The salt official system of the Ming Dynasty is to set up the transfer of salt envoys in important places, in addition to the two Huai, two Zhejiang, as well as Changlu, Hedong, Shandong, Fujian, and in the border areas, the salt class lifting division is set up, a total of seven, namely Guangdong, Haibei, Sichuan, Yunnan, of which Yunnan has four salt class lifting divisions.

The Salt Transportation Envoy Division and the Salt Division Promotion Division are in charge of different numbers of salt farms, inspection offices and other yamen.

There's more to it, of course.

But in general, the imperial court managed the salt of the whole country through such a system of salt officials, and the salt introduction also came out of these institutions.

Now that the two Huai have found out this kind of corruption, the rest of the salt transportation envoys and the salt department don't have to investigate anymore, and they can have a good official who can be regarded as panning for gold in the sand.

The two Huai salt farms made this appearance, and they also lost the face of the imperial court.

The emperor was furious about this, but no matter how angry he was, he couldn't just want this yamen.

From the cabinet down, the six ministers and the nine secretaries and the officials of the science and technology were all taken aback by this 'willful' move.

Zhu Houzhao flipped through a few notes in a row, but they were all verbose and talked a lot.

In particular, a few old bureaucrats in the Ministry of Rites could not accept this kind of 'deviance'.

The emperor was originally listening to the arrangements for the imperial examination in the autumn, determining the chief and deputy examiners, and the candidates to worship the Confucian Temple on behalf of the emperor, etc., these are not practical in Zhu Houzhao's opinion, but in this era, some processes still have to be followed.

I can't think that it is useless to worship the Confucian Temple, so I won't send someone to go.

These are okay, like Lin Shangshu didn't talk too much because he had more contact with the emperor,

It is some old scholars of the Ministry of Rites, who are full of satisfaction to advise him, and they will call the ancestral system, turbulence and the like.

Zhu Houzhao told them that his head hurts,

"The salt law of the Ming Dynasty has not changed at all since the Hongwu Dynasty to today, can you say that today's salt law is completely consistent with the Hongwu period? Some outdated systems and necessary adjustments have been insisted on since I ascended the throne. Whether it is good or bad is not in my words, nor in your fierce statements, but the key point is to see how effective it will be. ”

"You are all old ministers of the imperial court, and you have been reading the books of saints for a long time. The people are the foundation of the state, and the truth of the state is solid, and I am not suitable to teach you at this age. Nowadays, the two Huai Yun Division has become a hotbed of corruption, and the people and stove households are all harmed by it. ”

The two attendants of the Ministry of Rites knelt before the emperor,

They have gray hair, deep bags under their eyes, and they are called an old man by looking at their posture, according to the report of Jinyiwei, Cao and Liu, the two waiters are usually not troubled, but they are just senior, relying on their reputation in the literary world or the protection of their relatives, they have always got a high-ranking official, and it is no problem to do routine things on weekdays anyway.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has heartfelt words, and he will play it with blood."

Zhu Houzhao took a deep look at the thin, long-faced old man, "Cao Shilang has something to say, although I have won the reputation of the strict king, but if it is really the king who has been convicted for his words, the Ming Dynasty should have been cleared up a long time ago." ”

There is some grumbling in this statement.

Many of the emperor's political actions were not understood, and he also imposed a series of orders, and even killed people, which had some effect. Even Jin Yiwei will give Zhu Houzhao a report, and some undesirable officials often have 'resentful words' in private, and sometimes they are not respectful enough, which is really hateful.

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But Zhu Houzhao did not order strict guards, unless these people began to engage in grandiose and upright behavior. In fact, how can you have a completely good reputation if you kill so many people? It's just that the emperor is indeed diligent and loves the people, so there are also courtiers who agree with him.

So the current situation is that the emperor has grievances, and the ministers have grievances as well. Cao Shilang trembled, kowtowed, and asked in a sad voice: "Your Majesty is proficient in the art of controlling the ministers, but what about the art of controlling the people?!" ”

Zhu Houzhao's eyebrows sank,

"What do you mean?"

"The people are strong and the country is weak, and the people are weak and the country is strong. The way to govern the country lies first in the weak people. In the pre-Qin period, there were five techniques to control the people, the foolish people, the weak people, the tired people, the poor people, and the humiliating people. Your Majesty is lenient and benevolent to the people, and the ministers and other ministers know it, but there are good people and traitors in the world, and Your Majesty treats them very well, so the people are strong and the country is weak......"

"Cao Shilang," Zhu Houzhao directly interrupted him, "The Five Techniques of Harnessing the People are already the words of the Shang Monarch, don't you hear that Emperor Taizu said that the people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are difficult to bully?" When you talk about being poor and humiliating the people, isn't that against the ancestral system? ”

The surname Cao still has to speak,

But Zhu Houzhao stopped him, he can tell the five techniques of controlling the people, which means that many words can't be said together. If you continue to argue with each other, then there is no point.

In fact, from the perspective of rulers, oppressors, and exploiters, these five techniques cannot be said to be without a little truth, as if the Qing Dynasty had the so-called policy of thirty-three taels of silver.

That is to say, an average of a common person spends an average of thirty-six taels of silver a year, and the imperial court restricts the income of the people through various means, making it about thirty-three taels of silver.

It's not starving, it's not strong, and it seems that there is hope. Then ordinary people can only be busy from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and the happiness and satisfaction of life are between the gap of 3 taels of silver, but they are just camels and horses all their lives, and they have pulled rickshaws for a lifetime, and they all think that they are not working hard enough.

Later, the so-called Fang Nu also had the same effect.

At the moment of the Ming Dynasty, all the common people were busy running around to fill their stomachs, so naturally no one would think about whether the imperial court had bullied them and whether the emperor was really the son of heaven, and the corresponding rebellion could not be organized.

But Zhu Houzhao does not agree with this technique of controlling the people.

There's no why, just don't agree. If there is one reason, it is such a court, and he will first rise up and overthrow it.

"Your Majesty!"

"Cao Shilang," Zhu Houzhao also raised his voice a little, and his tone gradually became stern, "I will listen to some persuasions." Some persuasion, if I don't listen to you, don't bite it anymore. That's all I say, as for Shang Ying's Five Techniques of Controlling the People, even if I understand your loyalty, you don't need to mention it in the future. Emperor Taizu started at the end of Qingping, and if he heard such a five-trick technique of controlling the people, I believe that he would also be furious. ”

The emperor did not listen to the admonitions of the officials of the Ministry of Rites,

It does not mean that all of these civil officials have abandoned their previous beliefs.

A few days later, in the early court, there was still a branch of the Taoist official who went to the emperor for this, asking to take back the order and reset the two Huaiyun Divisions.

"Your Majesty's holy spirit is civil and military, inheriting the mandate of heaven, winning the hearts of the people, since his accession to the throne, the people of Wufu are safe, and all parties are happy. Those who listen to the people, so they consolidate the state, and the responsibility of the people depends on the material in the text. In my Ming Dynasty, I respected Confucianism and Taoism, and repaid virtue and merit. Although most of the members of the transportation department are due to bribery, they are the fault of others, not the fault of the transportation department......"

Zhu Houzhao remembered that in his previous life, he watched some TV series of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor sat on the dragon chair, just listening to the chatter of the ministers below. He now has a real experience, so he prefers to handle government affairs in the Qianqing Palace.

But no matter what, he has made up his mind, and that is definitely going to be done.

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There is something temporary, so I'll send a short chapter tonight.