting all the forces that could be united was not only needed in the revolutionary struggle, but also a tried-and-true strategy in the bureaucracy. So although he didn't know who the three old men sitting on the embroidery pier were, the person who could be given the seat by the emperor must not be simple, and it was very likely that he was an important minister in the court, so he specially praised Li Dongyang and the three of them, anyway, it doesn't cost money to say good things, and they don't say anything in vain.

By the way, he looked at Shou Ninghou on the side with disdain, then cleared his throat and continued: "If you want to reform the salt law, then it will inevitably touch the interests of some people. Your Majesty begs forgiveness for the rudeness of the ministers, the first step in reforming the salt law is not to change the salt law quickly, but to make those salt merchants feel that the change is beneficial to them. Otherwise, although it is a small salt method, it will inevitably lead to some people not making contributions, and it will lead to a fall short. Just like Wang Wengong's reform during the Song Dynasty, it ended in failure. After Ye Guan finished speaking, he first looked at Shou Ninghou with a smile.

Shou Ninghou was furious by Ye Guan, and still stiffened his neck and said: "Benjue agrees with the reform of the salt law, don't look at me." Benjue raised his hands in favor of reforming the salt law. "Although Shou Ninghou is rampant, he is not an idiot, knowing that his brother-in-law wants to reform the salt law, how can he still say that Ye Guan's words are wrong.

"Well, but how can we make those salt merchants feel that the new salt law of the imperial court is beneficial to them? To change the law is to reform their illegal behavior. A pavilion elder asked.

"What this lord said is not right or wrong. The right thing is to make them feel that the new law of the imperial court is beneficial to some people, and it is not right that all salt merchants are beneficial. This goes back to what Weichen said just now, "razing and destroying". The imperial court now lacks silver instead of salt, so in the final analysis, private salt has hit the imperial court's tax revenue. Then Weichen believes that as long as the official supervision and business are implemented, the imperial court only has the right to sell salt, which is equivalent to holding the lives of those people, and the rest is the merchant's own unified purchase and sales. There will be relatively wealthy salt merchants in each state capital area, so the imperial court only needs to certify their salt quotations and record them, and after they pay the salt tax, they have the hereditary right to go to the salt factory to buy salt and transport it to the designated state and county to sell salt, and be responsible for the purchase channels of the salt merchants in the territory, so that they will inevitably hold together for their own interests to squeeze out and suppress those illegal salt dealers, those rich merchants are some local big families and local snakes, naturally they know more about smuggling than the imperial court, Then it will be more convenient to suppress the illegal salt dealers, so that the wind of illegal salt can be curbed, and the salt tax of the imperial court will also be guaranteed. Ye Guan said.

"Good one to raze. At the end of the day, it's about finding a leader in the flock, and with a leader, then the rest of the flock knows what to do! But Ye Guan, what if those big families themselves also smuggled smuggled salt? Another old man, although he thought the new law was very good, also raised his own doubts.

"Smuggling is smuggling, smuggling is absolutely impossible to prohibit, since it cannot be banned, why not hold the right of smuggling in the hands of the imperial court. Every year, the imperial court examines the local demand for salt and then issues the equivalent of that amount of salt. So, the salt merchants who want to buy salt must sell their salt before they can sell the smuggled salt after paying the big money to the imperial court. Since the imperial court can collect so much salt tax, what does it matter if there is some private salt? Anyway, the taxes of the imperial court are guaranteed, and the rest is not important. If necessary, the imperial court can even make an estimate of the output of the salt farm, make the salt introduction that is most in line with the salt production as much as possible, and bundle the salt to reduce the amount of private salt output. Ye Guan said with a smile.

"So how to ensure that they do not collude with the local government and collude to endanger the imperial court?" Another old man asked again.

"Collusion between officials and businessmen has been common in all dynasties, but who has ever heard that businessmen will support who to rebel? They only recognize money in their eyes, but they don't recognize people. As long as whoever stands in the way of their wealth is their enemy, fighting a war will inevitably cause political turmoil, all industries will wither, how can businessmen make money? In the past thousands of years, except for political businessmen like Lü Buwei, who can be a strange thing? These salt merchants, like many corrupt officials, are for the same purpose: "to be officials for thousands of miles just for money". For the border army on the nine sides of the imperial court, the danger of not being paid was much more important than the potential Lü Buwei. Moreover, the imperial court can use the Examination Department and the Wenxuan Qing Officials Division to transfer officials every time the officials plan to reduce the risk of collusion between officials and businessmen. Ye Guan thought for a while and said his thoughts.

"Yes, it seems that Ye Qing has really thought about the salt law for a long time, although your salt law is not meticulous enough, but the new salt law does solve the situation of the lack of money in the imperial court, I will discuss this matter with the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, and then implement the salt law throughout the country after it is perfected." Emperor Hongzhi didn't speak, and he didn't say anything until those pavilion elders said everything they wanted to ask in their hearts, and Ye Guan answered them one by one, and then he said yes.

"Shou Ninghou, you also learn from Ye Guan, and think more about the country and the king. After all, in the future, the world will also belong to my emperor and your nephew. Don't just think about bullying men and women all day long, forget it this time, if this happens again next time, I will definitely not spare you! Emperor Hongzhi looked at Ye Guan, and then at his brother-in-law, and his temper of hating iron and steel came out, and he was so frightened that Shouning Hou said yes again and again.

"Come on, go to Jinyiwei Town Fusi to register and make a book, Jinyiwei Qianhu Ye Guan Dunmin is diligent and good, and the salt method is meritorious to the imperial court, and he is promoted to the commander of Jinyiwei. From now on, he will wash the horse for the test prince, and assist the young master of the prince to master political affairs and literature for the prince. Emperor Hongzhi issued another holy edict, directly promoting Ye Guan from the thousand households of the fifth grade to the commander of the fourth grade. And even the official position of studying in the East Palace with the prince has been promoted to the fourth grade of the test prince washing horses. It seems that the emperor is still very optimistic about Ye Guan.

"The ministers obey the order, and the ministers retire." Hou Ninghou, Ye Guan and the three pavilion elders silently withdrew from the Wenhua Hall after the emperor issued a decree.

Emperor Hongzhi was the only one left in the hall, he closed his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking, suddenly his face gradually flushed with an unhealthy flush, his right hand covered his mouth and coughed in a low voice, coughing all over his face and panting.

The eunuchs in the palace were in a hurry and hurriedly went to the Tai Hospital to announce the Tai Doctor, but they were stopped by Emperor Hongzhi waving his hand.

First, he knew that this was his old problem, especially in winter, and second, he seemed to feel that his cough was not cured by herbal medicine, otherwise, in the past ten years, why did he find so many Taoist priests and imperial doctors, and take so many so-called elixirs but still not well?