Daming reckless man

Chapter 327 Afraid of them going all out?
Chapter 327

If Zhang Hao wants to rectify the salt affairs, and wants to take back the Yanyin controlled by those salt merchants, he needs to let them provoke enough big things. Moreover, those salt merchants now dare to unite and control the market. Is it the root of the Ming Dynasty's chaos?

The key is that those salt merchants controlled a large amount of land, united with the Jin Dynasty, and basically controlled the land in Shanxi. Even in other places, they also controlled a large amount of land. Land mergers are serious. This matter must be resolved. It should be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise, Da Ming will have to mess up by then.

"My lord, what shall we do next?" Shen Lian looked at Zhang Hao and asked.

"You just continue to interrogate. In addition, start to stare at those pig iron matters. If there is any situation, please report to me at any time. As for me, I need to wait for news now!" Zhang Hao said to Shen Lian with a smile.

"Yes, my lord!" Shen Lian immediately cupped his hands and said, soon, Shen Lian went out,
The next morning, after Zhang Hao got up, he sat in the living room and had breakfast, then continued to read those confessions,
On the other side of the capital, Hu Zongxian had already set off for more than an hour.
But he knows that as long as he does this well, he still has to upgrade to the fifth grade. It's just because he has been promoted before, so it won't be so fast now, and he needs to do things by himself, but this time , Zhang Juzheng also wanted to follow, and they wanted to assist Zhang Hao in doing things.

"This time is very dangerous. If we don't handle it well, Marquis Lu An might be in trouble!" Hu Zongxian said to Zhang Juzheng while riding on the horse.

"Well, the interests of the salt merchants are affected, that is, the interests of many ministers who came to the court. Although Zhang Hao arrested many people before, they haven't mobilized those who really have weight. This time, we must be careful." I advise Lu Anhou, don't be reckless, although Lu Anhou's abilities are not bad, but these abilities are still protected by the emperor, otherwise, it will be very difficult!" Zhang Juzheng nodded and said.

"I don't agree with what you say. Lu Anhou is a man of real ability. Otherwise, he wouldn't have come to this point. You think anyone can gain the trust of the emperor. Do you know that I still have the emperor on me?" A letter to Marquis Lu An?" Hu Zongxian shook his head and looked at Zhang Juzheng and said.

"Ah, it's only been a few days since the emperor wrote to Marquis Lu An?" Zhang Juzheng asked, looking at Hu Zongxian in surprise.

"It's probably telling Marquis Lu An how to handle the errands of Yantie Tea. Think about it, who else has Zhang Hao trusted except Yan Song, but now Emperor Yan Song doesn't believe it anymore, so he trusts Zhang Hao. Until now, you said that Zhang Hao was corrupt. Who did he take money from? Who did he do things for? He has arrested so many corrupt officials now, which gives me a little hope of recovery. I really hope that Lu Anhou will continue to kill like this. If he keeps killing like this, There is hope for ZTE in my Ming Dynasty!" Hu Zongxian said while riding on a horse, looking into the distance.

"Well, that's true, I just don't know if Lu Anhou can stand it this time!" Zhang Juzheng nodded, a little worried for Zhang Hao.

"Hold it? Who can shake Lu Anhou? He is Jinyiwei Qianhu, the commander of Jinyiwei, the commander-in-chief, the general of the Imperial Guard, and now the imperial envoy of Yantiecha rectification. He holds absolute power in his hands. The power of the cabinet is still great. There is absolutely no problem with who he wants to kill. Even killing a prince will not cause major problems. The most is to remove some useless posts.

But Lu Anhou's title will definitely not be a problem. You don't know. After Zhang Hao arrived in Danfang, the emperor has changed and started to rectify the court. You know how many corrupt officials have been killed since last year. How many positions are vacant here in the capital, and now everyone hopes to be able to go up,
However, I don't know how Lu Anhou arranged for the two of us. There are so many vacancies in the first place. I don't know why he didn't arrange for us! "Hu Zongxian has never considered this point clearly, but this time he has arranged a good position for himself, patrolling salt censors, specializing in the management of Shanxi,
The salt merchants in Shanxi control nearly half of the salt in the entire Ming Dynasty. This position is very important, but he doesn't know what the future will look like.

When it was dark, they rode to Taiyuan on horseback, and changed three horses at the post station on the way, hoping to get to Taiyuan quickly. After arriving in Taiyuan, they found out where Zhang Hao was, and immediately went to visit.

"Please!" Zhang Hao said happily when he heard the notification from the people outside. Soon, the two of them came in.

"Hahaha, okay, I thought you guys would arrive tomorrow, why did you come here today?" Zhang Hao said with a smile, holding their hands.

"Marquis Lu An, we don't dare to delay. We were tired from riding the horse in the middle. Let the horse walk slowly for a while. During the period, it was galloping fast, and now both straddles hurt!" Hu Zongxian also explained to Zhang Hao with a smile.

