In the early dynasty of the sixteenth day of the first month of the second year of Chongzhen, the new salt law was finally unveiled, and the salt class of up to 10 million taels and the low salt price of 25 Wen were the biggest highlights of this new salt law.

This new salt law is an extremely strict salt law, and there are extremely strict regulations on the salt tax and the price of salt, and it seems to reserve the right to revise it again.

Officials of all sizes, who have an inextricable relationship with salt merchants, were shocked in the face of this imminent salt law, in addition to being shocked by the harshness of the new salt law, but also understanding the emperor's backhand, this new salt law compared with the old salt law in front of it, it is simply life-threatening, what will the people of the world think? The first reaction was that the salt merchant really should be cut with a thousand knives, and the difference between this ten million taels of silver and less than one million taels of silver was enough to make everyone angry, and thinking about the anger of the people in the world, it was enough to burn the salt merchant to ashes.

Everyone understands thoroughly, when the southern Jinyi Wei ran the salt merchants, it seemed to be warm and affectionate, in fact, the emperor was going to put these salt merchants to death, this salt merchant is completely finished, as soon as this news comes out, no one needs to make a noise, everyone in the world will shout and beat, the salt merchant will completely become poisonous, become a national thief who everyone gets and is punished, many people think of the letter from the south, saying that the emperor gave a way, let everyone donate their wealth, and the salt merchant who was captured was cut off in time, many people are not sure, ask if this road can be walked, now it seems, The emperor did leave room and a way to live, otherwise, as soon as this news came out, the emperor would not be able to do it even if he didn't want to be a salt merchant, otherwise, the anger of the people in the world, even the emperor, would bring countless troubles to himself.

All the ministers went home with numb scalps, as for how to disperse the court, returned home, many people did not feel it, returned home, hurriedly wrote a letter to the south, let them be sure to donate their family wealth as soon as possible, otherwise, it will be too late, and it will be too late.

The express delivery between Beijing and Nanjing, overnight, the "business" exploded, large and small officials all asked to use the 700 li expedited, some can directly use the 700 li expedited, and some can only pay for the 700 li expedited with high costs, in short, the news must be as fast as possible to the south of the Yangtze River.

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Under the dynasty, Yang Reform knows that he still has to do one thing, although the salt law was born, but it is a very critical part, Liulizhai is not in the content of the new salt law for the time being, Bi Ziyan formulated the new salt law, or a submission, not the final implementation of the salt law, but also need to deed the glass into the new salt law, with Liulizhai, the new salt law can be implemented smoothly, in order to receive enough salt lessons, in order to effectively control the price of salt, in order to effectively control the private salt, without the addition of Liulizhai, many things are empty talk, You must know that even if the ticket salt law was actually implemented in later generations, it did not receive 10 million salt taxes, and it was still an era of population explosion.

Liulizhai.

Holding Sun Liniang, who had just had a good time, Yang Reform was very satisfied, and the recent pressure was also gone, the matter of the salt class was already a foregone conclusion, Yang Reform was not worried about this, but worried about the huge wealth of the salt merchant, and did not get the huge wealth of the salt merchant, Yang Reform was not reconciled, the means were light, and the salt merchant hid his wealth; The means are too heavy, the salt merchant's wealth is a broken family, worthless, how to force the salt merchant into the circle set up by himself, as much as possible to get the salt merchant's relatively complete family wealth, this is what Yang Reform has been worried about, this is the layout and design, fortunately, the situation is not out of control, everything is going according to the established path, until the new salt law is out, the salt merchant's wealth is finally a foregone conclusion, no longer have to worry. According to the news of Xu Guangqi and Er Xizi in the south, the family wealth donated by those salt merchants in the south has reached tens of millions of taels, and this amount is still growing every day, which makes Yang Reform overjoyed. …,

Sun Liniang also blushed with shame, satisfied and lying in Yang Reform's arms, as soon as she came today, the emperor didn't say anything, and just wanted to do that, so that Sun Liniang was ashamed and happy.

hugged Sun Liniang and talked about business for a while, looking at the jade man in his arms, Yang Reform was ready to move again.

Sun Liniang felt the change, her face turned even redder, but she teased her seriously: "Childe still wants?" They're all here......"

"......" Sun Liniang mentioned the Guogong, Yang Reform's interest, and went to most of it, when he first came, Yang Reform asked people to ask the major shareholders of Liulizhai to discuss matters in the name of Liulizhai, and the British Gong is one of them, the matter of salt law, at a critical moment, he can not be greedy, Yang Reform warned himself, and immediately got up from bed.

