Bi Ziyan suddenly proposed in the court that for this group of salt merchants, in addition to the necessary punishment, it is necessary to put education and correction of their mistakes in the first place, as soon as this remark came out, all the ministers were shocked by some guys with sharp noses, and they had already smelled so much of something, but, what the specific emperor was going to do, they didn't know yet, and they could only roughly guess what the emperor was planning a lot. This book is from.

"Your Majesty, the minister agrees, the minister thinks, just punishing these people, although it is a lesson for these people, but just a lesson is not enough, Lord Bi is right, in addition to the necessary punishment, punishment before and after, but also to cure the disease and save people, but also to let this group of people know that they are wrong, so that this group of people know that they are wrong, but also know where they are wrong, and they must correct it, so that it is not in vain that His Majesty today will open up a way to live in order not to hurt the heavens and peace......" Shi Feng came to see the emperor and smiled, I knew that the emperor was very satisfied with this sentence, although he didn't quite understand what the emperor was doing, but he also knew that the emperor liked it very much, so he immediately came out to follow the trend and gave the emperor a stand......

"Your Majesty, the minister also agrees" knowing the mistake can be deserved, good is great', since there is a mistake, it should be corrected, now these salt merchants, obviously wrong, then should be educated, should be corrected, now they have to be forgiven by His Majesty, only to be lucky to have a way to live, if not educated, do not repent, is not a waste of Your Majesty's hard work? Otherwise, won't he repeat the mistakes of the past? The sage has a saying, 'There is no class', and the minister thinks that the court should also treat these people according to the teachings of the sage, although these people have made big mistakes, they should be given a chance to make amends, and they should not discriminate and despise these people...... "The military department Shangshu also stood up.

"Your Majesty, the ministers approve of the ......" More imperial parties immediately launched a foregone conclusion on the re-education of salt merchants. Although the emperors don't know what the emperor is thinking about, but looking at the emperor's attitude towards this matter, it is a smile, and it is obvious that he likes this advice, so he should let this advice pass.

Some people who are not members of the imperial party, seeing that the emperor and the imperial party are working together, are not good to do, so they have to agree to this thing that I don't know whether it is good or bad.

Besides, in the matter of salt merchants, the emperor has already opened the door of convenience, and if he works against the emperor on this small issue, I am afraid that the door of convenience opened by the emperor with great mercy will be closed a lot, and the direct consequence is that many people in the south will be "eaten".

"Hehehe...... yes, what you said is reasonable, since there is a mistake, it should be corrected, you should let them know that it is powerful, and you should really educate this batch of salt merchants, and if you make this kind of mistake again in the future, don't blame me for not teaching and punishing it, so let's mention it, who should be sent to the south to educate this batch of salt merchants?" Yang Gengai asked with a smile.

Who to send? When many people were still confused and couldn't understand what the emperor was going to do, Han Yi wiped his forehead and wiped his forehead, and immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister agrees, and the minister thinks that this matter must not be done by a highly respected and important minister of the country." ”

Everyone looked at Han Yi in surprise, why is this Han Yi so active today? More imperialist than imperialism? This is robbing Shi Fenglai's job

Han Yi is an old fox, when people are old, they will become fine, they see the problem more thoroughly than others, where can they manage the surprised eyes of everyone, I just hope that the emperor will send people to "educate" this group of people as soon as possible, and now those salt merchants who donate their family wealth have done the same, donated their family wealth, and lived in the temple, or Taoist temple, to show their innocence, but now it has become a big problem, but the temple Taoist temple is a place where anyone can go, if there are no competent people to protect them, they will not last long, I am afraid that they will be "eaten" by others, The emperor is doing this to educate them to correct their mistakes, I am afraid that in order to fulfill his promise, find a way to shelter these salt merchants, to educate these wrong salt merchants, it is necessary to gather these salt merchants, to ensure the safety of these salt merchants, you know, if something happens to the student, the teacher is responsible, think about it, the emperor probably means to let Xu Guangqi be responsible for educating this group of people, and Xu Guangqi can shelter this group of people in the south. Jumped out in favor of it in a hurry. ,

Yang Gai also looked at Han Yi with some surprise, this old fox, what's wrong with today, he is so positive about his own matter? There is no villain style at all, Yang Reform began to worry again, this old fox, didn't he see through his plan and make trouble for himself. Han Yi's hurried appearance made Yang Reform nervous.

