To the extent of the salt law, it is far from enough to crack down on smuggling.

Because corruption has become a common phenomenon, various problems are intertwined.

Just one guard is enough for a headache. In the past few decades, the future production of salt farms has been developed, and it is almost impossible to straighten out the accounts of this.

And the Kaizhong salt method has gradually become what it is today, it can be said that it has been deep, and it is even more impossible to return to the more balanced and mild state in the early years of the Ming Dynasty intact.

Zhu Houzhao's idea is to get rid of all these things,

Except for the ownership of the salt works, everything else will be put down.

At the management level, he only focused on the household department responsible for auctioning off the right to operate the salt works.

Of course, in the process, there is still some tax.

As for the strategic importance of table salt, on the one hand, the imperial court itself can store some salt, and on the other hand, the ownership of the salt farm is still in the hands of the imperial court after all.

If there is really a war, then it is a last resort to ask the salt field to produce salt to supply military supplies first.

However, it is not as simple as saying that a formal institution that has existed since the Hongwu period should be thrown away all at once.

Even the emperor must have a reasonable reason.

And corruption in such a way is a good 'excuse',

Zhu Houzhao was so angry...... It's true that I'm angry, but it's also somewhat performative.

Of course

Acting is a full set, and after he gets angry like this, he will naturally not be in the mood to discuss other things, and he will send them all away with a sentence of 'I'm tired'.

Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Yang Ting and the three of them left the Qianqing Palace in a trance.

"The two Huaiyun Divisions are so corrupt, presumably the actual situation of the salt factories and the batch inspection institutes is not much better. Your Majesty has just recovered from a serious illness, and when you hear such a bad thing, it is really because we are not worried enough about the king. Jiefu, Your Majesty is more important than you, and you were chosen to be the Qincha. It's a great trust. Everything there depends on you. ”

Li Ge said seriously. In any case, the lower officials are the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, and it is their duty to be loyal to the monarch. ”

They said goodbye to each other after a brief greeting,

Xie Qian and Li Dongyang returned to the cabinet together,

"Elder Li Ge, let Zhao Shen check and approve the will, let me draw it up, and submit it to His Majesty's Imperial Review after it is prepared."

Li Dongyang's back is a little hunched, but he is becoming more and more experienced in dealing with the emperor.

“…… It seems that His Majesty does have the intention of abolishing the Salt Transport Envoys and the Salt Division. The salt law also had to be changed. ”

Li Dongyang had spoken to Gu Zuo a few times before, so he understood.

But Xie Qian was at a loss when he heard this, "Abolish the Transportation Division and the Salt Sect Promotion Division?" So who will be in charge of the salt policy of the Ming Dynasty in the future? Shaofu? ”

"No one cares."

"What do you mean?"

"Elder Xie Ge, do you think the illicit salt can be completely eliminated?"

Xie Qian naturally shook his head, "All dynasties and dynasties have had the disadvantages of private salt. ”

"Why?"

"Because the price of private salt is low."

"No, it's because the price of private salt is low, and you can still make a profit." Li Dongyang understands, "Because of the existence of greedy ink, the cost of official salt is always greater than that of private salt, so private salt cannot be eliminated." Unless, it's all private salt. ”

Knowing that he was shocked,

Li Dongyang explained a few more words, "Half a year ago, His Majesty was thinking about how to solve the disadvantages of the salt class. He discussed with Gu Liqing and considered that the right to operate the salt farm could be auctioned. It is equivalent to a kind of lease, that is, the salt merchant pays a sum of silver and obtains the right to use the salt farm for five years, and then returns it after five years. In this way, the imperial court does not have to worry about how salt is produced and sold. All to the salt merchants. ”

Xie Qian was shocked, "But in this way, isn't the salt industry controlled by private individuals?!" ”

"What can a few businessmen control? However, this approach does have its own drawbacks. Of course, the advantage is that the cost of the imperial court is reduced, and all the salt officials starting from the Yunsi can be removed, so that Guang Yulu will also save more than 100,000 taels. At the same time, the imperial court could still obtain salt classes through auctions. ”

Speaking of which,

Zhao Shen's letter should have given the emperor a good excuse.

"If Your Majesty really has this idea, why do you want to make such a big move in Yangzhou?"

"If the imperial court moves like this, it will be easy to push forward the reform of the salt law. Otherwise, where would there be such obedience? ”

The emperor has always been thoughtful in his work.

And if nothing else,

The silver copied from Yangzhou alone will not be less than five million taels.

For the sake of this silver, it is also worth making a move.

Zhu Houzhao also knows this.

But what he has to worry about now is that as an emperor, he has too much wealth in his hands.

