Chu Zhuanglou and his entourage got the news and hurried to the isolation resettlement site, where Yingluo was already waiting outside.

Chu Zhuanglou hurriedly asked, "How is the eldest princess's health?" Why is it so urgent? ”

Yingluo's eyes were red, there were tears in her eyes, and even her voice was hoarse: "You better come with me to see the eldest princess!" ”

A few people couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, could it be that the princess's condition has worsened again?

Chu Zhuanglou and his party followed Yingluo into the isolation point, which was built on a vacant lot, with grass huts and tents, which looked very simple, and all they could see were the painful groans of the patients, the terrible wails, and the doctors and apprentices, whose feet kept piercing between the tents.

I never expected that there would be such a tragic scene like purgatory on earth.

Everyone was stunned.

Chu Zhuanglou's heart was blocked: "I still have a secluded house in Xin'an County, why don't you let the eldest princess go there to recuperate!" ”

Yingluo said in a hoarse voice: "The eldest princess said that this is the best arrangement, so she doesn't bother." ”

Yue Chen's eyes twitched slightly, and he immediately understood what kind of profound righteousness was behind the words of understatement.

There are not enough doctors in the isolation point, and each doctor has to take care of dozens of people at the same time, if the eldest princess moves elsewhere, at least two imperial doctors must be left around to take care of it, which means that there will be dozens of people without a doctor to take care of them.

Huang Jingzhou's face was solemn: "But the eldest princess is golden and noble, how can she recuperate in such a place?" ”

Yingluo lowered her head and didn't speak.

The group walked through the isolation point and came to a remote place, where Yingluo stood outside the tent: "The eldest princess is waiting for you in the tent." ”

Chuzhuang Lou and his party lifted the curtain and entered.

The camp tent is very simple, except for some living utensils, only a long case in the tent is the most eye-catching, on which are placed pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and some official documents.

There is anti-epidemic incense inside, and the strong smell makes people feel a little uncomfortable.

The eldest princess sat in front of the long case in a Xuanxuan robe, looked at them with a smile, and did not wait for them to come forward to salute, so she said, "Sit down and talk!" ”

Chu Zhuanglou saw that the eldest princess looked quite good, but she was not like a patient, and she was faintly uneasy in her heart, thinking of the attitude of the female official Yingluo, an incredible thought emerged in her heart.

He was shocked, and the hand in his sleeve couldn't help but tremble faintly.

Jiang Fuguang didn't pay attention to their expressions, and said softly: "Wen Shaoqing of Dali Temple, a large number of illegal salt has been checked in Hangzhou County, according to statistics, the annual quota of illegal salt in Hangzhou alone is as high as more than 300,000 citations, and the trafficking of smuggling is rampant, which is outrageous. ”

As soon as these words came out, the three people in the audience were taken aback.

Yue Chen's heartstrings vibrate: "It is because the higher the price of official salt, the more smugglers, the stricter the ban on smuggling, the thicker the profits of smugglers, the thicker the profits, the more unprohibitable the activities of making and selling smuggled salt, so the stricter the ban, the more prosperous the smuggling salt." ”

"Then don't ban it." Jiang Fuguang's voice was indifferent.

Chu Zhuanglou is a businessman in the end, and there are some guesses in his heart: "The eldest princess wants to start with official salt, reduce the price of official salt, and make the people afford to eat salt?" ”

He didn't doubt the eldest princess's ability and means, but the matter of private salt was big, and the eldest princess alone might not be able to compete with the vested interests behind the private salt.

Huang Jingzhou frowned: "The salt tax has been regarded as the country's capital since ancient times, and the country's tax revenue, salt accounts for three points, if the eldest princess wants to start with reducing the official salt, it is absolutely impossible." ”

"What if the price of official salt is reduced without harming the interests of the imperial court and allowing the imperial court to benefit?" Jiang Fuguang asked out loud.

Huang Jingzhou's face became solemn: "If the eldest princess really has such a way to get the best of both worlds, Huang is willing to unite with the imperial history of Taichung, who is familiar with the imperial history, to take the lead for the eldest princess." ”

Whenever the new law is implemented in the DPRK, it is indispensable for the Yushitai to promote it.

However, it was not easy for the imperial court to implement the new policies and laws, and behind every new policy and new law was a fierce struggle for power.

If it can be successful, it will go down in history.

But once it fails, it will also be full of disasters.

Huang Jingzhou trusts the eldest princess and is willing to trust her life.

"The price of official salt is not low in all dynasties, and the annual cost of salt alone will not be less than two taels of silver, which is a very burdensome expense for most people's families."

"They can't afford to eat official salt, so they can only eat private salt, because private salt is cheap, each bucket is no more than 300 Wen, the worse the quality, the lower the price, the worst yellow and black salt, only 100 Wen per bucket, or even lower."

"At least half of the people in the Southern Dynasty eat private salt, which is equivalent to the fact that the imperial court collects at least half of the salt tax every year, and the high price of official salt is actually harmful to others and not beneficial to themselves, which is harmful and unprofitable, why continue to implement it? The higher the price of official salt, the real benefit is not the imperial court or the people, but those salt sellers who have lost their conscience. ”

Huang Jingzhou was speechless for a moment.

"On my way to Hangzhou, I borrowed a night in a village near Huai'an, where there are 100 people in a village, with an average life expectancy of more than 40 years.

"If we allow the illegal salt to overflow, this will be the future of our Southern Dynasty."

Yue Chen couldn't help but be moved: "It's actually very easy to curb private salt, the household department selects a famous merchant in the local area, and hands over part of the salt production to the merchant to make, so that the merchant can make salt and sell salt, and the imperial court will collect salt tax from the salt merchant to ensure the imperial court's tax revenue and make the imperial court profitable." ”

"At the same time, in order to ensure their own interests, salt merchants will naturally prevent illegal salt from entering the market and harm their own interests.

Suppress selfishness through business.

Local well-known businessmen, not only have a huge family business, but also have the support of the imperial court, and can easily seize the development of private salt.

Huang Jingzhou shook his head: "There are pros and cons to doing this, in case local salt merchants increase salt production without permission, flow into the market, and evade salt taxes, it will damage the interests of the imperial court." ”

The imperial court gave a quota of 200,000 salt leads.

The salt merchants privately made 300,000 taels of salt, which is equivalent to the fact that they underpaid the salt tax of 100,000 taels of salt every year, and the loss was still the imperial court.

Salt flows into the market, and there is no way to even check it.

"Of course, this situation is inevitable," Yue Chen was a little helpless, "However, salt merchants will not excessively increase salt production, so that a large amount of commercial salt will enter the market, first, it will annoy the imperial court, and second, a large amount of commercial salt will enter the market, which will cause the price of salt to fall, and it will also damage their own interests." ”

"Local famous businessmen, different from ordinary businessmen, they not only have the mind and courage to make money, but also have far beyond the vision of ordinary people, they will not be greedy for small profits, they must first maintain the price of salt in the imperial court, protect their own interests, and increase salt production privately within a controllable range, so that they can make profits."

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