Looking at the emperor who got up in a hurry, Sun Liniang smiled again and got up to freshen up herself.

After another burst of fragrant beauty, Yang Gengai led Sun Liniang out of the boudoir to do business.

Liuli Zhai is now, is already a very large business, this glass street is the first big scene in the capital, it is not in vain, this Liuli Zhai, the houses are scattered, all kinds of functional buildings, also have everything.

When he arrived in front of a house, Yang Reform said: "Li Niang, this time, it's up to you, it's inconvenient for me to show up, so I can only support you behind here." ”

"Don't worry, Childe, Liniang won't let Childe down." Sun Liniang said confidently that she knew about Liulizhai's meddling in the salt industry, and as for how to do it, she also knew that today's link is to communicate with the major shareholders of Liulizhai and prepare to take over the salt industry.

"Well, that's good, let's go, remember, I'm behind you, I'll support you." Yang Reform also instructed that Yang Reform thought about this kind of business matter for a long time, and felt that it was better for him not to show up in person, and it was enough to have Sun Liniang to represent him.

Sun Liniang entered a big house, and Yang Gai himself entered a small house next door, preparing to come to "listen next door".

Sun Liniang entered this big house, the windows are all made of glass worth thousands of gold, so this house has no dark feeling at all, it is very bright, plus the heater inside, the house is warm, and people don't feel that this is the north in winter. When Sun Liniang arrived in this big house, the people inside immediately stopped laughing and got up one after another.

"I've seen the British Duke, I've seen the Chengguo Gong, I've seen the ......, I've seen the Zhou Gongzi...... Sun Liniang is the first to say hello to everyone here, here, sitting is the British Duke, Cheng Guogong and several other nobles, there are the queen's younger brother Zhou Wenyao, and Empress Yi'an's father Zhang Guoji, of course, Sun Liniang is only a little blessed, even if it is a salute, now, she is also used to seeing the scene, even if it is such a noble, she is just like that.

Everyone responded with a smile, looking at the unbelievable Liulizhai shopkeeper, they didn't dare to give birth to a trace of blasphemy, Chengguo Duke Zhu Chunchen saw Sun Liniang, his eyes lit up, his eyes, flashed a few times, and finally responded with a smile, his thoughts on Sun Liniang were completely absolute, this is the woman of the current emperor, think about the emperor's means of dealing with salt merchants, Zhu Chunchen felt shuddering, the emperor wants to find trouble for himself, I am afraid that I don't have to speak, I have to go as far as I can.

"Everyone, please sit down......" After seeing it, Sun Liniang said generously.

Everyone sat down again, in this room, the decoration of the chairs is very different from the kind of conference room in later generations, rights, class in this conference room, has been well reflected, several princes sit left and right in turn, even Zhang Guoji is also sitting in the back, not to mention the young Zhou Wenyao, can only accompany the last seat, not to mention the businessman who first intervened in Liulizhai, there is no place for him in the front row, in the corner, there is a small chair to sit on, however, he is also extremely happy that he can come here to participate in this meeting, Although the position is not good. …,

"Hehe, Miss Sun, I don't know what is the so-called matter of inviting Lao Yu and others today?" The British public Zhang Weixian asked with a smile, for Sun Liniang, the emperor's woman, the woman who is in charge of tens of millions of assets for the emperor, he didn't dare to hold it up, and he looked like he cared for his juniors, and smiled.

The people here all looked at Sun Liniang seriously, knowing that Sun Liniang would not let everyone come here without nothing.

"Hehe, Guogong asked knowingly, Guogong should have heard about today's court affairs." Sun Liniang immediately said with a smile.

As soon as it comes to the things in the court, a few people sitting there, their eyebrows are obviously raised, and the things in the court today have already been spreading, and everyone in the capital knows about it, it seems that the emperor said that let Liulizhai take over the salt class, and it will finally be done.

"Miss Sun, is she taking the test for me? Hehe, this court thing, is nothing more than the salt class, today's Bi Shangshu's new salt law is an eye-opener, the annual salt class of 10 million taels is less than one million before, but it is the death sentence of those salt merchants...... This salt merchant really deserves to die, he makes so much money every year, swallows so much salt from the imperial court, and drinks so much blood from the common people, but he is a person who does not pluck a hair to benefit the world, this new and old salt law compares, and they are ashamed to death......" The British public Zhang Weixian immediately laughed and said, this news is really explosive news, as soon as the dynasty dispersed, the news immediately spread throughout the capital, and the news of the 10 million salt class was enough to call it a barrel of dynamite that blew the salt merchants to pieces.