"Oh, hehe, then who is the important minister of the country with high morality?" Yang Gengai asked with a smile, giving Shi Fenglai a look as he spoke, hoping that Shi Feng would take this stubble or drag it out, Han Yi was in such a hurry, don't spoil your own business, Han Yi came into a mess, and Yang Reform began to get nervous.

"Back to Your Majesty, it should be Xu Zixian." Han Yi didn't wait for the others to speak, he immediately jumped out, and hurriedly said, if the emperor sends a guy from the capital to Jiangnan, and when this guy arrives in Jiangnan, the salt merchants don't know how many are left, so they don't care about anything at the moment, and immediately said.

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Han Yi in surprise, what's going on? This old fox, the dog's legs are not to the point where he is in charge, and some people began to scold Han Yi secretly.

Shi Fenglai even glanced at Han Yi with a resentful look, this person who grabbed a job was shameless.

"Hehehehe......" Yang Reform was also inexplicable for a while, and he was worried that Han Yi, the old fox, would see through his plan and would ruin his own affairs, but he didn't expect that the old fox didn't know where to go, and hurriedly asked Xu Guangqi to act as the person who educated this group of people.

The important ministers look at the emperor, and then look at Han Yi, today's Wenhua Palace is really weird, everyone has their own ghosts, and they keep everyone in the dark, I don't know what is going on.

After a while of this strange scene, some ministers carefully recalled the meaning of Han Yi's words, and suddenly understood why Han Yi was in such a hurry, and did not send someone to gather the batch of salt merchants, and let them live in the temple and Taoist temple, I am afraid that before the day of the case is concluded, there will not be much left of these people, and they all admire Han Yi's quick mind and deep understanding of the problem.

However, everyone's doubts arose again, what was the emperor thinking? The emperor's original intention and Han Yi are obviously not all the way, Han Yi wants to borrow Xu Zixian's hand to protect those salt merchants, so what does the emperor want to use Xu Zixian for? I'm afraid that it's not just to protect those salt merchants, but looking at the emperor's expression, it seems that Han Yi's actions are very surprised.

Wenhua Hall was weird for a while, and the scene gradually recovered.

"Hehehe, then this matter is settled, Master Xu will educate these salt merchants on behalf of the imperial court, so that they can change their mistakes, let them understand their mistakes, understand their own problems, and dare not commit them in the future, and warn others not to flout the law of the country......" Yang Gai said with a smile, which can be regarded as the end of this strange scene.

"Your Majesty Shengming" The important ministers unanimously agreed.

"Okay, since you all think it's okay, then this one is like this, the big aspects will be done according to the agreement of the court, some small problems, specific details, let Master Xu decide at his own discretion." Yang Reform set this article again.

"Your Majesty." The ministers shouted again, this is almost a good ending, most of the salt merchants who have relationships and need shelter are among the preferential ones, as for those who are not long-sighted and hesitant, they can only say that they should die.

"Then discuss the next article, salt merchants eat the state money, eat the blood of the people, must be severely punished, in order to set an example, therefore, Master Xu set all the salt merchants in the case, the next three generations are not allowed to operate the salt industry punishment, this article, do you have any opinions?" Yang Gengai began to discuss the next article.

This article is a complete stripping of today's salt merchants and the salt industry, and it is considered to lay the foundation for the emperor to take over the salt industry and salt class, some ministers listened to the rules drawn up by the emperor, and they can only be gloomy, even if there is no this, the previous salt merchants want to make salt again, I am afraid that there is not much possibility, Liulizhai takes over the world's salt production, how can these salt merchants be involved? Salt is not produced in their own hands, if you want to compete with Liulizhai, if you want to make waves, it is undoubtedly self-defeating.

