C742

"Bang Bang bang Outside came the sound of the watchman. It was already three o'clock. The lantern on the wooden frame went out and hung there quietly. Occasionally, the wind came through the window and blew the tassels falling under the lamp.

"Yu Heng, what's your opinion on this matter?" Dongfang Su's voice surprised Yu Heng and said nervously, "my son doesn't know if he's thinking right, father..."

"All right, just say it." Seeing dongfangsu's insistence, Yu Hengqing cleared his throat and slowly explained his idea, "since the records of history, there has been salt diversion. Dazhou is no exception. Only merchants who have obtained salt diversion can sell salt. The quantity of salt diversion and the people to whom it is given are decided by the salt administration. Yangzhou belongs to the boundary of the Huaihe River, that is to say, the salt administration of the Huaihe River controls the salt industry here. ”At this point, he looked at the East and said nothing.

"Go on."

Yu Heng clenched his teeth and said in a low voice: "the price of salt in Huaihe and Huaihe provinces is not high. Salt merchants are profit oriented, and salt administration in Huaihe and Huaihe provinces It's not out of the question. "

Yu Jin snorted and said in disgust, "what do you want to do when you say you are so polite? You can say that they are birds of a feather and collude with each other."

"Don't make a presumptuous assertion before you find out, so as to avoid preconceptions." After Yu Heng lightly rebuked him, he arched his hand toward the East and said, "this is my son's own idea. If there is something wrong, please ask my father to correct it."

Dongfang Su turned his head and said, "I remember that the salt envoys of Huaihe and Huaihe rivers were Jiang Xu, right?"

Mu Qianxue nodded: "yes, Jiang Shangshu's younger brother just took office last March."

Hearing this, Dongfang Su almost sneered, "it's really capable of raising the price of Lianghuai salt to this level within one year of taking office. If you let him do it for a few more years, the people will not be able to afford a grain of salt." With that, his eyes sank, "Qian Xue, guess how much Jiang Yue knows about this?"

Mu Qianxue thought: "Jiang Shangshu has always been scrupulous in his duty, upright and incorruptible. For more than ten years, this matter He should not know

Dongfang Su nodded and said, "it's better, otherwise it will disappoint me."

"Father." He came to him with a serious face. "You taught your daughter how to eat the salary of the imperial court. Be careful of the common people, the old people and the young people. These people are so indifferent to the common people, you must not let them go."

Dongfang Su was surprised to see that he fell in love. After a while, he said with emotion, "these people are not less than a seven-year-old child reading the books of sages." With that, he patted his heart on the cheek and said, "don't worry, my father will find out about it and will never tolerate it."

At this time, Lin Mo came in and whispered in the East ear. The latter frowned and said, "who is it?"

"These people appeared after the Lantern Festival. I think they are in a humble position It should be the people of the Feng family who want to know more about you. " With that, Limmer said, "do you need a humble job to drive them away?"

"No Dongfang Suo said coldly, "if he wants to check, let him check slowly. I have more important things for you to do."

Lin Mo's face was straight, "please tell me."

"Do you know how many salt merchants there are in Yangzhou?"

"There should be eight big salt merchants, not the small ones." Lin Mo replied truthfully that before he arrived in Yangzhou, he had ordered the people under him to investigate the situation in Yangzhou. The eight salt merchants were rich or expensive, and he had heard about it.

"Good." Looking back at the night outside the window, Dongfang said coldly, "it's the third shift. I'll give you an hour so that your people can get the account books between the eight salt merchants and the salt administration of Huaihe and Huaihe."

Lin Mo didn't expect such a thing. Account books are always the most important thing for businessmen. It's really difficult to get eight account books in one hour.

After a long time, he said, "why can't you do it?"

Lin Mo body a shock, even busy way: "humble duty this do."

After he left, Dongfang Suo ordered Zhang Jindai to go back to his room to have a rest. Yu Heng stayed. First, he was older. Second, Dongfang Suo wanted him to participate in politics, which laid the foundation for helping Yu Huai in the future.

The leakage of night is deeper. An oil lamp in the room is quietly on, pulling out a long shadow on the wall. Muqian Xue sees that Dongfang Su has been looking at the closed door, and advises: "don't worry, seventh master, you should be back soon."

Dongfang Su took a deep breath. "Over the years, every time the salt administration played a role, they said that the salt industry was not easy to do. They said that in order to take care of the people, they did not dare to raise the price of salt. I still believed it. In those wars, they never let the salt administration and the salt merchants below pay for it. Now it seems that I am really naive." He said angrily, "look at that Feng million. He's so rich because he sells salt. Even I'm not as big as him. In this way, he told me that if he didn't have money, it would be like sliding all over the world. "

Mu Qianxue said softly, "seventh master, calm down. What those officials are good at is cheating. Fortunately, we already know about it. At the same time, we can take this opportunity to rectify the salt industry."

Dongfang Suchen said in a deep voice, "you're right. Not only Lianghuai, but also Dazhou's salt industry should be rectified. This is what the people depend on for a living. It must not be a tool for some people to enrich their own pockets!""Actually..." Muqianxuesi cableway: "has your majesty ever thought that as long as the salt is still there, this kind of atmosphere can not be completely curbed."

Dongfang Su frowned and stared at her and said, "do you want to abolish the salt industry and open up the salt industry?"

Yu Heng said in a startled voice: "as far as my son knows, salt industry has always been a major source of tax in our Dynasty. If we let it go, I'm afraid that the National Treasury will lose a lot. It's OK in ordinary days. Once we fight with the Western Chu, it will be difficult to support."

Dongfang Su said solemnly, "Yu Heng is right. Salt industry is a huge piece of fat, so there are many cases of corruption and cheating in the salt industry in the past dynasties. But no one has ever abolished the salt quotation because it involves too much and even shakes the foundation of the country."

"I understand, so I don't mean to abolish the salt quotation. I just want to find another way to eliminate the huge profits of salt merchants as much as possible under the condition of meeting the tax requirements."

"It's a good way," he said, "when you go back, study the salt law carefully to see if you can, as you said, curb the salt merchants' profiteering as much as possible."

The light of the candle flickered slightly, and a figure came in from the door. It was Lin Mo who respectfully handed over a large stack of pamphlets in his hand. "Seventh master, eight salt merchants and the salt administration books of Lianghuai are all here. Please have a look."

Dongfang Su nodded, took the booklet and said, "it's just an hour. Can someone find you?"

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