Zhu Yijun asked Governor Li Chengliang to do this, naturally with the intention of mobilizing troops.

As for why the troops were moved?

The reason is simple.

The purpose of this rectification of the salt administration was to bring all the salt mines under the control of the imperial court's own production and distribution.

This means that the stove households will no longer be able to make salt for the imperial court.

In addition, the major salt merchants no longer had to sell official salt for the imperial court.

At the same time, the imperial court should also intensify its efforts to crack down on illicit salt.

Arguably.

This is simply the root of digging stove households and salt merchants, completely cutting off their financial routes!

Even if they do not rebel directly, they will mobilize the salt they control to rebel against the smugglers and protect their own interests.

Don't underestimate these stove households and salt merchants.

Needless to say, the big salt merchants are all rich and rival the country, and the bigger salt merchants behind the scenes are actually big landlords such as vassal kings, nobles, and gentry.

Most of the stove households are local heroes.

The salt and smuggling salt dealers who are raised dare to fight hard and are good at fighting, and most of them are outlaws.

Otherwise, you won't be able to do the salt business.

Therefore, now, if the imperial court wants to rectify the salt policy in this way, it must use troops.

Fortunately, Zhu Yijun had already adopted Qi Jiguang's proposal, and used his prestige in several foreign conquests and personal expeditions to the northwest, as well as the support of Qi Jiguang and others, to make the army not allowed to do business in the way of your army.

Otherwise, Zhu Yijun would not be able to easily and directly mobilize troops to rectify the salt administration.

Because, no one can be sure that if this is not done in advance, the army will also be involved in the salt industry.

"Originally, I planned to have a good talk with them, let them hand over the salt and profits with dignity, and transform them with dignity, but if they don't give me dignity, I can only let him taste the iron fist of the imperial court!"

Zhu Yijun said: "Spread the decree, in the name of escorting the various clans, transfer troops to take salt, no matter who dares to obstruct the rectification of the salt administration, don't talk about killing!" ”

"Yes!"

Li Chengliang replied, and called all the Privy Council officials who accompanied him to him, and instructed:

"On the side of the sailor, let Weng Yuanhou personally lead his troops to Donghaiwei;"

"On the army side, let the general Yang Yuan, the general Yang Shaoyuan, and the general Gao Ce lead their troops to Xuzhou, Huai'an, and Yangzhou respectively, and transfer Wang Rulong's troops to the southern capital to strengthen the guard, and the rest of the troops are all mobile and obey orders at any time."

As a result, large-scale troop movements began to occur throughout the Jianghuai region.

The salt merchants of Yangzhou soon sensed that something was wrong.

"What is the court going to do?"

Fan Shanjun came to Ye's garden early in the morning and asked about Ye Shanzong.

Ye Shanzong said: "I don't know, it is rumored that it is to escort the vassal king to the southern capital." ”

"Escorting the vassal king should not raise troops on such a large scale, I have a hunch that the Son of Heaven should be targeting us by doing this."

Fan Shanjun said.

Ye Shanzong asked, "How to target?" ”

Fan Shanjun said: "I don't know, now the news of the imperial court is very tightly controlled, and I can't inquire about it for a while." ”

"Report!"

"Our people in the court have sent news that the imperial court has issued an order to rectify the salt administration, and all salt mines will no longer be produced by stove households, but will be directly produced by the imperial court, and salt will no longer be transported and sold by merchants, but by the government-run commercial houses at all levels of the imperial court."

At this time, Fan Shanjun's henchman Ning Gui walked over quickly and conveyed a message.

Both of them were shocked when they heard this.

Fan Shanjun was the first to react and said, "The imperial court is going to dig up our roots!" ”

Ye Shanzong also followed after a while and said, "What a big stroke!" ”

Then, Ye Shanzong looked at Fan Shanjun: "What should we do?" ”

"Salt cut!"

Fan Shanjun said: "Didn't we discuss it before, if the imperial court does not allow us to do this salt business, we will cut off the salt!" Let the place where Huai salt is eaten, the military and civilians can't eat salt! ”

Ye Shanzong nodded solemnly: "Then cut off the salt!" ”

Like Fan, Ye and others, salt merchants stopped selling salt one after another.

The price of salt skyrocketed.

Many of the people panicked and had to search for salt at high prices.

And the salt merchants are still just cutting off the salt.

Stove households and smuggled salt dealers, as well as salt merchants and stove households, were directly armed against the imperial court to take away the salt works.

"Kill!"

Zeng Shishu, a stove household, brazenly united with the smuggler Cheng Daqi and others to gather more than 3,000 salt dings to rebel, and rushed to the Yanchang Hai'an Town, intending to plunder Hai'an Town, to strengthen the momentum, and recruit ruffians and hooligans to expand the ranks.

When Zeng Shishu was still ordering the raid of Hai'an Town, he said to Cheng Daqi with a fierce face: "Since the imperial court does not allow us to boil salt, we want to cook it ourselves, then what do we want this imperial court to do!" It's better to be the son of heaven yourself! ”

"That's right! As a first-class hero in the world, Brother Zeng has thousands of brothers and thousands of family wealth, why look at the face of his Zhu family, as the saying goes, if you are willing to cut off your body, dare to pull the emperor off the horse, if you don't let us live, we won't let them live! ”

Cheng Daqi also chimed in.

However, Hai'an Town had already garrisoned the commander-in-chief Zhuang Dingguo's 500 pro-army guards.

