Pei Shuying is a very good person to get along with, she used to be straightforward, and it was easy to offend people if she didn't listen to her words, but later she became a mother and changed a lot.

Especially in a high position, I know that I say too much and make mistakes, so I have developed the habit of talking less.

Of course, this is in front of outsiders.

She looked at Cui Yi outside the hall gate for a while, whispered a few words to Chen Shuyi, and left.

Cui Yi was even more at a loss, he thought that Pei Shuying would ask her long and short questions when she asked her out, but who knew that she didn't say anything.

The first impression is very important, and Pei Shuying left Cui Yi with an impression that this mother-in-law is not easy to mess with.

Dugu Huaien, the leader of the Hedong Refining Field, came to Luoyang, and Yang Ming asked him to come.

The country wants to reclaim wasteland and needs agricultural tools, and Yang Ming asked him to come to Taifu Temple to discuss the purchase of tools.

This year, the top priority of the imperial court is to measure the acres of land throughout the country, reclaim the barren land, and try to let the people have more acres of land in their hands.

The people have more acres of land in their hands, which has no impact on the state's taxation, because the Great Sui pays taxes on a per capita basis, but it is of great significance to the stability of the country.

When they have more land, they will have more food, and they will have spare money to spend, which can boost the domestic economy.

Then the development of handicrafts will be on the agenda.

Ancient commerce came from three main aspects, trade, handicrafts and agriculture, of which trade was based on the latter two.

Yang Ming believes that the handicraft industry can gradually change from a government-run official supervision to a private official supervision, that is, the state has opened up a monopoly in some industries.

On this point, the Saga gate valve is very supportive, why? Today's private office is actually run by a family, can the people do it?

And the official governor is to supervise the private people not to mess around, such as casting weapons privately.

"You can properly flow out some smelting processes, and find some people to try it this year to see the effect," Yang Ming said at the court meeting.

First of all, the Pei family is willing to take on this project, the largest refining ground in Dasui is in Hedong, and the Pei family has gradually mastered the core technology after several years of infiltration.

It can be said that as long as the state approves it, people can now pull up a few refining fields in an instant.

So Pei Yun said: "The land east of the river is densely covered with salt and iron, so it is suitable to go first." ”

"Okay, then find some people from Hedong and allow them to open a refining field," Yang Ming smiled.

Do you think you're going to do it for nothing? The handicraft industry is privately run, it is necessary to collect heavy taxes, very ruthless taxes, the products you manufacture, will be controlled by the imperial court, sold high, the imperial court does not allow, sold low, the tax is too heavy will lose money.

Therefore, we can only reduce the quality of the product, so the idea of pursuing process innovation will increase, so as to promote process improvement, and the sales will be very good, because it is cheap.

This is a big cake, a family like the Pei family, there is a kind of hopeless side branch in the family, which is dedicated to making money for the family, and there are experts from all walks of life, so it is easy to get started.

But you have to control it, otherwise there will be chaos.

In addition, in the south and north, Yang Ming will give twenty places, three in Shanxi, five in Hebei, two in Shandong, four in Henan, six in the Jianghuai region, Lingnan and Longyoudao, no.

If these refineries were built, they would only account for one-tenth of the country's total, but they would provide nine-tenths of the tax revenue.

It sounds sad, but that's what it does.

After the country recovers, it will continue to inherit the system of opening the emperor and implement no taxes.

Yes, the policy after the founding of the Great Sui was no tax, because iron was official during the Kaihuang period.

Salt and wine were abolished by Yang Jian, neither monopoly nor taxation, and Yang Jian formulated a national policy: the benefits of salt were shared with the people.

Then Yang Ming is tantamount to abolishing the last iron monopoly.

After Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, he has been short of money for so many years, and he never thought about taxing salt from the salt in history, until the tenth year of Kaiyuan, after the Anshi Rebellion, Tang Suzong levied a salt tax in order to raise funds for the counterinsurgency.

"The salt matter is now a civil system, official revenue, official transportation, and official sales," Yang Ming said: "Now it is also necessary to change it to a civil system, official revenue, official sales, commercial transportation, and commercial sales, so as to save state expenses and use salt merchants to expand sales." ”

Cui Mintao frowned and said, "Then how should the salt merchant be defined?" Who can be a salt merchant? ”

"Set up salt merchants as professional household registration, for generations, from father to son, and the imperial court selects suitable people in the local area," Yang Ming said.

The eyes of the group at the bottom suddenly lit up, good guys, we can sell salt too.

Yang Ming continued: "Those who are salt households, the family is not allowed to enter the office, and the same is true for future generations, they can only sell salt, not other things, and their ancestors are three generations, and there are no officials. ”

It is equivalent to not allowing the family to interfere, because in the Great Sui, your ancestors can be officials in the Great Sui for at most three generations, and the fourth generation is the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi, and the Great Sui does not recognize the officials of the old dynasty.