This article was passed without much controversy.

A few more articles were discussed, either they had to be passed, or they were bound to pass, and so on.

"Let's talk about that. ......" Yang Reform also said a little dry, the salt merchant's crime and punishment suggestions, Xu Guangqi has made a list of them, and they have to be finalized one by one, but they are also troublesome. ,

“…… Master Xu said that when investigating the case of the salt merchants, there were salt merchants who donated their family property to help me exterminate the Eastern Prisoners, and were determined to separate themselves from the salt merchants, and these salt merchants also did a good thing in addition to the above things, that is, to help Master Xu stabilize the salt market, and did not let the people in the world eat salt There was a big problem, which is indeed commendable, I was originally worried that after running so many salt merchants, there will be turmoil in the world, and it will be difficult for the people to eat salt. The salt merchants are not all bad people, Master Xu said, the salt merchants should be severely punished, but for the meritorious salt merchants, they should be treated differently, this article, I also agree, should give those who donate their family property, stabilize the salt market Some preferential treatment, should not be punished too severely, when distinguished from the general salt ......merchants, among them, Wang, Liang, Guo, etc. have done a good job...... "Yang Reform threw out the most important one, the punishment is finished, then it is time to say that it is time to wait, it is time to fulfill the promise."

Some ministers were overjoyed when they heard the emperor say this, it seems that the first group of people to donate their family wealth really opened the door, listening to the emperor's meaning, this group of people, I am afraid that they will "die and be born".

"Your Majesty is merciful ......"

"Your Majesty Shengming ......"

No one objected to this article, and the emperor opened the door of convenience and fulfilled what he promised in full, and it was fulfilled in an explicit way, which shows the emperor's credibility.

……

After agreeing on the punishment plan for the salt merchants, Yang Reform did not have anything easy, and went straight back to the Qianqing Palace, and as soon as he returned to the Qianqing Palace, he locked himself in the warm pavilion and wrote a letter to Xu Guangqi.

What is being discussed today is only a matter on the surface, and in fact, there are more important things that cannot be said openly anymore, and must be done quietly.

“…… Today, I have discussed Master Xu's recital in the Wenhua Palace, and the specific results will be known by Master Xu in a few days, and I will not repeat them, in addition, Master Xu needs to keep in mind a few things, there are a few things, Master Xu must grasp the ......"

"The first thing I want to say to Master Xu is that this time to run a salt merchant, although on the surface, it is really beautiful, won a lot of money, and the Chinese people 'say that the salt merchant fell, I am full' and so on, in the face of these words, I also laughed, the Chinese people do not know my difficulties, do not know the difficulties of national affairs......"

“…… I want to get more than 30 million this year, just 40 million, in fact, it won't take two years, the money will be empty, these 40 million, need to make up for last year's immigration money, it went to four or five million taels, this year is another year of catastrophe, the scale may be even worse than this year, involving more provinces, the scale of immigration, I'm afraid that it is only above this year, that is to say, this year's new immigration money, is also above five million taels, so it goes to as much as 10 million, if you count the new army, the military salary of the border army, I need to spend millions of taels every year, This year's war in the north has started, the extra expenses must be very small, there must be millions of taels, plus some cotton clothes to the border army, increase some silver, increase some equipment and the like, I am afraid that it will be less than 10 million taels, if you count other expenses and expenses, this year's expenses must be more than 20 million, and in the next few years, I am afraid that the expenses will only be above this, therefore, I am worried, I am worried about ...... I can receive the taxes now, I can control it, but only a million thousand, ala......s, the difficulty of state affairs, It's not something outsiders can imagine, although the salt class is a foregone conclusion, but it's only 10 million, except for some necessary expenses, such as the school funds allowed to Lin Zhu, and some money to the household department, there is really not much left, to support more than 20 million taels of expenses per year, it is also inadequate, these 40 million taels, I don't know how long it can be supported......

