If there is no Zhao Pu, don't say it's a lady, it's Huang Baoyi, what if you put it in the house? But with Zhao Pu, don't say it's a lady, even if it's an ordinary palace maid when Li Yu was in Jinling, something can happen.

There is another way, it is not possible to give it to someone, it is not possible to give it to Li Yu, it is to send it to death, and to give it to other people, Song Jiu can't bear it.

After thinking hard for a long time, Song Jiu arrived at Zhongshu the next day and brought two books into the palace.

The first book is the right to pick up the relics of Guo Miyan Jiannan Zhuzhou official salt for a pound of seventy yuan, but because of the lack of salt in the two rivers, the price of salt is much higher than the official salt, so the people of the people, with each other, buy cheaply from the officials, and then expensive to the people, a pound of salt often reaches hundreds of dollars. Therefore, asking the imperial court to increase the price of salt to 150 yuan per catty, it is cunning and unprofitable, and the people eat cheap salt. Zhao Kuangyi obeyed and sent this performance to the Chinese book for review.

When it came to Zhongshu, because it was an economic government affair, several people took the initiative to hand it over to Song Jiu, but Song Jiu was allowed to stay in the middle school.

That is, he did not think of a way to deal with it, and he did not reply for the time being.

If the tea farmer keeps or sells tea at a price of more than 1,000 yuan, he will be exiled, and the woman will be matched with the ironworker, and the merchant will be punished with half of the tea farmer's crime, and the chief official will steal the official tea and sell it, and the money will be less than 500, and he will be exiled for three years. Tea plantation households intentionally destroy tea trees, and the price of tea is punished.

The same goes for salt.

In fact, many areas of the country began to implement the salt tea system, and this edict mainly extended it to Jiangnan.

Song Jiu opened the first book, Zhao Kuangyi read it, and said, "Song Qing." What are you going to say? ”

Deceptively simple, the salt yield of Liangchuan is low. There is a shortage of salt, and the price of salt must be more than 70 yuan per catty. Guo Mi's proposal not only cracked down on the powerful and profit-seeking, but also increased the income of the imperial court.

But not so.

Song Jiu said slowly: "Your Majesty, the minister has been staying in the middle and not sending it, because he didn't think about it. After receiving this submission, the minister sent officials to the three divisions to inquire, and Bashu produced more salt to Nanchuan and Dongchuan salt wells. Where the mountain roads are difficult and strong, the transportation costs are high, and it is well salt. Mining is difficult and the cost of mining is high. After the country took the salt, it transported part of the salt to Jingnan, and the price of salt was high, and the people ate it lightly. Once the price of official salt is raised, the people will still eat lightly, but Haoqiang cannot make profits, and the government can also increase the revenue of salt administration. ”

Zhao Kuangyi's forehead.

"Under His Majesty, the salt is to follow the salt policy of the Tang Dynasty. At first, Tianbao did not implement the salt policy, and each bucket was only ten yuan, and one penny was one catty. The fifth Qi becomes salt method, and one bucket adds 100 dollars to it. So the price of salt was raised to one hundred and ten cents per bucket. Liu Yan Dynasty Fifth Qi, the salt law is more dense, and the price of salt in the two pools of the river reaches 370 yuan at the peak. It was a violation of the law by the pavilion household. The private mantle is endless, and the patrol is a pawn. All over the state and county, businessmen take advantage of the time to shoot profits. The poor in the distant countryside are poor and have high prices, and there are light eaters. ”

"Your Majesty, that's it, a pound of salt is only more than 30 yuan. Now that the Jiannan Prefectures have risen to 70 yuan, they are not satisfied, and they want to rise to 150 yuan, so how much money is a bucket? How many people will eat it? ”

"Since His Majesty succeeded to the throne, he has been benevolent to the people and has implemented a lot of good governance."

"But Jiannan has less salt." Zhao Kuangyi interrupted Song Jiu's words.

"It's a lack of salt, and the minister heard that some officials blackmailed the people to increase salt production for personal gain, or political achievements, but the salt wells in Liangchuan have been mined since ancient times, and many salt wells have become abandoned wells, coupled with the heavy exploitation of Liangchuan Haoqiang, the people have always been resentful, and then the price of salt will rise, and Liangchuan will be unstable."

"What does Song Qing mean?"

Song Jiu sent the second edict to Zhao Kuangyi.

"Are you saying that Jiangnan can't practice tea and salt?"

"No, the imperial court in the south of the Yangtze River to implement tea and salt, there is no indispensable, the edict said that in addition to part of the pool salt in Jiangnan, the rest of the salt into the south of the Yangtze River. This is also okay, the imperial court in Huainan is also promoting the minister's salt law in Liangguang, the salt of the sea is endless, but the Huai salt into the river, if it is Hongzhou, or even Jizhou is fine, the salt is transported by a large ship, and the transportation cost can be received by the people. But if it is transported upwards to Qianzhou, it must be transported by small boats, and then transported by carriages and horses to various places, and the freight will be amazing. ”

Zhao Kuangyi was pondering.