Now the ministers are in a trance again, that is to say, those who sell salt will always sell salt, but this is easy to say, there are policies and countermeasures, and we can control it behind the scenes.

Of course, Yang Ming also calculated, so the official sale is aimed at the family, first of all, the civil system, but it can only be sold to the government, and then the government sells to the salt merchants, the kind of salt merchants supported by the family, if I don't sell it to you, then there will be no supply.

Therefore, the director of Yanchi must be a person from a poor family, and Yang Ming supports him behind his back and lets them work against the gate valve.

The Great Sui has four prisons in the salt pond, that is, the east, west, south, and north of the four prisons, which belong to the province of Menxia, and are only the officials of the eight products.

But Yang Ming mentioned Zheng Wupin at once, and changed four people in one breath, Yushitai Lu Zhiming, Chen Xiaoyi of Southwest Xingtai Province, Huang Fenglin of Donggong, and Kong Yingda, Guozijian.

Open monopoly is good for the family, but it is even better for the country, so what Yang Ming has to do is to squeeze the interests of the family and strive for the interests of the country as much as possible, of course, to master a degree.

After all, he doesn't have the ability to clean up the family now, but he has to rely on the family, but the abolition of the monopoly on salt will take a year or two to prepare, he is not as anxious as Yang Guang, take your time, I can't do it, my son will do it, and my grandson will do it.

After the court meeting, there was also a small court meeting, and the participants were just a few big guys.

What they have to say between them is definitely something that cannot be said at the court meeting.

"A canal to maintain nearly 6,000 boats, this is a huge amount of investment, you say, how to solve it?" Yang Ming asked.

These 6,000 boats are Yang Guang's cruising fleet, half of which cannot be used by others, but needs to be maintained every year at the expense of the state treasury.

Now that Yang Guang is no longer able to cruise the Jiangdu, even if Yang Ming goes in the future, he will not make such a big fuss, so he needs to deal with the half of the big ship now.

If it is brought up in the court, it is equivalent to telling everyone that Yang Guang will not come back, which is not appropriate.

Pei Ju said: "Sell it, you can temporarily solve the urgent need at the moment, the number of arrears of the state abroad is too large, and you can also deal with these ships in an emergency." ”

Yang Ming smiled, no one else dared to say it, you said it, it's good.

After the others glanced at each other, they also agreed with Pei Ju's meaning.

"Luoyang is the hub of the canal, and the treasury just owes a lot of money to these families in Luoyang, so why don't you give it to them?" Cui Mintao suggested.

Dugu Su nodded: "I can do it here." ”

What can you do? I don't even plan to pay back your money, and you still pay me back?

Yang Ming said with a smile: "Solve the other family first, and then talk about your problem, Tongji Canal Dugu family and Xiao family eat at both ends, and the other family takes the boat, so you have to share some with others in the canal trade, you have eaten for so many years, and some are not even, and it is not easy for me to explain here." ”

In fact, it is to weaken the monopoly of the Dugu family and the Xiao family on the canal, and they have been eating for more than ten years, and they are too fat.

Regarding this aspect, there are more people who have opinions, in the past, it was a war, and these two families were playing hard to support logistics, but now there is no chaos, and many people have begun to be dissatisfied.

Dugu Su himself also knows in his heart that a Tongji canal, the largest trade route between the south and the north, to put it mildly, he and the Xiao family can't eat.

Now that the country is gradually on the right track, there is no doubt that the trade between the North and the South will prosper again, and there must be many people who think about them.

If you don't let go at this time, something big will happen.

The reason why the family gate valve stands tall is because it knows how to advance and retreat.

"Your Highness, whatever you arrange, the ministers will listen to you," Dugu Su said.

Yang Ming nodded: "This Ministry of Industry wants to discuss, open half of the trade to the people, and you will divide the rest, now that the country is in decline, we will give blood transfusion to the people, and when the situation improves in the future, we will discuss it again." ”

In fact, as long as there is no more war, the country will not allow the tyrants to monopolize the canal, and the concentration during the war is also for the convenience of the country.

Dugu Su nodded with a look of pity.

Good luck will not last a lifetime, people live for a lifetime, there are always ups and downs, and blessings and misfortunes depend on each other.

After the end of the small court, Pei Ju came to Dugu Su with a smile, and the two walked together:

"Zhao Guogong, don't be sad, the prince is also for the overall situation, all parties have repeatedly complained about your occupation of the Tongji Canal, and the Yushitai side has also sued a lot, and the prince is also difficult."

Dugu Su said with a smile: "The old man naturally knows the difficulties of the prince, the family business is big, and it is normal for others to be red, there will be gains and losses, the old man doesn't care." ”

"I heard that your daughter is pregnant again, so I will congratulate Zhao Guo first," Pei Yun smiled with a smile.

Dugu Feng'er is pregnant again, because she lives with Gao Yue, and when Yang Ming usually spoils Gao Yue, he will also go to her for a change of taste.

