To say that Zhao Zhen is really good to Li Hao, after Li Hao removed the position of Marquis Yu, the former secretary of the palace, he specially summoned Li Hao into the palace.

gave Li Hao the privilege of entering the palace at any time, so that Li Hao could enter the palace directly without hindrance if he had something to do.

Of course, this time Li Hao was allowed to enter the palace, not only for this matter, but also to tell Li Hao the name of the new third envoy.

The original Zhikaifeng Mansion Chen Shengzhi was promoted to the post of the third envoy, and Li Hao was quite satisfied with this candidate.

After all, Chen Shengzhi is also a faction of law changers, and he seems to be familiar with Ouyang Xiu.

With him in office, although it is impossible to have Ouyang Xiu's support when he is in office, at least it will not drag himself back.

After that, Zhao Zhen encouraged Li Hao a few more words, and then let Li Hao retreat.

However, Li Hao left the Vertical Arch Hall, and before he could go far, he was stopped by Gu Tingye.

At this time, Gu Tingye completely forgot the appearance of asking Li Hao to help at the beginning, and swaggered to show the majesty of his cousin-in-law.

The angry Li Hao said: "What are you proud of now, you and Minglan haven't gotten married yet, I don't believe that I can mess up this matter now."

Gu Tingye said proudly, "Of course I believe that you can make this matter yellow, but do you dare!

Now that Minglan and I have written a letter of appointment, you are making trouble at this time, I am afraid that the first one to tear you apart will be my aunt."

Hearing this, Li Hao had to admit that what Gu Tingye said was right, plus he had already mixed it up, so he gave this matter a set.

If he is making trouble now, Weishi will definitely be able to do it.

Speechless for a while, Li Hao turned around and left, too lazy to talk to Gu Tingye again.

However, Gu Tingye came to Li Hao for business, and quickly stopped Li Hao again.

said, "Okay, no kidding, I have something to say to you."

After speaking, he looked around, and seeing this, Li Hao also became serious.

The two of them walked to the open space of the square to talk, as before.

I only heard Gu Tingye say, "Do you remember Zhao Ceying's aunt, she is going to marry General Xiao Zheng, who is loyal to the Marquis."

Hearing this, Li Hao was a little stunned, this is going around and around, Xiao Shen is still married to General Xiao Zheng, and it is really fate.

However, how did Zhao Ceying get in touch with the Zhongjing Hou family, Li Hao was really curious.

But this thing is strange at best, and nothing else, where is it worth being so solemn.

So he asked, "What does this have to do with us?"

Gu Tingye explained: "Then if I tell you that this marriage was facilitated by the official family and asked the queen mother, do you think this matter is important?"

Li Hao said: "Then this matter is different, are you sure that the official family asked the queen to arrange it? How did I never hear about it?"

Gu Tingye said, "I heard the news from Zhu Neiguan, and it is absolutely true.

The two have already made a decision, but it has not been announced to the public for the time being, but it should be in the next few days, there will be news in Bianjing."

Li Hao was silent for a while, and said, "It seems that Zhao Zongquan's position is becoming more and more stable, and the official family's move is also boosting his momentum."

Gu Tingye said: "I also think it should be like this, it just so happens that you and Zhao Ceying are familiar with each other, so you can move around more in the future."

These words reminded Li Hao of Zhao Ceying's request for himself, if Zhao Zhen's attitude changed, it would not be impossible to help Zhao Zongquan earn the position of prince.

Li Hao thought for a while, and then said, "Okay, I know about this, wait until I go back and think about it first."

After separating from Gu Tingye, after leaving the palace, Li Hao went directly to Ouyang Xiu's mansion, wanting to ask him to give him an idea.

By the way, ask Chen Shengzhi, the top boss, if he is not getting along.

When Li Hao arrived at Ouyang Xiu's house, he hadn't spoken yet.

Ouyang Xiu guessed one of Li Hao's intentions, and said, "You know who the new third envoy is, so you came to fight

Listen to the situation."

Li Hao said with a smile: "Uncle is clever, and the little nephew really admires it.

I really want to ask Chen Shengzhi about his personality today, and it just so happens that my uncle is also very familiar with him."

Ouyang Xiu said, "I'm familiar with him, but do you know how I met Chen Shengzhi in the first place?"

Li Hao naturally couldn't answer this question, so he asked, "I really don't know this, could it be that there is some origin in this."

