Zhu Youzhen, who had been pondering for a long time, understood, and said everything more thoroughly, that is, although most of the mining intentions of the Ming Dynasty seemed to be firmly in the hands of the imperial court.

But in fact, because many times the imperial court only plays the role of collecting taxes and sharing profits, over time, the actual controllers of many iron mines have become major merchants.

And because these firms have been unable to supply the imperial court at a fixed price for a long time in the north, of course, to put it bluntly, because the northern mines are cheap and cheap.

In order to raise the price in the north, the output was deliberately depressed, and the so-called situation of the southern mine going north was deliberately created, so as to give the public and the imperial court a kind of money, not that I want to raise the price, but this mine was transported from the south.

But only a small fraction of the ore sold came from the south.

After all, no one is a fool, and if the ore in the south really takes so much effort to get it up, even if it is sold at a sky-high price, it will not be able to recover the capital.

So, those things that were sold to the imperial court under the guise of southern ore.

Tracing back to the source is still the northern ore, but in the middle of this, they have used all the means of deception and deception, up and down, and reduced the attention of the imperial court.

Cars and horses are tired, and all kinds of transportation costs can't be reduced.

Back and forth, the court had to compromise, and while compromising, it had to comfort itself that a certain amount of tax was its own.

But in reality?

The mining tax in Daming is not heavy, and most of those local merchants will buy the tax collector who is responsible for collecting taxes, so I don't know how much I dig, how much I sell, and how much tax I should pay.

In the end, only the common people and the Ming court will lose.

"The Ming Dynasty must have a mine in the hands of the imperial court itself, I refer to all links from mining to processing and sales, and no link can be left to others! Merchants are unreliable in this kind of thing! ”

On the issue of principle, Zhu Youzhen felt that there was no problem in sometimes using coercive means.

When all generations were ready for war, the whole country worked together to concentrate on doing great things.

Today's Daming naturally also has such potential, after all, such a policy will not really touch the heads of most of the people who are mainly farming.

"According to the investigation of the Royal Academy of Sciences, coal can continue to be mined in Shanxi, and iron ore can go to Tangshan to find good ore, as for copper..."

Xue Fengxiang squinted when he saw Zhu Youzhen, and secretly said that it was not good.

"The copper mine matter is on hold for the time being.... That place is currently not able to play with your Xue Fengxiang's ability. ”

"Obey."

Thereupon...

In the days after Xue Fengxiang retired, the first hero of the Ming Dynasty to open up the territory, and later generations were known as the world's mine owners gravedigger - the Ming Royal Mining Bureau!

is taking the opportunity to freshly bake, although they are still a little immature and weak when they have just been established.

Most of the family backgrounds came from the imperial court mine supervisors who were originally managed by Wei Zhongxian, as well as the Second Brigade of the Tianhu Army's logistics support, which was temporarily borrowed and was stationed in Shanxi.

It has to be said that under the system of feudalism, the emperor's wishes were greatly satisfied after the return of power.

It's just that this kind of satisfaction is limited in a sense, but sometimes it is full of absurdity.

Like now.

"Brethren, do you know what we're going to do this time?" Officers of the Heavenly Tiger Army, dressed in simple black military uniforms, were speaking in the barracks in the early morning mist.

"I don't know!" In exchange for a muffled response.

"Then don't ask again, pass it on! Don't touch the coal in the villager's house! ”

"Pass it on! Don't ask where you're going, don't ask what you're doing! Don't touch the coal in the villager's house! ”

"Pass it on..."

"Let's go!"

"The whole brigade is out!"

For example, another scenario.

Quan Gaojie frowned and looked at the businessmen surrounding him in front of him, and scolded angrily in a sharp voice: "What our family says is what it is!" This whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister, what is your family's mine, is this mine yours? There are formalities, there are written documents, does anyone admit it? ”

This sentence completely made the businessmen who gathered around Quan Gaojie explode, and this mouth was about to take back most of his foundation in Shanxi, if his ancestors knew about it, they would not be able to demolish themselves.

"Why!"

"This mine has been our family for decades!"

"The court can't say that it will be taken back, even if it is collected, it has to be bought! Give silver! ”

...

Quan Gaojie's slightly slender face instantly burst into a smile, pinching the thin fan between his fingers and scolding with a smile: "Our family really gives you a big face, so many people are here at the moment, honestly follow the East Factory to seal the mine, otherwise our family will let you know what the East Factory is, what is Jinyiwei and Shanxi Mansion Officials!" ”

"This..."

"What a good thing this is!!"

The businessmen suddenly cried, and a few businessmen on the edge took advantage of the big guys to make a mess and have no opinions.

Flee quickly and run away in the crowd!

...

"The eight families of Jin merchants, the Fan family is the head."

At this moment, Fan Yongdou was smiling, standing at the door of Fan's Mansion with high spirits, smiling at the guests from all over the world.

The gradual rise of border trade has made the Fan family, which has gradually developed since the first year of Xuande, its sphere of influence no longer a simple Shanxi area, but all over Zhangjiakou and Zhili, but behind Fan Yongdou with a smile on his face, there is a family member who came to pass the word, and he is full of confusion and carefully whispering in Fan Yongdou's ear.

Although Fan Yongdou's face was still smiling like a spring breeze, he only laughed a few times before moving back to the backyard.

"What the hell is going on! How could the imperial court suddenly take back all the coal mines in Shanxi! Isn't this an open robbery? ”

"Sir.. The court said. This coal mine has never been given to anyone, before we paid the mine tax to the mine supervisor, this mine is naturally mined by us on behalf of the imperial court, but now the mine supervisor is gone, only the Royal Mining Bureau, this mining bureau can not accept our silver... Naturally, the mine was taken back..."

Fan Yongdou slammed his favorite Chenghua Nian Doucai Cup on the ground.

In disbelief, he roared like a trapped beast: "That... Is there any other news from Jingshi? Is there a detour in this? ”

"Back to the master.. The small ones are all clever this time, I don't know how many coal mines have been sealed, and all the small shopkeepers have been detained in the local area. I don't think the news will come back tomorrow, sir.. What can I do? ”

"You go down first, go to the account room to pay two taels of silver and have a good rest, I'll think about this matter again."

"Then sir, the little one will go down first."

With his brows furrowed, Fan Yongdou stood up and sat down, the anxiety in his heart made him extremely bored.

..."This Daming.. This Shanxi.. Is it really going to change? ”