Chapter 110 The Benefits of a Strong Country (Thank You Again for the Flying Family Bajie Reward)
Yun Chu stopped keeping silent after hearing that the boss of the salt prison was Wu Mei.
If it was said that before he didn't know that she was the boss of the salt prison, Yun Chu thought that it was just the corruption of the salt prison's discipline, but now that he knows, this is obviously no longer a technical mistake, but a political struggle.
Using a small salt prison to deal with Yun Chu, dealing with Chang'an is obviously not taking them seriously, even if the boss of the salt prison is the queen, as long as Yun Chu is willing, there is no problem in overturning the Hedong salt prison in half a year.
Not to mention the sea salt from Daxingcheng, just the salt from Qinghai Salt Lake is enough to marinate the entire Guanzhong people into salted meat, and it can also ensure that the flavor is excellent.
After all, Qinghai salt has always been said to be green salt, and it is the best salt in the world.
In the past, it was very difficult to develop Qinghai salt, first to get the Tuyuhun people, and then to get the Tubo people, these two tribes belong to the brain, not to say, not to be reasonable.
As long as we talk about fighting, we fight to the death, and the concept of peaceful coexistence does not come to mind at all.
Now there is no need to ignore them, the whole territory of Tuyuhun has been made by Xu Jingye and Zhang Cambodia and they are almost uninhabited, rich people come to Chang'an to buy a house and simply enjoy happiness, but unfortunately there is no pasture, no cattle and sheep, sitting and eating under the empty mountain, more than 700 Tuyuhun nobles who originally entered Chang'an to buy a house, now, less than 30 can stay in the city to continue to live.
The rest of the Tuyuhun nobles, how their ancestors lived, have now returned to the track of their ancestors' lives - herding horses, sheep, and cattle for the Tang people...... There were also some people who followed the slave hunting group to Tuyuhun to catch the surviving Tuyuhun people.
At present, in this war that has lasted for five years, the famous Tibetan general Non Qinling defeated the 120,000 allied army organized by the King of Vijue in one fell swoop, as well as the elephant army composed of 500 elephants, and under the complete victory, the king of Nibala retreated southward, and the Qin Ling did not rush to catch up, but followed unhurriedly.
When the king of Nibora stopped there, he attacked there, and at the same time, the Tibetans behind his army moved there.
As the army continued to penetrate deep into Nibora, the Tubo people continued to follow, and the Tubo in the rear were also retreating westward, and the Qinghai area had long become a no-man's land.
The climate of Nibora is humid, warm, and abundant, and it is obviously more livable than the Tibetan Plateau.
Tuyuhun is completely finished, the Tubo people have run away, even the Luosome palace does not have many guards, and the black tooth Changzhi, who is stationed in Ganzhou, took the army to the plateau in the second year of Linde.
In order to prevent the Tang army from taking away the statue of Jue A Shakya (that is, the 12-year-old statue of Shakyamuni), the Tubo people hid it in the Jokhang Temple, sealed it with mud, and painted the statue of Manjushri.
But before he had time to hide the immovable Vajra statue (that is, the eight-year-old statue of Shakyamuni), the army of black-toothed Changzhi arrived.
After a long search, they really couldn't find anything to scavenge, so they took the statue of Fudo Vajra (i.e., the eight-year-old statue of Shakyamuni) and prepared to transport it back to the Tang Dynasty to prove to the emperor that they had indeed arrived in the Logo.
At present, this Buddha statue is still in transit, and it is estimated that this autumn, it should be transported to Famen Temple for worship.
Judging from the experience of Hei Tooth Changzhi on the Tibetan Plateau, the Tubo people have no intention of guarding this plateau...... In a few years, there won't be even anyone in Logo.
Yun Chu was very sure of the military command ability of the Qin Ling, and he believed that the Tubo people, under the leadership of this famous general, would definitely be able to fight a world in South Asia.
However, after the Qinling takes the entire territory of Nibhara, it is inevitable that it will enter the territory of the great cannibals of India, and at that time, it is estimated that there will be a fierce battle.
The deeds of Hei Tooth Changzhi on the Tubo Plateau should have had a grand celebration, and the emperor should also announce to the world that the last evil wolf around the Tang Dynasty was also driven away, and it should be celebrated by the whole world.
It's a pity that over the years, the Tang Dynasty people have long been numb to the exploits of their generals in expanding their territory, and there are always some literati who write articles denouncing their behavior, believing that the way of Wang Hua lies in appeasement, not killing.
In this situation, the exploits of Hei Zhi Chang Zhi were only mentioned in the Di Bao, and the official of Hei Zhi Chang was promoted to three levels and became a loyal general of the fourth rank of the Tang Dynasty, as for the rest, it was like that......
Datang can't pass through the Tibetan Plateau in vain, since it has been slighted, then there must be output.
Yunchu is ready to open Yanchi Road, which starts from Chang'an and extends to Qinghai Salt Marsh, opening another trade road to Chang'an, and one more way to make money.
The reason why the salt supervisor came to trouble Yun Chu was obviously a strategy of the queen.
The purpose of the strategy is to portray Yun Chu as a troublemaker.