Ouyang Xiu didn't sell Guan Zi anymore, and said directly: "I know Chen Shengzhi, and he was introduced to him by the Minister Han, and the two of them are inextricably linked."

For Li Hao, this news is really unfortunate news, and now that Han Qi is friend or foe, Li Hao is almost unable to tell the difference.

As a result, the top boss became his person, and then he had to be more cautious in doing things.

Ouyang Xiu then explained: "So your next steps should be slowed down, and the matter of salt tax reform should not be too deep for the time being, especially not to touch on the system reform.

Let's test Chen Shengzhi's idea first, and then see how to do it."

Regarding Ouyang Xiu's words, Li Hao naturally understood the meaning, but Li Hao was always a little unwilling to do so.

Ouyang Xiu also saw this, and said, "Don't worry about this matter for the time being, it just so happens that your wedding date is approaching now, you can put more effort into this.

You are married to the only daughter of an English princess, and the scene will naturally be dignified and grand, and you must not lose your dignity."

Li Hao replied, "I naturally know this, so my mother asked Mrs. Song to help with it, and there should be no problem."

But when it comes to marriage, I really have one thing to listen to, and I want to listen to my uncle's opinion."

Then he told what Gu Tingye said to Ouyang Xiu.

Then he said: "Since the official family intends to support Zhao Zongquan, should I find an opportunity to talk to the official family about what Zhao Ceying said.

After all, looking at the attitude of the officials, they may not agree with it."

After Ouyang Xiu heard this, he denied it and said, "When the crown prince has already been established, it is not appropriate to force the official family to establish the crown prince.

Otherwise, Han Daxianggong will do it himself, and it won't be your turn.

Helping Zhao Zongquan may have a lot of benefits in the future, but it's not worth making the officials suspicious for this, don't be unpleasing to both sides at that time."

Regarding Ouyang Xiu's judgment, Li Hao still agreed, so he also stopped thinking about it.

Later, when Li Hao returned to the Salt and Iron Division, he adjusted the direction of the salt tax reform to all his subordinates.

Because the basis of the sales system is the transshipment department in various places, the most important transshipment envoy of Huainan East Road today is Chu Dongyang.

For this Han Daxiang's disciple, Li Hao does not plan to fight hard for the time being.

Therefore, the goal was first set on the management of salt farms and salt production methods, and then the study of salt introduction system.

After all, now that the right to distribute salt has been attributed to the Salt and Iron Division, Li Hao doesn't mind trying to make more attempts without touching the place.

Therefore, Li Hao organized people to see if he could directly develop the salt drying method in later generations.

Replace today's decoction method to reduce the cost of salt production and reduce the price of salt while ensuring profits.

Of course, Li Hao is not completely clear about the specific steps of the salt drying method, but as a leader, Li Hao only needs to put forward ideas and then let others improve them.

Anyway, later generations have proved that this direction is right, at most the process is more tortuous.

Moreover, the salt drying method itself does not have too much technical content, as long as you understand the ideas, it will not be too difficult to do.

After Li Hao's change of thinking was completed, the news that Chen Shengzhi became the third envoy was announced.

At the same time, there is also the news of the marriage between General Xiao Zheng of the Zhongjing Hou family and Zhao Zongquan's wife and concubine in Bianjing, which also shows that this marriage is decided by the queen's mother.

This made Bianjing City lively, and many people felt that Zhao Zongquan was worth taking refuge in, and for a while, there was an endless stream of people coming and going to his prince's mansion.

Of course, most of them are officials of low rank and no real power, and the others are still waiting and watching.

And for others, the location of Quan Zhi Kaifeng Mansion is even more eye-catching.

After all, the two successive Quanzhi Kaifeng Mansions were directly promoted to the third division, and obviously this position is a feng shui treasure.

That is, when they were working hard for the right to know Kaifeng Mansion, Li Hao suddenly had a new idea.

Zhao Zongquan wanted to contribute himself and help him work hard to become the crown prince of the East Palace, which naturally could not be done.

But with the current situation, he is indeed the best candidate to inherit the unification, so it is necessary to maintain a suitable relationship with Zhao Zongquan's father and son.

Since the position of the crown prince is too sensitive to do it, it is not impossible to change the goal.

Anyway, Zhao Zongquan's ultimate goal is to justify his name and grasp real power.

