These two people have the same mind, and they both understand what the other means. -∝ If this salt-making technique falls into the hands of the two Huai salt merchants, it will only earn them more profits, and there will be no improvement in Yu Daming's financial revenue.

As for saying that the common people can eat good salt because of this, what does this have to do with Zhang Juzheng? What he was thinking about now was how to collect the money in the hands of the salt merchants into the treasury and become part of the imperial court's taxes.

The breech gun is a sharp weapon of the country, and it cannot be spread lightly. Those rebels on Longwang Island had the Achilles heel of not daring to fight in close quarters, so they were defeated by the Guangdong Navy Division. If this gun-making technique is learned by those who have the intention to oppose the Ming Dynasty, training the new army against the official army is not equivalent to raising tigers?

Zhang Juzheng said: "Only salt merchants who are willing to pay taxes can learn this salt-making technique." As for those who don't pay taxes, they don't want to learn this. I've been a human being for several lifetimes, and it's not that I haven't learned some miracle skills, but these things are useless, and I won't take them as a good way to save the country and the world. You're doing a good job of Guangdong salt, and you're selling salt very well, so I'll go back and talk to Huguang. In recent years, Huguang has been exploited by Huaibei salt, and it is enough to let Guangdong salt help Chu, and let the people of Huguang eat this good Guangdong salt. ”

No matter how many times he is reborn, he is still a bright man in his bones. This kind of mulberry love, how can he talk about it. Huguang in the Ming Dynasty was a combination of the two provinces of Hunan and Hubei in later generations, even if Xunyang was demarcated, Huguang was still a large population province in the Ming Dynasty.

Huai salt line Chu is the salt industry policy of the national dynasty. The high price of salt in Huaibei made the people of Huguang unbearable, and also made Yangzhou salt merchants earn a huge amount of silver.

Compared with Guangdong's Guangdong salt, the quality is good and the price is cheap, but it is just due to the policy. There is great resistance to the marketing of Guangdong salt in Huguang. If from the official level, acquiesce to the salt of Guangdong. It is equivalent to cutting Huaiyan hard and losing this big province. For the profits of Huaiyan, it is a severe blow. Only by letting the salt merchant know Zhang Juzheng's methods first, can he really be at his mercy and pay the money obediently in the future.

"You're doing a good job in Guangdong. Whether it is the opening of the sea, the annexation of Yizhou, or the East India Company, it is all in line with my thoughts. Especially the latter, which the East India Company did well. It's so good. The Ming Dynasty has always emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, and collected too little on commercial taxes. Your Coast Guard is off to a good start, and it's even better to use the East India Company than to use the Patrol. I don't care if you kill or chop, in short, if you dare not pay taxes, don't let them return to 6 alive. Only by letting these maritime merchants understand that there are taxes to be paid for doing business, and in the future we will collect taxes on the six lands. will be more convenient. ”

Li Yanqing knew that the old father-in-law was going to take a knife on the business tax. The commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty is a piece of fat, and the imperial court has always been unable to collect the commercial tax. In another plane. The Chongzhen Dynasty even gave birth to a year when Zhejiang paid 12 taels of tea tax, which shows how strict the problem of commercial tax is.

The East India Company has always been known for not recognizing its relatives at sea, as long as it does not pay taxes. No matter who you are, he dares to sink them all. Go on like this. At least on the water, no one dares not to pay taxes. As for 6 on the ground. I had to move forward step by step, step by step. Both of them have an advantage, that is, they know that Da Ming's lifespan is not so short, and they still have time.

Zhang Juzheng said again: "In that place in Guangdong, the country thinks it is poor and weak. Calling Liangguang a distant miasma, not many people care about its status. The officials of the two Guangxi provinces have always been drudgery, and the poverty of Guangdong is especially great. In the past, Guangdong's military salaries still depended on Guangxi's aid, and this was a problem. But in the old man's opinion, Guangdong is a treasure land. It's an excellent coastal province, a place where a lot can be done. There you can trade directly with foreigners, and it is convenient to make profits. I can also buy Western ordnance and hire Western soldiers, and I have to decide on the territory of these two wides. ”

Gao Gong thinking is still the old way of thinking, in the Ming Dynasty officialdom staking activities, aimed at Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Susong and other traditional rich areas, and want to benefit Sangzi, in Henan's official appointment and dismissal can not be relaxed.

Relatively speaking, remote areas such as Liangguang are not within the scope of his consideration. Because of the opening of the sea in Xiangshan, it is even more faintly opposed to Guangdong officialdom, and Zhang Juzheng wants to pass through Guangdong, which is not too difficult.