Before the British Duke had finished speaking, several other people were eager to try, and they were so happy that they couldn't do it, and when they thought of such a huge wealth, they couldn't be tempted by it, and they echoed it.

"Guogong is right, those salt merchants really deserve to die, they are offering to the country, eating the blood of the people, secretly conspiring with the east, and wanting to trap the world as slaves, they don't die, even if we and other loyal people die, we should not share the ......sky with them."

"Yes, those salt merchants, they should be killed, they should be arrested and killed immediately, if they don't die, it is not enough to correct the law of the country, not enough to show sanctity, not enough to show justice......"

Everyone rebuked the salt merchants, and the atmosphere in the house became lively again.

"Hehe, what a few princes said is, however, this is a national matter, not something that a little girl can discuss......" After a few weighty finishes, Sun Liniang smiled and said.

Everyone also stopped talking, waiting for the great shopkeeper to speak, waiting for her to announce the good news.

“…… Originally, the salt class was a matter of state affairs, and Liulizhai should not be asked, and the little woman, as a woman, should not be asked, but Liulizhai, as a merchant at the foot of the Son of Heaven, should be worried about the monarch; As His Majesty's people, you should have the courage to share your Majesty's worries, I don't know if you think the little woman is right? Sun Liniang said with a smile.

"Miss Sun is right, merchants should take salt merchants as a warning, and must not do things that are selfish and harmful to the country, and should always and everywhere consider Your Majesty and the court, and should always and everywhere share your Majesty's worries and worries for the court, this is a good businessman." Immediately, there were people cheering again.

Everyone also nodded.

"Hehehe......" Sun Liniang laughed for a while, seeing that the polite words had already been said, she began to get down to business, and said: "You are all trustworthy people of Your Majesty, and the little woman will not say polite words, now that the salt merchant has fallen, the salt law needs to be rectified urgently, and His Majesty wants Liulizhai to take over the salt industry." ”

As soon as this expected thing was said, everyone was still pleasantly surprised, and this fruit finally came.

"I wonder how Your Majesty plans to take over? What do I need to do? Immediately someone asked, the nobles followed the emperor and the Donglin Party and other civil servants to fight this time, it can be said that they won the joy, and they relieved the bad luck in the hearts of the nobles for many years, and it can be regarded as raising their eyebrows once, these years, the civil officials have suppressed the nobles very much. …,

"Lord Bi's new salt law, I think you all know, this new salt law, in addition to the salt class and salt prices have extremely strict requirements, in fact, the production, transportation and sales of salt have been divided, we Liulizhai will all take over this part of the production, and the transport will also participate in a part, but not much, the sales are the same, also participate in a part, mainly in the production of this aspect, His Majesty intends to let Liulizhai take over the production of the world's salt industry, the new salt law will produce salt, fixed to a few, change the boiling salt to the salt, Our Liulizhai is the owner of these salt farms, responsible for salt production ......" Sun Liniang began to explain carefully and carefully.

Everyone listened carefully to see how it worked.

“…… We Liulizhai salt, according to the new salt law of the Bi people, the output of salt, not more than five Wen, plus ten Wen salt class, sold to other salt merchants in the world who transport and sell salt, not more than fifteen Wen, the world is responsible for the distribution of salt merchants plus ten Wen, at a price of about 25 Wen to sell to the people of the world, this is the core of the new salt law, that is, to ensure that the imperial court has enough salt class, and to ensure that the people of the world eat cheap salt, as for the new salt law is called the ticket salt law, regardless of the world's marketing these, in fact, that is just a disguise, We, Liulizhai, will take on the heavy responsibility of paying taxes in full for the imperial court; take on the responsibility of ensuring that people in the world can eat cheap salt; Shouldering the heavy responsibility of cracking down on and dealing with illicit salt...... "When Sun Liniang said this, she was really heroic, and her female power rose sharply, bluffing the relatives of the noble country into breathing.

The nobles just heard that they were going to take over the salt industry, and they only knew that salt made money, but they never thought that these burdens would be on their shoulders.

