Liu Yong arrived in Yuhang, at the reception banquet, he advocated frugal governance, people's livelihood-oriented, people's livelihood as the key, won the praise of colleagues, during the banquet, he took the opportunity of toasting, euphemistically told colleagues what they saw and heard on the way to the trip, their feelings can be felt, their sadness is sad, and their sympathy for the people is commendable.

Liu Yong, who worked as a salt official in Yuhang County, thought it was necessary to go deep into the lives of the salt cookers, investigate the root causes of their hard work, understand the causes of their poverty, see what they had in their bowls, and how much rations were stored in the granaries, so as to change the living conditions of the salt cookers.

On the third day of his arrival, Liu Yong, with the consent of the Yuhang County Order, convened a meeting of the salt industry, which was attended by local representatives of the salt boilers, government salt officials, and salt merchants.

The merchant was very generous, especially one of the salt merchants in charge of export, who was indeed very wealthy, and not only covered all the expenses of the salt conference, but also proposed to raise a large amount of money for the salt industry official office as a welcome gift for the new appointment of the salt official, and promised to distribute a valuable souvenir to everyone who attended.

Liu Yong felt very strange, suspecting that there must be an ulterior conspiracy in this move, he was not sure, so he called the old people of the salt industry official office and asked the reason, the old people were unwilling to say it clearly, as if it was colluding.

This matter is not trivial, when he went to Yuhang County Commander again to discuss the meeting, the county magistrate complained about poverty, and said helplessly: "Some people are willing to pay, but they refuse to be thousands of miles away!" ”

Liu Yong knew the stakes and the stakes, believing that the government would rely on the money of the salt merchants to do things, and would definitely fall into their calculations and inevitably get involved in money and power trading. It is the salt boilers who suffer, and what is lost is the government's due revenue, and in doing so, they are colluding with the salt merchants, they are making a compliment, and they are working together to empty the national treasury. is a crime.

Not only that, Liu Yong also denounced this illegal act of collusion between officials and businessmen at the preparatory meeting of the salt industry official office, and insisted that businessmen must aim to make profits, and the usual means are to make money in the name of red-top businessmen, frantically amassing wealth and looting people's fat and ointment.

When Yoo Yong stated his interests to the salt industry government office and the prefectural order, he also reminded everyone. To resist the corruption of lawless profiteers and safeguard national interests, we must learn not only to calculate economic accounts, but also to learn to calculate political accounts.

In the case that it is difficult to convince everyone, he claims that this statement will definitely be written into the recital of the imperial court, and he will definitely report it truthfully, and blames it for the hardship of the people's survival and the lack of government treasury.

Soon after Liu Yong arrived in Yuhang County, he fell into the predicament of being separated from his colleagues and superiors. His career is destined to be difficult and full of thorns.

About half a month passed. At dinner one day, suddenly the account room of the fat salt merchant who he met in Beauty Valley appeared in front of Liu Yong, so the old meeting reminded Liu Yong of the interesting thing in the Ah Ge Yan restaurant in Beauty Valley Town, in order to steal the new words of the new economic basket map, the account room also regarded his misdeeds as a joke. The two talked quite speculatively.

He was in the middle of a hard slate in the bookkeeper, and he had to agree to a request for dinner. Liu Yong was determined to do his best for the court for Long Live , so he was also extra cautious in handling things, and he invited the county commander to accompany him. When inviting the county magistrate, he made it clear that he was not pulling him into the gang to engage in illegal activities, harming the interests of the country, and selling local governance, but to be a witness, purely a reunion of old friends, and promised that he would only talk about friendship and refuse to talk about business.

But the fat salt merchant was waiting in the most high-grade restaurant in Yuhang County, Liu Yong and the county order went together, once introduced, after greeting each other, the opening remarks of the fat salt merchant made the county order stand up and prepare to leave, and denounced it as deception and conspiracy!

"The fat salt merchant is talking about the salt industry, but not the business negotiation!" Liu Yong grabbed the stunned county magistrate and explained, "If the situation you think arises, it's not too late to leave the table." ”

The county magistrate looked at the fat salt merchant with an angry gaze, his silver-white hair showed that he was cunning and cunning, and his fat belly showed that there was a lot of oil, water and flower intestines, and a smile was written that the means of attracting people must be insidious.

