Compared with Duan Yunyi, Duan Yunsleeve, as a younger sister, has already been extremely moved.

"Anyway, Brother Xiao has solved the urgent needs of the country. As a reward, Brother Xiao has worked so hard to make money, in the future, I will often help you take care of Xue'er~"

Duan Yunsleeve's abacus was so successful that even Zhuge Hui couldn't help but smile.

Duan Yunyi's eyes also had a little more smile.

Who is this Nizi going for, do you need to say?

Liang Xiao readily agreed.

This princess, occasionally made him feel that something was wrong, but on the whole it was indeed endearing.

She will also explain the scriptures and some classics brought from the palace to Jiang Fuxue, enrich Jiang Fuxue's knowledge, and also have her own unique views on various things, and poetry and songs are also at her fingertips.

Of course, Jiang Fuxue is smart and clever, and she does not forget it, and she is indeed deeply loved by these sisters, and even the empress likes it very much.

After pondering for a moment, Duan Yunyi said: "In the future, Xue'er can also come to the palace to play, with her qualifications, she will definitely be a talented woman who can leave a name in history in the future, and she can also become the head of the female officials of the Great Zhou." ”

Liang Xiao said: "Your Majesty, the minister's only hope for Xue'er is to be carefree, safe and healthy. ”

Duan Yunyi was stunned for a moment and nodded silently.

The female officials of the Great Zhou can have a large or small scope of authority.

For example, Mu Qinxue's grandmother Mu Lao Taijun, who was awarded the title of Mrs. Yipin, was accompanying her husband to guard the frontier and grasp military power, it is said that she was a talented woman when she was young, but her courage was still above her husband, and she once uprooted a "thin" willow with her bare hands.

Another first-class lady is Zhuge Hui's wife Huang, who is now in Nanyang's hometown in the name of pension, and has the right to mobilize soldiers and horses on both sides of the Yangtze River, appoint and dismiss personnel anytime and anywhere, and the actual significance is self-evident.

These two first-class ladies were canonized by the ancestors of the Great Zhou Dynasty at the beginning of the founding of the country, and they are destined to go down in history, and no one is dissatisfied.

Liang Xiao's love for Jiang Fuxue made them moved, but it made her feel a little unexplained unhappiness......

"However, it is also a good thing to let Xue'er come to the palace to chat with His Majesty and the princess to relieve her boredom." Liang Xiao added.

Duan Yunyi's brows furrowed and he nodded happily.

At this moment, Xuan Wei came with more than a dozen copies of the recital: "Lord, the household department, the ritual department and the official department have sent an urgent recital!" ”

Duan Yunyi took the fold and flipped through it for a moment, his originally soft gaze turned cold.

"Sister, the evening dynasty is about to start, you send Liang Aiqing back first."

Duan Yunsleeve also saw the content of the recital and agreed obediently.

At the court meeting, the head of the household department Tuoba Lie took the lead in admonishing, and his voice was violent.

"How can Your Majesty hastily decide to cancel the salt introduction and return the price of salt to fifty wen, this matter has not been discussed with the ministers!"

Duan Yunyi on the dragon chair, his face was like frost, his eyes were cold, and he swept over the ministers.

"What are the Qing family worried about? It doesn't hurt to be straight. ”

Tuoba Lie said sharply: "The original price of salt should start at seventy Wen, and there is no upper limit, so that the country can be profitable!" Your Majesty's move is to cut off the channels of salt merchants, chill the hearts of all salt merchants, and also cut off the income of the imperial court's salt administration!! ”

"Really? Why don't you let the prime minister settle an account for the Qing family? ”

Duan Yunyi's indifferent and majestic voice sounded in the main hall, which made Tuoba Lie and the others feel terrified.

Zhuge Hui was ordered to come out and began a detailed analysis.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in the past, salt was introduced by the imperial court to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to make suitable salt, the cost per catty was as little as ten yuan, and as much as twenty yuan, and then sold the salt to the salt merchants at a price of thirty to fifty yuan, and then resold by the salt merchants, and the imperial court only collected three to four percent of the salt tax, and the salt merchants resold the people at a high price. Among them, the real income of the imperial court is only ten to thirty wen per catty. ”

"Now, the state has improved the salt production method, greatly increased the output of salt, and the cost per catty is not higher than ten yuan, and then the salt introduction is canceled, and fifty yuan per catty can still earn at least forty yuan steadily, far more than in the past.