"This ,...... Miss Sun, the old man wants to ask...... "The British public Zhang Weixian was indeed scared to Sun Liniang, and also shocked Sun Liniang's words, the new salt law was formulated for Liulizhai, and the ticket salt law was just a disguise, these words came out of the mouth of a woman, or a woman who did business, it was not surprising, because this woman is the emperor's woman, business, and it is also the emperor's business, but the scary thing is that the next few important tasks, pay full taxes, they understand that the emperor just took a fancy to the salt class, so he did it to the salt merchants, otherwise, They don't want to touch salt in their lives, to ensure that people all over the world can eat cheap salt, which is a bit ......, how to say, and they are not allowed to sell high-priced salt, this profit is not limited, how can they ensure that others do not sell high-priced salt? According to the ticket salt law, it is no longer sticking to the marketing of people in the world, and it is indeed difficult to be responsible for this, and it is also responsible for cracking down on illegal salt, which is too heavy.

"Hehe, the prince just asks, and the little woman knows everything." Sun Liniang asked with a smile bursting with confidence.

"Miss Sun, the price of salt is so low, and the salt class of Shiwen has been removed, and we are mainly responsible for salt production, regardless of the world's transportation and sales of salt, so how to ensure that Liulizhai does not lose money? What's more, it is necessary to ensure that people all over the world can eat cheap salt, and to crack down on private salt, which is not easy to do" British public Zhang Weixian asked in embarrassment, not to mention anything else, the problem of private salt has been troubled for thousands of years, and there is no dynasty that can say that it can be solved, but it is just that there is a difference, and the problem of private salt has never been eradicated, not to mention, it is necessary to control the price of salt for people in the world, and it is not restricted to the people of the world to transport and sell salt, how to control this? Zhang Weixian's brain is big, of course, he also knows that the emperor will not be untargeted, and he will not let them not make money.

"Hehehe, Guogong has asked the point, the little girl will answer for Guogong, this is all within the consideration of the son, you don't have to worry." Sun Liniang was full of feminine power and said with a female heart.

“…… The new salt law will set the price of salt in the salt field as five Wen, in fact, our profits, many of them are going to come from here, you may not know, this boiled salt and dried salt, but there is a great difference, now boiled salt, each lead salt to the stove household is not a stone of grain, converted, three or five Wen per catty of salt, speaking of which, there is no profit, however, the salt can greatly reduce the cost, the price can be directly reduced to one or two Wen, or even lower, in the past, the government and salt merchants made profits by oppressing the stove households, and the salt in the hands of the stove households as much as possible, and now, we rely on improving the technology of salt production, reduce the cost of salt production, instead of going to over-squeeze the stove households, Gongzi has a word first, they are all the people of the Ming Dynasty, they need to be treated properly, not over-squeezed...... "Sun Liniang explained. …,

When everyone heard it, they all understood, they originally thought that what they had to do was to participate in the sale of salt through the new salt law that does not restrict the marketing of people in the world, so as to make a profit, but they heard Sun Liniang say that they only participated in the distribution of part of the salt.

"Miss Sun, that is to say, through new means of salt production, the cost of salt production will be reduced to one or two wen, or even lower, and then go at the price of five wen**? But so? "A noble has a more flexible brain, and immediately figured out the trick inside.

"Yes, according to the annual output of one billion catties of salt, we Liulizhai is responsible for salt production, earning two or three taels per catty, not to mention two or three million taels per year, and then engaging in some transportation and sales of salt, it is not a problem to earn three or four million taels a year,...... Hehe, in fact, this two articles are not the limit, according to what Gongzi said, the world's salt farms will be gathered into several, this scale will come up all of a sudden, relying on the scale effect, the price of salt can be reduced, and it can even be reduced to less than one article, so, we Liulizhai rely on salt production every year, and it is no problem to easily earn a small four million taels...... "Sun Liniang is female and vigorous commentary.

Hearing such an explanation, everyone immediately changed their faces, and sure enough, the emperor was very thoughtful for everyone, this salt is really a good deal, and he will receive a small four million taels of silver every year

“…… Therefore, cracking down on illicit salt is our unshirkable responsibility of Liulizhai, and private salt is our mortal enemy of Liulizhai......" Sun Liniang continued to exert her power.

"Yes, private salt harms the country and the people, and we should take on this important responsibility."

"It is incumbent upon you to crack down on illicit salt, and those who steal the taxes of the imperial court deserve to die."

Several people immediately agreed with Sun Liniang's proposal, and listed dealing with illicit salt as the top priority of Liulizhai. This is certain and necessary, the amount of salt eaten by people in the world is limited, and every catty ......of private salt is cut from them.