Prince of Chaos

Chapter 443 Arrangement

Zhu Changluo knew that as long as the matter of the Shibo Department was mentioned, someone would talk about the ban on the sea.

Zhu Changluo looked at Wang Jiaping, and he said: "The sea ban is an ancestral system, but I just want to ask what the original intention of Emperor Taizu's sea ban is? Is it a violation of the ancestral system that Emperor Chengzu sent Zheng He to the Western Seas seven times? And Long Qing Is it a violation of the ancestral system to set up a city shipping department in Hayden County?"

Zhu Changluo threw out three questions in a row, which made Wang Jiaping a little astonished. He really didn't expect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to ask such a sharp question.

Zhu Changluo looked at Wang Jiaping's astonished expression, his tone eased, and said: "Old Wang Ge proposed the ancestral system, and Gu also knew it was for his own good. He was worried that Gu would do something against the ancestral system when he was young. However, Gu also said that Tianjin Wei set up the Shibo Division for the Korean War, and the defeat of the Korean War is related to the safety of our Ming Dynasty, and the establishment of the Shibo Division is just a stopgap measure."

"When the Japanese pirates are pacified in the future, there will be no more ships coming and going in Tianjin Wei, and the Tianjin Wei City Shipping Department will naturally be cancelled. Now it's just a matter of urgency. If Tianjin Wei doesn't have a normal government office to manage the ships coming and going, If it leads to chaos in Tianjin Port, the loss outweighs the gain."

As soon as Zhu Changluo finished speaking, Shen Shixing said: "I support Tianjin Wei to temporarily set up a city ship department. As His Highness said, the war between the courts is raging now, and the slightest carelessness will burn the flames of war into the territory of Ming Dynasty. If Tianjin Wei There is a city shipping department to manage the ships between Daming and North Korea, which will be of great benefit to the Korean War."

The reason why Shen Shixing stood up so directly was because his family's business was not in the sea, and now some people were already deeply hostile to him, thinking that he was Yan Song alive.And most of the interests behind these people came from the sea, so Shen Shihang immediately stood up and expressed support for the establishment of Tianjin Weishi Shipping Division.

After Shen Shixing made such a statement, Wang Xijue immediately understood what Shen Shixing meant.

His current situation is not much different from that of Shen Shixing. Although the two still have conflicts in terms of political ideas, their interests are the same.

Therefore, Wang Xijue followed up and said: "The minister seconded the proposal. At the beginning, Emperor Taizu implemented the policy of banning the sea because of the frequent occurrence of Japanese pirates overseas and it was related to the rebels who were exiled at sea at that time. In order to prevent Japanese invaders and overseas rebels, Emperor Taizu had to Implement the strategy of sea ban, blockade and attack Japanese pirates and sea rebels."

"When Emperor Chengzu was captured, the world was stable, the country was prosperous and strong, and the sea troubles no longer existed. Emperor Chengzu ordered Zheng He to sail to the West to declare the power of Ming Dynasty thousands of miles away, to show the aura of our dynasty. The subsequent sea bans were all because of Japanese pirates, The pirates harassed the frontier, and the imperial court had to adopt the policy of banning the sea and rejecting the pirates and pirates on the sea. In the Longqing Dynasty, Gao Xinzheng pushed the sea away because Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou and others calmed down the pirates and calmed the southeast. , This is how the Haideng County Ship Office was set up. Now that the war is critical, I think that His Royal Highness should take the initiative, and set up a city ship office in Tianjin Wei to manage the ships."

After Zhu Changluo finished listening, he nodded in satisfaction, "Mr. Wang's words are very kind, and Daming is deeply pleased to have such a minister who seeks the country. Then it is settled, and the Tianjin Wei City Shipping Department can be established from now on."

After Wang Jiaping heard the words of Zhu Changluo, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue, he also understood that the matter of the Shipping Department in Tianjin Wei City was unstoppable, so he could only follow Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue and say, "I obey the order."

Then, Zhu Changluo changed the subject and mentioned Yandao again.

Zhu Changluo said: "Liu Pinru from the household department told Gu about the salt road. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the salt tax has always been an important tax in the Ming Dynasty. However, the household department said that the actual salt tax received in a year is only 10. Less than 130 taels. Before Emperor Longqing’s reign, Daming’s annual salt tax income was [-] million taels. Gu was puzzled by this. Why did the tax revenue of the salt road drop so sharply? Have you eaten any salt?"

