Wang Che's order was issued, and the entire Yancheng was as if the sky had fallen. The homes of a large number of nobles, officials, and merchants were surrounded by soldiers, and then all of them were locked up and taken to prison.

The courtyards, property, acres, and shops of these people were all seized, and the servants were dismissed after they were confirmed. In the whole city, all the nobles, officials, and merchants were trembling, for fear that when they got up the next morning, they would be surrounded by large soldiers outside the door.

As for sneaking away? That's a felony, not to mention that the city gate is guarded, and you can't get out at all.

Yancheng was prosperous because of salt in the past, and now there are a large number of salt merchants in the city, and all those salt merchants involved in it have to be exiled. Some of these salt merchants have been in the business for several generations or even more than a dozen generations, accumulating huge wealth, but they are still not greedy enough and collude with those officials to sell illicit salt.

Except for a few who were killed, all of the rest were exiled to Ryukyu Island or Fuso Island.

The people of Yancheng were very happy to see those high-ranking officials, nobles, and businessmen in the past being locked up and taken to prison one by one and their homes raided. After all, after these people colluded with each other, they were already a little unscrupulous.

The imperial court's action this time was very big, and the total number of people who were exiled in the entire Yancheng was close to 10,000.

A large number of official positions were vacant, and half of the salt merchants in the city were also gone this time, and the remaining salt merchants were looking for connections to take the vacant share.

At the same time, Tingwei continued to investigate, and even many noble officials in Huai'an were taken down, and the entire Huai'an was panicked. But fortunately, this turmoil came and went quickly, and the court was not implicated too much.

However, this time, the raiders gained a lot. I have to say that the wealth of salt merchants is rare in the world, and the salt merchants in Yancheng have accumulated a lot of wealth, and this time only the salt merchants have been confiscated more than two million silver coins, as for other houses, manors, and shops, there are countless others.

The wealth confiscated from the homes of officials who colluded with the salt merchants in the salt works was even more than that, and the imperial court finally seized more than four million silver dollars.

After seeing the figure of more than six million silver dollars, Wang Che was also shocked. This number is already more than the number of cases seized in the Guanzhong case.

"Jiang Jie, you said that they are already so rich, why do they still do these illegal things for profit?" Wang Che stood on the tower of Jinling City and looked into the distance.

"Your Majesty, people die for money, birds die for food, these people are innocent of death!" The waiter behind him said respectfully.

"Birds die for food, but birds die if they don't eat, and there is a time when they are full, but the greed of those people has no end, and it is indeed innocent of death!" Wang Che turned around and said.

After seeing the results of the disposal, Wang Che then agreed to approve it. Next, Wang Che summoned his entourage of ministers and began to clean up the aftermath of the salt works.

Although the salt works and salt merchants were dealt with, the common people could not have problems with salt, and it was also related to the country's finances.

For those private salt farms discovered this time, the imperial court intends to re-establish several salt farms. The problem of the monopoly of the Yancheng salt factory made the imperial court feel that it was too prone to corruption. It's better to separate the salt works and compete with each other.

At the same time, in order to prevent the problem of collusion between officials and businessmen in the salt factory again, Wang Che ordered that in addition to the original salt merchants, another batch of salt merchants should be added. And it is replaced every three years. It is no longer the hereditary system of the past.

The amount of salt that the salt farm can produce in a year can basically be roughly estimated, and then the imperial court divides the salt into salt leads. Each serving of salt is 200 catties of table salt, which is then sold for sale.

Salt merchants take the salt to lure money to the salt works to buy salt, and then sell the salt to other places. In this way, how much salt is sold in a year, the imperial court is basically clear.

At the same time, almost at the beginning of the year, the money will be sent from the salt merchants.

In addition, there will definitely be an extra amount of salt in the salt factory every year after the completion of the salt introduction, which can be used as a reward for the salt factory officials and salt ding. With these rewards, the saltworks and officials will also work hard to make salt.

The salt attraction of the salt field cannot be reduced, and with the population growth, the salt demand will increase every year, so the output of the salt field also needs to increase. Every year, the imperial court will send people to the salt works to inspect them, and calculate the output of the salt works, basically this year's output cannot be lower than last year's.

The salt quotations issued by the imperial court have sales areas, and in order to prevent salt merchants from bidding with each other, it is forbidden to sell them across the border. This is also to ensure the profits of salt merchants, and at the same time to crack down on illegal salt.

This time, the imperial court's salt tax was lowered because there was too much private salt, and officials and businessmen colluded to sell illegal salt. Because private salt does not have to pay taxes, the price is low, and the people will naturally choose private salt with low price. After all, let Wang Che choose, he also chooses private salt with a lower price.

After some discussion with the ministers, Wang Che formulated a relatively complete salt introduction system. Of course, he also knows that this salt introduction system is not perfect and has loopholes, but it is enough to use it now. As for the problems that arise in the future, and then revise them, the vicissitudes of life will still change, and how can those systems remain unchanged?

If there is a problem, let future generations improve and modify it, he is not the king of Haotian, and he can determine the system that will remain unchanged for eternity.

Soon, the salt introduction system was discussed through the imperial court, but there was some hesitation about whether to implement Wang Che. In addition to the Yancheng salt field, there must be a lot of problems in other salt fields, and it is very likely that there will be problems when the salt is introduced at this time.

After Wang Che finally thought about it, he decided to directly order the court captain, the imperial historian, and the embroidered clothes envoy to come forward to investigate the illegality of the salt farms in various places.

When this edict was issued, several other salt farms in the world immediately felt bad, but before they could think of any way to deal with it, the imperial court had already sent people.

The imperial court sent people to investigate thoroughly, and these people had no power to resist at all, and if they did not resist, it would be a dead end. In the face of this situation, how can people who have been driven to a corner be willing to be arrested?

Soon, the imperial court received the news that there was a fire in the night, the salt field was on fire, and under the raging fire dragon, all the accounts of the salt field were burned, and at the same time, the salt supervisor of the salt field committed suicide in fear of crime.

The Bashu salt field was attacked by the Nanban, and the salt field suffered heavy casualties, and tens of thousands of Shijing salt were all strengthened, and even the salt wells were destroyed. Hearing this news, Wang Che was furious, he never thought that those local officials and Haoqiang would be so bold, do you really think he is a fool to do this?

Directly ordered the Jinyang garrison to go to Jiezhou to take over the salt pond of Jiezhou, and ordered all the officialdom of Jiezhou to be taken.

There was an order for the Chengdu Governor's Office to send a large army to take over Bazhongjing Yan, and at the same time, another part of the army went south to participate in the attack and exterminate the Nanban.

(End of chapter)