Therefore, when Zeng Shishu and Cheng Daqi led more than 3,000 salt dings to attack Hai'an Town, they saw that Hai'an Town had dug several trenches and several low walls.

"I've been on guard for a long time!"

"It seems that this court has already transferred troops first."

As a result, Zeng Shi Shutun felt uneasy.

Cheng Daqi said: "Fight a dozen first, if you can't fight, go to Fu'an Town, when my brother and I were Haikou, there were also governors who strengthened their defenses in advance, but not all officials and soldiers dare to fight, there are always those who are afraid of death, so they generally fight if they can fight, and if they can't fight, they will go to fight other towns, and there is always a chance to fight one, as long as they fight a town and a county, they will not lose!" ”

Zeng Shishu nodded: "Then pass the order, immediately attack Hai'an Town, capture Hai'an Town Villain, and reward five hundred taels of silver!" ”

Boom!

However, at this time, Zhuang Dingguo, the commander of Hai'an Town, had personally led three hundred horseback infantry troops, rode around behind these people, and dismounted and walked towards these salts with their own firearms.

Bang bang!

The dense barrage of shells knocked the salt, which was also armed with Western firearms, to the ground.

Zeng Shishu was defeated on the spot.

Zeng Shishu and Cheng Daqi only led hundreds of salt dings to Fu'an Town in embarrassment.

Zhuang Dingguo did not lead his troops to pursue, because his task was only to hold Hai'an Town, and Fu'an Town was guarded by other officers and troops.

What these stove households and smugglers don't know is that the Ming Privy Council has transferred a large number of troops and horses to Lianghuai, so that all the key towns in Lianghuai are heavily guarded.

It can be described as a heavy gathering of troops.

It's really like a big iron fist, falling from the sky and smashing into the two Huai earths.

Local soldiers are only responsible for patrolling.

And Zeng Shishu and Cheng Daqi's forces naturally did not take down Hai'an Town next, and finally only died at sea and were exterminated by the sailors.

Unlike Zeng Shishu and Cheng Daqi, there are also stove households who choose to resist according to the salt pool.

When Shen Zhengyi, who was in charge of the salt collection field, came to Jinshachang in person, the stove owner Haoqiang Luo Wence directly led more than 2,000 salt merchants who transported salt and more than 1,000 smuggled salt dealers he bought.

"We can only accept that we will no longer sell salt to private individuals, and honestly sell all of it to the government in the future, but you can't take away the salt pond! Take away the salt pond, so that we have no way to live, we can only fight hard! ”

When Luo Wence refused to surrender to the official army, he also loudly stated his reasons.

"Fart!"

Chen Yixiu, the soldier who was in charge of recruiting Luo Wence, scolded directly and loudly, and said: "You stove households have been selling salt to private salt dealers privately over the years, which one is not a lot of money, not a family fortune of 100,000 million, even if you don't do anything, you can eat and wear for a few lifetimes without worrying, not to mention, there are still fields and land in each family and other industries, and now you just don't want to lose the most profitable business. ”

"If there is a kind, you will come, these people raised by Lao Tzu are not vegetarians!"

Luo Wence is obviously a brave and ruthless person, and immediately refused.

As a result, the official army immediately began an armed attack, and the artillery and the big guns launched an attack on the village in stages.

Within an hour, Jinshachang's Luojiazhai was breached, and Luo Wence himself was killed.

When Shen Cheng entered Jinshachang under the escort of Zhao Wenming of the Chinese army, the blood in many places had not yet dried up, the corpses had not been moved, and even the salt that was really boiling salt was still boiling salt, and the sound of boiling brine kept ringing.

It was only after Shen Yi came that Chen Yixiu, the soldier, ordered these salts to stop boiling salt and came to see Qincha.

But Shen Zheng said at this time: "This matter has nothing to do with their boiling salt, let them not stop, continue to cook!" ”

"Although Hedong salt and Sichuan salt have been shipped, it is naturally a good thing that the salt can be more productive."

Then, Shen said again.

Although, according to the regulations on the reform of the salt administration, these salters who were really responsible for the production of salt were to be uniformly organized into state-owned employees of the Daming Salt Industry Headquarters, Shen had always clearly intended to turn them directly into state-owned employees without informing them and asking them for their opinions.

Chen Yixiu had no choice but to say yes here, and conveyed the order.

"Don't stop, keep cooking!"

"Don't stop, keep cooking!"

So, not long after, the sound of boiling brine sounded again.

Shen always watched this scene with great enjoyment, and ordered: "Collect the salt here, let those Guanzheng Jinshi who came here to intern immediately count the account books, send the hired silver directly to the Yanding family, and then go to the next one!" Be quick! ”

Therefore, it didn't take long for the families of these salt-boiling salters to be called according to the roster, and they all lined up to receive silver dollars, and the salt-boiling salt-boiling salts became more and more energetic when they saw this.

Meanwhile.

Local officials and officials of the Daming Bank are issuing loans and salt monopoly certificates to people who have special loans for interest-free salt ordering and salt monopoly certificates.

And Pan Jitao, the secretary of the household department, personally took a group of Guanzheng Jinshi to refute the application materials of these special loans and salt monopoly certificates.

The so-called refusal is to review and reject to prevent someone from colluding with local officials and falsifying materials.

In the end, a large number of ordinary people obtained the qualification to monopolize salt and special financial support.

Soon, many people discovered that small grocery stores near their homes were selling cheap salt.

"Is this salt, fidelity?"

Laidi was in the market near her home that day, and found a grocery store that sold cheap salt, and asked the owner of the shop. (End of chapter)