“…… Every time I think of this, I can't rest day and night, I mentioned to Master Xu before, to solve such a big hole, there must be additional financial resources, just counting on the salt merchant's family wealth, it is absolutely inappropriate, there is a salt merchant to copy this year, what about next year? And the year after? Who are you going to copy? This time, I have the wealth of the salt merchant for 200 years, so I have such a scale, can I copy Liulizhai in the future......"

“…… After thinking about it, the field tax must not be increased again, and now the more than 4 million taels of land tax added, I am restless day and night, for fear of provoking a civil uprising, and after thinking about it, I can only put my mind on commercial taxes and customs duties, so that it is possible to fill such a big hole......"

“…… Master Xu also knows that the national policy set by my ancestor is to hide the wealth from the people, and the commercial tax has always been paid very little, and it has become a habit not to pay the commercial tax,...... I think that for this matter, I actually have to be a gambler, gambling with the fortune of the country, if the ancestor knows in the spirit of heaven, he will definitely scold me,...... Alas, if I want to be like this, there is really no way, the state affairs are so difficult, there is not enough income to resist foreign thieves, appease the people, the country is broken, and the ...... is close at hand, alas, ......, fortunately, with the assistance of Master Xu and Master Sun, I did not lose the ...... of national fortune".

“…… Thinking of the salt business, I all kinds of impulsiveness, recklessness, I still feel ashamed, if it were not for Master Sun's persuasion, I would have made an unforgivable mistake, far from today's amiable ending, now it seems that I am still too young and vigorous, for the harm caused by the turmoil in the salt industry, far from estimating, just imagine if it really reached the point where the fish die and the net is broken, and the people in the world have no salt to eat, I really don't know how to face ......, now I think about it, I feel afraid, I feel, Master Sun's persuasion was right...... Fortunately, there was no transfer of troops at that time, no use of force, and there was room for it, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable, and now although some salt merchants have been spared, and some salt merchants have reached a compromise, and made some concessions, as if they were lost, some pockets, but it is really worth it, alas, this is far away......"

“…… We must work hard from commercial taxes and tariffs, but I am afraid that tariffs and commercial taxes are not easy to collect, and the forces behind this are far from being comparable to the salt merchants, if I want to forcibly collect commercial taxes and tariffs, I am afraid that I will encounter countless opposition, and now it is not easy to divide the court into several forces through the matter of salt merchants, if the matter of collecting commercial taxes and customs duties comes out, I am afraid that these forces will be combined into one place, and they will target me everywhere, if so, the state affairs will be even more difficult......

“…… Therefore, I still do what I planned before, do not directly raise taxes, do not repeat the old things, and force each other to abdicate, so as to bet on the fortunes of the country, and now I think about it, I am really ashamed to do ......it, and I should instead cultivate merchants who voluntarily pay taxes,...... I tried some things in Jiangnan before, and the effect seems to be okay, Erxizi sent a message, those merchants who reached an agreement with him to pay voluntary taxes in exchange for my support, are indeed more interested in this model, and the development is very rapid, if in other days, this group of merchants who voluntarily pay taxes can occupy a dominant position in the commerce of our dynasty, then, the matter of collecting the world's commercial taxes and customs duties can be regarded as achieving the goal, so even if those people want to oppose it, there is no way to talk about it, otherwise, there is no support for commercial taxes and tariffs, I really don't know how many years I can last, and the Emperor of Salary, who laughed with Master Xu, I'm afraid it will really be added to my head......"

“…… Now that these salt merchants have cut off the possibility of their re-entry into the salt industry, they have trampled them on the mud, and now it is time to pull them up, and there is no shortage of people of insight and business wizards among the salt merchants, and it is a pity that they should be raised to become one of the merchants who voluntarily pay taxes......

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