Zhuge Hui's accounts were reserved, and he did not disclose them.

The cost of salt in the East China Sea Salt Farm is actually less than four cents per catty......

Hearing Zhuge Hui's questioning, Tuoba Lie said angrily: "Prime Minister! How much more can salt production be increased? Why doesn't the household department know anything? ”

Zhuge Hui replied awe-inspiringly: "The East China Sea Salt Farm is a top secret of technology, and it is not allowed to be passed on, and even the old man does not know the details. But one thing is certain, the salt production is enough, and it is not what it used to be, so I don't bother to work on Tuoba Shangshu. ”

Tuoba Lie finally panicked and said angrily: "Even the prime minister doesn't know anything, and he can determine the output with just a few words? Wouldn't that be tantamount to letting His Majesty go his own way, and then I'm afraid that even turning back to the shore would be an extravagant hope! ”

Duanmujie couldn't help but stand out and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, in the past, salt merchants resold salt, and even if the people bought salt at a high price, they only blamed the salt merchants for being mean, not the imperial court." Now, Your Majesty is hiding all the birds, and it is really ......"

"You want to say again, it's chilling the salt merchant's heart?" Duan Yunyi stared coldly at Duanmu Jie.

Duanmujie looked at her, only to feel like falling into an ice cave.

This woman is more majestic and indifferent than before, and judging by her reaction, she has no intention of compromising at all!

Duan Yunyi said coldly: "Those salt merchants are asking for prices all over the sky and making a lot of money, but they make the people unable to afford to eat salt, and they complain, and when they come to your mouth, they have become loyal to the country?" In the past, the imperial court produced limited salt, so the emperor and Gaozu had to compromise with you and pursue the Lingzun set of salt introduction methods. But salt and iron are related to the fortunes of the country, and they should be nationalized, so how can they be manipulated by salt merchants? ”

Duanmu Jie was stunned.

The salt introduction method was proposed by his father, and what he ate accurately was that the Great Zhou court produced too little salt, and he did not dare to offend the people with high salt prices, so he could only appropriately give profits to salt merchants and let them operate.

This policy once allowed the major families to stay behind the scenes, arranging their own people to act as salt merchants, making a lot of money, especially during the war years, which could make more than five times the profit, and one was richer than the other!

"Now that the country produces enough salt, abolishing the introduction of salt and allowing the state to monopolize salt can not only greatly increase the revenue of the national treasury, but also reduce the cost of salt for the people, which can greatly appease the people. But you are only thinking about those rich salt merchants, and I should ask you well today! ”

"Should the fate and authority of the Great Zhou be in my hands or in the hands of the salt merchants? As a courtier of the Great Zhou Dynasty, should you care about all the people in the world, or a group of salt merchants? ”

After Duan Yunyi finished speaking, he glanced at the ministers with cold eyes.

Tuoba Lie and the others shuddered and were speechless.

In fact, they are very clear about the reasoning, as long as the amount of salt is large, the salt monopoly can definitely make a lot of money for the national treasury.

But in this way, the salt merchants they support behind the scenes have no opportunity to make money, and smuggling salt is a capital crime!

Unwilling!

"For the sake of the livelihood of the people of Dazhou and the country's financial considerations, I have made up my mind, from this moment on, there are any more people who disregard the people's livelihood and discuss this matter in vain, they will be dismissed and investigated!"

Duan Yunyi set the final chapter for this matter in an unquestionable tone.

The ministers of the family felt Duan Yunyi's rare anger, and naturally they didn't dare to touch their heads again, so they had to shout: "My emperor Shengming!" ”

Duan Yunyi looked at Tuoba Lie and the others who were trembling in the audience, and his heart was happy.

"I still have a majestic ......"

Thinking of all the guilt and embarrassment he had felt in front of Liang Xiao recently, Duan Yunyi's eyes became a little resentful.

In the final analysis, it was he who gave himself, the emperor, the confidence not to compromise anymore......

After Liang Xiao returned home with Duan Yunsleeve, Gu Pingxiu immediately rushed to report.

"Boss, the third lady of the Gongsun family hopes to have a suitable time to talk to you about business, preferably tonight!"