Those Zhao Zongquan lifted the seat of Kaifeng Yin, and they can also achieve their goal, anyway, this is also a symbol of the storage position.

And when he was in charge of Kaifeng Mansion, he also had subordinate officials, and he also indirectly held real power.

In addition, the most important thing is that most of the officials and officials replaced by Ouyang Xiu in Kaifeng Mansion are still there, and it is also convenient to understand Zhao Zongquan's movements.

The more Li Hao thought about it, the more he felt that his idea was very good, and he immediately decided to discuss it with Ouyang Xiu.

It's just that today is the first time Chen Shengzhi has come to the third division to take office, so it is not suitable for Li Hao to leave, and it seems that it is not appropriate to go to the Privy Council to talk about this matter.

So he planned to go to Ouyang Xiu's mansion to talk in detail after the ya.

Just as Li Hao was thinking about the wording in his heart, Chen Shengzhi took the carriage to the gate of the third division.

At this time, when the news was obtained, Sui Teng, the envoy of the household department, and Chi Peng, the envoy of the Du branch, hurriedly went out to greet each other.

And Li Hao suddenly saw that the two people next to him were moving, and after reacting, he hurriedly followed.

At this time, Chen Shengzhi had already gotten out of the carriage, and the three of them were waiting outside the mansion gate.

Seeing this, Chen Shengzhi said kindly, "The three adults are too polite, why are they still standing outside."

Sui Teng said: "Your Excellency is the chief officer of the Third Division, and I came to take office at the beginning of today, and those of us who are subordinates should come out to greet us."

Chi Peng on the side echoed continuously, so that Li Hao, who was standing on the side, felt that he couldn't say two words.

After a burst of cliché praise, Sui Teng finally said, "My lord, this should be the first time to come to Sansi, why don't we take your adult around here and let Ning get familiar with the layout here."

Chen Shengzhi said: "That's fine, then there will be three adults."

Hearing Chen Shengzhi's words, Sui Teng said, "This is what we should do, you don't have to be polite."

turned around and took Chen Shengzhi around in the third division, and introduced it while turning, and the introduction was really colorful.

Li Hao couldn't help but sigh, if this guy is in modern times, he is definitely a good seedling to be a tour guide.

However, this is also the first time that Li Hao has completed the transfer of the third division, although Li Hao has been working in the third division for more than a month, but he is only familiar with a few useful places.

But after reading it this time, Li Hao felt that this yamen was not as grand as Kaifeng Mansion, and he didn't know if he was in charge of money.

However, Li Hao felt that Chen Shengzhi was very happy, but he didn't know if it was for this place or for this right.

By the time everyone returned to the main hall of the three divisions, an hour had passed.

The four of them sat down separately, and Li Hao had the least qualifications, so he achieved the last position.

After resting for a while, Chen Shengzhi said, "This official is new to this year, and he doesn't know much about the affairs of the three divisions, so he wants to consult the three adults, I don't know if it's okay."

The three of them naturally agreed to this, and then Chen Shengzhi first asked Sui Teng about the household department, and finally asked Sui Teng speechlessly, obviously he had already made sufficient preparations.

This made Li Hao and Chi Peng confused, and they didn't know whether Chen Shengzhi would simply give him a dismount or what he would do.

But no matter what, the two of them were still ready

Prepare to meet Chen Shengzhi's inquiry.

Of course, in the final ending, Chi Peng was also defeated in a hurry, and his performance was not as good as Sui Teng.

And Li Hao's performance is the best, after all, in order to check the salt tax, Li Hao has done enough homework.

So after seeing that he really couldn't ask, Chen Shengzhi said, "It seems that Master Li knows everything about the affairs of the Salt and Iron Division, no wonder he could have such an achievement in the past.

Of course, the other two adults are also the pillars of the country, and they are usually busy with official business, and it is normal for them to occasionally make mistakes and omissions, and this official can understand them.

Next, the official wants to check the income and expenditure account books of the three divisions in the past three years, and ask the three adults to send someone to sort them out for me."

Regarding this request, Sui Teng and Chi Peng, who had just lost their sense of proportion, naturally didn't say anything, but said that there were too many accounts and they needed to spend some time sorting out.

Chen Shengzhi didn't criticize him for this, so he agreed.

As for Li Hao, this requirement is not a little difficult, because it is convenient to grasp the situation in the front.

When he first arrived, Li Hao organized people to check and verify the accounts, and now they can be sent at any time.

