Yan Song is indeed weighing, in fact, now the Son of Heaven has put a multiple-choice question in front of him!

Either collect the mining tax according to the will of the Son of Heaven, then he will inevitably offend a large number of officials, and it can even be said that the officials and magnates of the whole world definitely belong to the first-class lonely ministers, and there is no lonely minister who has no way out.

And this matter must be done well, if it is not done well, it is nothing to leave an incompetent impression on the Son of Heaven, I am afraid that when it cannot end in the end, the Son of Heaven will learn from Cao Cao and use his head to calm the resentment of officialdom.

But if you retreat......

Yan Song is almost certain that his career is completely over, and it is impossible for him to continue to mix in officialdom in this life, and it is just a joke to enter the cabinet and be a great minister.

However, if he is not an official, just because he refuses the title of the Son of Heaven, he can also open a academy among the people and become a great Confucian, and then go down in history.

But willingly?

Multiple choice questions become question questions.

Zhu Houwei is not in a hurry, he believes that Yan Song, who has controlled the government for decades in history, will make a wise choice.

If Yan Song has no desire for profit, Zhu Houwei will not believe it.

Of course, it doesn't matter if Yan Song refuses, Zhu Houwei still has a candidate.

This candidate was Zhang Cong, whom he had seen on the list of Jinshi earlier.

In order to obtain the Sacred Heart, Zhang Cong did not hesitate to be hostile to the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, which shows how heavy Xingjin's mind is, Zhu Houwei only needs to hook his little finger, and Zhang Cong will inevitably run faster than a rabbit.

Yan Song took a deep breath and arched his hand: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, how do you plan to collect the mining tax?"

Zhu Houwei Long Yan Dayue.

"It's very simple, it's also a contract system."

"I understand." Yan Song nodded and said, "If Your Majesty appoints ministers to rectify the mining tax, I don't know what specific regulations there are."

Zhu Houwei pointed to the fold on the side, and Ren Xing hurriedly picked it up and handed it to Yan Song.

Yan Song hurriedly glanced at it and sighed: "If Your Majesty is like this, the world's mining tax is like a salt policy, and it can add 30 million taels of silver to the inner treasury every year!"

"Not bad." Zhu Houwei nodded.

As for hiring salt workers, how much money is spent, and how much profit the contracted salt merchants will make every year, Zhu Houwei doesn't care, even if you only use 200,000 taels a year to contract, but you earn 500,000 taels a year, that's your ability.

The same is true for mines, Zhu Houwei deliberately consulted the geographical records of mines, combined with some that later generations knew, and then made a reference, and then asked the students who came out of the palace school to check and get an approximate mining tax income, so as to formulate the contract amount.

Of course, this can't be too accurate, so the actual contract amount will have to be calculated at that time, and the accounting is of course the miscellaneous bachelors from the Yongwangfu Academy.

The biggest advantage of this contracting system is that it can eliminate corruption and perversion of the law to the greatest extent, and set a limited price, and the contractor only needs to give money to have the right to exploit.

But it is necessary to let the businessmen see the real benefits, otherwise the price is demarcated, and no businessmen are willing to contract, and the contracting system will become a complete joke.

This ratio is 64, that is, if after the calculation, it is felt that the annual output of a mine is about 100,000 taels of silver, then the contractor will pay 40,000 taels of silver to the imperial court, and the rest is the cost of contract employment workers and so on.

This is the key to the rapid contracting of the salt administration.

"See?"

"Understood." Yan Song responded with a straight face, this method is simple but extremely effective, the royal family will not lose anything, and the Son of Heaven who can come up with the contracting system is really a genius.

Zhu Houwei hummed and said: "The mine is not as good as the salt government, too many wealthy families and magnates are involved in the mine, you will inevitably offend countless wealthy families and even officials in the court to rectify the minerals, if you don't have the determination to break the kettle, I think you can refuse."

Yan Song was depressed and refused?

After refusing, can you still act as if nothing happened, stay honestly in the Hanlin Academy to improve your qualifications, and still have the opportunity to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister and embark on the road of being a peak minister?

"Although tens of millions of people are gone!" Yan Song's tone was extremely firm: "The collection of mining taxes is beneficial to the country and the people, even if the ministers are jealous of the wealthy clans, they will not hesitate."

"Okay." Zhu Houwei praised: "I will send five account offices to you, and another five hundred elite soldiers to protect your safety, anyone who dares to interfere with the reform of the mining tax, no matter what his identity, Yan Qing has the right to take it directly, and if necessary, he can kill a hundred to make an example, so as to set an example!"

"Obey." Yan Song bowed and said: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what official is the official to go to the place?"

"Patrol the Imperial History."

Yan Song thanked him again, although the patrol of the imperial history is only a seven-grade petty official, but he is taking the Son of Heaven to inspect the world, not to mention the officials of various provinces and states, that is, the chief officials of a province such as the political envoy and the inspector are within the scope of his inspection.

"Stand down." Zhu Houwei waved his hand, Yan Song retired, and the officials behind him would receive Yan Song's appointment as an inspector.

However, the post of patrol is generally set up in August every year, and at the end of the year, he returns to the capital to report on his work, and now it is only mid-February, although the time is a little early, but the officials will at most say a few crooked words, but they will not do it against Zhu Houwei in such a trivial matter.

"What does the big companion think of Yan Song?" Zhu Houwei asked casually.

Ren Xing hurriedly responded: "Yan Hanlin has a calm demeanor, and he is quite decisive, the master asked him to do the mining tax, I think he will definitely not live up to the master's trust."

Zhu Houwei smiled lightly, Ren Xing picked up everything and said it, he could see that he meant to reuse Yan Song, and of course he wouldn't say bad things about Yan Song, but he would know that he wanted Yan Song to charge into battle, and let him offend the powerful people in the world.

In this way, Yan Song can't be a lonely minister, and being a lonely minister is equivalent to being completely tied to the chariot of the royal family, and it is not so easy to think about it.

"What about Yang Shen?"

Ren Xing was stunned for a moment, and seemed to be a little unable to keep up with the rhythm of his master's thinking, and couldn't understand why his master suddenly mentioned Yang Shen.

"Yang is a champion Lang, he is very good at learning, and he is the son of Lord Shoufu, as long as the master gives him a chance, the future is bright."

Zhu Houwei laughed and said, "If I didn't know that you have nothing to do with Yang Shen, based on your words, I would have to wonder if you have accepted the benefits of the Yang family."

Ren Xing said with a smile: "Slaves and maids are not greedy for money, they can follow the master to die by their side in this life, even if they don't live in vain."

"Yang Shenna, he is indeed a talent, but this talent is so arrogant, if it is not suppressed and suppressed, it will be difficult to become a pillar of talent after all."

Ren Xing's eyes froze!

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