Song Jiu continued: "Liangguang is to prevent barbarian changes, and like Hebei, the trade law is implemented, the salt system is cheap, and there is a waterway to reach the foot of Wuling, and there is a road to Qianzhou. But Wuling is mostly barbarians, so there must be profiteers who collude with barbarians to wantonly transport illicit salt to Qianzhou. If the government does not deal with it seriously, the salt system will collapse at the southern end of the Yangtze River. This principle is similar to that of the southern prefectures of Hunan. ”

"I understand that we can set up checkpoints in Wuling, appropriately levy part of the salt tax, and allow Guang salt to enter Jiangnan and parts of southern Hunan."

"Your Majesty is wise."

"What is the connection with the Liangchuan Salt Administration?"

"In the same way, the mine of well salt is inconvenient, and the people suffer. The high price of salt in Jiannan has nothing to do with the unreasonable price, and the lack of salt production is the fundamental point. There are 70 official salts and more than 100 private salts. If the official salt is more than 100 yuan, the search for private salt will reach more than 200 yuan. Guo Mifei is not a cure, so the minister asked His Majesty to send three divisions to plan the cost, allow Huai salt to enter Jingnan, and at the same time Beichuan does not produce salt, please allow the salt to enter the Hanzhong area, reduce the dependence on the salt wells of the two rivers. ”

"Then Jiangnan, Dongxichuan, Shaanxi, and Liangguang, multiple roads are crossed."

The result of the crossing of all roads is administrative chaos, and Zhao Kuangyi let the two Sichuan transfer envoys concurrently serve as the other party's positions, which is already a great progress, but like Song Jiu, and then concurrently hold multiple positions? It's impossible.

Song Jiu replied slowly: "It's okay, if the country wants to be stable, it must centralize the imperial court, and this matter will be sent by the three divisions to verify the cost and output, and then the three divisions will plan and plan, and the transfer envoys from all over the country can implement it." ”

"Centralized court?" Zhao Kuangyi took a few steps, Guo Mi's strategy will increase the country's income by more than 100,000 yuan a year, but if it is really as Song Jiu said, a pound of salt rises to more than 200 yuan, and the people will be very bitter, so he said: "I am accurate." ”

There is another place, that is, the northwest, the northwest green salt flows backwards to all parts of Shaanxi, and even the capital, if it is forbidden, accelerate the centrifugation of the Qiang, if it is like Song Jiu, Shaanxi will be divided out of the states at the cost of output. The entry of quasi-green salt may strengthen the cohesion between Zhuqiang and the imperial court. It may also make the Qiang forces stronger and accelerate the rebellion. I didn't think about it. Song Jiu couldn't speak, so like other officials, he pretended to be deaf and dumb.

Zhao Kuangyi took a few more steps, and finally figured out that if Song Jiu did this, it would seem more trivial, but after the actual implementation, it alleviated the tense situation in Jiannanyan, which was a perfect improvement of his policy this spring.

So he smiled again: "I really didn't misunderstand you." ”

"The minister didn't dare to be. The minister came to report another matter. ”

"Say it."

"When the minister was in Jiangzhou, he accepted a servant girl."

"Handmaiden?" Zhao Kuangyi was surprised: "Could it be that she is a sinner?" ”

That is, the official and female dependents who committed crimes and pretended to be official prostitutes. Otherwise, Song Jiu would not be able to talk about a servant girl here.

"No, when Li Yu's ex-wife Da Zhou was critically ill, he took a fancy to Da Zhou's fourteen-year-old sister Xiao Zhou, and the two laughed in front of her, and Da Zhou fell ill in shame."

Song Jiu looked at Zhao Kuangyi again, he said deliberately, this Xiao Zhou is not good, you better not touch her.

It will be too late to say after a while.

After the death of the Great Zhou family, Li Yu ignored the opposition of others. insisted on taking Xiao Zhou as his wife, but this woman was far from her sister, and she was jealous by nature, although Li Yu favored some palace maids. At the insistence of Xiao Zhou, he was not given a name, and was even sent out of the palace. Only a woman, Huang Baoyi, served her with extra humility, and she was saved. When Li Yu surrendered and went to Beijing. brought Xiao Zhou's and this Huang Baoyi. But there is also a palace maid. It's called a lady. ”

"The one who danced?"

"That's her."

"I have also heard of it, it seems that she also appeared in Yangzhou, but she did not know where she went after arriving in the capital."

Song Jiu had a strange expression.

"It's okay, go on."

When Li Yu was not on the ship, General Cao Bin allowed him to bring some gold silk from the palace to Beijing, but there were people on the road to extort him, and Li Yu had little left after entering Beijing, and his life was difficult. Xiao Zhou's he couldn't give it away, Huang Baoyi was reluctant to send it, just heard that the minister went to Jiangzhou to take office, so he asked the lady to go to Jiangzhou to find the minister, and let the minister take it in. ”

"Is that her?"

