Daming reckless man

Chapter 338 Bad Premonition

Chapter 338

Just as Zhang Hao was about to leave, Yu Dafang stopped Zhang Hao and said that Zhang Hao had caused a disaster.

"Oh, Lao Yu, what trouble have I caused? They are the only ones I can't fight anymore? You are afraid of them, but I can still be afraid of them?" Zhang Hao looked at Yu Dafang disdainfully and said.

"You, oh, young, they belong to the clan. If they have committed any illegal and criminal acts, they can only be presented to the emperor by the Ministry of Rites, and the emperor will punish them. If you beat them now, it is tantamount to, oh, it is tantamount to making the emperor unable to step down from power. , tell me, how will the emperor deal with you then?" Yu Dafang stood there, looked at Zhang Hao and said.

"It's okay, isn't it just to clean up? Besides, they asked me to beat him. Zhu Xinlong's words don't matter. I can't beat him anymore. If I beat him, those clan members beat me with sticks. I can let him go." If you want to fight them, then fight, I beat a group of them alone, and I won the fight, will they be ashamed?" Zhang Hao sat proudly on the horse and said to Yu Dafang.

"You also know that the emperor wants face, you should quickly write an apology to the emperor, so maybe it won't be a big deal!" Yu Dafang said to Zhang Hao.

"Don't write, I'm not guilty, okay, I'm really busy now, I have to interrogate those salt merchants, you don't have to worry about things here, you still have more to do with the construction issues in Shanxi , Next, I guess Shanxi still has a lot of things to do!" Zhang Hao said to Yu Dafang with a smile,
This person is not bad, and he will remind himself that he is probably very angry with those clan members in his heart. Shanxi is controlled by those clan members.

"Hey, how about this, I will write you a note, okay, let me talk to you, you say, you are too young, how can you be so impulsive? That is the clan, you can't afford it!" Yu Dafang stood There, he said to Zhang Hao.

"If you want to write, you write, I won't thank you, that's enough, I'm leaving, let them continue to dismantle here, dare to lie to me, how can I let him go?" Zhang Hao said to Yu Dafang.

"Okay, I don't want you to thank me, I just feel that you can still do something for the people!" Yu Dafang let go of the rein, and said to Zhang Hao with a wry smile.

"Thank you!" Zhang Hao was very happy when he heard what Yu Dafang said. At least there are officials who understand that he can do something for the people.
Soon Zhang Hao left on horseback, but in Zhu Xinlong's mansion, it was a disaster. The imperial guards carried out the order very thoroughly. When Zhang Hao said that the mansion would be demolished, the imperial guards began to demolish it. Anyone who dared to block them would be detained immediately, and if they dared to take out weapons, they would be killed on the spot. Anyway, they were carrying out orders, and Zhu Xinlong was sitting in the middle of the courtyard. Those injured were all carried away for treatment.

"Lao Liu, what should we do now? I think we need to write impeachment memorials and go to the capital. He, Zhang Hao, has slapped our royal family in the face. In the future, anyone can bully our royal family!" A middle-aged man looked at Zhu Xinlong said.

"Impeachment is to be impeached, but I am worried that this matter is just the beginning. Zhang Hao has such courage, how dare he do this?" Zhu Xinlong gestured to the front, and the imperial guards were still demolishing the mansion.

"What do you mean?" the man looked at Zhu Xinlong and asked.

"I'm worried that it's the emperor's intention, but there's no sign yet how the emperor will deal with us. At most, it's a matter of the amount of money. At worst, we agree. But what I'm worried about is that if the emperor is not satisfied with this now,

That would be troublesome, if you think about it, now Zhang Hao has captured those salt merchants, and now Zhang Hao has sent that Hu Zongxian to start laying salt, but we don’t know how to operate it, yesterday, Hu Zongxian went to salt On the other side, the price has been raised, 3 cents a catty, and it is tax-free, that is to say,

On behalf of the emperor, Zhang Hao wants to completely control the salt. The salt is charged at three pennies per catty, the storage cost is about one penny per catty, and the transportation cost is about two pennies depending on the distance. If it is sold, it is estimated that it will cost a penny a catty.