Of course, the fat salt merchant knew the county order's thoughts, and he examined himself: "The chief is a good chief, the sin scares you, I'm sorry!" I'm not using old friendships to talk about business, but I want to tell the chief, don't be surprised by the catty in this salt business! ”

Liu Yong was very relieved to see that the county order was still on high alert, and he nodded and finalized: "Don't lose your words!" ”

The fat salt merchant stated in advance: "The following conversation must not be leaked, otherwise it will attract the anger of the salt merchants, and the consequences will be like death." ”

The county order doesn't think so, so there are few things that are mysterious, and no one who is playing tricks has never seen it!

But Liu Yong believes that what the fat salt merchant said is true, and he also roughly knows the past and present life of the fat salt merchant, maybe it is also his reflection and review of the unscrupulous things in the past, and now he has become a virtuous businessman, so he found out with his conscience and exposed the shady curtain, in order to have peace of mind, Liu Yong said expectantly: "I hope it will not disappoint!" ”

The words of the fat salt merchant were indeed written by Liu Yong into the recital of the emperor, but he did not name the fat salt merchant, which also shocked the county order.

The fat salt merchants revealed that the salt merchants' method of seeking big profits was to buy off local officials with small profits and maintain the cooperative relationship between officials and businessmen with long-term small profits, which had the effect of corrupting local officials. In his recital, Liu Yong suggested that the emperor should be asked to adopt the state's three-set policy to curb this kind of collusion between officials and businessmen. The third is set as: "pricing, orientation, and loss." ”

The pricing is not difficult to understand, not to say about it. Orientation, that is, the state designates dealers within the geographical scope to meet the needs of the people in the region. Constant loss means that the transportation cost and the amount of transportation loss are kept within a reasonable range.

What Liu Yong had to reveal in his recital to Banzai was another staggering remark of the fat salt merchants: "In order to seek greater benefits, the salt merchants lowered the purchase price of salt, and took a cut of it to subsidize the lack of funds of the salt industry and government offices, which increased the exploitation of salt boilers, making the lives of salt boilers more embarrassing and difficult." At the same time, they have also developed the habit of profligacy and pleasure of officials who are greedy for personal gain, causing their thinking to deteriorate, become consumed by greed, and become cruel and cunning, and in serious cases, lead to antagonism between the government and the people, stimulate social contradictions, and affect social stability. ”

The emperor did believe that the purpose of this Liu official's presentation of the chapter was to understand the poor living conditions of the salt-boiling people who "had nothing more than fake goods to fill the grain since they were boiled to the frost", to sympathize with the pure feelings of the salt-boiling people that "the people of the sea are so hard, and that the mother and son are not poor", to put forward a powerful measure with a solid foundation for the country, "the soldiers of the armor are clean, the soldiers are clean, the army is lost, and the king has surplus wealth to strike the salt and iron", and it is to create a peaceful and prosperous era in which the country is rich and the people are strong.

Liu Yongzhi's recital came to the emperor's hands, and let the emperor read it, feeling that the situation was serious, the food was unpleasant, and he couldn't sleep at night, so he ordered a thorough investigation without delay.

Fortunately, when the emperor summoned the female officials and listened to their opinions, the female officials told the emperor that what was said in this piece was true, and there was no exaggeration in the situation, but the targeted distribution of salt could be included in the blueprint for the implementation of the new economy and implemented as a major measure for economic development.

The female officials not only untied the knot in the emperor's heart, but also extended this move to include the distribution of grain, oil products, local specialty products, and the operation of cultural industries under the banner of the blueprint for the implementation of the new economy.

The words of the female official have been strongly supported by the little prince, the leading elder brother, the old elder brother and many court officials, so that Longyan is happy, and its rectification efforts are huge, the scope is wide, and the number of people who are thoroughly investigated is unprecedented.

Liu Yong's diligence in his work and diligence in social research have won unanimous praise, and his recitals flew like snowflakes to the Beijing Division and were sent to Banzai's eyes, and their contents included the establishment of education to uproot poverty, the improvement of the level of moral education to correct the social atmosphere, the establishment of economic training centers to popularize the concept of making money, the government's leading of the content of opera performances and the purchase of opera performances, and the observation of models for the development of the economy in the vicinity to vigorously promote industrial prosperity, etc., all of which attracted great attention and were gradually strengthened. (To be continued.) )