If Yun Chu's prediction is not bad, next, but all the industries involved in official sales will show a certain unfriendly attitude towards Chang'an, even if they don't take care of the trouble of the salt supervisor, they will be cleaned up by Yun Chu, the fault is in the salt prison, and soon there will be tea supervisors who will continue to come to Chang'an for trouble, and after being cleaned up by Yun Chu, the wine supervisor, the silk supervisor, the iron supervisor, and even the entire Shanhai Supervisor will stand on the opposite side of Yun Chu.
Then, it was the turn of the various departments controlled by the queen to find trouble with Yun Chu, expanding the simple economic dispute to the political dispute.
Can Yun Chu be right once, and can he always be right?
The people in those departments are wrong one or three, can they still be wrong all the time?
During this period, was there no place for reflection at the beginning of the cloud?
Once these trends become mainstream, everyone will question Yun Chu's character.
After discussing with Liu Renliang, Gentle, and Di Renjie, Yun Chu decided to ignore the provocation of the salt supervisor, they like to sell black salt, so continue to sell, and the market will automatically correct their behavior.
Those salt people are definitely not good to eat, but don't forget, there are still a large number of livestock under the command of Chang'an, and they also need a lot of salt, not to mention the chemical products of salt, which are also important resources for the textile, paper, and leather industries.
Once the people of Chang'an got used to the salt in Hedong Yanchi and could only be used as industrial salt, in the future, Hedong Yanchi continued to produce this crude salt.
If the rest of the official sales are difficult, Yun Chu is also ready to deal with them in the same way, and try to limit the dispute to the economic field.
So, when Zhao Chuncheng, the salt supervisor of Yanchi in Hedong, came to Yun Chu to reason, Yun Chu entertained him very well with canned tea.
"The lower officials came here this time with apprehension, and thought that they would also be thrown outside the yamen by the county prince."
Before Zhao Chuncheng sat down, he began to complain to Yun Chu.
Yun Chu poured a cup of tea for Zhao Chuncheng and pushed it over and said, "My father thought that you, the Hou Ye, were still going to send a small official, so I came over and pointed to my father's nose and asked, why don't the people of Chang'an buy salt?" β
Zhao Chuncheng sighed and said: "I am used to being high on weekdays, and I always think that I can still command myself if I leave my own one-third of an acre, no, isn't it just a nose of ash here in the county prince?" β
Yun Chu doesn't have a good impression of anyone who has the word spring in his name now, so he speaks very directly.
"You should have come earlier."
Zhao Chuncheng arched his hand and said, "It's rude." β
Yun Chu clasped his hands on his stomach and said with a smile: "It's not rude, you are the corporal of the Queen's Gate, and you can figure it out if you are arrogant, Zhao Gong came this time, shouldn't you also ask about buying salt?" β
Zhao Chuncheng nodded and said: "That's true, Chang'an's salt this winter is sold 16,000 quintals less than in previous years, what is the reason?" β
Yun Chu sighed and said, "Since the Flowing Water brand fell down, all industries have been depressed. β
Zhao Chuncheng frowned and said: "Even if all industries are depressed, people still have to eat salt." β
Yun Chu said strangely: "Doesn't Zhao Gong know that the salt in the salt pond in Hedong has never been used for people to eat, but for livestock?"
In addition, the textile, paper, and leather industries are the real big salt users in Hedong salt. β
Zhao Chuncheng Huo Ran stood up and said, "People don't eat the salt of Hedong Salt Pond? β
Yun Chu clapped his hands, and the little official immediately brought a bag of Hedong salt and put it on the table, Yun Chu opened the small bag, pointed to the gray salt and said, "Does Zhao Gong think this is salt that people can eat?" β
Zhao Chuncheng said: "The county prince does not use official salt, but wantonly uses private salt, which is not good for the country." β
Yun Chu snorted and laughed, asked the little official to bring the salt tax book, turned to the two sets of data on the last page, and said: "Last year, the salt tax in Chang'an was more than 164,800 yuan. Private salt contributed more than 153,000 guan, and the revenue from fines and confiscations was 11,000 guan, and official salt contributed almost nothing to Chang'an's salt tax.
Zhao Gong, if you are the chief official of Chang'an, how do you choose? β
Zhao Chuncheng said urgently: "Hedong Yanchi is handed over ...... every year"
Yun Chu blinked at Zhao Chuncheng, who was halfway through his words, waiting for him to say the rest.
After waiting for a long time, I didn't hear Zhao Chuncheng speak, so I took a sip of tea and said: "This year, the Chang'an government will open a new salt road, starting from the Qinghai salt marsh and returning to Chang'an." β
Zhao Chuncheng grabbed Yun Chu's sleeve and said, "County Prince, if you follow this, where should Hedong Yanchi go?" β
Yun Chu grabbed a handful of dirty salt on the table and said: "Continue to produce, Chang'an still has a great demand for such inferior salt, and at most next year, the amount of Hedong salt used in Chang'an will be the same as before, or even increase slightly." β
Zhao Chuncheng said with a sad face: "People eat it, and it is used by cattle and horses, but there is a world of difference." β
Yun Chu smiled: "You care so much, anyway, as long as you sell the salt, as for how the buyer uses it, that's someone else's business." β
Zhao Chuncheng said: "Jungong, it's inappropriate, it's inappropriate." β
Yun Chu stretched out his hand and said: "If Duke Zhao feels that it is inappropriate, he will directly take out His Majesty's will and say that the people of Chang'an must eat this kind of salt, and this Duke will be the first to eat it!" β