It costs 7 Wen for a catty of table salt to be delivered to the common people. Before the salt merchants sold it for 50 Wen. This money was shared between us and the salt merchants. Now they are still selling at this price, and That is to say, the actual salt needed by the Ming Dynasty for one year is 1000 million tons, and the profit per load is 4 taels or 3 yuan.
In other words, with 1000 million dan, the annual profit is 4300 million taels, which is more than five times the court tax. Before the emperor didn't know the profits here, and the profits here were all given by us princes. Divided, basically people from our clan finally divided the money,

Of course, the salt merchants are also allocated some, and they have to feed so many people. Once the emperor knows the profits in it, tell me, the emperor will not hold this matter in his own hands, and will not let us take it. The money was spit out, there are more than 400 people including the current prince and the county king,

The money is basically divided by them. Next, the emperor will definitely deal with these princes and county kings. This is not a good start. This time, Zhang Hao revealed our old background. An emperor would not easily let go of the profits here! "Zhu Xinlong sat there and said with a sigh,

It seems that more than 4000 million taels is a lot, but there are so many princes and county kings who want to share the money. In fact, there is not much money in the hands of everyone. Of course, the prince needs more, and the county king needs less. The lower the share, the less money, but no matter how small it is, it is a few thousand taels, and a few thousand taels can feed thousands of households. If there is no profit from the salt, those clan members will be able to make a move in the future. Not so rich.

"So much money?" The middle-aged man heard it, and looked at Zhu Xinlong in surprise. His family only spent about 1 taels a year. He really didn't think about how big the overall profit was?
"Otherwise, Zhang Hao wants to rectify the salt affairs this time, and so many princes oppose it together? But they dare not oppose it in person, so they can only send those ministers to oppose it. However, Zhang Hao can't do well in the future and offend so many clans. People, hum!" Zhu Xinlong sat there and said very angrily, and after Zhang Hao arrived at the cell, he started to visit those salt merchants, but those salt merchants still did not speak, but many of their family members had already spoken, Jin Yiwei Whoever dares not to speak in the case will not torture you to death.

"Don't say?" Zhang Hao looked at Zhang Sijiao and asked with a smile.

"Hmph!" Zhang Sijiao turned his head aside.

"You Zhang Siwei, the head of the household department, can he save you? And Jin Wang, he is in trouble this time, can he save you? If he wants to save you, the entire Jin Wang family will be in bad luck. He dares?" Zhang Hao looked at Zhang Sijiao with a smile and said.

"Zhang Hao, we didn't offend you, why did you kill us?" Zhang Sijiao stared at Zhang Hao and asked, he understood what Zhang Hao said just now, they had no chance of surviving.

"Who made you so greedy? Huh? Which one of you is not rich, but what about those real salt households, so poor? You have earned so much money, and you spend it well. You just want to buy land, people. There is no more land to plant, you have left the common people without a way of life, and the Ming Dynasty is about to perish, so I can't deal with you?

To tell you the truth, no one can save you except me, not even the emperor, if I want to kill you, the emperor will not save you.You'd better explain everything clearly, I promise you, those underage children, I will leave it to you, your mansion, I will leave it to you,
Others, you should think about it yourself. If you don’t say it, I will keep those children for you as much as possible. They are innocent, but they may be exiled. You know the consequences of exile. As for you and your adult family members , Don’t even think about surviving, you can’t live either! "Zhang Hao looked at Zhang Sijiao and said.

"Yes, will it implicate my elder brother?" Zhang Sijiao looked up at Zhang Hao and said.

"What do you think? Your brother doesn't know anything about such a big case. Is it possible to make it so clear?" Zhang Hao looked at Zhang Sijiao and said, Zhang Sijiao softened after a while. The child still has a place to stay, and someone will take care of it in the future, it seems now.

"You can think about it slowly. If you say it here, I can make the decision and let those children go. If you say go to the capital, how those children will return to Shanxi is a problem. Also, if they are in the capital, the emperor knows Yes, I may disagree, it will be troublesome for me to operate, and I may not be able to keep so much at that time, it is estimated that there is no problem under the age of six, but there is probably no way for children between the ages of six and 15!" Zhang Hao looked at Zhang Sijiao said, Zhang Sijiao nodded foolishly.

"Think about it yourself. I'll wait for you for three days. You can also tell the other salt merchants to discuss it yourself! After three days, I will escort you back to the capital!" Zhang Hao said and left. Zhang Sijiao was sitting there, And the salt merchants next door were also locked up, and they all heard what Zhang Hao said just now.

"What should we do?" Wang Chongyi who was next to him asked Zhang Sijiao through the fence.

"I don't know, there is no news from the capital!" Zhang Sijiao said with his head down, and the other salt merchants also lowered their heads. They wanted to gamble, but they didn't dare to gamble. Without Zhang Hao's consent, no one would have been able to release them. Before arresting people, he was only a thousand households. Now, he is the commander of Jinyiwei, and has even more power.

"Wait, wait a few days, if there is no news on the third day, then there is nothing we can do!" Sitting there, Fan Tianming said through gritted teeth, now they can only gamble.

(End of this chapter)