As soon as Zhu Changluo said this, Shen Shixing was a little embarrassed, but he had to reply, so they replied in a clever way: "Your Highness, the issue of salt administration has been different since ancient times, and the salt tax is less. It is caused by excessive distribution. As long as the imperial court controls the amount of salt imports, the salt tax should be better."

However, Zhu Changluo was obviously not satisfied with this answer.

Zhu Changluo said: "I don't think so. Yanyin is a certificate issued by the imperial court to salt merchants to buy official salt. Even if there is a problem of overspending, salt tax should be a normal income. After all, the amount of salt produced by official salt every year It is counted. Countless output is not worth the corresponding tax, which is completely unacceptable.”

Zhu Changluo's meaning is obvious, he thinks there is a problem with the salt road.

Shen Shixing and others also heard Zhu Changluo's meaning, Shen Shixing could only bite the bullet and said: "Your Highness, if there is really a problem with the salt road, I suggest that the imperial court should immediately send imperial envoys to inspect the salt road."

Obviously, Shi Shihang is not willing to offend the salt merchants and the interest groups behind the salt merchants.After all, the power of these salt merchants should not be underestimated.If you are not careful, you will be smashed to pieces.

Zhu Changluo said: "This matter has already been handed over to the Anti-Corruption Administration and the Ministry of Household Affairs. The reason why I bring this up again is that I think that the power of the salt road is too concentrated, and the salt merchants in Lianghuai almost control the Ming Dynasty. All the salt sales channels in the country. Gu is deeply disturbed by this, and feels that if things go on like this in the long run, this will affect the safety of salt in Daming. Therefore, Gu wants to split up the salt road and plan to set up three major salt road yamen to implement district management. Competitive management. Put the initiative of salt road management directly under the imperial court.”

Shen Shixing and others looked at Zhu Changluo, and felt that Zhu Changluo's plan might be a bit big, but when they heard that at the end, Zhu Changluo said that the salt road should be controlled by the court, the three of them couldn't help but get excited again.

Directly under the imperial court, isn't that the same as being directly under the cabinet?At this moment, the cabinet has the motivation to deal with Yandao.

Don't worry about the big salt business.It can be seen that people die for money and birds die for food. This iron law is also true in ancient and modern times!
Therefore, Shen Shixing said: "What Your Highness said is very true, I support His Highness to reorganize the Salt Road."

Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping looked at each other, and then said: "The minister seconded the proposal."

Zhu Changluo looked at the three and agreed.

Zhu Changluo continued: "For the newly divided salt road, I have such an idea. The new salt road is divided into the southern salt road, the northern salt road and the western salt road. The southern salt road office is set up in Yangzhou to manage the salt in the area south of the Huaihe River. Production, distribution and sales work; the Northern Salt Road Yamen was established in Tianjin Wei to manage the production, distribution and sales of salt in the area north of the Huaihe River; the Western Salt Road Yamen was established in Xi'an to manage the management and sales of salt in the western region and foreign ministries. Those who do not belong to each other, implement regional management, and compete for business. The salt of the three major salt roads can be sold across regions, and the salt merchants in each region can also sell salt across regions.”

When Shen Shixing and others listened to Zhu Changluo's words, they always felt that there seemed to be some other meaning in it, but for a while, the three of them couldn't figure out what it meant.

In fact, it's not because Shen Shixing and the others didn't want to understand it, it's mainly because they don't have the concept of "competition" in their minds.

The reason why Zhu Changluo wants to implement the divisional management and competitive management of the three major salt roads is to activate the vitality of the country's salt production, and then crack down on private salt to the end, making official salt the complete mainstream.In this way, the powerful salt merchants in the past dynasties will be eradicated!

Zhu Changluo looked at the three people who hadn't been fascinated yet, and he smiled slightly: "The three gentlemen can recommend to Gu the candidates for the salt road envoys of the three major salt roads. If there is no problem, that's all for this matter." deal."

When Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping heard that Zhu Changluo asked the three of them to recommend candidates for the Yandao Envoy, the breathing of the three of them suddenly became a little heavy.

The three immediately replied: "I have no objection."

Zhu Changluo said with a smile: "Okay, then I will wait for the three gentlemen to recommend candidates."

"The minister obeys the order."

The three are still excited.

Then Zhu Changluo said: "Then continue to the next question."

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