Although the situation can be stabilized to a certain extent by strengthening the military and providing relief to the lowest level of the stove households, at least there will be no major chaos, but with such a concentration of wealth, it means that the rich countries and the poor people will be in the long run, and there will be endless troubles in the future.

If the money is spent more slowly, and Yangzhou does not get silver taels, the internal money will probably exceed 10 million taels of silver.

At the same time, there was still a shortage of silver in the Ming Dynasty at this time.

In this way, there is a high probability that the private economy will have problems.

After the officials left,

Zhu Houzhao's emotions stabilized,

He was thinking about spending the money.

More than 100,000 stove households need at least 600,000 taels of silver if they are calculated at three taels of silver per person, and considering that there will still be encroachment in this process, he will have an extra 200,000, so the 800,000 will be spent.

In this way, there are about 4,400,000 taels of silver in the inner pocket.

He has to spend at least another four million taels, so that with Yangzhou's sin silver, there will still be more than five million taels of silver, which is a lot.

“…… Liu Jin, you go and announce the two Shangshu from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites. ”

Liu Jin felt sorry for the emperor, "Your Majesty, I'm tired today, why don't you wait for tomorrow?" ”

Zhu Houzhao is not a guy with a bad brain, especially this serious illness made him realize something.

You can't be in a hurry to do your work, and you can't live long.

In particular, his father, the Emperor, is an example of this.

So after a little thought, "Then let's put them first tomorrow afternoon." ”

"Yes." Liu Jin was overjoyed when he saw that he had succeeded in admonishing him.

He's been in trouble lately, and anything that proves his position in the Emperor's mind is pleasing to him.

Zhu Houzhao twisted his body.

Outside, the sun was slowly setting, and the midday heat was gone. The kiosk by the lake is a little cooler again.

Today, since he didn't deal with government affairs, took a short rest, and continued to recover, he also found some fun for himself.

is to call Qiuyun to play with him.

It's so much more comfortable to have some refreshing food and a good night's sleep at night.

Day 2.

Lin Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Zeng Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, entered the palace according to the will.

Zhu Houzhao's face was a little more ruddy, and the young man's vigor seemed to have returned, "...... I wanted to build a larger library in Beijing. ”

The term library was easier for the ancients to understand.

"The library?"

"Hmm. I know that the imperial court already has Wenyuan Pavilion to collect books and classics. But that's where I read and studied. This time, I want to build a library for ordinary people. ”

Lin Han and Zeng Jian were both a little surprised,

But it's strange...... They can't object either. At the end of the day, there's nothing wrong with that.

"Your Majesty's intention is to use the library to educate the people."

"So to speak."

Lin Han thought about it and didn't think there was any problem, but finally agreed, "This is for the benefit of the present generation, and Ze will be the good governance of future generations!" In this way, my Ming Rite culture will surely flourish! ”

Although Zhu Houzhao doesn't like these two old ministers very much, they are pedantic and not treacherous.

"What I mean is that the library building is located in a selected area in Xicheng, closer to the academy, and the scale is as large as possible, so as not to have enough books in the future. Of course, if the place is not enough to build, then farther away. In short, it must be big first. ”

Zeng Jian didn't understand, "Your Majesty, how big is this?" ”

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while, "How can it accommodate 5,000 people to study here at the same time." ”

"Five thousand?!"

Confucius had 3,000 disciples.

However, Zhu Houzhao calculated according to the number of people who could take the examination, and by the year of the imperial examination, there would basically be about 5,000 people who would enter Beijing.

But the number of people is one thing, and the most important thing is that when you get bigger, you can be all-encompassing and put more books.

And he will not only put Confucian classics, such as military books, history books, agricultural books, and even future books on economics, books from Gewu Academy, and so on.

However, he will not talk about this kind of thing about putting books other than Confucian classics with the two old ministers.

Now it's just a matter of building a library.

Zeng Jian had nothing else to say about this, he only had one thing to say, "I heard that Your Majesty has set up the Beijing Division Planning Department, and a super large building like the Library Building, do you also want Song Sizheng to cooperate?" ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded, "It's no problem, I'll talk about it." ”

In addition, the nature of the library will also be non-profit.

Because it is aimed at ordinary people, it will actually allow everyone to enter it freely and for free

As a nation, we attach great importance to education. At this time, there is no theory that reading is useless, at this time everything is inferior, only reading is high.

But in ancient times, reading was not an easy task, and if the family was poor, where did the books come from?

And if the imperial court creates a treasure trove of knowledge and opens it to the outside world, who says that there will be no military geniuses who have read military books and talents who are good at internal affairs who are good at economics?

Suffice it to say, this is where the future surprises lie.