The cooks threw all the worries of the past few days to Chen Hua and left happily.

When only Xu He and this unlucky county leader were left in the hall, Chen Hua could no longer suppress the fire, pointed at Xu He and reprimanded loudly: "Xu He, Zhuzi, dare to harm me!" ”

Xu He sat in the hall, picked up a white porcelain bowl, gently blew the foam on the teacup, and took a sip unhurriedly, before Shi Shiran finally spoke: "Chen Xianzun, we are now grasshoppers on a rope, I think you better be quiet, think about how to write a chapter!" ”

"You!" Chen Hua couldn't stand this guy's posture the most, so he simply didn't turn his head and said dryly: "I don't write!" ”

When Xu He heard this, he got up and put his hands together in the shape of a trumpet at his mouth......

Chen Xianzun repented...... Hmmm......"

Before he finished speaking, Chen Hua, who was as passive as a rabbit, covered his mouth: "Don't hurt me, you kid!" ”

Xu He pulled his hand down, smiled at Chen Hua and said, "Lord County, don't worry, the reason why students do this is for your own good!" ”

Chen Hua glanced at Xu He, and said angrily: "According to what you say, I still have to thank you?" ”

Xu He laughed and said, "You're welcome!" ”

Chen Hua was speechless, in the face of this helpless young man, he had no way at all.

Xu He took two more sips of tea, and finally withdrew his lazy and scoundrel appearance, sat up straight, and said, "I want to ask the county lord something, I don't know if it's okay!" ”

Chen Hua pursed his lips and said angrily: "How powerful a person you Xu Gongzi are, you are so skillful, what else do you want to ask this official?" ”

Xu He knew that he was angry in his heart, so he didn't get angry and said to himself: "My lord, your family was also born in Zaoding, it stands to reason that you should know a lot about my salt industry in Dawei, according to you, obviously the big guy can rely on the sea to eat the sea, such good conditions, why was he forced to live in the end?" ”

This passage made Chen Hua fall into deep thought unconsciously, and after a while, he reluctantly said: "It's just that the imperial court's salt tax is too heavy, and the local exploitation is fierce!" ”

Xu He nodded: "It's not wrong for my lord to say so, but have you ever thought that today's Kaizhong Law has existed in name only and can't keep up with the times?" ”

Chen Hua nodded when he heard this: "The opening of the Chinese law is the salt law established by the imperial court to defend against the enemies of the grassland at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, but now it seems that it has drawbacks!" ”

The so-called Kaizhong Law is to call on merchants to transport grain to the border pass and hand it over to the border army, and then the border army will issue a certificate to the salt division in exchange for salt, and then the merchant will take the salt to the salt field to exchange for salt, and finally the merchant will traffic the salt to the salt specified areas of the major salt divisions.

Before the implementation of the Kaizhong Law, it was the stove that produced salt and sold it to the state, and the merchants took the silver to buy salt, and finally the government obtained funds through the sale of official salt, most of which was handed over to the state treasury, and a small part was used to pay for the work of the stoves and the administrative costs of the imperial salt department.

In this mode of operation, the operation process of the fund is probably like this, salt merchant ~ salt division ~ imperial court ~ fund use department ~ stove ding.

And the law of opening is the salt merchant ~ the nine-sided border army ~ the salt division ~ the imperial court ~ the department for the use of funds ~ stove ding.

Add an additional step of material circulation in the middle...... Go to the border to collect food.

When smart people see this fund operation table, they probably already know the disadvantages of opening the Chinese law.

First, there are more court departments in circulation, more officials are handled, and there are more losses in exploitation, and merchants increase costs, so they naturally have to make up for it on the stove households and buyers, so that not only the benefits of the stoves are smaller, but also the cost of salt for the people has also increased.

So in that case, is the merchant all right?

No, it increases circulation, that is, it increases the risk, and if something goes wrong in these processes, it will be bankrupt in an instant.

And what about the imperial court?

The imperial court did not reap greater benefits through the opening of the Chinese law, because the merchants, stoves, and the common people did not benefit, resulting in everyone's enthusiasm for official salt is not high, and the official salt is not sold well, which naturally hinders the enthusiasm for production.

In the entire Kaizhong Law, it is estimated that only officials at all levels will benefit.

Isn't it useless to open the Chinese law?

No, if you rely on the imperial court to transport grain to the border, it is also a matter of great loss, especially from Huguang, a major grain-producing province to Shanxi, Shaanxi, ten stops of grain loss alone will consume seventy percent, and the imperial court will not be able to bear it.

Xu He was also very surprised when he talked to Xie Kun at this time.

However, we also have to sigh that the opening of China and France is an inevitable product of history and cannot be denied in general.

It can only be said that the original Kaizhong Law is a kind of emergency situation and a financial supplementary measure, and its role is that when there is an unexpected demand for military supply, the use of the Kaizhong Law can make the materials "fly" to come, instead of requisitioning and conscription, laboring the people and losing money, causing a huge social crisis.

But after all, this is a special method at a special time, when the imperial court border is peaceful, the supply is greater than the demand, the salt quota issued by the imperial court to the nine sides is naturally reduced, and the salt quota is reduced due to the fact that the merchants make less money, and the amount of salt produced by the salt households is less.

At this time, the salt tyrants relied on accumulation to collect production tools to control the stove and help them produce illicit salt.

Over time, even if there is really a border provocation, the imperial court will not be able to produce quotas for salt farms.

"Therefore, Kaizhongfa has reached the point where it needs to be changed, and it must be changed, otherwise what happened in the Lianghuai Salt Division this time will be swept across the country!"

Xu He's words made Chen Hua stunned.

That's right, he realized the drawbacks of the Kaizhong method, but he didn't analyze it like Xu He, and he was clear and organized.

Moreover, thinking of the recent rebellion in the southeast, the six major salt divisions of the imperial court are all coastal except for a few others.

If the rebellion is added to the rebellion, then from Beijing and Tianjin to Guangfu, it will stretch for thousands of miles, and then the Great Wei will ......

Thinking of this, Chen Hua broke out in a cold sweat.

Xu He knew that Chen Hua had already listened to what he had just said, so he hit the railway while it was hot: "Lord County, although Xu He is running for the Xu Mansion, he can't bear to suffer from the misery of the world!" Please play the role of our Dawei This dangerous situation, this is also the heart of the students to serve the country with a little fist, please be enlightened! ”

Chen Hua wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and asked in an almost trembling voice, "For today's plan, what should I do...... What should I do? ”

Xu He nodded, signaled him to be calm, and then said slowly: "The student has two strategies!" ”

"One, rectify the salt division!"

"Second, reform the imperial court salt law!"