In the East Palace, except for Yang Yinjiang who is three and Pei Shuying who is two, the others are all one, because they are all small.

It's not that you don't want to have children, it's that you can't have more children, this is the rule, except for Yang Pei and the others, there is no restriction on having children, and others can have up to two.

It's an unwritten rule.

Dugu Su smiled and said, "This is the blessing of the little girl." ”

"Alas" Pei Yun sighed: "The world is impermanent, if it weren't for the incident back then, Zhao Guogong would probably already be a group of grandsons." ”

Dugu Su's face remained unchanged and smiled slightly.

Pei Yun is alluding to the fact that Dugu Feng'er was crazy back then, if she wasn't crazy, no one would be able to snatch her position as the concubine, after all, Feng'er was covered by Dugu Jialuo.

If Dugu Feng'er is a concubine, she can give birth at will, and the more she has, the higher her status.

Dugu Su also knows that there must be someone behind this old case, otherwise her daughter will not stay in Luoyang after she recovers from her illness.

"Pei Shangshu brings up the old thing again, is it to remind the old man of something?" Dugu Su said with a smile.

Pei Yun laughed: "Zhao Gong is too worried, what can I remind?" I'm just an outsider, and I don't know what it was like back then, but I suddenly remembered it and felt sorry. ”

"The old things have gone with the wind, and the sad things don't have to be mentioned again," said Dugu Su and left.

However, he didn't go far, but waited until Pei Yun returned to Shangshu Province, and then went back to the East Palace, under the pretext of visiting his pregnant daughter.

"You've already remembered that incident back then, haven't you?" Dugu retreated from the maid and said to his daughter.

Dugu Feng'er frowned and said, "Why do you ask this?" Didn't think about it. ”

"Tsk~~~ You kid, I'm asking you what to do?" Dugu said with a straight face.

Dugu Feng'er raised her eyebrows and said, "I'm telling the truth, you don't believe it." ”

"Hehe, Zhinu Mo Ruo's father, you were raised by me, I don't know you yet?" Dugu said: "What is there that is unspeakable, can't I tell your grandfather?" ”

Dugu Feng'er smiled: "Don't think about it too much, help the prince deal with state affairs." ”

Dugu Su asked for a long time, but there was no result, and he left in a huff.

The daughter's incident was a thorn in the Dugu family back then, and it was not that the clan had not investigated it at that time, but there was no result.

Originally, Dugu Su also let go and didn't think about it anymore, but later after his daughter came to Luoyang to visit relatives, he refused to return to the prince, and he knew that there was a problem.

There must be a reason why her daughter refuses to go back because of her deep affection for the prince.

The reason is not on the prince, but on the prince's group of female dependents.

There were only a handful of people who had the ability to start in Queen Dugu's Yong'an Palace back then, and among Yang Ming's harem, only the Yang and Pei families had this ability and this motive.

Because Yang Yinjiang and Pei Shuying married Yang Ming one after the other, if it weren't for Yang Su being Yang Guang's Jin King Party at that time, who would have suppressed whom, maybe it wouldn't have been.

At that time, Yang Su was extremely important to Duguhou, and Pei Ju was the internal historian, the nearest minister by Yang Jian's side, and he could enter and leave the palace at will, and only the two of them could do it.

Gao Xi can also enter Yong'an Palace casually, but Gao Xi will not do such a thing.

Dugu Su had only suspected these two, but today, he suspected one, because Pei Yunming was reminding him.

Although the other party didn't say anything, there was a provocative meaning in and out of his words, and he seemed to be inducing himself to continue to investigate the matter, that is to say, the Pei family knew who did it, but they wouldn't tell you, let you figure it out yourself.

The more Dugu thought about it, the more angry he became, he didn't expect Yang Ming to be the prince back then, so he didn't take this matter seriously, and now it's too late to regret it.

He simply didn't go to the official office, and went home directly to find Dugu Bailou.

Thinking about asking more carefully, I may be able to ask some clues from her.

After Yang Ming took power, Dugu Su resumed his old position, and Dongdu Yin concurrently served as General Zuo Houwei, plus the family made a great contribution in the process of palace change, and the family also had a lot of weight in the court.

Take a break in the morning, return in the afternoon, the funeral is over, today is still a chapter, brothers, because my uncle is three daughters, two uncles and two daughters, my father is the third, I am the eldest grandson, so there are more things, our custom women can not go to the cemetery, so I have to go when I am buried, I also went back to my hometown this time to know, my grandfather was with his brother from Linxian County, Henan, fled to Shanxi, and then started a family here, my grandfather is a native of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, a party member and soldier before the founding of the country, I was injured in Luoyang and settled in Shanxi by the country, and I used to be a company commander, so I am a mixed race in Shaanxi, Henan, and Shanxi provinces, haha.

(End of chapter)