"The territory that the old man wants is Liangguang. Since you have an iron wall of Xiangshan's operation, then take care of this land for me. You don't know how to govern, and the old man appoints a group of capable subordinates to you. You don't know anything about military affairs, I will leave Yu Dayou to you, as long as you take care of this territory for me, plus do a good job of the messenger I assigned. ”

Zhang Juzheng's arrangement is in line with Li Yanqing's interests. He has too much involvement in that place in Guangdong, and if he is transferred to the hinterland area now, it will make him a clawless crab. Once you have to start from scratch, all the foundations have to be rebuilt. Not to mention, even the East India Company, because of the distance, has become uncontrollable.

The fourth sister of Nahong is a Tusi of Yizhou, so naturally she can't leave her old camp casually. If he goes to Jiangnan to serve as an official, won't the two of them become less together and more separated, this female pirate God knows if she will turn the sky upside down? Therefore, he hurriedly thanked:

"Thank you for the cultivation of Lao Taishan, my son-in-law will do his best to run Liangguang into an iron bucket for his father-in-law. In the past, the finances of Liangguang depended on the imperial court, and after the arrival of the son-in-law, he must make Liangguang like Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and become an important source of income for the Ming Dynasty. The matter of Guangdong salt is good, and the son-in-law guarantees to do it well, and the quality, quantity, price, and salt tax are guaranteed. ”

Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "Aren't you afraid of falling into the reputation of a gentry who competes with the people for profit, fish and meat township, and poisons the gentry?" ”

"The last time I went to solve Xiangshan's tax arrears, I am afraid that the bad reputation of my son-in-law has already fallen. It's just that my official position is small, and I can't attract the attention of the speaker at the moment, and when he is willing to pay attention to me, I think my father-in-law can support my son-in-law. With your support, I am not afraid of any big infamy. ”

Zhang Juzheng nodded, with a little more approval in his eyes. My daughter's vision is really good, although the man she is looking for has such and such problems, but there is one of the biggest benefits, she is in line with her own mind.

He asked, "Since you are from the Hereafter, you should know who our great enemy of the Ming is." Tell me, what is the best weapon to use to defeat this enemy? Is it the Wansheng Thunderbolt spear, or the Western Franc cannon, or the old man's phalanx? ”

Li Yanqing hesitated for a moment and said, "The son-in-law is not familiar with military affairs. But in my opinion, the most important weapon to defeat those Tartars is money. We've got to have silver. ”

At present, the female straight Tartar is far from being a threat to the Ming Dynasty, at best, she can only be regarded as a group of troublesome thieves. It's a hassle, but it's just a nuisance. Except for these people from later generations, no one would believe that it was this group of thieves who finally seized the Ming Dynasty.

The most important problem of the Ming army was neither the lack of advanced equipment nor the lack of combat-effective troops. The hand that holds the gun is always more powerful than the gun.

Li Zicheng's troops finally entered the Beijing Division, which was not so much the collapse of the Ming Dynasty troops as the complete collapse of the Ming financial system. In order not to pay the army, the border army was allowed to change its location for three days and three days, and finally led the border army to mutiny as a whole, but became the backbone of the army.

Even if the Ming army is now all flint, it is impossible to send troops to sweep the north. The huge military expenditures, compared with the meager gains of the war, are not worth mentioning at all. The final result is that most of the teachers are ineffective and their efforts are in vain. Therefore, the policy of the Ming army can only be to strengthen the defense and defend the territory.

But whether it is the construction of multi-sided forts, or the renewal of equipment of troops, or even the formation and training of new armies, and replenishment of troops, in the final analysis, it is all on the same money. One of the most important reasons why the Qi family army is the strongest army in the world is that the Zhejiang soldiers do not owe salaries and do not deduct money. Soldiers can be paid monthly, and without the slightest shortage, these soldiers can ensure training and sacrifice their lives to fight.

Li Yanqing doesn't know anything about military administration, but he can be regarded as a good hand in looting, and the way to raise this money and food can be regarded as making use of his strengths and avoiding his weaknesses. He saw Zhang Juzheng on the table, with the biggest gift he had sent, a full set of maps given by King Hu Chuan.

He pointed to one of them with his hand: "Daming silver mines are scarce, if you want to solve the silver problem, in addition to opening the sea and trade, you might as well make a plan on it." This place is a treasure land rich in gold and silver, whether it is robbed or earned, we must always get this gold and silver in our hands in order to fill the treasury. (To be continued!)

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