"It's her, but the minister can't accept it, even if she is just a palace maid, the minister is a minister of the court, and she must scruple about it, but the minister didn't know the way at the time, when his wife went to Jiangzhou, I was still in Pengze, she looked for my wife, and said that after the court officers and soldiers arrived in Jinling, her husband fled from Jinling, and she looked for her husband all the way to Jiangzhou. At that time, Chen Zheng was intriguing with Zhang Ji and didn't want to make trouble, but his wife couldn't bear it, so Chen had no choice but to take her in, and sent someone to send a letter to Yang Kerang, the governor of Shengzhou, asking him to inquire about this husband Li Xiu for me, where can I find out? ”

"Li Xiu, Li Caobao." Zhao Kuangyi said disdainfully. Don't talk about the emperor, it's a minister, he doesn't do his job, he writes poems and lyrics all day long, practices calligraphy and painting, and is greedy for pleasure, so what has become of it?

Song Jiu he: "Your Majesty, Zhongye, but she hurt the ministers." ”

Zhao Kuangyi stared at Song Jiu and said, "Song Qing, just a palace maid, why are you so timid?" ”

Song Jiuxin said, don't be timid now, but soon, I will be timid.

But you can't say that, and said: "Li Yu is willing to be a happy wait like Liu Gang, but after this person came to Beijing, he was depressed, and immersed himself in this mood in Xiaoling. Cut constantly, the reason is still messy, it is sorrowful. Don't be a general taste in your heart......"

Zhao Kuangyi was really evil when he heard this, and his eyebrows were twisted together.

What's more, the poppy in the future is really fatal.

Zhao Kuangyi was silent for a while, and said, "He has a good idea." ”

"It's a good idea, first, I have arranged a good place for my wife, and second, maybe I can take advantage of the relationship with the minister, and I can talk to him in the future."

"Then how do you know her identity?"

"A few days ago, His Majesty rewarded Li Yu with five million dollars to help him live, the reward just arrived at his house in the front, and Zhang Xun went to ask for it, Li Yu had no choice but to give Zhang Xun, the most valuable item in the family, the platinum noodle vessel, and Zhang Xun left apologetically."

"How did Zhang Xun do such a thing?"

"Li Yu used people inappropriately and brought humiliation on himself, but His Majesty must remember that although Zhang Yu has beautiful words, he is not a gentle person in the end."

"Li Yu's family was embarrassed, so they sent someone to inform the little palace maid and asked her to ask you to intercede with me on behalf of Li Yu?"

"That's the case, but Kechen didn't come to intercede for Li Yu."

"That ......"

"The minister is worried about the identity of the lady, but he has been taken in for more than half a year, and now he can't accept it, and he doesn't accept it, and the minister makes them miserable."

"Those who don't know are not guilty, by the way, does your little concubine Yuping have any whereabouts?" Zhao Kuangyi thinks that Song Jiu is making a big fuss, and it's okay to talk about it when gossiping, but can you say it on the stage, it is better to say Yuping when he talks about Niang. At least Zhao Kuangyi is very impressed by Yuping, a very good woman.

"The Khitan thinks that strange goods can be lived, and the key is the strength of the country, if I continue to develop strongly, Hugh wants to say that Yuping is her family, and the court asks the Khitan to hand it over, how dare not hand it over."

"That's right, let's come from the Northern Han Dynasty first."

"But His Majesty should not underestimate the Khitan, His Majesty gave Xue Juzheng, Shen Lun (avoidance, omitting the middle righteous words), Lu Duoxun, Cao Bin, Chu Zhaofu money 5 million, silver 300 catties, and Pan Mei and the North Court envoy Wang Renho money and ministers 3.5 million yuan, 200 catties of silver, Qi Wang Juan 10,000 horses, money 5 million, Wugong County Wang Juan 5,000 horses, money 5 million, Xingyuan Yin Juan 3,000 horses, money 3 million. The minister did not dissuade him from this reward. ”

Why don't you dissuade them, because these people are the most important people in the imperial court, and their official positions have reached the extreme, so they have to reward money to reassure their hearts, so that Zhao Kuangyi can smoothly take over the state power.

Song Jiu continued: "The first emperor did not use the money and silk of the Zuozang Treasury to buy Khitan heads, his intention was that once he recovered Jin Yan, he would fight hard with the Khitan. But Jin Yan is not as rich as Liangchuan Jiangnan, the soldiers can't get anything, the enthusiasm is not too high, and they are a strong enemy, without heavy rewards and proper pensions, it will be very difficult to defeat the Khitan. ”

"That's right," Zhao Kuangyi said.

This made Song Jiu a little moved, could it be that Zhao Kuangyi really regarded himself as Zhuge Liang? However, when he thought about it carefully, his face couldn't help but change...... (To be continued......)