"It's okay, it's hard work, you haven't eaten yet, come here, prepare the food immediately!" Zhang Hao said very happily, and then asked them to sit down, neither of them sat down, and wanted to stand for a while, they today Riding too long.

"Okay, you can stand up, let me tell you about the current situation here, and how to change the situation for the sake of salt. This matter needs you two to do it now. Now Hu Zongxian, you are the inspector of Shanxi. Yan Yushi, this is only a temporary position. Zhang Juzheng, you come here now, and it is also a temporary transition. When the time comes, Hu Zongxian, I am going to let you be the prefect of Taiyuan. This is a fourth-rank position, and Zhang Juzheng, I am going to let you take it The Deputy Envoy of the Salt Envoy Division is transferred from the position of the fifth rank!" Zhang Hao said while sitting there, looking at the two of them.

"Ah!" The two of them looked at Zhang Hao in shock. This time, Hu Zongxian had crossed the ranks of the fifth rank and the fourth rank, and directly entered the fourth rank. If Zhang Juzheng passed the position of the sixth rank, he would directly Entered the position from the fifth rank,
"For Zhang Juzheng's side, for the time being, I am Ding's deputy envoy, but I don't rule out serving as a co-prefect. If I serve as a co-prefect, then I will be in the position of the fourth rank. However, I just have one request. I have no money. You guys You can ask me to borrow it, but you are not allowed to reach out for money, if I find out, I will not let you go, don't wait for the emperor's decree, I will kill you two first!" Zhang Hao said looking at the two of them.

"My lord, we don't dare!" The two of them said immediately, clasping their hands together, feeling very excited in their hearts.

"In the past few days, Zhang Juzheng, you have assisted Hu Zongxian to deal with the matter of salt. Now we have more than 400 loads of salt. I will tell you how to distribute the salt and send it to other places. You will be very busy these few days. From now on, only the government can sell salt, and salt sales points will be set up in various places.

It is necessary to ensure that the people everywhere have enough salt. It is not allowed not to sell it, and it is not allowed to raise the price. This price will be announced nationwide at that time. How much salt is put out, we will collect money according to a certain discount ratio, but we still check the accounts. No matter how much you sell or how little you sell, those who sell salt can't take the money away, they can only pay the court! "Zhang Hao sat there and explained to the two of them.

"Here, my lord, the benefits of this move will be great!" Hu Zongxian looked at Zhang Hao in shock and said, before, those salt merchants sold the money, but now they have collected all of them, which will offend many people.

"Without the interests of those people, how many years can my Ming survive? Daming looks okay now, but when there is no rebellion, there will be rebellion every year. Once the court is negligent, it will be chaos. I don't care about offending No matter who's interests are affected, this money belongs to the court, and no one can touch it!" Zhang Hao said very excitedly at the moment.

"My lord, if this is the case, you need to be mentally prepared!" Zhang Juzheng stood there, reminding Zhang Hao.

"What are you prepared for?" Zhang Hao looked at Zhang Juzheng and asked. Zhang Juzheng looked at Hu Zongxian, then looked at Zhang Hao and said: "The ministers will not let you go. The benefits of salt are not only obtained by salt merchants. Many officials of the court have obtained it. If it is now taken back to the court, they will work hard! "

"I'm afraid that they will try their best, and I'm afraid that they won't dare to come. As long as they dare to come, you can see how I will deal with them. You don't have to worry about these things. You can handle this matter well. If anyone stops you, come and tell me." That's enough, I'll take care of them then!" Zhang Hao said to the two of them.

"Yes!" The two of them nodded.

"Well, after the rectification of the salt affairs, I will write the specific structure and give it to you, and you can build it according to the structure!" Zhang Hao then looked at them and said.

"Yes!" The two of them said again, clasping their hands together.

"By the way, I almost forgot, this is a letter entrusted by the emperor to bring you!" At this time, Hu Zongxian realized that he still had a task to complete, so he immediately took out the letter and handed it to Hu Zongxian with both hands.

"My lord, I really forgot, I deserve death!" Hu Zongxian immediately said to Zhang Hao, clasping his hands together.

"Don't make such a mistake next time. If someone outside finds out, impeach you, and you will die!" Zhang Hao glanced at Hu Zongxian, then took the letter, looked at the red lacquer, opened it, and unfolded it , looking carefully, Jiajing wrote a lot to Zhang Hao in the letter,

Clearly told Zhang Hao that this time Zhang Hao should completely solve the Shanxi salt merchants' affairs. At the same time, to suppress King Jin, those wings of King Jin must be cut off. At the same time, more than half of the land controlled by the King Jin family will be recovered Whether it is distributed to the common people or sold to the common people, this matter will be handled by Zhang Hao depending on the situation.
In addition, he also told Zhang Hao that there is no need for Zhang Hao to worry about the matter in the capital. He can handle it well, but the matter in Shanxi must be dealt with as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)