He Yan said: "You are right. ”

"Lu Degong said that the price of illegal salt is only half of the official salt, so the people like to buy illegal salt."

"According to what I know these days, this crackdown on illegal salt is only a palliative but not a cure, and the root cause is to reduce the price of salt."

"And the price of salt includes taxes and other items, and it can't be lowered at all, so now there is only a symptom."

What He Yan didn't say was that if you want to really eliminate illegal salt, it will not only be a matter of illegal salt, it will be a matter of this salt business.

The reason why the price of salt is high is because in addition to taxes, there are also bad rules and regulations.

If we want to lower the price of salt, we need to eliminate these bad rules and regulations.

The entire officialdom of the two Huai salt affairs will be moved.

At the same time, it is also necessary to change the salt introduction method, for example, to change to the ticket salt method, remove the general merchant, and everyone can use the ticket to make salt as long as they have the capital.

In addition, the cancellation of the diversion of the shore, salt merchants can sell anywhere, compete with each other, and the price of salt will naturally fall.

In this way, the smuggled salt dealers are unprofitable, plus they can trade salt normally, above board, and they can make money without worrying about being exterminated.

Without private salt, there will be more official salt, and more official salt will be sold, and there will naturally be more taxes.

And the price of salt has fallen, and it is cheaper for ordinary people to buy salt.

Of course, the ticket salt method is useless for a long time, and it is still the same as the salt introduction method, and in the competition of salt merchants, it slowly becomes a new monopoly.

This is nothing more than a change of salt merchants.

Therefore, after pondering for the past few days, He Yan felt that the reason why Qianlong did not understand these two Huai salt affairs was because he was still in a good state.

If it were to be moved, these two Huai salt affairs would be related to a quarter of the world's taxes.

Just like what Qianlong said when he asked Akzhan to check the salt and silver, so many people bitterly complained about the disadvantages of salt affairs, why did he pretend to be deaf and dumb and pretend not to know?

Because of the rat bogey, he was afraid of hurting the lifeblood of the Qing Dynasty's money and food.

And Qianlong knew Akzhan's temper, and specially instructed that Yangzhou was the fattest errand and the place with the most muddy water, and that things should not be too careful, and that they should be well measured.

In this case, even Qianlong didn't dare to move easily, and He Yan decided that it would be better for the monarch and the ministers to be of the same mind.

Otherwise, Qianlong won't move, what can he do with just one and two Huai Yanzheng?

And even if Qianlong supported his own action, he really couldn't come up with a perfect, or good, alternative to the salt introduction method.

The ticket salt method is just a temporary pain, and in the long run, it is not as good as the salt introduction method, which is tantamount to drinking water to quench thirst.

It has all the disadvantages of the salt introduction method, and there are even more, and the benefits are not at all.

In this way, of course He Yan would not tell Master He and Wang Chaozong.

Wang Chaozong said: "That's true. ”

"But if you can really kill a few salt lords, it will be a good thing to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger."

He Yan smiled: "Okay, if you want you to be willing to support." ”

Then He Yan asked Wang Chaozong about the recent movements of the salt lords.

It just so happens that tomorrow the largest salt lord in Yangzhou, the White Dragon Gang, will go to salt, and it will be Tie Sanquan who will personally lead the team.

And Wang Chaozong was also willing to pay money and take out the silver to reward the brothers who He Yan borrowed to suppress the smuggling salt.

He was also willing to contribute and let his nephew Wang Haikun take people to help suppress illicit salt.

After the matter was finished, He Yan took Master He back with him.

He Yan left, but Wang Chaozong began to worry again, and the donkey was grinding in the living room.

He helped He Yan, and He Yan was happy, but this was against the salt merchants.

Don't talk about others, just his wife Xiao Shuxian, who was not happy after knowing this, asked him who you are?

Or is it not a salt merchant anymore?

Wang Chaozong had no choice but to explain to her that she couldn't refuse this matter.

Xiao Shuxian listened to it and went with him.

By the next day.

He Yan asked Master He to notify the private sector in the morning, and today all of them went out to suppress smuggled salt.

After Master He came back, He Yan took him to Guazhou in person.

Just after He Yan arrived at the location agreed with Mu Xing'a, He Yan looked at the good guys and used all the salt barrage cannons.

He Yan smiled: "Old Mu, this guy is complete enough." ”

Mu Xing'a also smiled: "That's for sure, if you do things for the military gate, you must do your best." ”

He Yan said: "Today, the White Dragon Gang met the two of us, and it was because they poured blood mold. ”

"Let's go, let's go to the private prosecutor's place."

"Let's go."

After the two finished speaking, the team began to move towards the anti-private people.

At this time, the anti-private side is now lying on the ground leisurely and starting to be lazy.

Others had already undressed and started playing in the river shirtless.

When some of them saw Mushing'a's banner was, they were still wondering who was coming.

When they saw He Yan in civilian clothes clearly, they immediately felt like they had seen a ghost, and they all stood up in fright, those who should be dressed put on clothes, and those who should be armed with weapons took weapons.

When He Yan walked in front of them, they would stand up.

He Yan looked at them and sneered: "You're all quite comfortable, huh?" ”

Guan Tie hurriedly said in a sweat: "My lord, we are also looking at peace and quiet, and when we are tired of patrolling the streets here, we will rest for a while." ”

He Yan said: "Okay, don't talk about me." ”

"I know now, last time I asked you to come to the salt baron, why didn't you kill anything."

"From now on, you will be dismissed."

As soon as he heard this, he knelt down and said, "My lord, I was wrong, you give me another chance, please, my lord." ”

He Yan said: "Go back and wait for the fate." ”

He kowtowed and shouted sadly, "My lord, give me another chance!" ”

He Yan waved his hand, and immediately two soldiers came over and dragged him away.

He Yan said: "If anyone else doesn't want to do it, they can take off their clothes and leave now." ”

None of the private investigators moved.

At this time, Jiang Cheng stood up, hugged his fist at He Yan, and said very nervously: "Hey, my lord." ”

"We people who are in charge of private ownership are not all waste like melon pipe belts."

"Brothers, if you still have ambitions, take a step forward and let the adults see, we are all men who are not afraid of death."

The people who were dealing with the private owners looked at each other at each other, and then they all took a step forward.

At this time, the people who were seizing private enterprises had a new look, and they were like two people just now.

He Yan looked at them like this, nodded with a satisfied smile, and said, "Okay." ”

"Originally, I wanted you to stand aside today and see how this battle was fought."

"But looking at your current appearance, you are all ambitious, and when the salt lord comes, you will all go together."

Jiang Chengyi hugged his fists and said: "I will not disappoint the adults." ”

"I will not disappoint my lords." The vigilantes shouted in unison.

Then Mushing'a began to deploy.