The process of rebellion before and after was quickly investigated by Li Luo, and as expected, it was indeed a rebellion caused by the dissatisfaction of the old feudal forces with power.

Obviously committed a rebellion, but he was embarrassed to say that it was a revolution, how could this person be so shameless?

However, this has also exposed a lot of problems, mainly a series of means to open up the wisdom of the people, deal with and rectify the old feudal forces, and support the new forces. And the basis of this series of means is enough money. Unfortunately, Da Ming is still tightening his belt to live, and he doesn't have so much money to spare.

Chongzhen has woken up a little, maybe the failure to liquidate and rectify the old forces, and the opening of people's wisdom is a big reason, but the fundamental reason is the lack of finance. The Ming Dynasty inherited by himself seems to be a congenitally deficient baby, and he is still waiting to be fed, how to feed the people?

"I'm really curious, compared to us, that guy is completely in ruins of the empire, why the financial revenue is so high......" Chongzhen was depressed.

In other words, envy a certain force, there is always an endless amount of money to spend, and railways are being made everywhere with excellent steel...... Of course, he also knew the value of the railway, but one was that the Ming Dynasty had no technology, the second was not so high steelmaking technology, and the third was that he lacked enough fuel, so there was nothing he could do but stare dryly.

Before the founding of the country, he mainly used the money earned by his caravan. In the final analysis, it is the support of the mysterious force behind him that enables him to take out good things that others have never seen before in a very short period of time, and then exchange for a large amount of initial funds. In addition, at that time, Shaanxi no longer had a large-scale old force that could compete with it, and after pulling the remaining idle forces into the chariot through the guò chamber of commerce, the reform became faster and more thorough. With the initial accumulation, the later remediation will become much easier.

Not to mention, he comes up with a lot of good things every once in a while, not only goods, but also better technology. These techniques have prompted those who are disgusted and those who are on the sidelines to integrate into the lines he has pioneered, because they have earned much more money than before, especially the fact that they are above board, which also makes them feel at ease.

The last point is the question of social status, and he established the basic principles of the military-industrial statehood from the very beginning. Not to mention the social status of merchants, workers and soldiers, the most important thing is to open a large number of schools to ensure that there are enough students every year. In other words, the gentry can ignore him, and he can also ignore the gentry, because he has enough reserve talents, and if he doesn't want to be an official, others will naturally make up for it, and there is nothing to worry about.

But if you dare to resist, or have bad intentions, all strata that have already obtained direct benefits will directly destroy the guys who have just sprouted the slightest sprout. In the final analysis, it was the old forces that were completely isolated and became the antagonists of the emperor, the two parties and the people. Coupled with the guidance of public opinion, no matter what they do, they will not be righteous, and they will not be able to give better benefits, so they can only obediently wait for the family to be declined except for compromise. Li Luo analyzed.

At the end of the day, it's money......

Chongzhen sighed, at this moment, it is rare for the Ming Dynasty to be better, but it can't withstand so many expenses...... I can only wait a year or two before it slowly becomes popular.

"Speaking of which, Chen has just purchased the technology of the large-scale salt drying method from him. Tong guò this technology, in Shandong to open a number of salt pans specifically for drying salt, after simple filtration and processing to sell to the north and south of the river, should also be profitable. At the same time, by the way, the salt policy was reformed, and the salt merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were so rich that they made more than six or seven million dollars a year, but only squeezed out more than 200,000 yuan as salt taxes to be handed over, which is really hateful. Li Luo suddenly remembered another thing and immediately reported it.

"Then Aiqing thinks that the new salt policy should be changed?" Chongzhen also agreed.

Not to mention that the salt merchants owed repairs, and later when the Liukou entered the Central Plains, they also stopped transporting, if it weren't for the whip chief, Chongzhen really wanted to give it all directly to the house.

"The salt that is made by the new technology is the finest snow salt. However, Zhang Hongbin also seems to have special channels where he can buy large quantities of salt. And their salt there is also snow salt, but the price is only one-tenth of my official salt. Weichen has also seen that if this technology is used to dry salt, the output of salt can be increased by dozens of times compared with before, and at that time, I am afraid that even ten warehouses may not be able to fit it. According to Weichen's meaning, it is better to sell it directly at one-tenth of the price of the existing official salt. Li Luo said after thinking about it for a while.

"Isn't that a loss to death?" Chongzhen was a little unhappy, those guys in the south sold their official salt so expensive, wouldn't it be a loss to sell it so cheaply?

"No, that's actually the case. In the past, our salt policy was that the price was too high, so the illegal salt was rampant. If we sell one stone of official salt, but we sell ten stone of private salt, then in the last eleven stones, we actually only make one stone, and on average, we don't even make one-tenth of the money. Not to mention, the private salt itself does not generate any taxes, which is also a loss for the Ming Dynasty's finances.

Even if we sell snow salt, the people need survival salt, not high-grade snow salt, so they would rather buy shoddy private salt than refined official salt.

Moreover, if we sell it cheaply, the people will have extra money to buy other things, and even use salt to marinate meat and fish. In this way, not only will business be invigorated, but most importantly, it will also drive the vitality of several industries. When the time comes, the tax from the commercial tax will be much more cost-effective than selling salt at a high price. Li Luo analyzed very seriously.

If it was before, Chongzhen really didn't understand this kind of economic theory. However, in recent years, in order to catch up with the Republic, I have read a lot of related books. Don't say that you are proficient, so you can't understand what Li Luo said.

No, he heard it very clearly! Lowering the salt tax will not only squeeze private salt out of the salt market, but most importantly, it will promote the acquisition of commercial taxes. Come and go, the ultimate beneficiary is naturally the Ming government.

"Write me a copy of the detailed plan, and take it to the Congress tomorrow for discussion...... By the way, by the way, let's elect a new group of ruling parties, after all, many members of Congress have been eliminated in this matter. By the way, give them a warning, and next time they have any unruly thoughts or behaviors, they will directly dissolve the ruling party and form another parliament! Chongzhen said very firmly.

Actually, in this regard, the minister also has other considerations...... After interrogation, it was discovered that the current partisan division was not reasonable...... The republic is the coexistence of two parties, one emperor and three powers, and we are actually here in the strict sense, just ** and one emperor stand together. After all, in the eyes of others, our factory guards are actually still your minions, so there is no change in essence. There is only one opponent, and you can't divide several factions to attack each other like the previous cabinet, and in the end it is your Majesty who suffers. Li Luo said very seriously.

"Write me a note...... I'm tired......" Chongzhen shook his head and motioned for Li Luo to leave.

Li Luo knew that the rebellion still brought some shadows of reform to Chongzhen. At this moment, it is no good for him to continue to entangle except to retire.

We must do our best to deal with these things, so that Your Majesty can regain the confidence of reform!

Li Luo clenched his fists and saluted and retreated.