Of course, in this matter, Li Hao didn't plan to take the lead, so he waited for everyone else to be ready, and sent it up together.

However, it is obvious that even if Li Hao intends to hide his edge, it does not mean that Chen Shengzhi will ignore Li Hao so easily.

When Li Hao and the three of them were about to leave, Chen Shengzhi stopped Li Hao alone and said, "Lord Li will stay for a while, I have some information I want to ask about the previous salt tax clearance."

Hearing this, the other two glanced at each other, then at Li Hao, and left first.

After the two left, Chen Shengzhi first boasted: "Your trip to Yangzhou last year toured the imperial court for more than half a year, but it was impressive."

Li Hao said modestly: "My lord has won the award, this is definitely not my own credit, if it were not for the support of the officials and ministers, and without the responsible efforts of my subordinates, I would not have been able to do this anyway."

Chen Shengzhi said: "Lord Li is too modest, first of all, you have the ability yourself, and this thing may not be able to be done by other people.

But speaking of subordinates, you still seconded Judge Cai from me at the beginning, and you didn't say that you would return it to me."

Listening to the tone, Li Hao naturally knew that he was joking, after all, it was impossible for Chen Shengzhi not to know about Cai Xiang's stay in Huainan.

But since Chen Shengzhi said it, Li Hao continued: "My lord, you have wronged me to death.

Judge Cai, no, now it should be called Cai Anping, he is a person who has entered the eyes of the official family and is reused by the official family.

It's hard for me to stop people from getting promoted, so I'll just bring them back."

Chen Shengzhi said: "This is also true, if a person goes to a high place, he can have the current result, and I am also happy for him."

The two talked and laughed, but they got closer, and then Chen Shengzhi said, "Before I was transferred to the third envoy, the official family specially summoned me into the palace.

When you talk to me about you, the official said that you are still studying the reform of the salt tax.

Let me support you so that you can do this, I don't know if you have specific ideas during this time."

Li Hao replied: "The reform of the salt tax is not as simple as the previous inventory of the salt tax, and it is really too difficult to solve the problem fundamentally.

Therefore, the lower officials plan to take step by step, first rectify the salt farms in various places, and deal with the current situation of salt farmers being generally oppressed.

In order to restore people's livelihood, at the same time allow salt farmers to support the imperial court, coupled with the strengthening of supervision, cut off some sources of private salt from the root, and reduce the amount of illegal salt on the market.

In addition, in view of the excessively high price of official salt, the lower officials are also trying to reduce the cost of salt production, so as to reduce the price of official salt and crack down on the sale of illicit salt under the condition of ensuring the tax collection of salt.

When these two initial results are achieved, we will take follow-up measures to ensure that the salt tax revenue can continue to grow without too much change."

Chen Shengzhi nodded and said, "Your idea is not bad, so let's do it.

If there's anything you need me to support, feel free to come to me."

Li Hao immediately said, "Xiaguan would like to thank you for your support."

After that, Chen Shengzhi cared for Li Hao a few more words, and then let Li Hao leave.

When Li Hao came out, before he went far, he saw Sui Teng and Chi Peng.

As soon as they found Li Hao, they surrounded them and asked, "Master Chen left you to talk just now, what did you say?"

If anything's good, you can't forget our two brothers."

Li Hao said, "What else can Master Chen say to me, isn't it just to ask about the salt tax reform.

After all, the official family is also watching this matter, and Lord Chen has to show his attitude, or he can't say it well."

After hearing Li Hao's words, the two of them did not doubt it, Sui Teng said: "This is also true, you are the hero of the rescue, and in the eyes of the official family, you are naturally more important than Lord Chen.

As for Lord Li's promotion in the past few years, we can't say that we will have to help Master Li in the future."

Li Hao hurriedly said, "Lord Sui, what I'm saying is a joke, and I'm just lucky, how can I say whether I can carry it or not."

These two people knew what Chen Shengzhi was looking for Li Hao for, and since they had nothing to do with the two of them, they were relieved.

Then the three of them chatted outside for a while, and then they each returned to their yamen office, after all, the two of them still had to let people sort out the account books for three years, which was a big project.

And Li Hao was not so busy, he handled some official documents at will, and it was time to release the government.

Li Hao went to Ouyang Xiu's Mansion and discussed with him whether to push Zhao Zongquan to take over as the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion.