"Poor," Zou Cheng said with an embarrassed face: "The stove household is private, and these things do exist." In the ninth year of Hongzhi, Nanzhili and Jiangxi were affected, and Liu Wensi, the imperial historian of Jiangxi Province, asked the imperial court to open two Huai surplus salt to help the victims, and the emperor was also allowed to play. ”

Zou Cheng's meaning is that although these things are very unpleasant to say, in fact, the emperor knows about them. At that time, there was no way to suffer from the disaster, tens of thousands of people were waiting to be fed, and they couldn't find the silver taels for disaster relief.

It was an emergency at the time,

But in fact, it also has a bit of a taste of the next set.

It is equivalent to finding a way to legalize 'residual salt' at that special juncture.

The so-called surplus salt, the salt left over from the stove household's extracurricular class.

Historically, this is indeed the case, in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the rulers had to admit the existence of Yu Yan in disguise when they had no choice because of the leaky finances.

Now the officials dare to speak, so that your emperor will say this when he needs it, and now he doesn't need to change his tone and say no, right?

Unloading the mill and killing the donkey is not like this.

But Gu Zuo is not a vegetarian, he can't handle those officialdom who play tricks and tricks, but he is not afraid of the methods of the officials below to deceive the upper and lower levels.

"What does Ambassador Zou mean that the imperial court should not take care of the overflow of private salt, and the plight of merchants guarding the branch should not be ignored?" As he spoke, he took a sip of hot tea and lowered his eyebrows, "Gu has no intention of arresting people, so why should Ambassador Zou be afraid?" ”

Zou Cheng's heart was pounding, and he said with a smile: "If you are on a bad page." The lower officials were not afraid. It's just a matter of presenting the facts. Moreover, the merchant guarding the branch is not only the private system of the stove household, but also the frequent appearance of occupying the nest, these ...... But these are all questions that cannot be said. ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his finger and pointed to his head.

That means, your old man really wants to solve this problem and come here to show off his martial arts and prestige, obviously the people above have to pay salt in advance.

"It seems that Ambassador Zou is also a loyal minister who cares about the country."

"Hey, where is it, it's just the duty of the minister."

"However, Gu Mou really intends to solve the dilemma of guarding the branch. Moreover, when Gu went out of Beijing, His Majesty had just rejected King Qi's performance of begging for salt, and the Beijing division was full of smart people, and King Qi's invitation was not allowed, and none of the eunuchs and future relatives in the palace would open their mouths again. It can be seen that His Majesty also intends to resolve this matter. Just now, Ambassador Zou said that there was an appearance of occupying the nest, and Gu felt that this matter was not trivial. ”

"Since Ambassador Zou is dedicated to the country and has malpractices in his heart, it is better to join hands with this official and explain this matter to His Majesty!"

Zou Cheng's heart trembled, "What to play?" ”

"Naturally, it's the one who occupies the nest!"

What?!

Zou Cheng was dizzy, and he wanted to look up to the sky and ask: Will this person be an official!

"Bad!" His buttocks were half off the chair, and he said with a certain horror: "If this is neglected, then my Ming officialdom will definitely shake, and the upper errand will also fall into a desperate situation!" ”

"Sacrifice my life for righteousness, I wish it. It was Ambassador Zou who said that the frequent appearance of the elephant of occupying the nest has caused the difficulty of the businessmen to guard the branches, since you said it, how can the official pretend that he did not hear it? Three, what do you think? ”

The three merchants were a little dumbfounded, and they looked at each other and didn't know what to say for a while.

And I don't know what to say, that's what I mean.

Nonsense

Of course, it's cool for businessmen, you officials go to take this risk, ask the emperor this question, and let the emperor punish the people who occupy the nest, once the powerful and internal officials who occupy the nest are restricted, it will naturally be of great benefit to them.

Businessmen value profit over separation.

A matter of great profit, even if they follow Zou Cheng on weekdays, it is inevitable to hesitate at this time.

They made eye contact, and finally the oldest old man in the middle arched his hand and said, "The villain is soft-spoken, everything is up to the top, no matter what, the villains have no opinion." ”

Gu Zuo smiled imperceptibly.

"In any case, the word Zhanwo must be played to His Majesty, otherwise in the future, when His Majesty asks, Ambassador Zou can also say that he has reported to the Imperial History of the Salt Patrol. But how should this official, the imperial history of salt patrol, explain to His Majesty? ”

Zou Cheng wanted to slap himself in the mouth.

Why did someone catch this handle!

And the three salt merchants had a hint of hope in their eyes.

First, Gu Zuolai's banner is to relieve the difficulty of businessmen.

Second, such a firm expression at the moment, this logic is correct.

If this letter is indeed soothed, then these businessmen will have to treat Gu Zuo as a grandfather.

Although it is said that the salt patrol Yushi was also their grandfather, but he didn't do anything that was beneficial to them, this grandfather was just close to each other.

And Zou Cheng will not be on this sparse no matter what,

No matter what Gu Zuo said, even if he explained the emperor's temperament clearly enough, saying that this would not be what the emperor did to him, then Zou Cheng was still unwilling.

In his opinion, this matter was not the emperor's problem.

But other than that, Gu Zuo didn't make any particularly excessive demands and didn't ask him about his guilt on the spot, so Zou Cheng wouldn't have any other actions.

It's just that in this way, this first meeting will inevitably break up unhappily, leaving only superficial politeness to cover up the embarrassment.

But Gu Zuo is in his chest, and then he just waits.

And two more days passed,

The people of the two Huai Salt Envoys and the Yamen have been monitoring the Qin Mission.

In fact, the people of the salt merchant were also looking at Gu Zuo.

“…… Except for poetry and play, there is no other action? Zou Cheng didn't believe in his subordinates' echoes.

"It's really no, we are looking at Qin Cha day and night, he has gone out twice, once to visit his old friends, and once to go out of the city to enjoy the scenery, all of which are in his eyes."

"Friends? What's the old friend? ”

"It's a woman, a prostitute."

Zou Cheng glared at his subordinates, "Then you make it clear, master, I thought it was some kind of old court minister!" ”

"Yes, yes, villain next time."

The salt merchants on the other side were also a little more suspicious,

Those who followed Zou Cheng that day were Luo, Ji, and Tong.

It turned out that they still had some expectations for Gu Zuo, but they came into contact with it that day, and after that, they couldn't see any difference in this Qincha.

Gu Zuo didn't move, and they didn't dare to take risks.

After waiting for a few more days, Gu Zuo also felt that something was wrong, so he quickly adjusted his methods, and he met with some salt merchants again, mainly talking about the issue of guarding the branch.

From this, some people slowly began to believe that this Qincha really came for this matter.

And what really can't wait is not the Luo, Ji, and Tong families, but a small salt merchant named Ye Liyuan, who probably caused the problem of guarding the branch to make the family road fall down, so there is no way, seeing that there is such a life-saving straw as Gu Zuo, he grabs it without caring about anything.

Gu Zuo is also very simple to the kneeling people - I help you, you help me.

"Your three hundred salt citations are not a big number, this official is the imperial history of the salt patrol sealed by His Majesty, even if you go to force it, you can also attract these salts to the branch. But now that the problem of guarding the support is getting more and more serious, why does this official want to help you, you have to give this official a reason. ”

Ye Liyuan's ideological struggle is extremely intense, but in fact, there is nothing to fight for him, and he will kneel here, basically desperate.

That is, this salt patrol imperial history said to solve the guard,

In the past, how could there be officials helping the people? If he doesn't ask you to knock a little money, he is considered a good official.

"What the official wants the villain to do, the villain will do. It's just that the villain is a desperate salt merchant, and he really doesn't know how to help the official. ”

"No, you can help the officer." Gu Zuo stepped forward and pulled the person up, "Although you are not a very big salt merchant, you must know everything about how to do the salt business." So there are many things you can tell the officer. ”

But I don't know...... What does the official want to know? ”

"For example, how do stove households make private salt."

Ye Liyuan brushed his hands and knelt down, "Master Guan, the villain knows many stove households, the stove households are poor people, they have no choice, the imperial court is not even enough to work and rice, if you don't steal some private salt, many people won't be able to live at all!" ”

"The silver in the world is a fixed number, since the stove household has no money, and the merchant also said that he has lost money because of the guarding, then the official does not understand, where did the silver go?"

Ye Liyuan lowered his head, he didn't dare to say anything about it.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao's understanding of the salt law of the Ming Dynasty comes from historical materials, but the emperor can't rely on historical materials to handle the case, he has to rely on real evidence, there are so many twists and turns in the salt law, what occupies the nest and buys the nest, and these cases have to break out, so he can take measures.

You can't tell your courtiers that you've read this history before, right?

So either way, he needed an opportunity.

This is also what Gu Zuo is doing at the moment.

But Ye Liyuan stopped.

He was afraid.

"Call the officials, the silver on the salt has been made greedy by officials at all levels, and the honorable ministers have taken it away, and those salt merchants have been hidden, right? The official salt of the system is not systematized, and the taxes that should be paid are not paid! ”

Ye Liyuan still didn't dare to speak.

He just wanted to pay for his salt so that he could sell it for money. He didn't dare to get involved in the rest of the matter.

At this moment, Gu Zuo's maidservant came over to report, "Master, Ambassador Zou from the Salt Envoy Department is here." ”

It seems that he can't hold it back, knowing that there are constantly salt merchants coming to him.

"Ye Liyuan,"

"The villain is here."

"You go behind the screen first."

"Yes."

After ordering this, he Gu Zuo tidied up his official uniform and raised his hand, "Call him in." ”

At this time, Zou Cheng was already in a hurry,

He sent someone to look at Xingyuan, and naturally knew who came in, what can a small salt merchant do to find a salt patrol imperial history?

Zou Cheng already had an ominous premonition,

Judging from the current situation, Gu Zuo really didn't think about arresting people directly in Yangzhou, but the literati have the knife of the literati, once he grinds the words, he will play all the things here to the court, and play Your Majesty,

How's that to be?

Don't say this guy can't do it!

(End of chapter)